Unroot for Orange UK Desire --Finaly

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mercianary

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method to unroot orange uk desire.



download this nand backup

download the official update

extract the nand backup and delete the file 'recovery.img'

edit the file nandroid.md5 in wordpad (not notepad) and remove the line with recovery.img in it.

rename the official update to 'update.zip'

place the directory '2010-09-26.13.31.55' in the directory /nandroid/ht##########/ on your sdcard

place update.zip on your sdcard.

reboot phone into recovery and restore nand 2010-09-26.13.31.55

turn of check for signiture and flash update.zip.

follow on screen insructions to reboot and your done.




if you dont have the directory /nandroid/ht##########/ make a nand backup on your phone and it wil appear. ######### will be replaced by your phone id.


Dont blame me if you kill your phone doing this.


this worked for me with amonra recovery. probably work with clockwork too..not tried because my phone is on its way for repair now:)


thanks ste1164 for providing the nand and having the balls to try this first.
 
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primiq

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ive got Desire from Orange since june, and rooted since end of june or something like that? How come u couldnt do it? :/
 

ste1164

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Just noticed this thread. I have done this myself and it works. Shame we still don't have an ruu but this is the next best thing :)
 

ste1164

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Oh yea it does work on clockwork that's what I used when my phone was rooted.

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ste1164

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1 is your phone rooted? If it is you need to make a nandroid backup first. Then you put this backup in. Also this backup is from an amoled desire so I don't think it will work on slcd desires.

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doinbox

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So ste are you saying. I need to make a nandroid backup. Then delete the contents from my backup. And then copy the contents of this folder without the recovery.img and the line removed from the md5 into my backup folder???

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ste1164

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Make a backup to create a android directory. Then put the folder you downloaded into the nandroid backup folder. Try and restoring from the backup without deleting anything if that doesnt work try your method.

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hermit.66

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I received the MD5 error as well, so I tried the process without removing anything from the Nandroid backup, which worked for me using the Clockwork Mod recovery without a hitch.

I'm now downloading the Orange OTA Froyo update. Let's hope that works as well...
 

ste1164

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Lol the desire ain't that bad :p are you getting an iPhone 4? Or one of the newer desire devices?

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