[Desire HD General] Jacob1369:
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Hi all!

It's exciting to see a growing community for Fil DHD users. Sorry if my post is a little long but I felt that I had to catch up on some of the things here. He he...

Here are my current apps... Some are root apps...

a2SDForyo

AdFree

Adobe Reader

Air Control Lite

Album Art Grabber

Aldiko

Angry Birds

Angry Birds Seasons

Appbrain App Market

Apps Organizer

Asphalt

Astrid Tasks

Astro

Astro Bluetooth

Auto Express

Barcode Scanner

Best Tube

Bluetooth File Transfer

Box.net

Netfront Life Browser

Clockr

Desktop Visualizer

Digital Clock Widget

drocap2

Droid Streamer

Dropbox

Google Earth

eBuddy

Engadget

Epic Truck

Firefox (Fennec)

Flickie Wallpapers

Fuel TV

FxCamera

3D Gallery

Google Sky Map

Google Translate

Google Goggles

GScript Lite

GT Racing

Homerun Battle 3D

Layar

Linpack for Android

Market Enabler

Y! Messenger

Minigore

Moodagent

Moron Test

MyBackup Root

Neocore

NFS Shift

Note Everything

Opera Mobile

Pandora

Paper Toss

PayPal

Photoshop Express

Picsay Pro

Qik

Quadrant Standard

Remote Web Desktop

Ripcord Alarm

ROM Manager

Root Explorer

Screen On

SetCPU

Shelves

Shift

Simi Folder

Skype

SoundHound

SPB TV

Speed Test

Startup Auditor

Superuser

Swype (Beta Tester Account, not cracked)

Task Killer

Terminal Emulator

Titanium Backup

TTS Service Extended

TV Shows Stream Lite

Ulysse Gizmos

Unblock Me Free

Unrar Free

VidTrim

VirtualRecorder

Visionary+

Vlingo

WhatsApp

Where's My Droid

Widget Locker

WifiWidget

Winamp

Wire Goggles

XDA

Live Wallpapers:

Shake Them All! (All time favorite)

Starfield

Galactic Core Free

Microbes (My current favorite)

Nexus (2.3ver)

Droid X

Light Grid Pro (Best for batterylife and performance)

The 2.2.1 OTA isn't all that different so it won't be a huge thing to fuss over unless your current ROM is giving you performance issues and you've tested and tried everything else and isolated that the performance problem is caused by the current ROM you have. I've since reverted back to the original 2.2 (1.32.823.6) since the OC module doesn't play well with the 2.2.1 OTA.

On the issue of batterylife, yes it would've been nice to get an EVO-ish battery and we might find alternatives like Mugen or something similar at the same time, IMHO, our DHDs are very much like laptops in the sense that being mindful and aware of what we are making the phone (or laptop) do is going to drain the battery in one way or the other.

Our lappies have power profiles where we could easily toggle when necessary. Our DHD is pretty much the same. For example, I am a fan of LWPs and is one of the main reasons why I shifted to the Android OS (other than the endless list of things it can do compared to iOS, Symbian and WM6.5). Wifi and GPS are aways on and the DHD has become a very good extension to my work and personal laptop. Yes, some of the fearures are draining the battery and knowing that I enjoy these features I learned to adapt and instead of using regular wallpapers, dim the display and find the perfect undervolted kernel while maximizing the CPU speed (I'm also this way with my laptop, OC'd and using Deskscapes at all times).

I instead have a USB cord for my laptop at work, at home, in the car and a mobile backup charger. Short of saying, keep your DHD well fed at all times if you expect it to perform at maximum all the time.

I spend most of my time in the office so while infront of the computer, my DHD eats. When I drive out for lunch or some sort of errand, DHD eats again. A 10-15 minute drive does wonders for your DHD's digestion. There is yet another USB cord next to my bed so it can eat while I sleep or watch TV etc. I drain the phone every weekend and calibrate the battery once a week.

I got a Mili battery pack for emergencies (On sale for 1200 from 1650). It powers most of the other things that you need to feed too!

The trick is to choose what you want and find a way to make it work. In my case, my lifestyle allows me to keep my DHD fed and maximize all features without worry. This habit is coming from using an iPhone, iPod Touch and more recently an HD2 (I've also used Nokia E series phones and I must say, Nokia still wins the battery dev department). So the tips that are very helpful are simply telling us to choose and adjust to the power profile appropriate to our liking.

I can't effectively say that the DHD is the best phone out there but it is most certainly the best for my interest, activities and lifestyle (that's why I couldn't wait and paid 34k before Christmas). Battery life is a constant issue for any gadget since there isn't much research and development as dedicated to it IMO. Maybe someone will come up with an alternator for mobile gadgets or use the gyrator to generate power or coat the back of the phone with solar strips but until that or something better happens, battery life will remain a slave to the enormous power that our handhelds currently possess...

In one of my tests, 9 hours without charging will leave me 12% from 100%. That's wifi on 50% of the time, GPS 100% of the time with 7 homescreens filled with widgets, LWP, constant texting, email, occasional phone calls, moderate browsing and bluetooth file transfers and connection to car stereo and my Halo. The automatic low power profile at 10% remaining will give you an approximate of 1.5-2 hours if left uncharged and with moderate use (I do mean moderate, without any media use).

I guess what I'm saying is that we can't let the battery life get in the way of enjoying the DHD to its full potential. Profiles can be switched to conserve (moderate UI animation, less widgets and static wallpaper) and extend batterylife when necessary...

Hope it helps! :D :D :D

More power to DHD users!