HTC Desire

[Redmak Administrators]

What exactly would I miss using a senseless rom?

I use quite a few of the htc widgets and apps.

[TheElite]

You would lose FriendStream, there's no alternative to that as far as I am aware. If you use the 'People' widget, that's out in LauncherPro Plus, so you can keep that. The only other thing would be the fancy clock and it's visual/sound effects. The clock you can get in Fancy Widget, but the effects are solely on the SenseUI.

If you can use the standard Android calendar, contacts, messaging system then you won't be losing much. It depends if you want to keep the HTC appearance or can live with other alternatives. Even after using my brother's Desire, I'm not sure how far the SenseUI goes and what functionality it adds.

Then again, if you only want to lose Sense due to Froyo, there are legit ROMS out there with Froyo AND SenseUI.

[shaun05]

Ok. But this is not the final release of Froyo for the Desire right? I checked the other thread there with the download links to official ROMs, Froyo is not yet available. Also, my Desire has not yet recieved an OTA update.

Its a leaked beta so not meant for us in the public

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

Running official 2.2 here (ROM is @XDA), 720p recording is pretty good. No FPS issues here.

Really? I only get around 18fps when recording @ 720p.

I have the MoDaCo Custom ROM for HTC Desire r5 release flashed.

Edit -

Something that might appeal to the gamers out there, psx4droid the Playstation Emulator for Android has been released.

I have tested it out and must say all things considered for a Playstation Emulator running on a mobile phone its pretty impressive, some games are quite playable. Most games dont quite work at full speed and have a few sound problems.

However one of my favorites, Circuit Breakers, runs at full speed so I would imagine some other less demanding games might do too. The emulator will also load PS1 games converted to run on the PSP.

Very impressive for a first release all the same :)

[Singh400]

Really? I only get around 18fps when recording @ 720p. I have the MoDaCo Custom ROM for HTC Desire r5 release flashed.

Yeah mate, honestly no problems here with the recording or the playback. Do a nandroid backup, and try out the Official 2.2 ROM over @XDA.

Something that might appeal to the gamers out there, psx4droid the Playstation Emulator for Android has been released.

I have tested it out and must say all things considered for a Playstation Emulator running on a mobile phone its pretty impressive, some games are quite playable. Most games dont quite work at full speed and have a few sound problems.

However one of my favorites, Circuit Breakers, runs at full speed so I would imagine some other less demanding games might do too. The emulator will also load PS1 games converted to run on the PSP.

Very impressive for a first release all the same :)

Yeaaah, saw that pop up on AppBrain. Doesn't look half bad to me, won't be grabbing it just yet.

[Singh400]

Just benchmarked my Desire out of interest...

[CNSBarry]

Apparently the 2.2 Update is going to start rolling out to European Desires from tomorrow (Staggered release)

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

These came from eBay today:

Not fanboyish at all ;)

[TheElite]

Apparently the 2.2 Update is going to start rolling out to European Desires from tomorrow (Staggered release)

About time really.

The Alpha's for the Galaxy S were leaked this morning, and that's only been out a few weeks. The Desire has been out a few months and still not got it. Pretty poor on HTC's part.

[gazebee_]

I finally took the plunge and rooted, installing the "Official 2.2" ROM :) HD recording is indeed very nice

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Think I might just hold the purchase on this and just wait until January when my O2 simplicity contract is up.

It's not long to stick it out with my 3G for, but I'll wait and see how finances go over the next 1~2 months.

[TheElite]

There's always going to be a decent Android phone available no matter when you buy it. Waiting just increases the chances of something better coming out in a time that's more convenient for you.

[Singh400]

I finally took the plunge and rooted, installing the "Official 2.2" ROM :) HD recording is indeed very nice

Start customizing the crap out of it now then ;)

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I'm only missing one thing. I used to use the HTC messages widget alot. But now that I have replaced the standard home screen with LauncherPro it is no longer available to me. Anyone got any ideas as to a replacement? Ideally I want something nice and simple like you see in my 3rd home screen - can you believe that is the Urban Dictionary widget, very nice, simple and smart.

[Sethos]

Through the twitter app you can take pictures and have the phone automatically upload it, love that.

But, it uploads it to "Twitgoo" where the picture is HEAVILY resized to a tiny blurred thumbnail almost - Is it possible to do something about that, have it display higher res ( Logged into Twitgoo, no luck )

or have it upload automatically somewhere else =/

When I see people upload pics on twitter through some server, it's always a high quality shot.

[TheElite]

Are you sure that they don't upload to somewhere like imageshack and link to it?

[Sethos]

Doubt it, but someone told me there should be a setting for it and I found it - Lets you change quality and host.

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Can someone just explain to me about Facebook integration?

While I like the idea of having someone's face on the screen when they are calling, I don't really like the idea that Facebook will overwrite anything when it connects to it.

Thanks

[Redmak Administrators]

Can someone just explain to me about Facebook integration?

While I like the idea of having someone's face on the screen when they are calling, I don't really like the idea that Facebook will overwrite anything when it connects to it.

Thanks

It won't. The Facebook account stuff can be linked to or unlinked from an existing contact. You can then set which "linked" item is displayed in your contact list

[Guest]

I just read this thread from start to finish. It's odd looking at someone go from being the happiest new phone owner in the world to the most frustrated, so much so he smashes the phone to bits.

My favourite thread on Neowin ever.

[aerowave]

European unlocked Desire owners will be getting 2.2 Froyo this weekend according to HTC:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/official-htc-rolling-out-android-2-2-and-720p-video-capture-to/

[Sethos]

So glad mine is unlocked

[red.]

Start customizing the crap out of it now then ;)

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I'm only missing one thing. I used to use the HTC messages widget alot. But now that I have replaced the standard home screen with LauncherPro it is no longer available to me. Anyone got any ideas as to a replacement? Ideally I want something nice and simple like you see in my 3rd home screen - can you believe that is the Urban Dictionary widget, very nice, simple and smart.

Wallpaper :p

And is that widget for the battery/GPS/whatever something you downloaded or does it come with 2.2?

[mad_onion]

So glad mine is unlocked

Where do you even get unlocked ones. Even if you buy them PAYG they're still locked to the network usually.

[Sethos]

Where do you even get unlocked ones. Even if you buy them PAYG they're still locked to the network usually.

in Denmark, most phones can be bought with either a contract or unlocked, price is just a bit higher for unlocked phones.

Bought mine off a computer hardware store online.

[acnpt]

Where do you even get unlocked ones. Even if you buy them PAYG they're still locked to the network usually.

eBay tends to be good, as people sell their unwanted upgrades which are normally unlocked.