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    Root Someone who have tried higher than CM7.2 on HTC Desire?

    Hello I wonder if someone have tried higher versions of CM on their HTC Desire. Because the current stable version seems to be 7.2 with Android 2.3.7. But now when im trying i notice some apps wont install on this android version. For example Google Earth.. Hmm, someone who have some...
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    Silly question: Desire as MP3 player only

    So I bought a Nexus 4 a few months ago and have a spare Desire hanging about. Other than as an occasional spare phone (assuming I have to return the Nexus 4 or planning on doing something silly), I have no use for it, so I'm thinking of using it as MP3 player device. Given that I won't need...
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    Root Having a problem rooting my phone.

    Hi, i'm trying to root my phone using the guide located here: http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/579600-guide-s-off-root-htc-desire-revolutionary-updated.html#post4638612 and i'm at the part were i use adb but adb won't find my device, i've tried multiple methods such as editing...
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    Root HELP NEEDED WITH HTC BRAVO(original)

    Hi guys, Newby to the forum :dontknow: Was sent a link by a friend to see if anyone could help me. Ok, not tech savy at all:confused: So all help is greatly appreciated :) What I have- HTC DESIRE Bravo,( old one.) (I say old one because Ive been told theres a new Bravo out there...
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    Root Need help installing hboot

    Hi! I tried to plug in my HTC Desire to my pc but my pc says its unable to recognise my phone. I followed this guide: http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/300866-guide-rooting-htc-android-2-2-1-lower-unrevoked-windows-updated-20th-december-2012-a.html#1 Installing the HTC drivers...
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    Root How to root my HTC Desire with version 2.2.2 and 2.29.405.14 ? :S

    Hello :> Im from sweden :D I have a HTC Desire (GSM) This is from the BootLoader if it make sense ^^: Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-ON HBOOT-0.93.0001 MICROP-051d TOUSH PANEL-SYNT0101 RADIO-5.11.05.27 Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18 This is from
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    Help Personal Settings Keep Reverting to Original

    Hello, I have had the HTC desire for three days. Everyday, in the afternoon I have set up my personal settings like the home screen and background. However, every night the phone resets itself back to the home screen, backgrounds, and panels that it came with. The phone isn't turned off over...
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    HTC Desire Black Screen

    Hi there, I've got a HTC Desire at the moment. Ill start with this: The screen stopped working there last week. I've changed the orignal screen since then and replaced it. This didnt fix the problem. making me think it must be software related. I've tried setting it back to factory...
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    Root Restore to stock problems

    Folks - was trying to clear an irritating issue where my Desire kept putting itself into standby after a few seconds. I wanted to return to stock, and was using the RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread) to do this. It ran, but failed - with ERROR [152] The phone screen then shows...
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    Root Want to update ROM but have no files on new sd card

    I rooted my htc desire a few months back but got sick of it attempting to restart by itself. So bought a Huawei y300 for
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    Root Stuck up in Upgrade to Android 4.1

    I got my HTC Desire rooted last week. Installed Cyanogenmod 7, partitioned SD ROM by ROM Manager. Things seemed to fine with Available internatl memory increasing to 120 MB (with available SD card memory upto 2.5 GB). This is the status after installing all my applications including Whatsup...
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    Root Upgrade to Cyanogenmod 10

    I have HTC Desire, which I rooted thanks to this forum. Installed Cyanogenmod 7 as the initial version. I also had ROM Manager and S2E, and had partitioned my SD card. Now I tried to upgrade my phone to Cyanogenmod 10. Downloaded the zip file and rebooted the phone. Now I have Android 4.1 (with...
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    Root No 3/4g and have give up to find fix

    Hey I have try to find a new rom there could make my Desire a8181 phone faster and better... I have found many rom for my phone i would like to have but any of them could connect to my mobile internet. The last rom i try made my phone go dead but i have got it to work again with some help in...
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    Root Install wrong rom and phone not stratup

    Hey I have looking for a good rom for my HTC desire a8181 but no one of them will work with my 3g or high speed internet. Now i have install rom there sure not fit to my phone and now it will not startup, only stock with HTC logo. My recovery is also not work. The only thing there seems to...
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    Having some trouble

    Ok so earlier I topped up and hit restart plan, I was able to use my phone, thinking everything was good, an hour later i need to make a call and it said to make a collect call press 1 and than everything on the screen went back to factory all though all my apps, my contacts and everything else...
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    Root Don't find recovery

    Hi All, I tried to root and S-OFF my HTC Desire A8181. I followed the procedure. Initially I could not complete due to an error firmware too new error. I could resolve it and got S-OFF. Then I fastbooted and tried to root. Every thing completed. But now I don't find Recovery on my HBOOT...
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    where are downloaded attachments saved?

    My wife sent me a bunch of pictures via picture message and I opened them and hit save and a message said it was saved.... But where ?
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    Changing carrier name?

    Hey guys, I recently picked up an HTC Desire through Virgin Mobile and I'd like to change the carrier name, like you can on iPhones. Is this possible? Thanks!
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    Root j00m Kitkat 4.4

    j00m Kitkat 4.4 Purpose (major ideas): For lazy people Slim down Evervolv ROM Kitkat 4.4, and the included Play Store is the latest version Smallest possible size (you need 210mb/8/218 HBOOT only). Ready for use Usage (easy as 1-2-3) Download, flash it. Install...
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    Root HELP!! Rooting Desire with Mac OS X

    Hi all, I am quite stuck with rooting my Desire using Unrevoked3. I keep getting messages like "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?" I am struggling to find guides that will help me root my phone as most of the tools are based on a PC rather than Mac OS X. Can i follow...
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    Help HTC Desire will not start

    Hi There My HTC Desire has been running happily for over 3 years Yesterday I took it out my pocket and saw that instead of the usual 'desktop' I was presented with the hboot screen. Unfortunately, neither the volume up/down buttons nor the power button have any effect on the display so I am...
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    Help HTC Desire internal storage halved after factory reset

    Hi, so im a completely new android user, i got my desire about a month ago (a used one, so i have no idea about what had been done to it earlier) - i was able to install a bunch of nice apps, and a couple of days ago it crashed, and the only way to resolve it was to do a factory reset...
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    Help Turn led off

    Hi all. I use my Desire as a bedside clock now. Is there any way to turn off the notification led telling me it's charging?
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    Root Some questions about rooting

    Hi all, I want to root my HTC desire A8181 (bravo) with Android 2.2.2 and bootloader 0.93, andc when checking the hboot it was also saying something like PVT1 S-ON, but I can't check it now (I'm writing from that phone :D) I'm very scared of bricking it because I have never done it before and...
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    Root HBoot downgrade (HTC Desire CDMA)

    HTC Desire CDMA - CyanogenMode 2.3.7 Nightly - Rooted - S-On - Unlocked HBoot is now 1.09 and I wanna downgrade it to 1.06 or less. adb works. fastboot does NOT work. So there are 3 problems. 1.HBoot should downgrade - 2.S-on should be S-off - 3.fastboot doesn't work. I have the latest HTC...