Htc desire a8181 4pda firmware. Review of alternative firmware for HTC Desire A8181 Bravo

How to flash HTC Desire?

HTC Desire is a communicator (smartphone) with operating Android system. 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 using USB 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 the HTC Sync application, uninstall 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 the 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 "ROM Manager" program from the Market 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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Having bought a device that’s not cheap, you always want to get the most out of it, because it wasn’t just bought for calls, especially when it comes to HTC, these smartphones alternative firmware more than everyone else.

MIUI 2.4.6 and 2.3.7(Android 2.3 non-standard interface)
This firmware is different from all the others; after using it, I habitually switch screens instead of going to the application menu. The firmware is made 1 in 1 for the IOS interface, all applications are located on desktops, if you delete a shortcut from the desktop, it is deleted from the phone, to save space you can create folders on desktops and put shortcuts in folders.

• The taskbar has switches for wifi, bluetooth, auto-rotate screen, data transfer, etc. It’s very convenient, you don’t need to go into settings to switch basic functions
• There is root right away
• The unlock screen has player controls, you can turn on the flashlight by holding the HOME button, you can immediately view missed calls and unread messages, you can go directly to your phone or messages
• There is a built-in firewall for blacklisting numbers, etc., but it works a little crookedly
• Battery life is noticeably longer, but many standard services are cut out, because of this some specific applications do not work correctly
• There is a delay in response, i.e. you pick up the phone, say ale ale, and only after 2-3 seconds will they hear you, i.e. The microphone does not turn on immediately
• There is a standard means of recording conversations, but in it you can only hear the interlocutor, nothing can be heard from the microphone, i.e. there's no point in it.
• In some applications, for example in QIP, there are glitches with the display of the interface, buttons spread out, etc.

RUHD 3.0.1 (Android 2.3 and Sense 3.5)
Here we have almost stock firmware, but with many useful features, and also Sense 3.5 and updated applications. When we first launch the firmware, we are asked which programs to install and which ones are not needed, many have been cut out Not required applications. But the firmware is a little heavy for the device.

• There is a built-in tool for controlling the processor frequency, you can make the frequency higher than the standard one, or, on the contrary, you can lower it to save battery, you can assign profiles for the processor frequency depending on the battery charge, for example, if there is 10% left, then it is logical to reduce the frequency to 128 MHz, tolerate dullness, but but stay in touch.
• There are additional items in the phone shutdown menu silent mode, vibration mode, airplane mode, turning off mobile Internet
• From the lock screen you can directly open Phone, Mail, Camera, Messages
• There is almost no delay in response (about half a second)
• Camera works fine
• The interface is responsive, but slightly inferior in speed even to the standard one, let alone MIUI, Sense 3.5 is a bit heavy and eats up a lot of RAM
• The taskbar has switches almost like in MIUI
• There are standard tools for blocking ads, using Windows network resources, and much more.

Nikez Lente 1.0.1a6 (Android 4 and standard interface)

• There is a significant delay in response, just like non-MIUI
• The interface is a little dull, this is due to the 2D acceleration curve, but they say a new custom kernel will be released soon and the situation will improve
• From the shutdown screen you can go directly to BootLoader or Recovery
• There are no switches in the taskbar like on MIUI and RUHD
• Naturally, the interface of the fourth Android is very interesting and convenient

In this article we will tell you how to install standard and modified firmware on HTC smartphones.

Important! All responsibility for the actions taken lies solely with you. Without knowledge, experience and understanding of the risks, do not flash your phone, but rather study more information.

Standard way to update firmware

This method is standard for all Android smartphones. Allows you to get the latest version of the system. The update process is safe and primarily aimed at novice users. In this case, the update will be installed, subject to availability from the manufacturer. If the manufacturer has stopped supporting the smartphone, you will not receive the update.

For detailed update instructions, see the subtitle.

Installing the RUU image

Using the RUU image, the smartphone returns to its standard state and the stock firmware is flashed. All user settings are reset only if S-On protection is enabled. When S-Off, the data is saved. Additionally, it is recommended to remove the SIM and MicroSD card for the duration of the firmware.

If S-On protection is enabled, the bootloader must be in the closed state - LOCKED, otherwise error 155 will appear in the process. In this case, you should close the bootloader with the command fastboot oem lock.

You cannot install old firmware over new firmware.

Before flashing the firmware, it is important to check the compliance of the CID and MID of the smartphone. You cannot install European firmware on Chinese firmware.

Algorithm of actions for RUU.exe:

1. Boot your smartphone in bootloader mode.
2. Connect to a computer where drivers, ADB and Fastboot are installed.
3. When the “fastboot usb” message appears on the screen, run the RUU.exe utility on your computer, then follow the installer’s instructions.

Algorithm of actions for RUU.zip:

1. Download the HTC fastbbot program. Place the utility in the folder with ADB.
2. Connect your smartphone to your computer.
3. Open command line and enter fastboot oem rebootRUU.
4. Next – htc_fastboot flash zip /rom.zip, where XXXXX is the path to the firmware.

Installing firmware.zip

Another way to install stock firmware. The requirements are the same as for the RUU image.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Download the appropriate firmware, then place the archive in the fastboot folder. Change the name of the firmware to “firmware”.
2. Boot the device into bootloader mode. Connect to PC.
3. Open a command prompt. Write the path to the folder where fastboot is located. For example cd c:\androfon.
4. Next fastboot oem rebootRUU.
5. After the phone restarts and HTC appears, enter . An error message will appear on the screen, this is normal, please enter again fastboot flash zip firmware.zip.
6. Once the firmware is complete, enter fastboot reboot.

Installing custom firmware

Custom firmware is installed via third-party recovery - or . Required in advance. If you have TWRP installed on your device, follow the instructions:

Important! Before installing custom firmware, be sure to ask about additional conditions for installing the image.

Installation instructions for TWRP

Important! This installation method is applicable for older devices, since in the latest models, installation is performed through Magisk. Before installing TWRP, be sure to check which method is relevant for your model.

Algorithm of actions:

• Download TWRP, rename the file recovery. If you downloaded the archive, unzip the archive and then rename the file recovery.
• Place the file in the folder with adb and fastboot, for example, in the C:\Androfon folder.
• Connect your phone to your PC.
• Open a command prompt. Put your phone into download mode – adb reboot download.
• Enter CD C:\Androfon.
• Then fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. You may need to clear the cache, check this before installation. The command for cleaning is fastboot erase cache.
• To enter recovery, run the bootloader, where select the firmware recovery.

Conclusion

The article describes ways to flash htc smartphones official and custom firmware; how to install TWRP recovery.

If you have any questions, or have suggestions for corrections and additions, write your comments in the comments.

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. The updated firmware is missing background images, the Facebook application 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 before the 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 ended up with 136 megabytes of 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 “wallpapers” were removed by HTC developers from the firmware and made into separate applications that can be installed if you still need them.

I'll get ahead of myself 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 system Windows, from XP Home to 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 incorrect connection, or problems with drivers.

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 screensaver. Close all unnecessary programs on the computer.

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

Check the battery charge level (the 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 the cable out of 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 hibernation mode in windows, battery charge level and check USB connections 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 information will be displayed on the screen, and upon completion we will receive a message about successful update devices. 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– USB cable connection error. Connect the cable directly to the computer, not to USB hubs.

Yes, a little off topic, but the other day I flashed my already quite old smartphone and have some experience. As they say, the same firmware has something in common with satellite receivers.

I hope with this post I will help someone and reduce the time spent, since there is a lot of information, but most of it is very scattered. Further myself HTC Desire A8181 phone firmware process on android versions 4 or higher.

For starters. Many people write that you need to unlock the bootloader - I never succeeded, nor with the program HTC Bootloader Unlock, neither standard method through the office htc website.

Instructions for flashing HTC Desire phone firmware on Android 4+

As it turned out, I had the latest official update with Android version 2.3. Accordingly, S-ON is software change protection. Which first needs to be removed.

But before you do anything, you need to install the drivers for your device on your computer, twice.

This must be done in semi-automatic mode, each time pointing to the folder with drivers.

First HTC+Drivers are needed when the phone is working normally, and the second Android USB Driver– when working with the bootloader and in recovery mode.

According to the instructions. Personally, I uploaded the archives to the root of drive C and installed them from there, or rather indicated where they were located.

So the drivers are installed and the phone is visible on the computer, let's move on.

As already mentioned, you need to remove S-ON to become S-OFF. You can view the status like this. Turn off the phone - take out the battery and press volume down + turn on.

You can see it at the very top.

How to remove S-OFF htc?

More precisely, how I did it. Go to the website http://rev.alpharev.nl/ - download the application for Windows there. Fill in the data here. Serial number take it from your phone - look for it in the settings or look under the battery.

Please enter according to register. We generate and receive the code which we enter into the running application from there. The phone must be connected by cable.

After which you should get S-OFF and the inscription in pink.

The next step is to sew a recovery to an alternative one. We will need an archive Android– which we unzip to the root of drive C.

There is Recovery Flash.bat and recovery.img (recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-bravo.img). When you start the first one, the second one should be flashed. I chose this version of recovery because it seemed convenient to me, it worked adequately and the controls are familiar - with your finger. You can look for an alternative and just rename it to recovery.img and sew it the same way.

Next you need to get super user rights. The program worked for me Kingo ROOT from under Windows with the phone normally turned on via cable.

All this allowed me to flash the phone with custom firmware. Of course, the first one I found didn’t suit me, and the second one didn’t install well either. In short, I settled on this CM10.1_VJ_4.2.2_V6.2_Sense_Data++.zip . With increased space for programs on an external flash drive.

Don’t think that everything is just about firmware – that is, installing software. It still needs to be configured. So it's almost a bare system.

The instructions at the address helped me a lot

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=366523&st=7220#entry39335246

But you shouldn't trust her completely. See for yourself what you need more.

I didn’t delete Google services and updates - I just turned them off and this immediately gave me a lot of space for the necessary programs.

I thought it necessary to install LowSoundFixer_v1.0.8.apk(increases volume - firmware bug) and SD+Maid+Pro+v3.1.4.6_arm-zipalign(cleans cache and garbage on the phone). But the rest is not.

pic phone screen

Conclusion - the phone works perfectly and is configured for modern Android. Now you can install the necessary applications that did not work on old version, besides, there is a lot of space for games and programs. Definitely need to sew.

Video firmware htc desire a8181 android 4