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[HTC Desire S] chivas112:
I got my DS about 3 weeks ago, and I love it.

It was my first (own) Android smartphone. I was using the Nokia 5800XM before which actually wasn't a bad device (I'm still using it as a navigation device if I'm abroad => Ovi Maps are great!!), but the step from that phone to my new DS was really large ;)

Since S-off was possible, I am using VirtousUnity ROM (big thanks to the developers of this rom).
[HTC Desire S] rakhan01:
And I've got this beauty!! It's a great phone.! It's power and the features are awesome. I just miss the sound of my Nokia 5800XM. I would rate Desire s' audio quality as 6/10 as compared to my 5800 in terms of quality as well as loudness.
[HTC Desire S] Steinhund:
Tried it, and yes, it's definitely better. Hope there will be improvement in the future.

I'm not share if it is the LBC or VIRTUOUS developer page or even both, but there you can find an HTC keyboard with arrows to download an flash via recovery.

I prefer the GOKeyboard right now, it has arrows an custom smileys on Enter key, very nice.

Or do I miss something on HTC keyboard depending on the smileys?

Nevertheless, I love the DS
[HTC Desire S] meinnameisthase:
Ever tried HTC_ime mod?

It doesn't come with the arrows, however, it's got very conventent features like swiping left for deleting the last word, swiping up for CAPS etc. Inlcuding Smileys of course and other cool features...
[HTC Desire S] vishalduggal:
I love my HtC Deisire S too. works flawlessly well. very fast and sense 3.0 is awesome.
[HTC Desire S] DesisreS:
I've my DS about 1 month and I really like it :D

It's my first android device.

I have a ipod touch too, and it's totally different, but I like it :D
[HTC Desire S] al89nut:
Who cares?

(I thought I would repeat your reply to my thread)
[HTC Desire S] freedompie:
I love the ds, it's the perfect size imo, not to big and not to small, and the snapdragon processor does the trick.
[HTC Desire S] ilbulgaro89:
i'm an italian blogger of Androidblog.it and i received it from HTC
[HTC Desire S] liljom:
my wife likes her DS very much

the screen is beautiful, and it's good to see that it has a good battery in it

my only concern is the graphical performance; I have a DHD with the same GPU, CPU and it's smoother, and the funniest thing is that it runs DS port, because we have only test DHD gingerbread leak based ROMs

maybe the official DHD gingerbread will be the same as DS with gingerbread; that would be funny :D
[HTC Desire S] ninjakettle:
As noted in Engadget's review of the handset. I can concur that the capacitive buttons don't light up until the ambient light levels in the room are very low.

This is annoying and leaves you stabbing in the dark a bit at times. Especially if you hold up your phone to use while the tv is on in the background - try it. The contrast in light levels as you look at your phone, means you can't always see the buttons - even in a reasonably well lit room!

HTC should provide an adjustment setting for the light sensor, or even an "always on" option. (App idea for someone perhaps?)
[HTC Desire S] crash_194:
I got a Desire S hanset today and I think its awesome. I have an origional Desire and a Desire HD as well and in my opinion the Desire S is the best of the three hansets.

The origional Desire was and still is a great handset but has relatively dated internals now, however the amoled screen can still hold its own!

The Desire HD, what the hell were HTC thinking when they chose the screen for this device?! It is absolutely ****e, same resolution as the Desire and Desire S, but washed out and dull and this is only emphasised by the size of the screen. Its a huge, weighty phone, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Great spec though i think, and does perform well. I am a little reserved on the camera image quality. For 8MP it looks no better than the origional Desire to me. Battery isn't bad either taking into account the (****e) screen. Sound quality, both ringer and in call volume are pretty pants. Just seems to lack any real gutts which is very surprising considering the size of the thing. Ill fitting sim covers are also annoying.

Now the Desire S, what an awesome screen?! and a slightly lighter and slightly smaller handset than the Desire. Same internals as the Desire HD and straight out of the box with Gingerbread! (ok, 600mb less internal storage). I like Gingerbread, however sense does feel slightly clunky at times on the Desire S, however this is no real surprise as I am comparing it to one of LeeDroid's masterpiece's I am running on the HD. The size and build quality of the Desire S for me are perfect. I'm chuffed to bits with it so far and it fits the bill perfectly for me.

I know the Desire S is slightly behind the times compared to the up and coming releases, but size and spec wise, I'm not sure there is anything comparable other than an Iphone. I think its a very well packaged handset and performs well. Definitely a worthy successor to the Desire.
[HTC Desire S] bikkelp:
not happy

I have my Desire S for 1 week now. Below the list of problems I have:

- device freeces at least twice per day. Even the on-off switch does not work, so I have to pull the battery out.

- the wifi signal is lost after some time

- I travel a lot, when roaming a few time per day a restart is needed to get a data signal.

- the GPS is slow. Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes to get a fix. Most of the time this fix is lost after a couple of minutes.

- the GPS signal is not reliable. I downloaded a tool, Elixir, that can show the orientation of the device. Sometimes it shows north where it should be, but sometimes is does not make sense at all. I like geocaching and I noticed a deviation of 30 to 40 metres. Even when I don't move, the phone thinks I am running around...

- I have a Parrot 3300 BT carkit. After I end the call, the carkit does not get this signal from the phone.

- the display is not good on a sunny day. Only in the shade I can read the display. Even then only using a lot of background light.

If you did not buy this phone yet, better wait for a updated version...
[HTC Desire S] baste07:
how long does it usually take for someone to be able to root an HTC android phones after it is released in the market?
[HTC Desire S] Reason4444:
Another happy user :)

1 - Since i bought it (3 days with heavy usage) NEVER freeze or any other stability issues..

2 - Battery seems good, it's definetely better than desire... After a couple charges with daily usage i'm happy to share my experiences..

3 - I'm rarely use device outdoor, because of this can't talk about outdoor performance.. but screen is great for me.. Only flaws, auto brightness levels is too high for me..

4 - GPS performance is another surprise for me.. Very good; quick fix (compare with desire, moto atrix), reliable signal with google maps & igo..

5 - WIFI issues : This is main concern for me before bought it.. Result; no worry about it.. It's stated very detailed in another thread so, it's software flaw.. Easy fixable with ota.. But also, i'm too much effort spending to appear it.. Covering all plastic upper area with my two hands and it's appear, drop two or three wifi signal bar..

6 - Loudspeaker & Earspeaker quality : Earspeaker and call quality is in this device ABSOLUTELY BEST which in my recent devices last six months.. Everything start with when decide to sell my beloved HD2.... Earpiece performance comparision : Iphone 4(good), Samsung Wave (good), HTC Incredible S (crackling, echo), HTC Desire (very good), Motorola Atrix (Worst), , Desire S (BEST.... DEFINETELY).. Loudspeaker sound quality is good, volume level is decent.. (better or same to desire)

7- Design : Solid, compact, eye candy.. Never had any quality issues except one micro dust particle under the screen which only visible under direct sunlight.. Screen frame alignment is flawless and plastic battery door fit perfectly to aliminium body..

After the two week Motorola Atrix (brute force with NOTHING) experience , i'm soo soooo happy to return Sense world with this great HTC device... Definetely recommended... :)
[HTC Desire S] RogerPodacter:
HTC phones have ALWAYS been the easiest and most hacker friendly phones to root. but HTC is now changing their policy, and their new phones are coming with encrypted bootloaders. so all the old history no longer applies. we will have to wait and see. if they locked it really tight, then we may never see root, like motorola phones. i dont think the atrix or droid x ever got full root. damn htc.
[HTC Desire S] RogerPodacter:
thats funny cause most everyone i've seen posted said the moto atric had the best loudest speaker of any android phone.
[HTC Desire S] Reason4444:
Yep, it's true.. That's only positive thing in my atrix days...

But, atrix earpiece is crap... and i'm talk about earpiece quality for desire s in my message..

Desire S loudspeaker is "Decent".. as i'm mentioned..
[HTC Desire S] Vizpar:
what you tel is not true. the dual core are not "considerably" faster if you don't play ! example : for surfing, it's exactly same (with same ram ), for music, watching movies etc, there's not a difference.

so yes, if you don't play, or if you don't use heavy multitasking (on a phone ??? ) it's not important to have a dual or single core. dual core, for the moment, it's a marketing strategy...
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
WRONG

surfing? it renders pages 2 times faster and its smoother

music? it probably achieves 5-10 times more playtime

movies? show me your pathetic single core playing 1080p
[HTC Desire S] crash_194:
*And exactly why would you want to watch a 1080p video on a mobile phone?*

I don't play music on my phone I use my ipod, and I generally find its mobile signal which restricts web browsing not the processor. I don't expect alot from my mobile phones, I just expect them to do what they do well and in my experience the Desire S does this.
[HTC Desire S] bisoner:
I've been wondering whether or not to get a new phone for my wife - she's suffered long enough with her Nokia. I currently have a HTC HD2 which is running Android but I was considering getting a new phone for myself too.

The question is would something like a Desire or Desire S be a good phone for my wife and would one of these new dual core jobbies be an upgrade for me. I've decided to go down the Desire S route for my wife due to the great deal O2 are currently running and to keep my HTC HD2 until the whole dual core market matures a bit more.

Other than Dungeon Defenders on my HD2, I've not seen anything it cant handle game wise. As for quicker web browsing, is the user experience really that much better? I don't think so. And in terms of playing 1080p movies, that has to be one of the most questionable selling points. If I am watching a 1080p movie on the phone, a much lower resolution would be fine because the screen just isn't big enough.

The battery benefits of dual core are something which would be beneficial but again, most people would charge their smartphones up at least once a day, maybe more if they are playing games or even play the games on the phone with it plugged into a power supply. Games like Pocket Legends drains the battery like crazy on my HD2.
[HTC Desire S] Nece228:
I feel so sorry that you are a victim of ads.

Speaking of web browsing, dual core doesnt browse web two times faster. You just totally dont have any idea how dual core works, and the cpu power doesnt matter browser smoothness because its just more or less being the software optimization. The fact that iphone 3g with 400mhz cpu makes internet browser scrolling smoother than lg optimus 2x with dual core 1ghz cpu makes it obvious. I recommend you to do some research on how software uses each core. Speaking of battery life its definitely a lie that dual cores uses less energy. In theory one core at 100% usage uses more energy than two cores at 50% usage of each, but one core at e.g. 10% usage uses less energy than two cores of 5% usage of each. You can imagine a simple example, if you want your car to go from 50km/h to 100km/h say you need to press 1/3 of accelerator, but if you want to go from 100 km/h to 150km/h you need to press more than 1/3 of accelerator pedal. In this case going from 100km/h to 150km/h uses more fuel than going from 50km/h to 100km/h. So dual cores will help use a little less power when your doing heavy tasks. But in reality 80% of the time phone just sits on desk so more or less it works at idle. You can check that out by yourself, the atrix 4g has almost 2000mah battery but it lasts one day, while e.g. my desire hd has 1230mah battery but it also lasts a day.

Speaking of 1080p recording, its more or less useless because mobile phone sensors are bad, they have poor quality, tearing effect and stuff so why would you need the same crappy video but in bigger resolution? Of course im comparing mobile phone cameras to real digital cameras.
[HTC Desire S] liljom:
I just bought a DS for my wife, and today she asked me why didn't I say her, how good this phone is?! She loves android and the easy usage.

And I would defenetly wait for the Sensation if I haven't just bought my Desire HD. I think that phone worths 1-2 months waiting :)
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
No, you are wrong. dualcore doesnt make pages load twice as fast... it beats it by 1-2 secs only

andorid isnt optimised for dual core, so the browser is as fast as it is on the single core.. alos i dont see the point of 1080p on a damn phone! :p
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
if you dont use it it doesnt mean no one uses it

1080p playback on your home plasma is a good thing

"i use an ipod" for fuks sake where are you from?

how does it matter what do you use

i proved my point

and you are a victim of stupidity

if you want to see a serious result you must make the circumstances equal for the subjects of the test store the page on the phone and then lets see by how many seconds the dual core wins

@bisoner

im also thinking about the desire s but now its an awful moment

wait at least a month

people in germany are experiencing catastrophic build problems

the bottom creaks under pressure, theres 2 mm gaps between the screen and metal

i would buy a dual core if it had some basic requirements like metal construction, tegra2, decent brand, and a normal price

how can you pay >500E for a phone?

unfortunately the manufacturers are a bunch of idiots running scared and blindly after profit
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
marius, you need to calm down or you are heading for a infraction. I have seen you flaming other xda members on the forum aswell. Everyone is entitled to thier own opinions. When did i say 'i have an ipod for that' you think i don't know anything?!

how does it matter what i use? it's my OWN OPINION. you have your own aswell that dual cores are better. i know they are but i don't want a dual core phone yet i'm settling for the desire s.

It is my own opinion that i dont watch 1080p movies on my phone. i never said 'i'm using my ipod for that'

the test for dualcore vs single core were fair. cache cleared, factory resetted roms etc. how do you even know ? only a second or two the dualcore beats it buy.

i can even go to prove further to show benchmarks of the single core beating dualcore. and apps load faster.

at the end if the day, i know dualcores are better, but not by a great margin As android isnt optimised for them yet. but future updates will .
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Just got my Desire S 2 days ago. Previous phone was a Nokia C6-01. A really huge change i would say. Totally loving it so far and everything seems to work accordingly but the wifi death grip does exists though it's not that bad. Still in the middle of discovering and tweaking things. :D
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
I just received mine from Singapore today and have the gap between the screen and the both edges of the phone. You only see a light coming through that gap when you hold it at a certain angle.

One other issue I noticed is,if you have your finger right in the middle/bottom part of the battery cover, it's kinda loose. Maybe loose is not the right term but it kinda has a click sound, like you can press onto that part of the cover and it makes that click sound.
[HTC Desire S] smokestack76:
Lets chill in here please. I will be watching for awhile ;)
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
bad luck for you because you cant return it

ill probably wait for 1-2 months

VOTE:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13254384#post13254384
[HTC Desire S] ridley1000:
Got mine on the 23rd. My first Android phone, last phone was a Nokia 5800 so it's a fair big step up! Enjoying it a lot, no problems but I forgot how dire battery life is on proper smartphones.
[HTC Desire S] jazzaddict:
I have issues with WiFi connectivity when using the phone in landscape orientation and battery life performance is disappointing when compared to iphone 4
[HTC Desire S] ioni2ioni:
dire battery life indeed. 12 mAh with screen off, no wifi, gps or BT, mail and weather sync every 4 hour, the rest once a day. do you have similar consumption?
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Did you get yours under the special o2 promotion? :p
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
PLease watch this "beauty"

seriously i didnt expect this from thc

MANY people have this problem
[HTC Desire S] det66:
This is my first Android and so far I've seen none of the probs that people have mentioned.Had the phone exactly one week and only had to pull the battery once and that was due to a faulty app install.

Having used Blackberrys for the past few years i notice a big difference and really do love this bit of kit.

Are phones for diff areas/regions made in different plants and could that explain the build quality complaints?
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
You might be right about different regions. I talked to some people who got their devices in England and they have no problems, mine is purchased from Singapore with an Indian IMEI and have the horrible battery cover squeak sounds, along with the gaps between the screen and the edges.
[HTC Desire S] mhfalken:
I got mine 2 weeks ago. It is my first Android and I am very happy about it.

It is working perfecly and it is a very nice phone and toy.

/Michael

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HTC Desire S, HTC Diamond
[HTC Desire S] ridley1000:
Nope, had my old contract bought out and got a new one under Orange!
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Ouch that's very noticeable. I don't have that problem but i noticed that if i press the screen hard enough at the bottom half of the phone, it moves inside a bit. Can't you return the phone and get a replacement?
[HTC Desire S] wiggleme:
came from a symbian phone & this is my first smartphone

v happy with it. bought it from HK and it had no apparent issues that have been talked about

wanting to flash it with the latest RUU rom though to get rid of the chinese text.

while I can convert it to english, it annoys me that it has the chinese text still in the phone

I compared my phone versions to the roms which have been posted here, mine seem to be all newer versions. so it would be a downgrade if i was to flash it atm
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
Hi guys,

I posted this on another thread here on XDA but I think it is a bit more relevant to this thread here.

I have the screen gap issue as well but not as bad as the picture above. My major problem is the battery cover and the video below shows that problem quite clearly.

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I've contacted HTC UK and they are sending me another cover to the US. I also contacted HTC US via twitter first and then via phone. HTC Support via phone said, they will try to help but the device is not available in the US, so I don't know what they can do. Maybe they can help with the screen.
[HTC Desire S] crubbish:
Desire S is 3d HTC device that I own and that has 'unibody' design. The previous 2 were Legend and Mozart. All 3 devices, although built well in general, were/are having same problem - squeaky battery covers. None of my devices was as bad as yours though. But from my experience I've concluded that HTC doesn't have enough expertise in manufacturing high quality hardware/cases. You discover these squeaking sounds after some use and it's especially frustrating since unibody is promoted like exceptional built quality. And by the way, I'm very gentle with my phones and don't swap sim or sd cards often at all.
[HTC Desire S] wiggleme:
has anyone had any experiences with using the GPS?

I just used google maps for the first time, about 40 min the phone just reset itself

while it was using google maps

I felt the phone and it didnt feel that hot either
[HTC Desire S] tanjiajin:
Totally loving the Desire S now. I saw significant improvement in the battery life as compared to my white Desire. The other noticeable difference is the multitouch capability (4 finger touch vs Desire's 2 fingers) and the improved 3d performance (try playing Dungeon Defenders on Desire S and Desire and you'll get what I mean).
[HTC Desire S] wiggleme:
I was a bit skeptical about buying due to people complaining about battery life. However I think its fine, I'd say I use the phone regularly throughout the day. Mostly checking email, web browsing now and then. Still the battery is 1/4 full at night.

I guess if your not using media/mp3 the battery will surprisingly last
[HTC Desire S] tanivula:
Bought one for the wife while passing through Singapore a couple of weeks ago. Can say the build quality is mighty nice! I got me a Galaxy S and tossing up whether to swap with hers or not!

Has anyone here got an Asian one (with S-ON) and flashed a EU stock rom?
[HTC Desire S] chrisr27:
Have come from Desire Hd, to Incredible S and now to Desire S...have to say, despite convincing myself bigger is better, the IS was big improvement on the terrible DHD ..but this is a big improvement on IS too...perfect size, great colous and viewing angles, and nice tweaks with gingerbread,,,although have to say GB is nothing particularly to write home about...

Bigger phones are just cumbersome, only issues i have are 1) squeaky battery cover and 2) speaker is loud but not very good quality..but acceptable.

Have 2 phones, this and HTC Mozart...which has amazinh speaker quality even without earphones...but its a different OS.

Was contemplating waiting for the Sensation but its just gona be big again, and chances are 6months later there will be a desire style dual core (similar size) released anyway so wld be a waste of time...as with all phone company's , the intention is to release a phone today in the full knowledge that it will lack something that is already planned for a future release....and repeat as above :)
[HTC Desire S] hendrickchan:
Just got one the other day. I have an iPhone as well. Below are my impressions.

1. For calls and sms, it's just fine.

2. 3g signal is just so so, it might be my network provider.

3. Wifi sucks. Can't get a signal my other phones can go further and still keep the signal.

4. Gmail implementation is very bad. Have to keep synching to get contents of the inbox.

5. Gtalk force closes.

6. Great screen, great colors.

7. Build quality is so so. Buttons feel a bit flimsy.

8. Browser is great.

9, Software keyboard sucks.

Well it's half the price of an iPhone from where I come from, so its ok for that price. I would recommend it to people who had a nokia, but wouldn't recommend it to people coming from an iphone or blackberry.
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
i just got the device a few days back & i just love it

but my device was unfortunately s-on

waiting for someone to make a software s-off so that i can apply the wifi fix & try the new custom roms

my battery cover is a bit squeaky but it is still very little...hope it doesn't get worse..

the aluminum unibody is just too good :D
[HTC Desire S] ste_vlad:
I had it for 2 weeks now, very happy with it overall. Squeaking battery cover and wi-fi issues are the only things I find bad about it.

I also have a strange issue, I'm unable to open the battery cover :), I wanted to try and reposition the cover so that maybe it will squeak less and found out I can't seem get it out. Tried more times, I was even afraid that I will break the phone. Right now I left it that way since I have no need to change SIM or SD but if it were the case for the phone to require battery removal I would be screwed :)
[HTC Desire S] Rexton270:
Absolutelly agree with you

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