How to Root HTC Desire GSM & CDMA Android Phones

For all HTC Desire users, we really apologize as of late we understand that we haven’t been covering much on your phone but not to worry as we will now ensure that sufficient coverage is been provided at androidadvices.com, we will be more than happy to hear from you just in case if you need anything from us. So, in the due course of this article we will check out on how you can root your phone by following the simple instructions which we will see over a due course of this article. The best part of this is that since it’s a universal procedure to root, you can easily root both of your HTCDesire GSM as well as the HTC Desire CDMA versions.

Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible in any manner if any damage happens to your device which is very unlikely if you follow each and every single instruction which is mentioned below. Also, please note that rooting the phone will void the warranty completely though the warranty can be re claimed as soon as you update with the factory firmware or the default firmware.

What is Rooting?
Rooting is basically a technique wherein if a phone is rooted then it lets third party applications as well as the user to access the system level files which otherwise are not provided with the access so that the required amount of customizations can be made with the System which are generally done by the custom ROM installations. Let’s check out on what are the advantages and disadvantages of the rooting.

Advantages of Rooting:

• First and Foremost, rooting allows the customizations like it allows the installation of Custom ROMs in the phone.
• Allows you to convert file systems from the laggy RFS to the speedy EXT4,
• Allows you to remove the system apps which come by default with the phone,
• Allows you to apply host of other customizations

Disadvantages of Rooting:
The only disadvantage of rooting is that it voids the warranty but it can be reclaimed if you update your phone with the default firmware or with the factory firmware.

For your simplicity we have broken this article into different sections wherein you can easily follow the article without having any issues. The tools which we will be using are the Unrevoked tool along with the HBoot drivers which we will tell you on how you can use them easily.

Let’s proceed to the enxt page where we will see the procedure to root the HTC Desire smart phone.

Procedure to Root HTC Desire:

• First up you will have to download the Unrevoked modified USB Driver in your computer and then you will have to unzip the same to the path preferably to the desktop so that the same can be found easily.
• After downloading the drivers you will now need to turn Off the phone and boot the phone into the HBoot menu which you can do by holding the Volume download key and pressing the Power button.

• Now, you will be entering into the recovery mode where you will need to select the HBOOT USB in the menu which you can do by pressing the Volume down key four times and then select the same by pressing the Power button.
• You will now need to wait till the screen flashes through an “SD Checking” message before pressing buttons; otherwise, the phone will ignore key presses.
• After this all you need to do is to connect the phone to your Windows computer with the USB cable after which you will have to wait till the phone shows the message of “HBOOT USB PLUG” on the screen.
• Now, open the “Device Manager” which you can open from the path of “Right click on My Computer icon, select properties and then click on the Device Manager”. So now you will need to click on the “Other devices” wherein you should now be able to see the Android 1.0 device and then right click on the Android 1.0 icon and click on the “Update Driver Software” after which the phone will be refreshed.
• Click on the Browse option from My Computer for the driver software, browse and choose the Android USB Driver folder in your computer which you have placed on your desktop preferably.
• Now, in the status bar you will see the driver installation process and also in this process you may get to see some of the warnings, just select the same and in the status bar you will be seeing that the drivers are installed successfully. After completing this you will have to click on the “Close” option and then you need to make sure that the Android Bootloader interface is listed under the Android phone.
• So, now download the Unrevoked tool to your computer from the given link. Please note that if you are on the Windows based operating system you will have to “uninstall HTC Sync or any other program that might talk to the phone over USB (doubletwist, etc). They will cause problems” (Unrevoked.com).
• Now, all you need to do is to just plug in the phone to the computer using the USB cable which you got at the time of purchase.
• In your phone you will have to drag down the notification bar and then you will have to choose the option of “Charge Only” and then you need to select the option of “Remember this”.
• After this you need to ensure that the USB Debugging in your device is enabled. You can check from the path of Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and check whether USB debugging option is selected or not.

• Now you will have to run the re flash application which you have downloaded and after which the unrevoked will be running the processes and then all you need to do is to just follow the instructions which are given and that’s it after following the onscreen instructions the phone will be rooted successfully.