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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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?