On the way to root my Wildfire

It’s been little over a year since I got my Wildfire. Its warranty has now expired. And with quite a few new models up its sleeve, HTC has stopped support for the Wildfire. Guess what, they are now redirecting HTC.com/wildfire to their latest phone catalog.

With much newer versions of Android floating around, and mine still stuck in 2.2.1, I decided a couple of days back to ROOT my phone. And being a newbie to this whole rooting thing, I began to do a bit of research.

Here is what i found:
-You can find the HBOOT version by turning off your phone and then powering it on with the ‘volume down’ button pressed.
-Depending on the version of HBOOT, there are a few apps that would help you change your phone from S-ON to S-OFF.

-Once the phone becomes S-OFF it hardly takes few minutes to deploy a custom ROM.

-CyanogenMod seems to be the preferred community based custom ROM.

-**If something fails during the rooting process, your phone is ‘bricked’. i.e. it can no longer be used.**

-Most guides have a disclaimer for bricked phones saying something like “I am not responsible for your stupidity”.

Despite the last two points being significant deterrents, I am all set to root my phone. More updates in the subsequent posts as I proceed through the process.

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At Work

It has been quite sometime since I said goodbye to my college life. I’ve just started my innings an employee. I’m now in the process of getting into the groove. Its been a week since I joined my present company and I’m learning stuff. At the onset of your professional career, there is a steep learning curve. I’m glad to say that I’m learning a lot and it is indeed a nice experience. I’m back to being a inquisitive and a curious fellow. Thanks to the internet I have most of my questions answered instantly. And since its fun to learn, I haven’t entered the TGIF syndrome. At least not yet.

And more importantly I finally get to say to people that I’m at work. It maybe just for showing off, or probably for just avoiding something. So all you people out there, I’m at work! (And I’m not blogging from office. ).