Installing cyanogenmod on HTC Desire
To install inferno on android you need a rooted phone. Since the inferno guys use cyanogenmod I thought I’d load that up and go from there. In any case, I was running Frozen Yoghurt and not Ginger Bread so my phone was out on date anyway.
I found some overly complicated instructions on the cyanogenmod wiki that provided a starting point. The process is much simpler if you load up the zip files and then run Revolutionary to install and launch ClockworkMod. Of course all this voids the warranty. Here’s what I did:
- Downloaded the cyanogenmod image and the Google apps and place them at the root of the SD card.
- Ran Revolutionary to set S-OFF and install ClockworkMod. No need to note down your serial number first, Revolutionary tells it to you.
- Revolutionary left the phone in the bootloader, so I launched ClockworkMod recovery directly.
- Wiped the data and installed both zip files from the sd card
That was it, my phone is now running Cyanogenmod. First impressions are pretty good, it feels snappier despite all the useless animations (which can be disabled). There’s also a nice guide outlining all the features.
