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[Desire General] slaming:
ha well i'm a nerd so i've always got to have the latest stuff, people get pissed off with me cause i have nice phones and just spend all my money on tech and stuff, they also get pissed cause i refuse to sell any of my old phones.... but i still get the girls so no complaints from me LOL
[Desire General] charon72:
Damnation.. that was my first phone as well.

second some crappy sagem and then the Ericson 318
[Desire General] zippyioa:
It was awful in comparison to what we have now! At the time it was what was available.

The poor battery life and expensive call costs (especially cross network) meant I rarely made calls on it... from memory Oranges reception at the time was almost non existent so to make up for it they gave customers a free cinema pass for the year.

My nearest cinema was 15 miles away so I used to wait for several films to come out then spend a whole day watching them back to back. Happy days! :cool:
[Desire General] slaming:
wow i'm sooo sooo glad technology has changed but tbh orange signal is still crap i dont get 3g in my house :(
[Desire General] EddyOS:
My first phone was a Motorola jobby which needed 4 AA rechargeable batteries in it!! Can't find a picture of it but the it's in it's box at my parents so might ask them to take a look for me :D

EDIT: Very similar to this...
[Desire General] slaming:
wow imagine how many batterys we would go thru now adays with our phones it would cost loads
[Desire General] Ed-UK:
Feeling old now!

When I was 16 I went to a phonebox if I was out, or used one of those BT calling card thingies! Didn't have a mobile til I was over 20!

But I do remember my Mum having one of those 'Trendy & High-Tech' Motorola phones on Cellnet!
[Desire General] slaming:
well I know this is off topic but Is it acceptable for me to say I'm one of the only 15 year olds to have the worlds most powerful phone?
[Desire General] Ed-UK:
Show off! ;););)
[Desire General] slaming:
well people do say I can get a bit big headed at times but I mean its not my fault I'm soo sexy lol anyways yes back on topic get the desire its amazing!
[Desire General] furrypotato:
I've got my trusty HTC Hero, but my wife's contract was up so we got a Desire for her and it's pretty amazing.

Fast, responsive. Multitouch works so fast and smooth and overall responsiveness is great.

Went into local Carphone Warehouse on weekend looking for a case for it, and as soon as the manager saw my wife carrying the Desire he got all excited and wanted to talk about it :-)
[Desire General] slaming:
I saw some women in a carphone ware house buying one I kept calling it out hoping she might notice and ask what it was like but nope unfortunately she didn't :(
[Desire General] Sethos II:
Simple answer: YES!

This is hands down the best phone you can get right now.
[Desire General] zonkkk:
If you're out of a contract looking for a new phone, DEFINITELY go for it.

Even if your current contract is not finished and want it but don't have £400 to spend on it, buy it locked on the £10 T-mobile contract, the final price works out as £404, and you pay £164 up-front, and the rest in the next 24 months. Still cheaper than the price come websites are asking for.

You can unlock it in a month for £15, or for £25 immediately.
[Desire General] awf:
Don't even blink and run the best phone I ever have seen and used :)

Just amazing :D
[Desire General] sparklehedgehog:
Desire?! What's that? :p

OF COURSE YOU FOOL! GET IT!
[Desire General] who_me:
Have to agree with everyone, this is a great phone! I was holding out for the new iPhone and decided to get the desire as a "fill in" until it came out. Now I'm not even sure I want the iPhone anymore. The predictive text on this is amazing...I do a lot of texting so the keyboard was most important thing to me. The ability to customize the pages is awesome! The apps are great too. Screen is fab very smooth and bright. I am sooooo happy with this :) a great first smartphone for me!
[Desire General] Sethos II:
iPhone OS 4.0 was just announced. As expected, it's not worth waiting for.

You can safely buy a Desire now. Not even the next iPhone will match it.
[Desire General] Geezay:
I have a similar dilema, with a twist.

I had my heart set on the HD2 for a while until the Desire was announced and I am now unsure as to what to get. I already have a lot of Windows Mobile Apps which I can't live without, and I am concerned whether the Android versions of these apps will be available soon - TomTom, Garmin (I know there is Google navigation but turn by turn voice navigation is not available for my territoty!). And my second gripe with Android is the inability to install to external memory cards (MicroSD). I am also concerned about the pinkish tint some users have been reporting and poor sunlight legibility with the HTC Desire's AMOLED screen.

So I am still battling with decision - HTD HTD2 or HTC Desire?
[Desire General] slaming:
the pink tint is hardly a problem I important notice it when the phone screen is really really dim
[Desire General] hyuk_19:
I had a HD2, was a big winmob fan but now I'm done with it, sold it for a Desire. The HD2 is possibly one of the most beautiful phones I've seen in recent years but it truly is one of the most difficult experiences I've had with a smart phone ever. It simply doesn't do basic functionality very well, texting was horrible, 3G/HSDPA dropped out ALL the time and it also crashed multiple times...
[Desire General] daverave999:
I've been using mine for the last 8 hours or so and the OMFG still hasn't worn off yet. I'm trying to be critical and find fault, but so far any problems have been down to it being new to me. It really is spectacular.
[Desire General] Geezay:
Thanks for your response. It helps that is coming from a big WinMob fan who also had the HD2 which I am lusting after. So how is the change to Android? What would you say you miss most about WinMob since your changing OS?
[HD2 General] leobox1:
cedit does not work for my windows 7 + hd2 combination..

anyone know of a working freeware?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ceregistry editor. don't forget on first time connection to click "tools - unlock registry"else it won't let you make changes
[HD2 General] sancmat:
I used mobile registry editor 1.1 and it was fine. (doesn't seem to have a find or export feature, I could be wrong.)
[HD2 General] Reignzone:
CeRegEditor <--- and whatever the latest version of that is, snag that.

It's the easiest to use on any desktop PC.

Otherwise, try Resco Registry Editor on your device, or MemMaid, or even the file editor from SPB.
[HD2 General] leobox1:
ceregeditor doesnt work for me.. could it be win7's prob?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
describe the problem please? cos if it simply saying it can't make changes, sees my earlier post about unlocking the registry.
[HD2 General] steveianson:
Works fine on Winows 7
[HD2 General] leobox1:
it doesnt show anything.. i cant see HKLM etc etc even with the unlock .. where is the latest ver? could it be it? is there anything additional i need to do?
[HD2 General] steveianson:
I assume that you connect via activesync first!!
[HD2 General] Archer:
And then click the connect button (or hit F1)
[HD2 General] mobyZA:
Hi,

did you try to rightclick on icon and "run as Administrator" ?

:)
[HD2 General] carajean:
Ok guys kinda new here but I reg edit for the pc a lot. I cant seem to get the program to work. In my active sync it says its connected and when I get ready to unlock the registry via the program its says it cant load the program on my device.
[HD2 General] javydawg:
On Saturday night i was txting playing beer pong having a good time.

When all of a sudden a black screen came out saying something about how it was goin to restart and reset or something like that and that all my personal info would be gone.

So i did it and once it restarted it just stayed stuck on the boot up screen.

Not thinking twice about it as i was having fun i just put it in my pocket thinking maybe its gonna take a lil longer but then i realized after awhile it was still on that same screen.

I took out the batter turned it on again same thing happened.

I gave up and decided i'd just deal with it the next morning.

Next morning comes its now like around 1-ish crazy party haha

Point is phone is dead i charge it for 30 min? i try turning on and nothing.

So then i boot up pushing both buttons figured i would do a hard reset.

Still nothing!

My friend decides to take me home so i take this time to charge my phone a lil more with his car charger and at first it was charging then out of no where it doesn't charge?

No light?

No boot up?

Nothing?

I take the battery out and back in then plug it into the charger and the light doesn't turn on but my phone just starts vibrating uncontrollably...

This freaks me out so i take the battery out and again same thing.

I took the battery out for a couple minutes then put it back in and it started charging again.

yay!

Oh btw the whole time this happened i was able to get into bootloader mode so i figured it cant be bricked and i can fix it just got to charge it.

I got home battery wasn't that charged but i plugd it in to my computer in bootloader mode hoping it would charge for a bit then i downloaded a new rom and i read it was a good idea to use task29.

Sounded like a great idea to fix my phone.

I got the Repack by ShaDrac and flashed it on my phone.

One strange thing i did notice was that usually when i flash it i see HTC then a progress bar.

This time it was just blank all black but with the progress bar i saw it go all the way to 99% and 100% on my computer it even said successful flash.

But after that it just stayed off?

No reboot ?

NOTHING!

wont charge

wont turn on

no bootloader mode

completely bricked.

im sure the battery is just dead since it wasn't that charged to begin with but i have no way of charging it!

I did a lot of googleing and found no answers i refuse to believe its bricked!

it cant be rite??

If anyone could please help me i would really appreciate it.

Ive only had my HD2 for about a week =[

Oh and it's a T-Mobile US version unlocked.
[HD2 General] mskip:
If you have only had it for a week then the best thing is to just take it back to wherever you bought it and ask for a direct replacement as it should still be within the time frame for that.

Sounds like you have done everything possible to bring it back, taking the battery out, hard reset. If it wont turn on, wont go into the bootloader and you cant get an activesync connection then theres not really much more you can do.

Mark.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yea i agree, dont waste time fiddling and trying to bring it back, get round the shop today.
[HD2 General] javydawg:
Unfortunately thats not an option as i got it from someone else and then unlocked it since im on at&t. At most i would have to call htc and hope the manufactureres warranty can do something but i highly doubt it.

cant believe this is the end of my HD2
[HD2 General] mskip:
You might try taking the battery out and leaving it out for at least 24 hours. Sometimes that will reset a few things and bring the screen back on but im not guarenteeing anything. Yo uhave nothing to lose at this stage though. You could also try connecting it to your pc via activesync and see if it connects. Even if the screen isnt coming on you might still get a connection which you could use to flash a new rom.

Even getting a replacement battery off ebay very cheaply might sort it out as I have heard of batterys going funny before.

Just a few sugestions.

Mark.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
all the phones should (I think) be manufacturer warrantied for the first year, so I bet htc will fix it, though you might have to pay shipping.

dig out your regions htc repair center and get in touch. so long as they can't see the hspl it should be free.(
[HD2 General] deanesn:
I dont have HD2 (<--nexus one), but one thing i have noticed with all HTC phones that I've had something similar happen is when i have tired to reboot the phone by turning it off and then trying to turn back on it wont. I would take the battery out and still it will not. I would do the same with the sd card and same but what fixes it is taking the SIM out press the power button few times with no battery and then putting everything back on and it turns on. It happens in a while. Maybe not the same problem but i guess its worth a try if you haven't yet. One more thing I would try is to take the battery out, the sd card and the SIM card out and then plug your phone into the charger and wait a few mins to see if the led or screen would come on. Try the same thing by plugging it to your computer. If computer does make sound and it does detect your phone then it might just a screen related issue which might be the case since you already flash it with a different rom and nothing came on. I know you probably have tried this but you didnt say in your post but have you tried this?

1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.

2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:

“This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to the manufacturer default settings. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer defaults, or press other keys to cancel.”

3. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.

4. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.

Good luck
[HD2 General] tuppaacc:
I agree with mskip about the 24H thing if you let the internal/backup battery die it could solve a possible brick then by reflashing

also what deanesn said about the HD phones its also true (same prob with G1 and excalibur) sometimes out off nowhere it wont turn on or its just going to give you a black screen... wierd huh!?

important things I wanna know is

what rom where you using? what radio version? what were the last app or apps you installed on your HD2?

anyways from what I've read&done ever since I joined XDA this is the best thing to do in a situation like yours

This is when you get a black screen

1 if its stuck on the boot screen try to do another hard reset

2. if you cant or nothing happeneds try to see if you can acces the bootloader screen

3. if you cant, remove the batterie for like 24H or maybe more so the internal batterie dries out (if you do that make sure that you try to estimate around 50% to 70% before removing the actual batterie for reflashing)

4. then insert the batterie and try to acces the bootloader or hard reset by pressing the key combanations dont try to see if by a miracle chance it would fix the problem (trust me at this point it wont)

5. if it actually DOES bootup find and download THE STOCK ROM FROM TMOBILE

6. HARD reset if nothing then do it agn but before it has a chance to, try to boot up

7. quickly acces the bootloader wipe your phone (task 29 for hd2) and flash the STOCK ROM (not a custom rom. I read somewhere that its always better to go with an official tmo rom)

thats it Ive try many things on my ALMOST bricked situations this are the things Ive done MAYBE IT WONT WORK FOR YOU, one time I thought my excalibur was dead until I left my phone without a batterie for like a weak then later out of nowhere it boots up only on the first tmobile splash screen and I was able to fix it

LOL even tho those steps prob dont apply to you what you can do is call HTC and tell them you have a black screen on your htc DONT TRY AND ACT all smart by telling them you have a brick and you had a custom rom and all of that cause that prob voids your warranty with HTC, from what I've read this one guy told them that his girlfriend was texting and then the phone froze and the she remove the batterie and the screen went black. And he got a replacement

also another one that I read is a guy telling them he was doing an OFFICIAL ROM UPDATE and the phone never turned back on.

hope it helps :D
[HD2 General] javydawg:
Mark:

Thanks, and this is actually my plan lol I used to flash my old motorola rizr all the time even had to testpoint it to bring it back from a complete BRICK! but the one thing i couldnt fix was water damage haha but after a week of having the battery out some how... miraculously it came back

Deanesn:

How is the nexus one? I was gonna get a nexus one or a hd2 but the screen size ended up being the tie breaker although ever since my g1, android has had my heart haha

Ive always hated windows mobile but the hd2 was perfect!

I also agree with what u said, i have seen those symptons before.

But yea thanks on the advice.. sadly... already tried it and nothing.. =/

Tuppaacc:

Thnx thats exactly what im trying to do.

My only problem is my battery is dead and i need to charge it!
[HD2 General] javydawg:
Oh i just noticed i forgot to answer ur questions Tuppaacc.

I was using Duttys_Leo_Sense_2.5_5.2.21898.5.0.91_2.10_Radio_2.08.50.08.2_HG_V1.7_WWE Rom.

Im not really sure what radio i was using but if i had to guess i would say 2.10 since i dont remember flashing anything else and i heard the best radio was the one the HD2 already came with.

As for the last app installed ummm.... iGo8? not sure either but in total all the apps installed where

My Phone

Marketplace

Facebook

Myspace

iGo8

Aim

Flashlight

Glympse

umm cant think of any other ones. I know i didnt install much just had flashed the rom the night before.

again sorry for skipping your question.
[HD2 General] ssbal2904:
try

try taking sd card out and boot it work for me
[HD2 General] mingkee:
Here is what you have to do after I made a mistake and "killed" my US version HD2, but it's back to service.

First of all, you have to be sure the battery has at least 50% left. If the unit is able to charge the battery, leave it charged for a couple of hours.

Second, unplug all the cables from the unit, take the battery and wait for a few seconds, then put the battery back in. Press and hold volume down button and press red (end/power) button once. If everything goes well, you should see a tri-color screen.

Third, plug in the phone and run ROM update again.

WARNING: flashing will erase your personal data.
[HD2 General] javydawg:
the thing is the phone itself wont charge the battery.

I plug it into the wall and no lights turn on to indicate its charging.
[HD2 General] mskip:
You need to get a desktop charger so you can plug the battery in and make sure its fully charged. I dont think they are available from shops but you can buy them online (ebay) for around a fiver.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Desktop-Battery...&otn=8&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=9087015918333818927

That one says for the T8585 but im pretty sure they both use exactly the same battery. You might want to check on that though.

Mark.
[HD2 General] Reignzone:
My goodness, that OP is a real doozie.

That's pretty wild man, although I don't have much input, other than the obvious suggestions that have already been provided for you... I will say that was a worthy read.
[HD2 General] javydawg:
Yea thats pretty much my only option I will be buying that desktop charger real sooon and ill get back to the forum with my results.

Cant believe they are so cheap haha

Ive even seen one that comes with an extra OEM battery and charger for under 15 dollars!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230460046498

Thnx for all the help and support. =]
[HD2 General] alleyezondisromo:
U have a Bricked HD2 my friend
[HD2 General] javydawg:
i bought the wall charger and it charged the battery but it still wouldnt turn on or go into bootloader mode or do anything!!

=[

..
[HD2 General] EmualDave:
any luck with un-bricking your HD2?
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Seems like OP bought a damaged phone in the first place or something, or something "happened" on the night of the party. Beer got on it, perhaps?
[HD2 General] glcK23:
That or by the sounds of it, it was a very wild party, maybe he met up with a lady friend and got some man juice on the HD2...
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Well, at least it had a good cause, assuming it was used in the process up getting to that level with the lady friend.

Farewell, soldier (i.e., HD2).
[HD2 General] mskip:
Keep on subject please people this isnt an adult chat room LOL.

Mark.
[HD2 General] altecneo:
Were you successful in restoring your bricked HD2? If not, were you able to get the HD2 replaced under warranty?

I am faced with a very similar situation and could use some help from anyone. I too have a bricked (with no power on at all) and unlocked HD2 from T-Mobile that I have been using on AT&T. However, I obtained the phone by activating a new account and then canceling and paying the ETF about 2 months ago.

Can I go back to T-Mobile and get warranty service? Should I reactivate my service and then ask the HD2 to be replaced under warranty?
[HD2 General] javydawg:
htc warranty took care of my phone no problem no charge except the shipping fee of course took 2 weeks to get it back but its working fine even bought a second hd2 on fathers day since it was free ;]
[HD2 General] DTNT:
Hi everyone

I have same alike situation with my TMLEO. But: My device reboots suddenly only when Im surfing the internet or any service uses internet connection. It happens not all time, but when device wants:) Upgraded to 3.14 ROM, same problem happens again. And sometimes, after autoreboot device stucks on Stick Together Screen with ROM/Radio information screen. Only battery deattach helps. So, the question is #IS THIS PROBLEM SOFTware OR HARDware based?#???
[HD2 General] crisisinthecity:
Are your battery pins on the phone bent? Sounds like a power issue to me.
[HD2 General] eeeeeee:
possible solution

here is something that might work:

take battery out,

connect to usb (without battery it resets the hardware)

wait 5 seconds.

unplug usb.

put battery inside and then go to bootloader mode.

now flash stock rom and dont mess with roms that might brick your phone..
[HD2 General] nedaljo:
Same here

The same is happening with me , but the phone is vibrating all the time with no boot , no screen...nothing..i can't even go to bootloader...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkerx:
Hi,

I've been running the Cyanogen Mod for sometime on my G1 without issues, but I need to put the phone back to original T-Mobile firmware.

I've managed to restore RC7, but unable to get the phone to update or find a later firmware to install so it works correctly.

If I try RC9 firmware it says not allowed

From Camera+Power the information is

DREA110 PVT 32B

HBOOt-0.95.0000

CPLD-4

RADIO-1.22.12.29

Sep 2 2008

Any help appreciated
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Binary100100:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=491350
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkerx:
Hi,

Already tried that thread but no luck, the main file for the UK G1 is not available but the updates are.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billquinn1:
In your first post you said you are at RC7.

from there:

Get Back to Cupcake

1. Download the cupcake update from http://android-roms.googlecode.com/files/signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip

2. Rename the .zip file to update.zip Put this on the root of your SDcard by itself. I would suggest reformatting the card to Fat32 before you start.

Note: Make sure its update.zip not update.zip.zip. If you cannot update rename your file to update not update.zip

3. Turn off your phone

4. Hold the HOME key while pressing the POWER key

5. You will see a "!" which means you are in recovery

6. Open your keyboard and type alt+l to see text

7. Type alt+s to update

8. Congrats you now have Cupcake 1.5 OS

You can manually update to 1.6 from here. I'll find that link if you get this far.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walkerx:
thanks - updated to 1.5
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billquinn1:
If you want to get all the way to 1.6 you need the next version of 1.5 (crc1)

http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/downloads/detail?name=signed-kila-CRC1-from-CRB43-FIX.7ca4a1d7.zip&can=2&q=

Install that the same way. No need to wipe.

Once you have that you can go to 1.6 (DRC83)

http://android.clients.google.com/updates/kila/signed-kila-DRC83-from-CRC1.c41b93c1.zip

Again, install the same way.

Just remember to remove the previous "update.zip" from your card after each installation.