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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Rurph:
i never owned a smartphone before, so when i decided to get one, i was torn between HD2, Nexus 1, Iphone 3gs and Blackberry 9700. i made my mind, when for the first time i saw this phone in a retail shop with its astonishingly massive screen. Frankly saying though, there were other reasons for getting it: like got it for £65 with a 12 months contract, could not be bothered paying upfront and shipping Nexus 1 from the States (it was early Feb), iphone 3gs was locked and blackberry 9700 - i know, what i was thinking :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] arkatis:
Used to had an iPhone 3g and i loved it! But i moved on with HTC..just wanted something new to try... Since i got my HD2 my life runs on a 1GHZ and 576mb ram...yeap! That fast.... hahahaha ;)

Love it and i must say that iPhone looks like a little pissed kid in front of this Monster Phone!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
Went with the HD2 because I wanted the larger screen and capability of porting Android 2.2 to it. Came from a Cliq XT that is on Android 1.5 and still waiting for the OTA update to 2.1. Prior to the Cliq XT, I was on an iPhone 3G which now my son has.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] DestructDez1:
I spent about 1 year following the production of the HD2. From what I've seen the HD2 was the more advanced phone available to the market for the price of a 'Super' phone. Started with a nokia in <---2002 then moved to a Samsung which gave me my first taste of what a phone can do. After 2004 I bought the tmous Wing then tmous touch pro 2 then tmous HD2 the day after it came out. I've never seen a phone more powerful than the HD2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cam_hamlin:
I traded a G1 and a Blackberry Bold 9700 for one...I did it b4 Android was stable for it but I knew for a fact that the fellas over here at XDA would have Android crackin on it in no time....best decision ever...HD2 is a Monster I tell ya..!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dennis-:
the only reason i got the hd2 was because the vibrant was not available at the time my old bb died. of course the screen size and processor were a good sellign point. that and knowing i could run android on it so i knew i wasnt stuck with winblows
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dirtysouthd:
Got a vibrant for my daughter and the hd2 was free. I had done everything I wanted with my captivate so I gave it to my girlfriend so I would have something to hack lol. Ppl trip when they see my hd2 with ATT running Android. I like goin to the cell phone stores and ask em questions to see em confused. plus it looks like a man's phone and the captivate looks like a girl phone beside it.

Sent from my HTC HDroid2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bryanpen:
HTC is the ultimate king of smartphones!

I have had these HTC phones since i been with T-mobile and it all started with a T-mobile MDA, in no specific order; 2 Mda's, an unlocked Tilt, Diamond, had 3 G1 one of each color, euro version Kaiser, 2 Shadows green and bronze, Touch pro 2, Startrek 3130, and now i have my second HD2 because the first one fell in the sink while full of water. ouch. Nothing can top HD2. it has android now and before you know it we will be playing with WP7. (very hopeful) This phone is a beast and it gets stronger and stronger everyday. Rename it to HD Ultimate. and I only mentioned htc phones out of all the countless others that i had.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bteljuice:
Hey guys, I have a question for all you experts out there.

So I have a TP2 and android is not stable. Have a few questions if someone could help me please.

1- As far as I understand, Android works perfectly on HD2, no problems, no glitches and is smooth (please correct me if I am missing something). So do you advice me to get a HD2 with Dual boot or get a HTC Desire or SGS?

My main question is, does it run the same way Android based phones do or is there a drawback?

How about applications, do they all work the same way they work on android based phones.

Please help me out, I have been going to every thread of different phones trying to make my mind.

HD2 = 370$

Desire= 450$

SGS = 450$

Desire HD= 750$

Please, do not compare the price, im just showing that all prices are close to each other(except for ACE), so It is not a money issue, I am just wondering if the Android on HD2 runs as smooth as Android based devices.

And what phone would you suggest if you were in my position to choose from (top 3)

EDIT: Sorry, thought I posted this in the lounge section. Will post there
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] akbisw:
First off, HD2 is like 250 these days. I bought mine for $250, the guy didnt know how to use Winmo so he basically gave me his new phone away for 250. Now on HD2, Android runs like that perfect wife/gf that every man wants. It comes in all android flavors u could possibly immagine :p and it runs them faster than most Android devices today and ON PAR with all HIGH end android devices today except from galaxy which only brings in a better gpu but nonetheless, I dont think Ill upgrade my phone in the next 1.5 years or so. Also, ordered a 2600ma battery which will make my hd2 last for 2 days.

Your choice. I love HD2, previously owned Nokia X6($300) and it sucked major time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] papabear:
I got mine due to price, wm, and th fact tht i can run android and not have to pay extra for interweb.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qipengart:
Loving my HD2 still. The Desire HD ROM working mad well.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ala380:
I bought it primarily for it's screen size because I use my phone as an ereader. Windows Mobile wasn't a deal breaker for me as I had a wing once upon a time and had lots of wm apps. I also had confidence that Android would be ported to the HD2 and, thankfully, I didn't have to wait long. I love this phone and it will be a while before I upgrade.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ax0r:
I actually started with the Nexus One but as the development of android got better and better i decided to switch. Traded my n1 for a HD2 + $250.. not bad :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xoomer:
I bought all three of mine from a family that decided it wasn't the phone for them for $150.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ultramag69:
Android phones are just now really starting to take off in Australia. I prefer the flexibility to swap and change between Winmo and Android. Besides, its cool pointing out to people I have a choice and they don't.... :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] niteman1969:
Opening an old thread I know, but i bought mine only last month after seeing an article

in a uk computer magazine called micromart about reflashing this phone to android or

even windows phone 7.

After previously having a nexus one (stolen) , an iphone 3gs (still here but retired )

a samsung galaxy s ( still here but retired ) i loved the idea of tinkering with this

phone.

I must admit i love all this flashing and hackery stuff, after previously getting a

samsung netbook to run macos, as well as modding the original xbox and controllers

and stuff, it appealed to me. I like messing about with new things.

I originally flashed it with android and loved it but had a real yearning to try wmp7

and the live services, as well as a problem with never being to hear it ring in the

roms that i tried because the volume of he ringer in android was pathetic on multiple

roms that i tried.

I am now using it as a daily driver with boyppc's latest wmp7 rom , did i mention that I'm on xbox live?

Love the clean interface of wmp7 and am loving the hd2 running it.

Also the nodo update has made it faster.

I love the fact that if wmp7 goes the way of the dodo that I can go back to android.

In fact once i get a bigger sd card I will probably do the dual boot thing, because there

are certain things like wifi tethering, proper camera driver, proper multitouch and mass

storage support that wmp7 is not there yet.

So wmp7 will be main os and android secondary for tethering, camera and video purposes.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] niteman1969:
Forgot to mention, I also love the way wmp7 uses the sd card as internal phone memory at kernal level.

NOT loving Zune though.......
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bbot3k:
lol

some guy wanted to trade his barely used tmobile hd2 for my tmobile motorola cliq. straight up. i could not believe this. some guy on craigslist wanted to trade for my old phone (moto cliq) to get android, lawl.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] steve austin:
i was a fool. I was resistant to moving to android because I was a windows guy forever. I read about the HD2 overseas and I was salivating at the 4.3 screen. I watch a lot of movies so I was eager to get it. I got impatient and did not want to wait for the hd7 because i hoped that the new version of windows could be ported over - and it was. if i was not so adverse to change I probably would not have the hd2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
because i bouight it before android was even possible on the device
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] warrenb213:
Microsoft's biggest advancement into smartphones was the hd2 in my opinion. Enterprise level domain managable, big screen, HTC sense to pretty it up...and then to look at the specs sheet...it's obvious this hardware was meant to run win phone 7 in the first place(little known history).

Since then the reasons to love have grown.

This phone boots more OS' than any competitor. Its an amazing little device. Definitely gets attention...especially from phone techies. Gotta love it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] redplate:
Because i can test all available operating systems on this device :-) linux is just great. That counts for andro also for ubuntu. Winmob6.5 is ok and wp7 sucks big apples. So its good to have the possibility to choose your favourite system. Also its great hardware specs are a big reason for it

Sent from my HTC HD2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tmihai20:
I was thinking of selling it to a friend of mine and getting a Samsung Galaxy S, now that the price is lower. We don't live in the same cities, so he managed to find a HD2 from a friend/co-worker (with still 7 months of warranty) and he bought it, so I still have mine. After seeing my HD2 he was eager to have one of his own (his N97 got damaged), not even I was able to convince him to buy a Samsung Galaxy S (he's not the techie type, but he is a fast learner :) ). I think I will keep it just to test whatever OS will be ported in time. I will definitely get an Android phone as a daily device if I will have the opportunity.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hoss_n2:
no android phones avaliable in my country , exept x10 i which i got and it is much more slower than hd2 android , that is why i got hd2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] actasci:
well, i was using iphone 3gs, i was planning to buy iphone 4. but i wanted to try different thing, and turkcell came to me with a great deal. and i bought it. if that was a android phone, i'll probably using android phone right now.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qipengart:
Nice. What is interesting is that we have a lot of switchers from the iPhone :D.

Also I was talking to the T-Mobile rep a few days ago and it seems like the HD2 hasn't been selling as much during the past few weeks like the way it was selling out during its first few weeks when it was coming out and the stock was running out all of the time then.

Seems like there hasn't been a resurgence of sales since finding out that Android and HD2 go together lately?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kabuk1:
I also was not initially interested in running Android, I got my HD2 for the hardware specs & because I knew it was gonna be the last REAL WinMo phone released ever again(cause I'm sappy like that). Only recently did I try using android as my full-time OS, and it's really the bee's knees. I really love WinMo, but Android is just so fluid and integrated. All the apps & the OS work together & get along so well, it's like a really good acid trip or something.

Plus it always makes me feel quietly 1337 everytime I see someone with a straight android phone, cause I can totally pwn them with my dual-booting nerd-phone :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] KrewsialNL:
My BlackBerry Bold got stolen and i could pick (yes, you read that correctly, i could pick) a new one from T-Mobile NL :D

Instantly i ran to the HTC HD 2. It's a badass phone. When i got the phone i wasn't even aware of the Android port.

I started with the Android porting since 2 weeks ago or something. I'm one very happy camper. I like the phone running WinMO, but i adore it running Android :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vodovodo:
4.3" screen

design is great

camera is better than most of the androids with flash

1ghz

very good battery !

actually its the best spec u can find for an android

PLUS..... who doesnt love to have another option like the HTC sence and SPB mobile sheel :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matziq:
Work gave it to me and I said kthanx! and promptly stuck android on it much to their chagrin. I love it!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kerman19:
Yes I did, and Yes, it is. He's probably on 2.1 and it's probably loaded up with junk in which case the Desire is slower than the HD2, just like my dads sock 2.1 desire is a lot slower than my Desire.

The HD2 can only match the Desire, Nexus and EVO because the hardware is identical, simple as that, I've stated in a previous post that for some reason Quadrant reports high I/O scores for the HD2 due to running off SD card, which is actually slightly inaccurate.

When the scores are broken down, they are all identical in quadrant, however, the UI experience of a native Android is better, and so it should be.

Don't get me wrong, I love my HD2, but I'm not going to sit here and act like it's hardware performs some sort of miracle.

Phil
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] widmer:
I switched to the HD2 b/c it was free for 1 day only here and my phone was over 3 years old. It was time for a change, so I made the jump.

4.3" nice resolution screen

Snapdragon

HTC Sense to cover up WinMo (they did a good job too)

Not the iphone

And finally, faith in the XDA community to make the HD2 awesome :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joe5179:
Same here!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jamesjf:
The other half already had the HD2 as she preferred the phone over the old Samsung Galaxy, but preferred Android.

I'm getting an HD2 next week when my contract is due for renewal, because I think it's a better looking phone than the others, and I like being able to use WinMo if I want.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ronn888:
$5.99 data plan

I have been a TMOUS customer for a long time and have a $5.99 data plan and wanted an android phone bad. All straight android phones will require you to upgrade to android data plan when google detects it's an android. HD2 and android allows me to use 3G and H+ data, on android, AND only pay $5.99 per month for data. It's a win win for me :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zoth:
HD2 is still on of the best hardware around, now with Android it kicks A$$....simply put.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eosrider:
because the droid X is trash and our ports of android run way faster. HA
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] skylinepigeon:
because i have tmobile... i woulda jumped at any good android phone if they had one. But I would like to say that windows has really grown on me, and after installing cookie home tab, I think it is might nicer looking than android. the only reason i have installed android on my phone is because of the app store.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] souljaboy:
its the cheapest and best looking of all , stoopid question
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jelliottz:
I bought mine back in March. It was the best on the market, and I am well versed in WinMo hacking. At that point I was under the impression we would be getting windows phone 7. Then came the 3 button rule. I happily settled into daily 6.5 life. Then the ability to boot android came about and what do you know? It is full if awesomeness.

At least once a week I get a comment on my phone, usually something similar to "what the hell kind of phone is that?" It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I still think it is the best looking phone available, and I have yet to find someone with a phone it can't compete with spec wise.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] poweroutlet:
You sure about that? I've compared my HD2 running shubcraft 1.5 to a nexus one, both at 1ghz and there was no difference that I could tell.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hoss_n2:
same here i compared hd2 with mattc rom to a 2.2 desire , and hd2 is a little faster, and has proper multitouch
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bertakuche@aol.com:
my beloved hd2

i work a grave yard shift every friday night, and every friday night i spend my 2hr break on xda. when i saw news of a capacitive winmo phone i was sold (no more stylus and i could cut my fingernails finaly). Then tmous had a coming out partyfor the hd2... bogo sale, so i got one for me and the wife. All the phones i have ever had were winmo (treo--motorola q--touch pro--touchpro2 ) and i defended that os and still do. Its just android is fun. Something new. And im glad my hd2 and xda allow me to enjoy them both.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] polo735:
I got my HD2 at a charity auction. It was the cheapest item up for auction. I wanted the phone because I can run it on my provider without a data plan.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] daemonfly:
I got it at release (TMOUS) and IMHO it was the best out at the time, especially for the price I paid for it ($99). I was upgrading from a "simple" Samsung T401g from Net10, and had no experience with either WinMo or Android at the time anyway.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maqsur:
Got it first day it came out (tmo us); I had an unlocked blackberry storm, first with verizon - got fed up with paying arm/leg for nothing. got even more plus plan, but only edge speeds on the storm. decided i needed a 3g phone.

Was going to go simple, even considered nokia nuron, but playing with phone i was unimpressed. Had heard online lust for the hd2, so I checked it out at the t-mo store.

Loved the high resolution and large screen, so that right there sold me on the phone. I never used win-mo before that, or android.

had played with motorola cliq, wasn't impressed, but that android was 1.4.8. when i tried the initial builds in the past month, i have been steadily more impressed, and am now using it much more often than winmo.

Almost considered buying vibrant, but heard it was a flimsy phone, and didn't want to spend 500 bucks on another phone, now that hd2 can run both android and winmo.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] qipengart:
The vibrant is a lovely phone :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] veda_sticks:
Ive been an android fan since before even the g1 came out. Ive been a linux user for a long time. many years ago i had a tmobile mda varia, which was always being tweaked and customised with different roms and software. it was an alright phone. but then android got a rough port that kinda worked. anyway. when my contract was up, the g1 came out. and that was me sold. again that phone was always being tweaked and flashed, until it started playing up. the screen was good, capacitive but it was no where neer an iphone screen.

I sold it to a pawn shop as wifi stopped working complelty and had weird touch screen glitches and went back to my old mda varia until my contract was up.

I really wanted an android phone but new about the HD2. after much research on the desire and HD2 i decided to go for the desire (despite reading about problemns desire users were having, like certain grey scales appearing pink, and people prefering the hd2;s screen to the desires amoled)

Well, tmobile were out of stock and with no date for more stock, i went with the HD2. This was way before android was even running. Back in september i got the HD2 (when devs were stuck at kernel seg faults)

At first, i loved the phone. But right away i was finding bugs in windows mobile left right and centre. Flashing custom roms helped, but things always bogged down, and bugs reapear.

The novelty of having such a large screen, fast cpu and loads of ram wore of quick, and the phone was no more than fancy hardware that can browse the internet, run messenger, take pics and run messenger.

then android started to pick up, now im running android most of the time. Only tie i go to windows is to use usb tethering at home.

At first i was dispointed that i had went to windows mobile, but now im glad i didnt go for the desire. HD2 with senseless build of android kicks ass, even with the present bugs which are slowly getting ironed out.

The camera apps in android alone make android worth it. camera 360, fx camera, retro camera, snapshot photo pro. Better keyboard is a big win for me.

Theres so much more development with android than there is windows. seems that android is much easier to do stuff with
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Phenomenon:
I just bought it through the Tmobile plan and because after reading about it I just thought it was great. I didn't even expect for Android to be ported over, but that was an extra plus. At the time, and probably present time too, it was the best phone with the best specs. I actually love running it with windows. I barely use the android OS unless I want to play some games or something. It's really a great business phone on Windows and great whatever phone in Android. With it so close to being perfected there's nothing about this phone not to like. Only recommendation about getting this phone is to flash the ROM to another version. Factory Roms always suck.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] clauswl:
I run both android and windows on my HD2 which I really like, however, windows is my choice. It just seems like the barts contact manager does it for me, so easy to look up, edit and dial contacts. I also find winmo fairly easy to use and the voice dialer works 99.9%. Android is cool and all, but I feel like so far it is more oriented to the end user that does not need business app like ms office etc. Certainly android as bunch of cool games and app windows does not have, and vice versa. Also battery life is far better for me in windows (about 1.5-2 days).

Either way, I had a moded HTC winmo phone for years, and was way ahead of many other people (had touch flo on the mda and wing, as well android on the wing), and could not immagine another type of phone (dual boot rocks!).

The touch pro 2 is also an awesome phone wth the widely spaced hard keyboard, but too bad memory and processor are so limiting... my wife loves the inhereted TP2 though.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Garrylufc:
I got my hd2 Nov 2009 and it was by far the most advanced phone on the market at the time. The best android phone was the hero which compared to this was pretty lame.This machine is the greatest bit of tech I have ever had, and doing everything that we are doing with it now proves that. Long live the LEODROID. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] smuvman:
five words why i got a Hdroid

Android and big ass screen!