*** The Official HTC Desire (Bravo) Thread! ***
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Whether you do it or not is up to you .... but reading around this morning the wifi issue seems limited to Orange phones which have been debranded, i.e. not unbranded phones including phones on Orange who were purchased through a third party company and are not branded.
I don't know what is causing the issue, I posted the error I see when trying to activate the wifi earlier. My phone with the OTA update installed looks to still be running the older version of the baseband stuff than that included with the OTA version of the firmware packaged as a RUU file on the XDA Dev site. It is possible that this is causing the issue but I have read that upgrading this means you get the sim lock message on your Orange SIM (so you'd have to pay for an unlock code).
I think it will work, seeing as it uses a custom kernel and someone posted about it being a kernel issue. From the sounds of things, the OTA acts like a patch as you obviously don't wipe during the process.
MCR is a great ROM but I have the £9. 99 p/a add free subscription for use of the kitchen. It will take a while on first boot so give it some time
So I need to root my desire using this guide - http://android.modaco.com/content/h...e-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
Then install http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ustom-rom-for-htc-desire-with-online-kitchen/
and this should work even with the OTA updated bootloader?
From what I understand there is a particular ROM which is causing the SIM lock. If you put this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684259 onto an Orange branded desire (even if you have debraded it), you'll lock your sim.
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I've gone to this ROM now:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674688&page=59
Much lighter on the battery, apps2sd working perectly (still have 138mb of phone space after installing a shed load of apps), did try the bravesoul rom but a2sd wouldn't work.
Much lighter on the battery, apps2sd working perectly (still have 138mb of phone space after installing a shed load of apps), did try the bravesoul rom but a2sd wouldn't work.
Quick question...
What charger(s) come with the desire as standard? I know that any micro-USB cable can be used to charge it, and I have several of these, but I'd like at least two mains-based chargers. Does the thing come with a mains charger?
What charger(s) come with the desire as standard? I know that any micro-USB cable can be used to charge it, and I have several of these, but I'd like at least two mains-based chargers. Does the thing come with a mains charger?
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I rooted my .80 desire with the r5 files and modaco guide no problem
Sadly froyo is rubbish at the moment, hated it. Lasted about 30 mins on my phone! so I'm using modaco 3.1 now.
I think I'll wait for an official Froyo release.It comes with a micro usb cable, and a UK mains>USB plug socket only. Similar to what you get with the iPhone, so you don't get a dedicated UK Mains plug. I picked up a couple from ebay for a few quid though.
Cheers Scottland, I think I'll do the same
Don't forget it's Micro USB - not Mini USB like previous HTC's and other phones have been.
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whats the phone like with standard android 2.1? all these 2.2 mods seem a bit of a pita by the discussions your all having.
Also is there a pc suite for it, like nokia suite, for texting from pc, file transfer etc etc etc.
Also is there a pc suite for it, like nokia suite, for texting from pc, file transfer etc etc etc.
The phone is absolutely fine on 2.1. Froyo (2.2) just makes huge advances forward for Android as an OS, so people obviously want it, it appears we will be waiting another week or two though before it starts to get stabilised.
It's fair to say the current Froyo version is an average bodge job, that said for the 2 days I had it running it seemed quite fine, so it's hopefully not going to be a nightmare to fix.
I wish Google would hurry up and release the Source Code already, bleh.
There is a PC Suite, but it doesn't do as much as Nokia's one. It's called HTC Sync.
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Will be good to see how the real deal will be then.
Is there talk about the HTC Sync being improved? lack of text support would be annoying.
Also a couple of pages back there was mention of a phone very similar to the desire but had a keyboard, is there a name for it yet?
The Desire with a keyboard is called the HTC Vision, no release date set for it yet, or much else confirmed really.
Not sure with regard to HTC Sync updates, there have been some so far, not sure about the future.
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Ok cheers robbo, shall check it out, sounds good to me. got about 3months left on the contract so we'll see whats happening then.
The Vision is literally the Desire with hardware keyboard IIRC, T-Mobile are rumoured to be getting it. There should be another 1 or 2 Motorolla devices with physical keyboards in the next ~6 months.
There was an incarnation of Motorolla's PC software and worked on HTC phones, I think that supported text messaging, but it required a wifi connection to work, not USB or BT.
There was an incarnation of Motorolla's PC software and worked on HTC phones, I think that supported text messaging, but it required a wifi connection to work, not USB or BT.
Don't forget it's Micro USB - not Mini USB like previous HTC's and other phones have been.
I pinched this from a mates old Nokia box he had laying around, does the trick via my laptop when I'm at work
Flashing this one now, Froyo was rubbish.