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Hi guys and gals
My mate got his HTC Desire about 4 days ago, he wasted no time in trying to root it but seems to have fu**ed up. According to his own words:
"I did the unlocker method (made the gold card), got into the boot loader but upon loading the custom and reboot I lost the screen. phone still works but no display, I am still trying various recoveries"
Has anyone had (or know of) any similar experiences? I been thinking about rooting my Desire but now I'm worried...not had mine long either.
Thanks!
DJ Anon said:
Hi guys and gals
My mate got his HTC Desire about 4 days ago, he wasted no time in trying to root it but seems to have fu**ed up. According to his own words:
"I did the unlocker method (made the gold card), got into the boot loader but upon loading the custom and reboot I lost the screen. phone still works but no display, I am still trying various recoveries"
Has anyone had (or know of) any similar experiences? I been thinking about rooting my Desire but now I'm worried...not had mine long either.
Thanks!
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sounds like your mate has an slcd screen and tried to downgrade his device too an incompatible hboot (f it doesn't mention amoled on the box you have slcd). this is completely recoverable. although a little tricky - see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498&highlight=brick
Cheers!
Thanks debully,
Will pass on your comments to my mate.
I must say tho, his experience has sort of freaked me out a bit. I am looking to root my Desire (I wanna be able to connect with a Wii controller) but am feeling a bit aprehensive now...
Go for it man.. I just bought my telus desire last tuesday and by the end of thursday I had rooted and flashed LeeDroid to it.. and havent looked back since. While some of the instructions may seem complicated, once you actually do it, it's really quite easy. I originally used unrevoked without the SLCD support, and it still works, just shows a black screen when doing the updates. Earlier today I re-flashed unrevoked with the SLCD support and switched to Cyanogen 6 RC2, and it was a walk in the park! The advanages of the custom ROMS (and 2.2) far outweigh the chance of a scare. And if you still feel aprahensible about it, just check out the howardforums.com telus HSPA forums, there is a post with a REALLY easy walkthrough, and several success stories for our specific model of the phone.
Thanks mikeandjaimie
i'm gonna go ahead and be a lazy bas**rd, could you please provide a link to this forum u speak of?
Thanks!
try to avoid over the air upgrades to froyo as this throws a nasty spanner in the works should you wish to get root afterwards. Lots of screen presses on a blank screen - not for the faint hearted. Stick with 2.1 and its quite a bit easier to root, then upgrade to froyo via a custom rom.
I only know this because I did an OTA update within minutes of getting out of the box, only to find that this has practically ruined my chances of rooting my device, for the time being at least, until some bright bugger finds a reasonable way round it.
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try to avoid over the air upgrades to froyo as this throws a nasty spanner in the works should you wish to get root afterwards. Lots of screen presses on a blank screen - not for the faint hearted. Stick with 2.1 and its quite a bit easier to root, then upgrade to froyo via a custom rom.
I only know this because I did an OTA update within minutes of getting out of the box, only to find that this has practically ruined my chances of rooting my device, for the time being at least, until some bright bugger finds a reasonable way round it.
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I hear you mate. I updated my Android OS to Froyo 2.2 almost on the same day I got the phone. However there are some guides on how to downgrade your Android OS to 0.83 or lower before rooting it so I'll be giving it a try shortly.
Please let me know how you get on and save the links to the guides you use - if you don't mind.
Good luck
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So I just put Clockwork Recovery on an new SLCD Droid Incredible. I was about to flash the IncDoes new Sense Rom which I'm also running on an Amoled Incredible (and enjoying on that device) and decided to pause for a second before doing it wondering if anyone had done it already. Are the roms compatible between the SLCD and Amoled Incredibles? Any one know? Or am I treading in uncharted waters?
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So I just put Clockwork Recovery on an new SLCD Droid Incredible. I was about to flash the IncDoes new Sense Rom which I'm also running on an Amoled Incredible (and enjoying on that device) and decided to pause for a second before doing it wondering if anyone had done it already. Are the roms compatible between the SLCD and Amoled Incredibles? Any one know? Or am I treading in uncharted waters?
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I have a SLCD Incredible and all roms run just fine. I don't notice anything different beside missing my vibrant AMOLED colors
You want to sell me your AMOLED Droid Incredible? I'm desperately looking for another INC to dev on...
ID
Well my company owns both of these, so I can't sell the other one.
So my SLCD DINC will not show Clockworks screens. I just get a black screen with two white lines down either side. phone boots fine and i can get to the bootloader screen but when i try to go into clockwork I only get the black screen with the white outside lines.
Are you using Clockwork? Did you use UnRevolked to load it or Fastboot?
How are you using fastboot, I take it you flashed the mfg hboot?
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Well my company owns both of these, so I can't sell the other one.
So my SLCD DINC will not show Clockworks screens. I just get a black screen with two white lines down either side. phone boots fine and i can get to the bootloader screen but when i try to go into clockwork I only get the black screen with the white outside lines.
Are you using Clockwork? Did you use UnRevolked to load it or Fastboot?
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Actually I'm not, I used Unrevolked3 to install Clockworkrecovery and supposedly root. But when I run ADB with the SDK it finds the device but it doesn't seem that I really have root.
I had remembered Fastboot-Windows from my previous work with the Nexus and original Droid. I cheated with Unrevolked3 this time, and it worked flawlessly on the Amoled Dinc, but not this SLCD Dinc
the real issue is that I can't see Clockwork's screens at all. Just a black screen with white lines down the side. I can clearly get to the phone through ADB cause it's listed and I can run commands like SU, although it tells me permission denied when I run SU. So it sounds like something didn't quite go right?
I'm not a developer, I'm just a guy that plays with ROMs on a lot of different phones.
Yeah I ran unrevoked on mine as well (just got an SLCD version today). I can backup ROMs and everything with full root access, but when booting into clockwork all it shows is black screen with white on the sides, so I can't actually tell what it's doing until it reboots.
bloodiedwraith said:
Yeah I ran unrevoked on mine as well (just got an SLCD version today). I can backup ROMs and everything with full root access, but when booting into clockwork all it shows is black screen with white on the sides, so I can't actually tell what it's doing until it reboots.
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how can you tell you can back up roms with it? Do you know that the controls work? + - for up and down and the power for select? and are you just memorizing the locations?
I just opened up Rom Manager on my phone and when I choose make backup it goes to that black screen and when it finishes it reboots. When I go into ROM Manager it shows that there was a backup made.
I would definitely like a version that could be useable when going through manually into recovery though.
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I just opened up Rom Manager on my phone and when I choose make backup it goes to that black screen and when it finishes it reboots. When I go into ROM Manager it shows that there was a backup made.
I would definitely like a version that could be useable when going through manually into recovery though.
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Wow, I've gotta get with the program. I haven't browsed this forum enough. I had no idea a tool like ROM manager was out there. found it downloaded it loading .7 now on the SLCD Dinc. Black screen with white now as it's loading the rom, no messages on whether it's working or not. Kind of scary, but I'll let it run.
Looks like a very cool tool.
side question, but any one know how much better the slcd version does with battery? and if they fixed the charging issue (bump charge)?
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side question, but any one know how much better the slcd version does with battery? and if they fixed the charging issue (bump charge)?
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i would also like to know this well atleast the bump charge part
the battery is Dependant literally on what colors u have displaying the most
for a
AMOLED screens if you display dark/black more you waste less battery
SLCD screens if you display white/bright colors more you waste less battery
great thing i have a amoled and i love dark colored themes
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i would also like to know this well atleast the bump charge part
the battery is Dependant literally on what colors u have displaying the most
for a
AMOLED screens if you display dark/black more you waste less battery
SLCD screens if you display white/bright colors more you waste less battery
great thing i have a amoled and i love dark colored themes
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interesting. how can one tell which screen their Dinc has?
mcgoo99 said:
interesting. how can one tell which screen their Dinc has?
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Up to recently, they've had AMOLED. They are being made with SLCD now though.
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Div033 said:
Up to recently, they've had AMOLED. They are being made with SLCD now though.
Sent from my Droid Incredible
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i know; i got my Dinc roughly two months ago, but don't know if it was before or after the switchover
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interesting. how can one tell which screen their Dinc
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I found the answer here yesterday:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799499
look on your box at the model number or on your phone
if it ends with w2 then it's amoled
if it ends with w3 is slcd
I checked my box last night but I sent the UPC back for a rebate so ???
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I checked my box last night but I sent the UPC back for a rebate so ???
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The rebate form stated to make and save a copy of everything If you have a receipt with the UPC google it. You could try calling big red, that might work
ToyTank said:
The rebate form stated to make and save a copy of everything If you have a receipt with the UPC google it. You could try calling big red, that might work
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I have receipt copies somewhere. Hopefully the model number is on it. I do not have a copy of the box.
I had this same issue a few nights ago... you have to upgrade your bootloader to. 92
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Jaxon2319 said:
I had this same issue a few nights ago... you have to upgrade your bootloader to. 92
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They should already have the .92 bootloader if brand new and stock 2.2.
codyt01 said:
Well my company owns both of these, so I can't sell the other one.
So my SLCD DINC will not show Clockworks screens. I just get a black screen with two white lines down either side. phone boots fine and i can get to the bootloader screen but when i try to go into clockwork I only get the black screen with the white outside lines.
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Hopefully this helps you...
I do believe that IncredibleDoes uses Amon_Ra recovery, so if he is using a slcd like he says with no problem, then I would try that instead of clockworkmod.
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I just got my incredible last Saturday cause I thought the Droid X was too laggy. Im a little bit familiar with rooting as I had my old g1 rooted and flashed a bunch of custom roms to that.
I've been researching the Droid incredible rooting process and think I wanna do it. But I have some questions first.
1. I'm currently on the latest OTA update. If I root, is there an easy way to go back to stock if I wanna claim warranty or download the gingerbread OTA when it comes out? If so how?
2. Is this stable for a rookie programmer to do? What are the odds i'll brick it?
Thanks for all your help in advance!
-TAF-
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Unrevoked is simple. Couldn't be any easier really. Cake walk compared to rooting my D1.
Haven't gone back to stock on the incredible, but did it for a friend on the D1, and it was simple. I have seen people say that going back to stock on the Incredible is simple also.
As far as Gingerbread goes, we (rooted Incredibles) will most likely have it first, because of leaks. We already have several ROM's with the Gingerbread keyboard, and the ROM is sure to follow shortly.
I would suggest you Root. You wont regret it. The Dev's for the Incredible are fantastic. They are all making quality ROM's and you will love them. Guaranteed!
The only thing tricky in rooting the Incredible is the SLCD screen causes issues and you have to have a zip file on your SD card. The tutorial will link to it.
Lsdozer said:
Unrevoked is simple. Couldn't be any easier really. Cake walk compared to rooting my D1.
Haven't gone back to stock on the incredible, but did it for a friend on the D1, and it was simple. I have seen people say that going back to stock on the Incredible is simple also.
As far as Gingerbread goes, we (rooted Incredibles) will most likely have it first, because of leaks. We already have several ROM's with the Gingerbread keyboard, and the ROM is sure to follow shortly.
I would suggest you Root. You wont regret it. The Dev's for the Incredible are fantastic. They are all making quality ROM's and you will love them. Guaranteed!
The only thing tricky in rooting the Incredible is the SLCD screen causes issues and you have to have a zip file on your SD card. The tutorial will link to it.
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The only thing I'm worried about is if I have an SLCD or not and unrooting instructions. Every search I do only comes up with an unroot back to stock method for 2.1 eclair that doesn't work on froyo.
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Here are easy rooting/ unrooting tutorials:
http://www.incredibleforum.com/foru...rooting-stock-2-2-using-unrevoked-3-22-a.html
http://www.incredibleforum.com/foru...s/5723-how-get-back-complete-stock-s-off.html
Well, the rooting Part is extremely easy. But, when using unrevoked make sure you select a custom recovery image, that works with sLCD incredibles (i have one), or else you can't see anything going on with it. (black screen white lines, driver issue). If you want ill post a link up. But I rooted mine the second day I had it, and this is my first smartphone period. And I took java 1 and 2 last year in highschool, so i am no programmer. Its incredibly easy.
Now, I havent come across anything, anything for unrooting. So, if you can wait, dont root.
And..pretty sure, when you get the Gingerbread OTA, it will unroot your phone, and bring it back to stock.
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Well, the rooting Part is extremely easy. But, when using unrevoked make sure you select a custom recovery image, that works with sLCD incredibles (i have one), or else you can't see anything going on with it. (black screen white lines, driver issue). If you want ill post a link up. But I rooted mine the second day I had it, and this is my first smartphone period. And I took java 1 and 2 last year in highschool, so i am no programmer. Its incredibly easy.
Now, I havent come across anything, anything for unrooting. So, if you can wait, dont root.
And..pretty sure, when you get the Gingerbread OTA, it will unroot your phone, and bring it back to stock.
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Yeah dude if you could post a link to that custom recovery so I could check it out id be awesome!
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Just go for it and root it. I was worrying about it for months and then I did it and was rooted in 10 minutes and had a custom ROM installed within 2 hours WITH all my data restored.
Incidentally, I can easily recommend Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo RLS4 ROM for Incredible http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809985
It's insanely fast and stable, and the overclocked kernel gets surprisingly good battery life. And, go through some of the extras for it in that thread if you take a look, some are quite handy like Hulu and the Supercircle battery.
Also, the flipclock actually flips
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Will I be able to re SOn my device so I can claim warranty if it ever breaks after that unroot tutorial?
Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
Should be a way on here, but if you treat your Incredible well/decently, it's not gonna break/a better phone will be out by then anyway. The benefits of root greatly outweigh the voided warranty. (My personal thoughts on "Manufacturer's Limited Warranties", however, could be an entire thread by themselves)
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Just go for it and root it. I was worrying about it for months and then I did it and was rooted in 10 minutes and had a custom ROM installed within 2 hours all my data restored.
It's insanely fast and stable, and the overclocked kernel gets surprisingly good battery life. And, go through some of the extras for it in that thread if you take a look, some are quite handy like Hulu and the Supercircle battery.
Also, the flipclock actually flips
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The only thing I'm really worried about is my warranty and being able to unroot back to stock if I need to send it in(i have a knack of bad luck of phones breaking for no reason and me breaking phones)
I treat my electronics well. I just don't have the money for a new 500 buck incredible . I'm a struggling 18 year old paying for college and a car as well.
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Yes- first step in the tutorial is actually how to turn s-on if you so choose.
As far as the custom recovery image goes, here is the basic instructions from the first link posted regarding the recovery.
Step 3A- For those with SLCD screens (Sku ends in 3) start here:
NOTE- You'll see a black screen with white bars if you go into recovery. DO NOT PANIC- we're going to fix that right now by doing the following:
Unplug your phone and close the unrEVOked window.
Download the following file and extract it somewhere you will remember: http://dougpiston.com/files/Recovery...MG_cwm_mod.zip
Start the unrEVOked tool again and go to file -->custom recovery.
Select the recovery.img that you extracted.
Plug in phone (charge only), enable usb debugging and let the tool run.
Note: If tool hangs at waiting for reboot (safe to unplug), that's normal. Unplug the phone and plug it back it. The tool should now saw "complete".
Turn phone off and reboot into HBoot by pressing the power and volume - (down) buttons at the same time
Continue with instructions in Step 3B
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taffy333 said:
(i have a knack of bad luck of phones breaking for no reason and me breaking phones)
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http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382833
OP there was me. If you can boot AT ALL, you can restore.
taffy333 said:
The only thing I'm really worried about is my warranty and being able to unroot back to stock if I need to send it in(i have a knack of bad luck of phones breaking for no reason and me breaking phones)
I treat my electronics well. I just don't have the money for a new 500 buck incredible . I'm a struggling 18 year old paying for college and a car as well.
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Heh I bet I have less money..... 15 yr. old highschooler with no job and $25 every 2 months from my grandma
I've broken my fair share of electronics, and have had faulty ones; from what I've seen Incredibles are insanely reliable (though most modern smartphones are).
However, rooting isn't for everyone. Like it says in the root tutorial thread, don't root to be cool. Do it if you actually want/would use features of root, esp. custom ROMs.
I came from a sprint hero. and ended up with a Slcd DINC. After reading up rooting took all of like 5 mins. But I bet I have less money.. 3 girls in school. and a wife in RN school. Im the only one working,lol But then again. my cars and such are paid for. no bill outside the norm. and my cells..
Just ordered the seidio rugged case etc.. to protect my DINC... cant wait. cause I sure cant afford to buy a new one if it breaks.lol
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Heh I bet I have less money..... 15 yr. old highschooler with no job and $25 every 2 months from my grandma
I've broken my fair share of electronics, and have had faulty ones; from what I've seen Incredibles are insanely reliable (though most modern smartphones are).
However, rooting isn't for everyone. Like it says in the root tutorial thread, don't root to be cool. Do it if you actually want/would use features of root, esp. custom ROMs.
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Thanks guys. I eventually rooted. I did it wrong the first time and almost lost my phone (slcd issue). But the unroot guide helped bring me back. I re rooted and all went well. Haven't found the right custom Rom yet. Ill keep looking though.
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Glad you did it and got it right
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When I first got my desire back in July, I was over the moon with all these jam packed features and functions and that AMOLED screen not to mention my very first smart phone. That didn't last, ever since I moved to the HTC Desire it gives me nothing but grief, I can hardly use it due to its faults, either be it hardware or software based; Boot Loops, Boot Freeze, Inconsistency, On-board Low Memory, Overheating, Buggy that's just a few problems with it.
Trying to fix it by debranding to the HTC Stock ROM didn't solve any problems.
I think the time has come now to move on from my desire and chose another device other than HTC, preferably iPhone?
Please share your experiences regarding this device and what would you recommend as my next device.
-Deeco
Did you try rooting, S-OFF and installing a non-stock ROM? I know 3-4 people with a Desire and they are all stock and they all work immaculately.
I am not interested in using a Non-Stock ROM and I don't think that would make any difference. I was talking generally about the phone and the amount of flaws disadvantages it's self from reliability.
I am absolutely satisfied with HTC after using 3 different phones made by them in the past 3 years. iOS and Apple are great for dumb people.
Why didn't you bring it in for warranty? Freezes and reboots are not normal on an unrooted desire.
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I am not interested in using a Non-Stock ROM and I don't think that would make any difference. I was talking generally about the phone and the amount of flaws disadvantages it's self from reliability.
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Maybe it's just a dodgy phone? A new ROM would amost certainly fix your issues providing they aren't hardware related. Have you tried to get it repaired using your warranty?
I came from an iPhone. iPhone get hotter than this phone.. you probably got a defective phone, mine works flawlessly...
And believe me, use this rom and you'll love it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741663
If you want to move to another phone look around go in shops there are many try an iPhone, Blackberry, or another phone. It's your choice no one can make that decision for you.
Ik Desire said:
Why didn't you bring it in for warranty? Freezes and reboots are not normal on an unrooted desire.
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That would be the obvious thing to do, but I am unwilling to have my AMOLED screen replaced with a SLCD one, that's just me.
The phone is defective you guys are right but as explained I don't want the above scenario to occur.
TBH, the only reason one I metioned iPhone is because it has all the features I want 'Front face camera' etc besides the Signal Problem, I can jailbreak/mod the phone to my desire and needs.
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That would be the obvious thing to do, but I am unwilling to have my AMOLED screen replaced with a SLCD one, that's just me.
The phone is defective you guys are right but as explained I don't want the above scenario to occur.
TBH, the only reason one I metioned iPhone is because it has all the features I want 'Front face camera' etc besides the Signal Problem, I can jailbreak/mod the phone to my desire and needs.
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??
But you're not willing to root your Desire and flash a custom ROM?
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But you're not willing to root your Desire and flash a custom ROM?
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Like I mentioned above, I had rooted it but I consider flashing to a Custom ROM will make no difference whatsoever as my device is fault and unwilling to deliver to HTC under warranty due to screen replacement.
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Like I mentioned above, I had rooted it but I consider flashing to a Custom ROM will make no difference whatsoever as my device is fault and unwilling to deliver to HTC under warranty due to screen replacement.
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so, you're looking for an excuse to buy an iPhone, or you are making yourself a martir? You dont want to try a custom ROM, but dont want to change the phone neither... so what's the point of this thread?
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But you're not willing to root your Desire and flash a custom ROM?
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Good point. I'd rather be with an Android OS than iOS, but with that said I'm not going to go over the rigmarole of an Android Vs iOS Vs WP7 'discussion'.
If it was my phone I'd take the time to atleast root it and get Clockwork recovery installed and try a light Sense-based ROM to see if it is defective hardware or not.
What's even more simple than that is resetting the phone to factory defaults to see if the problems persist, have you given that a go?
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so, you're looking for an excuse to buy an iPhone, or you are making yourself a martir? You dont want to try a custom ROM, but dont want to change the phone neither... so what's the point of this thread?
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Look, I'm not sure if I have phrased it wrong or something, but using a custom rom hadn't made any difference.
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Look, I'm not sure if I have phrased it wrong or something, but using a custom rom hadn't made any difference.
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Aye you did, if it still persists you've got a duff phone. Warranty is the best bet, get them to replace it, then stick with it or try another phone. As it's pointless using a defective device, it'd drive me up the wall.
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... so what's the point of this thread?
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Exactly, so you've got a defective phone but won't RMA it, purely on the basis you'll get an LCD screen instead? Madness... Those early AMOLEDS are nothing to write home about too.
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Look, I'm not sure if I have phrased it wrong or something, but using a custom rom hadn't made any difference.
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I thought you didnt tried a custom ROM, my bad. Well, send it to repair, and then sell it in ebay and get an AMOLED one. If you're insterested, and if you live in USA, I got the A8181 version, and I want the A8183 (WCDMA 850), and I dont care to get a SLCD screen.
The SLCD's are actually more vibrant in colour, although I'd say the AMOLEDs are more efficient.
Kalavere said:
The SLCD's are actually more vibrant in colour, although I'd say the AMOLEDs are more efficient.
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Yet again, I have mentioned that I don't want to sacrifice my AMOLED screen for SLCD as I the AMOLED is what I payed for and is better in comparison. The Desire battery is bad as it is and adding SLCD will not do anygood.
I don't want to drift into that, a back to my first post.
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Yet again, I have mentioned that I don't want to sacrifice my AMOLED screen for SLCD as I the AMOLED is what I payed for and is better in comparison. The Desire battery is bad as it is and adding SLCD will not do anygood.
I don't want to drift into that, a back to my first post.
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Considering you are asking people for help, you are being very short and sharp with people and really aren't being too polite. That was a statement, I was retorting generally to sarge78's post about screens.
Ok guys let me start by saying thank you in advance. I thought I bricked my last incredible when trying to unroot it and return to stock by flashing the wrong p31.... file. I realized I had the newer slcd screen to late and had no picture when trying to turn the phone back on. All I got was the vibrate but no picture. Anyway I tried the recommendation on the forum and tried to flash it blind...... then I dropped in water! As I was doing it.
I have read and read but can't tell if I have amoled or slcd. Looking the screen with magnifier, etc. Is there a sure fire way to tell so I don't screw up an unroot if I try? I read that hardware version 0002 usually meant amoled... need more than usually! Lol.
My stats, stock: of course this is a replacement phone and the under the battery sticker that would have been on stock is not there a refurbished in the Philippine took its spot...
Dinc 2.2
2.15.00.07.28 radio
Stock kernel 26.32.17.... build 149 #1
Hardware version 0002
Hboot .92
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eraste said:
Ok guys let me start by saying thank you in advance. I thought I bricked my last incredible when trying to unroot it and return to stock by flashing the wrong p31.... file. I realized I had the newer slcd screen to late and had no picture when trying to turn the phone back on. All I got was the vibrate but no picture. Anyway I tried the recommendation on the forum and tried to flash it blind...... then I dropped in water! As I was doing it.
I have read and read but can't tell if I have amoled or slcd. Looking the screen with magnifier, etc. Is there a sure fire way to tell so I don't screw up an unroot if I try? I read that hardware version 0002 usually meant amoled... need more than usually! Lol.
My stats, stock: of course this is a replacement phone and the under the battery sticker that would have been on stock is not there a refurbished in the Philippine took its spot...
Dinc 2.2
2.15.00.07.28 radio
Stock kernel 26.32.17.... build 149 #1
Hardware version 0002
Hboot .92
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Assuming the screen works, yes, you can tell with a magnifying glass or a SMALL drop of water on the screen. An LCD will show colored squares. The AMOLED the dInc uses will show what's called a RBGB pattern (red, blue, green, blue pattern) when viewing a white screen. Also, the backlight will be seen through a black screen on an LCD, which will be very obvious in a dark room. Again, this is assuming the device works correctly.
Easy way to tell: Hardware version 002=AMOLED, 003=SLCD.
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Thanks guys so hardware =0002 for me take that to mean I have the older incredible amoled screen which is easier to return to stock right?
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take out your battery. ADR6300VW = amoled = ADR6300VW2
ADR6300VW3 = SLCD
vassskk said:
take out your battery. ADR6300VW = amoled = ADR6300VW2
ADR6300VW3 = SLCD
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i didn't know this. thank you.
Just a note on most refurbished phones that information is not there, they placed a refurbished in " " sticker for me it says Philippines and the only information on the sticker is MEID number and couple barcode numbers.
However if you have one that hasn't been refurbished Ie: you never took your old one to verizon for a replacement or through an insurance company claim then you should have factory sticker(info) under battery.
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eraste said:
Just a note on most refurbished phones that information is not there, they placed a refurbished in " " sticker for me it says Philippines and the only information on the sticker is MEID number and couple barcode numbers.
However if you have one that hasn't been refurbished Ie: you never took your old one to verizon for a replacement or through an insurance company claim then you should have factory sticker(info) under battery.
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^ i wonder why they do that...
NP wolf!
No clue, I knew that trick by the time I got the phone in the mail that was the first thing I looked for lol. When I saw that refurbished sticker I was like da**! Lol
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SteveG12543 said:
Easy way to tell: Hardware version 002=AMOLED, 003=SLCD.
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This doesn't seem to be true anymore if you flash the new 2.3.4 leak... I've had my inc since the day it came out and it always used to say 002 for the hardware version, but since I've flashed the new 2.3.4 leak, it now says hardware version 003... can anyone else confirm this?? FYI I flashed the one JoelZ posted
I would imagine that's because the GB leak has a sprint build.prop. Unless you changed it yourself or whoever put the rom out changed it, it will show some incorrect information.
taihard said:
This doesn't seem to be true anymore if you flash the new 2.3.4 leak... I've had my inc since the day it came out and it always used to say 002 for the hardware version, but since I've flashed the new 2.3.4 leak, it now says hardware version 003... can anyone else confirm this?? FYI I flashed the one JoelZ posted
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Huh... That's shady lol. Weird.
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I know I have an AMOLED screen.
But I've been seeing hardware = 0003 under MIUI ROMs and Nils' Gingerbread too, so I doubt it has anything to do with Sprint-related origins.
Hardware version 2 is Amoled and version 3 is SLCD
eraste said:
Ok guys let me start by saying thank you in advance. I thought I bricked my last incredible when trying to unroot it and return to stock by flashing the wrong p31.... file. I realized I had the newer slcd screen to late and had no picture when trying to turn the phone back on. All I got was the vibrate but no picture. Anyway I tried the recommendation on the forum and tried to flash it blind...... then I dropped in water! As I was doing it.
I have read and read but can't tell if I have amoled or slcd. Looking the screen with magnifier, etc. Is there a sure fire way to tell so I don't screw up an unroot if I try? I read that hardware version 0002 usually meant amoled... need more than usually! Lol.
My stats, stock: of course this is a replacement phone and the under the battery sticker that would have been on stock is not there a refurbished in the Philippine took its spot...
Dinc 2.2
2.15.00.07.28 radio
Stock kernel 26.32.17.... build 149 #1
Hardware version 0002
Hboot .92
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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jpradley said:
I know I have an AMOLED screen.
But I've been seeing hardware = 0003 under MIUI ROMs and Nils' Gingerbread too, so I doubt it has anything to do with Sprint-related origins.
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On MIUI, the settings menu doesn't even show hardware version. Only place I've seen it is in one of setCPU's "about" menus, and it was reported 002 which is correct. As for nil's rom, I thought it was based off a sprint rom but that could be incorrect.
You have to look at your stats when your phone is bone stock....
0002 is AMOLED and 0003 is SLCD. However when you flash a new rom, etc whatever that rom was built on is what will show up under hardware version. So if you looked and wrote down your stats when your phone was stock and it is hardware version 0002 its AMOLED and 0003 is SLCD.
I am using Nils gingersense 3.0 ver 1.6 and under the hardware version it says 0003 but I know mine is the older AMOLED 0002, And when I flash my " stock with root" backup my hardware version shows me 0002 like when I first powered it on from verizon.
Screen size is another thing I noticed will be wrong when flashing custom roms etc. Flashed one that had my screen size at 4.3" lol I got an incredible so I know thats false... My advice to anyone would be to record all your information on a lil notepad before changing anything incase you forget.