How to flash a dead htc desire sv. Custom HTC Desire firmware - instructions. Required components and conditions for obtaining

Most recently on the site developer.htc.com appeared official firmware For HTC Desire. This update to version Android 2.3 Gingerbread Although it is available for download to anyone, it is not available from the update menu in the smartphone itself. This is due to the fact that Desire has a rather small amount of memory and the developers do not recommend upgrading to 2.3 ordinary users. There are no background images in the updated firmware, Facebook app and some programs HTC Sense.

1. Preparing the smartphone for firmware.

The first thing you need to do is save your contacts to a memory card. To do this, click on the screen "Telephone", go to the address book (where all contacts are displayed) and press the hardware button menu. From the menu that appears on the screen, select "Import/Export" and choose "Export to SD card" and get the file on the flash drive "pcsc_pcsc_00001.vcf" or another type with an extension. vcf file.

We copy all the data from the SD card to the computer, just in case, because photos and possibly others are stored there necessary files. We format the SD card to delete all no longer needed data on the card. After all, all programs will have to be installed again, and they will create directories on the card for themselves. Let's go "Settings" — "Device memory" — "Remove memory card" — "Clear SD Card".

Reset HTC Desire to initial settings, then all installed applications will naturally disappear, but the phone will immediately free up all possible free space in the memory of the device itself and there will be no problems if free space is needed during the firmware. So let's go to "Settings", further "Device memory" and the lowest point will be "Factory reset". After the reset I got 136 megabytes free space.

2. Download the firmware.

Well, of course, you need the firmware itself, download it either from our website using this link - or from the official HTC website.

After downloading, we see 4 files in the archive:

• Flashlight_signed_07072011.apk- flashlight
• teeter_signed_07072011.apk- ball game
• htc_wallpaper.zip– background pictures (archived)
• – the firmware itself (archived)

Because Android 2.3.3 takes up more space then standard programs(flashlight and toy with a ball), as well as the “wallpaper” were removed by HTC developers from the firmware and made in the form individual applications, which you can install if you still need them.

I'll get ahead and say that after resetting to factory settings, the same android 2.2 (official update) on my HTC Desire, 136 megabytes freed up. After updating to firmware 2.3.3 there was 128 megabytes of free space. I think you won’t be afraid of losing 8 megabytes of free space, because now almost all applications can be moved to an SD card.

3. What is needed?

Find and unpack the firmware itself ( HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade.zip). There are 2 files inside, PDF instructions and EXE which is a self-extracting installer, after launching which, the firmware and flasher are unpacked into a temporary folder and automatically launched.

Let's see what the instructions recommend. The first point is the characteristics of the PC on which the firmware will be installed. At least a gigahertz processor, 512 MB of memory or more, 150 megabytes of free disk space and USB 2.0. operating room Windows system, starting from XP Home and ending with 7 Ultimate.

4. Connecting and setting up HTC Desire for firmware

Install HTC Sync, if you don't have it installed yet. If installed but not running, then launch it. Download HTC Sync you can from this site, via the link - or from saya.

We connect your HTC Desire USB cable to the computer, select synchronization on the display. If everything goes well, then HTC Sync will see the device on the computer. I recommend connecting to system unit, because when connecting to a USB hub in the monitor, I got an error when flashing the firmware ( ERROR : USB CONNECTION ERROR), which reports an incorrect connection or driver problems.

We check that your computer does not go into sleep mode when inactive and after a certain number of minutes have passed. Well, I also advise you to remove the inclusion of the screen saver. Closing everything unnecessary programs on the computer.

Disable screen lock. Let's go to "Settings" — "Safety" — "Change blocking method" or ( "Set up screen lock") — "Unprotect".

Checking the battery charge level (V official instructions recommend at least 30%). Let's go "Settings" — "About the phone" — "Battery".

Launch the flasher, file " RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe»

Attention! Don't forget to save all data from your phone (contacts and files from the memory card). Do a factory reset and clear the memory card. And remember that after flashing all your data and settings will be reset.

The firmware installation takes about 10 minutes, do not pull out the cable from the phone or computer, do not press buttons on the phone and it is not recommended to use the computer, wait until the procedure is completed.

5. Updating HTC Desire to Android 2.3 Gingerbread (flasher instructions)

Once again, make sure that you did a factory reset, which led to the removal of all installed applications on your smartphone and reset the settings.

In the first window, simply click “ Next" In the next window, we are again warned that we need to delete all data from the phone and are asked to read ReadME (instructions in English).

The third window reminds you to disable Windows hibernation mode, battery charge level and check the connection USB cable.

We check the box and click “Next”, after which the connection of the smartphone to the computer and the status of the device are checked.

After a successful check, in the next window we see the “Update” button.

Click on this button and see in the next window the firmware version on the device and the version to which your Desire will be flashed, click “Next” again.

And the last window that appears, before the update process, tells us that by clicking the “Next” button, the process of flashing the device will begin, all the information will be displayed on the screen, and upon completion we will receive a message about the successful update of the device. It’s not too late to refuse, but we click “Next” again.

It's begun! This is what all this was done for, the process of updating your HTC Desire to Android 2.3.3 has begun

It all looks like a small window with a progress bar, a message that the process will take about 10 minutes, under no circumstances touch the USB cable connecting the smartphone to the PC.

Upon completion, we receive a window with a “Finish” button and a message in English that the process has been successfully completed.

Hooray! Now yours HTC Desire works under Android 2.3.3

We restore contacts and necessary data from backup copies and reinstall the necessary applications.

Possible error messages:

ERROR : FILE OPEN ERROR– file reading error, try running “RUU_HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade (Gingerbread).exe” again

ERROR: MAIN BATTERY POWER– the smartphone battery charge is less than 30%, put it on charge and try it when the battery is sufficiently charged.

ERROR : MODEL ID ERROR

ERROR : CUSTOMER ID ERROR– the firmware is not intended for your smartphone model.

ERROR : IMAGE ERROR– the firmware file is incorrect or damaged, try downloading the firmware again from the website.

ERROR : USB CONNECTION ERROR- error USB connections cable. Connect the cable directly to the computer, not to USB hubs.

How to flash HTC Desire?

HTC Desire is a communicator (smartphone) with operating system Android. It was developed by HTC. Let's talk in more detail about how to flash HTC Desire in various ways.

Preparing for firmware

Firmware is a replacement or update software phone for a new one. Flashing a phone's firmware is the same as reinstalling Windows on personal computer. To successfully install the firmware, you must complete the following steps:

• To obtain superuser rights (root rights) on the website unrevoked.com, download the “Unrevoked” program. Root rights are a special account in UNIX systems. The owner of such an account can perform all operations without exception.
• Launch the downloaded program and select the “Hboot Driver” file. Next, follow the instructions to install the HBOOT driver. You can download drivers for self-installation at unrevoked.com.
• Next, you need to disable Desire and enable it in the HBOOT system. This can be done using the Power and Volume Down buttons. Press them at the same time.
• Then the smartphone must be connected to the PC when USB help cable. We wait until the word HBOOT USB PLUG appears and go to “Device Manager”. Right-click on Android device 1.0 and select the “Update drivers” section.
• Click on “Search for drivers on this computer.” Next, you need to select the folder into which the drivers were unpacked.
• Exit the HBOOT menu. The Volume Up, Volume Down buttons (moving through menu items) and the Enter button will help you with this.
• In normal mode, start your smartphone and enable USB debugging mode.

If you installed HTC app Sync, remove it, but leave the drivers. Next, launch Unrevoked and connect your device to your PC. Give your consent when asked for information. After that, wait. The device will reboot and the message “Unrevoked 3 Painless root and reflash” should appear.

How to flash HTC Desire: main part

The procedure will be as follows: first download the firmware. You can download it on the website 4pda.ru. Recommended firmwares are RuHD and InsertCoin.

Next, you need to clear all user data. To do this, in the device menu, select “Settings” -> “Privacy” -> “Reset data”. This can also be done using the firmware recovery mode. To do this, go to Recovery menu, select the “Wipe data/factory reset -> “Yes” section. Due to this, the firmware modules will not match.

How to install the firmware file for HTC Desire?

• In the Recovery menu, select the “install zip from sd-card” file. If necessary, disable or enable signature verification (Clockwork).
• Next, find the firmware zip, select it and run it.
• When the installation is complete, you will see “Installation completed”. Restart your smartphone and wait for the download to start.

Firmware installation usually takes about fifteen to thirty minutes. In the end you should get new version Android.

How to expand memory for applications?

The phone firmware itself takes up a lot of free space. In order to download various applications, your smartphone may not have enough free memory. In this case, it will help you special program. To do this:

• Download the program from the Market " ROM Manager" and run it.
• Next, find the item “Create partitions on the SD card.” Select ext partition size.
• The device should reboot and the partition will be created.

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Unlocking the bootloader.

1. Read the instructions carefully!
2.Download the Android archive from the header (driver and utility)
3.Unpack the zip archive to the root of drive C:
4.Must be Android folder on drive C:
5.Go here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader" registration (faster and better from your mailbox [email protected]) and you need to create an account
6.Yes, Tick both Boxes, Proceed
7. Well, let's start from point 7, because we already have all the files from the sdk (point 2)
8.Enable the phone setting - for developers - USB debugging
9. Connect phone mode - charging only
10.Go to mode fastboot , run the fastboot.bat batch file from the Android folder and the phone will boot into fastboot mode.
Manual method to put your phone into fastboot mode(turn off the phone by pressing the power button, remove the battery and insert it back, then press the volume down (-) and hold the power until you get into the bootloader, now connect the phone to the computer
Select fastboot using the volume +/- buttons and press power.
Check in Device Manager to see if the drivers are installed ( Android USB Devices>My HTC)
11.Open a command prompt.
(windows XP - START > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
(Windows 7 - START > type CMD in find and press Enter)
12.v command line enter CD C:\Android
13.then enter fastboot oem get_identifier_token
14.select and copy the text as shown in step 9 on the HTCDev website (use the mouse button to mark-select the desired one-enter-paste)
15.insert the received identifier into the field provided and confirm by clicking submit
16.very quickly to your mailbox The file "Unlock_code.bin" specified during registration will be sent
17.download it and save it in our Android folder in which we unpacked the archive from step 2
18. enter this fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin into the command line
19.The display on the phone will change, press Vol + and confirm with the Power button.
To lock the bootloader
follow instructions 8,9,10,11 enter the command fastboot oem lock

Switching to Fastboot

Power + volume down button.

Install custom Recovery

3.Unpack the archive to the root of drive C
4.There should be an Android folder on drive C
5. Copy the boot.img file to the C:\Android folder
6. Enable the phone setting - for developers - USB debugging
7. Connect the phone mode - charging only, check if the phone is connected correctly in the device manager of the PC
At Recovery firmware right in top corner A vertical blue loading bar will appear on the screen, this means that you did everything correctly.
8.Reboot the phone.
Manual method of putting the phone into bootloader mode .
1.To do this, hold the power button for 10 seconds, the phone will blink several times touch buttons and will start to overload. You need to press and hold the volume down button as soon as the screen goes dark, the phone will reboot into the bootloader. If you have done this and the phone just turns off, then turn on the phone by holding the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time.
2. Select Fastboot. Move through the menu items using the volume keys, and to select, briefly press the power button.
3. Connect your phone to your computer (usb should appear next to fastboot) and open the command line.
(Windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in the box and press Enter)
(Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in the search box and press Enter)
4. Using the command line, go to the folder where we placed the Recovery.img file:
CD C:\Android
5. Now enter in the command line: fastboot Recovery.img
6.When flashing the kernel, a vertical icon will appear on the right in the upper corner of the screen green stripe loading means you did everything right.
Reboot the phone

We get S-OFF (unlock the system partition of the smartphone)

The bootloader must be unlocked!
Enable the setting on your phone - for developers - USB debugging!
And remember, before starting all procedures with the phone, the battery must be charged at least 50%.
DISABLE ANTI-VIRUS!! AND FIREWALL!
1. Download a fully working kit for the S-OFF HTC Desire SV procedure and unpack it on your PC to section C.
http://yadi.sk/d/TExTBn2bKqmox
(That is, after unpacking we will have the following path: C:\off)
Included with romrunner in the archive you will find driver HTC Driver 4.5.0.001, it is necessary for full operation. The sync manager must be removed from the system. (NOT TURNED OFF, but DELETED!)
Option #1 (Stock firmware)
1. Flashing the Kernel http://w3bsit3-dns.com/forum/dl/post/3489908/boot.img
(Instructions Firmware for HTC Desire SV)