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Can somebody explain all about rooting?

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  • 07-08-2011 4:28pm
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    Doublechinlolz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys, im interested in rooting, but don't have a clue what to do.
    What is s off and s on? And is it even possible for Desire S? I'm lost! Thanks to anybody who can help :)


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    seklly
    Registered Users Posts: 773 ✭✭✭seklly


    S-OFF stands for security off

    From Alpharev website:

    HTC implemented security on their newer generation phones. This flag, called @secuflag, controls whether your phone has
    it's NAND or flash unlocked. Most noticeably, S-ON (security on) will read-lock your /system and /recovery partition, to name a few. Also, secuflag controls whether zip files being flashed through recovery or fastboot, are signed by HTC.

    The now notorious S-OFF (security off) will disable this NAND security.
    Since we are unable to access the Radio NVRAM itself (where secuflag is stored), we turned our attention to HBOOT.

    I have my Desire rooted with S-OFF and got most of my info from the xda forums. A quick look show that S-OFF can be achieved on the Desire S.

    Some extra reading:

    achieve S-OFF

    achieve root


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