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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Laynee1:
Is it possible to run android on stock rom ( with proper radio ofcourse) ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
Yup. Yes. Uhuh.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polo735:
There are also several registry edits that you can apply to your stock rom that can help android battery life.
[Vibrant Android Development] BackfireNL:
Tutorial -> Howto root your Vibrant the easy way (without software and still keep all your data and settings)

This tutorial is an adaptation from my I9000 tutorial but does work for your phone!

This method will keep all your data and settings! this means the phone will not be factory resetted.

You won't need the Android SDK tools to go in recovery mode! or use Odin3

Reported to work on all firmwares!* (even simlocked devices and phones with voodoo fix etc) but use at your own risk! (it is pretty safe and foolproof!)

If you wan't to unroot (to avoid waranty problems) you can unroot your phone!

* This method is not working for Froyo 2.2 roms

* For people that don't have the 3 button combo i made a small script to boot in to recovery. See tutorial below

!!! Disclaimer: If you brick your phone it's your own problem! But it is fairly safe because you can still reflash your phone with Odin3

Only root your phone if you feel the need to! (like applying the lagfix or for use with certain backup apps)

ROOT includes:

- Superuser 2.3.6.1

- Busybox 1.16.0 (for use with Titanium Backup)

Automated Method!

FAQ!

Feel free to comment! or BUY me a BEER by clicking here! :D
[Vibrant Android Development] blackerwater:
Why are you making this thread we already have like 3 our 4 different root/unroot method threads?
[Vibrant Android Development] BackfireNL:
Well a couple of reasons.

1) I always update to the latests Superuser

2) This is easier and requires no NET Framework to be installed

3) You are free to choose whatever you wan't!
[Vibrant Android Development] djquick:
Ummmm........ok
[Vibrant Android Development] veol:
Thanks!

Wow, this root method is very easy and straight-forward! I just bought my Vibrant, and was looking for a way to root it, and your method seemed the easiest :)

Just wanted to say thanks!

There was one part of the root method that I was confused at (maybe because I'm new to Android), which is the part during the recovery boot where your instructions said to "Use the volume keys to install blah blah", my menu did not have that line... so I just guessed and clicked on "reinstall packages" which did the trick. So, now I'm rooted and ready to have some fun! :)
[Vibrant Android Development] 4runner13:
Thank You

I also had issues with two other methods and yours worked great the first time. Thanks for your time and effort into the guide and method.

4runner13
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] figure099:
First of all i wan't to apologise because there's probably a thread about this somewhere, but ill be honest i searched and googled a lot and only got more confused. I am really lost in the terminology and everything that is availbale on this forum so i'm just going to ask here and hope for a simple answer.

I have an unbranded unlocked HTC Desire, which i rooted to the Nexus One 2.2 froyo. Now i want to go back to stock 2.1 htc sense so i can update it to 2.2. I can't use the stock roms because htc sync doesn't recognize my phone. so im kinda lost and don't know what to do.

Is it possible to do it? and if it is possible, then can some one please explain in a simple step-by-step form how to do it.

Thank you in advance!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Im pretty sure you can just extract the rom.zip from an ruu and flash it from recovery

Sent from a stoned haze using royal mail
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferreinf:
Hello,

first of all, before doing something wrong :P

screen AMOLED or SLCD?

HBoot ? to check the Hboot vol.down+power

U can downgrade to 2.1 (HBoot 0.80) using a SAPPIMG there´s a thread in the forum explaining how to do it, but first check your screen type first...

If it´s AMOLED like mine i can post the RUU i used to unroot the phone and get the Froyo2.2
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] figure099:
it's AMOLED

hboot version 0.80.0000
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferreinf:
Ok so was mine, so i runned this RUU:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe

then did the OTA update :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] figure099:
i have froyo 2.2 already on it.

will this take me back to the 2.1 htc sense?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] figure099:
just tried it, getting an error that the phone is not connected to the usb. and it obviously is
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3:
Why is it precisely that you wish to revert back to HTC 2.1 then to HTC 2.2 again?

You can currently flash HTC 2.2 ROMs directly, which have HTC sync working. They are different to the Google/AOSP FroYo ROMs on many accounts, most paramount with the addition of HTC Sense.

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- Sent via my HTC Desire -
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferreinf:
U need to have Htc_sync installed...

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=312&cat=3&dl_id=982
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferreinf:
Or u can also downgrade to 2.1

follow this link and see the tutorial on post #9

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745903
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] figure099:
Thank you everyone for your help and use full comments. I ended up using the guide from the desire development forum, its under "[TUT]Complete upgrading guide(root, unroot, flashing ROM & updates)" sorry i cant post links yet. . It is very easy and noobie friendly.

I downgraded to the stock htc desire 2.1 and updated with the official 2.2.

Now i have 2 issues with it:

car mode enables itself every 10 mins or so even if i switch it off.

and some websites reload themselves in 10 or so seconds after loading them.

any ideas?

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferreinf:
Enter recovery, and do a wipe data, or factory reset, settings>sd and storage...
[Epic 4G Android Development] puppetmstr:
I take no credit for figuring out how to root the Epic, nor do I take any credit for creating the .bat file.

All credits go to joeykrim for the manual root. And noobnl for the .bat file.

I was having trouble rooting as many of you have been but I have figured out a simple solution that actually worked for me and I hope it works for you.

[STEP 1] First you need to make sure you have android's latest sdk. You can download it at http://developer.android.com/sdk

[STEP 2] After installation (if i remember correctly) sdk should of been installed into the root of your hard drive, normally (C:/). It will be labeled "android-sdk-windows" if you installed the windows version. To make things a lot more simple, you can rename this to "sdk". Anyways, download and install the Samsung Galaxy S drivers. This is the one I installed. http://www.mobile-stream.com/beta/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe

[STEP 3] Go over to "One click root for the Epic 4G! v2.2.4 Now has Busybox & remount scripts!" and grab the latest zip file. I used v2.2.4.

[STEP 4] Extract the folder to the "android-sdk-windows" folder and rename it to "epic". Or something smaller if you want.

[STEP 5] Next open up command prompt (cmd). Start/Run/cmd or start/all programs/command prompt.

[STEP 6] In the command prompt, type "cd \sdk\epic" (sdk, and epic are to be replaced with what you have the folders named). Do not close command prompt.

[STEP 7] Type run.bat and let it do its work.

[STEP 8] Once the phone is rebooted, keep the phone connected and in that same command prompt type "adb shell" you should get a "$" symbol.

[STEP 9] Now type "su" and you should get a "#" symbol.

STEP 10] If you got those symbol's, then you are now rooted. Now go into the market and download "Superuser" by "ChainsDD".

You should now be rooted. This was tested on a Acer Aspire One netbook running Windows XP. If you are running Windows Vista/7, then the only different step you need to do is right-click the cmd/command prompt and select "run as administrator".

This was also done without mounting the sd card like some users have done to make it work. If it doesn't work, try mounting the SD card. If all else fails, restart the phone and try again. What I did was pull the battery out and then tried it.

As stated before, credits go to joeykrim at sdx-developers and noobnl from our very own xda-developers.

Have a nice day :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] oferico1:
OMG..... I GOT IT ROOTED YEEEEHHHHHAAAAA :))))

Thank you so much for everyone involved in making this possible for all of us :))
[Epic 4G Android Development] chaosfenix:
I'll add something I've noticed while fiddling around with all of the "one-click" installations:

Do not let your phone lock/go to sleep while they are running (step 7 above).

I couldn't figure out why they would work sometimes and not others (device not found errors) and I think this may have been it.

You can also launch the .bat by double-clicking it wherever you extracted it to instead of going through the command prompt to save a couple steps.

If this is way off base please let me know what is really causing the problem or just delete this post!
[Epic 4G Android Development] richse:
If you want to use the superuser app you need to do some additional modifications because the root method actually replaces su every time you reboot. I wrote the steps out in this thread. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788939
[Epic 4G Android Development] indocus:
i finally got it to work for me

after several times trying to install and nothing just $ after $ after $ then i noticed the advise on removing the battery at the very end

so leaving the phone connect my cmd window still open i pulled the battery waited bout a 30 seconds then put the battery back in booted the phone

once the SD finished its scan

i ran the ADB SHELL and typed su and got the #

so thanks much for the help guide :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] Firon:
2.2.5 fixes this and comes with superuser.apk built in.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AMPhilbrick:
Folders one click root

cant seem to get my computer to see my epic when in debugging
[Wildfire General] uppidada:
hey guys i'm having wildfire i dont hav the facility to set a own notification sound i.e a song or msg tone and so on. but i have seen dis in one of ma frnds wildfire its default in his phone itseems plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out

i cant use dis ping pong sounds plzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out
[Wildfire General] thunderskain:
What do you want to change? Your message notification or your ringtone?
[Wildfire General] uppidada:
notification sound
[Wildfire General] thunderskain:
You can just go to your message app and then select settings and there's a section for notification. To use your own sound, you must place the sound file in the ringtone folder of your phone I believe.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] morti50002:
Hey guys, i used to take the advantage of that on my htc jade. Sense does it, nicely, but on nexus we need an app. If there's already a thread/app about it please notify me. I did search and didn't find it. So... Anyone?

The use of that is this that we can hold the nexii in the hand, and say hello when we should, exactly.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] CaliLove310:
If you are using CM you can enable this under settings. Settings> Call settings. It'll be under advanced settings.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] morti50002:
Nop dude, i'm on stock frf91 rom... it'd be easy to develope... just saw callend vibrate in the market...

And it doesnt do the job.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] morti50002:
Anyyyyyyone??? :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melhookv12:
I have made a GOldcard using the excellent Klutsh goldcard tool, now a quick question.

If I format the card, is it still a ' Goldcard ' ???????

Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoemeistah:
I haven't used that tool but I do know if you format your SD Card it won't be a Goldcard anymore. You have to format it before you make it a Goldcard.

That's why you need 2 SD Cards.
[Droid 2 Themes and Apps] burkechrs1:
I'm trying to learn some things about android and figured i'd start out by making my own theme. I want to port a couple themes first so I can learn how it works before I get myself in to deep. Can someone point me in the right direction where to learn to do that.

Thanks
[Droid 2 Themes and Apps] kwheel596:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/port-any-android-theme-to-any-build/
[Droid 2 Themes and Apps] burkechrs1:
Doesn't work on anything over 2.0..
[Droid 2 Themes and Apps] kwheel596:
Figured since it said that...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ..alee:
Hi,

As i posted earlier that whatever SMS that i receive it lags 4 hours. Currently I am using SMSFix to tackle this issue but this thing is bothering me that why to install a special app for that. it gives me problem if i get text messages when this service is not running.

SO, I thought may be the issue is because my HTC Desire is EU Unlocked. Just want to give a try i am trying to search for HTC Desire US specific ROM. I have searched online, but could not fiind one .. Please refer me to one.

- I am not looking for any CUSTOM ROM.

- I have not ROOTED by device yet. Still waiting someone to anwer my question on other thread to root.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteDragon:
have you downloaded the latest unrevoked 3.21 that seems to have worked for me. its no longer a zipped folder, its now a complete MSI app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ..alee:
Yes, I have already tried that and it is not working for me. I have already posted that problem in Q and A section
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ..alee:
Can anyone please help
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] raspdeep:
Based on this thread. I've done some digging and think that it is possible to make an app to control the backlight. I've came out with a quick app just to show the prove of concept how it works but since I'm not familiar writing android apps and APIs, I leave it for you experience peeps to do it :)

I believed with some coding, you should be able to:

1) enable BLN with notifications - SMS, MMS, Gmail, missed calls and what not

2) Pulse BLN

3) Allow user to control pulse duration

4) Control when to stop BLN after N times or whatever

How the app works:

The apk is in the bin directory so after install, run the app and click on the toggle button. Turn power off or wait for screen off, you will see the BLN light up for 2 sec then goes off.

Pre-requisites

1) Use my kernel here (b4.2) or

2) Use neldar's kernel but you will need to restore back the modded lib that he replaced back to stock.

I've attached the source code showing how it can be done including binary compiled that I did using Eclipse. I would hope if you take up this project, please open source it so I can incorporate any changes with kernel support.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] xan:
Does 'pulse' effect require wakelock?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] raspdeep:
afaik, yes but i dont know the API enough to know if there is any workaround
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] jersr:
would be great if someone could get this thing to work on our sgs!

Currently i'm using the great BackLightNotification v0.9.8 RC3 mod, but a pulsing backlight would even be greater!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] raspdeep:
xan, are you working on this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] xan:
Nope, I'm not (not convinced about it yet...)

I'm using BLN + missed call and I'm completely happy with it.

It seems only improvement over neldar's notification is "pulse" (or better referred as "blink"?) effect, which with my little knowledge about APIs would definitely be triggered during wakelock, which is dealbreaker for me. I dont see any good sacrificing battery life during wakeups for blinking a diode.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
Is there a way to do this? Not the search history, but the actual downloaded apps list.

I downloaded shady sms, but don't like that it shows it right there in the market....

Swyped by my Snapped CM6 EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolabowler:
I would pull the apk from your phone and uninstall it through the market then side load it so it won't show on the market list.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
Hmm, you mean like adb install it?

Swyped by my Snapped CM6 EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolabowler:
That or copy apk to the root of your memory card an click to install. Either way should work
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
Cool... i'll try it... thanks.

Swyped by my Snapped CM6 EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
Actually I don't think that will work.. wheather the app is installed or not, since I paid for it it will still bring it up in downloads I think.... hmmm....

Swyped by my Snapped CM6 EVO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolabowler:
Try it and let us know if it shows or not
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Cooze_:
Well I moved the app to the sd card through settings... but I can't find the apk on my sd card to save my life... effin a

Swyped by my Snapped CM6 EVO
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo23019:
Please remove

found answer
[Desire General] !PANDA:
I am just bored and have time to waste :D I just found NFS Shift (huge! 35mb!) and it is amazing.. I had a NFS game on Nintendo DS and this games is soooo much better then the DS game! Unbelieveable graphics, music etc used to like asphalt 5 alot but used to get the odd glitch.. with this, there are NO glitches, random freezess or anything gotta love the game!

also found.. Doodle Bowling.. Great time waster! Nice graphics and rather intresting theme :D

theres also a Plants vs Zombies (the actuall game!) and, well didnt get a proper chance to play it.. NFS:D but looked good.. will edit thi in a bit for the P vs Z :D

what do you like??any good games I've missed out? :D
[Desire General] AndroHero:
Im loving fruit ninja atm lol and krazy kart racing by polarbit

Sent from a stoned haze using royal mail
[Desire General] !PANDA:
is that ninja fruit kaka?? if it is.. wow amazing! nice graphics:D and coundnt find that crazy kart racing.. typed in polarbit and all their games came up but this :(
[Desire General] bluesax:
Games: Fruit Ninja! Great! Worth every penny :)

Apps: Astro, Colornote, MSN Talk, Handcent SMS, Navigon

Free medical: Skyscape, Epocrates
[Desire General] AndroHero:
heres a video on youtube of krazy kart racing :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqp51FQv_g
[Desire General] !PANDA:
OMG OMG!I want it! how much was it?? I shall be looking for it on the Market!!
[Desire General] MrUsta:
I like Hero of Sparta from Gameloft. It runs well on Desire and is great if you like (MMO)RPG stlye. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVP35uA7zzw&feature=player_embedded

Edit: I can't embed Youtube video here...
[Desire General] !PANDA:
completed this game on my old Nokia 5800 haha.. will sure try again with the better graphics :) hopefully the story line will he different too!

Cheers! Xx
[Desire General] chichoko:
Mini squadron is a winner for me! Along with Fruit Ninja ofcourse and the beta of Angry Birds :)

As far as apps are concerned.. besides Ebuddy and Opera mini.. the only one worth a download is True Calculator..^^

Btw.. where did u find PvZ for Android???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinergie:
I got my Desire from a regular shop, but i recently discovered it's branded (though simlock free). Usually branded phones are only distributed by the providers, that's why i assumed mine was unbranded since i got it separate without a subscription.

I already upgraded to Froyo and i'm now on version 2.10.161.2 and i'm wondering if it's possible to debrand my Desire with a goldcard to stock ROM RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe and after that upgrade to generic Froyo through OTA.

Also when you have debranded your Desire do you have to use the goldcard everytime there is a new OTA available?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koider:
I don't think you'll be able to debrand using that RUU, it'll refuse to install because it has a lower HBOOT version than the one installed on your phone. You could try using a Froyo RUU to debrand, e.g. RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed.exe

I think that you do have to use the goldcard for every OTA update after debranding, but I'm not sure.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
You can use my downgrade tool to debrand (which installs 1.21.405.2), or the latest froyo RUU.

And yes, goldcard is essential for all official updates on a phone that was originally branded.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinergie:
Ok i have HBOOT-0.93.0001 don't know if that works when i try it with RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.10.405.2_R_Radio_32.44.0 0.32U_5.09.05.30_2_release_142828_signed.exe?

It really blows though that you have to use the goldcard for each official update.

I'm now thinking of returning my Desire and demanding an unbranded one.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluesax:
My Desire is also branded (which i didn't know when i was buying it) and after complaining to the seller he replied: why what's the difference? Works with any sim! Well, there is a huge difference for many well known reasons (ie branded software have logos here and there, OTA updates delay, after debranding needs goldcard etc). That's why branded phones are being sold cheaper on ebay.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinergie:
Yes i would expect that happening on Ebay, but not in retail stores and not even cheaper but full price. Since in retail stores HTC is the one delivering those devices to the retail stores, so HTC is deliberately selling branded phones (they first made them simlock free though before shipping them)

So if i would have Orange as provider with my Vodafone branded Desire and Vodafone decides to put in their 360 crap again i would have that Vodafone crap on my Desire even though i don't have Vodafone as my provider.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teppic74:
HTC doesn't sell branded phones to be sold unbranded. If you buy a genuine sim free unlocked phone and not from a network, it will be unbranded.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
Same story with me :) , and i successfully debrand 3 uk to generic , use gold card and search thread in rom section for downgrade tool which support new and old desire ..

Then ota upgrade to generic froyo

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newstar:
YES ONE TIME GOLD CARD REQUIRED AFTER UPDATE USE ANY CARD

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinergie:
Sadly this is not true.. they do sell branded phones as unbranded. I bought mine genuine sim free unlocked and not from a network and it IS branded..

@newstar

Are you confirming that you need to use that goldcard with every OTA update after you debranded your Desire? Or are you saying that you only need to use it one time to debrand?

How would HTC know it was originally branded when receiving a new OTA update (by chance through IMEI or S/N)?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluesax:
You need to use the goldcard with every OTA update or else you are going to have random restarts, not working wifi and sd card slot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
So the OP knows, you have a Vodafone Desire, the x.xx.161.x denotes a Vodafone product code...If you use a gold card and the 2.10.405.2 RUU it will update to the same ROM (Vodafone removed all branding from it) but you'll be on the generic product code

You'd still need your gold card for all future updates as well, mind
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinergie:
The only thing i still don't get is why would you need the gold card for future updates when you're on the generic product code. You would think it's then the same as the ones that were originally unbranded.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Because the phones CID will still be the branded one, so the gold card is still needed to trick the updates