Hello all,
I just picked up a cheap DHD on Ebay and looking to root the phone at some point. I owned a DHD a few years back and loved the phone but then sold it and decided on the Nexus 4 which I have had for over a year.
New DHD arrived today, and I'm ready to play!!
I noticed most if not all of the custom Sense roms are ICS based. Were there any stable Jellybean/Sense (4 or 5) roms available for the DHD, safe as a daily driver with working camera, audio and pretty much everything for day to day use?
Thanks.
Thread closed. This will turn in to a thus rom is best thread very quickly. Best thing to do is to try the Roms for yourself.
Mayn't thanks,
Ghost
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Hey guys i'm planning to buy motorola defy in next month. As i've to stick to this phone for 3 years i want to ask you some questions or clear my doubt. 1. Will this phone get android 2.2? 2. If I flashed with custom rom of 2.2 will adobe flash 10.1 work on it? 3. Is flashing this phone difficult or easy? 4. What about its sound quality? Is it better than galaxy 3 or nokia 5800xm? 5. Will HD games work on this device?
1,2,5: yes
3: easy
4: don't know, didn't have those phones to test the Defy against
There are a few 2.2 leaked ROMs, I'm using one myself and flash is running smoothly. The official update will be released in the second half of this month
Sound quality is good. The Defy is in every respect technically a high-end phone, comparable to Galaxy s i9000, HTC Desire HD.
Galaxy 3 is rather medium-class.
The only negative points IMO are that the screen is very reflective in sunlight and the camera could be better.
And battery performance is VERY unpredictable!!
You mean battery life not good?
Battery life is good comparing to other android phones. It is 2~3 days for normal use.
yes, the screen is a bit reflective, but if you set it bright enough, it's very nice! and battery performance is quite good, i get about 2 days with some gaming and 3G/wifi constantly on! the only thing i'm missing from this phone is full multitouch, as it has only two point mt, which can be disturbing in some games (like tap tap revenge). otherwise it's a very good phone, with great overclock/undervolt potential!
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questions regarding DEFY
I heard that defy bootloader is locked hence custom rom is not possible for defy then how come custom roms are available in dev thread?
They're not true custom ROMs, they're just standard ones with some of the stock apps removed and others pre-loaded.
The bootloader is locked and that's why, for example, CyanogenMod isn't available for the Defy or Gingerbread.
Thank's Guys!
I'll buy a defy tomorrow, and this answers helped me to make my choice (principally
the battery time).
you wont go far wrong with this phone. performance/price wise, i think this is one of the best in the market right now
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you wont go far wrong with this phone. performance/price wise, i think this is one of the best in the market right now
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i agree. great device. the phone is basically a screen and feels light like a dummy phone!
Its one of the smallest android phones with a decent screen.
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My defy has arrived
I'm very excited with the cel. Very satisfying.
time to root and install some custom ROMS!!
Step666 said:
They're not true custom ROMs, they're just standard ones with some of the stock apps removed and others pre-loaded.
The bootloader is locked and that's why, for example, CyanogenMod isn't available for the Defy or Gingerbread.
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there is someone with cynogenmod 7 for defy in dev thread, how could it be possible then...really confused about defys potential & ability for custom roms..
One question: what is the last oficial android version? Here in brazil, the last available is 2.1...
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2.2 is already out, ans cm7 using 2.3 will probably get a final stable release version soon
I'm curently running CM7(beta 3) and it's doing pretty well.
Though there are still some things to be fixed, it is definitely an increase of performance and battery life, and will be worth of updating once it is fully stable.
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I heard that defy bootloader is locked hence custom rom is not possible for defy then how come custom roms are available in dev thread?
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Most of'em are, as abovesaid, pretty much customized standart ROMs.
However, 2nd Init "hack" was recently intoruced, which kinda bypasses locked bootloader. Hence CM7 goodness.
At least you don't have to worry a single bit using DEFy in the rain
What's up fellas?
I'm currently using Sony Ericsson Arc S and to be honest, I'm not happy with it.... I put my phone on sale and I got an offer. Someone wants to exchange his Desire HD to my Arc. The hardware is pretty identical, processor(Arc has 1.4GHz Snappy, but basically it's just factory clocked 1GHz one). Both are about the same price when new.
Does this phone have something really worth... Desiring?
DHD has a lot more roms than Arc, and it's something I like.
Thanks!
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The DHD is an amazing phone with a lot of awesome, stable ROMs for it. Including ICS. But it's slowly becoming a legacy device. Many of the devs who used to make the best ROMs a few months back have now moved on to other devices. Mainly HTC One X and One S. In terms of Gingerbread ROM development, the DHD has reached a state where many of the GB ROMs available for it are in a very stable state, and there's not much to be done with them anymore in terms of bug fixes and new features. The DHD will receive one last round of development when the official ICS upgrade (announced by HTC) is released, which will help mainly to fix the camcorder in all the existing ICS ROMs by providing the required driver. Right now one ROM still going great in terms of development is IceColdSandwich by LorD ClockaN, which is a the best ICS ROM for the DHD.
I'm basically telling you the scene with DHD development right now, so that you can make up your mind better. If you can manage to get a newer generation device in the next few months, then I'd suggest you hold off this trade and get a new device once for all. But if you have no plans of getting a new device, then I'd say trade. The DHD is an awesome device with a very strong build quality and great performance (depending on ROM and kernel used). Feels very solid in the hand. Though it received dreadful battery life reviews when it was launched, that hasn't been a problem for me in a long time. I can get 1+ day with light use and 8 hours with very heavy use. The processor can be overclocked to 2 GHz too (if required) depending on the kernel used. I'd prefer it over the Arc S any day.
sashank said:
The DHD is an amazing phone with a lot of awesome, stable ROMs for it. Including ICS. But it's slowly becoming a legacy device. Many of the devs who used to make the best ROMs a few months back have now moved on to other devices. Mainly HTC One X and One S. In terms of Gingerbread ROM development, the DHD has reached a state where many of the GB ROMs available for it are in a very stable state, and there's not much to be done with them anymore in terms of bug fixes and new features. The DHD will receive one last round of development when the official ICS upgrade (announced by HTC) is released, which will help mainly to fix the camcorder in all the existing ICS ROMs by providing the required driver. Right now one ROM still going great in terms of development is IceColdSandwich by LorD ClockaN, which is a the best ICS ROM for the DHD.
I'm basically telling you the scene with DHD development right now, so that you can make up your mind better. If you can manage to get a newer generation device in the next few months, then I'd suggest you hold off this trade and get a new device once for all. But if you have no plans of getting a new device, then I'd say trade. The DHD is an awesome device with a very strong build quality and great performance (depending on ROM and kernel used). Feels very solid in the hand. Though it received dreadful battery life reviews when it was launched, that hasn't been a problem for me in a long time. I can get 1+ day with light use and 8 hours with very heavy use. The processor can be overclocked to 2 GHz too (if required) depending on the kernel used. I'd prefer it over the Arc S any day.
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Aye, overclock the DHD to 2 Ghz if you wanna FRY your phone, or if your lucky....just reduce the life of it by 90%.
With the mentioned ICS build....yeah, go for it, but don't exprect to be able to take pictures, take videos or read Sim card contacts etc etc.
HTC Desire, for me, using NON-ICS Roms has been AWESOME. Solid build, feels quality, fast etc...if I had a choice i.e. money wasn't object....I'd get the HTC One X...but still keep my Desire HD as a 2nd/backup phone, coz it's sooooo awesome and reliable.
Matt
Yeah, the thing is that Arc has dozens of roms, but it its always slow. I don't know why... I've read a lit of people telling how great Dhd is, and I'm pretty sure it beats Arc. I don't know, they're about the same price, do there's not much to lose... I'll go for it!
Thanks for in fo guys. I'll trade my Arc to Dhd. I'm gonna buy newer phone later.
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Hi all. As you can tell, I'm new here. I'm probably trying to revive a dead device... If I even can, that is.
So, this is how my story starts. My Galaxy 3 was destroyed by a dog. Let's just say my phone became a chew toy. My Galaxy was completely stock. After mourning its dreadful death, I had to revert to old faithful.
Here's the problems: Gingerbread is way too outdated for me. So I downloaded a Sense 3.6 ICS ROM. This ROM is my favorite. But it has this one very nasty flaw; the Wi-Fi and mobile service don't like each other.
Solution: I ask some veterans for the best ICS Sense ROM. I've tried viper... It's good, but way too slow for a daily driver. I tried a Cyanogen(excuse the spelling) Jelly Bean ROM and while fast and smooth, it had too many flaws. Worst of all, no sense!
So my main point... I know it's kinda old to even attempt bringing back up, but I'm a cheap ass, and want the best bang for my buck.
I love the ROM I have now because it's basically stock, but ICS. But the damned service curse! Why?!
Oh, and my last question. Is it possible to use the stock ROM and flash an ICS firmware to it? That is basically what I'm wanting. Sense with ICS, like stock with no bugs.
If anyone ever does trip across this forum and land into this thread... Help a brother out ):
My experience on Verizon (CDMA):
For ICS, either Ascension Oblivion or Viper. I ran both for a while - and added a B-Team kernel to overclock a bit, but kinda went overboard and wasn't satisfied with the battery life. Viper has a ton of customizations, but I found it to be a bit too heavy since I just wanted Verizon stock w/o the bloat.
After these two, I went back to the GB stock, minus the VZ bloat for a while. But now I'm running the latest Beanstalk (4.3?) and am relatively happy with it (with the ringer-fix patch). Granted, it's not Sense, but the only Sense-related feature I was interested in was the clock widget.
Dear Arc s users,
I had this great phone for 2 years and i did the installation of some roms to try which is the best rom for performance and i remember that the 4.4.4 roms are the best.
Now i have bought an htc one m7 and after 3 months that my Arc s was inutilized, i decided to give it to my sister.
I did the flash of slim rom and the first impression was GREAT! Good performance and stability. But my sister says that the video are not working (YouTube and Facebook) and the app on sd are not working.
I know that there isn't the perfect rom, But i just would like to know what is, at the moment, the stable rom for our phone.
It does not matter if it is gb, jb or kk (my sister doesn't know the difference). I just need a Good rom.
Please could You help me to find the Good one?
Thank you so much and sorry if i do this question, But i love this phone and i would like to see it in use instead to see it on my desktop.
Thank you again.
All Custom Rom is the best , Just try and see what is the best for you
carper84 said:
Dear Arc s users,
I had this great phone for 2 years and i did the installation of some roms to try which is the best rom for performance and i remember that the 4.4.4 roms are the best.
Now i have bought an htc one m7 and after 3 months that my Arc s was inutilized, i decided to give it to my sister.
I did the flash of slim rom and the first impression was GREAT! Good performance and stability. But my sister says that the video are not working (YouTube and Facebook) and the app on sd are not working.
I know that there isn't the perfect rom, But i just would like to know what is, at the moment, the stable rom for our phone.
It does not matter if it is gb, jb or kk (my sister doesn't know the difference). I just need a Good rom.
Please could You help me to find the Good one?
Thank you so much and sorry if i do this question, But i love this phone and i would like to see it in use instead to see it on my desktop.
Thank you again.
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flash the Legacy Xperia ROM build 06/09/14 its nearly bugless, very good for daily use. no battery drains, all important stuff works. (incl. video).
your sis will have fun.
Thanks!
I'm using Carbon and its so smooth and no lag....
i am not saying that this is the best because all the custom rom
can improve your phone
Hello HTC Desire community!
I know that "What's the best rom" topics are generally awful and honestly, I hate them myself but this one is a little bit different.
See, I use my MOTO G (xt1032) as my daily driver, well it is fine but the issue with it is I'm not sure if it is carrier locked and I do not want to cut up my other sim to test it.
I'm having a trip (to another country) within few weeks, so I decided to ask you, which ROM should be best for making the phone last as long as it possibly can.
First thing that came into my mind was good ol' Cyanogenmod 6 (possibly without gapps) and underclocking it to 500MHz or so. I know it's old but I don't care. I don't really need any other features than being able to call from HTC Desire and play some music on it.
If any of you have a better idea of a rom, please let me know.
(After further inspection I found that official Cyanogenmod 6 is no longer hosted, so that won't work..)
I apologize for bringing up "what's the best ROM" topic, but I saw no other real place where to look for it. And thank you in advance.
EvilShadeZ said:
Hello HTC Desire community!
I know that "What's the best rom" topics are generally awful and honestly, I hate them myself but this one is a little bit different.
See, I use my MOTO G (xt1032) as my daily driver, well it is fine but the issue with it is I'm not sure if it is carrier locked and I do not want to cut up my other sim to test it.
I'm having a trip (to another country) within few weeks, so I decided to ask you, which ROM should be best for making the phone last as long as it possibly can.
First thing that came into my mind was good ol' Cyanogenmod 6 (possibly without gapps) and underclocking it to 500MHz or so. I know it's old but I don't care. I don't really need any other features than being able to call from HTC Desire and play some music on it.
If any of you have a better idea of a rom, please let me know.
(After further inspection I found that official Cyanogenmod 6 is no longer hosted, so that won't work..)
I apologize for bringing up "what's the best ROM" topic, but I saw no other real place where to look for it. And thank you in advance.
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http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable&device=bravo
Use CM 7.2, its the latest official for the desire
jmcclue said:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable&device=bravo
Use CM 7.2, its the latest official for the desire
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I've used it for quite a long while when HTC Desire was my daily driver, It became kinda choppy to me and battery could be better.
I was very satisfied with 4.4.4 CarbonROM. I'm using ParanoidAndroid ROM(Android 4.3) now but I still haven't tested the battery life on this one. On CarbonROM i managed to get 6-7 days of battery life with little to no daily use of the Desire.
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I was very satisfied with 4.4.4 CarbonROM. I'm using ParanoidAndroid ROM(Android 4.3) now but I still haven't tested the battery life on this one. On CarbonROM i managed to get 6-7 days of battery life with little to no daily use of the Desire.
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I flashed CM7.2 without any gapps, set my cpu governor to powersave + underclocked to 500MHz and now, after around 4 or 5 days, phone says it has around 50% juice left! Wasn't expecting it to last that long in the first place since it wouldn't usually go through a day because of the used battery. Let's see how long it'll last...
Well, I don't really care what android version my phone is running because it is so called "backup-phone". In case if something goes wrong it does its basic functions correctly. That doesn't sound like me at all because I flash almost every new 5.0 rom on my Moto G whenever a new one comes out but about desire... I feel like we should leave it in a place which it belongs in and does the job perfectly. (2.2 / 2.3)