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Froyo 2.2 & HTC Legend

Hi,
Please forgive me as I have been searching everywhere online and on the forum for my answer.
I have a HTC Legend (Virgin) that is unlocked - Running on Rogers.
1st Question: Is this phone Rootable? I have heard yes and I have heard no, based on the firmware that it is presently running.
2nd Question: Is it possible if the phone is rooted to flash a Basic 2.2 Android Rom (I personally don't use HTC Sense)
The reason I am asking as HTC Announced that 2.2 Will not be updated until Christmas time.
And Before anyone says I should have bought the NEXUS One - The reason - THE SIZE
That phone is huge, I previously had an Xperia X10, which was TOO Big and I quite like the build quality of the Legend.
Thanks for all your Help! I Greatly Appreciate it!

Yes the phone is rootable, but you're right it depends on what version you currently have installed. Check out the android development section to figure out what you can and can't do.
Froyo at christmas is incorrect.
Htc has said all current devices will have froyo before christmas. However speculation says the legend itself should most likely have it in or around august.
Next, if you manage to root your phone you can talk a look in the android development section(again) for the legend and you will find 1 or 2 froyo roms have been ported semi successfully. They work and run but have a few minor problems.
One is the cyogen mod 6 (I probably spelled it wrong)thread.
You cannot flash a stock version of froyo to the legend, you will have to use one of these roms.
Hope I could help. I'm looking at getting the virgin mobile legend myself soon. are you happy so far?

Thanks
Thanks for your info! I was just feeling a little overwhelmed with all the info as I am not really up with all the lingo.
To answer your question about the Legend, I love it! The build quality is Superior, it just fits in your hand so nicely, and looks good there as well.
I have had MANY cell phones in the last 5 years (Well over 40...) and this is one that I know I will keep for a long time... More so than the iPhone.
Cheers.
Kris

kpms said:
Hi,
I have a HTC Legend (Virgin) that is unlocked - Running on Rogers.
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How did you unlock it?
Have you debranded it?
Did you succeed with installing 2.2?
Thanks!

kpms said:
Hi,
Please forgive me as I have been searching everywhere online and on the forum for my answer.
I have a HTC Legend (Virgin) that is unlocked - Running on Rogers.
1st Question: Is this phone Rootable? I have heard yes and I have heard no, based on the firmware that it is presently running.
2nd Question: Is it possible if the phone is rooted to flash a Basic 2.2 Android Rom (I personally don't use HTC Sense)
The reason I am asking as HTC Announced that 2.2 Will not be updated until Christmas time.
And Before anyone says I should have bought the NEXUS One - The reason - THE SIZE
That phone is huge, I previously had an Xperia X10, which was TOO Big and I quite like the build quality of the Legend.
Thanks for all your Help! I Greatly Appreciate it!
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this is what i wanna know because i am in the same position as you anf my root failed.

RomNoR said:
How did you unlock it?
Have you debranded it?
Did you succeed with installing 2.2?
Thanks!
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Hey,
To be honest I took it to an Unlocking place in Vancouver, It took them aprox 20 min to complete, It still has a few Apps for Virgin/Bell on the phone however no where does it have the Virgin Logo Etc. I use the Rogers APN Settings rogers-core-appl1.apn and it works flawless with 3G
I have not been able to get 2.2 onto this phone at this point, I may just wait until it's pushed out by HTC.

This sounds GR8!
I'm waiting for my Legend to arrive any day, now...
I have a HTC Legend (Virgin) that is unlocked - Running on Rogers.
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Do You know what they did to the phone? To unlock it i mean....
I ordered Wildfire but changed my mind and changed the order to Legend...
A good choice i think...
Been using my KAISER for a looong time now and it's time for a retirement, i think
Just installed Donut Android on my KAISER but it soaks battery so i think i have to revert to WM 6.5 again....
I think i'll use it as a backup phone for some time
Does anyone know if tom tom works on Legend?

The unlock was done through the store so not quite sure on how it was completed. I have seen many websites that offer the unlock.
In regards to TomTom try the Google navigation. It's amazing. Works great and integrates with your contacts and the mapping program quite well. I find the voice to be quite rough. Hopefully they'll allow changes to that after its out is Beta.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

kpms said:
The unlock was done through the store so not quite sure on how it was completed. I have seen many websites that offer the unlock.
In regards to TomTom try the Google navigation. It's amazing. Works great and integrates with your contacts and the mapping program quite well. I find the voice to be quite rough. Hopefully they'll allow changes to that after its out is Beta.
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Doesn't Google Navi go online to get positions?
Could be costly, wouldn't it
I'll try it out though
Tom Tom has the maps in map folder so no online search and so on....
regarding the unlock thingy i guess someone figures it out so we can do it ourselves
Maybe somewhat like the KAISER unlock i guess...

rolfro65 said:
This sounds GR8!
I'm waiting for my Legend to arrive any day, now...
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Where did you buy it?

I bought my legend at Virgin (349 CAD) and am running Rogers as well, to unlock it you need to purchased the unlock code from HTC by providing the phones S/N. Their are lots of places online that will provide the codes for $10-20, I haven't been able to find a free source.
Currently their is no software unlock for this phone.

RomNoR said:
Where did you buy it?
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I bought mine @ three(3)online Swedish site. I first ordered Wildfire but changed the order to Legend..... I'm happy like a baby
I'm confident someone figures out how to unlock it quite soon. It's not branded so i'm searching for a way too unlock it right now... Any ideas, anyone?
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

Heard the n1 has already got froyo..i hope it wont be long for the legend & desire

I have the Virgin Mobile (Canada) HTC Legend and can confirm I was able to successfully unlock it for usage on Fido/Rogers. After this I upgraded the rom using a gold card to a stock HTC rom to remove the Bell/Virgin crapware.
After this I found the downgrade path to 1.31 which has successfully allowed me to have the phone rooted. Now I just need to wait for a good rom to be made with sense. So far all the roms I have tried do have their own issues like, camera problems, pinch zoom functionality...

I cant w8
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jackblaq said:
I have the Virgin Mobile (Canada) HTC Legend and can confirm I was able to successfully unlock it for usage on Fido/Rogers. After this I upgraded the rom using a gold card to a stock HTC rom to remove the Bell/Virgin crapware.
After this I found the downgrade path to 1.31 which has successfully allowed me to have the phone rooted. Now I just need to wait for a good rom to be made with sense. So far all the roms I have tried do have their own issues like, camera problems, pinch zoom functionality...
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Sounds good, Im going to grab myself one from Virgin soon, except they are all sold out in canada now i currently have a European version, run around edge only but i love it. By the way, where did you find the stock HTC rom?

New software update

Just got a text from Tmobile about a new software update for my HD2. Has anyone gotten it? I have a custom Rom ,hspl 3 so I have to do some research before attempting the upgrade.
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yea im gonna download it..i got stock hd2 soo wait liek 1 hour

Yeah i got the message too. I'm pretty sure this is just a WM 6.5 update but i really kind of want it to be WM 7. I shouldn't get my hopes up though. Anybody who has updated care to comment on the rom?

It's not wm7. I think its similar to the software update European HD2s got. Hopefully this update fixes the crappy keyboard touch responsiveness.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

im doing the update right now...70%

btw go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8699630&page=3

Canadian Vibrant/Fascinate gets Froyo.

http://pages.samsung.com/ca/froyo/English/
Maybe we'll get ours before 2011 after all.

Gigamaster89 said:
http://pages.samsung.com/ca/froyo/English/
Maybe we'll get ours before 2011 after all.
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ROFLMFAO You made a funny!

Gigamaster89 said:
http://pages.samsung.com/ca/froyo/English/
Maybe we'll get ours before 2011 after all.
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before Saturday? don't think so

nomadrider123 said:
before Saturday? don't think so
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Who knows....
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Samsung...
I'M WAITING

I already got mine, lol. Don't think I'll be updating either, unless it is going to give me some col new thing that I want and can't obtain through XDA.
-Adam
Sent from my Rooted Vibrant with the Nero V3 ROM (Froyo 2.2), Swipe & the VooDoo Lag-Fix

My sister just got the vibrant from VMC a few days ago it came with 2.2 from the first boot.
Came to the vibrant forum because the back key sometimes doesn't work. It doesn't illuminate or work at all at times. Some cases it stays off for 25 seconds or so. Highly annoying.
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ok, i'm starting to believe this update has to do with the everything against the USA. No love, no help. I mean every country is getting this stupid update but the US market. im sure place like botswana, africa got that **** already.
Samsung, **** you!

Did you guys go to the link? The second option there says:
Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate 3G+ SGH-T959.
Now, isn't our T-Mobile Vibrant model number exactly SGH-T959? Isn't the "T" in "T959" meant for T-mobile branded phones only? Someone please shed some light on this matter. Ha.

FourForty said:
My sister just got the vibrant from VMC a few days ago it came with 2.2 from the first boot.
Came to the vibrant forum because the back key sometimes doesn't work. It doesn't illuminate or work at all at times. Some cases it stays off for 25 seconds or so. Highly annoying.
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my phone started having the same issue a few days ago ,i tried jl5 but heptic feedback still doesnt work right so i flashed back to j16 via mini kies.. after the kies flashing the back key would vibrate and still worked but the light didnt work at times or sometimes it wouldnt vibrate at all and just wouldnt work... i fixed it by reflashing again via mini kies, i think i had a bad flash hence the issue..
maybe i should get a replacement now to get the official 2.2? .. no ill just wait..

was just about to order the vibrant through T-mobile and seeing as how some people are getting Froyo already installed on their devices do you think it would be safe to wait until a US release is confirmed? or would updating when it is released be a better option?

Best radio for telus hero

I was wondering what the best radio for a telus hero gsm phine. My gf is using my hero now and it doesnt allow her to call certan numbers and always gets a weird txt saying new voicemail
Any help would be appreciated. She is running the newest chocolate rim 2.2 I think
Thanks alot
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vanclot said:
I was wondering what the best radio for a telus hero gsm phine. My gf is using my hero now and it doesnt allow her to call certan numbers and always gets a weird txt saying new voicemail
Any help would be appreciated. She is running the newest chocolate rim 2.2 I think
Thanks alot
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I've been using 63.18.55.06SU_6.35.17.03 for quite a while and it works the best for me. Keep in mind I am in the Vancouver, BC area.
Link to GSM Hero radios: http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?307-Gsm-Hero-Radio-Roms-Download-Links

I'm not with telus. I went back to 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26. The newer ones gave some problems. Sometimes bluetooth was not able to switch on. Only a reboot helps.

vanclot said:
I was wondering what the best radio for a telus hero gsm phine. My gf is using my hero now and it doesnt allow her to call certan numbers and always gets a weird txt saying new voicemail
Any help would be appreciated. She is running the newest chocolate rim 2.2 I think
Thanks alot
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It would probably be helpful if you told us what radio you are currently on. I'm still using 63.18.55.06SU_6.35.17.03 as well and it's been pretty good. Occasionally I cant get a signal but its usually pretty good.

Thanks everyone. Updated radio everything seems better now
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UPDATE: Seems like the problem is still their. Thought it was gone but loose signal drops calls and voice fades in and out. i am running the latest radio. Does any one have a nandroid backup of the stock telus rom etc. Maybee its a hardware issue
thanks

update above

I'm in Vancouver and been using 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 for a while now and everything seems to work fine ( I am not using bluetooth though). You might want to give it a try or/and maybe change the ROM. I remember reading somewhere on the VillainRom.co.uk forums that Telus Hero users with a Froyo ROM should use 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26 but that was months ago when early versions of FroydVillain were released so I don't know.
I shuould note, GPS tends to be kind of slower than I`d like. Been thinking about updating to the latest but I wonder if it really changes anything.

UK official update!!!!

Finally us Brits are getting some official gingerbread yummyness. Although will be tough to change from CM7.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gingerbread-to-Hit-Motorola-ATRIX-in-the-UK-in-November-228480.shtml
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Happy days! !
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ICS just around the corner and GB is STILL not out!

Hopefully it will come with a new radio which can sort out my random battery drain problems.
Despite trying various radios, my battery seems to lose 3%+ per hour when sleeping so with very light use, a charge only lasts a little over 24 hours. I can only assume the problem is the radio as running Watchdog doesn't indicate that there are any rogue apps. I've tried recalibrating the battery to no end either.
As a matter of interest, which radio are other UK users trying at present? I'm currently on 1.77.30.

coolnow said:
ICS just around the corner and GB is STILL not out!
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Exactly, ICS will be out for AT&T before we even get GB here in the UK. I reckon it could be a while yet as our respective service providers have to add all of their bloatware to it.
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I haven't got a branded atrix so that shouldn't be a problem for me. But I don't know what I'm doing yet. Because if I restore my stock atrix I could potentially lose root and my unlocked bootloader. Meh the decision .....android is a God damn disease.....must have the new update!!!!! Lol
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To be fair Orange dosent appear to have overly bloated it (for a change) Orange Wednesday and an account checker, however seeing as that is available on the market I cant see why it would be an issue, the only other thing I can see is the addition of AP's etc, but again that should all be automatic anyways.......
Orange always claim they need to test it with their network etc but I recon 2 or 3 weeks after it's released we ought to get it *he hopes*

i find it puzzling that the milestone 2 which is older than the atrix is getting the gb update at the same time. Great news for both of our communities. But time and time again...what the hell are Motorola doing with all there time???? lol

I put a question to Motorola via the facebooks, and they said the update will come out at the same time for orange / t-mobile branded phones as it does for unbranded phones.
Of course given the delays to date I suspect the mid-November date will slip, but we shall see

I've got a Tmobile UK Atrix which I've rooted , unlocked the bootloader etc....
Is it possible to get this phone back to a state where it can be upgraded or will I need to wait until somebody does their magic and creates a CWM image to flash?
I'm really unsure how this works as I've seen many warnings about NOT reverting to Froyo if running GB.
Has anyone tried this?

I'll believe it when see it -Moto talk a lot a Kak.
Roll on the Nexus & I can dump the Atrix

SamHanlon said:
I've got a Tmobile UK Atrix which I've rooted , unlocked the bootloader etc....
Is it possible to get this phone back to a state where it can be upgraded or will I need to wait until somebody does their magic and creates a CWM image to flash?
I'm really unsure how this works as I've seen many warnings about NOT reverting to Froyo if running GB.
Has anyone tried this?
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If it's a gingerbread rom flashed through recovery you should be fine. Its just the SBF file to be wary of. If you've flashed a gingerbread SBF don't flash a froyo SBF. or you will get a hard brick.
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Sexywacko said:
I haven't got a branded atrix so that shouldn't be a problem for me. But I don't know what I'm doing yet. Because if I restore my stock atrix I could potentially lose root and my unlocked bootloader. Meh the decision .....android is a God damn disease.....must have the new update!!!!! Lol
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For sure you will loose Root access but you can get it again under Gingerbread.
Regarding the Bootloader I believe that it's a little bit different and I guess when you have unlocked it you can't go back!
If someone more confident can confirm?

Yann_H said:
For sure you will loose Root access but you can get it again under Gingerbread.
Regarding the Bootloader I believe that it's a little bit different and I guess when you have unlocked it you can't go back!
If someone more confident can confirm?
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Yeah probably. But it's not a huge issue rooting and about the bootloader. I wouldnt of thought it would touch it. But knowing Motorola they will screw us over. Lol
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FYI:
Retail update has been released today in the UK, and (if Motorola are to be believed) T-Mobile UK and Orange UK updates will be released within a week.
OTA servers are apparently running behind but updates can be updated using Motorola's Software Update software.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/512793#512793

with luck Orange will have a working copy of "Your Orange" this time too....bloody thing tells me to update then I get "Package not signed" and their CS department are hopeless
Next week is better late than never I suppose

Orange UK update released via Motorola Software Update tool (v45.31.0)
I'm updating now..

Thanks for the heads up - I've just updated my sons Atrix & all went OK.
Seems to run fine on GB 2.3.4 although only tried for an hour or so as it's gone back in the box ready for Xmas

After all of this I have decided to sell my atrix....even bought a play and work kit. But its just not doing it for me. Lol
I appreciate everything all the developers do. But the forums just seem so quiet, even compared to my old desire, that forum is s**t hot still. LOL. It is a shame though as this phone had some amazing potential.
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Sexywacko said:
After all of this I have decided to sell my atrix....even bought a play and work kit. But its just not doing it for me. Lol
I appreciate everything all the developers do. But the forums just seem so quiet, even compared to my old desire, that forum is s**t hot still. LOL. It is a shame though as this phone had some amazing potential.
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I know how you feel. The Atrix forum, I felt, was never the most helpful of places. When I had my htc DHD, that forum was much more helpful.
Anyhow onwards & upwards - My Nexus came the other day so my Atrix is gather dust, probably chuck it in the bin shortly.