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2 Simple Ways for HTC Desire Update to Android 2.2

By ruby on Sep 3, 2010 |Technology

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Recently, HTC began to provide offering HTC Desire (G7) system upgrade of the Android 2.2 version. HTC Desire as the masters of HTC's models, the latest system upgrade is a matter of course. Here we introduce how to upgrade HTC Desire to Android 2.2 in simle ways.



Upgrade Preparation

1. There is WiFi Internet environment. Because download ROM with 3G willspend huge flow;

2. Battery is in 30% or more;

3. ROM hasat least 25MB free space;

4. You'd better back up phone data such as contacts, messages and so on.



Two upgrade methods

1, OTA air upgrade introduces (recommended primary users)

OTA = Over The Air, usually refers to the wireless downloads.

The method using the OTA is simple. Click on Settings, select the "About phone", then the first column appeared "System Software Upgrade". if the phone has not update, it will prompt there is useful system updatel. Then select the appropriate download method.

The system will download system within a few minutes and then select the "Install Now" and wait a few minutes. Then the phone restarts. There has a reading process when first time into the system.

2. Advanced upgrade (suggested users with hands-on ability)

However, if you like hands-on, then, you can choose more third-party ROM update. About the third party ROM. You can try if you like pursue innovative. ROM has different characteristics. Some are even more gorgeous than the official. Or get benefits of Root.
The third-party ROM upgrade of HTC Desire, compared to other HTC phones is more difficult. The main include three steps: "Make Gold," "Get Root" and "Brush". Here we introduce two terms

Make Gold : HTC usually provides a regional mobile phones only can update with the region's Brush package. And Gold's aim is to bypass the restriction.

Get Root privileges : We can undertand Root privileges as administrator privileges under the windows system. Root is the super administrator user account in android system which has a paramount right of whole system. And it can operate all the objects.

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