yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] relldroid:
Agreed a front camera and dual core is all this bad boy needs... I wonder what things would be like if it was stuck on WM6.5 tho
[HD2 General] b4blue:
i agree 100%. I have choosen it because it had the biggest screen and thanks to great people on this forum(replaced winmo with android) I now have the best phone.

I have it for about a year and people around me bought newer phones, but they still envy my phone. I think its really hard to be happy these days as commercials pump our brains with irrelevant data...
[HD2 General] bloodychaos:
Yea, agreed! I was deciding on an iPhone 3GS and HTC HD2 when I went to sign up for a mobile contract a year and a half ago, glad I took up the HD2 and never looked back.
[HD2 General] Hackscot:
I love to HTC HD2. and its always best ... even their are lots of new smart phones in the market...
[HD2 General] smeddy:
Agreed with everything on this thread (... best phone ... wrong thread etc). If I could add anything to my phone, it would be HDMI-out, but that's only really as a novelty feature rather than something I would use often.

I really can't see myself upgrading until my HD2 breaks or something truly revolutionary comes along. Dual-core may be it, but I have no reason to upgrade until they are either a bit cheaper or better utilised.

I really hope the phone remains powerful enough for Ice Cream Sandwich and newer Senses, because it's truly wonderful hardware.
[HD2 General] Imperial1:
HTC needs to improve it with the front face camera ...etc and make a HD3
[HD2 General] Clarion:
Front camera would be great, but i want better main camera.
[HD2 General] cool_g:
My HD2 still gives me much L.O.V.E :) and now with Android on it shiiiiiit

Peace
[HD2 General] marcofurio:
I love my htc hd2
[HD2 General] mirtmyrt:
hdmi output and slim slide out qwerty keyboard
[HD2 General] ady_uaic:
if it had a super amoled+ it could be a lovely one!
[HD2 General] zexmunze:
Simply the best!!!!
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
i dont even want a dual core processor. the only thing i want to be better on my phone is the digitizer, and the screen.

rly, the glitchy multitouch and touchdelay pisses me off in games.. i want a fast touchscreen like newer devices ;(

but thats the only point..

HTC should make a phone especially for XDA. the HD2 XDA edition!!! with something like the same hardware as the sensation has, just in a HD2 body.. <3
[HD2 General] [Krueger]Dr.Stein:
Agreed.

Although HTC did made the original O2 XDA - correct me if I am wrong - which was how this great site came to be called - a rebirth of HTC XDA would be awesome.

One with the hardwares that can run windows phone 8, android ice cream sandwhich, iOS5 and whatever you geniuses can boot it up with.

Probably the first multiboot handheld device maybe via magldr or hot-swappable sdcard.

If XdaDev can help HTC out of the "appel" suit they can dedicate a phone solely designed by the XdaDevs specs.

I still go back to my HD2 even with the new HTC Sensation in tow.

As one of the members here aptly state in his signature - sorry if I misquote.

One phone to rule them all.
[HD2 General] gbajzelj:
Some girl I know has a galaxy s and when I bought HD2 a week ago and installed nand NexusHD2 and some apps and widgets on it se was like WOOOW!!! and IT'S SO BIG... and WHAT GREAT APPS... (yes shes one of those girls that somebody gets them a realy good phone and they dont know how to use it... She had like a 700$ bill becouse she didn't know that the internet connection can be disabled in the options) she totaly forgot abouth her galaxy:D.

HD2 may not be the fastest, the best looking, the best camera phone... but it is the most flexifle and even today still much more then just usable for calling... Its still strong enough to run majority of games...My frieds are buying optimus ones and wildfires s and phones like that... and these are farely new phones... and still they cant compete to this almost 2 years old machine. Its like the time stoped and in the world of mobile phones that is imposible but HD2 did it. Usualy a phone after 6-12 months is a old device that nobody even looks at it... Well HD2 is still turning heads and making it's users a satisfied users... Long story short. In my heart it definetly is the best phone out there to date and no dual-core can take its crown.
[HD2 General] jamal8820:
Definitely agree with all the posts. Good thing is, they say all Android phones old and new will be able to run ice cream sandwich. Which means the HD2 will definitely get a version of it. HD2 the best!! (Dj Khaled voice lol)
[HD2 General] IzaacJ:
Exactly like me :-) there were a lot of people at school that wished they had an HD2, but since they have totally disappeared from the Swedish retailers none of them have bought one. One person in particular bought a X10i and she regretted it so much she offered to trade it for my HD2 and give me some money xD smart as I am I said no way xD

I'd my HD2 gets broken, I'd try everything to get a new one xD

Ps. Many retailers in Sweden don't even know what phone it is, they often think it's called Desire HD2 xD
[HD2 General] nikc0069:
Have to agree.

I got the HD2 when it came out, but quickly tired of winmo 6.5 - it just didn't cut it.

2 years on and I'm selling my iphone 4 and am over the moon with how smoothly android runs on this thing.
[HD2 General] kornel.l.varga:
ojje

Hello Guys!!,

HD2 is my first smartphone, but simply I am in love with it since a Year now. I used the basic WMo 6.5 for a few month when I could gather the relevant information and the proper courage :), but wow, it worth it to change it to Android for sure. Of course there are things wha I would like to have in this phone, but I think I would not change it for those properties.

Just a little list of wishes:

Dual core proc.

4g

better GPS..( probably would be solvable with software, I did flash an update.. got better, but not perfect )

front cam.

new generation screen quality.

maybe a two point 3D camera at the back :D, as in EVO 3D..

yeah.. but as I said I would not change for these attributes... BTW I

can feel the resonance in the force that HTC is going to come out

with a bigger brother of HD2. It simply just has to happen.

Take care all!

Kornél
[HD2 General] nomad10002:
Hey we already have a great gps. On the lastest roms we now have agps and gingerbread 2.3.5. My friend has a new samsung something or other(I didnt care)and he still doesnt even have gingerbread and doesnt know if he would even will get the upgrade. Here i am using my 2 yr old HD2 running gingerbread.:p
[HD2 General] romano76:
"steve jobs" he probably does have an hd2 running a nand build of android with htc sense, and a sd build of IphoneOS.
[HD2 General] kolyan:
I would thanks XDA and MIUI devs for providing support for this phone.....so far best phone i had to date.
[HD2 General] woooson:
Had this hd2 for 18 months or so be playing with miui roms at the mo ! Well amazing
[HD2 General] Ty5982:
Especially now we're to av the htc sensation rom,1 thing ppl laff at me about me and my fone is cos its old lol,but ive ad every possible custom rom and stock rom out there,i put the desire s rom on last week,its all about TRY B4 U BUY,told my m8 it was ****e,then he goes and gets 1 on contract for 2 yrs then 3 months down the line he realises its **** and wants rid,who's ****in laughin now
[HD2 General] hgfixer:
I've recently had one! it's so great!
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
They have made an "S" version of every damn phone, why don't they make an (HTC HD2 s)

Here's an Idea " The best phone ever created by HTC gets better" ...

The HTC HD2 S, Multi OS, 1.5 Dual Core Processor, Freaking Super Amoled Display... \M/
[HD2 General] beston94:
go...tell...htc...that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
+1!!!!

you're awsome =D
[HD2 General] blazethelight:
Since the first moment i had seen the hd2 i loved it. Without the development and hard work of the community

Nobody speaks about this smartphone. I had buy it because the hardware was impressive, The Size was amazing.It has the perfect dimensions and the case is perfectly for dirty job.For me was and is this Smartphone a evolution.I hope to discover the next. Since last year, the mobile computing hardware found the mainstream and i hope next time more manufacturers supports opensource project's, no locked bootloader and corperation of us and a great friendship of this development.

Really big Thanks & graduation of this dammed ****ing great forum and syr for my poorly English.
[HD2 General] stonesolouk:
Should we set up a campaign and see? May be if we get enough signatures on a petitton HTC may just take a look into it.
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
a XDA phone for all of us... no commercial release, no other place to order.. just here. just for the insiders

just for those, who love their phones <3

and then make a new one.. every two years

i would die for it
[HD2 General] Etihad:
Wow! HTC HD2 S with these specs:

- 1,5 Ghz dual core CPU

- 2 GB RAM

- 32 GB ROM, MICROSDHC slot

- 2 MP Front facing camera

- 8 MP main cam

- SAMOLED screen

- good stereo speaker, hdmi Port

- Bluetooth 3.0, NFC

- 2000 mAh battery

- Multi OS

HTC, hear our voices. :-)
[HD2 General] beenja:
smashing everything
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
the thing is, those specs are indeed possible to make. they just hold the hardware back to make money with the old one..

but they rly could do this for all XDA freaks.

k would love it whole xda would love it
[HD2 General] anag7771:
Really do agree, best phone ever made. I hope they make another version of the HD2 soon with a dual core.......(quad core maybe) and open for rom mods as like the original HD2 and 1080p recording.
[HD2 General] kmsrao:
:)

As our friends said, All the credits goes to the developers here, who discovered the potential of this wonderful piece. I bought it because of XDA only as there is never ending choices of OSs, Roms and themes.
[HD2 General] revafahad:
2.3.5 camera to 2.2 camera

can any one please help me to convert my 2.3.5 camera to 2.2 camera on my htc hd2

or there is an app for fullscreen camera with better auto focus and face recognisation
[HD2 General] A.J:
I wouldn't agree more my friends :D. The HTC HD2 is the best ever, every time I think about changing my phone I just realize that none of the phones out there can run everything, smooth and fast like the hd2, and all the compatible things with it . for sure we wouldn't forget the xda-developers and all their effort to make everything possible. seriously seriously from all my heart I say thank you.
[HD2 General] Imperial1:
we need to start that petition @HTC

Originally Posted by Etihad

Wow! HTC HD2 S with these specs:

- 1,5 Ghz dual core CPU

- 2 GB RAM

- 32 GB ROM, MICROSDHC slot

- 2 MP Front facing camera

- 8 MP main cam

- SAMOLED screen

- good stereo speaker, hdmi Port

- Bluetooth 3.0, NFC

- 2000 mAh battery

- Multi OS

HTC, hear our voices. :-)
[HD2 General] sighkotic:
:o

Definitely signing. :)

No phone on the market beats hd2.

Even still with all the hardware updates hd2 is most compatible and easiest for everything.

Can't forget to make the new hd2 "s" 4g compatible! :)

Sent from my HDmofkn2
[HD2 General] karizman76:
i love my HD2. still way better than Desire HD
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
if only the touchscreen would be as fast xP
[HD2 General] ogee1:
After I got tytung's latest NexusHD2 Gingerbread ROM my HD2 is a killer phone! :D
[HD2 General] Bretticus:
I have loved my HD2 since the day i got it but i got bored of winmo 6.5 quickly then i found XDA and after tryign lots fo roms i finally settled on the nexus HD2 NAND version and my phone has never been better and a few tweaks later its faster and better than all ym friends phones and i can do so much more i love it. So yes i think HTC should make a version just for everybody here @ XDA :D
[HD2 General] Dark Mage66:
They should re-release the HTC HD2 with a different name like HTC HD3 :P. The features with a 1.2 Ghz Dual Processor, 480 x 960 pixels, 4.5" screen, 2 rear end 8 MP 3D compatible cameras, and a 4 MP front facing camera for video chat, and full 1080p 3D recording, a kickstand :o. Also, running Android 2.3.5, but also allows you to add custom ROM's, more RAM, and finally is 4G compatible. Revolutionary = HTC HD3! Leo Jr.
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
no, dont make the screen bigger. 4.3" is good

exceeeeeept, if they forget the buttons and create a fully gesture based android app.....

meaning swyping up for home, swipe down for menu, swipe back to go back and so on....
[HD2 General] bassie1995:
Great ideas here, although a bit expensive :P

What about (stock) Ice Cream Sandwich preinstalled?
[HD2 General] Shahaf.vodi:
having this specs, I bet that its code name in the HTC factory would be "The Freaking Awesome"!! :D
[HD2 General] wearefree:
try zMooth, it does what you ask for in a similar way
[HD2 General] chrisrj28:
Yeah wishful thinking but it would be nice to have an HD3 developed with the following

4.3" qHD Screen (SLCD or Amoled) With full point multitouch

1.2-1.5 Dual Snapdragon

2-4gb Rom

1gb Ram

8mp Camera from the Mytouch 4g Slide (Hardware at least)

2mp Front Facing Camera

Bluetooth 3.0, NFC Certified

1850mhz battery

And best feature of all........................................................WM 6.5 Stock :D

This would allow us to do everything we currently do now with the HD2 haha

Only issue is WM6.5 doesn't support most of those features;)
[HD2 General] ogkhojack:
yes! best phone ever. thanks xda:)
[HD2 General] Kajunt504:
I dug the HD 2 ya dig
[HD2 General] crush:
Got mine today, :D happy happy happy hehe, great phone

Originally Posted by Etihad

Wow! HTC HD2 S with these specs:

- 1,5 Ghz dual core CPU

- 2 GB RAM

- 32 GB ROM, MICROSDHC slot

- 2 MP Front facing camera

- 8 MP main cam

- SAMOLED screen

- good stereo speaker, hdmi Port

- Bluetooth 3.0, NFC

- 2000 mAh battery

- Multi OS

HTC, hear our voices. :-)

+1
[HD2 General] aknamot:
HD2 .... best phone
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
i tried.. but didnt like so much..

would be much cooler if you could choose where the blue spot is, and if you could customize the gestures..
[HD2 General] sport0182:
it's sexy,

that's why i'm hesitant on buying the sensation,

i might buy it,

but i'm never getting rid of my Leo. it's a classic, it's awesome.

forever without limits. :D
[HD2 General] Unconn:
Yes, I believe that this is the reason we can do so much with this phone. You do not flash .nbh files on normal Android phones to write a new boot loader...

Nothing else like the HD2... yet(?).
[HD2 General] نصراوي موت:
thanks >>>>>>>>>>>
[HD2 General] نصراوي موت:
:cool: & :cool: & :cool: & :cool:
[HD2 General] palmsole:
Will be holding on to this phone as long as hardware can keep up with the apps... and google doesn't squeez us out by trying to make the appstore unavailable to HD2;(
[HD2 General] mirakle:
I'm sure not the only one, but I liked the HD2 even when it was loaded with WinMo 6.5. Everything was working perfectly (well after a radio upgrade, because I had data connection problems when I got it).

But I missed these things:

- a better stereo out quality

- wish hardware buttons were a little softer (and rounder maybe).

- a better camera quality

- an I missed the Camera side button of the Elf. :)

After a certain amount of time, I wouldn't mind a better screen quality and better colors.

Maybe a little more juice too, because only Launcher Pro is totally smooth whatever the Android rom I'm using.

edit: concerning hd2 design, I think it's still the best looking phone around anyway :D
[HD2 General] hypertyper:
I guess this is as good a place as any to agree with the notion and say thanks to all the developers who have made incredible Android builds available on the HD2.

Somebody from HTC should read this thread. There are some great ideas here...
[HD2 General] macdo:
HTC HD2 is the "

Muscle Car

" of Cell Phones!
[HD2 General] AthenaLod:
A Tribute to the HD2, Part 1 by azrienoch

Excellent article on how good the HD2 here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16980535#post16980535
[HD2 General] Imperial1:
I wrote HTC about making an upgrade version to HD2 heres their response

Dear Sean,

Sean, I certainly understand how important it is to know about upcoming phones that are newer version of your HD2. The HD2 has had a predecessor already come out and it is called the HD7, which is not running android but is running Windows Mobile 7.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address .

Sincerely,

Angel

HTC
[HD2 General] isaiah12345:
my biggest hope was the release of the expected hd2 pro, but unfortunately that was never meant to be... :(
[HD2 General] Unconn:
Well, the HD7 has very recently gotten a Hard SPL by DFT and Cotulla. We need to port cLK over to it and we will be on our way! ;-) (honestly the hardware is not much better than the HD2 and it only has 3 capacitive buttons.).

I think you asked wrong. I think we do not need the HD2 V2.0. We need a phone like the HD2 but with hardware updated and unlocked built for the XDA community. Maybe with tools for flashing released with it.
[HD2 General] bhanumagotra:
what about battery backup guys !! :D
[HD2 General] 20tibby_gt06:
Man I love this phone! I've had it for about a year now and it can still run with all the new phones coming out. For me an updated screen w/ better touch response, a better camera like the mytouch 4g slide, front camera, and a dual core processer is all that I would want on an updated HD2. With those upgrades, the HD2 could easily keep up with any new phone that comes out.
[HD2 General] AthenaLod:
it is running the wp 7.5 mango now!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17073573
[HD2 General] Ruudfood:
Spent 4 months struggling with my Dell Streak and waiting for a stable GB ROM with Sense 3 and now I have it. I love my HD2 - it rocks my world!
[HD2 General] Killer2010:
I love my HD2....I just hated WinMo 6.5 so I went Android (Gingerbread v2.2 NAND)

But now my phone gets so hot, it locks up after 10 - 15 minutes of use, and I have to pull the battery and let everything cool off.

That's not good when I'm gaming or trying to use my GPS. lol

Any suggestions for me?
[HD2 General] jonas2295:
You could try cpu master app (free) and underclock the cpu.

This saves energy and will maybe prevent you phone from getting too hot but will slow down you phone.

Or you flash news nexus gingerbread aosp rom which uses less cpu etc..
[HD2 General] Killer2010:
Thank you for the quick reply - I'll give your suggestion a try
[HD2 General] jonas2295:
You are welcome.
[HD2 General] Touchsense:
love this Phone ! Iphone not as good as hd2

NO 1 ! smartphone !
[HD2 General] mexicandroid:
#1 period
[HD2 General] avatarma:
sure its the best phone , im using the last artemis rom and its very fast to scrool in the menu and i dont think dual core can add more speed for me because i find it already fast than normal.( also think about marketing and selling new phones with attractive functions that we dont need forever )
[HD2 General] tweakos:
Ok guys, there http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=267048 is something like "solution our color branding issue" for almost purposes.Maybe i should create new theme here? Just trie it....
[HD2 General] dmc21:
long live the king....HTC HD2 best phone ever
[HD2 General] cd78:
Still using WMobile? :confused: Why? Surely Android is miles better..?
[HD2 General] kabuk1:
I have to agree with the OP, the HD2 is by FAR the best phone I've ever owned. I've never seen any other phone stay relevant & competitive for so long or have so many OS options available for it. I actually have a Sensation also, I got bored & upgraded a couple months ago & I have to say... it's not really much of an upgrade :/ The front facing camera is nice, but the screen is smaller, the bluetooth is piss-poor, and you really can't feel much of a difference between the processors. In fact, I miss my HD2 so much that I'm actually thinking about selling the Sensation & going back to it until a truly worthy upgrade comes out(and also to pay for the timing belt job my poor car so desperately needs, lol).

Long live the HD2!!!
[HD2 General] shivok:
Well, here's my story...One day i was on my way home while a vagabond came near to me and he asked me to show me some used stuff mostly cellphones, cameras etc. I told him ok & after a couple of phones he brought out of his bag the hd2. I bought it for 100 euros while had its screen somekind pixelburned at its upright corner. Well was love in first sight, but how could i imagine what hd2 can rly do thanks to the xda pioneers. After almost a year i call it The Beast. Just imagine our legendary handset in 2015 running android 4.2 cherry pie or whatever with rafpigna 3.0 kernel pushing the grandpa snapdragon cpu at 2Ghz... roflmao!
[HD2 General] fireangel1:
first on my list and most wanted is a front facing camera

...

sure hd2 is great ... and this greatness come from XDA devs
[HD2 General] ketan2skip:
best phone ever :)
[HD2 General] adempozhari:
I just bought an optimus 3D but i am sure i will go back to my HD2 after a while...

i am sure i will gift optimus to someone as i did with my desire... lol check my signature
[HD2 General] kabuk1:
That's honestly the only thing this phone is missing. I use the FFC on my sensation a lot, I'd love to have one on my HD2.
[HD2 General] BMXJeff:
This is the greatest phone ever made, which is a right pain because there is nothing to upgrade to!

Like everybody has said, a front facing camera would be nice. Also if they could shoe horn in the power of the tegra 3 for my emulators and maybe a little more on board storage. The phone I speak of would surely make god tremble...... lol

On that note.... have you seen the rumored htc edge? Could this be the hd2 users upgrade?
[HD2 General] Sunil_237:
I bought this phone soon after it came out, and knew I wouldn't be upgrading for many years. Thanks to the devs and people here at XDA that is easily accomplished.

Everyone I know goes for iPhones, what spags lol. Everytime one of them says anything, my response

"But do you have a TV?"

"Can you install a computer system in there?"

"o the iPad has a 1ghz processor, so does my phone"

"Wow, you can customise where you put those icons, you see this pixel, I can move it over here, and back again because that's where I want it"

"You sure have a lot of games there, I have a PS3 for that, and can play sukodu if I'm having a long poo"

"You call that a torch? no this is a torch" (worked better before the iphone finally got a good flash light)

"You've bought 5 phones which are almost exactly the same?, I've bought 1 phone which has been 5 different phones"

Jesus christ, I never thought of some of these responses before lol, but damn the HD2 is ballin'

Seriously love this phone, wish I wasn't so cautious with it, would smack iPhone people in the face with it.
[HD2 General] redman8x8:
Best Phone Ever!

I am using my HTC dual booting between WP7 7740 and MIUI Android and HTC Sense Android, and i absolutely love it.

I have played with every type of new phone out there, and by the end of the day i always go back to my trusty HD2.

Also the OS developments for this phone are so great, i am actually considering to buy a second htc hd2 for future use. :D
[HD2 General] Visentinel:
I have looked after my hd2 so well and I have had it for a very long time, got it shortly after Telstra Australia put it on display at stores.

Never used case or screen protectors and there's no scraches on the phone or screen. All my buttons are clean and work but I still use button saviour.

This is the only phone iv had long enough in my entire life where I actually had to get a replacement battery becuase the original one was dying.
[HD2 General] dmonleo:
Greatest phone this century!