[FONT="]Hi all... sorry if this is "yet another" post on this subject - I have looked on the net to see if I can find an answer to this, but not been able to
Also - sorry that this is going to be a bit of an essay... just want to make sure that I explain EVERYTHING as clearly as possible, as I'm new to rooting.
I've had my (Orange branded) DHD for a little over a month now, have been looking in to rooting and all the positives thereof. Finally, having looked at about 20 different sites and explanations, I took the plunge.
As my phone is Orange branded, I know I have had to create a goldcard before I could downgrade to the earlier version (1.32) and then go on to root using visionary. I only realised that I had to create a goldcard once I had tried (unsuccessfully) to downgrade to 1.32.
The first time I tried, my DHD went through all processes and then told me it couldn't downgrade - I then looked and found that it is not possible without a goldcard when your phone is branded.
(should probably have stopped, noted exactly what the phone said and come on here at this point, but I thought I'd try to sort everything myself)
I got an SD card, created a gold card (without problems) and followed the guide to downgrade (How to- Root HTC DESIRE HD
Also - sorry that this is going to be a bit of an essay... just want to make sure that I explain EVERYTHING as clearly as possible, as I'm new to rooting.
I've had my (Orange branded) DHD for a little over a month now, have been looking in to rooting and all the positives thereof. Finally, having looked at about 20 different sites and explanations, I took the plunge.
As my phone is Orange branded, I know I have had to create a goldcard before I could downgrade to the earlier version (1.32) and then go on to root using visionary. I only realised that I had to create a goldcard once I had tried (unsuccessfully) to downgrade to 1.32.
The first time I tried, my DHD went through all processes and then told me it couldn't downgrade - I then looked and found that it is not possible without a goldcard when your phone is branded.
(should probably have stopped, noted exactly what the phone said and come on here at this point, but I thought I'd try to sort everything myself)
I got an SD card, created a gold card (without problems) and followed the guide to downgrade (How to- Root HTC DESIRE HD