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[HTC Desire S] :
Hi jesal.

I'd agree with others that there is definitely something wrong with your phone. Mine takes 4 hours to go from 100% to 99% when just in my pocket. And I'm a heavy user with all sorts of stuff syncing in the background.

What is using all the data? I've picked a fine day to leave my phone at home! Go to your dialer, and dial the following; *#*#4636#*#*

A menu will open. Select 'usage statistics'. This will show you what's been using processor time and how many requests it's made. I think it defaults to order it in most time at the top. Normally on a healthy Desire S, 'HTC Sense' and 'Settings' are at the top of this list. What do you have?

I recently started this thread where you can download a guide I've done for getting the most out of this phone. It's aimed at newcomers to Android so apologies if you already know this stuff...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1097538

If none of this helps, I'd look at getting a warranty replacement. Some people have had problems with their battery cover not fitting properly. (It is a pig to fit properly after removal.) The 3G aerial is built into this cover. If the cover is not seated properly its possible the aerial contacts are not made properly and the phone is working flat-out to get a signal. Some people have even managed to bend the contacts out of position in their attempts to fit the cover. Have you checked this? I'm clutching at straws here.

HTC's customer support for sorting out faulty units is pretty good. I had to do it on my old Desire. Only took them 5 days to sort it. Not bad. Hopefully you'll get this sorted out. It's a very good phone once you get it behaving properly.
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
so i have formatted my phone installed nothing but maps. kept background data off, now lets see. by night my phone is 100% charged. after 9 hours of sleep and data kept off the battery still stays 100%. but as soon as my data comes on all hell breaks loose. now lets see what is eating battery. angry birds takes battery out but its ok i guess. my samsung galaxy s went for about over a day with all my usual stuff on. i dont think anything is wrong with the phone its HTC issues.

ok i was reading this and it said do not install killer task apps. i had that 10 in 1 app for all that. gonna use phone without apps now lets see

https://dl.dropbox.com/0/view/y4zieasn04quqpu/HTC Desire S Owners Guide V1.01.pdf
[HTC Desire S] :
OK so sounding more like a something permanently trying to sync. Does the sync symbol stay in your notification bar?

In your accounts & sync settings, is the sync symbol continuously rotating next to any particular item?

I have turned off the “HTC Sense” account syncing as it was taking ages to complete a sync. Think it was trying to back up all my app data.

Does this happen on WiFi and 3G?

Oh and make sure you have turned off “Always On Mobile Data” else your 3G will always be live, and if you are in a poor signal area that’ll drain battery power pretty quickly. I recently sent a 6MB attachment on e-mail whilst in a poor signal area. The e-mail took an hour to send and took my battery from 95% to 55% in that time.
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
ok so now after format i only have goole synced rest all are off. charging phone now in 6 hours full out. so lets see now. why is there 2 facebooks in htc. one is normal other is sense facebook it messes up my contacts. there used a be a sync symbol a lot of time. i set weather and news to one hour all that is shut now. i do not have 3g at all. so no worries there. this always data thing is the culprit also i feel lets see now. if nothing im selling the phone... not going to waste time on rma crap cuz in india all that scene is very sad.
[HTC Desire S] stigv:
I have had my DS for a week now, replacing a Desire. Very satisfied so far. Only one thing I miss from the Desire - the physical buttons...... If I could turn on the light in the touch buttons as the screen comes to life I would be satisfied.... Anyone with a tip on how to do this? A small piece of tape over the sensor would solve it for me, but I think this could and should be done with SW.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If you have no 3G then you should minimze what you sync, otherwise data connection and phone will be constantly active. Disable by deleting additional cities in weather, do you care what the weather is all over the world?

The two facebook are, standard facebook and facebook for sense (which incorporates status updates with sense applications, like phone dialler). I use facebook website manually (m.facebook.com) to see news feed and for updates and I use facebook for sense only. I don't like the andoid FB application its too cluncky, although does permit chat.

You can set contacts to only view certain types of contact, using contacts->more-> view and switch off types you don't want.

You should be able to link duplicates again within contacts application, if they're called the same names the device should do this for you.

I'd suggest that you perform sync all manually over wifi when at home or at work at broadand connection there? simply put the "Sync all" and the "Auto-Sync" widgets on one of your home pages.
[HTC Desire S] Bogdanbd:
OK here goes:

- you need:

1. a small piece of neoprene or something similar

2. very thin double adhesive tape - the one used for sticking carpets to the floor is very good

The rest I think you can get from the photos attached.

Now the battery lid does not move at all, no more squeeks.
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Roman ingenios... :)) ceva asemanator am facut si eu. Desi la inceput nu scartaia.. dupa ce l-am scos si bagat de cateva ori a inceput si la mine :)

Very clever.. i did a similar thing. My back cover didn't squeek at first but after i opened and closed it several times.......:(
[HTC Desire S] hardstuffmuc:
I am also very happy with my Desire S, in particular with all the Go Launcher apps (was never keen on the Sense UI)

I also have that creeking battery cover issue but solved it similar like explained above, with black electronic insolation tape...weird, though, that we have to come to such solutions.. lol

I am coming from the HD2 which I dearly love, it is superb with running Ultimate Droid 3.3.0, but I decided to sell it now as the Desire S is just easier to carry around, and there are no app space issues anymore.

I am looking forward to have root with the unlocked bootloader to get rid of those aweful adverts (are people really clicking on them and subsequently helping those companies to make money???), and to have a clean Sense free UI.

Battery is quite all right, getting me easily through the day...but there is this strange 60mA drain while in flightmode....so it is better to just switch the Desire S off...as it is up and running again soo quickly with the fast boot. Apparently, un-ticking the options Check for Updates and Report to HTC under Settings>Telephone Info>Software-Updates helps with less drain. Am monitoring this as of today.

One last thing, which is provider related and not Desire S, is that the time is jumping forward by 10 minutes...very strange...workaround: download the app ClockSync from market, un-tick under Settings the Automatic time sync option, set it manually and let the app sync the time...

BTW Pure Messenger Widget and Enhanced Email from market are awesome to collect all your Facebook/twitter/mail/exchange data and well worth the investment...so the resources hogger Sense is not missed at all ;)
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Lol i had that 10 min problem. Stopped sync and set it manualy.
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
update from last night, i have disabled always data on and auto sync. went to sleep at 3am and got up at 10 am and battery is still at 100% same as i discharged it. which is good. apps now installed are drag racing, angry birds, rio battery life. minor usage and battery now is 97%. i guess that 10in1 app killed the battery. but i am still having data issues. my network of data is on but after a night sleep there is always a data error, i have to put it off and on again to use it ??? why is that.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Which app gives the data error?

Some application may require the always on data.

buts it's more efficient to simply reset the error once than have phone accessing network unnecessarily over night which consumes both data plan and battery

Have you installed the application 3g watch dog? to track your data usage I find it very useful.
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
Re battery life:

From a full charge, 30 hours of use - sending/reading emails, surfing, calls, texts, gaming, playing music, etc. In other words, most things a smartphone was made for.

And still 15% left on the battery.
[HTC Desire S] jesal:
so my battery went on for 24 hours no issues till 10% reserve. data issue is there. all apps use data give errors i mean. from weather to market to internet. till i put it off and on again it doesnt auto resume
[HTC Desire S] fugutrev:
I've had my Desire S a couple of weeks now and it's a super phone indeed. I came from a rooted unlocked Hero running Cyanogenmod which I was very happy with but saw a deal on the Desire S that I couldn't say no to :-)

Great phone, very good build quality and very solid thanks to its aluminium chassis. Very fast, even makes Sense a pleasure to use (and I hated it on the Hero).

Recently s-off'd and rooted thanks to an xtc clip loaner from a board member.

Very satisfied with it so far. Looking forward to more custom roms!
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
If you have the error only when below <10% battery power, it sounds like the power save feature has enabled - which disabled various phone features in order to extend battery life.
[HTC Desire S] scotty7910:
Just my quick opinion:D

Just got desire s from mozart 7.First thing i noticrd is the camera on the desire s seems to give good value,as the 8mp on mozart was erratic.Really pleased with the desire s,battery life good,in call audio good and signal seems slightly better in my house.All around very pleased.
[HTC Desire S] slightowl:
Before i got my Desire S, i was using an SE G900 - it was a smartphone which ran on the now-defunct UIQ 3.0 (a variant of symbian, i think). development on that platform ceased a few months after i got my phone in early 2009, so i've had 0 firmware updates. anyway, after 2.5 years, it was definitely letting me know its intention to retire soon - the thing was really slowing down as it aged, just like most people i know, which is horrible because UIQ was laggy right from the start. Plus all sorts of other little troubles that a retiree experiences.

I got the desire s mainly due to its size (i have small hands even for an asian and i like to sms 1-handed; the 4-inch monsters are ginormous) and i don't wish have a certain Mr Jobs control what i can do with my phone (i'm a bit of a control freak). after 3 weeks, here's what i've gotta say:

1) its fast.

2) its really fast! the only time i managed to really get desire s to show some lag was when i tried updating about 6 apps at the same time in the Market app. even then, the lag disappeared as soon as the downloads/installations were finished.

3) the battery cover is a bit unwieldy. when i got my phone, the person at the phone shop had opened it to show me the battery and everything so i knew how to open it. but at home, it took me 10 minutes to summon up the courage to use enough force to open it. i was terrified that i'd break my shiny new phone.

4) the micro usb port is positioned on the left side of the phone. using the phone while it's plugged in is slightly awkward (i imagine it'd be really tough on lefties) and also, it's pretty easy to accidentally press on the volume rocker while removing the cable. anyone faced this? it's annoying, but a really minor one only.

5) quite a few people have complained that the soft keys don't always light up. i don't feel its an issue, though - my fingers already memorised their positions even after just a few days.

6) the phone/battery can get pretty warm sometimes. i'm guessing that its due to the aluminium body being heated by the battery. i'm also guessing its better 'cause the aluminium body acts as a heat sink to draw heat away from the components, whereas a plastic body, being a poorer conductor, would absorb less heat and draw it to the exterior of the phone. i'm just wondering.. are battery temperatures of 37 degrees C and above normal?

7) the main downside is that battery life isn't good compared to my previous phone, which could get me through 3-4 days of constant sms and phone calls. and that was a 950ma battery. but for smartphones these days, i think i'm getting average battery life.

but overall, i'm really terribly happy with my desire s. now i'm just waiting to be able to root it, so that i can delete apps that i dont use like the twitter app and so on.
[HTC Desire S] youagain:
I had the same issue with an annoyingly creaky battery door. Returned the first device for an exchange but the second one has the same problem. I simply cant be bothered. Have used the rubber from an earphone ear piece cut up in 3 sections. Solved the issue.

Disappointed and annoyed that a device like this should have such a problem. You cant even buy replacement battery doors yet.
[HTC Desire S] amonrei:
When i picked my phone from the courier, i opened the battery cover for the first time quite easily. But the 2nd time i tried opening it a couple of days later, it was hard to do it. It gets loose after a couple of times though and start to make a clicking sound when pressed. Otherwise it's fine.

They should've put the micro USB port at the top and put a rubber flap to cover it.:D

Yeah it seems to be a global issue and bad design but easily solved.
[HTC Desire S] gr3yh0und:
Actually im satisfied enough its good and im enjoying my desire s android really is great
[HTC Desire S] crubbish:
Exactly how I feel. My battery cover seems to regress in time although I try not to open it at all. It now makes squeaky sound even with slight pressure applied. Such an unpleasant contrast with entire device built so solidly!
[HTC Desire S] youagain:
I hope HTC make some sort of change to the design or put in place some kind of dampener to alleviate the problem. I'm just really picky. I can see myself buying a new battery door when and if they are on sale.
[HTC Desire S] slightowl:
It seems that lots of people got creaky battery covers. My experience is the complete opposite though.. solid battery cover that slots perfectly onto the phone. The problem is that it's so perfect, it's tough to open the cover..

Putting the micro usb port on top might have been better, but looking at the phone's design, i suspect it'd have been impossible to make space for the port. There's already the 3.5mm jack, power switch on top. Not to mention the camera, loudspeaker and wifi antenna on the top portion as well (which explains the death grip issue that some people are facing).

If it helps, i got my desire s from singapore and thus far, it hasn't had any real problems yet.
[HTC Desire S] igalan:
I use a Case-Mate Barely There case, so even if my unit had the squeaky battery cover I wouldn't notice. For those that are bothered by this problem, this case gets rid of it and protects the phone as well.
[HTC Desire S] :
I have solved my squeaky battery cover a different way: Lube!

Not kidding. All I did was remove the cover, and using my finger tip, wipe some silicone grease around the thin edge of the cover. We're not talking globs of the stuff, just a fine almost invisible smearing. Just enough to make the edges shiny. I replaced the cover and wiped off any excess.

Now when the edges of the battery case flex under pressure from your hand, there is much less friction between the battery cover and the phone, and the squeaking has stopped. Silicone grease will not attack or corrode the plastic either. Plus it's water repellant!
[HTC Desire S] igoivo:
I cannot make a call with the Desire S in the area where my ancient LG PHONE has no problems with the signal.

So, what is the Desire S? Just a toy?

I am disapointed.
[HTC Desire S] fcbf:
Just got it. As many people here it is my first android phone and i love it. sooo good. i had touch pro 2 but this is wayyy better
[HTC Desire S] robert14:
Two-way call recording on Desire S

Hello, I'm considering to buy Desire S. The important feature for me is two-way call recording. I've read that there is a problem with old Desire (Bravo) which runs on QSD8250. Is call recording possible on Desire S (Saga) which runs on MSM8255? Thank you.
[HTC Desire S] b3by:
My first Android phone as well.

I come from an iPhone 3GS, and I think I will never come back to iOS (I'm telling this as user and as developer too)!

PROs:

- Stunning manufacturing features: aluminium body and screen simply rock!

- Great battery: it reaches 24h-30h of life in standard usage.

- Android is the ultimate mobile operating system, and on this device it works great (also Sense is not bad, even if a little bit too "invasive").

- Performances: fast in almost everything (including web navigation).

COUNs:

- A little bit inefficient under direct light of sun.

After all: HTC made an incredible phone!
[HTC Desire S] titus1:
You mean "desireable" phone ;)
[HTC Desire S] titus1:
I just hope that unlocking the bootloader comes sooner. Then we will all be happier.
[HTC Desire S] b3by:
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

U r desireabling right!
[HTC Desire S] v7znay:
We all hope so.

I hope when the unlocking will come, will we see a bigger community here in xda.

because now its really small and not really developing...
[HTC Desire S] :
I wouldn't hold your breath about HTC being speedy with rolling out an unlocked bootloader update. They are more likely to hope you'll just buy the next phone which they've confirmed won't be locked down. They dont even want to give us sense 3.0!

Try searching your local area for phone shops that offer the XTC clip service. Found a place two streets away from me that will do it for £10. Getting it done this weekend!
[HTC Desire S] dam2sekc:
yeah cant wait till it all comes through and htc unlock what is now infact rightfully ours. can't wait to flash my phone and fix the bugs with wifi n bluetooth. Slightly dissapointes that the screen isnt wider than it is. the phone is better than the motorola milestone 2 that had for a few weeks, but i believe that htc could have done better with it all around.
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
In which case surely you would have been better off with a incredible s?
[HTC Desire S] skumara:
my first android phone

Desire s is my first android phone. I was using HTC polaris (touch cruise) for 3 years untill it died. So for me its great leap in the technology. I find desire s very fast compared to htc polaris.
[HTC Desire S] Samit R:
I went through this entire thread.

I have been using my DS for over a month now. No light leakage issue, no squeaky battery cover. All in all very nice.

What I miss are the hardware call and end buttons. They are especially helpful in bright sunlight when you cant see the screen.

What I miss the most is the trackpad / trackball. I used a HTC Hero before this and I found the trackball to be very useful. I believe that the fact (when people say) that Android does not require one is a myth. Of course it does. Where I found it most useful was... take a case where one searches from a contact, one can use the trackball to scroll through the list and, most importantly, if the chosen contact has multiple numbers, you can use the trackball to flip through numbers. Without it, the best way I know if to open the contact and choose a number from there. Its a pain.

Samit
[HTC Desire S] igalan:
I also miss the trackball. Selecting text without it doesn't work that well, you no longer can open the context menu either. And using VNC without it is a pain as well. Too bad HTC chose to do without one, even an optical one that can be clicked would improve the user experience for many; I don't understand why it was removed. As a matter of fact, nobody else is fitting them on new phones, not even Google branded phones.
[HTC Desire S] FRASEB1:
Need root !!!!!!!!!!! :)
[HTC Desire S] baqai:
This is my first android phone and so far I loving it.
[HTC Desire S] det66:
This is my first HTC or Android. After a couple of Blackberrys

It's a big difference. Faster sleeker more fun. Track pad could be useful but that's a minor issue. All in all I'm loving this phone. Also none of the build quality probs I've seen others mentioning
[HTC Desire S] anndrenaline:
im seriously thinking about getting this phone soon and its great looking at all the positive reviews and i bet i wont be complaining alot since this will be my first smartphone. i hear there are wifi problems called the deathgrip and im worried. does this happen to everyone and is it a major issue that it effects your internet usage?
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Wi-fi death grip is a real issue and if you are not too close to the router, your connection will drop. But if you don't cover the top back part, the one with the speaker(i tested, and if i cover the camera part wi-fi doesn't drop :D )

It may affect your online gaming. For the browsing part you could hold the phone (when in landscape) with the touch buttons to the left, so you don't cover the speaker.
[HTC Desire S] anndrenaline:
so u have to be close to the router or is it as long as the area can get u full bars? does the connection drop significantly? well im hoping i could ask for a unit that has s-off lol so i can overcome this problem.
[HTC Desire S] Phillmitchell:
Got one of these as a second phone yesterday.trying my best to get rid of it but being messed around by talkmobile and carphone warehouse.truely awful phone.loses wi-fi reboots randomly small screen so not compatible with all games.cant wait to get rid.
[HTC Desire S] harryjan:
On the whole..... yes.

I've come from a heavily modified gingerbread running HTC Hero and the difference in responsiveness is amazing.

I have however replaced Sense with Launcher Pro; I don't think sense is any good these days, it makes the phone feel bloated and ungainly, it seems to make a phone with a large screen (which I think is excellent btw) feel small, and I have never been convinced by HTC's love of OTT widgets for everything when opening up the specific app quickly seems to me to be far quicker!

My only disappointment so far is the battery life which seems to be almost on par with the Hero (having to charge daily). Now I don't think I use my phone that intensely, I don't really play games frequently, I don't watched video, I make a few calls, send a good number of texts and use twitter/FB/Reader/news apps during my commute but still at the end of the day I need to plug it in before heading to bed.

Part of this i'll admit is due to my commute which passes through areas of zero signal, lots of tunnels and a variety of 2g and 3g connected areas, and I'm sure as soon as I can S-off and root I'll be able to unbloat and optimize it somewhat, but I was expecting better from a brand new bit of technology.
[HTC Desire S] crubbish:
Well, you shouldn't have had expected better battery life. Battery technologies did not really develop over last 10 years. In fact if battery life of your Desire S is comparable to that of Hero (smaller size screen, lower screen resolution and almost twice less powerful processor) then HTC have done pretty good job with power management.

Talking of Sense UI I share your opinion completely. But matter of fact most users (even here at XDA) still seem to like Sense. Like Sense 3.0 features are really in high demand for custom roms. For me, as soon as there is a good stock Android rom, bye bye Sense.
[HTC Desire S] anndrenaline:
sad to see some ppl so unsatisfied with it. is it true that the phone always restarts itself and the screen isnt compatible with all games?