Rooting Android

This was intended to be my first post, but over time, I really have forgotten how to root the phone and install a custom ROM... until today when my sister asked me to root her phone.

So, here are the resources I have used to root the phone.

Before I list the steps, it is really an odd thing when I thought I have had all the necessary drivers to the phone, but yet, I think I had the same troubles when I first rooted my phone.

First, I need to root the phone. Below are the sites / links which I viewed to know how to root the phone:

1. Check out this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JgsiexY7l0&feature=related. There are a lot of other videos, but I after running through a few, this looked decent enough.

2. The steps below (sourced from http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/) is helpful, but I suggest to follow this alongside with the youtube above.
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1. Download the Unrevoked Rooting App
Unrevoked (Updated 09.20.10)*If the above version of Unrevoked doesn’t work, try this one, Unrevoked 3.31.
2. Double click the Unrevoked program you downloaded. If using Windows, then click on the file that appears called Hboot Driver and follow it’s instructions to install the modified HBoot drivers OR click here and download the drivers and install them manually.
3. Once the drivers are successfully installed, double click the Reflash program to open it.
4. Once the driver is successfully installed, turn off the phone by taking out the battery and putting it back in. Then push power to turn it on and get it to the normal home screen.
5. On your computer, right click the Reflash file and run as administrator. It should open Unrevoked and say “waiting for device”.
6. On your phone, click Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > and make sure USB Debugging is checked ON.
7. Plug in your phone into your computer via usb cable.
8. It should automatically locate your phone that is plugged in and you can just follow the prompts to continue.

9. Done! You are rooted and have a custom recovery image!
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Do note however that both the times I have used Unrevoked latest app, it could not root my HTC Desire. After scourging the web (again!), the best Unrevoked version to root a HTC Desire is by using version 3.21. You can download the application at http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe (source: http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/221212-faq-rooting-updated-11th-november-2011-a.html)