Pre Upgrade Instructions:
- So, first up before proceeding to update, you need to ensure that you have synced all your contacts with your Google Account, all sms, applications, videos and music files which are there in your phone should be taken a backup or else the data will be lost. Anything which is in SD card will not be lost, so you can alternatively move to SD Card.
- Next up remove the SIM card as well as the external SD cards if any in your phone, just to make sure that in an unlikely event the data in it doesn’t get corrupted,
- Additionally, ensure that your phone has at least more than 50% of battery power left, this is just an advisory which if followed then you will not experience any difficulties as while updating of the device the battery consumption is at a maximum,
- Just in case if at all at any point of time the phone hangs or stops responding then all you need to do is to just pull off the battery and retry the whole procedure starting from the scratch so that the update is applied correctly.
- Ensure that the screen unlock pattern is completely disabled and also you will have to ensure that all the applications in your computer are closed completely.
- Apart from the above instructions, you will also have to note that the HTC Sync has been installed on your PC. The HTC Sync can be found on the micro SD Card which is shipped with your phone itself. Ensure that the USB cable is connected with the phone and the computer.
- Ensure that your computer / laptop which runs on a XP, Vista or Windows 7 OS the firewall and other antivirus programs are disabled and also you should have admin privileges to download and install the software including the drivers and also along with this you will be requiring the USB port on your computer which supports USB 2.0.
Procedure to install Gingerbread 2.3 in HTC Desire:
- Before you proceed, you will have to first up download the Desire Gingerbread 2.3 Package in your computer and then you will have to unzip the same. Ensure that after downloading the zip file you are placing the same on the desktop so that it will be easier to find the zip file.
- Once the Zip file is downloaded, you will have to extract it. To extract, right click on the downloaded zip file and choose the option of “Extract Files”, as soon as you do that you will be asked to choose the path where you wish to store. If you are not sure then you can see the path mentioned in the below screen shot so that accordingly you can extract the same on desktop.
