I didn't try to download an update over the air. The system simply offered it. How was I to know that my phone was going to have issue with this?
Btw guys. I've never managed to find and physical HTC shops/centres or otherwise in the UK. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough.
Its usually a "send off" job to go to HTC> Not sure who are accredited service centres.
They're tiny computers that are more powerful than my old WinXP PC - what do you expect? My points still stand - buying off ebay is accepting the risks. I bought an eBook reader on eBay because they didn't sell any in Europe yet and I was lucky, but it was a calculated risk. Accept it and move on - don't put the blame where it doesn't belong.A multitude of these Desires are broken out of the box. It's still the case - and shouldn't be.
I got offered several IT help desk support jobs when I was unemployed and would rather starve than go through the confidence-shattering experience that is help desk support at the hands of ignorant people who think jamming a fork into their hard drive because it "ticks" entitles them to a free hard drive ... not to mention people who drop their phones into boiling water and claim it should be water-proof. (both real examples that a friend encountered while working for such a help desk - two of many that are far worse).
ure to buy from a source that is reliable and has a proven track record
It's still not inherently my fault.
The phone always crashed. It only got steadily worse with time. See all the other "millions" of posts about the same issue.
I was forced to root, in order to remove T-Mobile - to enable my Froyo update - so I could install apps. Nowhere did I read that I mustn't allow updates after this. Remember, this was back during Summer last year. Perhaps there is more info in rooting instructions now but I always read everything presented to me - as I am paranoid about breaking things I can ill afford to. It took a lot of frustration - and not being able to use the phone anyway - for me to lose my rag.
It's still not inherently my fault.
The phone always crashed. It only got steadily worse with time. See all the other "millions" of posts about the same issue.
I was forced to root, in order to remove T-Mobile - to enable my Froyo update - so I could install apps. Nowhere did I read that I mustn't allow updates after this. Remember, this was back during Summer last year. Perhaps there is more info in rooting instructions now but I always read everything presented to me - as I am paranoid about breaking things I can ill afford to. It took a lot of frustration - and not being able to use the phone anyway - for me to lose my rag.
Read the thread; it isn't really that long!wait
so your phone is broken now?
If the phone is still fine you should be able to fix it by wiping data in recovery and then flashing a custom rom.
I'm not sure it'll work, but these types of things happened to me why i just rooted, and the method worked for me.
I typed "OTA definition" into Google and the 5th result down is an exact definition from a site called Phone Scoop, while the 6th is another exact definition from a site called Phone Arena. You don't seem to put a lot of effort into finding things out before jumping head first and breaking your own phone.d3v14n7 said:OTA means "Over The Air"?! Why have I never found this definition by searching.
Yours wasn't though. It worked fine until you broke it. Just out of interest, what percentage of Desires are broken out of the box?d3v14n7 said:A multitude of these Desires are broken out of the box. It's still the case - and shouldn't be.
It seems to me that the OP wants to blame everyone but himself.
This is your first mistake. The seller's actions should have cause enormous flashing neon red flags. You could have taken advantage of Ebay's policies that protect the buyer and returned the item immediately. None of the below would have happened if you weren't so anxious to get the phone that you decided to accept an unDESIREable version.No warranty = ebay
Bought outright, last year.
Scumbag screwed me over anyway. It was sold as unbranded/unlocked. ...
When it finally arrived after several weeks, it was T-Mobile branded!
You decided to keep the phone, instead of returning it. You accepted those limitations by keeping the phone. There are many MANY people on this board with the Desire that have the same complaints you raised here.Later became sooner when I found out that T-Mobile (and other brands) screw with Android before passing updates on (much like if you bought a "home user" targetted laptop - loaded with all that ineffective crap and bloat they mess them up with), and I ended up stuck on Eclair with no App2SD and hardly being able to install any apps to what portion of the 512MB storage was left after the OS had grabbed most of it for other things.
I had to wipe and root my phone.
I was forced to root, in order to remove T-Mobile - to enable my Froyo update - so I could install apps.
I didn't try to download an update over the air. The system simply offered it. How was I to know that my phone was going to have issue with this?
Nowhere did I read that I mustn't allow updates after this. Remember, this was back during Summer last year. Perhaps there is more info in rooting instructions now
Will my phone get the OTA froyo update from HTC here in the US or do I have to do it manually?
- No OTA updates when rooted, to get them you will have to go back to stock to get the update(yepp unroot, or wait for devs to release rooted stock version)
Lets say this OTA does Block the Exploit Whats the worse that will happen...
It would depend how far "in depth" the over the air update goes. If it goes into the core files of the Linux base there is a chance it might brick the phone if it is rooted when you update.
I always read everything presented to me
It's still not inherently my fault.
I'm sure he gets the point now.
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