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  1. J

    Help, can't get 3G back

    Recently 'factory data reset' my phone and since doing so has lost my 3G connection. Tried to follow online help with getting 3G connection with no luck, any help would be greatly appreciated (htc desire s - t mobile )
  2. D

    broken desire s

    i have a desire s on hboot .098.002 i cant run a ruu cant mount sd card keeps rebooting stock recovery i cant get into phone to do anything i have found getvar vodap001 tried various ruus keep getting error 140. please help
  3. V

    Root rooting htc desire S

    Hello, I know this is a very common topic, but I'm stuck at some stage and I don't actually know what is happening with my phone (if anything is actually happening). Some time ago, somebody rooted the phone for me (or at least this is what they said). I've got superuser app installed, and...
  4. F

    Help Get wifi passwords from Desire S to HTC One

    OK - before you answer please bare in mind I am a complete novice!! Have Desire S and just upgraded to HTC One and I want to retrieve/transfer the wifi passwords I already have set up. Everything else got sinc'd during the setup but not these 1. On Desire, Settings > Privacy > Back Up My...
  5. S

    Help Removing SIM lock from Desire S

    I have a Desire S that is SIM locked to Vodafone. I want to unlock the phone so it will take any network SIM. Is this easy enough to do myself, or do I need to pay the
  6. G

    Root Unable to flash RUU "low battery error"

    i have flashed Jellyfire bean(JFB) 4.2.2 on my htc desire s. It was Fallout_Evolution_V5.0 on my device before i flashed with JFB 4.2.2. Battery life and performance was good with Fallout_Evolution_V5.0 and damn worst with JFB 4.2.2. i fed up with all these ROMS and decided to go back to my...
  7. J

    Help Gmail audio notification plays continuously

    Hello, Last night my phone started playing the Gmail notification sound over and over, and hasn't stopped since. I don't know exactly when it started as I wasn't in the room. I had installed a couple of new apps, which I promptly removed. Still have the looping email ding. I then removed...
  8. H

    Help Calendar clearing

    1. What file on my phone are calendar events saved in? 2. My phone contains all calendar events since I bought the phone a couple of years ago. I know how to delete a single event, but is it possible to delete multiple events in one step, or to delete all events older than a particular date?
  9. scotty85

    Root [how to] downgrade desire s to hboot .98

    this is a guide to downgrade Desire S(code name "Saga") using htcdev to install root and recovery. after you flash the downgrade software,you will be able to achieve s-off via the Revolutionary tool. note that this is just way to skin the cat,if youre comfortable doing the main steps another...
  10. J

    Help HTC Desire S stopped working with a blank screen

    hello, I AM NEW TO THE ANDROID WORLD SO I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. please help me as soon as possible. my problem is that my phone was too slow so i went for a factory reset on a bootloader page. and i accidently by mistake formatted cache and system and i do not have any recovery. noww...
  11. N

    Help Can I or can I not upgrade my Android Ver 2.3.5 HTC Desire S to a version that supports Host Mode?

    Hi, I am unable to locate the information that I need in this forum although there are related threads. Please excuse any redundancy. My HTC Desire S is running Android Ver 2.3.5. Under the 'About Phone' menu, 'Software Updates' will not take me above this version level. Is it possible to...
  12. S

    Help Charging issue

    Hi, My HTC Desire S is showing charging even if charger is not plugged in. Tried different charger, but same issue. the Led indicator also showing orange color. Even when phone is off the Led indicator shows orange color. I tried factory reset also. Can some one help with this.
  13. S

    Root Any Nottingham, UK folk who can help me root HTC Desire S?

    Hello there, Turns out there is a hole in the part of my brain which should contain the ability to understand rooting instructions. I start off OK but then just find myself staring listlessly at the screen. So I was wondering if anybody is based in or near Nottingham, UK who can help me out...
  14. J

    Root HELP-Tried Recovery Reboot, Red Triangle w Exclamation Mark on Phone Icon Screen!

    Hi, I have the same problem. Red triangle with exclamation mark when trying to go to recovery. When I go to Factory Reset, it justs displays the sync icon then boots with htc logo and the screen goes black. Before this I tried upgrading to ICS from HTC website and the upgrade process says...
  15. D

    Help my HTC keeps switching on wifi for no reson

    i am not switching on wifi at all in settings or on the widgets, everytime i switch off wifi it switches back on. i tried factory reset, eventually worked but then it happened again when i switched on wifi to download my old apps. if you can plz help
  16. W

    Help Remove stock applications?

    Hello A friend of mine bought an HTC Desire S (currently running the latest stock firmware Android 2.3.5) through a subscription plan, and would like to remove some of the default applications that came with the phone but the option to remove them are disabled when going into the Apps...
  17. A

    Help cant change my usb mode from charging only to data transfer

    I have an HTC Desire S with Android ICS installed. For some weird reason, when I connect my cell phone to the PC, I am not getting the options for usb tethering, data transfer or charge only. It always starts charging without giving the other options. Also, recently my cell phone charging...
  18. M

    How can i setup my HTC android with ms outlook

    I tried to set my HTC Android with my PC's ms outlook setting, but it did not work. My company domain email address setting on my PC has both incoming and outgoing settings with pop3 and smtp login username and password respectively. What do i do? Is anyone using the phone to check mail using...
  19. G

    Help Can't input text

    My phone has spontaneously stopped me from entering text. It highlights all the letters (and the words, when I swype) but doesn't put them into whichever app is being used. Different keyboards don't make any difference. I've seen this problem from the point of app developing but don't know...
  20. T

    Help Apps renamed for no reason?

    So I have a number of folders on my home screen (Games, Apps, Finance, Tools etc.) which I touch to open and the apps I have put there all appear. All very neat and tidy. However, for some inexplicable reason, yesterday I went to open one of the folders and half of the apps had changed their...
  21. R

    Help Phone wont read any SD card

    Hi my HTC Desire S today suddenly stopped reading my SD card, I was using it last night with no problems. I have tried it on the PC and the card is fine. I have tried a different card in my phone, from another HTC and it wont read that either. I have tried removing several times. When I dock...
  22. G

    Help Near Field Communication (NFC)

    Hi, quite a bit of waffle here. I apologise. I have a HTC Desire S S510E and am trying to configure it to control my Panasonic Camcorder with Panasonic Image App. However, the connection keeps dropping on the phone side of things. First off, my phone apparently didnt have NFC until I...
  23. R

    Help Calendar crashes when you click on link

    Morning All. I am new to these forums (as a poster anyway) but i am having a real problem. I have just upgraded my HTC Desire S to ICS with the RUU from your website. All runs brilliantly but when I click on a phone number,email address or website from the calendar, the calendar crashes. This...
  24. billy whizz

    Help digitizer no response

    hi - I have a htc desire s thats on original firmware. I recently replaced the lcd/digitizer as a complete unit with a genuine replacement part. The phone was working perfectly in every way up until a few days agoo when i noticed that the side volume buttons wernt working, so i replaced the...
  25. R

    Root Problem with downgrade from HBOOt 2.02.0002 to 0.98.0000

    Welcome I have a problem with downgrade HBOOT. While I entered: adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp it shows:mode. C:\a3>adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 * * daemon started successfully * error: device not found I can't turn on...
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