The Official HTC Desire Thread

[AndyCr15]

I used http://www.htccode.com/

Please don't use this guy... he's bordering on being a scammer. Take a look -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673134

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721540

Yes, I'm sure many people have been fine, but many have also been scammed Do you want to risk being one of them?

I can recommend these guys though -

htcsimunlock.com/htc-desire-unlock.html

[SiM]

I would also check for unlock codes on ebay. I purchased a blackberry one from a guy with very high feedback for 99p

[Singh400]

Please don't use this guy... he's bordering on being a scammer. Take a look -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673134

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721540

Yes, I'm sure many people have been fine, but many have also been scammed Do you want to risk being one of them?

I can recommend these guys though -

htcsimunlock.com/htc-desire-unlock.html

Hmmm, he was fine for me.

[AndyCr15]

If he treats half of his customers fine, or should I say, half have no problems so no need for his help, that's quite a lot of people the same as you, that think the service is okay. I'm just saying, if it was me, I wouldn't want to take that kind of risk and would be grateful of someone pointing out how bad many of his customers got it.

Paul over at Modaco even removed his link from the forums (he was stickied across all forums) when he found out how bad this guy is.

[Singh400]

Finally started to properly customize my Desire. Still a work in progress...



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[MarkTheNoob]

ordered my desire on upgrade 3 weeks ago.. still on back order.. ragin!

[Singh400]

Just benchmarked my Desire out of interest...

[Biscuit]

wow double performance. I took it wiht a pinch of salt when they where claiming it but it seems to actually be the case?

[AndyCr15]

There have been benchmarks shown all over the web of how much faster FroYo is, you only believe it now? If you run Linpack (which I think is more specifically testing the CPU speed) it comes up 5 to 6 times faster than 2.1

[Singh400]

wow double performance. I took it wiht a pinch of salt when they where claiming it but it seems to actually be the case?

Just did it again and scored 1300

[Rob_B]

It's good to see performance increases for free but again though I don't see any real world 'double performance' examples (to be fair I've not looked that hard)
Do games play 'faster' ?
Does the browser render 'faster' ?

They're not exactly slow devices anyway so the difference might not be huge and although I'm certainly going to upgrade I don't seem to see why there is such a buzz about 2.2? Am I missing some killer new feature or some review where the whole user experience is said to be so much better than 2.1?

[AndyCr15]

Do games play 'faster' ?
Does the browser render 'faster' ?

Yes and yes. It is faster. Why are people struggling with this concept?

[Singh400]

It's good to see performance increases for free but again though I don't see any real world 'double performance' examples (to be fair I've not looked that hard).

I have seen some "real-world" difference. Menus load alot quicker, best example I can give is the Applications menu in Settings. Used to hang on 2.1, it is instant on 2.2.

Do games play 'faster'?

Most of the games I aren't hardware intensive anyway, hard for me to comment tbh.

Does the browser render 'faster'?

Haven't noticed it.

They're not exactly slow devices anyway so the difference might not be huge and although I'm certainly going to upgrade I don't seem to see why there is such a buzz about 2.2? Am I missing some killer new feature or some review where the whole user experience is said to be so much better than 2.1?

You can find the platform highlights of 2.2 here.

[Rob_B]

Not struggling, just can't believe it is "2x, 4x, 20x faster" - ok maybe not 'believe' but I'm not sure what real world usage benefits it'll bring. Benchmarks often compare poorly to what users actually get (in all areas of tech)

My browser opens instantly anyway, rendering is pretty damn fast, I doubt I could tell if it was Xtimes as fast as my brain wouldn't tell the difference between say 5ms & 10ms :/

I prepare to be amazed...

[Singh400]

Not struggling, just can't believe it is "2x, 4x, 20x faster" - ok maybe not 'believe' but I'm not sure what real world usage benefits it'll bring. Benchmarks often compare poorly to what users actually get (in all areas of tech)

My browser opens instantly anyway, rendering is pretty damn fast, I doubt I could tell if it was Xtimes as fast as my brain wouldn't tell the difference between say 5ms & 10ms :/

I prepare to be amazed...

The much talked about number of 450% increase refers mostly the Android JIT thingy.

[AndyCr15]

Yeah, of course you're right. Even if the CPU can process things 5 times faster due to the new JIT compiler it uses, your not going to notice it a great deal in real world. On my SGS it does take a couple of seconds for some apps to open, with 2.2 on my N1, they open instantly.