Fed up now - need help

[Guest pete_thomson]

Hi All,

I've got an Orange branded Desire which I've unlocked via HTCCodes.com.

I started out having a lots of silly little problems - nothing major - so I ignored them & learnt to live with them (stuff like the widgets not updating on the homescreen, email checking when it felt like it not when scheduled)

A couple of weeks ago my phone stopped downloading from the Market and would sit on "Starting Download" forever and then the problems got worse and worse.

The handset now force waits trying to use the Phone, Mail or Text messaging and it's dumped all my contacts. I can't make or receive calls, I can see how many emails I have but not read them.

I've been wanting to go to a tweaked stock ROM like Paul's latest but I'm confused as hell as to what I need to do. I had been a Windows Mobile user since 2002 so I'm confused by Android.

Can someone point me in the direction of the best guide to flashing a 2.2 ROM for an Orange unlocked handset, and probably rooting too, for a complete newbie?

I'm not an idiot, far from it - I'm technically minded, it's just I've seen a fair bit of conflicting info on what's best.

Thanks

Pete

[Guest bpivk]

Read this article fully and you'll be able to unlock and root the phone.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256

It's simple but I had some problems with drivers on my Win7x64 so use some linux live CD distro like Ubuntu if you run into any problems.

[Guest Asselberghs]

Hi there m8:)

Go to www.unrevoked.com and download the app for the desire, connect your phone and let the app do it´s magic.

When it completes successful your rooted.

My Hboot was at the time 0.75 and that worked, I don´t know if the unrevoked method has problems with higher Hboot versions.

No goldcard or any other things required for the Unrevoked method.

Now go to http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...chen-2-2-froyo/ for the newest stable MCR rom for Desire based on Android 2.2 Froyo.

Download it to your computer, connect your phone and put the zip over to your SD card.

It´s a good idear that your phone is fully charged before you do this, I think if my memory serves me right, that it drained 30-40% of my battery to install the new rom.

Shut your phone down, boot it again, but hold the power buttom and volume down buttom at the same time.

Select Recovery by means of volume buttoms for up and down and power to select.

Now you´ll enter Clockwork recovery mod.

This time a click on the optical trackpad is select and volume buttoms still up and down navigation.

Select Wipe data/factory reset.

Next select Wipe cache partition

Then select install zip from sdcard.

Then choose zip from sdcard.

Select your MCR zip file and let it flash.

Once it´s done, click back once and select reboot. Now it´s all done:=)

I hope that helped you:)

[Guest pete_thomson]

OK - that seems a little too easy (Or maybe I decided as I was confused that it was too hard!)

I'll give this a go and see what happens - the phone can't get any more messed up ...... famous last words!

[Guest pete_thomson]

Just a quick thanks to you Asselberghs.

I struggled with Unrevoked, it kept hanging on the "waiting 5 seconds, windows hates" or something similar. About 4 or 5 tries in a row and it suddenly worked.

I created a simple ROM from Modaco and every single little issue I ever had with the Orange ROM vanished!

When I created it I duplicated a few things - some Android, some HTC - and I'll create another soon with the bits I like and take it from there.

[Guest Asselberghs]

Just a quick thanks to you Asselberghs.

I struggled with Unrevoked, it kept hanging on the "waiting 5 seconds, windows hates" or something similar. About 4 or 5 tries in a row and it suddenly worked.

I created a simple ROM from Modaco and every single little issue I ever had with the Orange ROM vanished!

When I created it I duplicated a few things - some Android, some HTC - and I'll create another soon with the bits I like and take it from there.

I am glad to hear it all worked out in the end:)