Root Numpty Help

[brbrock]

hi all

sorry if this bugs you all but i failed and posted this in the intro section last night by mistake,

first off im very sorry if your all fed up of these posts but im struggling to find what im looking for in the thousands of threads on here, so please bare with me briefly!

right ive sent a htc desire (original no letters after its name!) off to have a new speaker fitted (full of dust (work in a quarry)) so should be back anytime soon and so i thought as it already will have had a factory reset now is a good time to tinker!

what i want to know is:

what should i flash with to be an improvement on 2.2 (played with 2.3 and like!).
would 2.3 work on a original desire (if not whats the alternatives)
do i need sense, if so which link do i go with.
can i download apps from market after all this flashing, and will i notice a difference in what i would refer as the operating system?!?!?!

ive read as much as i can on the subject, so understand the gains and risks associated with rooting etc to a point and think ive plucked up the courage to do it!

if i do root it what detriment would it have on radio etc (that seems a scary area)

i also dont understand stupid little things like alarms, wallpapers, music, text messages, camera etc, nobody mentions these so am i right in presuming these dont alter?

any help guys would be great, i see there are a lot of tutorials on here about how to do all these things its just a few of the terms/abbreviations used i struggle with so if any response has them could i ask that you just put a definition in there somewhere.

thanks already cos i know you lot will jump at the chance to show your intelligence

 

[Hadron]

what i want to know is:

what should i flash with to be an improvement on 2.2 (played with 2.3 and like!).
would 2.3 work on a original desire (if not whats the alternatives)
do i need sense, if so which link do i go with.
can i download apps from market after all this flashing, and will i notice a difference in what i would refer as the operating system?!?!?!

2.3 does work on the original Desire - most of us in this forum have been using it for some time.

The phone will work perfectly well - in my opinion better - without Sense. Whether you need it or not is a matter of your tastes and preferences. There are many ROMs out there - to get an overview of the main ones, look at this thread. Different ROMs have different requirements for installation, so do read the first couple of posts of the ROM thread before trying to install, and if there is something you don't understand find out what it means before proceding.

You should of course read this forum's FAQs and guides first

You can definately download market apps after this. The one thing to watch is that if you flash CyanogenMod you need to install the google apps (including market) separately. All others that I can think of include this anyway.

ive read as much as i can on the subject, so understand the gains and risks associated with rooting etc to a point and think ive plucked up the courage to do it!

if i do root it what detriment would it have on radio etc (that seems a scary area)

None at all. If you are already running 2.2 you don't need to change the radio firmware, and unless you are having problems I'd suggest you do not.

Occasionally a ROM developer will recommend a particular radio, but this is frequently historical and can generally be ignored.

i also dont understand stupid little things like alarms, wallpapers, music, text messages, camera etc, nobody mentions these so am i right in presuming these dont alter?

The actual apps may change with different ROMs, unless you stick with Sense.

You generally have to do a factory reset before flashing a new ROM, so stuff like texts will be erased. Hence you must make sure you have all of your backups sorted before installing a ROM. Music and photos are on your SD card, and hence not affected, but any wallpapers that come with the ROM will change with the ROM (any you've downloaded are fine).

Rooting itself won't change any of this - it's just ROM installation, and wiping the phone prior to that, which changes things.

any help guys would be great, i see there are a lot of tutorials on here about how to do all these things its just a few of the terms/abbreviations used i struggle with so if any response has them could i ask that you just put a definition in there somewhere.

Which terms? Most of them are actually defined in the FAQs and tutorials, so please tell us which you don't know/can't find.

 

[brbrock]

thanks hadron
lots of usefull info in there i will keep reading on and get back to you if i cant find the terms im looking for in the faqs