Installing a custom rom
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Revision as of 19:20, 15 September 2012
Because everyone seems to be so angry, I've decided to take some notes as I figure my way through the process.
I have a generic (unbranded) HTC Desire HD, and I want to put the Blackout ICS ROM on it.
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Glossary
| RRU | ROM Upgrade Utility |
Info
Get into the Bootloader
Press and hold Vol Down & Power while rebooting / powering up.
Step 1 - Unlock the bootloader
Unlock your phone's bootloader. To achieve this, head over to htcdev.com. They have really good step-by-step instructions, and it was a breeze.
Step 2 - Get a Goldcard
The mystical term 'goldcard' refers to an SD card, whose MBR contains a magic value. To achieve this, you will need to download and install "GoldCard Helper" (I got it from the market), and put the 'mmc2 reverse CID' into this webpage: http://psas.revskills.de/goldcard
This site gives you a 'goldcard.img', which you should put into your MBR.
dd if=goldcard.img of=${SD_CARD}
Step 3 - Get Root
Step 4 - Get a Custom Recovery
By 'a custom recovery', I presume that people are meaning to say 'a custom recovery tool', which AFAIK is part of (or executed by) the bootloader.
