Desire HD - Rooting and Custom ROMs Guide

MaceFace

Managed to snarf some time to get back to it, and got it sorted, but there was some gotchas I encountered.

The adb.exe was giving problems (out of date, killing error). This was because there was an adb process already running on my machine.

Also, when the instructions say type fastboot..... I was expecting to type it on the phone not the shell on the PC.

Anyways, got it sorted, and the big test will be to see if there is a change to the battery.
Desire HD, with stock ROM was getting > 30 hours with light to moderate use.

Some help please if possible... I received a Desire HD on my v-fone upgrade a few weeks back and have decided to try and root it. I contacted HTC and they informed me that the phone is branded by v-fone (only evidence i can see is the splashscreen and the vodafone360 updates facility). I am in the process of creating the goldcard and am stumped. I have followed all instructions on theunlockr.com i.e. setup Androidsdk/sdk manager, dowloaded latest drivers etc. When in the command prompt and point towards platform-tools\adb devices it returns the firsty code "HT0XXXXXXXXX" fine... when i then enter the adb shell command all i get is "No such file or directory"
The phone connects to my laptop with all functions i.e. HTC sync, hard drive etc any suggestions?

Mr E

So just to be clear, you type:

adb devices

and it gives you your device ID.

Then you type:

adb shell command

What command are you running?

correct, then i type:

adb shell (press return)
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid (press return)
"No such file or directory"

Mr E

You need to use mmc2 instead of mmc1.

cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid

Have a read of this if you're downgrading (and follow the goldcard link while you're there - they're the guides I used).

nice one, thanks a lot dude

5500

I noticed over the past few days the sms delay seems to have appeared for me with revolution 2.09, ugraded to 2.11 and it's still happening.

Anyone else noticed the problem back?

The_B_Man

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

My new Desire HD just arrived this morning (wow it seems so much bigger than my original Desire! ) so I'll hopefully be rooting it and putting the LeeDroid HD rom on it later as that rom has worked best for me on the standard Desire till now.

How do you find the DHD compared to the Desire?

The_B_Man

Also, I've just rooted my Desire today (have that little "superuser" icon in "apps").

Whats the current recommended ROM for the Desire?

srsly78

Latest Cyanogen.

stackeye

Does anybody know the latest on rooting the DHD without downgrading to 1.32, I haven't rooted before and dont want to risk the downgrade, bricking my phone would kill me

Mr E

Unless it has changed in the last two weeks (and I don't think it has), you will need to downgrade first.

Keep an eye on the XDA forums to see if anything changes.

Lenny

flashed witht the leedoird rom(latest).. but whenever i get a sms the phone does not play any sound & I don't get a notify, even the message widget does not change
anyone have a solution?

Mr E

Do you have a 3rd party SMS utility that could be conflicting, or are you just using the Sense one?

Lenny

The only other app I have is textdroid(uses your web texts) I don't really use that at all.
by the sense way you talk of, the text messages all different now, kind of like the iphone layout with the chat bubbles, its starting to become a wreck the head I keep missing the text messages cause I have to check.
When I flashed the leedroid rom, I didn't do a factor reset.
I also seem to have lost a few numbers I had stored on the phone
Is there a way i change the sms back to the other way to see if that makes a difference?

** just sent myself a text on the phone, when I go back to the home screen to see if it makes any sound this comes up

"the application messages(processcom.android.mms) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

So makes me think that its crashing and messages seems to be stopping?

(0000126)
Lee Bailey (manager)
2011-06-10 03:35

The above issue has been resolved and will be available in LeeDrOiD HD V3.1.4 GB

Will upgrade my rom now, seems to be fixed as here
http://leedroid.ftp.rshost.eu/bugs/view.php?id=29

Mr E

Sounds like you installed the Sense 3.0 mods.
If you reflash leedroid (without reflashing the sense 3.0 mods) you should have the old format for SMS messages.

Not sure about your numbers. All mine are stored in my google account, so I don't have tha tissue.

Lenny

I am not sure if I installed sense 3.0 mods,
I have just updated there to leedroid 3.1.4
the sms notifation is back working now, but the sound sounds.. distored..
also the sms display of messages seems to be gone back to the old way(with my facebook profile pic) how do I change it to the way I had it on 3.1.3

Mr E

I'm not using leedroid, so I don't know... sorry!
Try backtracking through the leedroid thread from the last page and see if anyone else has the same comments/issues.

There is a link in the first post in the leedroid thread for a mod that fixes audio issues. Could be worth a shot.

_Kaiser_

So what ROMs are we all using on the DHD and any issues?

Me I'm on CoreDroid 6.7 with the LeeDroid kernel (though I see 6.8 is out since yesterday) and find it excellent - save for regular force close errors when/just after a call is received... anyone else seen this?

Mr E

Revolution here (5.1.9). No major issues and can't remember the last time I had an FC.
5.1.10 due today or tomorrow.

My only problem is the radio. I'm using the recommended radio for Revolution, but there are times where I have 0 or 1 bars of reception. Might try a few other radios this week.

stackeye

Hi All

I have recently flashed the Android Revolution Rom onto my phone, I have not changed the radio yet but I have noticed that my Wifi and Cell Standby are taking up a big chunk of my battery, I have a Desire HD on the Meteor Network, can anybody recommend a good radio for me?

Mr E

From the Revolution 6.1.5 thread on XDA:

With 6.2.x ROMs I strongly recommend flashing 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M radio
--- Don't flash RADIO from ClockworkMod recovery! Extract downloaded file and read the guide inside! ---
Radio MD5 Checksum: E186BA030925E836898B86D4369E77A3 *radio.img
--- Using a "non matched" radio could have a negative effect on performance, battery life & signal strength ---
--- You don't have to flash RIL files for recommended radio. It's already in the ROM ---

Edit: Just spotted the 6.2.x comment. It was changed by mike1986 a half hour ago. I think a new version is on the way.

stackeye

I rooted my Desire HD with the Ace Hack tool, it doesn't make the phone ENG S-Off so I have to make a flashable zip file for this new radio, have you flashed this radio yourself Mr E?

Mr E

I wasn't aware you could flash the radio as a zip file (make sure you have done the research before trying it!)

My phone is ENG S-OFF, so I do it through ADB.

Gonzovision

Looking forward to the new version of ARHD.

Mr E

6.2.0 came out yesterday...

Gonzovision

Mr E wrote: »

6.2.0 came out yesterday...

And off I go.....:)

stackeye

Well folks I have done some more thinkering with my Desire HD, I am now running Cyanogenmod and again my battery stats indicate a Radio issue, does anybody have CM7 flashed on a Desire HD and if so what is a recommended radio,

I have only used my phone moderately throughout the day, I didn't make any calls

Tea_Bag

so after getting bored of waiting for a custom ICS Rom that's not in alpha, I went through the process of rooting, ENG S OFF, radio S OFF (had to load a stock 1.32 Rom first for this!) etc etc. I put on Revolution Rom with a no sense++ script and a 1.8Ghz OC. my battery life has doubled from stock. been playing on it since 2pm and ive still 40% remaining. fantastic. before I wouldn't see 5 hours.

anyway, I was wondering how to modify the lockscreen 'app shortcuts' for lack of better words. I don't use the stock mail app so its annoying, cause I really like that feature.

Mr E

I know you're running nosense, but do you have the sense lockscreen? (circle that pulls up from the bottom?). If so, then settings/personalise/lockscreen.