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[Desire Android Development] bonafide44:
Hey guys I was just about to flash my rom but I ran into a problem.

So I followed these steps:

How to flash ROM

1. Download this

2. Turn off Desire and then turn it on while holding back button to enter bootloader(white screen)

3. Once in "white screen" press power button again to enter bootloader

4. Connect Desire with PC

5. Press Volume Down and than Power to enter Recovery

6. Now the red triangle should show up, go to folder you downloaded file and press recovery-windows.bat, recovery-mac.sh or recovery-linux.sh depending on which OS you have

7. Now you are in recovery mode (green screen), press Wipe and than Wipe data/clear storage, than press optical tracker to confirm it

8. After that press Volume Down to go back to main menu in recovery

9. Navigate to Flash zip from sdcard using optical tracker, select .zip confirm it and wait until process finish, after that press Reboot system and unplug you Desire

10. Enjoy your new ROM

Everything was fine until step 4. When I connected the phone I got an error saying the drivers couldn't install or something to that effect. But I proceeded anyways and by step 6 the red triangle never did show up. Are there any drivers I need to download first before changing the rom?

I'm running Cyanogen mod right now, which was already on the phone when I bought it. Does it matter that I'm trying to flash to a new rom with a custom one rather than the stock one?
[Desire Android Development] hutzdani:
If i Install a new rom on my phone will i loose all my apps ? i have backed up with clockwork mod, but i dont want to loos emy progress in angry birds and any payed apps
[Desire Android Development] MasDroid:
It depends which ROM you flash, some ROMs enable you to update the firmware and yet keep all your apps, even without wiping the cache.

Angry Birds data (i.e. scores) is stored to the SD card, so even if you do end up wiping and installing a new ROM, you will be able to retain this data by reinstalling the app.

You can backup your apk's and associated data with backup programs like Titanium Backup and MyBackup Pro, both these apps are available for download from the Android Marketplace.
[Desire Android Development] bonafide44:
Problems making a backup

Hey I've been having troubles of making a backup of my phone so far. So when I turn my phone off and back on by holding power and vol down I get to the boot screen and when I select "Recovery" the screen just goes white saying HTC and doesn't do anything. Does anyone know why this is happening and what I should do?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
flash the recovery again. just use unrevoked for it.
[Desire Android Development] flamming_boy:
I fail to downgrade my htc desire... i received this msg:

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

HBOOT

CID incorrect!

Update Fail!

Do you want to reboot devices?

<VOL UP> Yes

<VOL DOWN> No
[Desire Android Development] bonafide44:
Hey guys heres yet another post by me in here ;). So basically I bought a rooted and unlocked Desire the Telus version and it came already running CyanogenMod 6.0.2. Now I want to try some different ROM's but I have a few questions.

Does it matter that I already have a custom ROM running or would I need to revert back to the original HTC Rom that the phone came with?

And as for installing the ROM I was going to follow the guide which was in post #4.

But I was playing around with the phone and went into the app ROM Manager and saw the option "Install ROM from SD Card," would I be able to just put the ROM on my SD card and just install it like that?
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
Just install it over your current rom, no problem.

That's the automated way to install a rom, it does the same as rebooting into recovery and installing from there, but in most cases it's better to clear your flash before installing a new rom, and to do so you have to do it the manual way.

@flamming_boy:

Found on google within 20 sec: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7477896&postcount=8
[Desire Android Development] bonafide44:
So I asked this question earlier and found out that I can load into recovery by going to ROM Manager and choosing the option to boot into recovery.

But my problem now is that since I boot into recovery from the ROM manager app I don't get that screen with the red triangle to show up in like it says in step 6 on post #4. It just goes right to that green and black recovery screen. It says when that triangle pops up to run that file on your computer. When would I run it since that screen never shows up? Do I need to run it at all? Or can I just skip right to step 7 and wipe everything?
[Desire Android Development] cheshira:
Colleagues, please help!

I was trying to root, but at the stage of 'step1-windows.bat' I got an error and the device screen turned black.

After that screen aint turning on, the only clue that tells me that the device is alive is vibrating at startup , startup sound and illuminated keys.
[Desire Android Development] fire_kid2003:
Hi

My desire is at bootloader 0.83.0001

should i alos use 0.80 the same method

and how to know which Ruu to use

since mine is Radio 4.08.00.09

and i cant find it anywhere
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Can you access boot loader, fast boot and recovery when holding down volume- when powering it on?

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] cheshira:
Well, I can't see it - the screen is black, but I know its there - I tried to blindly navigate in it and device vibrated.
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
0.83 is not below 0.8, so please don't root using this tutorial!

Use Unrevoked3, afaik it works with any OS and HBOOT version.
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
Sounds like you've rooted a slcd phone down to a older hboot version, search the forum for black screen slcd, there are many threads available about that.
[Desire Android Development] rraaka:
Hello,

Please I need some advice. I want to know which RUU is right for me.

When I boot my phone i start with an O2 blue screen with a water bubble going up. But I thought I had an unbranded phone because i could use any sim of any local network with it. MY bootloader version was 0.80.

My radio was 32.36.00.28U. My box says I have an amoled screen. I rooted using the unrevoked method and now Im using Leedroid 2.2f.

Im on the latest radio now.

Im a little confused, so please help.

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
sim lock and branding are two completely different things. If you are running leedroid now, you are unbranded. Hope you made a backup of your branded rom for possible warranty issues.

The blue not animated o2 logo is different. It's a splash screen called splash1. The only easy to get rid of it is s-off. But I wouldn't suggest this. Just be happy with paying respects to the guys who originally gave you the phone when booting (;

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] rraaka:
Thank you MM for your response. I havent kept a back up of my branded rom. I didnt know I had to. I just have nandroids of the subsequent flashes i have done after rooting. Can I just run any RUU on it if I need to? Thanks again.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Depends. For my german t-mobile phone I have never seen a ruu rom. So in case of warranty it would look pretty bad to send it in with a world wide firmware.

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] zalua:
I have successfully rooted my branded (T-Mobile) HTC Desire with the help of unrevoked3 relash package (unrevoked.com). No need to follow those difficult instructions. With unrevoked3 it's just a matter of minutes.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Sure thing. If one reads the other sticky posts in this sub forum it won't take long to figure that out. But this thread had become a first class beginners (panic) help line. That'd why I subscribed to it.

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] UKseagull:
Did you get it done? I also have an unbranded UK HTC with Android 2.2, 0.93 bootloader.
[Desire Android Development] BashyUK:
T-Mobile UK SLCD RUU..does it exist?

Had major issues needing to unroot so could send phone in for repair, ended up flashing an AMOLED RUU without realising and tried following various options but they involve trying to apply an RUU blindly, which is annoying. I've sent the phone for repair and providing it is fixed without TMUK and/or HTC raising warranty issues, will only root again if an official TMUK SLCD RUU is available. Obviously, it's a branded phone I'm talking about here and no, I didn't have a gold card as I used unrevoked and didn't think I would need one. However, I think even if I had one I would only have been able to flash the WWE RUU which isn't technically the one I need.

Thanks,
[Desire Android Development] alim5375:
Hi all,

After reading through this thread and some youtube videos, I wish to summarize the root and unrooting process as follows:

- Root using latest unrevoked 3.21, currently the easiest method and no goldcard required.

- To unroot, download the most relevant RUU application and install it via HTC sync.

Can some kind-hearted soul confirm my understanding is correct?

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] bestefarogjeg:
does unrevoked save your original rom anywhere?

i rooted my phone yesterday and it all worked out perfectly, but i just wonder will i ever get it Exactly back as it was before? And how do i know what ruu to choose if i want to unroot it?

i have a non branded desire from sweden

and how do I unroot if I have hboot 0.93 which you still have if you root it with 2.2
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
First part right, second part might work, I'd you find a ruu file for your provider. I prefer backing up the stock rom of your phone and save it somewhere secure before flashing a custom rom. Restoring that rom in case of warranty is a bit more complicated, but will satisfy each customer service.

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] ddee:
How do you backup the stock rom, because I can't seem to find an orange stock rom.
[Desire Android Development] kmetek:
I have rooted my phone with unrevoked method (not the newest one) and would like to unroot back......How do i know which bootloader i have? I'm sure i don't have newest 0.93...maybe i have 0.80...which RUU to choose?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Simple: root stock with unrevoked, boot to recovery, make a backup. After this you are free to flash a custom rom.

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] ddee:
Thanks man.
[Desire Android Development] BashyUK:
So if I do that and then restore this backup, it will be just as it was pre-root (including being unrooted)?...which would mean there's no need for an RUU? Have you tried this?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
It's not all that simple, but yes, a friend of mine tried and the customer support who exchanged his main board was satisfied.

You have to uninstall super user, since your backup will include this, have to uninstall recovery and perhaps also s-off and splash screen. But those are details

you figure out in case off emergency...

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] aaa:
Newbie friendly further explanation of (S-Off) :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794314

is also very usefull here in this thread.
[Desire Android Development] Hilarium:
a quick question about rooting a SLCD desire.

some stuff about my phone:

i assume it's an SLCD screen because on the box it does not say AMOLED.

it is rooted running on CM6.0.2. (rooted using unrevoked 3).

HBOOT is 0.93.

Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7

i just noticed this website clearly states to not root a HBOOT 0.93 or SLCD phone.

and that is exactly what i did. but everything seems to work. i don't get a black screen or anything.

so right now i'm kinda scared as to what to do about future updates of CM6? or different ROMs that i want to flash. anything i need to know before i do anything more with my SLCD and HBOOT 0.93 desire? or anythign in general?
[Desire Android Development] fintry:
Kernal or ROM ?

Can someone please point me in the direction of an explaination between flashing a ROM and flashing a kernal. I'm already running LeeDroid 2.2f and very happy with it. What does a kernal flash contain that a ROM doesn't ?

Thanks.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
The opening post got outdated information.. Just use unrevoked. Yet this is the beginners root help thread

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
A rom usually also contains a kernel.it's party of thee rom. of you got any issues with the roms kernel which are not solved yet, you can flash another kernel over the rom you just installed. see as kernel as as a small butvery important sub part of the rom

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] Hilarium:
Yea i'm already rooted and running CM6, but what about updating ROMS or switching ROMS. Anything I need to know before I do this because of my SLCD screen?
[Desire Android Development] neppakosa:
when i flashed a rom.. can i change my sdcard or i have to use the same SDcard when i flashed my phone all the time?

sorry i am a noob..
[Desire Android Development] k0liber:
Hello,

I am about to root and change ROM on my Desire. The phone is branded SLCD. Before I do anything I would like to backup the phone - which leads to my main question. Is there any way to backup ROM of the phone BEFORE it is rooted? Unfortunately there no RUU branded by my operator is accesible, so I won't be able to go this way once I root the phone.

If I understand things correctly rooting with Unrevoked 3.22 includes flashing new recovery. Does that mean that "stock" recovery is deleted at the same time? If yes - will I be able to bring it back somehow in the future?

Basically I would like to do anything possible to guarantee coming back to the virgin state of the phone (meaning the actual one).

Thanks in advance for any answers,

k0liber
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
just reading last page would have given the answer... Reading... So over rated...

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] kelv88:
Hi

I have rooted my SLCD desire with Hboot 0.93.001

BAsedband vers 32.47.00.32u_5.10.05.23

Stock 2.2 rom

ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7

And i have got the superuser but when i access recovery it come up with

E:Can't find MISC:

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/command

E:Can't find MISC:

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log

E:Can't fint MISC:

and when i try to do a backup it come up with

Backing up boot...

Error while dumping boot image:

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log

E:Can't find MISC:

I have try changin a new SD card but still no luck

aslo i have try to flash a new recovery with the flash_image command but it say it cant find the image which im sure is in the root of the sd card.

Thx
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Try to mount your sdcard via usb. If you end up unable to do so, and windows tells you, unknown device, then you got an usb brick. Search the forum for that, it is un bricked in few minutes...

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] papabol:
what do you mean by "Try to mount your sdcard via usb"?

do you mean i should connect my phone via usb cable?

i tried to connectby phone via usb cable and i think it still recognized it..

sorry, please enlightn me sir..

i am also experiencing the same problem, whenever i install new ROM or backup my current ROM i see those message..

thanks!
[Desire Android Development] MattX:
Help

HI guys. Im beginr in custom ROMS.

I have got Desire with the latest OTA refreshed rom 2.2. This is a neutral phone so i can use every simcard frome very company.

To install a custom rom i have to Root and im done sure?

Also 1 question i found som links here like how to root etc. But these are written in jun. But there were updates for desire since that time.

Could you tell me what shouldi do?

Root only?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
If usb works, no idea then. Ask in clockworkmod thread... They sure can help more. I don't use clockworkmod, so I don't read the thread

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Use unrevoked, go to recovery, make a backup, wipe all/factory reset, flash thee rom you like. Detailed description in the rom thread

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] larbke666:
I bricked my desire, well my battery charge..

In detail: my battery goes down from 100 to 0 in about 2 hours, doesn't matter which battery, i tried with different batteries.. (and i can't charge the battery anymore with my desire)

I'm having hboot 0.80 now, but i think it was 0.75 earlier (not sure, think it got updated by flashing openDesire or something).

So my question is, will HTC take phones which are updated to 0.80 that used to be 0.75 for warrenty purposes?

So, will HTC take my phone back if i just flash the original 0.80 ROM?

OR when i flash the original 0.80 ROM, and then perform the system update to Froyo 2.2?

Or is it even OK when i perform the system update to froyo 2.2 even tho i have a custom rom installed now? (LeeDroid)
[Desire Android Development] MattX:
HELP

HI!

I tried to root my HTC Desire with UNREVOKED but i try it on windows. If i start the phone with Power+volumedown i dont see HBOOT USB in HBOOT

I see only FASTBOOT,RECOVERY,CLEARSTORAGE,SIMLOCK.

What should i do?
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
use unrevoked and follow it's steps - the tut in post #1 is outdated
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
you screwed up when updating. hboot 0.80 does NOT FIT to froyo 2.2. make sure you got hboot 0.93 installed and radio 5.x ... best 5.09.05.30_2 which is reported to be one of the most stable. if you got those two updates done, you should be fine. hboot can be achieved with alpharev's s-off. after those two components are updated, try leedroid, if you still got troubles, install leedroid after a full wipe, if you still got troubles, install cyanogen after a full wipe, if you still got troubles, go to customer service

its not a hardware issue, its a software thing going on.
[Desire Android Development] ozeta:
hi all, as i wrote on the other topic, i tried rooting my desire (with froyo) today, with unrevoked. after the procedure i started titanium backup that told me i had root privileges.

then i rebooted my phone and..the root privileges were gone! also the bootloader is back to the stock.

so i re-did the root procedure, and at least i have the same result: no root and stock bootloader. how is it possible? i followed the procedure very carefully!

maybe it's related with the last ota, released 2 days ago? :confused:
[Desire Android Development] larbke666:
shouldn't i be able to charge my phone when it's off?

even with wrong versions? I got leedroid installed now with hboot 0.80 (i think) or 0.93 not sure. So i think think that isn't the problem.. It looks more like a hardware thing to me? :S

Phone gets extremely hot as well :s.
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
If there was a ota, that is possible. Maybe htc fixed the exploit unrevoked used.haven't heard anything about it yet.

Your recovery is no clockworkmod? But the first unrevoked run did tell you it worked?

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] ozeta:
hi.

well, after the first time i tried the procedure for rooting, yesterday,i installed titanium backup. at launch, the program allerted me that i had root permissions.but then, after a system reboot, at titanium launch, the permissions were revoked. i restarted another time the system to get into the recovery (with vol-down + power) and i discovered that there were the stock bootloader (the one with white wallpaper with the 3 androids on skates)

so i tried to root another time the phone, then i installed rom manager and from there i installed clockworkmod. now clockworkmod seems working, however i'm waiting for a new sd card to begin flashing my rom.
[Desire Android Development] SHAKEY81:
Help !!!!

i have a htc desire on three uk and i need you to tell me something do i need to make a goldcard i cant get any of the 3 RRU to work any help I would be greatful FOR
[Desire Android Development] mad-murdock:
Gold card is only needed if you are sim locked. Else, just use unrevoked

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire Android Development] MattX:
Hi Guys, i feel im in trouble::)

I tried to set everything back with RUU. And its already 30 mins, and the RUU frezzed during sending.......

what should i do? What will happen if i plug out? Or is it already a fail?
[Desire Android Development] Exalty:
I got non-simlocked HTC Desire and I have tried to root it with Unrevoked,but I allways get "CID Backup is missing". I tried to downgrade my Froyo to 2.1,but I got another error "Not enough space". After trying downgrade I forgot P199IMG in my SDcard and I tried to root. HBOOT started to load P99IMG from my SDcard and I got my Desire on 2.1 version,but I still couldn't root my Desire with unrevoked.

Can anyone please help me with this ? I have tried everything so far and with no success. I really want to root my phone and I didn't knew it would be this hard..
[Desire Android Development] reef2009:
Hi guys,

I have 2 questions :

1. After rooting (Unrevoked) ky "stock" Desire became slow. Starts slow and.... how is this posible? :mad:

2. Is there a way to unroot without rebuiling the stock firmware? :confused:

In two options I could find :

1.1 go back from HBOOT 0.93 to 0.80 and get HTC Desire Eclair firmware

1.2 use the RUU with latest firmware.

In these cases there w'll be a master reset.

Possible to do just the unroot only without a master reset?

thnx!
[Desire Android Development] benko286:
1. Try using different ROM, also wipe everything(in recovery), before flashing new rom;)

2. You can only unroot with installing a stock RUU rom ;)
[Desire Android Development] reef2009:
thnx!!

1. but is it normal that a rooted stock rom is slower than an unrooted stock rom? Ofcourse I can change my rom. I did but booting with my rooted device is much slower than the stockrom.

2. thnx
[Desire Android Development] mkaiser2:
Guide to root with Tiny Core Linux

IMPORTANT - this tutorial will not work if you have installed 2.2 OTA update from HTC!

In step 9 of the post above: you need to start recovery mode, otherwise step2.sh won't work since it uses adb.
[Desire Android Development] MasDroid:
Since your phone is branded 3UK, you will most likely need to create a Gold Card in order to flash different firmware and bypass your phone's CID lock.

You could also achieve this without the need to create a Gold Card using unrEVOked, but we need more information from you first (i.e. what is your HBOOT version?, do you have an SLCD or AMOLED phone?).

If you would prefer to create a Gold Card manually, use the following tool found in this link - Gold Card Tool.
[Desire Android Development] omerta1988:
I have Clockwork mod recovery. How can I install Amon RA now?
[Desire Android Development] MasDroid:
In ROM manager, scroll to bottom and "Flash Alternate Recovery" should be lit and under it, it should say "RA Recovery version x.x.x.x" (assuming you have placed the relevant AmonRA recovery image to the root of your sd card.

Hope this helps!
[Desire Android Development] bfd1513:
Problems with revoked

I have an HTC Desire 2.1 CDMA with US Cellular. I tried rooting with unrevoked a couple of times with no sucess. procedure got to the clockworkmod recovery screen it showed:

E: unsupported radio

E: update failed

Installation aborted.

Short version of what it showed.

I had to pull the battery to get the phone rebooted and it is stock with the exception of a super user app that is blank when opened. Any advice?