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ynwa

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Can the DHD be debranded yet. Mine will be on its way to me when T-Mobile UK get stock in, and its the first thing i want to do.
 
There are a few 'is it branded' threads already. Take a gander. Mine is on VF and isn't branded BUT I got it via the Car Phone Warehouse and they state the ones they supply are unbranded and unlocked. As I was told the ones from P4U are too.

Dave
 
Mine's from 3, on contract, unbranded, no simlock. I can put my other (work) 02 sim in and it works just fine.
 
First thing to check when you get it is check the software version - if it's on x.xx.405.x then you're unbranded, anything else and you are.

As to whether you can use the stock RUU with a gold card as you would other phones is another question
 
Ditto. I got mine direct from an Orange store and it's unbranded.

There's no way of 'branding' the phone OTA afterwards is there?
 
Mine appears to be unbranded. Got it through P4U on Orange with a brand new contract (as opposed to upgrade, thus I got a new SIM) and there was nothing I could see relating to Orange. It kept coming up with a warning message that said:

SIM card changed

You have inserted a new SIM card. Your phone will change the following settings according to your SIM card: bookmarks, shortcuts, wallpaper, ringtones, language and input settings. Are you sure you want to replace these settings on your phone?
Click to expand...

After a couple of days of pressing "Not right now" (it does have a "No" button also but I was unsure exactly what "input settings" meant) I gave in and pressed yes. It moved everything around on my home panels (I'm new to smartphones so I hadn't really done a lot yet; it was pretty easy to get it back how I wanted it) and added an app called "Orange +" which seems to contain a bunch of Orange numbers (Customer services, voicemail, etc) and various news-feed type things under the broad headings of "Sport", "Lifestyle" and "Finances". As far as I can tell it will send you texts for any subject within you choose, i.e. if you turn on football I imagine it'd send you results and relevant news for football. It's pretty non-intrusive though, to avoid it all you have to do is not use it. Simples :)
 
Hi guys, I've not got my Desire HD yet, but I'm going to be getting it direct from Vodafone UK - over the phone haggle upgrade.

Does anyone know if it's likely to come branded? It's such a small thing, but I hate seing the voda logos and menus all over the shop.

If it does, am I likely to be able to use a goldcard to put a stock ROM on it?

I understand that when looking for the stock ROM I should look for the Ace, as this was the phone's code name?

any help appreciated.
 
it seems most are being branded now! orange, T-mobile and vodafone all brand there HTC's, there not ''locked'' the the network, just branded, meaning there logo on the handset (just desires not HD) and there logo upon start up, some of there apps and limitations, also you can only update once they allow the update.

i have a desire HD, purchased 2 days ago from voda, its branded but i have my orage sim in there, Carphone and P4U all have unlocked un branded handsets...mainly because they distribute for so many networks it would be silly to have branded handsets. only the iphone is gay enough to do so lol.

im getting my geek squad agent to hopefully de-brand my HD as he done with his orange desire. took him about an hour i think.

strange thing is, i done a factory reset on the handset as after a day it seemed abit ''buggy'' and slow. i have now lost a few things like skins for homepage and have new ones which is wierd...but at least its not buggy anymore.
 
DAMN I HATE THIS!

i got my orange today with the orange logo and the freaking orange apps installed! i cant remove them! how do i debrand my phone to have original HTC software and no orange crap! please please help, im a noob here,
 
Get the unbranded RUU from XDA and flash it using a gold card - here are the files you need:

http://rapidshare.com/files/4196231...dio_12.21.60.12_26.02.00.09_M_test_148662.exe - Original test RUU

Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! - 1.32.405.6 WWE (Latest unbranded RUU)

Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! - 1.40.61.2 Orange UK (keep for warranty purposes)

I'll leave it with you to create your gold card as there are plenty of guides on how to do this online

First thing I'd do is make a gold card, put it in the phone and just try the 1.32.405.6 RUU - it may just work and debrand as any other handset would. If not, follow the guide below

1. Create your gold card and put it in the phone
2. Start the 1.32.405.6 RUU and when it gets to the first screen move the window to the bottom of your screen as otherwise it'll always be on top of anything else you do
3. Click Start>Run and type

%temp%

4. Go to the newest folder created and in there should be a ZIP file called 'Rom' - copy this to your desktop
5. Close the RUU and fire up the 1.15 Test RUU
6. Once at the first screen, move it down as before and browse back to the Temp folder
7. Go to the newest folder created and copy the ZIP file from the latest RUU into the folder, replacing the original one from 1.15
8. Go back to the RUU updater and continue through it

It should update your phone to 1.32.405.6 and you'll be debranded!! This is compiled from info on XDA and I've not tried it but it should work
 
When I get to the final stage of loading the software I get the following error:-

ERROR[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR

What does this mean? What am I doing wrong?
 
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