Should I sell phone as stock or with custom rom?

[Guest womble_sanfran]

My Blade power button went and I bought a Desire instead, I then decided to see if Orange would fix it under warranty and they did so now I have a blade I have no use for. They just replaced the main bit of the phone, I have my original back cover, battery, accessories, etc. I now want to sell the phone and am wondering if its worth more if I unlock it and install a Froyo or Gingerbread ROM or will people prefer I leave it stock? The sold prices on ebay seem to vary greatly so I cant really gather from that what is better.

Thanks,

Simon

[Guest deksman2]

Well, in case of selling the phone, some people might prefer the 'original state' of it so they can personally decide what to do with it.

On another note, you can just as easily de-brand, unlock, set it as Gen2 and put CWM on it, along with a good Gingerbread ROM (with 0 of your data on it of course).

Prior to doing that (if you decide to go that route), format it for optimal use of space, and in the end, calibrate the battery and sell the thing for a slightly bumped price.

Unlocked phones are generally sold for much higher prices, but I doubt you would overprice it in such a scenario.

Make sure you describe what you put on the phone, but that other than your software mods, it's brand new.

you can also offer to restore it to stock settings if the buyers wants it like that (but in my personal opinion, stock rom's aren't worth the trouble)

[Guest unrandomsam]

My Blade power button went and I bought a Desire instead, I then decided to see if Orange would fix it under warranty and they did so now I have a blade I have no use for. They just replaced the main bit of the phone, I have my original back cover, battery, accessories, etc. I now want to sell the phone and am wondering if its worth more if I unlock it and install a Froyo or Gingerbread ROM or will people prefer I leave it stock? The sold prices on ebay seem to vary greatly so I cant really gather from that what is better.

Thanks,

Simon

Just install stock gingerbread 2.3.5 from image.bin

and sell it as running official gingerbread 2.3.5 simple.

[Guest womble_sanfran]

Thanks for the opinions.