[howto] root htc desire

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enter bootloader mode.
fastboot oem unlock

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Do you have a Retail Desire that you have tried this on?

Yep how could you confirm it works if the retail phone is not available before 2 weeks?

This all seems a bit risky to me. It's pretty obvious that no one has seen a retail Desire on these forums yet. We can't even be sure what colour it is or whether it is branded in any way.

I hope it has been rooted but let's wait for some confirmation first. We don't want any expensive bricks.

If the fastboot oem unlock command is available, then I'm sure it will be similar to the Nexus, where it actually voids your warranty! And, currently the nexus devs have not found a way to re-lock to bootloader.

well, if this is real than I´m thinking about buying the desire,too.. although the samsung galaxy s is really interesting as well O.o

but if I wait for the galaxy S another phone will probably be announced that is even better than the galaxy s and i have to wait again for that one and so on and so on O.o

desire with root access will do i guess!!

Originally Posted by marsdroid

i will not be held responsible for bricks..
be warned

Download and extract DesireRoot.zip below ..enter bootloader mode..
Then on windows cmd to extracted zip folder and then :

fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash boot desireboot.img
reboot

and then you have root. muheh

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thx to ALL who made this happend.

I will be surprised if this works as it has been stated by many that oem unlock is not present on the stock retail images found on the desire.

Hopfully for those who want a desire, there is an easy means to unlock/root but if the Desire is as locked down as the Nexus (beyond oem unlock) some people are going to have to get creative.

I wonder what HTC's stance on unlocked Desires will be if oem unlock is not present...will they be more strict than with the nexus since you really have to go out of your way? They may not even check to see if it's unlocked if there isn't a built-in means to do so...

curious.

With regards to warranty, you hear a lot that doing this, that or the other will void a warranty. The reality is that the party you hold a contract of sale with has the onus of proving that what you did caused a fault before they can refuse to repair or replace an given item, phones included.

That said, I will not be rooting my Desire until I see that it has been done by quite a lot of people and seems safe(ish)

This site also claims to have found a way to root the HTC Desire
knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-desire/desire-guides/443113/how_to_root_the_htc_desire.html

Originally Posted by farnsbarns

With regards to warranty, you hear a lot that doing this, that or the other will void a warranty. The reality is that the party you hold a contract of sale with has the onus of proving that what you did caused a fault before they can refuse to repair or replace an given item, phones included.

That said, I will not be rooting my Desire until I see that it has been done by quite a lot of people and seems safe(ish)

While that is very true, if you are without your phone for an extended period of time while you explain to HTC that they have to warranty your device because of obvious hardware problems, things may not be all happy-go-lucky. Most don't have a spare phone sitting about in case their primary goes tits up.

Originally Posted by anders4431

This site also claims to have found a way to root the HTC Desire
knowyourcell.com/htc/htc-desire/desire-guides/443113/how_to_root_the_htc_desire.html

That site actually forgot to remove all the Nexus One labeling before publishing the article. It was posted somewhere else (I believe in the nexus one forums) before they edited the article to say "Desire".

keep an eye on that page and see how fast it vanishes if/when oem unlock is not present