HTC Desire Tips, Tricks and Tweaks
HOW TO: Root Your Desire Easily (Method #2)
This guide is for Windows users who don’t feel comfortable with Method #1. It’s still really quite easy to follow as you’ll see…
Whilst these instructions will work, I’ll try to go into a bit more detail tomorrow and hopefully get a video tutorial up too.
Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for anything that may go wrong by you following these instructions. Proceed at your own risk!
What You’ll Need
- unrEVOked3 for Windows – download
Preparation
- Uninstall HTC Sync if you have it installed
- Install the hboot driver using these instructions (it says Evo, but works for Desire) – when complete restart your phone
- Reinstall HTC Sync
- Double-click the reflash-bundle.exe file you just downloaded
- It will ask you where to install it, so just pick a location on your computer you can remember
Rooting
- Go to where you installed Unrevoked
- On your Desire go to Settings > Applications > Development and make sure you have USB Debugging turned on
- Connect your phone to computer via USB
- Run reflash
- Wait a couple of minutes whilst your phone is rooted
- If all goes well you’ll have a rooted phone
Final Word
Once rooted, you can install HTC Sync again.
At the end of this guide your phone should be rooted and you’ll be in recovery mode. At this point you can restart your phone and continue using it normally, but with the bonus of having root permissions.
You’ll be able to run apps that need root permissions like ShootMe for screenshots, and Titanium Backup which lets you make a backup of all your apps and the app data (really suggest you do this if you’re going to install a custom ROM)
You can now move on to installing custom ROMS including the leaked version of Froyo if you like 
UPDATES
- 17 July 2010 09:29: Added “Reinstall HTC Sync” step. This will make sure the phone is always recognised and prevent it from being reported as “disconnected”. Still need to uninstall so that you can install the hboot driver without interruptions.
- 21 July 2010 19:18: Added note that phone should be restarted after installing hboot drivers
This entry was posted by MrBrightside on July 15, 2010 at 8:53 pm, and is filed under Modding. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.
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I found the solution for people having also the error : “installing package failed”.
You have to use the version 3.21 of Unrevocked, here is the link :http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe
Have fun
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Worked for me.
Previous guides didn’t work for me.
I think the difference was installing HTC Sync at step 3.
(Did you mean uninstall?)
I did not have it installed initially, but decided to re-install anyway.
It seems confusing. Reinstall at step 3. And then at the end of the guide, once rooted, you can re-install. No mention of uninstall!
I don’t care now. Worked for me anyways. Thanks for the guide.(feel free to edit/remove this comment if you want)
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I got this method to work but i had to install the HTC Sync Version: 3.0.5551 and make sure your Desire connects up this will install the HTC SYNC app on your phone.
Then close the HTC Sync and end it out of the Windows system tray so basically only the driver is loaded, then in your phones settings>connect to PC make the default connection type charge only or HTC sync and press done(can not remember which), now after Unrevoked3 runs it should all communicate properly and then the root authority stuff can be applied, i had several attempts at this until i got set up as explained above.Like or Dislike:
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if you have “communication with phone unexpectedly interrupted. Try unrEVOked 3.21
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dd5yh9
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#79 written by Keerti 1 year ago
Preparation
Uninstall HTC Sync if you have it installed
Install the hboot driver using these instructions (it says Evo, but works for Desire) – when complete restart your phoneRooting
Double-click the reflash-bundle.exe file you just downloaded. Click Run if on Win 7.
On your Desire go to Settings > Applications > Development and make sure you have USB Debugging turned on and connect the phone via USB
Wait a couple of minutes whilst your phone is rooted.
This may take about 5-6 reboots, Don’t disconnect the phone from USB at ANY COST! It was Screw up the phone.
If all goes well you’ll have a rooted phoneLike or Dislike:
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I found the solution for people having also the error : “installing package failed”.
You have to use the version 3.21 of Unrevocked, here is the link :http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe
Have fun
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Worked for me.
Previous guides didn’t work for me.
I think the difference was installing HTC Sync at step 3.
(Did you mean uninstall?)
I did not have it installed initially, but decided to re-install anyway.
It seems confusing. Reinstall at step 3. And then at the end of the guide, once rooted, you can re-install. No mention of uninstall!
I don’t care now. Worked for me anyways. Thanks for the guide.(feel free to edit/remove this comment if you want)
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I got this method to work but i had to install the HTC Sync Version: 3.0.5551 and make sure your Desire connects up this will install the HTC SYNC app on your phone.
Then close the HTC Sync and end it out of the Windows system tray so basically only the driver is loaded, then in your phones settings>connect to PC make the default connection type charge only or HTC sync and press done(can not remember which), now after Unrevoked3 runs it should all communicate properly and then the root authority stuff can be applied, i had several attempts at this until i got set up as explained above.Like or Dislike:
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if you have “communication with phone unexpectedly interrupted. Try unrEVOked 3.21
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dd5yh9
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#79 written by Keerti 1 year ago
Preparation
Uninstall HTC Sync if you have it installed
Install the hboot driver using these instructions (it says Evo, but works for Desire) – when complete restart your phoneRooting
Double-click the reflash-bundle.exe file you just downloaded. Click Run if on Win 7.
On your Desire go to Settings > Applications > Development and make sure you have USB Debugging turned on and connect the phone via USB
Wait a couple of minutes whilst your phone is rooted.
This may take about 5-6 reboots, Don’t disconnect the phone from USB at ANY COST! It was Screw up the phone.
If all goes well you’ll have a rooted phoneLike or Dislike:
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installing package failed? im confused, any help would be appriciated
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