S-OFF and Jellybean on the HTC Desire HD (Ace)

I acquired a secondhand HTC Desire HD, a nice phone (albeit a bit heavy). Comes with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Sense. I’m personally not much of a Sense fan, and I wanted to move to a newer Android release, so I looked around on how to achieve S-OFF.

In the end, it’s fairly easy, thanks to the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK now for short).

Requirements for the adventure:

• HTC Desire HD, stock
• Advanced Ace Hack Kit
• A recent radio: I use 12.68.60.29U_26.16.04.09
• JellyTime for DHD

First, read the “effen manual” that comes with the AAHK. Find the code, and once you’re in the menu, pick option 1 - “Hack Ace”.
Wait a bit.
See the phone reboot some.
Wait some more.
*poof* you’re now S-OFF!

The next thing I did was flash a new recovery (I’m a big fan of 4Ext Recovery), and after that downloaded the radio and the lastest version of JellyTime and the accompanying Google Apps and flashed those.

A reboot later: JellyBean on the HTC Desire HD!