Get root access. Many / as will have heard this phrase said countless times when it comes to the world of Android and you start to do some research on how to modify the terminal. With the obtaining of root access, we have permissions within the system that allow us to access files and parts of the operating system itself that if this permission we would not have.
To change the rom to a phone and put another one compatible with it but that is not the original one, it is necessary to have root permissions in the terminal. At first it was quite an odyssey but more and more applications or methods are being achieved that do it in a simple and almost transparent way for the end user. One of the last to appear is unrevoked, an application that allows get root access in several terminals of the Htc brand, including the HTC Desire, with a single mouse click. It goes without saying that any such modification to your phone causes you to lose its warranty.
The official page is this, from it and once you have chosen the type of terminal in which you want get root access You download an application available for Windows, Mac or Linux through which and in a simple procedure you obtain the necessary permissions.
Is it valid for the Hero of Orange?
Does it work with a vodafone Desire released by imei?
«... To be able to change the rom to a phone and put another one compatible with it but not the original one, it is necessary to have root permissions on the terminal ...»
To change the firmware to the terminal it is not necessary to have access to "root", with loading or setting a modified recovery and flashing the corresponding .zip file is sufficient. The "root" permission is only valid within the operating system (firmware) of the device, when you are accessing it through recovery (by fastboot for example) you are above the system and its permission structure.
You're absolutely right, sorry.
and for htc magic for when I want to change the rom and I am not capable