[Q] Extreme newb in need of help :S! - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I was hoping someone could help me out? I've just got myself a HTC Desire which I was lead to believe would be unbranded. Unfortunately I dealt with a liar and I've just discovered it's got a load of virgin crap on the boot up screen and what not. How do I remove it and is there a way to get rid of this without rooting my phone? I really don't want to root and mess with a custom rom or anything been as I know absolutely nothing about this kind of thing :S! I'd really appreciate any help you guys could give me!

You first need to create a gold card. Google it and you'll find plenty of guides on how to do this.
Secondly, you need the RUU for the unbranded Desire ROM, which you can find here:
http://www.multiupload.com/UOWLL86GVB
To install the ROM, have the gold card in your phone and make sure HTC Sync is installed on your PC. Connect your Desire to the PC and select 'HTC Sync' from the menu on the phone. Once Sync on the PC shows connected just run the RUU. If the gold card is working correctly it will install and voila - one unbranded Desire!!!
* Best to make your every day SD card into the gold card as you WILL need it for all future updates

Thanks for the speedy reply! I just have a few more questions (sorry ^^;!)
Would that get rid of every non-htc thing on my phone including start up rubbish? I also have one about gold cards, if I change my sd card will my phone not work if it's been unbranded on another? I'm unsure whether to give this a go on a tiny one or go for a bigger one that I'll probably use full time. I'm sorry for the silly questions :S!

If you have a working gold card then just use that, it will then be on the stock HTC ROM. If you're now using a larger SD card just make that into a gold card and leave it the phone

Oops, sorry if I confused you, I don't have one. I was just wondering if it mattered if I swapped the gold card-ed sd card for another.
On a side note, if I didn't use a gold card to debrand the phone, will the splash screen start up branding disappear if I change it to a custom one?

You can't debrand unless you use a gold card. After you have unbranded you can use your other SD card. But if there are any ota updates you will need the goldcard to update the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

You CANNOT debrand without a gold card if you're just going for a stock ROM
You could, however, root the phone and use a custom ROM but that won't change the boot screen when you first turn it on - just the animated one. You'd need S-OFF to change the first one.
Easiest thing is to just make a gold card now and debrand using a stock WWE RUU

ste1164 said:
You can't debrand unless you use a gold card. After you have unbranded you can use your other SD card. But if there are any ota updates you will need the goldcard to update the phone.
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Which is why you just make your usual SD card into a gold card and leave it in the phone

Hmm. Okay, let me get this right, debranding would get rid of any virgin app stuff on the phone but wouldn't get rid of the virgin start up image and using S-off *would* replace the virgin animation with a static custom image?

Neithie said:
Hmm. Okay, let me get this right, debranding would get rid of any virgin app stuff on the phone but wouldn't get rid of the virgin start up image and using S-off *would* replace the virgin animation with a static custom image?
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no what there saying is, if you want to debrand using a ruu, (that will remove everything vigin including the splash screen) you need a goldcard, but if you dont have a gold card, you can root using unrevoked and flash a custom rom, that will remove everything virgin except the splash screen, you can then s-off and manually flash a new splash

Oh wow, this is confusing :S I've now discovered a virgin media scene option as well as a random link to the virgin internet that doesn't show up in my apps along with the flashscreen.
Oh right So using a gold card will leave the htc/android innards alone but get rid of everything virgin? And will I need to do anything special if I upgrade my sd card to a larger one in the future (don't quite have the money for a big one at the moment ^^?

A gold card doesnt get rid of the Virgin branding ... A gold card only allows you to run an unbranded RUU for a branded phone ... which then gets rid of the branding (Virgin stuff)
Oh and if you purchase a larger sd card later you can turn that one into gold card too if you need to ...

Here's a few things about the RUU...
1. It's a COMPLETE ROM, flashing it will wipe the existing one in its entirety and replace it with the new one.
2. You will LOSE all data on the phone when flashing an RUU
3. You need a gold card to flash an RUU not suitable for your handset, e.g. if your phone is x.xx.405.x you can only use RUUs which are also x.xx.405.x - unless you use a gold card

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[Q] Gold card info

Hi all
l searched xda for this question but i couldnt find an answer so I'll ask.
I have a O2 debranded desire wich i debranded using a goldcard. Since then the gold card has been used in another phone. Do i need to make it a goldcard agan or is it ok?
Simon
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Tazzzz said:
Hi all
l searched xda for this question but i couldnt find an answer so I'll ask.
I have a O2 debranded desire wich i debranded using a goldcard. Since then the gold card has been used in another phone. Do i need to make it a goldcard agan or is it ok?
Simon
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you olny need a gold card for a branded phone when you want to run a RUU file.. the gold card that was made for your Desire will not work as a gold cared in the other phone so just use that one instead of making another one
!PANDA said:
you olny need a gold card for a branded phone when you want to run a RUU file.. the gold card that was made for your Desire will not work as a gold cared in the other phone so just use that one instead of making another one
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he can make another gold card by creating another image
ITs not just for RUU's. if he wants to wireless update the device he needs the gold card there or wifi and internet will break.
it takes 2 mins to make a gold card, its in your best interest to make one
Rastaman-FB said:
he can make another gold card by creating another image
ITs not just for RUU's. if he wants to wireless update the device he needs the gold card there or wifi and internet will break.
it takes 2 mins to make a gold card, its in your best interest to make one
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I didn't make my self clear in original post, the card is used in another phone but just as a memory card. I had problems with two other cards when making them gold cards, so i thought that i could reuse this one. my question is, is the gold card stil good if its been used as a memory card, or should i format it and run the goldcard process again.
BTW you need the goldcard for every update on a debranded phone
My gold card appeared to get corrupted/damaged after using it in my blackberry. I formatted it on my blackberry, then windows and then finally my desire before re-making it into a gold card
I redid the goldcard process and everything went fine. I didn't want to risk it. Thanks for your help
!PANDA said:
the gold card that was made for your Desire will not work as a gold cared in the other phone so just use that one instead of making another one
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The gold card is based on the card id, not the phone, so should work as a gold card on another device.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
The gold card is based on the card id, not the phone, so should work as a gold card on another device.
Regards,
Dave
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I can confirm that.
I used a Wildfire to create a goldcard for a Desire.
Rastaman-FB said:
he can make another gold card by creating another image
ITs not just for RUU's. if he wants to wireless update the device he needs the gold card there or wifi and internet will break.
it takes 2 mins to make a gold card, its in your best interest to make one
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can you post the easiest way to create a gold card? I seem to have a hard time doing that. Also, I used unrevoked root method on my unlocked telus branded( using it on att) and im installing roms and radios and all is good, do I still need to create a gold card?

[Fixed] something gone wrong, need help

Hey guys i really need some help here, my phone won't boot up and it won't recognise my sd card. I've only got fastboot and recovery.
I'll explain as best as i can how it got this way;
Firstly i tried to s-off my desire so that i could upgrade to amon recovery 2.0, but it got stuck on 3rd step waiting for flash to complete after sorting that out by flashing a new rom, i proceeded to flash the recovery and that went fine. then i created a nand backup and decided to test the s-off by flashing a custom splash which also went fine but then i rebooted and downloaded leedroid2.2f and transfered it on to my sd card but when i rebooted the phone when into a small bootloop before booting into the phone but it was failing to recognise the sd card so i tested the sd card in my hero and it was working fine. the phone wasn't being recognised by the laptop as it ws asking for certian drivers so i rebooted into recovery and did a full wipe (like an idiot) and now it gets stuck in the boot animation with no logcat output and as it can pick up the sd card i can't flash a rom.
I hope some one can help me get my desire back to stock at least so i can send it off to htc if there is any hardware problem
Can i also add that my desire was orange branded had a slcd screen its original hboot was 0.83 and i don't have a goldcard for it either
Edit: I solved it and my phone is back thanks to guide by shockem on another thread, i'd also like to apologise to any mods for opening a new thread (kinda panicked) i'll look around properly before i open a new thread
hey guys now that my phone is back to stock has it got warranty back? seeing as it's an orange branded phone but it has a stock unbranded rom also its sim unlocked
If Orange takes care of your warranty, I suppose you must flash an Orange branded RUU before submitting it.
Yeah but theres no orange ruu and i can't use my usb port. I only have a goldcard which i made last night so if anyone can create a pb99img.zip for a stock orange rom i'll be grateful or if anyone can tell me another way of flashing a stock orange ruu.
That ZIP can only be extracted from an RUU, it's not something you can 'make up'
I'd go back to HTC direct and see what they say
EddyOS said:
That ZIP can only be extracted from an RUU, it's not something you can 'make up'
I'd go back to HTC direct and see what they say
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Yeah i realised that, seeing as i got my phone running now i've done some searching and i believe my usb is bricked, theres a guide on modaco to fix it but it requires for me to be rooted, the problem is my phone is slcd and originally had boot loader version 0.83 and the bootloader atm is 0.93. Is there a way for me to root the desire to attempt this fix?
its definitely a usb brick as i've enabled sd card functionality. I jus need a way to root the device now any one help me out?
You can't, unless VISIONary is working on the Desire
If you wanna try a newer ROM and see if that fixes things get the newest PB99IMG off of shipped-ROMs.com - it's the version of 2.29.405.2 and you'll need your gold card to flash it
EddyOS said:
You can't, unless VISIONary is working on the Desire
If you wanna try a newer ROM and see if that fixes things get the newest PB99IMG off of shipped-ROMs.com - it's the version of 2.29.405.2 and you'll need your gold card to flash it
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Just tried with VISIONary it goes through the motions and su app is there but doesn't seem to have given root as any app requiring root doesn't work. I'll have to pop into local orange shop and see what they say if that doesn't work can you tell me how i would get it back to HTC
You'd send it back to HTC as per the warranty card details I imagine, never had to send anything back to them before
SOLVED
Manage to get it done using this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9056719&postcount=15
make sure usb debugging is ticked and also copy the files to /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/ only, there is no such directory as shared_prefs
Only way to get stock orange ruu on it is go to an orange store and ask them to reflash the phone.
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ste1164 said:
Only way to get stock orange ruu on it is go to an orange store and ask them to reflash the phone.
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Thanks but that would have been hard without a usb but it doesn't matter i've fixed the usb brick and re rooted my phone, fortunately i had made a nand backup just before everything crashed so going to restore that
fezy said:
Thanks but that would have been hard without a usb but it doesn't matter i've fixed the usb brick and re rooted my phone, fortunately i had made a nand backup just before everything crashed so going to restore that
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Assuming Orange have the RUU it wouldn't have been hard, but they would've needed the SD card working
EddyOS said:
Assuming Orange have the RUU it wouldn't have been hard, but they would've needed the SD card working
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Thats true but i don't think flashing the RUU would have fixed the usb brick but its all good now i have learned alot over the past 24hours and hopefully i won't come across this situation again but just incase it does happen again, atleast i'll know what to do. But thanks for your input i really appreciate it

[HELP] RUU RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_Asia_India_2.13.720.2_Radio_32 .49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Hi All,
Can you guys please help me getting following rom:
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_Asia_India_2.13.720.2_Radio_*.*
I searched at shipped-roms but no roms for India
I Rooted my desire, but badly want to go back to stock India RUU.
I can use RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe using gold card. But i really want to go back India Stock without using any Goldcard.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks & Regards
Why don't you want to use a Gold Card? You will require a Gold Card to revert back to stock if you want to use the suggested RUU as it allows you to bypass the RUU CID check.
You can use an SD card with the smallest storage capacity to make a Gold Card, also, if you change your mind, try using the Gold Card tool in my sig to create one quickly - simple and straightforward to follow.
MasDroid i owe you. one beer from me for sure
HtcDesire2 said:
MasDroid i owe you. one beer from me for sure
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Hehe... thank you but due to religious reasons, alcohol is forbidden
We can still have a coffee though!
Im looking for the same RUU, but i have not rooted yet. Have you been able to find the RUU?
If this RUU is not available, do i need to create a Gold card to ensure i dont brick my phone ?

[Q] no boot after ROM manager

My Desire seems to have bricked after flashing via custom ROM manager via the marketplace. I have HBOOT 0.75 and S-ON (not sure what that means). I initially flashed my rooted Desire (with an older custom ROM) with one called ''AuraxTSense_8.1.1_Official_OTA_2.2_FRF91, and it worked. When I subsequently tried to flash to Neophyte's latest stable ROM, when I rebooted the phone it would stay on the animated X logo.
I have an Orange branded phone, no original ROM backup. I want to get back to the Aurax ROM above. When I reach the boot menu, holding down and the power button, I can select RECOVERY, but then I get a red triangle.
I dont have access to another Desire at the moment.
How can I go about unbricking my phone? Thanks.
You're not bricked, you just haven't properly rooted your phone. Make you SD card a gold card, flash a stock RUU and then re-root using unrEVOked.
And NEVER touch ROM Manager again as it's just TERRIBLE
Here's the thing - I dotn have access to another Desire to make a goldcard ... and I cant flash a stock RUU as mine is a Orange Desire - and I cant find the ROM for it anywhere - it doesnt seem to exist!
Is there somethign else I can do to reroot?
There's a chance that when I first rooted a year ago, that my SD card is a Gold card - no idea how to check, and what I need to do to keep it as a gold card (what shoudl I NOT do with it?)
look
Maybe its a try.
Hope that helps.
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look
Maybe its a try.
Hope that helps.
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I cant turn off check signature in my boot option - I have a very basic menu only.
You don't need a phone to make a gold card as it's the SD card you're making. Just use a card reader
There's no other way of doing it otherwise
EddyOS said:
You don't need a phone to make a gold card as it's the SD card you're making. Just use a card reader
There's no other way of doing it otherwise
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I need the CID of a Desire phone- not sure if I need from froma Desire with an Orange contract. That's if my SD card isnt a gold card already. I think I need to flash via ADB from my desktop as my phone is inoperable? If so, win 7 x64 cannot detect my phone as an adb device. What do I do?

Help required - weird problem...

Hi Guys,
Got a real strange one, have been searching around and cannot find any threads with exactly the same problem as me...so thought I would post...
There is a bit of a back story, so here goes...
A friend of mine wanted to change her ROM on her Desire, it was purchased new in Hong Kong, unbranded. She had had a problem when out of the country (in Taiwan) and had taken it into an electronics store. A lady there "fixed" it up for her. After a few days of use she didn't like the ROM the lady flashed so I said I would flash something else onto it...
Searched around, choose the Runnymead 6.0.7 SE (current at the time) and flashed it. I needed to use unrevoked, which put on ClockWorkMod Recovery too. Great I thought!
So after a bit of use, she didn't like that either (women huh!) so I told her that I could simply put the stock HTC ROM that came with it in the first place. She said great, and here's where it got interesting...
My thought process was that I could just download the stock HTC WWE ROM from shipped-roms.com. Boot into fastboot and run the RUU, but no, I got an ERROR 131 - CID blah blah...funny I thought, cos it was bought unbranded. My assumption is that the lady in the store in Taiwan must have gold carded and flashed a branded ROM.
Anyway, cutting to the chase. I am a little stuck, here, why? The Desire wont boot without the "original" SD Card in it. When I say original, the girl also asked me to change the SD card (she had a 2Gb and gave me a 8Gb). But when I changed the card over the phone wont boot, even after a full wipe via ClockWork. It boot loops at the "android" boot screen (from the runnymead ROM) with the new 8Gb card in it.
To change the CID so I can flash the stock HTC ROM I need to create a gold card, and to do that I need the phone to boot (with a card in it I can wipe).
Kinda stuck in a vicious circle. Right now I am trying to find another custom ROM to flash to see if it has the same "issue" as the runnymead ROM does (i.e. wont boot without that "original" 2Gb SD card in it).
But let me know if anyone has ever seen this, seems weird that the phone wont boot without that 2Gb card in it...I have the card and a spare, but as I understand the gold card process I need to put another card in the (or at least the same one wiped) which means the phone wont boot!
My head is spinning...
Any input is welcome as I am just about stuck!
Cheers!
Whatev's
If you ever get it working I suggest you check Supernova rom.
To get it working, check bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied on the q&a section. Its got all the stuff you need to get you started.
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stankyou said:
If you ever get it working I suggest you check Supernova rom.
To get it working, check bortak's troubleshooting guide stickied on the q&a section. Its got all the stuff you need to get you started.
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Thanks stankyou!
I have reflashed the runnymead ROM and its booting up now, so will report back.
I do have a general question tho. If some ROM's require the "original" SD card to be in the device to boot, (I am guessing this is due to data required to boot the device being on the sd card, in the ext partition) how can I wipe another card (for gold card use) and swap it out and boot the ROM to change the CID? Bit confused...
Going to check out the supernova ROM now...
Cheers for the reply!
Whatev's
You really need not to worry about CID when flashing roms. You just make sure you make a full wipe via recovery, set the new sd card with ext pertition and flash your rom of choice and follow whatever instruction the rom requires you to do.
stankyou said:
You really need not to worry about CID when flashing roms. You just make sure you make a full wipe via recovery, set the new sd card with ext pertition and flash your rom of choice and follow whatever instruction the rom requires you to do.
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Hi stankyou,
I understand, but my goal is actually to get back to a stock ROM.
I keep getting the Error 131 (this was actually an unbranded phone, but somewhere along the line its gotten "branded").
I flashed the ROM you recommended...checking it out now...will it work if I take the SD Card out and replace it with another one?
Thanks!
Whatev's
All fixed up!
For those interested...
Flashed the Supernova ROM. This allowed me to change SD Cards...
Made a gold card and then ran the stock RUU from HTC.
All back to stock now.
Thanks for all the help!
Whatev's
You'll probably go back to Supernova once she complains about the lack of space for apps. Glad you sorted it out.

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