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15th April 2010 10:20 PM #1
I have been researching de-branding the HTC Desire on Orange (and T-Mobile incidentally, the process is the same). There are several threads out there, XDA forum is for the more familiar, but Modaco also has a good few threads on the topic.
The clue, people, is Gold Card and an RUU file with the Bravo ROM 1.15.405.4 code on it. The Bravo ROM is cited to work fine on the Desire.
The only problem that some may face is that there is currently no way back to the Orange ROM should you need to for warranty or repair purposes. De-branding your Orange HTC Desire will leave you high and dry. Orange will not help you under any circumstances if they either find out or suspect that you have de-branded.
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16th April 2010 08:23 AM #2
This is all really quite tiresome.
Another good reason to buy an unsubsidised, unbranded (and unlocked) handset to use on a SIM only plan, no ?
Say no to crappy branding of phones and long 24 month contract lock-ins by simply buying the phone upfront SIM free.
Costs more upfront sure, but costs less over the lifetime of the phone, and no contract lock-in. (For example if you move house and can't get a signal from that network any longer, switch networks easily while keeping your phone, or if you lose your job you don't have the commitment of an expensive contract to pay for 2 years that will ruin your credit rating if you can't pay it)
The choice is there in most cases for those who are not lured by the false economy of the low upfront cost of a contract...
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16th April 2010 09:10 PM #3
The lad had enough, he finally cracked and brought his Orange-branded Desire round tonight to let the old Pa do the deed
Creating the Gold Card was easy enough. Just for safety I re-created one using his HTC Desire - the last thing we want is to brick the handset and give me another 24 hours work to get it back!
Running the RUU file we encountered a problem when the handset booted to the bootloader - it came up on the handset but the PC reported a USB connection fault! We tried several different things but none worked. More research required ....
Long story short, we needed to install HTC Sync software that loads up a ton of USB drivers and stuff into the PC. Having done that, we started up HTC Sync and then ran the RUU which went through its motions and completed successfully. Within about ten minutes the update to Bravo ROM 1.15.405.4 was completed.
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16th April 2010 10:09 PM #4
i hope you can help me, iv been having the same usb connection error all night, at the end of my tether hope you can help, what steps did u take exactly?
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16th April 2010 10:40 PM #5
Hi @kdub87, welcome to Talk3G.
You should install HTC Sync - it should have been in the root of your Desire SD Card. If not you can download a copy from HTC's support page here http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportViewNew...33&news_id=627
Then install HTC Sync, start it up, and then plug in your HTC Desire - wait for it to be recognised by HTC Sync (watch the app's status bar until it says that the handset is connected).
At this point I am not sure if you should shut down HTC Sync or not. I left it running and then went to Windows Explorer and navigated to the location where I had stored the RUU file. I then double-clicked the RUU file, answered the dialogue boxes and then it set about installing the RUU. First the Radio is installed, then a reboot of the handset following which the main Android OS will be installed. Another reboot and the handset will come up in the unbranded generic HTC Bravo firmware.
I would suggest perhaps rebooting your PC before doing any of the above - just to remove any "stuff" that may be hanging around in memory.
Hope this helps. Do let us know
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16th April 2010 10:47 PM #6
tried all of that :s dying to just enjoy it but i cant until this is done as anything i install and configure will be lost when i eventually succeed lol soo frustrated
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16th April 2010 11:09 PM #7
What exact error are you getting?
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