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Unlock Orange UK branded HTC Desire

Hi guys,
Anyone out there know a reliable place/site to get my HTC Desire unlocked??
Anyone with with personal experiences with unlocking an Orange UK branded Desire??
Pls help, I'm dying to use this phone...

You could always make a goldcard and root/unlock it yourself

DanTehManUK said:
You could always make a goldcard and root/unlock it yourself
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would I still have the Android 2.1 with HTC sense, if I root with a goldcard? Also will I be able to update it to 2.2 (whenever it is available) Over The Air??

shanofran said:
would I still have the Android 2.1 with HTC sense, if I root with a goldcard? Also will I be able to update it to 2.2 (whenever it is available) Over The Air??
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You would still have 2.1 this is how i started;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
and then i just jumped to a cooked ROM
as for over the air im not actually too sure about that might be a matter of jkust flashing to the 2.2 when it eventually drops in like 2weeks - 2months

Thanks, DanTehManUK.
That was is a very useful link, thanks for being so helpful...

Its what we do

could you help me pleez! i am on a branded htc desire 2.2 with hboot 0.93.
i need to know how to create a goldcard for it. i also need to know how to root it to add custom roms. i have searched the forums but some say i cant create a goldcard for it and such so i am confused. all help would be appreciated as i am abit ov a noob, but understand some aspects.
Thanks in advance

theres no need to use the gold card method,.... try the unrevoked method its much easier and you will be rooted in ten minutes max

Could u kindly send me a link on what to do pleez? And how come it doesnt need a goldcard? :/ can u still add custom theme/rom if u dont? Thanks

shanofran said:
Thanks, DanTehManUK.
That was is a very useful link, thanks for being so helpful...
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have you been able to unlock your phone by rooting it?

Rooting doesn't SIM unlock the phone, you still need to get a code for that

I unlocked my phone in five minutes by ringing the phone company the phone was locked to.

You can use the app in the general forum to sim unlock the phone - no codes, no cost.
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Use the desire sim unlock utility in the development thread. I've used it numerous times and it always works and it's free.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943726
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

[Q] [Unlocking] {Solved} Procedure to unlock TMobile G2

Hi all,
I own a T-Mobile G2. I finished permanently rooting it.
I have issues connecting it to my local carrier SIM (Airtel). I do not have the unlock codes.
*a) I want to know the procedure so that it works with any SIM card.
*b) does changing the radio help?
*c) Im willing to install Cyanogenmod ROM.. by doing so will be able to use any SIM card?

zengelbaddie said:
Hi all,
I own a T-Mobile G2. I finished permanently rooting it.
I have issues connecting it to my local carrier SIM (Airtel). I do not have the unlock codes.
*a) I want to know the procedure so that it works with any SIM card.
*b) does changing the radio help?
*c) Im willing to install Cyanogenmod ROM.. by doing so will be able to use any SIM card?
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Follow the guide in the wiki to fully root your device, this will also unlock your SIM
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

zengelbaddie said:
Hi all,
I own a T-Mobile G2. I finished permanently rooting it.
I have issues connecting it to my local carrier SIM (Airtel). I do not have the unlock codes.
*a) I want to know the procedure so that it works with any SIM card.
*b) does changing the radio help?
*c) Im willing to install Cyanogenmod ROM.. by doing so will be able to use any SIM card?
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Did you run gfree? Or just flash the engineering bootloader (which should *NEVER* be done without first running gfree...)?
gfree unlocks *EVERYTHING*. If you ran it and it still doesn't work right, then there's something else going on that is unrelated to the phone.

i did use gfree...
Thanks for the responses.. I was able use my Phone. Thanks again

so just for reference s-off means the phone is sim unlocked I am guessing?

malickie said:
so just for reference s-off means the phone is sim unlocked I am guessing?
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No it means security off.... i think
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using XDA Premium App

malickie said:
so just for reference s-off means the phone is sim unlocked I am guessing?
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Not necessarily, but this will be the case most of the time. The default behavior of gfree is to turn S-OFF as well as SIM-Unlock and sets a universal CID. It would be possible to run gfree to turn S-OFF without SIM-Unlock but you would need to go out of your way to do so and I'm not sure why anyone would want to.

i used gfree too.
you can search on youtube, how to do it.

raitchison said:
Not necessarily, but this will be the case most of the time. The default behavior of gfree is to turn S-OFF as well as SIM-Unlock and sets a universal CID. It would be possible to run gfree to turn S-OFF without SIM-Unlock but you would need to go out of your way to do so and I'm not sure why anyone would want to.
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Yea I actually looked around the internet after I asked this question and found a way to verify what is actually open/unlocked and what not with a gfree verify thing through adb and yea it's all unlocked and what not the -f which they have you do unlock everything if you wanted it none simunlocked its more of a pain to do than just -f anyway thank you for the information.

Gfree method works
I used gfree in the past with mytouch 4g works great ,its to much of a pain to unlock things individualy. Where do I find gfree for g2 vision?

Gfree is the same for all devices that use it (Ace, Vision, Glacier)
-Nipqer

[Q] UNLOCIKG HTC DESIRE HD - T-Mobile

Hi all,
I have read many posts on Downgrading, Rooting, S-Off, Unlocking, etc...
Before I step into this process, just wanted to ask is there a way to unlock HTC Desire HD, without doing any of those things mentioned above?
I am not interested in doing anything to my phone (even I believe that it will work much better if I flash custom ROM), just would like to be able to use it with different sim cards when I am going abroad.
HT Desire HD
2.3.3
2.36.405.8
Thanks,
Vlada

Hi, As far as i know you will have to pay to get it unlocked.
Try this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653252
There seem to be a few links on there that a few people have used. Might help you out.

[Q] Rooting, unrooting, S-ON? Noob alert

Hi everyone. First off, I saw the video before watching, I searched the forum, I tried google but I'm a complete noob and a lot of the things I've read don't make much sense to me or I'm not sure if my phone falls under 'rootable' or 'unrootable, needs xtc clip or w.e'
I have an HTC Wildfire S with Bell. I checked and it says "S-ON", its Android 2.3.3 with HTC Sense 2.1 at first I was going to use this tutorial but I wasn't sure if my phone falls under that since it has "S-ON"
Also...lets suppose I can root it, how do I go about unrooting just in case I need to take it for warranty or something? (since I payed extra for that). I read something about EUU? But again, it didn't make much sense to me.
Sorry, I swear I searched hard to find an answer :S

You cannot root you phone if it's s on. Only way is to buy x clip which is almost the same price as of the phone :/

Thanks for the reply. Damn, I was hoping that wouldn't be the answer. Well that sucks, thanks anyways.

xtc clip is currently about 80% off at the moment on their website due to them discontinuing the PAYG clip....
For us in the UK, it means the XTC Clip is just shy of £40

regis1 said:
Hi everyone. First off, I saw the video before watching, I searched the forum, I tried google but I'm a complete noob and a lot of the things I've read don't make much sense to me or I'm not sure if my phone falls under 'rootable' or 'unrootable, needs xtc clip or w.e'
I have an HTC Wildfire S with Bell. I checked and it says "S-ON", its Android 2.3.3 with HTC Sense 2.1 at first I was going to use this tutorial but I wasn't sure if my phone falls under that since it has "S-ON"
Also...lets suppose I can root it, how do I go about unrooting just in case I need to take it for warranty or something? (since I payed extra for that). I read something about EUU? But again, it didn't make much sense to me.
Sorry, I swear I searched hard to find an answer :S
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Regis1,
from the moment you decide to start rooting, you loose your warranty. At the moment there's no way back from S-OFF to S-ON. Putting your phone in S-OFF (security flag OFF) is the same like removing the VOID sticker...
First think about why you wan't to root. Install unbranded ROM, another language, ...
If your phone is working like it should, I wouldn't root it...
IF you decide to root, you can try to follow this thread (if u have HBOOT 0.90.0000):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142529
(HOWTO for creating a goldcard is in one of the reply's)
IF you have a newer HBOOT, 1.03.0000 like I had, you need to buy an XTC PayG clip. These cost around 30 euros on eBay. This will put your phone S-OFF and from then on you can flash a custom recovery or any Wildfire S ROM (with root access) you want.
PS: the thread you specified, is for a Wildfire, not he Wildfire S and doesn't work...

^^Thanks for the reply. Ya, I wanted to install some custom rom as my battery seems to die quickly and I was hoping I could install a rom (its called rom right? lol) that is good for battery life. Forget what it's called but seeing as how you're saying it automatically voids my warranty and there's no going back its really not worth the trouble. I'll just google some methods to save battery life and look at a thread I saw here. I do like my phone overall and have no problem with it, I just figured that if I can make it more customizable then why not. I kind of imagined it would be like jailbreaking an iPhone so I thought why not. Turns out I'm wrong.
@taffypride: Well that's about $60 for me which isn't worth it at the moment, just as I said. Thanks though.
I suppose I'll keep my phone the way it is for now. Thanks for all the replies.

HTC wouldn't care if it's S-off as some phones are shipped that way, the xtc clip is a one time purchase and will be updated to unlock newer phones within the future, also unrooting is very easy. All you have to do is install an RUU from your region or a WWE (World wide edition)

Well I bought extra warranty from the store I bought it from (bestbuy) so this isn't a manufacturer warranty. But both ways it seems like too much of a headache at the moment anyway. I'd rather wait until I've had the phone for a while and am bored with it. That would be a perfect time for rooting experiments

You will get bored quickly. After rooting it the possibility's are endless.

unroot htc wildfire s (s-on)
i have htc wildfire s (asia india version,build:2.13.720.1)
you can root your phone via unlocking your bootloader(s-on) and then use htc supertool.

user in distress
imlgl said:
HTC wouldn't care if it's S-off as some phones are shipped that way, the xtc clip is a one time purchase and will be updated to unlock newer phones within the future, also unrooting is very easy. All you have to do is install an RUU from your region or a WWE (World wide edition)
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Hello, I am from India, I started to unlock the bootloader from htcdev.com but it seems to be backdated from my phone!
i also selected htc asia india but my software number is 2.26.720.18!! which is way advanced than that!!!! where can i find such an advanced ruu????

Just do that without ruu file, from list of models pick All other supported models, last choice in that list
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e

user in distress
portoskt said:
Just do that without ruu file, from list of models pick All other supported models, last choice in that list
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e
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So should I choose a model which is advanced than wildfire?
Plz suggest a model!
And should I proceed to step1 without proccessing my phone with the ruu??

Proceed without ruu
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e

Galaxy Ace
mallik.android said:
So should I choose a model which is advanced than wildfire?
Plz suggest a model!
And should I proceed to step1 without proccessing my phone with the ruu??
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Sorry for offtopic. Galaxy Ace almost same price as wildfire s.:laugh::good: U should better buy that one. Wildfire S sucks.

Help for a friend, in need of rooting tutorials

A friend of mine has a wildfire S and is sick of the constant lack of memory messages so he's considering rooting his device. I'm looking for every tutorial you need to root the phone as well as how to "s-off" for one tutorial in the dev section that didn't have this, that's why I'm asking so I can get him started.
Can anyone help me out with this please? I'm assuming its not possible to follow the standard HTC Wildfire rooting guides.
Thanks,
Dave

Dave759 said:
A friend of mine has a wildfire S and is sick of the constant lack of memory messages so he's considering rooting his device. I'm looking for every tutorial you need to root the phone as well as how to "s-off" for one tutorial in the dev section that didn't have this, that's why I'm asking so I can get him started.
Can anyone help me out with this please? I'm assuming its not possible to follow the standard HTC Wildfire rooting guides.
Thanks,
Dave
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Look at the general section, there is a index thread
Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream

I note that in most of them you need an XTC clip, is there an easy way around this? the ones that don't use it are CDMA models, without any more info on the phone in question I can't understand much more myself, so which method of rooting have you guys used?

Rooting tutorial is in a stick in this forum...
Yes you need an XTC-Clip to S-OFF the phone for permanent root.

GSM - XTC Clip
CDMW - Software S-Off
The end!!!
Sorry but you are just another spamer who does not wat to read...
Please stop opening such threads, first searcu for it...
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

Dave759 said:
I note that in most of them you need an XTC clip, is there an easy way around this? the ones that don't use it are CDMA models, without any more info on the phone in question I can't understand much more myself, so which method of rooting have you guys used?
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Unfortunately not yet, if you got no cdma version (without Sim slot) you need an xtc-clip to gain s-off.
You can get one at e-bay or go to a second hand seller that also does repairs, I unlocked my gf wfs at one of those shops for €20, but I can't guaranty that all of them got one.
Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream

MindBurn010 said:
Sorry but you are just another spamer who does not wat to read...
Please stop opening such threads, first searcu for it...
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In what world am I just another spammer? I'm simply looking for some help on these forms on a phone I have no experience with before I go off and tell my mate to do something incorrectly. If it bothers you that much don't read the thread. As much as people like me bother people like Tectas, they still help even if it pisses them off which I thank them for.
Tectas, thanks for that, if you don't get the s-off can you still root the phone or what happens then? I recall not getting s-off on my sisters desire and managed to root it using superoneclick. The only thing was lots of ROMs wouldn't work.