*** The Official HTC Desire (Bravo) Thread! ***

platypus said:
Thanks.

This might be a stupid question: and it probably is, but anyway. If I eventually root my phone (looking likely soon with Unrevoked), what situation exactly do I put my phone in in terms of software updates (Android)? Can I carry on getting OTA system updates as and when (ok I'm sure they are less frequent now then they were when I had my Magic), or will I need to flash it with an updated image?
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First I should say I haven't actually rooted mine yet, and in fact Desire #3 (first two were defective and SLCD) is waiting at the post office for when I get back London on Friday.

I've been keeping abreast as when I'm sure I have a working one will probably root.

I believe most if not all custom roms disable OTA updates as they would overwrite your custom rom and return you to an unrooted state. They may also update HBOOT to a new and unrootable version.

You'll need to manually flash updates as they become available for your preferred distribution.
 
Wireless hotspot is just so ******* good on the desire. I would be screwed without it, as my bt line has gone byebye's.
Weirdly though webpages load quicker on my laptop than on my phone by quite a bit. You would have thought the phone was powerful enough to do a similar job with webpages. Im wondering if Dolphin HD is a bit cack.
 
I always found Dolphin was slower than the stock browser. That said even then a desktop in most cases will be quite a bit faster than the phone which is probably another reason it's quicker to load (especially if you're looking at a site with more complicated coding, java, flash etc)
 
I'll break up the phone techno-babble for a second if that's OK -

I'm very interested in purchasing this phone soon. Is stock running dry because of the HTC Ace coming soon (be that artificially by HTC or not) or is it just too popular right now? My only other option I see atm is the Samsung Galaxy S. I imagine the Ace/Desire HD will come in quite a bit more expensive again and thus be out of my price limit (which is stretched already for the SGS or Desire).

Also, what prerequisites are there for 'rooting' (which is loading generic or custom firmware?)?

Please excuse my ignorance, I've not dabbled in depth in phones since my Sony Ericsson w800i.

I will read this entire thread through if I go for this phone, but I just don't have enough time to at the moment, sorry. Thanks for any pointers.
 
I believe there are two more Desire models coming, the HD and the Z (maybe?). The HD is basically a HTC Evo for the rest of the world, but the Z had a pop-out qwerty keyboard and is similar to the current Desire.
 
I believe there are two more Desire models coming, the HD and the Z (maybe?). The HD is basically a HTC Evo for the rest of the world, but the Z had a pop-out qwerty keyboard and is similar to the current Desire.
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thanks
Suppose I'll wait a bit before getting a new phone then. Have a seriously old HTC at the moment and that has a qwerty keyboard so perhaps the Z will be a good step for me. Plus I've heard some negative reviews of the Evo...
 
My HTC Desire has just done a system update (30mb); which apparently updates Wifi etc. ? Anyone have any information on this? Apologies, a bit of a noob when it comes to my phone. (its not the 2.1 update as that happened a few weeks ago).

EDIT: Update; the update is to 2.10.405.2 - anyone know what this contains?
 
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martinturner said:
My HTC Desire has just done a system update (30mb); which apparently updates Wifi etc. ? Anyone have any information on this? Apologies, a bit of a noob when it comes to my phone. (its not the 2.1 update as that happened a few weeks ago).

EDIT: Update; the update is to 2.10.405.2 - anyone know what this contains?
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this came out last week and was pulled as it was bricking wifi - but only on peeps who had bebranded and should have had a gold card in.

minimal updated.

allows the use of multi gmail boxes
improved Russian keyboard
and a patch...

not a lot of info.
 
Hmm how do I stop the screen turning off when its on charge? Seems to work fine when I select the connection method as 'USB debugging', but not 'Disk Drive' or 'On Charge'?
 
Got a problem this morning. Having to use WiFi hotspot as dsl is dead. It was working fine last night but this morning my laptop won't connect, just says connected with limited access. Anyone know why that happens?
 
Just an off the cuff question regarding roaming. I was in the Lake District last week and scaled up a big peak; it was huge (check my Flickr for a photo). Anyway, whilst up there an 'R' replaced the usual 'H' or '3G' and within a few moments I got a text from T-Mobile saying 'Welcome to the Isle of Man'. Now, am I likely to get charged for this?
 
martinturner said:
Just an off the cuff question regarding roaming. I was in the Lake District last week and scaled up a big peak; it was huge (check my Flickr for a photo). Anyway, whilst up there an 'R' replaced the usual 'H' or '3G' and within a few moments I got a text from T-Mobile saying 'Welcome to the Isle of Man'. Now, am I likely to get charged for this?
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That's awesome!

Shouldn't have got charged if you didn't make any calls and you had data roaming turned off.

Does IoM count as roaming anyway?
 
martinturner said:
Just an off the cuff question regarding roaming. I was in the Lake District last week and scaled up a big peak; it was huge (check my Flickr for a photo). Anyway, whilst up there an 'R' replaced the usual 'H' or '3G' and within a few moments I got a text from T-Mobile saying 'Welcome to the Isle of Man'. Now, am I likely to get charged for this?
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Lol... would imagine you would get charged for it but must have been a bit of a confusing moment for you recieveing that text!!! hehe
 
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