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I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root (AndRoot) procedure, once done, you can return to this procedure to continue. 2. If this procedure does not work for you, head to our original How To Root procedures (click on How To at the top of the site, then Android, then HTC Hero/Sprint Hero). II. Flash a Custom Recovery Image 1. Go to the Market and download Busybox by Stericson 2. Open Busybox and click install for it to install Busybox. 3. Go to the Market and download ROM Manager. 4. Open ROM Manager and click

I. Before You Begin 1. The only real reason to unroot a phone is to send it in for warranty, otherwise just flash a different custom ROM. II. Format the SD card 1. On your phone go to Settings > SD Card and Phone Storage 2. Select Unmount SD Card 3. Then select Format SD card III. Unroot the Phone 1. Download the latest firmware file for your device and the Original SPL and save it to your computer. (if anyone has other .nbh firmware files for Dreams from other countries please post links in the comments and we’ll add

OBSOLETE: SIMPLY DOWNLOAD ROM MANAGER FROM THE MARKET AND SELECT FLASH RECOVERY TO FLASH A RECOVERY INSTEAD OF THIS PROCEDURE. THEN HEAD TO SECTION IV TO CONTINUE. I. Before You Begin 1. You must have done our How To Root (AndRoot Method) procedure. II. Setup ADB 1. Head over to our How To Setup ADB procedure, once done and you can see your phone’s serial number, come back to this procedure and continue. III. Flash a Recovery Image 1. Download the custom recovery image for your phone and flash_image and save them to your computer. G1/Dream Roger’s Dream Flash_image (Updated

I. Before You Begin 1. This should be the easiest method to root. 2. This should also work on any G1 / Dream on Android 1.6 Build DMD64. II. Gain Root Access with AndRoot 1. Download AndRoot and save it to your computer. AndRoot 2. Plug in your phone via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it. 3. Copy the Universal Androot .apk file to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders, just on the sd card itself). 4. Unplug the phone. 5. Go to the Market on your phone

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root procedure before doing this one. II. Flashing a Better Recovery Image 1. Go to the Market on your phone and download ROM Manager. 2. Open ROM Manager and click Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and choose your phone to flash the recovery image. III. Loading a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our ROMs section for your phone and choose a ROM you want to try. Download it and save it to your computer (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip) 2. Plug the phone in via USB

I. Before You Begin 1. This should work on the Motorola Droid (the original Droid from Verizon) and will work on any version of Android up to Android 2.2 Build FRG22D (the latest version currently). 2. THIS WILL ERASE YOUR DATA AND YOU MAY NEED TO REACTIVATE THE DROID TO LOGIN AFTER COMPLETING SECTION II. II. Flash a Recovery Image via RSD Lite 1. Download RSD Lite, the Drivers, and the Custom Recovery .sbf file Motorola Drivers RSD Lite Recovery Image .sbf 2. Download the Root file and save it to the root of your sd card (NOT in any

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root (Unrevoked Method) procedure before doing this one. II. Loading a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our ROMs section for your phone and choose a ROM you want to try. Download it and save it to your computer (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip) 2. Plug the phone in via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it. 3. Copy the ROM .zip file and save it to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders just

I. Before You Begin 1. This is the easiest method available to root. 2. This method will also flash a custom recovery image so you can start flashing ROMs immediately. 3. This should work on all Android versions up to, and including, Android 2.2 (Froyo). 4. Install HTC Sync if you haven’t already THEN Uninstall it (it will leave behind some drivers we need but we need it to not be installed when we do the rooting process). II. Root and Flash a Custom Recovery Image 1. Download the Unrevoked Rooting App Unrevoked (Updated 09.20.10) 2. Install the HBoot Drivers: click

This procedure is obsolete. Please head to our new procedure here instead.   I. Before You Begin 1. The only real reason to unroot is if you need to send the phone in for warranty or if you want to just start from scratch. 2. This will erase most things on your phone, so as a precaution. please backup your contacts and your SD card contents. II. Restore Phone To Original State with RSDLite 1. Download RSD Lite, the Motorola Drivers, and the .sbf firmware files for your phone and extract them to your computer. Motorola Drivers RSD Lite 7 +

This procedure is obsolete. Please head to our new procedure here instead.   I. Before You Begin 1. You must have done our How To Root procedure. II. Get the Custom Recovery Image Working 1. Download the Bootstrap program: Bootstrap.apk 2. Plug the phone in via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it. 3. Copy the bootstrap apk to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders just on the sd card itself). 4. Unplug the phone. 5. Go to the Market and download Linda File Manager if you don’t already

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root (Unrevoked Method) procedure before doing this one. II. Loading a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our ROMs section for your phone and choose a ROM you want to try. Download it and save it to your computer (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip) 2. Plug the phone in via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it. 3. Copy the ROM .zip file and save it to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders just

I. Before You Begin 1. You MUST have done our How To Root (Unrevoked Method) procedure before doing this one. II. Loading a Custom ROM 1. Head over to our ROMs section for your phone and choose a ROM you want to try. Download it and save it to your computer (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip) 2. Plug the phone in via USB cable and mount the sd card so we can transfer files to it. 3. Copy the ROM .zip file and save it to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders just

This procedure is obsolete. Please head to our new procedure here instead. I. Install the Motorola Drivers 1. Download the drivers for your computer and unzip them. Then double click the program inside to install the drivers. Motorola Drivers (for 32 bit Computers) OR Motorola Drivers (for 64 bit Computers) 2. On your phone, go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > and make sure USB Debugging is checked ON. II. Install the Android SDK 1. Follow our How To Setup ADB procedure just until you can see the device’s serial number at the end of step 6. Then

I. Before You Begin 1. This is the easiest method available to root. 2. This method will also flash a custom recovery image so you can start flashing ROMs immediately. 3. On your computer, go to Start > Control Panel > Programs > and Uninstall HTC Sync if it is installed before you continue. II. Root and Flash a Custom Recovery Image 1. Download the Unrevoked Rooting App Unrevoked (Updated 09.20.10) 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