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HTC Desire (htc-bravo)

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Warning WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) pmaports#599 has been considering dropping it.
Note This device is still running on armhf, although the processor supports armv7. If you own it, change it and test it that way.
HTC Desire
HTC Desire running the Weston demo
HTC Desire running the Weston demo
Manufacturer HTC
Name Desire
Codename htc-bravo
Released 2010
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 (QSD8250)
CPU 1.0 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 200
Display 480x800 AMOLED
Storage 512 MB
Memory 576 MB
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Android (HTC Sense)
Original version 2.1 (Linux 2.6.29)
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
postmarketOS kernel 3.0.16 (spezi77)
Features
Flashing
Partial
USB Networking
Works
Internal storage
No data
SD card
No data
Battery
No data
Screen
Works
Touchscreen
Works
Multimedia
3D Acceleration
No data
Audio
No data
Camera
No data
Camera Flash
No data
Connectivity
WiFi
No data
Bluetooth
No data
GPS
No data
NFC
No data
Modem
Calls
No data
SMS
No data
Mobile data
No data
Miscellaneous
FDE
Works
USB OTG
No data
HDMI/DP
No data
Sensors
Accelerometer
No data
Magnetometer
No data
Ambient Light
No data
Proximity
No data
Hall Effect
No data
Haptics
No data
Barometer
No data

Contributors

Users owning this device


Entering "HBOOT mode"

Hold the Volume Down-Button, and then press the Power-Button.

Installation

Note Flashing the partitions does not work yet (except for the kernel), so you will need an SD card.
  • Unlock (s-off) the bootloader if it hasn't been unlocked before (Unlock the Bootloader of HTC Devices)
  • Install everything using an SD card pmbootstrap install --sdcard=/dev/sd?
  • Insert the SD-Card on the device
  • Boot the device in HBOOT mode and select fastboot (Make sure it says "FASTBOOT USB", not "HBOOT USB PLUG")
  • Flash kernel using pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel
  • Reboot

Additional information

Device partitions

dev:  size      erasesize  name
mtd0: 000a0000  00020000   "misc"
mtd1: 00480000  00020000   "recovery"
mtd2: 00300000  00020000   "boot"
mtd3: 0fa00000  00020000   "system"
mtd4: 02800000  00020000   "cache"
mtd5: 093a0000  00020000   "userdata"

These MTD partitions only work with YAFFS, which we don't handle properly yet. See also: Partition-layout#Future_ideas

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