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New Desire... Orange ROM! Generic WWE HTC ROM anyone?

Hi folks,
I've just come over from WinMo, so I'm pretty familiar with the concept of flashing, but not on an Android phone.
If anyone has any advice as to how I can get a generic/standard HTC Desire ROM to replace the Orange ROM that's come installed on my nice new phone, please let me know. At the moment, I've no root access, Goldcard or anything like that.
If the general concensus is that it's a bit too soon to start flashing then please let me know.
Many thanks in advance!
rich.

hi. at present whilst the desire has been successfully rooted, the process is not complete. therefore flashing a new rom is not an option at present. cheers Andy
Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Sorry, but that's wrong. There should be no issues flashing a generic rom over the branded ones..
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653490
seems people are doin it to get rid of the t-mobile branding, so should work the same for orange.
(need root for custom roms)
regards -e
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sorry, a bit quick. You do need a goldcard, but reckon you can follow one of the guides to get one here in the forums
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here's your goldcard guide:
android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/305746/updating-to-1-15-405-4-genericifying-your-t-mo-handset/

Create goldcard, flash generic rom. Done.

You guys are awesome. Never ceased to be amazed by this place.
Cheers!
If I have the bottle to go through with it and risk bricking my brand new phone I shall let you know how I get on!

I would create a backup of the orange ROM in case something goes wrong and you need Orange to replace it. Although I had flashed my SE C905 with generic fw and orange didnt say anything when they replaced it but best be safe then sorry.

n00b question, but do you make the Goldcard on the PC with the phone plugged in? the instructions aren't clear...have come flashing cooking WinMo ROMs on the HD2 to Android

Not sure what instructions you used but have a look at this:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

Nekromantik said:
I would create a backup of the orange ROM in case something goes wrong and you need Orange to replace it.
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I'm going to re-flash my Orange Desire this weekend; how would I go about creating a backup of the Orange ROM?

You can't yet. Not until the device is rooted. Then Nandroid will work on it!

Ah OK, cheers for the clarification. From everything I've read (both on here and over at MoDaCo) the flash process seems pretty safe/straight-forward, so fingers crossed I'll be OK! The Orange junk on my phone needs to go! I want GTalk back!

It's very straight forward. Go for it!

Successfully flashed my new Desire with Generic rom using Goldcard. Phone was on Orange UK, I bought an unlock code, applied it, it said Device Successfully Unlocked but it was still locked to Orange. After flashing the phone, reapplied unlock code and now I have an unlocked HTC Desire. The only thing that reminds me of Orange is the label on the back cover of the phone, but I can live with that until I can find one on ebay or somewhere.

why not try the sugar cube trick, ie use the cube like an abrasive pad

stevo25 said:
why not try the sugar cube trick, ie use the cube like an abrasive pad
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Does that really work?

sugar cube worked on my old HTC Magician a few years ago..but then the paint was on metal.

I had no idea the desire has been rooted! what is the procedure???

Will this work on A8183 versions of the Desire? ie. The Telstra delivered Australian model with 850Mhz?
Update: Yep it sure does work! Quietly brilliant....

rhedgehog said:
sugar cube worked on my old HTC Magician a few years ago..but then the paint was on metal.
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Hmmm I'm not willing to give this one a go until I know I can get a replacement case if it goes wrong.
koolbear said:
I had no idea the desire has been rooted! what is the procedure???
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It's not been rooted. The only thing you can do at the moment is flash a generic unbranded rom. No custom roms or operator-specific roms are available yet.

vdude_1 said:
Hmmm I'm not willing to give this one a go until I know I can get a replacement case if it goes wrong.
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You can: http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=199270

Flashing HTC Sensation with original ROM?

I am about to buy a HTC Sensation. However, my provider (Swisscom, Switzerland) offers it only with Branding. Is there a way I can flash such a branded device with the original ROM from HTC? Is it available anywhere? Will I have problems because of the signed bootloader? Thanks in advandace for any help!

Currently, the goldcard method doesn't seem to be working. That's the only way to flash an official ROM without having an unlocked bootloader.
So, currently, sadly no way to do it. Hopefully when HTC release an unlocked bootloader for it, we will see changes.

madindehead said:
Currently, the goldcard method doesn't seem to be working. That's the only way to flash an official ROM without having an unlocked bootloader.
So, currently, sadly no way to do it. Hopefully when HTC release an unlocked bootloader for it, we will see changes.
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Do you know whether HTC is planning to do so at all? I heard they wanted to make future bootloaders unsigned, but will the Sensation get an "Update" or something like that to have it unsigned?

I asked HTC about how and when the bootloader will be unlocked and they just tweeted me back saying "Good question. More specific details will be shared soon."
So yeah... :/

Firefall! said:
I am about to buy a HTC Sensation. However, my provider (Swisscom, Switzerland) offers it only with Branding. Is there a way I can flash such a branded device with the original ROM from HTC? Is it available anywhere? Will I have problems because of the signed bootloader? Thanks in advandace for any help!
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Hello,
Got a HTC Sensation from Swisscom and I'm wondering the same, any news on this?
I tried an update found on the forum: version 1.35.401.1, tried to install and said 'wrong client id'... Didn't update.
Just sent a request to HTC customer support to know if I'll get the OTA... But I don't expect much from this.
If I can't unlock and root this phone I'm gonna get rid of it and will never get a HTC again, that's one sure thing. Already regret having bought it, should have waited for it to be unlocked first!

ccounotte said:
Hello,
Got a HTC Sensation from Swisscom and I'm wondering the same, any news on this?
I tried an update found on the forum: version 1.35.401.1, tried to install and said 'wrong client id'... Didn't update.
Just sent a request to HTC customer support to know if I'll get the OTA... But I don't expect much from this.
If I can't unlock and root this phone I'm gonna get rid of it and will never get a HTC again, that's one sure thing. Already regret having bought it, should have waited for it to be unlocked first!
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You'll have to wait for HTC to unlock the bootloader (or for AlphaRev to do that before HTC). Expect HTC do provide the full unlock in September.
PS. I bought it unbranded meanwhile.

[Q] Htc Sensation Can not Open After Official Rom Update

Hi,
I 've got one Sensation from Malaysia, after a week the official rom update warning come up to the phone, I confirmed it, but after the update phone is stunt at the beginning green HTc logo.
I had the exact same problem with my Desire HD and I had solved it with gold card then I had installed a new stock rom with gold car.
However, as far as i see there is no specific gold card method for Sensation and I am really stuck right now.
I would appreciate anyone who has an adive on this.
Thanks in advance....

seems like a bad download..
you can try to run the RUU of your device if its available

IS there anyone who can help me on this, i really can not find a solution, i tried to flash the rom however it gives the identity error.
I would really appreciate if you have some comments.
Regards

My phone also can't install an official update too, but it because of my phone is already S-Off.

I did not try S 0ff or any other option, but I do not know wheter I can do it while I am only access to the bootloader menu.
I am not obsessed with the official I can also try cooked roms however I just request an advice how I should move forward at this stage.
I only want to get the phone back to the working condition ...
I would really appreciate if any expert can comment on that.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.

As long you did not root your phone, then just send it back for warranty claim.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App

Thanks for your comment, but unfortunately the phone bought from abroad.
Warranty is not valid in my country.
I had the exact same problem with my DEsire HD and had solved with stock rom & gold card combination.
However there is no gold card for Sensation...

HTC One S RUU File Tmobile

Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?

in the development section, look for rom collection post, TMOUS should be there.

dell4320 said:
in the development section, look for rom collection post, TMOUS should be there.
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I'm from the uk so it should work right?

Yes. Make sure you look for your version. It should say on the list.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using xda app-developers app

Solution?
lonegunman0 said:
Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?
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Have you found a solution to this? I am having a similar problem. I need the T-Mobile UK Htc one s RUU, if you have please message me!!

RUU for HTC one S can be found here
lonegunman0 said:
Hi
I've recently rooted my phone (about a month ago) and now can't get the new sense 4.1 OTA update. So I was just wondering if anybody knows where I can find the RUU file for T-mobile as i'd prefer to get over air updates rather then flashing roms. I'm relatively new to all this rooting stuff so I don't know much. Can someone please help me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941402 that i the link to it good luck

Amilka said:
Have you found a solution to this? I am having a similar problem. I need the T-Mobile UK Htc one s RUU, if you have please message me!!
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Don't think anyone has it, also need one here. You can try the T-Mobile US RUU, it might or might not give you a CID error.
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2

htc one s 3uk ruu needed please
please i need help i mistakely cleared storage in bootlader on my htc one s with cwm installed not it doesnt boot
please i need 3uk ruu for htc one s so that i can go back to stuck.
i have unlocked bootloader and cwm installed and rooted before all these happened
i dont care the version all i want is stock ruu 3uk h3t __001 htc one s

root HTC One ME (OPLA 130 M9EW) with HTC One Plus files ?

Hi Nerds,
I just get my new HTC One ME from China and I wonder that there is still no specific way to root it. The hardware is allmost from the M9 Plus. You can compare the ME to M9+ (gsm arena website) sorry not aviable to post links yet ^^. the difference between this two devices is, the ME got no aluminium case and there is no 2nd Camera on the back side. And unfortunately no USB 3.0. but the same chipset cpu and gpu.
my question is, can I root it with the common HTC ONE M9 PLUS files. I really dont want to brick it, so i better ask =)
thanks!

guzer said:
Hi Nerds,
I just get my new HTC One ME from China and I wonder that there is still no specific way to root it. The hardware is allmost from the M9 Plus. You can compare the ME to M9+ (gsm arena website) sorry not aviable to post links yet ^^. the difference between this two devices is, the ME got no aluminium case and there is no 2nd Camera on the back side. And unfortunately no USB 3.0. but the same chipset cpu and gpu.
my question is, can I root it with the common HTC ONE M9 PLUS files. I really dont want to brick it, so i better ask =)
thanks!
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Well, i think there's already a recovery for m9ew, but in chinese:
http://bbs.mgyun.com/thread-44535-1-1.html
someone here with good Chinese might help you to download it and upload it to somewhere easier to access.
It may be tho' in Chinese inside TWRP so you'll need a dictionary possibly. Or you can try extract it with https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools and replace the ui portrait resources with english inside twres, then repack.
And to answer the question: I wouldn't try it with m9pw (m9+) recovery, very high chance of failure, at least not without a full RUU zip to make sure you can restore phone to stock.

guzer said:
Hi Nerds,
I just get my new HTC One ME from China and I wonder that there is still no specific way to root it. The hardware is allmost from the M9 Plus. You can compare the ME to M9+ (gsm arena website) sorry not aviable to post links yet ^^. the difference between this two devices is, the ME got no aluminium case and there is no 2nd Camera on the back side. And unfortunately no USB 3.0. but the same chipset cpu and gpu.
my question is, can I root it with the common HTC ONE M9 PLUS files. I really dont want to brick it, so i better ask =)
thanks!
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Yes,the hardware of ME is almost same as M9+. But don't use the same recovery for it only if you already have a RUU.
Bellow is a english version recovery for ME from http://bbs.gfan.com/android-8014295-1-1.html
download：http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kTs0fNh
password：8ft8
and then you could flash root file.
Reminder:
1. You’d better have a RUU .
2. flash the recovery and initially go to the recovery will break your system from OTA. If you would,try to repack it.

yvtc75 said:
Yes,the hardware of ME is almost same as M9+. But don't use the same recovery for it only if you already have a RUU.
Bellow is a english version recovery for ME from
download：
password：8ft8
and then you could flash root file.
Reminder:
1. You’d better have a RUU .
2. flash the recovery and initially go to the recovery will break your system from OTA. If you would,try to repack it.
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means. if i root the phone i cant use any orginial HTC firmware update anymore. is there a Chinese Rom website where i can find custom roms for it ? unfortunately i cant read chinese . I still miss this model @ the XDA Forum.
thanks alot to you tbalden and yvtc75!

guzer said:
means. if i root the phone i cant use any orginial HTC firmware update anymore. is there a Chinese Rom website where i can find custom rums for it ? unfortunately i cant read chinese . I still miss this model @ the XDA Forum.
thanks alot to you tbalden!
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Unless you have a unmodified system image backup, you won't apply OTA from original hTC update. If you can get the OTA file somewhere and extract the firmware. Flash it manually and follow the ROM chef to flash custom ROM.
I didn't find out any custom ROM released on the above website. You need to join their QQ group to get one and I don't have a QQ account ( china mobile phone number). I am happy there was a XDA forum to share information for M9+.

hello, i have m9ew with radio 1405. can anyone guide me into installing GAPPS ?

I got mine from HK so it came with gapps. where did you find yours in China? i could not find anyone who had the ME in China. With regards to Gapps, did your phone come with HTC market? if so u can usually get gapps directly from there. its an app called gms or gsm, i cant remember exactly. then you run that app and it will install gapps automatically, just follow the onscreen instructions. That was the case with my M7 dual sim.

any updates on this? solutions?

Hello,
I wonder if this phone can be rooted using any of the one click methods ??
Should I try these ??
A very promising phone with no support at all !!
Please help needed and appreciated.

joseph74 said:
Hello,
I wonder if this phone can be rooted using any of the one click methods ??
Should I try these ??
A very promising phone with no support at all !!
Please help needed and appreciated.
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+1
Sent from my SM-N910C using xda premium

guzer said:
Hi Nerds,
I just get my new HTC One ME from China and I wonder that there is still no specific way to root it. The hardware is allmost from the M9 Plus. You can compare the ME to M9+ (gsm arena website) sorry not aviable to post links yet ^^. the difference between this two devices is, the ME got no aluminium case and there is no 2nd Camera on the back side. And unfortunately no USB 3.0. but the same chipset cpu and gpu.
my question is, can I root it with the common HTC ONE M9 PLUS files. I really dont want to brick it, so i better ask =)
thanks![/QUOTE
Hello,
Did you find a solution regarding this amazing phone, please help, thanks.
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joseph74 said:
guzer said:
Hi Nerds,
I just get my new HTC One ME from China and I wonder that there is still no specific way to root it. The hardware is allmost from the M9 Plus. You can compare the ME to M9+ (gsm arena website) sorry not aviable to post links yet ^^. the difference between this two devices is, the ME got no aluminium case and there is no 2nd Camera on the back side. And unfortunately no USB 3.0. but the same chipset cpu and gpu.
my question is, can I root it with the common HTC ONE M9 PLUS files. I really dont want to brick it, so i better ask =)
thanks![/QUOTE
Hello,
Did you find a solution regarding this amazing phone, please help, thanks.
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Hi
I didnt dare to root it yet because Im not in Chinese language and I didnt want to break from OTA so short after release
( flash the recovery and initially go to the recovery will break your system from OTA. If you would,try to repack it.)
so far my m9ew is still complete stock without root
sorry
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First of all thanks for prompt reply, I can't read Chinese myself so I didn't dare too but I unlocked the bootloader officially in case I figure out root method.
The phone is doing great though I miss rooting tools but I face a serious issue which is overheating which is so frustrating for me.
It makes it lagging and slow and I have to let it cool down to regain its full power
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Any udate regarding this topic. Successful root/recovery....?

Is this device compatible with a TMOUS SIM card with LTE coverage?
Thanks,