I've had a look on Android forums, but I find the advice here more understandable (really!).
I've a desire (not on any network) that probably needs rooting as I've no internal storage left, yet the sd has bucket loads!
I understand you root it, THEN install the OS?
To those who have done it, could you give me some advice and point me in the direction if what you used?
I really like sense, so can I keep that going? And will I need to reinstall all the apps etc?
Cheers,
DrP
Presumably you've moved all the apps that you can to the sd card and installed apps2sd to move the more stubborn ones?
Also, if you unlink all non-Google accounts from your contacts, clear data from contacts storage, reboot to resync, you will save a lot. Provided, of course, that your contacts storage is currently large. Mine went from over 30MB to 1MB.
Only 6mb of contacts, and 'none' left to move with a2sd!
Cache cleared.
Running out of options! I love the phone, just this storage issue is p'ing me off!
DrP
I used the [url= http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/300866-guide-rooting-htc-android-2-2-lower-unrevoked-windows-updated-11th-november-2011-a.html ]unREVOked guide here[/url].
It seems daunting but once you're actually doing it it really isn't all that difficult.
Unrevoked only works on certain revisions (it did on mine).
I did a quick overview of what I did a few days ago. Hold the line please, caller.
Here, read through [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/missing-phone-memory-on-htc-desire ]this[/url].
Ta! Will have a read then crack on over Christmas!
DrP
Right.....rooting in progress as I type...I hope little P doesn't burst in and unplug everything!
Will try a new ROM later today!
DrP
That was painless.... (using Unrevoked method).
Now backing m'shite up (SD card copy, Titanium etc) then will scrub the memory, partition SD, and install a ROM
GEEK ALERT - GEEK ALERT
DrP
this thread reminded me (alongside low memory notifications) to root my phone. Now been running cyanogen mod for 3 days, pretty happy with it. Titanium back up makes the job infinitely easier, just restores pretty much all old apps and data painlessly.
can i do this sort of thing with a htc wildfire?
stoner looking at your unrevoked guide it says that the software must be version 415 mine is 405, any ideas what to do?
Dobo - see the first two posts here - http://androidforums.com/wildfire-all-things-root/
right - am on the verge of "root access"
what comes next?
I'm looking to put the ROM cougar pointed to in his thread. Not sure which version I want though-essentially it's all about app2sd in the room, so needed to format sd card...
DrP
Root access is sorted.
Now doing a titanium back up - do i then copy this to the laptop?
After that i format and partition the sd card don't i?
whats next? struggling here
Blind leading the blind!
I've done a ti backup-will copy all my as card data to hard drive, wipe card, position it, then install new ROM.....
Prob be a right ballache, but hopefully worth it in the end!
what ROM are you using?
DrP
not sure yet, having probs making partitions!!
watches with anticipation.. 😯
AFAIK i have:
rooted
ti backup
nandroid back up
partitioned sd card
does nandroid backup to the SD card? Do you then copy THAT onto a PC?
And how did you partition the SD?
are you s-on or s-off? AFAIK, i'll need s-off to partition and use app2sd ROMS, but I'm s-on.... eek...!
DrP
nandroid does i think and then copy onto computer
how did you partition the SD? did you format it first, then partition?
DrP
used rom manager to partition, backup, and install new rom, waiting for it to boot up now (10-20 minutes)
Partioning the sd was the only issue I had really, Rom manager wouldn't work, I downloaded a free windows utility, which didn't work at all despite reporting success, annoying. Ended up using the gparted tool in an ubuntu machine I had access to.
Definitely try to s-off it, I didn't when I rooted mine wish I had when it was the task in hand.
you can partition an SD using clockworkmod (which is AKA (I think, sort of) rom manager) - should be an option in one of the lists
(I don't have an HTC phone though)
i see...how does one s-off then?!
DrP
not convinced this has worked 🙁
White screen with green HTC on it - about 15 minutes like that since reboot
cruzheckler - should be 5 minutes absolute maximum.
Restart into ClockworkMod recovery (some key combination) and do a full wipe from in there. Try a restart, and if that doesn't work, reflash the firmware from within CWM recovery.
Edit: If the flash completed successfully you won't cause any harm pulling the battery at this point.
and restart normally or into clockworkmod?
i see...how does one s-off then?!DrP
Something called Revolutionary.
not convinced this has worked
White screen with green HTC on it - about 15 minutes like that since reboot
Reboot takes ages.
currently re-installing the rom, see what happens. How long is "ages"?
Ages, about 10-15 minutes, not a long time really but an age when staring at a white screen, as you'll know.
5 mins so far
9 now and white screen with green htc
Right - s-off, ROM on SD - I haven't cleared everything yet - will it do it when I install the ROM??
DrP
It's rolling......
DrP
mines ****ed
nope - doesn't seem to do anything in particular - I've wiped all teh data and it's back to square one for the phone, but there's no new ROM installed?!
DrP
Hopefully the reboot to previous state will work!! - I'd rather have the 'old phone', or have a new ROM installed, than to have simply erased all my data!!!
UPDATE - seems to be restoring boot data...fingers crossed I can go to bed with my 'old phone' and try again tomorrow!!!
DrP
how long did it take for yours to reboot with the new rom? what ro did you choose?
Mine alive 🙂
[url= http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13679462&postcount=6293 ]RCMIX 2.0[/url], the CM7 one, but it didn't boot into it - started doing it (i think) then simply returned to the HBOOT screen, and I clicked reboot and it was just a 'factory' phone - no new rom, no old data!
Have just restored, which took about 8 minutes, and currently loading back up. [b]Hopefully[/b] it'll be just like it was about 2 hours ago......
Hazzah! Well at least the recovery works!!
What ROM did you choose? Did you unzip the file to your SD, or jsut copy the 299mb zipped file across?
DrP
