A word of warning for those with new Desires

partyatmygaff · 08-08-2010 2:01pm #1

People with Desires bought recently (August 1st onwards) should know that their phone comes with an SLCD and not an AMOLED screen. This in itself isn't what i'm warning you about. All the new SLCD phones come with HBOOT 0.83 and HBOOT 0.92 which cause issues if you try and root.

If you root a HBOOT 0.83 or HBOOT 0.92 phone your phone display will stop working in all modes. If you'd like to root your phone then you must set the following as a custom recovery in unrevoked

http://crop.floodbit.org/~defer/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img

Trying to flash the normal recovery menu using unrevoked will disable your phone's screen.

Kenno90 · 08-08-2010 2:41pm

God you scared the hell out of me:eek:

Will keep that in mind don't think i'll be rooting it for a while anyways

osnola ibax · 08-08-2010 5:04pm

Should maybe be stickied

Nekro Man · 08-08-2010 5:14pm

is SLCD better or worse than AMOLDED?

Blackdragon · 08-08-2010 8:54pm

Wasnt HBOOT 0.83 included in the latest OWA 2.2 updates for desires regardless of when bought?

partyatmygaff · 08-08-2010 9:51pm

Blackdragon wrote: »

Wasnt HBOOT 0.83 included in the latest OWA 2.2 updates for desires regardless of when bought?

I believe it was 0.92 (But I may be wrong)

Those that did OTA updates aren't going to be rooting anyway so it doesn't really apply.

groom · 10-08-2010 10:51am

Nekro Man wrote: »

is SLCD better or worse than AMOLDED?

Sounds like the slcd screen are replacing the amoled screens to allow HTC to ramp up production. Are they inferior?

kippy · 10-08-2010 10:53am

groom wrote: »

Sounds like the slcd screen are replacing the amoled screens to allow HTC to ramp up production. Are they inferior?

I had heard that these new screen were better in sunlight, but I could be completly incorrect in that.

MarcusFenix · 10-08-2010 10:58am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smgaw1MMvpM&feature=player_embedd

hobochris · 10-08-2010 10:59am

AFAIK, the new screens are better in sunlight but the Colors aren't as good.

hobochris · 10-08-2010 11:00am

MarcusFenix wrote: »

Fixed that for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smgaw1MMvpM

MarcusFenix · 10-08-2010 11:02am

Spanx, im terarded, how did you sort that??

hobochris · 10-08-2010 11:30am

MarcusFenix wrote: »

Spanx, im terarded, how did you sort that??

You just snip the video code (the code after the v=) from the url and put it into youtube tags.

MarcusFenix · 10-08-2010 11:31am

Ha, cheers!

partyatmygaff · 10-08-2010 1:29pm

hobochris wrote: »

AFAIK, the new screens are better in sunlight but the Colors aren't as good.

And there's a bit of backlight leak as well.

Just an update

Those with HBOOT 0.83 can now root safely using this method.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748618

Those with HBOOT 0.92 cannot (As of yet) root their phone.

ooPabsoo · 10-08-2010 2:11pm

i was going to buy a desire within the next few weeks,should i still buy it? or are the new screens crap?

partyatmygaff · 10-08-2010 2:24pm

ooPabsoo wrote: »

i was going to buy a desire within the next few weeks,should i still buy it? or are the new screens crap?

They're better than AMOLED for sunlight readability. Worse for colours though.

Kenno90 · 10-08-2010 9:44pm

partyatmygaff wrote: »

They're better than AMOLED for sunlight readability. Worse for colours though.

battery is better too;)

ooPabsoo · 11-08-2010 3:32pm

i might just go for the samsung wave...120 euro cheaper on PAYG, some decent reviews aswel:D

partyatmygaff · 11-08-2010 4:04pm

ooPabsoo wrote: »

i might just go for the samsung wave...120 euro cheaper on PAYG, some decent reviews aswel:D

Except it runs bada instead of Android and the fact it feels pretty crap in the hand (As do most Samsung Phones)

Abelloid · 01-09-2010 12:15pm

partyatmygaff wrote: »

And there's a bit of backlight leak as well.

Just an update

Those with HBOOT 0.83 can now root safely using this method.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748618

Those with HBOOT 0.92 cannot (As of yet) root their phone.

Ah sh!te. Mine just came back from HTC with HBOOT 0.92.

Going to try downgrading it now...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256

Abelloid · 01-09-2010 3:38pm

....aaaaand you're back in the room.

0.92 downgraded, rooted and restored with LeeDroid 1.8 (need to update it now)

Wasn't too bad, had a problem with Unrevoked and had to uninstall HTC Sync to allow it to work.

Zascar · 01-09-2010 6:22pm

Guys I got my phone on Monday - how do I check which version it is? I want to root but don't want to risk problems

Abelloid · 01-09-2010 7:02pm

Zascar wrote: »

Guys I got my phone on Monday - how do I check which version it is? I want to root but don't want to risk problems

Power down. Hold the volume down button and power button together until it starts up again, on the bootloader screen the version number is at the top somewhere.

Kenno90 · 01-09-2010 9:51pm

Zascar wrote: »

Guys I got my phone on Monday - how do I check which version it is? I want to root but don't want to risk problems

Did you buy it online or in a shop?

Zascar · 01-09-2010 9:55pm

Bought it in an 02 shop as an upgrade. I checked as per Justin's advice and its a 0.83 - lucky there is a fix but the whole thing just seems pretty daunting to me right now. I'll prob do it eventually but for now I'm just enjoying getting to know Android. It kicks the iPhones ass so hard it's not even funny. I can't believe I'm only learning about this now.

Edit: I've already got the "Low On Space" message

ugh

Abelloid · 01-09-2010 9:59pm

I think the 02 ones are branded so there might be more work involved, enjoy it as it is until you feel you absolutely have to have root access. :pac:

Kenno90 · 02-09-2010 11:22pm

Zascar wrote: »

Bought it in an 02 shop as an upgrade. I checked as per Justin's advice and its a 0.83 - lucky there is a fix but the whole thing just seems pretty daunting to me right now. I'll prob do it eventually but for now I'm just enjoying getting to know Android. It kicks the iPhones ass so hard it's not even funny. I can't believe I'm only learning about this now.

Edit: I've already got the "Low On Space" message ugh

Nice i'm currently waiting on meteor. O2 have terrible bill pay deals if you ask me.

How many apps did you get on it before you got the Low on Space indicator

Suppose you tried moving certain apps to the SD card.

The one great advantage of rooting is IMO app2sd+:D

Zascar · 05-09-2010 2:44pm

partyatmygaff wrote: »

And there's a bit of backlight leak as well.

Just an update

Those with HBOOT 0.83 can now root safely using this method.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748618

Those with HBOOT 0.92 cannot (As of yet) root their phone.

I just gave this a go but it did not work. Typical. Seems straight forward and everyone else in the thread was able to do it but it did not work for me!

When at step 9 I plug it in I get a "Found new hardware wizard" looking for "ADB" - anyone know what that is or how I fix it?

Basq · 05-09-2010 3:53pm

Zascar wrote: »

I just gave this a go but it did not work. Typical. Seems straight forward and everyone else in the thread was able to do it but it did not work for me!

When at step 9 I plug it in I get a "Found new hardware wizard" looking for "ADB" - anyone know what that is or how I fix it?

I got the same message.

Did you install HTC Sync at the beginning? This installs that driver.

Basically, install HTC Sync and uninstall it before using Unrevoked.

You should be fine then.

Abelloid · 05-09-2010 4:08pm

Zascar wrote: »

I just gave this a go but it did not work. Typical. Seems straight forward and everyone else in the thread was able to do it but it did not work for me!

When at step 9 I plug it in I get a "Found new hardware wizard" looking for "ADB" - anyone know what that is or how I fix it?

When you get to the new hardware wizard you need to install this driver -

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install

A word of warning for those with new Desires

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