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irina1312

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Hello everyone,

You guys are probably sick of noobs asking "Should I root?" but I'm afraid this is another one of these posts.

Basically, I got my Desire in December from Orange and the rubbish bloatware that they have filled it with is really stating to piss me off!
I know that the only way to solve this is rooting...however I'm also not a big fan of the Orange network so I had my phone sim unlocked and I was wondering if this can be affected in any way if I root?

I read that due to the Orange build being completely crap I will probably face some difficulties with the root itself so here's some of the details:

Build no. 2.17.61.3CL27424release-keys
HBOOT 0.93.0001
Erase size 40, 000
PVT BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
TOUCH PANEL - SYNT0101
RADIO 5.10.05.30
Andoid 2.2
I guess what I am asking is - Is there anything I need to watch out for when rooting with this particular build or should I suck it up and follow SUroot's guides and just do it already?

Thank you!!!
 
The bolatware is the thing which makes me very angry lol but I would also like to have more control over the phone as I don't think that being rooted allows me to explore its full potential :-)
 
rooting DOES allow you to explorer its full potential. Or at least acts as a springboard.
 
You can simply run the correct RUU, which will get rid of the bloatware, but it seems that your prepared to take a little leap and get yourself rooted.

I look forward to welcoming you to the otherside .
 
So I managed to root my phone (YAY!!!!!) and I just wanted to thank everyone here for all the amazing spot on advice and dedication to this forum, you really help noobs like me :D

Now I wanted to ask something about this custom ROM business, I am a bit unsure as to which ROMs I can actually flash. I mean since I am on currently on Froyo can I run CyanogenMOD7 and the likes or do I need to get Gingerbread first somehow?

Thanks a billion again guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
irina1312 said:
So I managed to root my phone (YAY!!!!!) and I just wanted to thank everyone here for all the amazing spot on advice and dedication to this forum, you really help noobs like me :D

Now I wanted to ask something about this custom ROM business, I am a bit unsure as to which ROMs I can actually flash. I mean since I am on currently on Froyo can I run CyanogenMOD7 and the likes or do I need to get Gingerbread first somehow?

Thanks a billion again guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes you can run CM7, which is Gingerbread. I used Leedroid (still based on froyo) at first when I was a noob, then when I was a bit more comfortable I flashed GingerVillain.

Dont forget to do a nandroid backup before you flash anything.
 
As mentioned above, do a nandroid back up of your current set up just to be safe. You can pretty much flash any custom ROM assuming it is made for the Desire and is GSM compatible. You can see a full list of ROM's here Desire Index - Everything Desire is here! [UPDATED: 14/4] [Much needed Maintainance] - xda-developers (only ones you need to avoid here are any listed under the CDMA category)

My suggestion though, get Gingervillain :) and make sure you're flashing through recovery manually and not through ROM Manager. As you've probably seen, there are a lot of problems cropping up with RM so avoid at all costs.
 
Don't forget that you are going to have to do a full wipe (factory reset) before flashing, since CM7/GV are not Sense ROMs so settings will be incompatible with your current ROM. You do this from recovery, just before flashing but after taking your nandroid backup.

So before you do any of that, make sure you have your apps and data backed-up with Titanium, MyBackup or whatever you use, so that you can restore them to your new ROM. Titanium is essential, but I find MyBackup simpler for texts & contacts (not all of mine are synced with google), so I end up using both. The nandroid can't be used to transfer data to a different ROM, just to recover your previous setup if something goes wrong.

See the FAQ section "How do I flash a custom ROM?" for a step-by-step recipe.
 
I usually back up my sd card to my PC before flashing as well, this will backup your personal photos, ringtones etc.
 
First couple of flashes I was backing stuff up then formatting the sd card, which took a while moving back and forth. Now I just delete everything but the folders I need.

Actually have backups of my backups of nadroid backups on a USB stick as well :D
 
Markhypnos said:
First couple of flashes I was backing stuff up then formatting the sd card, which took a while moving back and forth. Now I just delete everything but the folders I need.

Actually have backups of my backups of nadroid backups on a USB stick as well :D
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haha. I have a script that backs up my SD Backups to PC when connected, then a script that backs up the back up of my back ups to network storage. I just need to get the cloud involved and I will actually be invincible.
 
SUroot said:
haha. I have a script that backs up my SD Backups to PC when connected, then a script that backs up the back up of my back ups to network storage. I just need to get the cloud involved and I will actually be invincible.
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Would you be willing to explain how to write that first script? Or point me in the right direction? Pretty pleeeeaaase!:D
 
SUroot said:
haha. I have a script that backs up my SD Backups to PC when connected, then a script that backs up the back up of my back ups to network storage. I just need to get the cloud involved and I will actually be invincible.
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Other than an asteroid, pretty much invincible. Looking to get a NAS myself, have lost a lot of stuff dropping my laptop.
 
Kibbster said:
Your batch file works brilliantly, until I put an exclude location in it (to avoid backing up 10GB of music)
As soon as I use the EXCLUDE switch it doesn't run.

Any ideas?
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Good spot. It is supposed to work but I hadn't tested it.

Try creating aa file on sd (where in my example, SD = s:\ ) called exclusions.txt (so s:\exclusions.txt)

Within this file put your exclusions. Mine is:

\music

Then in your batch file:

xcopy "s:\" "C:\htc\SDbackup" /d /e /c /r /i /k /y /Exclude:s:\exclusions.txt

I have tested this and it is working now.

Thanks for the spot :)
 
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