I know that i sound like a broken record but bare with me for a bit.
to get froyo up and running on my device do i first root my device using that one click website(cant find the link anymore, does anyone know the link?) and then download whatever rom and compatible radio and just install it on my desire?
do i need to first make my htc desire unlocked/sim free? my htc desire is sim locked to t mobile.
thanks in advance
any suggestions? thanks
IF you want to go to the official FroYo 2.2 ROM you just need to make a goldcard and flash the official RUU file
IF, however, you wanna go down the custom route then you'd be best using unrEVOked as it roots your phone in one go (was extremely easy actually)
ok nice one. i dont need a unlocked desire thoughh innit?
I've red about everything, ever to hit the internet about rooting and rom-ing my Desire and I just think I might have red to much.
What I want to do:
* Root it.
* Cyanogenmod it.
My questions:
* I've red so many ways to root the phone, some ways were old, some new, but where can I find a simple and good guide for non-locked phone.
* I found about 6 versions of the Cyanogenmod, should I get the newest one or is there one more "stable"?
* I red that rooting the phone, voids warranty. If I root it and rom it, is there a way to get it completely back to stock "in case" if the screen, lets say.. dies? I've got 22 months left of the warranty and I'd love to not lose it.
* What rom would you personally recommend?
I'd love a piece of everyones mind!
I'm a total noob when it comes to this.
However, rooting is extremely easy with unrevoked 3.21 now. 1 click root.
if you decide to unroot it for warranty purpose, it's also easy too. I've done it 2 times just to switch the recoveries. You'll know what i'm talking about once you start rooting.
I have not tried Cyanogenmod, so no opinions on it.
I'm pretty conservative when it comes to tweaking the phone.
My personal preference is stock froyo 2.2.
& this's my route:
1. back up contacts
2. create a gold card.
then:
3. root using unrEVOked 3.21
4. Nanoid back up.
5. then install pre-rooted stock froyo 2.2 (2.10.405.2-initd-rooted-stock-v2.zip by teppic74)
6. partition SD card by ROM Manager downloaded from the Market
7. install Darktremor A2SD+
8. get used to staying up late messing around with the phone and/or cursing yourself for messing up the phone like me.
Root & Unroot.
i thought you didnt need a goldcard to use the unrevoked method?
ringer13 said:
i thought you didnt need a goldcard to use the unrevoked method?
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Well if your phone is branded then you must need a gold card ..
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newstar said:
Well if your phone is branded then you must need a gold card
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You sure? Still a newbie myself but I thought a gold card was only required to apply official HTC stock updates to a branded phone. Custom ROMs etc all work by just rooting with unrevoked.
Gold card is for other HTC ROMs, custom ROMs should be fine so long as you can root
If you are using a branded phone it's a very good idea to make a goldcard before rooting in case you need to recover using an unbranded RUU.
Than you all for your post, but I've got one question since my main language isn't English, I don't quite get what branded phone is.
Anyone care to explain? =)
The reason I suggest to make a gold card in case you want to unroot for warranty purpose.
I don't think rooting will void warranty, but just in case...
Also, if your phone is SLCD & you happened to RUU a wrong ROM, you might need a gold card to load another ROM.
& correct me if i'm wrong, if you want to change from 1 recovery to another. I think you'd need to unroot.
Well, at least that's my case. I couldn't flash Amon RA recovery using unrEVOked 3.21 on my rooted phone running ClockworkMod recovery. Maybe it's me, or my SLCD phone. Yes, i like to blame all mistakes i make on the SLCD.
Before unrEVOked 3.21, you couldn't root OTA Froyo 2.2.
So you'd need a gold card to downgrade from OTA Froyo 2.2 to Eclair 2.1 using teppic74's guide. Then root.
Anyways, I'm a newbie, so I'm keeping a gold card under my pillow just in case heheheh.
cull3n said:
Than you all for your post, but I've got one question since my main language isn't English, I don't quite get what branded phone is.
Anyone care to explain? =)
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A 'branded' phone is one where Orange, or T-Mobile (ie one of the phone network companies) have added their own extras to the software and where the phone is locked to that particular network.
An unbranded phone is not locked to a specific network and has the 'raw' HTC built software.
Hope this helps
Aight, my phone is unbranded, is that better or worse? What are the benefits and faults?
Ahh guess I'll just give up, going back to 2.1, gold carding, rooting, roming, backup, more and more problem, way to complex.
I build computers for living, very advanced Linux user and can fix about any problem there is for computers(you catch my drift..), yet I find this phone fairy tail way out of line.
Don't understand why there isn't just a simple Root for 2.2, basically its
1. Backup contacts (easy)
2. Create goldcard (here the problem starts..)
3. Download some program to root (fairly simple)
4. Download program to back up the phone (why isn't that build in the phone)
5. Download and install pre-rooted froyo (simple as long as I can find it)
6. Partition SD card by yet another program you'll need to download..
7. Install another program
8. Re experience the first week you got Linux..
I don't thing its worth the trouble since the phone is working fine right now..
cull3n said:
Ahh guess I'll just give up, going back to 2.1, gold carding, rooting, roming, backup, more and more problem, way to complex.
I build computers for living, very advanced Linux user and can fix about any problem there is for computers(you catch my drift..), yet I find this phone fairy tail way out of line.
Don't understand why there isn't just a simple Root for 2.2, basically its
1. Backup contacts (easy)
2. Create goldcard (here the problem starts..)
3. Download some program to root (fairly simple)
4. Download program to back up the phone (why isn't that build in the phone)
5. Download and install pre-rooted froyo (simple as long as I can find it)
6. Partition SD card by yet another program you'll need to download..
7. Install another program
8. Re experience the first week you got Linux..
I don't thing its worth the trouble since the phone is working fine right now..
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Agree
And i still didnt get answer that unrevoked give only root or also custom recovery , i didnt need costom recovery i only need root .. cuz it can easily un root via ruu but i need root with stock recovery any idea ..
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Hiya,
I rooted my phone using unrEVOked 3 a few weeks ago, but one of my buttons has since broken. I want to send it in for repair, but having rooted my phone obviously voids my warranty.
I've seen a few unrooting guides around, but they all seem to want a goldcard to re-brand. Considering I didn't use a goldcard the first time, is this still the way to go.
unrEVOked haven't made an unroot tool for Desires, that I know of.
My network is '3' in the UK. The Hutchinson3G RUU on shipped-roms is the one.
I've heard some things from different friends:
1) Branding is contained in the radio, so it doesn't matter what you do
2) Just re-flashing the clockwork recovery will do it
3) I can do the RUU without a goldcard
4) I must do the RUU with a goldcard
Anyone know for sure?
Cheers
Just run the RUU to get back to stock if you're sure its the correct one.
No goldcard needed and it will remove root...
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Hiya,
Thanks very much! Much appreciated
Hi everyone.
I just want to know if there is a way you can un-root the HTC Buzz (Wildfire)??
Because I know you void the phone's warranty if you root it; and I don't want to sit with a problem when my phone breaks and I can't repair it because of the phone being rooted...
I'm going to root my HTC wildfire using unrevoked V3.32
So I need to know if it is possible to unroot the phone before I root it with unrevoked.
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks!
If you will be rooting using Unrevoked, you can get back your original state, by simply running an RUU from the Shipped ROMs RUU Collection here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=windows mobile&model=Buzz
Remember though, if you go for S-OFF'ing your Wildfire, there is no way yet to get back from it.
Although running an RUU in essence doesn't need a guide, you can take a look at the procedure here anyway:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8926482&postcount=7
Hi all.
I bought myself an HTC Desire in the UK not too long after they first came out, not long after getting it I decided to root it. Back then the method I used to root it was by getting a gold card and using an update.zip version of CWM if I remember correctly. The phone is still S-ON and I am currently running the OpenDesire custom rom on there. Now since then I have moved house and managed to lose my memory card that I used with all my backups and CWM and custom roms on it and the like.
My problem now is that I have got myself a new phone and I would like to give away my old one to a family member. He is on Tesco mobile but this handset is locked to Orange UK, I have requested and recieved my unlock code from Orange but it doesn't seem to work. I have done a full day of research and I am told that this is down to my custom rom. So now my problem is getting back to a stock rom so that this sim card will work in it. I have been searching for a long time now and cannot seem to come up with any solutions, because of not being S-Off I cant flash a recovery rom, I can't find the old update.zip style recoveries I used to use and I just don't have any clue on what to do.
I don't really need the phone to be rooted from now on so I was wondering if it would be a safe idea to install a RUU called "RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.1_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121684.exe" that I found as I cannot find any Orange UK ones.
But I am open to any suggestions and help that anyone can offer me.
Thanks.
If you have a goldcard, any RUU will work fine.
Once you're finished with the RUU, follow this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726
bortak's link...you have tried the HTC Desire SIM-Unlock utility...have you?
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