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[HTC Desire S] sympl:
got mine few days back. my first droid and my first htc. cant deny the fact that this is a superb phone. it takes whatever is thrown at it so far.

still.... the only complain i have is the battery drain :( barely takes 12 hours of normal usage with 3G off
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
hah thanks :p

however i did actually end up getting a sgs 2 eventually! much as i said, dual core is pretty pointless! i have tried out my friends single core desire, sgs etc, and there isnt much of a MASSIVE speed difference. Sure my sgs 2 is smoother and zippier through menus, but not by a great margin. in web browsing test, i think the sgs 2 beats the deisre s by like 2-3 seconds, and thats all. Not much of a noticeable difference. but what i do have to say is that loading flash based sites is MUCH MUCH smoother than single core! (could also be down to the 1Gb RAM though!)

And scrolling through web pages is a bit more smoother :)
[HTC Desire S] :
Welcome to android!

As it's your first htc phone, there are a couple of default settings you should turn off to stretch that battery life out. 12 hours doesn't sound right. (You play a lot of games? Is 3G signal weak in your area?)

1. Turn off "Always on mobile data". Menu> Settings> Wireless & Networks> Mobile Networks. Turning this off stops your 3G being PERMANENTLY live when turned on. It'll just come on when necessary now.

2. Turn "pocket mode" mode off! Menu> Settings> Sound. This is new to Sense 2.1 and makes it ring louder in your pocket our bag. It does this by keeping your light sensor and proximity sensor pinging away so it knows when it's in a pocket. Madness.

3. If you have Wifi, use it in place of 3G. It uses less power believe it or not. Plus leave sleep policy set to never. Having it wake and sleep all the time again takes it's toll.

4. I use a fantastic App called Tasker. Allows full automation of your phone, including things like turning phone into airplane mode between 1am and 7am, and automatically turning wifi on when I get home and turning it off when I leave.

5. A new battery will take a couple of weeks to reach top performance. Give it some time to settle. Then calibrate it by doing the following; (not sure if this is still required but worked wonders on old desire)

Charge phone to 100% and green light appears.

Unplug phone.

Turn phone off.

Plug charger back in.

Charge until green light appears.

Unplug phone.

Turn phone back on.

Plug charger back in until green light is back.

Calibrated.

6. Don't use task killers.

7. Check your sync settings. It defaults to syncing Stock market and news.

Let me know if this helps?
[HTC Desire S] bigconig:
Had mine for a week now (coming from HD2 then Desire). I love the size and build quality (although I wish there was a bit more grippy surface on the back, I'm a real butter fingers and still waiting for my TPU to come in)

I've found the biggest plus is the extra memory, both ROM and RAM. I don't really even have to keep track any more. Very nice. Viewing outdoors is considerably better than my original desire was (SLCD version) and battery life is WWAAAYYY better. Predictive text also seems better than on the desire.

I wasn't sure at first if it could replace my desire which I thought was as close to perfect as a phone could be IMO, but I would say the S is even closer.
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
@wnp_79 : thanks for the hints, they look really useful.

Coming to this phone via winmo6.x.x then BlackBerry, just getting used to Android and all its capabilities.

So far, so good...
[HTC Desire S] sympl:
Some observations I made:

Settings : Mobile network off/ wifi off/ no sync/ ~30% brightness

Yesterday night ~10.30 pm : charged to 100%, unplugged and toggled airplane

Today morning 6.30am : 100%, alarm went off thrice!!:p - toggled airplane-

I work in a cleanroom environment (semicon fab), so its slightly colder than normal aircon rooms. I dont put DS in my pockets, just left it with the dcoument holder that I carry everywhere).

11am : still 100% (my face was :D no drain!!)

12.30 - 1.30 pm - normal lunchtime browsing, no games 2-3 calls/sms - 95%

9pm - music/market browsing/ tried out a new game/ downloads/ installs/ bla bal bla - 85%

-airplane-

The time i experienced very high battery drain was at home, it is 31-32 C here averaging at daytime. However I see that it might be the temperature that could be one of the factors affecting the drain. The other day I lost ~14% idling with the same settings.
[HTC Desire S] morvag86:
I've had mine for a few days now, and i love it :) haven't heard about any DS's in Norway having trouble with build quality on the phone yet...
[HTC Desire S] dBpanos:
The phone is absolutely PERFECT!

I'm using it for like 2-3 weeks and i have no problem. I switched to it from an iPhone 3GS.

Very good screen, really fast and it's perfect for someone who likes to play a bit with the software but not get into rooting and stuff.

No restarts, no black screens, no stucks no nothing!

3.7" screen is the ideal size!

The only thing that really made me spend hours on is the sync of the contacts with facebook and twitter accounts. the "sync only existing contacts" does not work on neither facebook nor twitter. so you have all or none in your phone. Moving on you can choose between the Facebook for HTC Sense and Twitter for HTC Sense (aka HTC Peep) and Facebook for Android, Twitter for Android.

If you are a social networking maniac and want status updates, photos etc in your contacts, just choose Facebook and Twiter for HTC Sense to do the job of syncing.

The photos are better in resolution and they appear on other apps too, such as whatsapp or other dialers, unlike syncing through the ones "for Android" that have very bad resolution images that appear only in the standard dialer/contacts book.

HTC Peep can work as an independent client for twitter too, so no need to use Twitter for Android at all! Get notifications from the ones for HTC Sense, and just explore facebook through its own app (Facebook for Android).

Find a good dialer also through Market and you have a perfect phone!:D
[HTC Desire S] xilw3r:
what do you think of the camera/video recording/ battery cover (is it sitting there well?)/ sound quality through headphones ?
[HTC Desire S] mikeyd85:
Im really liking it. Root would be nice but I'm not bothered for now... Coming from a Hero it seems like the perfect upgrade for me.
[HTC Desire S] Kingsleyfhk:
Had mine for amlost a month. I LOVE it. It is so much better that my old Motorola XT720 in terms of speed, display, bulit, size...etc. Thank you HTC.
[HTC Desire S] geek_seeds:
i like my Desire S

this phone over my expectation :D

better than my old Desire

nice body, nice screen, much better network reception, and look more elegant & expensive than Desire LOL
[HTC Desire S] panosfx:
For video recording here's my test video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eINsPHuDJPo

Camera is good,sound quality very good.Also my battery cover is sitting well!
[HTC Desire S] FRASEB1:
Only need s-off tools :)
[HTC Desire S] sympl:
Not much dev support for this phone and the incredible s. If not they should already be rooted.
[HTC Desire S] titus1:
If there's only a way to root them all
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Maybe they are not up to it ^^
[HTC Desire S] Rexton270:
Well... Switched from Desire HD,but only for two reasons :

1) the build quality on D HD wasn't best (after 4 months there were gaps etc)

2) need for "new" toy :D . Had Desire std before and was happy with it, so this Desire S made me very happy (combining Desire std body with D HD hardware).

No problems with build quality and battery is MUCH better then D std & D HD.
[HTC Desire S] dbezzegh:
Happy

I got mine just a few days ago. I had a HTC Legend before. I am more than happy with my new toy. My wife not that much as I spent to much time with it.... :p
[HTC Desire S] MasterDL:
Been using this phone a month now and have come to a disappointment in user experience. It's not the software side but the hardware:

1. Terrible signals compared to my old cheap wildfire, H signals mostly becomes G. WiFi drop that's only a room away, never had a problem with wildfire.

2. Power button and volume rocker is so soft makes it too easy to jog, try grabbing it out of your pocket and accidently jogging the volume down.

3. The batterry back cover is awkward, feels weak like it'll crack or the latch would break easily and stupid battery would drop out.

4. Battery life is a nightmare, 1% drain every couple of minutes so need to charge whenever I can. The quoted battery life standby was over 400hrs? Mine had a battery drop of 10% already in 4hrs standby no usage. They probably mean turn your phone off.

5. The camera is totally struggling to take good photos most of my photos end up to dark or bright missing what I want to capture.

Only positive side is retaining the original size of desire, but I missed the track button.

Deeply disappointed with Htc this time, will definitely give other phone brands a try when my contract is up should have bought this on payg. Reviews that don't mention the problems are probably paid by HTC to give them high profiles, user reviews are better.
[HTC Desire S] pasan:
I'm happy with mine, having upgraded from a Tattoo. I love the unibody construction and the way it feels in my hand. Operations are quite smooth, though can be laggy sometimes when installing software or autosync is working in the background. The grip of death is evident, but I find rotating the phone clockwise instead of counter-clockwise alleviates the symptoms somewhat. I bought the phone wanting it to last me at least 2 years, seeing as how I used my HTC Hermes for nearly 4 years (Tattoo only a few months but thats because I wanted to see how comfortable I would be with Android before spending money on a good handset). I'm just hoping S-OFF is around the corner so we can install CM7.

To keep battery life (and data usage) in check, I use Tasker to establish data connection to check email and sync the social networks. No task killer in use, as I have never run out of resources yet, although the most I do is have Trillian, Skype and FM Radio in the background while playing Angry Birds.
[HTC Desire S] Dr.Romca:
Hi Guys :)

I thought I'd contribute here for those having doubts :)

I came from HTC Legend, so I wanted a phone with Sense...Nexus S was my next choice, but Desire S won because of it's dimensions, that are not that different from those of Legend!

The phone itself is really really great! I love the design and the compactness of the phone. I think 3,7" is the ideal screen size!

Now the everywhere talked topic of WiFi reception in landscape mode - I have noticed a certain drop, but it isn't a tragedy like many say...

The thing I was really afraid of was the display, comming from a device with AMOLED, but I couldn't be more pleasantly surprised! The detail of everything is really superb plus colors are much better than on the Legend not to talk about low brightness colors... Black is not as black, but it is very very dark grey...

A thing I am a bit dissapointed, but absolutely not related to the phone, is the level of activity here on XDA...I think it is because not so many people bought the Desire S...I keep comparing the Nexus S, but that forum is freakin'...

I don't regret the purchase, I couldn't be more happy with the size/performance/enturance...not these days anyway...

So people: Buy Desire S! It's a great phone :) (no, HTC does not pay me, I just want more users/developers :p )
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
I should like to echo the points made by @DrRomca above, and would happily say the same.
[HTC Desire S] njd:
10% in four hours implies 100% in forty hours, which is about what I'd expect from a moderately active smartphone, though it should be less than this if you're not using it.

There must be quite a lot of syncing activity going on in the background, or else you're in a very weak signal area.

The battery does perform better after a couple of weeks.

I've disabled syncing for everything but Google and the Weather applet, and I can get almost 2 days out of the battery, if it's mostly in my pocket with occasional web-browsing.

I haven't tried or expected to get good pics indoors, but outdoors the lighting seems fine. The main problem with the Desire S camera is the aggressive JPEG compression, which loses detail.
[HTC Desire S] Dr.Romca:
I am using the extended battery from Mugen (originally from HTC Legend) and I will post my BatteryMonitor Statistics... (but I have no problem getting to 3 days of use and as the phone is new I play with it a lot...)

I have tried that...and I have to say there is not many worse cameras :p but if you turn the "auto enhance" "feature", the results are a bit better :) I was surprised there is no setting for the compression level, because that is the thing that seems to be wrong...either that of the picture is interpolated from a lower resolution...
[HTC Desire S] zukа:
mistaken post, apologies
[HTC Desire S] Bogdanbd:
As I said in some other topic:

Bottom removable cover doesnt fit right- leaves a gap, makes noise when pressed - unfortunately I also have this problem. Other than that the phone is great.

I bought one for my girlfriend too and hers does not have this problem.

I even tried to switch the bottom covers and mine still does the same. I really hate this because the noise is very weird, smth like a squeak..

On battery life: I made an experiment with her phone (she had no internet at that time - not active yet , and no wifi or gps on): charged it full overnight and she started to use it at 7am - that was on Friday. The battery was at about 15% when she recharged it on Monday 7am again. During this time she had: abt 1h30min of talk time, some photos made, and daily exploring the phone with me explaining different stuff. That is decent battery life.

Mine lasta for a day or so but I have mobile data on, use it to play games, browse internet and the market and 30-1h of talk time.

I really like this phone, but the battery cover drives me crazy. And I do not know how it can be fixed, since a new cover does not fix it.

About wifi - I can say it drops on line from the intensity chart if I complety cover with my hands the top of the phone, so really no big deal for me.
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Hm but if you have Auto Sync off, it shouldn't trigger any app to sync if you don't want it right? I always have Auto Sync off. I also disable Background Data when i'm not on wifi since i don't have a data plan. 2 days is pretty easy to get with moderate use.
[HTC Desire S] :
I'd generally agree, but with this new phone I have the 'Sync All' widget on one of my homescreens. I regularly catch it spinning away even when I have Auto-sync turned off. The syncing icon does not appear in the notification bar. There is also something keeping this phone in Partial Wake lock over night even with Auto-Sync off and airplane mode on. I have yet to identify the culprit as there is no longer the handy hidden option to see which specific process is causing partial wake. It's not a major problem, and could even be a bug with the battery use graph itself. I just wish I knew which!
[HTC Desire S] MasterDL:
I was just ranting of my opinion of the phone, I had a HTC before and had high hopes on this phone its supposed to have better hardware and more efficient CPU to improve battery life just didn't perform as hyped.

I already optimised the settings suggested way before I posted just replied to the topic that's all.

Ah well until my next upgrade.

Thanks for all the suggestions anyway.
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
So far so good....

No issues with th battery cover - mine fits nice & snug

Battery life isn't great - around 18 hours, but smartphones don't have th best rep for batteries. I'm sure I could get plenty more life out of it if it was sat in my pocket all day with just th occasional call - but I wouldn't choose a smartphone if that was what I was going to do with it!

3G signal quality isn't that good either. Worse than my old blackberry.

This wasn't my first choice of phone but due to a great upgrade offer I took it. Happy with it but also a little disappointed.
[HTC Desire S] RogerPodacter:
What is the average screen on time you guys are getting with the desire s? Example lets say you go 18 hours, how long was the display on of that usage?

And another stat, how long could the battery lady with screen on constantly? 5 hours maybe?
[HTC Desire S] mg519903:
Hello all.

I've never post anything before.

Just to say I've just got today the Desire S.

I come from the HTC Trinity with Windows Mobile. So the DS is a new world for me.

I'm just starting to play with it and my first impression is very good.

Regards,
[HTC Desire S] Svala88:
I had the original desire first loved it,best phone ever.

Even though many say it isn't that much of a upgrade but i'm loving the ds to me the camera is so much better,browsing is faster & smooth :)

I just love the phone :)
[HTC Desire S] Dr.Romca:
^^ Same here :) Had a legend for a year and a half, but DS is way better...
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
i have some queries if anyone can help please, firstly i got this phone in india so dont know what region stuff sells here. main issue is that after a while of not using the phone the mobile data does not come on auto. i have to manully bring it on. signal shows but doesnt connect. havent noticed it in a while. all this while i thought mobile network meant the gsm part of it but realized it was the gprs. htc is different from samsung im guessing. also some of my contacts are in double although i have linked them. everything from my facebook is in the contacts although i have not kept sync on. in contacts if i remove all marks all contacts still appear which are those exactly. and how to turn vibration off in whatsapp while typing i hate it and also a battery drainer. it only goes on for 20 hours if at all.
[HTC Desire S] davidreece:
love it

just want to put my pennies worth in, i think a lot of people slating this phone for not being much of an upgrade tend to forget that here in the uk most smartphone contracts are 2 years long!!! I upgraded to this from an htc magic, so i would say its a major improvement, also in the 3.7in screen area this has to be one of the best choices, i chose the ds because i played around with my friends galaxy s and just found that 4in screen felt a bit uncomfortable in my hands, i was always scared of dropping it, but its not all roses, coming from the magic with tons of developers and roms etc im finding the lack of support for this phone a bit disappointing, but in fairness with the options to use launchers when i eventually get bored with the really nice standard ui, im sure i will survive until we gain some more support :)
[HTC Desire S] ghuk:
very much happy with my new Desire S! This is my first ever android phone.
[HTC Desire S] click9666:
Restart by it self!

I got my Desire S for 17days ago.Everything is good except an issue, It is restart 3th time already by it self.... Especially after hang up phone call. Did anyone have same problem to me?
[HTC Desire S] :
Sorry no. The only time mine has restarted was when I was using Google navigation on a sunny day and it over-heated. Seems aluminium unibody construction is good at storing heat! Moved phone holder to nearer air vent, take it out of its case for using sat nav, and now stays cool.

Don't want to sound like a help-desk but have you tried a factory reset? Have a look at that battery graph. Is it being kept in partial wake lock?
[HTC Desire S] click9666:
Not yet tried factory reset.Yest the battery graph is keep running as normal....But it will reset when we restart phone or turn off and on phone...that is normal or not?
[HTC Desire S] igalan:
I've had mine up and running for over 30 days non stop. Then my telco had some problems with MMS, so I did a restart just in case, but it didn't help because the problem was in the telco side. So far is is rock stable here, much more than my Nexus One which needed a restart every two weeks or so.
[HTC Desire S] Bogdanbd:
I have fixed the squicky battery cover issue. If anyone interested I post here photos.

I have contated HTC abt this they told me to go with it to the company that handels their RMA in romania...but in the end I tried to fix it myself too much trouble to go there , explain, etc, etc
[HTC Desire S] crubbish:
Hi Bogdan. I'm interested, thanks.
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Please do share with us.:D
[HTC Desire S] Bogdanbd:
Oki, will make some photos when I have a bit of time. By tomorrow I hope I'll post them here.
[HTC Desire S] yerfdes:
Im a fully satisfied desire s user too...

@ghuk hey ghuk its me frim tipidcp haha..
[HTC Desire S] GideonB234:
I have it, have been using it for around a week now, pretty good phone, battery is *ahem* tempermental, but at least it has Korean keyboard option (thank you google IME :D)
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
battery life on this is not great at all. barely 12 hours.
[HTC Desire S] Numline1:
You should buy original Desire, you'd see what's low battery time. It's smartphone ffs. You can't rky expect 24 hours in full usage without some advanced options (turning off autoupdates, or increasing time between them, lowering brightness, etc.)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Unfortunately I totally agree with @numline comments above

although you well find plenty of advice within this forum on getting the best out of your battery

Until someone improves battery technology this will be the case for a while
[HTC Desire S] A2Z:
Desire S experience

Coming from Diamond /MDA with WM 6.5.3 which was serving me for over two years.

Now on Desire S and my pro's and Con's are below:

( some issues are not related to hardware but OS but I still keep HTC responsabile for it )

PRO:

- Good size, don't like 4 /4.3" way too large for me.

- solid build

- crisp display

- fast response on all taps and selections

- lot's of features and apps available

- very versatile

CON:

- No global proxy support per Wifi profile ( only for browser and need to select manual)

- Battery lasted only from 1.5 to 2.5 days and I am not a heavy user yet....

- Cannot change HTC Mail notification seperately ( only global notification )

- very little information comes with device about what it can do for you.( you have to find it yourself via web of files on device )

- Outlook Tasks synchronisation not present in HTC Sync( only contacts and Calendar )

overal I like it !
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
Try playing games and see how many hours can you get. ;) 1-2 days is normal with moderate use.
[HTC Desire S] GideonB234:
I was expecting a downgrade in battery from my previous phone (Samsung Genio Slide), but sometimes the battery literally drains 50% in the space of one hour, and that was just when I'm in lesson or something unable to use my phone because I'm studying, but I was expecting at least 24 hours for light/moderate use (twitter updates, listening to music, the occasional game), and yeah I know how bad the original Desire was, my friends complained about that. A lot.
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
in 2 hours 50% gone. im pissed now. no games played nothing, data usage is sucking up. not enjoying this phone so much. too many issues.
[HTC Desire S] Numline1:
Well, in case it drains 50% in two hours without playing games, your phone is broken. I played angry birds for nearly one hour, listened to music and watched 40 mins of h.264 video and ended up with about 60% (wifi and autosync turned on).
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Either that or you have GPS on, Wi-Fi on, Bluetooth on, are syncing everything as often as physically possible and have the screen on for the whole hour at 100% brightness!