yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Just spoke to HandTec live support.

Apparently, they have a 'small' shipment coming tomorrow (25/11/2010) which should cover SOME but NOT ALL orders.

The 'large' shipment is due early next week which should cover the rest of people's orders.

Regarding the small shipment due tomorrow, they will update the site with the allocation... so the earlier you pre-ordered, the more chance you will have in being allocated tomorrows stock.

They will also start dispatching the small stock tomorrow.
[Desire HD General] nmyseteroious:
Ordered Oct. 28th, I guess I am not getting it tomorrow then... sigh T_T
[Desire HD General] prank1:
I ordered 21st Oct... hope I make the batch tomorrow.
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
Ordered 15'th Oct. Hope I will too :confused:
[Desire HD General] prank1:
15th Oct will probably make it.. seen as how the last delivery had a cut-off point of 13th October.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
I ordered on 18th. I hope i make it :)
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Some guy that ordered from Clove on 9/30/2010 wrote yesterday:
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
my order was placed on the 18th so i hope that i can make it :D :D

love you handtec
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
Handtec updated:
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
i looooooooooooooooooooove yoooooooooooooooou even that the date of thursday is wrong but i loooooooooooooove yoooooooooooou
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Yeeeeeeesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Excellent.
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY dam man delays do create friends :P

hope we share experience after we get the phone cuz it's my first android phone
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
definitely dude! my first android phone too :)
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
and it will be my first android too lol
[Desire HD General] themonkster:
I've been with Orange since the dawn of man and have great loyalty discounts and Orange care is the best insurance I've come across. I won't be jumping ship. 25.00 pm 900 mins, unlimited txt and net. If I can get the phone for free and stay on this tariff I'll be very happy.

Sent from my Froyd Villian Hero
[Desire HD General] willk22:
Hmmm... guess you got a good deal then. Im on £40pm 900m ultd txts 500mb net... but got my blackstone for free. Looking at their current phone tariffs compared to other networks they are far too exspensive and I dont think the 10% loylalty discount I will get will cut it.

However, I guess you've been with them a lot longer then me!
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Someone posted this at androidforums.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Great idea for a thread. Was hoping someone would do this.

Unfortunately it confirms my thoughts: no-one has any idea when this thing is ever gonna appear.

According to a guy at my wife's workplace - he spoke to Vodafone about his DHD preorder today and they told him he would get it on Thursday.

I had a bit of a laugh when she told me. Best part is my wife doesn't really like the guy, so she's gonna shatter his dreams tomorrow and tell him that his phone really isn't coming on Thursday like he thinks.

With the current total lack of anything solid, I'm so far thinking that the Amazon date is probably the most accurate.

I'm quite glad that the WP7 launch today was quite underwhelming. I was worried that I would be tempted into one of the new devices (luckily the HTC 7 Pro, which was the only one I liked - but I liked a LOT - is only CDMA, so I can't use it!) but they're mostly desire-spec devices, so I am not instantly drawn away.

That being said, it seems we're gonna see WP7 devices hit the market before we see the DHD, which raises concerns because I doubt Microsoft would want the DHD and DZ hitting shelves at the same time as the Mozart, Trophy, Surround and HD7 - and something's gotta give. I can't see HTC delaying the release of such internationally hyped up first-gen phones, so unless we see the new Android devices out first, we may be waiting a long, long time...
[Desire HD General] skimminstones:
I work for t-mobile uk retail and the desire hd appeared on our price lists last week. Havent been given an exact release date but its usually a week after its on the pricing lists so should be soon.
[Desire HD General] willk22:
Firstly... cheers!

And secondly, I really really hope you are wrong about that, but I have a horrible feeling that you are right...

Wp7, although having a beautiful interface, doesn't really appeal to me either, and I would have a desire HD over a HD7 any day! Although saying that I haven't tried out wp7 yet.

Oh well, hopefully t-mobile will stick to the 15th :D
[Desire HD General] riz157:
Do you have any price plan details?
[Desire HD General] Bumble-Bee:
Im still going with shipping starting the week starting the 18th as thats aprox. most retailers are sayng (15th, 18th, 19th, 22nd) even mid-end oct. suggests that the week of the 18th.

But TBH all we can do is hope and pray :-D
[Desire HD General] M_T_M:
I've merged three treads containing "ship/realease dates for Desire HD". Please for my own sanity...do not open a new thread with a "DHD will be released on...." title. ;)

Cheers,
[Desire HD General] eboni:
Weirdest conversation ever with a t-mobile CS rep:

YAY!!!!!!

unfortunately I have an order with Expansys
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Wow. "Vanessa" seems like a bright spark. Don't get your hopes up!
[Desire HD General] eboni:
T mobile accepting orders of Desire HD #DesireHD bit. ly/ 9yLqAA (reconstuct url)

Cagey... not dumb
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Hmm. Still no mention of actual shipping date on there - if the prices weren't as horrendous as they are (they want me to pay £90 for the phone on the plan I want as opposed to £19 at mobilephonesdirect!) then I would consider parallel ordering and cancelling whichever turned up last!

EDIT: 4GB internal memory?? ORLY?!

EDIT 2: Their pricing is pretty nasty. Cheapest you can get it is £15/month for 18 months and £320 initial outlay which brings it in just shy of £600.

£35/month for 18 months and £90 phone is £720!

Their "recommended" plan totals out at £960!!!
[Desire HD General] eboni:
I am hoping they will allow me to submit my order, and give me a shipping dat (fingers crossed).

I will have to wait like a good girl.......
[Desire HD General] willk22:
Merged threads!

Defeats the object of my original post now :(
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
SpencerUK from androidforums received this from Mobile Phones Direct.
[Desire HD General] slateac:
T-mobile's prices are ridiculous! well, at least they still offer the 18month contracts and hopefully their upgrade prices do not reflect their prices for new customers

Has anyone tried for T-mobile? it says "Buy this phone and plan" which is tempting to believe that it is available right now.
[Desire HD General] stiefa00:
Ehm,

I think

Vanessa got pissed by all that questions and then said this 2-day-joke . :rolleyes:

Edit: I got mail from amazon.co.uk :mad:

This suxx... epic fail @ htc :D
[Desire HD General] Linnyuk:
T mobile online:

Online chat

Kevin: Hi there, my name is Kevin. I am part of the dedicated T-Mobile Online Sales Team. How can I help you with your new order?

Jonathan: Hi, Do you have the HTC desire HD in stock now as you can now order?

Kevin: Yes we have that phone in stock Jonathan

Jonathan: Great, when would delivery be?

Kevin: You will get it within 2 working days

Kevin: sorry about the error Jonatahn

Kevin: I mean Jonathan

Kevin: It takes 7 days for the delivery
[Desire HD General] riz157:
Right time to call T-Mobile see when they can deliver.
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Mine too!! B-)
[Desire HD General] andreasy:
Well, I'm left out as my order was on 30th but wtf. I will leave you guys play with it and discover all features so that I can get support from you later :)

Let's hope that week comm. 29 Nov. will stay in November though otherwise I will demand from handtec to send santa claus for delivery.

I'm glad for you. Enjoy.
[Desire HD General] prank1:
My first android phone too, although I had android running on my HD2 for awhile (but it is nowhere near as good as actually having a proper android phone).
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
hehehehe still cant believe it :P until i have it in my hand i wont believe them :P
[Desire HD General] RandyKaoss:
There's so much love in the room :D

BuyMobilePhones got a batch today and are getting another batch on Tuesday. Still waiting to find out if my pre-order is covered.

I initially ordered an upgrade on O2 on 6th October, but then changed my order to take a new contract with T-Mobile on 2nd November. I hope they take my original order date into consideration!! :)

Oh, and it's my first Android phone too ;)

My missus has a HTC Wildfire though, so I have experienced it in standard definition LOL.
[Desire HD General] nmyseteroious:
ahh..Suck for me T_T Another waiting game..hope next week they don't announce that the ship got lost or sink or something...
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Lol i can imagine it

The shipment due for next week has been delayed until December. Unfortunately, the cargo ship that was carrying the next batch of Desire HD units hit an iceberg and sunk.
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
you're so kind, lol
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Update in the blog
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
thats was funny because how they couldnt know??

any why glad to hear the news, hope you get your phones guys
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
Bah, spoke to Orange and they've still not got any at all. :(
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
WIN!!!!, 18th oct order from handtec will finally be covered :D

however they are only going from the 13th to the 24th ? either there was alot of orders in that period or this is a really really small batch but meh im just happy its being sent out and at a good point in the week to this way it moves via fed ex over the weekend and ill actually get it early next week :D

i remember when my legend was shipped from handtec it got to australia and my city on the friday night so it had to sit there all week end (we dont have sat delivery from fed ex here :( ) longest weekend ever!

eh i have this horrible feeling the phone im going to receive will have something wrong with it and ill have to send it back :( i just know it
[Desire HD General] Troden:
damn it, i ordered mine ont he 25th!

danm u 24hrs!!!

great so im wating yet agian for the next batch. argh will this ever end.

not impressed HTC!
[Desire HD General] Tapori_UK:
Bah, spoke to Orange and they've still not got any at all.

Was told "Not in stock"

Mentioned shipment on 22nd and was then told they are in "Testing"

I have to wait for "The Text message"

-
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
look on the bright side, both clove and handtec expect more next week the fact that both clove and handtec have recieved at least some units today should be enough to inspire hope that htc have finally managed to get manufacturing back on track :)
[Desire HD General] Troden:
fingers crossed hey !

longest wait for a phone ever.

off topic but on a more happy note, i just found the coolest HDD enclosure EVER!

http://www.flashrods.com/frs/FRs_Delorean_Hard_Drive.html

i just had to share it :D
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
oh thats cool, if only the hard drive was bigger :(
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
got told last night they'd actually ring me....

not going to hold my breath though...
[Desire HD General] hardbreed:
I really do hope clove done let me down again on mondays stock, I have visions of the page being updated with
[Desire HD General] tombriden:
Woohoo!!! SuperETrader tweet:
[Desire HD General] ccart:
woooohooooo, just got an e-mail from kingofgadgets.co.uk saying it's been sent to me this morning, will arrive tomorrow!!!

Ordered it on the 15th of November and getting it on the 26th and to be fair to kingofgadgets the only reason I haven't got it sooner is because of the HTC delays. £485 so it was £15 more than the general price (£470) but I get it a heck of a lot sooner. If any of you want it soon (sim-free/unlocked) I'd suggest checking them out (call them). They're not backed up with pre-orders (as of the 15th of November when I checked) and my order was sent out as soon as the phones arrived this morning.

Fingers crossed the delivery man doesn't crash or something on the way :D
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
yeeeahh!!!
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Just got an email from Fedex giving me a tracking number!!! :)

Estimated delivery will be Tuesday at 18:00, right after my exams lol!
[Desire HD General] RandyKaoss:
Still waiting to hear from BuyMobilePhones...

Really hope my pre-order is covered by this batch AND that it's dispatched today.

If it's dispatched tomorrow it will be a very long weekend!

Edit: scratch that - my DHD arrives tomorrow! AWESOME.

:D
[Desire HD General] prank1:
no emails from HandTec about my order yet...
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
No emails about my Handtec order yet either, I ordered on the 14th of October so should be near the front of this latest batch allocation.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i got my email from Fedex directly, nothing from Handtec for some reason. But i know its the DHD for sure because it has my order number from handtec.
[Desire HD General] andreasy:
The difference might be on the fact that yours is an international EU delivery whereas others may be local or with alternative couriers who won't notify you. Just a rough guess.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
ah right, that would make sense.
[Desire HD General] kishengajjar:
Ordered mine from mobilefun on Oct 10...still no word. They've had a "9 - 14 days" message on their site for almost a month now... I've been very patient... :(
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
I've found a mail from Handtec in Gmai's spam folder.... :)
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
isnt tuesday is far away??
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
that's about the normal time it takes most items i buy online to arrive here from the UK.
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
oh, it's my first online buying, hope not my phone get this long to arrive, my country is way far than yours, but here the customs are very easy process do i hope to get it in 3 days
[Desire HD General] xozzx:
Anyone else waiting on Mobilephonesdirect.com? They dont seem too good at updating on the status of my order, Ive not been waiting too long, but have seen that a few places have stock sim free for not too much more.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Well at around 16:30 Expansys UK had 46 in stock. Placed my order after confirming stock level on the phone and all looked good for a delivery tomorrow.

BUT ... even though I placed my order before the cut off time of 6pm, my order still shows 'In Progress' now and worse still, my order summary shows 'Estimated 1 Day' under stock status even though the item is showing as in stock on the main page even now.

What the hell is going on? Can't see it being here tomorrow now.
[Desire HD General] jmini123:
Is anyone waiting on a DHD from t-mobile? I have one on order as a contract upgrade and was told 4weeks from last week!

Hope it's sooner than that, mobiles.co.uk say they have it in stock on t-mobile contract???:confused:
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Still nothing from HandTec... and they havent updated their website to say that stock arrived for the third batch today. I can't see the phone arriving tomorrow either...
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Looks like im the only person here who's had his phone dispatched by handtec..

Status changed to "In transit" :)
[Desire HD General] dvg40rus:
not the only :)
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
Just got my dispatch notice from Handtec, looks like UK orders are being dispatched via DPD (who usually give a 1 hour delivery window estimate on the day). Delivery tomorrow!

Hopefully they remembered to throw in the free HTC bluetooth headsets for people that ordered in October as promised.
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Got the email too, it should be delivered tomorrow by DPD ;)
[Desire HD General] kishengajjar:
On the train sitting next to a guy with a DHD...Aaaaaargh!
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
Lol, painfully :D
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
mine also by UPS
[Desire HD General] yazanarouri:
My status also changed to 'In transit', just sitting here wondering whether or not handtec was pulling our legs with the whole 'free headset' propaganda. Let's hope they didn't forget that.
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
some1 should ask them, i did but they avoid answering it, could you?
[Desire HD General] OdieS:
I asked them last week on a support ticket and they did say that they would be honouring it.
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
this is what i like to wake up to :D

DISPATCH of GPSK sent Mr Lee Marcus 1 FedEx International Priority

package(s).

but yeah no handtec, email just fed ex notification which i thought handtec would sent me one to.

estimated arrival is next Tuesday :D
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
handtec have updated

Third Batch: ArrivedThursday 25th November. Shipped all orders placed upto and including 24th October

its still worded very close to the other one tho :P i almost looked over it to

arriving is now arrived, and it confirms that they have been shipped
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
UPS says that my phone will be delivered on Saturday the 27th, i don't know why some Super is getting his on Tuesday.
[Desire HD General] andreasy:
His is from FedEX. Yours, is from UPS. Maybe FedEX doesn't ship to your country and it must be cheaper as well so this explains the difference. Some orders I placed long time ago from Expansys, arrived in Cyprus within 2 days from UK.
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
Mine has become DISPATCHED today !!!!111oneone

HUURRRAAAYYYY!!!! I don't believe it, someone wake me up - I'm sleeping. Hey shop, who are you and where did you get the always-deadline-failing Clove???!!

Result Summary

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Departed Facility in LEIPZIG - GERMANY
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Friday, November 26, 2010 at 03:17
Origin Service Area: SOUTHAMPTON - UK
Destination Service Area: NORWALK, CT - USA
Friday, November 26, 2010 Location Time
8 Departed Facility in LEIPZIG - GERMANY LEIPZIG - GERMANY 03:17
7 Transferred through LEIPZIG - GERMANY LEIPZIG - GERMANY 03:15
Thursday, November 25, 2010 Location Time
6 Departed Facility in LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 23:19
5 Arrived at Sort Facility LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 22:01
4 Processed at LONDON-HEATHROW - UK LONDON-HEATHROW - UK 21:29
3 Departed Facility in SOUTHAMPTON - UK SOUTHAMPTON - UK 19:31
2 Processed at SOUTHAMPTON - UK SOUTHAMPTON - UK 18:02
1 Shipment picked up SOUTHAMPTON - UK 15:39

Ship date: 11/25/2010
Pieces: 1
Total weight: 1.3 lbs Note on weight
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Service: EXPRESS WORLDWIDE nondoc(More info)
[Desire HD General] mickfn2:
has anyone tracked their shipping status from handtec using fed ex?

mines gone from uk to paris. wonder whats going on lol..
[Desire HD General] yazanarouri:
I ordered from handtec, mines going to Denmark. Does anyone know if they have included the headset they promised?
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Mine has gone from Wellingborough to Stansted, and then to Poyle. I think from there it will ship directly to Cyprus, well i hope.
[Desire HD General] kishengajjar:
This is just getting so annoyingly frustrating. Is anyone else ordering from Mobilefun? They're the cheapest online I could find at £460

I sent them a few emails complaining about the delays and they've added a free case to my order, but hey...this is just too much. I placed my order almost 2 months ago, and there was a guy sitting next to me on the train yesterday who probably only bought it because it has a "nice big screen"!

Grrr!!!
[Desire HD General] prank1:
Just received mine from HandTec. I can confirm they supply a brand new HTC Bluetooth headset aswell.

Phone is fine, brand new and unopened. Although it was a pain getting the battery cover off...

The battery slides out fine

The Sim cover comes out fine aswell, and when you close it you do not get that curved gap, although there is a gap where the SIM cover meets the phone. But its fine.

The power button is not sunk into the phone chassis.

Comes with 8GB MicroSD already in the phone. Also, when you put in your SIM card, it will look like the SIM card is sticking out too much (i.e. it looks like it hasn't been pushed all the way into the SIM socket). Don't worry, if the SIM card wont go any further into the phone that means its been inserted correctly.

Oh, and HandTec gave me a free, brand new and sealed pen with 'HandTec' written on it :)
[Desire HD General] yazanarouri:
My order is in Dubai, ah so close, can't wait!
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
My phone went from Great Britain(2 stops) then Germany and now in Dubia, hope to get in bahrain today so i can get it tomorrow :D or maybe today :D:D:D:D
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
Anybody using Fedex have their phone leave the UK yet? It seems like my phone is making stops at all cities there! lol
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
mine went from wellingborough to Stansted and it has just departed paris i believe the next stop is singapore then australia near sydney then it will come down to adelaide :P thats if it takes the same route that my htc legend did back in april
[Desire HD General] Troden:
yeah nearly always it comes down thru syd as thats where it goes thru customs inspection.

hopefully mine will make its way down to Adelaide in the 4th batch to handtec. :confused:
[Desire HD General] FrikyBCN:
You guys are so lucky! Here in Spain, Vodafone still haven't announced a release date for the HD. Although one theory doing the rounds is that as they only have the HD exclusively for 1 month, and they want that month to be December to maximise sales. Sounds a bit daft to me though....

I'm still paying very close attention to the Nexus 2/Nexus S rumours - Samsung have great components don't they, so no doubt it'll be a fantastic phone....
[Desire HD General] kishengajjar:
When did you place your order with Handtec? Is the bluetooth headset a Handtec offering or something that came with the phone (ie: HTC). In the same box?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Sounds like your phone is enjoying a nice vacation LOL..

You've had a mega wait...Id have lost it by now.

Hope it turns up soon ;)
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
I'd have lost it too if i didnt have exams to keep me busy :P
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
thats weird dude, hope you gets urs before mine so you can do the tests on your phone so i can be sure and follow your steps :p
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i think this is the best tutorial out for rooting, s-off, and installing clockwork recovery. I'll be following that.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841076

But i think you will get ur DHD before me because you're using UPS. Fedex is a little slower i gather.
[Desire HD General] eozen81:
In addition to that, I guess Pay87's website is so successful.

http://android.jpameli.de/2010/11/18/rooting-your-desire-hd-and-flashing-a-custom-bootloader/
[Desire HD General] prank1:
I placed my order 21st Oct.

The Bluetooth headset is a retail box, unopened and separate from the phone. In fact the Bluetooth headset box is bigger than that of the desire HD's. I haven't opened it yet, I don't really need it so I may sell it (in brand-new condition)
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Just an advisory really for anyone who has placed an order (or is thinking of doing so through Expansys UK).

Seems they are saying they have stock when they do not! I posted about the issue here and whist I don't want to double post I do feel this is relevant in this case.
[Desire HD General] andreasy:
Now, about the rooting thing. I don't know about you guys but all my experience with older phones and WM up to version 6.5 have shown that when you use custom ROMs, always a bunch or problems will arise and then new ROM will be released to resolve issues which will deliver new issues and this goes forever.

To be honest, I don't have similar experience with Android but I would be very skeptical about going into this again.
[Desire HD General] vovanopulo:
do we really need that root with Android 2.2?