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[Desire General] mkOnKeY bOy:
What bets that speaker fidelity will be one of the features apple have focused on for the new iPhone, given their iTunes market.

Absolutely love my Desire (proud owner for about 10 hours). HArdware and software very impressive. Yet to find out about the battery life.
[Desire General] Scholesville:
aww man, this is disappointing, I would expect HTC could have at least improve their speakers... I have notice that most of their phones really have crap speakers, what gives!!!:confused: even my old nokia phone beats any of their lines hands down..
[Desire General] dawmuz:
The speaker is half decent, battery life - crap. Other things make up for it, though.
[Desire General] mkOnKeY bOy:
I'm guessing the fact they are squeezing so much processing power and screen into the thing, and the battery to power it. Speaker space wasn't such a premium a few years back.
[Desire General] OnlinePredator:
Coming from a Touch HD, the speaker is 10x better. I have had no problems hearing alerts in noisy environments. Music sounds pretty good for being a single tiny speaker. I think it's as good as iPhone speakers.
[Desire General] foxenesys:
Nope.

iPhone sounds like a boombox compared to the Desire.

And it's only through a 4 mm hole.
[Desire General] Ghisy:
I've compared the Desire speaker to my Samsung Omnia HD: the Desire clearly lacks bass. Although the Omnia HD speakers sound muffled in comparison.

I guess there's no perfect speaker on cell phones.
[Desire General] boge:
There is no way that HTC Desire speaker match the speaker on iPhone 3GS.

I have both and it’s pretty obvious that the speaker in iPhone 3GS is much better than Desire's.

Anyway, for me, that’s the only thing that iPhone 3GS is better than Desire.
[Desire General] oursoul:
It's got a headphone jack, I'm quite happy to plug my little portable Sony speakers into that. I just cycled home from work and had forgot my headphones.. so had my favourite dancehall reggae mix playing through the loudspeaker in my pocket, it sounded fine, even full blast. Agreed nothing to write home about but it aint bad.

Will post again when I can test it for handsfree.
[Desire General] TurkzZ:
sounds like the trebble is too high and the base is too low, thats if there is anything in there that does base lol
[Desire General] TurkzZ:
testing with sound on computer, when you set the equalizer to full treble, it sounds like something close to what comes out of the desire, if there was a way to play around with the equalizer settings the quality may be improved?
[Desire General] kaushal101:
So, there is nothing wrong specifically with my handset? I was thinking about returning it.

When I hear calls using phone's default speaker, the sound comes okay till one volume level. If I move up, the sound distorts.

If I use speaker-phone, things are worse. After a certain level, sound crackles a lot.

For music via phone's loud speaker, the sound doesn't crackle. But as identified by many, I can hear music with no bass & lots of treble.

Is this normal for Desire?

Comparing it with my wife's N95 (which has stereo speakers) was a nightmare for me.
[Desire General] TieT:
dude you should try the stereo speakers on the nokia N97 and the N900, they rock, great quality !

Far better then your iphone or my desire or any other phone for that matter...
[Desire General] TurkzZ:
the treble levels are quite ridiculously high, its been flagged up quite allot in the android forums,
[HD2 General] jusD:
my time is wrong ? looked everywhere for a solution but nothing, I tried update from internet but it wont change the fact that my phone is an hour fast, the settings menu for time is gone, just a blank page ??????

Is this something to do with daylight savings in australia ?

I have telstra version of phone with latest rom and lost of tweaks, I did this my self didnt I ?

D.
[Nexus One General] XfrostX:
My alarm on my nexus goes off at full volume when its time to go off... really annoying

Shouldn't it gradually increase
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
No, that's how it's meant to be.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
I am pretty sure there is an alarm app that goes off gradually.
[Desire General] sharp910sh:
Ok, my battery is weird it doesnt last long. it dropped from abut 95% to 70% over night, with checking email every 30 minutes with k9 and the mail app every 4 hours. My phone doesn't last very long either, I haven't tested it fully. I always keep charging it, when im in the house.

I bought it from T-Mobile and i could swap it. Should I?

Jason
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Might be worth it, I have Friendstream updating default setting, Googlemail (although it's push) on at all times, browsing a fair bit (on mobile net and WiFi) and a few calls and it last 2 days-ish...I'm using a generic Desire on latest FW
[Desire General] Zackarydoo:
Mine's the same. I didn't think it would be worse than my old BB Bold for battery life, but it really is very poor. I don't think you have a fault, it's just the way it is.

I wondered about closing background apps but I've read that having them open doesn't impact battery life. I do have a few background things going on though that will affect it, so maybe I need to consider if I really need them or not (frequent email syncing, contacts/calendar syncs, etc.).
[Desire General] Zackarydoo:
Have you put the phone down for long periods in-between uses, or have you spent a fair time writing emails or just playing with it? I've spent a fair time on mine but not constantly, and no more than I used to with my BB Bold. I used to writing emails constantly on my Bold and the battery would last a good day, but until I'm used to this keyboard I won't be doing that on my Desire. :)
[Desire General] sharp910sh:
So It won't make a difference if i swap it? I also didn't do the standard charge at the start. Couldn't resist playing with it. So It was on charge while playing with it. Could that make a difference?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
I'm in work a lot and I'm not constantly on it - just check for emails/SMSs every hour or so so prob spends a lot of the time in standby. I'm on it more on the weekends but it still lasts well into day 2
[Desire General] Zackarydoo:
If it works otherwise then I doubt there is a fault that would cause the battery to run down but nothing else not to work.

Not charging the battery at the start is one of those things that some say makes a difference, other say it doesn't. With Lithium-Ion batteries I always thought they didn't need that initial charge, but I can't say for sure. Anyway, what might help is if you did a full charge then a complete discharge (use it until the phone turns off) then a full charge again. With older batteries at least, that tended to help them last longer.
[Desire General] choccy31:
There a a few threads on this alread here and on the Android Forums.

There is a problem where the phone when charged left on, only goes upto 98%. However the phone will soon drop to 90% and lower quickly, indicating the phone has not charged properly.

If you unplug and reconnect, it will go back to 100% but almost as quick as tying your laces, it will go from 100 to 98% and continue to drop.

It could be faulty batteries.

I was hoping the FW update would fix but it hasn't as I found out last nite.
[Desire General] sharp910sh:
Or should I just buy another battery?
[Desire General] niklz:
I've been having similar issues,

I get much much better battery life without mobile networks on, and alot of application crashes/phone reboots to get it work like I expected.

Took some data:

1hr of phone in sleep mode w/ mobile internet on = 4% battery

1hr of phone in sleep mode w/out mob internet on = >1% battery

So I can get a good two days if I don't have any internet with moderate use, but about 16 hours with internet always on and moderate usage. If I really 'rag' it and use alot, I can get about 50% done in a few hours (not constant use either, just alot of google goggles mainly!)

This coupled with the crashes and reboot made me get an exchange, I'm just hoping it's better, and really hoping its not worse..

Wish me luck, I wish you all the same.
[Desire General] jannen:
After couple weeks my original battery seems to last longer - I do with 1,5 days now (with some browsing, 3G, occasional GPS and bluetooth, weather & gmail sync, dl apps from market etc). So it might be true that after the initial couple weeks of usage and charging the battery performs much better.

Intrestingly T-Mobile promised to send me a new battery over a week ago. As it never arrived I called them and was told they dont have any... but they would credit my account with £20 to buy one. Today... I received an extra battery from T-Mobile!!! No idea what is going on - and if I still have that £20 credit in my account :P

I will give that new battery a loooong first charge, see if it helps.
[Desire General] catashtrophe:
what about the 3000 mAH batteries?

Are they any good and would it work for the Desire?

can be found at the htcdepot.com
[Desire General] RaptorRVL:
Won't help, once it's at 100% the charging will stop. There is no such thing as 'long charging' li-ion batteries or 'trickle charge' a li-ion battery.

You can try to do a full first charge (until the green light burns) and then fully discharge (until the phone goes off). Then fully charge again. This will calibrate the battery chip and make sure you see the correct percentage.

If battery life is still no good then it's because you use the phone too much. Read: constant weather updates, friendstream updates, push mail and other stuff that constantly use the mobile connection. Also turn off gps unless you need it.

Turning off those services and turning off the 'always on mobile connection' can double your battery life (read: standby time).

It's not something magical, it's completely normal. If you want the phone to do a lot, it will obviously use a lot of battery.

Just for the sake of it, put the phone in airplane mode. You will be amazed how long it will last.

It's the main problem with modern mobile devices. Battery usage and capacity are no longer in good balance. What we need is more compact batteries that have more capacity.

At the moment it's clearly a comprimise between battery size (thus capacity) and battery usage. It's up to you to see how much you want to comprimise.

And so far, with every HTC phone, after a few (radio rom) updates battery life increased.

And... what everyone seems to forget, when you first get your phone you will fiddle with it.. a lot.. And once you have it for like a week or two, you start using it differently. Usually ending up with better battery life!
[Desire General] Noiz:
Try to run it down to around 5-10% after each full charge, but don't let it go completely dead if you can avoid it. Do this a few times and you will notice an improvement. Plus of course, when the novelty wears off and you use it less the same will happen.

Back when I got my Touch HD it would only just last a day, but by the time I was on the upgrade path I could get 3 or 4 days out of it!
[Desire General] sajcobitsj:
Just to confirm, I was a bit worried at first about the battery life of the Desire. The first 2 days I could only manage to get 7 / 8 hours out of it. When I turned data sync off at night, it still lost 40% of the battery .. doing absolutely nothing.

However as mentioned before, I'm now on day 6 and now I can easily get 36 hours of browsing / texting / calling 2 hours + / even playing occasionally games. At night, without data sync, it drops just 4%.

So if you're worried about your newly acquired Desire's battery sucks, It really needs some calibration. After a few days it'll work as you wish. :)
[Desire General] jannen:
T-mob battery

Hmmm.. Not sure what T-mob is up to. They promised me a £20 credit to by a battery (they didnt have any in stock) then I received the battery in post. I called 150 and they confirmed the £20 credit is still there for the next bill...

I couldnt be happier with T-Mob! Besides this I got 100txt/100min, plus 60 min included to Eurasia, Internet and 40 free txt to Europe = all for £10 a month!

Now I just need a case for it... waiting for the PdAir one to come, had one for my Compact IV and loved it. Its the flip one that opens upwards not down, so wont mess with the hardware buttons.
[Desire General] Eggcake:
I really hope that's the case...

I got my Desire on Tuesday, first use was on Wednesday.

Yesterday (Friday) I put the Desire into Airplane Mode - I deactived everything. Turned off WLAN, mobile Internet, Syncing off manually before I went into that mode, just to be sure. When I went to bed, I had 72% battery left. When I woke up...50%...seriously, what the f...?!?!

8 hours of doing absolutely nothing uses 22% battery?! It's really annoying at the moment, absoluetly unusuable unless I'm home and know I can plug it in any second. When I'm out, I don't even dare to use mobile Internet, because even without it it only lasts till I get home (no WLAN, no mobile internet, just using it as a "telephone"...).
[Desire General] EroThraX:
You expect the phone to stay turned on without using any power? This isn't a dumb phone, it is running powerful components and 8 hours doing "nothing" is relatively long time and the power usage of keeping those components powered at idle levels is going to add up no matter what. If you can't bear to turn the phone off if you can't control your usage, carry a charger or battery you should have got a dumb phone.
[Desire General] MasDroid:
Bear in mind that the full capacity of the battery won't be reached until several charge/discharge cycles have been done, especially when you are using the battery for the first time on a new phone or on a phone with updated firmware. I noticed this while flashing custom ROMs on a previous handset. I'm sure we will also notice improved battery performance when firmware updates become available.
[Desire General] Eggcake:
So you wanna tell me 20% battery loss in 8hrs airplane mode is normal? I hope not.
[Touch2 Themes and Apps] garret_fun:
I prefer neat screen,so I am not using Touchflo and configuring my desktop thru Settings\Today\Items.However there are only built-in and limited shortcuts available in that section.How can I add in my intended software shortcuts, in order that I can select them by checking the corresponding optional boxes, and make them appear in my Today desktop?

Would anyone like to help?:confused: Thanks in advance...:)
[Touch2 Themes and Apps] czdjj:
Hi,

If I understand, you want to have shortcuts on today screen. I use this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=540158
[Touch2 Themes and Apps] garret_fun:
Thanks Dude!

I have checked the thread you recommended,and that software makes Today desktop be like that of a iphone.I might try it someday,but right now I just want to add in some choosable items while keeping the original style of Today.

Thanks for your help again!
[Click General] suoko:
anyone found an apk to try that home too ?

Sent from my HTC Tattoo using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Click General] t0nil0:
it would be funny:p
[Click General] Coburn64:
Oh yeah, like a Motorola UI on a HTC Tattoo.

Hm, interesting. One problem - widgets and co wouldn't be QVGA compatible, and parts would be missing, messy or just make you lol.
[Click General] suoko:
I bet Motorola is gonna ship qvga devices soon

Sent from my HTC Tattoo using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Yervand:
Couldn't find an appropriate, excising topic. If there is one, the could someone link me to it? I was searching, but didn't find it.

So...

htc.com/au/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=272&cat=2&dl_id=896

They say:

So does that mean our Magic can have the fancy user interface of HTC Hero officially now?

I'd download it and find out for myself, but eventually over there, on the bottom, where it says: "Enter your Serial Number:" it gives me:

"Sorry, this software download is not suitable for your device"

1. Any idea why? Could that be because I am going to a AU website for a US phone? =) If yes, then is there any way to go around it and still get that fancy Hero look?

2. I also can't even sync with the HTC Sync. It says "disconnected" all the time

Any thoughts?

Greatly appreciated...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] digitaljeff:
supposedly the htc drivers work better than the default android/google drivers.. google to find them..

and yes your right it wont work because its the australian update, and its for a different device, magics are different than mytouchs (hardware wise)..tmo didnt get a sense update for the mytouch ... there are some 32B sense roms, if you root your phone, but i think all are based on 2.1 and are pretty crappy... best thing is to wait untill you get an official 2.1 update for the mytouch.. summer i think..

also look in the dream section for sense roms, as the roms for the dream also work for the 32b (mytouch)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Yervand:
Hi. Thanks for your reply.

There is no drivers or anything of that sort for HTC MyTouch 3G on the HTC website:

htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g/downloads/

Can you (or someone else) help with this? Can you guys guide me or link me to a proper download?

Thanks...

Greatly appreciated...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] fregor:
What digitaljeff is trying to say here is that there isn't any official downloads for your version of the HTC Magic.

Any update concerning your device will or should be provided by T-Mobile when it's ready. As of now..there is none.

See this link:

http://androidandme.com/2010/01/phones/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-users-to-get-android-2-1-this-spring/

Your other option of "upgrading" would be by gaining root access on your device and programming it with a custom rom.

There are a lot of guides covering this matter in these forums.

See this for a wiki guide:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Sapphire_Hacking
[HD2 General] bangsters:
Hi.

I have configured my HD2 to connect to my mailserver via IMAP. I can receive just fine but I cannot send. I get this error:

The message(s) could not be sent. Check that you have network coverage and that your account information is correct. Then try sending again.

My settings are correct. I use the exact settings to connect my Mac Mail to my server, and I use the exact same settings to connect my android phone to my server. But this HD2 with WM6.5 is giving me problems sending emails out.

For outgoing, my server listens to both ports 25 and 587, so in my pocket outlook, to use the specific ports I included it in the outgoing URL mail.domain.com:587.

I have tried all sorts of combinations, none seem to work.

Please advice.

Thanks
[HD2 General] bangsters:
bump anyone? I know it's an issue with WM 6.1...but I have WM 6.5....any ideas?? I already called TMO and the tech I spoke with has no clue what to do...
[HD2 General] bangsters:
hey anyone care to chime in?? Really need to get my IMAP sending emails....

Thanks
[HD2 General] vplaza96:
I've seen a few posts on T-Mobile's HD2 forum where some people had to change the connection used by the SMTP server in Advanced Settings. Don't recall if it should have been "T-Mobile Data" or "T-Mobile Internet".
[HD2 General] bangsters:
Thanks! Uhmm... any link you can point me to? I'm really lost here and I've googled for days without any feasible solution. I've found a microsoft patch for the same exact issue but it was for WM 6.1 not 6.5....

thanks again.
[HD2 General] SEscobedo:
I'm actually having the same issue with my gmail account. I set it up and it doesn't take my password. I've verified its the correct password by going to gmail but its still not taking it.

I don't think its a carrier issue as its doing the same thing with wifi.
[HD2 General] Raadius:
I'm having the same issue, I can recieve, but cannot send. I ask TMO CSR, but they couldn't help me.
[HD2 General] bangsters:
I think the problem is the pocket outlook program itself. I installed flexmail and it works fine, although I do not like flexmail's interface.

Any suggestion?

If it helps we are trying to connect to a mailenable mailserver.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
PLZ PLZ PLZ can some1 help me with the bootanimation, I have the right file copied to Windows, its called : hTC_animated.gif

Now what is the problem?????

why cant i see it??

I am using Spike's ROM XperiLEO
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Draken Korin:
check \HKLMN\Software\HTC\HTCAnimation\StartupGif, change value to your file and give it a try
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] dadaja:
So the boot animation is .gif?

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
Hey thanx DrakenKorin, the funny thing is that my path ends at HTC

There isno fodler called 'HTCAnimation' anywhere???

Do I have to make one, if so, what do i set after that>?? there is a 'Startupanimation' folder though in HKLMN\Software\HTC

Can u plz help me??
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
HEY guys, what happens if i dont have a welcomehead....is it absolutely necessary???

and what happens if i delete a welcomehead.png and welcomehead..192.png
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] dadaja:
Yes, I also didn't find \HTCAnimation.
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
I have a .cab which will make the folder...do u want it??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Kr0kette:
Hi everyone,

sorry to bother you with such a beginner question but I'm trying to access /windows directory from my computer when my device is connected to it but I can't find it.

First, I thought we can't get to it and looked for an app to get the access but I don't find anything...

So, do you know a way to access /windows directory from your computer?

Thank you a lot!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
A Windows setting on your PC is hiding certain folders/files, and that extends to your phone when viewing the phone from the PC.

On your PC, in Windows Explorer or similar screen where you can see files and folders, click on Organize>Folder Options>View. Exactly where this is and what it's called depends on which version of Windows you have. Then select "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" and unselect "Hide protected operating system folders".
[Desire General] callummc:
I'd quite like a folder for games, a folder for travel apps, etc. is this possible?
[Desire General] JaykaySLO:
it`s only possible to have folders on home screens (all 7 of them). Touch + sign, folders and new folder. Once you have a folder in the "desktop" long-press gives you the option to rename it.

Just drag icon in that folder.
[Desire General] blackfox888:
Apps Organizer, this is awesome app to organise your apps into folder on your home screen, you can customise folder icon too.:)
[Desire General] korbi:
But there is no way to sort apps in the menu in folders?!? This makes the menu quite unusable, if you have a lot of apps installed...

Is there maybe an app, which takes care of that?

Or is it possible to mod sense, so that the 3 Buttons on the bottom ("arrow up" "phone "+") could be changed?
[Windows Mobile Themes] webpatrick:
I modified the default HD2 Bluetooth Taskbar Icons, made them a little smoother.
[Windows Mobile Themes] Aqrab:
nice job

i like it

thx
[Windows Mobile Themes] malhznoi:
good job

thank you
[Windows Mobile Themes] rickytr23:
nice thkz man
[Windows Mobile Themes] isoman4:
Excellent work!

Thanks!...the jagged bluetooth icon was annoying!
[Windows Mobile Themes] godgodgod:
(-.-)

I like this smooth one!

*thnx*
[Legend Accessories] srk23:
There does not appear to be a proclip for the HTC legend as yet - can anyone tell me if the one for the HTC hero also fits the legend? The shabe and design are very similar...

Thanks!
[Legend Accessories] Live4Racing:
I have a proclip for HTC Hero and its ok for me, the passiv one. The Legend is stable and i can use it when i drive.
[Legend Accessories] David67:
I have tried the Legend into the Iphone Brodit Holder and it steady enough,also because it has covered of velvet.
[Legend Accessories] srk23:
Thanks. I was particularly interested in the active holder. Anyone know if the connector lines up?
[Legend Accessories] gandalf027:
Great news!!

Also have the iphone one, gona try it :)