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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
Hello everyone! I own a desire hd and it's stock (soft. ver. 1.72.405.3), I must say I am ok with it that way but still I'm thinking of rooting it..

but I don't know much about that.. though I like it stock I understand there are some things it can do more...

first of all: what do I lose by rooting? the htc sense? the htc themes/ interface? the dolby surround and srs software?? see, I don't really want to return to the basic android and I like the custom htc interface..do I lose it??

second I heard about the official upgrade to 2.3 so I would be better to wait for that first?

by rooting I am mainly looking for overclocking..god, that's so cool!

so if someone can answer me the questions above, it would be great! also, if I decide to root which is the best way to do that, what programs do you recommend, is there a desire hd based ROM, and what should I do for overclocking?

thanks a lot!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
First of all, your current software version cannot be rooted, you need to downgrade to an earlier version to root. You can root without installing custom roms, but most of the custom roms come with sence and all the htc additions
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
Hi,

and welcome to XDA.

The software version of your Desire HD (DHD for short) is not possible to root. In order to overclock you will need to downgrade to an earlier version (1.32).

Once downgraded rooting becomes easy. The process of rooting will not break anything, including the stuff you've mentioned. However, there is an additional layer of protection that HTC employ to prevent you from bricking you DHD. This beast is known as S-ON (Security On). In order to make persistent changes to your DHD, such as custom HTC Sense ROM's you will need to disable this, achieving S-OFF. This will break Over The Air (OTA) Updates from HTC or your network/carrier.

Again this is pretty straight forward.

If you wish to flash a new Radio you will need to have ENG S-OFF & Radio S-OFF.

The guides posted below are not created by me, they are very good and information in them will overlap slightly.

To downgrade, read this guide carefully --> Downgrading to 1.32 - Guide By jkoljo

To root & apply ENG S-OFF, read this guide carefully --> Rooting & Applying ENG S-OFF - Guide By jkoljo

To apply Radio S-OFF, read this guide carefully --> Applying Radio S-OFF - Guide By jkoljo

Once you have done all the basics we can talk you through the rest.

Let us know how you get on.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
hey! thank you both

so I want to know, beside this protection that has to be disabled, the phone will act normal, right? no performance loss?

and also, if i block the update, i won't be able to update to gingerbread?

are you satisfied with the phone rooted compared to the stock?

and i'm planning to move to UK, will I be able to use it in other carrier such as o2 since I've got mine from orange RO?

Thank you

Tib!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
You are correct, your DHD will not behave any differently than if the protections were enabled.

The Official Gingerbread update from HTC is still quite a while away, and all of the custom ROM Dev's will include any changes into their ROM's. So don't feel like you will miss out if you root & apply S-OFF.

Yes, I am very happy with it rooted. I can over/under clock my CPU when the situation demands, block in-app ads system wide, perform full backups of my entire DHD. These are merely scratching the surface of what root access can enable.

As for you moving to the UK, once you perform Radio S-OFF using the guide and tool described above, your DHD will not be SIM Locked to a particular network/carrier.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
sounds great then.. but: it will erase all the data on the phone, right? i will lose everything

secondly, I am concerned about the rest of the process.. i will root it but after that? I'm sure all the cool stuff isn't free but i don't have access to payed apps on market, just for free ones (this is what is available for Romania at the time..) so i'm afraid i will get stuck..

thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
Downgrading will erase all data on your DHD.

Some, not all the cool stuff are paid app's.

For instance SetCPU, the app nearly everyone uses to overclock their handsets is a paid app. But for XDA members its free. You can find it here on XDA-Devs, its all above board and legit. Other apps such as Titanium Backup have a paid app version on the Market, but also allow you buy a donate key from within the app.

I wouldn't worry about getting stuck, there are hundreds of users here all willing to help if you do.

EDIT: You can find SetCPU --> HERE, obviously if you like it and can afford to, donate to the author.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
my friend, I understand there is a lot of work so I don't expect anything for free... of course I will donate (the app to download is at the end of the first thread, right?) but until now, the only access I had was to the free apps on market.

now.. I want to risk and root my phone.. (for me is an important decision:)) ) can I do this myself?

first I will follow the three steps you told me above and then I will look for help:))

thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
You can do it yourself and it's perfectly safe provided you take the time to read the guides and follow the instructions carefully.

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Sent from my pimped up Desire HD in association with Rcmix HD v3.3.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
ok, but please make clear: by rooting will i have a real froyo or future gingerbread or just sort of system that only acts like one of the two above?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imptb:
by rooting it allows you to change the stock ROM (HTC sense) on your phone to another custom ROM either based on Froyo or Gingerbread
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xuldigiorgio:
hi everyone,

i've just bought a DHD a month ago and my software version is 1.32.707.5

I have read quite a lot of thread regarding rooting the DHD but somehow i'm afraid that i brick my DHD if i try to root it because it seems that it is not as easy as running android on my HD2. My question is, is there anything i need to check before i start rooting?

Cheers :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
:)) well i'm afraid too..:P
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xuldigiorgio:
well, have you done rooting your dhd?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperkamote:
And It's hard to Brick the Desire HD... And for your Gingerbread Concern, The Chef's here are aware of that.. Just be patience and they will Produce ROMS with Gingerbread on it.... Enjoy Rooting....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.m0x:
Your on the 1.32 software so routing will be a piece of cake.

Sent from my super slick Android device.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimijames08:
hi , ive been reading the guides and am really keen to root my dhd, was just about to start the process when i read that it wouldn't work with my branded dhd (vodaphone, australia) is this true? was hoping to go from 1.32.178.5 to 1.72.405.3 R2 is this possible using the stock to leedroid guide?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xuldigiorgio:
anyone, please tell me the difference with branded and unbranded DHD? and how to check them out?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
as far as I know, the branded ones show the logo of the company (ex Vodafone, T-mobile.. etc)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matzestinks:
The whole thing is really confusing to me. I do have ENG S-OFF, and already flashed a Radio and some Roms. Is ENG S-OFF better than Radio S-OFF? Or what is the difference to it?

I read some threads about it and now I am really confused..

Kick me!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
[Q] What's radio? What's ENG?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xuldigiorgio:
i see..then i believe mine is unbranded. thanks mate
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
i didn't root mine yet.. I don't know what I'm wainting for but.. mainly I don't want to erase all ..i'm a bit comfortable with the way it is now

how did yours go?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
You don't have to erase anything when you root
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
Well that's what I've been told.. post #7 i think...

I have to downgrade first so I understood I will lose data..?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androf:
If that's the case then you are right, you would lose all your data
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chezbel:
Try this one. Specifically see section 8

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Subsidy_Unlock.2C_SuperCID.2C_and_Radio_S-OFF
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
can a rooted and overclocked DHD reach the performance of a Motorola atrix 4g? (stock)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tibrocks:
It can't, right? I asked because I saw 2 ghz overclocked hd's..
[HD2 General] bhutnath:
didn't realise that i could export footprints . so i copied the folder on to my p in the hope of saving them before a hard reset. i can't copy it back.

is there anyway for me to salvage it.
[Captivate General] tjsooley:
It has been almost a week after the captivate sh*tty froyo release ( I never flashed it). I thought the MFG had 3 days to release the sorce code to be in spec with android
[Captivate General] sold1erjjt:
To be honest I "believe" it is around 30 or 60 days. But I'm leaning more toward 60 days.

Sent from my PHOENIX PHONE!!!
[Captivate General] ryude:
I think it's 90 days actually.
[Captivate General] h0ckey10:
Just give it time. I could be wrong but I think it took a month for the vibrants source to be released
[Captivate General] JRd1st:
Sounds like a question for "SamsungJohn".... roflmao
[Captivate General] KMan94:
So I just asked. I'll let you know the detailed answer when I get it!
[Captivate General] bames:
a day or so after the official 2.2 rolled out john came back to post a thread.

I asked him in that thread when the source would be posted....can't believe he didn't respond ;)

The epics source was posted before they actually even started the push so not sure what the delay is with the i897 source. Spite?
[Captivate General] crystalhand:
Since asking when the source will be released is actually important and you can not find the answer by googling it I would imagine it would fall under the category of bad questions
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
why does everyone consider the "ATT release" as THE FROYO RELEASE.

Europe and Canada released froyo first, ATT was late to the party.
[Captivate General] vunuts:
Because it was THE FROYO RELEASE.... for AT&T.

Stupid questions get obvious answers.
[Captivate General] 1tontomato:
I sure hope it's soon, it will be nice to see what the devs come up with once it's finally released.
[Captivate General] bames:
Uhh...because thats when it was released for the Captivate on ATT (and your in a captivate forum)
[Captivate General] mwilhelm:
Was it released?

I mean what does it mean to be released? When I think about all the (stated) people that bought the captivate (at&t), I have to imagine that the large majority of them are not "tech savy", and 1) don't even know there's an update 2) wouldn't really know how to go about updating even if they did.

I think, maybe, much of the bad press prompted this push out "early". Without OTA, this apparently large number of people (without techie type friends) may never update.

Having said that, I work with someone who just bought one and it came with 2.2 installed. Seemed to lag quite a bit. So does that define "released"? Does it start the clock on the source code release? Will there be a 2.2.1 or .2 or .3 release around the corner? Does anybody really know what time it is?

Thoughts?

Sent from my...
[Captivate General] rnewton01:
rogers in canada has a captivate. they released open source 2.2 for it, but i don't know if there was much done with this open source by the devs. or if most of the JL1 roms are just stripped down versions of the rogers release. Maybe because ATT KB1 is a newer build or that it may contain uses for the audience chip i guess would be the only additional benefits over the rogers release?? i may be wrong.
[Captivate General] Pirateghost:
audience chip is EXACTLY why
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] cal.mar:
Hi,

i have some problems with the Go Launcher. When I push the Home Button the Homescreen appeard but all Icons in the Dock are duplicated.

I use Kyrillos' Rom v2.3. Does anyone know what I have to do?
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] peldax:
In options you can set action after pushing home button.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] cal.mar:
Hi thank you for your answer, but this was not what I mean. But know everything is fine i don't know why, but everything works.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] anant.0097:
Can you post screenshots.......

Sent from my Lestatious v1.2 Galaxy 3
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Graj0:
I use GO Launcher and never found that problem yet.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] cal.mar:
Now it works. I made no screenshot when I had that problem but after sometimes pushing the home button the dock consists only of the first icon.
[XPERIA X8 General] YourMum~:
May I know what is the music widget and icon pack he is using? Help will be gladly appreciated. :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=935036
[XPERIA X8 General] Boshe:
As I can see it's Winamp. Also it will be better to PM the user.
[XPERIA X8 General] YourMum~:
I tried Winamp but its kinda different? Like its not transparent.
[XPERIA X8 General] redsock:
Those are metro icon set.

You can get it here :

http://yankoa.deviantart.com/art/MetroStation-183210118

and for the music player, i think he is using the modded version of winamp,

you can get it here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796399
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InspectorFrost:
General WP7 question

Im an Android user at present, rooted Desire (gingerbread)

Very much liked the U.I of WP7 when having a quick 5 min' play in an o2 shop

ive not ruled out WP7 for my next phone but know nothing about the state of current Modding for the Devices

is Unlocking the same as Rooting ? ie Custom Roms, rooted only apps, framework tweaks etc

if not, how is it different? what does it offer ?

Sorry for the potentialy Dumbarse question but im not down with any WP7 info at present

Cheers
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domineus:
we don't have an unlock

the unlock refers to the ability to sideload programs and not go through windows marketplace using a windeveloper hack from chevron...

The unlock is not related to custom roms - imho you really don't need them nearly as much on windows phone 7. One thing you have to realize about custom roms is that while you're given an os on a device, it doesn't work out of the box. Both windows mobile and android suffered from this and a custom rom was necessary to just get some basic things to function more smoothly to create a better experience.

Windows phone deviates from that because all you have to do is turn it on and most of the UX/UI components work out of the box and creates an unbelievable experience. So at the current state, the only custom rom I have seen is on the hd7 and mozart, and those are rom transplants by ansar - not completely the same as a custom rom.

If you think you need a custom rom to live by, don't get windows phone. But if you truly want to try an OS that just works and works well, I suggest testing the device. You won't go back to android after you test the device.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InspectorFrost:
Great respose

thanks for the info

For sure, i do love my Android but i find that i keep on changing stuff for not much other reason than i just can.

As mentioned, i was indeed impressed with the UI on the phone i tried...if only briefly

its a shame i couldnt get one to trial for a month to see how i got along with it, thats life i guess

i might well take the plunge on WP7 as my current contract runs out at the end of march

One or two last thing to anybody that cares to respond

so stuff like email and SMS/MMS, are you locked in to using the Out of the box app/client or are there others available in the Market ? ....indeed, you might not need to use anything different form the preloaded stuff, im just curious

and one last thing, Anyone having moved from android to WP7, you happy? anything you particularly miss ?

thanks for the above answer again

cheers

Chris
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Casey_boy:
No, at the moment there is only the default built in app for this. However, in a similar vein to the above; there just isn't a need either. The keyboard is awesome (far better than any other - be it Windows Mobile or Android - I've tried) and it's a simple threaded SMS system.

I had Android on my HD2 (so admittedly not a native build). The only things I miss are a couple of the apps (but I can live without them and they'll probably end up having sister apps on WP7 eventually) and the USB functionality (but I know plenty of people here will argue with me over that). Am I happy? Yes! (Small grumble about the update situation, but it's a thousand times better than WM or Android).

Casey
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InspectorFrost:
Thanks, Man
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domineus:
the preinstalled sms manager for wp7 has suited my needs really well. It sms...I can see smilies. It's threaded. That's all I really need for my interests.

Now as far as migrating from android, I did but I didn't like android so much. I used it for smsing but that was about it. Android has a plethora of programs to suit user interests, but by in large, many just. plain. suck.

That's not to say that wp7 programs suck, because some do. But in terms of productivity, I found a bit more with windows phone. I think the only program I really REALLY miss is skyscape because I am a clinical psych student and I use that on a daily basis. Adjusting to no skyscape is horrible
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gate Keeper:
just a correction here, twitter integration is coming in the mango update, not the NoDo update.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtboos:
I stand corrected.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InspectorFrost:
@dtboos

Great post, thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InspectorFrost:
All the above sounds like stuff i can deal with

Shazam...a quality app that i use tons, glad thats there

facebook im not on so im not bothered with that, and as for Mail/sms clients, i can live with stock so long as the work well

The Major sticking point at the moment for me (having dug around the net a little) is the API limitations that dont seem to allow for Messengers, im a big fan of Whatsapp and (out of choice) wouldnt really wanna be without it.

Hope MS are going to amend this in the (very) near future, as im sure this will persuade a raft of people on to their platform

Again, thanks for the above posts, most informative

Cheers

Chris
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtboos:
I don't have a link available right now, but I remember an interview with one of the head developers on wp7 saying that socket support is #2 or 3 on the developer requested features list, and they will definitely be implementing this sooner rather than later.

They know socket support is wanted and needed, and with that will come IM clients ect.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Gate Keeper:
yea, i believe we will be hearing about socket support at the MIX 2011 conference.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benifactor:
I want to know the best Google employees to follow on twitter specifically for android news.

I already follow googlenews and googlenexus but would like to follow those who might talk of upcoming versions or features.

Also, I saw a while back in a thread about ryeguy commenting on problems where would I go to see this? Google message board? URL please? I tried the Google help forums but didn't find exactly what I was looking for.

Any suggestions?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
In the Google Help Forums, it's "Ry Guy" not "ryeguy". Here's a link to his profile there: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/user?userid=13658189003825921118&hl=en

He's also on Twitter at @romainguy
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benifactor:
Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kevin90:
Hi,

i have a HTC Mozart with a orange CH branding.

i cant found anything to debrand them. only orange uk or something :S

has anyone an idea how to debrand them?

thanks :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kevin90:
no ideas? :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] markolino72:
Mozart Debranded with HSPL

HI

I JUST FLASHED RUU_Mozart_HTC_Europe_1.30.401.01_5.54.09.21_22.33b.50_RELEASE

Using HSPL by Cotulla

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1195647

follow instruction and when you are on hspl launch romupdateutility.exe

IMPORTANT!!!!!!

you need to uncompress the RUU_Mozart_HTC_Europe_1.30.401.01_5.54.09.21_22.33b.50_RELEASE.exe file and erase SPL_signed.nbh if not, your spl will be flashed before install the rom and vendor id will appear again

NICE DEBRAND
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kastro1784:
I've been searching for some different icons for my gtalk app camera and camcorder and my gmail app is there a thread on here just icons? I'm tired of using the stock look on Mccmjoon desire hd v 4 ....
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
I just spoke to a Sprint rep, because my data connection/browsing was drastically slow or not working at all. They informed me that areas in Florida are experiencing a data outage. I'm located in the Central Florida. The rep said they hope to have the outage resolved by the end of today. Anyone in Florida, not just my area having any data issues?
[Epic 4G General] Superbovine:
Working fine here.

Slow, but no slower than normal.
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
Where are you located?
[Epic 4G General] Superbovine:
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<--------------Vero Beach
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Tampa and I don't even get to roam.
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
Hmm, well I used odin to update to eb13 and I'm running ext4 TER v3. EB13 wouldn't be causing my phone to have these data issues would it? I mean I know eb13 has some data connectivity issues but not this severe.
[Epic 4G General] dchawk81:
My speeds fluctuate from molasses to dog poo to tolerable, but it still works. South central PA.

ETA: I'm using Stock EB13 with the Genocide Kernel .3a for what it's worth.
[Epic 4G General] cesar424:
my data seems to be working... in Kissimmee.
[Epic 4G General] Hrshycro:
Hugh threads over in the evo forum about this.

At this point in time, I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that they have some MAJOR PROBLEMS and they COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ACTUALLY FIXING THEM.

It's been going on for MONTHS.

Its 'unlimited data', but you're going to be hard pressed to actually use it because they sucked in a ton of new users with the EVO release, then cut just about every program, haven't fixed the obvious problems for months and no one has any proof that they've actually tried to fix it, let alone actually fixed it.

RIGHT NOW: Everybody with Sprint is getting AOL speeds and its 2011.
[Epic 4G General] dchawk81:
Yah Sprint's not exactly fast lately. On a good day I can get around 1200kbps. For the last few days it's been between 250 and 450kbps. Latency is still okay though.
[Epic 4G General] niv3d:
We'll dchawk those low speeds of yours crush my top speeds atm. I'm getting like 3 - 10kps d/l and that's if I can even connect the speedtest app.
[Epic 4G General] dchawk81:
Oh that REALLY sucks.
[Epic 4G General] Superbovine:
Yup; I get 60-70kbps usually... It sucks. If I am in certain hot spots I can get 300-600 but it is only in certain areas, lots of grey zones down here.