Hi all, desire arrived yesterday and is fab. Only problemso far is that I have a red dot/pixel on the screen which is to the right of the 8 when I have the keyboard up. Tried 2 apps from market place to get rid but one comment said it wouldn't work on led screens - and it hasn't.
Is there anything I can do?
Ok so having done a bit of research whilst watching the GP, it appears that not a lot can be done. It's so small, only seen on light coloured backgrounds, that I might leave it. Will see if T-mobile want to swop though just in case
ring t-mobile they should give send you a new one in replacement
Yep, you should phone T-Mobile and ask for a replacement!
Hello.... T-Mobile?
I have a duff HTC desire... stuck pixles, etc...
Oh... you don't have any? when will you be getting more... HOW LONG???!!!!??? :-(
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I just got my first sprint TP2 not more then 2 weeks ago and it had a dead pixel. They only really show up when the screen is all black other then that you cant notice them unless its a dark image or its a very bright white.
Now I just got my 2nd Sprint TP2 and it also has some dead pixels, is this normal for the sprint TP2? Just wondering if any one else has this issue did Sprint Use different LCDs for their version.
God I hope not.
Here is another fun fact I did a hard reset and turned them both on at the same time the older one starts up like 4 seconds faster....why would this happen. So there both like new out of the box.
search is your friend....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=527075&highlight=pixel
It's here.
4gb SD Card
Orange branded box
Orange logo on back of case.
There's an Orange homescreen, but it's not the default.
There's no 720p video recording (I saw this claimed somewhere)
There a few Orange widgets and the web browser logo is branded but nothing major.
Nice mate.
Orange have called me back to say mine is out for delivery today and not tomorrow. No ETA though.
Hope the orange branding doesnt wreck the phone too much...
Is it all black? What's it look like? Took some pics of my Desire this morning but it looks terrible - not good at photography me!!
EddyOS said:
Is it all black? What's it look like? Took some pics of my Desire this morning but it looks terrible - not good at photography me!!
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It's the 'brown' one
Thanks for the info.
Check the pink tint gray issue!
Why is it an issue? I don't even notice it, didn't even know about it until reading it on here...
Does it have Orange Maps installed? Can't see if this is a tariff option or just part of the Orange Desire package.
Ian A.
PS. And I can't wait 60 minutes for mine to turn up to find out!
IPAddis said:
Does it have Orange Maps installed? Can't see if this is a tariff option or just part of the Orange Desire package.
Ian A.
PS. And I can't wait 60 minutes for mine to turn up to find out!
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Yea that's there.
bigf00t said:
Thanks for the info.
Check the pink tint gray issue!
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HTC.com is a bit pink, but in normal usage I probably wouldn't have noticed it anywhere unless I was looking for it.
bigf00t said:
Thanks for the info.
Check the pink tint gray issue!
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I haven't noticed any pink tint on mine.
most people in most circumstances won't notice the pink tint on some greyscale images. Therefore it's not an issue. It's simply a limitation of the hardware as has been explained many times. It only happens on specific greys and it just happens that the gmail app and the htc website use one of these shades of grey.
The other problem is that the tint is also subjective. Some people will see it and others will not, even on the exact same phone.
However, if when viewing a blank white page, your screen has a pink tint to it (as has been seen once or twice) then you have a problem.
rhedgehog said:
most people in most circumstances won't notice the pink tint on some greyscale images. Therefore it's not an issue. It's simply a limitation of the hardware as has been explained many times. It only happens on specific greys and it just happens that the gmail app and the htc website use one of these shades of grey.
The other problem is that the tint is also subjective. Some people will see it and others will not, even on the exact same phone.
However, if when viewing a blank white page, your screen has a pink tint to it (as has been seen once or twice) then you have a problem.
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yeah, I aint been worried about the tint at all.
Im just hoping that it gets rooted fully so I can store apps on SD card.
Paul from XDA already got root access but cant write anything to any of the protected partitions so he said he will try and find a way.
On mine, there is a slight pink tint. I'd say I would have noticed it without the forum but it certainly doesn't bother me.
The colour tint is approximately:
Red: 236
Green: 225
Blue: 234
Hue:208
Sat:48
Lum:17
as reproduced in Windows on a LCD monitor.
Anyone experiencing difficulty registering to use the orange maps service? Mine keeps saying it is unavailable?
timmyp27 said:
Anyone experiencing difficulty registering to use the orange maps service? Mine keeps saying it is unavailable?
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It did at first, but works now. Not sure if it's because I turned off WiFi
cooper667 said:
It did at first, but works now. Not sure if it's because I turned off WiFi
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Tried turning the wifi off and just using the 3G connection, no luck though.
How are you finding it? Do you know of any way of removing some of the orange apps? Or are they stuck forever!?
stuck with them until their rooted.
once that is done, you can remove the preinstalled apps through a custom ROM, or through some ADB commands.
cant you just install the generic HTC Rom like people have done on thier t-Mobile handsets?
The HTC Desire does not have 720p recording 'yet' but this i assume will be released in the form of an update in the future.
does anyone know if Orange have sold out?
And if they have, when new stock will come?
Got mine from Orange on Friday as an upgrade. They wanted to charge me £50 but soon waived it when I mentioned T-Mobile and the fact I'd been a premium customer for 3-4 years. Hard day at work excited to get home and play since I've never had a touch before. Anyway...
Orange, in their 'wisdom' had decided to put their own stuff on the phone so within hours of getting my first android toy, I was on the net researching how to debrand the bloody thing. Within another hour I'd made a Gold Card and installed the only available Generic firmware image I could find. Which went without a hitch, following these:
(oh I'm not allowed to post outside links )
Great guides to the letter.
Orange need to stop messing with the firmwares like they always have (my last phone was a c905 I paid DaVinciTeam to debrand).
Anyway suffice to say, I'm happy as hell with the phone and really I'm grateful to Orange for sending it to me in 24 hours. AFAIK they're getting the all black ones in stock in a week or so Also the lady I spoke to who so kindly phoned me back when they were in stock this time round said they are suprising not so popular and not many customers are talking/enquiring about them.
Hey guys,
picked up my desire a few weeks back, only just started using it the other day (was researching best way to transfer PIM data from HD2).
anyway, i was playing around with some of the built in apps and junk last night...in a room with the light off, and noticed that when the screen was black (on/illuminated, but not colour - the desk clock screen).. there is a reasonable strong green tint down the right hand side of the display. i have done a little research and have read some people have complains of green/blue/pink hues to their entire display.. but my green stain is only on part of the screen.
anyone else have this problem?
i went back to the store i got it from, they said that HTCs exchange policy requires me to send my device back, they will look at it and either repair or replace. seeing as the reason i bought the desire is to desperately escape WINMO, i figure the slight bug of a green stain is less of an inconvenience than using my HD2 for a few more weeks.
cheers.
Could be down to having a SLCD screen as opposed to an AMOLED one
The blue tint to the amoled screen is there on purpose, blue led's die alot quicker than other ones, samsung make there screen to over display blue, as your device gets older this blue will slowly die to a yellowy colour! Maybe the green tint is related?
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Could be down to having a SLCD screen as opposed to an AMOLED one
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Does he have a slcd screen lol ignore my last post then xdaers lol
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I'm assuming so if it was only purchased a few weeks ago, could be wrong
yeah guys... i got the SLCD version.
i dont think its a natural screen 'quirk'.. as it only appears on a small portion of the screen.
cheers for the replies though ey.
I have the same problem on both my desires. One of them has a finish tint in the middle of the screen and this one has like a brighter spot on the top right of the screen. I have the SLCD screens. I bought the phones in Wisconsin.
Off topic
I feel so alone on this forum because everyone talks about the GSM version. Is there any news about froyo update for this phone on US Cellular? I love the phone but getting tired of waiting all the time. I just heard there's 3.0 coming out on the 11th of November. But not for Desire. I'm sure it will be there when my contract is over. Lol.
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i also have an slcd desire
but i have a pinkish tint in the top right
it's kidney shaped :d
black lcd
hi
Solution to you brick
Past details of HTC bravo
Android 2.3
Hboot 1.02.001
I tried to unlock the bootloader by
1- HTC dev method
I started by the same procedure given on the
website. But the procedure didn't work for me,
when I commanded adb devices it never
showed my phone then when I commanded '
get oem identifier token ' I got another error. I
got frustrated
2- Then I went on to the mini_adb method by
using shell, Su commands
It neither worked
3- After that I came across the downgrade and
boot method, it resulted into a brick
But no worries my pals !!
Unbricked successfully !!
basically it was an Indian phone so some strong
securities
first installed this to my phone which had 2.3
android and hboot 1.02.001
RUU_Bravo_hTC_Asia_India_1.21.720.4_Radio_32.36.00 .28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127705_signed.exe
then my phone got bricked due to downgrade.
the led screen blackout happened and a vibrate
was at the startup and can navigate volume
buttons only*
then i got worried after that i installed this thing
to unbrick back
RUU_Bravo_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.19.707.7_Radio_32.36.00.2
8U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126179_signed.exe
then to no help after that this one
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.
05.00.11_release_122704.exe
and wahhoo!! unbicked my phone to 2.2
android, dont worry the phone will popup an
update notifier after you start your phone
Got mine grey One X today and threw my Note in the cupboard But wtf, the One X does not start, hangs att HTC - Quietly Brilliant - very brilliant when it wont start And a factory reset didn´t help so back with this p.o.s. Anyone else got unlucky?
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Got mine grey One X today and threw my Note in the cupboard But wtf, the One X does not start, hangs att HTC - Quietly Brilliant - very brilliant when it wont start And a factory reset didn´t help so back with this p.o.s. Anyone else got unlucky?
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sorry mate i think your are the first, some a reporting graphics glitches and some have yellow spots but you are the first DOA
reminds me why we should always skip the first wave of any product
Thankfully I didn't get mine sim free and can pop down the road to my phone shop should any issues like this arise. Unlucky man, hope you get it sorted!
hamdir said:
sorry mate i think your are the first, some a reporting graphics glitches and some have yellow spots but you are the first DOA
reminds me why we should always skip the first wave of any product
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Yeah forgot to mention that, the nice bootscreen it got stuck on is full of yellow spots Hope the new one is better when it arrives
twistedh said:
Thankfully I didn't get mine sim free and can pop down the road to my phone shop should any issues like this arise. Unlucky man, hope you get it sorted!
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Also went to my shop but no in stock so I have to wait untill new stock arrives. And will then get a white one as the grey is said to take two weeks untill they got them in stock again.
Still no more DOA than mine? In Sweden we got a bunch and the common thing untill now is that all with the same error are grey. I think we have 20 grey ones in a swedish forum hanging at boot. Got mine fixed by reflashing the RUU but will still exchange it for a white one
Yes. We are many frustrated customers in Sweden right now who's got this problem.
It seems there simply is'nt any ROM installed in the phone(?!).
Here's a video someone made of the problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3t6dB2VVsE
And when you press Volume up plus power button you can see 2 error messages repeating over and over again below the menu that comes up:
E:Failed to open loopdevice (no such file or directory)
and
E:Failed to mount /sdcard (no such file or directory)
Whatever that means....
So frustrating! Bah!
htc one x grey doa
Hi, just received my one X in grey and it's totally dead. Charger fine but not charging or turning on. I got it in UK from three.
Damn.. I really hope they are gonna fix all these stupid issues with this phone.. It's a shame cuz it was supposed to be great, I was going to buy one pretty much because of the screen quality.. But I think I'll wait a bit
Sent from my E310 using XDA
Mine is DOA :-( It is connecting to network for 5 secons and then disconnecting with the PREPARING SIM CARD allways. It is unusable, the phone part does not work. My SIM is OK and the HTC on the phone said if this happens it is faulty :-(
mine (grey, made in taiwan) is actually working good. only the camera was DOA so returning it and now back to waiting for a new one..
Ok, so I returned my phone still in DOA period.
My problems were the glitching all over the place, and not just once a day, but it kept on getting worse, youtube, camera, browser, status bar, apps, multitasking, scrolling, keyboard, jumping white line in messages,etc...
Mine also was creaking arround the front camera and part of the corner of the screen there too.
My battery was displayed wrong all the time, so I couldn't see the right %.
Yellow bottom of on the screen.
Games were lagy, Tegra 3 and normal like teeter.
1 dead pixel.
Probably forgetting some problems now.
Somethings will be software, but because I(and most of us) don't know what is software I preffered to send it back before the doa period was over. Also some posters stated htv told them to send it back, witch problems same as mine.
Also if this is software for most of the part, than why isn't everybody getting the problems.
So I made this topic so you can tell what the problem was with your first device, and if you allready had your second (or third, etc) and what improved and what stayed the same... So you can we get a better vision on that.
My first phone arrived yesterday and is getting swapped out by a currier tomorrow for what will then be my second device.
The problems I am having is the jumping/bumping at the bottom of the screen; this is very inconsistant but does happen more often than it doesn't. For instance I was using the phone for 40 mins earlier it was happening, then for 10 mins it wasn't, again it happened for 5/6 mins and then didn't happen for around an hour but again its happening as we speak.
I've also had the problem whereby you can't unlock the device by pulling up the ring, and I have to shut down and startup the phone for this to be fixed. This has only happened twice so far; but again should not happen at all.
Lastly I have had the problem that when you lock the device the screen turns back on, even when you only pressed the lock button once.
I think thats everything... I do believe its software problems more than hardware, however as you have said why isn't this happening to everyone if that's the case. I guess you could look at it that maybe it is but they are either living with it or reporting it direct to where they purchased it from; either way they are not posting it on here. Who knows?
Now I do understand bugs are there in just about every phone and to be honest they are normally bugs you can live with until an update; the problem here is that the bugs are completely preventing the use of the device and/or making the use of the device very difficult. No phone should be released with this being the case.
One thing I do know for sure is that its happening to those who got the phone from a network (mines from Vodafone) and those who got it SIM free; in all areas or the world. This means they (Vodafone, Orange, O2 etc...) have not caused these problems so it eliminates any tweaks/software they may have placed onto the device meaning the problems do entirely lie with HTC to resolve. Lets just hope they do; or more importantly lets just hope its a small number of phones that are affected and that our replacements are okay.
I will let you know tomorrow what the second one is like... (sorry for the long post),
How did u notice a dead pixel
Sent From My HTC sensation (desire with rcmix s )
Phone turning back on after i pressed power button to lock the screen, got that too. But happens at random, so not always.
I saw a very tiny shiny spot when in a complete dark room, on a black background. Dead pixel i suppose.
Im considering getting it online but not sure what to do if i get a dead pixel
Sent From My HTC sensation (desire with rcmix s )
Send mine back because one of the 2 yellow spots didn't go away after 10hrs screen on (5 days) and I had some random restarts.
I don't want a faulty device, some devices will keep giving problems while others have no issues from the start.
Nitin985 said:
Im considering getting it online but not sure what to do if i get a dead pixel
Sent From My HTC sensation (desire with rcmix s )
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You would be able to send it back if you bought it online, just like buying it from a shop. They have to give you the same period of support...
Born Twitchy said:
Send mine back because one of the 2 yellow spots didn't go away after 10hrs screen on (5 days) and I had some random restarts.
I don't want a faulty device, some devices will keep giving problems while others have no issues from the start.
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Have you had the replacement device; how is that getting on?