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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usmaanali:
Hi

Hey guys,

Ive had this phone since the start of the year and at first the battery life was just about getting me through the day with less than average use of the phone but since I rooted my DHD and installed leedroids latest Rom. My battery life has totally shot up from light use to heavy gaming and watching films and still having pleanty of battery to spare. From full charge it lasts me about 1 day and about 17 hours with roughly 20% battery life still left. I'm still using the stock battery and totally loving the phone. Also before I rooted the phone ,whenever I watched a film it seemed to be very laggy but havnt had a problem at all since te root.

Now at first I thought I would brick my phone from rooting but it really has been made so easy now and I did it on my first attempt. You don't need to root your phone so don't feel pressured. It's when you feel ready to take that step.

Enjoy your DHD everyone :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MACkjam:
About a month down the line I have the following to add:

1. Battery is ok but not as bad as I thought it would be. I switch data off and only connect when I need to. I have screen brightness down to about a third. I use livbe wallpapers and it does not make any difference to battery life. On fuill charge at night whether static or live, the battery shows the same usage. I always have a charger nearby anyway.

2. This is the best device I have had to date PERIOD. It is slick, fast, great screen size and sensitivity. Very responsive.

3. Camera is better than I thought.

4. Sound is far better than I thought. I have no sound issues like I have read about. Mine is really loud and sounds fine. Headphones make a huge difference to the quality of course. I occasionally have to reduce volume because it is too loud!!!

5. Apps - I am very picky about what I want ande need and thus only install those. The only problems caused are by certain apps.

6. The device feels solid and is not too big. I have bigf hands anyway so it is perfect for me. The weight is not an issue coming from a TyTN II that weighs 190+gramms!!!

7. The only downside is not the device itself but in HTC for not having included a decent voice recognition app that doesn't need a data connection and some sort of carry case.

8. I love it. Highly recommended!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby_lerone:
i love my desire hd but the battery life was shocking, i mean in two hours of no use it would drop by nearly 30%. rooting my phone has made such a difference to how long it lasts now, i get well over a days charge but i still charge it every day...old habits die hard
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l33ch0r:
Bought my DHD in February. First I was totally impressed. Might be, because my former cellphone was a LG KC910. Switching from that to an Android device like the desire hD is like switching from an old car to a ferrari.

Like any new cellphone it was used a lot. Already heard the battery is weak but when I saw the decrease, I was shocked.

I wanted to have a larger battery life. So I read about custom roms. Downgrade, root and s-off seemed kind of difficult, but I did it, although I been skeptical to do this at all. Since then I'm living my desire hd even more. Thanks to Android Revolution HD I need to charge it only once a day, although I'm using it pretty much.

And since the battery lives much longer, the only weakness is somewhat gone :D

I wouldn't give it away. Well, probably for better Smartphones I would ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluebyter77:
Almost happy, but the battery is the only worst thing in this case.

But its a great Phone .... if the Battery ...... why have they done this damn Battery on this great Phone .....:(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sybregunne:
Battery seems to be the major issue. My other gripe is the gps antennae hidden by a cover together with the camera flash. I don't know why but it is loose and I can never see any satellites.

Anyway Battery seems to have improved since the gingerbread OTA came out. I could just imagine what having a custom ROM would do to my battery consumption problems.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Risorius:
it really does.. :(

charging it 2 times in a day.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kyutu:
At first I was bitterly disappointed at the washed out screen compared to my previous Desire (original), also the battery was a concern...but the longer I used it the more I fell in love with it. I've managed to get used to charging it at every opportunity and just enjoying the things it can do.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonali68:
Love: showing my iPhone owning friends Flash videos on the browser.

Hate: Them saying "Yeah, very good. If only I could hear it!"
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazy CS:
I'm not really satisfied with the build quality:

The Sim cover doesn't fit in properly and sticks out on one of the sides.

Theres a speck of light coming out of the black border around the screen. The speck of light is near the HTC logo

and the screen glass is tight on the top left and bottom right corners but appears a bit loose on the top right and bottom left corners.

I've owned 8 HTC phones previously and it's obvious it's gone down hill since....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranblv:
I really like this phone, a lot more than my galaxy-s and my nexus 1 before that.

The sound is lower than the samsung and battery life is smaller but it still carries me throughout the day.

on every other aspect its better than any phone I ever had.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combat goofwing:
yes to the phone

yes to android

both are awesome
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Yes true but if Samsung can do it with their Galaxy S why cant HTC do it....the SGS has a 5mp and no flash and the camera and video blows it out the water..thats why people like myself are complaining...we expected better for the money.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themonkster:
I'm looking to get this phone in the next couple of weeks. I'm a big fan of HTC but there seems to be a lot negative comments.

Samsung are announcing a device on the 8th November. I might make my decision when I see what Samsung have created.

Sent from my Hero Froyo'd Villian 1.5
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Endr1:
I've got mine yesyerday.

until now everything is fine, no problems here.

I kept my Nexus one anyway and I sold my iphone 3gs which is kinda a liberation!

The DHD is cool. Maybe the best phone I've ever had.

BUT it is not easy to use, you must be brainmanic to use his full power. I needed one entire night to get atop of all the new sense features. In fact the sense hub amd the remote control are not working very good.

I used visionary (thx great Paul) but I didn't get the utility of the thing... I think it will be hard to install cooked rom with this new guardchip

Attention in using SetCPU, it is not updated for the NEW snapdragon and when I tried I experienced several problem in speed and performance...

Is anybody aware that when the phone is turned off with the hibernation process, the battery it's still in use... very light but in use, Yesterday night I unplugged after the first full charge (Charging the first time 12 hr is for nichel battery, Ionlithium hate this treatment as you can read in the wikipedia.en very good paragraph, it suggest you charge it the first time 50%, second 75% and then 100%. I am not sure if this is right... wait for your feedback), well when I turned back off the battery widget said 98%...

Anyway after 3 hourse of intense useage the battery is at 81%
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zen123:
Let me say the positives far outweigh the negatives for me & I will be keeping the DHD for now. But these are the negatives for me -

1/ External speaker volume too low

2/ Ill fitting battery & sim covers

3/ Even after years of practice they still put in a crap camera

4/ Only way to wake the phone is power switch, hope a firmware update gives option of using the volume rocker to wake the phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
I agree...its still better than the sgs...even after my comments
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimeruk:
I have a DHD and have come form a Desire.

My issues are: The wake up button on the top is fiddly and not easy to get the phone going, as compared to my desire which was a charm to do. makes me wonder if mine is not the same as yours, the button is totally flush with the casing.

Battery life, i can live with, a touch better than the desire IMO.

I had a freeze when a calender reminder poped up, it was a battery out situation, I never had one of those with the Desire, EVER.

I have see the phone restart a couple of times, again something I am not used to. Have been with Android from the g1/Dream and HTC all the way.

It is heavier, but it's bigger.. duh...

Car phone holder barely fits so will need to get a bigger one from somewhere, not seen one yet, but I wanted bigger, it's what you would expect I guess.

3.5mm headphone socket, I liked it on the top, just my preference I guess.

Responsiveness on the keypad is certainly duller than the Desire, although I was used to Swype, which I haven't got installed on my DHD yet.

The newer HTC apps are not so great, footprints is useless, although thats not new to the DHD I guess.

Overall, very happy, but not a great big wow that I got when I got the older Desire.

Main problem is that stupid wake button on the top.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uck761:
yes the battery is in use even if you turn it off, this is why the DHD manage to boot that fast. try to take the battery out and put in again, u will find the next booting time takes more than 30 secs
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wekko306:
Overall, the Desire HD is a very nice device.

Some things I don't like though:

the fitting of the sim and battery covers

it sometimes fails to recognize my sim card

it keeps rebooting 4 times a day

Especially items 2 and 3 are real problems, so I'm taking my DHD back to the shop tomorrow. I hope they have some more units so I can exchange it immediately.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boarne71:
I had the samsung galaxy s before getting this htc desire hd, and i really liked the sgs so here is in short what i think.

Htc Desire HD pro's compared to SGS:

Much better camera

More realistic colors

Better more detailed sound. And great sound trough earsplugs.

More internal memory for running apps

Build quality is awsome and design is the best i have seen.

Really good working flash that dont ruin the picture

The negative things about Htc Desire HD compared to SGS:

Maybe the battery wont hold up long enough, but cant say for sure yet.

The speakers have a littlebit hi pitch sound, and volume is to low in my opinion.

Those plastic covers for the sim card and battery feels fragile :(

EDIT: And if i look real close there is a tiny tiny gap between the screen and body on the upper right and left side, only out on the sides and everywhere else seams fine....... maybe it's just me beeing oversensative and to finicky ;)

I love my sgs 16gig, but i think this htc is a good replacement for me.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Never had that rebooting problem...strange.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmw-boy:
I had x10 before my new DHD

I was very happy with my X10 except Android 1.6, perfect hardware, good quality ,display and design

But when I receive My DHD I have the same feeling when I get my TP2 after Omni 900i

Perfect display, touch sensitivey

The sound is high quality. But not loud

Useful UI with HTC sense

Perfect Device
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polystirenman:
I had the DHD for 3 days now.I have to say that that back sim cover is real pain in the ass.I've bought pouch from superetrader and first time I put phone into it and then tried to get it out the back cover staid in.I had to stretch the pouch to prevent this happening.big fail from HTC.

When I switched full flash support on internet browser (always on option) after a while of browsing of sites with videos on it the DHD started to lag until it got to unusable state and I had to reboot the device.

Other than that I am very happy with this phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuailan:
Well I had the HD for 3 days now...here is my thought (considering I also have HTC desire and my wife Iphone 4).

The things I enjoy:

Obvious Big screen (look good and feel nice when browsing and playing movies).

VERY FAST (you can feel it)...Benchmark wise totally blow out scoring easily 1800+ on Quadrant (on first run).

GPS lock very fast

Camera shot very nice (definitely much better than Desire)

Love that LED FLASH

THANK GOD (So far I dont have those Proxi issues or rebooting)

Biggest Disappointment:

Screen Quality (I guess maybe I have too high expectation). Yes it does perform slightly better than desire under sunlight. But when comparing to my wife Iphone 4 or even my friend Galaxy, think they are better than the HD. Maybe it's just me, but I think the HD screen color look more wash out not rich in color like the Iphone. Even when comparing to the AMOLED Desire. Just cant believe HTC dont upgrade the screen using better technology out there.

The Sound. WHAT A JOKE! What's all this hype about SRS or Dolby ****....man they suck! NOT much difference than Desire. Compare to Iphone, it's a shame. Even any cheap $10 speaker can sound better than this! Yeah, I can always use the headphone, but try using the GPS with the kids on the car, you can hardly hear ****. Somehow I got the feeling HTC DO NOT KNOW what sound is?? I believe their marketing dept is working harder than their engineer.

I really hate the way they choose the new battery cover or the SIM cover. I prefer the simple old way like HTC desire. Just slide the back cover remove the battery and you can put the sim.

Battery (cant believe HTC dont try to improve)...instead they just putting roughly the same performance. On first day, it does feel worst, but it will be better after several cycle of charge. I have tested the Iphone 4,and pretty sure they are much better in battery life. Considering Iphone has better screen, I think HTC should feel shame, cant better the battery performance even with the supposed to be lower quality LCD.

Overall thought: I guess I am just content for now. Not as excited as I used before once I got hold of this phone. Maybe I should have just waited for at least another generation. I do believe the HTC marketing people do hell a lot of better JOB than their engineer.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itolson:
coming from the desire (amoled) there are a few issues with the dhd.

the screen is larger, but the amoled is just SOOO much nicer, colours, blacks, viewing angles etc. the amoled was not the best in full sun and i have not had much change to try the dhd tft screen in full sun, its also the same res as the desire so web browsing is not much better and less sharp when zoomed out.

The Lack of optical track pad is another bug bear for me, editing text can be a pain on the dhd and being able to wake from the track pad was for me the best tweak maybe as i had a htc hero and that awoke from the bottom home button as well.

The size is an issue without a case as its very easy to slip from your hands, maybe the weight and the plastics used in the case but a silicon case is a must to get some resistance when in hand.

all in all though it does seem to be a step forward just not one giant leap for smartphone kind...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smigit:
Very happy

Only had it 48 hours and its been plugged in so I havent really tested battery life. My only annoyance was the recessed LCD screen but that was before I applied the screen protector I had which made it flush anyway. Besides that I really like it. No issues with the fit for my sim or battery covers.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ffff:
It's beautiful, and I love it. My first computer was a Sinclair ZX80. This phone makes me remember that ZX80 experience, I now live on Mars wearing a lycra unitard.

Just two things.

Battery life is terrible.

Built-in speaker is far too quiet. Can barely hear SMS alerts when it's in my pocket.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ratcom:
PMSL ;-)

love mine also
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan ashcroft:
the paint on the logo on the back is flacking off already
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
Picture please!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan ashcroft:
I don't have another camera i'm afraid. Theres a patch gone from the H and theres a faint white line round the edge of the logo, i think it must be a coating over plastic. I'm still happy with it but as mine has dust under the screen and a dent in the battery cover its just another thing to add to the list!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pavoni:
I'm in the "love it" camp. Had my Desire HD, first Android experience, for 5 days. Moved from Touch HD Windows 6.1, which I've kept for back up (brilliant phone still thanks to XDA). Held off my chance to upgrade since May, waiting for WM7 phones to come out. Followed XDA, Engadget, etc EVERY day to keep up to date. Got really excited about thought of having 'live' information on my home screen (unlike my wife's 3GS). Then soon after WM7 launch, I heard that the live tile idea was likely limited to just core apps. Compared the HD7 which I was about to get, to the Desire HD. Whilst not really wanting to leave the comfort of Windows, the DHD's higher spec and newer hardware kept nagging at me.

Free upgrade to DHD from Carphone Warehouse, connected via Orange (Panther 40) and fell in love. Yes there are problems, all of which are well documented, but guys, this ain't no smartphone, its a damn SUPERPHONE.

Got a charger for home, office and car. Very very happy.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardsar:
I'm not happy with the sim cover - it leaves a gap between it and the main body probably because the guts of the phone has not been pushed up far enough. YOu can tell this by a very small gap above the screen (can get a piece of paper in it) and if you look at the camera lens, it is below centre.

Had the proxmity issue even after the update. Thinking of getting a replacement.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
I have none of these problems, its just not good enough that HTC make good and bad ones depending on the batch...or maybe the person/s making them...someone may have had a bad day...where's the quality control ??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwud:
I have the problem with the gap between the sim cover and phone and I've also noticed that I can see clear metal around the camera where I've obviously put it down too quickly. I can only see this getting worse - I've been really gental with the phone so far.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mancuk29:
Tom tom ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaduOv:
The maps in location app. are from Tom Tom.

I have the phone for 3 days now. Previous owned Hero and Milestone.

The big screen, the confort on typing, good camera, Froyo speed are making me very happy. The battery (after 3 charges) last 15 hours with very heavy use, WiFi on all the time, gps on, screen backlight on auto mode. I expect the battery to last 24 hours on normal use, after the battery gets a few more charges.

No sim or battery cover problems on mine.

I hope this solves others questions.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Endr1:
After 3 days I can say this phone bests the n1. The battery last 13 hours as my previous nexus with a bigger screen. After tweaking a little bit, installing setcpu and visionary and some other stuff, the phone.is blazing fast. The location pack it the only strange thing...

Anyway it rocks. Soundly
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreasy:
I saw your recommendation in a few places and I found such deals on eBay (External charger + 2 DHD batteries = £10 aprox.)

Now I want to express my doubts on this and request more opinions.

1) Would it be wise to use chinese unbranded battery on such an expensive phone? remember, your battery is the power supply of your phone. Anything wrong with it could blow your phone and those chinese batteries are not known to pass any quality tests nor they provide any guarantee.

2) Would that cheap charger do the best work with your batteries in order to keep in in top condition or could it cause it to die earlier or to not operate at its maximum efficiency.

Ok, those are just my concerns and I would like to hear more opinions since I may be wrong.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibbo82:
The camera, is really doing my nut in!!! Its awful. No hard button to take pics!! :0( its so fiddly to take a pic especially when wanting to take a pic of one's self!! :0(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sookster54:
I'd be VERY careful about buying cheap batteries, counterfeit batteris can destroy your phone or you (heard of a Chinaman getting his head blown off by an exploding counterfeit battery?). I bought an extended battery for my Motorola phone a decade ago and it melted on me but luckily it didn't take the phone with it, my phone dealer found out it was a counterfeit.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eozen81:
So it is awful for you just because it does not have a spesific camera shotting button like other lots of phones inc. Iphone? Come on. Be fair about it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boarne71:
The speakers is pretty useless, low sound volume and to high pitch sound. The batt and sim covers feels fragile and low quality. Apart from these things im happy with my DHD so far... have had it for about a week almost and the only things i am dissapointed with on this phone is the speakers and covers, the body and weight feels real good in my hand, the screen shows more real life colors compared to my sgs 16gig. I loved my sgs but i really dont miss the way to strong colors and the iphune feel it had, and the weight. So im satisfied with this DHD for now and all feels good. But i guess in a few months i will for sure find something new and exciting i want to get, as usual ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppxda:
I got my DHD on Wednesday and whilst it's very good, I just don't think it's that much better than the Desire.

HTCSense.com appealed to me, but most of it can be achieved with other software like Lookout.

Big screen is great, but size in the pocket and battery life is a bit of downer.

Cached maps in satnav also appealed, but navigation is only available on subscription; Europe: $65 Life cycle, $50 1 year, $12 30 days. UK $38 Life cycle, $25 1 year, $6 30 days. UK Traffic $10 1 year, $3 30 days. UK safety cameras $8 1 year, $3 30 days. You can tell Tom Tom is behind this! Google Navigation is FREE vs up to $46 just for UK navigation and Traffic assuming you go for the life cycle option.

Anyway, I'm going to sell my phone and wait for Gingerbread. I don't have access to Marketplace as I'm a newbie and I don't want to give £50 - £60 to Ebay/PayPal. Does anyone know where the best place to sell a mobile might be?

Thanks, John
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ppxda:
I would also add that speaker is even worse than Desire. I just sold a Samsung i8910 and the speakers put the Desire and DHD to shame.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avenge the rage:
Love this phone, moved from a hero which gave me 6 hours battery life.

This lasts a full day on 2nd cycle and so far no problems. It's lightening fast.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elisir79:
Hi, also my Desire HD is bad assembly
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjcook1984:
that would do my nut in
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Dont forget that these batteries are Lipo batteries, the same as the ones found in the RC Hobby....they will go bang (well more of a pffftt lol) if they are of low quality....blowing somebody's head off though...I can't see that happening...or a hand for that matter, that's just kinda stupid.... they usually split, burst in to flames and pour out black smoke like hell..

Its back to you only get what you pay for..dont buy cheap batteries.