HTC desire problems..

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 13:23

I seem to have started having problems with my HTC desire phone. It has a stock vodafone rom (android 2.2.2). It has started to restart itself a lot and also lose signal/get no reception. I have done a factory reset which made no difference. I have also tried running the phone with no SD card inserted thisalso made no difference. What else can i try to fix the issue or do i need to replace the phone now?
Thanks in advance guys.

Rusty! · 14 Dec 2012 at 13:28

You could try updating it to Gingerbread, HTC didn't put it out over the air, but you can download and install it from their site: http://dl4.htc.com/RomCode/Source_and_Binaries/HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade.rar

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:01

thanks... your link did not work by the way. Funnily I had downloaded this rom last year and still had it on my work pc

I have updated the ROM and will see if it has cured the problem. Thanks for the advice

joey1211 · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:07

Will this ROM allow me to move more apps over to the SD card? The internal memory is full but I've hardly anything on it.

Rusty! · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:12

It will, but Froyo will allow that anyway.

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:13

version 2.2.2 lets you move some apps (not all) to sdcard

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:37

update: the phone still seems to be dropping signal/reception randomly... has not rebooted yet though.

Liquid_Entity · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:49

Root it and put Mildwild v4.3 on it. It's the best rom I have used on my Desire and if you use the right root you can get a lot more system space for apps. 287mb instead of 150mb

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:03

the silly phone has started to reboot itself again grrrrrr. From my eyes it seems like it is a hardware problem. As factory resetting and trying a newer ROM (2.2.2 to 2.3.3) has had no affect, can't see how installing a custom ROM would make any difference??.
So it is a case of getting a new phone now.. as the phone is well outside warranty?

Liquid_Entity · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:14

If that's the case there is no harm in spending an hour rooting the phone and putting a totally new rom on it. What's the worst that could happen. Give it a go.

I had loads of problems with my original stock roms and then when I upgraded using official Vodafone roms they got better but still did it. I haven't had a rom problem since going to Mildwild 4.3 - apart from running out of memory for apps, but that was resolved when I changed from one HBOOT to AlphaRev CM7 (that gives you a lot more space)

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:25

i have no idea on how to root the phone and where to get the ROMs and other stuff from.

Liquid_Entity · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:26

I get home from work at 6pm, let me dig out all my stuff and let you know.

Just ensure you back everything up

nothing can really go wrong with rooting but it's just in case.

Rusty! · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:28

Does sound a bit hardware-y to be honest.

wijcc · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:33

i did a bit of googling.. from reading it seems that a motherboard replacement on the phone seems to be the fix for problem. I will try a different sim in the phone, hopefully I have a PAYG sim at home somewhere to rule out a fault on the sim card.

I may have to resort to using my old nokia n96 till I gt a new phone. What would be a good not too expensive replacement for the desire. I was thinking the nexus 4 8GB as it is not too expensive but it seems to be out of stock on the playstore. What are the other alternatives from under £250.. ideally less than £200 please?