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Got mine last week, I can't put the thing down!

My only concern is that it has crashed twice while I was turning off the mobile network.

Don't use the widget mate, actually go into the settings control panel, and turn it on/off manually. Mine used to take 30 secs+ to connect and disconnect. It now takes less than 2 secs for me to connect and disconnect.

Getting my Desire today, sadly I'm pretty busy now till middle of next week and won't have too much time to fiddle about with it :( Will end up having to use the standard Orange ROM for a bit then getting a clean stock ROM there some point next week.

Whilst you can carry over the licence on Windows Mobile the code doesn't work on an Android version of Co-Pilot, it's mentioned on their site sadly, same with the traffic updates.

After some reading up on this it now seems that you CAN transfer a licence between WM and Android, just not to the iPhone platform. Saved me about ?50 including my traffic updates.

There's an OTA Firmware update available for the Desire now (and the Legend) - it's not Android 2.2. It's just a minor update that fixes some things with the HTC apps (one change i've noticed is in the Messaging app it now shows how many messages you've got in a conversation for example).

Got my Desire..... man... what a cool thing!!!

Question to other HTC Desire owners..... what are your lists of must have apps you have on your Desire???????

Looking forward to the replies!! Cheers

Got too many too list. But if you go into the market, and filter by Top Free, you really can't go wrong. I'll post a more extensive list of my apps when I get home if you want.

Aren't all Desire's already upgraded to 2.1? Mine is, so I expect the next upgrade to be the 2.2 one

Yes, they ship with 2.1 already installed. However, HTC have never officially (to my knowledge) said they will upgrade the Desire to 2.2, they aren't required too and anyone buying one purely on the assumption it will get 2.2 is a little silly :p. All they did say was the Desire was getting an "update" sometime in June to address some of the issues users are having. We are all assuming it's 2.2 at this stage.

Got too many too list. But if you go into the market, and filter by Top Free, you really can't go wrong. I'll post a more extensive list of my apps when I get home if you want.

Kewl, I have been to the market... and granted, there are tons...! Was just curious to see what everyone else is running... As i have installed like 10 different apps that basically do the same thing, and a few that don't even work... So if a few people posted their apps, and naturally, knowing that they work on the desire, could cut down on the experimentation... Also, might come accross a kewl app that i havent thought of installing.... :)

also, curious to see how people are using their desires........ almost feel dirty saying things like that ... LOL laugh.gif

Well the updates are rolling out, my Desire just notified me of an update. But I am not going to update just yet. As I have flashed it and I have heard it breaks WiFi on flashed Orange handsets...

Strange, but I'm guessing that somewhere along the line Orange must have changed some of the internals as well then. Can't see any reason why else it would break a flashed ROM.

Still no update from O2 for updates...! Anyways, 2.2 Froyo is coming to the Desire - June 27... smile.gif

'Apparently' was reading that earlier, HTC have said it's coming but not given a date had they? Plus wasn't it the 23rd June from an alleged phone call asking details about installing apps to SD card.

But you never heard this from me?. A new update is coming the 23rd of Juneand you will be able to put some apps on to the micro sd card.

http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/05/24/htc-desire-may-get-android-2-2-froyo-update-on-june-23d/

Has anyone notice that when playing an MP3, the album art on the lock screen is a little jagged and blurred? The album displays nicely when browsing through my music, then again it's small so of course it looks nice. My album art is 500 x 500 by the way. Any ideas on how to make it look nice :p ?

Scirwode

The Alarm Clock is driving me nuts.

Often in the morning i snooze it, then i goes on after 5 mins. Normal because i configured it this way.

But, when i slide down the lockscreen to dismiss the alarm the screen simply unlocks and the alarm keeps beeping and there is no way to turn it off. SO i have to restart the phone. ****ing annoying.

Anyone suffering from this problem?

It is a random situation.

The Alarm Clock is driving me nuts.

Often in the morning i snooze it, then i goes on after 5 mins. Normal because i configured it this way.

But, when i slide down the lockscreen to dismiss the alarm the screen simply unlocks and the alarm keeps beeping and there is no way to turn it off. SO i have to restart the phone. ****ing annoying.

Anyone suffering from this problem?

It is a random situation.

Kewl, I have been to the market... and granted, there are tons...! Was just curious to see what everyone else is running... As i have installed like 10 different apps that basically do the same thing, and a few that don't even work... So if a few people posted their apps, and naturally, knowing that they work on the desire, could cut down on the experimentation... Also, might come accross a kewl app that i havent thought of installing.... :)

also, curious to see how people are using their desires........ almost feel dirty saying things like that ... LOL laugh.gif

Right here I go...

  • Math Workout Lite (game)
  • WordSearch Unlimited (game)
  • Traffic Jame Free (game)
  • Urban Dictionary
  • Poke A Mole (game)
  • Abduction (game)
  • Wifi Analyzer (must have)
  • Astro File Manager (must have)
  • Jewels (game)
  • SMS Backup & Restore (must have) (backups your texts to your SD card)
  • My Tracks (useful if you do alot of walking like me, gives me all sorts of stats, like distance, speed etc etc
  • Whats On (UK TV guide)
  • Milky Milky (game)
  • Orange Wednesday
  • Your Orange
  • Barcode Scanner
  • CallTrack (Records all your call activity and drops it into a Google Calendar, pretty nifty)
  • Bank & ATM Finder
  • LED Partyboard 3 (just for fun)
  • Microsoft Tag Reader
  • FxCamera (must have) (adds extra effects to the built in camera)
  • Ethereal Dialpad
  • Dolphin Browser HD (must have) (the best mobile browser)
  • Text-To-Speech Extended (this is a library, only install when prompted)
  • Google Translate
  • Robo Defense Free (game)
  • Spare Parts (gives you access to hidden settings)
  • Celeste Lite (must have) (this is the only app that I am even thinking about buying)
  • FlashLight
  • Google Shopper
  • Bump
  • Linpack for Android
  • Currency Converter
  • PapiJump (game)
  • Penetrate (must have) (hacks wifi)
  • Call Confirm (stops you making accidentally calls)
  • Tux Rider (game)
  • SMS Backup (must have) (creates a SMS label on your GMail accounts, and copies all SMSs to there)
  • Timeriffic (must have) (automate many features of the Desire)
  • Plants vs Zombies Soundboard (just for fun)
  • Labyrinth Lite (game)
  • Google Goggles
  • Multitouch Visible Test
  • Opera Mini 5 Browser
  • Spark (just for fun)
  • Yelp
  • Google Maps
  • WordUp! (game)
  • ShopSavvy
  • Engadget
  • Google Sky Map
  • Compass
  • Sudoku Free (game)

Krpano are you any task killers of any kind?

No, i'm running the original ROM without any task killers or anything like that.

My wife wants to kill me in the morning. lol

Damn alarm wont shut up and take a few seconds to reboot to make it stop....plus that LOUD startup sound, man that sucks.

Does anyone know how is integration with Windows Live services on the Desire?

I guess Messenger can be used with some of the 3rd party apps I have seen, is there any way to use Hotmail without downloading email over POP?

I use Windows Live Mail on my PC's which syncs your Inbox over HTTP from what i gather.

No, i'm running the original ROM without any task killers or anything like that.

My wife wants to kill me in the morning. lol

Damn alarm wont shut up and take a few seconds to reboot to make it stop....plus that LOUD startup sound, man that sucks.

Sounds like you might have to restore it!

Got the 1.21 software update yesterday. Don't know what it fixes.

It fixed a bug where messages received from your network or numbers that appear as a name (eg. "Fitspace" - a gym) would appear as received from a random facebook contact.

Not sure what else! I know that it added a message count when viewing the list of conversations in the SMS app. And it seems a little faster booting up/shutting down, but I'm probably imagining it :D

Just to warn some of you who haven't updated the latest patch from HTC.

My phone got useless.

Can't boot anymore, white screen. (eventually it will boot, to crash a few minutes later)

Did a hard reset, didn't help.

Maybe a special case but think well before update.

Btw, as i stated in previous posts i am on a non-rooted/unmodified Desire.

Really ****ed right now.

So nice for me tomorrow.

Since i am the only one on the company with a non iPhone device. I kept bragging how better the Desire was and etc.

So tomorrow i will have to go to my boss and ask them to finally give me a company iPhone.

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