HTC DESIRE HD

Elimentals said:
Sorry back at a PC so can answer you now.

What you explaining sound a lot like the problems I had with my original Desire ie: Hardware. Have you tried sending it in for repairs?

What I would do 1st is to do a Factory reset to confirm that its not some app you installed? If that doesnt work send it in to get looked at as that is in no way normal, not even for stock.

On custom ROM's
Best one I found to date is MIUI, all the other ICS builds have issues with either camera or bluetooth not working, in some cases both. As for normal Gingerbread ROMs there is a couple that look nice esp the ones with Sense 3.5+ on them. I have tried many but always found myself returning to MIUI. In fact its so bad that I have an Xperia S lying on my desk(not in use) because of MIUI.

Also I would not recommend rooting and flashing it before you had your phone sorted, as it can make things worse if you phone decide to die halfway through a flash.
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Thanks Dude,

Have factory reset it a few times already. Phone is from UK (ebay buy) leaf won't touch it. Had it with a person in Cape Town that advertised on gumtree that says he does repairs and he couldn't find anything wrong with the phone. At the moment the only app I have running is 3g watchdog and APN droid (goes with watchdog) tried without these two and the problems persisted. Thinking the hardware is busted. Doesn't really matter that it's UK phone Vodacom would most likely have simply said that it was drop or water damage like they usually do.... I will hang on till ICS comes out beginning July and if that doesn't work switch to Miui to see if it resolves the issue.
 
warchylde said:
Thanks Dude,

Have factory reset it a few times already. Phone is from UK (ebay buy) leaf won't touch it. Had it with a person in Cape Town that advertised on gumtree that says he does repairs and he couldn't find anything wrong with the phone. At the moment the only app I have running is 3g watchdog and APN droid (goes with watchdog) tried without these two and the problems persisted. Thinking the hardware is busted. Doesn't really matter that it's UK phone Vodacom would most likely have simply said that it was drop or water damage like they usually do.... I will hang on till ICS comes out beginning July and if that doesn't work switch to Miui to see if it resolves the issue.
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LOL Exactly the same as my old Desire UK edition as well :)

Hmmmm I see a pattern, or maybe not as my Xperia Play from the UK is humming along no worries.

Well in any case good luck, I just dumped my old Desire in the dustbin as I knew our SP's would have told me to get lost, well it wasn't worth the effort in any case. Besides I had my Desire HD at that time as my primary phone.
 
Well after almost two years of loyal service my DHD is being retired. Thanks for all the tips and support. The phone had been phenomenal and has made me *heart* Android.

Unfortunately this round Samsung won over HTC, though I was sorely tempted by my dad's One X.

Good luck with those who still have a DHD, you made the right choice - enjoy it while it lasts!
 
Well, I hope mine holds out for a long time, I don't plan on renewing my contract now. I'm thinking of cancelling and wait a year or so.
To tell the truth, my phone feels brand new with MIUI.us and ICS. And it still can do everything other Androids can do.
 
beans100 said:
Well, I hope mine holds out for a long time, I don't plan on renewing my contract now. I'm thinking of cancelling and wait a year or so.
To tell the truth, my phone feels brand new with MIUI.us and ICS. And it still can do everything other Androids can do.
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Quick question, have you checked out Apex Launcher on MIUIv4?
It gives you the proper ICS experience, in case your interested

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beans100 said:
Well, I hope mine holds out for a long time, I don't plan on renewing my contract now. I'm thinking of cancelling and wait a year or so.
To tell the truth, my phone feels brand new with MIUI.us and ICS. And it still can do everything other Androids can do.
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Yeah I don't feel the need yet either. That said I have many of the same problems as Warchylde has with his randomly restarting and just switching off. Mine is from VC though. The one thing that would make me upgrade though is a nice big ass battery on one of the newer phones. The poor battery life really does make it impractical at times.
 
Zenbaas said:
Yeah I don't feel the need yet either. That said I have many of the same problems as Warchylde has with his randomly restarting and just switching off. Mine is from VC though. The one thing that would make me upgrade though is a nice big ass battery on one of the newer phones. The poor battery life really does make it impractical at times.
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With light use I get about 3 to 4 days off mine, Normal 2 to 3 days. Well that is if I remove most widgets and have some other tweaks like Juice defender(Paid).
Still very happy with the phone, also have yet to experience any of the issues described but I am starting to wonder: If no one on MIUI/custom roms have problems and only stock does, maybe the problem is not hardware after all
 
Elimentals said:
With light use I get about 3 to 4 days off mine, Normal 2 to 3 days. Well that is if I remove most widgets and have some other tweaks like Juice defender(Paid).
Still very happy with the phone, also have yet to experience any of the issues described but I am starting to wonder: If no one on MIUI/custom roms have problems and only stock does, maybe the problem is not hardware after all
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Possibly hey. I don't use the phone like crazy but I will never see the battery life you're talking about. It's a daily charging cycle or two for me :)
 
@Elimentals - this is actually very cool. I've tried out Virtuous Quatro and IceColdsandwhich before and this looks very much like that, but it performs better. Thanks. Yet again I'm astounded by what this phone is capable of.
 
I'm on stock gingerbread and haven't rooted yet. I get about 1.5 days heavy use from my phone, WiFi on whole day, 3G off.

I had problems with the WiFi not scanning for networks and the pc connectivity not working about a moth ago. Sent the phone to Vodacom and the main board was replaced. Now the phone is good as new, except for the slight peeling of the sides of the casing.
 
Ok, so the first week of July is upon us. That means that we should be getting the ICS updates for our DesireHD's soon.
 
desire s was june,....and the whole month went by,.but ya lets hope htc release something soon
 
mayurh said:
desire s was june,....and the whole month went by,.but ya lets hope htc release something soon
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Do not forget the month or 2 that our SP's will spend testing it.

Anyway, my DHD on 4.0.4 is smiling at this thread :)
 
yep
but its not released overseas even
and i think all the dhd and desire s are unbranded in south africa, so sp's wont take long this side i feel


cool man,,which rom you using?
Elimentals said:
Do not forget the month or 2 that our SP's will spend testing it.

Anyway, my DHD on 4.0.4 is smiling at this thread :)
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mayurh said:
yep
but its not released overseas even
and i think all the dhd and desire s are unbranded in south africa, so sp's wont take long this side i feel
cool man,,which rom you using?
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Well track record so far on updates been 2 months after release so hope for you people it happens faster.

I'm on MIUIv4
 
yea lets see how it goes

cool miui is awesome,. had it on my desire for a long time
Elimentals said:
Well track record so far on updates been 2 months after release so hope for you people it happens faster.

I'm on MIUIv4
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Has anyone used Android Revolution HD for the Desire HD?
 
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