Custom ROM for the HTC Desire?

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haakuturi

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#70049 17-Oct-2010 20:39

I've used the unrevoked3 auto-root program to gain Superuser access to my phone, but I've been having trouble finding ROMs that work!

I tried using ROM Manager to download/install Cyanogenmod, but it fails every time :(

Has anybody got any ideas/suggestions for me? I'd love to stay on a virgin-copy of Android 2.2, but I'm well & truly sick of seeing the "Low memory" message!! :(

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#392938 17-Oct-2010 20:49

does unrevoked3 install the custom bootloader? (clockworkmod is the most populour)

Modaco's ROM works.. im using leedroid 2.2 atm.
http://leedroid.protogenlabs.com/roms/

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#392946 17-Oct-2010 20:59

Leedroid for me too. 2.2a is running nicely. Might try other options some time but for now I have no reason to. Have a 1/2GB partition on the SD card for the installs and it certainly helps not getting the memory warning daily.

haakuturi

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#392947 17-Oct-2010 21:02

wow that leedroid website is hard on the eyes!

and dear god, the Google advert on the far right:

The Bidet Shop - NZ
The leading supplier of bidets in New Zealand.
www.thebidetshop.co.n

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#392975 17-Oct-2010 23:45

BigHammer: Leedroid for me too. 2.2a is running nicely. Might try other options some time but for now I have no reason to. Have a 1/2GB partition on the SD card for the installs and it certainly helps not getting the memory warning daily.

This. Exactly.

aim

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#393008 18-Oct-2010 07:51

I couldn't flash any non-sense ui ROMs at first. So pick a sense ui ROM and flash that.

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#393021 18-Oct-2010 08:23

I'm on LeeDroid 2.2a at the moment too - waiting for the gurus to sort out the camera issue on ported DesireHD ROM...

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Kiwi1971

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#393036 18-Oct-2010 09:09

dpw: I'm on LeeDroid 2.2a at the moment too - waiting for the gurus to sort out the camera issue on ported DesireHD ROM...

Which camera issue?
I installed LeeDroid 2.2 yesterday and was having the Video Camera issue where it locked buzzed and crashed the phone completely. However after installing the latest Radio from LeeDroid's Dropbox HERE using ROM Manager it all seems fine and I can now record video including the 720p setting and it looks very clear.

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#393039 18-Oct-2010 09:11

Kiwi1971:
dpw: I'm on LeeDroid 2.2a at the moment too - waiting for the gurus to sort out the camera issue on ported DesireHD ROM...

Which camera issue?
I installed LeeDroid 2.2 yesterday and was having the Video Camera issue where it locked buzzed and crashed the phone completely. However after installing the latest Radio from LeeDroid's Dropbox HERE using ROM Manager it all seems fine and I can now record video including the 720p setting and it looks very clear.

DLS

The camera issue is not on the LeeDroid ROM - it's on the ported Desire HD ROM...

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#393527 19-Oct-2010 10:56

Just a side question.... At what point does the "low memory" warning pop up? I'm down to 18mb free...

kyhwana2

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#393552 19-Oct-2010 12:10

TheUngeek: Just a side question.... At what point does the "low memory" warning pop up? I'm down to 18mb free...

You mean ROM/storage space or RAM?

On mine it popped up at 10MB (ROM space)

haakuturi

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#393557 19-Oct-2010 12:28

I still haven't managed to figure out where to *get* new ROMs and/or how to go about installing them on my Desire. It was such an easy process on the Magic!!

Kiwi1971

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#393562 19-Oct-2010 12:35

haakuturi: I still haven't managed to figure out where to *get* new ROMs and/or how to go about installing them on my Desire. It was such an easy process on the Magic!!

I am a complete novice at phone-rooting etc but I managed to root and install LeeDroid on my HTC Desire on Sunday. Was surprisingly easy and the instructions for unrevoked3 were very good & step-by-step.

Couple of scares when I hit a reboot loop but I reinstalled the ROM and wiped the d- cache and it started up fine. also when the video camera would crashed the phone but I installed the radio zip to fix this and all is good now. The video is very good.

Only gripe for me is that the menu button no longer unlocks the screen so I have to touch the screen to unlock it. I prefer to use the buttons where possible.

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#393566 19-Oct-2010 12:46

kyhwana2:
TheUngeek: Just a side question.... At what point does the "low memory" warning pop up? I'm down to 18mb free...

You mean ROM/storage space or RAM?

On mine it popped up at 10MB (ROM space)

Thanks for that, I still get mixed up between the two, but I'm talking ROM, storage space.

haakuturi

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#393638 19-Oct-2010 15:31

so I'm not 100% certain that I have got the custom recovery either.

If I boot into recovery, I got the 3 little Androids at the bottom of the screen with this up the top:

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-0.09.05.30_2
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

haakuturi

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#393652 19-Oct-2010 16:02

I'm a noob. I *know* I have the customer ClockworkMod Recovery installed. ROM Manager tells me so!!

*sigh*

So from here, is it really as simple as selecting "Download ROM" and then CyanogenMod? ROM Manager will do the rest for me?

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