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HTC Desire HD from Froyo to Gingerbread

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Posted on 15-04-2011 | By: admin

Category : Android, DIY, General, HTC

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I’ve been meaning to root and flash my HTC Desire HD for a while now and today I finally took the bull by the horns and attempted the procedure.

I’m not sure if it was just me or if the process was actually as difficult as I made it. After approximately 5 hours of tinkering I eventually rooted the phone and installed a custom ROM called Cyanogenmod 7.0.

First impressions are positive. The phone seems more responsive and I seem to be making less typing errors which makes me think that the keyboard functionality has been upgraded.

Here’s some images of my phone now. I must admit it was worth the effort in the end.

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CP said on 16-04-2011

(Long) video showing some features of this mod here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DwVoy2iKqg&feature=player_embedded

Looks very smooth alright

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