froyo for desire starts this weekend
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Just got the update through on my VODAFONE BRANDED Desire.
Very happy.
Yes but its not Froyo
See my topic.
It's a disgrace of an 'update' to be honest. I've just lost a lot of respect for Vodafone
im vodafone and just installed a stock htc rom unbranded and then got the ota update
Thats due to you debranding the phone. This update they just put out is for the branded people which are now more branded so to speak
If I did this, is there a way to roll back to the Voda ROM should I need to take it for repair?
Thats due to you debranding the phone. This update they just put out is for the branded people which are now more branded so to speak
i don't think the branding would void any warranty as im pretty sure it gets sent straight to HTC now and not vodafone, also if you buy a HTC desire on vodafone from say for example phone4u it will be unbranded anyway.
furthermore, i bet you can download a stock vodafone rom from somewhere.
i fully recommend it, i hate all that branding rubbish and you get a HTC desire as they intend it to be.
Not after this update, a phones4u customer posted on the vodafone forum saying his phone now has this new branding.
Could I have a link to the firmware/guide? Do I need to root the phone to do this?
yeah i did, YOU MUST keep the gold card in when you do the OTA update, loads of us learnt the hard way and had to restore and then do it again. so i now keep my gold card safe.
flash and then goto check for updates, may be a 1 or 2 before you can do 2.2 and then once on 2.2 put your normal sd back in
flash and then goto check for updates, may be a 1 or 2 before you can do 2.2 and then once on 2.2 put your normal sd back in
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yeah, i debranded my phone using the method above and i got the OTA froyo update on sunday.
Just make sure you have the goldcard in the phone when you do the ota update, or things will go entertainingly pear-shaped...which is what happened to me...
If things DO go entertainingly pear shaped with the update, you can just use the gold card method (if you need to, you can just use any old micro sd reader/adapter to create the gold card) to flash back to the generic 2.1 rom and re-do the update with the gold card in...i speak from experience!
Once i had the debranding re-done and the gold card in the phone, the OTA update went through flawlessly.
TG
Just make sure you have the goldcard in the phone when you do the ota update, or things will go entertainingly pear-shaped...which is what happened to me...
If things DO go entertainingly pear shaped with the update, you can just use the gold card method (if you need to, you can just use any old micro sd reader/adapter to create the gold card) to flash back to the generic 2.1 rom and re-do the update with the gold card in...i speak from experience!
Once i had the debranding re-done and the gold card in the phone, the OTA update went through flawlessly.
TG
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nope- i just used the one that came with my phone, then dumped all my music etc on it after i was done updating.
that said, i might make an old 1gig one into a gold card just so i always have one lurking about.
So what is the actual function of this 'gold card'? I don't like the idea that I am reliant on it for future OTA updates - or is this only the case for upgrading to 2.2?
If I don't have an SD card reader, can I create the gold card by mounting the SD card through the phone?
If I don't have an SD card reader, can I create the gold card by mounting the SD card through the phone?
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Root your phones, don't mess about with goldcards
this also works!