lekky

Simple guide here You need to be rooted to follow this guide. You will see it in the guide, but PLEASE NANDROID backup!

http://droid-den.com/phone-guides/phone-guide-how-to-install-rooted-android-2-2-on-your-htc-desire

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Last edited by lekky; August 16th, 2010 at 09:54 AM.

beyond

Ok quickie question to Lekky and all other 2.2 users, so you've got 720p video right? Does the SD card class matter? I.e it might not write fast enough etc? What about the apps/game on the sd card.

Notice any difference between the default 4gb class 2 card and other class 6 cards?

Das_Jeeb

I'm not running 2.2 but i do have a digital camera that records in HD and if you use anything below a class 6 card you can have issues with frames dropping.

mbatson89

Thanks for the guide lekky, can't wait to give this a go this weekend will report back with how i get on!

EDIT: Annoyingly, i've just looked and i'm running bootloader 0.80. Whats the best guide to use for rooting a 0.80, preferrably a simple guide like Lekky's oner for 0.75 bootloaders?

Last edited by mbatson89; July 9th, 2010 at 01:39 PM.

Meths

after a few issues flashed new rom, where do contacts go.
i have no phone numbers at all no way to get them off sim.

ive searched and there is no phone number progarm at all, where the **** are they?

edit sorted now. wiped data and cache

Last edited by Meths; July 9th, 2010 at 04:35 PM.

lekky

Updated for people using Orange branded handsets

loadsabeer

I used the modaco riskfree root guide last then and then proceeded to install stock android 2.2 rom using lekky's brilliant guide. Now I want the old style a2sd where everything is installed to the card. Having just rooted and now on 2.2, how do I get a2sd working? I would rather not loose any of my apps if poss and be able to move them all to the sd card. Is this possible? If so, anyone like to enlighten me?
Thanks
Aaron

lekky

If your sdcard is partitioned with an ext partition, then the defrost rom will automatically install using the old apps2sd method. The phone itself will say they are installed internally (just like a2sd on a 2.1 rom)

When i moved from 2.1 to 2.2, all my apps were installed on my ext partition. 2.2 picked them up without me doing anything. And all future app installations were installed on sdcard.

loadsabeer

I've never partitioned my card, so can I assume from that there wont be an ext partition? How do I check?
If that's the case I think I've confused my phone as before I installed anything I went into spare parts and set apps to be installed on SD. Now it says all my apps are installed on SD but I'm not sure that they are!

lekky

There won't be no. Setting the value in spare parts should mean all apps are installed on sdcard using the froyo method.

Just go into settings > applications > manage applications > and click the sdcard tab, all your apps should be listed there

Pojken

Does your Settings>Sound stop working for you after the upgrade? If not, I wonder how I can diagnose it.
Tim

Last edited by Pojken; July 10th, 2010 at 11:24 PM.

loadsabeer

Looks like it's working now. I partitioned the card using rom manager and then re flashed the 2.2 rom. Not sure if reflashing wasn't a bit overkill but atleast everything is tidy now and on the card
Thanks for your help!

lekky

if you partitioned the card, make sure you keep the spare parts setting to default, not external.

Nope? What do you mean, a FC?

Stretlow

Its not a port its a leaked Rom.

Ive been using it since Friday and have yet to come across a bug.

The browser is loading pages as fast as my pc

CarsnGadgets

so tempted to root my phone and try out Froyo with Sense from this Rom, but really scared of bricking the phone, I have a bad history of breaking my gadgets by accident.

think i'm gonna wait a couple more weeks to see if HTC bring it out officially.

Stretlow

Its not complicated mate. Take you time and do it step by step

Starting with a gold card....

fatmabuy

Dude..I was in your position but i found this guide on unlockr.com and it was explained step by step and it was really simple...Im using froyo with sense and it is amazing no crashes or forced reboots and everything tested is working fine for me, apart from voice search which i dont really use so it dont matter...

The only other thing that i was upset about was the 720p recording, hopefully in the final build they will fix that.....battery life seemed pretty decent..it lasted me about 26 hours and I just out it in charge now...i was using it quite a bit...

In conclusion, Froyo with sense is awesome

Snotto

I had also rooted my phone for the first time to install the leaked froyo and it feels awesome, is like having a new better phone, no bugs everything is great!! it was simple and totally worth it.

Geck0

Great site, thanks for that. I have HBOOT .80, am I screwed or is there a way to still root the phone.

SillyHuman

Hi,
I had rooted and unlocked my phone and now can't get the updates. Might have been a stupid thing to do in retrospect. I updated to FRF50 manually and then was unable to get FRF91 manually or OTA.

I flashed the phone back to the ERE27 stock image and cleared all the user data to do a factory reset but I still can't get the OTA to work. Manual and OTA updates fail with the "E: signature verification failed" error. Please, please, please help me figure this out.

Thanks!

fatmabuy

So do i and it worked..i read the comments and went for it..so its up to you to take the risk

zoidy84

i rooted my HBOOT .80 no problems but didn't follow Lekky's guide becuase at the time he didnt have a guide for it.

twist123

Which Rom did you use? Thanks

DZ-015

lekky,

Thanks for putting this guide together. The root and 2.2 ROM upgrade were pretty painless except the fact I had to do a factory reset after the upgrade to get some things to work. There is a definite speed improvement with Froyo. The look and feel of the UI is fantastic too. This is my first open source OS on a phone and I can't wait to see what developers come up with next..

Cheers,

DZ

chenga28

Quick question, if i root my unlocked t-mobile phone, if it goes t*ts up what options do i have, can i take it back to htc or t-mobile?

thanks

fido1357

If you can reflash your original firmware then you can take it back - although then you wouldn't need to. If you completely brick it, you're on your own.

Pojken

Lekky,

Here's what I get when I try to access my Settings>Sounds. Any clues? No matter how much I try, I can't get to it. Could it be a Locale Plugin thing? I know that before, some of my Locale Plugins affected the Settings>Applications>Manage Applications (causing it to FC). I wonder - I have so many apps that taking them off one-by-one would kill me.



Also, I get this random message every so often. Any clues? I never got this on 2.1.



And lastly, I was trying the Chrome to Phone app and found that it doesn't work. Does it work for anyone else? I have it registered, downloaded the latest version of Chrome, the apk and extension. EDIT: Chrome-to-phone works, but it only loaded when I got on mobile network (not wifi). Odd, but still can be useful.

Tim

Last edited by Pojken; July 12th, 2010 at 12:49 PM.

sihaworth

I'm abit confused.

I'm currently running a 2.1 vanilla rom after de-branding from orange, but from what I can read I've got to unlock my phone before trying to flash to 2.2? I've got my unlock code, but how can I prompt my phone into asking me for this code before I flash?

Pojken

Anybody having issues with their optical trackball? Mine works for about half an hour, but then it stops. I don't know if it's program related, but I am trying to monitor that. Just wondering if anyone else had the same issue.

Just saw that any button push will turn on the phone in Froyo. NOT what I want as it easily wakes in my pocket now. Any way to disable that?

Oh, and Chrome-To-Phone works now - had to reboot to get it to work for wifi. There's also a Firefox extension that does the same (yay).

Lastly, I removed the following warning by deleting a few apps - some live wall papers, and whatever else I thought to try randomly. It quit showing up, so that's good. Still have the sound FC, though. No one else has it? Maybe it's some app, then. Will have to uninstall a few to figure it out.

Tim

Last edited by Pojken; July 13th, 2010 at 03:22 AM.

Pryomancer

I tried the 2.0a defrost ROM, but it was unstable. The mic feature kept force closing and the phone dialler application reported it wasn't installed on the system.

Since 2.0c is out, can I just download it and follow the process exactly like I would for 2.0a, or do I need a different radio file?

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mattharris26

I am getting the same FC problem with the Settings > Audio menu. I'll have a play around with some of my apps and see if I can't get it to work. I'll let you know if I find out what it is. If it carries on I might flash 2.0b, or I think c has been released now too.

Pojken

com.google.process.gapps error occurs when I turn off and then on Google Calendar Sync, which leads me to believe that is the problem. I NEED my Google Calendar, so I'm quite concerned about getting this fixed. Gah! My deleting the other apps wasn't a cure after all. Sigh...

Any clues? Edit: Cleared caches for Gmail and calendar apps. Seems to have worked since I went into Accounts & Sync, unpaired Google Calendar sync and paired it and the error doesn't occur.

Tim

p.s. Sorry if I'm posting and then answering my own questions here - just figured that it might be useful to someone else if they are running into the same problems.

Last edited by Pojken; July 13th, 2010 at 05:46 PM.

mattharris26

Yeah I get the same com.google.process.gapps error with the calendar, and also had the same error when I synched my Google contacts so it seems it is something to do with Google synching. Hmm...

The sound issue I still don't know why that is. I would quite like to be able to change my ringtone etc though so it is a tad annoying. Without individually removing apps to see if this is what is affecting it I don't know what to try. That would take a while and it may not even be an app that's affecting it! Maybe I will try upgrading to Defrost 2.0b or c. If I do I will let you know the outcome.

Pojken

If you go into the stock music player, you can change your ringtone there. Well, that is if you want a song to be your ringtone. If you hit menu, there's an option to "Set as Ringtone". If you want to change any kind of notifications, go into that particular application (I use Handcent SMS and change it in there, and go into the stock calendar to change the reminder tone).

That's the only way I know how to do it right now. Maybe there is an alert manager or something - I'll look for it.

Tim

lekky

Did you do the wipe? Select that tick box and flash the ROM again. This can also happen if you use titanium to restore apps. If you do, make sure it dosent restore HTC apps/services.


You should have got instructions with your unlock code?


Trackball has been fixed in the latest defrost release, to update simply download the latest defrost rom, and flash the rom using rom manager, its very easy! (Backup current rom before flashing)

Yep, you don't need to flash the radio file again if you have already done it.

Pojken

I didn't use Launcher Pro when switching from 2.1 to 2.2, so I had to redo everything using Launcher Pro - putting my layout together again (fun, but tedious at times).

Will I have to redo my entire homescreen layout or will Titanium Backup restore it after the flash? Just curious. Everything works right now with 2.0a (finally) and I'm wondering if it is easy to upgrade to 2.0f, or will it involve redoing my entire layout (which is fun, but I've been messing with my phone way too much lately ).

EDIT: Nevermind. Went ahead and did it. Everything restored except for one widget. Perfect. Thanks.

Tim

Last edited by Pojken; July 14th, 2010 at 07:28 PM.

mbatson89

Well, i took the plunge, rooted my Desire and flashed the Froyo Defrost ROM. I used the Moadaco R6 (0.80 bootloader) root method and then followed Lekky's guide for the 2.2 part. First of all i want to say thanks for the guide

However, i seem to be having a problem in that the stock Messaging app keeps force closing, i tried re-flashing the ROM and clearing the cache/data as suggested if there were problems but to no avail. The stock app works fine until i try to restore all of my data.

My question is, using titanium back up, which option should i be using to restore all of my data? As after doing this restore is when i start to encounter problems.
Also, i performed a full backup with titanium, but alot of my stuff namely settings/homescreen set ups/contacts are missing? Any help would be much appreciated?

mattharris26

Has anyone else had any problems with not receiving text messages after upgrading to this ROM? I'm on T-Mobile uk. Could it be a problem with the new radio?

joe998

I posted this on the guide to but haven't got an answer so thought I'd post it here.

Lekky, I rooted using Linux Tiny core with the r4 root files, will this guide work for me? Also do I need to install a recovery image using the bootloader by that I mean do I need to hold the power key and back button down when turning on phone or will ROM manager do that for me while phone is still turned on. I’m a complete noob at this and rooting was not straight forward for me so I’m a bit reluctant to start messing around with bootloader screen again.

I’m using a macbook by the way, which I believe complicates it even more

Forgot to add, can I use ROM Manager to create a partition for as2d and if so do I do it before or after I flash the ROM?

Cheers

Last edited by joe998; July 15th, 2010 at 11:16 AM. Reason: Adding something

lekky

You can also manually restore the data for certain apps, this is what i do to avoid any complications. For instance launcher pro is one of them.

Be aware about titanium when moving from 2.1 to 2.2, it may try to restore HTC services which will give you FC's all over the place.

those will be missing because you backed up HTC apps (those apps are specific to sense), and those htc apps don't exist on vanilla froyo. See above for problems using titanium regarding possibly restoring htc services.

Contacts should be available via google sync? If problems then restore your backed up rom and then try again being wary of my comments above.

Shouldn't be, check your apn settings

settings > wireless and network > mobile networks > access point names

the 2.2 guide will work as long as you are rooted, doesn't matter how you gained root really. ROM manager will install the recovery for you, called clockwork recovery, and while the phone is on.

You can use ROM manager to create the partition i think. Open rom manager, let it download and install clockwork recovery, then reboot into recovery and there should be an option to partition.

So you can do the partition before or after, but i think its best to do it before you flash the rom.

joe998

Started to flash Froyo.....fingers crossed!

Now running Froyo


Cheers Lekky!

Last edited by joe998; July 15th, 2010 at 04:13 PM. Reason: add something

mattharris26

As Lekky said in one of his posts the FC issues with Audio settings and with Google sync is to do with restoring HTC specific stuff when using Titanium to restore. If you just restore your actual apps that you downloaded from the Market you don't get these issues.

Btw if you flash Defrost 2.0f it no longer wakes on any of the hard buttons, only with the power button and the trackball.

Durx

I had no issues at all on 2.0a but I spotted f was out so I flashed to that. All still awesome and I am loving this Desire.

Lekky your a star

joe998

Lekky have you tried the new black bar with battery % in the icon? [MOD] Super Circle Battery with % | [Version A (1.2)] | Froyo/Eclair ROM Deodexed - xda-developers Does it flash over the one in the guide?

jason-567

i have just installed this but afterwards i have found that i cannot get onto the market and internet any ideas?

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Last edited by jason-567; July 16th, 2010 at 03:10 PM.

tymbian

What is rooting?
Should I, shouldn't I ?
pros n cons?

Currently locked to O2 if this helps any.
i have seen some very cool screen pics and set-ups from you peeps but the best ones all seem to be done on rooted Desires. How simple is the transgression?
Oh almost forgot, I have a Mac.

joe998

I also have a mac and I rooted using this guide [TUT]Complete upgrading guide(root, unroot, flashing ROM & updates) - xda-developers

I have an unbranded (simfree from carphone warehouse) so I used the guide in post 1, as your phone is locked to O2 you'll need to make a goldcard and use the guide in POST 3.

After that I used Lekkys excellent guide at the top of this thread to flash the Froyo ROM.

If you're a noob like me it all looks and sounds more complicated than it actually is but make sure you read up a bit about rooting and what can happen if it goes wrong if you are going to do it!

I only just rooted and flashed to Froyo yesterday by the way! If I can do it anyone can do it

Cheers,

Joe

mbatson89

Has anyone running the DeFrost 2.2 found that their Wi-Fi disconnects when the phone is on standby? Anyway to make sure it stays connected even when the screen is off?

lekky

settings > wireless and networks > wi-fi settings > menu > advanced > wifi sleep policy

If that doesn't work try reflashing with a clear data.

try clearing data and reflashing

mbatson89

Thanks Lekky, thought it would be something simple i was missing.