HTC Desire Rooted

I had heard mixed reports of HTC Desire rooting (cynaogen), but I took the plunge (thanks Dean) with Oxegen - an Open source minimal android (gingerbread) 2.3.4. It works very well, minimal, fast and bug-free. 2.3.4 seems pretty nice on battery usage as well which is nice.

Also you get more memory to play with cos the HTC sense stuff (pretty but bloaty) isn't there.

Steps to install.

1. Root: http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/. 
1. Top-tip when they say turn on USB debugging and connect your phone via USB, ensure you have disk sharing enabled.
2. Copy the above oxegen zip to your SD Card 
3. Put your phone into recovery mode, wipe and then load the above zip.
4. Switch on, configure and start installing your favourite apps - note you'll need to install Maps and YouTube. Since Google won't allow these to be distro'd.