Hi guys quick q for the devs...just got my desire back from being repaired and I'm actually happy with the speed and stability of the stock Rom yet still suffering from the low memory...was wondering if I root it again is there a script I can run to get aps2sd and still keep my stock Rom as I only want the extra space ?
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You could try to get DarkTremor working. That's the only script I know of tbh. You could do a quick search.
Simply run the revoluntionary program and get S-OFF & Root. (without flashing a new ROM)
You'll keep the stock rom, but with the added perk of having A2SD, being able to do nandroid backups, underclock/overclock, etc etc.
I did this for my old HTC Desire, and also my new HTC EVO 3D, works like a treat.
bailz2506 said:
Hi guys quick q for the devs...just got my desire back from being repaired and I'm actually happy with the speed and stability of the stock Rom yet still suffering from the low memory...was wondering if I root it again is there a script I can run to get aps2sd and still keep my stock Rom as I only want the extra space ?
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Baadnwz already made a version of the stock 2.3 that allows you to use your SD as supplemental memory. Check it out !
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Ok so i am pretty confused, i have rooted my phone. But not got S-OFF because of it being pvt4. Does this mean i cant flash a custom ROM?
I really wanna flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829734
Also, is it essential i have to make a goldcard?
HTC Desire 2.2 (Rooted) On TMOBILE UK with PVT4 and HBOOT 0.93
SeanBond said:
Ok so i am pretty confused, i have rooted my phone. But not got S-OFF because of it being pvt4. Does this mean i cant flash a custom ROM?
I really wanna flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829734
Also, is it essential i have to make a goldcard?
HTC Desire 2.2 (Rooted) On TMOBILE UK with PVT4 and HBOOT 0.93
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Is your device PVT4 old (20000) or PVT4 new (40000)?
Read this thread to find out how to check this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853583
You shouldn't have any problems rooting and flashing custom ROMs if your device has a PVT4 20000 erasesize. Use unrEVOked v3.22, safe and best successful method so far.
If your PVT4 has an erasesize of 40000, then i know of only of certain number of ROMs that have been confirmed to work with this type of device - Oxygen, LeeDroid's, ReflexTSenseHD, and MIUI.
You should not have a problem flashing any of these custom ROMs with the modified CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3, which you must install with unrEVOked if your phone has an erasesize of 40000
As you were originally branded to T-Mobile, you will need to create a Gold Card only if you want to revert back to your original stock ROM (i.e. later on for warranty reasons). You should be able to find your original RUU by searching shipped-roms.com.
Thanks for the detailed reply!
I dont really care about the warrenty thing etc, and i could always do that later i guess.
Ill have a check now on what it is.
So will apps2sd still work etc?
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Ok, i have checked and i have 2000! YUPPEEEE!
I have already rooted with unrEVOked, does this mean that i need to again? i also have clockwork
A2SD+/Data2SD will work fine for you and since you are already rooted, you will not need to re-root or reinstall clockwork either. Flash away in confidence
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Awesome, do i need to make a partition to do a2sd? and does it matter i dont have S-OFF?
Cheers for the help man
Yes you will need to, all custom roms require this prerequisite really. You can use Rom Manager to achieve this, it allows you to create up to an SD-EXT size of 512 MB for dedicated app data space. If you require a bigger EXT partition use AmonRa and flash with unrevoked, or use GParted - there are plenty guides on the forum on how to do this.
Yes, you dont need s-off, unless you want full root access to your phone.
Edit: sorry for the delay in replying... still trying to get use to swype.
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Not too bothered about full root tbh, aslong as i have a2sd.
Cheers for the help mate
Then you are good to go after you make your ext partition
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Just backing up my SD card now, the only thing i will miss is the sence clock
I don't use that clock anymore, nor do I use sense UI... I'm a fully fledged miui convert
If you want the sense clock, search the marketplace for 'sense clock widget', there are many variations - customisable too
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Yeah ill have a look, i might look at some other options too.
I <3 the clock though, its actually one of the reasons i got an HTC lol
SeanBond said:
Yeah ill have a look, i might look at some other options too.
I <3 the clock though, its actually one of the reasons i got an HTC lol
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Well if that's your thing then by all means, go for it
I totally understand where you are coming from though... I used to love sense ui and everything it had to offer but once I tried miui, I was amazed at how good it actually was/is, running out of superlatives for it
You could also give the DHD roms a go (ported from Desire HD), as they include the cool new sense features.
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Sorry for hijacking the thread, I've read the discussion so far but I have a question, it seems SeanBond did not debrand b4 rooting and went ahead to install a custom rom. Pls can I do same as I'm presently using a O2 branded phone, do advise me
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Sorry for hijacking the thread, I've read the discussion so far but I have a question, it seems SeanBond did not debrand b4 rooting and went ahead to install a custom rom. Pls can I do same as I'm presently using a O2 branded phone, do advise me
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No need to apologise and its good that you are making the effort to ask before a mistake is made, so i appreciate that.
He did debrand by using unrEVOked - it does not require you to use a Gold Card for it and provides you with root access (software root) to the phone. Only when you want to return to stock rom, you then you will need to create and use a Gold Card before running the appropriate RUU. If you want to create a Gold Card, use the one in my sig below.
Thanks. Do I need to create a gold card first b4 installing a custom rom or when I want to return to stock. Or if I'm on custom rom it's possible to still create a gold card thereafter
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Yeah i didnt make a goldcard.
Was pretty easy, flashed right from ROM manager.
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Thanks. Do I need to create a gold card first b4 installing a custom rom or when I want to return to stock. Or if I'm on custom rom it's possible to still create a gold card thereafter
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You have two options here.
If you are branded and want to root in order to install a custom ROM, then you either create a Gold Card to unlock the phone's CID, just use unrEVOked, which does not require the creation of a Gold Card and provides you with root access to your phone, thus allowing you to flash custom roms, custom kernels, and custom radios. I don't know the full workings of unrEVOked, but it bypassed your phones CID lock feature and does not require you to create a Gold Card.
You only need to create a Gold Card if you want to return to stock rom as you were originally network branded.
How do they know? there is nothing visual that shows its branded?
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How do they know? there is nothing visual that shows its branded?
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Software branding, for instance, when you boot the phone, it will show your network carrier splashscreen, like T-Mobile, or 02, or Orange. Also, their own icons will also be visible on the homescreen, for example.
maybe this is only me but having installed the update and put all my apps back on the phone I can't actually see a single new feature.
So after a lot of shouting and moaning about on here after HTC said yes then no then yes again, what did we actually get in return for all the waiting etc?
For the average consumer no but for developers and users if custom roms yes
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The user got nothing at all. HTC even said in the RUU that it was for developers.
Probably the biggest benefit of gingerbread over froyo ( apart from a general performance upgrade) is an improved apps to SD. Now with GB more of the app is moved to the SD card saving more internal memory space.
am i wrong in saying that after flashing the GB RUU that u have now lost root? (if u had it to start with)
That's correct, also you cannot root it at the moment because RUU updated hboot version which is now unsupported by unrevoked.
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am i wrong in saying that after flashing the GB RUU that u have now lost root? (if u had it to start with)
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Hello everyone,
i would like to switch my Desire HD back to the delivery status. (No Root, S-on ...) because i want to give it to my girlfriend and she doesn´t need the special software.
I think i found a why to do the reset ( only in German:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/anleitu...sicherung-s-off-fuer-das-dhd.html#post1197635 )
My question is now: if i reset all, will i be able to make automaticle updates from htc? because i heard about a new update (i think sense4.0 and anroid 4.0) coming sone for DHD.
I hope someone can give me an answer or tell me how it would work
Thanks
Honestly there is no reason to go back fully son. I would just flash the 3.12.405 ruu. You will still get the ics update whenever it shows up.
But if you want son use the ace hack kits bact to stock option- though again not needed unless for warranty purposes
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If there will be an ICS upgrade how could I upgrade to it without loosing root?
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Yep! i also want to roll back to original ROM , but i dont want to loose root.
So know i want to know if it is possible ?
Regards,
Sandeep Singh
You can try ota rootkeeper from android market. It makes a backup from of the Su binary so you can restore root after ota(when and if ICS come to Desire HD).
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hello everyone,
im having problem with my htc desire hd whereas i have owned for nearly 2 years warrenty is out so its all good.
recently rooted my phone and installed battery calibration to check if my battery is healthy and so so after that i want to unroot it so i can go back to my original rom unfortunately i could not be able to after my sd card has been formatted ...
before it got formatted i had 4 backups that i can go back to but all is same that has clockwork mod still visible and its not even going to let me clear it out ..
i have been going through this xda forums to find out any latest or original stock roms and all seems quite confusing..
can someone help... or point out where to go?
cheers
2shomz9 said:
hello everyone,
im having problem with my htc desire hd whereas i have owned for nearly 2 years warrenty is out so its all good.
recently rooted my phone and installed battery calibration to check if my battery is healthy and so so after that i want to unroot it so i can go back to my original rom unfortunately i could not be able to after my sd card has been formatted ...
before it got formatted i had 4 backups that i can go back to but all is same that has clockwork mod still visible and its not even going to let me clear it out ..
i have been going through this xda forums to find out any latest or original stock roms and all seems quite confusing..
can someone help... or point out where to go?
cheers
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Is there a reason you want to unroot, especially since you're out of warranty? You can go back to stock without unrooting. The Desire HD Development forum has a sticky thread indexing available ROMs. At the bottom of the first post, there's a "RUU and stock" section. There are several rooted stock ROMs for the Desire HD available there, including this one (which I believe is the latest).
i dont mind if its unrooted or rooted..
but just want to keep a backup of the original stock rom for the htc desire hd incase
having it unrooted and install original rom of htc desire hd so i can get original updates ... and trying out how to delete all the bloatware im still new but still learning from it
just last night i installed jellytime 4.1.1 ... very nice android.. but camera paranoma isnt working perfect.. and i dont see google play on it..
so have to manually download .apk files and load it on sd card then install the apps i wanted...
HTC Desire HD won't get any more official updates from HTC, so the best best thing you can do is the keep it rooted or stay on a custom rom.
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i dont mind if its unrooted or rooted..
but just want to keep a backup of the original stock rom for the htc desire hd incase
having it unrooted and install original rom of htc desire hd so i can get original updates ... and trying out how to delete all the bloatware im still new but still learning from it
just last night i installed jellytime 4.1.1 ... very nice android.. but camera paranoma isnt working perfect.. and i dont see google play on it..
so have to manually download .apk files and load it on sd card then install the apps i wanted...
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For Jellytime you need to install Google apps (including Play Store) separately. It's linked at the bottom of the first post in the Jellytime thread.
And like the above post says, we aren't getting any more updates.
To delete bloatware, get a file manager with root access (I use Solid Explorer) and delete them from /system/app.
Hi all, can somebody give me some advice to help out a friend.
My housemate has an HTC Wildfire and told me it keeps saying out of storage space errors. So I had a look at it, just assuming I needed to delete some apps, remove old cache data and maybe move some apps to the SD card. On checking, he has 7MB space free, so I thought he must have loads of apps installed, but there's only about 7?! The internal storage was so low and yet the SD card storage was hardly used at all, and there was also no option to move apps to the SD card. Didn't know these phones had so little storage space (I almost got one of these before my x10 3 years ago!)
I'm guessing the best thing to do is root the phone and clear out junk apps etc using Titanium Backup. I've done rooting and using of custom ROMs before on my old Xperia X10, but never on any other phone so is there an easy way to do it on an HTC Wildfire? As I am aware the process will be different. Also what sort of custom ROMs were developed for the Wildfire? Just upto Gingerbread or ICS and beyond, and if the latter, do they run better than GB?
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Just to be clear Your friend has HTC Wildfire S and not HTC WILDFIRE...If he has Wildfire S then follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878031
Some Wildfire S models manufactured in 2012 gave some problems regarding recovery..If above mentioned guide fails and you can't get to recovery then follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997465...
If the Wildfire S is manufactured in 2012 and you had to follow the second guide then you can't install ROMs based on CYANOGENMOD... You can only install ROMs based on stock ROM...
Thanks ever so much for the reply - I will have a look through those links. I did wonder whether he had the Wildfire or Wildfire S (before yesterday I had no idea there were two models) but then I guessed it would be the S as he is on 2.3.5 and yet the standard Wildfire shipped with 2.1 or 2.2 I believe.
Is there a 'safe list' of bloatware apps etc that can be removed from the Wildfire S with Titanium once it has been rooted?
Many thanks
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Thanks ever so much for the reply - I will have a look through those links. I did wonder whether he had the Wildfire or Wildfire S (before yesterday I had no idea there were two models) but then I guessed it would be the S as he is on 2.3.5 and yet the standard Wildfire shipped with 2.1 or 2.2 I believe.
Is there a 'safe list' of bloatware apps etc that can be removed from the Wildfire S with Titanium once it has been rooted?
Many thanks
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I don't know about safe list.. but there are some ROMs with removed bloatware like Kimsmod supreme,Wildchild etc.. and also 3.5 ROMs..
P.S. Wildfire has a trackball under screen.. and Wildfire S doesn't have trackball..
Back again. Thanks for the replies
Finally got a working USB cable for my housemate's phone. He still wants to root, and being that I have done this on my old Xperia X10, he wants me to look into it - however, on reading that tutorial you (very kindly!) provided the link for above, it seems very complicated. Is there not an easier, simpler solution, or is this the best/fastest way?
Also I keep reading about Int2Ext in these forums - is this something that allows the SD card to be partitioned and used for apps? If so, does this come built in with custom ROMs or is it something you must do manually??
Many thanks
What is happening?
Is everyone seriously replying
the man is asking a question about HTC WILDFIRE NOT WILDFIRE S
hey dude plz delete this thread and open a new thread in your forum "HTC WILDFIRE"
What are you on about? It is the Wildfire-S....
alex_ncfc said:
Back again. Thanks for the replies
Finally got a working USB cable for my housemate's phone. He still wants to root, and being that I have done this on my old Xperia X10, he wants me to look into it - however, on reading that tutorial you (very kindly!) provided the link for above, it seems very complicated. Is there not an easier, simpler solution, or is this the best/fastest way?
Also I keep reading about Int2Ext in these forums - is this something that allows the SD card to be partitioned and used for apps? If so, does this come built in with custom ROMs or is it something you must do manually??
Many thanks
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There is HTC SuperTool v3 that can root your phone.This method would be the easiest (after you have unlocked the bootloader) assuming it works but unfortunately, it didn't work for me.
INT2EXT allows you to use a partitioned section of your SD card for more storage of apps More info here. Most custom roms support the use of the INT2EXT script