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[Desire HD General] Basil3:
Basically, no, you can't open them in the standard gallery. I don't know all the technicalities, but as far as I know, .avi is a container, and so it depends on the data it's containing. I think some .avi files might play in gallery straight out of the box.

Rockplayer does the trick anyway, and I'm sure there's other players out there.
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
.avi as .mp4 is just the container that multiplexes the video and audio streams. The important thing is how the streams are encoded - mpeg4, h264, aac, mp3, etc. and if the phone has the proper decoders for them. As far as I know (from the specifications - Expansys has pushed the date for my order even further :mad: ), the DHD can play .avi files only if the video inside is encoded with MP4 ASP and the audio with MP3. If you can get a player that has decoders for other formats, it will play them, but from what I know from WM (the DHD will be my first Android) external players can't compare to the stock one. I hope I'm wrong ;) .
[Desire HD General] Rittzy:
This is what HTC had to say on facebook

HTC UK Hey guys, as promised, here's some news: This afternoon we're rolling out an over the air update to address the proximity sensor issue for Desire HD phones. When you are notified about the update, please download it. If you still experience problems following the update, please contact Customer Services via http://www.htc.com/uk/CS_Mail.aspx

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[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
omg i love htc
[Desire HD General] Mohammed Shouman:
Guys, i hear that desire HD has security lock on roms :S does this mean we wont be able to install custom roms in future like ginger bread and such?? thats a major deal breaker for me!
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Every single phone to this date has had some kind of a protection, and every single time the developers have broken it. The DHD protection will be broken, too.
[Desire HD General] Mohammed Shouman:
i heard g2 has had same problems was it broken?, i mean did they manage to install custom roms or not, i am concerned because htc takes alot of time to update...
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
OK so update number 3ish on battery:

If you have been following you will know that today I turned almost everything off.

Still using the test device which was delivered Tuesday this week and not properly conditioned first day.

(have been given tracking info from vodafone for my other device today, so will test that soon and compare)

I had a full charge from approx 09:00 .

I had the screen brightness set to manual 15% all day, no wifi at all, no GPS (except for 15minutes on journey home to test), Exchange mail changed from 'push' to 15mins, googlemail set to 30mins, background data off, all widgets/sync set to manual sync, no facebook, no twitter, no stocks, no gaming, no browsing, no music, 4 sms, 1 phone call, no app install / tweaking,......basically nothing!

Now at 18:51 my battery is showing 15%

To me that's not really a great deal better, considering I basically just had the phone sitting on my desk with the screen off. That's not what I'm paying big bucks for a powerful, multifunctional device for, I should be able to get at least a full day out of one full charge and performing a multitude of tasks which is the reason I purchased the particular device.

I'm starting to think there is a real problem with battery usage on these things.

for anyone who is interested, battery stats are: (and I have not plugged this is all day from 09:00)

72% - Display

7% - Maps

5% - Cell Standby

5% - Android System

4% - Phone Idle

3% - com.htc.launcher

2% - Voice calls

2% - Locations

I will update again in a few days once my other VF handset is properly charged for 6 hours without even turning the device on and conditioned for a few days.
[Desire HD General] Mohammed Shouman:
really weird that HTC would not put a better battery, poor battery life is just no excuse, i hope we can have bigger batteries in the market soon....
[Desire HD General] DarrenT:
72% used on the display when the screens been off most of the day and at 15% brightes when it is on? thats crazy.

is anyone else seeing similar high display stats like that?
[Desire HD General] pizzaman79:
Update – HTC Desire HD Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update

You can now download the latest software update for new features and improved performance. It won’t delete any of your content and we’d recommend using a Wi-Fi connection as this is a large update. If not, standard data connection charges may apply. Any questions? Contact us via www.htc.com. After installing the update, you can confirm a successful update by confirming the Software number (From the Home Screen go to MENU> Settings> About Phone> Software Information> Software number). The new Software number will be 1.32.405.3

Update Information: Screen control and photo message compatibility enhancements

Note: We still recommend you back up your all personal data first.
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Amazon shipping now!! http://goo.gl/zPOD :D
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
:D this is .......
[Desire HD General] tbalden:
yeah, thats pretty crazy. like if it wouldnt be going asleep. Have you have a setting something like "Always on mobile network" on or off? Something seems to be keep your phone from going asleep.
[Desire HD General] tbalden:
no idea if you can test if it goes to sleep mode by pressing the Power after some minutes. On hero when its asleep it takes something like a second to get the screen on, while if its not asleep it switches on instantly.

Probably that could be felt on DHD too, but maybe its CPU is too fast to test it like that...

if it cant go to sleep it will clearly eat the battery.
[Desire HD General] Chad_Petree:
can someone confirm tha the desire hd has a locked bootloader? :(
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Are you incapable of using a search engine?

EDIT: apologies for my quick temper, I just had to deal with some insurance company that seems totally inept. I should not have been so rude.
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
Here you go http://lmgtfy.com/?q=desire+hd+locked+bootloader
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
Just a quick question - what do you think would happen with "your" test phone after you return it? Do you think they will throw it away or replace the battery before it gets sold to someone else? No. They will hard reset it, repack it and sell it. So someone out there will get a phone with poorly conditioned (that's mildly said) battery and will experience short battery life just because someone decided to see what will happen if the battery gets f-ed. I'm happy that I didn't pre-order the DHD on the same store, that you are going to return yours to...
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
How do you know that what you are getting isnt gonna be one of the device that were returned because of 'proximity sensor issues' or other small problems? Basically if it does get sent to another customer and it becomes a problem they can return/replace it.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
The bottom line appears to be that Li-Ion batteries only last for two or

three years, and there's no way to condition them. Unlike Ni-Cd batteries,

they have no memory, and even prefer to be recharged frequently, rather than

fully discharged!

please all read this:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
Acording to that li-ion batteries don't need a few cycles to reach their maximum capacity, which is something everyone here (I think) has experienced for themselves. So I choose to disagree with the famous Battery University (if they had called themselves 'Ultra Mega Super Battery Academy' then I might consider taking their advice though). And I don't talk about faulty units here - I talk about damaging it on purpose. It's not a matter of chance, but a matter of choise.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Just thought that it was an interesting read.
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
First of all you should know if you buy something refurbished that chances are something is, or will, go wrong even if they give another year warranty. What you are talking about is exactly that, and because the DHD is new, there is no chance a pre-ordered DHD could, or should, be a returned phone. If someone returns a phone, and the store/manufacturer resells it, they can only sell it as a reconditioned item. It would be unethical for them to sell a used phone to someone who is placing an order for a new phone. Yes there have been places that do that, but that's why you should only buy from well known, trusted stores, so you know exactly what you are getting. If I ever found out that I ordered a new phone, and received a refurbished one, the BBB would be on them like white rice in a glass of milk, on a paper plate, in a snow storm.
[Desire HD General] GregerW:
The score from Galaxy S with Sound no root , no lag fix, FROYO 2.2
[Desire HD General] jasecs:
what is the invisible shield kind of skin that ppl would recommend for this DHD? the best brand?
[Desire HD General] lukesky:
I think there's a problem with your phone and not your battery. The stats should not look like that on a normal working android phone. I had a friend who's Hero couldn't sleep properly like yours and he had to charge everyday, sometimes twice a day, till i convinced him to root it and installed Froyo and now he is a happy camper because his batt lasts 1.5 days with overclock even.

Maybe u shd try a factory reset, or root it and get rid of all the extra crap and test it again.
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
I had a quick play with the DHD today for a few minutes in the city. First time i saw it for real and actually got to touch it. Oh boy what a device, huge display, clean crisp graphics on it and it's very responsive to the slightest touch of my finger.

The built felt very solid too, no wide cracks at the lower part you can open up to put in your simcard and stuff in, it was tight and good. Now i just have to wait two freakin weeks until it arrives here, that's the worst part of it all. :(

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
I would possibly say the wraps when it comes out
[Desire HD General] clooak:
In what store did they have the device?
[Desire HD General] tbalden:
Can someone who has bad battery draining test this? That may shed some light if the handheld really goes asleep when screen switched off. So, after a few minutes switch it back, and see if it is switching on instantly or with the lag of going out of sleeping? Thanks
[Desire HD General] lefty83:
most three stores I called this morning in london don't sell it on payg yet, only contract and they will stock them today. Shame.

Phones4u useless as well as not available sim-free. Carphone warehouse don't have a price for sim-free yet as well, jesus is it so hard these days to just go to a shop, give them half a grand and walk away with a phone? Seems like it!!
[Desire HD General] braby:
I've seen people either use HTC ones or Terrapin (from ebay.co.uk)...
[Desire HD General] braby:
HHAHAHAAH

This is awesome dude...got a great chuckle from that...
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
clooak: This was a demo event a store called PhoneHouse had yesterday where they sold lots of HTC devices with contracts, amongst all those were the DHD. This was here in Gothenburg, Sweden. But the contract they sold was not what i wanted so i passed on the offer and now i'm waiting for a couple of more weeks until i can get the contract i want. :)

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] NBB823151:
Vodafone DHD

Hi Guys,

Does anyone have any thoughts as to if this update can be applied to all branded HD's ie Vodafone, or do we have to wait for Vodafone to release it.

Thank you
[Desire HD General] halokin:
only an information

Hi guys, this is my first thread here but i've been reading you for 2 weeks... I've never had an Android phone... Is it possible to change the phone language in the options? I'd like to buy one online from an UK reseller... Can i set the phone language to italian? There might be problems? Thx
[Desire HD General] dai_griff:
Mine has just arrived, just in time for me to go to the airport!

www.gummobile.com are the best! paid £469 for it and so that it's the single greatest mobile I have owned.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
Yes in language and keyboard you can set the language and locale to:

1: Italiano (Regno Unito)

2: Italiano (Irlanda)

Hope this helps
[Desire HD General] halokin:
Yep... thx... so I guess I can set Italiano (Italia) too :)
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
That option is unavailable on my phone, but you could just use morelocale2 and input the locale manually.
[Desire HD General] clooak:
I'm a swede I know :) Just thought Sweden didnt have any devices at all =)
[Desire HD General] xazac:
Yeah, I think he made an error, because it should be:

Italiano (Italia)

Italiano (Svizzera)
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
No error on my part, those are the 2 options that my phone gives me for italian, but it is probably setting those as I am in the UK, I'm sure if the GPS recognised that you were in Italy, those options would change to the above 2.
[Desire HD General] apprentice:
Here we go again!! Lets all compare EVERYTHING to the iphone.

I am sick to the back teeth of all these tech companies and websites putting the iphone up there as the absolute benchmark.

As for saying there is no real difference experience in using a bigger screen well that's bollox. There is such a better overall experience when viewing web pages. That real estate is definitely worth it.

HTC and Samsung are making really superb handsets and above all they are individual. All iphones look identical and what you can do with them is all down to whether Apple sanctions it or not.
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
Hey guys, I have a question about the screen of this device (and no not what technology it is). Gingerbread (Android 3) is rumoured to support up to 1280 x 760 resolution on screens 4 inch or more. Is the DHD screen capable of this (or at least 720p) ?

We alread y know that the camera can shoot in 720p, but our screens are set to 480 (meaning we dont actually see anything in tur 720p. But are the screens actually capable of displaying up to 720p when the OS can create it ?
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
no the DHD won't be able to have 720p resolution. It's set by hardware, not software.
[Desire HD General] fubofo:
That's what I thought, just wasn't sure the screen itself was set to 480 or the OS
[Desire HD General] DarrenT:
dont forget that people happily watch 720p on the TV and most people are watching on 36" plus displays. 720p on a 4" screen would be a waste of money.
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
clooak: Oh you're also a Swede, i had no idea. You had no flag or anything else that pointed to your location. But it's nice to meet fellow Swedes here. :)

Actually some resellers they have devices already but it's only for demonstration purposes at the moment to attract customers, however if you decide to sign a contract with Tele 2 now then you will get your device next Friday the 29th October.

I never signed as i don't want Tele 2, i'm gonna get a Telia contract instead as they offer better service all over the country.

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
How do you put the flag next to your name? I can't find it anywhere in the options
[Desire HD General] Nameless_87:
Just set your country in the User CP
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
I don't know how but i guess it depends on what stuff you change in your profile settings on the forum, you need to define your location (country) and all that then i assume the flag will popup automatically. :)

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
Done, thanks
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
No, TELE 2 in Sweden doesn't know when they will get phones. They can't even yet order them through internal system. Preliminary they plan to have phones in the middle of November
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Atm the only one plce in Sweden who have phones is Expansys and they are getting new batch on monday.
[Desire HD General] Magnus3D:
That's odd, the salesmen i spoke with told me they would ship it by the 29th to customers who signed contracts this weekend. I asked twice and they said yes. Unless they lied to me twice they have to keep their promise and ship it.

I spoke with other stores too and they would get it by November 5th and then start selling it over desk to customers.

/ Magnus
[Desire HD General] Dentisst:
Yes, right now in Sweden there are two kinds of retailers:

The ones who says delivery date "comming" and the ones who just spits out random dates. The guy at Tele 2 was one of them in Sweden known as "troll" :)

Two biggest phone distributors in Sweden "Brightpoint" and "20:20" says November its just varies from 5th and 15th.
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
For those wanting to know which map the phone comes with, it's where your phone was BOUGHT (not where your GPS finds you to be, or where your SIM is registered etc). Here's what the manual says...

"Your phone comes with a map installed. The map on your phone will depend on the country where you bought your phone. Don’t worry, you can download other maps when you need them"
[Desire HD General] Jootje123:
Hey guys (and gals),

i'm new to the forum. So first of all, Hi!

so i got a question for you techies. The dhd links facebook contacts to your phone contacts. it then automaticly syncs the facebook picture to the phone contact. My first question: can you undo this without un-linking facebook?

and second: contacts that are not synced with face book i assigned pictures from the gallery. it then makes you crop the picture and it comes up really ugly in the fave widget or when the contact calls. how do you get it to make it a better quality??
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Hey..Supreme, fancy another upgrade after christmas hahaha......I know I will...I just cant help myself...it wont be Samsung though, going to stick to HTC.. :D
[Desire HD General] SupremeBeaver:
i'll probably be keeping the DHD for the next 5 years lol. I've been using this old Nokia for 6 years now..

edit: ok maybe not 5... maybe 2?
[Desire HD General] pizzaman79:
In the Netherlands, Vodafone phones are unbranded. Where do you live?
[Desire HD General] MrGarak:
Same here, people who have gotten DHD's from Vodafone Ireland have reported the hardware and software are both unbranded.

Can anyone in the UK tell me if the Three phones have unbranded software? It's supposed to be coming out on 3 here next month.
[Desire HD General] pizzaman79:
I agree. The problem is that in the minds of the public and especially of the (ever apple-horney) journalists, the iphone still is the benchmark. At least these guys have the balls to answer the question if the dhd is better then the iPhone and they are realistic enough to answer that question with a yes.
[Desire HD General] onesolo:
Can you please tell me if Portuguese is also included ??
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Just done a system upgrade, not sure if i will notice any improvements, ill have to get back to you on that one.

EDIT - Updated to 1.32.405.3.

EDIT 2 The guys at Overclokers UK say this update fixes the proximity sensor issue?.....I never had an issue with it so I cant say whether this is true or not
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
My phone only has english, spanish, french and italian.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Battery update,

Charged this morning, used today, videos, wifi, music player, ect...battery at 25%...my SGS would of been dead by now.

It seems some seems to last longer than others, still early days so I will come back next week and see how it is then.
[Desire HD General] NoEnd:
i have to ask if u charged it for 8 hours or not :p?
[Desire HD General] jkoljo:
Charging 8 hours or whatever makes no difference at all. End of story. If the battery is full, it is full, and automatically stops charging.
[Desire HD General] LeviathanPT:
Uber comparison of browsers between the DHD and many others by solpalmari @ Video thread!
[Desire HD General] bobbyphoenix:
True. Manual even states that. Once full the battery will start to get hot, and automatically stop charging. I forget what page it's on, but it's in there.
[Desire HD General] nicholasbgr:
I was so excited to get this phone, but now with all the problems you guys have been reporting here at xda (particularly the proximity sensor issue) I'm left with no options :(
[Desire HD General] PiloteQuadeur:
Hoppefully we'll put into the past this issue!!

I'm still excited to get this phone..have been waintin for long long time..!
[Desire HD General] apprentice:
Don't give up just yet, the update HTC released just now seems to have fixed that issue for some users.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Just in case you guys aren't checking the Prox sensor thread, I still have the problem after the update, and a couple of others too. So it isn't 100% fixed yet....
[Desire HD General] Basil3:
Every phone has a couple of flaws, and usually they are sorted over time. If you wait around for the perfect phone that has nothing wrong with it, I suspect you'll never be buying one!
[Desire HD General] Zantos64:
Has anybody else noticed reduced signal levels? I live in a "border" area for phone signals and what used to give me a constant phone signal plus intermittent broadband on a Nokia 5800 now gives me very poor phone signal and virtually no broadband on my Desire HD.:(
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
I left it on charge for about three hours...the main drain on the battery seems to be the screen and wifi
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
It seems surprising to me that nobody has really mentioned the camera and video problems where is going from light to dark, then back again ect ect..

Its that bad I cant use the video because it looks so terrible, I try all the settings but Its still bad, does anyone have this problem or know of a fix...I never seen anything this bad before on a phone, I wonder if HTC are aware of this????.....or is it just my phone?

I really would of thought everyone would be going mad about this and it would be all over the net, this is why Im thinking its just mine :(....help ..
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
I have the issue aswell, but It doesn't bother me that much as it only really happens indoors with a lot of varied light intensities. Outdoors it doesn't seem to be as bad and also I don't think I've seen a phone where this doesn't happen in at least some capacity.
[Desire HD General] Rixsta:
Thanks for the reply, I never had these issues with the SGS, your right, indoors it is really awful, its like someone is turning a light on and off, I wonder if it can be fixed with another software update, I hope so...apart from this, its A1
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
I also hope that a software update will make it more fluid in it's transitions, but I think that the reason it behaves this way seems to be that the lens and sensor array are just so damn fast, I think they would need to be slowed down to correct the issue.

Meh. I'm probably wrong but that's my 2 pence.
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
my nikon D5000 SLR has issues with exposure in video to generally you just lock the exposure so it doesnt auto adjust depending on the scene im not sure if you can do that on the phone tho but the brightness adjustment is pretty normal and many devices give the behaviour where it cannot find the right one and it just flicks between it

imo htc should just add a toggle for locked exposure.
[Desire HD General] Doktaphex:
You can change exposure settings, which helps a little, but it still adjusts itself slightly
[Desire HD General] deadite66:
Can't enable/disable silent from the lock screen, not even an option from a long press on the power button :/

used this a lot on my old phone, ended up using a widget.
[Desire HD General] apprentice:
I agree!

Look on any forums and you'll see people complaining about their device.

NOKIA

SONY ERICSSON

APPLE

and any device on Xda Developers

All phones (in particular upon new release) have teething problems and they do usually get addressed by the manufacturer. This phone has only been out a few days so don't give up just yet!