HTC Desire

HTC Desire
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Specification
Manufacturer: HTC Release Date: Apr. 2010 Operating System: Android Dimensions: 60 x 119 x 11.9mm Weight: 135g Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 Display: 3.7" WVGA Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100 Wifi: Not Known Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR NFC: Not Known GPS: Yes Video out: Not Known Camera: 4.9 MP Secondary Camera: No Internal Memory: 512 MiB Memory Card: Micro SDHC Battery: Removable 1400 mAh Additional Features:

Contents 1 Intro 2 Specifications 3 Official 4 More Information 5 FAQ / How-To 6 Official ROMs

Intro

HTC Desire codenamed:

• Bravo for GSM Model
• Bravo C for CDMA Model

HTC Desire Official Page

Specifications

• Models:
  • GSM: There are 3 GSM models. Phone hardware is identical. Differences is about the supported networks.
    • A8181(Europe/Asia Pacific): AMOLED or S-LCD touchscreen
      • Supported networks: HSDPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz & Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
    • A8182(Telus Mobility Canada): S-LCD touchscreen
      • Supported networks: HSDPA/WCDMA: 850/1900 MHz & Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Nota: Telus branding disables the EDGE/GPRS Data)
    • A8183(Telstra Australia): AMOLED or S-LCD touchscreen
      • Supported networks: HSDPA/WCDMA: 850/2100 MHz & Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • CDMA:
    • ADR6275: CDMA800, CDMA1900

• Display:
  • 3.7-inch (diagonal) WVGA AMOLED or S-LCD touchscreen (Samsung)
  • 800 x 480 pixels, 100,000:1 Contrast ratio, 1ms Response Time
• Touchscreen Controller: Synaptics I2C RMI Touchscreen Controller
• CPU: Qualcomm QSD8250 1 GHz Scorpion (Snapdragon)
• GPU: Adreno 200 (AMD Z430)
  • OpenGL ES 2.0
  • OpenGL ES 1.1
  • OpenVG 1.1
  • EGL 1.3
  • Direct3D Mobile
  • SVGT 1.2
  • DirectDraw
• Memory: RAM 576MB, ROM 512MB Flash
• Networks: (Qualcomm RTR6285)
  • GSM:
    • UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS(1700)/900) or 1/2/5 (2100/1900/850)
    • HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps
    • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • CDMA:
    • CDMA (800, 1900)
• WiFi: 802.11a/b/g/n (Broadcom BCM4329)
• Bluetooth: 2.1 + ERD (Broadcom BCM4329)
• Keyboard:
  • Hardware Buttons (Home, Menu, Back, Search, Power/Standby, volume rocker) + Touchpad/Trackpad (clickable)
  • Full Qwerty Landscape / Portrait Virtual Keyboard with auto-correct
• Camera: (Samsung S5K3E2FX QSXGA Camera Chip)
  • 5MP Auto-Focus Camera with LED Flash
  • 2X Digital Zoom, Auto White Balance, Color Effects, 20FPS Video Recording
• Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth): 60mm x 119mm x 11.9mm
• Weight: 135 grams w/battery.
• Audio:
  • Speaker: TPA2018D1 3-W Mono Class-D Audio Amplifier with SmartGain™ AGC/DRC (Texas Instruments)
  • Output: Standard 3.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
• GPS: Standalone-GPS and Assisted-GPS Modes (7TH GEN gpsOne)
• Sensors:
  • BMA150 3-axis Accelerometer (Bosh)
  • AK8973 3-axis Magnetic field & Orientation sensors (Asahi Kasei)
  • CM3602 Proximity & Light sensors (Capella Microsystems)
• Radio Receiver: FM radio (76 to 108 MHz by step of 50 KHz) with RDS (Broadcom BCM4329)
• Storage: microSD slot (SDHC compatible).
• Power:
  • Power Management: TPS65023 Power Management IC for Li-ion-Powered Systems (Texas Instruments)
  • Battery: DS2784 1400mAh removable Lithium-Ion battery pack (Dallas Semiconductor)
  • Battery Charger: SMB329 programmable battery charger integrated circuit (Summit Microelectronics)
• Video formats: H.264, 3GPP, MPEG4, and 3GP files
• Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, MPEG4, WAV, MIDI, Real Audio, and Ogg

Official

Website and Facebook

Support and Facebook: HTC Support

English Manual

More Information

Desire Description Desire Forum Reviews collected by irkan

FAQ / How-To

Everything you need to know about how to unroot the HTC Desire

How to Unbrick the Desire + Everything about Gold Cards Huge FAQ

{TUT}Complete upgrading guide(root, unroot, flashing ROM & updates) posted by benko286

Why my AMOLED has pinkish tint posted by irkan

Replacing T-mobile ROM with Generic HTC ROM posted by SGTDavePwnage

FAQ: Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android (external link)

Windows RUU tool update process (i.e. flash firmware under Linux and Mac) posted by Exion

About the Radio Interface Layer (RIL), its relationship with the radio firmware and RIL downloads, posted by zikyHD. One may want to check the stock radio firmware message too, posted by AdamG.

• Sim Unlock commercial solution1
  
• Sim Unlock commercial solution2
  
• Sim Unlock free solution
  

Official ROMs

Official HTC Desire RUU ROMS and OTA Update URLs by Jesterz

• GSM:

• • Eclair:

• • • 1.15.1600.5 (Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release 121996
    • 1.15.110.11 (Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release 122755
    • 1.15.405.1 (Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release 121684
    • 1.15.405.3 (Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release 121865
    • 1.15.405.4 (Radio 32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release_122704
    • 1.15.841.14_R4 (Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11) release 123851
    • 1.18.762.2 (Radio_32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2) release 123706
    • 1.18.762.7 (Radio_32.34.00.28U_4.05.00.30_2) release 128910
    • 1.19.161.5 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 126338
    • 1.19.707.7 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 126179
    • 1.19.911.4_R (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 124410
    • 1.20.207.1 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 124865
    • 1.20.771.3 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 124822
    • 1.21.110.4 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 127570
    • 1.21.163.2 (Radio_32.37.00.32U_4.06.00.16_2) release 126985
    • 1.21.405.2 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 126984
    • 1.21.405.2-1.15.405.4 release P4ohim1mtp6zggcyon (OTA)
    • 1.21.720.4 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 127705
    • 1.22.771.1 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 127568
    • 1.23.351.1 (Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2) release 128941

• • Froyo:

• • • 2.06.832.1 (Radio 32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08) release 136917 - HBoot 0.87
    • 2.09.405.8-1.21.405.2 release 4dua3bcrut4wrv30 (OTA)
    • 2.11.832.3_R (Radio 32.47.00.32U_5.10.05.23) release 157503 - HBoot 0.93.0001
    • 2.12.911.1 (Radio 32.46.00.32U_5.10.05.17_2) release 143627
    • 2.14.207.1 (Radio 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2) release 144166
    • 2.25.661.2 (Radio 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27) release 151557
    • 2.29.405.5 (Radio 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27) release 159811
    • 2.35.1402.5 (Radio_32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17) release 163341 - HBoot 0.93.0003

• • Gingerbread:

• • • 3.14.405.1 (Radio_32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23) release unknown - HBoot 1.02.0001

Alex-V |Alex-V 2.0 Froyo Sense 2.29->with mods you want/OVOC/A2SD/DATA2SD| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

AuraxTSense |( FRF91 Fast l SYSRW l 720p| Stable | AP2SD+ | MULTILANGUAGE | Undervolt ) Link - Newb Friendly!!

Cyanogenmod |(Froyo) for vendor Bravo (HTC DESIRE)| FROYO - NO SENSE Link

DanneJo rom HTC_2.2 mary jane 420(any bugs on the green leaves?)| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

DeFroST | AOSP 2.2.1 | 2.6.35.7 | A2SD+ | FROYO - NO SENSE Link

Desire GR Edition |2.2 original 2.09|Rooted|A2SD|Without HBOOT| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

DeVillain |Froyo (2.2) & Sense UI Blended To Perfection | TeamVillain| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

DJ DROID Froyo HTC Sense - HD 720p - base 2.06 FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

Ginger Villain |(Gingerbread) for vendor Bravo (HTC DESIRE)| GINGERBREAD - NO SENSE Link

GingerBurst[[1]] | Unlimited Internal Memory | Sense 2.1 | Android 2.3.3 (GingerBread) | DATA2SD | CRT TV Off Animation | Trackpad Awake | Stock Hboot (No S-off required) | Stock-like | ext2/3/4 | Over the Air (OTA) updates | ROM Manager download | [2]

Lambros |Custom r2 EXTREME (OTA2.2 | A2SD+| Deodexed | STABLE)| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

LeeDrOiD HD V3.3.3-Port-R5 | 11th August | Ginger Sense 2.1 | FAST | STABLE | WWE | Link

LeeDrOiD V2.5.0 FINAL | 28th May l Official | Sense/No Sense l FAST l STABLE Link

LeeDrOiD V3.0.8.2 | GB | 28th June | Android 2.3.3 | OTA | A2SD or Data++ | TV Anim Link

newSense iNsertCoin HD/Z Port 2.0.1 A2SD/D2EXT/D2SD Link

Official 2.2 |with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

Official HTC |Rooted Android 2.2 (FroYo) ROM [Market issue fixed]| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

OpenDesire FROYO - NO SENSE 3.6.x Link 4.0.x Link

OpenDesire Team |Official Froyo HTC Sense ROM v1.0c| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

Oxygen |(Gingerbread) for vendor Bravo (HTC DESIRE)| GINGERBREAD - NO SENSE Link

Pays |Froyo Sense A2SD+ with Addons [OFFICIAL+STABLE]| FROYO - HTC SENSE - Link

Pinky Desire |Official FROYO SENSE | DEODEX & ZIP | ADBLOCK | A2SD+| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

Psychosis |NoSense|Deodexed|A2SD+|AdBlock|Optimized|720p| FROYO - NO SENSE Link

Roufianos |Official 2.2 BUG-FREE |Rooted|A2SD|EXT4| SUPERFAST| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

Spun |Official Froyo Sense|Rooted|Adblock|Battery%|A2SD|Deodexed| FROYO - HTC SENSE Link

StarBurst [[3]]| Unlimited Internal Memory | HTC Sense | Android 2.2 (Froyo) | Stable DATA2SD / Optional A2SD | Any ext | Official 2.29.405.5 WWE | Stock rooted Desire Rom | Multilanguage | Over the Air (OTA) updates | ROM Manager download link

SuperNova Extreme [[4]]| Unlimited Internal Memory | HTC Sense | Official GB 2.3.3 v3.14.405.1 |(GingerBread)| Stable DATA2SD | CRT TV Off Animation | Trackpad Awake | Seamless migration from Froyo and any other (except Data++) Roms without Data loss | Stock rooted Desire Rom | Multilanguage | Over the Air (OTA) updates | ROM Manager download link

T-Mod 2.2f |"Black Mesa" | Based off LeeDrOiD ROM includes specific mods for the Australian carrier Telstra Link