The Official HTC Desire Thread

[Funkstar]

You could do with with the TyTn II and the Touch Diamond 2.... as well as probably every other HTC handset in between. This is an area HTC really need to improve.

[Singh400]

Click to make bigger as usual

[Bunjiweb]

Singh, 2 questions - what is the widget that is spelling out time / battery life, and what app are you using to take the screenshots?

Ben

[Singh400]

Singh, 2 questions - what is the widget that is spelling out time / battery life, and what app are you using to take the screenshots?

Ben

To take screenshots I'm using the official SDK from here, and just running ddms.bat to invoke the program to take screenshots.

The simple clock you see on my main home screen is Digital Clock Widget. The date/time and battery percentage spelt out in letters are BattStatt & Tajm.

[Stringent]

Works fine for me... when you say sucked do you mean the pic quality or the framerate? and which rom are you using?

If you remove the plastic lens cover, the picture quality improves significantly.

http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/...o-quality.html

Using the official HTC 2.2 (mines unbranded). Its frame rate. All the audio is there, but it stutters bad on the pictures when playing back through the phone.

[Rob_B]

Just removed the back cover to test pic quality, that's really bad isn't it!?
I look after my phone as well so its not my fault :-/

[SiM]

Using the official HTC 2.2 (mines unbranded). Its frame rate. All the audio is there, but it stutters bad on the pictures when playing back through the phone.

It could be your sd card is too slow to write video at the full framerate... what's the speed of your micro sd?

[Rob_B]

First thing: What apps (non rooted phone) are you guys using to test SD card speeds?



Second thing: I've got a few issues with my Desire:

- Internet stops working (wifi or mobile) ie You can't search google/bing but sometimes typing in addresses would work (but still no Google)
- Calls going straight to voicemail in good coverage areas.
- Optical trackpad not always working in emails/internet to move the cursor.
- Random movement/keyboard not working in the browser

So I contacted Voda via their eforums & got a call back.

I have agreed to wait for new stock of the Desire to come in & will get it replaced (plus I'm getting £50 account credit for the hassle) but I assume I'll now get an SLCD Desire with the Voda bloatware on it.
To be honest I'm not totally bothered by the bloatware, I never use the list of apps anyway so I'll never see them.

I am wondering about the screen though. Only Cnet Asia & Howardforums seem to have done any comparisons of SLCD vs AMOLED & the come out fairly equal. If AMOLED stock is tight but HTC say SLCD is better for power/other stuff then why would they still use AMOLED when it becomes available?

I hate AMOLED in sunlight, it's awful, SLCD will help with that, vertical viewing angles..? Who cares, I look at my phone from above so I don't see how that'd bother me.
Does anyone know if the SLCD will have a 'genuine' 480*800 res (unlike the AMOLED) & will this even make a difference?

Googling isn't giving me much (plus I'm in work so can't view any videos of anything)

Rob

[format]

Since that bloody voda 360 update my phone only like to tell me I've got a text sometimes. Bloody annoying.

[Mossy]

Since that bloody voda 360 update my phone only like to tell me I've got a text sometimes. Bloody annoying.

I got that annoyed i decided to root and put on the official 2.2 Froyo ROM fast now

[Agent]

Since that bloody voda 360 update my phone only like to tell me I've got a text sometimes. Bloody annoying.

Entire thing is a farce and as buggy as hell. Root it and install the default 2.2 mate.

[format]

Using the unrevoked tool to root

[Mossy]

Using the unrevoked tool to root

Good Good

I had issues with the Drivers but I just used this guide

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741824

Easy mate with this

[format]

Seems to be stuck on 'pushing recovery image' :/

[format]

Now trying it on my ubuntu netbook and it won't detect my phone.

Charge only
USB debugging enabled.

Says that it is waiting for device.

[Biscuit]

dun dun duuhhhhh