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What phone next? (Not a hate topic!)

Hi forum...
If I want to buy a new phone now, replacing my X10, not because I hate my X10, but because I would love to play with custom roms, then what phone should I go out and buy?
I have 2 or 3 things I would want in the phone, though.
1. good working gps reciver.
2. Fm radio.
3. Nice big screen and battery.
I have NOTHING against the X10, I only want a phone more for fun, and to play with custom roms...
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i would suggest Desire HD

If you are a ROM freak HTC is the way to go.
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Desire HD is gr8

lildic said:
Desire HD is gr8
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How did you know it is great ? Have you used it ? Sure the ROM in that is great but what about other aspects of the phone ? Do you know it has a good working GPS ? Do you know it has a FM Radio as OP has asked for ? And do you know if its not going to be locked down ?

This looks promising. Teathered too...
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So htc is the way to go?
I was really looking at samsung, so i am really happy that i asked...
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Send from one of my tree X10 type phones ;-)

or you can wait month to what wm7 has offer before making the call

GPdhillon said:
or you can wait month to what wm7 has offer before making the call
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I think not!
But seriously, im saving for the Desire HD already just to keep my spirits up. Ill keep my X10 though i think. Make an "ok" backup phone ;-)
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The desire hd looks insane good. Makes the iphone4 look 5 years old.

well for sure, not a SE anymore
my nect could be an evo or the nectversion of it xD

I'm going with Captivate.
Worse camera and GPS issues but better CPU/GPU, good screen, more ram, hacked bootloader, custom roms (just not a froyo one still, but it will and at least it already has 2.1). Desire HD is nice but plain expensive still (it's new anyway).

HTC is the way to go because as i see it the HTC phones have the most customs roms available and are better supported by devs and HTC.
I had a HTC Hermes, after that a Diamond, after that a Touch HD, and all of them were supported by devs and flashed Roms every day.
I must say that were great times. I hope we can do it on our X10 sooner or later.

I would buy a Desire HD

I would go for desire HD or a gsm version of droid x.

I'd wait to see what WP7 has to offer. The UI looks unique and sleek. X10 styled WP7 will be attractive if it comes early.

HTC Desire HD will be my next phone, and i have already pre orderd it.

Honestly, if Apple allowed Widgets, I might go that route - but they don't so I'd lean to something like a Driod X.

I'm hoping I can get my hands on a desire hd for sure....if not I will definitely be going back to HTC....I do love my X10 a lot....but I hate SE now lol.
I'm currently looking at the HTC HD2 right now...I really like winmo to...I might give it a shot.
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Desire hd is a nice looking device and Its huuuge has crazy ran aswell
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[Q] Desire HD or Mytouch 4g??

hypothetically speaking, if you have an option of chosing either desire hd or mytouch 4g, which one would you pick??

tak.japan said:
hypothetically speaking, if you have an option of chosing either desire hd or mytouch 4g, which one would you pick??
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i'd go with the desire hd for sure.. sad thing is, i'm not sure when it will come out on TMOUS, if it would even come out.. so i settled for MT4G, whish isn't really that bad.. i just like the looks on the desire hd, and of course the big screen..

krat0s123 said:
i'd go with the desire hd for sure.. sad thing is, i'm not sure when it will come out on TMOUS, if it would even come out.. so i settled for MT4G, whish isn't really that bad.. i just like the looks on the desire hd, and of course the big screen..
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couldnt have said anything different

Desire hd for sure... But im still happy with this phone.
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Desire is a bad ass phone but that's not out yet on tmo. But mt4g is.. so I go with what's available now..
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iGoOsE76 said:
Desire is a bad ass phone but that's not out yet on tmo. But mt4g is.. so I go with what's available now..
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that's why this is hypothetical question, it looks like all the features are the same with these phones but there are key differentiators like battery life, screen size, track pad, and ofcourse the stock froyo. So, I thought I would ask which ones people prefer over the other.

[DUMP] HTC Sensation rom dump

i think now htc sensation rom porting should start right away on nexus one....
its the most beautiful sense i have ever seen.. wow
here is the link of the rom leak...... of htc sensation aka pyramid.
http://www.multiupload.com/U6AUARJITW (thnx hollowdroid)
http://911sniper.blog.163.com/blog/static/142900881201131424811433/
htc desire hd has got the sensation rom port:
http://phandroid.com/2011/04/15/desire-hd-gets-sensation-rom-port/
now i guess it becomes more easy to port to n1.

it consists of lots of new widgets ,icons and animations specially.....
and its gingerbread......
lets see how much time it takes for the porting of sensation rom to nexus one.
guys inform the great developers out there to have a look...

:-D
great...
I hope someone can port it to our n1

Here's an easier download, the chinese one isn't the easiest to navigate.

Sorrry, but do you think this will be ported? No dev has been found to port desire s Rom entirely. This is a dead child in think...

bunnahabhain said:
Sorrry, but do you think this will be ported? No dev has been found to port desire s Rom entirely. This is a dead child in think...
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desire s doesnt had much to offer . but this one is great....
i think this sense ui is better than ios in animations.....
so miui loving ppl might also consider this in addition to sense lovers....

I hope this one catches fire. I have been dying waiting for a solid Gingerbread + Sense build.
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JoshRH said:
I hope this one catches fire. I have been dying waiting for a solid Gingerbread + Sense build.
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+1
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gcng said:
+1
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+1
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I'll try to get it booting tomorrow, just for the sake of seeing that beautiful lookscreen of Sense 3.0 in action.
I'll post my results.

i love my nexus as much as anyone, but folks, it's time to get a new phone if you want dev results. nobody cares about it now, and with the sensation, g2x ,etc coming out, it's going to be further in the dust. i may keep it just as a token of the first great android phone, or i may sell it, but the sensation is my next phone.
this rom dump is f'n HUGE lol look at that file size, i don't think it could ever make it onto the n1, and if it did it'd probably be slow as dirt.

nice to hear that,great job

katiepea said:
i love my nexus as much as anyone, but folks, it's time to get a new phone if you want dev results. nobody cares about it now, and with the sensation, g2x ,etc coming out, it's going to be further in the dust. i may keep it just as a token of the first great android phone, or i may sell it, but the sensation is my next phone.
this rom dump is f'n HUGE lol look at that file size, i don't think it could ever make it onto the n1, and if it did it'd probably be slow as dirt.
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Actually the "system" folder is only 585mb, which is not really that much different to desire hd rom

1+
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Awesome! Devs, please don't forsake your first love, Nexus One!!

Any chance to see the live wallpaper (the new sensation one seen on the flyer) running on our n1? Ive tried to push in app but... Cant see it...

htc desire hd has got the sensation rom port:
http://phandroid.com/2011/04/15/desire-hd-gets-sensation-rom-port/
now i guess it becomes more easy to port to n1

abhi0n0nakul said:
htc desire hd has got the sensation rom port:
http://phandroid.com/2011/04/15/desire-hd-gets-sensation-rom-port/
now i guess it becomes more easy to port to n1
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fingers crossed i really really want this on my nexus!!

If a dev can at least point me in the direction of educating myself to port this, i'll put the time in.
I have dsixda's kitchen running. Can it be as easy as cooking?

katiepea said:
i love my nexus as much as anyone, but folks, it's time to get a new phone if you want dev results. nobody cares about it now, and with the sensation, g2x ,etc coming out, it's going to be further in the dust. i may keep it just as a token of the first great android phone, or i may sell it, but the sensation is my next phone.
this rom dump is f'n HUGE lol look at that file size, i don't think it could ever make it onto the n1, and if it did it'd probably be slow as dirt.
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Ok so I'm on AT&T. Name one upgrade without a locked bootloader to replace the Nexus One?!
Captivate- not an upgrade
Atrix- locked
Inspire 4G- locked.
Please help me out here?
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Sense 3.0

Do you think custom ROMs will allow us to have HTC's Sense UI 3.0 on this phone?

Oh... boy... here we go.. i admire you for having the balls to ask about Sense UI in Samsung thread. Hehe. Short answer is NO!!!
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You never know.. The original SGS has turned out a terrific developers phone so if the SGS2 has unlocked bootloaders i cant see why not
If htc sense is that important though just wait from the sensation

epsix said:
Oh... boy... here we go.. i admire you for having the balls to ask about Sense UI in Samsung thread. Hehe. Short answer is NO!!!
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Its already on the SGS to a fashion... no working data or wifi though yet lol

Guitarfreak26 said:
Its already on the SGS to a fashion... no working data or wifi though yet lol
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Yeah, half baked.
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I'd love to have it, with the recent reports showing the horsepower that it have coupled with Sense 3.0 that would be the perfect phone to have

If people want the HTC Sense experience then they should look at a HTC Phone. Although a Port is possible, its very time consuming and by the time someone actually port's it over with all the drivers working, your device will be close to the yearly refresh and you will want the next best thing. This will leave the developer in a limbo where his efforts didnt truly pay off.

dhruvmalik said:
If people want the HTC Sense experience then they should look at a HTC Phone. Although a Port is possible, its very time consuming and by the time someone actually port's it over with all the drivers working, your device will be close to the yearly refresh and you will want the next best thing. This will leave the developer in a limbo where his efforts didnt truly pay off.
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It's not possible, Galaxy S is half baked, Nexus S also try, half baked. Samsung uses totally different structure on android Nexus S can't even port TouchWiz and its the same manufacturer. I would love to get S II spec wise it blows the Sensation out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041405
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Get a HTC and you will have sense and you don't have to worry or stress about being ported or not.
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onbacardi said:
Get a HTC and you will have sense and you don't have to worry or stress about being ported or not.
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Yes sir, sorry sir
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Why would u want Sense on Samsung?
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Motola Atrix
Samsung Captivate - CM7 1.2 ghz
Motorola Backflip - CM6

epsix said:
Yes sir, sorry sir
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Your dismissed
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rjayflo said:
Why would u want Sense on Samsung?
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Motola Atrix
Samsung Captivate - CM7 1.2 ghz
Motorola Backflip - CM6
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I see you have a Motorola Atrix 4G. What do you think about it? I'm in doubt between Atrix, S II and Sensation.
Thank you!

Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.

ryude said:
Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
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Probably because of the animations. I do HATE the sense dock :/

ryude said:
Ugh, how can people even like Sense. It is the worst android UI out of all the custom ones out there.
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Id say its all about taste. Personally I think motorola's UI is the worst, followed closely by the apple wannabe touchwiz. Funny, I actually hated sense as well at first, but now that im using it for a while, I LOVE IT.
Also, its because htc has added soooo much functionality, like finding/wiping/ringing from anywhere(laptop) incase its lost, or stolen, etc. Plus auto-backup of messages, apprx 100 very useful widgets, plus may apps wich save you a lot of time if you had to download one by one. Basically, its a complete package that looks good and offers functionality that no other manufacturer can even come close to, especially being built in from start. no headaches. I myself wish it could be ported but I doubt, especially with how "involved" its gotten lately

cristianomc said:
I see you have a Motorola Atrix 4G. What do you think about it? I'm in doubt between Atrix, S II and Sensation.
Thank you!
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I had a Galaxy S, then Atrix and now Inspire. Next I'm buying Galaxy S II because the bootlogger is unlocked and I want the light weight, dual core processor power and video enhancements.
The Inspire is amazing. I like it far better than the Atrix because I can put custom roms on it. I was able to root the Atrix and do a few modifications but it was very limited. I strongly recommend the Inspire.
The Sensation is locked down as is the Atrix. If you want a good out of the box phone Atrix is as good as you get until the Galaxy S II arrives. Sensation will be great but probably about the same as the Galaxy S II.
It is hard to recommend a phone without knowing what you do with your phone. For me the unlocked boot logger is the difference between buying and not buying.

Personally I prefer Sense.I think that Samsung have basically copied the iPhone in design and UI. If someone could remove the native Samsung bloat and add sense, all would be good in the world(for me at least)

ragingredbull said:
Personally I prefer Sense.I think that Samsung have basically copied the iPhone in design and UI. If someone could remove the native Samsung bloat and add sense, all would be good in the world(for me at least)
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Couldn't have put it better, dude. trouble is, can we have the best of both worlds?
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I think we can. If enough people that have bought a SGS2 ask for sense then I am sure someone(developer) will be willing to design it for SGS2. From what I have seen of custom roms so far, I think that there are some more than capable developers out there that could do it. If I could write code I definitely would(perhaps I should start learning. The only question is can an old dog(me) learn new tricks?????)

Goodbye Desire HD Forums ;)

It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD

benno4403 said:
I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD
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What kind of problems? I have both DHD and HOX(being my main phone).
DHD is one of the best phones I've carried.
But HOX is even better imo. I'm loving this phone as well as the amazing community for this phone here on XDA.

Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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Why did you buy a HTC One V? It's nearly the same only worse camera, less RAM, but a bigger battery. Doesn't make sense to me. You should've saved that money for something better, like One S :-/

I guess you mean One X and not One S, right?

xbiggyl said:
I guess you mean One X and not One S, right?
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I personally don't like the One X, so I would take the One S - irrelevant what I've meant, One S and One X are both way better than One V

l33ch0r said:
I personally don't like the One X, so I would take the One S - irrelevant what I've meant, One S and One X are both way better than One V
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Any reason for your preference ?

Flickering backlight issue, poor battery life, not able to s-off I will wait untill the new flagship phone will arise
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benno4403 said:
Flickering backlight issue, poor battery life, not able to s-off I will wait untill the new flagship phone will arise
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The backlight flicker has been resolved in recent updates.
Battery life is very decent imo. With the right ROM and Kernel you can get a very good battery life.
S-OFF hasn't been a disadvantage for the HOX community. We're able to flash custom ROMs and kernels very easily.
However, the only reasons I would agree with you on the HOX not being the best phone in the market today are:
- Not having a microSD slot
- and the battery being irreplaceable.

Bye
Have fun with the next one!!

Ok. The reason I got a One V is because all the other phones were 300$+ for it. The One V is 150$. And after using it, I've noticed that it is overall better than the Desire HD. Despite, having smaller screen, smaller camera, and less RAM, it just feels so much better than the Desire HD. Its alot smoother too.

Move on, but stay tuned.. This phone still rocks

Imonol said:
Move on, but stay tuned.. This phone still rocks
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Not only that, I haven't met any community friendlier than DHD's
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Snyper0012 said:
Ok. The reason I got a One V is because all the other phones were 300$+ for it. The One V is 150$. And after using it, I've noticed that it is overall better than the Desire HD. Despite, having smaller screen, smaller camera, and less RAM, it just feels so much better than the Desire HD. Its alot smoother too.
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I hope the community on XDA for the One V is active, coz without XDA, imo, the phone's experience is far from complete..

Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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congratulations : Iyi:

benno4403 said:
I was in the same position using my HTC One X.. but the phone had so much problems that I returned back to my DHD
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I bought seal packed HTC Desire C in exchange for my DHD. Rooted, unlocked the boatloader, cwm and custom Rom but not any close to Ace. Haggled, paid a little and got my DHD back.
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dr.faramroze said:
I bought seal packed HTC Desire C in exchange for my DHD. Rooted, unlocked the boatloader, cwm and custom Rom but not any close to Ace. Haggled, paid a little and got my DHD back.
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Desire C
You went for a downgrade!?
DHD has much better specs all around. DHD was a flagship phone by HTC. If you want to "upgrade" you should consider the current flagship, which is One X or wait for the upcoming one.
Anyway, I'm glad to hear you got your DHD back. You did the right thing.

Simple rule. Thought DHD has crossed warranty period so if I get half of the price I can get another HTC without adding anything. But we are foolish to think that way.
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I know battery drains too fast + Cant play much HD games + Sometimes lags but Still Love My DHD. And yes I love HTC sense

Curiosity killed the cat
Snyper0012 said:
It was my first and one of the best phones ive used ever. Big thanks to all the devopers who have made my phone amazing such as mike1986, and lordclockan. And a much thanks to all the members of the forum for all their help for asking my questions. Rip desire hd you will always be remembered...
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If you would share, which will be you next phone? Htc too?
Thanks

If I were you, I will wait for new WP8 phones from Nokia or Samsung before my DHD went off-duty. For now, this phone is still the best (at least for me)