HTC Desire Hack – How to Install HTC Desire ROM on your Nexus One!
Step-by-Step video tutorial for installing HTC Desire ROM on your Nexus One:
HTC Desire is basically the same hardware as Nexus One but branded for HTC coming in about a week. But someone has hacked the Desire ROM into a Nexus One, allowing Nexus One users to see firsthand what HTC Desire looks like.
Well, I installed the HTC Desire on my Nexus One and I have to say it’s pretty nice.
Here’s how to install the HTC Desire on your Nexus One:
For those of you who haven’t unlocked your phone and rooted, you will need to follow the Step 1 thru Step 3f on my guide on how to install Cyanogen Mod on your Nexus One.
Once done with that, download the latest HTC Rom zip file here.
Then copy that zip file into the root folder of your Nexus One’s SD card.
Wipe your Nexus One’s current ROM following the Step 3g here.
Once wiped, select “Flash from SD card” in the System Recovery Menu and select the zip file as shown here:
After that, you can reboot your Nexus One and enjoy HTC Desire!
Boot-up screen of the HTC Desire ROM on my Nexus One:
This should take about 3 minutes for the first time and you should see:
HTC Desire menus:
Hurray!
You can always revert back to your factory Nexus One ROM or the Cyanogen Mod ROM if you have backed it up using Nandroid. You can see instructions on how to restore your Nexus One ROM here.
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April 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
After installing the HTC Desire ROM, will the Android WiFi tethering app still work?
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Yes, the WiFi tether app is installed in HTC Rom as default!
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April 11th, 2010 at 5:44 am
Hmm I have just installed the Desire ROM but when I tried to access miniclip.com, the flash doesnt seem to be working. It just showed me a white box. I’m using the R21 Desire ROM.
Much help appreciated.
Cheers
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April 11th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
I have a nexus one I rooted the phone and I downoaded all 3 version of the desire ROM from modaco I back up then wipe when Im in recovery. the i flash the sd card and I always get the verification error or (BAD) error. Can someone tell me what i am doing wrong. I am using OSX by the way.
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May 9th, 2010 at 5:32 am
@Andres Torres, I’m facing the same issue. I tried to run an integrity test on the zip file and this is what I got:
$ zip -T alpha-r21-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-a2sd-signed.zip
zip warning: expected 766 entries but found 743
zip error: Zip file structure invalid (alpha-r21-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-a2sd-signed.zip)
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May 10th, 2010 at 2:06 am
I would like to know if anyone is working on a fix for the Bluetooth issues with the HTC Desire rom ported over to the Nexus One. I have the r21 version installed and bt does not work and possibly someone can tell me if this is being worked on or not. This will affect which rom I stick with. Thanks very much.
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Nexus One Hacks Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Hi Karen, I have noticed that too, the r21 doesn’t even install on mine, I m still using r19 which is stable.
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May 23rd, 2010 at 5:04 am
would this work for the motorola droid?
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