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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apprentice:
Happy!

See my review: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8777637&postcount=387

Battery life is on a par with my previous 3 devices!! Why are people going on about this. Give the phone at least a week for a few recharges to condition the battery and you will get a day's use out of it under normal use. I keep the charger by my bed and it's all set to go the next day.

Hell... don't bother with an iphone, unless you want to be a zombie and hail Apple all day. Even when jailbroken there are issues when an update comes along courtesy of the pain in the ass itunes crappy software. If you want the phone to be 'yours' and do what 'you' want to do with it and be individual from all those that buy an iphone coz it's an iphone brigade, GET AN ANDROID, preferably HTC. You won't be disappointed.

My only gripe is the external speaker, it's too quiet. Otherwise very happy :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gwud:
I'm happy with it so far. The only minor issue is the small gap between the device and the sim card cover. You can sometime see a flash of metal through the gap which is a shame, but otherwise no complaints at all.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibbo82:
Its annoying that the pics I take with my dhd always look zoomed in!? :0s is there anyway around this?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:


Im only saying about the video and camera because my SGS is far far better and thats a phone...whats silly about that...no flash and 5mp camera beats the crap out of the DHD...i guess people just except **** quality....im afraid i dont.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patriotaus:
My problem with this phone is that is too freaking awesome.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LondonTownGuy:
These comments don't look very promising. I wanted to upgrade my HD2 for better camera better performance better battery, I even read about someone having crapp ppp connection on orange uk. I think |I'll wait a while to see how things pan out.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxtwrld:
Thumbs up for DHD

I am very happy with my DHD. Just switched from Milestone. The performance is amazing!!!! Battery life is certainly better than Milestones. I had an issue with the proximity sensor, but I have not experienced it since HTC update, so may be that is solved.

There is a lack of accessories, which is a shame. A decent car dock would be really appreciated, as it comes with TOMTOM navigation, but perhaps it is a little too early for that.

Overall it is thumbs up!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gibbo82:
Anyone finding the phone abit to big and heavy!?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll_l_x_l_ll:
i like heavy phones more than light. its makes it feel more " expensive "

i am owner of galaxy s and i find it too light . like a toy lol " love the phone tho "
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan ashcroft:
dust under screen, oh well.

main concern is that the camera lens seems to be positioned below the centre of the hole in which its set, can anyone have a look at theirs and see if they reckon their lens seems rather low down please? just concerned that the ring saying 8.0 megapixels on is casting a shadow on the lens or blocking part of its view! cheers.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GraemeStanding:
This is my first "smartphone" and I'm loving it so far. Very responsive and the size is manageable. Just looking forward to being able to remove a lot of the stuff that comes preinstalled. I chose android because I want to be able to have a phone that has the features I choose on it, not to have an incredible amount of bloat. Right now I have two facebook apps, two twitter apps, etc. I like things that are minimal and clean :).

Looking forward to developers working on various things now that kernel source code is out :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nxtwrld:
Yes the lens is not really centered behind the glass, but I haven't noticed any shadow on the photos.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deekod:
I had the hd2 running droid and have to say the DHD is all round a much better phone, less buggy, less fc, better pics and vid. LOVE IT!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiatounes:
People i don't have the dhd yet but it is possible to get a better battery in a unibody look at the htc legend from 1300mah to 1800mah (mugen xl power) battery so this will hopefully come to the dhd, I hope they increase speaker volume + resolve prox issue's
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jords12:
Most mugen batteries get about 75% of what they claim - http://batteryboss.org/

So that works out to 1350mah.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarrenT:
I'd just like to add my hat to the "very very happy with my DHD" column. its very fast, the screen is great, everything just happens when you ask it to unlike my Hero which would sometimes bog down. Also I'm enjoying good battery life but considering my usage thats not surprising.

A great phone in my opinion. if the wife had bigger hands she'd get one too.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakers:
I've come from a hd2 and I would say if anything battery life for me seems as good if not slightly better I have tried to limit what's sync'ing I'm really impressed its very fluid in a way you wish the hd2 was
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palexr:
Another happy camper. :D

I have come from a Magic so the fluidity and speed are very apparent.

The battery life seems fine to me nothing particularly alarming for a brand new smartphone which is getting played with a lot.

The camera is very good

HTCSense did all the things it was meant to for me.

location

ring

contacts

etc...

Marketplace did benefit from having the cache cleared. After that it was working fine.

I changed the keyboard as i prefer the normal android one's predictive abilities.

In general I am more than happy to recommend this phone, it has loads of tricks up its sleeves and plays them really smoothly.:cool:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyclub:
Ok I only have mine since 6 today. Spent most of the day syncing contacts from google and then trying to get there pics from syncing with facebook. I ended up with 2 forms of sync from facebook ie. facebook sync and htc sense facebook sync and even then I didnt get all the photos and had to do the rest manually.

When I got the phone it had one bar of battery I let it run down and charged it again. Overall I have alot to learn with it as I am came from a 3GS but nothing a few days playing and reading wont sort out.

So far my only down points are:

1/When you go to your main dial screen it has all my contacts and their numbers there plus all my facebook friends and their numbers. I dont want all the facebook friends numbers coming up as most I dont ring I only want the numbers from my main contacts.

2/One of the widgets which is the friends one I cant add friends to it who I have added their facebook pics. Now I maybe doing something wrong but thats annoying me.

3/When in the main dial page and you press the phonebook to see contacts it doesnt go to them instantly there is some lag. Lag is not something I expected with this phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thddragon85:
I'm running cm7 stable, and my only complaint is that 2 way recording doesn't work.

I'm going to try one or lord's mod older kernels for cm7 to see if that fixes it though.

Other then that i'm very happy with it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _N3R0:
Very happy with my D-HD since I bought it in January.

I've run default Sense, LeeDroid 2.2.3 and now CM7 7.0.2. CM7 is by far the fastes of the three (IME) but I'm having a persistent GPS problem that is the only fly in the ointment.

Far and away I prefer the D-HD to all of the previous iPhones that I owned (2G/ 3G/ 3GS). It's a bit more 'nerdy' but that suits me fine! :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnholyChaosAngel:
Switching to an Android phone was a little intimidating at first, but after I got used to it I fell in love. I'm currently running CoreDroid 5.4 with the stock GB kernel and the 26.08.03.07 radio. It runs smooth as butter and the CoreDroid team does a wonderful job with all the optimizations and eye candy. Some people complain about the small battery, but I'm a moderate user and I can get a day and a half or more easily with little call usage.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
GB is OTA..what next for DHD??? Could'nt wait..surprise and more surprise from HTC!! lol :P
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eTiMaGo:
Loving mine so far :)

Battery life's not a big issue, I plug it in every night, and whenever I am driving it is in the cradle charging (I took out my head unit and use the phone as a music player :D )...

I had a Motorola Milestone before, and it was a breath of fresh air changing to this phone... While I do miss the slide out keyboard, nothing beats actually having RAM available (could not use PowerAmp and Google Maps at the same time on the Motorola...).

All this combined with the awesome aftermarket development on this site (CM7 FTW), it's hard to want to get a new phone... But once HTC comes out with a phone in the same physical size, with a qHD screen and dual-core CPU, then we'll see!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krill78:
+1 for this, although the tweaks I made before rooting etc really didn't help a lot.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cementboy:
The ability to tweak makes all the difference to me.

I'm a very happy DHD user who stumbled across Android when I got my Hero a couple of years back.

It's laughable how nervy I was when I first took the plunge to root it. I filled my pants with crap when I thought I'd done something wrong!

But since then I've never looked back. For me, the DHD has the perfect screen size and internal hardware I won't need to upgrade for a couple of years so I'm very satisfied.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aidan257:
i love my DHD, i previously had a HTC Magic (black) & a HTC Hero (white). The Hero i have rooted with CM6.1.0 at the mo. And on my Desire HD i have RCMixHD Kingdom v0.1 which has Sense 3 on Gingerbread. Which is a good rom even at this early stage.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ncbc:
I love my DHD, using from April 2011 :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R3XNebular:
Loving my DHD, the only thing is battery but as another has said plugging it in everynight is a must. If they brought out a 1600mhz battery that actually had an excellent rating I'd purchase one but according to some sources the 1600mhz battery is worse off than the stock battery.

Improvements to my battery were updating to Leeroid 3.0.2 with its custom Kernel and flashing a different Radio. Also disabled auto brightness and adjusted it accordingly (20-30% brightness was suffice).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharulazlan:
This is my 1st android phone... Love it...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kennyg7:
It's my first Android too and I think it's a very good phone.

I've flashed it with Revolution, CM7, MIUI and now running Leedroid.

All the roms are great and am yet to settle on one for now.

Coming from a Blackberry I enjoy all the customisation however only con would be the battery life.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony_kwok:
:mad: Not really as there is no 1click root available for 2.2.1...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuceens007:
And wouldnt..downgrade first
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lupin87:
Of course, It's my first smartphone, too. Love it so much
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
My personal opinion, the thing that made all htc phone so adorable is its "htc sense" it self :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AverageCanadian:
This being my fourth Android phone, third HTC phone, I love everything but the pathetic GPS
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esite:
Very satisfied BUT camera is too poor :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrispyweener:
Happy for the most part but:

1. Camera is no Nokia. HTC still have a long way to go in this department.

2. Build quality is shoddy. Battery and especially the SIM/ SD cover/ antenna are

really poor. The thing creaks so much I have to use a case just to put up with it.

3. Battery life. It's no worse than my old Desire but you can tell HTC have learnt a little from this one by fitting the Incredible S with a much bigger battery. The case shape suffered as a result though. Shame.

4. OS. Took far too long to get Gingerbread released for it - even the carriers got it out before HTC did. Poor show. Nice OS though and much improved over Froyo IMO, but then I was on 1.72 which crashed endlessly before this.

Which reminds me - 1.72 - shame on you HTC. Ever heard of UAT? Terrible release....which forced people to scour the web looking for a way to downgrade, ending up on these forums and being subject to endless techy terms such as S-OFF, HBOOT, Goldcards, RUU's, CID, ENG S-OFF, Radio S-OFF, blah blah blah.

If I'd have answered this a few days ago before I was running 2.3.3 I'd have listed a few more things (low ringer volume, crashing, inability to juggle icons easily on a full screen etc) but now I'm running the new OS I'm pretty happy.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dabarr:
It's also my first android phone but I am owning since late october now...

I had an n97 before until it flew into the swimming pool :eek:

I love using custom roms and I love the speed and the looks. Wouldn't trade it in so far and will go with it for at least another year.

Even though dual core is out already i am more focused on a better and more energy saving display....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alchopop:
Ok, this is my 5th or 6th HTC phone and they were and are all fantastic pieces of hardware. The software on all of them shipped was woeful which is why we need xda developers to finish the job. I have always used cooked rom's right from my very first XDA IIi (seems like another lifetime since then) and they've all brought more functionality to the phone than HTC ever developed. Also typical of HTC is they have hardly ever supported their hardware more than at best 2 updates.

My next phone might be Samsung because the latest galaxy s II LOOKS STUNNING and you can even root it for free on their website if I'm not mistaken. So come on HTC pull your fingers out and produce something awesome to keep me coming back for more, else my £'s are going elsewhere
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alchopop:
Looks like I'm sticking with HTC then, now they've decided upon an open bootloader policy. Yea, well done HTC
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dabarr:
Is there any source for that??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
yes, plenty here's one
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] =ARV=:
Really happy with my DHD! I Love its huge screen, metal back and mostly the support of this community
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhenson22:
Completely happy with my DHD, does everything I need it to.

Still manages to draw 'wows' from people despite being an old model these days.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agoattamer:
If you want updates then stay away from samsung phones. We have many recent samsung phones in the USA that are still running eclair because of the lack of working updates. Been this way for year. Samsung phones are now the most buggy and least supported out there.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ced-rick:
Yes for me it is the best it has everything except coffee:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquido2:
This is my first HTC phone. I have NO complaints about it the more I use it the more I love it. Long live the DHD :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stanlehh:
Though I'm a late adopter of the dhd, absolute no regrets so far. Came from an incredible s then nexus s and finally settled with this beast.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okishead:
Probably I did the right choice to stick with Nexus S :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquido2:
Hmmm not really answering the thread question :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommyt79:
Well,

my Desire HD is great, only one thing is really ugly the Battery life.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XifeX:
Love my DHD. Best phone I have had
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meatboy42:
Honestly, I'm not impressed. I can't have a phone that only lasts 1 day, and the amount of recurring issues I've found that I can't fix has really discoloured my view of it.

But saying that, I can't ever go back to iOS at this point. I just have to kind of wait in limbo until Android stops being so fragmented and gets into gear properly. e.g. I can't stand input lag, but every android phone I've used has more or less lag depending on how cluttered your homescreens are. Whereas in iOS it tracks your swiping gestures almost 1:1.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loyal32:
Got to say that I kind of agree, was playing with an iPad the other day and I realised the input is actually a tiny bit smoother than Android. In addition the battery life is really annoying but apart from that, the phones as great as it can be, camera, lots of space for apps and fully customizable etc.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliveanddead86:
It is the best phone I have had... The only problem really is the battery life, although it does depend what you leave on when you're not using it. But then you cut down the functionality of a smart phone, to a normal phone as the battery dies too quickly!

Either way, it is a good phone, just a shame about the battery
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daz555:
Still plenty of other stuff they could lock down.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I'm very satisfied with the phone. When I bought it, I had to decide what to buy. I wanted to choose between DHD and iPhone4. I read a lot of tests and reviews, and after 2 months of thinking I bought the DHD. Now, I don't know why I wanted to buy iPhone.... :)

Android Market has thousands of (free) applications and that's why it may win the competition against the App Store. Thanks to the open platform, developers may find it easier to develop for the phone. HTC Sense brings us a new world in Android UI's. First, I didn't want Android because of it's UI. Then I changed my mind because 1: UI isn't a big deal for me. 2: Sense is much better than the official Android UI.

I very appreciate HTC for making the kernel and the WebKit source code public. It follows Android spirit what is a good idea.

To sum up, it is a good phone. It's the best phone I've ever had. I'm happy to own a DHD.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hercegyu:
+1 here :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbunjoza:
i love dhd but i hate the sim card cover, it squicks like pig, very poor plastic quality :/
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadssiDK:
The faster scrolling in Ios is mostly because of the Gpu it runs all the graphical UI

Sent from my Desire HD using ARHD and XDA premium App
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makec3rt:
I also love my DHD, but its too thick to carry around :P
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjonnyrock:
Love the Desire HD, but....

The Camera could have been better, lens and optics suck :(

Battery, I mean really a smartphone with a small capacity battery with no option to use an extended 3rd party battery. :confused::mad:

Understanding camera lenses
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boasu:
YES!! Got everything I need!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitin88:
Desire HD is the best smartphone! But there are 2 problems, the camera and S-LCD screen...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] napster113:
Brilliant phone no problems and does what I want it to do
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will972:
my DHD is a transformers :D .. one time on Desire S, one time on Htc Sensation .. what else .... best phone seriously :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terence0103:
Yup, i used to use iPhone

but i found that DHD is much better than it :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 007K:
Found DHD way better than the iphone. Look and feels better and much 'manly' device unlike the iphones and blackberries.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enifeder:
Better Now

Great phone. I am loving it.

Was annoying me for a little while but after rooting it and installing HoneySense it runs great.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildwings:
Love my DHD but it should have had a bigger capacity battery
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo XL:
A comparison of the display size is appropriate here ... for example iPhone, Omnia 7 and the DHD. Retina or AMOLED maybe good components, but i have tested all...not only for some hours... and the size of the display is a big argument, especially for persons, who use text based programs - the www or similar.

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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bert2662:
Can't deny that this is one the best single core phone.. Vast customization and what I can say that this phone cn be counted one of the htc flagship. Nevertheless, the battery is somehow, an issue for power user like me, so, simply a secondary battery is standby, dun have add a thick case like iPhone, xD!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MACkjam:
I got my device on Wednesday and I am most impressed with it overall. I am just trying to get a handle on Android having come from WM 6!!!

Battery is not great but I switch almost everything off then it's not so bad.

I also find the power button to be too difficult to get to especially in the dark!!! Other than that, I am delighted.

It is a superb device. Premium construction and solid feel. Battery and Sim card covers fit well and tight. There is no wiggling at all.

My only complaint is to HTC themselves for not having included some case for the phone.

Time will tell on other items. Not happy that syncing Outlook to Android is such a headache!!! HTC Sync does not work!!!

KUDOS for everything else!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nasobem:
I'm very happy with it.

I had a look on Samsung Galaxy S II, wich i wanted badly. It's too large because of the Front Camera. I could live with that if it were for a bigger screen. And i realized how ... ehm .. noble the DHD feels compared to the plastic SGSII.

Battery life is ok. I think, if i'd use another phone with such a large screen, syncing, widgets etc it could eventually last 2 or 3 hours longer than mine, but you've got to charge it anyway over night. So that doesnt play a role.

So i think the DHD ist still the best phone on the market.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
SGS2 too large? Compare it with your DHD...your DHD is bigger all round, apart from the height (the SGS2 is a tiny bit taller).

Overall I'm happy with mine. Battery life isn't great but it is enough (barely), and HTC could have sealed the thing better, found a couple of bits of dust under my display...nowhere near as bad as iPhone 3GS models and earlier, that said.

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aladin_din:
YES!! :):p:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nasobem:
Yes, it's not much, but this tiny bit was what i meant. I directly compared SGS II to my DHD, it just felt too tall, but admittedly not much. btw my DHD luckily hasn't got dust-problems, instead it has a faulty GPS-antenna and weak wifi :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mytat3:
Happy, but not the battery performance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raven99ro:
I love the phone but the battery sucks.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
Haha..+1 for that!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gesuz:
Root your phone and install a new rom and kernal

I get two days out of my phone with normal use