Here you can find the way how to get root on the HTC Desire using Debian.
- Download the zip file from http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/04-may-r4-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-for-windows-mac-linux/ and unzip it:
mkdir -v /var/tmp/android
cd /var/tmp/android
wget http://www.romraid.com/paul/bravo/r4-desire-root.zip
unzip r4-desire-root.zip
apt-get install ia32-libs
root@czbrn0208:/$ cd /var/tmp/android
root@czbrn0208:/var/tmp/android$ ./adb-linux shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
03534453553034478001bada0400a1f2
(Backup your data from the card before running this command!)
root@czbrn0208:/var/tmp$ dd if=/var/tmp/goldcard.img of=/dev/mmcblk1
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
384 bytes (384 B) copied, 0.00537284 s, 71.5 kB/s
root@czbrn0208:/$ cd /var/tmp/android
root@czbrn0208:/var/tmp/android$ ./step1-linux.sh
Desire Root Step 1
Erasing cache and rebooting in RUU mode...
erasing 'cache'... OKAY
... OKAY
About to start flash...
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping for pre-update check...
INFOstart image[hboot] flushing...
INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,0
INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,100
INFOstart image[radio] unzipping for pre-update...
INFOstart image[radio] flushing...
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,0
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,6
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,14
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,19
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,27
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,36
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,44
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,51
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,59
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,100
FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
INFOstart image[boot] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,40
INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,85
INFO[RUU]UZ,boot,100
INFO[RUU]WP,boot,0
INFO[RUU]WP,boot,45
INFO[RUU]WP,boot,90
INFO[RUU]WP,boot,100
INFOstart image[rcdata] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,rcdata,0
INFO[RUU]WP,rcdata,0
INFO[RUU]WP,rcdata,100
INFOstart image[recovery] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,24
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,44
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,65
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,93
INFO[RUU]UZ,recovery,100
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,0
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,22
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,44
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,67
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,89
INFO[RUU]WP,recovery,100
INFOstart image[sp1] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,100
INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,0
INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,100
INFOstart image[system] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,3
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,7
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,12
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,16
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,20
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,25
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,29
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,33
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,37
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,41
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,45
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,50
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,54
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,58
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,62
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,66
INFO[RUU]WP,system,0
INFO[RUU]WP,system,66
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,66
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,68
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,70
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,72
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,74
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,76
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,78
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,80
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,83
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,85
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,87
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,89
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,91
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,93
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,96
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,98
INFO[RUU]UZ,system,100
INFO[RUU]WP,system,66
INFO[RUU]WP,system,68
INFO[RUU]WP,system,70
INFO[RUU]WP,system,72
INFO[RUU]WP,system,74
INFO[RUU]WP,system,76
INFO[RUU]WP,system,78
INFO[RUU]WP,system,80
INFO[RUU]WP,system,83
INFO[RUU]WP,system,85
INFO[RUU]WP,system,87
INFO[RUU]WP,system,89
INFO[RUU]WP,system,91
INFO[RUU]WP,system,94
INFO[RUU]WP,system,96
INFO[RUU]WP,system,98
INFO[RUU]WP,system,100
INFOstart image[userdata] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,100
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,0
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,100
OKAY
Rebooting to bootloader...
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.
To do this, press the power button, wait a few seconds, then use the volume keys and power button to select the RECOVERY option.
Wait 10 seconds till white HTC screen disappear and run:
root@czbrn0208:/var/tmp/android$ time ./step2-linux.sh
Desire Root Step 2
Pushing required files to device...
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
push: files/sbin/sdparted -> /sbin/sdparted
push: files/sbin/mkyaffs2image -> /sbin/mkyaffs2image
push: files/sbin/toolbox -> /sbin/toolbox
push: files/sbin/busybox -> /sbin/busybox
push: files/sbin/adbd -> /sbin/adbd
push: files/sbin/flash_image -> /sbin/flash_image
push: files/sbin/fix_permissions -> /sbin/fix_permissions
push: files/sbin/um -> /sbin/um
push: files/sbin/parted -> /sbin/parted
push: files/sbin/wipe -> /sbin/wipe
push: files/sbin/log2sd -> /sbin/log2sd
push: files/sbin/tune2fs -> /sbin/tune2fs
push: files/sbin/mke2fs -> /sbin/mke2fs
push: files/sbin/reboot -> /sbin/reboot
push: files/sbin/unyaffs -> /sbin/unyaffs
push: files/sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh -> /sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh
push: files/sbin/dump_image -> /sbin/dump_image
push: files/sbin/ums_toggle -> /sbin/ums_toggle
push: files/sbin/e2fsck -> /sbin/e2fsck
push: files/sbin/recovery -> /sbin/recovery
push: files/sbin/backuptool.sh -> /sbin/backuptool.sh
push: files/sbin/fs -> /sbin/fs
push: files/etc/mtab -> /etc/mtab
push: files/etc/fstab -> /etc/fstab
push: files/system/lib/libc.so -> /system/lib/libc.so
push: files/system/lib/libcutils.so -> /system/lib/libcutils.so
push: files/system/lib/libm.so -> /system/lib/libm.so
push: files/system/lib/liblog.so -> /system/lib/liblog.so
push: files/system/lib/libstdc++.so -> /system/lib/libstdc++.so
push: files/system/bin/sh -> /system/bin/sh
push: files/system/bin/linker -> /system/bin/linker
31 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
1944 KB/s (3709881 bytes in 1.863s)
Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...
1903 KB/s (126444599 bytes in 64.861s)
Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.
real 1m9.999s
user 0m0.012s
sys 0m0.088s
Then go back to the main recovery menu by pressing volume (-) button and select "Flash zip from sdcard" and choose "rootedupdate.zip".
Then your phone will be flashed and you can select "Reboot system now" to get back to the !rooted! phone.
You can check your Software information to see the current version of the ROM (1.15.405.4) by selecting Settings -> About phone -> Software information -> Software number.
Good luck ;-)
Useful links:
http://www.dkszone.net/root-htc-desire
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/04-may-r4-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-for-windows-mac-linux/
Hi Petr,
ReplyDeleteWorked like a charm. I now have a rooted desire without the need for Windows :)
Thanks,
Mark
Thank you! Worked perfect with Fedora 13 64bit
ReplyDeleteI downloaded the later r6-desire-root-alt.zip, I noted that there is no ./step2-linux.sh script, is this auto generated?
ReplyDeleteAlso, block device assigned to the micro sdcard may not be /dev/mmcblk1.
Hello.
ReplyDeleteLooks you are right :-(
This zip file is changing every 2-3 weeks depends how Paul is busy with creating new releases.
Please follow the notes on that page, it looks like this how-to become obsolete.
Thanks PetrR