Desire Firmware OTA Update

fido1357 · Jul 11, 2010

mikebell said:
P.S. Does anybody in the world *ever* benefit from having a branded phone? Apart from the phone operators, that is. Let's face it: their number one concern is your cash. That's why they cripple certain phone operations, to make life difficult and/or expensive for the consumer.

Well I did, I got the t-mobile deal with the phone for about

Kryten2k35 · Jul 11, 2010

m1nkeh said:
i got the orange one because i wanted a black desire..

unlocked and unbranded it.. works a treat

just need to keep my eyes peeled for a completely black back, minus the orange logo!

If you find one, you let me know!

I'd go for the case amte one, but I want the HTC official one and I'll pay the premium for it!

How about myself? I debranded, updated, got locked out of my phone (because I'm with Orange) and unlocked.

So, now I'm unlocked and debranded. I should be pretty set now, eh? When 2.2 comes I can update without issues?

FelixofMars · Jul 12, 2010

As I understand you still need to update with the Goldcard in but it should work yes.

Kryten2k35 · Jul 12, 2010

Awesome. The supplied 4GB card is also my gold card. I'll be getting a 16GB card later this week, like, but I'll be keeping my gold card.

blue90 · Jul 12, 2010

I dont get one thing. Why do u need the goldcard to update once of u hv unlocked the phone, debranded it? When u hv unlocked and debranded the phone, doesnt it become like a normal sim free phone?

DjLukeW · Jul 13, 2010

Im about to root using R6.

If there are any OTA updates after rooting will the be ok to download?

DjLukeW · Jul 13, 2010

BUMP

Just want to find out if I can install OTA Updates now Ive debranded my phone to a Stock ROM. cheers

rasobey · Jul 15, 2010

DjLukeW said:
BUMP

Just want to find out if I can install OTA Updates now Ive debranded my phone to a Stock ROM. cheers

Yes, you can. Go go to Software Updates on the phone. Simples.

But beware of the WiFi problem on unbranded Orange handsets - search the forums for more info.

nx1977 · Jul 15, 2010

Any news on Tmobile releasing the update?

Inno · Jul 16, 2010

Soon, hopefully!

yabadaba · Jul 20, 2010

blue90 said:
I dont get one thing. Why do u need the goldcard to update once of u hv unlocked the phone, debranded it? When u hv unlocked and debranded the phone, doesnt it become like a normal sim free phone?

I asked this question on one of the Modaco forums and the answer was that even when you have debranded a phone by 'upgrading' to a generic ROM there is still something remaining that identifies it as having been supplied by one of the mobile operators. Therefore it won't accept a generic (HTC) OTA upgrade, nor will it accept the original operator one because it's no longer running their ROM. You have to install future upgrades using the goldcard method.

paulcooper · Jul 20, 2010

Hope the latest version from t-mobil UK fixes the off peak on exchange active sync.

nx1977 · Jul 21, 2010

paulcooper said:
Hope the latest version from t-mobil UK fixes the off peak on exchange active sync.

Whenever that comes along

JFGR2010 · Jul 23, 2010

Hey all,

Seriously confused noob here!

Firstly checking whether phone is branded - I assume mine is as I bought it from 3 and it has the 3 logo on start up etc.

If branded can I only accept software updates from my network provider's (3) website and NOT the HTC website itself?

What about the software update feature under:

Settings>About Phone>System Sofware Updates - is this redundant?

Current versions im using:

Firmware: 2.1-update1
Software 1.22.771.1

Are these still up-to-date?

Finally any ideas when Froyo is out, and again will I have to source this from my network provider specifically?

Many thanks,

J

nofear · Jul 23, 2010

Three are ahead of Virgin. It's still 1.15

dodgemalodge · Jul 24, 2010

If you're fed up of waiting you can always apply the update yourself. Did mine last night and it has seriously helped increase the headphone volume output on my TMobile Desire. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who has debranded or rooted etc but for the rest....

It does wipe all settings and data (as a factory reset would but including wiping the sd card I think) so a backup is a good idea. I backed everything I needed up then put a blank SD card in the phone for the update (or you could just make a copy of your SD card and copy it back across when the update has finished I suppose, you'd probably want to do this before gong through the intial settings screens as it asks you very early on if you want to restore).

Then just download the correct one for your provider, run, connect phone, follow on screen prompts. Easy as that.

Updates can be found here:

[RUU][RADIO] Official shipping RUU's + Radio's in update.zip's [13/06/10] - HTCPedia.com forums

Obviously you do this at your own risk, I will not hold any responsibility for cock ups but it really is a straight forward process so I can't see as there's much to go wrong.

Rew · Jul 24, 2010

JFGR2010 said:
Hey all,

Seriously confused noob here!

Firstly checking whether phone is branded - I assume mine is as I bought it from 3 and it has the 3 logo on start up etc.

If branded can I only accept software updates from my network provider's (3) website and NOT the HTC website itself?

What about the software update feature under:

Settings>About Phone>System Sofware Updates - is this redundant?

Current versions im using:

Firmware: 2.1-update1
Software 1.22.771.1

Are these still up-to-date?

Finally any ideas when Froyo is out, and again will I have to source this from my network provider specifically?

Many thanks,

J

I think what happens is when the new software comes out Three get it and brand it then give it back to HTC to distribute via software update.

I didn't realize Three had started branding now. I know they were three ROMs about. Glad I got mine when I did.

Kenty1981 · Jul 24, 2010

nofear said:
Three are ahead of Virgin. It's still 1.15

Im in the same boat - Seriously worried that when froyo does come out Virgin will take forever to release it!

Ive been so tempted to root and flash myself but holding fire for now....

shug176 · Jul 25, 2010

dodgemalodge said:
If you're fed up of waiting you can always apply the update yourself. Did mine last night and it has seriously helped increase the headphone volume output on my TMobile Desire. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who has debranded or rooted etc but for the rest....

It does wipe all settings and data (as a factory reset would but including wiping the sd card I think) so a backup is a good idea. I backed everything I needed up then put a blank SD card in the phone for the update (or you could just make a copy of your SD card and copy it back across when the update has finished I suppose, you'd probably want to do this before gong through the intial settings screens as it asks you very early on if you want to restore).

Then just download the correct one for your provider, run, connect phone, follow on screen prompts. Easy as that.

Updates can be found here:

[RUU][RADIO] Official shipping RUU's + Radio's in update.zip's [13/06/10] - HTCPedia.com forums

Obviously you do this at your own risk, I will not hold any responsibility for cock ups but it really is a straight forward process so I can't see as there's much to go wrong.

my desire came from orange but i unlocked it so can i just download the 02 update as im using an 02 sim in it?

matluz · Jul 25, 2010

HI,
I am awaiting delivery of a vodafone desire and will be asking them to unlock it for me. I intend to run a 3 mobile sim card in the desire and hopefully use skype on the handset. I have the skype attachment I got from this site.
Is anyone running skype on a 3 sim on a de branded mobile pleaselet me know if you are?

Thanks
Mat

dodgemalodge · Jul 26, 2010

Hi Shug, to be honest I'm not sure what update you would need for that. What software number do you currently have on your phone?

shug176 · Jul 26, 2010

dodgemalodge said:
hi shug, to be honest i'm not sure what update you would need for that. What software number do you currently have on your phone?

1.15.61.10

dodgemalodge · Jul 26, 2010

The software number 1.15.61.10 is Orange so to be on the safe side I'd stick with the Orange updates personally.

TonyHTC · Jul 27, 2010

matluz said:
HI,
I am awaiting delivery of a vodafone desire and will be asking them to unlock it for me. I intend to run a 3 mobile sim card in the desire and hopefully use skype on the handset. I have the skype attachment I got from this site.
Is anyone running skype on a 3 sim on a de branded mobile pleaselet me know if you are?

Thanks
Mat

Matt, the Voda Desire isn't locked to the network. You can use any SIM you want. There's no annoying branding either.

All's good in the world of HTC

Klaynos · Jul 27, 2010

TonyHTC said:
Matt, the Voda Desire isn't locked to the network. You can use any SIM you want. There's no annoying branding either.

All's good in the world of HTC

My friend has just gotten a Voda Desire and her software version is 1.19something... Whereas my unbranded is 1.21... Does anyone know why this is?

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