Debrand htc desire on t-mobile using a mac? plz help!

Adam owns a desire · August 3rd, 2010, 06:14 PM

Hi everyone this is my first post on Androidforums so I hope someone can help. I have fallen out with T-Mobile (can I just say that if anyone is thinking of joining I hope that you never have to deal with any of the under trained insincere mindless script reading idiots t-mobile call staff!) And I want to remove all trace off them from my phone I have seen loads of debranding guides but they all use Windows has anyone seen any that use mac?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

wabbitt1970 · August 4th, 2010, 06:29 AM

I used a mac to debrand my Desire from Orange and install 2.2 Froyo.

I used the unrevoked 'one-click method'. It went really smooth and all in all I was rooted, debranded and had 2.2 on my phone in less than half-an-hour.

Check out unrevoked.com. This will root your phone really easily witha mac .dmg application. Worked like a dream.

Then you can install a ROM of your choice which will completely get rid of all that horrible branding they want to stick on our phones. There's loads of ROM's out there but I managed to find the official OTA one and using that without problems (including the hot-spot working)

Adam owns a desire · August 5th, 2010, 09:56 AM

Thanks very much wabbit1970 thats been a real help. would there be any way of just debranding and not rooting my phone as i don't really want to mess around with it to much. Or should i root are there any advantages to this method? Would the phone work as normal when rooted?

wabbitt1970 · August 5th, 2010, 01:26 PM

I really think you have to root to get rid of your branding. I feel your worries because I was the same, but it was really painless and worked perfect. Just make sure you follow the steps and everything will go smoothly.

Rooting meant I could install a fresh ROM without all the garbage Orange force on your phone. Huge advantage straight away.

My phone is working perfectly well when I did mine. Just made sure everything was backed up as per the instructions. In fact, I didn't even know my phone was rooted (being a noob at it) until I loaded Titanium Backup.

This is the guide I followed; How to Root your HTC Desire in One Click

Adam owns a desire · August 8th, 2010, 02:45 AM

I've been looking around on some of the other forums and found a guide to debrand my desire without rooting but you have to use Run from the start menu on a windows system and then type in a load of comands. Is there this function on a MAC? Here's the thread.

http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/67098-how-flash-debrand-your-desire.html?highlight=debrand+desire

kolipe · September 27th, 2010, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wabbitt1970

I used a mac to debrand my Desire from Orange and install 2.2 Froyo.

I used the unrevoked 'one-click method'. It went really smooth and all in all I was rooted, debranded and had 2.2 on my phone in less than half-an-hour.

Check out unrevoked.com. This will root your phone really easily witha mac .dmg application. Worked like a dream.

Then you can install a ROM of your choice which will completely get rid of all that horrible branding they want to stick on our phones. There's loads of ROM's out there but I managed to find the official OTA one and using that without problems (including the hot-spot working)

Where did you find the official OTA FroYo update? can you share the link pls?

Frisco · September 27th, 2010, 06:57 AM

This thread is definitely not Updates and Cupcakes related, and seems more suited to the Computers area as I look at the OP's query about PC vs Mac with his issues.

I've moved it there (thinking it could also be included in the HTC Desire area).

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