yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
That's so funny to me. You only need to add that extra line for other Dutch people because the Dutch don't get subtle humour or sarcasm (trust me on this! lol).

I went into work one winter day when it was about -20. I said to a colleague "Jesus it's warm outside", acting like I was sweating. The reply? "No it's not, it's really cold". OMG!!!
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
http://androidcommunity.com/htc-desire-hd-unboxing-video-20101018/

...wait a minute, did he just say "SMALLER version of the Desire" ?

megalolz :p
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
OK so I should hopfully have one of my ordered devices in my hands tomorrow (Northern Ireland, UK). This device I am going to return as I got a better deal, fortunately I was told by mobiles.co.uk that I could use/test the device to confirm if I wanted to keep or return........so I will play with it until the other handset arrives on a better deal (Friday hopefully).

So, I have roughly 7 days to 'play' with a handset I am going to return. I will try my best to perform any checks not already performed (so long as it doesn't involve anything that would null my returns policy) :D
[Desire HD General] craigspc:
He he, I added the extra footnote for *precisely* that reason. I insulted a a guy in Maastricht several years ago when we were talking about his motorcycle. The term "Not Bad" was intended as a compliment (in an English way), but clearly "not bad" was not good either.

I also have to be careful when talking to my in-laws (they're German). I'm forever translating English humour literally and It really doesn't go down well at times!
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
Translating comedy for Germans? Why bother? lol ;-)

Thought you was Dutch? Or do you just like English comedy? (It really is the best! Download The Inbetweeners!)
[Desire HD General] craigspc:
For those of you with DLNA probs, I just noticed that there's a DLNA thread for the DHD. Might be some helpful info there too:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794578
[Desire HD General] Evostance:
Turns out Play.com like to lie to us all. My status has been updated
[Desire HD General] craigspc:
No, I'm English. I'll drop you a PM to avoid diverting the thread :)
[Desire HD General] deadite66:
Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L.
[Desire HD General] Triple3:
Congrats to those who got their DHD. I'm waiting for it to be available in Asia.

While waiting, I need some help to check on some problem which has been bugging me. Could any DHD owners help to check on these,

1)Does your in conversation volume gets loud when your ringer volume is set to high. And...

2)When lowering your in conversation volume, your ringer is some what soft.

I have this problem on my HD2, whether I'm on WM6 or booting into Darkstone's Froyo 2.2 single volume is not enabled in both OSes

Thanks!!
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
I tried twonkyserver but it just errored on my dhd.
[Desire HD General] hunter12:
Hi pizzaman,

do you have any earbuds with volume control. I'm just curious about the possibility to use the volume buttons to control the device.

I still using an iphone and bought the klipsch s4i and wanted to know if the klipsch or similar headsets are working with the DHD.

regards
[Desire HD General] axel2383:
Hi everyone,

I'd like to buy the DHD but I've a question (and if someone could answer me it would be great): how's the battery life with a moderate use?

It was not yet reported by anyone that have the desire hd and I'm very courious.

Thanks everyone :)
[Desire HD General] lukesky:
it has been reported by people in this thread who already got their DHD and the battery life is ok.
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
It's 8am and my battery is down to 70% already....hmmmmm
[Desire HD General] CSCicus:
Ok i have 2x DHD at home and its fast. :D

here is video unboxig and linpack neocore and quadrant score

http://goo.gl/vW0m
[Desire HD General] pizzaman79:
't is indeed, but i like to think it's more the mozzarella-ish kind of cheesy, rather than the gouda-ish kazig

I've tried an extension cord with integrated volume control, actually tried two different brands. To my ear, they limited not only the volume but also the sound quality. That's why few headsets/earphones have volume control. Besides, you can control the volume on your DHD.
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
Hi, do any of them have the proximity sensor issue? How long have you had these?
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
I love how everyone thinks it's black :D

First full day of battery for me today. Obviously I won't be making any calls with it though :(
[Desire HD General] axel2383:
Did you charged it this night or it's 70% from yesterday?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Is it me or does this guy treat his phone like ****, at the end when its screen down he pushes it away from him on the table....nooooo...

Sorry if that annoy's you put the video doesn't lie.
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
Charged it overnight. 3hr 37min since unplugged, battery now around 50%. 83% of battery usage from screen.

Will have to keep an eye on it, battery seemed to last alright yesterday.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
I also noticed that and got quite upset. 6 hours to go till I can pick up my DHD :D
[Desire HD General] muminisko:
Isn't facebook app drain battery? Have similar thing on DHD ROM for HD2.
[Desire HD General] ramteid3:
Is that some kind of subtle humour? I don't get it... *ROFL* ;-)
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Have you got the WIFI turned on that will drain the battery very quick...just a thought
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
And those 6 hours will drag.......haha...anyway good to hear that somebody is getting there phone...Im still waiting for mine...I bought one off ebay but got let down so Im waiting on another one....
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Tell me about it, I keep checking my tracking number to see if there are any update and I'm currently trying to call the store to see if my delivery has arrived yet, but no-one is answering..... :(
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
Wifi was on yesterday, but have had it off today as I went in to work. I'll give it a couple more charge cycles before I get worried.

Impressed with the phone overall. Just a couple of niggles I'm finding so far, like not always being able to see the notification led when the phone is laid down, as it is set quite deep in the phone. Also a little bit of a struggle to reach the clear notifications button, as I'm left handed and it's a wide phone!
[Desire HD General] jords12:
You got the proximity sensor problems? that's a little more than a niggle!
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
That is such a good point, being left handed must be a bit difficult with this phone...thats a very valid piont.
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
No proximity sensor problems, have made quite a few phone calls with no issues :)

In fact, while I've been making phone calls I've been taking the phone to my head and pulling away several times just to see it in action....my Hero didn't have that function.
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
Can you tell us what ROM version is your phone on?
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
How long have you had the phone for?
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
See attached screenshot.

Picked it up yesterday at Phones4u, sim free.
[Desire HD General] Otterjasie:
Which P4U? I've called A LOT of branches and they either don't have it in stock or won't do sim-free.
[Desire HD General] combat goofwing:
if you look at this video 1min 6 sec in you can see the sim/sd card cover is a poor fit and something shiny reflecting underneath
[Desire HD General] YoBnEb:
youtube vid

watch?v=QpkvrAFUpzg
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
We all no that this is quite a heavy phone, can you tell me what it feels like to hold and the weight ect ?

Thanks.
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
not one of the most important questions, but can you confirm if internal is 4GB or 1.5GB ?

GSMArena states 1.5GB

T-Mobile = 4GB

Vodafone = 4GB

Amazon = 1.5GB

Who is correct???
[Desire HD General] craigspc:
Also this one that I posted in another thread on this forum a few hous back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHVr3SKOwc
[Desire HD General] Clock1932:
Can somebody please mirror the images in the startpost? Just got an email from my hostingprovider that they already pulled 15GB from the servers. The limit was 5GB ;) Thnx!

XDA works great on the DHD btw :)
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
is that XDA site or XDA App ?
[Desire HD General] Overloaded:
Thats going pretty fast. Everybody want to see it :p

But it's still not confirmed if it's SLCD or normal LCD? :confused::(
[Desire HD General] jords12:
My mirror: http://shadowservices.biz/pics/

I have 200gb of bandwidth :)
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
hey man, thank you for your effort

can you please confirm that HDH supports Arabic?

visit any arabic website like www . google . com . sa(remove the spaces) and take a screen shoot of it.

thank you in advance mate.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
No this issue really needs clearing up once and for all but considering that the touch hd has a TFT LCD screen with the same 480 x 800 pixels then the pictures the guy posted show that when put side by side the desire hd has better colours and is much brighter so I can only presume that it has got the S-LCD.

Ive gone past caring now as the screen looks pretty good to me so Im happy.

Im pretty sure its S-LCD though now, there has also been 6 people email and show proof that HTC have said its S-LCD, not to mention the post below.

http://files.danhof.org/DHD/8.jpg
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
As for the screen type, Handtec confirms that its SLCD so please no more questioning about that.

here is the confirmation:

Details: Hi, does this phone have a normal LCD screen or a SLCD screen? And will there be a larger capacity battery available? Coz I don't think 1200mAh is enough..

by Charlie @ 14/10/2010

1 Answers

A: Display Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches Battery. Standard battery, Li-Ion 1230 mAh We sell no bigger batteries at this time.

by FRGMaker @ 15/10/2010
[Desire HD General] name_th:
Imageshack-Mirrors:

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[Desire HD General] Clock1932:
Hi to all!

I'm back from my 'thing' and ready to get/give some answers to the questions. Please give me some time to read all the new posts ;)
[Desire HD General] jords12:
Welcome back :)... my only question is battery life, but you will need a little more time for that :D.

Oh and i posted http://shadowservices.biz/pics/ as a mirror a little back, feel free to pass that around to save your bandwidth
[Desire HD General] emreeken:
I wonder if it has Turkish language support in default languages.
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
clock, could you snap a few shots with the DHD camera and upload the files here? Preferably somewhere with good lighting. Also a short video clip in 720p, again in somewhere with good lighting.

Thanks!
[Desire HD General] Clock1932:
Important: if you're going to use the phone to synchronise with Google Apps or go to the marketplace (or in fact to anything whereby you need a google account) you need to enable the service 'Chat' in your Google Apps dashboard. Else the phone rejects your account and gives an error about google talk or so.

Now the benchmark. I downloaded Quadrant from the Android market.The score:

Desire HD - 1879 points

Nexus one 2.2+ - 1300 points

Samsung Galaxy S - 800 points
[Desire HD General] jords12:
That's pretty hawt.

Man, I can see why you were blowing through the bandwidth - I'm sustaining 500kb/s-1.5mb/s here, peaked at 3mb/s for a bit also :) The level of interest in this phone is incredible.
[Desire HD General] Clock1932:
By default the languages are limited to: English, Francais, Deutsch and Dutch. You can get a keyboard in Turkish and many, many other languages (including arabic as far as I can see)
[Desire HD General] gandalf027:
Well, for stock that's amazingly quick :D
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Same ROM version as me. I don't understand why some work and some don't :S
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
It was the galleries Washington.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
It could be worse, ever had a SGS...:D

And how this guy treats his phone is probably not a bad fitting but a bad user.
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
hmm do you have screen protector on? how about try rip it off and see if that works?

i remember reading that some ppl didnt apply the screen protector properly so it affected it. and if there is dust between screen protector and phone it will be the same as well
[Desire HD General] roy_levy:
hey there

did anyone replay on you question about the hebrew support?

This is the one thing holding me back from buying the device.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
DHD has been delivered to store off now to pick it up
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Ive got 3 or 4 days to wait....enjoy your new phone !!! Jammy bugger lol :D
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
good luck and let us know how you get on.

I've still got to wait a few weeks until its released on Orange, all of you are soo lucky
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
I feel better after reading that :D

OJ- Its horrible waiting...
[Desire HD General] eddyrick:
tell me about it, after reading everyone open theirs and tell me how good it is doesnt really make up for the fact that I can't even have mine yet ggrrhhh haha
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
I ordered mine weeks ago and the webshop still dont have them in stock yet. Aparently waiting delivery but it's on the way to them. As soon as they get them they will send me one.

I've got to wait till next week!!!
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
WOOP! I should be collecting mine between 13:30 and 14:30 !!
[Desire HD General] earazi:
Anyone know if T-Mobile UK will be branding the phone and sim locking it?

Think I might order mine tonight. Also wonder when they'll have stock?
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Just got back home from picking it up. Beautiful is about all I can say!

Fortunately it was quite sunny in the park on the way home and the screen was easily readable in direct sun, so that is good. It does have that funny gap on the back for the SIM cover and it does come with an 8GB microSD.

Now I shall go and have some play time with it.
[Desire HD General] HTC_GLOW:
have stock for new contracts since 9.30 this morning and Upgrades stock is still in testing but will be available before 6 today
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
check for the proximity failure issue please :)

and if you can state what rom version you have mate.

thanks
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
no prox issues, and I have the same version as the guy on page 78
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Would you be of the same opinion as me that its the best lcd screen you have seen (to me it looks better than any other lcd screen Ive seen...maybe they just cant say s-lcd)
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Nope, no screen protector.
[Desire HD General] riz157:
It's fantastic piece of kit which we all know about but I would like to look at the flaws of this handset and compare it to the nearest competitor.

Poor volume not loud enough terrible the worst aspect - Galaxy s is far far superior

Screen colours a bit dull to my liking - GS again superior

Touch repsonse brilliant very accurate - better then GS.

Camera not great indoors but fine outside - better then GS as no flash.

Video recording good but not great as compared to Iphone

Internet surfing fantastic the best out there - far better then GS

Watching movies brilliant with third party player but not so good built in player but GS is slightly smoother.

No lag what so ever, downloaded tons of apps still no lag - much better the GS

No GPS issue unlike GS

Looks brilliant - GS well less said the better

Blacks not so black - GS is the king in this matter.

Had for over 2 days no crash or black screen experienced as of yet.

Anything else feel free to ask if not already answered.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
One thing I never got to test with my friends was...how loud is the volume when somebody rings...is it possible to miss a call...is the vibrate really strong?...if someone sends a text will it play the whole mp3 tune??

Thanks in advance
[Desire HD General] sanju007:
Okey i had the galaxy and the sound was great with speaker and headphone

But what do you thing with headphone ?

Galaxy s of DHD, which is better with headphone ?

And how is the ring volume ?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Thats good news...what colour is yours?
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
I can answer the first part, its not fair to compare them because the DHD earphones are crap, the sound should be on par with a good set of earphones.

The ring volume I would also like to know about
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
yay! Just signed for mine at the door..........

Will play with and report back later after work. And Damn it is beautiful looking.

PS: it doesn't seem to be unlocked, won't accept my standard O2 SIM (its vodafone contract)
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
Battery Life

Regarding battery life:

My phone has just died, with reasonably heavy use since 5:30am this morning. I am going to give it a full charge, leaving the phone off throughout the charge, and see how it goes next cycle.

I had twitter and facebook syncing every hour, a little bit of web browsing, approx 10 mins viewing a video, fair bit of messaging on google talk and through sms. Was also on xda app quite a bit, and played a bit of angry birds, but other than that can't think of much else that would've drained the battery. I should also note that wifi was off, and I would usually have this on. I don't think I made any phone calls either.

I also changed screen brightness to automatic at some stage last night, when previously it was set at full. Yesterday the battery seemed to last better and I was using it a lot more.
[Desire HD General] axel2383:
Could it be that the auto-brightness mode drain more battery? It could be that the light sensor in this mode is always active to make the brightness change immediate.
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
That's what I'm thinking. After this charge I'm going to set the brightness and see how it goes. On the battery stats, approx 80-85% usage was the screen.
[Desire HD General] amczee:
DHD on T-Mobile

Spoke online with a T-Mobile assistant today to conform whether or not phone was in stock as the site says please allow ten days for delivery. He confirmed it was but can take up to ten days. I proceeded to purchase, immediately getting an email to says it's not in stock. Upon challenging him on this, he said the availability was limited but were getting additional handsets in all the time. So I guess its a case of wait and see, but look out if it hasn't arrived by the tenth day!!!
[Desire HD General] mupet0000:
I have bought one from a seller on ebay who is getting his from a T-Mobile contract. He said T-Mobile told him he should receive it tomorrow.

I'd like to know if the phone is branded or simlocked etc. If anyone has any T-Mobile updates please post here.
[Desire HD General] jiidaineko:
nice and detailed. the only 1 deal-breaker to me is the battery life therefore im particularly interested with it. coming from nokia e52 (i charge battery like 5-7days once) , it is going to be quite a 'culture-shock' for me to be doing it daily =P ...therefore if DHD cant even last a day of normal usage ... im soooo gonna be disappointed :(
[Desire HD General] xazac:
Root for HTC Desire HD: http://www.appbrain.com/app/visionary/com.modaco.visionary
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
I'm thinking about this too. I know the battery for everyone has yet to be cycled to get a true estimate, BUT we will be stuck with this size, or maybe a higher capacity one in the same form factor, forever because of how the battery fits inside the device. There is no way to get an extended one like I have for my Nexus One since you only slide the battery in the side instead of taking off the entire back, and be able to replace it with a bigger one for a bigger battery.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
They can easily make one 1500mah the same size, whether anyone will is a different story.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
t-mobile

Same here, I bought one off ebay and he is getting it from t-mobile as an upgrade, he has had a confirmation email that it has been dispatched today but looking on the t-mobile forums it says the 28th october, the people that have had them dispatched from t-mobile they have sent the normal desire out??? what !!...some people are not happy at all !!...I wish someone would clear this up or shed some more light on it..anyone??

Ive got a bad feeling about this...I can see it being next month.. :( fed up
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
T-mobile Orders !

Please read the bottom of page 1 and then page 2

http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/discu...281b7a1a012b3c531575007ef1&messageit.offset=0

UPDATE...guy phoned T-mobile, they confirm that it has been dispatched and should be with him tomorrow, he also made sure it was the HD ..sent next day del....should have it on Thursday all been well.
[Desire HD General] Planescape:
Just spoke to a buy from mobilephonesdirect and he said that Carphonewarehouse and Phones4U are probably buying them from abroad and changing the product code. As far as mobilephonesdirect are concerned the phone hasn't been released yet so they're sticking to their 7 days estimate.
[Desire HD General] xedamen:
How about the free RAM after boot? Please someone check it with a task killer.

Thanks!
[Desire HD General] jiidaineko:
yea it would a complete nightmare if i were to find out only after i commit myself to a 2years contract :S

they should ... cost issue perhaps ... and the 1 thing they have yet to clarify is the display used ... TFT or SLCD ...
[Desire HD General] mupet0000:
Ah that's cool, I suppose it's the same with my seller then. We should get our phones on Thursday :D
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Another update - T-mobile are missing some paperwork to go with the phones so they wont be dispatched until tomorrow, making delivery Thursday...That may or may not apply to us..
[Desire HD General] CSCicus:
no i dont have any problem. And 2 days
[Desire HD General] CSCicus:
no its problem off poor fit.
[Desire HD General] riz157:
The ringtone is loud enough in my opinion, I can't see anyone missing calls due to it. I will try it again later when I get home.

As for headset not tried it yet but with Bluetooth its slightly louder but in the same league as the galaxy.

I do miss the galaxy in this regard not sure why HTC make the same mistake over and over again.

Just tested volume with blue tooth and it is loud and very clear. Sound quality is better with DHD then the GalaxyS.
[Desire HD General] badaas:
pigs might fly ..

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/10/19/htc-desire-hd-rumours-of-a-review-are-greatly-exaggerated/
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
You are currently one of the lucky ones it seems. I didn't think I had any problems until today :( Really upset, thought I had ducked the issue.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Oh no thats not good news, lets hope it just needs a software update like the desire did...
[Desire HD General] madindehead:
Same here mate. Really don't want to lose this phone, it's too amazing. Just that one issue is letting it down. Headphone work around helps for now, but it's not perfect.