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Root Got a new Desire today

Evil Genius

Evil Genius

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well OK, i've actually had my Desire for over a year but i finally got round to rooting it.

the process was "simple" enough (after reading multiple guides and watching various videos).

now my old Desire has a new lease of life. i'd recommend it to anyone. I've tried MIUI, GV, LeeDroid, HoneySense, InsertCoin and I'm currently running SUroot's own dGB ROM and liking it very much.
 
nice. think I will get around to trying SUs tomorrow soon. currently enjoying redux2
cheers
dan
 
hi Dan.

sorry. no :-\ when I downloaded the zip file and tried to install it
it came up with file error. so as also had redux file on sd too I went
for that one.

.....so I still have the excitement of dGB to look forward to :-)

cheers
dan
 
Not tiried it. I loved 1.2 though. dGB is loosely based around the 1.2 source code, but with some things removed, somethings added and somethings improved.
 
I've been running Redux 2 for over a week or so now and haven't had any problems. I must admit I would like to try dGB but I'm not 100% happy with my ability flashing a new hboot and I've really read through the faq but I'm still nervous doing it.
 
trevytrev said:
I've been running Redux 2 for over a week or so now and haven't had any problems. I must admit I would like to try dGB but I'm not 100% happy with my ability flashing a new hboot and I've really read through the faq but I'm still nervous doing it.
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flashing hboot is always nerve racking the 1st time just like getting s-off
 
just a bad dload file then. that's ok then. means I don't have to mess my boot! :-)
that sounded a bit scary imo
 
The one scary part about flashing a new hboot is that if the file is bad you are very likely to have a brick - it's the same as flashing a radio in that respect, except that an hboot flash is much faster. That's why it's vital to check the md5 of the file before flashing.

But the alpharev hboots, and Dan's ones, have been flashed by many people, so as long as the md5 code checks out you can be confident they will be OK. As with a lot of this stuff, the key is to read the procedure until you are confident you know what you have to do.

The one time I was really nervous about this was when I flashed my current hboot, because that was a file I'd cooked myself and so I was the first person to actually use it. I'd tested that the hboot patcher tool could produce identical copies of some of the alpharev hboots (same md5s), so I had no reason to doubt my custom one would work, but it was still a slight step into the unknown.
 
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