hey, i got a desire on virgin network in the uk.
the bit i am confused with is that the phone seems to be unlocked and the software info leads me to think that this is an unbranded htc stock rom but there is the virgin logo whenever i turn the device on. i havent done anything to it. to scared lol.
here is my software info
baseband version: 32.30.00.28u_4.05.00.11
build number: 1.15.405.4
software number is the same.
i asked a person and checked on the xda forums under desire developments and posted roms and my rom seems to be similar to
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4. 05.00.11_release_122704.exe
is this normal for a virgin branded mobile
They probably just changed the bootloader !
However, even if it is an official ROM, the phone may be locked.
mine is from virgin aswell has the same vigin loading screen on start up to cant be locked as its got a o2 sim in it .it was running the same version as yours and never propted for the last update so i downloaded the update zip shoved it on the sd card and done it manualy all good
think virgin juust changed the boot screen on the early ones
as for weather we will get the up date ota i dought it will just down load the update zip and do the same again
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Okay, so my friend decided to 'debrand' his desire. It was a Virgin branded phone with the 1.15.405.4 CL155070 firmware installed. First he followed the debranding instructions on modaco.com to install the Generic ROM yet for some reason the Virgin splash screen remained. So I gave him a link to the 1.15.405.3 ROM I used (before .4 had come out) and the same thing, the Virgin splash screen remained.
I'm confused since my own HTC had an Orange splash screen and when I debranded it that was replaced with the 'Quietly Brilliant' splash screen.
I can get my head round the fact that the Virgin ROM is pretty much the Generic ROM, but can someone explain the splash screen situation to me please?
I am the aforementioned friend. Everything went through as expected. Would love to shed some light on this.
Cheers!
Shameless bump as we've rolled down a few pages, anyone have any ideas?
I have a virgin branded desire and I was able to replace my virgin media boot logo, but I rooted my phone to be able to do it.
The process is pretty simple, you need to be in the "recovery menu" (if you read up on how to root your phone, you'll find out how to get into this menu, it's the same menu you go into to flash rooted roms) and just flash a new boot image.zip from the SD card.
Boot logo changing instructions here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672339
Not fussed about the actual branding of it, as their is very minimal branding from Virgin anyway. I'm more interested in being able to update with HTC's generic firmwares.
Richy Freeway said:
Not fussed about the actual branding of it, as their is very minimal branding from Virgin anyway. I'm more interested in being able to update with HTC's generic firmwares.
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Im on generic rom coming from Virgin, If their were any softwarte updates i would try but their is not, so can't. lol.
Everytime i check it says i already have the latest firmware.
im guessing it will be ok, but obviously you WILL lose root if ya update.
Yep my theory (by numbers) is that virgin use the generic firmware so it will update at the same time as HTC.. the virgin splash screen must be stored deeper in root.
Its just strange how my orange splash was replaced with the quietly brilliant one when I flashed it with the generic.
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Okay, so my friend decided to 'debrand' his desire. It was a Virgin branded phone with the 1.15.405.4 CL155070 firmware installed. First he followed the debranding instructions on modaco.com to install the Generic ROM yet for some reason the Virgin splash screen remained. So I gave him a link to the 1.15.405.3 ROM I used (before .4 had come out) and the same thing, the Virgin splash screen remained.
I'm confused since my own HTC had an Orange splash screen and when I debranded it that was replaced with the 'Quietly Brilliant' splash screen.
I can get my head round the fact that the Virgin ROM is pretty much the Generic ROM, but can someone explain the splash screen situation to me please?
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it's happened to me too
i think that all brand rom have virgin boot animation inside, and it depend on the device imei number.so at first boot (while showing htc logo on white background) it determine which boot animation to load.
The rooted updates just don't update the boot image. That's all. You can update it manually (see my post above), but it doesn't matter, the logo is separate from the firmware, so if you flash the "generic" firmware, even though you'll still have the VM logo, you'll get the "generic" updates.
So did anyone manage to get the OTA to 2.2 once they put generic 1.21 firmware onto their virgin desires?? It worked fine for my orange debranded desire using the same method but my mates Virgin branded will not see the 2.2 OTA update like mine did???
My phone was already rooted with clockworkmod so I flashed it by hand. I was being too nervous when this thread was started. Rooting was a good thing.
Any of the unbranded RUUs will get rid of the branding. Custom ROMs (that you apply as zip files) won't update certain parts of the phone.
Hey i bricked my T-Mobile desire last night whilst flashing a radio update.
Im gonna send it back for repair or replacement so i flashed the generic T-Mobile rom from the unroot guide on modaco.
In about phone - software information it says
Firmware version - 2.1-update1
Baseband Version - 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2
Kernal version - 2.6.29-0cb9f166 [email protected] #1
Build number - 1.21.405.2 cl174215 release keys
Software number - 1.21.405.2
Can anyone confirm these with a stock, unrooted T-mobile desire please as i don't want them to know i rooted
Did people returning their devices contact HTC directly, the carrier (T Mobile) or their insurance provider?
Thanks
My UK T-Mobile stock desire has a different baseband version ,kernal version, build number and software number.
i think you need to flash:
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.15.110.11_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_122755.exe
[edit] sorry, i think it's the same rom you already tried flashing.
not sure why it hasn't worked though...
did the flash run ok, with no errors?
Ok, i just tried again and the RUU said
"ERROR [140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR"
I think its because HBOOT is 0.8 and not 0.75 anymore. I dont know what changed it. Iv only flashed a modaco rom, the standard HTC rom by accident, the radio update and the T mobile one.
Is there any way to change back and flash the TMO rom?
Thanks
The stock HTC ROM changed the bootloader to 0.80 - it can't be rolled back
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Ok, i just tried again and the RUU said
"ERROR [140]:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR"
I think its because HBOOT is 0.8 and not 0.75 anymore. I dont know what changed it. Iv only flashed a modaco rom, the standard HTC rom by accident, the radio update and the T mobile one.
Is there any way to change back and flash the TMO rom?
Thanks
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Standard HTC rom is where you went wrong, 1.21.405.2 WWE rom would have updated the bootloader to 0.80 and there's no way to downgrade the HBOOT yet if ever.
Thanks, If i send it to HTC with the stock rom on, would it still void the warranty as its official?
Thanks again
I would've thought not but they'd be able to check the S/N against operators and might find out it's flashed
Thanks for the quick reply.
Iv just spoken to HTC and they're going to take it in for repair, has anyone had any success with HTC repairing a rooted phone?
Thanks
It's not rooted so there shouldn't be an issue - only if they suss it was a T-Mobile one in the first place!
Worst that happens is they send it back saying warranty void
Hope you are successful.
Can someone tell me what radio update refers to?
Browsing the forums today has made me aware that the following could be an issue if I wish to root and flash a froyo rom to my htc desire.
When I bought my htc desire I wanted to stay with the orange network but avoid actually buying an orange branded (corrupted) phone - so I bought my desire from the carphone warehouse (uk) and it's supposed to be unlocked. I got it with a contract orange sim though.
It has no label "ORANGE" and came with no orange games/apps installed, but today I realised that I don't have the GTalk app and I couldn't find it on the market. I installed it from elsewhere and it seems to run fine, but was it being blocked in some way in my view of the market? Is my phone still truly unlocked or was it ever? I will try a PAYG sim from another network tomorrow.
The main thing I'm concerned about though is the radio. I've received several OTA updates since I got the phone. Could one of these have updated the radio to work on orange uk and if I install a new radio (as most froyo guides insist on) will that break my orange uk link? I read somewhere that an orange specific radio effectively locks your phone to orange and it takes a whole load of unrooting/rooting and avoiding OTA updates to keep it going on custom roms.
Is this the issue that makes rooting an orange uk desire a dangerous proposition or is it the orange branding / locking / User interface corruptions that is the issue? If it's the former, I'm locked into orange after buying an unlocked phone. If it's the later then I should be okay.
Many forum posts say "safe EXCEPT ON ORANGE".
If I install one of these new radios, might I have a problem with orange UK?
Current software information:-
Firmware : 2.1 update 1
Baseband : 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2
Kernel : 2.6.29-0cb9f166
Build : 1.21.405.2
Bootloader 0.80.xx
Gtalk is on all Android phones, that's why it isn't on the market.
On all radios should be able to access any network without any problems.
The updates probably came from HTC themselves. The updates were probably to upgrade from factory to current. I got an unlocked HTC desire that's on 2.1 update 1 (exact same software information except the random string in the kernel field) I am usually on t-mobile but I pop it out for a orange PAYG when I'm in T-mobile blackspots.
I got some sms from Orange when I first got the phone telling me they were going to push some 'handy' additions to my phone and then I got some OTA updates.
Today I realised that GTalk was on my phone as a service but not as an app, which I read was how Orange branded phones arrive.
So what do all the "safe except on orange" warnings refer to?
Sorry I didn't see your last paragraph before. So if this radio works on other networks the warnings must be branded related.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
the 'additions' they send is just adding orange's APN so you can access the internet through the mobile network. This happened to me when I put the orange sim in.
Ive got a de-Branded Desire on Virgin Mobile UK but cant see the update when i check, the info of the phone is below, any ideas why?
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Build number
1.21.405.2 CL174215
Software number
1.21.405.2
Did you debrand it yourself or buy it new from a shop? What ROM file did you use?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
I have the same problem - I'm in Germany, on O2. I bought the phone from an eBay guy who had bought it from the German T-Mobile. The phone is not locked or anything, just has a T-Mobile logo when booting, but that's it. Should I be able to see the update?
I used the RUU from the official 2.1 update, so ran the exe from my machine and lost all my settings etc in the process
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed
or
PB99IMG.zip
any ideas anyone
hey guys just wanted to start a thread for anyone whos got a virgin branded htc desire.
mine seems to be branded but the software version is that of wwe 1, its unlocked and got a virgin boot screen. thats how i got it. anyone got an update yet.
has anyone with virgin brand tried to debrand. if so share ur experiences and where wat guide u followed.
doesnt anyone have any suggestions at all or help full comments
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doesnt anyone have any suggestions at all or help full comments
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I'll try.
I have a Virgin UK Desire that came with a 405 Rom. I updated it to a later WWE Rom. It worked fine but kept the Virgin boot screen.
I then tried to install Froyo from a signed zip. This almost bricked it but I managed to recover it by doing the same thing again but with a goldcard in that I'd made on another HTC phone.
So be careful!
I have a Virgin branded (just a spinning logo on startup) desire, and I used the instructions on this site. mikesouthby.co.uk/2010/08/htc-desire-updating-to-froyo-official-ota-for-network-branded-handsets/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 (just add the three w's)
i hope it helps as it worked for me, and i'm now on 2.2 on an unbranded Desire..
i couldnt wait and installed this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741775
have no problem.
so far you have a generic rom and virgin media logo you need a goldcard to flash to the new rom froyo 2.2 from sd card.
i was in the same situation but after making a goldcard and flashing through sdcard it update successfully and i don't see virgin media logo anymore.