I bought it yesterday @2025. Add me to the list

This post has been edited by benleong2008: Jun 26 2010, 10:03 PM

Buy it from the garage sales here @rm90 only. I went to lowyat and searched before, most of them werent selling. There's one shop selling it there and it was rm155.

I bought it from the garage sales here for rm90 only (sandisk 8gb class 6). Went lowyat and searched before and there was only one shop selling class 6 8gb for rm155

Guys, I have recently rooted my phone and would like to unroot it and flash the stock ROM. I have the bootloader version of .80 but the RUU_Bravo_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.19.707.7_Radio_32.36.00.2 8U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126179_signed.exe is for bootloader of version 0.75 only. That explains why I kept on getting error 140 when trying to run the RUU.

Are there any ways that I can apply the RUU so that I can unroot and flash back the stock ROM? Or should I just run the RUU for 1.21.405.2 (bootloader 0.80)?

PS* I rooted it and flashed Pays-Rom Desire with Sense. The Rom is great but the battery finishes in just hours after hours of heavy usage! That's why I want to flash back to the stock rom.

When I first bought it and use sandisk class 6 8gb , the transfer speed was fast (approximately 10-11mb/s)

However, after partitioning the sd card for old school a2sd to function, the transfer speed falls to approximately 1-5mb/sec. (sometimes 800kb/sec!)
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I've done this quite many times and confirm about it.

When you reformat the sd card without partitioning, you'll get transfer speed of 10-11mb/sec again.

So, I think a class 6 sd card isn't necessary? Unless a class 2 sd card will have even lower than 800kb/sec after partitioning for a2sd lol. Or unless you plan to use the froyo a2sd instead of the old a2sd.

Most custom ROMs from XDA (I'm using LeeDroid v1.4) comes with a2sd+ by default. So all you need to do is enter recovery and partition sd card(0 swap, 512/1024ext, fat32 rest). Then upgrade it to ext3. The old school a2sd+ will not function unless you have ext3 partition. However, if you do not partition your sd card, you can still use the Froyo native a2sd.

I personally feel that old school a2sd is much better. Installed tons of apps and still got lots of internal memory!

PS: If you're using Froyo native a2sd, not all the apps can be moved to sd card unless they are made possible by the apps devs.

I'm using LeeDroid 1.4b with Black Expresso Mod, very stable and nice but the battery drain is fast

Yea I'm on LeeDroid and the battery drain seems to be fast. With HTC Sense Live Wallpaper and Wifi on (With Screen On and phone left idle), battery falls by 3% in just 8minutes. Not to mention if I use it for browsing, some apps or downloads from market, the battery drain will even be faster lol.
I've recently got this new habit of flashing ROMs several times (maybe 3-5 in a day), I know it's not good. Got to gradually stop it

I've tried almost all the custom froyo+sense available in XDA to test the battery life. All of them have similar battery drain

I'm using ShakeThemAll Live Wallpaper with one of the Gelaskin wallpapers. Ordered the gelaskin yesterday and will be receiving in few weeks time. Will post some screenshots here soon.

I really like the BlackExpresso Mod. It makes the phone interface looks so sleek
BTW LeeDroid bootanimation is ugly. The stock Nexus one bootanimation is a lot nicer.

Flashing 1.4c now.

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Added on July 22, 2010, 3:59 pmMind to tell what was your previous ROM?

This post has been edited by benleong2008: Jul 22 2010, 03:59 PM

I ordered directly from this website http://www.gelaskins.com/store/skins/phones/HTC_Desire. Buy 3 free 1 lol. Ordered 2 desire and 2 iphone wallpapers from there.
You can just select any skin you like and download directly from there.

I'm using blue willow gelaskin with geelong football club droid skin for shakethemall. Very nice but don't know how to take screenshot to share here.

It's like a sticker but it won't lose it stickiness even numerous times of sticking/removing.
You can search it youtube on how to apply it but most of the videos are showing gelaskin for iphones only.

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Added on July 22, 2010, 4:49 pmThe wallpapers can be downloaded for free. I downloaded all of them
I bought 4 skins (buy 3 free 1). About 51 USD including shipping fee.
Yea credit card.

This post has been edited by benleong2008: Jul 22 2010, 04:49 PM

I recommend this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732246. Just flashed it today.

This ROM has better battery life than any other froyo+sense available in XDA. If u search 'battery' in that thread, you can see all the positive reviews regarding the battery life.

I ran a test and this ROM has a higher quadrant score than LeeDroid ROM. I got 1280 on LeeDroid while 1382 on NeoPhyTe ROM!

@pluginbaby
The sense apps are still there. There are 2 galleries available, one HTC one 3D Nexus One gallery. HTC Mail widget is still there.

@menghua84
Did you have ex3 partition?
Normally I flash new ROM using this way:
1)Full Wipe
2)Partition SD (0 swap, 512ext, the rest fat32, upgrade ext2>ext3)
3)Nandroid backup
4)Put ROM in SD Card (USB-MS Toggle)
5)Flash ROM from zip

Weird, no idea what's causing that problem but mine is working fine.

Nop, I'm not using 1024ext3, only 512. I'm using AmonRA FakeFlash and you can partition 1024 using that. Or maybe you can try partitioning using the stock HTC recovery if you want.

After second day of using NeoPhyte ROM, the battery drain might still be there, it's still better than other froyo+sense I've tried though.

Yea I can't find a good GPS software too. Tried Papago x5 but the map is awful. Can hardly search for any address or even 'KLCC' lol. Maybe I don't know how to use it or it's just that lame. I miss using garmin on my HTC Diamond before this
Got to wait for garmin to release it for android.

Lol, the highest I could get was 1383.

This post has been edited by benleong2008: Jul 24 2010, 04:19 PM

Did you partition ext3 before flashing ROM correctly?

Download Quick System Info from the market and see if your a2sd is working correctly.

Looks good. Trying it now.