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[HD2 General] tuppaacc:
I'm serious about that over stock in LA Craigslist thing I said earlier check it out yourself people are HATTTTTTING this HD2 phone I found like 17 post in the past 4 days as lcheap as 380

WOW this only ccomes to show HOW MUCH THE HD2 REALLY SUCKS !! (WINMO)

and people not wanting this crap of a phone overcthe iPhone or N1
[HD2 General] briankillebrew:
speaking of the "easy" way...

my best friend of like ten years is a tmobile sales rep and i started talking about wanting a new phone for faster internet and whatnot. Mind you, i was going to be switching from an unlocked iphone (i've been a tmobile customer for a looongggg time and wasnt going to switch just to have an iphone) but with a lack of 3g coverage the iphone was useless to me.

so he starts talking about the hd2 weeks and weeks before it comes out and says check this out. so i do my research and i've had a few htc phones previously that i loved so i thought i'd give it a whirl. tuesday night he sets one aside for me, wednesday i walk in and pay my 200 bucks and walk out with quite possible the coolest phone i've had yet.

i don't think it gets much easier LOL
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
:eek::p:p:p:p:p
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
I wish this forum had a 18+ requirement :(

#TrollHate
[HD2 General] HectikDroid:
Damn right

Sometimes I wish this too!:mad:
[HD2 General] craig540:
Placed Order from Tmobile.com no contract at 11:15pm on the 23rd. Received the phone on the 25th. Waiting for my bing 157.00 cash back.
[HD2 General] arthurbrownleeiv:
Walked into Walmart in Oakland the day before it officially launched, convinced the clerk she had her dates wrong, and walked out with it 10 minutes later. ;)
[HD2 General] arthurbrownleeiv:
You are a moron.
[HD2 General] dynomite16:
I skipped class waited in line for an hour.. I got up to the front and was told I'm getting the last one. I'm on my parents family plan so I find out my mom did have me on the list to buy phones or something. So I had to call her by that time some chick walked in and bought it. This tmobile said they only got 6 phones an so did most other tmobile stores. Even though I thought their was no chance to get one I went to a different store and they said they didn't know what the 1st tmobile store was talking about and that they got lots of phones... Lots of driving around and waiting..
[HD2 General] makomek:
I don't know why this phone is still sold out .This phone is driving me crazy ever since I got it 3 weeks ago,I need to get on with my life and stop wasting time with this damm phone .Here's why:

1) T-Mobile 3G plan is freaking rip off and ****ty coverage .I need to find a way

to get out of the data plan (anyone have success way of talking it out?)

2) I have Flash 30+ time in the past 3 weeks and all that set up is wasting me too much time and I'm still not satisfy with it. Freezing and bugs you name it is on every ROM so I reset my phone 10+ time a day like a crazy dude.:rolleyes:

I came from an iFone 3GS, I think the iphone OS blows WM out of the water,flame me if you want:D:D and for the phone HD2 is a better phone.
[HD2 General] HectikDroid:
I did this!

When I bought it I added another line, Just to get it for 148.88 at wally world, the guy there told me to call Tmo the same night and cancel my line, they canceld it and I kept the phone. No charges and they refunded me the 35 activation, I have done this more than a dozen times. Now Ive also upgraded my line and called to cancel my upgrade and has worked also done this a couple times, but it only works if you get it somewhere besides a Tmo store, say walmart or best buy or the Mobile Unlimited stores you se at the mall. They will tell you that you need to return the phone but just tell them that you just did and the store told you that you would have to take care of canceling the upgrade, they will cancel and vuala!:D Hope that helps. Keep in mind that now you have the phone and an upgrade available
[HD2 General] arthurbrownleeiv:
What are you doing on your phone to freeze it? I ran the first week on the stock ROM with no issues. Only times I've had any freezing is with the 6.5.5 line of builds, and that is very minimal.
[HD2 General] Reignzone:
Still totally entertaining material in here.

Goodness...
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Indeed! Wanna take bets on how long this thread stays on the front page?

Or better yet, how long it stays there...past the time the phone is no longer on backorder anywhere? :D
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
It's been kicked to the 3rd page twice and pretty much lives on the 2nd page :D

Besides, I for one won't stop reading it until you post your story. I image it will take a second post and should be highly entertaining ;)

Now, if we can just find a freakin' store around here that can hold one long enough for you to get off work...
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
I have a strange feeling it's going to be WELL photo-documented :rolleyes::D
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Today on my lunch break I did what I do every day now...I called my 6 closest T-mobile stores and asked if they had any HD2's yet. And once I again I was told "nope" by all of them...except one today. The store closest to my job told me that they hadn't seen the UPS truck yet, but they were expecting some in when it arrived, so call back later. I did, a few hours later...nothing yet, still no UPS truck. Then, five minutes after my last call to the store, I got a call from them telling me that sure enough they'd gotten 15 new units in, and should still have one for me by the time I got there after work.

So who's good people? Your brethren here at XDA, that's who! Snarksneeze (Shane, if you're nasty) was cool enough to not only meet me at the store to offer emotional support during the trying final stages of acquisition, he also was kind enough to give me a ride home, saving me what would have been a very painful 90 minute bus ride through and across town. So, big thanks to my bud Shane, it was a day to remember! LOL Oh, and your daughter is adorable man...obviously daddy's little girl through and through ;)

He was also kind enough to document a few of the key moments during my captialistic carnivorism this afternoon:

Pic 1: the annoying necessay crap

Pic 2: MINE!!! GIMMEEE!!!!!!

Pic 3: Mike, our friendly (not my) neighborhood store manager, who was very helpful, and very patient with our gabbing and pacing for the 20 minutes while we had to wait for the ordering system to come back up (a staple of tmo store visits). He did a great job, especially considering we were drilling him pretty rigorously, and we ganged up on him for a game of "oh yeah? well did you know this??" :D

So...I finally have the device I've been waiting so agonizingly for all this time. And as soon as it's done topping off on the charger, I'm going to tear into that puppy, and test the living bejeezus out of it over the next 2 weeks, before I decide whether it's worth keeping and dumping my beloved TP2. Or, maybe I'll just have to learn to live with the daily "do I take the SUV today, or do I take the sports car" debate LOL

I'm sure my feelings on the device will be public domain here very shortly, whether you want them or not :p My first impressions are this:

How 'bout that kickass box? Seriously...it looks like something a high-end video card would come in, and it beats the hell out of the "oh, uh, it's for my girlfriend, yeah!" same-same packaging that tmo has stuffed all it's phones into for years.

More to come! :D:D
[HD2 General] zelendel:
Congrats Man!!!!! I think you will find it well worth the wait. I ended up waited more then a week after buying mine to have it shipped to my brother then him sending it to me in the frozen north lol so I understand your pain:D
[HD2 General] tai4de2:
Lots of phone calls to T-Mobile stores... all of which were predictably sold out, and a few other retailers (Fry's, Best Buy, etc) all of which were predictably sold out...

On a whim, called a Car Toys near my office in the midst of all that "sold out" negativity and the dude said they had 2. I was down there within 10 minutes and bought them both, one for me and one for my wife (coincidentally her birthday was a few days away and that made a great present).

So I guess my story isn't too bad in comparison to some who waited for weeks. I only waited 2 -3 days before I could find mine.

My biggest issue was breaking contract with AT&T to get 'em. Extra $200 on top of the $900 I spent for the 2 phones.

Good thing I think I sorted out the bluetooth issue this device has with certain cars including mine, or else the 2 HD2's were gonna go back today (last day of 14-day window).
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
Woot! Dude, that was rough!

Of everyone here, so far you have been at the 3rd worst position when it comes to the phone, behind the guy from Europe and the mod from Alaska. When I finally learned your schedule, I realized why you hadn't been able to get a phone!

Even the place you ended up getting it from normally sells out before 6:00pm on delivery day, but I guess things have slowed down, since they had 8 (!8!) left when we arrived.

I was so paranoid that I asked the manager to go back in the back and grab it while we were waiting on the system to come back up, I was worried that the other clerks would sell the last ones over the phone or something ;)

BTW, the pics posted here were taken with my HD2 and sent to sirphunkee via MMS. Very nice quality, even compressed to 100k!
[HD2 General] TehKing:
I didn't have to go through any hoops to get mine.

I'm taking part in a product test and I received the device for free this morning, UPS delivered.

I have to perform around thirty different functions/activities with the phone, complete an end survey, and I get to keep the phone, as well as receive a check for $50 to cover data usage/overages.

It'll be used alongside my Motorola Cliq (which may be shelved until Motorola get's their crap together and releases the 2.1 update.)
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
That's awesome, Dude!

Really though, you did accomplish something none of the rest of us have: You got paid for yours :D

Oh, and getting put on the testing list must not have been easy. Plus you had to wait for a long time to get yours in.

Now that I think about it, I'm glad I'm not you ;)
[HD2 General] TehKing:
Thanks.

The process wasn't really that difficult.

I received the invitation to participate in the test group last Wed., filled out all the required materials and then just had to wait for the delivery, which was today.

Still playing around with the phone. So far I am impressed. HTC's Sense is a vast improvement over the stock WinMo look and feel.

I think I'll start modding this bad boy after the testing period is over.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
And just exactly who did you have to bl....uh, know, to get that invitation??
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
It looks like this thread has run it's course. I'm a little sad to see it get mothball'd, considering the awesome replies in here.

Too bad we didn't warrant a sticky, considering it was one of the hottest threads until last week:(

In any case, I would like to personally thank each of you for your contributions. There were some amazing stories told here and I will miss the daily read!
[HD2 General] Dr.8820:
i banged a chick who has tmo-us...got the phone for $120 and no contract!
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
:eek: There's a discount for sleeping with tmo customers..??? :eek:

well then!! Ladies...PM me if you need to save a few bucks on your next HTC purchase...no contract required!! :D:D
[HD2 General] Frosting:
In case anyone's interested, I just upgraded to an HD2 through tmobile's website. I don't know how much longer that option will be up on the site so hurry now.
[HD2 General] torremitsu:
All I had to do was trade a jailbroken iphone 3g straight across. I had the iphone for about a year, and the guy had just gotten the HTC HD2 with his tmobile plan.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
that's what's known as a "self-balancing food chain" :D
[HD2 General] toeshot:
I got mine from T-Mobile for $50.00, Because of 2 days dealing with Wal-mart. I was fully qualified and did everything necessary to upgrade at Wa-lmart for 48.88. How ever Wal-mart screwed everything up so bad it took 2 days to correct it. Wal-mart actually upgraded me and didn't give me a device screwing up my upgrade eligibility. But after tow days with T-Mobile they straighten out my Account and snt me the phone for what Wal-mart should have sold it to me for, and put the cost on my bill. Brian a TMO Customer Care Rocks
[HD2 General] Vectre:
Still waiting for mine.

Well, (not counting the time spent lusting after this phone) I saw it at WalMart for $48.88 upgrade with contract extension. I decided to finally upgrade my almost 4 year old Tmobile MDA. I tried at WalMart to get it and their system refused to let me. My bill was due so I thought it might be that. I paid my bill and went to another store (one closer to where I lived instead of just where I happened to be standing) and their system still refused to let me upgrade.

Note I have had the same contract and number for about 10 years. My last upgrade was 4 years ago. So basically I was eligible for every discount they give short of new customer, and I could get that by adding a line.

Well I went to a Tmobile rep to get a why, I might have been a bit steamed but all I was insisting on was knowing why I couldn't get my upgrade through WalMart. (This is the stellar part of the story) after being on the phone with Cust care it was decided that Tmobile would honor the $50 price from Walmart and send me the phone. At this point I was singing the praises of Tmobile and their Cust care dept.

The order looks like it wasn't placed till later that day and the package wasn't picked up till 5pm the next day. Then with 2-3 dat shipping I wouldn't see my new device till the next week. It was scheduled to arrive the 24th, it was rescheduled for the 25th but the last anyone saw it was in Jacksonville on the 23rd. Apparently it is just gone.

So I finally got someone at UPS on a phone and was told that Tmobile would have to be the one to initiate an investigation. I got them on the phone that day and was told they would start looking into it. I called back on Monday the 28th to see if any progress had bee made. It hadn't even been started. I was told it would start and they would call me on the 30th with news. Late on the 30th I got tired of waiting so I called and they agreed it was gone and they would send another.

The second was scanned and shipped on the 1st. It was in Jacksonville on the second and it apparently didn't move from there until the 5th. On the 6th it arrived in my town and was scanned as out for delivery. I'm STILL waiting. At this point it has been over 2 weeks.

Now after waiting all day kinda steamed at UPS right now. A driver stopped this morning after I saw it was listed as out for delivery and I pretty much caught him right after he dropped a package off. It was for my roommate. I thought about chucking a hammer at him.
[HD2 General] Vectre:
Update

Well, After waiting all day the 6th and most of the day the 7th UPS has decided that my package is lost in the system. So the second HD2 IN A ROW is lost in shipping.

Tmobile apologized profusely but only uses UPS for shipping and Express shipping is the fastest the offer. So I am waiting another week. This 2-3 Week shipping is getting frustrating, especially when it was supposed to be 2-3 day shipping. Both times, I guess I can say all three times now.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
So, i finally went and tried to get a 6.5.5 rom on my HD2 after reading everywhere that its alot better. Everything worked, the hardspl, the customruu installation..

then the phone booted, it showed the rom information (ROMeOS4 LEO Windows Mobile 6.5.5) and it said it was "customizing" dont know why really.. then it restarded, and now it wont get past the white HTC screen.. what do i do?? :confused::confused::confused::(:(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Joker2206:
Where did you download that ROM ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] shu8i:
have you installed the proper radio for your rom?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
thank you for the quick replies!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=631662 this is the rom, I had a normal dutch stock rom before that (never flashed)

I didnt install any radio... im guessing thats bad? :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
From the thread for your rom:

There would be a radio on your device from your original rom, it's probably just the wrong version. As stated, for that rom you require either the 2.07.50 or 2.08.50 radio. Follow the link in my signature and flash the radio exactly the same way as you flashed your rom.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
OKay i got all that but i cant flash it because the phone is stuck at the white htc boot screen so the customRuu doesnt recognize it.

what do i do now? im stumped.. is there a manual hard reset key press or something?

EDIT: I figured out how to get into bootloader and im now putting the right radio on it, lets see if this works
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] icsulescu:
Just pot your phone in bootloader mode by reseting while presing volume down button and after that flash the proper radio.

Regards,

Me
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
Putting the radio wich you suggested on it didnt work, it still hangs at the white htc screen... should i flash another rom? i really dont wanna kill my HD2 :P haha
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
any ideas? i apologize for bumping but im really not at home in the flashing world and im fearing that my phone really wont start :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] icsulescu:
I sugest you to flash back your original rom by sd card and restart the whole proces once again by flashing the radio first and after that the desired rom.

By flashing the original rom trought sd card metod you will have to reinstall HSPL.

Regards,

Me
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
okay thanks will try that :) !
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] icsulescu:
One more advice...before flashing anything read as much as you can and ask as many questions there will be someone to answer no mather how silly( no offence) is the question.

Regards,

Me
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ragdoll20:
Yeah i know, well i flashed some roms on my old topaz and stuff but i really should have looked more into this, your right. sorry :o

EDIT: Just flashed a Dutch rom and it works again, thanks guys! :D

This thread can be closed
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] turborider:
a Rom Canot Work Without Radio Thats Why wont get thrue
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] aj_kanerkar:
try this and see....

try to hold both up/dowm volume keys and thn hold power button.

one message will appear tht,if u want to restore ur phone or not, press the upper volume button, ur phone will restore on its original settings.......try it out.....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] leftkats:
mine got stuck on the white screen last week... i removed the SD card, restarted it again and then it worked...then i retried with the sd card and it was ok... don't know why
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] djchubbs:
i have nothing to say apart from

Jeez!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Florisss:
Hi,

Since a few weeks my Diamond lost its audio. It won't play any sound at all, although it plays the startup sounds and sometimes the ringtones. But whenever I answer a call or anything else, the sound is gone again.

Tried multiple hard resets and radio swaps, but no succes.

So, last week I installed GenY's android ROM, to try if the sound worked in android. And it did. Too bad android is not for every day use yet, so i NEED help :confused:

It surely is a software issue...

Got no warranty btw.

Anyone else suffering this problem?

Thanks
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] bloodychristof:
Hi, can someone help me please ? ... I've installed a couple of days WM 6.5 on my HTC Diamond, and it's ok. Nothin' to say, but it eats all pf my resources and I want to install WM 6.1 again. Can someone give me a WM6.1 ROM with the touchflo and all the things that come with the phone ? please :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nsourm:
you can dry dia duit rom by suiller
[HD2 General] Heartbreak:
I have mistakenly deleted the "Camera" app out of the Start Menu folder, located at Windows/Start Menu. I can now no longer set the Camera as a quick link. I am wondering how do I go about fixing this by putting the Camera app back into the Start Menu folder. This applies to the T-Mobile USA HD2.
[HD2 General] bRkiX:
you will need some file explorer...

resco will do just fine, and then you find camera.exe in windows folder, and click send--to start menu as shortcut.
[Desire Themes and Apps] stevie_a:
On my old phone C902 there was a thing that i used quite a lot

It was Track ID you pressed start it took a music sample

connected to the net and then told you what the song was, who sang it, and what album it was taken from

as well as where and how much you can get it

Is there an app that i can get for my new Desire
[Desire Themes and Apps] tomekk.:
Shazam ID - best

Look in google, first page
[Desire Themes and Apps] stevie_a:
Thanks now have it

Will give it a go later

thanks again... ;)
[Wing, P4350 Herald Upgrading] tech freak:
can anybody help me see i downloaded flash center off xda and i have used it before because i dnt want to hspl and it works, but now im having trouble with it because now my phone wont let me reflash .It does everything perfectly until the ruu starts then it throws my phone into a blackscreen then the ruu give me an error ...file open...

i cant hspl my sd is not right for the job

if someone helps in any way well thanks

hi sorry i managed this was my very stupid mistake . . . .lol i feel so there is no word to describe how idiotic i was
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ckale82:
Hi *,

From a long time i'm trying to find a rom for Magic 32B be used for work.

My needs is to have a rom with ActiveSync (Mail, Calendar and Contacts) and, if possible, lookup in the "GAL" of Microsoft Exchange.:p

I know many software for these features, but it's possible inclusion in a rom?

Thanks in advance!:D

Ale
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DarkOne951:
Back in the day Eclair ROMs required you to sync your email, contacts, ect. through exchange because Google sign-in was broken. Now-a-days, the sign-in is working, but still. Point of it all is that any Eclair ROM will do what your asking. Just go to the G1 Android Development section here at XDA and find any Android 2.1 ROM you like, then go for it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ckale82:
Thanks for the reply.

Android 2.1 ROM sync ONLY Email and Contacts. NO CALENDAR :(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] st0kes:
I haven't seen any rom you can do that in ...

1.6 roms seem to use the 'work email' app which is an adapted version of the htc mail app from non-google branded htc devices.

2.x roms have native exchange support, mail and contacts sync only.

I believe you could get what you're looking from the market but you'll probably have to get your wallet out and pay.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ckale82:
But.... the old rom 1.5 with HTC framework had this features... or i'm crazy? :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] 3rdcoast:
That's what I thought too. However I never had a need for it and only basic needs for exchange. gmail for sure did calendar sync.

You'll want to go 3rd party and get a fancy one anyway. Should be worth the money if the feature set is important (not withstanding my opinion).