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[Desire Android Development] Matco:
I think you're right. You need your GoldCard to use the standard updater provided by HTC or Orange. But once you unlocked the bootloader and are able to put files from the Recovery Menu, GoldCard is not a requirement.

To be confirmed...
[Desire Android Development] missbizzylizzy:
Sorry for asking but I am a complete newbie to Android. My previous phone was an HTC Touch Diamond and I was a real whiz when it came to flashing, tweaking, etc. I have been searching for two days now (so pleeeease be nice:)) because I am still confused.

I asked a question on another thread about installing A2SD. Thankfully, The Professor very kindly replied but it was only afterward that I realised I had forgotten to ask about flashing a new ROM. Doh!

Anyway, I have a ROM I want to flash and I am very confused about the flashing process. It looks like (the best I can figure) that I need to follow the procedure for rooting (as it gets you into recovery mode and offers the options for flashing, partitioning, etc.) and then I just add a different zip (ROM of my choice). Is this correct? I'm kind of thinking that it doesn't sound right since the phone is already rooted. aaargh!!!

I really hate asking for help with what is probably a really simple thing but I have searched and searched and searched and there doesn't seem to be a guide anywhere on xda or modaco for flashing a new ROM to the HTC Desire. (With WM, there is a flashing guide on the wiki but I don't see one for the Desire on the wiki or anywhere on either site.) Would someone kindly direct me to a guide or tell me what to do? I would be grateful for any help and again, sorry for being such a noob!!!:o
[Desire Android Development] Rudolfje:
Place the zip on your SD card.

Boot into recovery (by holding vol - and selecting recovery).

And instead of running step1 and step2, run the recovery.sh or .bat

Make sure you wipe everything.

Flash the rom you placed on your SD card.
[Desire Android Development] missbizzylizzy:
Thank you sooooo much!!! Whew, I knew it would be something simple I had missed. LOL Thanks again!!:):):):)
[Desire Android Development] steellam:
Thanks to this forum I have successfully rooted and flashed my desire ! :D

Could anyone point me in the direction of a faq that includes info on how to use custom icons on my phone ?

Searched for an hour in vein :(
[Desire Android Development] wingnutLP:
Can someone please clarify something for me?

if I buy a branded phone and want to install a new ROM do I need to root the phone first?

Thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] soupratt:
If the ROM is not released by the branded provider as an upgrade then YES you will need to root your phone first.
[Desire Android Development] wingnutLP:
Thanks for the reply!

Next question. I am coming from about 5 years of winmo where I have always installed software by CAB. This means that after you flash a new rom you can easily reinstall all of your software. If you have an android device and have bought software from the app store how do you reinstall it without paying for it again after you have rooted your devicee or flashed a new rom?
[Desire Android Development] Joshhudsy:
Yeahh i would like to know this same thing :S
[Desire Android Development] Joshhudsy:
I am quite confused about rooting my t-mobile branded desire as i dont know wether i can just create a goldcard and flash a new generic rom or do i have to root first? :confused:
[Desire Android Development] morgan39:
Thank you very much, interesting and precise for that we come from WM and are rather confused.....
[Desire Android Development] silvake:
For both of you there is a simple solution: it's called Titanium Backup and you can find it in the market.

You can use this TB to save your apps to a folder on the sdcard, including their data and market links. After you flash the new rom, you simply reinstall TB and you could restore those apps/data/links from the backups.

Notice it requires root access for full functionality and I strongly recommend the donate version, which enables you to one-click restore.

Another good choice for backup is MyBackup Pro, which may be a better choice when you're transporting data between ROMs based on different android versions (like from Eclair to a Froyo based ROM).

Unlike TB which uses linux routines, MyBackup Pro uses android API, so it can handle specific tasks better than TB.

Latest MBP versions could also benefit from root access to extend their functionality.

You can find it very useful to backup/restore some other user settings as well (like call-log, SMS/MMS, alarms, widgets, and so on).

Simple backups of the apk's can be also made using the AppManager included in the ASTRO File Manager application (found in the market as well).

However, you cannot backup any private (payed) app, nor any data or market link for the installed applications.

Good luck!
[Desire Android Development] kerzo:
Hi guys, pretty recent convert from a Hero which set me up nicely but finding the lack of write in /system quite annoying in anything other than recovery mode. Do we know what is causing it and if so is someone trying to find a way around it or has it been given up as a lost cause/waste of time?
[Desire Android Development] Kermode:
Apparently you NEED a simcard in the phone in order to fastboot - or it just stops at a screen with a "!".
[Desire Android Development] silvake:
The fact that you cannot write on /system unless if in recovery is not that much annoying.

Apart from a few applications (such as adfree-android and similar), there is no practical need for actually having this feature.

All the other root-enabled apps runs just fine on our rooted Desires, pretty much like we had them running on our Heros...

And FYI, I see that this hack has not been given up yet (at least as late as 06/10).

You can still watch the hardcore devs talking about it here.
[Desire Android Development] dakore:
I would like to know more about nandroid backup/restore option. As far as I can see, nandroid makes complete backup of my current ROM, boot and data.

What happen if I flash let's say Dj Droid froyo ROM with new radio and suddenly I wish to get back to stock ROM/radio - can I just restore previously created nand backup OR I have to flash stock ROM and loose all my data?

I mean, I don't even know what are the benefits of nand backup. And I'm ready to learn :)
[Desire Android Development] Matco:
I'm very interested to get informations on Nandroid backup too and I'm ready to update the FAQ.
[Desire Android Development] Laserhead:
Same for me!

I'm just a few steps away from flashing a custom rom an want to make a backup of my untouched stock rom.

How does it work?
[Desire Android Development] dakore:
I've done it by following these steps:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683983

Now I have several images (.img) on my SD card: boot, cache, data, recovery and system.

But again, I don't know exactly what I've got and where/when I could use it.
[Desire Android Development] silvake:
The nandroid backup process creates binary images (.img) of the boot, data and system partitions (and ext also, if you choose nand+ext). Needless to say you need root in order to be able to perform this kind of backup...

Later, you can use those image files to restore those partitions, in a very similar way you restore a hard-disk partition from a ghost created image. Practically the restore process erases all their content and replaces it with the data saved in the img files, thus reverting the phone's software to the state it was when you performed backup.

Nandroid backup doesn't include the radio image; you can only change (or revert) the radio by flashing it again.

If you want to go back to stock software, you need to use a RUU, which overwrites all the modifications you made into the phone's software (and of course removes the root access as well)...
[Desire Android Development] dakore:
@silvake thanks for detail explanation.

There is also an advanced restore option which allows me to flash specific image (not complete backup). For example, what image do I need to flash in order to revert just a kernel?
[Desire Android Development] DrDee:
Brilliant!

Where was this a month ago when I got my first Android phone after using iPhone exclusively since 2G.
[Desire Android Development] i6bazar:
Can you add an explaination of what "deoxed" rom is ?

Thanks !
[Desire Android Development] GilH94:
Hi Bricolo_fr,

Is it possible to mail me this subjet in Fr ?

Im start to translation un FR but you can see that is very long work.

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] quitmanlover:
superb informative, thanks a lot!
[Desire Android Development] quitmanlover:
I really appreciate your kind work, which helps me a lot.

Thank you!

Qin
[Desire Android Development] Bingley:
Great topic for us new Android users, thanks!

If you could cover Radio(s) that would be awesome - and deoxed that would be great :)

Native English speaker here if you'd like it read through and some of the tiny grammar gaps plugging :) pm me if so
[Desire Android Development] Matco:
Hi,

I've added a tiny section for APK and Deodex mechanism. Hope I don't write anything stupid :)
[Desire Android Development] Saint2710:
Hi I've been trawling the forum for ages and cannot find what I require to know. I wish to make my O2 desire to sim free using a sim unlock tool. The tool came as a .rar file and when extracted it is a folder called sim unlock. Inside this folder is an image file called HTC-Desire-unlock_v0.2a, I don't know how to use this, can anyone help me Please?
[Desire Android Development] P0MM3S:
Burn the image on cd, boot it, and follow the instructions :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Monfro:
Hi,

this information only appears in the thread about Sense 2.5.2012 VGA port, so i thought it is better to have all the community knowing this:

Dopod (HTC China) is releasing new models, and blaster00 posted the Phone Canvas of 2 of them...

They are both WVGA, still not ported to VGA (phcanvga amarullz made time ago is not working with these builds).

Huashan: 4.3″ WVGA display, suspected successor to HTC HD2

I have a VGA device so i couldn't try them: would be interesting posting some pictures and speaking about their caracteristics.

Since these new models runs WM 6.5.3 i wonder if there is an HTC Task Manager and a HTC Volume Control build in the roms: maybe some user have access to the full rom of these devices.

If there are good improvements i hope also someone will port to VGA.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] janneman22:
Can you post screenshots?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] touchprotouch:
:confused:Hello,

I want to know if i there any possibility to create a fast link to sms/mms on my screen today. I'm not use htc sense, but i want put link to sms/mms in today screen. If i selecet "messages" in the settings/today the link is related on e-mail and not to sms/mms.

Please halp me.:confused:
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
Hello.

Someone has succeeded to make work tethering on desire?

Bluetooth or wifi? How or with what application? Rooted or not?

I have laptop for work and i can't install htcsync on it (not admin)...

On bluetooth from my laptop i see only these protocole:

I have much more on WinMo.

I still use my WinMo phone for that :(

Thx
[Desire Themes and Apps] cagra:
on a rooted phone you can use WiFi tether. The programme is called WiFi tether for root

Sent from a random phone I found on the street using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire Themes and Apps] abats:
WiFi tether does not work.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Lyrrad:
Try PDaNet in marketplace for bluetooth. I've not tried myself as I don't need to use it, and not too sure if it's exactly what you are looking for

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-pdanet-zEij.aspx
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
already try and doesn't work 4 me

just crash my phone :eek:
[Desire Themes and Apps] DocRambone:
Do work for me...
[Desire Themes and Apps] nilezon:
Hehe. Does it really?

You haven't tried connecting to the network, right?
[Desire Themes and Apps] abats:
I bet he has not tried it yeah. You wont get an ip from your phone when you try to connect sadly.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
i don't root until tethering don't work

I belive than tethering blutooth was easier but didn't work too.

Someone have try to connect on ad-hoc network when root? (don't work without root)
[Desire Themes and Apps] magicdroid:
Doesn't it have usb-tethering out-of-the-box :confused:

As far as I know, you don't need to install HTCSync to use USB-tethering.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
when i connect my desire on my windows xp by usb without anything else, windows found this device:

but nothing work, it's just a unknow device.

Mode share internet connexion of course.

Disk drive work fine.
[Desire Themes and Apps] geek78:
Yes, but with wifi would be easier and necessary for exemple and iPad...
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
it's look like someone have it:

http://twitter.com/ahmgsk_mod

But we don't know how and neither if bluetooth tethering work.
[Desire Themes and Apps] sparksalot:
I've been using PDANet over bluetooth and USB, and the built in USB tethering and its all worked fine.

The downside to the free version of PDANet is that it doesn't allow SSL.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
pdanet add new blutooth service:

but it's modem dialing, not tethering.

it's work with usb but need install software on computer too.
[Desire Themes and Apps] al89nut:
Haven't tried it, but yes, there is an menu option for USB tethering.
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
USB tethering but u need install software on the computer.

i can't do that (not admin on my work laptop)

don't work for mac or linux user too
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
Work with static IP and rooted desire i belive:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/issues/detail?id=330&start=100

the trick is ping from desire to connected device
[Desire Themes and Apps] larsmarius:
setting the ip manualy did work for me, i am tethering now when iam writing this message, didnt even had to ping the computer, it just worked when i set the ip to 192.168.2.100 :)

at last i can use my unlimited data plan :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] kewell79:
i can confirm this works :D

with my desire and iPad

1) wireless_tether _2_0_1.apk

2) terminal emulator via market

3) started wifi tether on desire

4) connect iPad to desire wifi network

5) set ip static on iPad: IP address 192.168.2.100 - subnet mask 255.255.255.255 - gateway 192.168.2.254 - dns 192.168.2.254

6) ping with terminal emulator command : ping -t 192.168.2.100 or ping 192.168.2.100

7) killed ping

8) goto safari and surf on web .....
[Desire Themes and Apps] SiX-P4cK:
and blutooth tethering work too?

i hope dev of android-wifi-tether can fix this soon.

or integrate it with a2sd on android 2.2 :D
[Desire Themes and Apps] larsmarius:
hi! has anyone found out anything to fix the wifi tether after the kernel was released ?
[Desire Themes and Apps] foxmeister:
No - it just *looks* like modem dialing! When you connect via PDANet's Bluetooth DUN, you "dial" a phone number (123), but in reality it is tethering to the existing WiFi or 3G connection on the phone.

Regards,

DAve
[Desire General] alessandro_xda:
from a couple of days my desire pops up a message like this

is there a way to make a manual backup (or a retry) or to verify when the last backup was done?

thanks

Alessandro
[Desire General] LuftWalk:
I got this message and 2 days later my SD card died. I suggest you make a backup of it on your PC while it still works
[Desire General] alessandro_xda:
i hope it will work for some days more, i'm looking for a cheap class6 microsd (hope 16G) but they are very expansive...
[Desire General] kermaani:
Are you using some kind of task killer? I had the same problem and now ive uninstalled the software and it seems to work properly...

Will update later today when ive run the phone for a while.
[Desire General] alessandro_xda:
i'm using advanced task killer, which are you using now (if any)?

bye
[Desire General] kermaani:
The name of the app was Advanced Task killer.

Check this out: http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
[Desire General] alessandro_xda:
wow, very interesting...

i think i won't uninstall atk but i'm not going to use it any longer...

bye
[Desire General] kvmanohar:
i have got the same issue when I installed ebuddy.. after uninstalling ebuddy my phone is working fine.. i did not get this message anymore (tested for 3 days for now..)
[Desire General] kermaani:
seems like uninstalling and not using task killer helped me, gonna post another update later on after playing with the phone for another day.
[Desire General] alessandro_xda:
same for me.

I. decided: no more ark

bye

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pzumk:
Hey, I want to flash a new Kernel without an update.zip and I don't have a pc right now.

Is it possible to flash the zImage without using the computer? If yes could you please give me a detailed instruction?!

Thanks in advance, I really need something like this but don't want to use the update zip since it overrides other stuff and makes them break.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GNja:
Some kernels offer an update zip. Download with your phone to sdcard, reboot into recoverry, flash from zip.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pzumk:
Lol, just lol. Try to read before you reply.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigacgomez:
Haha... this is what happens when u read half the post... lol!!!

But you could try creating an update.zip using the new AnyKernel Updater by Koush. This extracts the boot.img installed on the phone, recreates a new boot.img using the zImage provided and flashes it... take a look at the new update.zip in Pershoot's latest kernel release (http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=236). You can replace the zImage in the folder kernel with a zImage of you choice and also replace the wifi driver, resign the package... and flash it!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eclair~:
I don't think he wants to use a computer at all. Or do you? This method is longer than flashboot flash zimage.. unless you want to "save" the kernel for maybe later flashing...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pzumk:
It's not that I don't want to use a computer.. I just can't use one!
[Android Apps and Games] wywywywy:
Hi all,

When I was using Android 1.5, I used to use the HTC Stock app and widget a lot. But since moving to 2.1 a week ago, I have not yet been able to find a replacement :( I tried few apps from the market but nothing feels quite right. Why isn't the HTC Stock app in the 2.1 Sense roms anyway?

So does anyone know whether I can get the HTC Stock app and widget back? Perhaps from an APK.

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a widget from the Market (free or paid) that I can have lots of shares displayed at once?

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] hood420:
The stock app is included in 2.1 as long as you're running a Sense rom. If it's not there the developer probably just removed it from the rom to save space. I can't help you out with the APK but it shouldn't be too hard to find on here.
[Android Apps and Games] wywywywy:
Ah I see! I'll ask the developers. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] erezak:
So, have you found it? I'd like to try it too, if you have. :D
[Android Apps and Games] wywywywy:
Unfortunately not!

I've been googling up and down and searching on here, Modaco, Vaillain, etc, but still haven't found it.
[Android Apps and Games] Rumball:
A bit off topic of the original post...but the thread title works and I didn't think a whole new thread was necessary.

So here's my question;

Is anyone else experiencing problems with the HTC Sense Stocks application in that the 1M, 3M, 6M, 1Y, and 2Y graphs are not showing the correct data. Only the 1D and 5D charts work.

I'm not sure at what point this problem occurred...cause I know it use to work. Just curious whether it was something I did to my device (flashing a custom ROM), or whether others are seeing the same problem...in which case this would suggest there is something wrong with the servers from which the application downloads the charts from.
[Android Apps and Games] yottaflops:
Yes, I'm seeing the same problem. I haven't done anything to my phone yet, so I doubt it's a problem with the phone...
[Android Apps and Games] Gahh Its Lee:
If you tell me where the app is ill gladly upload it
[Android Apps and Games] berkley:
Hi,

a few weeks ago, i changed from WinMo to Android. Now I am a proud owner of a galaxy... ;)

Unfortunatly, the galaxy comes without sense. So I am missing the Stocks widget, too. The good thing on that app is that it uses yahoo! finance as data source. Yahoo! finance offers more markets than Google Finance does. Yahoo Finance has an app for Android. But if I am looking for it in the market, it's not available. But it's available on appbrain...

Here is the link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/yahoo-finance/com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.finance

And this is the link for Yahoo! Finance for Android: http://mobile.yahoo.com/finance/android

I would be glad, if someone get's this to work and could upload the *.apk :P

Greetz from sunny Bavaria,

berkley

P.S.

Excuse my poor English :P
[Android Apps and Games] cwm83:
I also could not find Yahoo Finance in the market.

I managed to install Yahoo Fianance from the following link:

http://www.getjar.com/mobile/36281/yahoo!-finance-for-htc-hero/

However, when I opened the app, it just open up the browser linking to mobile yahoo finance site.

Not too sure how to get it working properly as an app.
[Android Apps and Games] berkley:
hi.

get "market enabler", fake a provider in the u.s. and you'll find yahoo finance in the market.

as an alternative i can recommend "stock watcher". has a great ui and offers some widgets.

have fun!
[G1 General] r3s-rt:
Just thought I'd throw that out there for everyone wondering.

I was getting about 1.5 MFLOPS before JIT, now I'm getting about 3.6 MFLOPS.

I'm sure a lot of you didn't want to go through the trouble of testing yourselves, and the actual thread is hard to follow with all this mayhem.

Edit: I'm telling you it works. As for stable - only time will tell. Don't flame me if your phone starts acting funny.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] frankie13:
how can i get my pulse android to play internet stations that use wma 32kbs:confused:
[Desire Themes and Apps] DocRambone:
A clear bar for desire rom. Root by Modacos method.

And apply zip by same way you installed the rooted rom.

http://www.4shared.com/file/Ux2FeNpT/_3__Framework.html
[Desire Themes and Apps] cagra:
Nice! Which launcher is it that you are running?

Sent from my Nokia 2110I using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire Themes and Apps] DocRambone:
Its helixlauncher (1) (on market) by arctu
[Desire Themes and Apps] tampiss:
Can I uninstall it later?

Thanx, tampiss
[Desire Themes and Apps] tampiss:
:-/ not as perfect as I thought.

any chance to remove it without complete ROM re-flash?

thanx
[Desire Themes and Apps] duanes:
Can you post a screenshot of how it looked like?
[Desire Themes and Apps] ephumuris:
White status bar please anyone. :)
[General Questions and Answers] juntjoo:
yep, and I had previously been using these accounts and accessing them no problem then one day they disappeared but the message on the homescreen telling me I have unread emails from both accounts still shows. I believe I read something once before about it possibly having something to do with having SWYPE installed, and I believe I may have had recently uninstalled that program, but I didn't understand it nor have I been able to find anything on it since. Anyone have any ideas? I have an HTC Imagio BTW