anyone done it or tried putting sense3.0 on ?

 

id be trying to take sense off heh
ive done it with my Nexus one but its slightly easier as the bootloader is unlockable
i heard htc were going to update their phones to allow the bootloader to be unlocked easily also

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076

Rom manager is a good app once you get going, nice and easy to restore to a working image etc if it all goes **** up

 

done my desire with the clockwork mod. desire HD i am not so sure about sorry

 

what is the biggest advantage of rooting a htc?

 

I want to put sense 3.0 on my wife's desire hd

 

will mainly allow you to run unsigned beta roms. you can have roms based on Andriod 2.3 (honeycomb). make your phone highly configurageble. allows you to overclock the processor for faster operation. allows for more control over where programs are installed and how they run. easy backup and re-install if you ***** stuff up. that's only a fraction of what you can do with a rooted phone.

 

+1

Android 2.3 is gingerbread though not honeycomb

all the info you need can be found here Ant
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=765
Its a great forum for all things phone related

 

^^^^gingerbread smingerbread yeah that too

 

I've done it Ant, got most of the Sense 3 stuff on, but I've removed Rosie 3D as I didn't like it.

Info on Rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837519

Radio S-OFF or ENG S-OFF (mine is ENG S-OFF, but it depends what you want to be able to do with the phone, Radio S-OFF may be all you need):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403

You will want ROM Manager from the market and also flash the latest ClockWorkMod recovery from within RomManager.

Then choose a good custom ROM. I'm using LeeDroid and find it very good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1056727

Always do a backup before flashing so you can restore the phone if it goes wrong. I've never had mine fail though and I've flashed it loads. Also you will need to do a full wipe before flashing. There is a nice .zip file in the LeeDroid thread for doing this. Boot the phone up and wait for everything to load, then reboot again. Then proceed with flashing the extras.

The ROM should have the latest kernel installed, but if not grab that from the LeeDroid thread and flash that.

Then flash the sense 3.0 all in one zip from the same thread. Choose to have the new Rosie or not from the two files. V5 is the new one and v4 is with old Rosie.

Then you can apply the other patches such as fly in animations and new lock rings etc...

You can get SetCPU from the XDA forums for free if your registered. You will want that for overclocking. Mine will run at 1.5GHz and be stable, but I've got it running at 1.4 as it seemed to get me the best results during bench marking. It crashes sometimes at 1.8Ghz and seems to run slower so is not stable for me at high speeds.

Sense 3 lockscreen you can change to weather or friendstream, photo album etc... and you have access to the dialer, email, camera and messages from there too. You can change them to give shortcuts to any app on your phone from the lockscreen.

Example, note the Autobot lock ring just for extra geekyness lol.





If you get stuck with any of it give me a shout. Everything you need for the Desire HD can be found on XDA here.

 

Ooohh I like that Shane.

Great guide. I'll have a play tomorrow with it.

I know samsung galaxy inside out but desire is a different method.

 

What's s off and eng-off?

 

As I understand it Radio S-OFF is what you need to flash ROMs etc.. Eng S-OFF does something to your HBOOT and allows you to use fastboot commands. HBOOT is kinda like your bios on a PC. If it goes wrong when flashing it won't boot. Not fully sure what it all means, but I think you need fastboot to flash new radio's so will need Eng S-OFF if you want to mess with them. Mine wen't through all the steps really easily, but depending on what official ROM is on the phone, you may need to downgrade first. I'm not too sure on that though, just what I've been reading on it.

Edit: Downgrading stuff if needed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003

http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-a...g-problem.html

Hopefully you won't need to downgrade so try the Visionary program to get temproot first. If that works then permroot should be fine. The Visionary app will tell you anyway.

 

How did you get on?

 

well , looked at them links and seen it can't be downgraded yet as she has this months update

 

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1152233

 

Every time I see this thread I think of Fandroids having sex with a mobile phone.

 

I was going to say you need to get out more, but then had another look at post #9 lol