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[Desire HD General] dlads:
Of course the Desire HD will get another update or two, it's just that none of you have learned from your past mistakes.

Android announces an upgrade and people are like "When?" The there's some sort of official timeline towards Q1 or whatever, where as what they really mean is Q3 lol, don't expect anything and just make do with the homebrew custom rom's which usually take the piss out of all the original rom's anyway.

I've been waiting for 2.3 for my desire since the first week the device came out, which is when i got it, Alas.... not a sausage.

I've given up holding my breathe for HTC to sort it out, tbh by the time we see gingerbread on our phones with all the trimmings, i'll be 2.5 will be announced.

:) madness
[Desire HD General] stephenophof:
Trust me: If HTC releases an update to Android 2.3 for Desire HD, it will be available AFTER HTC released the Desire S, Wildfire S with 2.3.

We've seen the same with HTC Hero. This device got an update to Android 2.1 after the release of the Desire/Legend were released (both have Android 2.1 by default)

So porting HTC Sense to Gingerbread is not many work, but marketing.
[Desire HD General] hamdir:
look if you want to buy an HTC you should always root your device. I think this should be your conclusion

the desire S will actually come with Android gingerbread 2.4 and newer sense, I consider this as good news, since the DHD hardware is still equal or higher in specs its pretty sure we are getting the update, but even if not or if its late, it won't take any effort for our chefs to port the ROM

the Evo, inredible, classic desire and HD2 now have a fully working port of the desire HD sense and its was much harder to port (bigger ROM, new components)
[Desire HD General] sadamidze:
Irrelevant and trolling like post. Please refrain from doing this in the future.

Cheers,

M_T_M

The best good looking Mod here ;)
[Desire HD General] suddy86:
PMSL :D

At the end of the day, custom ROMs will always be several steps ahead of the manufacturer. This is why I bought my DHD in the first place. Great piece of hardware with huge modding potential :)
[Desire HD General] CitizenLee:
Exactly why I got mine too.

In terms of performance, stability, battery life etc, custom ROMs beat official hands down. It's not even funny how lame official software is in comparison.

Even if HTC don't officially bring Gingerbread to the DHD then the chefs will! Just look at the Hero for example, and how many awesome custom ROMs that had way beyond HTC forgetting all about it.

I really think people need to get out of this culture of buying a phone just for the updates.
[Desire HD General] quarintus:
Since there isn't much new to the HTC phones comming up, the only way HTC thinks to make a diffrence is by software. (unless, if you think a faster processor, wich isn't needed atm and a NFC chip are extremely usefull).

So HTC will make adds with: wow new functions (all made possible with software). But if these functions are already on the older phones like the desire hd, then why would anyone bother. Ofcourse they will not tell people, the older phones will also get the new functions/updates.

The only thing I do fear, is that HTC starts making it's UI more processor heavy. That would negatively impact the user experience on older phones.
[Desire HD General] kuklux:
desire HD will get 2.3 after releasing desire s
[Desire HD General] Wasitjosh:
I have encountered a small problem since the update.

I downloaded a new skin from HTC Hub (Music lover) and the 'Download Complete' notification will not go away.

I tried deleting the skin and downloading it again. Now there's 2 notifications. Clicking on them takes me to the skin picker page. I have tried turning my phone off/on, this didn't help. Neither did applying the skin, or manually force stopping HTC Hub and Skin picker.

I feel like there should be an easy way to solve this.

Any suggestions?
[Desire HD General] sistraw:
I decided to bite the bullet and install it, all went off without incident (Vodafone unbranded in Ireland.) Definitely a bit smoother in terms of scrolling, no WiFi issue off the bat anyway, one or two other differences I've noticed are:

Clock widget defaulted back to 12 hour format. Easy to change of course.

Peep has different interface entirely, direct messaging bug now fixed.

Clicking on a tweet in Friendstream that contains a url opens a split window with the page referred to displayed.

Slightly different look and feel to contacts widget.

Don't notice screen colour changes myself.

App scrolling not nearly as annoying as I'd anticipated.

I've lost some of my album art from the music player.

Think that's it for now.

Edit: it's not Peep that's better, it's the stock Android Twitter, which I don't think I even had before. In any case, I'll be using this from now on. Very nice.
[Desire HD General] sistraw:
One more thing, gps is working fine, and actually locked on straight away.

Calendar widget has changed too, with next 2 reminders displayed rather than just one.
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
Looks like everyone is finally recieving the update now which is good :)

I installed the leaked RUU a couple of weeks ago and I've been checking for any updates today, and each attempt throughout the day I have been presented with the no new updates available.

From looking at peoples recent posts of their software information since updating, I think I can safely say that the leaked RUU update is exactly the same as today's released OTA update and has been all along.

Liam
[Desire HD General] kurolife:
I've got mine between the beginning of november it was also a week or two before the official orange france release, but some weeks after the official release well, the funny part is that when i started it was all in english it has the UK orange apps which are different than the ones that we get here in France, after i did a factory reset, the apps switched to France apps
[Desire HD General] dubal72:
I updated earlier today, everything great, like the update but my WiFi keeps shutting down on its own after awhile of use
[Desire HD General] jamiee6610:
After hours of use today i have noticed my wifi turns itself off.
[Desire HD General] no_johnr:
Check the WiFi advanced settings?
[Desire HD General] sportbilly2009:
An update i have noticed - when downloading email atachments, you get a bargraph download update display.
[Desire HD General] gmjnguyen:
Can somebody tell me why i keep getting E:failed to verify whole-file signature and E:signature verification failed? my DHD is unrooted on a stock CID
[Desire HD General] hydkaran:
yeah buddy me too... :)
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
should be same...

1. can't say what alert is in your

2. apps menu scroll is very smooth in ruu

3. done ruu over 2 weeks ago and using wifi every day, never had isuue

4. people was very nice and send baseband version, Kernel version and full build number and is exact like in RUU

just to let know all people who try to find the different between ruu and latest update for unbranded uk dhd ;)
[Desire HD General] :
It might be the WiFi sleep policy. Go into Settings->Wireless->WiFi settings then press menu and select advance. The first option is WiFi Sleep Policy, it defaults to turning off when the screen goes into sleep mode. I leave mine permanently on and just manually turn it on and off with the power control widget.
[Desire HD General] knoobie:
Hi, any one from Singapore got the update already?
[Desire HD General] pappas99:
battery life is now so much better!
[Desire HD General] thenocturnalnurse:
No one from Asia received the update yet, but I read a few pages back that some dude from Japan updated but I'm guessing his phone is from Europe.
[Desire HD General] abhishekagrawal:
ya nothing here in India too yet. Waiting and waiting....
[Desire HD General] garethjknight:
Got my update yesterday - unbranded, UK, orange. My experience:

* Louder speaker - very noticeable

* Brighter screen

* Smoother scrolling (especially Internet)

* GPS fix time and stability HUGELY improved for me

* New app drawer - doesn't make much difference to me. Not really an improvement, but.no worse either. The 'frequent' tab would be better if it was configurable for favourites. We already have 'recent' apps in the notification bar and also by holding the home button so not sure what difference 'frequent' will offer. Since the ordering of the apps will presumably change, it would mean hunting around for the one you want.

* Fast boot tick box - now in the power section of settings menu. If I remember correctly it was in the Applications section before?

* Album art work is messed up - no big deal.

* Battery - seems better but not had long enough yet

* Had the same Picasa issues as below
[Desire HD General] salampe:
Got the update yesterday and everything went fine. However, I had a force close on the picasa plugin from HTC. Hence, I reinstalled it but now everytime I go to the Gallery and want to see my albums on Picasa it tells me that no Picasa web album is connected to this google account and that I should add another google account. Tried to sign into my gmail account but obviously it tells me that it already exists. Had the problem already when the picasa plugin from htc came out the first time but I cannot remember how I fixed it ( searched already through the htc picasa plugin threads but couldnt find the solution). Anyone else having the same prob? Any solution?
[Desire HD General] alienxpert:
Updated yesterday, all fine except the memory being drenched by the apps. Z-DeviceTest shows 10% memory available only after 5 min from starting up the phone. Anyone with same issue??
[Desire HD General] stezo2k:
Any USAers got the update yet? Turns out i'm using a USA ROM (I think)
[Desire HD General] thenocturnalnurse:
Probably the programs are loading up, try to sit a while for like 15 minutes and then try to check again.
[Desire HD General] crabby09:
Hi guys... Quick question.

Do you need to be on a specific RUU for the OTA to show? I unbranded my friends using guides on here back in Feb and he hasn't had the update yet. He's Orange UK and the software version is 1.32.405.6

Thanks

crabby
[Desire HD General] zunaedsaki:
Ruu wee version which is unbranded
[Desire HD General] sistraw:
Quick question. On Froyo, if you did the whole *#*#4636#*#* thing, there was an option to view battery history, which gave information about what had been using the battery. That option is no longer there for me, just battery info. I haven't seen this mentioned before, is this the same for everyone? Is it available elsewhere?

No real sign that battery life is significantly improved for me yet, but time will tell I suppose.
[Desire HD General] ayau:
Problem with the Download manager after update

I noticed there's a new app to view your download history

when I opened it, it shows that the last thing I've downloaded was the system update file

and the rest was apks that I downloaded before the update to 2.3.3

However it's not showing anything I've downloaded AFTER the update

Has anyone got this problem? :confused:
[Desire HD General] Mavican:
I thought they were changing the menu button colours to grey on black. Must be for amoled screens then.

I preferred the smoother scroll of the app draw before and not the sectioned 1 we've got now.

Battery life is going to take a while to see if its made a difference.

I think they've changed the font size as well. Smaller in some things, bigger on others.
[Desire HD General] ajp900:
i keep getting the weather app force close which i dont mind but the battery is total rubbish worse than before i updated yesterday around 2pm and ive just had to stick it on charge again thats 3 times in just over 24 hours not using anymore or less than before no wifi no 3g.
[Desire HD General] alienxpert:
Thx for the heads up. Here is what the readings I have now, phone internal apps mgr says only 184mb used of memory, Z-DeviceTest at the same time says 97% used. Phone runs smoothly at the same time and additional apps do not affect the performance. I will try to reinstall the test soft as this seems to be an issue.
[Desire HD General] DreaMaTrix:
settings -> about phone -> battery -> battery use

There's also a nice new graph at the top
[Desire HD General] sistraw:
Yeah thanks, it's not as detailed as the old menu, though.

FWIW I seem to be at normal battery levels for this stage of the day.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
i have a feeling htc is gonna leave asia on this update which is very sad cuz htc is frm asia
[Desire HD General] knoobie:
I got a reply from HTC that the update for south east Asia will only arrive in June earliest.
[Desire HD General] tiagomenezzes:
Just got the update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread last night. :)

The phone didnt detect it automatically, but what was my surprise when the update was available after a manual check. The update is now available!
[Desire HD General] infra4800:
still no OTA on branded Vodafone in Australia yet :(

wondering if I can unbrand it easily ??? does the unlock code unbrands it?
[Desire HD General] golf12:
Got this email from T-mobile

Thanks for your email, asking me when the gingerbread 2.3 will be release. I understand that it is important for you to have this update and I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Software updates were provided to us by the manufacturers. It would be best if you would visit the manufacturers website to update the software of your phone. Please click here to view the updates that you need for your phone. You may also visit the android website for more information for the updates that you could download. As of this moment we don't have any exact date yet as when it will be available from our own website.

Just wondering how much crap this iis.
[Desire HD General] CyberTod:
This guy just doesn't know what he is talking. It would be better if he hadn't responded to you at all.
[Desire HD General] tiagomenezzes:
Well, it's not that he doesnt know what he/she's talking about (even thought Im afraid he/she definitely doesnt know)... Sounds more like one more annoying scripted message made out of some template.

Anyway... If HTC only released it's update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread a couple of days ago... I wouldn't expect the mobile networks (carriers) to release an update anytime soon.

I bought my phone SIM Free, as such my download comes direct from HTC. Anyone who got their phone through a mobile network provider (carrier) will have to wait for their update (which in some cases may actually never come).
[Desire HD General] micflair:
Recieved the update yesterday on Orange/unbranded UK..
[Desire HD General] tiagomenezzes:
"unbranded' would mean that you're receiving your update directly from HTC and not from Orange.
[Desire HD General] diodorus:
update on debranded in UK?

Hi,

I had a t-mobile branded DHD which I rooted and debranded using the stock RUU I found on this website (1.32.405.6).

Shouldn't I get the OTA 2.3 update? (So far I haven't...)

Thanks!

diodorus
[Desire HD General] matthijskox:
I am om modaco custom ROM r2 (Froyo) and i would like to be able to install the stock Gingerbread ROM OTA. When i check for updates, it says that there are no updates available. Can anyone provide the instructions? Thanks very much in advance!

Kind regards,

Matthijs
[Desire HD General] tiagomenezzes:
Im probably not the best person to answer your question so, if Im wrong, please someone correct me.

My understanding is that, if you changed your phone's ROM / RUU, then you wont get this update.

1. Lets say that you got your phone from T-Mobile and you changed the RUU to 'unbrand' the phone... Im almost sure there are still ways how to identify that phone as being originaly a T-Mobile device, like the MAC Address and IMEI. If the phone was purchased from a network provider / carrier, then you have to wait for them to release the update. Then again, I might be wrong.

2. If you changed the ROM, then Im almost 100% sure you wont be getting the update... This is a HTC update, if you running a non HTC ROM, how do you expect your phone to make the link? Also, the update is not only to the operating system (Android 2.3 Gingerbread), there's also an update to the latest HTC ROM/GUI.

What I would suggest is that if you guys gave yourselves to the work of changing your phone's ROM / RUU, then why dont you port Android 2.3 Gingerbread into your phones manually? Im pretty sure there must be instructions somewhere on how to do it.
[Desire HD General] japazoid:
DHD update in Asia

I have a DHD with HK WWE ROM. Contacting HTC HK they've answered me that Gingerbread update will be release in Asia before July (2nd Quarter)... that means: just a "default answer".
[Desire HD General] crabby09:
I'd prefer to install stock for my freind, bu I don't think there is currently a 2.3.3 stock rom out there?

crabby
[Desire HD General] diodorus:
thanks for your input. can anyone comment/confirm this? thanks!
[Desire HD General] golf12:
This is what I got from HTC

Dear Hiten, Thank you for contacting HTC Support. Regarding your 2.3 Update, I can help you with that. Unfortunately we do not have a time-scale or this update. We have submitted it to T-mobile for them to add their own software to it. Once they have done they will send it back to us for hosting. All i can suggest is that you contact T-Mobile and see if they can provide any information for you.

Atleast HTC know what they are talking about
[Desire HD General] jwzg:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056329
[Desire HD General] DreaMaTrix:
If you click the graph at the top of that page you get more details
[Desire HD General] sistraw:
Hadn't spotted that one. Thank you!
[Desire HD General] DreaMaTrix:
U can also click the things in the list of usage for more details
[Desire HD General] deekod:
Got 2.3 update on vodaphone in UK today - looks no different to 2.2! Am I missing something?
[Desire HD General] ahmedsql:
Hi,

regarding this RUU RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.36.405.8_R_Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_187331_signed.exe

Can any one confirm that there are an Arabic option in the language selection screen ?

Thanks in advance
[Desire HD General] XeLaNoiD:
You could try this one : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1059563

_______________________

HTC A9192 Telus Desire HD

Stock-rooted Gingerbread (2.36.405.8) by Seraphic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1059563

Radio (12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M)
[Desire HD General] naimmkassim:
This forum had been dead due to all Europe side already receive their GB rom..It will continue dead until Asian region side receive it which don't know when?????
[Desire HD General] mjehan:
Germany is still waiting...
[Desire HD General] NeitherJohn:
As is Ireland...
[Desire HD General] garethjknight:
I thought the GB update was supposed to fix the freezes when taking vidoes in HD?

Mine is still the same....
[Desire HD General] AllRichC:
Orange UK are useless I spoke to one if their customer service advisers on Sunday m, I explained I already had a DHD with them and I was curious when they would release 2.3 GB n she didn't have the faintest clue and tried selling me a wildfire haha. But today I finally got a call back from an email and they explained that I wouldn't be released till August.. Orange Sucks Ass :@!
[Desire HD General] zidane2k3:
And this is the very reason i use Custom ROM's instead of waiting for the updates o.O UK service providers are useless. Custom ROM's all the way.
[Desire HD General] AllRichC:
Yea I would too but I haven't found/been bothered to look for a guide to downgrade, root an s off etc. All the ones I've found are command promt n all that palarva. But back on the subject orange UK are wank :)
[Desire HD General] naimmkassim:
I also plan to use custom rom, but i was so stupid about this rooting stuff..really afraid i couldnt OTA later like most person facing this problm when their phone can not OTA after rooting and S-Off ;(
[Desire HD General] h4rryJ:
WTH... No update yet.

Malaysia
[Desire HD General] who knows:
just had a upgrade to 2.3.3 this morning
[Desire HD General] thenocturnalnurse:
End of May and early June :)
[Desire HD General] xbm4:
Update for Asia.

I only see GB updates for mostly UK and few other contries in europe.

Anyone has any news on when can we expect an update for Asia, India to be specific. I wrote to HTC support in India, seems like they don't have a clue

about the update. All they said is we have no information right now. If they

don't have information the i wonder who else would. :mad:

Are you listening HTC ??? :mad:
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
Had the same conversation, (without the selling attempt), girl didn't have a clue, but managed to suggest checking the HTC site, (obviously nothing there).

Think I might embark on a phone campaign......
[Desire HD General] tehdomil:
Waited for T-mobile to get the update out, gave up and rooted and flashed Android Revolution, will never look back !
[Desire HD General] NotSoSmart:
Hi All,

OK, I am on Orange, however a mate of mine is on O2(uk), yesterday he got notification a update is available, it was installed and now he is running 2.3.2 on his Desire HD.... Orange - Nothing.... Lame!!!!

O2 owners - enjoy!!!

Orange owners - wait, how long? no idea!

Regards,

NotSoSmart
[Desire HD General] gavin watson:
I'm on Orange UK and just has 2.3 come through, has anyone installed this? Any issues??
[Desire HD General] jaggysnake:
ha im on orange too and no joy yet
[Desire HD General] AllRichC:
Jammy git they are telling me August coz they are useless
[Desire HD General] allenf:
Is your handset unbranded?

--

Sent from my HTC
[Desire HD General] gavin watson:
I have the update available, just wanted to see if anyone had installed it yet to see if there were any issues with it before I install! Anyone?
[Desire HD General] mhbr12742:
installed. no issues after 24 hrs. i'm unbranded but using orange. moving to vodafone as orange's data has taken a nose dive recently
[Desire HD General] Sparrowhawk:
Mine's installing as I type........
[Desire HD General] RED_:
Think the update has been on T-Mobile for a while now but i still haven't updated it. Just not been using my phone that much. Anyway i really think i should backup my phone before updating this since they really recommend it. I know with Froyo they specifically said you didn't need to.

Anyway can anyone recommend any apps that they've used? I'm unrooted so something within the market would be good. Thanks for any info.
[Desire HD General] kevmille:
Still waiting for an OTA update here in Saigon, Vietnam, on an unbranded DHD. It sure is a long wait.
[Desire HD General] Riceburner:
Still not available for me... :(

Is your OS unbranded?
[Desire HD General] golf12:
source for t-mobile branded desire hd

http://www.androidnative.com/htc-desire-hd-gingerbread-update-for-t-mobile-customers-rolling-out-in-uk/
[Desire HD General] stezo2k:
I'm on 1.32.405.6 and still no update available :( bleh
[Desire HD General] RED_:
Just updated mine, T-mobile branded and i have to say the new Sense UI is a bit hit and miss. I preferred the old app screen however i like the small tweaks in the notification bar.

I won't be keeping it for long though, going to find another launcher. Going to miss the weather widget you get with Sense though.
[Desire HD General] golf12:
Can you tell us your build/software number
[Desire HD General] Nodeuk:
Im unbranded on t-mobile, updated to 2.36.405.8 today.
[Desire HD General] RED_:
Sorry yeah im unbranded, only just found out today. I was definitely branded for Froyo. Odd. The post at the top of this page confused me because it says branded but i have the same build number as the screenshot on that website. It is indeed unbranded.

2.36.405.8
[Desire HD General] society mike:
Japan has had GB update available since early May, haven't tried it yet though.
[Desire HD General] cheesinar:
GB is now available to download in Hong Kong for Incredible S. Downloading it now for the wife. Hopefully this means it will be available for DHD soon.
[Desire HD General] nickhuk:
It looks like you will need to either use the 2.36 RUU {computer} or PD98IMG {sd card} to update your phone as you should have already had the 1.72 update.