What is your personal story of choosing the HTC HD2 over a straight Android phone like the MyTouch Slide 3G or the Samsung Vibrant? I was a G1 user but realized that I needed the capacity for programming and hacking my phone easily which Windows Mobile allowed. The huge screen for WinMo was a plus and I knew someday that Android would replace the old OS.
So I signed up for a T-Mobile to get my HD2 a few months ago. And I have a second one now for further testing now.
Hope to hear more good stories of how you got into the HD2.
I have been a WinMo guy forever. I have also been with TMOUSA forever. I didnt plan on changing either. I was stuck in the MS Exchange compatibility lie D thats what I kept telling myself). So last week I got a sweet deal on the HD2. $52 out the door at Walmart with a 2 year renewal . I already had data from my TP2, Dash, MDA, PocketPC, HP6510 (a little history there). It was a no brainer. That how /why I got the HD2.
I also have a coworker who is always touting Android. So I decided to show him how my DEVICE could beat his phone. So I threw on Mattc's 1.6 and was BLOWN AWAY to say the least. I cant believe I waited so long to goto Android. I will never go back to WinMo for daily use. HOWEVER... any device I purchase from here on WILL be able to run both...... Old habits die hard I guess.
My first Windows Mobile phone was unlocked Motorola MPx220 (black limited edition). After that one of course T-Mobile MDA which I got for my brother as well... Phone was great for that time but I regret T-Mobile did not have much to offer at that time. After being bored of resistive screen on MDA and using my nails to select something on the screen, responsiveness got me away from touch-screen phones since there was no almost none capacitive screen phones other than iPhone. I got into reading a review I stumbled on between iPhone and Nokie E71. Weird I know - touchscreen phone vs full keyboard qwerty phone with much smaller screen, etc. I got myself Nokia E71 after I read the review without thinking twice... I used Nokia E71 (gray) for 2 years and got my wife another one, than my brother got it as well (back at Serbia). So, E71 was doing everything just fine; but I wanted more for God knows what reason. I got into researching without any interest whatsoever and got into more capacitive screens and got into rummor mill that T-Mobile is getting HD2. After more reading THAT WAS IT!!!
Android running from SD CARD was just 24k golden coating I put on it ...
I am now full time Froyo 2.2 user on my HD2 and brag about it whoever is asking ... "Oh, is this EVO?" "Oh, is this Droid?" ... NO! It is T-Mobile HD2 that can run Windows Mobile and Android back and forth without any problems!!!
UPDATE: I am running for the past few months Gingerbread Android CM7 (MDJ 2.6) NAND version ROM and it works just perfect for day use. I reset here and there maybe once per month or so but simply it works fine. I am also on 10$ 200MB plan with T-Mobile. Quiet honestly I do not know what the next phone will be for me ...
I got the phone for 2 reasons. One being, that i've always been a WinMo fan, and two, because of the immense power of the phone.
I wasn't bothered about Android at all when I got the HD2 (Plus, when I got my phone, there was no talk of Android coming to the HD2 anyway). Now i've tried Android, i'm loving it - And use it daily.
But, I will always want a phone that I can use WinMo and Android.
As jmmmmm said, old habits die hard !
To experiment, I already have a Nexus One.
Because I had a Dream!
Because A palm reader told me a great man would take on a project. A project that most though was impossible. She for told of the many night this man would stay up picking through the kernal. She saw a penguin on a screen so massive.
This man was Dcordes!
But seriously the screen size and I knew someone like Dcordes could do it.
avoiding the APPLE propaganda.
Well with the rumors of a phone with 1 GHz processor, I was like "This would be my DREAM phone"
So finally got it, thinkin that 1 day we'll have Android on it..!!!
The advantage of this phone over Nexus One, is that we can dual boot WinMO & Android..!!!
As even if we deny it, but WinMO has lotsa apps available that gives it an upper hand..!!!
I mean business apps..!!!
At the end of the day happy to be a proud owner of the HD2..!!!
from years of being a windows mobile fanatic, I decided one day to head off and discover new horizons, I sold my then trusty touch hd for a spangly iphone 3gs, I even sold my psp believing the iphone was all I needed, how wrong I was, I soon became tired of the ever controlling apple, bluetooth headers not working correctly, non apple accessories not compatible, no customisation, grrrr it had to go...
then sold their iphone, for a fully fledged samsung galaxy s, and yes this was quite an amazing device, but for some reason my eye had been on the hd2 for some time, trying to convince myself not to go back to windows mobile, not sure why...so I sold my galaxy s and with the money bought an hd2 and another psp for all my gaming needs so basically back were I started but with a better windows mobile device.
then after getting all comfortable again with my trusty old windows mobile, i thought I would give android a go, thinking there is no way out would run as fast and smooth as on there dedicated samsung device...yet again how wrong I was, android on the hd2 is truly amazing, for me the large screen, brilliant camera with superb flash, the quality of manufacture and huge community following, I now have the perfect device.
It was $48 and I knew I could port Android to it.
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Great question: I had planned on posing a similar one myself. I wanted the HD2 a the time of the device announcement. I had a Blackstone (HD) which is a good phone, but IMO, the HD2 knocks its socks off.
I bought the Euro model (I'm a Yank, eh), having it for a mere 4 months and I nearly nearly took got the Sprint EVO. I was hesitant on going the Android route - even after hours of research I was uncomfortable with the platform, comparable services and applications. Sure, tons of free apps, but I wasn't convinced most of them would give me what I wanted.
In March I bought a used T-Mo(USA) phone for a pittance, selling my phone for another pittance, getting 3G in the bargain.
I've been a ROM flashing groupie, so when the Android builds started coming around, I jumped on the gravy-train.
Min-Mo is still my fall back, but I am finding all my needs are met with Android except BT headset for calls.....that's not a major factor unless I start travelling again.
Guess I got carried away, but in a convoluted way, I think I addressed the query.
My brother gave it to me, because he was sick and tired of winmo and wanted an android...
I thought winmo was fine, so I was pretty happy! One month later I called him, asking: "hey bro, still liking your Desire? Ow, and guess what? I'm calling you with Android on your old phone!"
He wasn't all that enthousiatic...I wonder why
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The HD2 hardware is second to none for me, big screen and small bezel around it, dedicated buttons.
I really wanted to run Android but when I saw the level of development here on XDA I decided to try winmo and take a risk on it being hacked to run Android later. Now I have both and love it, fantastic!
Winmo with sense & CHT is my preferred interface but android with sense is winning currently, more connected, better apps and more stable.
Unbeatable combo of specs vs price. Wouldn't have bought it if I wasn't sure Android was gonna work for a 100% though, so thanks XDA =)
Originally I had a blackberry curve 8900. To be honest, this device was great for texting and emails and did those things fast and quite well but it just couldn't satisfy my desire to hack and mess with the phone. I wanted android for a long time but I liked the HD2s build quality and hardware the most, much more so than phones like the galaxy s. After looking through the winmo roms on XDA and how much momentum android for HD2 had, I went ahead and ordered an HD2 hoping that one day android and winmo would both be running on the phone flawlessly. I'm really really happy with my purchase and thoroughly enjoying the phone. Given how much progress has been made, I have no doubt that android will be fully ported to the HD2.
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I got the phone for 2 reasons. One being, that i've always been a WinMo fan, and two, because of the immense power of the phone.
I wasn't bothered about Android at all when I got the HD2 (Plus, when I got my phone, there was no talk of Android coming to the HD2 anyway). Now i've tried Android, i'm loving it - And use it daily.
But, I will always want a phone that I can use WinMo and Android.
As jmmmmm said, old habits die hard !
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Ditto mate.
Word for word!
I had a G2 Touch (HTC Hero branded for T-Mobile UK) which was a great little phone but had huge data issues with T-Mobile's ropey network.
After a lot of arguing they agreed to replace it with whatever was available at the time, HD2 was the best alternative, personally I love it.
Even better with dual boot
About 2 years ago I left my Nokia N70 for a Samsung F700V and I was amused by the touchscreen and the sliding keyboard but then all the limitations of CroixUI came up and I got pissed very soon.
Then I searched (June 2009) for a smartphone that gave me freedom and possibly with a cool design and a good OS. The finalist was Xperia X1 & HTC Diamond 2.
The iPhone was immediately eliminated due to the O.S. and to the fact that I'm a Power User not a Power Luser.
The Diamond 2 won over the Xperia X1 due to the accelerometer, the wonderfull HTC Sense interface, the awesome design and quickness of Windows Mobile 6.1.
I spend about 7 months with that phone and then I saw the HD2 (Feb 2010).
Bigger, badder, cooler and with a lot of potential.
I decided to sell my Diamond 2 for the HD2 because I enjoyed Windows Mobile and, with the huge community behind it, I was sure that, sooner or later, all the potential of that phone will come up.
And I was right... now we almost got Android and in the future we'll have Windows Phone 7, moreover the HTC HD2 is still the biggest and best smartphone on the marked.
I eliminated from my choices Android phones because NONE OF THEM got the same appeal of the dark giant, the HD2.
So I bet on the right horse and I still don't feel the necessity to change it, even because I don't see a valid successor in the actual and near future market.
I love my HD2, deeply.
What's not to like about the HD2, other than WinMo? I went from my iPhone 3G to the HD2 and handed my other half the iPhone to replace her X1. I thought with all that power WinMo couldn't possibly run bad, I was wrong! Also, the Desire wasn't around at the time so my choices were limited.
I'd had the phone a while before the whole thing with Android came along, I was ready to sell it and get something else, Android did change that, for a while! Until I liked it so much I had to get a native device, so I went out and bagged myself a sim-free, unlocked Desire on 2.2.
When the HD2 is at a stage with Android where I'm not missing out on anything the Desire will go to the other half and I'll use the HD2 as my main phone again.
One thing I did notice, even though my HD2 scores upwards of 1700 on quadrant, my Desire pulls 1400-1500 without clocking, but the Desire being native fly's in comparison to the HD2, which is absolutely not slow by any means.
Summary; No android phones available to me at the time, I didn't know anything about Android either, and the HD2 just looks fantastic, a big fat slab of awesomeness.
Phil
kerman19 said:
What's not to like about the HD2, other than WinMo? I went from my iPhone 3G to the HD2 and handed my other half the iPhone to replace her X1. I thought with all that power WinMo couldn't possibly run bad, I was wrong! Also, the Desire wasn't around at the time so my choices were limited.
I'd had the phone a while before the whole thing with Android came along, I was ready to sell it and get something else, Android did change that, for a while! Until I liked it so much I had to get a native device, so I went out and bagged myself a sim-free, unlocked Desire on 2.2.
When the HD2 is at a stage with Android where I'm not missing out on anything the Desire will go to the other half and I'll use the HD2 as my main phone again.
One thing I did notice, even though my HD2 scores upwards of 1700 on quadrant, my Desire pulls 1400-1500 without clocking, but the Desire being native fly's in comparison to the HD2, which is absolutely not slow by any means.
Summary; No android phones available to me at the time, I didn't know anything about Android either, and the HD2 just looks fantastic, a big fat slab of awesomeness.
Phil
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did you mean that desire is much more faster than hd2 android , i don't think so , my friend's desire is the same even slower in some tasks than my hd2 with mattc clocked at same speed
would it ever be possible to get our HD2's quickbooting the way the new disire HD does? That is just awsome! I would love this feature, damn guys, check it it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_XHL5CB_7w&p=BE9E9924AFAA6C17&playnext=1&index=33
That video just shows how much better HTC are in comparison to Apple's beloved iPhone. Before my HD2 I had the iPhone 3G and it is pathetic first the seal went so dust was under the digitiser (which truly pissed me off) and then the firmware decided to corrupt itself leaving me with a £500 brick. HTC are far more superior to Apple or any other phone brand to be fair, I love my HD2 even more now I pushed the boat out there and set up daul boot with Android! HD2 is indeed the best phone out there.
Would be nice to have such a speedy start up like on the Desire HD but I personally think the HD2 boots up real fast to say its almost a year old.
I really don't get all the fuzz about iPhone anywayz, iPhone is really just the name, but not more than that.. I hated all the commotion and I wanted to differentiate, and now I have a smartphone with 3 OS'es, but still, I'm really having a hard time not to buy the desire HD.. If we could have AN AWSOOMMMEE feature like this, damn, I would certainly wait a year in order to switch phones. That's so crazy about it, always new stuff coming up, I hope and keep hoping for this 2 come reality
I would really appreciate this too.. but I think it isn't possible because our android runs off the SD. Quickboot only work with native android phones. The only thing quickboot does, is not shutting down the phone, it sets it in kind of a standby, like a computer. But that would mean our SD card has to be accessible even if our phones our out. This would decrease our battery live.
By the way: Cyanogen already implemented this in a custom ROM, but only for the HTC Desire.
I think the devs allready looking into it as we speak.. its just everywhere, and with nand on its way, never say never
Firstly, if this has been topic been posted pls post link
if not, I have an HD2 now and in a couple of month [finally!!!] get to upgrade
but to WinMo or Android??
Now I love my HD2 only because of Cookie Monster and his amazing widgets and the other widgets that amazing developer have posted.
will I lose all that if I go over to the dark side
Well I'm looking out for the HTC Pyramid and the Galaxy S II.
Pyramid or evo 3d
Thunderbolt or HD2
Pyramid
P.S. Buy your HD2
HD2 is the Lord of the SmartPhones
HD2 is God of Smartphones
I really wouldn't know. I am more leaning towards a WP7 and keeping my beloved HD2. Not sure what would be my daily driver tho. Can't miss the HD2.
My upgrade is due in a month, Im probably gonna go for the DHD......
Not sure how long I'll hold on to it. Will probably sell it on to put towards a newer large screen dual core android device when one turns up.
Hell, I might even just sell it straight away and buy a new laptop. I have my HD2 after all, why do I need another phone
You still get to keep your HD2 for 6.5/CHT goodness remember
You just can't go wrong with good ol' CHT...
... however I am leaving hd2 for galaxy s II on three uk in may.
This thread is inspired by the thread for Nook Color saying how the NC is the honda civic of tablets.
So the HD2 is much cheaper than a sensation or sg2, obviously not as nice. But the screen size is just as big, and there are so many roms for this thing.
And I just checked on amazon, and the going rate for a brand new HD2 is about 290 usd. That's half as much as a sensation, and about 1/3 as much as an sg2.
If all you do is check email, or make calls on your phone anyway, do you really need the newest dual core phone?
Hopefully, if prices continue to fall for the HD2, my next phone might still be an HD2 lol
DPMAce said:
This thread is inspired by the thread for Nook Color saying how the NC is the honda civic of tablets.
So the HD2 is much cheaper than a sensation or sg2, obviously not as nice. But the screen size is just as big, and there are so many roms for this thing.
And I just checked on amazon, and the going rate for a brand new HD2 is about 290 usd. That's half as much as a sensation, and about 1/3 as much as an sg2.
If all you do is check email, or make calls on your phone anyway, do you really need the newest dual core phone?
Hopefully, if prices continue to fall for the HD2, my next phone might still be an HD2 lol
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I would say the HD2...the T-Mobile US version...is more like the Hummer of smartphones. It's super durable and can handle just about any task given it. It can also be clothed in many different ROMs to perform the specific tasks associated with each one. And it can run at least two ROMs at a time.
My original HD2 finally started failing in the card slot and I replaced it with a brand new one just a few days ago. But I got a solid 2 years of non-stop enjoyment from it. That says a lot about a phone when you own one for a lengthy period of time like 2 years and then go lay down the dough for another one exactly like it. But my new one came unlocked and with the 2.15.50.14 radio. All I had to do was hack it and put Android on it.
Yeahh i hear what your saying. I still love my HD2 and I haven't seen a phone that has come out that I was more excited about than the HD2. The only one that has come close was the Acer IconiaTab a101, but since they came out with the a100 first, I dont have time to wait another 8 months to upgrade to it. Im thinking the new hotness of dual core phones will replace my HD2. Strictly for the power alone. The HD2 will forever be the king of dev phones though. I have spent days just fooling around with the phone and updating stuff and testing roms. I will be sure to pick a new phone with the same romming abilities. HTC needs to unlock their bootloaders before its too late. Nice thread though... HD2! Bow your heads!
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Yeahh i hear what your saying. I still love my HD2 and I haven't seen a phone that has come out that I was more excited about than the HD2. The only one that has come close was the Acer IconiaTab a101, but since they came out with the a100 first, I dont have time to wait another 8 months to upgrade to it. Im thinking the new hotness of dual core phones will replace my HD2. Strictly for the power alone. The HD2 will forever be the king of dev phones though. I have spent days just fooling around with the phone and updating stuff and testing roms. I will be sure to pick a new phone with the same romming abilities. HTC needs to unlock their bootloaders before its too late. Nice thread though... HD2! Bow your heads!
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That's the sad part. There are no other phones that will do all of the ROMs the HD2 will do. Not because they aren't capable, but because no devs are working on anything other than Androids for them.
The HD2 will go down in history as the one and only modders-choice phone...unless a phone shows up that modders would bother to do all of the various OSes for, like they did with the HD2. It would have to be a super popular phone though.
I've only owned my HD2 for 8 months now, but I absolutely love it. I don't regret buying it at all. It helps me study for school. And thus not a waste of money at all.
And I hate signing up for 2 year contracts just for a phone, so I buy them off amazon or ebay (but ebay is a bad choice imo).
If you want a 4.3 inch screen for your phone, this is the best bang for your buck. And my HD2 lets me wait for the quad core phones with the even bigger screens to come out.
had my HD2 for 2 months now and it really is the best. had my kaiser (still working) for 4 years and was reluctant to change. i still need winmo 6 for best GPS (have TomTom and iGO) but android is catching up on that side. and theres no other phone that will do that.
winmo 7 is no good to me.
original winmo and android on SD is best for now.
ultimate will be when (if?) winmo is released for SD so i can run android on nand.
i assume this will still be legal(ish) as my phone came with licensed winmo 6?
Yea, i love the HD2.
I think you have to be a certain type of person to like it though. You have to know about computers.
I think that the original rom for the HD2 was un-usable. If i didnt know how to change it, i think i would have destryoed the phone after a year of dispair.
But since there is a great world of developer teams out there who have created some brilliant roms and radios, theres always upgrading to be done. Something new to put on after evey week or so.
And then now ive flashed WP7 and its the best thing ive ever done! Brand new phone, no akwardness with 'OK' buttons that actually exit the application (im sure you know what im talking about). No more ickiness.
Just need the right SD card and it works like a charm (give you have the patience to find the right one!)
HD2 is still the King as per Cotulla.....
Just wanted to say i have been an avid lover of my hd2 and this site for the past 2 years.
Not sure i made the right choice but i have just bought an evo3d simply because it was cheap with changing my phone i have also changed my userid.
So i just wanted to say many thanks to all the wonderful members and developers here that have helped me and my phone flourish. This was my first ever phone and i cannot believe how good it was.
Thanks.
I also upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus. It's not the same as the HD2. It was a cult.
What did you do with your old HD2. Sell it?
hey mate i really liked the look of the nexus or the s2 but with all the hype about the quad cores i was going to wait. but the deal on the evo was too good really.
i sold my hd2 to a relation they are still selling on ebay for nearly 150 they are a good phone. i reckon i will end up buying it back off him soon.
what did you do with yours?
I still have it. It has the NexusHD2 ICS Beta10 on it and other than the fast battery drain, I actually like it more than my new Nexus. I like the heavy, solid feel and the hard buttons.
I will see how the new HTC Edge/Endeavor is received and I might upgrade.
Yea I just upgraded too, but got the Samsung Galaxy S II, miss my HD2 a little, had it since launch, but my power button was out and I didn't fill like cracking it open. I'll still flash it every so often, theres not many ROMS for this phone yet, but ICS is coming, sooooo.
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it is crazy with all these new phones. that we still keep our beloved hd2 closest to our hearts.
Truly the best phone i think i will ever own.
I still keep HD2 is my second phone, too.
It's my best phone until now
htc hd2 is rock. but i am plan tu buy new htc sensation xl. any suggestion about htc sensation xl?
Crippersz said:
htc hd2 is rock. but i am plan tu buy new htc sensation xl. any suggestion about htc sensation xl?
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It's the very good phone. I'm using it and don't have any complaint about it.
Agreed, Thanks to one and all!!!
I've only recently received by HD2 as a hand me down with win6.5
Took the plunge last night and put Nexus ICS CM9 on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860
No probs so far.
From what I've read and searched, this little unit is going to be a rippa to work with - so looking forward to it.
I've been thinking about upgrading to a newer phone, but there are none that match the versatility of the HD2 yet! I don't know if we'll ever have another one as awesome either . I'm going to continue using my HD2 for the rest of the year, and buy the 2nd gen Xiaomi phone. It sounds like the closest thing to an HD2 follow-up to me.