Long story short I've had my HTC Desire for around 2 years now and I really like it. It's not lightning fast but I've kept it fresh by changing roms etc. from time to time.
Last week I got a free HTC One V that I originally intended to pass on to my mother, but I'm not really sure if I should rather keep it myself.
I'm not expert at all - if I was I wouldn't be here asking - but looking at the specs they're pretty even with the One V having a few advantages, so based on that there's no winner.
I tried installing a few of my favorite apps on the One V and the thing that struck me the most was when browsing the web - using both the stock launcher and Dolhpin Browser the experience would be infernal to on the Desire. Specifically text would appear blurry when zooming in and web pages took longer to fully render when scrolling fast through a page. Is this just how it is with the One V or can it be remedied with a new rom etc?
Briefly I had a 4.2 JB rom flashed on the Desire and the blurriness issue seemed to appear here a bit aswell, however the rom didnt have a working camera and camcorder so I changed it fast - those two are really dealbreakers for me.
Which brings me to the reason I'd really like to replace the Desire - really often when shooting videos at 30+ seconds the audio and video will be out of sync and i absolutely hate that. Apart from that(and the low internal memory which can be fixed with roms) I love the Desire, even tho I'd love something abit snappier
Also, I would be rooting the One V and it just seems the Desire has a much stronger following so I'm thinking it'll be much easier to get new roms etc. for it, compared to the One V which I don't really have a bearing on since I never tried finding stuff for it.
TL;DR
HTC Desire or HTC One V?
And why?
Thank you and thanks in general, these forums have helped me so many times when flashing new roms
Try both for a week on stock ROM and choose the one you like? me personally wod go with the One V. Because my Desire was heavilly damaged.
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TheRinseM said:
Try both for a week on stock ROM and choose the one you like? me personally wod go with the One V. Because my Desire was heavilly damaged.
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I'm testing the One V now and I like it alot, but the browsing experience is really the one big downside - I think I'll have to try a custom rom to really compare.
But how is the One V with custom roms? I know the Desire has a hug selection and realyl alot of dedicated people still pushing the envelope with this handset, I'm just worried that the selection will be much more limited with the One V.
Web browsing is lightning fast on paranoid android 2.99 or any stable cm10 based roms. I would not recommend using 10.1 since most roms are not fully working yet ex. Broken camera.
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Also optimizations like aurora v6 and swap files will remedy the ram problem on these roms and makes it fast and lagfree
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Web browsing is lightning fast on paranoid android 2.99 or any stable cm10 based roms. I would not recommend using 10.1 since most roms are not fully working yet ex. Broken camera.
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Also optimizations like aurora v6 and swap files will remedy the ram problem on these roms and makes it fast and lagfree
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Ok, I'll definately try those out. I tested CM 10.1 JB 4.2.2 on the Desire and that actually worked fine apart from the camera and camcorder, which are both deal breakers for me.
And browsing is excellent on my Desire, the One V just seems to take longer rendering or parsing or whatever, texts especiallt - when zooming in they will blur and it takes awhile for them to sharpen up. The Desire doesn't have that.
Also pinch zooming and moving webpages around just isn't as smooth and responsive as on the Desire - for instance when i swipe scroll down to the bottom on a page, it will show white and grey blocks for a few seconds before the page is displayed. On my Desire it's just there, no fuss.
I just don't get why the One V is worse in this regard, specwise it's the same or better. Is it all due to it running ICS?
I would never trade trackpad for adreno 205 and some more memory
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I would never trade trackpad for adreno 205 and some more memory
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I could easily go without the trackpad - I've found myself missing the menu button more, but then I realized a long press on the window tile ish button did the same.
However, the browsing experience on the One V is just abysmal. I just don't get how it can be that bad. I've tried the stock browser, dolphin and chrome and it's all the same.
It's too bad really, because it has so much else going for it compared to the Desire, but as it is right now I'll end up keeping the Desire and hope for a stable 4.2 JB rom with a working camera and camcorder.
@ Snyper - you don't have any issues at all with browsing compared to a Desire?
Have you installed all the latest updates on the one v? Reason I ask is cause I had the desire c till I cracked the screen and it used to do the same like take forever for pages to unblur so you could read them. But it was a lot better after one of the updates.
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Have you installed all the latest updates on the one v? Reason I ask is cause I had the desire c till I cracked the screen and it used to do the same like take forever for pages to unblur so you could read them. But it was a lot better after one of the updates.
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Yeah it's completely up to date - I checked just now and there are no new updates.
Android version 4.0.3
HTC Sense version 4.0
HTC One V is better.
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HTC One V is better.
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By a ball hair lol. they r practically the same
I would think the one v would have a slight advantage once u root it and install a fast debloated ROM. That said I would take the desire having owned it then a one s, then a nexus one for 10 months and now a desire HD. I miss the desire the most. The desire HD is a definite upgrade but doesn't have the same feel and look as the desire.
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a mate of mine has a rooted one V with a custom rom
personally the main difference is one V can handle heavier apps where desire has trouble
that and the fully functional sense
but since I'm not much of a mobile phone gamer I wouldn't part with my desire for a one V
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I found this on the HTC Desire HD forum, so I post here for any dev who is interested in porting this one
This is HTC One V Leak so no resizing is needed
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This is the link to One V RUU.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH THIS ON YOUR DESIRE HD/INSPIRE 4G! This is for developers only.
http://115.com/file/bep8pzpk
Password to file: bbs.sdapk.com
Use google translate to translate from Chinese.
Mirrors:
https://hotfile.com/dl/149533791/23...822.15.00.03_M_release_247272_signed.rar.html
Football's thread with links to latest RUU's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335368
Hopefully no pw is needed for the mirrors, but the correct one is mentioned above.
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Why not XL
Yap and Desire HD already has Sense 4.0 rom, not everything works but hey at least it have it ,and DHD is very similar phone,almost the same in every aspect
Yeah I'm still waiting for some dev who interested in porting this to outt device... Hopefully some1 will show up...
Oh come on, where are you devs?
Not too happy to hear that this leak is just the HTC Sense 4 Light version as it comes with the One V. Some features are missing like the weather, friendstream lockscreen,... quick settings... etc
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Not too happy to hear that this leak is just the HTC Sense 4 Light version as it comes with the One V. Some features are missing like the weather, friendstream lockscreen,... quick settings... etc
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but we can add these features to the lite version! cant we?
or else we have to wait for the full ONE X leak
waitin 4 ics 4 rom wid sense 4 for sensation xl
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but we can add these features to the lite version! cant we?
or else we have to wait for the full ONE X leak
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Well it affected many functions of the phone I doubt it
Using this on my Desire S. Much much much faster than 3.5.
This ROM is perfect because it has the same specs as our phone.
Why do you want a One X port? We will need to resize images etc, and will be slower as its designed for a quad-core phone, we are only on a single core, with less RAM.
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you are right. Its damn fast. But however, the ROM is just as fast, because a lot is missing (Widgets, Lockscreen etc.). It is not so comfortable as the real Sense 3.5 or 4.0. The sense here is 4.0 light, which is similar to Sense 2.1
The One X, based on real Sense 4.0 Engine
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you are right. Its damn fast. But however, the ROM is just as fast, because a lot is missing (Widgets, Lockscreen etc.). It is not so comfortable as the real Sense 3.5 or 4.0. The sense here is 4.0 light, which is similar to Sense 2.1
The One X, based on real Sense 4.0 Engine
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Yeah, I noticed alot of options/widgets/functions are missing.
I have tried going back to Sense 3.5, but I find it soo much laggier
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Yeah, I noticed alot of options/widgets/functions are missing.
I have tried going back to Sense 3.5, but I find it soo much laggier
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Try to use an Ultra Smooth Rosie
Hopefully someone good with porting sense can do this..
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Try to use an Ultra Smooth Rosie
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Already been using it... I was using it since October, when the first Sense 3.0 ROMs were available
Sense is laggy when opening notifications, app drawer etc. Not like 4.0
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Not sire what you guys mean with laggy... Im come from desire.. and for sure...i know what lags are.. on desire also aosp roms have lags.. and now i have a phone with soo much speed.. no lockscreen lags.. even if a call comes.. i can push the symbol really smooth into the ring.. no slide lags during slide between homescreens.. i always use much htc widgets... After i play some 3d gameloft game.. no lag... I dont need data2ext scripts.. as there is engouh internal mem.. even in gameing no lag.. eg : asphalt, nfs, and other...mmmhh.. but im on stock rom @the moment 1. 05
Anyway.. also would like to see a sense 4 rom... Will look if i get some time free.. hope some other want work on that too.. maybe we can use the xe version.. and combine with kernel and hw drivers from sense 3. 6 (which allready work on our phones)...was a idea...
Also we can do some kernel optimations.. @the moment only for gb... So it would be nice again if we get official ics and also get the kernel as source...
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Well ics kernel source for xl should be out soon as official ics dropping soon. These so called lags for me are non existent and maybe some are expecting too much. Rosie was and will always be a memory hog and any widget can cause maybe a slight delay in transition. No roise is ever smooth no matter what is done to it.
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Well ics kernel source for xl should be out soon as official ics dropping soon. These so called lags for me are non existent and maybe some are expecting too much. Rosie was and will always be a memory hog and any widget can cause maybe a slight delay in transition. No roise is ever smooth no matter what is done to it.
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well, for the source yes...but for the lags...mmhh..i also have some lags...not big lags...but in compare to gb...ics is slower at the moment...but i think the official rom..as custom dont have it.. but yes true for rosie...but anyway...best launcher and best widgets...(we know how many third party software copy the style)
with kind regards
just downloaded...hope we get the official update soon...if so...one of all devs here should make a development thread...so we can speak together instead of each individually...so we can make ics sense 4 to work...there are also roms for desire hd out...but with things not working...we are in a better situation...we get a ics update...so we have original drivers...etc...so we should have a better start....
good to have custom recoverys...so we can do a nand backup...go back every time back to daily driver in testing
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we are in a better situation...we get a ics update...so we have original drivers...etc...so we should have a better start....
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DHD will have ICS update too
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DHD will have ICS update too
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lol... right...just readed thx
anyway...maybe a good idea
first of all, thank you all for your daily hard work on the DZ. I check it every day and it is wonderful what you do. I love my DZ and will stick with it for a longer time. :victory:
but sry guys, if I look at my perfectly working MIUI 2.3.7 and all this threads reg. ICS "tries" there is not one release without problems. I try every release but nothing is like the old OSs. I need it working perfectly for a professional daily use.
Slowly I think the DZ is so old that there is no chance of an ICS working like MIUI or CM7 or so on this phone or do you think there is any chance to get it working perfectly? it is possible to correct the driver problems without any emulation or "ways that it works somehow"?
one of your biggest fans, Felix
Hi, i don't think that HTC will provide an offical update to ICS for the old Vison. But i think that the devs will get the drivers in future ready for daily use. Stop waiting for a final release. The Vision was always an perfect balanced smartphone between speed and user friendly daily driver. I also testet some ICS versions but the best is a good old CM7. Nothing works so perfect. Did you missed anything for daily use? ICS is only a dev gimmic for those people who are bored of a perfect functionally smartphone. Enjoy your DZ and smile on people who whats always new version that are not testet and optimized like CM7.
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Hi, i don't think that HTC will provide an offical update to ICS for the old Vison. But i think that the devs will get the drivers in future ready for daily use. Stop waiting for a final release. The Vision was always an perfect balanced smartphone between speed and user friendly daily driver. I also testet some ICS versions but the best is a good old CM7. Nothing works so perfect. Did you missed anything for daily use? ICS is only a dev gimmic for those people who are bored of a perfect functionally smartphone. Enjoy your DZ and smile on people who whats always new version that are not testet and optimized like CM7.
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absolutely right, I thought so, too. :good: it is ok and I love my phone, it is still great. but I love many features from ICS, unfortunately I have to buy a new one sometimes. I want to stick with a hardware keyboard and manufacturers slowly distance from this solution. Problems for daily use? e.g. the cam emulation is simply crappy, pic qual. is compared to the real hardware, the ICS OS emulation slows down after a while, music player apollo is crap in my opinion (CM9) and so much other stuff. but it's ok, I will possibly keep the DZ with working OS for professional use and buy a SG3 or so to play around with ICS.
Thanks for you reply and enjoy your device too!
I have also an One X, but nothing's like the best smartphone ever built --> the HTC DZ. At the and i gave my One X to my Wife and i'm still back to my old DZ. No other smartphone is so unbreakable like the DZ, i really dropped it often on the floor. I'll give you a tipp: use your DZ until it's broken and save your money for future smartphones, there's today nothing to buy like the DZ. The smartphone Coops are so busy with patents that they have no time to built new smartphones like the DZ ;-)
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And don't buy a sg3 it have a realy bad case quality, my best friend broke it in 3 days, only one drop on the floor.
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ch33f said:
And don't buy a sg3 it have a realy bad case quality, my best friend broke it in 3 days, only one drop on the floor.
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good to know! because sg3 would have been my first choice but I hold it once in my hands and the case is really cheap plastic...ur right, nothing is like the DZ, its fast, good case and I love my keyboard...hopefully the vendors will not drop the idea of a HW keyboard forever! thanks buddy! :laugh:
i'll wait for a new robust smartphone with a hw keyboard.
I think it's the best opinion.
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I have also an One X, but nothing's like the best smartphone ever built --> the HTC DZ. At the and i gave my One X to my Wife and i'm still back to my old DZ. No other smartphone is so unbreakable like the DZ, i really dropped it often on the floor. I'll give you a tipp: use your DZ until it's broken and save your money for future smartphones, there's today nothing to buy like the DZ. The smartphone Coops are so busy with patents that they have no time to built new smartphones like the DZ ;-)
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Please, I dropped my One X a lot of times, and it ended with one, VERY small scratch on the screen. One X can handle drops on the floor etc.
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Yes thats what i mean it's HTC but there is still the HW keyboard missing ;-)
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I'm using EliteMod ICS at the moment (before changing to ics i was using cm7) and it is running very smooth! I got no problem with it and everything is working! Camera, wifi etc.
Imho the DZ is still one of the best smartphones!
A few weeks ago I was thinking about buying a new smartphone but with ICS theres no sense of doing that!
I love it..again
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I'm using EliteMod ICS at the moment (before changing to ics i was using cm7) and it is running very smooth! I got no problem with it and everything is working! Camera, wifi etc.
Imho the DZ is still one of the best smartphones!
A few weeks ago I was thinking about buying a new smartphone but with ICS theres no sense of doing that!
I love it..again
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Same with same symptoms. though I wouldn't say camera is "working" yes you can take pictures and videos, but it will force close if you use either Smiley Effect or Time Lapse, but least you'd already know what will close it.
I think CM9 RC1 runs pretty damn stable. My only gripes are occasional GPS hiccups and less battery life. Also you can't record video but I never really cared about that feature much since the camera sucks anyways.
HI Guyz,
I am not a dev. So please pardon me if i am wrong. When i visited a mobile shop to get a new mobile for my cousin,
1. I saw HTC Explorer , which in configuration is wayyyyyyy below desire. But i was awestruck with the smoothness of it. The appdrawer, swiping between homescreens, widgets etc. but i cannot have the same smoothness even with the official sense 1.9 ? Why is that ?
2. I saw HTC Desire C which is based on 600 MHz Cortex-A5. WTF. ? It has ICS. I can sense that ICS will be very laggy in the handset but my question is how this weak chipset has fully functional ICS and Sense 4.0 ? I still feel HTC Desire is very powerful and capable enough to run ICS. !!
Thanks,
Karthik
I'm running nikez ICS and it is very smooth - does not have sense though.
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karthikus said:
HI Guyz,
I am not a dev. So please pardon me if i am wrong. When i visited a mobile shop to get a new mobile for my cousin,
1. I saw HTC Explorer , which in configuration is wayyyyyyy below desire. But i was awestruck with the smoothness of it. The appdrawer, swiping between homescreens, widgets etc. but i cannot have the same smoothness even with the official sense 1.9 ? Why is that ?
2. I saw HTC Desire C which is based on 600 MHz Cortex-A5. WTF. ? It has ICS. I can sense that ICS will be very laggy in the handset but my question is how this weak chipset has fully functional ICS and Sense 4.0 ? I still feel HTC Desire is very powerful and capable enough to run ICS. !!
Thanks,
Karthik
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You could try to download desire c rom, change all "desire c" string to "desire" and see if it works...
lol, it's not so simple to port a rom, it's a different architecture of chip, different screen resolution, different drivers... etc etc...
Like if you run a game on a quadcore with full resolution and the same on a pentium4 with 640x480.. do you understand a little?
I think that the progress in ICS and JB is fantastitc, so appreciate the dev's work and don't pretend too much.
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You could try to download desire c rom, change all "desire c" string to "desire" and see if it works...
lol, it's not so simple to port a rom, it's a different architecture of chip, different screen resolution, different drivers... etc etc...
Like if you run a game on a quadcore with full resolution and the same on a pentium4 with 640x480.. do you understand a little?
I think that the progress in ICS and JB is fantastitc, so appreciate the dev's work and don't pretend too much.
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Thanks for your reply and please dont be obnoxious when you reply to someone. Its not that I doubt the devs. What i am trying to say is when a 600 mhz powered device can run ICS, why not ours (out of the box. just with minor tweaks) like transition from Froyo to GB. ?? I was totally upset to see ICS in Desire C rather than mine. I hope we will have fully functional ics/jb not without our excellent devs. !!
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Thanks for your reply and please dont be obnoxious when you reply to someone. Its not that I doubt the devs. What i am trying to say is when a 600 mhz powered device can run ICS, why not ours (out of the box. just with minor tweaks) like transition from Froyo to GB. ?? I was totally upset to see ICS in Desire C rather than mine. I hope we will have fully functional ics/jb not without our excellent devs. !!
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Ok, the fact is also that desire c has htc's drivers, our desire hwa was written from scratch by evervolv team, so it isn't an official released properly functioning.
It's correlated with the problem that cyanogenmod don't support it for cm9.
There are a few different ICS roms that work really well and smoothly for the Desire. BCM is based on CM9 but nikez rom and sandvolds rom are not. The only problem I have encountered is video playback issues which can be solved my using mx or rockplayer. Otherwise imo the desire ICS roms are quicker than GB. The devs have done a great job porting these to desire.
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There are a few different ICS roms that work really well and smoothly for the Desire. BCM is based on CM9 but nikez rom and sandvolds rom are not. The only problem I have encountered is video playback issues which can be solved my using mx or rockplayer. Otherwise imo the desire ICS roms are quicker than GB. The devs have done a great job porting these to desire.<br />
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Wait... I believe that who tried mildwild 4.3 can say that is quicker, faster (maybe not smoother) rom for desire. With the option of choosing where to put apk and data of each app (if in internal or ext) I can open frequently used app in a second, camera Miui app is perfect and it has no bugs. The only benefits that I saw in ICS was running heavy games with good frame rate (the same game is laggy in GB) and using 4.0+ apps. But so far I found ics and jb rom slower (repeat I mean opening apps and overall quickness). Btw the job by evervolv team and nikez is fantastic and I guess that JB development will go furrher and better than ics
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Well,I will go for ICS.I have observed better gameplay with it and better overall performance than gb
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Well,I will go for ICS.I have observed better gameplay with it and better overall performance than gb
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Yes, I noticed that too. But if I want to play GTA 3 the buttons disappear after a few seconds! Ive the 1.1 version, maybe this cause the problem?
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Yes, I noticed that too. But if I want to play GTA 3 the buttons disappear after a few seconds! Ive the 1.1 version, maybe this cause the problem?
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Yes.ICS in not completely developed yet and lots of modications are being made and may be the ics version you are using is a bit buggy.that can be a possible reason
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does flash player work in ics yet?
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Since Shaky stop developing his Sense 4.0 ROM, this side of the HTC desire development has stopped. The ROM, though in alpha, was working brilliantly well. Everything was smooth, and there were many thing working. Why did shaky stop? That build has so much potential. I really hope that he is still developing his rom in secret, so that he makes a "surprise stable full version" release.
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Since Shaky stop developing his Sense 4.0 ROM, this side of the HTC desire development has stopped. The ROM, though in alpha, was working brilliantly well. Everything was smooth, and there were many thing working. Why did shaky stop? That build has so much potential. I really hope that he is still developing his rom in secret, so that he makes a "surprise stable full version" release.
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He had a very good reason to stop - impatient noobs who didn't care to read his OP or even consider his numerous attempts to control the thread. So now you can find all those people who pushed him to the edge and don't be shy clicking thanks button on their posts as a way to thank them for their hard work
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Most of the good devs move to one x.
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I didn't even notice that Shaky deleted his XDA account. I'm a bit worried about him. What happened?
So, if shaky stopped developing, does that mean that the Desire will never get a full version of the 4.0 Sense, even if it can run it very smoothly?
Begging the devs won't help...
I want this port so much that I'm willing to take Linux classes and to port it myself.
Sooo, is any developer kind and willing enough to continue shaky's work? I know this sounds like begging, but many Desire users really want the 4.0 Sense.
To prevent noobish spamming, like shaky had, devs could just release a full version when it's done.
Please XDA Devs, make our dreams come true.
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but many Desire users really want the 4.0 Sense.
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I want to no longer be a Desire user.
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erklat said:
I want to no longer be a Desire user.
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I didn't say that erklat alone wants Sense 4.0 on the Desire
erklat said:
I want to no longer be a Desire user.
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I hear you. I'll probably get a Nexus next time or the next flagship after One X. The intelligence level in this section got sucked out along with the good developers.
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I hear you. I'll probably get a Nexus next time or the next flagship after One X. The intelligence level in this section got sucked out along with the good developers.
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Thank you for being supportive. :|
I'm giving my old HTC Desire to my friend, but before I do I want to flash the best ROM for a laymen's use, in terms of stability, battery life and speed.
Personally, I have a Galaxy Nexus with JB and I love it - I think JB heralds a new era in which android finally shows that iOS is just hype and not god.
I've seen there are ROMs right the way up to Jelly Bean, which I find pretty amazing considering the age of the Desire handset - however, there must be quite a few issues to iron out, and I doubt that my friend, who will be more worried about his phone working than whether it's up to date with android, will appreciate these issues.
So which ROM would you recommend? Quick answers appreciated cause I need to give him the phone within two hours! Lol
Thanks for your help
CM or Oxygen. U wont have any problems with either
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CM or Oxygen. U wont have any problems with either
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Stable Rom
I really enjoy Mr. mephisto and RSK team rom, the 3.5 sense is awsome and the AMAZE cam is.. well.. AMAZING.
I have it for almost 2 months now.
It gives the old Desire a great new look!
and with the aroma installer is super customized.
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I really enjoy Mr. mephisto and RSK team rom, the 3.5 sense is awsome and the AMAZE cam is.. well.. AMAZING.
I have it for almost 2 months now.
It gives the old Desire a great new look!
and with the aroma installer is super customized.
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And is that stable enough without any freezes and bsod?
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No freezes, running smoother than any other rom i had.
you need S-off with CM7 and 4EXT touch recovery.
Everything is written in the Thread.
Check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431908
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dvsk69 said:
And is that stable enough without any freezes and bsod?
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It's beautiful and stable, but it's too heavy (read slow) even on fast sd. If you have to sell the phone, just install stock rom (with sense), or an aosp like cm7 or oxygen.
No man, install stock Oxygen rom , create partition ext4 for a2sd. And that is it. Rom is completely bug free, and it has bedt battery life. Speed is great, and no laggs at all !
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Cool droid v3 with primo theme.
I have to agree. Cool Droid v3 is the stable and cool GB ROM for me.
Stuck to this after trying many many ROMs out there.
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dvsk69 said:
I have to agree. Cool Droid v3 is the stable and cool GB ROM for me.
Stuck to this after trying many many ROMs out there.
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U wouldnt happen to have a working link to COOL DROID v3 ?
The only reason I might even consider changing this rom I'm using would be somewhat poor multitasking. But I think I'll most likely need to finally upgrade to a better device.
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colin_404 said:
U wouldnt happen to have a working link to COOL DROID v3 ?
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There is a mirror on the last few pages in the original thread.
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erklat said:
The only reason I might even consider changing this rom I'm using would be somewhat poor multitasking. But I think I'll most likely need to finally upgrade to a better device.
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Erklat, why don't you try cool droid? I find multitasking good on that one. I had the rom you're using before, and it's one of the best, but cool droid is even better.... I am sure you'll like it.
Mildwild 5.0 nuff said!
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Simon said nikez jb p10. Best rom for desire. Gets this rather old phone to a new era!
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janko:) said:
Simon said nikez jb p10. Best rom for desire. Gets this rather old phone to a new era!
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Junkie,
You haven't took the time to read the first post, have you?
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Oxygen 2.3.2 + thalamus r4 kernel. Use Oxygen r2 hboot. If You need more space, with GParted make ext3 or ex4 partition.
I've found it best combination (almost one year using it). It's not full of widgets like Sense roms, but You can install Fancy Wigdets or Beautiful Widgets for clock and weather similar to Sense.
I put the last stable version of miui on my dads desire, and it runs perfectly so far. Using the 2.3.7 os which is pretty stable.idk about battery life tho
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Cool Droid v3 with Alex-v Kernel
I also find Cool Droid v3 ROM with Alex-v kernel working amazingly fast and good battery life :cyclops:
Aggreed
jmcclue said:
CM or Oxygen. U wont have any problems with either
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I do aggree CM7 or Oxygen 2.3.2
Hey guys ! I belong to HTC explorer , Samsung galaxy s and desire hd forums and I'm planing to get this phone , so I want to know a few things bout it :
How's the stock rom ? I mean on my explorer its laggy and almost unbearable
How's the battery life with continues use of WiFi and a lot of texting and music , that's the only reson I buy a phone though
I didn't had much Time to check that dose HTC one v have sense 4.1 or sense 4 FULL ?
Dose it have 8-10 different types of lockscreens ? (Weather , friend stream , stock etc )
How's the over all smoothness ? Is it worth the money ?
Thanks ,
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Is it with the money? That depends. My carrier has dropped the price continually down to $100CDN and then stopped carrying it.
It's a much better phone if you install a custom rom on it. There are other phones that are newer and will likely have a front camera for similar price.
But, saying that, I like mine (custom ROM) just fine
I just got htc one v and it's fine for me. But battery last just for one day in my case - wifi on and a lot of texting. But I like it - it's fine for me and I thkink worth it's money.
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Is it with the money? That depends. My carrier has dropped the price continually down to $100CDN and then stopped carrying it.
It's a much better phone if you install a custom rom on it. There are other phones that are newer and will likely have a front camera for similar price.
But, saying that, I like mine (custom ROM) just fine
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Thanks for that but it didn't really had answer to my all question ; lockscreen type and full sense 4 or not etc...
Graveler said:
I just got htc one v and it's fine for me. But battery last just for one day in my case - wifi on and a lot of texting. But I like it - it's fine for me and I thkink worth it's money.
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The Lockscreen is not customizable. It's not full sense. To get what you want, you would have to root it and install ckpv5's mysense 3.5 rom., which is good.
I mentioned the price because you didn't. If it's more than $100, I would say get another phone. HTC will never upgrade it. They have already said so.
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The Lockscreen is not customizable. It's not full sense. To get what you want, you would have to root it and install ckpv5's mysense 3.5 rom., which is good.
I mentioned the price because you didn't. If it's more than $100, I would say get another phone. HTC will never upgrade it. They have already said so.
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You're making me Chang my mind , but the only fact I appreciate about HOV is that its metallic body , good camera and attractive looks, am I right ? So Soon I'll go for one
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How bout the stock Rom ? Dose it lags ?
Via HTC sense
Blue3125 said:
How bout the stock Rom ? Dose it lags ?
Via HTC sense
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Stock rom is really bad. Most people here are running sphongle aosp based here. Sense is just too heavy for this phone.
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Blue3125 said:
Hey guys ! I belong to HTC explorer , Samsung galaxy s and desire hd forums and I'm planing to get this phone , so I want to know a few things bout it :
How's the stock rom ? I mean on my explorer its laggy and almost unbearable
How's the battery life with continues use of WiFi and a lot of texting and music , that's the only reson I buy a phone though
I didn't had much Time to check that dose HTC one v have sense 4.1 or sense 4 FULL ?
Dose it have 8-10 different types of lockscreens ? (Weather , friend stream , stock etc )
How's the over all smoothness ? Is it worth the money ?
Thanks ,
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Well, it would be wise (normal, according to rules...) to first read all threads about hov. :angel:
Then, if you're stuck, ask... Sorry, we all know how to read, do you? :fingers-crossed:
lars1216 said:
Stock rom is really bad. Most people here are running sphongle aosp based here. Sense is just too heavy for this phone.
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I was expecting the ui to be smooth and fast but Nevermind I really like it's camera and metallic body and I hope stock Rom wouldn't be that bad cause on my explorer with 600 MHz CPU it runs sense 4 pretty good (lags for a while, but a reboot fixes that) and on my desire hd it have 1 GHz CPU and it runs sense for just like stock , full sense 4 . So if DHD can run full sense sooth as hell with 1 GHz CPU , I see no reson for HOV to lag on lite version of sense with the same CPU
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Blue3125 said:
I was expecting the ui to be smooth and fast but Nevermind I really like it's camera and metallic body and I hope stock Rom wouldn't be that bad cause on my explorer with 600 MHz CPU it runs sense 4 pretty good (lags for a while, but a reboot fixes that) and on my desire hd it have 1 GHz CPU and it runs sense for just like stock , full sense 4 . So if DHD can run full sense sooth as hell with 1 GHz CPU , I see no reson for HOV to lag on lite version of sense with the same CPU
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Well I guess it depends on your standards, but my old LG GT540 with a 806mhz cpu that ran ICS way better than the HTC one V does ICS sense.
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You can get different lock screens. All kinds of them for this phone. There are also Full Sense 4/4.1 Roms. Not JB Sense yet though if thats what you meant. Its actually an ok phone. I mainly use mine for gps,music, camera and social. On a good sense ROM battery will be great. On AOSP it will vary and usually not be so good. Good AOSP Roms are best for gaming. The metal case really helps, and its buttoned up pretty good. Put mine through some abuse. Its holding up nice. The stock ROM on mine actually wasn't too bad. Just with stock ROM and a good kernel its usable. But the best results are from a custom rom. Lots of good ones. Still development going on.
All that being said I would actually recommend a One S for what your looking for.
The camera one the One V isn't great. Night shots suck, and at 5mp its pretty low. One S has a great camera and 1080p video.
Battery is pretty small (One S isn't much bigger though)
And the One S is more powerful and smoother.
I've had my One V for about 4 months. Always wished I got a better One S.
One V is a good beginner phone.
bandit97 said:
You can get different lock screens. All kinds of them for this phone. There are also Full Sense 4/4.1 Roms. Not JB Sense yet though if thats what you meant. Its actually an ok phone. I mainly use mine for gps,music, camera and social. On a good sense ROM battery will be great. On AOSP it will vary and usually not be so good. Good AOSP Roms are best for gaming. The metal case really helps, and its buttoned up pretty good. Put mine through some abuse. Its holding up nice. The stock ROM on mine actually wasn't too bad. Just with stock ROM and a good kernel its usable. But the best results are from a custom rom. Lots of good ones. Still development going on.
All that being said I would actually recommend a One S for what your looking for.
The camera one the One V isn't great. Night shots suck, and at 5mp its pretty low. One S has a great camera and 1080p video.
Battery is pretty small (One S isn't much bigger though)
And the One S is more powerful and smoother.
I've had my One V for about 4 months. Always wished I got a better One S.
One V is a good beginner phone.
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Yeah 1+
Shent with shexy kitteh ushin Sensation XE and One V
Yeah so if you want it, it's a nice small, solid feeling phone, one v is good for that. But, if I were you, I'd root it and put either bandit's beaver ROM on it off one of ckpv5's
Hey thanks to all , I guess I'll be in this forum soon enough about in a 2-3 week's , one s is generally out of my budget :/
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Buy it n root it
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ijayesh said:
Buy it n root it
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I'll stick to stock for a while and then I'll root it and flash a full sense Rom, probably
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Blue3125 said:
I'll stick to stock for a while and then I'll root it and flash a full sense Rom, probably
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Full sense gona lag , u can try bandit sense or ckpv5 sense lite
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i would say don't buy it.. ul repent really..
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paarthdesai said:
i would say don't buy it.. ul repent really..
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And why you say don't but it ?
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