if you have a valid RUU for the phone it installs the htc recovery, hboot, rom, wipes the data and puts it back to how it was from box.

there is nothing saved other than what is on the media card which you keep anyway.

Just be aware that what you are doing does void warranty at a software level and not hardware if its not running on the firmware set for your phone. (i have to tell you this)

 

They can't tell, unless you have put the incorrect software build back on.

 

Yes it replaces the boot loader and radio too. Its honestly impossible to tell.

 

im just being very carefull with my words
I cannot advise on things like that as HTC do not like me very much

 

RUU's are usually leaked from HTC.

Most of them are found on shipped roms site.

Index of /shipped/Bravo/

 

Probably will be leaked.

Dont understand what you mean.

 

you are reading this wrong

return to stock has nothing to do with 2.3

you can return to stock 2.2 from 2.3 cos 2.3 is a custom rom and the device will allow your RUU to bring it back to how it was out of the box

as long as you dont flash a different RUU higher than the current RUU/rom you have then you will be able to return to stock from any custom rom

 

You can use a downgrade tool to go back to 2.2

BTW don't accept ota update on rooted phone for 2.3.

RUU first then ota

 

To do that you'll have to use your 2.2 RUU before doing an OTA update to 2.3. Never accept an OTA update on a rooted phone, as it's a recipe for trouble - turn off the checks if you stick with a stock ROM.

So you are assuming that once there is an official 2.3 for the Desire you'll move to that? It won't have anything that 2.3-based ROMs won't have (either already or very shortly afterwards), and will certainly not offer some of the options we have.

It's your choice, of course.

 

lol its the internet, i aint bothered whether its a joke or not. move on

you didnt specify updating to 2.3 via ota before so i assumed as you are rooted you were refering to custom rom and not the leaked test rom or ota update.

indeed what you are saying is a little different, there are 2 things to consider

1st off never accept an ota update when rooted, it WILL cause you problems so as SUroot says re flash the RUU and then you will be able to do the ota to 2.3 (if it does actually get rolled out)

2nd we assume teppics downgrader will work as its never failed yet and downgrades to a 2.1 rom so you can then flash any of the froyo RUU's. in this case you would be able to get back to 2.2 froyo then ota update to 2.3. this could be subject to change mind you and they fix the exploit in official 2.3 but only time will tell

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A commendable attitude, sir. Thank you.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I've chalked this down to a misunderstanding and simply cleaned up the thread. I think today's lesson is "take care what you say and how you say it".

 

aww i liked my sarcastic reply, ahh well

i suppose it needs to remain nice and clean here good work