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Guide to beat the wait for 2.1 on Branded phones in UK.

If it all goes wrong......how do I return to my stock 3UK rom, is it just a case of going back to the HTC website and downloading the last ROM (Jan 2010) and it's as if it didn't happen?


Yep that's right as long as your serial number matches the type of rom you're downloading or HTC won't let you download it. (orange, 3, T-mobile)

You can test this on their site though without actually having to download anything, I downloaded the 3 one anyway and have just kept it on my hard drive, should I ever desire to get a load of 3 planet rubbish back on my phone. ;)
 
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If it all goes wrong......how do I return to my stock 3UK rom, is it just a case of going back to the HTC website and downloading the last ROM (Jan 2010) and it's as if it didn't happen?

That's what we normally do to undo anything yeah.

It would probably be a good idea to keep your goldcard in case you want to go back; I'm not exactly sure how it would react to reinstalling the branded firmware without a goldcard.

The SD card will still function the same way anyway, so you wont even notice it's different :)
 
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Ok guys, this has cropped up a few times in the forums so I think android1230 is right.

If you're using an Orange branded phone, please do not de-brand it

It seems that the OTA update includes a radio incompatible with orange branded phones, and it will reject your SIM card saying the phone is network locked (even if your SIM card is an orange one)

If you have already done this, please try reinstalling the orange 1.5 ROM using a goldcard the same way you installed the generic 1.5. Hopefully this should cure it.

EDIT: Not all Orange branded phones seem to be affected, but unless you're feeling lucky, and have enough time to re-brand the phone if necessary, I still wouldn't recommend it. You'd just be wasting your time if your phone wasn't compatible. (Plus you'd have factory reset your phone for nothing).
 
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I'm a bit lost.

I am running 1.5 on O2 on an unlocked Orange phone. Don't really care about the radio so can I go ahead and run this update?

On the HTC website I just played around with the last 4 digits of the serial number until I got one that worked, then downloaded the new rom. Tried to install it but after a few minutes the installer started it came up with an error.

Is that where this goldcard comes in?

If I wanted to go to 2.1, I'm currently on 2.73.61.66, do I have to downgrade to be able to root my phone, then upgrade with the generic roms to get up to 2.1?
 
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I'm a bit lost.

I am running 1.5 on O2 on an unlocked Orange phone. Don't really care about the radio so can I go ahead and run this update?

On the HTC website I just played around with the last 4 digits of the serial number until I got one that worked, then downloaded the new rom. Tried to install it but after a few minutes the installer started it came up with an error.

Is that where this goldcard comes in?

If I wanted to go to 2.1, I'm currently on 2.73.61.66, do I have to downgrade to be able to root my phone, then upgrade with the generic roms to get up to 2.1?

Yes you're right, that is what a goldcard is for and that is how debranding works (although there's no rooting involved).

But yeah, you don't have any choice about installing the new radio if you did this. So I would recommend waiting, as painful as it may be.
 
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