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Tattoo vs Pulse

Hello all,
I'm about to get a new phone but I need a little help making my mind up. As the title suggests I'm looking at the pulse and the tattoo.
I don't see any mention of the pulse on this site. Is there any rom development for it?
And the tattoo is really lacking development but at least I see some are trying.
Do any of you have any suggestions for my dilemma?

You wont find the pulse here because xda dev does not accept non htc phones (...yet).
Pulse has root, tattoo not. I guess you will find custom roms for the pulse on other sites dedicated to android. And to my knowledge, tattoo cant accept custom ROM yet (because of no root).
But on the other side, htc is a big brand that you can trust and I personally own a tattoo which is solid phone. I do not have any problem with it and I love it despite of the lack of development.
Huawei is new on the android market and to be frank I never heard of it before the pulse. But from what Ive read here and there, it seems to be a reliable phone too. Only thing I heard is that the battery life is kind of low.
Personally I would go for the tattoo but it is a personal opinion. It all depends on you, both choices are not bad.

Thanks yash. I think i will end up going for the tattoo. Mainly because it's HTC.
Also the battery life. I see lots of mentions to how good the tattoo battery life. Currently have the Diamond so a decent battery would be very nice.

em0hawk said:
Thanks yash. I think i will end up going for the tattoo. Mainly because it's HTC.
Also the battery life. I see lots of mentions to how good the tattoo battery life. Currently have the Diamond so a decent battery would be very nice.
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battery life is not so great unless you make sure you turn many of the services off
the goes news is that Paul (modaco) has bought one, so root willbe round the corner .....

why not just wait it out for the new bravo?

The bravo isn't a budget phone. There's a recession don't you know!

I own a htc tattoo and I have to say that battery life is generally good, even with heavy usage i get through at least a day. The resistive screen is extremely nice, it requires only a little pressure. The tattoo also has a 3.5mm headphone jack and natively has the sense ui, so unless you want the bigger screen i would have to suggest the htc tattoo.

But frankly am not a big fan of sense ui, I feel it sometimes eat up ram uselessly.

Its not as resource heavy on the qvga screen. i generally have around 40meg ran with multiple programs running as reported by taskkiller.

Is OMNIA 2 Worth it??

Hi all,
I am thinking of selling my Xperia X1, that still is a great phone, but I wanted something faster.
I am considering Omnia 2, because of the battery life. As it carries the same battery capacity as Xperia, I would like to know how it performs.
My other choice was HTC HD2, but when I heard that I could not be sure it would even last me one day, I started looking for something different.
I want a WM phone, as all the programs I have (like GPS Tomtom) run on WM and I am used to it right now.
When I read some reviews about Omnia 2, I got the impression that the Samsung skin is slow and not very useful. I would like to ask if there are some good ROMS for it that solve the problem, and if you think it is worth moving from X1 to Omnia 2, or should I just go HD2.
Thank you all for the input.

UI performance with rom that my O2 shipped (I8000NIL5) was poor. Every time you switched screen widgets reloaded and this took time - just watch some review video and you will know what am I talking about.
Now I am using I8000NJD3 rom (by the way, it is WM 6.5.3) and UI runs smoothly. It is really a big difference! Plus you can choose between widgetplus and samsung today home screens (like work and life mode with B7610). Samsung's cube and main menu are gone but if you ask me they were useless. Also all the programs are updated but there is still room for enhancements.
For me, battery lasts for 2 days - hour or two of conversation, few messages and some web browsing using wi-fi. Decent performance I think.
Well with heavy use I can not get through all day without charging but that is the story with all phones on market.
You mentioned GPS program. It takes few minutes to get a fix on cold start on a sunny day.
And, when I bought a new phone I was choosing between O2 and HD2 too. Decided for O2 because I got it for ahalf of HD2's price (talking about carrier's price, not retail!). I am pretty satisfied with decision.

I had the same choice as well and chose the O2 over the HD2.
I am happy with my little "Sammy" as well.
Mr Frog

I think my Omnia 2 (i920) battery has only died once since having the phone since December. I use internet and messaging pretty heavily daily. I have no problem getting a day to two days worth out of a full charge.
The samsung widget interface isn't the best, definitely laggy and widgets are unresponsive or disappear at times.. but that's why I don't use it
There are tons of other UI's though, the one I've been using and like the best is throttle launcher..
The thing I like most about Omnia 2 is the swype keyboard, makes typing really fast once you get used to it.
The one issue I have had with this phone is that incoming phone calls or text messages will sometimes go unnoticed. That is because the ringer will not sound, yes even when volume is on full. It seems a lot of other people have been having this problem too.. It happens about 40% of the time and is rather annoying.
If I had a choice between HD2 and this phone I would definitely not purchase this one again. Overall it is a good phone, I am just tired of Omnias (had Omnia i910 too). They seem to be late to market with features and so on, not really ahead of the curve..

mchaves44 said:
The one issue I have had with this phone is that incoming phone calls or text messages will sometimes go unnoticed. That is because the ringer will not sound, yes even when volume is on full.
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Never had this problem. But I have I8000, not I920.

out of the box this phone (i8000) is a peace of **** that you will just want to throw away. But thanks to cookers that issue is solved this phone dose everything you need. Using a custom lite ROM i get around 100MB of usable memory vs the 40MB on stock. I read many reviews on this phone as well and was a bit worried about it but took the plunge and could not be happier, the fact it had such bad reviews made it that much more cheaper when i went to purchase a new phone. So in the end it was a great deal for me and the hardware is still amazing for this phone, yeah it not your 1GHz snapdragon but still good enough. I just hope samsung do not forget out this phone and continue to support it, mainly adding openGL support. They have been very good with updates thus far and now its 6.5.3 so it getting better.
This phone has 2 major problems
1.) Low RAM which can be fixed by using a lite ROM, although i hope future updates reduce the reserved RAM.
2.) OpenGL driver, this phones dose not have any. I did not take this into account when i bought the phone. I thought it would just work and all apps won't have any issues and i was wrong. There are devs working on the drivers like chainfire and they do fix many apps like sences and the such but again its not fully featured drivers.
So if you buy this phone you will have to flash and tweak it to get a everyday usable phone.
p.S wtf how do you guys have swype as the default keyboard?

jebise101 said:
wtf how do you guys have swype as the default keyboard?
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Only I920 has Swype preinstalled.

ohh i wonder if i can get my hands on a cab

Thank you very much for the input. It was very helpful to see what users think about their devices. It makes me sad to see such a great phone, with an OLED screen and a big batterylife, with such poor software. I like WM phones, and I do not think I will switch to android that fast, but the only usable WM phone is HD2 and that has a battery life of an hybrid car (2km just on battery). If you use it moderatly it will not even last you one day.
I hope that this phone will at least have good gps tracking, better batt life, and that with a custom rom it will be faster then my Xperia X1.
If anyone wants to add something new about this phone, just post it here.

jebise101
jebise101
This phone has 2 major problems
1.) Low RAM which can be fixed by using a lite ROM said:
Where did get the lite ROM?
I need to do the same thing on my i8000 also.
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Many here currently using kydkylin sence ROM although its a bit slow still a lot faster then stock, just avoid using the music tab if you want to keep RAM usually have 50-60MB after full day. Or if you want the litest ROM there is tw2 JE1 gives around 103MB on boot.

Thanks a lot.

how can i upgrade to jd3?
hi guys
i m a new omnia2 user. need help with upgrading.
my phone is originally from netherlands and came with wm 6.1
i upgraded to JC rom using pc studio and 3 days later PC notified
that i had an upgrade.
again upgraded and i got IL5 now. NPS says i have installed the latest version!
so how can i get the latest rom, pls. and i wont to do it officially.
(no cooked roms)
thanks

monsterfly need help pls
monsterfly said:
UI performance with rom that my O2 shipped (I8000NIL5) was poor. Every time you switched screen widgets reloaded and this took time - just watch some review video and you will know what am I talking about.
Now I am using I8000NJD3 rom (by the way, it is WM 6.5.3) and UI runs smoothly. It is really a big difference! Plus you can choose between widgetplus and samsung today home screens (like work and life mode with B7610). Samsung's cube and main menu are gone but if you ask me they were useless. Also all the programs are updated but there is still room for enhancements.
For me, battery lasts for 2 days - hour or two of conversation, few messages and some web browsing using wi-fi. Decent performance I think.
Well with heavy use I can not get through all day without charging but that is the story with all phones on market.
You mentioned GPS program. It takes few minutes to get a fix on cold start on a sunny day.
And, when I bought a new phone I was choosing between O2 and HD2 too. Decided for O2 because I got it for ahalf of HD2's price (talking about carrier's price, not retail!). I am pretty satisfied with decision.
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pls tell me how to upgrade to jd3 officially. my phone is from netherlands, and the upgrade i got today was to IL5, which is an old one. (am i right?) but they indicate that i have the latest rom installed!
pls help me out
thanks

kanishkapd said:
pls tell me how to upgrade to jd3 officially. my phone is from netherlands, and the upgrade i got today was to IL5, which is an old one. (am i right?) but they indicate that i have the latest rom installed!
pls help me out
thanks
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I posted answer in this thread you started.
As said there, roms mentioned there are made by Samsung but can't get them via PC Studio, so I don't know if I can say that this is official upgrade (decide by yourself ).

jebise101 said:
out of the box this phone (i8000) is a peace of **** that you will just want to throw away. But thanks to cookers that issue is solved this phone dose everything you need. Using a custom lite ROM i get around 100MB of usable memory vs the 40MB on stock. I read many reviews on this phone as well and was a bit worried about it but took the plunge and could not be happier, the fact it had such bad reviews made it that much more cheaper when i went to purchase a new phone. So in the end it was a great deal for me and the hardware is still amazing for this phone, yeah it not your 1GHz snapdragon but still good enough. I just hope samsung do not forget out this phone and continue to support it, mainly adding openGL support. They have been very good with updates thus far and now its 6.5.3 so it getting better.
This phone has 2 major problems
1.) Low RAM which can be fixed by using a lite ROM, although i hope future updates reduce the reserved RAM.
2.) OpenGL driver, this phones dose not have any. I did not take this into account when i bought the phone. I thought it would just work and all apps won't have any issues and i was wrong. There are devs working on the drivers like chainfire and they do fix many apps like sences and the such but again its not fully featured drivers.
So if you buy this phone you will have to flash and tweak it to get a everyday usable phone.
p.S wtf how do you guys have swype as the default keyboard?
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I quite agree with most points made here, but there's a lot more to this phone than what you get out of the box.
Once you've registered on this and Modaco's forum the possibilities are virtually endless with the i8000.
When I first got this phone I nearly sent it back because of the lagging and I fancied an Android device( I still hunker after the Galaxy S now ) but I have stuck with the i8000 and I am very happy with it thanks to the great people cooking roms out there!

Omnia II is wonderful
I think this phone need excellent people to cook for it. I'm waiting for Energy ROMs to come.
* The camera is realy nice with alot of features to make nice pictures.
* Video recording is wonderful with 720 pixels recording. "I used daiamond, touch pro & HD from HTC. I will tell you it is wonderful and the difference is big.
* The samsung applications are nice and you will see tha the samsung taste is there in all applications. Sometimes you will forget yourself as being using WM!!. It is another taste.
* The battery is really having good life of more than one day for sure
* The processor is 800, the screen is much better then that of HTC.
* Samsung is producing official firmware nearly every month and although it was originally coming with wm 6.1 but it is officially upgradable to 6.5
* with the new firmware coming last July the free ram is nice. With good cooking it will go more.
* The performance is rely fast and rarly you need to do soft reset.
In summary, When excellent cooking coms to this device it will be more wonderful.
Thanks

any reason to change hd2 for desire hd?

I have hd2 with custom nrg rom and android 2.2. i was thinking of changing it for desire hd but are there any advantages except the camera.
tnx

Better processer, better gpu, better build quality, better sound, better screen and more internal storage.
Its just better

teihoata said:
Better processer, better gpu, better build quality, better sound, better screen and more internal storage.
Its just better
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+1 and don't forget also the OS. Windows mobile is just fail.

marko_mk said:
I have hd2 with custom nrg rom and android 2.2. i was thinking of changing it for desire hd but are there any advantages except the camera.
tnx
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Even running Android on the HD2, while good, isn't as good as a Desire HD. I know. I upgraded from it

marko_mk said:
I have hd2 with custom nrg rom and android 2.2. i was thinking of changing it for desire hd but are there any advantages except the camera.
tnx
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LOL, if you are asking yourself this question and even are asking it on a forum dedicated to the Desire HD, the question must be rhetorical I speculate that you are looking for really good arguments that will stop you from buying one.
I bet you already have one right now

still not available in my country
i'm still waiting to become available in macedonia . So guys you say that the android port for hd2 will never be like the stock one on desire hd. when it arrives I'm definitively going to buy it

marko_mk said:
i'm still waiting to become available in macedonia . So guys you say that the android port for hd2 will never be like the stock one on desire hd. when it arrives I'm definitively going to buy it
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you know its right

the new HTC sense on DHD is actually really really good!
I think this is what android should be. there are loads of subtle and nice functions such as notification for switch battery usage profile when battery below 15%, the super fast boot time (oooh yeahhh!)
and also HTC Hub that allows download of HTC's own app and functions.
and the software runs really smoothly on the hardware. All my android device in the past has suffered some degree of sluggish performance and glitches when running app (like occasional pause and etc.), particularly when compare to iPhone. But DesireHD is in a different class, its just really really smooth.
very impressive.

I ask the same question .. and I think I'll stay on WM for a while yet. I only have HD2 for a year, it's still in top shape. It does all I need it for, I invested some money into software, and if I want to play with android, I can just reboot. And DHD roms will soon get ported to HD2 I believe.
So I will wait till some problem shows up (like battery condition for example). There are some other cool android devices expected in summer next year, so let's see.
I must fight the urge to buy every cool phone which is just released

Ive posted some videos of comparison between both

Useless phone!

Is it just me, or is this phone nigh-on useless?
problems abound with it:
1) sometimes (quite often too) If I loose signal and then go into an area where I know there is now a signal, the Wildfire will not pick up the signal again - system has to then be rebooted!
2) Typing in a txt is damn awkward!
3) Phone does not understand MMS messages, what the hell is that all about!
4) It's SLOW. There are also bugs in the txt message routines - even this has a very slow response time when getting and updating recieved messages - very annoying.
5) Bluetooth connection to my Parrot CK3200 hands free kit is flakey - sometimes the phone is detected, others not (and it takes like 15 seconds to sync to it).
I'm glad I'm NOT using this phone for business purposes.
Comments on a postcard please!

It's not supposed to be a business phone. It is a smartphone for people on a strict budget, or, those who are just entering the world of smartphones, up from feature phones.
I cannot comment on your all your issues, but, in the few I can:
1) Never got signal issues myself. In areas I know there will be signal problems, the signal does drop indeed, but, it regains it as soon as I am out of the problem area.
2) Not really. I mean, it's just like any other pure touch screen operated phone. This cannot be a Wildfire specific issue.
4) It is indeed slow compared to top end flagship phones, but, I would point to my opening line again.

underwurlde said:
Is it just me, or is this phone nigh-on useless?
problems abound with it:
1) sometimes (quite often too) If I loose signal and then go into an area where I know there is now a signal, the Wildfire will not pick up the signal again - system has to then be rebooted!
2) Typing in a txt is damn awkward!
3) Phone does not understand MMS messages, what the hell is that all about!
4) It's SLOW. There are also bugs in the txt message routines - even this has a very slow response time when getting and updating recieved messages - very annoying.
5) Bluetooth connection to my Parrot CK3200 hands free kit is flakey - sometimes the phone is detected, others not (and it takes like 15 seconds to sync to it).
I'm glad I'm NOT using this phone for business purposes.
Comments on a postcard please!
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I will try my best to help you
1) I have not had this problem.
2)Try deleting some useless apps to make it quicker, or downloading an app such as ACcleaner to clear the cache?
Move apps to SD card?
3)What do you mean? As in sending them or receiving?
4) See 2)
5)Possibly a bug?
Still, this phone isn't a high end phone, its a budget conscious smart phone.
Hope I was of help

Well see is your phone branded? ;D

I understand the phone is lower end, entry level smartphone, but that aside, SURELY it should be capable of getting the BASICs right! Hence my rant.
Software is up to date and it's not 'rooted' etc. So faults not the result of me mucking about with it.
3) Issue with MMS is when recieving MMS messages, for example a simple picture. Bombs out every time!
Like I said, it's not managing to do the basics. I will attempt to do as you've suggested and remove some of the apps that may be bogging it down...
Thanks again,
Andy

I have signal problems in some part of my home. but it does regains the signals instantly. I guess if it does not regain on your device that means its specifically a problem with your device
For messaging and MMS issues, maybe you can use other Messaging applications like Go SMS, it may solve your problem
all above suggestions are very useful. You can also, Use task killer to free-up memory, that will boost the speed to some extent.
Another thing is root the device and use custom ROMs they are faster and let you have a lot of free space. I will root my phone soon
I think Wilfire is a different class phone, its a complete and capable smartphone but it may not be something you expected.
If you were using phone like Nexus or Desire etc., and then switch to Wildfire, that will definitely a downgrade for you and it will be annoying
For me, its great as I switched from Touch (Elf)... Using Elf for over 2 years with patience

Well it IS a low end phone and a crapy one at that
There are phones out there for half its price that perform WAY better, they're just not HTC.
And that is why we search and read reviews before buying anything. You can always chuck it or sell it and get a ZTE

Ardeloth said:
Well it IS a low end phone and a crapy one at that
There are phones out there for half its price that perform WAY better, they're just not HTC.
And that is why we search and read reviews before buying anything. You can always chuck it or sell it and get a ZTE
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Agreed. I sold my wildfire and got Sony Ericsson x8 which Is 99pound in uk it has better screen Res, faster CPU and a gpu. Can't go wrong. Compaired to the 159.99 to 189.99 for a wildfire. I did like the feel of wildfire though, and do miss sense a Tad.
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Maybe root your phone...... I use cyanogenmod and it works good for me. My wildfire is overclocked a little bit and in my opinion for the money its a great phone......... for sure a desire or phones in that price range are better.
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furrabbit.nh said:
Agreed. I sold my wildfire and got Sony Ericsson x8 which Is 99pound in uk it has better screen Res, faster CPU and a gpu. Can't go wrong. Compaired to the 159.99 to 189.99 for a wildfire. I did like the feel of wildfire though, and do miss sense a Tad.
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Lol how much crap in one single post , :
Screen res is better on x8,no doubt.
Cpu is 600mHz where as wildfire has 528 mHz (not even noticeable with the crappy softwarelayer of SE)
It doesn't even support multi-touch??
And just saying : it's shipped with Donut (1.6) dude?!

Re your signal - the wildfire is set to connect to 2g and 3g networks. However the wildfire will defult to a weak 3g signal instead of a strong 2g signal
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Wildfire + cyanogen mod = perfect daily driver
I get no problems with mine. I mean come on look at it's price it's cheap you can't expect too much from it.
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I don't have those problems with mine. It seems to work perfectly, is it branded to someone, like Orange? They have a habit of plastering the phones full of there own addware junk, that will always smother the phones performance. I bought mine HTC stock and use a sim only contract .
I will add that my mother opted for the Sony X10. And the screen on that is not as bright and no where near as clear. It is quite apparently a lower quality screen. And the phone its self is not as tactile. And no touch sense.....
I'm glad I stuck with HTC
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Only problems I had came from (poor) roms and are easily fixable (CM7 GPS for example).
1) never had any problems like this
2)install another keyboard? SlideIT or GingerKeyboard for example
3)had the same issue, but I haven't been getting much MMS' so far so it hadn't been that bad
4)don't you ever test the phone before you buy it? or compare the system specifications to other phones'?

Hi
I have Wildfire rooted CM7 and very pleased with it for a Budget smart phone, only fault I have found so far is that I cannot download Angry Birds for some reason. Was able to on stock Rom but not since ibstalling CM7.
Stransky
(Douglas Barr)

its a great phone for the budget. i havent had any of the problems that u are facing.
i would like to know what is the rom u r using. is it an official froyo rom or a custom rom. if u r using a custom rom, then u cant comment on those things bcoz custom roms differ in performances.
i suggest u how to recover those issues.
u must have made ur phone buggy by installing many conflicting applications. do u know that installing two task managers or two app managers on the phone decrease the performance by conflicting with each other. try to know what else the conflicting apps will be.
i would recommend u to format the phone and memory card first. then donot install any app. use the phone like this for 2 days. and feel the difference.
if u feel a huge performance difference then the issue will be conflicting applications itself. if u still had problems, then the problem is with ur phone.then give it to service centre. let me know after doing this. after all u must know how to use ur phone before saying it as USELESS.

Basic Information About HTC HD2

I am going to buy HTC HD2 or HTC Desire HD.
1)From what I know hd2 was made to work with Windows Mobile but supports Android, I wanted to know if the HD2 will run Android smoothly without problems & bugs? Android Market works?
2)The HD2's touch is smooth while running Android? or it has delays?
3) How the Desire HD is different from the HD2? I know the camera is better in desire hd and also the RAM is a bit higher, but what else
4)HD2 works perfectly with Android 2.3 Gingerbread?
5)The phone memory in the HD2 is lower than the Desire HD, wanted to know if it's making a big difference.
6)Desire HD run games/Apps faster than HD2?
That's all for now, thanks for helper

koloko12 said:
I am going to buy HTC HD2 or HTC Desire HD.
1)From what I know hd2 was made to work with Windows Mobile but supports Android, I wanted to know if the HD2 will run Android smoothly without problems & bugs? Android Market works?
2)The HD2's touch is smooth while running Android? or it has delays?
3) How the Desire HD is different from the HD2? I know the camera is better in desire hd and also the RAM is a bit higher, but what else
4)HD2 works perfectly with Android 2.3 Gingerbread?
5)The phone memory in the HD2 is lower than the Desire HD, wanted to know if it's making a big difference.
6)Desire HD run games/Apps faster than HD2?
That's all for now, thanks for helper
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1)HD2 runs android smoothly imho... android 4.0 may have a few problems but thats like every other device
2)im running sense 3.5 which is gingerbread and the touch screen is very responsive no delay
3)dont know anything about the desire but i know that the roms for desire get ported to hd2 so we get there roms anyway
4)as i said earlier gingerbread sense 3.5 is great (using the ENERGY rom)
5) i dont thik the less memory makes a difference i have installed a fair few apps and still have room to spare
6)app/game speed differs between devices some may be faster on hd2 than desire you never know... i find the apps are quite fast
hope this helps

Thanks MkBy for the fast response, here are some more things I would Like to know
1)What you suggest to buy?
2)Which one is cheaper?
3)I might buy one of them from someone (not new from shop), what should I check to make sure the phone is working well and without problems?

koloko12 said:
Thanks MkBy for the fast response, here are some more things I would Like to know
1)What you suggest to buy?
2)Which one is cheaper?
3)I might buy one of them from someone (not new from shop), what should I check to make sure the phone is working well and without problems?
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I haven't used the DHD too much so I can't say which is better but 0my HD2 on CM7 appeared to keep up in performance in terms of scrolling, web browsing, opening apps etc. (i.e. not benchmarks) with my friend's DHD on CM7, and I would guess the HD2 is cheaper but the HD2 is absolutely terrible for playing HD games or games involving multitouch. In order for HD games to run smoothly you have to sacrifice either speed or graphics, and the HD2's screen only supports 2 points which is a massive let down for me. As much as I love the HD2, if it were up to me and both were around the same price I would go for the DHD, even if it is a slight bit more expensive

Nigeldg said:
the HD2's screen only supports 2 points which is a massive let down for me
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You mean that if I will try touch the screen on HD2 with three fingers it will detect only two of them?

koloko12 said:
You mean that if I will try touch the screen on HD2 with three fingers it will detect only two of them?
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Yes, unfortunately It does that very poorly as well, I can't describe it but sometimes it appears to lock the two points together if they are on the same line if you know what I mean, it's quite difficult to describe.

Let's compare the Touch screen to SE Xperia's touch screen, I know that in Xperia you can work with 2 fingers and even more, HD2 can work with 2 fingers like Xperia does? I mean same quality of touch

koloko12 said:
Let's compare the Touch screen to SE Xperia's touch screen, I know that in Xperia you can work with 2 fingers and even more, HD2 can work with 2 fingers like Xperia does? I mean same quality of touch
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1 Finger flawless
2 Fingers decent
3+ Fingers doesn't work
NONE OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INNUENDO

As I said before, I might buy one of them from someone (not new from shop), what should I check to make sure the phone is working well and without problems?

I have an HD2 and am currently running the Energy ROM with sense 3.5 and Gingerbread. The screen is extremely responsive and over all the phone works great. I would recommend getting the HD2. It is one of the best phone out there as far as specs go and it isn't that expensive anymore.

If you want to buy a second-hand HD2, I would like to suggest you to check:
1. 3G data connection (refer to This)
2. Button response
3. Camera flashlight
4. Record video for 5 mins
5. earphone jack and some MP3
6. blue tooth file transfer
7. speaker
8. GPS in some navigation apps
9. Wifi of course
10.Ninja fruit for multi-touch test
Better bring a TF card with files or pics you want to test.
Since my HD2 has data connection freeze issue, I suggest you to buy a whole new handset like ONE X (if you like htc), with warranty. All these unsolved problems on HD2 are driving me crazy.

I'm running hd2 with ics tytung v1.5 with little to no known problems other than music app fc'ing. Their is a touch issue, namely screen lag, but I only notice it when playing games at a fast pace. Hd2's seem to regarded as highly adaptable as well. Not sure about dhd.
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Nigeldg said:
1 Finger flawless
2 Fingers decent
3+ Fingers doesn't work
NONE OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INNUENDO
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LOLOL

I think if you need faster device, Desire HD is choice (i see from the specifiaction..), but if you need monster device, HD2 is choice,,,,
It can running a lot of OS,,,

dooshbag45 said:
I'm running hd2 with ics tytung v1.5 with little to no known problems other than music app fc'ing. Their is a touch issue, namely screen lag, but I only notice it when playing games at a fast pace. Hd2's seem to regarded as highly adaptable as well. Not sure about dhd.
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Hi dooshbag45, I am thinking of changing my gingerbread rom to ICS. My current rom keeps rebooting when I am using headphone to listen to music. If i use loudspeaker it does not reboot. I have even had to think twice buying a beats audio headphone because of this problem. Does the ICS rom that you're using only fc or rebooting also? Is it only when you're using the default music app or also with third party app? Mine even reboots when i am using winamp.

hd2 pros
Many OS available (android, wp7, Ubuntu, etc)
Great screen (for devices age)
EASILY nodded
Cons
Touchscreen issues - using more than one finger recognition, failing digitizer (design flaw)
Data drop (happens to some, a simple disconnect/reconnect solves)
1 rear 5mp cam
Specs are showing their age but still hang with the best of em!!!
I've had a hands on with a friends DHD so the below is based on a QUICK hands on
DHD pros
Native android
Slight advantage on HD2 (hardware specs)
Cons
Smaller screen
You want android ... You're stuck with it!

Cons
Smaller screen
You want android ... You're stuck with it!
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Incorrect. The Desire HD has a screen of 4.3", which is as large as the HD2.

Hi
I've used both. And both are great devices too. The only drawback for both of em are lack of front cam. But IMHO go for a newer model. Like sensation and EVO 3d. You may get it cheaper also.
But the final decision be yours.
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