HTC Wildfire

[Jack!]

Basically, I want to root and put CM7 On it, but im wondering 2 points:

A) How the **** would I do it, I cant really find a full guide? Its running the latest 2.2, Can I root and use CM7 because of that?
B) Is there any point? i'm on contract and it wont run out till 2013, what happens if I break it, how do I revert back?


I'm fed up of the phone lagging and being slow
Probably nooby questions, I apologize, But 'not really sure with it

[Liam]

You should've got a Blackberry..

[Stephen]

You should've got a Blackberry..

that's dumb

[Jack!]

You should've got a Blackberry..

And you should **** my thread.

Any helpful reply's?

[Jack!]

Managed to get S-OFF on 2.2! Used AlphaREV Beta

Now i'm lost

[Recursion]

S-OFF is a major step and ensures future updates won't bork your root, well done considering you didn't know where to begin in the OP

Have you looked on XDA-Developers? http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=701 There's two guides and an information post stickied at the top

Also I would highly recommend CM7

[HotelUser]

You should've got a Blackberry..

An HTC Wildfire with Android is a lot better then any Blackberry presently out

[Jack!]

Found the CM7 Wiki, followed that, AlphaREV installed Clockwork Recovery, then had to wipe, and use the recovery to install the ZIP, then do Google apps. Was much easier then I first expected it to be!

Had a tiny issue with apps not installing, but a reboot seems to of sorted that for now my Wildfire is now 10000% better, I have overclocked the CPU by about 50mhz currently, going to see how it effects battery, is that a wise idea?

Seems I may like my 2 year contract now

Cheers for the help

[Shar]

You should've got a Blackberry..

:rolleyes:

Found the CM7 Wiki, followed that, AlphaREV installed Clockwork Recovery, then had to wipe, and use the recovery to install the ZIP, then do Google apps. Was much easier then I first expected it to be!

Had a tiny issue with apps not installing, but a reboot seems to of sorted that for now my Wildfire is now 10000% better, I have overclocked the CPU by about 50mhz currently, going to see how it effects battery, is that a wise idea?

Seems I may like my 2 year contract now

Cheers for the help

How long did it take you? I really want to root my wildfire but I'm too scared of doing something wrong.

[Recursion]

Found the CM7 Wiki, followed that, AlphaREV installed Clockwork Recovery, then had to wipe, and use the recovery to install the ZIP, then do Google apps. Was much easier then I first expected it to be!

Had a tiny issue with apps not installing, but a reboot seems to of sorted that for now my Wildfire is now 10000% better, I have overclocked the CPU by about 50mhz currently, going to see how it effects battery, is that a wise idea?

Seems I may like my 2 year contract now

Cheers for the help

CPU overclocking should be fine, CM7 won't let you do anything dangerous unless you go out of your way to do it, just watch the battery life as you say. You might also want to look into Apps2SD+ (or Apps2SD Legacy) which will move entire apps onto a partition on your SD Card rather than bits of them, that way you can install 100s of apps


@ Shar, if something goes wrong you can always roll back unless it's a radio update. Rooting (once you've got the guides) should only take 10 - 15 mins. Also your phone will be noticeably faster without HTC Sense.