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I am about to buy a new HTC Desire from Grey Market as i am tired of waiting for the Official Launch.
Just wanted to know from existing users of HTC Desire in India that will the phone work to its full potential in india?
I mean will i be able to access Android Software Market ? I am big time fan of Live wallpapers, will i able to download and use Live Wallpapers in India?
what does live wallpapers have to do with which country you are in ?
and you wont be able to access paid apps in the market.
besides that it will work or say will be "fully functional".
and if you are buying a phone just for the live wallpapers then i would suggest going for something like a basic Sony Ericsson handset. They have live wallpapers
I know it has got nothing to do with Country, but Live wallpapers doesnt come pre loaded, What i meant by asking this was that will i be able to download Free live wallpapers from Android software market accessible from desire itself
Well thanks for the answer, and i personally dont like samsung and sony ericsson and i quite like the UI of Desire
dude you will be able to do everything tht a person can do using a desire in an officially launched country .. so just go for it .....
dude, i am using the desire for almost 2 months...its fine...
infact i today upgraded it to froyo 2.2.
( you may get only hk or sg version, which you may have to convert to european version to get the upgrade).
Im using the HTC Desire, I live in India (Hyderabad), no problems, everything works fine and to its full potential!
Its one of the best phones out if not THE best!
Thanks everyone for assuring me that i should go ahead and buy it right away
Just one more query, is there anything that i need to check before buying the phone?
Like make, Branded or unbranded...
Working fine in Pakistan
rupinderpsingh said:
Thanks everyone for assuring me that i should go ahead and buy it right away
Just one more query, is there anything that i need to check before buying the phone?
Like make, Branded or unbranded...
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Make : HTC
you dont get branded phones in India ... branded generally refers to being locked down to one carrier .. for example the iPhone in the US ... its locked down to AT&T ...
all phones sold in India are unbranded(to the best of my knowledge) ...
Go for factory unlocked
Rupinder, I am using a factory unlocked gsm htc desire for the last 1 month and am quite happy with it except for the underwhelming battery life. Received OTA Froyo update too last Monday
DO NOT go for branded phones that have been rooted and flashed by the dealer ... many of them are having problems.
I bought mine from eBay and am quite happy with the deal.
Best of luck!
I have been using Desire in India with BSNL 3G for past 3 months. I bought it off eBay and I think it's Singapore build. Anyway, my point is, it works flawlessly.
Nice to see All izz Well. But what about Sat navigation
Hey guys,
Good to see Desire working with full bells and whisles here. Especially being able to do the OTA 2.2 update.
I am currently having touch HD and trying out android 2.1 with sense build. Just awesome. Just to get my hands dirty with android first. I intend to buy Desire within couple of days. Just cant imagine with a 1ghz processor how cool it will be.
I was mostly evaluating my applications and seeing if I have alternatives in the android market. Most of it is okay
But - sat navigation. I currently use Satguide in india which is basically Destinator. Infact I was able to use Destinator9 with indian maps and it works great. But in android area, there is no satguide product available yet. I saw MapMyIndia has an android compatible version but has anybody used it yet?
I am currently trying Brut Google Navigation (not google maps, the US google navigation version) to navigate and it really does navigation in india very well just like in US. Only drawback: needs data connection.
So what do you guys use. Just need to tie out this loose end before I order my Desire
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before you order the desire consider whether the crap 147mb of internal memory available for use on the desire is adequate for you. or consider alternatives like the samsung galaxy s (which is very different from prev samsung phones and hardware is much better than the desire).
i have two desire phones btw and am pissed off about the awful memory allowed for actual use in internal memory. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7549566#post7549566 for more details.
see the links on this link for details of hardware on the samsung galaxy s and it blows the desire out of the water in terms of hardware specs. http://www.electricpig.co.uk/samsungsmartphone/galaxys
if you are into gaming then the desire is like a bullock cart compared the the galaxy s due to graphics processing differences. see youtube comparison videos for gaming and video benchmarks and also screen performance under direct sunlight etc.
ps: i havent actually used the samsung galaxy s. just a cautionary note!
the desire hd should be out in october i think. some phones with tegra 2 chips are on the way which should be better than the chips on the samsung galaxy s, but that might be a few months away though.
Kindly let me know the best dealer from Ebay to buy my Htc Desire.
Preferably in New Delhi
Hi All,
Anyone know of any news whether we will be getting a ROM Upgrade or a HTC Sense update for the Desire at all?
Thanks
read on a thread somewhere in here that it is coming to desires in december.
Or u could always flash hd rom. Sense hd i mean
Patience my friend, it's coming in December
Aye December, my guess is it will be included with Gingerbread update.
Yay! Thanks guys, I love this board so much. Maybe it sounds odd, but I hate flashing ROMs rather than using the stock ones. Just feels dirty
Awaiting December.
what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that
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what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that
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You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
h3llb3nd4 said:
You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments
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What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell
h3llb3nd4 said:
What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell
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good point were all second guessing htc anyway, only they know what devices there going to continue to support
If the new Sense doesn't come to Desire do you think it'd be possible to at least get HTC's offline Maps app - like they have with other features?
I bought a Hero when it came - so I know all about HTC not supporting devices. The first update I got for that phone came in June (Eclair).
And the thing about that update was that it came in two packages. It was a ****ty update I didn't use.
It's a fact that HTC doesn't support their own devices. When it comes to the Desire, I'm hoping they won't **** on us again, it's not outdated yet.
Or maybe it is to HTC - Still. I'm going to have this phone for another 9 months so it'd be nice with at least one official update.
HTC - "We make new phones for you.
Get rid of the old one, seriously."
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience.
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Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
IamMartin said:
Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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The iPhone is an iPhone.
The iPhone was not made by HTC
Apple makes the iPhone
HTC and Apple are not the same
Apple/iPhone - supported.
HTC/Any device - unsupported.
It's not ignorance. It's basic knowledge. HTC doesn't continue supporting devices. Apple might. HTC doesn't.
Then again, that's one of the reasons XDA exists.
IamMartin said:
Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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dont call me ignorant, instead educate yourself, the reason even 2g iphones still get firmware updates is so apple can keep the tyrannic grip on what software they use!!! htc dont use this method, and after owning maybe 10 htc devices in the last 10 years, i think i can speak with experience.
h3llb3nd4 said:
You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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Wasn't really trying to start a rumor. Just that gingerbread is expected from Google 4th quarter and new sense expected December made sense to me that HTC would wait and give one last update together.
i seriously hope that's the case, but it seems unlikely and I think It'll be up to XDA to get gingerbread onto the Desire...
It makes me kinda sad to read this. I know it's true and yet I always hope HTC changes their game plan and just support older devices.
I know they want ppl to buy their new devices but why would you buy a HTC you can only use for roughly a half year and then get outdated software.
Why not choose for a Samsung Galaxy S? mayB they have better support for their devices (just an example).
but I hope we all get proven wrong!!
There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD
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There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD
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no, older phones can also support HTCSense, this can be proven as they announced that all future HTC Android devices will support HTCSense (both Entry level [eg.wildfire type] and Enterprise level [eg. Desire type]). but HTC are holding them off entry level phones as they are stingy and want us to buy more phones from them.
Hey All,
I just called HTC and asked them flat out if they are going to support the Desire with the New HTC Sense as found on the Desire Z and HD. The guy said that they have been told that it is likely for all of the phones supporting the current HTC Sense at the moment to be upgraded as they want them on the website however it was uncertain as to any ETA.
My main suggestion or reason for why HTC would upgrade older phones is data. Seriously. As a software developer myself, we crave data in order to examine usage and everything.
Yeah.. hope you will get any response as soon as possible and share it with us.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
When will it come??
Late April to May was the last I heard, but will it have HTC Sense 2.1?
Read the other numerous threads instead of starting a pointless one
not sure but its good news that is coming soon
I read that it does but not sure how reliable they were
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I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?
I read somewhere like end of April/May... and in Android community forum a tweet of guy who is working on Gingerbread ROM for HTC desire..not sure how legti this might be...
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I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?
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yes that is normal.
who knows in this case - everyone seems to have their own answer.
m1l4droid said:
NFC support
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NFC on Desire? I thought it does not have any hardware for that.
bobsie41 said:
I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?
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Some people are sure that 3 network, on twitter, confused the update with the one of the Desire HD..But i hope they really mean our Desire
the os may have support for it - whether the hardware is there or not...
No need to suspect. Just check out the FCC website. It does not.
3 UK stated its end of April/early May.
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GANJDROID said:
3 UK stated its end of April/early May.
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The problem is, what 3 UK mean? Desire or Desire HD? Some people asked about the gingerbread update for the Desire HD and they told the same date
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The problem is, what 3 UK mean? Desire or Desire HD? Some people asked about the gingerbread update for the Desire HD and they told the same date
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I really hope they mean the desire.
Still love my desire, because all those new phones have those touchkeys. (home, menu ...)
Looks like Samsung beat HTC this time, Galaxy S in EU recieved Gingerbread update today.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/16/galaxy-s-gingerbread-update-now-rolling-out-across-europe/
For me this is another important point for decision between SGS2 and HTC Sensation.
bit disappointed that samsung beat htc to pushing out gingerbread, hoping to see the update come soon though, especially with the sign of the leaked gingerbread update
Typed on Motorola Xoom
gingerbread leaked for Desire
I cooked ROM and flashed a2sd works. Updated Radio its based on the old Sense with some tweak. Had old marker but was able to update Vending apk. Unfortunately, because don't post often unless I can contribute I'm considered a new member and am not allowed to post in the development area or upload files. I based by ROM on leedroid's previous roms as in my opinion he is one of the top 2 developers working on HTC Desire ROMs.
Anyhow, his version is set to be out tonight. Search the forum threads. Again not new sense but its gingerbread and its a begining.
Acc to Eurodroid "HTC Desire Android 2.3 update coming in the middle of May" at least for the Three/UK customers. anyway, it will -soon or later- come to all our Desires.
Personally, I will be keep waiting until my contract expiry date comes (~Apr 2012) with better feelings against HTC if I get this eagerly awaited update. Cheers!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Samsung have just released GB upgrade for SGS in Europe which means they hv taken over HTC in terms of updates. Hope HTC reacts that quickly and will not leave us, Desire owners, alone.
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I keep hoping that with the leaked rom that came out that the proper update/RUU will be out soon...
keep toying between rooting and trying the new rom on my phone - and waiting... at the moment (as I have my xoom to play with too) that I'm leaning on waiting
Hi All,
Due to upgrade at the end of the month,I was looking at either the HTC One X or the Galaxy S3.
Can't decide on which, any recommendations on these or other phones?
Martin
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I personally would go with the Samsung, for the simple fact I need an SD card and would like to be able to pull the battery out when things go wrong instead of having to walk upstairs to connect it to my pc and adb reboot it.
I had a quick play with them both today at the phone shop in town and they are both amazingly fast, I know the HTC screen is better but I couldn't tell the difference between them, as for processors and gpu's I believe they are both equally matched at what they do, I've seen benchmarks that put each on top so really in my eyes its down to personal preferance. Ask in a shop if you can have a little play with them before you decide which you want.
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I disagree had a week with the samsung galaxy s3 and too be frank hated it the touch wiz is annoying and unhelpful and the design was cheap. The home button was also a big pain because it was sometimes unresponsive and didn't spring back as well as i had hoped.
I recently just changed to a htc one x, and undoubtably the best choice i have ever made, regarding a smartphone, the new sense is clean an intuitive and thanks to the super fast processor its just incredible. But one of my favourite things is the support for the rooting community so you will have zero trouble if your looking to install a custom rom of some sort or over clocking or what ever.
Plus samsung never update their phones so you will be stuck on ics forever.
tophatmonsters said:
Plus samsung never update their phones so you will be stuck on ics forever.
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Come off it, this is xda.........
The s3 will go far beyond ics wether there's an official update or not. They said we couldn't get gb on a wildfire and look at us now!
And from what I've been reading dev support for the s3 is also on the rise, in fact they have one of the best giving them full support.
Also you don't have to use tw just the same as you don't have to use sense if you don't like it.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
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Plus samsung never update their phones so you will be stuck on ics forever.
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I'd say that the S2 got the update to ICS relatively quick, compared to other OEMs.
It won't make it past ics with official updates, people will have to use custom roms. also the the s 2 didnt get it very quickly ics was announced and released in october - November time and the s2 got updated in march i think. ( at least on my carrier )
Do you need an sd card slot with 32 gigs of space
Still rather go for the one x its fast, easy to root ( if on this forum its important to you) , lots of roms are available and its a phone that will easily last a two year contact with its great build.
Go with HOX on this one man
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It won't make it past ics with official updates, people will have to use custom roms. also the the s 2 didnt get it very quickly ics was announced and released in october - November time and the s2 got updated in march i think. ( at least on my carrier )
Do you need an sd card slot with 32 gigs of space
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Yes I do need an SD card with as much space as I can get, quite often my 16gb SD card is full and needs cleaning up, I have a limited data plan so the extra space (23gb) that you get from dropbox is still not feasible.
So Samsung don't do updates yet the s2 has an official ics update and I reckon there's more to come for it and others too.
Reading this makes me think that HTC haven't exactly been quick off the mark with it.
"The target timeline for announced devices is below. Because of partner and network testing, and approval processes for device updates, it can take up to 45 days for all carriers and countries to get the update after a rollout has begun.Device Schedule
DROID Incredible 2 by HTC To be determined (by the end of August)
HTC Amaze 4G May-June
HTC Desire S June-July
HTC Desire HD July-August
HTC EVO 3D June-July
HTC EVO 4G+ May-June
HTC EVO Design 4G June-July
HTC Incredible S June-July
HTC Sensation March-June
HTC Sensation 4G March-June
HTC Sensation XE March-June
HTC Sensation XL April-Jun
HTC Rezound June-July
HTC Rhyme June-July
HTC Thunderbolt July-August
HTC Velocity 4G March-June
HTC Vivid March-June"
Source http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc-ics-update-schedule-released/
"I don't look for trouble it just kind of follows me around"
Ok, fine, you win. just saying in my opinion go for the HOX its good.
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