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For the last 3 weeks I have been running Duttys HD WM6.5 Leo Holy Grail R0 with a few minor tweaks of Reales Task Bar, BharS 4 column Start Menu and Vovichek&Jamrecords 16 shorcuts. Coupled with the new Opera 10 bowser it feels like a new phone and has been faster and more stable than the old Orange ROM.
Will an upgrade to HD be worth it or I am likely to be disappointed that there will no surprises?
Obvioulsy one of the big gains will be the increase in screen size and could one of you lucky owners tell me excatly the visible area of the Google maps? On HD I make it 50.5 x 72.5mm = 3661 sq mm
I tried going back to my HD with dutty's holy grail rom after 2 weeks use of my HD2. I was in all honesty underwelmed by my HD2 at first however I only spent about 2mins on my HD before realising how MUCH FASTER and more fluid the HD2 is. So be prepard to be disapointed at first but you'll never go back. This new baby flies!!!! As soon as NEO2007 and Chainfire prove their genius again with GPU drivers the HD2 will be unmatched for a longtime to come I expect
RaymondScrott said:
could one of you lucky owners tell me excatly the visible area of the Google maps? On HD I make it 50.5 x 72.5mm = 3661 sq mm
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I measure that at 56 x 82mm, which is 4592mm².
Why on earth would you want to use something as small as 3661??? lol
Just kidding mate. I LOVED my HD, but could never go back to it and be happy after having a HD2 for a couple of weeks now.
The HD doesn't do sense 2.5 any justice at all. The HD is now for me almost unusable, in fact I reflashed the original (well, Aug update) Orange ROM because sense 2.5 is just so bad on the HD compared to the HD2.
Just got the HD2 - impressive, very responsive. Nice for typing because you never get a keystroke missed.
Main improvement though is that heavy websites are so much more practical - they download and display much faster, and you can navigate so much quicker.
So approx 25% increase in the area. This worth £500? Maybe - at least the HD2 thread is likely to be more active than the HD. Thanks to all for comments on the new device.
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So approx 25% increase in the area. This worth £500?
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No, probably not. However, if your contract is up, it's pretty cheap. I bought the HD2 for £100ish, £30 cashback, sell HD for £200 (smartphones really keep value well these days), 12 month contract at 34/mth inc web. I need the minutes regardless, so might as well get the newest model.
Hi.
I have my hd2 for about 3 months now and i really like it, but this morning on my way to work my phone died. Screen went black while i was browsing the net. I restarted it but phone is stuck on tmobile stick together splash screen. I was still rocking original tmous rom, so I called customer service and they told me that they will ship me a new one and also that i will have another 14 day trial period with it. So basically i can return this phone and pick another one. one of my friends got vibrant yesterday and i spent some time playing with it and phone seems to be pretty nice as well plus it runs android and since my last phone was g1 i am kinda used to it. Thing is i dont really like samsung phones as i had some bad experience with them in the past, so my question is, would You change your hd2 for vibrant if you had the opportunity? if yes please explain why.
I just saw it at the store about 30 minutes ago. I will say this, while being a nice phone, the avatar demo movie playing on it was chopping up and glitching a bunch. Not sure if thats the phone, or the player but video on the HD2 played way smoother and cleaner. Other then that I couldn't tell you anything. And your answer from me would be, HELL NO!! The HD2 just has too much going for it compared to everyother phone. Look at the rate of progress they are deving android for it! Near the speed of light. I could see droid being your stable OS on the HD2 in under 1 month.
The vibrant is a great phone, but not perfect either. I think in this case once again the choice just comes down to whether you get along better with Android or WM.
But, keep in mind that you'll likely never find a WM version ported to the Vibrant, where as the HD2 has several Android builds that are mostly working on it right now, and a fully-functional version should happen before very long.
i use both phones. the hd2, primarily for work and the vibrant as my "daily driver". both phones have some setbacks. with the hd2, my biggest complaint, on the latest stock rom, has been lagging and freezing during and after sending sms and mms. i usually have to soft reset my phone during these cases.
however, i am sure flashing of some custom roms should solve this issue but i have not had the time to do so. overall, i love the build quality of the hd2 and its gorgeous 4.3" display. i'm also running a dual boot of the latest android froyo port on it and it almost runs as smooth as the android os on my vibrant.
my biggest gripes about the vibrant is its overall build quality. it's pretty much plastic all over and very lightweight. there are some creaks during vibration.
while this might be a setback it's also one of the phone's strengths. some times i forget that it's in my pocket. it's very portable/pocketable and slim. bear in mind, it's screen is 4", not that much smaller than the hd2's. also its weight literally feels like a feather vs. the weight of the hd2.
my other complaint about the vibrant is the TouchWiz skinned interface. it looks a lot like the iphone. heck, the overall look of the phone looks like the iphone 3gs. however, i soon got over that that by installing some home theme replacement apps/ui such as Launcher Pro and ADW launder free from the android market. these themed UI apps look just like vanilla froyo roms and actually run smoother then the touchwiz theme.
Overall, the vibrant is seems to run a lot smoother, quicker v. the hd2 in terms of app launching and scrolling, screen transitioning, and gaming. furthermore, texting is great. no lags nor freezes and the included swype keyboard trumps the one provided by the hd2. no lags, delays, etc whatsoever. however, there are some lags and glitches here and there when running a number of apps or when using the android market. just like the hd2 and the winmo OS, there are task killers that you can download from the android market place. and let's not forget the beautiful and vibrant (yes, tmobile got it right with this nickname) the screen is. i literally have the brightness set at 0 and it's still stands out a bit vs. my hd2 set at about 20 pct to save battery. honestly, i've never seen a smartphone reproduce such colors in terms of watching movies like avatar so vividly. i'd say it's almost on par with the beautiful display of the iphone 4.
if you decide to purchase the vibrant, make use of the 14 day return period. make use of the android market and look in to this website, xda and see what the vibrant is capable of. rooting is SUPER easy on this phone and a froyo build should be coming out soon from team cyanogen (i.e. wes garner). The official OTA on android 2.2 will likely be out by the end of September for this phone as well.
I had an Android phone for about 18 months, and I've had my HD2 for about 4...
I love the HD2. Best phone I've ever had. The G1 was cool when it came out, and I was impressed initally, but it only took a week or so before it started to get "buggy". Once I rooted it, nothing imporved and I was constantly out of touch for hours at a time due to booting, wiping, flashing, etc...
HD2 totally different story. Say what you will about Windows Mobile 6.5, but it is very customizable and powerful, capable of many great feats. Not nearly as proprietary as iPhone or the upcoming WP7. And as of now as far as I know Microsoft is on record as stating they will be supporting and upgrading 6.5 for the next two years at least even though WP7 will be out.
The HD2 is very quick. The stock Opera browser, while not having native flash is very quick to load full media-rich pages. Having Office 2010 preloaded is a big plus for me, also.
I play the Ferrari GT Evolution game all the time, and since I got a class 6 SD Card, there is very little lag or stutter at all, graphics are very imressive. I know the Vibrant has a better screen but I think the HD2's is good enough to where this would not be considered a "deal breaker" (like not having a freakin' flash on your top model phone, I mean, come on, Samsung, is everyone there shooting meth?).
I have not had any problems with MMS, Text, or Facebook or Twitter on my HD2. All run very smoothly. I have 5 email accounts up and synching nicely.
As far as watching movies, if you have to run them side by side to tell the difference, again, I file it in the "not a dealbreaker" category. All I know is I can watch True Blood in H264 just fine on my HD2 and not even use 35% of the battery.
Battery life on the HD2 for me seems to be about a full day, plus a half if not having wifi on all the time.
People complain about the size but I love it. I like having a big, solidly-built smartphone that I know is sitting in my pocket and not going anywhere.
Anyway, I haven't played with the Vibrant yet so I can't do a comparison, but the flash for me is a big one, because I use the camera on my HD2 constantly. But my advice would be not to write off the HD2 just because of everything you hear about it. Give it a shot. It's a great phone.
Hope that helps.
to be fair, the op was asking about the vibrant. i also have a rooted g1 and i'd have to say the vibrant murders the g1 in every aspect. i have not rooted the vibrant out of the box because of how much internal memory it has (16 gb) and its blazing speed.
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I had an Android phone for about 18 months, and I've had my HD2 for about 4...
I love the HD2. Best phone I've ever had. The G1 was cool when it came out, and I was impressed initally, but it only took a week or so before it started to get "buggy". Once I rooted it, nothing imporved and I was constantly out of touch for hours at a time due to booting, wiping, flashing, etc...
HD2 totally different story. Say what you will about Windows Mobile 6.5, but it is very customizable and powerful, capable of many great feats. Not nearly as proprietary as iPhone or the upcoming WP7. And as of now as far as I know Microsoft is on record as stating they will be supporting and upgrading 6.5 for the next two years at least even though WP7 will be out.
The HD2 is very quick. The stock Opera browser, while not having native flash is very quick to load full media-rich pages. Having Office 2010 preloaded is a big plus for me, also.
I play the Ferrari GT Evolution game all the time, and since I got a class 6 SD Card, there is very little lag or stutter at all, graphics are very imressive. I know the Vibrant has a better screen but I think the HD2's is good enough to where this would not be considered a "deal breaker" (like not having a freakin' flash on your top model phone, I mean, come on, Samsung, is everyone there shooting meth?).
I have not had any problems with MMS, Text, or Facebook or Twitter on my HD2. All run very smoothly. I have 5 email accounts up and synching nicely.
As far as watching movies, if you have to run them side by side to tell the difference, again, I file it in the "not a dealbreaker" category. All I know is I can watch True Blood in H264 just fine on my HD2 and not even use 35% of the battery.
Battery life on the HD2 for me seems to be about a full day, plus a half if not having wifi on all the time.
People complain about the size but I love it. I like having a big, solidly-built smartphone that I know is sitting in my pocket and not going anywhere.
Anyway, I haven't played with the Vibrant yet so I can't do a comparison, but the flash for me is a big one, because I use the camera on my HD2 constantly. But my advice would be not to write off the HD2 just because of everything you hear about it. Give it a shot. It's a great phone.
Hope that helps.
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ryan562 said:
to be fair, the op was asking about the vibrant. i also have a rooted g1 and i'd have to say the vibrant murders the g1 in every aspect. i have not rooted the vibrant out of the box because of how much internal memory it has (16 gb) and its blazing speed.
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To be accurate, they were asking if anyone would trade their HD2 for the Vibrant. I simply wanted to have an opportunity to let the OP know that his HD2 experience may be the exception rather than the norm, and to familiarize himself with how to use the device instead of simply giving up on it.
Thx for the replys.
I decided to stick with hd2. I flashed a custom rom same day i got my replacement and it really improved speed of the phone and everything work as smooth as i expected. On top of that im runing darkstone's froyo now and im loving it.
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I have my hd2 for about 3 months now and i really like it, but this morning on my way to work my phone died. Screen went black while i was browsing the net. I restarted it but phone is stuck on tmobile stick together splash screen. I was still rocking original tmous rom, so I called customer service and they told me that they will ship me a new one and also that i will have another 14 day trial period with it. So basically i can return this phone and pick another one. one of my friends got vibrant yesterday and i spent some time playing with it and phone seems to be pretty nice as well plus it runs android and since my last phone was g1 i am kinda used to it. Thing is i dont really like samsung phones as i had some bad experience with them in the past, so my question is, would You change your hd2 for vibrant if you had the opportunity? if yes please explain why.
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No i wouod keep the hd2 but thats just me...but i agree with you on the samsung topic they really arent the greatest...
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Now the desire Hd has been around for a few days, I was wondering what those that have changed from HD2 to desire HD think of it. Are you glad you changed? or prefer your old HD? Your thoughts may help those that are thinking about changing..(like me!)
One word: YES!
Now that the novelty of the DHD has worn off, I think i prefer the HD2 (with Android). The DHD is like a HD2 that has missed a few gym sessions and put on a few pounds. The HD2 definately feels better in the hand.
That said, i do like the DHD. It definately benefits from the better GPU and memory.
I would say absolutely yes. Its so great. Think its slightly worse looking than the HD2, but its super fast, slightly faster than my HD2 on droid. But way more reliable, like it actually turns on when you press the on button!
Plus 8gb included
Last week I got the DHD before that I had the HD2,
Pro's DHD over HD2
- Faster boot
- Fast lock screen windows when I press the power button
- Everything works (duh) (one of the last Android roms for HD2 also almost everything works so...
- HTCSense.com (not a real improvement but he...)
- I really like the design and captivate buttons
- New sense = ok
- 8 MP camera instead of 5 MP
- I prefer the power button on top, so not every button on hd2 will wake the phone
- Sometimes apps will not install or work in HD2, did have this on DHD.
Speed is more or less the same, I do not thing one is much faster then the other.
Pro's HD2 over DHD
- Smaller
- Battery life, maybe strange to find out, but I really think my HD2 with android lasted longer!
I will keep my HD2 and waiting that WinMo 7 works so I can see how that works.
Cheers.
Three words - yes yes yes! Whoops I have had an accident ;-)
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If hd2 had million colors on the screen i wouldnt have sold it. Desire win for that only
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I'm still a bit undecided, i prefer the home screen and CHT set up on the HD2 and the fact you can go into android anyway make it much closer than i thought it would be...
having said that the DHD is super slick and smooth with virtually no judders, and texting is superb so as a phone its better but i'm already missing the tweaking and i've only had the DHD since friday LOL
As someone else mentioned above thinking about keeping my HD2 and seeing what happens on the WP7 front because if that gets sorted having the choice of running WP7-Android-WM6 is pretty awesome...
Pro DHD
- ANDROID MARKET
- HTCSense.com
- captivate buttons
- camera seams to be better, but would prefer 5 MP with better quality
- I prefer the power button on top
Pro HD2
- smaller
- lighter
- although the metal of the DHD imposes a better quality I prefer the gummed surface of the HD2
- with Co0kies home tab I have much more information on the Home screen as with Androids Sense Home
i also upgraded from the hd2 to dhd, and i think the dhd is a lot better.
- Its more reliable than android on hd2
- Its faster
- I think it looks & feels better
- Better camera
- htcsense.com (that needs some improvements tho)
Why the hd2 is better
- battery easy accessible (spare battery is easy with hd2)
- instantheart rate (search for it in the market) works better on hd2
The HD2 is only smaller by like a few mm guys. It's hardly that noticeable
The hd2 is literally only a few mm smaller but the shape of the dhd makes it feel bigger than the actual difference is IME...
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Only had my Desire HD for a couple of days but so far I'm happy.
DHD is faster and more responsive.
Only 2 apps needed to make the DHD perfect - secubox and the thing I miss most of all, CHT
I'm much preferring my DHD! I can use Android 24/7 now!!
I had no end of troubles with Android on my HD2, tried several radios, several rom builds! The best result i got was stable for a few days, then the longer I used it, the more often it would black screen of death and I'd have to reformat and start over - got kinda bored of doing that!
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I'm much preferring my DHD! I can use Android 24/7 now!!
I had no end of troubles with Android on my HD2, tried several radios, several rom builds! The best result i got was stable for a few days, then the longer I used it, the more often it would black screen of death and I'd have to reformat and start over - got kinda bored of doing that!
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Only 2 apps needed to make the DHD perfect - secubox
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SecretVaultpro.
Its in the market.
I have the DHD after my HD2, and I love the DHD more!
I think the reasons of this has already been told by those who think the same as me.
And as Ericjennings said, u only need 2 apps to make it perfect, in my case only one app was enough to make it perfect.
With my HD2 I needed tons of apps sometimes, and even a HSPL to get better ROM's and stuff like that.
Yep, I feld in love again after my HD2, and this time with my DHD
I love the DSD, had a huge amount of problems with my HD2.
Used to freeze at least 5 times a day, wouldnt start when hitting the power button etc etc.
Only thing i really miss is the CHT home screen, hope it will be available for DSD soon.
It was by far the greatest home screen available.
Anyone know if there is a CHT coming for Android sense???
Ive had the DHD for around 7hrs now.
its much faster and smoother to the HD2.
Def not liking this sim cover..its a PITA to remove..and mine doesnt align properly on the right side. it protrudes out by 0.5mm!
changed my hd2 for dhd. happy for screen, chipset, battery, sound with earclip. less happy for cover...perfect assembly, but I don't think it will last 1 year like my old hd2. I saw its paint, I think we will see some with peeling in a few time
[Q] Android on HD2 - how fast and stable is it compared to "official" Android phones?
I had great experiences with "Official" Android phones - the Nexus One, Cliq, Samsung Vibrant, and now the MyTouch 4G. Something that they all seem to lack though - that big, beautiful screen on the HD2!
So I have to ask - in it's current form, how does the speed and stability of Android on the HD2 stack up against "Official" Android phones with similar hardware specs?
Just curious - not trying to start a flame war or anything, just looking to get educated a little!
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cant compare it as i do not have a strictly android phone but android on my hd2 is pretty fast and stable. if i were to guess, its just as fast and stable. only con that i see is fast battery drain but from what i saw from my friend incredible, it didnt have good battery life with everything turned on (data and locatin services turned on)
if i didnt own an hd2 already, i wouldnt hessitate to buy an android phone if it had all the features i wanted on it.
I'd say the HD2 in its current form (With most ROMs) is as stable and fast(er in some cases) than stock android phones... Although if you want a real android phone with the 4.3 inch screen, get the desire HD... The HD2 is a tinkerer's phone, so if you don't like messing around with your phone alot, I wouldn't bother.
I have a Vibrant. IMHO the HD2 is as roughly as good as the Vibrant (with the lagfixes) and BETTER in the battery life area under heavy use - the latter is due to the Vibrant's AMOLED screen, which is a power pig.
The Vibrant is a bit smoother, but I like the HD2 better - running Android. The Vibrant is currently in a drawer.
One problem that vexes - the HD2 will not send or receive an MMS when connected via Wifi. None of the builds thus far have fixed this. It's the only serious problem I have with Android on the HD2 at the present time.
I have demoed following Android phones and found NONE to be even comparable to how smooth Android operated on HD2 phone. Among the phones are Nexus One, G1, G2, MyTouch series (all phones), Desire, Hero, and few more I don't know the name but were from Sprint and Verizon Carrier in USA.
I am really not kidding - any phone I tried it was not smooth whatsoever. Scores on Quadrant really do not show everything but if it's to judge by the scores even, Galaxy S Series is the only phone to score higher but still does not have smoothness I have with my HD2.
Battery wise, I got it to deliver 3-6mA and that is plenty for me and my usage (over 24hrs)... Can battery be better? Well, 1230mAh capacity I think delivers the best posible. If it was 1500mAh like in Galxy phones it would be better as well
I don't know what you guys are smoking. I have played with a vibrant and an incredible. When I leap with an incredible, it's smooth. When I leap with my HD2, it takes 3 seconds for it to leap and its not even remotely smooth. Android on the HD2 is far from smooth. Secondly, you claim that the vibrant is lacking a big beautiful screen? HD2 is only .3 inches longer diagonally, and you can barely use the HD2 when it is sunny outside. The screen on the vibrant is what every android phone deserves to have.
Hopefully NAND can fix the lag issues, which will probably be released when America has another non white president.
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I don't know what you guys are smoking. I have played with a vibrant and an incredible. When I leap with an incredible, it's smooth. When I leap with my HD2, it takes 3 seconds for it to leap and its not even remotely smooth. Android on the HD2 is far from smooth. Secondly, you claim that the vibrant is lacking a big beautiful screen? HD2 is only .3 inches longer diagonally, and you can barely use the HD2 when it is sunny outside. The screen on the vibrant is what every android phone deserves to have.
Hopefully NAND can fix the lag issues, which will probably be released when America has another non white president.
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I forgot to add that it really depends what build you have, what WinMo ROM and Radio you paired up with that build and what apps you use. Any phone OS can be choppy - important is to know what slows it down and eliminate those issues to get smoothness
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I forgot to add that it really depends what build you have, what WinMo ROM and Radio you paired up with that build and what apps you use. Any phone OS can be choppy - important is to know what slows it down and eliminate those issues to get smoothness
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Energy ROM, VBN, Chuckydroid, OZDROID, 2.12 or 2.15, shubcraft, Mdj, froyostone, (I'm going to try biffmod next week because I can't stand HTC Sense) all the same results. Though I do have over 50 applications installed on my android build.
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I forgot to add that it really depends what build you have, what WinMo ROM and Radio you paired up with that build and what apps you use. Any phone OS can be choppy - important is to know what slows it down and eliminate those issues to get smoothness
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Also, I'm guessing that the smoothness you fail not to see in a Galaxy S phone that you do see in a HD2 is probably related to android 2.1 and touchwiz which cyanogenmod will fix soon enough.
I bet you that g2 is probably the smoothest phone running when it has cyanogenmod6.1 RC3 running.
Never really got on with my galaxy s the bright colourful screen was nice, but it was still pretty useless in full sunlight, even worse it was over bright in bed at night reading ebooks, you could never lower the brightness enough, the gps was sometimes ok but most of the time inaccurate, cheap plastic build, no camera flash...and I spent a lot of time trying to get rid of the annoying lags.
Now on the other hand my hd2 runs both windows and android very well if set up correctly, the screen is noticeably bigger even though on paper its only 0.4 inch larger, you have an amazing array of choice from wm roms to every kind of android build including sense instead of the awful touchwiz, the camera flash is perfect for photos as well as doubling up as a torch, I know have my hd2 predominantly running android its fast smooth and runs practically every app and game available without a glitch, the gps is far superior to the galaxy s setup and the build quality is solid and well manufactured.
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Never really got on with my galaxy s the bright colourful screen was nice, but it was still pretty useless in full sunlight, even worse it was over bright in bed at night reading ebooks, you could never lower the brightness enough, the gps was sometimes ok but most of the time inaccurate, cheap plastic build, no camera flash...and I spent a lot of time trying to get rid of the annoying lags.
Now on the other hand my hd2 runs both windows and android very well if set up correctly, the screen is noticeably bigger even though on paper its only 0.4 inch larger, you have an amazing array of choice from wm roms to every kind of android build including sense instead of the awful touchwiz, the camera flash is perfect for photos as well as doubling up as a torch, I know have my hd2 predominantly running android its fast smooth and runs practically every app and game available without a glitch, the gps is far superior to the galaxy s setup and the build quality is solid and well manufactured.
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Couldn't agree more. The thing I like most about the HD2 is the pure "tinkerability". For me the fun is in trying all the different ROMS, and being able to dual boot the phone.
With Magldr coming soon (we hope) it will be even better
It feels faster than my father's Galaxy S. And I clock my HD2 at 768 MHz max (as did Windows Mobile) because at higher clock rates the screen gets too hot.
for me, i am "supporting" 5 HTC HD2 owners plus my wife and mine = 7 HD2's. When i used to run WinMO i'd get "hey can you help me with....?" phone calls all the time. Now i have converted everyone to Android on the HD2 running chuckyDROID rom, 2.15.50.14 radio adn bluetopia 1.03 with a hastarin 8.2 kernel. I have not gotten "service" calls for 3 weeks now. LOL, i do this for fun for my friends and family. Other friends that dont like tmobile have went with the Evo, vibrant and Droid X have always referenced the HD2 as the "standard". I will be using my HD2 for a while until something better comes out. Doenst look like it will be anytime soon, at least for another 6 months or longer. With bluetooth, gps, and 2 emails accounts checking every 15 minutes i get 9 hrs or more out of my phone, also i make about 100 minutes of calls a day minimum.
sounds like i should finally set up a propper android hd2 build xD but im soooooo lazy xD
Fix PPP data drops, MMS issues people have been experiencing, battery drain and give me Nand and ill be using Android on my phone as long as possible. I'm reluctant to give the phone up because of the screen size but I need the stability in the above mentioned areas.
As it is, the newest build I'm using has excellent data connection using 3g with maybe 1 or 2 drops so so far so I'm guessing that will be a thing of the past soon.
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well.. right now im using a nexus one, to try out how it runs
in a way.. i like it more. the screen size is just hurting my eyes.. im wondering if, when i set up my hd2 correctly, can run that fast too... i should just finally stop being lazy i love my hd2 too much to exchange it with a nexy xD
I have a few Co workers with official android phones. Droid2, DroidX, and an Evo.
My HD2 runs smoother and faster than theirs.
My battery drains is just a little more than when I was using winmo. Bit enough to get me they the 10 hour work day with the usage.
I will not get another phone until T-Mobile gets another phone with a screen as big as the HD2.
I have been fully using android for about 2 months now and about 3 weeks with the Nexus build.
I do not like sense.
I have not had any data drops at all. GpS locks within 30 seconds.
No screen freezes.
Everything is working perfect enough for what I do on daily use.
I installed hadcent for text and mom's ans I can send and receive full size pics.
Just my findings.
Sent from HD2 on Androids.
I've got a lot of friends with various android phones... the HD2 can easily run android smoother and quicker than a native android phone that is still running a stock rom... as long as you take the time setting up your HD2 correctly and work out any bugs you come across. But almost any android phone (with similar specs to the HD2) I've seen that the owner took the time to root, put custom rom on, and tweak to improve performance can out-perform the HD2 without question. Everyone compares the HD2 to stock android phones and says how the HD2 runs android better, but it's not really a fair comparison because the HD2 isn't stock... it's tweaked and has custom roms that are rooted, so if comparing to other android phones, they should also be tweaked and rooted with custom roms to be fair and accurate with the comparison. My friend with an original desire has android running amazingly fast, smooth and stable... much more than I've ever seen anyones HD2.
I always tell everyone if you plan on only running android, you will be better off with a native android phone. There are custom roms for native android phones, too, so you can play with different build like you can with the HD2. Personally, I still like using winmo a lot, especially with the new cht2.0, so I wouldn't trade my HD2 for any other phone right now. And we will have a taste of WP7 soon. So if you also want to use winmo and be able to play with wp7, then the HD2 is great. If you're just planning on using android, go for the Desire HD or another native android phone, because with tweaks found on these forums, I'm pretty sure that you will always be able to run android more stable and smooth on a native android phone.
couple of my friends have the desire HD,ive played with both and tbh, hd2 seems to run android better, but I will still get a desire when i upgrade, galexy doesnt even come close....no flash....funny screen, no thanks!
Ok, so, I think we've established that the speeds are close to that of a native Android phone, if not better in some cases... Great!
Now - lets talk battery life.
On my Nexus One I was getting roughly 16-18 hours.
On my HTC G2 I am currently getting roughly the same.
On a Samsung Vibrant I was getting probably almost consistently 18 hours. (Go figure? I never understood why - everyone else is getting worse than the N1 and G2)
How does your battery life compare to that of native Android phones you have used (using them roughly the same amount)?
Hi, recently i sold my Samsung wave cause i cant deal with that OS bada. No apps at all. I want to buy an android phone. I need it to be beatiful, nice to feel in hand and with a good performance. I think legend is a good choice.
What do you advice?
cheers
If you're posting in the Legend forum then most likely you'll have people recommending the Legend . I previously had the HTC Magic (mytouch3g) for about a year and loved it. I upgraded to the Xperia X10 for 2 weeks then sold it for the Legend..and I couldn't be happier!
The system feels much snappier than the Xperia X10 and way better than the Magic. Loading and installing apps on the Legend does take an additional second or two longer than the X10 due to it's less powerful processor, however, the apps feel much smoother. That's probably because the X10 has a HUGE 4" screen.
What other phones are you considering?
idk, i love the look of the legend, processor power is ok for me. the only thing that holds me from getting a legend is dev support. I mean, there are few roms available and i havent noticed so far plans to port gingerbread to legend..
besides that, i love the legend...
There's a Cyanogen experimental Gingerbread port in Dev section, as well as a good selection of stable 2.2 ROMs. Go read
i've kinda read it but no video preview..lol
and you can wait an official Gingerbread rom )
There is no any matter to think that Official Gingerbread will NOT be released for our devices.
I agree here people will recommend the Legend
I think it is the best PDA i ever had only the battery could be a bit better
I need to charge every night
There are a few things I'm not happy with..
The camera kinda sucks (it seems worse than my old SE k800i when taking pictures of anything that's not completely stationary)
The aluminium edge above the speaker feels uncomfortable against my ear
I sometimes wish the screen had a higher resolution
On the upside, I still think it looks fairly cool, the size is just right for my pocket, and since I'm already running community ported gingerbread, I can't fault the developer support.
Battery is good for 3 days if you're just using it as a phone and have no friends. (i.e. screen off most the time, not surfing, not playing games, no calls, no sms, and I can get away with charging it every third night). If you actually use it as a smartphone, or you have friends, prepare to recharge more often.
All in all, I'm happy enough with my Legend that I'm not in the market for a new phone. I don't think a legend would be my first choice if my current one broke in a non-warranty-covered way (bucket of water?), but I'm not sure what else I'd go for, either.
As long as we have support from the CM team, this phone will always get Android updates. I have learnt more about Android with this phone that I would with any other, simply because you have to work more of it out yourself. I view this as a good thing. I also feel that this forum is more patient than in other sections, because of the small community.
The Legend is awesome.
oysteivi said:
Battery is good for 3 days if you're just using it as a phone and have no friends. (i.e. screen off most the time, not surfing, not playing games, no calls, no sms, and I can get away with charging it every third night). If you actually use it as a smartphone, or you have friends, prepare to recharge more often.
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I charge mine every night. Most of the time it goes down to half way by the end of the day and that is with wifi active the whole day and ad-hoc use. It use it heaps on the 25 minute each way train journey to to and from work.