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Hi just found this forum after digging around trying to find info on the touch HD.. and thought that you folks arethe best people to ask..
Had my N95 for near 2 years (is the original 1 not the 8GB one) and have found it to be a great phone...... but fancied a change and tbh after seeing the Touch HD i kinda fell in love with it.. lol
I dont know alot about phone in general... so am unsure if upgrading to the HD is a good idea at this time? or is there something much better just around the corner i should wait for? or even a better phone out atm i should maybe look into?
i suppose im just a little worried about buying into another 24 month contract with a phone thats about to get a superior *big brother* in a few months....
So,,, reckon i should just go for a new HD?? or something else? or wait a couple months for some all singing and dancing phone i know nothing about yet? hehe...
great forum... very informative... if a little overwhelming for me
Cheers!
In my opinion you should wait-- cuz there are already more powerfull phones (like Toshiba TG-01) coming out!!! Im personaly waiting for something with Nvidia Tegra!!
Touch HD is a great phone in overall, but all phone have some flaws-- no d-pad, poor video performance(with stock drivers)--- you should read some reviews about Touch HD to get more thoughs about it!!
But anyways Htc aint releasing a much more powerfull phone this year (check www.pdadb.net ) so I think its worth to wait!!
I too upgraded from the original n95....great phone but I too liked the touch.
imho there is always a phone worth waiting for but when do you ever buy?....I think that if you were happy with the n95 for two years then the same will be true for the Hd.
Yes it has it`s quirky points but don`t all phones?
I am well pleased with the Hd and I signed up for 18 months with the option to upgrade in 15 months which I believe is the norm these days....just look through the forum and see what can be done to and with this phone.
I say go get it!!
Hope that helps!
i agree with Hdowner
Great phone and with all the modifications that can be done you can have a new phone everyday LOL well almost
Unless your heavily into watching videos on phone the video performance is fine
and I have never missed the dPad
I upgraded from an N95 about 5 months ago now, & kind of wished I had bought an i-phone instead. But I'm on the fence because I now run Miri's Cooked win mobile 6.5 ROM, which has improved the HD massively. If u decide to purchase a HD, prepare to flash a new ROM.
I could not believe my eyes the first time i booted up my HD and got a message that a programme had crashed, D'OH! Not a good start
I sum up with this;
If u want a business/professional phone with a large high rez screen, easily carrier unlocked and flash upgradeable get a HD.
If u want a great multimedia phone, application store, easy touch controls but an over controlled experience by Apple get an I-phone (S)
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thnx for the input........ i have lately started to look at a couple of other phones.. like the new N97... or the Omnia 2... but none seem to grab me like the HD does...... i know everyone has there own tastes and likes,, but i just think it oozes quality and looks amazing,,,, a definate head turner
even toyed with the idea of the Iphone,,,,,,, but dont think i could jhandle being tied to all things apple,,,, and not being able to access the thousand of 3rd party appz out there... even on my n95 the ammount of free software is amazing and i can only imagine its even greater with a windows mobile,,,
now i just need the courage to try and work out how to upgrade it to Windows mobile 6.5 ...
HD is great (with non-stock ROM ) and I'm very satisfied but if N95 is operative to you could wait for new device coming and then you could choose with new platform.
But You must know I love change and mod device: iPhone (with screen more smooth etc..) is a jail to me and I hate install app only through Official Store (40Mb of s*it only to move mp3 on ipod... bleah!!)
D'rath
I'd say it's worth it, the newer HTC devices aren't necessarily better, just different, if you want simplicity and not a lot of flexibility consider the iPhone, but if you want control and choice go for a HTC device be it WM or Android.
Hi All,
I'm a big HTC fan and have had HTC phones for the last couple of years. At the moment i have the HTC Hero (awesome phone, best HTC imo (overall)).
But i'm due an upgrade and was thinking of purchasing the HD2. I've had the Touch HD and i was very very dissapointed with its lagging.
Do you think it's worth going for the HD2? Is there any lag at all? whats the marketplace like? any decent games? Ive searched and still cant make up my mind due to amount of positives and negatives people have experienced.
Or shall i back off for a few months and go for the X10 or HTC Bravo?
thanks in advance
rAF
I think the most sensible thing to do, since you have reasonable doubts, is to try and get a play on one. I know most stores are a bit "HDwhat?" at the minute, but I think you'll forget your doubts once you play. Just don't expect to type like a touch-typist within the first minute and you'll be okay
Maybe it's worth getting one on contract so you can return within their allowed time, if you don't like it?
i'm thinking of getting a HD on contract, test it out for two weeks.
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i'm thinking of getting a HD on contract, test it out for two weeks.
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I'll be honestly suprised if you send it back, but we're all different, aren't we! Personally, I can't see myself getting rid of this until something REALLY good comes out. (As long as I can upgrade to WM7 next year, and let's face it, with XDA we know we can do that )
I hope so. I dont want to be badly let down like the previous HD.
Whats the microsoft market place like? busy as the android market?
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I hope so. I dont want to be badly let down like the previous HD.
Whats the microsoft market place like? busy as the android market?
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Seriously though, what do you really want from Marketplace? Honestly, will you even pay for it?
haha, i pay always.
I've found some decent games in the MarketPlace, and it's handy for getting free utilities too, like the facebook and myspace apps etc.. That way, when you've flashed your ROM, you just go to MarketPlace and do "install all". Nice feature!
Oh yeah - Slider. THE best game ever! I love it!
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Whats the microsoft market place like? busy as the android market?
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It's not that busy yet, but there's been a promising increase in the number off apps on there since it started. You've gotta bear in mind that it's still relatively new. Between XDA, Google & the MarketPlace, I find everything I want (usually).
thanks for this,
will be getting the HD2 next week.
not too fond of wm 6.5. Cant wait for the windows mobile 7. Will HD2 be upgradable to the win7 without any issues?
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Will HD2 be upgradable to the win7 without any issues?
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I'm afraid there isn't a definite answer on this yet. Personally, I suspect it will just work, as the hardware is there for the new software features, so the new APIs in WM7 should work with no problem. BUT, you can never be sure. Microsoft have obviously made no comment on this matter, so it's just conjecture at the minute.
I'll be suprised if it doesn't work with no (major or unfixable) problems, but we'll realistically have to wait till there's a ROM available to play with.
rafter_01 said:
Hi All,
I'm a big HTC fan and have had HTC phones for the last couple of years. At the moment i have the HTC Hero (awesome phone, best HTC imo (overall)).
But i'm due an upgrade and was thinking of purchasing the HD2. I've had the Touch HD and i was very very dissapointed with its lagging.
Do you think it's worth going for the HD2? Is there any lag at all? whats the marketplace like? any decent games? Ive searched and still cant make up my mind due to amount of positives and negatives people have experienced.
Or shall i back off for a few months and go for the X10 or HTC Bravo?
thanks in advance
rAF
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I've gone from the HD to the HD2. I've now got WM6.5 running on the old HD and it's a bit slow but I've always found the HD2 pretty fast. The only problems I've found is that the lack of stylus stops certain programs from working properly for example it's impossible to play scrabble unless you spend 10 minutes trying to place the tiles correctly! and I can't get bluetooth to divert all audio. Other than those points I'm VERY happy with the HD2. I highly recommend slideit keyboard it's simply superb on the HD2.
I currently have an HD2, I'm loving that Android is working on it now, except for the battery life, I'm so happy with it. I just ran into someone who wants my HD2 and is willing to give me a touchpro 2 and a mytouch 3g straight up. I am tempted, but I would like your opinions. Thanks.
Do you like to watch movies on your HD2?
I wouldn't trade it. I had a Mytouch3g last week for a couple days and it doesn't compare to the hd2 at all, the keyboard isn't great at all. I heard the TP2 with android is slow but it's nice to have a keyboard.
I'm currently running the Energy.Leo.23128.Sense2.5.Cookie.DinikGlass.Aug.10 Rom and have the Energy.Froyostone.HD2.Desire.Android.Aug.8 android folder copied to my SD card. I have a dual boot installed to pick which OS i want from the get go. It's like having a rooted EVO (great keyboard) and a awesome fully loaded Energy Rom powered device in one. I'd like to see EVO users top that. Battery life isn't that bad. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734886
Even though you're looking for an android device, I wouldn't make that trade, unless you planned to sell both of the other phones to put the money towards another device. The TP2 and MT3G are both getting a little long in the tooth to be worth that trade.
no no no no and no
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no no no no and no
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and one more time NO.
the battery situation is getting better with android on HD2, stick with it and i'm sure you'll be happy
That's what I'm thinking too... I was surfing the TP2 forums on Android dev and it seems they went stagnant according to some members. I would still want to be able to toy around with dual booting but at the same time, I think I like the Android OS better, it's just that I'm stuck with my HD2 now and this seemed like a good deal, but thanks for your inputs. I think I'll stick it out a little bit more.
I would keep the hd2...couple of weeks more and android will be rocking on the hd2...it already rocks my socks lol...
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Quick poll (without the effort of making a poll ): Do you think you'll manage to avoid XDA for the day, or will you be straight here after the turkey to play?
I'm personally waiting for Darkstone or MDJ or some other God of XDA to release Honeycomb with Sense as SuperRAM, hacked to run WP7 as an App* - if that drops then I can ignore everyone for the rest of the day
(PS If you need some stocking fillers, all of EA Games are 66p/£1 for the day (FIFA, Sims, Need for Speed etc))
*Joking about the WP7 bit, who wants that??
You're not the only one .
From 12/25 to 1/1, I'll be observing xda 24 hours a day 7 days a week
But I'm not really excited about the whole Android idea, I'm deeply swimming in WP7 (IMO)
Well after one of the Android ROM's toasted my HD2 digitizer, ill be on here as much as possible looking for practically any rom i can flash on there and try and get it working again...
I'm considering buying a HD 2 exclusively for Android. However i've read a lot about the g sensor and don't really want to take the plunge and end up not having working games etc.
I'd be buying second hand so no chance of returning if it doesn't work. It seems the android roms run just as good as native otherwise than the few with the above problem.
Can anyone confirm this or are there still issues with it being a WinMo handset?
In some beta phased ROMs auto rotation can have some problems. But this is a small percentage of all ROMs so don't be afraid, I didn't have this issue.
I have already tested about 10 different ROMs.
Go for it. As far as android on hd2 goes, well is as good as a native android, some of the roms here are amazing and work flawlessly. Even if HTC & Google tried to cook a rom for this phone now, it probably wont be as good as some of the roms here;-).
G sensor issues were resolved months ago. The only thing that someone might complain about is some auto rotation issues that only affect a handful of roms, but can be fixed using a different launcher.
Depending on the build you choose, android runs just as good, and in most cases waaay better than WM ever did. I bought my phone about 7 months ago, and only ran WM the first week I had it.
The HD2 is very easy to mod, and all of my friends love my phone, a couple have even gotten it because I showed them all the possibilities on them. And they are really happy they did.
If you have the opportunity to get one, I'm sure they are relatively cheap now since most people dont know about the massive community support for them and WM on them is pretty bad.
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Go for it. As far as android on hd2 goes, well is as good as a native android, some of the roms here are amazing and work flawlessly. Even if HTC & Google tried to cook a rom for this phone now, it probably wont be as good as some of the roms here;-).
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that sure is true
g-sensor works perfectly. Playing NFS Shift with zero problems running the rom in my sig....
I had a similar question to ask see my situation is that I have a Nexus One and I want a HD2 but I don't have the money to flat out purchase one because currently I'm not working due to being laid off.
I was thinking of trading my Nexus One for a HD2.
Now my question is what do you guys think, should I do the trade?
Hows the battery life now with the HD2 running on Android?
I remember reading last year on XDA that the battery life wasn't too good, have things changed with better roms.
Do you think it's even worth trading or should I just keep my Nexus One?
Any or all replies will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
juggaknot77 said:
I had a similar question to ask see my situation is that I have a Nexus One and I want a HD2 but I don't have the money to flat out purchase one because currently I'm not working due to being laid off.
I was thinking of trading my Nexus One for a HD2.
Now my question is what do you guys think, should I do the trade?
Hows the battery life now with the HD2 running on Android?
I remember reading last year on XDA that the battery life wasn't too good, have things changed with better roms.
Do you think it's even worth trading or should I just keep my Nexus One?
Any or all replies will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Its a win win both ways, both are really great phones
sometimes i wish i have kept my nexus because of the sleek and sexiness of it but most of the times i love my hd2
i bought a hd2 because i really wanted to try out WP7 also, right now i have WP7 and android dual booted and it is amazing
if you want to stick to just android, i think the nexus would be better (considering that the giant screen difference doesnt make a difference)
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Bought an HD2 about a month ago and Android runs flawlessly on it. I had a Samsung Captivate last year and this performs every bit as well as that did aside from gaming (Hummingbird is a beast compared to the 1st Gen Snapdragon).
Haven't had any issues with games so far. Currently running the TyphooN CM7 ROM but have also used Hyperdroid CM7, Ultimate Droid and the official MIUI. All excellent, fast ROMs.
I bought the phone a year ago thinking I was going to be stuck on WinMo 6.5 forever. This is by far the coolest phone I've ever had.
I also had a similar question about this, I'm thinking about trading my vibrant for an hd2, but I'm not sure if it's a good trade or not, my friend has an hd2 and it was awesome! What would you do?
I second the above praise. The HD2 came out on Feb. 16th in 2010. There is not one other phone that came from then that is as current now. I am running NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.6 and love it. Very happy I got it.
the only problem for me is multitouch is really annoying when playing fps. It seems when 2 touches get close to aligning on either the x and y axis it become problem, so when I playing nove, sandstorm suddenly my person will turn around 180 degree. really annoying other than that no complain at all. best device I ever had, no regret buying this product LOVE HTC, next device would be htc sensation or htc EVO 3D
NFS Shift
Boradan said:
g-sensor works perfectly. Playing NFS Shift with zero problems running the rom in my sig....
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Hi
I'm trying to install NFS Shift on HD2 but the game on start shows only the logo and stops.
Is there a special procedure to install this game?