Rooting a Desire

[blaggard]

My Desire was originally on T Mobile, question: where do HTC phones get their updates from, is it the HTC Server independently of provider? If rooted and debranded do they then grab the update from a central server. Perhaps HTC hold all the updates for different providers?
I ask because T Mob are sooo slow at this stuff and the Desire is (according to the latest rumours) due in August.

[photek1000]

As I understand it, all updates come from your Network operator unless you bought a unit direct, then the updates come OTA from HTC.

Once running a custom ROM though you don't receive OTA updates from anywhere but can apply the update from HTC by downloading it from them and applying offline via USB.

[pumpman]

mine is T mob branded or was until I rooted and put the new rom on , its like having a new phone, so many more features and the battery life whilst good for me before is better

[{{909}}]

since i rooted mine and put 2.2 on, the first few days the battery life seemed much better, since yesterday its seemed a little temperamental and every time i load my task killer theres loads of stuff loaded that ive never even used. Its probably just the task manager reporting wrong but its annoying.

[AspectUK]

After a LOT of searching and reading and searching and reading I found an idiots guide to the One Click system:

http://rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/desi...ur-htc-desire/

I am installing LeeDroid V1.6 and am currently on pins hoping this doesn't feck up on me.
Wow .. 2 minutes and LeeDroid is installed .. rebooting .. I fear the worst .. and then jump outta my fookin skin as the new HTC startup robot noise explodes from my rooted phone!

All done .. now sleep time and play in the morning.

Thanks guys

[liveseytowers]

Nice one i've managed to root my phone now Just need to wait for it to charge before I can put a new rom on it.

Do you need to update the radio on the LeeDroid v1.6 rom? What does updating the radio actually do? Does it mean the FM radio or something a bit more serious?

[blaggard]

Is there an idiot proof guide for using unrevoked 3.1 and MAC OS?

[liveseytowers]

Well that was pretty painless. I didn't bother backing my phone up just my contacts. I thought it will be a good time to have an app clean out. Seems OK so far. The only problem with rooting and installing Froyo is that not all app's work with Froyo yet doh

[blaggard]

Done and dusted, running Froyo with sense, just set it up as a wireless hotspot, simples!

[cbrookes]

Hi, if I flash with LeeDroid 1.6 will I need to also do the new radio? Cheers

[liveseytowers]

You will need the latest radio with that Rom. Apparently if you are on Orange it will lock the phone so be careful

[cbrookes]

Thanks, got it sorted playin with it now

[miffy]

mine unrevoked wont doesnt seem to picking up my desire

[cbrookes]

mine unrevoked wont doesnt seem to picking up my desire

Make sure the phone is in USB debug mode, I messed up on that 1st. Its in apps/developement

[miffy]

got it sorted i think i had the old drivers from my hero on the pc.

1 more quick question do i leave the rom in the zipped folder on my sd card or unpack it???

[cbrookes]

got it sorted i think i had the old drivers from my hero on the pc.

1 more quick question do i leave the rom in the zipped folder on my sd card or unpack it???

Zipped mate

[miffy]

cheers Cbrookes. went with MCR R5 all working fine by the look of it. what else can i do with this as its the first time ive ever done anything like this?

[cbrookes]

TBH am only playin myself but a few things seem better, just hope its stable! Only downer lost all my texts, dont think will be able to get them back, oh well

[liveseytowers]

The new roms have a few extra tweaks in them. Lees has a dif battery icon which I like and some task killers built in. I've installed shootem which let's you take screen shots. The Chrome to phone add on is a cool Froyo feature, I sent over my links over to add as bookmarks.

I really want a car mount to try the new car dock. One that leaves the camera showing so I can make some HD films of my fav routes would be good as well

[miffy]

i did notice that i cant connect to my facebook account, i hope this is a facebook problem though not the rom