I have a T-Mobile UK HTC Desire - phone is locked to T-Mobile and the operator logo shows upon boot.
Is it possible to both unbrand and unlock the phone by replacing the firmware with some kind of unbranded HTC Desire (UK?) firmware?
Thanks.
PS. I recently did this to my Samsung Galaxy S - followed online instructions to download unbranded equivalent firmware; it removed the operator logo and, though the phone wasn't SIM-locked seemed to rejig some original Vodafone settings so that I can now successfully send T-Mobile MMS.
No you cant, you will have to buy an unlock code..
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Hi All
I am going to flash my desire to the stock HTC rom but before I do will the phone be simlocked back to Vodafone or will it stay unlocked. I am using an orange sim at the moment
Appreciate any response
Some say it gets locked some say it's fine. Luck of the draw tbh. This is why I always get unbranded phones
Hi, I have a sim-unlocked Orange Desire (I don't use it on Orange) with a branded 2.1 firmware, and I'd like to unbrand it with 2.2 stock firmware. Will that remove the sim-unlock that I have now?
Tnx in advance.
It shouldn't. I got an orange branded Desire from ebay on saturday morning, which was also locked to orange. I sim-unlocked it and rooted, and then flashed LeeDroid. My phone is still sim-unlocked.
Obviously I can't tell you what happens when flashing official firmware via RUU, because I haven't done that, but when flashing a custom ROM the sim-unlock remains the same. Hope this helps
If it locks it you can re use the original unlock code to unlock the phone again. If you don't have it then ask the seller you bought the phone from as they may still have it on record.
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i unlocked orange branded locked desire this eve without any probs thanks god
I just can confirm this: I've got an orange.fr branded desire over ebay and it was unlocked. Flashing froyo on it and rooting it before went well. No problems at all.
Tnx guys, I'll try it and see how it goes.
The speaker stopped working on my UK HTC Desire and I need to return it. Can anyone tell me how I get it back to the original firmware and bootloader?
Thanks
This is the only UK version out at present...
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe
Download it, connect using HTC Sync and then run the file. If you're not on a Sense ROM, boot into FASTBOOT and connect to PC and then run the RUU
Hmm, thanks, but that's not the T-Mobile Version. And it's not for the Desire. Can anyone help me reset my phone to UK T-Mobile Standard?
Thanks!
It is a T-Mobile ROM and it is also for the Desire...
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4
Bravo = Desire
TMO_UK = T-Mobile UK
Need to send my phone back as the screen is cracked and I get a replacement.
However I'm unsure what RUU to get. I got the phone off vodafone. However there is no branding on the phone and when I startup there is no vodafone logo. So while I think the phone is unbranded, the only RUU i can find that matches my baseband and software version is a vodafone one.
Should I jsut try to use the vodafone RUU and does it require a gold card?
You had a vodafone rom before you rooted it? Then you have to install the Vodafone ruu (from your country).
http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-unroot-the-htc-desire/
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You had a vodafone rom before you rooted it? Then you have to install the Vodafone ruu (from your country).
http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-unroot-the-htc-desire/
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That is not necessarily true. Check here: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo.
If it's not there flash a generic one. Mine was network locked but not branded.
Just a quick question before you go to all the trouble..
Most carriers will not provide a warranty replacement for phones with physical damage like cracked screen.. might wana check that first
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Hi.
I wonder if my M9 is unlocked or carrier version? Basicially this phone was originally bought in Vodafone UK, but i've got a unlock code (in order to be able to use Polish SIM Card) when i've bought it from reseller in Poland. So - from where am i receiving updates? From HTC directly or from Vodafone UK? At this moment my software version number is 2.10.161.7 with Android 5.1.
Thanks for any reply
Network unlock codes only unlock the simlock. If your device starts up with a carrier logo then it is a branded device and updates come from the carrier.
If your device starts with just the white and green htc logo then you could have a wwe (world wide edition).
The fact that 161 is Vodafone UK tells me that your updates come from your carrier and your device is branded.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
Thanks shivadow It's really weird - my M9 starts with normal HTC logo - there is no carrier bootanimation at all.
GamaPL said:
Thanks shivadow It's really weird - my M9 starts with normal HTC logo - there is no carrier bootanimation at all.
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The vodafone branding on the M9 has the same boot animation as the unbranded one. The only carrier boot animation I faced during the creation of my backup collection is the H3G one. So no need to worry.