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[HTC Desire S] tankos:
Thanks! Worked my way through your guide when I got my DS a couple of months ago before joining XDA. Great guide for noobs, excellent work! :)
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
ok guys. Just did it... Bought unlocked desire s black and should have it by tuesday. One iphone at home is enough. :D

See You around. ;)
[HTC Desire S] uncle_buckman:
Hi all,

I'm due an upgrade in 30 something days but I like my £20 odd pound contract with Vodafone; 600mins 500mb 3000txts

I am thinking of buying the HTC Desire S outright and keeping my current contact as it is, unless somebody knows a better deal with another network or something.

Do you guys think that the Desire S with drop in price within the next month or so? If not I'll look to buy one online pretty soon.

Thank you.
[HTC Desire S] Alting900:
desire s

i love the desire s very nice phone only one thing after i had the Xperia arc for a few weeks i miss the better screen and camera in arc but every other ting i like the desire s way better mostly because of sense
[HTC Desire S] :
I got mine from ebay power seller for £305.00

I recommend buying one outright. No stupid network nonsense on the rom. My mum recently got the wildfire s from vodafone, and took it back a week later, as one of the stupid battery-thirsty options (pocket mode) was forced on by vodafone and she couldn't turn it off.

I bought one outright and when my contract was due, instead of paying through the nose for an "upgrade" i told them i wanted to leave. To keep me they dropped me to £8.50 a month, and gave me a budget android phone. I then sold that on ebay for £100.

That £100 combined with the saving on line rental over 24 months more than covers the cost of the phone. In fact i think i end up about £145 up. (i was on £25/month before).
[HTC Desire S] youagain:
Definitely will. Bought my Desire S for £331 two days ago from Amazon UK. Gone down to £320 now. Wait it out a bit if you can. Three offer what you have but with 1GB internet for £20 on a 30day plan and £15 if you sign up for 12 months (SIM Only).

I switched to Vodafone from o2 because of the price only to find two of the 3G masts serving my area have been down since Feb 2011 and they still haven't fixed it!
[HTC Desire S] uncle_buckman:
Thanks for the great replies guys, I currently have a HTC Magic and it is slow, unresponsive, crash happy and bringing unneccesary stress to my life :D
[HTC Desire S] Ravin_Dave:
Had mine just 3 weeks now but no real complaints. Works flawlessly. The only minor is that it has maybe a 1mm gap between the top of the screen and the surrounding case, but TBH it's only a small annoyance - I can live with it.

Now getting an unlocked S-OFF legitimately, and being able to root would be nice - come on HTC !!
[HTC Desire S] urmelbaerchen:
HTC Desire S bricked

I liked my Desire S until yesterday...

First, it startet to reboot at random for about a few days. This has also been observed by many others with the old Desire (no S).

Then, it hung during EVERY update of any app.

Finally, it doesn't do anything, can't even enter recovery. No charging. When connected to Windows via USB, a missing driver for QHSUSB_DLOAD is requested. This has been seen at least by many HD users.

It seems to me, my phone bricked itself after just 2 months. That is not what I call "quality". :mad:

Thorsten
[HTC Desire S] 08r3308:
Was there an update to fix wifi drop outs , spoke to htc reps they said software update rolled out and it fixed it??
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
At present, whilst this is obviously very unfortunate and must be extremely frustrating for you, it's also a very rarely reported issue for the Desire S, in fact this is the first I've read of it in 3months.....

Can you take you phone into a repair center and try for a replacement under your warranty? or have you voided that?

I believe that it was a ROM Manager SD card re-partition that appeared to cause this on the Desire HD what did you do before this happened?
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
What a phone... Battery life is amazing, display is crisp and clear, build quality is top notch and speed is great. That was a good choice.

Btw, cannot reproduce wifi death grip under normal use. How do You guys do it? :rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
You should be able to get death grip by holding the phone with both hands in landscape
[HTC Desire S] GideonB234:
Hold top part of phone (part near camera) tightly, won't be of much effect depending on how far you are away from the router/access point
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
Ok, so it's like that... No matter how I grab the phone (based on how normally I hold it) I never loose signal. I was able to reproduce the problem only by literally wrapping my hand around almost half of the device.

Meh... Ain't a huge problem. Gap between screen and unibody is more annoing, only about half of mm and no light leak, but still... ;)

Other than that I still love my d.s . Now just to root it...
[HTC Desire S] Ravin_Dave:
+1

What he said !

BTW, loving the avatar Mr Marston. :D
[HTC Desire S] XZ32:
Ok could upgrade my plan today, went for the Desire S \m/

Was doubting between it and the Sensation, but imo Sensation was a bit too big, and offcos more expensive.

Coming from a Dream, this is a major upgrade in both speed and stability! Always loved Sense, but could never run it properly on my good old G1...

Im just so freakin happy!

Now if only we could root it already :P (guess it wont take long anymore)
[HTC Desire S] hoodedman:
HoodedAndroid

Heeeeeey HTC Desire S users!

Heard a lot about android phones! Wanted to have one of those for a year now!

Finally I have decided to buy one. After reading couple of reviews I chose HTC Desire S, which is available in my country.

I like it very very much! Smoothness in using, app availability, capabilities, games of course, organization, customization, integration ... everything!

Already killed it off once... but it was an app that killed my phone, not phones fault.

Overall rating is 5/5 stars if you ask me!

It's exciting and overwhelming what android is capable of in addition with HTC Desire S!

My highest recommendations!
[HTC Desire S] igalan:
As of now my Desire S has been going for 803 hours straight (over 33 days). My older Nexus One barely managed a couple of weeks without a reset, with even less programs installed (as it had very small storage capacity).

I found that animated backgrounds are a major source of problems and also use quite a bit of battery, so I use a static image. No big deal for me.
[HTC Desire S] Emmure:
I like my Desire S BUT:

I hate the fact, that I got it with a locked bootloader, and guess I wouldn't have baught it if I knew in advance. Was a bit hard to find out, since I had the phone preordered before release...so I didn't know anything till the day I held it in my hands.

Looking forward to seeing this baby S-OFF
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
I thought you were trying to tell us that your battery lasted for 803 hours. lol

I upgraded to the S from the Desire about a week ago and it is so much a better phone, Battery, screen, glass, memory, the power button has also been remapped and now it wont switch on in your pocket by accident so easy.

All it needs now is some good roms. :D
[HTC Desire S] Emmure:
I guess there would be more, if there was not the problem with the locked bootloader. Plus the fact, that the desire was released like 2 months before the first dualcore "monsters", wich made it a slight bit less interesting.
[HTC Desire S] InfernalByte:
Desire S bootloaders are hackable!

The key word you used there is MONSTERS, Those phones are just way too big to make em everyday practical in my view. I'd rather keep my battery for making calls rather than kill Stupid Zombies. :D
[HTC Desire S] mehmet_75:
My Desire has been going for 2112 hours straight (88 days) without reset or on/off. It has froyo 2.2 I was thinking to switch to Desire S but I gave up. I tested one in a shop I saw the wifi problem and more important thing is the place of usb connector. But I liked the screen and body. For now, continue to use Desire and waiting another model when available in my country. In my opinion, optical trackpad is very usefull for Desire and similar models have it. I wish Desire S had it too.
[HTC Desire S] :
I'm not missing the optical track pad as much as I thought I would. Yes its handy, but the text selector works pretty well on the S, and the swype keyboard has a decent cursor page too.

The only place I miss it is navigating clockworkmod menus.
[HTC Desire S] hookguy:
I've used a couple of phones in the last few months (desire Hd, galaxy s, nexus one) and i think the desire s beats all of them. The unibody design is great, its a perfect size and the keyboard is fast and responsive. Display quality is good, I think the slcd is even better than the super amoled on the galaxy s.

Battery is also a lot better, though there is the small issue with the WiFi drops but with the way I hold my phone its never too much of an issue.

All in all a very good phone, and.that's at stock. When its rooted it should be able to get a lot better!
[HTC Desire S] Starfine:
Like

I got my phone on 4th June.

It's very beautiful when I saw it. The screen is larger than iphone and the resolution is really good, it's very clear.

Then the speed is not beyond my expectation.

I cannot say anymore. Many many advantages.
[HTC Desire S] korenisko:
I have mine for about 7 days. Before Desire S I owned SE X10 mini.

Desire S has more beautyfull display, live colors and speed :D

3G/GSM signal strenght is good, no death grips for telephone module. Only wifi drops at death grip.

Very satisfied with it.
[HTC Desire S] androidrobot:
So there is no problem with 3G? I really want to buy the Desire S but the only problem is that I use Wifi a lot, mainly because my contract don't offer 3G.
[HTC Desire S] :
The wifi issue it's only really a problem if you only normally have a weak wifi signal, and like to hold the phone in landscape mode.

And if you get it rooted, most custom roms have the wifi fix built in. I've never had it drop a signal whilst I've been using it normally. I've had to TRY to cause it to drop.
[HTC Desire S] uncle_buckman:
The Desire S is a good phone, I am very happy with it as long at it keeps running smoothly.
[HTC Desire S] verifunny:
I am happy with my DS after I had installed a custom rom, virtuous unity. All bloated wares were no present and the phone is OC, which makes the phone speedy.

Enjoy your DS, frens out there!
[HTC Desire S] GermanDZ:
I am really happy with this phone, is beautyful, great performance, good quality.
[HTC Desire S] croy25:
Got nothing more to add at what's been said here. I just love this phone. Almost perfect.
[HTC Desire S] J3nc:
Awesome experiane so far, now with s-off its even better
[HTC Desire S] Nopileus:
I had iPhones for four years and was actually quite disappointed with the software of it.

Sense felt sluggish, no ability to properly backup your apps/gamesaves (itunes did this automatically for the iphone), but this of course changed with achieving s-off and root.

After installing Virtuous Unity the phone feels super smooth, even though the UI has more eyecandy, and Sense3.0 is nicer in general.

Also being able to properly backup stuff using titanium backup is a great plus.

On the Hardware side i can't complain at all, build quality is top notch, feels like a massive piece of aluminum to me.

Great phone IMHO, as long as you don't use the stock rom.
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Happy with it, but too used to CM7 so having to use a buggy port - no bluetooth, no GPS, no theme chooser, no accelerometer, no screen brightness changing. :( But the phone itself is awesome.
[HTC Desire S] Triage1:
I was able to hold the Desire S in my hand(in a shop). I have to say im absolutley in love with the design & how it feels in the hand. The phone was shut down so i couldnt play arround with it. I've heard that the camera is crap.

So im considering right now to buy it but im absolutley not sure about this deal. I think the price for the hardware i would get is a bit too high.

Maybe some of you guys can help me with this decision :confused:

Edit: My consideration isn't because of the camera. What i want of a phone is - good design , built quality, good battery, call quality. the rest tbh, even if it sounds maybe sad for some of you android freaks ;), isnt important for me in the first place!
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
im not very sure about the camera as i hardly use it

but the price for the hardware is definitely not high

& also the phone is pretty fast even without rooting,there is hardly a need for rooting the device
[HTC Desire S] evmt:
Camera is mediocre if not worse. I think I've got less noisy images on my old Nokia N73 with 3.2M camera. Well, I rarely use it anyways.
[HTC Desire S] J3nc:
Don't we root to get control over our phones? If faster more optimized roms are products of this freedom we gain by rooting... then bring it on!
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
dont get me wrong :)

im not saying rooting is not needed

the main reason for getting a android is for the customization (for me atleast)

i am just saying that it isnt a huge necessity like in phones with slower processor that need oc or in devices where the stock rom makes the apps crash a lot
[HTC Desire S] JasonTJC:
Super love the phone now ever since i can flash custom rom .. =D now waiting for CM7
[HTC Desire S] tommyhot:
I bought my Desire S yesterday and I really love it! I'm planning to smash my old iphone against the wall :)
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
yay... post of the beast. :D (666)

just stopping to say, that after rooting I love my d.S even more. perfect combination of size, power and quality. batt life is also amazing, even with heavy use. now I am seriously thinking of getting a dlna tv.

... and to think that I was about to get an iphone 4... :rolleyes:
[HTC Desire S] scotty7910:
Couple of months on and one of the lucky s off owners I have been running custom roms and have some iphone owers postievely jealous at my sense 3.0 antics lol.Also delighted with the size of it.Looks very understated when people start pulling out slabs of phone around you.near 3 months in and delighted with it.Previously had a mozart htc 7 if anyone was wondering.
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Loving it even more after S-Off and LBC. :D
[HTC Desire S] Fidoble:
Me too... amazing phone after root :)
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
Samsung i5700,my previous android phone looks like toy, compared to DS.i really like this one.HTC rock in may ways compre Samsung phones.
[HTC Desire S] Dezghal:
My DS died today after S-OFF'ing, rooting and flashing virtuous unity 1.27. Was in the middle of a few market downloads when the phone hang itself. Left it there for a good 30 mins but had to remove the battery to get it to turn off. Now it won't start up at all, it doesn't even react to the charger being plugged in (the led doesn't turn on or anything). From what I've heard and read so far, it seems to be a common issue with the DS.
[HTC Desire S] Nazri786:
hope you backed up first before the flashing thing..desire s is good phone but best after rooting...
[HTC Desire S] khosla:
Hi everyone...

I am thinking of buying this phone...

but I have read at many places about the network issues...

Is there anyone who doesn't have network signal problem...coz this is a deal breaker for me...
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
i dont have any network issue...i get very good signal
[HTC Desire S] fosco_:
I am very pleased with my Desire S in general, but stuck in S-On mode so can not get the most of it
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Originally Posted by khosla

Hi everyone...

I am thinking of buying this phone...

but I have read at many places about the network issues...

Is there anyone who doesn't have network signal problem...coz this is a deal breaker for me...

i dont have any network issue...i get very good signal

My network signal is fine too
[HTC Desire S] fosco_:
no signal nor wifi problems here
[HTC Desire S] XZ32:
maybe there is ther wifi "death" grip thingy, but tbh, i hardly ever notice it...

its like u gotto try hard to get the signal down lol.

mobile data all good, all the time.

loving my DS more every day haha (what was i doing so long with the G1 :( )

rooted, tweaker, flashing (thats what its all about)
[HTC Desire S] nodeffect:
now u can s-off using alpharevx... it's the best phone for me so far... flashed it to LBC Mod and it's awesome!
[HTC Desire S] .iepurasu:
Hi!

I just got my Desire S. It got it because HTC was not able to repair my Nexus One and I did not accept the Desire :D

Anyway, I really enjoy the phone so far. The build quality hits you from the first second. It reacts snappy, although I have not tested it a lot.

I have not had issues with the GPS, as reported by a number of users. Also, tried to make it loose WIFI signal while holding it "wrong" (tried a lot of ways of doing it) but signal was still strong. Dunno if HTC fixed the problems or I was just lucky.

On a side question, I miss the look and feel of the Android on my Nexus One and don't like SenseUI that much. What rom can bring that back to me?

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] :
Only one AOSP rom in development at present. Check the development thread. Used the gpsfix app to solve GPS issues?
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
Has htc adressed the build quality issues with the gap between the glass and the phone, also the reception problems? any info on that?
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Mine has none of those problems!
[HTC Desire S] ghuk:
I'm loving this phone! S-off with Alpharevx and Flashed Virtuous Unity 1.29 ROM! Virtuos ROM is the best ROM for DS right now! I can now say that I have HTC Desire S ensation. :D
[HTC Desire S] mariu$:
good but did htc say anything about that? or should i ask them.
[HTC Desire S] therecluse:
Having been a 'smartphone' user from since before most people had heard of smartphones, I have to say I'm very impressed with the Dersire S.

I've been a loyal PalmOs Treo user for the last few years and having built up quite a library of apps to do just about everything I could think of with a touch-screen phone I was a little nervous about switching to a new OS.

I needn't have worried. It's slick and intuitive, the extra integration of GPS and other sensors make this a very powerful all-in-one tool. Hell, it's even a flashlight!
[HTC Desire S] .iepurasu:
No, I never had a GPS issue to start with. I just got the phone yesterday and started the GPS on google maps 2-3 times and in <10s I got a gps lock, worked each time.
[HTC Desire S] llision:
1. The DS is perfect... including the size... ah, I mean for me...

2. The Rom for DS is so rare... there is no official MIUI rom...

My last phone is hero too and I am waiting for a official CM and MIUI rom for DS...
[HTC Desire S] colin9876:
I had Desire S for 24hours, but had to take it back as often wouldnt connect to internet.

Paid bit more to get Galaxy S2 now and its much better
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
... except the fact that You carry a huge slab in Your pocket now, that tends to overheat while playing games. OK. :rolleyes:

I paid much less and will wait for next multicore htc with desire S'es form factor.

Neeeext! ;)
[HTC Desire S] kleinfeld:
1st android phone & I love it. Cant think of any complaints :D
[HTC Desire S] maniacscorpio:
hi

Very satisfied Desire S user. I love my phone more then my gf now... :D
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Very satisfied user :D
[HTC Desire S] rakhan01:
Hello everyone!

I'm planning to buy this phone but i'm little nervous about its sound quality. I'm a 5800 user and planning to switch to android. I heard that it has got poor audio quality in loudspeaker call as well as music. Is it true?
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
hm... so do You like it more than Your sgs2??

oh how I wish my almost perfect desire S was equipped with usb host. :(
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Certainly software and battery wise, I like it more than the SGS2. I find myself using it a bit more than than the sgs these few days I've had it. I love sense so much, it beats touchwiz by miles. But when it comes to other factors such as web browsing, no doubt the power of dual core sweeps the desire s. Also I'm more use to larger devices for web browsing, so I tend to use the s2 or galaxy tab.

If the sgs2 could run sense, that would be a dream...

Right now, its amazing, fast, speedy, etc, but lacks as much functionality as HTC sense does.

Also I must say though, the desire s has an impressive screen, but it is no match for the sgs2
[HTC Desire S] :
I came to android from a 5800! Ok the speaker isn't as good as the nokia one, but just about everything else it does, it does it 100 times better than the 5800! You'll love it. The speaker is ok for hands free calls, which is all I use it for.

For music I use Jays headphones poweramp music app and it sounds stunning. Just don't use the headphones it comes with!
[HTC Desire S] rakhan01:
Thanks.. This means I should go for it.
[HTC Desire S] Mental_Atom:
This phone is simply brilliant. Couldn't be more satisfied. It's awesome without any modding, and even more awesome with! I can't recommend it enough.
[HTC Desire S] kennyhkw:
Phone is pretty good as stock.

2 things i don't like are:

1. Wireless performance is utter p**h. Drops signal whenever your hand hovers near the top/back of the phone. My old Wildfire never did this. Phone testers should be shot or beaten with a big stick. This issue would have been major obvious at the testing stage.

2. Phone drains battery like hell when you don't have a FULL signal, eats up battery trying to get a good signal. ie. full battery can be drained in a matter of hours if you cant get a perfect signal. With a perfect signal battery can last 1.5 days. Work that out. Either Android has is a fail or something else is up. Why is the software programmed to eat battery when you cant get a perfect signal? Is it not programmed to settle for a low signal until a call comes in?

Apart from that its a great phone.
[HTC Desire S] MarsDroidXDA:
i miss my trackball seriously , plus stock rom do not have arrows .. bad
[HTC Desire S] ngek202:
Very much Happy with my Desire S, actually i got this as a replacement for my SE X10i which had problems after updating to GB.
[HTC Desire S] :
I recommend signing up for the Swype beta. It's not really a Beta (Samsung have simply paid for exclusive rights so the rest of us get a "Beta".) but it has some decent cursor arrows on it for moving the prompt about. Plus it's generally a good keyboard. You don't have to swype if that's not your thing. Just use like the stock keyboard.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Another thing that we agree on :D, although I wasn't aware of the Samsung connection - that's a damn shame, I hope that doesn't mean we won't get future fixes/updates?! I was quite disappointed that HTC didn't simply buy SWYPE rather than trying to write their own TRACE product!:confused:
[HTC Desire S] Steinhund:
You can also use GoKeyboard from the market. It has arrows and, good for one hand typing, a T9 telephone keyboard you can switch with a swipe gesture.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
why do You need arrow keys so badly? htc's selection tool is doing great job in here - just press the screen where You want to move the cursor and adjust it with tear shaped pop up icon (zoom included). eaaasy... ;)

before that I used to use smart keyboard pro, which had nice option to move cursor with vol. up and down keys. sweet...

... and back on topic - yeah, I still love my desire S. :D
[HTC Desire S] aldudturn:
Just got it today after using an Orange San Francisco and I'm a bit disappointed with it.

LauncherPro is laggier than the OSF, I absolutely hate all the preloaded apps that HTC have put on, and it's harder to root than the OSF.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
On topic....LOVE device :D:D

back off topic, I agree that you don't need arrows, although - each to their own, BUT, I don't agree that the selection is great, it's seriously flawed, buggy and could do with fixes. Try selecting at the top line of the screen or at edges....not good...not easy....real room for improvement!

Now, don't hate me for this, but, have you ever use the iPhone text selection now that actually works! :rolleyes:;)