OFFICIAL HTC Desire Thread

trinityEon said:
do you have the android SDK installed?

are you navigating to the command prompt folder where you downloaded the r5-desire.zip?

Can anyone that rooted their phone with r5 modaco please advise how do i check Apps2SD and set it up?
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I will try reinstalling the SDK. And yes I go to the folder its in, C:\root\
 
TrueTenacity said:
Kinda sad that on LAUNCH DAY the iPhone 4 is going to be outclassed...
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You know what they say the world is round, what goes around comes around, they had their day now we will have ours :)


Can anyone tell me how do i get to surf the net through my work PC(set up as wifi access point, and internet connection shared), from the HTC Desire?

My work PC goes through a proxy when i browse, but in fone no login box comes when you want o browse, it just says page cannot be found. my PC browsing works correctly, but not in fone
 
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TrueTenacity said:
Trinity...

You need to make sure that "Internet connection sharing" is turned on on your pc too... and then you should be able to browse from your phone...
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I have internet connection sharing enabled, my mail for exchange syncs through wifi, however i need toput in proxy settings for web browser
 
I had a look, they apparently using Cyanogen's modded ROM which may have the ability to put in proxy details, however there is no option for user credentials. I do know you can set up proxy in the APN settings under mobile networks, but this does not work
 
Hmmmm it seems that option has been removed from the Desire...

But it seems they are mentioning apps to do that in the appstore... so maybe an app can add that option...
 
I found out that when they say you are due for an upgrade, it doesnt mean that you are at the end of you contract. so when i wanted to cancel my contract and go somewhere else to get the HTC Desire, they said i cant, since i still have 3 months left on my contract. WTF? vodacom are ****ing me over at every corner!!!!!!!!!*********s!! now i have to wait till august, just to cancel. by then new phones will be out and i will have to decide all over again!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
@Philosopher: The joys of S.A. ... You can upgrade at any time... for a price... buggers...

With regards to choosing all over again... it might be while before HTC comes out with something to top the Desire... then again, it could be tomorrow... but for now, Desire FTW!!
 
If you have friends or relatives in the U.K. / U.S. / Aussie... ask them to look around for MicroSD cards, they can be had for a LOT less there... got me a 16GB card for R160... :-)
 
The Philosopher said:
I found out that when they say you are due for an upgrade, it doesnt mean that you are at the end of you contract. so when i wanted to cancel my contract and go somewhere else to get the HTC Desire, they said i cant, since i still have 3 months left on my contract. WTF? vodacom are ****ing me over at every corner!!!!!!!!!*********s!! now i have to wait till august, just to cancel. by then new phones will be out and i will have to decide all over again!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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That's totally standard with contracts since for ever. When you started your previous contract that was for 24 months, so Vodacom isn't screwing you over... they are just holding you to the contract that you willingly signed with them two years ago. The fact that you can upgrade before the contract ends is just a way for the providers to twist your arm to keep you as a customer. I'm not quite sure why you want to cancel Vodacom to get a Desire, since I got a Desire with Vodacom with quite a good deal.

I was also almost considering moving the MTN, but when I heard their customers had exactly the same kind of problems I decided to stay put. It doesn't matter much which cellular provider you are with these days, you will have good experiences and you will have bad ones.
 
oronte, i was there on sunday. you can get a desire on anytime 200 but have to pay in about 140 bucks a month extra.

Knersus, i never heard of that before. the thing is they wont let me get an upgrade, until 7 months have passed. the thing is the contract only just go transferred to my name. so i dont have a credit history, so they wont let me go onto a higher package. so i have to wait 7 months to get a desire or get on in 2 months time with mtn.
 
oronte said:
Can anyone confirm that the desire is available on MTN anytime 200 for only R200? And if so is it from MTN stores or MTN direct?
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Got mine on the Anytime 200, but The Philosopher is correct....it's an extra R140 a month on top of that(excluding extra usage/data) that you will have to pay. That's the contract I am on. My contract technically only expires in October, but was due for an upgrade from the beginning of this month...did not have a big hassle to get it done. But one thing also happened, one shop asked me R500 to "finish" the contract, but they could not take payment immediately, so I asked where I can pay immediately, and they send me to North Gate MTN...Got there, and they said there is no pay in....Got the upgrade....only extra cost was R140 or something, but that will be on my bill.

The Philosopher, my vote is that you port. Honestly, Vodascum ticked me off so badly that I left with my previous upgrade. Takes a few days, but I was too glad to have moved on. One thing that sucked with MTN however was I had such crap signal where I live. So bad that I considered porting back to Vodascum. But then the upgrade call came, I told them to bugger off....but I could not get this Desire out of my head...So I upgraded...And I am happy...this phone has much better signal! Only flaw: The space for apps....but I patiently await Froyo...then things will be nothing but awesome:-)
 
The Philosopher said:
Knersus, i never heard of that before. the thing is they wont let me get an upgrade, until 7 months have passed. the thing is the contract only just go transferred to my name. so i dont have a credit history, so they wont let me go onto a higher package. so i have to wait 7 months to get a desire or get on in 2 months time with mtn.
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Sounds like you have a complicated situation. Is this your first contract, and if I understand you only recently started/transferred it? What sort of contract was this?

That's the problem with contracts vs pay as you go, you can easily get painted into a corner. Anyways, I hope you figure out a way to get the Desire soon, it's well worth it!!
 
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