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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gamesz2:
This year 5 months ago second hand its the best phone i ever had xD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gareth-:
Got mine in 2010. Had the reboot issue at the end of 2011 where it was heating up and rebooting. If i remember rightly the board was PVT1 sent it off for repair under manufactuer warrenty all nicely fixed with a PVT4 board. Currently going strongly with LaidBackNikez JellyBean rom. :)

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Mine is older than the last time I posted here.

via xda app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheNightHawk223:
It's almost 2 years old, although right now it's retired and is no longer my primary phone I still use it to test some new.... Stuff I'm trying ;).
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vedmed:
Got mine in July 2010.

Broke it twice (draw it in water and standard overheat problem).

Good phone, but my next phone - not HTC.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h3110:
Bravo PVT1, since July 2010, over 2 years now.

Currently running custom Oxygen 2.3.2

Want to buy a new device, but HTC sucks hard recently...

I'm having a hard time deciding to stick to it or give others a try (maybe Sony.)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdminty:
I bought my Desire 2 years ago

It's a great phone.

I don't want to change it to another

but if it fails i don't know what phone to buy, perhaps it will be samsung or htc
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chico1620:
Mine is 10 months old. Also second hand off of eBay. It is serving me well. Currently using mildwild 5.0 rom due to it being fast, stable, and flashy great combination. Also forgot to mention is my first smartphone XD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rebeus:
Bravo PVT4 - S-ON

I am running Sanvold ICS. I've had the phone for 1 year 9 months. Its running well so far.

i don't intend to get another HTC phone. Probably Samsung or maybe the ever popular fruit device (lot of people queue up for it) :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droritos:
there is no phone like this

My first SmartPhone was a Desire i got from Ebay, i think ir was refurbished.

Had it for a year and then it decided to jump off my jacket while i was on my motorcycle.

Someone probably found it because i noticed it was gone when i got home and the ride was very short (inside the neighbourhood, at night)

I looked for a new phone and ended up buying ANOTHER desire.

It's the best phone in the market and I cannot find a worthy replacement for it, specially since I LOVE the SENSE.

Currently with RSK team rom 7.4.3 with amaze cam.

Will stick to desire until they come up with something totally different.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali Amjad:
Have it for over a year now and loving every bit of it, should have switched to HTC a long ago, but now everything is good :o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chico1620:
Well in case you guys did not know HTC is remaking the desire, they making desire v, c, and x but I can't afford one ATM XD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandipg:
Got my Desire in July 2010 and it's still going strong. Had CM7 on it for a while but been on Runnymede AIO 6.1.1 for a while with no probs at all.

New Androids are fantastic but as my Desire suits my needs, will keep going with it for a while.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EydenJones:
Mine is 2.5 years old i think. The age is beginning to show, esp. in battery life
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anaclasis:
Bought this phone a year and a half ago! There aren't very many good options for an upgrade through my carrier yet...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosm1cy:
I got mine mid june 2010! The phone still works like a charm no problems what so ever. I been changing roms a lot to keep the beast :D alive but up until 2.3.5.

I want to try the latest ics or jelly bean roms but I am waiting for their fine tuning before testing them myself.

I believe I can still have my phone for another year, besides I wanted to get a new phone with higher hardware specs but the good phone are around 4.5 inches which I believe is way too big for a phone!! I want a phone not a tablet. I want my new phone to be maximum 3.7" like the desire with high hardware specs.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motti94:
I got my desire about two years ago and am using jb custom ROM. Love it. Still works well besides for the buttons being a little unresponsive. I think the new HTC are amazing and just as good as any other top phone by the other companies (Samsung, Sony etc.)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OleErnst:
10 months and bougth it second hand ... It was cheap and almost mint condition. Accidently cracked the screen after 4 months but it still works 100%.

My wife bought hers 2 years ago.

I rooted both 1 month ago to 3dcool's Sense 3.5 but due to an the unstable rom I changed them to Runny Rom's a week ago.

Plans of getting new ones are now posponed for at least one year.

It's like getting brand new phones...

Cheers...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.terenzzo:
I got mine october of 2010, still working good... I'll upgrade it to htc one plus but i agree, now a days the screen size is too much big. If i could, i wouldnt go to screen bigger than 4".
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmpsr:
May 2010.

Since then it has received two ROMs: Insert Coin Sense 3 in 2011 and now Jelly Bean (Nikez).

I have a set of batteries: 2 originals and 2 large ones (3100mAh) for recording day long bike rides.

In 2011 it has dropped from my bicycle and got run over by a car. Had to change back cover.

If the Jelly Bean roms solve some maturity issues, I think I will keep it for at least a year. With JB feels like a new phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jps2:
PARANOIDANDROID with this rom have a new mobile phone after 2 years :laugh:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lzgr:
Exactly, it's like a new phone with Paranoid JB.

I've had it for a year and 4 months (bought new) and in a few days I'm getting a Samsung Galaxy S2. I'm currently developing a TouchWiz ROM for Desire. It'll be much easier to do it when I buy the SII.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waterbender19:
My SLCD Desire is nearing 2 years now. And I'm still not considering replacing it. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sverfaillie:
June 2010

and still alive thanks to the huge community and custom roms...

One big conservation tip : use case mate cover !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paddyankee:
It still rocks!

So many ROM's installed, so many apps tried, so many songz played, so many photos snapped, so many places discoverd... still nothing happens to my Desire.

It's been 2 years yesterday... but hey, it still rocks. :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikbe:
I too got mine in April 2010. First batch of Desires to come to Finland. :D

Motherboard has been changed and now I have a killer combination of PVT4 and AMOLED.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c4p3fi3rr:
Same for me. Got mine on april 13th 2010, and got it replaced on may 2011 because of motherboard failure. Since then i have a pvt4 amoled, and i'll stick to it for as long as i can.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmw2207:
got mine august 2010....took me 6 months to get around rooting it. with the new runnymede 3.5 rom by Sebastian....should get another year at best out of it.....has not once let me down!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luke111:
i got mine december 2010 2nd hand. Never had a problem with it. Had no problem rooting it, just problem installing apps, but now found a work around. Still annoyed that i still have lousy amount of memory. Will probably upgrade to something with more storage early next year.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majin_vegeta:
I got mine feb 2011 on a 2 year contract, came from using mainly sony ericssons (pre android) and nokias don't regret a thing, messed around so much with it including bricking the device lol, only thing is a couple of months later desire s came out, now looking at the galaxy nexus and sensation xl and thinking mmmmm
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vis-tec:
got mine april 2010 on a 2 year deal so will see whats about then.

Hoping for a 720p screen and at least 1.5ghz proccessor and at least a 1gb of ram
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SebRider:
1 year and 2 months of happiness today!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoechstn:
I just got my desire CDMA, previously had the "EVO 4g" then the "EVO SHIFT". so i have had the desire for about 3 weeks :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shehabi:
5 days to complete the first year :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtb35:
Got mine in may 2010 on a 18 month contract so am due an upgrade now and will be getting the motorola razr as soon as it is released :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blados:
1 month old on 24m contract, rooted week ago. Could choose Sensation or SGSII but sticker to HTCDHD.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suramania:
around 5 months or so, when sensation just about to be released..

for about half the price of the iphone4 back then ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ldjh1985:
got mine last week, £120 2nd hand, well happy at that price... :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BO4573:
05/2010....and I Love it:D

but a new device is coming....:o
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3:
Had it since 26th March 2010.

Survived 43-49C ambient temps for 4 months without a glitch.

Really researching on what to upgrade to now (and why). Nothing really seems to offer noticeably better aspects that I care about, yet far too much in aspects I literally hate.

Galaxy Nexus has me a little interested but it will have to be HTC (Sense) based for me.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistaliu:
Got mine back in Oct. 2010. My first Android and I am extremely happy with it. Rooting and flashing got me hooked, no lookin' back now, Android + HTC ftw :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaeldepotter:
only 10 months old and i have the feeling it's already old :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avrichter:
Got it 10/2010 and still love it. Got rooted the day I bought it :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meehog:
12 months ago for me, 12 to go on my contract. Still love it though :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RonSykes:
I bought mine outright in August 2010. So I'm not tied to any contracts, which is the best feeling (right now I'm not paying for my mobile service at all!).

I'm going to wait and see if there will be an official ICS build for the Nexus One, if there is we'll most likely get a decent bug free, vanilla build for the Desire (from the Oxygen developers most likely).

If there's not a stable vanilla ICS build I might start looking, although I'll be in no rush as this phone is one hell of a work horse. I've had no issues for 12 months and like many people I'm not to keen on the 4+ inch screens that are prevalent on the major releases these days. I already have a tablet.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xelio:
Bought in Aug 2010 and still happy with it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] didiersept:
in may 2010 in France, without sense since 10 months, battery 20 % problem...i'm waiting for nexus 4 or htc one S
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proadi96:
Bought one yesterday, what a change from a Laggy Xperia X8 :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mebius1:
Mine is now 32 months. I bought another battery for 10€ and the mobile is still working as new! Happy with it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sylfrid:
Could you kindly tell me what is battery 20 % problem ? and how to solve this issue ?

I am wondering is happened at my desire.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeshk84:
My desire is now 18 months old. Rooted it 6 months back and tested a variety of ROMs.

Quite Happy with it till now...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnsgroup:
My desire is now 30 months old.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
I got it new in june 2011, rooted it last summer, and now running Sandvold's ICS. It still is a fantastic phone!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerfrog:
Mine is more than 2 years old. I bought it in October 2010!!

Inviato dal mio Nexus 7 con Tapatalk 2
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emilml:
Got mine in 2010 when it was released
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco.lkt:
2 yrs old already la, work fine with ICS now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Atlan1980:
use it one year now, buyed a second hand device. It was a replacement with Amoled Display. Actually i use a JB image.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Motogp1:
Had mine since launch, upgraded to a GS3 and got a nexus 4 on order , the S3 has just fried its motherboard so a replacement is on route .

Gone back to using the desire today and I'd forgotten how good this phone still is , granted its slower and screen is smaller but if feels so solid and well made compared to the others. Still a great phone I really should look into flashing a more update Rom as its on 2.2 stock .
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neXus PRIME:
1 and half year :) Droidzones supernova GB (Given to dad)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joorgito:
I got my Desire (second hand) one year ago and it has one year more, but still it will stay with me many months
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex18881:
I've been using my one already for 2.5 years. It has a JB by Nikez rom. Works even better then on the stock one :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1337n008:
Its been with me for 2.5+ years. Got its chassis kinda busted so now volume buttons dont work well :(

But its a solid phone and is still running strong!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00zz:
29 months and still running well, thanks to the JB ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoiK8181:
2years and 2 months.

getting old and fell a lot (i mean that phone is so durable it's amazing).

Still working and after a long time with Oxygen 2.3.2, i switch yesterday to the JB 4.1.2 CM10 rom,

working nicely.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klozio:
Since June 2010...

I have it since June 2010 and still rocks with CM7.2 with INTSD. But buttons are difficult to use. I use Button Savior app but would like to have ICS style soft button on GB ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnovax:
Two desires

I have 2 desires.

The first is not really my own phone but given to me by company to developing Android apps. It came along with me for almost a year until "No Service" error is happen twice an hour and I have to give up on this phone to buy a new one. This new Desire is a 2nd-hand phone and the battery is suck. Fortunately I can use the first Desire's battery for it. :good:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Earnie0815:
2 years and runs as smooth as in the beginning :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DuudX:
My Desire is 23months old.. has had mb replaced twice & whole unit swapped once :P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marclewe:
Mine is now 30 month old. I replaced it last friday with my new n4.

I never had more fun with a phone before. Thanks To this forum, i was able To flash a New Rom Version every 'week'.

Retirement of desire will be bluetooth streamer for my kitchen BT speaker. It will run mildwild 4.7 until it dies :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I own my Desire 31 Months.

I've installed vijendrahs CM10 JellyBean.

This works like a charm, so no reason to buy a new one. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modigangster:
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oh i got mine as soon it was possible here in germany... mid-end of 2010 i think...

very nice buy i would say.. running [ROM/4.1.2] [Dec 15 2012] CM10 | Jelly Bean 4.1.2 - v2.9.1 and its kinda smooth!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsreality:
Got my Desire in March 2010. So it's now 33 months.

Current ROM is Vijendra's CM10 JellyBean.. Working pretty awesome.

Last week, I ordered the Nexus 4 from UK. I am planning to give the Desire to my dad so that he can enter the Android world. Will probably install a Sense GB ROM and handover. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hansioux:
the poll could benefit from using the year of purchase as choices.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugrnm:
Two years old and very happy to see that there are development efforts to keep it running and not force people to always buy the latest hardware fad ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HrL:
3 years old and still like it allot, no need to buy something new yet :good:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fantox:
i bought my desire in Sept 2010 and as of now it's still running great!

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and, of course, it's running JB 4.1.2! A dream become true!

PS: Evervolv-Turba-3.1.0-Nightly-20121110 is stable, fast and very smooth!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MChaotic:
Got mine from cash converters a week ago and runs just fine.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAIFULXIII:
mine already 2 years.. exactly 24 months :good: still good running
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolisoft:
Mine is 2 years old but it is brand new....
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elpvn:
I just got a second hand Bravo, it's great one to me :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Parastie:
I got mine in October 2010 as a gift from my mother when she came to visit me. It still runs great. I've got JB 4.2 installed and after upgrading the radio (which I should have done awhile ago), it works perfectly! Just wish video camera would work, but other then that it's smooth as silk and have had no problems. Way better then that original iPhone I bought in 2007. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ft44:
My desire is younger since i use JB 4.2.1.

If one day, video works and led notification for missed calls, it will be perfect.

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I bought a second desire one month ago.

It's a second hand one, it was very cheap because led, camera don't work. I use it as a GPS and for future maybe spare parts.

This one has stock ROM.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] titani48:
Got it since march 2011.

Actually running with latest Evervolv's Jelly Bean or latest CM 10.1, thanks to nikez and vijendra.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grandem:
Soon 3 days. Got it first day it released for 450 Eur :P
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tigroofr:
Got mine since april 2010 (455€), works great with JB 4.1.2 rom
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PsYhLo:
I bought my july 2010 and root it september 2010
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] max96696:
3 years old :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vpabc:
two years old already:laugh:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChipKng:
In May my baby become 3 years old. :cool:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mintjustin:
Got mine at the beginning of summer 2010. Just right before HTC switched to S-LCD.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orangine:
august 2010, but I bought it about 5 months ago
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proadi96:
Bought mine 2-3 months ago ;)) upgrade from Xperia x8 ..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tefaa89:
I bought my desire 2 years ago and I have to say its a decent phone :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wllmhgn:
Mine is from december 2011
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaLongTjeu:
May 2010, still running like a charm! (On MildWild 7 now, amazing ROM!!!)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chico1620:
Mildwild 7 sure is an amazing rom with jelly bean feel but as stable as gingerbread
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slackydroid:
My desire is two year old. It still has anything I need from a phone and works pretty decently with all new apps.

I run it now with a Runnymede AIO V6.0.4.3 Special Edition ROM and I love it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PERSIMMONS:
Got mine in October 2010. It'll be three years this October. Can't believe it's lasted me this long but I've picked up a Nexus 4 too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stratoll:
got mine a month after launch
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tracyn:
Indeed! I've got mine for pretty much exactly 2 years, give or take a handful of days. I've had my problems here and there in the past, even after discovering MildWild.

Just installed 7.0 yesterday, and it kinda feels like a got a new phone. Was thinking about upgrading, but not anymore. :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaberOSK:
Second hand,bought year and half ago..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] becreative:
2011,may. btw. My Best mobile phone ever had!

by Htc Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azzurite:
I've had mine since christmas 2011. Had to repair it once, but otherwise everything works perfectly.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkipperRi:
Since summer 2011. And still the best.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarnexx:
I think 3 years old
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malk4ever:
Bought my Desire in June 2010.... its the first phone i bought new without contract... 470€, and it was hard to get.

It's one with AMOLED ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryangb:
I've got two: a PVT1 with OLED that was bought new on contract in July 2010, that got passed on to my wife. The next one, a PVT3 with I think SLCD, I bought second-hand in March 2012. Since then my wife's moved to a DHD and passed the first Desire back.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insua.:
In August my Desire have 3 years. And it´s work perfect!: Good:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepedro:
Got mine in November 2011 new for 170eur,sim unlocked. Oficial support up to 2.2 really suck, as does the internal space... But after a new rom and sdcard, it's another phone ;) you learn to love it!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dosu:
Got mine a week after realese without a contract , untill now it dropped countless times on the ground on stone , wood or metall , it looks like sh** now but it still works fine even with all the scratches everywhere missing brownish paint .

And thanks to this community the desire is still alive and kicking !
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
Lol the scratches were bothering me so I sandpapered the brown paint. Now everyone keeps asking if i bought a new phone. The silver metal underneath is really nice, I'll post a photo when I get home.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proadi96:
Odp: How old is your desire ?

I bought mine 4 months ago and because of my girlfriend i dropped it and the screen is all cracked and need to buy new screen..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
Still waiting for that photo... :p

Sent with my HTC Desire with Red Tapatalk because my XDA premium app is beeing a female dog!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sywats:
Me too, sand paper ready lol
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
haha totally forgot. Here's a pic, it's way more reflective but my camera cant quite capture that effect lol

What do u guys think? :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sywats:
Looks good ,gonna do mine now :thumbup: I've always hated the brown bit :rolleyes: cheers for the pic :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
Haha same.

Just be sure u have a good range of sandpaper to make it easier to remove and then subsequent polish with a high grit paper... I went up to 3000... overkill I know :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuffMaN:
That looks very nice. I have a white desire though, so my "ground" colour is white too. But my desire looks like **** now, so i will give it a try anyway. I have some sanding paper leftover from my cpu lapping kit. With grid that goes in microns. So i can make it shine like a mirror if i want to :D i will make some time in a weekend or so, cant take that long. And.. How did you keep ur screen that clean? Mine lasted less than a week before first scratch appeared. Been using screen protectors ever since. Hmm, that reminds me i have to order a new one.. :rolleyes:

Sent with my HTC Desire with Red Tapatalk because my XDA premium app is beeing a female dog!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nbsss:
By not using a screen protector :) in my experience if I worry about the screen being scratched - it gets scratched (Murphy's law). So I've stopped caring (didn't even bother protecting it whilst sanding) and it seems to be fine. Hmm maybe im not the person to ask lol :D