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#1 User is offline   BeiiJ ?! 

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 07:25 PM

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I asked for it in the rooting guide thread - but recieved no answer. I would like to be able to "un-root" my Desire. That is, with an original ROM. I only recently found out what an RUU is, but such a utility is not yet available for the Desire. Right? I looked for it on HTC's page, but I could only find one for HTC Hero. If it was a Hero that I had rooted, would running that RUU bring the phone entirely back to "normal"?
Because then I could simply wait for them to release an RUU for the Desire.

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 07:26 PM

Unrooting is very easy, there's files around to do it already. I'll be adding them to the main root thread.

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 07:38 PM

Thanks. I'll check by tomorrow and see if you've added them (I can't find them right now).
And just to clear up (noticed I might not have been entirely clear in first post), It's not that I've rooted it yet, I just would like to be able to revert... In case of... I dont know :huh:

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 08:09 PM

does it mean warranty doesn't void if I "un-root" it?

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 09:04 PM

Exactly.

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 09:26 PM

View PostPaul, on Apr 28 2010, 17:04, said:

Exactly.

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After this exercise, can any of what you've learned be applied to rooting the Nexus One in some reversible way?

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Posted 29 April 2010 - 04:01 PM

Okay, I've been looking for those files that you mentioned (to unroot) but I can't seem to find them (the search system will only let me search for different words every 20sec). I suppose the main root thread that you speak of is this one?

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...d-radio-update/

Because I just can't find it anywhere in that thread. Maybe you could just link to it here, in this thread?

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 04:48 PM

Searched the topic http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...er-root-method/, didn't find the files you mentioned. Could you please post a direct link to them?

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 07:31 AM

View PostTretiy, on Apr 30 2010, 17:48, said:

Searched the topic http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...er-root-method/, didn't find the files you mentioned. Could you please post a direct link to them?


Looks like i may need to put a simfree Desire back into its unrooted state......is is just a case of following the same procedure for debranding an operator branded handset : http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...r-t-mo-handset/

Any help appreciated :huh:

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 01:39 PM

I am really desperate to get the T-Mobile ROM back onto my device so I can return it. The DOA time period is running out. It there any way I can get the T-Mobile rom as an update.zip in a hurry?

If I download the 1.15.110.11 update, which is apparently a patch and not a full rom and apply it to my rooted desire I am guessing it could do some damage?

Any one able to help me out with the standard Tmobile rom I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 04:15 PM

View Posthootie, on May 2 2010, 08:31, said:

Looks like i may need to put a simfree Desire back into its unrooted state......is is just a case of following the same procedure for debranding an operator branded handset : http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...r-t-mo-handset/

Any help appreciated :huh:


I have put mine back to the generic rom as I am returning it. I really would prefer to get my hands on the T-Mobile rom before Wednesday when it is going to be replaced but I can confirm that if you follow the instructions (http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...r-t-mo-handset/)to put the generic rom on it to unroot it is very strait forward.

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 07:11 PM

View Postcharlie_boy, on May 2 2010, 17:15, said:

I have put mine back to the generic rom as I am returning it. I really would prefer to get my hands on the T-Mobile rom before Wednesday when it is going to be replaced but I can confirm that if you follow the instructions (http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...r-t-mo-handset/)to put the generic rom on it to unroot it is very strait forward.



Thanks for that....i can now get the handset sorted under warranty

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 08:03 PM

View Postcharlie_boy, on May 2 2010, 17:15, said:

I have put mine back to the generic rom as I am returning it. I really would prefer to get my hands on the T-Mobile rom before Wednesday when it is going to be replaced but I can confirm that if you follow the instructions (http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...r-t-mo-handset/)to put the generic rom on it to unroot it is very strait forward.

Let us know if T-Mobile accept it with the Generic Rom installed!

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 11:32 PM

does this seem trustworthy?

http://ineedfile.com...ire-tmobile-ruu

It seems dodgy to me, every time I click on one of those tmobile desire RU links I go to a different page and they all want payment for membership before you can download. I am getting a bit desperate now.

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 11:43 PM

View Postcharlie_boy, on May 3 2010, 01:32, said:

does this seem trustworthy?

http://ineedfile.com...ire-tmobile-ruu

It seems dodgy to me, every time I click on one of those tmobile desire RU links I go to a different page and they all want payment for membership before you can download. I am getting a bit desperate now.


This is the original file and its MD5SUM:

d51566508430cd7edec7c9d4b51b6fd1 RUU_Bravo_HTC_Europe_1.15.405.3_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_121865.exe

Hopefully others will concur that is the correct md5sum value. :-)

EDIT: Sorry, I thought you meant the generic ROM. This is not the one for T-Mobile.

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Posted 02 May 2010 - 11:50 PM

View Postcharlie_boy, on May 3 2010, 00:32, said:

does this seem trustworthy?

http://ineedfile.com...ire-tmobile-ruu

It seems dodgy to me, every time I click on one of those tmobile desire RU links I go to a different page and they all want payment for membership before you can download. I am getting a bit desperate now.

i've not seen a full t-mobile rom, but the ota update patch is here:
http://liveimage.htc.com//OTA_Bravo_TMO_UK...zglzlds8gg2.zip

hopefully it might rebrand the browser bookmarks and scenes etc. *shrug*

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 12:39 AM

View PostPyr0x64, on May 3 2010, 00:50, said:

i've not seen a full t-mobile rom, but the ota update patch is here:
http://liveimage.htc.com//OTA_Bravo_TMO_UK...zglzlds8gg2.zip

hopefully it might rebrand the browser bookmarks and scenes etc. *shrug*


It makes me very nervous flashing a patch over a different rom. Can anyone confirm that this is OK?

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 05:58 AM

View Postcharlie_boy, on May 3 2010, 02:39, said:

It makes me very nervous flashing a patch over a different rom. Can anyone confirm that this is OK?


A "patch" is designed to work only with the specific ROM it was intended for. If you have the "generic" ROM installed, then I would definitely *not* try to apply any provider specific patches to it. For example, someone would only apply a t-mobile patch to a t-mobile ROM and both must be specific to each other.

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Posted 03 May 2010 - 10:28 AM

surely the files should be the same. just branded by tmobile ? *shrug*

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 12:07 PM

View PostPyr0x64, on May 3 2010, 11:28, said:

surely the files should be the same. just branded by tmobile ? *shrug*


I know what you mean but...

If it is a patch, will it include the T-Mobile Icons, settings, scene?

It may put the version number right but not change everything back.

I think they'll be really peeved if I swap it out with UPS and they receive a brick.

I am sure I saw somewhere that Paul said he had taken a copy of the T-Mobile Rom (could be wrong) but it was a fine line between waiting too long to arrange the replacement and waiting for a T-Mobile rom to appear. I became a plus member so I didn't feel so guilty and PM'd Paul to ask about this but I guess he gets a lot of PM's. I run a few forums, although not with premium type memberships, and I would ignore me too! Fingers crossed something comes up before zero hour but I guess it'll be a useful experiment to everyone else if I return this with the generic rom.

Does anyone know if there was, at any time, a way to get the generic RUU direct from HTC? If so, I think I'm alright as flashing the generic rom, as supplied by the manufacturer should be fine. However, if this was a leaked rom update it is a slightly different story.

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