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[HD2 General] dallastx:
Had every hone that has came out in the US that is worth it. This is by far the worst. Then again i never been on Tmobile till i got the Nexus and now HD2. Both have slow data connections in Dallas. I prefer the HD2 only because of screen size and i can watch divx movies. If it wasn't for that I would stick with android. "And i know almost every registry tweak there is for WIN MO so i am not unhappy because i don't know how to use the phone" Unhappy because its 6.5 which has always been buggy and then throw sense on top which has always been buggy and you have a nice buggy phone.
[HD2 General] htc707:
it has its issues like any other phone...personally, i lovee my hd2 more and more every time i seem to flash it with a new rom...its my second time and so far i love this rom [Kumar's TMOUS P1.61 WWE]. It fits me perfectly.

The only actual downfall for me is the service! Yes T-Mobile, you heard it from me....how come your coverage in my area says its your best, but it's still giving me 3 bars max and plenty of dropped calls!!!!
[HD2 General] yakapo:
I'm starting to like it a little more each day. The first day I couldn't stand opera and a few other things. After flashing it w/ kumar's cooked rom I'm very satisfied. The latest version of opera is very snappy and responsive. I've got exchange working fairly well (via google sync) but I still don't see all my emails in my other folders. If I can get the flex pay unlimited $10 internet working I'm definitely selling my unlocked iphone 3gs.
[HD2 General] sn95chico:
i got the phone thr day it came out and the plan was to sell my nexous on witch i spend almost 600 dollars on with tax and buy yhe hd2 and re sign new contract and get the phone for 200 and sell the nexous and be happy but that did not work out the hd2 is super slw and sluggish i had to do a battery pull almost everyday dont get me wrong the screen is nice because its big but the n1 is a 100 times better phone to me its faster gps works way better and there is way way way more apps that are better. i sold the hd2 and would never go back the n1 is a better phone period.

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[HD2 General] yakapo:
Well after spending a little more time w/ the hd2 I'm having second thoughts. I'm glad I kept my iphone 3gs.

Pro's

1. Amazing screen size

2. Outstanding image quality

3. very snappy interface

Con's

1. opera just isn't as smooth as safari on the iphone. This is probably the kicker for me.

2. i can only sync one calendar via google sync

3. buggy and sometime unresponsive (remedied w/ cooked firmware) I feel bad for anyone who bought this phone and doesn't know about xda.

4. the mail client doesn't access other folders from my gmail account - just the inbox

5. battery life sucks. (yes this is after installing a cooked rom and removing the sd card)

6. Took a while to get the time to stay set. Even now I'm just hoping it stays set.

7. I can't use my $10 flexpay unlimited internet plan w/ tmobile.

It's a pity b/c this phone has the most amazing hardware. I guess I'll hold out for the evo 4g or the new iphone HD.
[HD2 General] :
1.Opera does have the luxury of flash and pinch to zoom when tweaked right. Safari can't use flash at all, which is still the standard.

2.Calender syncing I don't use, so I have nothing to say on it.

3.You could get another mail client.

4.That you fixed yourself.

5.You can get an extended battery although having owned both phones I can say that the 3GS isn't exactly a whole lot better in terms of battery life.

6.What do you mean by time staying set? Please elaborate the problem because that seems really odd (?).

7.Do you mean t-zones hack...or regular $10 internet for non-smartphones. T-mobile charges the same amount for smartphone internet as the rest of the major service providers...if you think it's too much then don't get a smartphone lolol...

Just my $.02

~Jasecloud4
[HD2 General] hefelfury:
I must say, I am extremely satisfied with this phone. I originally bought this phone through a contract renewal, promptly getting rid of it that night for a nexus one, then, ridding myself of the nexus and returning to my HD2! I will tell you why I switched back: the extreme versatility of the WinMo OS. Sure, android may look pretty, but sense UI is just AS pretty and I would argue that the interface is more intuitive than Android. Plus, a playstation emulator, divx nvideo support, flash in opera 10 browser, and years of community development support, I can honestly say that I am much more pleased with my WinMo phone than with android.

Just so I can bash the Nexus even more: the screen has a horrible pink tint on grey colors in nearly every backlight setting; OS is purely eye candy for the tween crowd (no offense, android lovers); whacky touch accuracy quirks happen more than occasionally; finally, which, I believe is most important: to be able to do anything cool with the phone you must root it, permanently voiding your warranty with a literal Scarlet Letter-esque unlocked padlock on your boot screen. If you were to have any problems with a WinMo custom rom, you can revert hardspl to stock as long as you can connect to your comp through USB.

Also, if you're an Android fan, the Linux kernel is steadily making progress e toward a full working port for our beloved HD2. The most versatile and powerful device on the market, until the Holiday season (I believe) will be the Hd2 and Evo 4G. IF you build it, they will come!

I am high and ranting, but I hope I managed to stay concise and coherent!
[HD2 General] ariel123:
i am very pleased with my hd2 coming from a tp2. people need to stop whinning about the phone being laggy and sluggish and just tweak the damm thing. it would really let you experience the true hardware of the phone
[HD2 General] yakapo:
I'm not sure what happened, but the battery life has drastically improved. And the time issue is fixed.

I have the $10 unlimited internet (not tzones). Is there any hack to get that working on the hd2? It worked fine for the iphone.

Last but not least - are their any keyboard mods? I'd love to have a little more space between each letter (and have smaller keys)
[HD2 General] Snarksneeze:
You should find your connection settings and change "epc.tmobile.com" to "wap.tmobile.com".

As far as keyboard mods go, I just installed the Apr 12th Max version of Energy Sense2.5 and it has a new keyboard for Swype which fixed the problems I had with "a" & "s" and "n" & "m" being too close. The keyboard is perfect for me now.

Also, I've cleared up about 10% of my battery issues by swapping radios, but that will probably only work for people in the same part of Austin as myself.
[HD2 General] arthurbrownleeiv:
Having had a 3GS, Nexus 1, and a host of WinMo phones before... I can say with pride, I've never had a phone I loved more.

Couldn't stand the Nexus 1... :mad:
[HD2 General] gnash.s:
IThis is probably the best phone I have owned so far & it gets better everyday. With some tweaks you sure will fall in love.

only problem is, whoever gets the winmo needs to do some homework (XDA) and customize according to their taste. It's definitely not that user friendly (you can as well say it "dumb") phone where you have to click on one button for anything you want to do.

Battery life is around 1.5 days with moderate usage which is not that bad for this huge screen sized phone.

I can't explain the luxury of having true multitasking, well, it is really a luxury. Though there are several pretty task managers, I use "Arkswitch" along with LMT (multi-touch gesture launcher). so switching is as easy as swiping in the screens.

Typically, I run the Slacker radio & navigation software together. swipe left to goto Slacker Radio. skip a song. When there is a new email notification, click and read the email. swipe down to close the email app. swipe again to go back to navigation. open, GoogleMaps just to see the traffic in the highways (as I don't have the traffic subscription) for re-routing. swipe down and go back to navigation, all this while my internet radio runs in the background.
[HD2 General] KROMO50:
Sold my phone for $480 got it for $141 at walmart could not get back into windows mobile
[HD2 General] refuse2bstopped:
No regrets so far...

I have no regrets so far. Only thing is the apps. Aside from that, I've had no problems with freezing or anything and in my opinion the phone actually runs faster than the android. But I don't have to miss much since I have 2 lines and the hd2 is on one and the android is on my other line.
[HD2 General] bogdatov:
Only complaints:

1. No TTS voices in iGo8

2. No Qik application for HD2

3. No PowerRadio for HD2

4. Selecting text for copy/paste with fingers - nightmare

Otherwise - it is very good
[HD2 General] tyco5150:
yes...im very happy....;)
[HD2 General] mrsteel74:
Nope hating my HD2 constantly hags when trying to make calls, in fact if I am not connected via 3G I can't make any calls period. T-Mo is screwing me around on my 14 day buyers remorse cause they are counting from the day I placed the order online not the day I got the phone a week later.
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
You can't make calls unless you have 3G? Sounds like you have it set to WCDMA only instead of Auto in the Band menu. Go to the Comm Manager, tap on the 3G bar, and that will bring you to the bands menu. Is it set on Auto or WCDMA? It should be auto.
[HD2 General] bernardfife:
not at all I can't send or receive mms while talking on the phone 3g are not. I never had this problem with the iphone on att network. The iphone just worked.:(
[HD2 General] erick10:
I think this is a network problem. If im not wrong, when sending an mms it uses internet connection and on Tmobile it is not possible to talk and surf at the same time. Or atleast this is my problem.
[HD2 General] fauxtorola:
I was really startin to hate my HD2 TMOUS.. but after installing Lost in Asia Regular rom.. Keepin this bad boy.. my confidence has been redeemed
[HD2 General] xtenpeben:
i love my hd2.

i think most of the problems mentioned here are users error. I'm not saying the phone is perfect, but if u adjust ur ways to how the phone works, the phone will work! i haven't had any freezes, and i can receive and send mms. why would u send mms when u are talking on the phone?

if ur iphone just works, i don't understand why you switched in the first place... lol
[HD2 General] bernardfife:
you can talk and surf @ the same time some time lol only when 3g working
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
look at the first windows phone 7 specifications it is already less than our hd2 specifications http://www.gsmarena.com/dell_lightning-3280.php
[HD2 General] domineus:
the specs are the same bro
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
but we got bigger screen and more ram :D:D:D
[HD2 General] digitallysick:
I'm not very happy with it, each phone I get seems to be a trade off.

I had android phones, which had great apps and functions, but no video format options , and the cams/video on them sucked

The sense keyboard, and cam/video on the hd2 are really good. But, everything else falls short, no apps at all really.

I miss so many free great apps from android =(

I would download a few apps a night, almost always free.
[HD2 General] Shane_pcs:
I agree that the phone takes time to grow on you, the lack of GOOD apps is the biggest issue. One of my main uses for my phone is listening to podcasts in the car on the way to work. My mytouch3G did this flawlessly. I actually had several choices in decent podcast apps. After switching to the HD2, all the podcast apps are 2 years old and havent been updated. The only one that was even close to being polished cost $25 (yikes), and it was still worse than the free android apps. I will end up keeping it because its the best phone I can get on contract, but I can tell you now that I would switch to a nexus one in a heart beat if it were offered. I might also upgrade to the Galaxy S when it comes out this summer.
[HD2 General] Blonde_sometimes:
I love it. It doubles as a mirror as well!!!!
[HD2 General] zelendel:
I was just looking at the Link and something caught my eye. I thought MS made it clear that there would be no removable Storage but it clearly states Card slot microSD. Did I miss something lol
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Yeah I'm beginning to think that M$'s statement that there would be "no user access to removable media" meant that you can't manipulate what's on the card from the phone (copy/move/run/delete), and the only filetypes that will be recognized when placed on the card (PC-side) are ones that are compatible with the OS's built-in players/viewers (i.e. MP3, MPEG4, jpeg, etc.)....so you could still load it with songs etc. But, like everything else that's just speculation :)
[HD2 General] skillzrsg:
Phone is awesome, take some time to tweak it......beats my iphone old blackberry and android device IMO. Go for the NRG rom Cookies interface....WOW blows all the other OS's away! my 2 bits o copper...
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
even running 3 different roms, this phone still freezes time to time, though not as bad, since i been running cell something rom, its cool, but i still get random lockups and freezes. I am done. Selling it today, going to wait for the Samsung Galaxy S. I am done with WinMo. I have tried to tweak the HD2 to my liking, just isnt working out. It was fun HD2, but time to move on. Gonna get a Cliq xt and some cash. 2.1 should be heading our way pretty soon.

Thanks for the help guys, but i can't deal with this phone. Great phone, horrible software.
[HD2 General] Prophet621:
I wouldn't say I was happy with it but I am also not really unhappy with it. I love the phone hardware, I'm ok with WinMo but I HATE the lack of quality apps. I came over from Android (had 2 WM6 phones before getting my G1) and there are a handful of apps I really really miss and unlikely to have anything comparable to look forward to due to WP7 development.

My wife really likes the HD2 so I may just give it to her and wait to see if the rumors of Galaxy S also coming to TMo are true or just wait for another high end Android. I can deal with WinMo or go back to Android, really makes little difference but the apps make or break a phone for me. I still have a week to decide to return it or not.
[HD2 General] geronemo:
i think its personal preference.

i love the option of network sharing in resco explorer, i mean i can listen to my music on the home network etc using that option.

so winMo has its pros and cons but in the end its personal preference.

although i agree theres no such thing like flixster (movies) software on winMo, atleast not to my knowledge.
[HD2 General] davewaave:
Are you Happy with your HD2?

..........NOPE.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
Guy offered me a PS3 20 gig/Cliq XT/LX09 for HD2. thats as good as done lol
[HD2 General] geronemo:
thats alot of offering for an hd2 although i dont know the breakup for those devices.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
i know. selling the LX09, keeping the Cliq XT/PS3:)
[HD2 General] SEscobedo:
I have both the iPhone 3G and HD2. I recently installed Opera 10 on the iPhone and using the 3G connection I have on the iPhone and the WiFi connection i had on the HD2, I tested both phones. The HD2 should of ran faster as it was connected to a 16mbit connection but I found the iPhone was around 3 times as fast as the HD2 when it came to loading webpages. I was able to load 3.5 pages before the first webpage loaded on the HD2. I have noticed that the HD2 doesn't load webpages as fast as it should. Cookies and Cache has been cleared.
[HD2 General] geronemo:
well when i had the HD2, i tested iphone and hd2 using my wifi, so both phones were connected to same network.

On top of that i deleted the cache on both phones so that they were on the same page, then i ram the test and all the websites i visited hd2 was hands down winner in terms of how fast the pages loaded.

You can't compare phones when they are on diff. network, try removing the cache on both phones and then connecting both phones to your wifi, maybe you will get different results then (similar to what i did) if not, then i can't explain it :)
[HD2 General] wingtytn:
gps would be copilot live 8 ... is perfect

the hd2 is at the top of the food chain right now there isnt another device on the market at the moment

hd2 #1 yes yes yes
[HD2 General] steve austin:
Not so much...

I have been kind of hesitant to respond to one of these threads that asks you your contentment with he HD2. The fact that almost every board I visit has some permutation of this question is alarming by itself, but you get people that want to verbally fight you because of YOUR thoughts about the device. With that said here goes.

I am thoroughly disappointed in this phone. The specs, the hype, and the reviews I got from people that had other HTC phones really got my hopes up. Should we start with the constant freezing or buggyness of the sense UI? Do we talk about the native music player that does not work for a large contingent of people who bought the phone? Do I get to hanging sms messages or unresponsive keyboards (SWYPE). The erratic data connection drops (probably a t-mo thing to be fair).

I am very happy that XDA and other forums are around to help people out. Without you guys this phone would be unbearable. However, there are some things that a “high-end” and especially a high priced phone should just do out of the box - period. Yes you can customize the phone, but who wants to do that 60 minutes after you get the product?!? It s not cool. More importantly, the experts and techs at t-mo and HTC know less about the product than I do when I call in.

Nothing has been seamless. Nothing has been fluid. So much so that when I went to return my first phone they were on back order for new phones. A week AFTER I was promised a phone some came in they told me if I did not show up within an hour I would loose the new phone option until the next batch – WTF? I am at work. The common decency thing to do would be to ask me about my schedule so I could make time out of my day to come pick up a (late) replacement phone. There is more, but there is no need to pile on.

I wish I had something positive to say, but the things that do work SHOULD work for the money we all have paid and what the phone manufactures claimed it could deliver.

Answer: I am stubborn and I want this to work out. It has potential and I will not be denied. Its not hate its voicing my opinion. And that is all this is…MY opinion and experience. I am entitled to it.

Question: If you hate the phone so much then get another one and stop b*tch*ing.
[HD2 General] jeffson_243:
skyfire rocks, 4.3 LCD rocks, masculine design rocks...
[HD2 General] davewaave:
I agree

Nicely done. I have discovered that spb shell 3.x takes care of most of the problems. I love the look of Sense, especially the weather, i.e. for Kinshasha - always lightning, but Sense is the problem I'm afraid. Spb, though bland in comparison and will likely come out with new version shortly, has NOT locked up the phone. And the battery has lasted the entire weekend, didn't use it too much, but today I still have 65% on the battery. I too am waiting for a replacement but suspect the fundamental problem with this phone is Sense. Really curious how the EVO is going to be received with sense on top of android.

Note that the apparent solution to phone locking up after in sleep mode is to disable "today timeout" located in settings, then "items" tab at bottom. That worked even with Sense running. Though plenty of other lockups for other reasons.
[HD2 General] steve austin:
Thanks. See this is my core complaint. In the commercials and ads they blatantly tout the sense UI. When most of us use it it is "usually" glitch prone. You either have to flash (possibly voiding the warranty if you do it wrong) or pay for another UI like SPB. This makes no sense to me at all. A "fully" functional - proprietary - UI should not be an issue...but it is. YES, I will probably be forced to do one of the two but I should not have to. Its bad business. I probably won't buy another one of their phones (the rage is speaking for now). HTC will not care, but it has been a very anti-climactic experience so far.
[HD2 General] agentaaron:
I am loving my HD2

I got mine the morning of launch...

Still running the stock ROM with CHT and a few other minor tweaks, I have not had one freeze yet. Coming from both Android and iPhone...I would say that the app store leaves much to be desired...but it is what it is.

My Android phones (G1, MT3G, and N1) constantly reboot themselves out of nowhere, and on two occasions I had to completely wipe and reinstall the firmware on both mine and my wifes original and 3GS iPhones (Nothing like losing hundreds of pictures because of a freeze).

I have a scheduled reboot installed on my HD2 which automatically reboots the phone at 0300 every morning, use the default task manager to keep everything running smoothly, and the battery seems to be getting better with time (or im just using it less that the newness is wearing off)

...If there was any one thing that I could complain about...its the 3G connectivity. We have a solid 3G signal where I live, and in 99% of places, I have no issues. The only major deadzone is in my office at work (where I spend most of my time unfortunately), on my MT3G and my N1 I used to use my phone as a 3G hotspot for myself and a few others to access the internet on our netbooks. My HD2 will only pick up a solid Edge signal in my office...so tethering is almost useless. I am hoping that a better radio comes along that I can install that will fix this.

...aside from this, I would have to say that the HD2 is by far the best phone I have owned to date...and believe me when I say that I have had a pretty wide variety of phones.
[HD2 General] mystik610:
Sense exists to bridge the gap between the complexities of windows mobile, and the technical simplicity (and I mean that in a nice way) of the average consumers. Windows Mobile has never really been a 'mainstream' kind of OS....it takes a certain type of personality, with a certain set of needs/wants to appreciate windows mobile. For most everyone else, as powerful as WM is, its more than most people need, and too cumbersome than most care to figure out.

Sense is designed to take the core functions of a phone that most people utilize, and streamline them into an accessible, perpetually running interface that is very easy to jump in and out of. Personally, I think Sense does its job beautifully (this coming from an iPhone user). The downside is that its veeeeeery resource intensive...and understandably so as its technically running various apps at the same time, and applying a really pretty, but resource intensive UI with 3d effects to it. Imagine running a file browser, twitter app, an sms app, an e-mail app, a file brower, and a handful of others at the same time....that's exactly what sense is doing.

So as powerful as the HD2 is, its resources still have to be managed as Sense is using a lot of it up. The easiest solution is to disable the tabs you don't use....if there are tabs running that you don't care for, you're wasting resources. You should also monitor your task manager, obviously.

Windows Mobile has never been an OS that works perfectly straight out of the box, and most core WM users know that. The problem with the HD2, is that they've taken a very complicated OS that appeals to a select group of people, and packaged, marketed, and sold it to the every day consumer. I don't think anyone was expecting the HD2 to have such a wide appeal beyond tech geeks. I sure as hell didn't and based on supply shortages, I don't think T-mobile or HTC expected it either.