Help Desire in for Repair - how will I cope?

[madhatter1689]

My volume down button is playing up and as it is within the 2 year warranty I have decided to send it back to HTC repair [thanks SUroot for telling me about this]. One small snag is I am rooted and s-off. Rang HTC and they said that rooting does void my warranty but the HTC chap said I could go here www.htcdev.com, hit kernel source code and then see downloads and download the HTC Desire Android 2.3 upgrade and this would return it to a state that they would be happy with.

This is what I did. It was easy enough to follow the instructions on the pdf file in the zip file and I was un-rooted in a matter of minutes.

HTC were very good at emailing me instructions on what I must and mustn't send with the phone. I didn't have proof of purchase but that doesn't matter really. The only negative thing I would say is that they do not tell you to make a note of your serial number [under the battery when you remove it]. You need the serial number for tracking your device. Fortunately I had make a copy of mine.

The HTC Repair centre phone number and opening hours are
08458900079 Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 6:00 pm (Mon - Fri) 9:00 am - 12 pm (Sat)

The phone [less battery, sim card, sd card and back cover like the HTC chap said] was
packaged up and UPS collected on Monday 12/9. I was able to track the package and it was returned to me on the Friday of the same week. It came back fixed.

I honestly can't complain about my experience of the HTC Repair Centre.

Thanks again to SUroot and Rastaman for their advice.

 

[SUroot]

Well I see it 1 of 2 ways.
Use the 2.3 RUU to get stock GB which is easier now but if it returns with that OS, you'll have to use the new revolutionart beta to root which is harder later as its all new to you.

Or use teppic74s downgraded to get the 2.1 virgin software harder now but when it returns easier to root with unrevoked as you've done this before....

 

[Rastaman-FB]

personally i would have put this in the root section as thats where most of the rooters spend their time

can you do "fastboot oem boot" in cmd prompt in windows with the device connected and booted to fastboot, then paste the stuff here
it will give us the cid and a few version numbers as to what RUU to use

I cannot remember if you are s-off or not as this will make a difference as if you are s-off with one of the new hboots you will need to fasboot flash the hboot downgrader before flashing the RUU or youll be stuck with the alpharevhboot which is a tell tail sign

 

[madhatter1689]

Hi chaps,

thanks for helping out. Dan, the latter idea sounds good. Can you point me to where I download it and what I need to do with it. Edit: is this what you mean http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256

Rastaman - I am s-off and I am not sure about how to do the fastboot thing you mentioned. Regarding hboot, I don't know anything about them. I know I didn't change one to the alpharev ones.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Hi chaps,

thanks for helping out. Dan, the latter idea sounds good. Can you point me to where I download it and what I need to do with it. Edit: is this what you mean [HOWTO] Downgrade Froyo (2.2) to Stock 2.1 (ANY HBOOT | WIN/LINUX/MAC | ROOT) - xda-developers

Rastaman - I am s-off and I am not sure about how to do the fastboot thing you mentioned. Regarding hboot, I don't know anything about them. I know I didn't change one to the alpharev ones.

if you are s-off then you generally have to have used alpharev to do so
how did you get s-off
boot to hboot (voldown+power) and tell us the hboot version etc
use the faq regarding fastboot and it will tell you how to configure and use

it is important we find out the hboot version tho

 

[madhatter1689]

I did use alpharev but I don't remember changing the hboot. Does it do it automatically?

Getting into hboot is difficult because the fault on the phone is the volume down button. If I reboot with the return button press with power button it says at the top

Alpharev
Bravo PVT ship s-off
HBoot -0.93.0001

I came across the site I think Dan was referring to and it says


Windows Installation

0. Install HTC Sync (driver required).

1. Extract the downloaded zip file fully (do not just click on the zip file).

2. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Ensure 'ask me' is set under 'Connect to PC' setting with 'charge only'. Plug in your phone.

3. Double-click on the win-down file.

4. Follow instructions and wait.

It doesn't say where to extract the file to. i assume to the PC somewhere, right?

I am not going to do anything to the phone until you give me the ok.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

ok so its not a protected hboot which is fine so you dont have to do anything special to flash the RUU.

I wanted to know the original sw version you were on before you rooted as you may not need to downgrade or flash the latest 2.3

was your device branded before you rooted or were you using standard htc software?

 

[madhatter1689]

Thanks Rastaman, I was branded - Virgin Mobile.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Thanks Rastaman, I was branded - Virgin Mobile.

There are no virgin froyo ruu's so you will have to ise the gingerbread dev ruu

 

[madhatter1689]

ok so you are saying I should follow Dan's first option and forget the other one? I have downloaded the file from the website I mentioned and extracted the files. There are two zip files and two apk files. The RUU is in one of them with instructions. The other zip is to do with wallpapers and the two apk files are to do with teeter and flashlight. I guess I run the RUU first and then copy the rest to the phone afterwards and install.

So I am okay to go ahead with the RUU from the htcdev site?

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Yes as the downgrade option would take you to a wwe unbranded rom and you would need a goldcard for that. Thos would invalidate your warranty as you are not running the branded rom for your carrier. The 2.3 dev ruu is for any eu carrier thus supported by htc. Aye just flash the ruu the install the apks afterwards

 

[madhatter1689]

okay, thanks for that. Will let you know how it goes.

 

[madhatter1689]

Ok, that worked like a charm. No problems encountered and the phone is up and running okay. I thought I had better make it look like I had actually used the thing so changed stuff on the screens and added a few apps

Thank you both for your help, much appreciated. Will keep you posted of how things go by updating the opening thread.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

Ok, that worked like a charm. No problems encountered and the phone is up and running okay. I thought I had better make it look like I had actually used the thing so changed stuff on the screens and added a few apps

Thank you both for your help, much appreciated. Will keep you posted of how things go by updating the opening thread.

lol you didnt have to go that deep. its covered in warranty it doesnt matter to them if its booting with legit software lol

 

[madhatter1689]

okay lol.

I installed the two apps but not the wallpapers cos I didn't know where they should go. Strange why a flashlight and the teeter game are supplied and nothing else!!

This has been a helpful lesson and I will keep hold of this RUU in case I need it in the future.