[Chester LUG] Android update.

[Fintan Gaughan]

I have just done it last night pretty easy really.
On my htc desire phone was full of orange crappy apps and demos that I was unable to remove.

I use cyanogenmod too


Fintan


* Nick Northcote <nick.northcote at abctechnology.co.uk> [2011-02-06 18:52:11 +0000]:

> Hi Stuart,
> 
> I have recently updated my Google G1 HTC Dream using the Cyanogenmod
> unofficial ROMs and went from Android 1.6 to 2.1.  The phone company only
> supports up to V1.6.
> 
> The instuctions given on Cyanogen's site are comprehensived and worked
> (including repartitioning the phone!).
> 
> I have successfully backed up and restored the phone subsequently with the
> quite nice utilities included.
> 
> Have a look at the site.
> 
> This was my first attempt at hacking a mobile but the vocabulary is familiar
> to Unix/Linux users.
> 
> Still felt traumatic flashing the phone though.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Nick Northcote
> 
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> Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 16:18:54 +0000
> From: Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Chester LUG] Upgrade Android version on Desire HD
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> Hi Everyone,
> 
> As I have pretty much come to the end of my contract and now have a Desire
> HD (Looked at the Desire Z but the screen is smaller and looks v easy to
> break :/
> 
> Anyhow it comes with Android 2.2. I know it's all about provider "optimised"
> versions, but I'd love to have latest non branded up to date Android.
> 
> Has anyone done this/knows how to do it (Without running dodgy hacked ROMs)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Stuart
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