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Some questions about the Desire

Hey,
I'm in need of a new phone, so I googled a bit and found a list of the and the 15 best mobile phones in the world and the first was the Desire, and I have some questions about it:
1. Is it really the best phone (in term of hardware.. not the design because its obvious that it isnt the best), why?
2. Does it still have the Multitouch problem of the Nexus? Does it bother in daily use?
3. Does it have limited space to install apps? How much? Why do they do that?
4. I saw a video of the Incredible connected to the TV, can the Desire do the same?
5. Does it have sensors like the iphone has for games?
I'm asking those questions because the phone that i will buy is going to stay with me for ~4 years so i want it to be good for me.
I will use it for everything - calling,videos,music,gaming,browsing..

any reply? I need help so i can choose

leoon said:
Hey,
I'm in need of a new phone, so I googled a bit and found a list of the and the 15 best mobile phones in the world and the first was the Desire, and I have some questions about it:
1. Is it really the best phone (in term of hardware.. not the design because its obvious that it isnt the best), why?
2. Does it still have the Multitouch problem of the Nexus? Does it bother in daily use?
3. Does it have limited space to install apps? How much? Why do they do that?
4. I saw a video of the Incredible connected to the TV, can the Desire do the same?
5. Does it have sensors like the iphone has for games?
I'm asking those questions because the phone that i will buy is going to stay with me for ~4 years so i want it to be good for me.
I will use it for everything - calling,videos,music,gaming,browsing..
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1. In my opinion yes
2. Yes, it does not bother at all
3. Yes it has, but I am prety sure you wont reacj that level
4. Dont know
5. Of course

Thanks for the reply
I just saw this video on youtube: tinyurl.com/2739d4q
Is the nexus faster than the Desire in web browsing?

leoon said:
Thanks for the reply
I just saw this video on youtube: tinyurl.com/2739d4q
Is the nexus faster than the Desire in web browsing?
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No there shouldn't be any difference. They are the exact same phone minus a few small differences.

Pretty sure you will run out of space. I have maybe 2 new 3d games and a few other basic apps and I am already out of space.
But the phone is great, although like every phone, it has it's flaws. You should read the forum as all these topics are discussed in detail.

The more I read about the phone the less i want it! according to this forum its full of flaws/bugs.
But then I read the "Is the Desire actually any good?" thread and lots of replies were very positive so I hope i will have the same feeling when I will get mine.

leoon said:
The more I read about the phone the less i want it! according to this forum its full of flaws/bugs.
But then I read the "Is the Desire actually any good?" thread and lots of replies were very positive so I hope i will have the same feeling when I will get mine.
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Reading forums for information is good. But don't base your decision on forum users.
Consider this: If you think there's nothing wrong with your phone, you wouldn't come here to start a thread saying "Hey, my phone is awesome! There's nothing wrong with it!"
So, forum threads are generally going to be negative. I started a thread on flaws & annoyances. But I love the device. I think it's the best I've ever owned.
Therefore, check out the specs page, read the manual, read reviews, and watch video reviews. Then make your own decision.

I saw the incredible connected to the tv:
youtube.com/watch?v=eJyt463AoOA
Can the Desire do the same?

leoon said:
I saw the incredible connected to the tv:
youtube.com/watch?v=eJyt463AoOA
Can the Desire do the same?
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No tv-out for Desire.

It looks like the Incredible uses the Micro USB port to charge and connect to the TV. Could the Desire be the same?

Windows Phone 7 on DHD

Will this work on the HTC Desire HD?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912416

l doubt it for the moment, HD2 is based on WM.
However l think there is a WM7 theme for android.

Hi,
some progress?
Is there any way to install Windows Phone 7 on DHD ?

gtdor said:
Hi,
some progress?
Is there any way to install Windows Phone 7 on DHD ?
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Not right now. The current spec for WP7 is the 1st Gen Snapdragon SOC. However, the upcoming spec that is to be released is 2nd Gen Snapdragon; in other words, exactly the DHD spec.
With more people being interested in WP7 (me included, not to use as a primary OS, but just to play), it is possible we will see it, as it is a direct port with a few mods HTC will probably release a new phone as a result of the updated spec, but as nothing has been announced, we don't really know yet.

it would be great with some dual boot method... mainly for games

You'll probably be able to dual boot by using two Recovery installs; using the boot.img of the older version as the second OS to boot into

look at the DHD android dev section for dual booting. a guide will be released tomorrow (probably)
and yes, there is the possibility to flash a boot.img as recovery. thats how the native ubuntu dual boot works.
and if we flash one as radio and one as bootloader we're able to quad boot (don't try this...)
Sent out of my Free Candy Van.

hope to give it a try if devs make something like that some day

Wow, its like a time warp. People please try using search before opening a new thread. Mods please kill this thread pronto before it spreads

lambomanx1 said:
Not right now. The current spec for WP7 is the 1st Gen Snapdragon SOC. However, the upcoming spec that is to be released is 2nd Gen Snapdragon; in other words, exactly the DHD spec.
With more people being interested in WP7 (me included, not to use as a primary OS, but just to play), it is possible we will see it, as it is a direct port with a few mods HTC will probably release a new phone as a result of the updated spec, but as nothing has been announced, we don't really know yet.
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Ok , thanks for informations, let me know if you find something
By the way, I did't forget to hit thanks button

I still have my hd2. Mango + gingerbread ;-) nice!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

[Q] Honeycomb on Kaiser

Hey guys, i just read an article about succesful porting Honeycomb into G1 and also to HTC Wilfire. So i was wondering, is it possible to port Honeycomb into Kaiser because Wildfire has similar specification. Thx for answers

John2y said:
Hey guys, i just read an article about succesful porting Honeycomb into G1 and also to HTC Wilfire. So i was wondering, is it possible to port Honeycomb into Kaiser because Wildfire has similar specification. Thx for answers
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I'd rather port the next version of android made for smart phones. Getting Honeycomb to run even close to well on our phones would be asking a bit much i think.

I don't want anybody to do it. I was just asking if is it possible. So thanks for replying

John2y said:
I don't want anybody to do it. I was just asking if is it possible. So thanks for replying
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I'd say it'd be possible, especially if someone has already sorted some 320x240 overlays for the wildfire. It'd be dog slow though i'd imagine and probably a bit difficult to use on a small screen.

I don't even think it would be possible.
Just because of RAM. There wouldn't be enough. Perhaps resizing and compressing textures and such for the small screen would decrease the payload.. but even still.

Just a suggestion, we need to do more on bringing a stable gingerbread on to Kaiser. Still it needs work regarding stability on wifi/gps and also the camera. Honeycomb maybe considered as resource intense imo.

[Q] USB Host

Is there any chance to make USB Host for wildfire?

I guess not, as USB-Hosts have a different hardware than simple ports.

I heard somewhere that msm 7227 chip supports that feature. But wildfire has msm 7225 and haven't heard that it supports.
And hardware support along with required kernel is needed I think.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

AIR a guy made a circuit and gave the USB-Host to unsupported devices. I may remember wrong.

USB Host again
Hi all,
searching through the forum I found this thread and I very much like to raise the debate again. I am not fully convinced that USB-Host may not work at all on Wildfire.
On the hardware-side: can you completely say that the hardware might not support it at all? Many forum threads (not only on XDA) showed ambiguous signals concerning the chipsets.
On the software-side: The official point is the following:
[I wanted to post a link but was not allowed because I do not have 8posts yet. Type in google: "android developer usb host" and it will lead you to the official page]
So from Android 3.1 and higher USB-Host is supported.
As the development for the ICS (Android 4) mods (CG9 etc.) for wildfire is advancing, I am playing with the idea of trying the beta versions to see whether USB host works.
It would be really helpful to hear the ideas of advanced people on this issue. Can you exclude the hardware-capability? Are the e.g. CM9 mods not made for things like USB-Host?
Currently I unrooted my Wildfire and am trying to get things started for flashing it. So yes, quite a noob.
Thanks a lot and kind regards,
Nebi

Ok, I tried the newest version of CM9 'AOSP Based "Original Development" / Source Built ROMs' by arco68.
Unfortunately my wildfire is not reacting when I put in a usb-stick connected to an adapter USB-A (female) to USB-B (male) adapter.
Am I doing sth wrong? Do I need an USB-hub to power 5volt?
Thanks and kind regards,
Nebi

Ok sorry for writing again. My last post today - promise.
On the hardware-side I found out following:
As I still cannot post any links here:
qualcomm.com/chipsets/snapdragon
You can also click on that site on the link below with more detailed specs.
USB OTG is only supported from Snapdragon Generation 3 on. Wildfire (MSM7225) is Generation 1.
I was also egg-headed and still tried another software, too:
I tried the AOSP Based Derivative MIUI V4 Beta1 bystelios97.
He doesnt reckognize anything.
A last thing: I think that in any case the adapter that I am using is wrong. Instead of using a USB-A to USB-Micro adapter you better need a USB-OTG cable to connect both devices.
Game over I guess?

[DEVELOPMENT][SDCard] PhenNnom's Raphroid v0.1

Hy all. I working on a custom Android ROM for HTC Touch Pro (HTC Raphael).
For the moment download links are not available, because i testing and work in progress.
Lights :
-Stable
-Fast
-More battery life
-Simple & fast UI
-Free RAM ~100mb
Comparsion with "XDAndroid Gingerbread" build:
-Some tweaks for performance & stability
-Some usually software included : FileManager,DSPManager,ZeamLauncher
-n00bs friendly. Just download,extract .zip contents on root of the SDCard and start from haret. No calibration, no startups needed. You can download "all-in-one build"
Screenshots:
Coming soon
Download:
Coming soon
This ROM is based on XDAndroid 2.3.7 (thanks aaarrrgh)

So what is this based on?

Nice to see that there is *some* "development" still in progress.. haha

@aaarrrghh, XDAndroid 2.3.7 based

PhenNnom said:
@aaarrrghh, XDAndroid 2.3.7 based
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Please state that clearly in the OP. A friendly PM asking if that is OK would have been nice as well.
Also, make sure to post any source you changed. Thanks.

excelent, thanks for the job

great to hear raph-development is goning on ... ;-)
please explain how you plan on improving battery life ? worst problem for battery is the missing screen collapse. Do you have a solution for this ?

baal_zebub said:
great to hear raph-development is goning on ... ;-)
please explain how you plan on improving battery life ? worst problem for battery is the missing screen collapse. Do you have a solution for this ?
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Needs a kernel patch.
It appears like he's just taking the XDAndroid build and applying some "tweaks"...
Sorry to say, but no development is happening here .

No news? Another tba thread?

e334 said:
No news? Another tba thread?
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Yea, not quite sure why there's no download link... I wait to post a build thread until I have a download link, but that's just me .

Download v1.0 ... ETA : ~7 Days

This is just my opinion so please respect it
i give up waiting waiting and waiting
No hope
no Nand
no notting
No Android
without Nand development forget it its the same and the same again dosen´t work properly
Touch pro and HD are Dead with windows mobile
3 years past since first ports and it will never work give up its the END
Android will never work properly in this devices
Developements as stoped
Its time to buy a new device
sorry but is the reality
thanks any way

masrterk said:
This is just my opinion so please respect it
i give up waiting waiting and waiting
No hope
no Nand
no notting
No Android
without Nand development forget it its the same and the same again dosen´t work properly
Touch pro and HD are Dead with windows mobile
3 years past since first ports and it will never work give up its the END
Android will never work properly in this devices
Developements as stoped
Its time to buy a new device
sorry but is the reality
thanks any way
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Sorry, not every device has a huge development following. RHOD had some very talented devs, as did the HD2. It is what it is, do what you gotta do, c'est la vie and all that good stuff.
However, your post and mine thus far are very off-topic to this thread.
What is on-topic is what is the deal with the download? This is vaporware.

Maybe there's a thread about what to do with old smartphones? If not, we should start one

masrterk said:
This is just my opinion so please respect it
i give up waiting waiting and waiting
No hope
no Nand
no notting
No Android
without Nand development forget it its the same and the same again dosen´t work properly
Touch pro and HD are Dead with windows mobile
3 years past since first ports and it will never work give up its the END
Android will never work properly in this devices
Developements as stoped
Its time to buy a new device
sorry but is the reality
thanks any way
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You talk like you were promised something. Devs dont really have any obligation to make android work, they just choose to give it a try. I already bought a new phones awhile ago, i agree with you, if you want a fully working android os, buy an android phone. Then you wont be so frustrated by "waiting day after day" all the time.
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