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hello all had my desire for a good few months now, totally clean unbranded device. Now after quietly perusing these forums for a while i feel the next best thing i could do is flash it with a custom rom, i am drawn towards leedroid 2.3c, however i would like some advice first from the experts....All You.
is leeddroid a good stable rom with all the feature that i currently have on a stock desire?
what is the simplest way to flash?
do i have to do anything prior to a flash? ie backup anything, or make a backup of my stock system? if so how? i have xp in iphones and nothing needed to be done there just plug in and flash?
i need a simple guide
many thanks

Before you do anything, go to Settings>About phone>Software information and make a note of the 'Software version' number and post it up on here. We'll go from there...

android version 2.2
baseband version 32.49.00.32u_5.11.05.27
software number 2.29.405.5

Right, awesome. You're totally unbranded so that's a good thing!!
First thing, download the RUU for that ROM so you can go back to stock should you need to. Get it from:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
If that link fails to download then get it from:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...Y-6AY_5A3EXnBSZIg&sig2=ToMSUjUY0tdbmxGYNI13-w
Or
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...cZlrId8Dkc9IAPJsg&sig2=upnnZhtKGWqyen3hhAeVvA
After that you can look at rooting the phone. I just re-rooted my phone on 2.29.405.5 using unrEVOked 3.31 and it work fine. You can get it here:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
Once rooted, go look at the different ROMs available and take you're pick!!

There you go about rooting the phone from EddyOS.
Leedroid is a newbie friendly rom, it is stable, fast (faster than the original), has relatively better battery life than the original and everything is working, not to mention, it is also a Sense rom, just like your original rom.
So, yes! Leedroid is a good pick to start.
Note:
---- IMPORTANT----
1. The first thing you might want to do directly right after rooting is to create a nanddroid bckup and copy the bckup into your pc directly after creating it.. Do it before flashing, formatting, creating partition, or anything else.
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2. You might also need a card reader and a software such as partition wizard, gparted, or similar to create an EXT partition in your SD Card since most of the custom roms will need it. Create the EXT partition before flashing.

brilliant thanks for the links and tips, is there any particulat software i need to perform this "create a nanddroid bckup"

Once rooted the custom recovery has the nandroid function in it
Have a read of this, should help explain things:
http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/221212-faq-rooting.html

Hey eddyos many thanks for taking the time to answer.
now i take it i do not need to make a gold card as my phone is unbranded, so my steps to take are :-
a. root...using unrevoked
b. nandroid backup...using clockworkmod recovery supplied with unrevoked
c. flash whatever rom i choose.
now once i have done step b. do i store this backup on my pc? if so whats it gonna be called and where will it be on the desire
in order to flash a rom, where do i put the rom i download to flash to the htc? on the memoery card?
once i have done c i am no longer able to get stock updates.
once i have done c do i need to set up anything so my phone can make calls or access the internet etc, or does it behave like a new phone out the box and you whack in the info it asks for ie google account stuff.
once again many thanks

The Nandroid is stored on your SD card. You can make a backup of this on your PC should you wish.
Once rooted you can no longer get OTA updates so you'd need to update your ROM as (and if) the dev does so
You download the ROM file and stick it anywhere on the SD card as you can browse for the ZIP in recovery.
The phone should go through a setup and automatically set the APN but if not you can manually add it using the operator details on their website

cool many thanks m8 for your time, now its just down to me to select a rom.
m last bit of info i need for now is looking in the android development bit there are various roms etc, some say rom, froyo sense, aosp kernal etc. been a novice/virgin i have no idea what these titles mean, i assume i should just stick to anything that has rom next to it?
is anyone able to reccomend a beginers rom that i can try out
? whats this all about?
create an EXT partition in your SD Card since most of the custom roms will need it. Create the EXT partition before flashing.
how big should the partition be? 512mb

As it has been said before Leedroid is a very good start. The latest version should be the Leedroid 2.3c.
Try that one out and play a little while before trying to flash other ROMs.
EXT partition is needed for A2SD/A2SD+ ROMs (do not play around with D2EXT/D2SD at the moment, you are not ready yet for this).
A2SD means Apps to SD, means more apps can be installed since they don't go to your very limited internal memory.
Make 2 partitions on your SD card but be sure to copy everything inside the SD card to your PC just to be sure before making arrangement for those partitions.
First create a FAT32 partition for your datas ( such as music, videos, etc.) as the first partition, set it as primary and then create a 512-2GB EXT2/3/4 (I recommend1GB EXT 2 or 3 at the moment) as the second partition, set it as primary.
Be sure to have the EXT partition after the FAT32.
Windows can only see the first partition, that is where you are going to put bck all the files you have copied from the SD card before making all of those partitions.

Interesting thread as I am considering doing the same. Main reason for me is the clash between HTC Sense and the bluetooth stack not allowing for a bluetooth keyboard. Any particular rom recommendations for this - Leedroid, Cyanogen?

chili1496 said:
cool many thanks m8 for your time, now its just down to me to select a rom.
m last bit of info i need for now is looking in the android development bit there are various roms etc, some say rom, froyo sense, aosp kernal etc. been a novice/virgin i have no idea what these titles mean, i assume i should just stick to anything that has rom next to it?
is anyone able to reccomend a beginers rom that i can try out
? whats this all about?
create an EXT partition in your SD Card since most of the custom roms will need it. Create the EXT partition before flashing.
how big should the partition be? 512mb
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FroYo = Android 2.2 (what you're currently on)
Gingerbread = Android 2.3
AOSP = Android Open Source Project )ROM built from the source code and now ported from another device)
As for EXT, I have a 1GB (1024MB) one and it serves me well

i am using leedroid for sometime now 512 MB EXT3-4 partition is more than enough i have 110 apps installed and still have 351MB free

once again many thanks for the replies.
what is the simplest prog to use to create the partitions? scrap that just used minitool partition magic i have an old 1gig card am gonna try will that be ok?
i have a fat32 partition size 533mb set as primary and a 362mb ext3 partition does it matter if the fat32 primary partition has a name?
looking at leedroid i think i need to install 2.3b before i can install the latest 2.3c

You can either do it in the recovery (I use Amon RA as mine but I think CWM does it too now). Otherwise you're better off downloading a GParted Live CD, boot your PC from that and then partition the card

When you're rooting Desire, have a look at good ol' turkeh's guide. Not only you have an excellent root tutorial, but you also learn how to properly flash ROMs, how to create and restore a system backup, how to backup apps, how to create ext partitions to enable app2sd and how to unroot the phone in case you need your warranty back.
Note: when performing the s-ff process (for data2sd), read carefully what it says and be aware that it can brick your phone if not done properly.

Turkey's guide is OK but is out of date somewhat, could do with updating to include the newer versions on unrEVOked

[Q] steps to get data2sd+ and apps2sd. plz help

ive been looking for houra now on how to properly get data2sd and appssd working but to no avail. some rom descriptions sound like u convert thru clockwork b4 u flash and some sound like u do it after. im very confused up to this point. also im looking for a sense replica with the added features of a rooted user and no bloatware. im not planning on flashing another rom later either cause sense looks awesum but has speed and memory issues. plz lend a helping hand. i had my sgs up and hacke din afew hours. been always 2 days now and i still dont know wtf im doing

ok first start off with apps2sd, data2sd is still experimental..... all you have to do, is create a secondary partition on your sd card, in either the ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system, then just flash an apps2sd enabled rom from recovery ....... job done

I'm having problems with this on my Desire..
I made the EXT3 partition on my rooted HTC Hero.
Under "Partition sdcard" i set Swap-size = 1024 and Ext2-size = 1024.
When it was done i choosed SD:ext2 to ext3.
And then i put the SD-card on my Desire.
1. First i made a EXT3 partition on my SD-card.
2. Then i flashed this ROM on my phone.
3. Before the first boot i flashed this file.
4. Then rebooted the phone, but it still says only 140MB free space.
Please help - cant really figure out how to do it..

LINKSLOVESANDROID said:
ive been looking for houra now on how to properly get data2sd and appssd working but to no avail. some rom descriptions sound like u convert thru clockwork b4 u flash and some sound like u do it after. im very confused up to this point. also im looking for a sense replica with the added features of a rooted user and no bloatware. im not planning on flashing another rom later either cause sense looks awesum but has speed and memory issues. plz lend a helping hand. i had my sgs up and hacke din afew hours. been always 2 days now and i still dont know wtf im doing
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If you want Data2SD though, you can checkout my Rom thread..Sounds exactly what the doc ordered. It does come with a few third party apps-Astro, Titanium etc which can be immediately removed by flashing an addon zip file.
And for the record..this particular flavor of Data2SD is no more experimental..

dk.zenit said:
I'm having problems with this on my Desire..
I made the EXT3 partition on my rooted HTC Hero.
Under "Partition sdcard" i set Swap-size = 1024 and Ext2-size = 1024.
When it was done i choosed SD:ext2 to ext3.
And then i put the SD-card on my Desire.
1. First i made a EXT3 partition on my SD-card.
2. Then i flashed this ROM on my phone.
3. Before the first boot i flashed this file.
4. Then rebooted the phone, but it still says only 140MB free space.
Please help - cant really figure out how to do it..
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dude apps2sd does not increase your internal storage, it creates a symlink between /data/app/ and the SD-EXT, so when you install an app, rather than the apk going straight into the /data/app/ directory it goes to the the ext partition, taking up less to none internal storage...

Data2sd does increase your internal storage, but unless you have a class 10 sd card, you desire is going to end up slower than your hero lol and the constant R/W cycles mean your sd card will be dead before you know it

droidzone said:
And for the record..this particular flavor of Data2SD is no more experimental..
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ok sorry no need to shout ive been out of the loop abit since i got my shiny new DHD lol

AndroHero said:
Data2sd does increase your internal storage, but unless you have a class 10 sd card, you desire is going to end up slower than your hero lol and the constant R/W cycles mean your sd card will be dead before you know it
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lol.. You're exaggerating!
A class 4 is fine for the latest Data2SD from Sibere..And about sdcard damage, it's been theorized..Noone has ever had it..I've been using Data2SD for 3 months now without a problem
AndroHero said:
ok sorry no need to shout ive been out of the loop abit since i got my shiny new DHD lol
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Who's shouting? ..A shout is in CAPS..

I'm think of upgrading my Desire to a data2app ROM soon and was thinking of yours droidzone. Are you planning on creating a DHD ROM?
I'm already running a DHD ROM on a HTC HD2 and it seems very good on there.

sh500 said:
I'm think of upgrading my Desire to a DHD ROM soon and was thinking of yours droidzone.
I'm already running a DHD ROM on a HTC HD2 and it seems very good on there.
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I havent released a DHD rom yet..

Unable to flash new/seemingly any rom - Any help?

So a while back I rooted my desire, and played about with a few roms, then stuck with cyanogen for quite a while. This is the order of a few actions I took which I think may be where the problem occurred.
So from being rooted with cyanogen 7:
I decided to s-off the phone with alpharev
I then put a new splash screen on
Then decided I wanted a new sd card (I was told by a mate it will just go straight in no problems) So I bought an 8gb card stuck it in put my backed up data on the card and booted, all was fine.
I then thought about trying a few new roms that had appeared, and I tried flashing one only for the phone to hang forever on the splash screen.
I've been trying a few things to try to resolve it, stabbing in the dark, such as running unrevoked3 (maybe to root again, only for it to say the firmware is too new) I made my new sd card a gold card, like I did with the original.
None of these helped. has anyone any ideas or know how to sort this out???

What recovery do you have? Which ROM did hang?

Did you do a full wipe?
Does the rom you want to instal require a ext partition?
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I wiped the cache, and dalvik cache, even did a factory reset in recovery. Im using clockwork recovery.
I tried InsertCoin_GB_Sense2.1_CM7_v20 and Reflex_S_2.0_LITE_GingerBread_Sense-2.1_GRI40_A2SD+
Maybe these need an ext partition? Would that be it? I'm not sure how to set that up yet.

yes those roms need ext partition, don't know about reflex bu have insertcoin myself, 1GB ext4.
1.go to recovery
2.press on partition sd,choose the size, then after it's finished convert it to ext3 in partition sd again below the option of making one, you can make ext4, but thats up to you. ext3 is needed..
Don't forget to backup your sd, you'll lose everything on it

The ROM you mentioned is an a2sd ROM. So yes, you'll need to partition your SD card if you want to use a a2sd rom.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Thanks for this I will get on it and let you know

I can't find an option in my clockwork to partition the sd. Just been searching a bit and seen it can be done through rom manager, that rebooted the phone and left me with the ! in a triangle and the small droid on the screen and when I press the power button it is in recovery it says installation aborted. Is there a guide for the Desire? I can't seem to find one....
Sorry found a guide on here. Will try to do it now.

Ok so I am really struggling to get anywhere with a few different guides to partition the card. Through rom manager it also says signature failed, although I have tried toggling the permissions. Major

stevoh84 said:
Ok so I am really struggling to get anywhere with a few different guides to partition the card. Through rom manager it also says signature failed, although I have tried toggling the permissions. Major
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Steveoh like i told, do it from recovery(easiest), when you rooted you were able to change the recovery(unrEVOked), do so and change it to Ra recovery
Still if you don't want to this program can help youhttp://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Download this and do it from you pc, although it's very easy to do from recovery, takes 5,6 minutes mostly waiting..

I have created a partition with the program you recommenced. How will I know that it is ext 3? And that my phone will use it?
found it!

[Q] Some questions about Desire and custom ROM's

Hi guys.
Well I managed to get root access to my phone which wasn't really hard. And I managed to s-off and backup my files successfully. Now I'd like to deal with the internal memory issue. The question I want to ask you is this one.
If I create 2 partitions with gparted, one fat32 and second ext4 (around 2 gb's), will the ext4 one be considered as internal memory too ?
Then I'd like to install a custom ROM. So the second question is, can all ROM's the internal memory that way. I mean the custom part from the SD card ?
If something is unclear just ask, cause English is not my primary language.
Thanks in advance.

It should be that every ROM has it's own requirements for doing that.

So not every ROM can use approximately 2 GB for internal memory ?
That's what you're saying ?

Yes, for example I use 3GB on my SuperNova ROM, but recommended is 2GB so now I am trying to repair that. If you get me.
Kapiras? xD

Zealotic said:
Hi guys.
Well I managed to get root access to my phone which wasn't really hard. And I managed to s-off and backup my files successfully. Now I'd like to deal with the internal memory issue. The question I want to ask you is this one.
If I create 2 partitions with gparted, one fat32 and second ext4 (around 2 gb's), will the ext4 one be considered as internal memory too ?
Then I'd like to install a custom ROM. So the second question is, can all ROM's the internal memory that way. I mean the custom part from the SD card ?
If something is unclear just ask, cause English is not my primary language.
Thanks in advance.
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Euh, if you ask me I would say it's part of internal memory (when you remove it the apps on ext4 don't work anymore) but i'm not a dev so not sure though
you can see it as an extension to your internal storage capacity..
next, most of the systems to use your ext4 are already included in roms (A2SD, D2EXT) so you don't have to worry about that, they recognise the partition themselves
the only thing you should be aware of is that you pick the right HBoot (don't flash CM7 HBOOT A2SD on a STOCK HBOOT A2SD)
this is normally explained in most ROM posts but i guess with a 2GB part you should be fine for A LOT of different ROMs
extra: there is a nice pic near the end of THIS post what is shifted to the ext partition when you use a certain method
grtz

So like with an app A2SD when not rooted, you can move apps to SD, but when you remove it, part's of it remain in the memory on the SD card.
The link you gave me is for "AD2SDX Special Edition for Sebastiaan15 RunnyMede Desire ROM", exactly what I want to install.
So first I create partitions with gparted. Fully wipe my sd card.
Flash the rom, then flash that AD2SDX zip file.
And it should work fine ?
Thanks for answering mate.

Zealotic said:
So like with an app A2SD when not rooted, you can move apps to SD, but when you remove it, part's of it remain in the memory on the SD card.
The link you gave me is for "AD2SDX Special Edition for Sebastiaan15 RunnyMede Desire ROM", exactly what I want to install.
So first I create partitions with gparted. Fully wipe my sd card.
Flash the rom, then flash that AD2SDX zip file.
And it should work fine ?
Thanks for answering mate.
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well, with the last version of sebastian15 for CM7 there's no need to flash the AD2SDX zip file, now it comes as an option during install (you'll see )
thus, first you make 2 partitions 1 ext4 of min 1024MB (mine is that size but you can do more if you'd like) an the rest of the sdcard is fat32 .. (mine: 7GB)
then download the right rom (check HBOOT, i have CM7R2 so i can install AIO v1), with Hboot its version 5.3 and you still have to flash the AD2SDX zip if you want it (A2SD is good enough for me )
oh right, don't forget a full wipe
grtz

mattnmd said:
the only thing you should be aware of is that you pick the right HBoot (don't flash CM7 HBOOT A2SD on a STOCK HBOOT A2SD)
this is normally explained in most ROM posts but i guess with a 2GB part you should be fine for A LOT of different ROMs
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An external partition has nothing to do with hboot.

The only worse thing than people not helping are people helping wrong. This thread is a failure on so many levels that human vocabulary just can't cut it.

Then why don't you help me, or just point me in a right direction ?
Thanks for the answers.

Because information you seeks are essential to know before you attempt to root.

FYI, I have successfully rooted my phone.
And I have managed to install the desired ROM.

And one more question.
I have managed to make 2 partitions.
Fat32 (5,5 gb) and ext4 (2,2 gb), yet the phone recognizes only 5.5 as the SD memory. And the 2,2 are not usable ATM.
What should I do ?

Reading your last comment I can't imagine how could you possibly root it successfully on your own.

GTFO of my thread.

Zealotic, terepin is right in a way. You show no understanding of the ext partition, or flashing, or ROMs. It will never show up. Because it is a separate partition. You'll only ever see the fat32 partition in your phone under sd storage. You need to do some research before you attempt any of this.
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Zealotic said:
What should I do ?
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Research...

A LOT of research. And don't worry, that "Search" button doesn't bite.
At least not often...

No one said that he's not right. He's just acting like he's a god or something.
I'm just a newbie. And guess what. I managed to get 1.5 gb internal storage too.
Lock the thread please.

So in the end you didn't even need to open the thread?
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[Q] Desire space issue after CM update attempt

Hi Guys,
I am a newbie to rooting stuff so please excuse me if I did anything by error and please share an solution.
I have an rooted desire with S-off and CM 5.0.2.0 version long back.
I wanted to upgrade to the latest CM 7.x
So i downloaded cm 7.x .zip from google and flashed in as per the instructions(install zip from recovery)
After its installed , i took a restart of the phone, but the phone wont boot, it just stays in the joker face screen.
Have waited for more than 30 mins several times but no boot.
Removed the battery, went back to recovery and found its still CM5.x
Freaked out , I formatted my 16GB SD card with 13GB Fat and 2 GB for sd-ext and rest for linux swap for a new ROM installation which is Runnymede AIO 6.x
Installation was fine but Iam having issues with memory now which never happened before as I used several ROMs earlier.
As soon as I install few apps, low storage warning pops up.
Please tell me what needs to be done to rollback all my changes?
Hboot is 0.93.0001
Radio 32.56.00.32u_5.17.05.23
Kernel version is 2.6.35.10

First of all: Don't use swap. It will kill your sd-card quite fast and is not very useful (read here why).
Secondly: Did you change your partition table? Since the Desire provides very little internal space a alternative partition table is important.
Third: Did you make a Nandroid Backup?

m3adow said:
First of all: Don't use swap. It will kill your sd-card quite fast and is not very useful (read here why).
Secondly: Did you change your partition table? Since the Desire provides very little internal space a alternative partition table is important.
Third: Did you make a Nandroid Backup?
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Ok, I have removed the swap space now.
An alternate partion table?
I have taken a full backup(thru ROM manaher) before I did i upgrade atempt with CM7. Hence I was able to restore it back and work now, however, Im unable to flash any new roms as the space issue is again popping up.

reds971 said:
Ok, I have removed the swap space now.
An alternate partion table?
I have taken a full backup(thru ROM manaher) before I did i upgrade atempt with CM7. Hence I was able to restore it back and work now, however, Im unable to flash any new roms as the space issue is again popping up.
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He asked you if you have flashed custom hboot (alternate partition table).
To fix problem flash 4 ext recovery over fastboot (if you're s-off) and there you have an option to format all partitions except sd-card. Also reformat your sd-card using 4ext and use not more then 1,5GB for sd-ext.
And one more thing, don't use ROM manager it has a lot of bugs and can create a lot of problems, all the stuff you wanna do with it you can do straight from recovery.