HI,
I've read around a bit and I the root and custom rom procedure itself I think won't be any problems ..
But before I proceed I do have a few questions...
I'm pretty known with modding and playing around with devices it's firmware.. So I know it has risks
But when I do accidently brick my phone ... How likely is it I can debrick it ?? Or is any brick more likely to turn my phone into an expensive paperweight?
Also .. How easy is it to put back the stock rom and unroot my device in case I want to return the phone for any reason??
And final question .. I see a lot of custom roms around .. but I could'nt really find a page in which I can narrow down wich rom is best for me.
Thanks in advance.
If you're used to messing with firmware then it shouldn't faze you too much.
As for bricking a phone, as long as you have CWM you should be able to boot to recovery and fix any issues.
All of your questions will be answered in the thread below as well as numerous 'how to guides'. Spend some time reading it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936214
As for custom roms, the choice is yours. Mine is in my sig.
As far as i know no one had ever bricked a desire hd
It's really hard to brick it completely, even if you want to
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Thanks for your replies ..
But what about restoring to stock rom and unrooting ?? any page on that ..
Also is there a page where all custom roms are discussed pro's/cons ??
And a bit of an OT question... ..
Does gingerbread provide syncing notes with exchange ??
Pls help
Hi all. I have a htc desire hd rooted and s-off but brander and I tried to use rom manager without backup so I lost the stock rom and the coustom one pls help me to fix this
The furthest I have ever bricked it was getting it into a boot-loop... scared me for a moment!
But, it was easily fixed by pressing volume-down + on button and it would get me straight back into the CWM Recovery in which I could do a full wipe + flash a new rom.
Flussen said:
As far as i know no one had ever bricked a desire hd
It's really hard to brick it completely, even if you want to
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Well there was this one guy who overwrote HBOOT with the kernel
But I believe that HTC repaired it under warranty.
Indeed .. I flashed the rom/ radio a few times now and rooted the sucker ..
ROM flashing went bad one time but I was just able to reflash ..
I see a lot of warnings to be careful with radio flashing ..
But if you were to flash a wrong or busted radio rom .. can't you just reflash it via the recovery menu ?? or does your phone become an expensive paper weight if you corrupt the rom ??
Flashing radios need Hboot Eng s-off, and bootloader is essentially the "bios" of the phone. If this partition becomes corrupted, depending on other circumstances, the phone maybe become unbootable...... This has happened to some recently, and the only option left was HTC.
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Ok but you can only brick it due corrupted roms..
So for instance in I flash Radio_12.48.60.23U_26.08.04.07_M3 (unkown source)
And did the MD5 check ... I't unlikely I would brick my phone ?
If the ROM is corrupted, your not likely to brick it, as your writing data to different partitions than the Radio. If your flashing a radio and checked the md5, best to do it from dc (battery, not plugged in) powered laptop. Don't want a power cut or surge, as your flashing to phone "bios" partition.
Edit: you'd also want to double check it's the correct radio for the phone.
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Hi, yesterday i got a massage that i can download new ota update 2.29... i've decided not to dwnl. it cause phone is rooted but it is on custom rom and i have data to sd as it says in my signature. Quest. is, what hapend in that case when upgradeing?
htc desire data2sd
Never apply OTA on rooted phones!
You most likely will mess up your phone.
If you want the changes from the update either use the matching RUU or find a custom rom based on that version.
Oh and your signature is empty.
Thx, for reply. It is the main problem i can't decide what is the compatibile rom. I know it is verry newbe quest but it so hard for me to get it on cause there is so much of everything that can brick the phone. As much as i read that less i understand. Can't find the rom that is up to date and that it is compatibile. Don't know how to decide which is ok. About signature, english isn't my native lang. and it is hard to find the right expression .
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There isn't that much that can brick your phone, people use the word brick to much for every little problem they have. As far as I know there are only three ways to brick a phone:
Hardware damage
Faulty radio install
Messing up the hboot
There might be more but can't think of any other right now. Non of these are relevant to you right now.
For all the desire compatible rom's check this thread. StarBurst is probably your best bet if you want to keep the normal Sense. Make sure to read the thread for requirements and instructions.
Thank you for your patiente, one more newbie q. I can`t find on the google how to see which recovery mode do i have? There i see some notes to whatch out with which recovery to oprate but i can`t find how to see which version is mine.
Just boot in recovery, there should be a line telling what recovery it is. Most likely you have CWM 2.5.0.7.
You are right once again . So from now on i should find the newest rom. Is gingerbred for desire yet out and should it be something much better then those roms you've sugest me in the privious post? As i saw on the forum those custom roms are eaven more up to date and provide more options than those "original" roms, and another confusing thing is that in star burst is option to update ota, is this correct or i do not understand it correctly?
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Same concern here:
I've rooted the phone, I've installed Rom Manager, wasn't convinced to install any ROM. How this will affect the OTA update ?
To be honest I'm waiting for the official 2.3 from HTC and I've rooted the phone mainly to get access to some Market software unavailable outside the US (maps, voice actions, etc).
I've also unlocked the phone using seempi's method.
If you're rooted you can't apply the OTA, simple as that.
If you want OTAs then you'll need to go back to stock
Whats the full version number of ota update?
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i have started flashing rom on my desire recently... so far i flashed cm7 and now miui... i have rooted using unrevoked and installed clockworkmod recovery.... each time i flash, i do a backup using clockworkmod... my question... if i get a problem with something during flash or if i mess up with someting that bricks my desire... will i be able to recover using my backups with clockworkmod recovery?
i mean do i need to take additional steps to ensure that i can always recover from a brick? e.g. on psp, there is pandora battery that can recover a brick.. on the wii, you can also recover from a brick using a nand backup.. is there similar thing on desire? is it the clockworkmod recovery...
i will probably flash back to stock rom soon(btw can i use the backup i made with clockworkmod to get back to stock rom?) and i want to be on the safe side so that i can recover from any failure whatsoever.
No, if you brick your desire it's end of story. However lot of people confuse bricks with other boot issues. It's pretty hard to properly brick a device if you understand what you are doing.
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yup how can i brick my device? through installing custom rom? power failure? install radio?
what is the goldcard thing? i have unlocked phone, do i need to create a goldcard? when following the unrevoked root tuto, there was no mention about the goldcard thing
Shouldn't need a goldcard when unbranded, however I belief that there are some reports of unbranded phones needing goldcards for the newer ruu's. You can always make one just to be sure.
Flashing roms won't brick your device unless some really strange stuff happens. Don't know what that would have to be though.
A bad radio install will brick your phone. Either if the zip is corrupted or if you lose power during flashing. When altering the bootloader (s-offing or flashing new hboot) power failure will also brick your phone, so will corrupted files. I thought there was a third way to brick your phone but can't think if it right now.
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Shouldn't need a goldcard when unbranded, however I belief that there are some reports of unbranded phones needing goldcards for the newer ruu's. You can always make one just to be sure.
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It's hit and miss with the gold card. I needed one, and it's unbranded. Go figgure. As the above poster said, better to make on, and save a future headache.
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Shouldn't need a goldcard when unbranded, however I belief that there are some reports of unbranded phones needing goldcards for the newer ruu's. You can always make one just to be sure.
Flashing roms won't brick your device unless some really strange stuff happens. Don't know what that would have to be though.
A bad radio install will brick your phone. Either if the zip is corrupted or if you lose power during flashing. When altering the bootloader (s-offing or flashing new hboot) power failure will also brick your phone, so will corrupted files. I thought there was a third way to brick your phone but can't think if it right now.
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thx! so i continue flashing custom rom .. i have already installed latest radio so don't think i will flash radio or modify bootloader at least for a while now
edit: can i make a golcard if i am on a custom rom and have already rooted my phone?
Goldcard is not related to your phone.. it is related with your memory card.. and you can make it with any working android phone... and use in any android phone.. as it is the way to by pass the customer id check.
You can go here to make goldcard http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
If you are not good with adb part... just search for Goldcard Helper in market and . that app will give you your reverse CID so than you can follow from step 7 from above guide.
Hope that help
can i use the sd card i am using to store my data and data2ext parition? or i need a seperate empty card?
NO .. a goldcard should be a single fat32 partition .. thought formating doesnt remove ur goldcard as it is your sector zero.. but too being safe side.. dont use the goldcard sd card. My suggestion take any 1 gb or even 512mb if available sd card and make it as a goldcard and keep it somewhere safe
Hi guys. Sorry if this is similar to another question in these Q&A sections but i've gone through so many threads that i'm sick to the bones and ready to blow.
I have the original HTC Desire S-LCD model (slightly slower people, please note it is NOT the S, Z or HD, you don't know how many times this happens) and i used the official update for 2.3.3 gingerbread from the HTC developer site. The thing is though, it's very buggy and the lack of space is annoying me. I managed to get S-Off and install Revolutionary recovery onto it.
(HBOOT version says 6.93.1002 (not sure why it has the 6 part) and it says "Bravo PVT3 Ship S-Off")
I tried using root programs but none of them worked on it. To flash another ROM do i have to root it or can i just flash from this stage? Also what ROM would you guys reccommend? I'm wanting one with the new sense 3.0 or even the HTC Desire S ROM with sense 2.1 and apps2sd. I'm constantly uninstalling and reinstalling apps co its always almost full.
Again, sorry if this is unneccessary spam that has been asked before but i'm tired, confused, sick and annoyed.
Thanks, Huzi.
And please for the love of god don't tell me to use the search bar. At least link me. Please?
You can get some cool ROMS here: http://www.cooldevs.com/ that include upto sense 3.5!
New ROM has be flashed from recovery. Always follow installation instructions when you flash a new rom. To find a good one, check the developers thread.
A good beginnersguide can be found here on XDA (Sticky in General section).
Swyped from ICS with Transparent XDA App
reboot into recovery (either through the bootloader, or by adb reboot recovery).
If you just get an exclamation mark in a triangle, you need to flash recovery. Look at my guide.
If you have a custom recovery, backup your rom (it's pretty self explanatory how), do a full format from mounts & storage (apart from your sd-card), then select flash zip from sd, and then choose a rom to flash. Don't ask which is best or what to recommend. It's all personal preference.
ROM's I frequent:
Cyanogenmod
MIUI XJ
I can recommend the noobs thread it tells you everything, I've used it many of times and you soon pick.up on stuff.
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New ROM has be flashed from recovery
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So what you're saying is that I don't need to root or create a goldcard or anything? As long as I have this custom recovery I can flash a new ROM?
Also another thing that worries me is the radio part of the ROM. That was the reason I had to send my phone back to HTC coz there was an error when it was at the ROM stage and wouldn't boot an OS after that.
Can I flash a new ROM without the radio or does that mean no calling etc?
And also does the radio have to be specific to my region and operator? (o2 uk)
(sorry about the long winded questions)
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So what you're saying is that I don't need to root or create a goldcard or anything? As long as I have this custom recovery I can flash a new ROM?
Also another thing that worries me is the radio part of the ROM. That was the reason I had to send my phone back to HTC coz there was an error when it was at the ROM stage and wouldn't boot an OS after that.
Can I flash a new ROM without the radio or does that mean no calling etc?
And also does the radio have to be specific to my region and operator? (o2 uk)
(sorry about the long winded questions)
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Yes, you don't need a goldcard to flash a new ROM. The radio doesn't affect the booting up of the OS, it just affects your network signal and anything else associated with the radio. The radio doesn't need to be flashed everytime you change ROM's. You can look here to see if you have the latest one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687464
The radios are not region specific
Thanks a lot for clarifying that. I think I'm gonna get started with a sense 3.0 ROM.
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No problem bro hope you find a ROM to your liking. You could try this one its a 2.1+3.0 sense rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300224
You know what? Delete all tutorials. What's the point of having them, when suckers will jump to every n00b like superheroes and will re-write the same things all over again?
Terepin said:
You know what? Delete all tutorials. What's the point of having them, when suckers will jump like to every n00b like superheroes and will re-write the same things all over again?
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And let me ask you something. Is it such a crime to ask for help and give help? I've read through every tutorial i needed and still ran into problems. A store worker doesn't ignore you when you need something just coz people have asked before. By signing up to XDA you are automatically willing to help others or even help yourself when problems arise.
Revolutionary. Single word that fixes all. Instead, they gave you even recipes for secret cake! That's not helping, that's spamming.
grazy2266 said:
I can recommend the noobs thread it tells you everything, I've used it many of times and you soon pick.up on stuff.
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Where is this noobs thread? Link Please.
Pardon my noobiness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
Maybe if it will has flashing lights and cool music n00bs will notice it...
Jesus sayd "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." and not "Kill the n00bs"
Two things:
1. Grammar FAIL!
2. I'm not their father.
Terepin, I just wanna say that I like your avatar. It adds character to your posts.
While thank you. I'm trying to do my best.
Hey guys...
Last week I bought a second hand( used in good condition) Desire HD, which also has a warranty of local HTC dealer. When I had received it, I realized that ROM( probably Basedand and Kernel) has changed also. Even everything works good, I'm wondering is there a way to change back everything to stock, so I can achieve warranty if it's needed.
Also I found SuperUser Icon in menu, so It means that phone is rooted.
I don't know how phone is rooted, so I can unroot it.
Sorry If I sound like noob(cause I am first time on Android phone, I've used Symbian and WM before). I'm trying to adopt in Android world, but this for warranty really concerns me.
Thanks in advance
P.S. I've received phone with this on it:
Android Version
2.3.3
Baseband version
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version
2.6.35.13-Buzz_2.2.1_OC+g2ad4ce3
[email protected]#8
Sat May 28 12:49:32 BST 2011
Software number
Android Revolution HD 5.2.0 by mike1986
theres definitly a way to unroot your phone, but its not as easy as rooting it as i was rooting my phone bout 6monthes ago i found a how to unroot ur dhd, but dont remember where i found it. ther stock roms (original) u can find in dhd section here on xda
as long as u dont need to unroot it, i would prefer u flashing a more actual rom or update yours. just take a look in dhd android dev forum. im sure u will find something for u
here a link to the newest version of ur current rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840040
Thanks....
I couldn't find any original ROM here
And If I just flash the original, will everything back to original(will root remain) or...?
Can anyone even help to find out how the phone was rooted...?
Balcanian said:
Thanks....
I couldn't find any original ROM here
And If I just flash the original, will everything back to original(will root remain) or...?
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There are tons and tons of custom ROMs in the development forum. They start with [ROM]. If you flash the original stock as a ROM, it will retain root.
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Can anyone even help to find out how the phone was rooted...?
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What does HBOOT say? Boot while holding power and volume down.
Make sure you switch off, remove and insert battery, then hold volume down and power!
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If you want to return to stock, just download and run a RUU
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Here's the thread u need. Everything u need to do to get back to stock & it's even noob friendly :')
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30863908
Whats the best way to one click root dhs
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RobHalford92 said:
Whats the best way to one click root dhs
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Advanced ace hack kit (AAHK), is the simplest way to achieve root, although it's not quite one click and you wont find it on XDA although googling it will bring up links for you.
I have a Desire Bravo (A8181)
I installed Gingerbread 2.3.3 using the file from the HTC site.
I am not happy with it ( spontaneous reboots, drains battery, other crazy stuff)
I don't want to root so I'd just like to go back to 2.2
Can someone link to a procedure to get back to 2.2.
People are using Official 2.3.3 mostly as a troubleshooting tool or for warranty purpose.
However you cant downgrade it by RUU to lower version. The RUU will not proceed giving version problems.
The only way would be to SOFF using revolutionary and thereafter if you really want FROYO you can choose from many of the stock offerings available at Desire Development section.
My phone is not rooted
Is there anything else to do, besides SOFF and getting FROYO. Do I have to root the phone?
desirus said:
My phone is not rooted
Is there anything else to do, besides SOFF and getting FROYO. Do I have to root the phone?
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You dont have to root the phone if you use revolutionary. But definitely will have to go SOFF. If you are worried because of brick possibility then you must know that with Android 2.3.3 the way to root is via SOFF. Actually with revolutionary SOFF is the main thing. After that you can flash a rooted rom from recovery if you want which is a low risk activity.
I would personally recommend Mildwild 5.0 based on CM7.2 as one of the most stable rom.
OK thanks
Can I use this wiki?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide
I think it is what you are talking about except it links to cyanogen mods, why is mildwild better than cyanogen?
Also I just went tinto bootloader and see I already have S-OFF
"BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF"
I don't know how this happened, do I still do S-OFF and install custom recovery image?
desirus said:
OK thanks
Can I use this wiki?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide
I think it is what you are talking about except it links to cyanogen mods, why is mildwild better than cyanogen?
Also I just went tinto bootloader and see I already have S-OFF
"BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF"
I don't know how this happened, do I still do S-OFF and install custom recovery image?
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NO need to s-off if u r s-off, get 4ext recovery updater apk install it, run it, now u will have the latest recovery.
now u can pretty much put what ever rom u want on.
Just read instructions in the thread the rom came from and remember to NANDROID BACKUP as soon as u install the recovery.
I did manage to install Mildwild ( I couldn't get 4ext to install so I re did the s-off, rooted and installed Mildwild 5)
Thank you very much for the advice.
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
desirus said:
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
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I think that comes from your device being a PVT1. These type of desires are known to reboot when overheating due to a motherboard problem.
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unlock the bootloader, flash a clockworkmod recovery and flash an android 2.2 rom. i think that is the easiest way.
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huhu2207 said:
unlock the bootloader, flash a clockworkmod recovery and flash an android 2.2 rom. i think that is the easiest way.
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I just ordered an original battery from HTC, if I can't find a software fix to 2.3.7 and if the new battery doesn't work then I will go back to 2.2.
But I think that because I used the official RUU from HTC for 2.3, then I have to use a custom ROM for 2.2. If I am wrong then please tell me, after all these problems I would use an official 2.2 ROM if it would make my problems go away.
desirus said:
I did manage to install Mildwild
I still get spontaneous shutdown of my phone so I have to research this problem.
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
I think that comes from your device being a PVT1. These type of desires are known to reboot when overheating due to a motherboard problem.
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desirus said:
I just ordered an original battery from HTC, if I can't find a software fix to 2.3.7 and if the new battery doesn't work then I will go back to 2.2.
But I think that because I used the official RUU from HTC for 2.3, then I have to use a custom ROM for 2.2. If I am wrong then please tell me, after all these problems I would use an official 2.2 ROM if it would make my problems go away.
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The key is you still get spontaneous reboots. That means it is not related to ROM.
I agree with the assessment of abaa.... Your problem seems to be hardware related and nothing you can do other than replace motherboard. However if you want to rule out battery problems just keep it connected to charger and play a heavy game. If it reboots then your motherboard problem is confirmed.
The problem is shut down.
I haven't had rebooots
But I'll try heavy gaming while plugged in
I have a bit of good news, I think
I have made some changes to user options, according to some suggestions I found and have some good results.
After my changes, In 6 days I have had only one freeze ( where the phone was asleep and only a battery pull could fix the problem).
Before the changes I had 4-8 freezes each day, for a few weeks.
I will do some more testing but i think it is because of one of two reasons. Either because I swithced to "GSM only" from "GSM/WCDMA ( WCDMA prefered)" Or because I selected " Use only 2G networks"
I'll play around for a week or two but that is my interim result.