Just got a Desier - Desire General

Hey guys.
I have just received my new HTC Desire as an early upgrade from my service provider.
At the moment I am still learning the device and it just rocks. Love the phone.
I have a few questions about it at the moment though.
A. How do I download APPs from my PC then install them tot he phone?
B. when in an application on the phone - how do I quite it or switch to a different one easily?
C. The phone has 2.1 android on it. I would like to root it and update to 2.2. I have downloaded a custom rom - but where do I go from there?
I appreciate all the help
Thanks guys!
P.S I am in South Africa if that helps?

Tander_ZA said:
Hey guys.
I have just received my new HTC Desire as an early upgrade from my service provider.
At the moment I am still learning the device and it just rocks. Love the phone.
I have a few questions about it at the moment though.
A. How do I download APPs from my PC then install them tot he phone?
B. when in an application on the phone - how do I quite it or switch to a different one easily?
C. The phone has 2.1 android on it. I would like to root it and update to 2.2. I have downloaded a custom rom - but where do I go from there?
I appreciate all the help
Thanks guys!
P.S I am in South Africa if that helps?
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perhaps, you should do your homework more and much more. Please read the manual first, then read threads here.
btw, quick answer to your question:
A. with android, use market or apps brain to download and install apps. dun need to use PC anymore.
B. press and hold home button to switch apps. Press home once will show ur homescreen.
C. Read the articles on Desire Android Development in this forum at http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=628
Enjoy ur Desire
cheers

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Hey all - new here - have some q's

Hey there,
I'm on my 4th Vogue from bell, and have had horrific luck with this phone. A friend steered me towards this site in hopes of increasing my pleasue with the device. He has told me:
"1. Flash the 3.09 Bell firmware
2. Unlock it (ImCokeMan 2.31)
3. Flash NFS ROM 1.20
4. Load apps that make it look nice. I.e. S2U2, a custom dialer.
It fixed quite a few issues. And a plus is that now you can load Garmin Mobile XT on it and use it as a GPS."
I downloaded the NFS rom 1.20 - I'm unsure how to unlock with IMcokeman 2.31. Can someone walk me through this?
I'm not a computer noob, I've built all my own systems etc - just new to this device. Your patience is appreciated!
Cheers,
Dave
well now that wasnt so tough - seems i've figured it all out. Time to start adding apps!
cheers,
Dave
bro i need help with the same thing
seems like you got it workingg
can u plazz help mee.
thanxx
Exactly what are you havin trouble with?
i want to upgrade my ROM to Flash NFS ROM
in short i want this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432487 in my HTC TOUCH with BELL
(i dunt have HTC DIAMOND)
plzz help me if u can thanxxx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=463263
enjoy

[Q] Help, blocked at boot after installing custom Rom

Hi,
Form some month, I was usingthis rom on my htc touch pro2: RUU_Rhodium_S2_HTC_FRA_2.07.406.1_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.91_Signed_Ship
Thanks to this web xda helping me to install this rom instead of the one comming with my orange (french mobil phone operator).
Then, due to personnal reason I had to re-install an old rom from my operator:
_HTC Touch Pro2_WM6.5_RUU_Rhodium_S_Orange_FR-B2B_1.90.73.1_Radio_Rhodium_4.49.25.17_Signed_Ship
Untill this point, I did not get any trouble.
But this morning i tryed to install the Energy Rom:
|RHODCMDA|.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.- Energy -.¸¸.·´¯ * |Sep 29| 21916|21680 * Sense 2018
(forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-tp2-upgrades/86489-rhodcmda-energy-sep-29-21916-21680-sense-2018-a.html)
At the first reboot, my phone freezed at the screen showing the release installed:
B 80
R 4.49.25.17
P 61.44tc.25.32u
D Energy
As my phone is not detected any more by my computer, I can't do anything.
I'm looking if there is someting usefull in the xda-tools.
I found a thread name "unlock, flash and even relock your TP via the SD card!", i will investigate on it.
To help me, don't you have any ideas that can help me?
Is there any hope ?
Thx
Akaiah.
PS.
relocate my post if he is not at the right place.
Just hold voldown key while resetting your phone and flash new ROM, preferably the stock one .
Yep, upgrade from sd-card worked perfectly.
As a reminder:
- choose the rom you want to install.
- extract the .nbh file from the rom.
- rename this file into "RHODIMG.NBH" and place it at root on your sd-card.
- Soft-reset your htc TP2 while pressing "power" and "VolDown".
You will get the nice red/green/blue screen (keep pressing) then, a grey screen asking you if you wanna install RHODIMG.nbh.
- release both buttons and press "power", to install
- or press "volDown" to cancel .
Every thing is right now.
Thanks
Akaiah.
PS.
Any idea why Energy rom did not work for me ?
akaiah said:
Untill this point, I did not get any trouble.
But this morning i tryed to install the Energy Rom:
|RHODCMDA|.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.- Energy -.¸¸.·´¯ * |Sep 29| 21916|21680 * Sense 2018
(forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-tp2-upgrades/86489-rhodcmda-energy-sep-29-21916-21680-sense-2018-a.html)
At the first reboot, my phone freezed at the screen showing the release installed:
B 80
R 4.49.25.17
P 61.44tc.25.32u
D Energy
As my phone is not detected any more by my computer, I can't do anything.
I'm looking if there is someting usefull in the xda-tools.
I found a thread name "unlock, flash and even relock your TP via the SD card!", i will investigate on it.
To help me, don't you have any ideas that can help me?
Is there any hope ?
Thx
Akaiah.
PS.
relocate my post if he is not at the right place.
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I believe Orange France is a GSM network and you tried to install a CDMA ROM. Go here for the GSM version of the Energy ROM.
Good luck.
So,
First, sorry...
I stressed for nothing and opened this thread without realy reading the forums and searching for answer to my problem.
All the answers are on the forum, I should have done a more research before posting.
About CDMA/GSM: my tp2 is a RHOD100 -> GSM (according to different thread).
I will try the gms version of Energy.
Thanks.
Akaiah.
akaiah said:
So,
First, sorry...
I stressed for nothing and opened this thread without realy reading the forums and searching for answer to my problem.
All the answers are on the forum, I should have done a more research before posting.
About CDMA/GSM: my tp2 is a RHOD100 -> GSM (according to different thread).
I will try the gms version of Energy.
Thanks.
Akaiah.
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I think you'll enjoy it. I use the 21680 CHT and am quite pleased with it.
The thread I linked to in my last post is full of great info. Please read the first several pages, as they have the answers to 90% of the questions that come up. If not, a search will usually turn up a solution. And, lastly, there are many great members to help if needed.
Enjoy...

[Q] Am I asking for too much?

Hi guys,
I love my Desire HD, I really do. Great phone. I get asked all the time what make it is... very nice owning it... BUT I hate Orange UK and their pesky interfering with the ROM. Some things just plain don't work.
So (and I have looked) there are lots of ROMs out there that I can Flash, but it's all very confusing to me.
What I need clear guidance on is:
1. Can I get a nice clean Genuine HTC Rom on it (with Sense)?
2. Will that give me OTA updates to Gingerbread or any future upgrades?
Sorry, but I seem to only find Mod guidance on here, but Im one of those people who like to put things back the way they were designed to be... (Im that sad...)
Ta for any help you can offer
redspecial2000 said:
Hi guys,
1. Can I get a nice clean Genuine HTC Rom on it (with Sense)?
2. Will that give me OTA updates to Gingerbread or any future upgrades?
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1. Yes, if you just want stock rom you can root your UK branded Rom (if its base 1.72 you have to downgrade first check this guide, thats what i used and there's also a link to a downgrade guide in it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964996) get S-OFF and install the official RUU (R om U pdate U tility) from 2.3.3. Or when you have root and S-OFF you can flash Clockworkmod recovery (the thing you need to flash any custom made stuff) and from there any custom rom you like. This is recommended because with it you can backup your current branded Rom in case you need to have it repaired and still want to be under warranty.
2. With official RUU you will get future OTA updates directly from HTC, but when you install 2.3.3 RUU you're already up do date. When you have a Custom Rom you will get updates from your rom Chef that you download over wifi/3g directly to your phone and flash it through Clockworkmod recovery
-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840040
This is stock rom with improvements. Look at the features list, it will convince you I'd say its the most popular custom rom and a good point to start.
btw Orange is the best provider in terms of Data plans in my country. You get most out of your money. But the branding and support is horrible They have absolutely no clue what their talking about. When i asked them if my DHD was branded when i bought it the sales assistant didnt even know what that is... She had to ask someone else first. If thats the same in UK you're on a good way with installing the Rom YOU want. You'll get support here from guys that do even better than the guys from HTC. Believe me.
I've only ever met one sales assistant who knew what I was talking about, I felt strangely attracted to her...
I've tried a few roms and settled on cm7 for now, best thing to do is junk the stock rom and get flashing, the improvements in battery life should be enough to convince you lol
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Thanks guys, this is really helpful....
The thing that tipped me over the edge was a trip to my local Orange Shop, where I went to get some answers as to why the Hot Spot feature wasn't working on the phone. I then had to spend 10 minutes explaining to the girl what the hotspot feature was, then DEMONSTRATE it to HER!
Orange guys must have been tinkering with the rom. Tethering and hotspot options worked out of the box for me but you better switch to a custom rom to get those features back and other goodies. Besides, it's funny .
Yep, like all the others recommended custom rom is the way forward. I was in your position before I started the flashing madness, I can promise you, you wouldn't regret it.. And we are so lucky to have such an active development section...
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Yep if you follow all the instructions it is nigh on impossible for anything to go wrong. Even if it does however, due to the active forums, you will get an answer in no time!
Don't do it, once you start you can't stop flashing save yourself and run away while you can
On a serious note, the battery life improvement and virtual 24hr help with this forum are good enough reasons on there own to do it, you won't regret it...
Ok Guys.... I'm gonna give you a laugh.
I've had my DHD since March (from Orange) and like all of you I am now not happy with (what you state is Stock ROM)
At the very tender age of 53yrs and now burnt our with computing and the like I rarely understand all the lingo/terms used Etc ;((
After calling on a phone 'expert' shop yesterday and was willing to shed cash if they could root & flash (presumably after de-branding) I saw the blank expression on their face.... "Nope... we don't know what your talking about"
Hmmm (I thought) So now I am determined to scare myself to death and ATTEMPT to get my phone to where it should be! But I am SOOoo lost on all the termanology used.
I am on 2.2.1
Kernal 2.6.32.21-g46445e7
Build 1.84.61.2
At the present time I am running on SPB 3D and have Laucher Pro installed as I was exerimenting with home page mods.
Still awaiting Ginger and can't see me getting it from Orange (UK) for any time yet. Phone does som curios things at times and seems to be getting buggy.
Phone calls drop, incomming second caller now boots me from my original call, icons vannish Etc.
Oh... Not keen on all this Facebook lark which the stock Orange thing has installed.
So.. ok, Not now happy with my DHD, but don't know where to start in geriatric terms.
Love this forum tho'
Hi
I am sending you a PM with a full guide and all the tools you require

[Q] [RQST] Rooting in R800i 2.3.4 Xperia Play

Hello Guys,
I´m a newbie on this particular forum and after a huge research I found a lot of information but nothing related to this.
My phone is an xperia play R800i [unfortunately running only in 2G mode due that the ICE operator in Costa Rica only runs at 850MHz 3G ]
I´m not a Linux savy person and yesterday one of my peers helped me yesterday while we were at work in doing several things.
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.ORIGINAL Setup-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
R800i with:
Android Version: 2.3.3
Kernel: 2.6.32.9-perf
build number: 4.0.A.2.368
BASEBANd: 8x55A-AAABQMAZM-20302204-36
Locked bootloader and phone was SIM unlocked (it was from Swisscom)
No Root on this.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--
Steps my peer did:
- Unlocked the bootloader. (he did it in a matter of seconds)
- installed the R800I world version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043630
--- The following happened:
- Constant messages that Android Crashed.
- No SIM being recognized / no signal from SIM chips.
----Troubleshoot: I did a phone restore and that fixed the Android issues, although the camera crashed constantly and no storage card was recognized.
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
2nd test:
My peer then downloaded a new firmware which is the following:
4.01.A.0.283 (please see captures) and is super stable although I lost root access.. never used the feature and I seriously want to remove games such as Sim, etc...
Battery life is awesome and Xloud, Cam, everything works like a charm!.
Is there a possibility that someone points me out to a video tutorial in order to root this great device R800i and have super user access?.
I love the firmware but if someone is kindly enough to have a video for this version it would be most than useful
google; how to root 2.3.4 xperia
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Thank you folks, although I was looking for a video tutorial since I Landed via google in your threads... Just wanted some more graphic guide
Check out the PDF guide in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
CrimsonSentinel13 said:
Check out the PDF guide in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
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OMG!!! Buddy thank you!!!!!!
Thanks!!
Guys, what a great forum!.
I was able to root with "DooMLoRD_v1_ROOT-zergRush-busybox"
I´m so glad about this app, I have removed the the Sims3 and Fifa 10 hehe..
Now, what can I do next? I have 2 questions... (although just I´ll be digging more the internet..) and I even installed the Titanium Backup ;-)
1. How can I remove all the "ads" after I install something?.
2. Is there a way to download using "torre..ts" and install the APK´s for games without having the "warning" message that reports that my app is not authorized by gameloft hehe.. ?
3. Any Themes for xperia play (although I´ll search on this one)
Thank you again pals!!!! most appreciated!,
DarkSlayer1982 said:
Guys, what a great forum!.
1. How can I remove all the "ads" after I install something?.
2. Is there a way to download using "torre..ts" and install the APK´s for games without having the "warning" message that reports that my app is not authorized by gameloft hehe.. ?
3. Any Themes for xperia play (although I´ll search on this one)
Thank you again pals!!!! most appreciated!,
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1. AdFree https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&hl=sv
2. No idea. And I don't support piracy so I won't help you there. These things are cheap anyway.
3. Not much. There are a few in the themes forum that can be flashed. If you want different themes I suggest using another launcher.
Hello Folks,
Looking for some guidance... is there a new version of Firmware that I didn´t knew?. My Mobile is offering me the OTA update 4.0.2.A.0.42... however as I´m with root + BL unlocked obviously is not letting me to update.
What should I do?. My phone is showing the 4.0.1.A.0.283 running 2.3.4.

HOT HD9 (HTC HD2 copy)

Hello everyone.
I got these cell phone and I need help for the SW and the other things that are needed for this device.
Does anyone have this phone, I need help?
Canelis said:
Hello everyone.
I got these cell phone and I need help for the SW and the other things that are needed for this device.
Does anyone have this phone, I need help?
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Not heard of this device. Perhaps a chinese copy of HD2.
OK, found something. It runs on Android, so you can only run Android apps. BTW what exactly you mean when you say things needed?
Need to se is it last SW, and need GPS for this phone.CoPilot Live- not work on this device !!
Canelis said:
Need to se is it last SW, and need GPS for this phone.CoPilot Live- not work on this device !!
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It runs 2.2 (as mentioned on the web), I don't have any idea if it can be upgraded, as you may know 2.2 isn't the latest version.
For GPS, you can check its specs if it has GPS or not, if yes then you can install the apps from the market otherwise perhaps connect an external GPS, although I am not sure weather an external will work or not.
You can click on 'Thanks' button, if I helped.
Model number : T8585
Android version: 2.3.4
Based Version : MAUI.11AMD.W11.19.SP.V1,2011/6/23 00:50
Need "working" GPS !!!!!!!
Maybe it could help us to help you if you could post the link.
The chinese website where I saw this, mentioned Android 2.2.
Many app not work on this mobile !
Maybe this will help : - h**p://www.efox-shop.com/hd9-mtk6573-4-3-zoll-kapazitiver-touchscreen-handy-wlan-umts-android-2-2-gps-dual-kamera-dual-sim-bluetooth-p-236121
since it is running android, so the compatible android apps should run on it, but since its a Chinese clone, no guarantees.
You can trying looking at other android phones by HTC or some other brand, to be safe.
You can try this rom Update_HD2_3G.zip www.multiupload.com/XOVS2HZTHO to remove all chinese aplications and to improve everything.
forum.china-iphone.ru/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15521
Installation Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423489
For fix GPS:
Enter *#*#3646633#*#*
Go to YGPS
Wait for the green satellites appear.
Go to NMEA Log
Click "save" wait 5 minutes and then click "stop". Repeat the process after 1 hour.
Is your cellphone the same of this?
fastcardtech.com/goods.php?u=41964&id=6655
I bought 1 of them.
Now HTC mobile phone is also very popular in China. But i am sorry i don't have it. It is a little expensive.
Is it upgradable to ICS???
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