Does being rooted affect otas? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a branded htc desire on orange. It is rooted will this affect the receival and installation of ota updates? I am still on the orange rom.
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If you use Gold card to debrand and then upgrade OTA to froyo on HTC desire stock rom you will need to keep the gold card in place for any future OTA upgrade.

It will remove root (assuming it completes). You don't need a gold card if still on the Orange stock ROM

Ah thanks I am on the orange rom I'm not bothered about root.
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Gold card and Orange branded Desire

Hi,
I have an Orange Branded Desire.
I have made a goldcard for it, and then had flash it with latest HTC stock rom with success.
What I would like to know is since my Desire is now flashed with a stock htc rom, will i need my gold card for future flashing and/or rooting???
Yepp you will need it in every flash!
So does it mean my cid has not been changed by the flash of a stock rom?
If yes is there a way to change cid?
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Sorry for the stupid question but what Is cid?
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Cid is Tom Sawyer brother! (...)
Cid is an identification number that is used to identify your phone (branded or not)
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Tried to flash newest stock 2.29 many times but gets ......

Tried to flash newest stock 2.29 many times but gets same error about can't open bad.......
2.10 from forum works fine.
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You need a gold card if your phone was branded when you got it
Ok forgot the detAils.
I have an Orange unlocked phone, means I use whatever sim I want. It was ota froyo updated.
I rooted using unrevoked3, so I can get rid of Orange crap, thus the stock rooted froyo ROM from xda was used. But when I try newest WWE stock froyo 2.29 I get this error.
So how come this unmoded stock from xda works without goldcard?
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You can't, you need a gold card to change to ANY RUU other than the Orange one
Ok ill look into goldcard but why the stock rooted Rom workd from xda.
If I use goldcard OTA will work ? or I need to use goldcard everytime
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Or u can buy unlock code, somewhere this forum seen links
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atifsh said:
Ok ill look into goldcard but why the stock rooted Rom workd from xda.
If I use goldcard OTA will work ? or I need to use goldcard everytime
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Because it's a custom ROM, if you want to go to a stock WWE ROM you need a gold card. The OTA might work, you'll need to turn off signature checking in Clockwork Mod, but it likely cause issues
Ok thanks I'm mAking a custom Rom as stock possible now, or will try.
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2.29 working fine now.
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Stock or custom? Either way, glad you're working

Branding

Hey guys, I'm getting wildfire with Vodafone branding.
If I flashed a custom Rom, would it unbrand it, or would I have to use a goldcard method?
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Custom ROMs will debrand it. But, you will probably have to debrand it anyway using a Goldcard, because AlphaRev X is not working on all branded Wildfire's bootloaders.
How would I make one?
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Follow this guide, it will install a generic unbranded WWE ROM, as well as prepare your device for use with AlphaRev X, should you go for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132028
Thanks, its gotta be rooted first to do the debranding, is there any way of doing this easy.
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[Q] Help needed to get OTA 2.3.4

Purchased a used G2 on ebay - phone was rooted and I believe CM7 installed - clockworkmod came up and I tried to install a custom rom and was only getting white HTC screen.
At this point I really just want the latest official gingerbread 2.3.4 on the phone (even if it means getting an original stock rom then getting the OTA update thru t-mobile). I don't care if its rooted or not. (Picture of HBOOT screen attached below)
What is the easiest and fastest way to do this from what I have on my phone at this point? If I just factory reset from this menu will I still have to get a stock a rom and put it on my sdcard?
Just flash the rooted version from the dev thread dude
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Either that or if you don't care about root, flash pc10img of ota gb.
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[Q] HTC Desire HD Official Latest Stock ROM Untouched

Hello Everyone,
I am tired of rooted ROMs,
So, i want to revert back to the OFFICIAL one,
Will anybody tell me the latest STOCK ROM for HTC Desire HD ?
I need a link to DOWNLOAD the LATEST HTC Desire HD OFFICIAL ROM.
Please help me out guys
Thank you in Advance
Latest official ruu Rom can be downloaded from this link:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe
Just plug your phone into your computer and run the ruu.
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Muikkuman said:
Latest official ruu Rom can be downloaded from this link: ...
Just plug your phone into your computer and run the ruu.
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Could this operation "erase" root and s-off too?
Thanks!
You will lose root and your custom recovery as this will set everything to stock, but you will still be S-OFF and it will be easy to root again
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Muikkuman said:
You will lose root and your custom recovery as this will set everything to stock, but you will still be S-OFF and it will be easy to root again
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Nice! :laugh:
Same here,would that be English for Uk.
Thanks
HTC_WWE
WWE stands for world wide edition, so it works for you too.
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Muikkuman said:
HTC_WWE
WWE stands for world wide edition, so it works for you too.
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But it's not working. I tried it on my Desire HD (with ARHD 7.0.4) and I got error.
Link to error picture - dl.dropbox.com/u/3908508/error.JPG
Have you tried what happens what happens if you press recover? And is your phone a telus desire HD or was it branded when you first got it?
And make sure it's on charge only mode when you connect it to your computer.
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Muikkuman said:
Have you tried what happens what happens if you press recover? And is your phone a telus desire HD or was it branded when you first got it?
And make sure it's on charge only mode when you connect it to your computer.
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I have not tried to press recover. Yes, the phone was branded and it was Vodafone. Now I'am using ARHD 6.3.3 (because 7.0.4 is not stable and buggy). Kernel 2.6.35.14, baseband 12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M, build number 3.12.405.1.
Well that could be the problem. you need the ruu for branded Vodafone, but you should be able to run that ruu if you got a goldcard.
Do you have a goldcard?
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Muikkuman said:
Well that could be the problem. you need the ruu for branded Vodafone, but you should be able to run that ruu if you got a goldcard.
Do you have a goldcard?
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I don't know, maybe. When I bought it, it was sim free, unlocked.
Where are you from? (Where is the Vodafone phone from?)
Muikkuman said:
You will lose root and your custom recovery as this will set everything to stock, but you will still be S-OFF and it will be easy to root again
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my dhd is s-off but not rooted how i can root it (easily)??
Android Revolution HD is good and is based on original rom so its very stable. There is a whole thread linked for first time rooters ( step by step) it was my 1st Rom and haven't looked back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9211636
Using Galaxy S III ARHD & htc DHD ARHD
Baba_Bhai said:
my dhd is s-off but not rooted how i can root it (easily)??
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Flash this to cwm
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I am From India
yanniks said:
Where are you from? (Where is the Vodafone phone from?)
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I am From India Mumbai.....and i need a international rom....
Similar Issue
not sure if i should start a new thread
want to revert htc desire hd to stock also to try and unlock it
tried unlocking using unlockopedia on giffgaff but this didnt work
so i bought an unlock code
this didnt work
as im urunning miui android thought i should try and revert it back to try and unlock
also need to do this for their customer service to kick in
went on htc website and got htc sync and dled and then the rom on there
this didnt work as it said something about updating the utility and gettiing the right utility
not very good with the jargon so been put off by other threads not sure bout s off and things
nice to go back to stock

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