

and S-OFF below it, which means we have gained S-OFF. You can notice on top, Revolutionary written in pink.

You will also notice S-ON written on Top. You will boot into bootloader (FastBoot must be disabled). Turn off your phone, now Pressing the Volume Down button start the Phone. To get the HBOOT Version, start your device in Bootloader*.Click on Settings > Applications > Development > Turn USB Debugging ON. Enable USB Debugging on your Android Phone.Install these FastBoot Drivers as given on RootWiki.If you have HTC Sync installed, Please remove it.Scroll down for the HTCDev Boot Unlocker Method. *In case you have a different HBOOT version, Revolutionary method is not supported as of now. Revolutionary currently supports the following Android phones and HBOOT versions: (as per RootWiki) We are going to use Revolutionary Tool, which is a complete solution for gaining S-OFF, Custom Recovery and Rooting. You can backup all your application APKs as well using Astro File Manager.Use SMS Backup & Restore to backup all your SMS and Call Backup & Restore to backup all call records (available).If you have synced contacts at Google account, Good! else export all Phone contacts to SD card.As an extra precaution, make a copy of your SD Card as well. Revolutionary Method Always have Backups!īefore proceeding, you should backup as much data as possible (Just in case). Rootingis a process that allows users to gain root-access. We are going to use ClockworkMod Recovery for the purpose. What is Flash Custom RecoveryĬustom Recovery allows you to do advanced tasks like recovery, installation etc on your Android device that are not possible with the available stock recovery. S-ON basically means read-lock on /system, /recovery partition etc. HTC recently added an extra layer of security on their Android Phones, NAND Security. *WARNING: This will void your Manufacturer’s Warranty What is S-OFF (Security Off) In this part of tutorial I’ll explain till rooting of the phone. Jump to Update Recently i attended Droidcon India 2011 and had a quick chat with a team installing CyanogenMod for interested attendees there. : Included Rooting via HTCDev Bootloader Unlocking + Android Flasher Utility.

If you still want to root it using old fashioned way, feel free to scroll down. You can follow the steps and download the required executables from this XDA Developers thread Easiest and Recommended way to root the device would be to use SuperOneClick. : HTC Desire S is a relatively older model now and is no longer supported.
