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Debranded my desire
carguy143
26-05-2010
I decided to get rid of all the Orange branding from my Desire by debranding it.

I followed this guide http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/...ur-desire.html

Instead of going through the instructions to make a goldcard, i used this tool here http://android.modaco.com/content/so...-goldcardtool/ (if the link doesn't work properly then search the website it takes you to for "gold card tool".

Flashing took less than 10mins from start to finish and i now have a generic unbranded Desire which is less limited in terms of software, has no orange branding, and all the orange demos, links, apps etc are all removed completely.
LowLife
27-05-2010
Does this affect your phone's warranty at all?
qualafoo
27-05-2010
Originally Posted by LowLife:
“Does this affect your phone's warranty at all?”

Yes. the warranty is now invalid.
LowLife
28-05-2010
Seriously? Big step to take there, don't think I'd have done it.
JasonWatkins
08-07-2010
Not only is mine debranded, it's also now rooted and fully unlocked (which cost me £9 bloody quid ... ggrrrr )

And it's running FroYo 2.2. - although not with the sexy new menu and the 3D icons on the main menu though.

But it's got 720p video recording for one thing which is cool.
jim_uk
08-07-2010
Does the Desire on Orange come with a lot of crap on it?
moox
08-07-2010
Originally Posted by JasonWatkins:
“Not only is mine debranded, it's also now rooted and fully unlocked (which cost me £9 bloody quid ... ggrrrr )

And it's running FroYo 2.2. - although not with the sexy new menu and the 3D icons on the main menu though.

But it's got 720p video recording for one thing which is cool.”

Do you get any issues with call quality?

It's one of the things preventing me from trying a cooked 2.2 ROM.
JasonWatkins
08-07-2010
Not a single issue at all today - for various reasons had to make loads of calls this morning and this evening and didn't have any problems with echo, white noise or anything.

There's a rom called "Open Desire" which does contain the sexy 3D menu and runs 2.2 as well, but reading the thread about it on XDA developers forum, there are still some issues to be resolved before i'll consider it.
Pugwash69
09-07-2010
On O2 I only seem to have their boot animation, wallapapers and homepage default. I haven't noticed any other issues like software limitation?
moox
09-07-2010
Originally Posted by Pugwash69:
“On O2 I only seem to have their boot animation, wallapapers and homepage default. I haven't noticed any other issues like software limitation?”

My Desire was provided by 3 and I couldn't tell whether it was a generic handset (I heard they were providing them in order to keep up with demand) or one that is actually 3 branded. If it is they haven't done anything to the firmware.

It also appears to be factory unlocked which is nice.
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