Root Finally rooted, new ROM now?

[Paul7876]

Hi,

I've finally got the nerve to root my Telstra (Australia) HTC Desire.

It's still running the stock 2.2 ROM so now I'm considering switching, but I'm nervous because I don't want to brick the phone and I've heard about the HTC bootloaders being locked.

I rooted with Unrevoked and have downloaded ROM manager from the market. Can this be used to flash the ROM on the Desire?

Also, the recovery screen shows 'S-ON'. I think that means I can't install custom ROM's. Is that correct?

If I don't upgrade the ROM can I still get the stock upgrades? I think Telstra are releasing Gingerbread sometime this month.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[GingaB]

Mate you needed to have hboot below 1.06 to root which as you say you have acheived so dont worry about that now! Go on XDA forum and find a custom rom to your liking. S-ON doesnt stop you from adding custom rom it just prevents you from removing system files!

By the way.. DO NOT use ROM Manager! Always flash zips through recovery.

 

[Paul7876]

Thanks. Is there any particular reason not to use ROM Manager? I installed it and had a look but haven't done anything with it yet.

Also how do I flash zips through recovery and is there a way to go back to the stock if it goes wrong? I understand I have to flash the radio too, whatever that means

 

[SUroot]

ROM manager can break things on the desire.

In recovery you can use the "install zip from SD card" option. Its all pretty self explanatory. Have a read of the rooting FAQ in the sticky thread of the root forum here (back out of this thread, its stuck at the top).

If you take a backup via recovery, you can restore that backup.

You dont NEED to flash a radio

 

[irvs101]

Yeah I'm on telstra with a desire too so I would assume we have the same model and I had no worries, I put Gingervillian on but I've been having issues with the gps though so maybe give that a miss until it is resolved. If you like the stock Sense UI I've heard InsertCoin is very good. Good Luck