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[Desire General] erichbitch:
Hi guys.

I am about to buy a HTC Desire tomorrow.

It is SOFTWARE-Branded to T-Mobile and has Android 2.1

But i dont want a T-Mobile Software-Branding and i want Android 2.2 (and 2.2 with all features ...) so i would like to flash to a Android 2.2 ROM where i dont have any branding and all features (Tethering ...)

So i guess i am searching for a way to make my Android 2.1 T-Mobile to a "rooted" Android 2.2 without branding and with all features.

How do i do this guys?

Im new to Flashing and ROMs and i never used Android before.

I hope u can help me until tomorrow

Greetings

erich
[Desire General] EddyOS:
You should search...

'debranding desire 2.2'
[Desire General] !PANDA:
search button says Hi! - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189

new users, read the forum rules!
[Desire General] erichbitch:
THX for the Thread !

Im very sorry :)

2 More Questions which are not answered in the thread:

-I will not lose HTC Sense when i root my HTC Desire right?

-Is there any way to extract and save my Android 2.1 by T-Mobile to restore it in case of a faild upgrade or warranty stuff?
[Desire General] !PANDA:
1) no you wont if you mean sense ui.. that just depends if you want a custom ROM.. just read to see if its a sense ui, or a non- sense ui ROM..

2) no need! just run a correct RUU file to unroot and get your warrenty back! and before rooting you will probobly do a nandroid back up, so all's good :D
[Desire General] erichbitch:
OK THX guys!

Another important question:

What is a good Android 2.2 ROM?

I first root my Android 2.1 T-Mobile by using unrevoked3 for excample.

Then i Flash Android 2.2 Froyo Stock - and then i root it again?

Is that right? But which ROM do i take if i want Android 2.2 with all Features?

I dont want a special ROM, just Android 2.2, Radio, and able to install my own Apps

Can i use this one?

XXX://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773997

Or is it better do use a rooted-Stock-Froyo and use the Update-Packs for Undervolting, Newest Flash Player and Stuff?

XXX://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=773997&highlight=undervolt

Im thinking about The pre-rooted stock Froyo and use the Mods: PowerPack and FlashPlugin
[Desire General] MattSkeet:
Do what I did. Buy phone via contractor like mobile phones direct. I've ordered 600 min 500 txt and free internet but they gave me 900/500 and 1 gb of net that was capped. After I've received the phone I've emailed tmobile and said that mpd miss leaded me and I only have 1gb net of capped hsdpa but in t&c it says that it should be 3gb and complained about the speed. Next day they rang me and unlocked everything ;). And more importantly desire is unbranded so I had froyo update when it arrived.... Hope this helps.. Still have warranty and at the moment font need rooting
[Desire General] MrUsta:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but unlocking a phone still doesn't make it unbranded, as it has the customized software. However, this could trigger the update notification, which then would start the update process for FW2.2.
[Desire General] erichbitch:
Tmobile-Devices are unlocked but not rooted.

I want to root my device and then flash to Android 2.2 with all features and without Tmobile Software Branding
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Go here:

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo

Download this ROM:

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed.exe

Create a gold card, put it in the phone, make sure HTC Sync is connected and run that file - you're now on generic 2.2

:D
[Desire General] erichbitch:
Can i also use "unrevoked3" to root my branded Desire and then flash a custom / original ROM?

unrevoked3 seems so much easyer to me :)

Quote:

Does unrevoked3 give me root?

Yes. It previously did not; as of version 3.0, it does.

What does this do, then?

unrevoked3 will replace the stock Android recovery with a custom one, which adds many features including “nandroid” backups, the ability to use custom ROMs, and a greater amount of flexibility and customization of your Android phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=725738
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Hello XDA,

I'm swapping out my BlackBerry Storm2 today, for an HTC Incredible.

I have been lurking around on Droid forums for a few weeks now, especially here.

I want to put CM6 on my DInc, but I have a lot of people telling me it's really buggy.

Which is the best ROM out right now? The least buggiest, preferably.

Also, which Kernal works best with which ROM?

Sorry for the seemingly stupid questions.

Thanks in advance!

Edit:

One more thing I don't quite fully understand. Do some themes only work with some ROM's?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khanam:
Virtuous 2.7 ROM + powersaving kernel + rEVOlution theme is my recommended combo and believe me I have tried a bunch! Its incredibly stable - you get to remove a good amount of the crapware and manages to keep the best of sense widgets too. I have tried many others - Ruby/CM in ROMs, King's kernels and various themes (yes they are ROM specific) and this is what I keep going back to.

My 2 cents.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
I use Virtuous 2.7 Power Saving as well and absolutely love it.

I added the SexyRosieBrowser Mod and Rotary Lockscreen Mod and deleted a lot of the bloatware and widgets I never used from HTC and Verizon.

I also added the EVO Camera

It's pretty much the best of BOTH worlds... a mix mash of Vanilla and Sense UI!!!

very stable and only a few minor bugs that aren't that big of deal.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Thanks for the quick replies guys,

I will definitely be trying Virtous out before anything else.

Some people told me CM6 was great but it was made with a heavy code. So i'm guessing it's buggy and slow at times?

It's just weird coming from a BlackBerry device that all you can do is throw on some Hybrids and .cod files :/

@PhillyCheese What are the benefits of the EVO camera? What does the SexyRosie mod do? :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardax:
Definitely recommended. Virtuous is the most stable ROM I've used on my Inc so far. Cyanogen and Ruby both do this random reboot thing on my phone -- I haven't tried any other AOSP-based ROMs.

I don't think it's "heavy" per se, but it has far more mods to the AOSP base than Ruby does. That also doesn't mean it's more or less buggy than other ROMs either.

The Evo camera app has an onscreen shutter button. At least, that's the only significant difference I can find.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Awesome thanks for the tip man.

So when I get the Incredible today it probably won't be running Froyo right off the bat, correct? Should I update it right away?

Also, does using ROM Manager reduce the risk of bricking your phone? That's the only thing I'm scared of.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StirCwazy:
Based off of your recommendations I'm going to give Virtuous a try for the first time. Got it queued up in ROM Manager as we speak, let the fun begin!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardax:
Actually, it probably will be running Froyo already.

Personally, I'd spend the first few days running the phone as stock as possible to make sure there's no weird hardware problems. Once that's out of the way, root (Unrevoked 3) + NAND unlock (Unrevoked Forever) + stock backup.

After that, it's all up to you.

2 other tips that bit me in the ass at first:

1. HTC's People app (contacts) has a distinction between "Google Contacts" and "Phone Contacts". Only "Google" contacts are synchronized to the Google Account linked to your phone. It sounds obvious in retrospect, but the first time I entered all my contacts they went in as "Phone" contacts by default. That made for a nasty surprise the first time I wiped my phone.

2. There was some extreme weirdness with synchronization between People and my Google Contacts online. The only way I ended up with all my contacts showing up in People (and the Dialer) correctly was to make sure they were entered into the "My Contacts" group in Google Contacts. Those warts seem to have been ironed out with Froyo though. It's still probably significantly easier to enter your contacts online though than through your phone, particularly if you dump a CSV from your Blackberry first.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Thanks a ton man, unrevoked took his tool down, i've been checking back to see when it'll go back up.

Thank you for telling me about the contacts as well.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
I recommend spending time on stock froyo non-rooted for at least a month.

You will have much more wisdom when moving to a new ROM because you will know what you like and don't like, want to add, want to remove...etc.

ALSO, it will give you enough time to find out if your incredible is defected! i thought i had a defected one cause i was having speaker issues but a nice hard reset did the trick. you will also know how your phone SHOULD work.

SexyRosieMod gets rid of the ugly sense ui at the bottom of the phone and replaces it with what you would find on vanilla android.

So far the only difference (but a very nice difference) in the EVO Camera is the adding of a shutter button on the screen. i hated having to long press the screen or use the track pad to take a picture.

I tried CM6.... it was nice and there are a few things i enjoy about it but there were things in sense ui that i just couldn't live with out. Also, CM6 was definitely buggy. I do miss being able to change the color of the android sleep clock, the power widget and the awesome wallpapers he included.

As far as Contacts go... I was lucky enough to have them backed up on Verizon already. But if you are a ROM switcher you want them backed up to your google account. I was lucky enough to figure out that i was able to import my verizon contacts as a .csv file straight into my google contacts.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
if you go to that page and click the IRC channel you can easily download it in there at the top.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Yeah I suppose I should probably run the phone stock as it is my first HTC device, and my first Droid device, coming from a BlackBerry.

So you go into their IRC site and then its the link they have at the top, it says not to distribute it so I'm not going to post the link here.

Edit: Yeah that's the link, going to get my DInc now, and play around with it!

Any other tips?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
I used that link before... reflash.exe

worked like a champ!

as far as tips...

read: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=739428

I used this guide quiet a bit...

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Incredible

I never installed ADB before rooting nor did I mess with the radio (risk of bricking). your DInc should have the latest radio anyways.

Have fun and good luck!

enjoy stock froyo sense ui for awhile... seriously!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
I will definitely spend some time on stock, maybe root it at least, but I will for sure get used to it, and get to know what I want changed.

Thanks again for all your tips man.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
Hey,

I'm unrevoked forever.

I'm thrilled with the leaked Dinc 2.2 rom and hydrakernel.net v0.5 kernel (under volted,but same clock speed).

This will give you enjoyment of a stable rom with root.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlairDevil:
This ^

Just switched to the virtuous ROM 4 days ago from SkyRaider's 2.5.2 (never quite got 3.0/1 working to my liking) which taking nothing from the SkyRaider ROM, it was by far the most bug free, smoothest ROM I had used to date on my DInc. However, there is always a new shiny around the corner, and Virtuous is it for me. There are far better choices though if you want to strip your phone down to nothing and have none of the "wow-factor" features or visual effects installed, but generally thats restricted to the Linux diehards that still think we have to use a terminal to operate a PC. =) I keek i keed!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slak?:
I have used Frankenrom (b6) and Virtuous (from 2.1 through 2.7) fairly thouroughly and had absolutely no problem with either of them. I tried ruby for a few hours a couple days ago and was really enthusiastic with how stripped down it was. The camera didn't seem to go up to the full resolution and I was getting tired so I flashed back to Viruous and went to sleep. I'd be willing to try Ruby again though. I'll probably be giving Redemption a try too in the near future.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Has anyone had any experience with Uncommon Sense or CM6?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techie_babel:
I'm currently using Ruby 1.1.1 with adrynalyne's alternate kernel and have been very pleased. My previous rom was Virtuous... and I agree with what others have said, it is a great, stable, trimmed down rom that ran great.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
I want my DInc to look like this:

(Cyanogen Mod 6)

Is there anyway to get this look without using CM6?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardax:
Loading ADW Launcher or Uncommon Sense (which has Launcher2 in it) can clear up the home screen, but you'd still have the Sense icons and black notification bar. Custom theming could get around those, but I'm not as familiar with that stuff.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
Okay I think I might go with Uncommon Sense,

Can you use LauncherPro to get this look?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techie_babel:
Yah, with a bit of customization LauncherPro can look like that.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falkien:
Virtuous 2.7 with launcher pro is my favorite setup to date. I have not had any problems with this rom.

I second running the phone for a little while. I had a defective radio and I was convinced it was "rooting the phone" that hurt it. It turns out that the phone had a defective radio on it. So had to return it back to stock to turn it back in. The task was pretty easy but still took time.

Coming from a Moto Droid it was hard to like sense. I would make sure you are happy with sense before you choose a rom. By choosing Launcher pro I have all but eliminated the sense UI. I do like the keyboard thou. That is why I like Virtuous 2.7.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luvit:
Ogkhaze,

Go to android market and look up nexus one revamped.. There's a free version and a paid version.. I think the paid version is flexible with customizing the color scheme.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slak?:
Sense does have a pretty nice keyboard. That's one thing I noticed about ruby/vanilla right away, the keyboard was noticeably laggy and less responsive. I couldn't tap out words as quick, it seemed like it didn't like me contacting two keys at the same time. Just generally more cumbersome. Granted I only used ruby for a couple hours, very little of which was spent typing, and never tried any 3rd party keyboard, which probably would have solved that problem. I would like to note again that I will be trying vanilla roms again, and probably ruby, I just didn't have time to mess around with it at the time.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncwildcat:
The htc kb is terrible. I rwcecommend either the x multitouch kb or swype. I totally disagree with this post. I run ruby and believe that the stock android kb is even better than htc

sent from my area
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ogkhaze:
How do I get the multitouch keyboard?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
I am trying out skyraider Vanilla 3.0 right now with the #1 hydra over-clocked kernel and setcpu uninstalled.

Very impressed, runs smooth and the battery life is great! Running OEM 1500mah currently at 41%... 18 hours with 3 hours of awake time. 2 hours of serious gaming on it last night and this morning. Also, my battery temp has never been lower!!! i woke up this morning and it was 65 degrees F... I have never seen it lower than 80. I think it's the hydra kernel.

Unfortunately I will be going back to Virtuous 2.7 tomorrow... there are a few things that I just don't want to get rid of like being able to have multiple "Scenes". But I really like the lock screen on skyraider vanilla... i wish i could port it over.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Div033:
I agree with this as well. I'm partial to smart keyboard pro with the stock android skin (black saves battery life on amoled screens) and a tiny amount of haptics feedback. Makes for a pleasant typing experience and I can type really fast, faster than I ever could on my iPod touch.

You can find the multitouch x keyboard in the themes and apps section of this board. Be warned though it requires you to replace a system file that will break your stock android keyboard, so make sure you back up the one you replace if you decide you want to go back.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] biraneto:
Hi

I'm creating an android app... it's called GameHall in the Android Market. It will be a Reversi and Chess game (2x1).

The problem is someone reported to me that the MyTouch is showing white squares instead of my textures... So I would ask you guys if someone can download my app and test it (you just need to open and tell if there are colors and the proper UI or just a bunch of white squares). I think I might have solved the problem but it's hard to find this device around here.

There is no catch... there are no ads (not yet) and the application is free. I need this to work properly since I want to make more games and hope to get a stable and compatible app as a base.

Thanks
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] biraneto:
I'm not sure if this was the right place to post since although this is a developer forum it is not really app specific...

I have read the rules before posting by I still had this doubt.

Anyway, if a mod considers it to be misplaced could you please move it to the proper forum (if possible?)

thanks again
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] djduxx:
All good for me.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] biraneto:
That's great news

Thanks a lot :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Apps and Games] Binary100100:
Thread moved to Apps and Games.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
Now since ie9 has been released to public beta can we get a chrome2phone addon for it that would be perfect or someone try to find a work around to get it working. Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
So nobody
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mokurex:
Nobody cuz it has nothing to do with the Nexus One, which happens to be the forum you're posting on.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
It has everything to do with the nexus
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JHaste:
no not really... who uses IE anyway? IE blows...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd00:
Well, kinda, a little - He (and others I guess would too) has a Nexus One, likes what he sees in IE9 & would like msie2phone

+1 from me.

I hate to admit it, but I've been comparing the latest IE9 Beta to the latest Chrome6 Beta. IE9 (for HTML5) performance is a GOOD DEAL better on almost every site i visited (both MS and non MS sites). I estimated some of the performance tests were more than 3 times faster in IE9!

Give the tests a go here: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

While I am staying with Chrome for now, I will definately be tempted to go back to IE if HTML5 in Chrome does not improve.

Disclamer, it could be that the Chrome installation on my PC is no good!?!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npierce1:
Yeah IE has always and will always suck. I can't possibly think of any reason somebody would want to use IE when there's Firefox and Chrome (even Opera and Safari). With anything made by MS you have to spend all your time configuring it and apparently you need to go through an entire workaround just to set Google as the default search engine. Don't even attempt to tell me that you really prefer "Bing".
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
Actually I hate having seperate web browsers I have tried them all and I love ie especially since the ie9 beta was just released. But everyone has there own preference and mine is ie all I was wanting was chrome2phone to run on ie is their anything wrong with that.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Nothing wrong w/u'r question. I'm no longer using chrome since IE9beta rocks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdmoore81:
I been working all morning on trying to figure out how to create a Haddon for ie9 so we cab have ie2phone I will get it eventually once I do I need help developing a webpage for this.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamer83:
Any luck yet on this? I've been using the IE9 beta, and it is sweeet. Only weakness is I really hate having to open firefox or chrome to send stuff to my EVO. We really need IE9-to-phone.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dubyajaysmith:
I know there's Android 2 cloud, like chrome 2 phone, but in reverse. Throwing it out there in case someone hasn't heard. I use chrome though, so can't help you there. =D G' luck.

N1 running psfreedom recovery and MIUI! sent via XDA app =D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nickdroid86:
I'm looking around and I'm curious if I can get a vibrant from tmobile to work on my verizon account somehow. Sorry for the lack of searching but I'm out and about at the moment.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaduma:
No. Not ever. Sorry. Also post questions in Q&A.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richan90:
I'm petty sure its impossible. The vibrant is a GSM phone and verizon runs on CDMA.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rel500:
no. Verizon uses CDMA technology and Vibrant runs on GSM, also ur gonna get flamed cuz its in the wrong section.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
No.. that's like trying to say can i install a intel processor on AM3 (AMD) socket. It's two different things and would never ever work.

+ had to join the crowd; wrong section.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grennis:
Wrong section
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_bot:
why not get verizons version of the galaxy s, the fascinate?

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5528&capId=142&phoneTopRated=
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paging Dr B:
Because he's out and about. ;)

Verizon's network is ass slow.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lqaddict:
The actual answer is yes, but not in the US of A - in Europe Vodafone is Verizon partner and it offers GSM service.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ottenjr81:
Plus verizon doesn't use sim cards. Why would you want to pay twice as much for phone service and be limited on data?

Sent using my samsung vibrant and xda app.

Quadrant score 2278
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
And have the widget redirected to Bing. I know you can root it and change it and all that but I still think its unfair to the users who aren't rooting. It's just absurd that they restrict things like this.

Also not a huge fan of Verizon's exclusive apps like Skype, NFL, etc. I know you could extract it in APK format and do it like that but it's not healthy to make exclusive apps.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metrohacker:
Iam thinking that you can do it, but first you need to unlock your phone.. First you need an activated Tmobile sim card placed into vibrant to go to next steps... Second look into market searching for "samsung unlock" and install and run it..it will give you the unlock code that the phone will ask you when you replace your verizon sim card, so write down all the info... third turn off vibrand and replace tmobile sim with verizon one and boot the phone... Enter the unlock code that you get from step 2 and enjoy your new unlocked phone!!..

I dont try it yet because I dont have the need, but I think that it will help you ...