Related
After 1 month with Desire HD, I think i like it but there are these 3 things that are really annoying:
1. Camera:
Very limited functionality/adjustment.
Small sensor (my guess) -> can't get a good picture of moving subject (I am not talking about lighting fast moving subject, just for example baby movement).
2. Video:
Very limited file formats can be played back.
Third party players (rockplayer, vplayer) can play some but still not all, especially mkv...very very very laggy.....
Lagging can also occasionally occur during playback of some avi/divx too?
3. Sound/speaker:
This is the worst.
I am comparing the above with the Samsung Galaxy S........quite disappointed.
so here is my 2 cents question:
Does anyone know whether a firmware upgrade can fix the above issues or it's more like a hardware things?
Is it possible that we can use/port the Samsung Galaxy S Camera/Video/Sound firmware/apk on the Desire HD to improve it??????
Many Thanks in advance
There are quite a few threads round here regarding the camera. Have you tried adjusting the ISO? Having it set on "Auto" is a recipe for disaster, the same goes for the white balance.
Check to see if there are any OTA updates available.
You are right. The Desire HD is the biggest piece of crap I've ever used. Unfortunately Telus gave it to me as a replacement while my Galaxy S is being repaired.
Sound is godawful. I hooked up my quality headphones to the Desire HD and can't get any real volume. The sound is completely garbled and half the lyrics are not understandable. I've tried stock settings, using the Dolby and using SRS as well as playing with the equalizer. The sound just plain sucks. It is totally unusable. I'm not an audiophile so I'm perplexed that nobody else has mentioned these issues. Or perhaps there is a solution I'm not aware of.
Second really annoying problem is that I can't delete hotmail emails... they just pop back on the next sync. What gives?
I seriously don't understand how HTC expects to thrive when they put out crap like this. Doesn't anybody believe in quality anymore? Maybe my expectations are just too high, the iphone JUST WORKS and Samsung's Galaxy was a beautiful implementation of Android. Guess I'll just have to wait for my Galaxy to get back or buy the new SGSII. Having an original HTC Diamond and now the problems with the Desire HD, I swear this company should be bankrupt. I'll never pay for one of their phones again.
I agree with seamus24. My friend has Samsung galaxy S II and checked the sound quality. It really better then Desire HD. Is HTC listening ????
rpandaw said:
I agree with seamus24. My friend has Samsung galaxy S II and checked the sound quality. It really better then Desire HD. Is HTC listening ????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry to admit as an avid user of HTCs...the DHD camera is not as good as the Desire, just remember that megapixels is not everything...noise control on the Desire is excellent, overall producing better photo than DHD. I jumped the ship after playing with the SGS2...camera is very low noise, super sharp...also offered 1080 recording as well...
The video player is limited by copyrights and licenses for format playbacks etc and obviously hardware of the DHD. Not to blame, in most cases it can play converted 720 videos without too much issues with the exclusion of MPEG formats IIRC.
Speakers, well that was **** a bit ****, I still firmly believe that the Desure was a better phone, the audio quality on it I believe was better, in comparison again to the SGS2, well there is no competition...DHD<Desire<SGS2
@OP, even if porting was possible, I fear that the archilles heels is based on the actual hardware of the camera, processor (CPU and GPU) and speaker. All of which cannot be changed or upgraded. There is only so much firmware updates can enable slight improvements. Whilst CPU can be OCed, I believe I read from fellow DHD DEV LordClockan that the GPU on the DHD cannot be OCed. Speakers, even with the enhancement from BEATS, very little can be done through software equalisers...trust me, there are people *****ing and moaning about how bad the SGS2 sound quality in comparison to SGS at the SGS2 XDA Forum...they dont actually know how bad DHD is then...but still...borrowing a DHD at the moment...missed SenseUI hahaha...
cubim said:
Third party players (rockplayer, vplayer) can play some but still not all, especially mkv...very very very laggy.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm assuming that's a blu-ray rip you're trying to play on your device? or just another .mkv file (for the quality of picture you get on it)
I tried playing 'Avatar' 2.26GB - blu-ray ripped to a mkv file. Had to take the battery out to restart the phone. I work for a telco, so I tried it on several other DHDs - same result.
Worked like a charm on the SGSII though. I'm assuming, the DHD can only do so much.
Just checking in on how audio quality is while recording video? (thinking about getting this device).
Does it get that 'underwater' effect that sometimes plagues audio in video?
Is it able to record loud noise without distorting?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
gustav30 said:
Just checking in on how audio quality is while recording video? (thinking about getting this device).
Does it get that 'underwater' effect that sometimes plagues audio in video?
Is it able to record loud noise without distorting?
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good question considering I like recording concerts I go to.. I haven't been to one yet, but would like to see someone's recording of one. I know the LG G2 was horrible at recording concerts as well as the whole line of Galaxy phones.. Sadly the best phone I've ever heard for recording loud volumes is the iphone
This is an advertised feature of the G3 and I was also wondering about it.
Coming from an S3 where you couldnt make out anything except garbled noise when recording in loud environments, I was also keen to see if this would really work.
So, just the other night I was in the pub, bunch of people, some DJ playing some cheesy tunes with decent amount of bass and lots of noise of people etc etc.. Now I don't want to upload the video because my workmates would kill me, you know the drunken antics people get into, but I will say the following about the video recording in this noisy environment:
1. You could hear everything!
2. It sounds a bit like music in a tin, but even above the music / screams and noise you could still clearly hear people speaking and what they were saying perfectly.
3. Played it back on the PC and it definitely still has bass / treble / mid range, maybe a bit too much mid range but I think that's the compromise between being able to still record voices while all this noise is happening.
4. All in all great, I am pleased.
5. Need to record at a festival though with super loud sound so that I can compare the sound to my friends Nokia & iPhone video recordings to rate it a bit better. (if you have links to videos recorded by such devices that I can compare to, I will have a look and see what I notice different / better /worse)
I am no audiophile / sound engineer, but these are my impressions of video recording in a loud environment.
Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk
+1
I am going to a concert next weekend. I will test it out then
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Free mobile app
Check this out
I was just about to make a post on this!!!
TLDR- PERFECT PHONE!
Here is Seven Lions in gainesville, FL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8wCq6Me5ew
Taken on an LG G3. Took it on Thursday Night. If I took video on my Galaxy S3 in the same spot, you wouldnt be able to hear anything because the bass would take over...
Here is my Galaxy S3 taking video at EDC Orlando in November 2013... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSwQ7WIrJVM too much bass...
Dang it really does take good audio in videos. Great vids!
Sent from my LG-D851 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I can confirm this phone has good audio recording at loud concerts which I go to quite often. It's not the best quality but at least it doesn't distort or get overpowered by bass (like my note 2). I am very satisfied. I can finally record artists and enjoy rewatching the clips on my phone.
Sent from my LG-D850 using XDA Free mobile app
I have also discovered the same problem. I have searched a bit and its turn out to be "noise cancellation" feature build in kit kat, the problem is presented in nexus 5 too, and google working on it to fix this in 4.4.3, otherwise in very loud environments like concerts noise cancellation do amazing job, but it is very bad for quite environment.
This is what bugs me most about my G3. The noise cancellation that kicks in after 3 or 4 seconds is just way too aggressive for the sake of reducing distortion in harsh environments. It practically ruins the sound quality unless you have someone speaking nearby. Every video I have taken sounds muffled and garbled.
This is definitely one area in which I prefer my old One M7 with the "HDR" dual membrane microphones which would simultaneously be clear and avoid distortion. LG should have taken this route if they were serious about avoiding distortion.
Today's LG G3 Update fix that bug, good job Google and LG :good:
Billy Madison said:
Check this out
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh there was music with that? Dang was too busy watching the video
nauvho said:
Today's LG G3 Update fix that bug, good job Google and LG :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found this thread while searching for a solution to very audio problem mentioned here.
I also have an LG G3 and have recently returned from a week holiday only to find that the 140 clips i took all have this audio problem.
Nauvho, you mentioned that LG/Google has fixed this in an update. I received the V10g update recently. However, it still has this problem.
Is this the same update that fixed it for you?
Cheers!
RAB78 said:
I found this thread while searching for a solution to very audio problem mentioned here.
I also have an LG G3 and have recently returned from a week holiday only to find that the 140 clips i took all have this audio problem.
Nauvho, you mentioned that LG/Google has fixed this in an update. I received the V10g update recently. However, it still has this problem.
Is this the same update that fixed it for you?
Cheers!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there, yes this update fix the problem for me, however i can't confirm that this update is targeted for this bug at all, but it is confirmed that it is android bug.
Thanks for replying!
How strange that it fixed it for you and not me.
Did you get the V10g or the V10e update?
RAB78 said:
Thanks for replying!
How strange that it fixed it for you and not me.
Did you get the V10g or the V10e update?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its 10g, 10g-EUR-XX to be specific.
nauvho said:
Today's LG G3 Update fix that bug, good job Google and LG :good:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which update? V10H or V10J or which one?
pRo_lama said:
Which update? V10H or V10J or which one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have said this already 10g fix it for me.
That's the same one that i got.
I wonder why it didn't fix it for me. Very annoying.
You say it's an Android thing but why is it not present on other Android 4.4.2 devices?
nauvho said:
I have also discovered the same problem. I have searched a bit and its turn out to be "noise cancellation" feature build in kit kat, the problem is presented in nexus 5 too, and google working on it to fix this in 4.4.3, otherwise in very loud environments like concerts noise cancellation do amazing job, but it is very bad for quite environment.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Read my previous post
Hello Guys , i am selling my HTC ONE M8 for G3 32 GB , D855 , Please suggest me is that worth of buying ?
Ps i don't have any complaint with M8 , it is very smooth device
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
So sorry mistakenly posted it in wrong thread , if any Mod online , i request him to move it to Question section
Regards
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
newstar said:
Hello Guys , i am selling my HTC ONE M8 for G3 32 GB , D855 , Please suggest me is that worth of buying ?
Ps i don't have any complaint with M8 , it is very smooth device
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Quite a few have asked this on here lately...
Basically, if I were in your shoes I'd just go for it and get the G3! The phone is just awesome.
Development is not really happening just yet due to the locked bootloader on mostly all variants except TMobile. Our kicka$$ devs have eluded to the fact that they WILL be able to unlock or exploit the bootloader, it's just a matter of time.
I came from an S4 that had a very active Dev scene with many Roms and a few custom kernels to choose from, and even though currently I don't have those things with the G3..... I'm still super happy with this phone.
- Tapatalked from the G3
Same here... If I were you, I would go for it...
My choices before buying this phone were Z2, M8, and Find7... but G3 came out and that's it... =)
newstar said:
Hello Guys , i am selling my HTC ONE M8 for G3 32 GB , D855 , Please suggest me is that worth of buying ?
Ps i don't have any complaint with M8 , it is very smooth device
Thanks
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why are you getting rid of the M8? How's the battery life?
The only thing I think that would be better is the G3 with Cat 6 And the Snap 805 lol no idea if Verizon will offer that though
- Tapatalked from the G3
I swapped my M8 for the G3 and I have not looked back, dont worry; they are both great phones. Just felt the need to move on
I made that switch and bought a G3 as my daily user. However, I actually think the M8 is an "overall" better phone. I got the G3 because I do take quite a lot of photos when I travel and the resolution just isn't good enough...the quality of the photos of the M8 are decent but the G3 is definitely better in good light. If photo quality and size isn't that important to you, I personally would NOT make the change. Even though I have the 805 chip Korean variant of the G3, I can say 100% the M8 is smoother and quicker in every aspect. The G3 is no slouch, but the M8 is awesome...smoothest Android phone out there in my opinion.
I'm not saying the G3 is a bad phone...I love it and I'm using it over my M8, but the only reason is because of the camera. just make sure there's a good reason for you to want to change. Good luck on your decision and let us know if you do switch what you think of the G3!
T3hBraveBoss said:
I swapped my M8 for the G3 and I have not looked back, dont worry; they are both great phones. Just felt the need to move on
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same as me.
Having had both, I'd much prefer the G3 over the M8 for screen size and camera quality as those are important to me - but you should know that you'll have to put up with a slight compromise in terms of performance/smoothness and battery life.
That's what my experience has been, anyway. YMMV.
qbanlinxx said:
Why are you getting rid of the M8? How's the battery life?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its best phone i ever use , reason best battery , best development , even stock GPE we can flash or sence , just wana try G3 that's why i start this topic
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
radicalisto said:
Same as me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah i saw u much active in m8 forums , how's ur experience radi
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
Honestly i just switched from the M8 to the G3 and i see no downfalls what so ever. Im in love with this thing. The camera is awesome, the screen is amazing, and its just an all around better phone to me.
newstar said:
Yeah i saw u much active in m8 forums , how's ur experience radi
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I certainly liked the M8, very much so in fact. But I loved the look of the G3 and the screen. Used both over a couple of weeks and decided to stick with the G3.
I think it all came down to the look and feel of the device. The M8 is beautiful, quality built and has all the features.. I just felt it was maybe missing something. So jumped to the G3
Like a few others on here, I have both phones. I love the M8. It's the most fluid phone I've ever experienced, and there are so many modification options out there. The G3 is laggy, and doesn't seem like much progress has been made with the developer community so far. All that being said, I can't bring myself to stop using my G3. If anything, try it out for a week and see how you like it.
I have both G3 & M8, they are both great phones & both have the + & - points.
You'll be happy whichever you choose.
Biggest +'s for each phone for me -
M8 - Speakers, they are very good.
G3 - Wireless Charging, Oh how pleasant it is to wireless charge. No faffing about with cables :good::good::good:
Enjoy whichever you use
You guys with both an M8 an G3 which do you like better.... Sense or LG's somewhat close to stock Android??
Coming from Sammy and Moto phones they're both pretty cool IMO. My girls One Max is very cool and after playing with that I'm sure having an HTC phone as a DD wouldn't be bad at all...
- Tapatalked from the G3
M8 far from smoothest phone sorry
i did the same move. the m8 was the smoothest phone i ever had but the lack of screen for such a big phone was such a waste to me. both phones are awesome though. honestly if the m8 had a back speaker with a bigger screen it would have been a perfect phone for me.5.5 inch screen is perfect
---------- Post added at 08:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 AM ----------
speaker wise once you root the g3 and but viper on it the sound is surprisingly very loud and clear
shawnten said:
i did the same move. the m8 was the smoothest phone i ever had but the lack of screen for such a big phone was such a waste to me. both phones are awesome though. honestly if the m8 had a back speaker with a bigger screen it would have been a perfect phone for me.5.5 inch screen is perfect
---------- Post added at 08:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:42 AM ----------
speaker wise once you root the g3 and but viper on it the sound is surprisingly very loud and clear
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mind sharing your viper settings?
I own an Amazon fire phone, im old user of cyanogen mod on all my past phones (moto defy,moto g, moto g 2014) and im in love with front facing speakers (big media consumption) also i play alot games on my phone and casualy taking some photos (big fan of filters tho)
I cant decide witch phone should i buy between these two beauty's. Im planing on instaling google play edition software on m8 if i get too many cons from m9, im concern about the overheating situation and throttling.
Can someone replay a screanshoot with antutu or gheekbench score from the m9? Im curious about IT
Also i have another question, i Heard about 6.0 add a Nice function for the micro sd to make IT as internal memory, is IT true? Thank you for your time!
Samirmaibine said:
I own an Amazon fire phone, im old user of cyanogen mod on all my past phones (moto defy,moto g, moto g 2014) and im in love with front facing speakers (big media consumption) also i play alot games on my phone and casualy taking some photos (big fan of filters tho)
I cant decide witch phone should i buy between these two beauty's. Im planing on instaling google play edition software on m8 if i get too many cons from m9, im concern about the overheating situation and throttling.
Can someone replay a screanshoot with antutu or gheekbench score from the m9? Im curious about IT
Also i have another question, i Heard about 6.0 add a Nice function for the micro sd to make IT as internal memory, is IT true? Thank you for your time!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here's a capture from a Geekbench 3 test I just did on my M9.
I have both an M8 and an M9 and I would say that the Snapdragon 801 in the M8 gets much hotter than the 810 in the M9. I don't find that my M9 gets particularly hot at all, compared to the Snapdragon 801-based phones like the One M8/Galaxy S5/LG G3 (all of which I have on my desk at home). Besides, a throttled M9 is probably still as fast as a full-speed M8.
Yes, Android 6.0 on the M8 and M9 allows you to format your MicroSD as adoptable storage, which treats internal and MicroSD memory as a single large pool.
Samirmaibine said:
I own an Amazon fire phone, im old user of cyanogen mod on all my past phones (moto defy,moto g, moto g 2014) and im in love with front facing speakers (big media consumption) also i play alot games on my phone and casualy taking some photos (big fan of filters tho)
I cant decide witch phone should i buy between these two beauty's. Im planing on instaling google play edition software on m8 if i get too many cons from m9, im concern about the overheating situation and throttling.
Can someone replay a screanshoot with antutu or gheekbench score from the m9? Im curious about IT
Also i have another question, i Heard about 6.0 add a Nice function for the micro sd to make IT as internal memory, is IT true? Thank you for your time!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
M9 all day. M8 was great. M9, despite the bad rap it got in reviews and other online discussions, is better. I've had both and was pleased with both. M8 on a good custom rom probably has better battery life, though.
Im glad people enjoy this phone and gives me Hope for a brighter future, i see a smal gap between these two devices, im still undecided because all the pro features from the both sides, maybe money will Be the Most important factor for my choise.the m8 is starting from 250€ and the m9 400€
Samirmaibine said:
Im glad people enjoy this phone and gives me Hope for a brighter future, i see a smal gap between these two devices, im still undecided because all the pro features from the both sides, maybe money will Be the Most important factor for my choise.the m8 is starting from 250€ and the m9 400€
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well...is that's the price difference, I'd be tempted to go with the 8
I owned the m8 and sold it cause I was low on cash. Later on I made a trade for an m9 since I missed the m8 so much. I have only had the m9 for a week so far but I have no complaints other than I noticed an echo on my one voice call I've made so far. Never had that on the m8 but could have been just a single incident. It's slightly faster than the m8. No overheating so far. The battery is about the same as the m8. For 250 vs 400 I'd probably pick the m8.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA-Developers mobile app
Hello everyone.
I was comparing the same video playing on Iphone 6 and LG g4 and iphone sounds really lowder when connected to a ear phone.
Do you know how to solve it? without rooting your mobile? (don't want to loose waranty on a phone like g4 that tends to break sooner or later).
Tks,
Nope, unlike the screen fix I posted HEREfor the sound I'm afraid you'll have to root. (there are "solutions" but none are worth it)
Seriously, i've bought the G4 today and it's really loud, to a point where it disturbs me, and i don't have my total audition, so i think you are going the same way i went.
Claudio Santos said:
Seriously, i've bought the G4 today and it's really loud, to a point where it disturbs me, and i don't have my total audition, so i think you are going the same way i went.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The device speaker is waaay to high
the earphones on the other hand.....
Actually you can use one of the equaliser apps. I use Equalizer fx and it has a loudness function which helps a lot.
Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk
You can also use PowerAmp which is a music player (one of the most popular) and it includes an amplifier and equaliser. No root needed!
Heitor Amat said:
The device speaker is waaay to high
the earphones on the other hand.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Men.. I was already talking about the earphones, not the about the speaker ..
Anyways, i got back the money I spent on the device, I was extremely unsatisfied, it came with a defective battery, they replaced it, then I started seeing screen burns.. so I was mad, and i got my money back.
Now I have the Redmi Note 3 Pro.
How is that phone?
Claudio Santos said:
Men.. I was already talking about the earphones, not the about the speaker ..
Anyways, i got back the money I spent on the device, I was extremely unsatisfied, it came with a defective battery, they replaced it, then I started seeing screen burns.. so I was mad, and i got my money back.
Now I have the Redmi Note 3 Pro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, until now it's behaving really like I expected, the only throwback is if you want to take pictures in low light environment, the secondary camera is just awful, that primary one, you have to put it onto manual mode and of course pick the setting to have a decent photo.
I get a screen on time of 5 hours, consisted on gaming(light games), browsing , messaging, listening to music (play music) and going on YouTube, recording videos in slow motion and taking pictures .. Instagram .. Snapchat.. and all of sorts, never more than 20 minutes on this last 2.
This is just being the 3rd day im with it, but if you want, when it makes a full week, I can talk about the experience again ?.
tiguy99 said:
How is that phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds good!
Thanks
Claudio Santos said:
Well, until now it's behaving really like I expected, the only throwback is if you want to take pictures in low light environment, the secondary camera is just awful, that primary one, you have to put it onto manual mode and of course pick the setting to have a decent photo.
I get a screen on time of 5 hours, consisted on gaming(light games), browsing , messaging, listening to music (play music) and going on YouTube, recording videos in slow motion and taking pictures .. Instagram .. Snapchat.. and all of sorts, never more than 20 minutes on this last 2.
This is just being the 3rd day im with it, but if you want, when it makes a full week, I can talk about the experience again ?.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey again
tiguy99 said:
Sounds good!
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The device is absolutely keeping up the expectations, and i know, it's more than the week that i mentioned, but i was busy studying for exams.
I have had the device completely standard till 28 october, it's absolutely good and it keeps up with the user demand, however sometimes i felt the necessity of cleaning manually the apps on RAM.
Since day 28, while i was waiting to have permission to unlock the bootloader, i upgraded from stock lollipop, to android marshmallow, the miui in beta state, the global one.
It's even better, but ok it have some bugs, but nothing you can't fix in a daily basis, and they are not so often, so i think it was worth it.
Then i wanted even more freedom and i installed TWRP and flashed nougat, the only issue i had was not being able to make phone calls , (because for some reason the mic turned himself off, and the earpiece also.) The rest is remarkable it's blazing fast, i didn't even was believing it was the same phone, so i'm really pumped up to see miui 9 based on nougat , it will be so, so AWESOME !
However.. the issue made me go back to marshmallow, but this time not a stock rom.