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How to root your Legend 2.1 (updated febuary 14th)

I'm writing this becuase i recently had trouble following other guides rooting my Bell and Virgin (canada) htc Legend with 2.1 on it (2.2 is out here yet)
First follow this guide
[HOWTO] DOWNGRADE to 1.31 which you can then root for Legend 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725430
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(By now your should have adb set up and your gold card)
If it dosnt downgrade and shows that it fails its okay just move on
After following downgrade guide and it failing install temp root
the best way is to get the apk is to go to this link in the android browser
goo.gl/TcP1o <---Download link to visionary apk
In the web browser open downloads and install the visionary apk
Then connect your phone to your computer open cmd.exe and via adb get root
with cmd.exe
go
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cd c:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\
for me adb is under platform tools, if you dont update the sdk it is under just tools
then
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adb shell
a # should be at the bottom line, then type in
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su
This gets you root, if it says denied run the visionary app and try again, then
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/data/local/flash_image misc /data/local/misc1-2.img
Then for the actual root
Flash the Rooted ROM1. Download the Rooting Tools
Legend Rooting Tools:
2. Unzip them to the C: drive on your computer (so the file path is C:\r4-legend-root\)
3. Turn off your phone and turn it back on by holding down Back and Power until you see Fastboot come up on the screen. Push the Power button while highlighting Fastboot on the phone and Fastboot should show up in red now on the phone (if it doesn’t push Power again until it does).
4. Plug the phone in via USB cable to the computer.
5. Open the folder you extracted to the C drive and double click “step1-windows.bat” and wait for it to finish.
6. Once you see the menu on the phone come back up, navigate to BOOTLOADER and push power, then navigate to RECOVERY using the volume buttons to navigate and the power button to select and the phone should boot to the ! screen.
7. Now on the computer double click the “step2-windows.bat” file and wait for it to finish. (UPDATE 12.13.10 – You MUST have HTC Sync version 2.0.33 not a newer version for step2 to work. Please uninstall HTC Sync and download and install this version instead, unplug then plug your phone back in, then rerun step2-windows.bat).
8. Now you should see a custom recovery screen, using the optical trackpad navigate to Wipe and push on the trackpad to select it. Then navigate to Wipe data/factory reset and select that.
9. Once that is done, push volume down to go back to the main menu and select Flash zip from sdcard and select the rootedupdate.zip file and wait for it to flash. All done, you have root access and can use any root required app! Enjoy!
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This worked when all else did not ill try and help others just ask
i got all this info from the links below and reading all the response's i hope this info helps some one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725430
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-legend-legend-modaco-com/323201/downgrading-from-froyo-ota/
http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-legend/

This deserves a sticky

mike998 said:
This deserves a sticky
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What's wrong with the current sticky?

TheGrammarFreak said:
What's wrong with the current sticky?
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i think maybe just the first post of the sticky needs to be updated to include something along these lines

Hello, Having some trouble here.
I got to the step where you run the Step1 batch file from windows. The cmd prompt comes up and says "erasing cache....." then sits. a few minutes later. i get
"FAILED <status read failed <unknown error>>
< Waiting for device>
During the erasing cache part, my phone had the boot menu on screen with no response from the controls. Also, a little green status bar was at 90%. (Second thought, that may be battery level. not sure. Confirm?)
Yeah, so, can't get step1 to work.
EDIT: ok. got step 1 and 2 to work. I basically just kept trying over and over and it went through.
So, i got to the custom boot menu. But i try to install update.zip from sd. But i get an error.
It says.
Installation aborted.
--wiping data...
formatting data...
formatting cache...
data wipe complete.
--install from sdcard
finding update package
opening update packing verifying update package.
E: failed to open /sdcard/update.
zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted.
So, wtf did i do wrong? now my phone is completely wiped, so.... now what?

sig ver
FourForty said:
Hello, Having some trouble here.
I got to the step where you run the Step1 batch file from windows. The cmd prompt comes up and says "erasing cache....." then sits. a few minutes later. i get
"FAILED <status read failed <unknown error>>
< Waiting for device>
During the erasing cache part, my phone had the boot menu on screen with no response from the controls. Also, a little green status bar was at 90%. (Second thought, that may be battery level. not sure. Confirm?)
Yeah, so, can't get step1 to work.
EDIT: ok. got step 1 and 2 to work. I basically just kept trying over and over and it went through.
So, i got to the custom boot menu. But i try to install update.zip from sd. But i get an error.
It says.
Installation aborted.
--wiping data...
formatting data...
formatting cache...
data wipe complete.
--install from sdcard
finding update package
opening update packing verifying update package.
E: failed to open /sdcard/update.
zip (No such file or directory)
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted.
So, wtf did i do wrong? now my phone is completely wiped, so.... now what?
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okay when your in the recovery menu the one with green text and you go to flash the file theres an option to "toggle signature verification " or something along those lines
then when the verification is off flash it

k after i finally succeeded to downgrade (thinkin that the hard part is done!!!!), but i cant get past step 1, i keep gettin either "waiting for device", or htc black screen, or nothing happens. step 2 is even worse, all i get is "device not found", or loads of "FAILED". ive reinstalled htc sync 2, uninstalled htc drivers.
i think it seems that my computer is not recognising the phone as an android device, cos everytime i connect it, win7 seems to automatically install drivers (nd i cant stop that) and recognises it as HTC ANdroid Device (it appears as a "Disk Drive")..... tried to use htc sync, phone keeps searching nd it fails.. help please i cant use my phone

saifbunni said:
k after i finally succeeded to downgrade (thinkin that the hard part is done!!!!), but i cant get past step 1, i keep gettin either "waiting for device", or htc black screen, or nothing happens. step 2 is even worse, all i get is "device not found", or loads of "FAILED". ive reinstalled htc sync 2, uninstalled htc drivers.
i think it seems that my computer is not recognising the phone as an android device, cos everytime i connect it, win7 seems to automatically install drivers (nd i cant stop that) and recognises it as HTC ANdroid Device (it appears as a "Disk Drive")..... tried to use htc sync, phone keeps searching nd it fails.. help please i cant use my phone
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You should install the old version of HTC Sync until you're rooted, have you done that?

saifbunni said:
k after i finally succeeded to downgrade (thinkin that the hard part is done!!!!), but i cant get past step 1, i keep gettin either "waiting for device", or htc black screen, or nothing happens. step 2 is even worse, all i get is "device not found", or loads of "FAILED". ive reinstalled htc sync 2, uninstalled htc drivers.
i think it seems that my computer is not recognising the phone as an android device, cos everytime i connect it, win7 seems to automatically install drivers (nd i cant stop that) and recognises it as HTC ANdroid Device (it appears as a "Disk Drive")..... tried to use htc sync, phone keeps searching nd it fails.. help please i cant use my phone
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You need HTCsync 2 only for step2, to step1 you need the most updated HTCsync.
And you need step1, don't ignore that step just because it's not working.
Install the latest HTCsync, connect your phone to the computer, and put the phone on fastboot mode (should be written "fastboot usb" on phone)
now on the computer, in the folder of the rooting tools, write:
fastboot-windows.exe devices
Does it recognize your phone? (Should output details bout the phone including serial I think)

wel ive done step 1 now. i created a thread for this here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095017
step 1 worked without htc sync, computer is good wen phone is in fastboot, it recognises it straight away, but wen i got into recovery is wher it messes up still even with htc sync. sum1 suggested another way, hav a look at the link, but im gettin signature verification failed or sumthin like that

help
saifbunni said:
wel ive done step 1 now. i created a thread for this here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095017
step 1 worked without htc sync, computer is good wen phone is in fastboot, it recognises it straight away, but wen i got into recovery is wher it messes up still even with htc sync. sum1 suggested another way, hav a look at the link, but im gettin signature verification failed or sumthin like that
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what hboot do you have on/ do you have android 2.2 on it?

[Solved] ADB Driver doesn't want to install/work on Windows XP.

Yesterday i had a problem with a Win XP computer where the ADB driver just didn't want to install. The worst part was that on that particular PC it worked correctly some time ago.
After a lot of digging around I've found out that the problem was that somehow the "WDF01005" (which is actually "Microsoft Kernel-Mode Driver Framework Feature Pack 1.5", on some sites it was listed as "KMDF Coinstaller 1.5") was not installed. Of course, searching the net for it didn't get me any closer to a solution.
Anyways, to make a long story short, i managed to fix it by creating the uninstall registry entry for it, it seems that i did have it installed (or maybe i had a newer version installed) all along just that the reg-entry got deleted.
Here's the reg file :
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wdf01005]
"SystemComponent"=dword:00000001
(just save it into "fix_wdf01005.reg" and double click it to install it with Regedit, or you can add the key manually and add a DWORD value with the name "SystemComponent" and value of 1.)
So, if you ever get the error that Windows XP cannot install the "Android Platform Sooner Single ADB Interface" driver then you might want to see if you have the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wdf01005" key as it is used by the driver installation and if it's missing then it fails and the driver is not installed.
I hope it helps others too,
P.S. i just tested, it worked for my Samsung phone too, it also failed to install the Android ADB driver and thus the ADB command said "error : device not found", now it worked correctly, it even found the drivers it needed through Windows Update so i didn't have to install anything manually.

Thank you so much! This worked like a charm!
My Windows XP used to work with adb, now it fails to install it.
Then I read this thread and now adb is working happily on my Samsung Galaxy Gio!
Thanks!

Thanks man.
you really helps me a lot.
[sorry for bad english]

instructions for domies...
Can you tell me exactly how do that, please? I'm having the same issue. The file doesn't exist in my registry. How do I get it?

Thanks. You're a blessing.

hi i have not problem with installation in my windowx xp...but its takes too long...i think some time 10 to 20 mins..so is there any way to install adb driver installation fast...plz suggest me solution...thnks and advance

[ROOT]Help with 7.3.1 KFHD 7"

So I have run into several problems using several different methods, none of which have worked properly and I really need some help. Now, I am by no means stupid when it comes to computer stuff but I am not a programmer nor any sort of software engineer. I understand much of the command line stuff and some simple code but I don't understand why nothing I have tried is working. So let me list the problems I've run into in my attempts to root my KFHD 7":
Root Many Android:
I am using v28 (which I believe is the latest and is reported to work on my device hardware and software).
I am unable to run the batch file as an administrator which I believe is the problem that results in the "permission denied" errors when trying to push the packages like superuser and busybox.
I am certain I have followed the tutorial to the letter so I don't know where I am going wrong. I can open the command window as an admin and cd to the C:\Root and run the batch but that doesn't fix the permissions errors.
Qemu:
I am using the latest version.
I select option 1 to root and it runs through the processes but nothing works and it just goes through several reboots so I am assuming it is running into the same issues as RMA, above.
KFFirstAide:
I am using the 64 bit as per my system. I run through option 21 to root my device using method 2 (Preferred).
It shows some success in that I can see the apps BusyBox Installer and Root Checker, however it does not push the rest of the packages necessary and this is evident by when it says I should receive a SuperSU or SuperUser popup, nothing happens and so the rest fails, though it says the root check passes in the final step.
So now I ask, is there a better way or something I am doing wrong with my Kindle Fire HD 7" 7.3.1?
Thanks in advance.

Trouble updating to 8.1 (error 80070003)

TL;DR: I need update logs or an idea what path might be missing that breaks the 8.1 update!
Hi all, strange for me to be asking for help here but it happens...
I've finally gotten my ATIV S (SGH-T899M) into a state where I'm willing to upgrade it to WP8.1. However, I am unable to do so. I've been able to install a few updates, but the actual 8.1 update won't install. The error I get (under the "Update status" line in Settings -> Phone Update: "The update was downloaded, but couldn't be opened. (80070003)"
The error code is an HRESULT or NTSTATUS wrapper around Win32 error code 3, which is ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND. Note that this is distinct from FILE_NOT_FOUND (2); you only get error 3 when a part of the path to a given file (or directory) is missing. I've searched online for any information about this error with regards to updates, to no avail. It does sometimes happen with Windows Updates on PC, but the instructions for resolving that aren't easily mappable to the phone.
Phone's current status:
OS version: 8.0.10532.166 (this is the pre-8.1 version; as I said, I did get some updates)
Firmware revision: 2212.13.11.2 (this is the Samsung GDR 3 version, except modified to not overwrite WP8Diag.xap or FCRouter, etc.; see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537241)
Hardware revision: 15.3.1.0
Radio software: 2212.13.11.2
Radio hardware: 0.0.0.0
Bootloader version: 13.08.14.16
Chip SOC version: 1.5.32
Phone was originally branded for Telus Mobility in Canada, and still has signs of that in DeviceTargetingInfo (language is 0809 instead of 0409, for example, and MobileOperatorName is LUS-CA). It was factory SIM-unlocked and brand new when I got it. It is developer-unlocked, interop-unlocked, capability-unlocked, and has been subjected to numerous additional hacks; I've reversed a few that I can think of which could possibly impact the update (like messing with files in the System32 directory) but I probably missed a few of those.
Here's what happens when I try to update:
If Preview For Developers is not enabled, it does "Checking for updates" then says I'm up to date.
If PFD is enabled, it checks for updates and then, if I'm on WiFi, downloads the update CABs.
It then enters the "Preparing to install" step. This is very slow in some places, stalling for minutes at a time at some percentages, but eventually reaches 97%.
It then stops the update process with the error message in bold above.
It does NOT ever tell me what the update is.
It does NOT reboot, or even offer to reboot, at any point.
The "Check for updates" button re-appears and can be used to start the process over again.
So... any ideas or suggestions? I'd prefer to avoid a hard-reset if possible, simply because of the amount of time it would take to restore the phone to the condition I state I want it in, but I'll do one if nothing else works. Things I'm particularly looking for, in descending order:
1) Anybody else who has experienced this problem and found a solution (and what that solution is).
2) Any log files I could check to see what it was trying to do when the error occurred (ideally with the path that caused the error).
3) Anybody else who has encountered this problem but not gotten past it; we can compare what changes we made to our phones.
4) Anybody else who has a reasonably similarly-modified phone but has not experienced this error and was able to install 8.1 (so we can compare what we did to our phones, and I can possibly crib files off you).
Hope somebody can help! Thanks.

GoodDayToDie said:
TL;DR: I need update logs or an idea what path might be missing that breaks the 8.1 update!
Hi all, strange for me to be asking for help here but it happens...
I've finally gotten my ATIV S (SGH-T899M) into a state where I'm willing to upgrade it to WP8.1. However, I am unable to do so. I've been able to install a few updates, but the actual 8.1 update won't install. The error I get (under the "Update status" line in Settings -> Phone Update: "The update was downloaded, but couldn't be opened. (80070003)"
The error code is an HRESULT or NTSTATUS wrapper around Win32 error code 3, which is ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND. Note that this is distinct from FILE_NOT_FOUND (2); you only get error 3 when a part of the path to a given file (or directory) is missing. I've searched online for any information about this error with regards to updates, to no avail. It does sometimes happen with Windows Updates on PC, but the instructions for resolving that aren't easily mappable to the phone.
Phone's current status:
OS version: 8.0.10532.166 (this is the pre-8.1 version; as I said, I did get some updates)
Firmware revision: 2212.13.11.2 (this is the Samsung GDR 3 version, except modified to not overwrite WP8Diag.xap or FCRouter, etc.; see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537241)
Hardware revision: 15.3.1.0
Radio software: 2212.13.11.2
Radio hardware: 0.0.0.0
Bootloader version: 13.08.14.16
Chip SOC version: 1.5.32
Phone was originally branded for Telus Mobility in Canada, and still has signs of that in DeviceTargetingInfo (language is 0809 instead of 0409, for example, and MobileOperatorName is LUS-CA). It was factory SIM-unlocked and brand new when I got it. It is developer-unlocked, interop-unlocked, capability-unlocked, and has been subjected to numerous additional hacks; I've reversed a few that I can think of which could possibly impact the update (like messing with files in the System32 directory) but I probably missed a few of those.
Here's what happens when I try to update:
If Preview For Developers is not enabled, it does "Checking for updates" then says I'm up to date.
If PFD is enabled, it checks for updates and then, if I'm on WiFi, downloads the update CABs.
It then enters the "Preparing to install" step. This is very slow in some places, stalling for minutes at a time at some percentages, but eventually reaches 97%.
It then stops the update process with the error message in bold above.
It does NOT ever tell me what the update is.
It does NOT reboot, or even offer to reboot, at any point.
The "Check for updates" button re-appears and can be used to start the process over again.
So... any ideas or suggestions? I'd prefer to avoid a hard-reset if possible, simply because of the amount of time it would take to restore the phone to the condition I state I want it in, but I'll do one if nothing else works. Things I'm particularly looking for, in descending order:
1) Anybody else who has experienced this problem and found a solution (and what that solution is).
2) Any log files I could check to see what it was trying to do when the error occurred (ideally with the path that caused the error).
3) Anybody else who has encountered this problem but not gotten past it; we can compare what changes we made to our phones.
4) Anybody else who has a reasonably similarly-modified phone but has not experienced this error and was able to install 8.1 (so we can compare what we did to our phones, and I can possibly crib files off you).
Hope somebody can help! Thanks.
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I've seen this happening with many people. The only way is reset.

Huh. I didn't see any news about it, at all, when I searched. Lots of stories about *other* update errors for WP8.1. Lots of stories about this particular error when installing Windows updates on normal Windows (none of which, sadly, had helpful suggestions for the phone). When you say "many people" do you mean in general, or just lots of people with interop-unlocked ATIVs?
I would really like it if the source of the problem could be identified and fixed, but Microsoft seems unlikely to be helpful here. It's probably a really simple problem - a config file that needs to be edited, a folder created (we can do that), a registry value changed, something like that - but oh well. I can back up my app data, and my SMS are backed up automatically, so I suppose in the big scheme of things there's no reason *not* to do this... I just don't like it, and consider it a waste of time.
On the other hand, if I have to hard reset anyhow, I might take the opportunity to install a custom CSC. I normally try to stick as close to stock ROM as possible - making only runtime changes, basically - but it's quite possible that some of the changes I've made will *already* persist after reboot (part of why I'm hesitant to blindly hard-reset; what if it doesn't fix anything and is just a waste of time?). It would be nice to get some of the feature perks of the custom CSC though.

I had almost the same problem getting the error 80070003.
view those two posts if you are interested
post 217
post 218

Thanks, but that's.. mot actually very encouraging. I have the SGH-T899M, and as far as I know we still don't have a leaked ROM from one of those.

I also got the "Your phone couldn't be updated" message. But the code was: 80188308.
Any takers?
Phone's current status:
OS version: 8.0.10532.166 (with the three xml files....)
Firmware revision: 2216.14.01.2
Hardware revision: 3.19.1.0
Radio software: 1621.14.11.2
Radio hardware: 0.0.0.7
Bootloader version: 13.07.12.14
Chip SOC version: 2.0.15
-tdecision10

GoodDayToDie said:
Thanks, but that's.. mot actually very encouraging. I have the SGH-T899M, and as far as I know we still don't have a leaked ROM from one of those.
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I've been trying to look into what's going on with the error message.
I found the particular error string within DuErrorsUIRes.dll. IDS_DU_ERROR_PREINSTALL_FAILED.
With that said, the only files that use the DuErrorsUIRes.dll are \PROGRAMS\DUACLIENT\DuaClientSettings.dll and \PROGRAMS\DUACLIENT\DuaNotification.exe.
I'm not good AT ALL with ASM, but you can either grab those files from your phone or grab them from the emu and load them into IDA and track it down.
I know that the code is the 6th code in the list that corresponds with the update error text.
Sorry I'm not able to help much, but hopefully this is of SOME value to you.

Thanks, Snickler. That's an approach I hadn't considered. Since the error code just means "Path not found" I was trying to think of paths it might attempt to access which could, for some reason, be missing from my phone... but working from the other end might work better.

Help getting Google play error

after installing the google play and all the APK's that follow
and following http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/general/root-playstore-busybox-optimize-flash-t3281804
steps i still continue to have a problem it says "error retrieving information from server.[RPS:S-7:AEC-7 YAD5-IQPZ-AB60M]"
i also did the command promo and did the code but still not working.
What is the step that I'm currently not doing?
i have windows 10 install