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[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
Just thought I would give a quick review of my experience using the new Gingerbread 2.3.3 (2.36.405.8) so far. I'm currently running 2.3.3 from the leaked stock rom that was posted on here the other day and I'm sure most of you will agree that it's the same as the OTA update version.

After I downloaded the .exe ROM I ran the update utility through windows and it updated my DHD without a problem - infact it took less than 10 minutes for me. Yes, the only downside was that I lost all of the data on my phone doing it this way but I had it all backed up. Anyway, after restoring everything and configuring the settings I had a good play with the phone for a couple of hours. Straight away right after the update I knew that this update was smoother and faster and the boot loading time was massively reduced.

Scrolling through menu's and running various apps is definately much more smoother and faster as well, especially as I text a lot on my phone and I noticed before with the older version 2.2 that it used to lag when switching between messages.

Now I know that a lot of people have been suffering with the wi-fi problem, Thankfully I have yet to experience this. I have been running this Gingerbread version now for over 4 days and I roughly use the wi-fi for around 2-3 hours each day and so far the wi-fi has never dropped (at home & work).

A couple of other noticable improvements to this update is that it makes the speaker a hell of a lot louder! So much louder! The screen as well is a lot brighter and as others have mentioned too, the colour white stands out a lot more (maybe this could be why I think the screen looks brighter in general?)

Lastly - Battery life. I can safely say for me, there is definately an improvement since the update :) The last time I charged my phone which was on Monday evening, and now it's Thursday morning and I have still got 4/10 bars left on the battery. Since Monday I have mainly been using the phone for text messaging, heavy internet browsing with wi-fi turned on, using the camera & a lot of phone calls.

Let me know what some of you guys think to this update too!

Liam
[Desire HD General] CyberTod:
Small changes in interface - nothing so noticable.

Phone runs smoother and faster. Sound is definately louder. No observation on battery life yet.

Only downside so far - the update did not fix my random reboot problem, but maybe it is due to a sim card problem.
[Desire HD General] antoszka:
Would you mind posting the update.zip for the Polish OTA somewhere? It's not available anymore currently.

TIA
[Desire HD General] tiko1979:
Today at work I checked for OTA and there was it! I gave it up and didn't upgrade to 2.3.3

This evening I came back home and I tried to check another time for the OTA: there isn't any OTA available anymore!

can enyone help my
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Wasn't for the UK it was a possible fix to those that declined the update then lost it again.

Didn't bother reading the thread then? Or searching? Nice. Glad the effort we put in to help hasn't been wasted.
[Desire HD General] sromer:
Anyone successfully updated manually?
[Desire HD General] tiko1979:
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).

its dont work, helppppppppp pleas
[Desire HD General] -Silverarrows-:
So is it correct to say that for now, there's no solution to gain root access on this official Gingerbread ROM?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
You'll just have to wait a few days. Wait, it will come back. Wait.

Can we only post if you DO have and HAVE successfully updated via the OTA? It really isn't helpful to have hundreds of posts saying that it's not there yet.

Once it is in your country you will just need to wait (as different area;s take longer than others, different networks take longer than others).
[Desire HD General] nickhammond121:
Nope, tried with the zip as downloaded and renamed to update.zip and got the same error as someone posted earlier.
[Desire HD General] sub7er:
@all...i have a rooted australian vodafone htc desire hd with the offical cyanogen mod 7.0.2, and i wish to intall the latest official gingerbread htc desire hd update with the sense...how do i get this update and wats the process to updating it...? thanks in advance
[Desire HD General] CyberTod:
You cannot use an official update by HTC on a custom ROM. Search for an updated version of the ROM you are using.
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
There are several ROMs that are based on the latest GB update. You will find them all in the development forum. These have been available for some time now!!
[Desire HD General] rosswaa:
No sense 3 then, will we be getting that?

Sent from my HTC Desire HD
[Desire HD General] springy:
Really quick question guys, has anyone successfully updated today (05/05/2011). It looks like to me from around 9PM CET (8PM GMT) yesterday that no one has been able to update OTA anywhere in europe. Could the update been pulled or something???

Also UK won't be getting it just yet due to "Final Testing" with HTC and the Mobile Networks... so sit tight UK users...

And Rest of the World, no point checking you won't be getting it yet.
[Desire HD General] Phillmitchell:
HTC uk have changed the update due from2.36.405.5 to 2.36.405.8 which is easily installed if you look it up
[Desire HD General] ajay83:
Hi guys. I have and unbranded dhd. I down loaded the leaked official 2.3 2.36.405.8 and its worked fine for me. I also just checked the HTC UK support site & their version also said 2.36.405.8. I don't know whether yesterday was a typo but all seems good to me. Thanks xda for the updates =)
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Yes. It helps if you track back a few posts before posting question like this. Please check forum rules if you want to know why you should do that.
[Desire HD General] sssache:
The skin's that i have installed in froyo i see that now it's not working anymore. Installed again in gingerbread but they doesn't appear in the skin list.
[Desire HD General] springy:
I did check back to see if anyone has confirmation if HTC has pulled, it just seems to me no one has been able to update today after reading, so I thought I ask the question if anyone has been able to update today, as it could be HTC not allowing the update. It just means people do not need to check, put their clocks forward etc. Sorry if you thought my question was a bit retorical

Like for me in the UK, I am not checking every two minutes as there isn't any point as I know they are testing it.
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
Hi Ajay

Which link did you use for the download?

Mine is same as yours - UK Unbranded but mine comes up with illegal operation.

Did you rename and copy to update.zip and leave in root of SD?
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
You wont be getting sense 3

HTC say sense 3 needs the new dual core CPU phones.
[Desire HD General] Karedhuran:
Hi!

Anyone mada a comparison between a custom Gingerbread Rom and the official HTC one? Is there a difference (except from the possivbbilities a rooted device gives you)?

I mean, is the ROM faster/slower or slightly different? I am on Leedroid 3.0.1 right now with the latest Kernel and a Honey HD Theme and I would like to kno how the stock Gingerbread is :-)
[Desire HD General] rabas:
Here's response I got form HTC support few minutes ago:
[Desire HD General] springy:
Cheers mate. thought something like this was happening :)
[Desire HD General] hotur:
That was my reply from htc.
[Desire HD General] ajay83:
Hi jay300.

Yes I searched this forum & found an .exe file of the 2.3 Rom. I downloaded it to my pc desktop.

After this I then plugged my phone into pc, but just left it on charge mode.

I opened the file & it automatically found my phone and by clicking next when asked to do so it updated the firmware no problems.

Go to post 272 of this thread & click topic link in that post. Then go to post 221 & you'll see two links with the official gingerbread 2.3 - 2.36.405.8 download.

Sorry.... New member so can't post links etc.
[Desire HD General] RogerP:
The OTA has started in Sweden again.
[Desire HD General] +Nybras+:
Is the update not back in Europe? Looking at the German HTC facebook page people are still updating within the last hour or so

Anyone in germany can confirm this?
[Desire HD General] rabas:
I have received notification right now, Serbia...
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
Now, Im trying not to be daft here but posts 272 has the topic link that takes you to a chinese page where even with google translation dont know how to get.

There is a link here

http://911sniper.blog.163.com/blog/static/1429008812011329111555836/

There are 2 images - the ruu and pd98img?

Secondly post 221 is by dhiral.v and has no links and just tells you to root phone.

did you use the RUU or PD98IMG version as from what I recall there is about 30mb difference in size

*edit*

Just noticed the RUU is an xe whereas the PD98IMG is a zip

Do we take it the exe is run from the pc.

Still trying to figure out how to download it :(
[Desire HD General] Phillmitchell:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824357
[Desire HD General] ajay83:
Hi jay.

Yep from the pc mate.

An official HTC firmware update program will open & do the rest for ya.

Just have ur phone plugged in (charge only will be fine) then ur good to go =)
[Desire HD General] Wedge85:
To be honest mate, I don't know. Hopefully someone else will have the answer for that one.

I don't know where my phone was sourced from, I have a feeling it was from Japan, is there any way to check this?
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
tried :)

his dropbox account has been banned for high usage :)

Just found a clone of it somewhere else tho so downloading the RUU .exe version now

Cheers
[Desire HD General] joshoon:
Yea but that is big non-sense ;)

It runs fine on a single core! and we have enough proof
[Desire HD General] tiko1979:
The OTA has started in Armenia again
[Desire HD General] Jay300zx:
sound, didnt know that, I take it phone would have to be rooted to run it tho?
[Desire HD General] antoszka:
NVM that, just got the OTA here in Poland, too. Phone unbranded/unlocked, though bought at P4; FYI the update file was:

OTA_Ace_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2_36_405_8_R-1_72_405_3_R2_release.zip

md5 → c4d0be1be88a9b4ba80abbd49626936d
[Desire HD General] joshoon:
Yea I guess so.

I haven't rooted my phone yet, but if it will be the only way to get Sense 3.0 over a few months, then I would learn to root my Desire HD and such, to get a ROM with Sense 3.0 :)
[Desire HD General] ZooKristaps:
I updated my DHD in Latvia about 4 houra ago without any problems.

About > Software info says I have version ...405.8.
[Desire HD General] Prodelin:
What is the difference from this one:

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 ?

It seems the OTA update got Release2(R2)

Anyone know if the OTA is a newer firmware?
[Desire HD General] zyntax555:
Got it today in Norway also. Unbranded phone.

It is working fine so far .
[Desire HD General] Rlwhittle:
Just checked for updates on my UK Vodafone Desire HD and got this update 2.36.161.12, updating now.
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
Awesome - sat in the middle of M&S at the moment with my daughter having lunch, and after seeing your reply, did a check - downloading now! Awesomeness!
[Desire HD General] SB13X:
Its a chuffing joke so many branded handsets are getting upgraded by the sounds of things while my unbranded unlocked out the box phone is still refusing to locate the update!
[Desire HD General] m7svk:
Hi, is your phone branded or unbranded? many thanks...
[Desire HD General] punk19:
I have the unlocked HTC DHD branded to vodafone UK.. It just showed me that i have a system update available..

Has anyone installed the 2.36.161.12 GingerBread update yet????

Can anyone tell me how it is???

I do not want to rush into it and be disappointed like the last time when the update 2.2.1 update was released...
[Desire HD General] smudgelab:
Yep, still nowt here, UK, unbranded as it left the factory with a T mob sim in it... tch...
[Desire HD General] +Nybras+:
Mate this has pissssed me right off!
[Desire HD General] njay-uk:
I believe anything with x.x.161.x is a UK Vodafone branded version? As to if that includes any bloatware I guess those that have received it will tell us shortly LOL.
[Desire HD General] digital006:
Unbranded DHD with T-Mobile Sim and no update yet.
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
That's a rhetorical question isn't it? <<-- Hint: So is that!!

1. The very post above yours is someone saying they are installing a UK vodafone OTA update.

2. Please read the forum rules to ensure you don't break ANOTHER one!

And to everyone, I know I only said it a short while ago but please stop posting "not got it yet" type posts. It's pointless and helps no one. By all means post if your DHD on your network in your country has come through (IF NO ONE ELSE has already said it. If you are in a similar situation but haven't got it yet then JUST WAIT a bit longer. This is for the benefit of OTHER people.
[Desire HD General] punk19:
dude.. i really do not need any hints from you.. the guy above me is UPDATING... my post was directed towards anyone who already might have updated...

I really do not feel i have broken any rule and so you need not warn me not to break ANOTHER one...

This is a support forum.. lets not just be pointing fingers here...
[Desire HD General] claptnei:
Agreed punk19. Mr_JMM is quite aggressive in his posts
[Desire HD General] razvan_day:
Finaly got my update in Romania from Vodafone
[Desire HD General] Jercote:
branded

2.6.32.21-gb291666htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Can anyone tell me if my DHD is branded just by looking at the kernel?

It's from TELUS but it doesn't have any TELUS software or ringtones whatsoever.

Thanks for the help.
[Desire HD General] punk19:
Thanks buddy...

But i do not mind him being aggressive.. its just that he must have misunderstood what i intended..

just need to know if the people who already have the update are facing any issues... dats all...
[Desire HD General] jamsie555:
I'm still not satisfied with HTC's response regarding why the UK update is still being tested. Quite obviously the leaked ruu, and the ota zip's are exactly the same all over the rest of europe, and it looks like they work without any problems in the UK. Now it seems like vodafone have released their branded version of the update, which begs the question what on earth are HTC doing????
[Desire HD General] Racer01:
hello! i have an unbranded unlocked phone from the uk, but i'm using it in hungary, so is it a problem?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
I was very careful to only quote the question about installing so as to make it clear that I didn't have a problem with the rest of your post.

I was making the suggestion that if you wait a few moments I'm sure the guy that was currently mid update will post back once done.

I am trying to keep the threads as tidy as possible and I felt that a little patients would have been a far better option.

THAT's all. :o)

You have nothing to lose by installing the update and everything to gain (except root if you have rooted your (aimed at general masses) phone).
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
In the case of branded handsets, HTC released the update now the networks need to add their bloatware cr*p and make sure their customisations still work and update them were necessary. Memory serving, even unbranded phones still get the update from the network rather than from HTC servers but don't quote me on that.
[Desire HD General] dirk123456:
Hi guys,

I have a problem with the OTA update and can't figure out what the problem is.

I have a custom rom. I download the 2.3 update, installing, all good, until he reboots. Triangle with explanation mark and little Android figure.

I thought maybe this was causing because I have a custom rom, so I restored my backup which I had made with Rom Manager when I installed the custom rom. I unroot my phone too, thought maybe that would help. Installed update again and same problem.

Anyone know why I can't update to 2.3 with my stock rom? Is it maybe because the Radio-off? Does it not turn to it's default value when I restore the backup?

Thanks in advance!
[Desire HD General] punk19:
You should not have any issues.. But you will have to wait until the update is launched for UNBRANDED phones...
[Desire HD General] punk19:
water under the bridge mate :)

just hope this update does not screw us up like the last one did with the SMS issues... some people are already complaining something about Exchange not working after the update.. hope that's not the case with everyone...

anyways will download it now and post a reply after a couple of days.. Enjoy!!!!
[Desire HD General] avatar7:
Just updated my Desire HD on Vodafone UK to 2.3

I'm finding it slightly sluggish.

Anyone else think so too?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
No worries punk. I don't recall any major issues with SMS but will take your word for it. Exchange issue is just a settings tweak.

Good luck with the update. Trust me, you won't regret it. The changes are subtle but they add up to make the overall experience better.

When you get bored, there are so many GB ROM's out now to make it even better.
[Desire HD General] jamsie555:
I know that, but I have an unbranded Desire HD and I can't understand how branded vodafone handsets are being updated before the unbranded ones. As you said, HTC release the unbranded update to the operators, and they load it with their bloatware. How can they release it to the operators and not to consumers?
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
still no asia..
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Like I said, I believe the networks still test before sending out the update (you will get the update from Orange for example not from HTC directly) IIRC.
[Desire HD General] njay-uk:
I believe it was alluded to earlier in the thread that whilst we have unbranded phones they were supplied by our operators so until they have tested it and said yes, the keys to initiate the OTA to our unbranded phones are not added to the servers. I guess its down this way so that the operators themselves dont need to support it until they are ready irrespective of whether the phones is branded or not?
[Desire HD General] Hawk19:
Don't work, say Invalide operation when I Select apply sd:update.zip
[Desire HD General] Phillmitchell:
Bored of this waiting so going to fly out of the uk in hope of gingerbread
[Desire HD General] Bishonen:
holy mother of god. I got the update via the normal way(clicked check for update etc). Got it installed on my DHD without any problems. Then i got stuck for 20min on the screen which showed me that the update has ended(the bar has went from left to right and the arrows went green).

So i thought that i'd take out the baterry. As i put it back again and turned the phone on, the screen shows me the htc logo and nothing else happens :( Anyone help?

I was on a rooted 2.2 froyo. Never hacked it or something. :(
[Desire HD General] gcarter:
Nope - it actually feels more responsive on my HD vodafone branded phone... presume you have rebooted your phone?
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
Hello, I'm currently running CM7. When this is released in the UK will I be able to upgrade via OTA to the orange branded one over wireless so that my phone goes back to stock?

The reason I ask is because I want to do a nandroid backup of it and I'm unsure if I can actually just do that or if I must flash to a previous sense rom first?

Thankyou.
[Desire HD General] kudoboi:
dont you need to be unrooted to update?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
No.

And you won't be able to make a nandroid backup as you'll lose root when you install the update and will then need to downgrade again to get root back.

If you're worried about sending phone for warranty then you can download stock 1.75 version and send back with that.

With the previous version it was possible to download teh OTA update then flash it using ROM Manager / recovery but AFAIK that is not possible at this time. Once it is then at some point someone will add the latest OTA to the list of stock ROM's.
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
No but you will lose root and at the moment I am not 100% sure if it can be rooted again (yet).
[Desire HD General] Bishonen:
Maybe i expressed myself wrong: i bought the phone as brand new with 2.2. Never hacked the software nor did i install anything custom. As i heard that there is a official update out i've chosen to update to 2.3

My phone downloaded the 2.3 update without any problems. After the update the bar was stuck at the end and nothing happened for 20min. So i took the battery out. Now if i turn my phone on i can only see a green htc logo on a white background. I tried holding the volume down button with power and i got into the screen where i can chose factory reset and so on. If i click on factory reset i can see a bar again as if he'd be updating but it only lasts 15 sec and the white screen with the htc logo comes up :(

My god do i need the phone :( Help
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
Ah I see, I thought I could temproot so I could do a back up.

Would I be correct in saying though that If I wanted to I could still update to this rom when orange release it over wireless even though I'm unrooted and on CM7?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
Good point. I say no because last time I checked visionary didn't work on the previous update but you can certainly give it a go.... if you're brave enough.

You mean rooted with CM7? No, you won't get the OTA whilst you are on CM ROM.
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
I'll wait for someone else to try it haha.

So If I flashed to the stock rom (before update, 2.2?), unrooted and locked back to orange i could then upgrade to 2.3 orange?

:EDIT:

Or would it be possible from any sense rom like leedroid etc?
[Desire HD General] Mr_JMM:
AFAIK you can be rooted and get OTA but I believe you need to be running a generic ROM (CM7 for example won't get you the update). You may also need stock recovery. I have to put my hands up and say I have not checked into enough threads yet to see what the most customised state the phone can be in and still get the OTA.

Just done some research and Gingerbreak may be your saviour

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
[Desire HD General] Sammmo:
I get a triangle when i try to install the update OTA, when i press the menu-button i get into the recovery menu;

"E: Can't mount SDCARD:download/OTA_Ace_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2_36_405_8.....zip

Installation aborted."

I have root and S-off. Whats wrong?
[Desire HD General] 8igdave:
Thankyou for your help. That is good to know they managed it already.

My only consern is the fact that I dumbly never backed up my stock phone before I put a custom rom on and I really want to get a backup of stock orange some how.

If I can get the orange update by just flashing to the previous stock rom and then that is great news.
[Desire HD General] mateash2002:
that's it i'm done with this silly wait!!! everyone seems to have it apart from the people with unbranded phones. does anyone know where i could download the update in an .exe format? thanks

typical, their live customer service bit is offline. what a bunch of ******
[Desire HD General] jacoz:
Vodafone UK branded 1.39.161.1

downloading now :)

2.36.161.12
[Desire HD General] Henkeg:
I'm on UK t-mobile and still haven't received the update. :(
[Desire HD General] chiel54:
Where do i find the .apk for this older version of aura? How did you get it to work?
[Desire HD General] Sammmo:
Bump.

Try moving the date forward.
[Desire HD General] Daz555:
Twitter:

TMobileUKhelp - Hi, we would need to test the software first before we release it. As soon as we have a date we will tweet. Thanks
[Desire HD General] rosswaa:
Although its half working on dhd, sometimes I wonder why HTC bother when half the devs on here are so much better and quicker

Sent from my HTC Desire HD
[Desire HD General] coinstar:
You need the full stock ROM if you want to update, if you've removed some stock HTC aps (Amazon for example) you'll get that error.