Desire Ordered - What to do when arrives?

lucylucky

PJB wrote: »

Don't think that upgrade will invalidate warranty, as Jon 01 said that o2 are releasing the update - at some point!

My point was that if the OP got an o2 Desire then to get Froyo immediately they would have to root it thereby screwing up the guarantee, not that a Froyo update in itself invalidates anything.

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PJB

lucylucky wrote: »

My point was that if the OP got an o2 Desire then to get Froyo immediately they would have to root it thereby screwing up the guarantee, not that a Froyo update in itself invalidates anything.

I cannot understand that, how can an update from O2 invalidate the guarantee? I understand you say that having to root it wil do that but surely you would not have to do that?

What does root it mean by the way!

Jon_01

PJB wrote: »

I cannot understand that, how can an update from O2 invalidate the guarantee? I understand you say that having to root it wil do that but surely you would not have to do that?

What does root it mean by the way!

The update from O2 won't. It was a misunderstanding, don't worry.

Rooting give you root access to the firmware on the phone.

If you use Windows sometimes you sometimes have to run things as Administrator.
On Android HTC don't give you that kind of access to the system. Rooting give you that access so you can do more and access the system at the root level.
Without rooting you can't flash the handset with a new rom (Unless it's an offical upgrade of course, that's handled in a different way)...

Snakeeyes21

with o2 you can get the official leaked o2 froyo RUU, putting it on the phone wont invalidate your warrenty.
Just search for it on XDA or androidforums, you need to make a goldcard, which is easy, then just run the exe file from your computer with your phone plugged in.

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PJB

Jon_01 wrote: »

Sure is.

Head over to xda-developers forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=594) where you'll find custom roms and info on how to apply them.

BUT you should be aware that if you root and flash the phone you'll blow your guarantee with O2 and HTC.

Can you not restore the phone back to o2?

Jon_01

If it still boots, then yes if you can find the O2 stock rom.

If it won't, then you have a problem. They may not notice, I don't know how closely they look. But I guess that if a certain class of error can be caused by an improper flash or root attempted they may look more closely?

Its not something that I'd do to a £400 device unless I really had to. There's not that much branding on O2 handsets any way, and as 2.2 will be along in a few weeks any way.

It's your phone and your choice to make.

lozzaman

How do you get the Gangstar: West Coast Hustle on Android
I get this error on the Gameloft website

Sorry. The game you selected will be available for your phone and carrier soon. Please check again later for availability.

HTC Desire, T-Mobile.

Jon_01

lozzaman wrote: »

How do you get the Gangstar: West Coast Hustle on Android
I get this error on the Gameloft website

Sorry. The game you selected will be available for your phone and carrier soon. Please check again later for availability.

HTC Desire, T-Mobile.

From the error, either it's not compatible with the Desire yet, or T are blocking it for some reason.