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[Desire General] lasombra79:
A great phone

As others already mentioned, there are some good and some bad things (especially compared with the iPhone)

I have my desire now for 3 weeks and I love it. It's an excellent handset (great display, fast processor). The display is far better than the iPhone, the same applies to the camera. The 5Mpx camera does a great job for daily snapshots and you can also record high quality videos. The phone is high configurable (much more than the iPhone is) and you are also able to use any mp3 as a ring tone (--> Ringdroid) which is not possible with the iPhone. There are different ways to connect the Desire (Android Phone) to your computer (Charge only, HTC Sync, Disk Drive, Internet Sharing). Using the "Disk Drive" mode makes the device available as a normal usb drive and you can put whatever you want - even so music. Thus your are not bound to iTunes and your music is not hidden in a cryptic folder structure or even encrypted so you can also use the Desire with your linux box (btw. I use banshee to sync your music).

Anothe advantage of the Andorid Phones is the real multi tasking. The only downside regarding to that is, that you have to kill some apps manually. I'd like to see for each ab a general menu button "exit" or "close" and no need for a separate application to kill running applications. I also like the the browser integration and the ability to go back. Let me explain that. If you are in a application, click on an ad, a browser window is opened. Now you can easily go back to the application, which shows up in the state as it was before. On the iPhone the browser would open, but the application is closed. So you would need to start the application again aferwards.

The default music player is not as good as the one of the iPhone. Also the ability to manage different email accounts (if not using gmail but some accounts you access by pop3 or imap) is much better in the iPhone.

The overall quality of the apps for the iPhone are much much better than for Android phones. Also the quantity of apps for Android is far behind. I'm pretty sure this will change in the future - but this needs time.

Form the sound perspective I do not hear any difference between the iPhone and the Desire. Both seem to have a good quality of sound and the volume is loud enough.
[Desire General] dexteral:
It seems from your comments that it is a better option as compared to the iphone 3gs or N900.

Iphone 3gs is around Rs. 66,000 ($ 785)

N900 is around Rs. 49,000 ($ 584)

HTC desire Rs. 62,000 ($ 738 )

so am guessing its worth the extra money over n900
[Desire General] Mokurex:
You're asking this question on a HTC Desire forum, what answer do you expect? :) LOL
[Desire General] dexteral:
i expect your "HONEST" experience with the phone :p
[Desire General] daverave999:
I've had mine for a few weeks now and I'm still immensely pleased with it. Coming from a SE C702 it's not difficult to be impressed, but it has lived up to my expectations.

Battery life is mildly worrying but then I can't leave it alone for more than ten minutes. I sit and surf on it all day in work between running samples, which means it is on wifi or 3G for about 6 hours solid. Using twitter and email too. Only got calendar and contacts to autosync. I have found that setting brightness to about 30% rather than auto makes a noticeable difference to the battery though. Considering the signal can be quite variable I've been coming home with about 50% battery left.

It's all been pretty painless in truth, though I did find it a bit overwhelming at first. All its features alone are good, but it's the integration that is so impressive. Just need to play with Sky Map or Streetview to see what I mean.

I would not hesitate to recommend, personally. It's not for everyone though. My lady doesn't like touchscreen keyboards for example...
[Desire General] Mokurex:
Do you care about Froyo?

I imagine in the next month or so, most people would be rooting their HTC Desire to flash a Nexus One rom.
[Desire General] rahulforlove:
Just realized, mine was the 100th vote for "Yes" :)

..my two cents worth -

1. Absolutely the best screen I have seen on a mobile phone. The visual experience is just awesome.

2. Having moved from a second generation iPhone, my expectations were not very high on the usability front. But the Desire just blows me away.

3. Best Wi-Fi I've ever had on a phone

4. Superb browsing experience - Top class.

5. Lastly, it's just a great phone - sound quality, connectivity etc - on the dot.
[Desire General] RaptorRVL:
When I first got my qtek S100 (mda compact) years ago I was very happy with it! It was my first smartphone and it felt sooo cool. And TomTom was very smooth back then!

I had loads of smartphones since then, and none of them made me feel that pleased again with a phone... Until now with the Desire.
[Desire General] JDouce:
charger connection is made of cheese... or something of a similar strength
[Desire General] dexteral:
wat u mean by cheese??:confused:

any ways going through what u guys said am gonna go with desire:D :D

but please discuss the good features of our HTC desire .....

for other users >> am seeing so many threads discussing problems and so less on the goods of HTC Desire.
[Desire General] dexteral:
Bought my HTC Desire. And am happy to report that after two weeks of playing with it I am very happy with it and would recommend all to buy HTC desire

For my opinion

I agree with the user I quoted in the first post

P.s. I sold my x1
[Windows Mobile] humrod:
Hi fellows, I have a problem here that I don't know where to look for: I'm working now with 23563 sys, in two resolutions: 192DPI and 96DPI.

I use the same Common files in both, but here is the problem: In the 192DPI device (diamond) the clock alarm work well, but in 96DPI devices (elfin and Opal) doesn't work. In fact the phone screen light, but no sound and no message. I suposse the problem could be in the Oem or Ext packages, but the donnor ones for the elfin and the opal came from diferent sources.

I will appreciate any clue or suggestion, cause it is happens me from some sys.
[Windows Mobile] + Que PPC:
Yep, I know this is a common trouble since long time here and in HTC spain, remember? well i guess you need to start from scratch ;) dump a rom grab the fresh OEM and try it...
[Windows Mobile] humrod:
yeah my friend! but i was hopefull if anyone has solved it. I will keep working on it.

Saludos
[Windows Mobile] saurabh88:
yes have same problem in 23566,68 in elfin dude..
[XPERIA X10 General] sinox124:
Just got my x10 few days ago.

was trying to link it to my car via bluetooth.

I have a 09 mazda 6

the bluetooth hands free and aduio works well with my previous device, which is x1.

but for x10, it shows that link is successfull, but when i play the music, there is no sound comes out from the car's speaker at all.

so then I tried with hands free, so i make my frd to call me, the display of the car does show the number, but when i picked up the phone call, my frd's voice wont come out from the car's speaker as well, it comes out on the phone's speaker, during the main time, both car's mic and the mic in the phone, wont get my voice, my frd didnt hear anything.

my other frd, which owns a 09 arcura tsx have the exactly same problem with me.

does anyone else have the same problem with me ?
[XPERIA X10 General] Diamond777:
I have the same issue with my connectors in my car (mercedes benz 09 12V) hands-free and stereo syncs with the X10 but does nothing at all. I think this is in particular a bug to be fixed with the Android update. I dont really mind since I use the car´s system to bump it up.
[XPERIA X10 General] sinox124:
hopefully the 2.1 will fix this, thks bro.
[XPERIA X10 General] envision29:
Connection to car audio system via auxiliary cable

Hi, I am new to the forum and this is my first post.

I tried to connect my X10 via auxiliary cable to my car's audio system and I am able to hear music through my car speakers but if I want to use this method to call someone I can hear the ringing and the other person through car speakers but they cannot hear me, even if I speak directly to the phone's mic. The only way they can hear me if I unplug the auxiliary cable from the phone. Does anyone know if there's a solution to this ? Thanks,
[XPERIA X10 General] arcticreaver:
i have nissan 370z touring with bluetooth. works fine my with car. shows phone number and i can place calls and receive calls fine.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Hi - I've got a few bluetooth options - A retro fit bluetooth kit integrated into the car stereo for my work phone - which work with my X10 too.. A sun visor mounted blue tooth kit.. which works fine.. and a jabra bluetooth headset.. which also works fine.. !!
[XPERIA X10 General] Bin4ry:
Sorry for that.

The bluetooth works for me very well in my car. Renault Megane '09

-Bin4ry
[XPERIA X10 General] sinet2020:
Hi

I connect to a Parrot 3100 with no real issues. I did get better performance when putting the latest firmware on my parrot.

The issues I DO have is from the key lock. If its on, I have many issues with phonebooks, answering calls and ending them.

cheers

Sinet2020
[XPERIA X10 General] ronj1986:
To fix this you need to plug in the sony adapter that came with your phone, then plug in your auxiliary cable to that adapter then your car system. The x10 doesn't recognize mic that aren't manufactured by Sony, so they have to pass through the adapter for someone to hear you on the other end.
[XPERIA X10 General] johndub71:
I am trying to use my x10 with nokia's bluetooth carkit 7w. I get an connection, then it disconnects, shows its connected on the top of the screen, but i'll be buggered if it is. I have to reboot the phone to get it to connect, and then o repeat the sequence of events. If this is a compatibilty issue, can anyone recomend a carkit?
[XPERIA X10 General] jerrytea:
X10 connected to Toyota Prius hands-free with no problem. But turn on X10's bluetooth before turning on your car.
[XPERIA X10 General] wrongfeifong:
Sound like most of you guys showing off your car more fine

My bluetooth have the same problem (chrysler pacifica 06) and locale suck as i have to flip on the phone for bt to turn on.

It is 50 50 chance it pair up for me
[XPERIA X10 General] chongbh:
I have no problem receiving incoming calls via my car HU, JVC double din Touch Screen DVD HU.

I have not test on the music portion though.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] SchmediumTux:
I have pulled some apk's off of my phone, so that I can share them, and uninstall and reinstall them as I please. The only issue I'm having with them is very small. I'm not able to update the apps after installing them from estrong's file explorer because they don't show up as "downloaded" in the app market. Is there any way to load them so that they are able to be updated through the market? Thanks in advance for the help!!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] danknee:
The paid version of Titanium Backup preserves apps market links, this is the only backup app that I have seen to do this.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] SchmediumTux:
That's cool.. I pulled the apks off manually.. I'll have to check out the Titanium Backup paid version to use from now on.. I wonder though, if Titanium Backup has found a way to load those apps back in, shouldn't there be a way that we can do it?
[XPERIA X10 General] hkfwhh:
On the key lock screen, press "menu > back > back > menu > back > menu > menu > back" :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X10 General] Bunx:
nice ;) thnx ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] noblackthunder:
nice ;) works greate her
[XPERIA X10 General] Legend112:
cool, how did you find out?

Sent from my X10i using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[XPERIA X10 General] QuadESL63:
Service Menu: on keypad/dialer enter *#*#4636#*#*
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
mine is an indoesnian made x10i. lol
[XPERIA X10 General] hkfwhh:
I search from the web :D
[XPERIA X10 General] hkfwhh:
Try to run the "earphone" test, and then press "volume up". I think the volume has increased. :confused:
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
didn't work for me, what could i be doing wrong? the key lock screen is the black screen when the phone is locked and when you press the first "menu" it'll turn on the screen and wait for you to unlock but i just keep on pressing "back > back > menu > back > menu > menu > back""

right?
[XPERIA X10 General] hkfwhh:
Turn on the screen and then press "menu > back...."
[XPERIA X10 General] charlie42:
Hmm when i was testing it, the earphone volume was pretty high, but when i got back and tried to make a phonecall, it was again quite low. But it showed that it is possible to have it louder :)
[XPERIA X10 General] Astral07:
still nothing :(
[XPERIA X10 General] hkfwhh:
Make sure you are pressing the correct button
[XPERIA X10 General] bider:
Sent from my X10i using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
hey guys,

questions for you. when you do *#*#4636#*#* in dialer pad, you will get into the testing mode. When you get into the phone information section, and click the menu button there is a tap called "Select Radio Band" Does anyone have tried to play with it???
[XPERIA X10 General] saltorio:
My only option there is "USA band".
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
mine has automatic, europe, USA, Japan, Australia & Australia2 on the list. i currently havt tmobile usa sim card. so cant test out the band frequency.

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[XPERIA X10 General] ballubas:
wow! nice!!
[XPERIA X10 General] ardf69:
It's interesting Service tests->Security. If we could disable SEMC...

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 General] Lordje:
I'm not sure if this works for all Phones in the X10 Series.

(for example: on my X10 mini Pro it doesn't work).

Maybe you need to use the following combination:

middle, right, right, middle, right, middle, middle, right.

or in other words:

Home, Back, Back, Home, Back, Home, Home, Back.

You still need to do this when the screen is in locked mode... (screen is on but locked).

It worked for me!!
[XPERIA X10 General] m24mura:
It doesn't seems to work on 2.1.

Anyone know how to get into the test mode in 2.1?
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
instead of menu, use home button (middle one)

home, back, back, home, back, home, home, back

of cuz, it have to be the lockscreen is on. :)
[XPERIA X10 General] m24mura:
Thanks njf!
[XPERIA X10 General] njfpolyr6:
u welcome...
[XPERIA X10 General] Crowds:
its not menu its home
[XPERIA X10 General] Crowds:
Must change to "home > back > back > home > back > home > home > back"
[XPERIA X10 General] PoTi_96:
LoL i read that a few weeks ago in an other thread
[XPERIA X10 General] asmanthebell:
WIN!

Good find, show all custom Info and a good test tool for phone.:)
[XPERIA X10 General] silv3rfox:
I didn't work after the update to 2.1 on my X10

Any ideas ?
[XPERIA X10 General] PoTi_96:
Yes, get a job...

And if u wanted to write "It didnt work":

Yes, read->think->post then u'll find the answer

Home, back, back, home, back, home, home, back...
[XPERIA X10 General] Aero2007:
I did this code, it brought me to the testing screen but nothing for earpiece testing. It had phone info, battery info, battery history and one other but nothing for the earpiece.
[XPERIA X10 General] Aero2007:
Vibration and in-call volume are great in test mode but when you go back to the device, it's crap again. No wonder SE thinks there is nothing wrong with it. Test mode is perfectly fine. Maybe several of them should actually use the phone as a personal device instead of just testing.
[XPERIA X10 General] AKA_Rizzo:
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
[XPERIA X10 General] kobolt99:
Agree with aero2007, in test mode sounds good but when going back to normal mode, everything stays as it was before... Or am I doing something wrong?
[XPERIA X10 General] rpavich:
Neither code seems to work for me...I'm using Cobrato's MIUI rom.

Any ideas?
[XPERIA X10 General] efx_d3:
apparently does not work in rom TW07 =)
[XPERIA X10 General] batman_112:
Install the attached app. It should take you straight to the service (test) menu.
[XPERIA X10 General] maisondouf:
Service Menu apk send "Force Close" on Froyo...
[XPERIA X10 General] batman_112:
I have only ever used it on stock 2.1. So I am unaware what is the issue on Froyo.
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
Cool! I didn't have to pull out my cheat sheet or go to the lock screen!
[XPERIA X10 General] stan.s:
USA Only, too.

I was looking on the "Set Preferred Network Type" which is very interesting... (I have the LAM Generic 2.1)

WCDMA Preferred

GSM Only

WCDMA Only

GSM Auto (PRL)

CDMA Auto (PRL)

CDMA only

EvDo only

GSM/CDMA Auto (PRL)

Unknown

I can't select the EvDo button. And what is "Unknown" ?

Changing to GSM/CDMA auto (It was WCDMA Preferred), put the word: GLOBAL on the "Network Preferences button" of the Mobile Networks Settings Page, opening that selection subset, it has the usual "GSM/WCDMA Preferred," 'GSM Only' and 'WCDMA Only' but none of them were checked. Checking one changed the Network Mode: Global on the previous menu to the selection. Going back into the Testing menu, the selection reflects the choice you made, e.g., I checked GSM/WCDMA Preferred and it has WCDMA Preferred selected now in the Testing sub-menu.

I tried Unknown and it just shows as "Global" on the Network Mode submenu of the Mobile Networks. Same three sub selections as before. After a Lock Screen, it came up with a Select Preferred Network menu.

I can get "H" network and appropriate speeds wtih the "global" non-selection.

I was going to post pngs of the pages, but I don't seem to be allowed attachments anymore. :(
[XPERIA X10 General] keijames:
X10 test Mode

How does entering test mode help with low volume issue ?
[XPERIA X10 General] canna666:
i tried the menu back back thing but its not working with wolfbreaks tw009 rom bb54 does anyone know a different way to show how many sim unlocks i have left?
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Because youi are running modded ROM. To access this menu:

Long press on Home screen > Shortcut > Activities > Scroll down and find Service Test > Select Service Test (first menu). Then you will got the shortcut for service test on home screen.
[XPERIA X10 General] baz@gmx.co.uk:
NOTE: if you have "cleaned up" your apps then you might have un-installed this menu, use above link for 2.1 only.

:D
[XPERIA X10 General] canna666:
nope my phone does'nt have Activities in shortcuts but thanks anyway :) i'll flash back to stock it'll be easier and probaly fix android market 3.0 on wolfbreaks tw009 rom it won't let pay for apps the market force closes when i click to pay

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[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
:confused: I have it when I was running Wolfbreaks TW009 :confused:
[XPERIA X10 General] canna666:
hmm thats wierd i should have it then, by long press homescreen do you mean menu>add>shortcut>.... if so ive looked there bout 20times now. Ive already flashed to stock and back which didnt fix android market 3.0 i have to flash a different rom or go back to stock just to buy apps i know market 3.0 isnt supported in the uk just dont understand why i can download free apps and ones already paid for but when i click to buy a app the market force closes anyone know why? or how to fix on wolfbreaks TWv009 bb54

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[XPERIA X10 General] hemo1001:
I'm using miui ... could find shortcuts
[XPERIA X10 General] 10assaye:
Thanks, works on 2.2 wolf v009
[XPERIA X10 General] rrmike1:
And Freex10 as well....
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jerrymc2:
my rom is mighty rom impact (wm6.5.3), whose top bar is quite narrow than that in other roms with os wm6.5, which makes it harder to press the top bar to activate the notification manager when there is a notification.

so i'm wondering if there is anyway to make a short of notification manager or relate it to a hard key? like double click the back key to show the nofitications?

any reply would be appreciated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] burtonsnow8:
Start > Settings > Personal > Buttons

You should be able to set up a command and link it to a button.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] steviewevie:
You need to post in the EnergyROM thread ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] twopumpchump:
thread closed, you need to ask in the appropriate rom thread not start a new one.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Bandare:
I've had this on the phone since I got it and have been really excited to give it a try on a clear sky with a good moon in the sky.

Last night I took it outside late, and gave it a go but I was very disappointed. While the information is there I found it very difficult to really use. I pointed my desire at the moon and found that I had to turn almost 60 degrees to actuaLLY SEE THE MOON in the screen. I thought this might have been down to the compass needing to be calibrated so I went to that app and did a figure of eight and went back to the google sky app.

Sadly, the same thing happened.

Any suggestions or thoughts?
[Desire Themes and Apps] andycted:
First time I've tried it I had to turn about 10-20 degrees to see the moon correctly. Some time passed, I calibrated the compass by turning 4 times the phone on the 3 axis and last night it was almost spot on.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Bandare:
on the 3 axis?
[Desire Themes and Apps] Anon87:
watch what this guy does at 1:25 into the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWImzTUYoy0
[Desire Themes and Apps] Bandare:
okasy... will try again tonight, thanks :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] Semicuda:
He's doing it wrong... you have to wave the device before clicking OK. The calibration screen will then disappear automatically :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] The_Stranger:
Are you sure you have the correct location? You can manually put that in in the menu somewhere...
[Desire General] anshulk87:
I installed the Asphalt game from the market and now there are close to 180 ogg files named raw* in my music player list. Is there anyway to get rid of them without unistalling the game?

I don't want to use some other music player since I like the default one's widget
[Desire General] flitjes:
Create a file with notepad and give it no name and the extention .nomedia place this in the directory that contains the items you don't want to be displayed in your media player and your problem is solved.

So you will end up this: ".nomedia" it's totaly empty but this is the way 2 go.
[Desire General] anshulk87:
Worked perfectly.. Thanks!
[Desire General] entropy:
Is there a similar approach to sorting images? The albums they show up in seem to be quite random. I'd like to define only certain folders to grab images from for the albums. I just can't figure out to manage photo albums at all.
[Desire General] lambrospower:
i did it and worked at first but now i see them in music player. they are scanned again

edit: a restart fixed the issue and now they don't appear
[Desire General] iLHaNroID:
Does it work with video files too? also wondering if it is anyhow possible to hide applications in program listing?
[Desire General] zaphyr:
tried this, as my audio book files showed up in the music player, and it works...but...it also removes the audio book files from the audio book player! :( So I had to remove the .nomedia file again to be able to listen to my books
[Desire General] balancedesign:
thanks! worked :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] exiilez:
There is an app on the iPhone called Talking Cark, you can check it out here.

I was just wondering if it is possible to get this for the HD2 or atleast something similar. It just seems like a simple and useless appbut yet I could have alot of fun with.

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Archer:
Can you search in future please. There's enough duplicate posts in the forums as it is. And please don't say you did search. Click search and type talking carl and press enter. You didn't search.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] exiilez:
I did search in fact. I knew it was there.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Audio Oblivion:
so why did you feel it necessary to create a new thread?