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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedmarcus:
As iruiz2 said, copy your nandroid to your pc (after you make afresh one of course) in case something goes wrong. Then repartition your sd card using GParted.

It's recommended to do a first partition of fat32 then a second 1gb partition of ext4 (so if you have a 4gb card, do 3gb as fat32 first, then the remaining 1gb as ext4).

Place the new rom of your choice on the root of your newly partitioned sd card.

Boot into recovery, then wipe everything (factory reset, caches, dalvik cache).

Then install the zip of your new rom.

Reboot.

Enjoy.

A good guide is here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasQualle:
Thanks a lot guys. Will try it tomorrow. Will keep you posted...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasQualle:
Ok, so, my sd is already partitioned with a 1gb ext2 and the rest with fat32. Cos I can't find my usb stick (and since I don't have a disk drive), I can't make a bootable gparted live usb thingy right now. Do I really need to wipe the ext2 partition? Or even format it with ext4?

Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If it is already partitioned, you dont need to do anything. Just do a data wipe and flash your new rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasQualle:
Thanks again guys. Worked like a charm. I'm running Oxygen now.
[HTC Desire S] radu955:
Hello people,

I am Radu, a Romanian guy, I`ve recently brought HTC Desire S, I previously had Samsung Galaxy S, but I liked very much the Desire S so I pulled away the Galaxy S, I bought the HTC Desire S especially for HTC Sense 3.0 and android 2.3.5, you know... better UI ... and this things... more ram... i tought it was better than SGS.

So, here I am with HTC Desire S and Android 2.3 version, HTC Sense 2.1, very smooth, no lag between homescreen transition,verry hapy with this phone... BUT... I heard from internet, friends , that the new Android version 2.3.5 with HTC Sense 3.0 has arrived for Desire S, so I went with my phone, in vodafone center,left him there for the operators hands to update him... all great no problem they called me next day, told me that they`ve updated my phone to 2.3.5 and HTC Sense 3.0... so I went to pick up my phone... went home...BUT when I started using it and scrolling through User Interface, I found my phone very slow, and laggy !! so my question is : What can I do now to go back to sense 2.1 ?

I have read from this forum in HTC Desire S section about this lag... I`ve found that I`m not the only person who has lag...I`m a bit noob in HTC since I`ve had a Samsung Galaxy S ... for me they are different...SO ?

Is there a way to get back to sense 2.1 ? :( please... mine is laggy I don`t mean laggy in terms that apps are opening in 5 seconds ...they open normally BUT in homescreen the phone is LAGGY !! I want my Sense 2.1 BACK :(

Thank you guys . I hope you can help me guys ! Thanks again !!!
[HTC Desire S] radu955:
My hboot is 2.00.0002
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
go to service and tell them to reflash ur phone.if ur not s-off and no root we cant help u but if u have garantee go to servis again and tell them whats wrong...they will fix u r phone...they screwed somthing..sense 3.0 runs very smooth..3.5 too.
[HTC Desire S] stumpyz9:
well thats the folks over at htc for you. cuz every sense 3 or 3.5 rom ive tried was never laggy at all, maybe a tad but not horrible
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Have you tried a full factory reset now that you're on sense 3.0?

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] radu955:
hello again guys, first of all, thanks to all for quick answers... i haven`t tried a full factory reset ...now i am on sense 3.0... how can I do full factory reset ?
[HTC Desire S] stumpyz9:
it should be in settings somewhere, or you could do it through recovery by powering off, the power on holding vol. down and power and select factory reset
[HTC Desire S] radu955:
but would this solve my problem ? as I said... i don`t have problems with opening apps... in games the phone is smooth I play games with no problem !!! but in homescreen is laggy !!! i think sense 3.0 causes this
[HTC Desire S] stumpyz9:
a few options

1 - try a different launcher

2 - root your phone and over clock,

3 - try a task killer like advanced task manager and put the widget on your home screen so you can kill apps when it goes laggy
[HTC Desire S] radu955:
1. I`ve tried launcher pro plus , it works great but no htc sense widgets :(

2. how to root ? I don`t want to overlock it... if i don`t want to overclock... will root with no overclock do something??

3. I`ve tried a taskiller and not great results...can you recommend me a good taskiller ? I`ve tried Advanced Taskiller but I didn`t liked it ... i`ve heard that on market exists more... and better ones...but don`t know their names...
[HTC Desire S] stumpyz9:
no rooting itselfbwont do much, but its not dangerous as long as you dont go above about 1.5ghz, and if you root and flash a custom rom like RCmix youll see a inprovement. and check the dev section to learn how to root, if you look, im pretty sure someone can walk you through the proccess. id help you but id be a bit dificult on mobile

i can help you in a bit when i get home if you like
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
sorry but none of these are valid options

1) why bother with new launcher sense 3 had Rosie and as you say you'll miss the whole Benefit of sense

2) over clocking - sense 3 and even sense 3.5 can both run without lag on less then default clock speeds so need to unnecessarily waste battery by over clocking

3) auto task killers shouldn't be used on GB, they actually will only have a negative impact on both your devices performance and battery

Again I'd recommend you try a full reset, this should be in settings-storage-factory data reset or as an option from the boot loader menu

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] mrroks:
UI is not smooth for me too ... i dont want too Root .. i love the 3d sense buh . its laggy on home screen :( Just switched to SAGA ..

i thnik my Stock rom is Australia Software NO: 2.10.163.5 Sense: 3.0
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangaroody:
I'm not allowed to post to Leos and Check's thread so i'm opening a thread here.

i've updated from RevolutionHD 1.00 to Version 2.0.0 without wipe and flashed the DK-Kernel afterwards. Since then I'm noticing a huge battery drain. BetterBatteryStats shows a lot of kworker-processes popping up. Anybody knows what these processes are good for and why they are consuming so much cpu-time on my device? never noticed them before 2.0.0 & siyah.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
You need to look at partial wakelocks within that app not processes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangaroody:
i did, but couldn't find anything supiscious. maybe this is because i'm not really into that linux kernel thang :)

The screens posted are from yesterday, since then i've installed green power, did a battery calibration, activated smartassv2 governor in daemon controller app und lowered max. wake clock rate to 800 mhz. feels slightly better now, but still a lot of kworker threads in bbs an draining about 2-3% per hour.

here are some screens from today, maybe somebody sees whats going on here.
[HD2 Android NAND Development] contactwajeeh:
Hi Friends,

I have searched here on xda and hasnt found an guide on this so wanted to share with you. I was looking to backup my rom using the rom manager and I was on MAGLDR 1.13. Usually when you flash clockwork mod recovery from within the rom manager it damages the recovery in MAGLDR. so here are the steps to get it going:

1. Install the rom manager from market

2. Flash the clockwork mod recovery within the rom manager (this breaks our recovery)

3. Download the latest recovery image from here

4. Then extract the file (recovery_leo.img) in the root of C: (that is where it comes handy)

5. Connect your device to pc and check whether is shown under

adb devices

command

6. Then go the command prompt and enter the following commands:

adb shell
su
flash_image recovery c:\recovery_leo.img(the image file which we extracted)

7. Then go back to ROM MANAGER on your phone and select backup current rom(as soon as you do it your phone will reboots)

8. Press and hold the powerdown on the MAGLDR screen to access the MAGLDR menu and scroll to the AD Recovery option by using the volume buttons then press the green call key.

9. Voila!! It will start backup and then reboot back you to the rom. There you have your backup from the ROM MANAGER.

PS: The same thing can be done via the CWM's Backup & Restore menu just wanted to share what I have found.
[HD2 Android NAND Development] roloracer:
that's a good shortcut for backing up roms , it will save time going into CWM and manually selecting the nandroid backup. So pretty much this suspends the command for a backup in the rom manager until you boot into CWM from MGLRD.

Awesome, if only we could figure out a way to automate the command to reboot and select AD Recovery that would be perfect.:D
[HD2 Android NAND Development] contactwajeeh:
for that we need the source code for MAGLDR :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donp2700:
I been using viper rom for a while now but the rom is eating my battary up. i loose 10% in 5 minutes of browsing or listening to music. Best rom out in my opinion but the battary drainage is becoming an issue. I wiped battary stats and recharged while phone is off and problem persist. i lowered clock speeds and adjusted profiles while screen is off but helped very little.

any suggestions?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ripalsanghani:
Might be a specific app or something. Post a screenshot of your battery graph
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
I'm not experiencing unexpected battery drain on Viper. I'm betting you have an app or setting wreaking havoc. Did you restore Apps and App data from TB? That could be a cause. It could also be an App that's not playing nice with the ROM. Run some battery and cpu apps that may help you nail the rogue down. You could also try a full wipe and re-flash, then install your apps fresh from the market. Appbak from the market can help make this process easier.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donp2700:
I have used TB to restore apps...i would hate to reflash and restore apps the long way but so far this is the best rom out. thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] maddmatt02:
Im running viperrom as well and it actually seems like my battery lasts forever but its just reporting wrong. the other night I got LOS around 50% and when I rebooted the phone it came back on at 9%, today same thing happened, was above 70, rebooted and was in the 40's... but then once it finally does die, charge it for a few minutes and then turn it back on and it magically charged 70% in a few minutes, check this battery graph out...

I need to figure out why my awake time was so much greater than the screen-on time... I did stream pandora but that was less than an hour and it is only shown as 4% of the battery usage.

(taken with the netbooks webcam is why the pictures are so great...)
[Desire HD General] sp33dy_gtx:
Would you change your desire hd for htc sensation?

I am about to change my phone for htc sensation but let me think what I lose and what I get.

What I get :

Battery ( I already ordered a mugen so this dosen't count)

Screen resolution

Proccesor

What I lose

The solid metal case who makes this phone incredible I hate the back of htc sensation.

Actualy some user posted on sensation page the some videos where it shows that desire hd moves faster then sensation.

So what do you think for a copule of euros I should change my phone?
[Desire HD General] DrGreem:
If money is not issue then change it. Otherwise do not, on 2012 new quadcore cellphones will arrive...

And i don't see the reason to spend your money for dual core cellphone. Better spend them on tablet like i did xD
[Desire HD General] radixon:
Dont think i would swap my DHD for anything. Its as smooth and as fast as i need it to be, and as long as the dev's here consider it worth developing for I have absolutely no need to replace it.
[Desire HD General] BenRoark:
In short: no. I would rather spend that money on something else than replace a good phone (that enjoys excellent ongoing interest from really talented developers) with a handset that is - for my purposes anyway - only marginally better.
[Desire HD General] cicirigi:
Salut!

Eu nu as schimba DHD-ul pentru Sensation.In primul rand ca design sensationul e urat,spatele e chiar oribil si nu cred ca vei castiga nimic daca faci schimbul asta pentru ca nu sunt diferente majore intre cele 2 dupa parerea mea.Poate pe hartie da,dar la folosire nu cred ca sunt diferente majore. Ma aflu in Anglia si am avut posibilitatea sa ma joc la Sensation in fiecare zi si diferenta din punctul meu de vedere nu este... in afara de firmware-ul nou.Asa ca mai bine pastreaza banii sau mai asteapta si investeste in alt model mai nou de Htc..pentru ca deja se preconizeaza aparitia lui Htc Edge quad core de 1,5 GB ..etc.Stima
[Desire HD General] jms-xda:
Not much value using your native language as OP and replies are in english?

About the topic. After I tested my friend's sensation, I wouldn't change (well maybe if I got paid). I did not find anything essential in practice compared to my dhd with arhd 6.1.5, dhd feels actually faster and smoother.

On the other hand you could also flash the custom ROM on sensation and Maybe only after that comparison would be fair...

Sent from my HTC Desire HD
[Desire HD General] srikanth.naidu:
I have had a hands on with the sensation believe me its not that sensational ! i would rather have my DHD then that .... if given a chance i would wait for the quad core beast's to come :D
[Desire HD General] ketroy:
I think that is not a lot of wait and take a more powerful device, with four core processor.
[Desire HD General] dalanik:
No. It might be faster, but all in all it is pretty same phone. OK, newer sense, but since I customize the interface a log I wouldn't notice big difference :) One of the most important things (for me) when choosing anything, beside technical specs is the DESIGN. Do you like the looks of the thing. And I simply DON'T like how sensation looks like. I like Evo 4G, DHD but don't like i.e. Sensation or Wildfire design...
[Desire HD General] pupilov:
I also had this issue, and the conclusion was the same... It's not a notable difference between DHD and Sensation.

I totaly agree with cicirigi. The Sensation is uglier, and the display is not so good as it seems. I would rather go with the SGSII(if it didn't look like a big Iphone). The display is amazing, but it's hard to like Touchwiz after Sensexperience :)
[Desire HD General] sp33dy_gtx:
Yhx all of you for your short response I wont change my phone :D
[Desire HD General] radixon:
Try asking in the sensation forums and get the flipside of the discussion ;)
[Desire HD General] swift2fly:
i would hold off for a quadcore phone. im satisfied with my rooted DHD. even when quadcore phones roll out i would wait for the bugs to be fixed and for the price to drop, most important, wait for devs to figure out the hacks and develope a ROMs.
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
I am so happy with dhd, can't see reason to change it for sensation, I really like shape of dhd much better as shape of sensation + support on xda is much better as for sensation + choice of roms, themes, long list of things to hold on with dhd... ;)
[Desire HD General] Deleted member 307775:
My Girlfriend lent me her Ipod Touch a few days ago to listen to an audiobook .

It was only then that I remembered the trauma I went through with the DHD when I first got it.

And realised that for the last 12 months I have not used the atrocious speaker.

Admittedly the gods here have increased the volume but the quality is still crap.

so three days ago I would have said I will stick to the DHD but today I am seriously considering moving onto the Sensation OR a dumb good battery life phone that has WIFI Internet sharing and get a Samsung Galaxy player .
[Desire HD General] Devas4:
I'd change to sensation
[Desire HD General] raze599:
For phones with the same operating system, such as Windows Mobile 7 and Android, there isn't really that much of a difference between different handsets.

They might be a bit better technically or visually, but are you really going to care about the performance during daily use or the aesthetics after a month or so?

I dont think upgrading is necessary until you find that your current phone just won't do the job that you want to do.
[Desire HD General] Evil_Zo:
I'm also thinking about switching to Sensation or EVO 3D, but after rooting and flashing some new Sense ROMs, I just can't find a strong enough reason to do that... But ICS update is something to think about...
[Desire HD General] suxelexus:
I think you should be patient and wait for a quad core flag ship to hit the market...wont be long, and you'll be kicking yourself when it does 3 months after your new purchase. You probably wont see a great difference between the sensation and the dhd...except you'll miss the aesthetics of the dhd most definitely.
[Desire HD General] audiobookman:
tbh i nearly purchased a sensation yesterday when i thought my dhd had bitten the dust, i actually just wanted a replacement dhd but the sensation was actually cheaper on amazon???!!!

luckly for me after hours of looking i found the answer and fixed my beloved dhd.

The desire hd imho is a damn good phone - the sensation seems to me to be a stop gap to make up sales though upgrades etc. we have proved the dhd is more than capable of running sense 3.5 etc its just htc dont like to support phone past 3 months or so.

When i looked at the specs on the sensation i was suprised at how little had changed from the dhd, the phone is near enough the same with a dual core 1.2 processor and front camera if memory serves.

It seems to me at the mo that mobile phone makers have hit the ceiling with what they can pack into a phone, they do everything now.

With each new device there is very little change and i think this will be the same for a while. Fitting more cores in a phone is nice, but is it really needed???, on a tablet i would say yes but a phone probo not.

My dhd plays audible files, movies, plays most games (atm) and above all makes calls, it only has a single core - also it does it smoothly thanks to this forum - the duals and quads will do it a bit more smoothly maybe with even worst battery life - then to be superceeded by 8 cores only 3 months later....

my dhd is now 14 months old, usually ive upgraded around the 9-12month mark, but this little phone hasnt shown its age its does it job more than good enough and i can see myself still using this phone in another 14months.

Before upgrading you really need to think about why your upgrading, what is improoved, and is it enough to warrent the price. For the current selection of phones that a big no for me.

HTC are taking the michael now with the amount of phones they are pushing, infact they are pushing people away with the shear amount, they are too keen in selling the latest and greatest and dropping support too quickly for older models.

Legisation should be brought in over this, as most people get thier phones on 18-24 month contracts they should expect the very least updates though that period. If they done that they would create a much stronger and loyal userbase. I probo wont go for a htc next time round because of this, its too confusing and annoying that the flagship phone is relegated to the scrapheap (updates wise) after only a few months..
[Desire HD General] SmokingDesire:
Keep your DHD
[Desire HD General] Grant Barker:
I'm happily contracted to mine for another year. The only foreseeable reason I'll upgrade then will be for a device with both a bigger screen and very good battery.
[Desire HD General] evred:
Was thinking the same thing a couple of weeks back, noticed that it didn't do anything worth while the extra expense, i 'm always in range of a charger if some sought so decided not to bother, and you say dhd is bullit proof:-)
[Desire HD General] wickedmanny:
I would wait for quad processor's as they should be out in early 2012.
[Desire HD General] danielhty:
check out the rumoured HTC Edge and then see if you still want a sensation :D
[Desire HD General] kalzak:
DHD wins by the look and smoother responses for me. but i would like to have the front cam on my next HTC :)
[Desire HD General] Gtj94:
I did it, now I miss my dhd. Truly a great phone :D
[Desire HD General] TwaggyDHD:
I would however I can't upgrade until august next year. However by then I'm sure something amazing will be out that makes the sensation seem like a hero lol

sent from my DHD Android Revolution
[Desire HD General] Trig0r:
I'm thinking about changing my DHD for something new, problem is theres nothing that really leaps out about any of the new phones.

So, maybe replace my Xoom, nope, nothing jumping out about replacements for that either..

Might just save some money for once lol
[Desire HD General] dRako1337:
Stay
[Desire HD General] SSamiK:
I've had both sensation and dhd, and it's the dhd I've kept.

My two cents would be: stay with dhd until something new and (way) better comes along. :)
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Actually HTC are one of the manufacturers who have signed up, with google, to providing updates to current phones for two years, A lot of the lag with updates is due to the carriers who tbh cant be arsed with the work as they already have your cash. I'd hardly describe the DHD as consigned to the scrapheap Ok it doesn't have sense 3.5 yet (thank christ) but I'm sure ICS will be officially supported in the not to distant future.
[Desire HD General] renehd2:
that HTC Edge looks awesome, but i wonder about how much will it cost 0.o???
[Desire HD General] MACkjam:
Keep the DHD. Sensation is nice but not better. Only has dual core and front camera. One family member has a Sensation and frankly I wouldn't swop my DHD for it.

THIS is the one to go for (AND I WANT IT!!!!!!!):

HTC ZETA 2.5 ghz QUAD CORE LEVIATHAN with 24nm technology!!!!!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/htc-zeta-rendered-rumored-to-pack-2-5ghz-quad-core-cpu-and-ice/
[Desire HD General] olyloh6696:
Desire hd is faster than the sensation because the roms have been tweaked to perform better than the stock sensation rom.

But I think now with a tweaked sensation it will be excellent
[Desire HD General] mkk90:
The upgrade don't giustify the cost!

Inviato dal mio HTC Desire HD usando Tapatalk
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
I wouldn't swap my DHD for a Sensation, not really a massive upgrade is it. If you have loads of money then sure go for it, otherwise wait until 2012.

I've been happy with my DHD since day one. For the life of me I cannot understand what the big fuss is all about the battery, I think users expect far too much from their smart phone nowadays, if you can get through a full 24 hours without having to recharge your smart phone then I would say that is totally acceptable.
[Desire HD General] shieraz:
imho sensation's front camera is the only thing that makes it useful, desire is fine otherwise.
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Sensation looks like a woman's phone
[Desire HD General] benjamin.j.goodwin:
I have a DHD and got rid of my iPhone 4 to have one about a year ago. I wouldn't look back now. I recently tried a Sensation that a friend had, it's really not that great. Like other people have said, it's just for the front facing camera.

However, the Sensation XL I would have BUT only for the beats headphones! That's it. My DHD has just been too good to me.
[Desire HD General] renehd2:
Sensation is better than DHD but not much difference
[Desire HD General] olyloh6696:
Sensation will get more frequent updates now compared to the dhd
[Desire HD General] Don1973:
DHD for me ! :-)
[Desire HD General] killerfurbel:
only thing i sometimes miss is the front camera. but probably dont need it that much

--> DHD