Thanks to everyone for the instructions provided here.
Although I was able to recover the applications that Orange removed (as documented in my other post), I was still fed up with GMail falling over whenever it was faced with inline images or attachments. It also annoyed me that I could not remove the game demos and applications that Orange had installed. Therefore I decided to take the plunge and update the firmware in my Tattoo.
Just thought I would make a few notes that others might find useful:
* I installed the 1.67.405.6_WWE image listed elsewhere in this post.
* Installing a standard HTC ROM on an Orange phone seems to work fine. Even the APN settings for the mobile internet access were automatically set to the correct values (I assume they are read from the SIM).
* I cannot understand why Orange felt the need to adjust the look of the interface, the original is much nicer!
* The GMail, GoogleTalk and YouTube apps are all present in the aforementioned ROM image.
* After updating I was still able to make phone calls and access the mobile internet.
* When installing the new image I did not reboot the phone as per instructions, but instead let the HTC installer automatically reboot the phone into the correct mode.
* I created a GoldCard using an old Nokia 128MB MicroSD card. Surprisingly, it still works in my Nokia phone even after formatting to FAT32 and applying the GoldCard method to it.
* I am a Linux user, but use Windows XP (when I have to) in a virtual machine via VMware Player 3.0. I found that I was able to connect the phone through to the VM and run the HTC installer executable without issue!
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