HTC Desire Z User Manual

How To: Install Custom ROM Requirements: * Rooted * Custom Recovery Preparation: * Nandroid + Backup Data Backup>> see How To: Create Backups. * Download the ROM from XDA-Developers, follow the requirements of ROM. * Download the radio (if needed, according to requirement ROM). * Prepare sdcard in accordance with the required partition when using app2sd + data2sd ato. Installing: 1. desire to connect the PC in disk drive mode. 2. Copy ROM file (. Zip) and radio (if needed) to the SD card. 3. Unmount / Eject / Safely remove desire from your PC, and change modes on the desire to charge only. 4. Reboot into recovery, it could use one of the following ways: * When using adb, adb shell type the command reboot recovery at the command prompt / terminal. * If you have the desire ROM Manager, select the option \"reboot into recovery\" * Hold the power button, if there are options to reboot / reboot into recovery then use that option. if no, turn off the desire -> hold down the power button + volume down to boot into hboot -> wait a minute and then press the volume down to lower the cursor / highlight to the option \"recovery\" and then press the power button to select. 5. Wipe (if needed, according to requirements that will be installed ROM) 6. Radio Install (if necessary, appropriate requirements that will be installed ROM) Select the \"flash / install the zip from sdcard\", then select the radio zip file, follow the next command. 7. Install ROM Select the \"flash / install the zip from sdcard\", then select the ROM zip file. 8. Rebooting ... done How To: Setup ADB on Windows ADB setting of the Android SDK on Windows: 1. Download the Android SDK and store in a specific folder (eg in the folder C: \\ AndroidSDK) 2. Right-click My Computer-> Properties-> Advanced, then select Environment Variables at the bottom 3. Add in the System Variables ... looking for the name of the Variable \"Path\" 4. Then add the path of the previous folder and add the Tools folder behind such \"; C: \\ AndroidSDK \\ Tools\" 5. Completed and ready for use ... so later in the cmd command adb will read ADB than ADB.zip settings in windows 1. Download ADB.zip and extract to a specific folder (eg in the folder C: \\ ADB) 2. Right-click My Computer-> Properties-> Advanced, then select Environment Variables at the bottom 3. Add in the System Variables ... looking for the name of the Variable \"Path\" 4. Then add the path of the previous folder and add the Tools folder behind such \"; C: \\ ADB\" 5. Completed and ready for use ... so later in the cmd command adb will read for sdk_r10-for-android windows (I use version. zip), adb.exe files no longer exist in the tools folder, but moved to the folder-platform tools. If in the sdk folder you do not have those folders then steps must be carried out as follows: 1. Run the SDK Manager in your sdk folder. 2. Dialog box will appear \"refreshing recources\" etc., then a dialog box \"choose package to install\" - select cancel 3. Go to settings, tick the option \"Force https:// ... sources to be Fetched using http:// ...\" 4. Go to the Available Packages 5. Tick ​​the option \"Android Platform SDK-tools, revision 3\" - click install selected 6. Select Accept, then install 7. Wait until finished 8. For additional PATH, add the folder path and folder tools-tools platform 9. eg: \"; C: \\ android-sdk-windows \\ tools; C: \\ android-sdk-windows \\ platform-tools\" (without quotation marks) 10. Enjoy ADB