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best way to root desire on orange?

been reading loads of posts on various forums, what is best/safest way to root my orange desire?
also is it possible to delete system apps?
i keep getting low on storage errors all the time, but can only delete ones ive downloaded from market
all help appreciated

If you have read the posts i dont see why you dont know the answer? there is no best way its whatever you think is easiest for you.

well ones ive read mention that they get no network error when trying to root on orange
was only looking for a solution to that m8

I think you just need to avoid updating the radio - that was the only thing causing trouble for Orange users that I noticed.

thanks for that m8, will need to look into that some more

I flashed my rom (before root) to a generic one, then once the root was released i rooted and flashed with a custom rom, still working fine, on orange.

70th said:
I flashed my rom (before root) to a generic one, then once the root was released i rooted and flashed with a custom rom, still working fine, on orange.
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when you flashed it with a new ROM will it unlock the Phone? I have Desire in Orange but plans to bring it in Philippines and use a different sim card.

[Q] rooted or de-branded

hi.im new so please go easy
anyway my question is what the difference between debranded and rooted.i had stock o2 desire and put new rom on it and made the goldcard thing but aint sure if im rooted or what??i cant seem to get the ota update and aint sure what rom to upgrade for the new ota update(if there is one)also my camera goes split screen sometimes(kinda purple and pink)with 2 images sometimes.any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks H

First how did you put a new rom on it? If you made the goldcard and ran a .exe file on your computer you are debranded Explanation to follow:
Debranding: as the word says, this is about removing a certain branding(could be orange or in you case o2 software stuff) In order to do this we flash a stock(non rooted) rom directly from HTC without all the branding. This is normally only possible on unbranded phones, as branded ones should only be able to run a rom from whatever carrier branded it. Here we use the goldcard in order to make the phone accept original software from HTC and not only from the carrier. So the only difference made is, that we get rid of all the carrier stuff and only have original HTC firmware.
Rooting: this is very different, and as the name suggests, this is something we do to gain root access(full system access without limits from the software) to the system. This is done by placing a su-binary in /system/bin and the superuser.apk in /system/app, because then we can grant su-access to apps using the binary.
The actual root process is the hard part, because on stock phones, we cant place those files, so we must use some sort of security hole. On desire we use a hole, which lets us replace the recovery, and then we can use a custom recovery to place the su-files and get root.

thanks morten
would you have info on an easy to do root option for a dummy
i cant get the new update as my phone crashes everytime i try to install it,
plus i would like to get the full benefits of my handset and get some cool themes and stuff.if i root it does it affect the downloading of apps and stuff??many thanks H

Use this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044. I did it last night and it works perfectly.
However, I now have a question. My phone is successfully rooted and I would like to set it up so that all apps run off the SD. I know this can be done, I have seen reference to apps2SD but I can´t work out what I need to do. Also, I presume I will lose everything on the SD at the moment?

[Q] Temporary root

I've been looking through the threads here to see if there's a way I can gain temporary root on my MyTouch 3G Slide. I'm really not interested in a permanent root or switching away from the stock rom (I've got the 2.2.1 ROM), unless there's a really good one based on the stock.
Basically, I just want to get temporary root and remove some of the pre-installed bloatware (the T-Mobile app pack, perhaps the HTC Stocks application) and clear out some space. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Anyone?
Basically, I just want to enable the Move 2 SD enabler and delete some of the carrier bloatware (if at all possible).

How to disable boot sound?

I have root access and I'm using a Root Browser. I tried renaming /system/customize/resource/“HTC_Sense5_Boot.mp3”, and I successfully rename the file. I reboot the phone, the sounds is still working and when I navigate back to resources, the file name is back to default. I know I can modify the "default.xml" @ /system/customize/resource/CID, but I have a bad experience with the OTA updates. What am I doing wrong with the renaming thing? Is there a different way to disable the boot sound? My phone is a developer edition; S-On Android 4.4.4, unlocked bootloader and rooted.
Thanks in advance!

Rooted but changes revert after reboot (M8 DWGL)

Hey guys,
I got a China Telecom M8, and just unlocked bootloader and rooted.
After I applied the kitkat SD card write protect patch, no other changes to system sticks after reboot.
I tried editing host file, also editing build.prop, default.prop....delete bloatware etc etc
But after reboot everything looks exactly the same to what it was.
I found some threads saying that it write protect due to stock kernel from JB, so Kitkat should have it too
Applying the Easy InitD patch would disable it (for the One S)
Anyone knows if this will work for M8?