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Hi all, the time has come to ask some questions about all things droid desire..
first will bring you up to speed with where im at.. prior to my desire i had only ever used windows mobile based handsets.. have had the desire for just over a month so although i have picked up a lot, mainly on this forum, im still greener than a green thing..
as soon i got the phone i rooted the phone ( failed to back up the stock rom from orange ) using this guide http://nimbu.amorvi.com/2010/05/how-to-root-your-htc-desire/
i used the files suggested by the guide to root my phone.
im now aware that the rom does not allow over the air updates and im currently stuck on 1.5 version. i have tried 1 or 2 other roms at 2.2 ver but im not overlly impressed with them.
ideally i would like a stock orange rom for warranty reasons, will make a fresh post requesting people who have not rooted their orange phone to make a back up.
also i would like to know where i could find a sense based rom or how to add the sense features to a custom rom...
i agree that not all the sense ui features are every ones liking but i actually prefer some of them to the base droid ones..

Un rooting to stock is simples!
see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
as for looking for a ROM based on sense, i was under the impressing that all 'stock' ROMs use HTC sense

Thanks for that, the stock Rom is for warranty reasons
the desire sense UI stuff I was on about was regarding the newer custom Roms people are making. I really like some of them but would like to retain some of the stock features. Or know how to re install them to peoples custom roms.
I might be getting my terms mixed up.
Basically I like the stock keyboard, phone dialer. An all the roms I have tried miss these.
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All you have to do to return to stock
Is extract the rom.zip from an orange ruu, flash it from recovery and thats it, ul have an unrooted orange rom lol
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AndroHero said:
All you have to do to return to stock
Is extract the rom.zip from an orange ruu, flash it from recovery and thats it, ul have an unrooted orange rom lol
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So it is possible, I just need to find some one who hasn't rooted their Orange desire yet
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Can u not get the latest desire rom from the orange website?
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Where Do I Start?

I really want to root my deisre, but I dont know where to start.
My system information on desire is
Android version 2.2
Baseband 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2
Kernel 2.6.32.15-gd966f2c0
Build 2.14.207.1 CL233777
All I want to do is be able to install apps2SD, I read somewhere with app2sd+ it lets you fool the phone in thinking you have more internal memory is this true?
I am a complete NooB at this so I just dont want to jump right in, I would like to somehow backup my stock ios so if anythink does go wrong and can reinstall back to default. All help welcome
shanks

look at the stickies, theres ghuides for everything!
if anything does go wrong, then just get the same RUU you've got now, and flash..
hope this helps!

Seems my ruu is.nt there?
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You put 2.13.207.1 before, 2.14.207.1 (o2 UK) is here
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_144166_signed.exe

Lol I never I just checked, so is ill all good then. If I mess up I can just install that ruu you posted
Thanks again great support on this site ha
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You can indeed but if you read the guides carefully and be thorough you can't really go wrong

Thanks I'll have ago on Saturday off work then, if I do all this and 2.3 comes out can I still update or have I got to install a 2.3 Rom.
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A 2.3 official update to a branded desire is not going to come soon, anyhow you'll be rooted soon and a custom rom version of 2.3 will be released months before the official, so you might as well just stick with a custom 2.3 ROM.
But if you decide you want the official 2.3, then you apply the RUU, and then the update.

Ok thanks witch Rom is the best out there for app2SD?
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shankly1985 said:
Ok thanks witch Rom is the best out there for app2SD?
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Anything that supports EXT4

EXT3 is enough for A2SD+

Am going to try leedroid that seems the best out there from what I read
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It's not, just a lot of people seem to recommend it...

What would you say is better?
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It's not really fair on the dev's to state a 'best' rom, i would suggest you try a few different roms out as it will be down to your own personal preference. The most popular ones are listed on the first page of the Android Development section of the forum. Have fun flashing
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That's about as good a reply as you'll get

Yes your probably right, I'll try leedroid out first. If it dose what it say I don't think ill try anymore. Just want 1gb of internal memory lol
MasDroid said:
It's not really fair on the dev's to state a 'best' rom, i would suggest you try a few different roms out as it will be down to your own personal preference. The most popular ones are listed on the first page of the Android Development section of the forum. Have fun flashing
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Rom help

So I just got my g2 from tmobile perm rooted ,now can some recomend me a stock rooted rom or whats the best rom out there for this phone I dont want sense or cyanogen 7 . Thank you
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jeff7790 said:
So I just got my g2 from tmobile perm rooted ,now can some recomend me a stock rooted rom or whats the best rom out there for this phone I dont want sense or cyanogen 7 . Thank you
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This is exactly what you are looking for. And I highly recommend it as I have used it for over a month with no issues at all.
Read up on this link and go for it. It is just like stock but very fast.
You can also flash a new kernel which I also recommend from pershoot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9575341&postcount=1

Just curious as to why you specifically didn't want Cyanogenmod?
When I first got my first android phone I really didn't think I'd ever need anything more than a rooted stock rom, but after trying CM6 (which was the latest at the time), I never wanted to be on a stock ROM. CM really gives you the feeling of the stock rom (I even just install the stock launcher instead of ADW) but with tons of useful improvements in speed, battery life, and usability.
Not trying to persuade, but just wonderin I always keep a rooted stock 2.2 backup just in case, but I've been using CM7 as my daily for couple weeks now and its great.

The swype keyboard thats why I dindt put it, I dindnt make a backup
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jeff7790 said:
The swype keyboard thats why I dindt put it, I dindnt make a backup
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Pretty sure Swype is an open beta now you can install it on CM7...

ROM choice? (I like Sense)

I'm new to the Inc2 dev scene but am very familir with ROM's in general. I just unlocked my Inc2 using HTC's method posted today.
I like Sense but want OC and general ROM optimizations. Any Recommendations? I downloaded the Sabotage ROM and hopefully that's what I'm after until CM9 is in at least beta.

Kayak83 said:
I'm new to the Inc2 dev scene but am very familir with ROM's in general. I just unlocked my Inc2 using HTC's method posted today.
I like Sense but want OC and general ROM optimizations. Any Recommendations? I downloaded the Sabotage ROM and hopefully that's what I'm after until CM9 is in at least beta.
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Well, sabotage is based on the stock ROM. If you're looking for higher sense versions, my personal recommendation is mikrunny.
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Carbonite fusion deux is a themed version of the stock 2.3.4/2.1 Rom. It's one of my favs. It's smooth!
MikRunny 1.01 is a killer sense 3.5 Rom. The tweaks are awesome! It's probably my favorite sense roms. A lot of people hold this Rom in high regards. The Mik team puts out good stuff.
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Currently installing Milk. Stuck at HTC white screen at the moment. Is a kernel included? I want to slightly OC and undervolt for battery life.

OC yes... UV I'm not sure. I OC to 1100 on mine and let er buck. The battery life is much better than stock, so I didn't mess with it to much.
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Sorry yes a kernel is included.
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I keep getting stuck at HTC startup screen when trying to load mik. Any ideas?

Are you rooted? Or just unlocked bootloader?
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Rooted. I was just running Sabotage until mik was suggested.

Did you do a full wipe? How long have you waited?
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Full wipe. Waited 20 mins on the HTC screen and pulled the battery and restored. Gonna download again and retry.

please let us know what the turnout is...

No luck. Back running sabotage. The WiFi is broken though...

Kayak83 said:
No luck. Back running sabotage. The WiFi is broken though...
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WiFi works in sabotage for me.
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Something's not right with my phone, obviously. I can't get mik to flash and wifi shows "error," on sabotage. Suggestions?

You're not s-off, that's your problems, that's whhy the mik Rom didn't work cause from what I gather u have to be s off to run anything other than stock kernels... Search the development section for the hboot downgrade tool then use revolutionary and u should be good to go man
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Got everything to install. Bit of a workaround, but success.

OFish202 said:
Carbonite fusion deux is a themed version of the stock 2.3.4/2.1 Rom. It's one of my favs. It's smooth!
MikRunny 1.01 is a killer sense 3.5 Rom. The tweaks are awesome! It's probably my favorite sense roms. A lot of people hold this Rom in high regards. The Mik team puts out good stuff.
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i just installed MikRunny 1.0.1 and i am very, very happy with it. it's actually my first flash. i was content with my stock ROM, but was looking for that something extra. MikRunny is very fast and smooth, and i have zero issues or bugs thus far. it has my recommendation, as it it still feels stock, but that something extra is apparent, just what i was looking for. five thumbs up!

jeremytn86 said:
You're not s-off, that's your problems, that's whhy the mik Rom didn't work cause from what I gather u have to be s off to run anything other than stock kernels... Search the development section for the hboot downgrade tool then use revolutionary and u should be good to go man
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He wouldn't be able to have perm root without having s-off. And if he didn't have perm root then he couldn't flash a rom like sabotage. That wasn't his problem.
Depending on which EXT version the rom is running he'll need the superwipe zip that newt made. It makes sure that the correct partitions are wiped. Clockwork only wipes the default partitions.
EDIT: if he's still S-On he's always going to have problems in which case Jeremy is right. but it's more than just the kernel

jrizk07 said:
He wouldn't be able to have perm root without having s-off. And if he didn't have perm root then he couldn't flash a rom like sabotage. That wasn't his problem.
Depending on which EXT version the rom is running he'll need the superwipe zip that newt made. It makes sure that the correct partitions are wiped. Clockwork only wipes the default partitions.
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Wrong. You can unlock without being s-off. S-off means security off. That means its not secured against bad radio flashes or something other than stock kernels. HTC unlocked but it still has security.
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So, we can't S-off, can we still change ROM?

I've recently made the switch from a HTC Desire to a HTC One V. I don't mind the stock ROM, but the battery life sucks... Looking around, i see the bootloader unlocks easily, and rooting can be done easy, but I always thought without s-off, we couldnt change the ROM?
Anyway, i'm itching to find out what is doable here, and you guys are the experts... Fill me in will ya?

After unlocking the bootloader and rooting, you can install any ROM and any Kernel you'd like as long as it's compatible with the ROM you're planning to use. We have a variety of awesome ROMs including Sense ROMs if you like Sense or Vanilla ICS/JB if you like that, too. SuPrimo and myOneV are Sense ROMs and CyanogenMod 9 is stock ICS and CyanogenMod 10 is stock Jelly Bean. Go ahead and pick your poison.
-M

As we don't have s-off till now hence you have to flash kernels through fastboot and after that you can flash roms(compatible with flashed kernel) via recovery.....
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So its not possible to install different RUUs to phone as long as it's not s -off, am I right?
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mohammad0089 said:
So its not possible to install different RUUs to phone as long as it's not s -off, am I right?
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Yup correct....
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