The Official HTC Desire Thread

[MD]

Mine has started restarting again over the last few days. This time though I suspect it is related to the broken volume down button. It restarts in to the recovery menu (Hboot - Clear Data etc.) and I cant choose any of the volume buttons unless I repeatedly press volume down. Eventually the menu selection starts moving up and down. I then have to take the battery out of the phone, leave it for approx 30 secs, put it back in, then start up. After this, as long as it doesn't crash or run out of battery it is ok, but having had a new motherboard in it (supposedly) It shouldn't be restarting at all IMHO...

As soon as I get back from Holiday I will be on the phone to HTC and I am actually going to try and get a new (or refurbed as new) handset instead, because before I sent it off to HTC, although it was crashing and restarting whenever I used 3G (not now), the volume down fault is equally annoying and didn't happen before!

Ben

Ive finally had enough, it reboots as soon as load a website or the navigation - its got tot he point where its no longer smart, just stupid.

gets collected tomorrow and if it doesnt come back as pristine as i have sent it (its got from the box to a case the minute it was opened) then I'll be kicking off...

its been a right pita to get sorted to be honest...

[Jay]

MY Desire HD arrived today, not had a chance to play with it yet and my screen protector etc hasn't arrived yet either.

[Agent]

I don't know if I should upgrade to the HD or wait for the S?

edit - ah dam, never noticed it doesnt have a trackpad Got so used to it now. And I really like the buttons on the Desire...

[Raz316]

Running LeeDroid now. Ahhh sweet sense ui, I missed you so

[Stringent]

I don't know if I should upgrade to the HD or wait for the S?

edit - ah dam, never noticed it doesnt have a trackpad Got so used to it now. And I really like the buttons on the Desire...

Never really used mine!

[dangel]

Running LeeDroid now. Ahhh sweet sense ui, I missed you so

BTW you can double tap the trackball to unlock on leedroid. Me loves this.

[jimborae]

BTW you can double tap the trackball to unlock on leedroid. Me loves this.

Thanks, never knew that one!

P.S. new version of Leedroid is out in case peeps were unaware. Ver 2.4, just loading it up now.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Leedroid still running 2.2 android though, not 2.3

[Agent]

2.3 doesn't have any 'Must have' features for me though, unlike earlier releases. Not knocking it, but I dont feel like I'm losing anything by not having it.

[mycarsavw]

^ x 2 - other than bass boost there's nothing in Gingerbread that makes me want it NOW.

I still haven't rooted/flashed mine - mainly because the phone is set up perfectly after months of tinkering with different apps.

[Raz316]

BTW you can double tap the trackball to unlock on leedroid. Me loves this.

Sweet Thanks.

Now that I've rooted it though I am at a loss as to what I can actually do with it! :B

I did find it surprising how bad the FM radio was in Cyanogenmod compared to the sense based roms.

[Jay]

I have had my desire HD for 1 week now and it is by far the best phone I have ever had, perviously that was my 2G iPhone.

The Battery life is better than expected, the screen is fantasitc, its really nippy, the media connect features means I can stream music from my WHS just like all my other devices. Impressed!

[MarcLister]

I don't know if I should upgrade to the HD or wait for the S?

I'm keen on the Desire S but the Incredible S also looks good with a 4 inch screen compared to the Desire S' 3.7 inch screen.

HTC are hosting some event in London tomorrow (Tuesday 12th April) and it is thought/rumoured that some new phones, possible dual-cores, will get announced. I'm waiting to see what happens before I decide what to get. If I'm not impressed its a straight choice between the Desire S and the Incredible S. And whichever one I can get cheapest on Vodafone would probably win.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

2.3 doesn't have any 'Must have' features for me though, unlike earlier releases. Not knocking it, but I dont feel like I'm losing anything by not having it.

you are not suppose to lose anything, you gain new features.

anyways i tried the new oxygen 2.3 rom and dont like it. it crashes my phone once every 2-3 days and when i have lots of apps open, when i go back to one i previously opened. it launches with a blank screen

[tincaman]

Anyone had a problem with the Home button "wearing" out? Mine now needs a much firmer press to operate it than before. Its now a year old.

[jackvdbuk]

using oxygen now instead of leeddroid as i had that annoying car/speakerphone on 2.4

good so far but is there a way to get oxygen to have the contacts like on stock where you press 676 for mum e.tc? only prob i dislike about the rom very lean