Root Will the Incredible S & Desire S ever be rooted?

[Deleted User]

Over the last few weeks I've seen that people are far more willing to switch than I thought - die-hard Desire fans switching to samsung, for example. If HTC come up with something attractive in the future I see no reason why people wont go back.

im sure that is the case but people may be wary now from this

 

[Deleted User]

to be honest guys I would rather have an older Desire or DHD that the new HTCs!

 

[Usta]

HTC Desire is still wonderful device because of the strong dev community. I don't have to worry about the latest OS software with it (I've got Android v2.3.4 on it next to Nexus S! ).
My next phone search follows the root and custom ROMs. Probably Samsung SGS2 will be the winner.

Curiously, SE Arc still has no proper custom ROMs even though it is rooted...

 

[Deleted User]

I agree Usta - Rooting and ROMs is HUGE for me I can't believe i ever lived with my Desire unrooted lol. But anyhow i have a year till I can upgrade so thats a perfect oppertunity to let HTC put things right and see what happens in the world of phones. Amd as you said the Desire is still great and I love it so im happpy for now

 

[deanshep85]

But yeah, a handset's dev community is more important to me than the brand,

I've said it time and time again...this is the ONLY reason NOKIA is still doing well with their older symbian phones...I mean software comparison to android or even iOS, symbian is far FAR behind...

but in terms of the community and what they do...cooking firmwares and all the nifty lil things they did...well hell..I think its one of the biggest..

I think its one of the reasons Nokia will STILL producing new firmwares for the 5800...because the community were cooking some of the C6 ones an porting them over...so nokia started to do their own...

never ceased to amaze me over there

 

[Rastaman-FB]

I've said it time and time again...this is the ONLY reason NOKIA is still doing well with their older symbian phones...I mean software comparison to android or even iOS, symbian is far FAR behind...

but in terms of the community and what they do...cooking firmwares and all the nifty lil things they did...well hell..I think its one of the biggest..

I think its one of the reasons Nokia will STILL producing new firmwares for the 5800...because the community were cooking some of the C6 ones an porting them over...so nokia started to do their own...

never ceased to amaze me over there

nokia is failing harder than you think and recently axing thousands of jobs in the uk because of poor sales

 

[EddyOS]

Tbh the only reason I rooted in the first place was to overcome the Desire's shortcomings. Now the new devices don't have these issues I won't be bothered about it so I'd happily buy a Sensation even if it couldn't be rooted. Wouldn't buy a DS or IS, though - don't like the designs

 

[Deleted User]

yeah to be honest i did root to fix the internal memory issue but i do love flashing ROMs, overlocking, using custom kernels and not having HTC Sense anymore is great

 

[Rastaman-FB]

this needs to be moved back as its general discussion about other phones and nothing to do with rooting a desire

who ever did this, move it back please

 

[deanshep85]

nokia is failing harder than you think and recently axing thousands of jobs in the uk because of poor sales

well thats part in hand to their deal with the devil...

BUT I meant more on the community side of things rather than sales...sorry if it came across that way..

go to daily mobiles and well, last time I was there it was a buzz with the devs doing all their lil magic on the ailing symbian phones..

 

[DC E1G]

Doesn't it also come down to whether or not the locked bootloader is encrypted?

Because, if I'm not mistaken, that's the real reason some phones are so difficult to achieve permanent root on (looking at you Moto).

 

[BurnCK]

this is only my opinion but i cant afford to buy outright so my phones are branded. ill go where i can root, end of story. i like to have my phone how I want it and not how HTC or my carrier wants it

That's not exactly true. If you do a contract / upgrade through the CarphoneWarehouse then you'll get an unbranded phone / sim-free phone.

I actually dodged a bullet when I got my Desire because I was going to get it direct from O2 initially. O2 wanted

 

[Deleted User]

Its my thread but i didnt put it in all things root so im not sure why its here.. how do u move it?

 

[BurnCK]

Its my thread but i didnt put it in all things root so im not sure why its here.. how do u move it?

Probably moved by a Moderator because it's on the subject of rooting....

 

[Deleted User]

Probably moved by a Moderator because it's on the subject of rooting....

lol thats what i thought cos i was gonna put it here then decided not to but its here anyway? :? lol

 

[Rastaman-FB]

That's not exactly true. If you do a contract / upgrade through the CarphoneWarehouse then you'll get an unbranded phone / sim-free phone.

I actually dodged a bullet when I got my Desire because I was going to get it direct from O2 initially. O2 wanted

 

[DJjay]

Has anyone on this forum actually contacted HTC regarding this?

Maybe if several people sent their technical team a link to this thread, they would consider changing it... Probably a shot in the dark, but could be worth it - otherwise we're all just wishing for something and discussing it here, rather than letting HTC know!

 

[williamj1]

Has anyone on this forum actually contacted HTC regarding this?

Maybe if several people sent their technical team a link to this thread, they would consider changing it... Probably a shot in the dark, but could be worth it - otherwise we're all just wishing for something and discussing it here, rather than letting HTC know!

Anyone feeling brave enough?

Mark_Baker@htc.com Senior Director Enterprise Business Unit Americas
Cher_Wang@htc.com Chairman
John_Wang@htc.com Chief Marketing Officer, HTC Corporation
Keith_Nowak@htc.com Senior Public Relations Manager at HTC
Fred_Liu@htc.com COO of HTC
HT_Cho@htc.com Board Member of HTC
Peter_Chou@htc.com CEO
Lotus_Chan@htc.com VP HTC
Horace_Luke@htc.com Chief Innovation Officer

 

[InfernalByte]

One scenario that would satisfy both parties is that after a few months of lock down with their singed Hboot etc, allowing the operators to suck their cherries, HTC might oooops completely by accident release the hack to the dev community allowing them to do the business. That is if they haveney cracked it by then themselves.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Do not do stuff like that. It never ends well

 

[Deleted User]

lol