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[Desire HD General] springy:
Would have thought that they would have fix the WIFI in the RUU leak.. hmm... oh well looks like we may have another update later on the fully fix the WIFI.

Also haven't got anything in the UK yet...
[Desire HD General] ATGardner:
Is this wifi related to busybox? I once tried installing cm7 nightly (I think it was 8), and had the same problem and reverted to my sense. Later I heard it was caused by busybox 1.18 (and maybe 1.17 gets the wifi working again), or something like that - maybe worth a shot.
[Desire HD General] shithead:
Nope, they haven't fixed the WiFi problem :(
[Desire HD General] shithead:
Nope, it's a known bug.
[Desire HD General] faugusztin:
Not if you are S-ON.
[Desire HD General] abhishekagrawal:
For wifi problems please check this thread-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058450
[Desire HD General] abhayaa:
@abhishek

link doesn't work
[Desire HD General] abhishekagrawal:
Sorry, Updated it now.
[Desire HD General] abhayaa:
Thanks
[Desire HD General] cheesinar:
Nothing so far in Hong Kong.
[Desire HD General] abhayaa:
Still not available here
[Desire HD General] shithead:
So for manual update, I just place the zip in the root of my SD card and go to the recovery?
[Desire HD General] sromer:
I've tried it and i keep getting "invalid operation" and "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
[Desire HD General] letom:
:Question to people with Custom Roms.

Why would you want this update when you could flash gingerbread (stable) from ages ago, or now with release GB ROMs. :confused:
[Desire HD General] shithead:
Bizarre :-/ I've never done an Android OTA before :-s
[Desire HD General] shithead:
Good eye!

But it's the real Gingerbread update. Got another OTA from my friend and it says in the filename x.405.8 too instead of x.405.5.
[Desire HD General] shithead:
For people who wants to update their 1.32 devices, here!

Got it from a friend ;) thanks him (Frakke_)

Gingerbread OTA for 1.32 devices: http://www.fileserve.com/file/tM528vw
[Desire HD General] zoric:
I don't have any wi-fi issues.....works perfect only bloody scroll update is very bad....we can only scroll group of apps.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
what about 1.84?
[Desire HD General] MrT69:
I used the Image from my own thread.

My DesireHD is now running Ginger :)

Branding free and provider T-Mobile. It's working *gg*
[Desire HD General] vikeor:
dloading OTA now! woooooo

Anyone know what the changelist is? other than that its Gingerbread :P
[Desire HD General] shithead:
Got the same problem...I read somewhere you need to change the filename to "update.zip" (without the quotes ;))

Gonna try it :)
[Desire HD General] dimaow:
Hi guys, i've just updated with the last release 2.36.405.8 , and yes also for me is different from what HTC says on official release .... 405.5 .

After the upgrade process everything works fine and smooth ... but is still syncing from 2 hours and sometimes a popup show me and error reported in picasa (processocom.htc.picasa) and also if i go in the image gallery in the picasa shortcut on the bottom the program crash.

anyone know how to disable? or stop syncing picasa stuff?
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
what the download or the update itself
[Desire HD General] shithead:
The update , sorry :)
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
damn, I cant even get the file down from fileserve.

may skip it if update isnt working.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
some parts of asia hv the update already.... sg n msia not yet :(
[Desire HD General] abhayaa:
@kudoboi

Which countries
[Desire HD General] henklbr:
I've no probs with my WiFi-connection . . . ;)
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
Typical - the UK is behind everyone......

Gonna try and d/l one of the zips at home tonight and run it meself
[Desire HD General] sromer:
i already tried that, and still got the same errors
[Desire HD General] Wedge85:
Had that problem too, restarted it and picasa hasn't crashed, nor is it stuck syncing.

One thing I don't like is the way they have changed the Live Wallpaper for photos. Before my photo would change every time I pushed the power button to unlock the phone. Now it changes every couple of minutes and tends to slow the phone when it does so... Has anyone found an option to turn the "change picture every few minutes" off?
[Desire HD General] T-Loop:
Just updated my phone, I'm a bit disappointed that it didn't came with nice Gingerbread theme :( Looks like the same old 2.2. I'd love to see that in green.
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
Bout to try and update mine manually

Im in the UK running 1.32.405.6 - Unbranded Desire HD
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
Downloaded the zip file and tried - not worked

Done the below.

but got the cant open cache\recovery\command error

when you select the apply SD Update it gives an illegal command error

1. Rename the file update.zip (not update.zip.zip)

2. Copy to root of the SD card

3. Turn off phone and then turn phone on holding volume down to get into HBOOT (you might need to pull the battery as the 'quick boot' means the phones doesn't turn off properly unless disabled)

4. Select Recovery using the volume buttons and press power to select

5. Once in recovery hold volume up and press power to get a menu in blue

6. Select 'apply sd:update.zip'

7. Follow the instructions
[Desire HD General] razvan_day:
Nothing here . Romania
[Desire HD General] nathan57971:
what are the changes after upgrading to gingerbread?? anyone??

does the sense UI change in anyway?? and does it have that tv effect when the screen turns off??
[Desire HD General] sedatif781:
i also updated here in romania but my sounds from weather stops.no sound come ow with my weather widgets.pls help me
[Desire HD General] darkmessiah:
no sign of the OTA update in India still .

patiently waiting for it .. checking every hour.. :)
[Desire HD General] razvan_day:
how did you manage to update it? What network operator do you use
[Desire HD General] +Nybras+:
HTC UK on Facebook have said -

"We know that you’ve been seeing a number of posts about the Gingerbread update (Android 2.3.3) for HTC Incredible S and HTC Desire HD. Just to let you know that we’re in the final stages of testing here in the UK, just to ensure that the update runs smoothly and will confirm a date for rollout as soon as we can. We really appreciate your patience and support on this."

I then asked why does the UK require more testing and i got -

"All our software updates must pass through a testing stage with our operator partners to ensure the best possible experience across all networks. Apologies for this slight delay but we'll update you as soon as possible with the UK roll-out date."
[Desire HD General] sedatif781:
i send you a pm
[Desire HD General] nathan57971:
Update not yet out in India
[Desire HD General] futtock:
Debranding UK T-Mobile Desire HD with OTA Gingerbread update

Has anyone tried updating a T-Mobile UK Desire HD with any of the versions posted to this forum? It seems to me that this is a good opportunity to debrand my phone and remove the T-Mobile bloat.

For what it's worth, the software version of the T-Mobile UK HD is 1.84.110.3.
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
Im joining the looooong queue of people also eagerly awaiting the update to the HD here in the UK. One thing which is perplexing me is where the phone physcially connects to, to look for updates.

I contacted HTC directly with this question and their response was I quote "Regarding your question about updates for our phones the updates are provided from HTC server"

Seems to answer my question, but I've read a lot of people stating that it comes from the mobile phone provider!

So, to put it bluntly, when enter menu / settings / about phone / system software updates - and click on the "Check Now" button... where does the phone check... is it a central HTC update server? Is it the mobile providers server?
[Desire HD General] razvan_day:
i think it is the mobile providers server
[Desire HD General] Nostris:
It was temporarily available in Netherlands but I removed some apps (using Visionary) earlier so update have failed. Though I brought stock ROM with RUU so it took a while. Update disappeared. Few people updated in Poland and confirmet that update is no more available.

Anyone knows why?
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
If that's the case, then why would HTC say otherwise in an email response?

Be that as it may, if it does indeed come from the mobile providers themselves, then in my case the waters are muddied slightly, in that I purchased my phone from ebay, with a vodafone logo at boot.. however it wasn't locked to vodafones network, so I use it on the three network... should that cause problems?
[Desire HD General] Nostris:
Yes. Your phone is branded. It means you will get an update only when Vodafone releases one.
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
Fair enough, but will having a three sim in my phone mean I can still access the update? Or will I have to put a vodafone sim in to access the update?
[Desire HD General] Neville.Holland:
Has any one seen the claims that this may have been for the Desire? HTC still claiming for the HD, I'm yet to see the update on my unbranded phone...
[Desire HD General] Nostris:
I am 99% sure that SIM doesn't make a difference. Update server checks your current version of software and serves the most suitable update if exists.
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
I think what Im concerned about is getting a tweaked version for the vodafone network, because my phone is branded to vodafone, when in fact I use it on the three network and dont really want tweaks designed for vodafone.... perhaps I would better off downloading the zip file posted in previous responses and updating manually?
[Desire HD General] Phillmitchell:
Heres an email i received today from htc:

Thank you for contacting HTC

to receive update for your device please try following:

Press Menu from Home screen. Tap Settings/ About phone/ System software update/ Check now.

Updates for android devices are not being released all at one time. In case you have not received the notification about the update immediately, please try again next day as is possible that the update is not released for device with your serial number yet, however, it can be released very soon.

I trust this resolves your query. If needed please do not hesitate to contact us again.

In my case i do not trust the retailer i bought it from to have registered the phone.
[Desire HD General] Nostris:
You already have tweaked soft installed. It was there when you bought this device. Branding has nothing to do with network. Usually network branded cells got different starting animations, ringtones, extra apps etc. If you don't want this just search for unbranding guides or consider rooting and installing custom ROMs.
[Desire HD General] Aelendil:
Any idea why in the netherlands they pulled the update back ?

I was at work when I got a update message and now at home I get nothing.
[Desire HD General] Nostris:
Not only in Netherlands. As far as I know whole EU has problem with update. I bet it is server overload... but not sure.
[Desire HD General] Eddie1506:
Successfully updated to 2.3.3 via OTA, flashed boot and radio through fastboot and now happilly running rooted as before :D
[Desire HD General] Henshinagogo:
Im on tmobile unbranded uk and im still not able to update
[Desire HD General] mjt:
Well, after the botch HTC made going from 2.2 to 2.2.1, I'm not exactly excited at the prospect of risking an update to 2.3....
[Desire HD General] jords12:
They fixed a lot of stuff, and a few more minor issues came up. Not a bad job really, and I'm sure they are working on another OTA to resolve the issues.
[Desire HD General] Yoshi_523:
^^ who you mean the HTC or the developers who are trying to crack the added security "features" added by HTC in the latest 2.2.1 (aka 1.72.405.3) ?!? :mad: Only had my phone a few days and I've already crippled it due to the update by HTC.
[Desire HD General] mjt:
Indeed... SOME stuff was fixed, I can't say I've noticed a lot of fixes. There are a number of annoying 'features' that haven't been fixed by the update. But the benefit gained from the fixes has been completely dwarfed by the monumental blunders they've introduced (eg creeping death of SD cards, crippled SMS notifications).

I, for one, am sorry I updated.

Anyhow, another thread is suggesting that the update has now been pulled, so we could see a fix. Let's hope HTC developers have actually tested this one.....
[Desire HD General] dr.m0x:
The definition of a bug fix: taking out old bugs and replacing them with new ones.

Hate to break it to you fellows but humans are flawed. Everything we create is flawed. We try to fix it, we break something else as a side effect. This is how things will always be.

I'm not seeing any earth shattering changes or improvements in Gingerbread anyway. If you're running Sense on the DHD you already have improved copy and paste and the speed improvements are imperceptible.
[Desire HD General] bobbyelliott:
Yeah, well 2.3 broke my SD card. Reformat last night. Now working again.
[Desire HD General] mjt:
As a software developer I know this is true. But I'm afraid the kind of blunders HTC have made aren't really forgiveable. Clearly their testing process is superficial at best... They should pilot their software updates with a typical crosssection of users for a couple of weeks before release. Absolutely basic, fundamental software development practice. These companies (all of them, not just HTC) seem to forget that these devices have become quite critical to the way we live our day-to-day lives so they should take much greater care with the software they release.
[Desire HD General] paulus_01:
Ref. SD cards: my girlfriends DHD had the SD card go to waste after the updatem, this has happened to a lot of more people here in NL.

I have called HTC today, they confirmed they had this issue raised more often and it was likely a new sd card will be sent.

The guy I spoke with confirmed that the problem has something to do with the latest (1.72) OTA update and apparantly, as of yesterday, the update is nog longer available and a new update should be ready soon.
[Desire HD General] bobbyelliott:
Yes, my SD-card went AWOL a couple of weeks after 1.72 OTA update.
[Desire HD General] paulus_01:
are you by any chance on stock rom?

I did not yet see a bricked sd card with people with custom roms (like myself)
[Desire HD General] sengork:
I find Android platforms seem to give focus to features rather than reliability which tends to slow down software releases.
[Desire HD General] Dyonas:
The question I'd like answered is if they'll bother with another small update for FroYo or just concentrate on making 2.3 and killing the bugs there.
[Desire HD General] sengork:
My bet is an update for Froyo.
[Desire HD General] Shreddera7x:
Agreed - After looking at what HTC said, they seemed a little vague about 2.3 and it's public release.

I'd like to think I'll be able to upgrade an official way, hopefully we won't have to wait too long.
[Desire HD General] sadamidze:
Hi,

Is there any news about 2.3 on DHD?
[Desire HD General] chris1317:
Fingers crossed it will be out soon. I thought it would have been released by now. Has it been released on the nexus one yet? Im guessing it would be pushed out to that first as it does not require sense or any carrier customisation.
[Desire HD General] t4lent:
Waiting for the 2.3 aswell. Problem is, it's not even out for nexus one (or is it?), so when it will be there for N1, we've to wait till HTC takes care of the sense UI.

Maybe we'll have it in summer.
[Desire HD General] k4rn47:
I thought google removed their support for N1 I might be wrong, but i am pretty sure I read this somewhere
[Desire HD General] hoss_n2:
I read some where that google is delaying 2.3 updates untill it sells some nexus s devices , so it will be exclusive for nexus s for some time
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Surely if you consider your phone mission critical, and it works at the moment, you would be foolish to install any OTA until you had seen how it worked in the wild, and let some other poor fools be the guinea pigs. This is why many businesses are still using win xp because it works and they don't need/want the new flashy bits and the attendent bugs.
[Desire HD General] sssache:
Great update so far... I hope the battery will last a little bit longer now. Italy...
[Desire HD General] halokin:
Guys, could anyone help me?

Today at work I checked for OTA and there was it! I gave it up and didn't upgrade to 2.3.3 because I was under 3G.

This evening I came back home and I tried to check another time for the OTA: there isn't any OTA available anymore! I've tried a lot of times, under 3G, under WIFI, I tried to reboot the phone, to remove the battery but it has been showing to me always "The are no updates available for your phone"!

Any suggestion?? Why???

BTW my Desire HD: Android version 2.2.1 with software number 1.72.405.3
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Halokin, don't cross post, that is a breach of forum rules.

For those having this problem of declining the update then not getting it back try the old trick of setting date forward one month then rebooting phone (turn off the set by network option).

Sent using witchcraft via XDA Developers Premium App.
[Desire HD General] halokin:
Sorry man! You're right! I apologize!

I will try your tip!

Thx
[Desire HD General] infra4800:
I have 1.32 by Vodafone in Australia, no OTA updates avail yet....

wondering if i download the following file from fileserve will it be ok or shall i wait for OTA update to appear on my phone??

http://www.fileserve.com/file/tM528vw

also, is there loss of any data on update, my phone is permanent rooted with recovery r14 , only that is done, nothing else, just to get superuser rights and able to run samba server. any data loss???
[Desire HD General] Wedge85:
No sense UI changes at all, or any that are noticeable. Main changes to the interface that I picked up are the following, I tried looking for release notes to give a full list but these are some of the things that I saw:

- "All apps" icon has changed on the homescreen :confused:

- "All apps" list now scrolls differently, before you could flick the list down and it would continue scrolling before coming to a stop. Now it seems to be separated into discrete blocks, scroll down and it scrolls down a page at a time. :confused: Not sure if I like it, but will probably get used to it.

-"All apps" application now has 3 icons at the bottom, much like the default mail program icons. Except these are now "All Apps", "Frequent", "Downloaded", allowing you to essentially filter all your installed apps. :)

-The drag down notification bar now has 2 tabs. Scroll it down and it has "Notifications" on the left and "Quick Settings" on the right, tap the "quick settings" allows you to turn off and on or access; Wi-fi, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Hotspot, GPS, Mobile Network, All settings. :)

-Under Menu -> Settings -> About Phone, there is now a new button for "Tell HTC", something it didn't have before unless I was blind before? :eek: haha

-Background slideshow has now changed for the worse, see my earlier post. :(

Hopefully someone finds a more detailed list, but they are the first things you will probably notice the most when updating. Plus all the behind the scenes extra commands that 2.3.3 gives developers.. :cool:
[Desire HD General] BigDook:
Wedge, you say your from Aus, and you got the update OTA? Me too, but no update is appearing, even when connected to wifi.

I'm on Vodafone.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
no update in asia yet
[Desire HD General] johnmcc3:
Do you not have a Google account? Just sync and after you've updated sign in and sync again and all your settings contacts etc... will be restored
[Desire HD General] Jacob1369:
There was a guy yesterday in the Phils that got the OTA, his phone is from Europe though :-)
[Desire HD General] abhayaa:
Update in Inda

Still no update in India, don't know when it will be available.
[Desire HD General] nayan8teen:
Still Waiting..

Still waiting.. :(:(

But from the responses about the new update so far, i'm guessing finally i'll move on to custom roms..

No sense update..WiFi and HD recording still seem to have issues.. :mad::mad:

But, i'll still wait a bit and try it out myself first.. :p
[Desire HD General] thddragon85:
I'm running CM7 with the android phone 7 theme and i like it a lot.

I haven't noticed any issues with wifi or batery drain either.
[Desire HD General] junta_mpb:
The speakers are a lot louder now, even while watching YouTube videos.
[Desire HD General] Wedge85:
I bought an unlocked phone to use with my "3" service. Vodaphone Aus will play with it before it gets released, so probably expect it in a month or so..
[Desire HD General] BigDook:
I rooted, unlocked and de-branded my phone that i purchased from Vodafone, so i'm not expecting the Vodafone branded one, just the stock standard HTC update.

Hmmmn, unless that won't happen.
[Desire HD General] Jercote:
Telus DHD update

A couple of months ago info was leaked to mobile syrup that TELUS would upgrade the DHD to gingerbread in Q2. With the European upgrade rolling out I messaged TELUS and HTC to get some info. Here are the answers I got:

From telus

" At this time the Android 2.3 software upgrade has not been released to TELUS, and we are not told in advance of when it will be available on our network. It is up to the manufacturer of the device, HTC, to release new software for the phones on our network. I would suggest periodically checking our website at (TELUS support page) to see if the software is available."

From HTC

"Good question, Jeremie! We understand how important it is to have the latest updates for your device. At this time, we don't have an exact or estimated launch date (as Telus has to inspect, modify, test and approve the update, before it goes live, and this process does take time). Once we have a better idea of when this update will be available for your phone, we'll be sure to announce it through facebook, Twitter or HTC's official website."

So TELUS has not even received let alone started working on their gingerbread rom yet. I think Q2 official gingerbread is starting to look like a no go for us TELUS DHD users.
[Desire HD General] sromer:
My phone's from the UK, but i'm in australia and i still haven't got the update yet
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
i emailed htc n they sayed the update is still yet to confirm.
[Desire HD General] bloke:
Tried the date change thing, still no update in the UK :-(
[Desire HD General] giraffe777:
Update

I updated my phone in Slovenia. No branded device.

Regards, Ales
[Desire HD General] sgroimax:
Why?

Why uptade my phone if I use cooked ROM?
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
this update is for ppl who dont use custom roms
[Desire HD General] sgroimax:
Roger!!! I've copied your message. Thank you very much indeed.