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[General Topics] Maedhros:
Perhaps you were looking at the NA Desire HD which DOES have a SLCD?

I don't remember the Desire HD launched in Europe being advertised as SLCD? or am I mistaken?
[General Topics] ErOR22:
I remember before I bought a DHD I've done heaps of research on it to know what I'm getting and what to expect. Anyway, I bought it from this store here in NZ: http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=20720

As you can see it is advertised as a S-LCD screen, and it was like that everywhere I looked including the official site. It didn't say S-BigDisplay, it said S-LCD. If it were meant to mean something else they should of pointed it out.

I've used the phone before I bought it to make sure I like it but I wouldn't know the difference between S-LCD/TFT.

I will bring this into future phone considerations, HTC is great but I will explore the options.

Is there some way of checking the screen type? I ask because I might try to get a refund...
[General Topics] hyunjungod@nate.com:
@scottyd035ntknow

Can you not read what I wrote up there? It was officially advertised as a Super LCD on the OFFICIAL HTC WEBSITE and was also ADVERTISED AS A SUPER LCD ON A TELEVISION FOR FOUR MONTHS.

And when I bought my phone was just right after it was launched in Korea. At the official press conference and the showcase it was also introduced as a Super LCD.

So you are saying it's my fault to trust a company who makes some great phones according to you?

Now what kinda bull**** are YOU TRYING TO SELL HERE?

I AM VERY SORRY I COULDN'T GO CHECK OUT A PHONE THAT WAS NOT EVEN OUT YET AT THE STORE BY THE TIME I HAD MY DESIRE HD.

When I went to a phone store to check out that Desire HD which was not out by the time I went to the store, they gave me a brochure of it saying that it comes with a SUPER LCD.

I've done my fair share of research so don't even bring up "You didn't do yo ****" bull**** here now.

HTC Korea admitted and corrected the ads but hasn't apologized about the fact that they deceived a lot of consumers and that is why I have posted a thread here.
[General Topics] hyunjungod@nate.com:
I've checked with HTC Taiwan (supposed to be like a headquarter I guess) and they said it's no Super LCD in any technical terms. Super just means that the size of LCD is SUPER BIG.

It's just a regular TFT-LCD.

In addition, there was a case in Denmark where a wireless service provider gave out a full refund for the false advertisement of HTC's Desire HD's LCD.

Idk why a service provider would give out a refund but in some part of this globe they acknowledge the problem and take the full responsibility for it I guess.
[General Topics] hyunjungod@nate.com:
Quick question. @scottyd035ntknow

Can you even tell the difference between SLCD and the regular TFT-LCD with your bare eyes?

So you can tell that the other screen is consuming less power just by looking at two LCD's right?

WTF are you trying to sell? HUH?

And by that bull**** you are saying, if I can't trust the ads, reviews, press conferences, your bare f-ing eyes, and so on, who should I trust then?

Please tell me how so I don't have to go researching on a phone for a week before I press that pre-order button on the official online phone store.

Or you can go f yourself.
[General Topics] greenstuffs:
I think people put htc in a very high pedestal, I mean what can you expect from a company who sell you phones with dust under the screen, glued and taped parts inside the phone and whats worse, breaking and flexing in some of their high end offerings, you also have inconsistent build quality from their different plants located in taiwan, shanghai and shenzhen.

Oh I forgot all what matters is that cheap die cast aluminum unibody, which htc fanboys are so hanged up with because it means quality, I only buy htc if it is dirt cheap.
[General Topics] givmedew:
I doubt they did anything to intentionally misleed anyone. As far as an apology they can not under any circumstance offer an apology unless they loose a law suite. If they apologized that apology would be used against them.

Now as for the people who bought the phone. I can look at a Droid X and say eww that screen is washed out and say no thanks I can look at a fascinate and go wow that looks great and then make a decision to buy a thunderbolt because its good enough and I like the features.

The bottom line is you shouldn't need them to tell you the screen looks good you should be able to see for yourself and make a decision based off of that. You are the one who made the mistake.

Buyers have rights but also buyer beware. Also if that screen was good enough before you knew it wasn't slcd then it was good enough stop complaining.

Also I doubt the will get in trouble unless they had a - in there or used slcd or s-lcd.
[General Topics] _Claney_:
glad my phone didn't come wrapped in duck tape and dusty lol
[General Topics] dani26286:
well, yeah, cuz in some parts of the world people continue to consume their business in a professional fashion, which in the usa,this concept will most probably fade away with att buying tmobile ... still , this cant help but remind me about the bad screen/ good screen on the glacier ( which is a variation of dhd for tmo), still,tmo accepted their bad ( dont know exactly if in htc name to or not) and exchanged it for me... twice !!! thats why one gets his 14 to 30 days right to return a sub advertised or deffected device that shoudnt of passed QC ... of course,if htc is that sneaky with their loyal fanbase, they should be asheamed of them selfs, but that doesnt mean they are less the innovators they are ... imo !
[General Topics] hyunjungod@nate.com:
Thank you very much for your thoughtful tip..

I've had my eyes sucked into the monitor while reading your post... so true and so ..empathetic... it feels like I was that consumer in your post.

My head is just too occupied with my work and this cherry to top off. I may need to re-think my strategy here... or quit.

But I appreciate your concern and help. Thank you.
[General Topics] MartyLK:
I was about to side with you on the assessment of S-LCD till you dis'd Apple. The iPhone 4 LCD is the best there is for common LCD tech and, according to me simply looking at my iPhone 4 and SAMOLED equipped Samsung Focus, has just as good of viewing angle. My HTC Inspire (Desire HD) has excellent viewing angle but it isn't as good as my iPhone 4.
[General Topics] MartyLK:
I did a cursory comparison of my HTC Inspire (AT&T Desire HD) and my HTC HD2. The HD2 has a common LCD (non-TFT) and the Inspire is suppose to have a S-LCD (TFT, IPS). I pulled up the same picture on both units and they look very much the same. The Inspire has deeper and richer colors, but both units look the same in viewing angle. There is no difference in the viewing angle that my eye can detect.

For reference, a TFT LCD is the best type of LCD. The iPhone 4 uses a TFT LCD and is the same as a Super LCD or IPS type LCD. My opinion would be that the Inspire has a common LCD (non-TFT) as it is almost identical to the known common LCD (non TFT) of the HD2.

I wish you well in your campaign and hope you are successful.
[Vega General] GaiusSensei:
ZodTTD's psx4droid v.2 runs without a hitch while the v.3 doesn't. I'm running stock rom v1.09, with the smalltaskbar update.

Anyone here has any issues with the app?
[Vega General] Logseman:
I have tried it in three different devices and it doesn't get to load up a game in any of them, so I wager it's the app.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soeren1705:
Hi,

Installed cm7 the other day. But what happend to the dictionary? Have choosen Danish but the dictionary is not active. How and where do I enable it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k3lcior:
Probably it doesn't include Danish dictionary (Polish one either :()
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soeren1705:
But where can I get it?
[Atrix 4G General] snoozemode:
I dont know if this is just my phone or all Atrix so maybe you could help me out

If I go in to for example settings -> sd card & phone storage settings and then scroll up and down, the text gets almost unreadable and flickers.

Also, if I move the phone a bit, like giving it a twist and then look at the grey notification bar I can see some kind of flickering pattern, almost as if the pixels werent held in place firm enough.

Anyone recognize these issues?
[Atrix 4G General] Shaydar:
Same for me on Stock 4.1.5.7 and on GladiAtrix2 v4.2.3.
[Atrix 4G General] Greenbelt:
I see it too. I always thought this was due to the pentile screen.
[Atrix 4G General] sipjca:
It could also be due the the response time of the screen instead of blurring it flickers

Sent From My Gibgerblurred Phone
[General Topics] mouzaihem:
T-Mobile has begun to sell an unlimited data plan that becomes throttled at 2GB of use with no over charges. Is this plan going to become T-Mobiles only* unlimited plan, or just a different option? On my current plan I don't worry about speed reduction until I hit 5GB of data usage. I use 3-4GB a month on average, so if the 2GB plan becomes their only "unlimited" plan its going to be quite the bummer.
[LG Optimus 2x] spawndk:
The Executive of the Danish LG branch - Morten Aagaard - has acknowledged to Mobilsiden.dk that Gingerbread update for the LG Optimus 2x will be released in about 1 month - that is around mid may.
[LG Optimus 2x] mikeyd85:
One word: Source?

Edit: For us UKers that can't read Danish...

Doubledit: http://www.mobilsiden.dk/nyheder/android-23-til-lg-optimus-2x-midt-i-maj,lid.15270/

I keep forgetting about Google Translate! :p
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bickmista:
right i was doing some benchmarking of the new firmware (2.3.20) and i clicked system information in quadrant and at the botom under sensors it states an accelerometer, archos compass and archos magnetic field. does anyone have any idea on how and where these are used? thankyou for your help :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eagleofdeath13:
These captor are virtual, simulated for Android to work, that's all ^^
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bickmista:
ah dissapointing :/ thankyou for you help :)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryadztu:
Unfortunately, none of the Archos Gen8 devices have magnetic compass/gps capabilities (I think you can install a bluetooth one though). I was pretty disappointed when I found out why the metal detector app wasn't working. :(
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbarrett:
Yes, bluetooth GPSs work fine - I use one, but I don't think any of them include a compass, unfortunately. Google sky maps would be awesome on a tablet.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tesla2176:
When you start Sensor List and put near device strong magnet - compass data begin change ... :confused:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bickmista:
i get readings from the compass using the sensor list app, nothing from the magnetic field though :/
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbarrett:
I get no change moving a strong magnet all over my 101.

But they are sending some of the accelerometer data to the simulated compass for some reason. Probably useless.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
Hi,

Since a few weeks it is not possible for me to sync my HD2 with my notebook.

After chat-contact with HTC they told me that i have to uninstall outlook 2010 and install outlook 2007. However it worked nice the months before.:confused: Nice answer but i don't work with 2007 only with 2010. They also told me that it won't work with outlook 2003 or 2005 strange becouse i alwys sync't with 2005:confused:

Is there anyone who knows a better way?:rolleyes:

Regards,

Arjan
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minsky82:
Yes, I can confirm, that HD2 works well with MS Outlook 2010.

When I had comunnication problems, reinstall of Activesync solved it. ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
Thanks for your quick response.

I even tried that 5 times without any suc6
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Did you restart your computer after any of those reinstalls of ActiveSync and then try to sync?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
yes i did. nothing will help.

i think the problem is in the phone and not in my notebook......
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Macgnolia:
Not calling you dumb or anything. You do have the right program installed for the version of Windows you are running right? ActiveSync for XP, WMDC for Vista and Windows 7
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
I'm not feeling dumb you al are helping out to solve the problem.

But yes i downloaded the right active sync for windows 7/vista

After removing i restart the notebook. after download i restart enz enz 6 times allready.

We have another notebook with office 2005 even here it won't work. HTC (dutch chat) told me that both office 2005 / 2010 are not compatible with HTC HD2. I realy think the phone is the problem........?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hgdorn:
:confused: Wrong combination, use Windows Mobile Device Center.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister B:
Is your PC 64 bit or 32 bit, 64 bit systems are a little harder to install WMDC & functioning drivers.

Have you adjusted any settings on the device that could be causing the issue ?

Have a look at: Settings> USBtoPC & toggle the setting for activesync & see if it helps.

Have synced ok on 2007, 2010 & older ok, HTC support are useless.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
thanks for your reply, i even tried all you wrote. my pc is an 32bit. is it possible that something went wrong @vodafone repair??? i bricket my camera and send it to vodafone insurence. Why do is ask? my phone synced with wmdc one time afther the repair.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mister B:
Maybe device problem but if you can hard reset the device then test syncing maybe a good adea as first thing service centre does with most faults is hard reset followed by function test.

If fails after hard reset & sync test (2 computers if possible), send it back & try and get a replacement, could be a good option especially if handset has had previous faults/repairs.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
tanx i'm going to try this.

I was a little scared to do a hard reset because i wil loos everything and i can't back up with this problem. But now it wont work so i wil try it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arjanbannie:
YES it worked i can sync again!!!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsandru:
Hi guys

I own an Desire

Recently, after installing the newest version of cyanogen stable release I found out that my bluetooth cannot be loaded and also I have problems connecting the phone to comp by the cable data. It looks like charging and 90% of cases it is unrecognized by comp.

I tried restore factory defaults, wipe data, installed at least 3 new OS.. same problems every time.

Where could be my problem other than in OS and how it can be fixed?

Thanks in advance for your time.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
USB brick? Search for a thread like that here somewhere.

And try to flash a different ROM and wipe everything (data/sd-ext/dalvik).
[Atrix 4G General] logichoops:
Hi,

Im in the UK and have just recently imported an Atrix, one little thing that is bugging me is the number formating on the dialer and also how number from my phone book are displayed when making a call.

Is there any way to stop this dispalying the american format xxx-xxx-xxxxx and get rid of the dashes?

Thanks
[Atrix 4G General] logichoops:
can anybody help?
[Atrix 4G General] noxlord:
Since this is a north american phone, you might have more luck looking at a UK phone community and ask someone who also import phones.
[Atrix 4G General] HungryEel:
I am curios, what format is the UK phone numbers?
[Atrix 4G General] Reason4444:
Just install morelocale2 (from market, it's free), and set your locations to UK... :)
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Number in UK would be like:

(01224) XXXXXX

Dialing UK from US would look like:

011 44 1224 XXXXXX

Note: 01224 is Aberdeen, Scotland area code.........home for me! :-)

Now I have 781 area code...............Boston area, my newer home!
[Atrix 4G General] logichoops:
thanks this sorted it out
[HTC Desire S] JonathonDesmond:
I've got a brand new Desire S and I love it. Fast, smooth, responsive. Battery life (OK, over my total 2 days of ownership only!) has been brilliant - 9% drop overnight for example.

I'm about to return it.

Why? Because of one thing that makes it almost unusable.

I am, of course, referring to the "Grip of Death" - as per the iPhone 4.

There are a few oblique references to this on the net, but I can't find any detailed posts.

Some mention has been made about this only being a WiFi issue, and it is true that WiFi is badly affected. However I also see 3G signal drops when I hold the phone in portrait mode with my hand wrapping around the base (as most people would in normal "phone" use) - which is, of course, where the antenna is (incorporated into the battery cover)

The WiFi drops on mine are tragic - I can be 3 metres from an access point and if you hold the phone incorrectly (!) the WiFi signal drops out completely and you are on 3G data. Even if directly under the AP you can easily get the signal indicator to drop from full to under 50%.

However the 3G drops are also bad. In my flat, which has a good signal, I can get to one or zero bars of 3G signal just by picking up the phone.

So I have a phone that is unreliable in picking up calls, switches to 3G data when there is a perfectly good AP just nearby, and is basically, generally unreliable.

It's a shame because, apart from this, it's a brilliant little device.

Am I the only one affected this badly? Maybe I have a poor example?

I have a case arriving today to see if it will help. Otherwise it's back to the shop!
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
hmm..you are the first person to report a drop in 3g signal

can any one else confirm this?

or is it just that the OP got a defective unit?

(i am unable to test as i still dont have my device yet :( )
[HTC Desire S] colgate13:
I'm wondering if only certain phones are affected. Engadget doesn't mention it and this review specifically says it isn't a problem. It is a mixed bag of responses from posters here. Is it possible that Techradar got an early review model and the problem has since been fixed? You think HTC would comment one way or another since this could affect sales.
[HTC Desire S] TheUndutchable:
Just tried it on my DS, but the death grip does not influence my 3G signal.

With wifi on, I manage to lose only a little bit of signal while holding it in such an unnatural way that it will never occur using it normally.
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
can you try covering the back of your device as much as you can with your hands & test the wifi & 3g signal?

it would be very helpful for us
[HTC Desire S] TheUndutchable:
Covered the back as much as I could, no problems with 3G, Wifi drops to zero...
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
i am relived that there is no 3g signal drop

the wifi part is a bit depressing but i can manage without wifi...(but hope they fix it somehow)

@JonathonDesmond i think you got a defective unit try returning it for a new piece

& also tell us if the case helped
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
lol

but i hope htc does something like give replacement battery covers which fix the issue..because that is the only hardware defect that people are exaggerating about..
[HTC Desire S] fallenguru:
Ok, a few tests, as long as I still have it:

Portrait mode:

No issues in normal one- or two-handed operation.

As soon as something, e. g. my hand, covers the top plastic part at the back the wifi signal goes from all bars down to the dot, or disconnects entirely. I'm not so sure about the mobile signal, some of the time it drops to about half the bars it's had before, but with a considerable delay, and it's a bit erratic at the best of times, so it might just as well be other (environmental) causes.

Landscape:

I really only do this two-handed, with the left hand holding the phone, fingers bunched behind it, thumb in front, covering the HTC logo and first few mm of the screen; the right hand operates and/or stabilizes the phone.

This instantly kills the wifi stone cold dead. 3G actually stayed the same or got better(!)

To sum up: wifi is badly affected to the point of uselessness, 3G doesn't seem to be.
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
hmm..

can you try the wifi again in landscape? this time without touching the aluminum part of the phone?

(dont cover the aluminum part with your hand or any other item)
[HTC Desire S] fallenguru:
Actually, I don't see how that would be possible? Covering the top plastic part without covering anything else, I mean. I tried a few contortions and nearly dropped it. :-)

Care to elaborate?
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
it is a bit tricky i know (dont drop your phone trying lol)

how about putting on top of two books?(such that the books only touch the plastic :D)

i just want to know if it is the metal chassis which is causing this problem
[HTC Desire S] fallenguru:
Good thinking! :cool:

Desire S propped up on two stacks of books so that nothing touches the alu parts: all bars. (It did drop one bar from time to time, but that's just normal fluctuations, whereas putting it down on a desk or something reliably takes it down a notch.)
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
please people contact htc
[HTC Desire S] fallenguru:
Why? We arent't their QA department and I've no hopes of getting more than ... err ... yes, "You're holding it wrong." in soothing customer rep speak. Raising awareness of the issue is the best one can do, IMHO - once the tech mainstream press picks this up there's at least a chance of a fix. (That is, if one is actually possible, it might be a concession to the design.)
[HTC Desire S] E-Tech:
i'm in contact whit the HTC Dutch support desk. After a view mails whit the 1st line of support they send me to the technical support.

It looks like that they are doing there job.
[HTC Desire S] ignited:
i tried and tried and tried again... i couldnt find any sings of the grip of death!!
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
just as i thought it is the metal chasis....

i have heard that wifi has problems passing through metal...

if this really is the reason then i think nothing much can be done:( ...

can someone else also verify this?
[HTC Desire S] shanz:
just got phone and wifi definitely drops when held landscape
[Vega General] NeilDennison:
I can't post this in dev section as I'm too noob, but thought I would share in case anyone else had the problem.

I am running the cyanogen nightly 13/04 and connected fine to the wireless in my office but at home couldn't. I have a BT homehub have WPA2 with a hidden SSID. After putting in the details of the connection the vega wouldn't conenct to it saying "Out of Range". It would however connect to the BTFon open connection that the Homehub broadcasts.

Long and short of it... Change the SSID from being hidden and the vega see's the connection and connects fine. This rom doesn't like hidden SSID's

HTH :)
[Vega General] Dorank:
There are more problems with wireless and CM7 besides hidden bssids. Having tested multiple accesspoints with different configs my conclusions are:

-unencrypted APs always work

-WPA2-PSK works sometimes:

-the CM7 accesspoint on my Desire Z always works

-a FON AP rarely works (managed to connect once)

-WPA2-EAP rarely works (only managed to connect a couple of times, mostly after reboots)

I'd really like to get CM7 to run, but this is a showstopper for me. "Good thing" is that apparently this bug is also randomly present on other devices running CM7, I trust the cause will we found and repaired soon.