I have a rooted Desire that was originally on Virgin UK, it had the boot screen and some Virgin apps but wasn't locked to any network. The problem is I never backed up my original rom and after being on a rooted phone now for ages I want to return it to a standard 2.2 stock unbranded rom but because im new to all this, I have no idea how its done or where to get the rom from. I asked this question on Modaco and someone gave me a link to what was meant to be a stock UK rom but when I extracted it it was a HTC app which I had no idea what to do with when I ran it it looked for my phone but I was to scared to plug it in incase it bricked my phone, I was expecting a rom that was installed from my SD card. Was I suppose to plug in my phone and allow this HTC app to return my rooted phone to stock? if not what do I do to return it to a unbranded 2.2 and where do I get the rom/app from.
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You need to find the RUU from Virgin but I'm not sure the new ones have been leaked
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Now that FroYo is out from Orange UK, Can I restore my debranded desire be revetered to stock so I can get it replaced for one that doesn't overheat when it feels like it...?
I dont think so no as the Orange UK RUU hasn't been leaked
ste1164 said:
I dont think so no as the Orange UK RUU hasn't been leaked
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Couldn't someone save the OTA update, then I flash it to my phone?
No, as you need to be on an Orange ROM to get it. You're going to have to wait and hope the Orange 2.2 RUU is leaked...
Can a unbranded unlocked phone be reverted to stock state for warranty purposes? This problem primarily effects branded phones?
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DroidBois said:
Can a unbranded unlocked phone be reverted to stock state for warranty purposes? This problem primarily effects branded phones?
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If you have the stock ROM. Orange UK RUUs have never been leaked so until they are there's no way of doing so
I'm not sure they're that savvy on checking. I sent my black (you can only get them from Orange) Desire back to Orange after it started overheating; I'd debranded it and put 2.2 on (before it was out here). I just described my overheating problem and the guy sent me another one, next day couriered, no eyebrows raised.
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But that shouldn't be accepted as the norm as technically you've invalidated the warranty. They should've told you where to go in all honesty
Indeed, just thought I'd share. I took the gamble they'd have heard the problem before and just shoot me another one. I believe you get refurb though (this one was immaculate). I didn't want to wait for HTC to fix it.
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It's very likely that if you kicked up a fuss you would have your warranty honoured on a debranded phone, since it's unmodified official software. It's a good idea to get an email from your network confirming that they will honour the warranty before you debrand, or you might be better off sending it to HTC directly for a repair.
At the end of the day if Orange piss me off over something so trivial then they will lose a cunstomer.. I know that, they know that... that's why we all get along
If someone has a nandroid backup of a rooted 2.1 orange uk stock can you upload it for us.
You might want to flash it and clear data to get rid of any personal data then make a new nand backup that is safe to share.
If you are kind enough to do so we can update ota to stock 2.2 for warranty purposes if we flash this...I think.
I agree with mercinary if someone could do that it'd be great.
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I have a backup of the stock orange rom but how would I go extracting and uploading? If I could make it into an RUU I will just someone needs to tell me how.
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ste1164 said:
I have a backup of the stock orange rom but how would I go extracting and uploading? If I could make it into an RUU I will just someone needs to tell me how.
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Just upload the nand backup on multiupload and we will sort out the rest.
Don't forget to reset it to factory settings before uploading.
Just do this
Nand backup your current rom.
Restore stock backup.
Clear data/factory reset. Do this to clear your private data.
Nand backup this new clean rom.
Zip it all up and upload it to multiupload (you don't need to register with this site.
Copy the link multiuplad gives you and post it here.
Restore the nand backup you made of your current rom.
Receive many thanks from many happy people.
Thanks
yes many thanks
Right I'll do that now for you guys.
Here it is http://www.multiupload.com/ATSGUBVLQY
It does have the older software version though (1.15.61.10). So you will need to wait for HTC to release the newer version (1.22.61.1). Anyways I hope this works for you. Tell me if it does
Has no one tried this yet? D:
Trying now. Will let you know when I'm successfull
the phone is unlocked but branded so i just wanted to unbrand it. i was looking for stock orange rom incase if anything goes wrong i can just restore it but sadly i couldnt find it anywhere.
Baseband
32.48.00.32U_5.10.05.30
Build
2.17.61.2 CL245629 release keys.
software verison 2.17.61.2
also if i root and get a gold card etc will i be able to just install it using the unbranded .exe file? because in one of the sticky posts i read that it wont work if you have installed 2.2 update OTA and thats how i updated mine to 2.2??
many thanks
The Orange rom has never been leaked.
For you to debrand, you could just create a goldcard and use the latest WWE RUU.
unfortunately, there is no way to get back to Orange stock unrooted.
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mikep99 said:
The Orange rom has never been leaked.
For you to debrand, you could just create a goldcard and use the latest WWE RUU.
unfortunately, there is no way to get back to Orange stock unrooted.
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I agree. Unfortunately, Orange doesnt even include their recovery ROM when you buy their phone. It's the French, so no surprise....
Agree with the above poster, although I would root, and use custom.
oh ook, thats fine, i will follow the guide and install the custom rom
thanks alot
does the memory card have to be the one which came with desire, because my original one stopped working so i have a 1gb one...
Nope, just use your day to day card. Should be fine.
Make sure you make your goldcard before anything else, it'll make life easier if you encounter any problems down the line.
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Sorry, I hate to be 'that' new guy, and I'm normally not. BUT. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the stock Vodafone AU ROM? And preferably some method to get my friends phone back to stock?
It's got to go in for warranty repairs, and in the now-distant past I've rooted and done s-off as wel.
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Sorry, I hate to be 'that' new guy, and I'm normally not. BUT. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of the stock Vodafone AU ROM? And preferably some method to get my friends phone back to stock?
It's got to go in for warranty repairs, and in the now-distant past I've rooted and done s-off as wel.
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Follow the guide in the wiki to unroot, the original ROM should be available at shipped-roms.com
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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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Hi everyone,
I rooted my brother's HTC Desire Z from Bell by following these guides (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/HTC_Desire_Z:_Firmware_Downgrade_(Gingerbread), http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_vision). I rooted it for the sole purpose of being able to sim unlock and everything worked fine.
Now my only problem is, I don't know how to update from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3. I tried searching for software updates from the phone settings, but nothing turned up. I want to update it because some apps won't run on 2.2 and I don't want to use a custom rom because my brother will just get confused from the new ui and ask me a bazillion questions.
Also, the rom I am using right now is the stock rom of htc dz, but from a different country (I forgot to backup the original). Can anyone provide me the stock rom (rooted?) for HTC Desire Z from Bell (Canada). I don't think factory resetting it or hard resetting it will help cause the rom will remain the same.
One last question, if I unroot the phone and everything, will the phone remain sim unlocked?
Sorry for being a noob and thanks in advance.
Bump.
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So you downgraded to 2.2 did you then use gfree to exploit and root?
Boot to bootloader and write everything from that screen down here
How exactly do I boot to bootloader? Is it Power + Volume Down? If it is, doing so only gets me to a screen searching for an image with the only choice being to update or not.
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Take the sdcard out of your phone and try again