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[DaveGrohl]

I have just debranded my orange HTC desire using Pauls guide and it worked perfectly.  I was busy redownloading some apps from the android market and it popped up with a message saying that there's an update available.  So I downloaded it and installed it.  When my phone rebooted it says network locked please contact customer care  then asks me for a SIM network unlock PIN.  Have I messed up my phone or do I just need to get it unlocked?

Edited by DaveGrohl, 24 June 2010 - 01:33 PM.

[dnlgee]

DaveGrohl, on Jun 24 2010, 14:30, said:

I have just debranded my orange HTC desire using Pauls guide and it worked perfectly.  I was busy redownloading some apps from the android market and it popped up with a message saying that there's an update available.  So I downloaded it and installed it.  When my phone rebooted it says network locked please contact customer care  then asks me for a SIM network unlock PIN.  Have I messed up my phone or do I just need to get it unlocked?

Flash an older radio, I think this is the default that comes with Orange stock ROM's [Click]

[DaveGrohl]

dnlgee, on Jun 24 2010, 14:33, said:

Flash an older radio, I think this is the default that comes with Orange stock ROM's [Click]

Sorry how do I do this I'm a bit of a noob with android

[dnlgee]

DaveGrohl, on Jun 24 2010, 14:38, said:

Sorry how do I do this I'm a bit of a noob with android

The exact same way you would flash a rom, save the zip file to your SDCard, boot into recovery and install the .zip from SDCard.
Easiest way to do this is to download ROM Manager from the Market, then open it and install Clockword Recovery, then choose reboot into recovery.

[DaveGrohl]

dnlgee, on Jun 24 2010, 14:45, said:

The exact same way you would flash a rom, save the zip file to your SDCard, boot into recovery and install the .zip from SDCard.
Easiest way to do this is to download ROM Manager from the Market, then open it and install Clockword Recovery, then choose reboot into recovery.

It take it that my desire needs to be rooted to do this

[dnlgee]

Your device should already be rooted if you followed Paul's method.. Unless I'm mistaken?

[DaveGrohl]

dnlgee, on Jun 24 2010, 14:55, said:

Your device should already be rooted if you followed Paul's method.. Unless I'm mistaken?

No i just made a gold card have I been stupid and dived in head first.  I just wanted to get the orange crap off my phone

[Dr_Ash]

also - flashing a new radio is more dangerous than flashing a ROM, and it actually installs the radio AFTER the flash, whilst rebooting. Don't be alarmed when your desire reboots a couple of times and an icon appears - a box with a little android and an arrow coming out of the box. This is normal, and whatever you do DO NOT REMOVE YOUR BATTERY or press any buttons during this process, it could totally brick your phone.

It does seem like it's your radio as some of the newer radio updates sim-lock orange branded Desires.

Let us know how you get on.

[dnlgee]

If you made a gold card and flashed the generic rom to debrand the phone then you're rooted..
Follow what I said before and download ROM Manager to reboot into recovery and flash a new radio and you'll be fine.

You learn from your mistakes I removed the Orange crap off my phone straight away..

[DaveGrohl]

dnlgee, on Jun 24 2010, 15:01, said:

If you made a gold card and flashed the generic rom to debrand the phone then you're rooted..
Follow what I said before and download ROM Manager to reboot into recovery and flash a new radio and you'll be fine.

You learn from your mistakes I removed the Orange crap off my phone straight away..

When i try to reboot into recovery it just says 'An error occurred while atempting to run prveledged commands!'

[EddyOS]

A bit of reading would've highlighted this exact issue with debranding an Orange Desire and then allowing the OTA to go through...

[DaveGrohl]

EddyOS, on Jun 24 2010, 15:12, said:

A bit of reading would've highlighted this exact issue with debranding an Orange Desire and then allowing the OTA to go through...

I realise that now

[EddyOS]

Shame this happens, only seems to be Orange!!

You'll probably need to root to flash the old radio, not sure if you can do it without root...might be wrong, though

[dnlgee]

Guessing you don't have root then haha, whoops.

Download the radio image, rename it to update.zip and flash it via recovery the same way you flashed the generic rom. See if that works?

[DaveGrohl]

EddyOS, on Jun 24 2010, 15:16, said:

Shame this happens, only seems to be Orange!!

You'll probably need to root to flash the old radio, not sure if you can do it without root...might be wrong, though

Bloody Orange I knew I should've gone to T-mobile.  Just waiting for the rooting tools to download, I'll let you know how I get on.

[dnlgee]

T-Mo have poor network coverage IMO, plus for me Orange had the better pricing deal, shame about their overbranded software.

[EddyOS]

Should've got it from CPW (for example) as you could've got it unbranded from the off!! I always do this for this exact reason!!

[DaveGrohl]

dnlgee, on Jun 24 2010, 15:22, said:

T-Mo have poor network coverage IMO, plus for me Orange had the better pricing deal, shame about their overbranded software.

You're not kidding I had over 50mb of extra storage after debranding

[DaveGrohl]

Thank you guys, it seems to be working now.

I take it I should avoid OTA updates now then? lol

Edited by DaveGrohl, 24 June 2010 - 03:02 PM.

[dnlgee]

DaveGrohl, on Jun 24 2010, 16:01, said:

Thank you guys, it seems to be working now.

I take it I should avoid OTA updates now then? lol

Totally up to you