Does anybody know if HTC have got in plans to update Sense to the same level as it is on Desire HD? Some of the functions are so handy. I would just love to have them on my handset.
yes, desire will be the only one that will get an update. maybe in time desire hd hits the market
Are you just speculating or is that confirmed?
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yes, desire will be the only one that will get an update. maybe in time desire hd hits the market
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thats absolute rubish, htc never updates its ui, for older devices .......
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thats absolute rubish, htc never updates its ui, for older devices .......
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In fact they do. Just remember the Diamond2 or the TouchPro2 which both got WinMob 6.5 and Sense 2.5... but im pretty sure (just a feeling) that they wont deliver the new Sense to the Desire....
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In fact they do. Just remember the Diamond2 or the TouchPro2 which both got WinMob 6.5 and Sense 2.5... but im pretty sure (just a feeling) that they wont deliver the new Sense to the Desire....
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no they didnt, they go winmo 6.5 but only got sence 2.1, sence 2.5 is exclusive to the HD2
unless htc have said so themselves, i really doubt they would go through the time and effort to update one of their older devices.
don't get me wrong i'd love it if they did, but from experience, i really doubt it.
"Older devices"?? I got my desire 3 months ago, a top of the line phone, a flagship. A trully want to belive that they are going to update the desire, but i cant say for sure if they do. But i hope.....
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Anyone know when the Desire is considered an older device? I'm sure it'll continue to be manufactured and sold for a while now - not everyone wants a big phone or a keyboard. Am assuming a new Desire replacement won't be out until next spring.
actually your wrong here, i'm glad someone brought it up so i looked it up
HTC did upgrade both the diamond 2 and touchpro2 to sense 2.5
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=249&cat=2&dl_id=912
http://www.jayceooi.com/2010/03/20/download-rom-version-2-53-405-5-upgrade-for-htc-touch-diamond2/\
i wish htc did the same for my diamond 1, i wanted the topaz TouchFLO so badly but it never happened (officially and it was very hard for the community to port)
waw this makes me hopeful if we keep nagging about it we will get it, especially since they don't offer desire 2 yet (3.7 without keyboard) i want a stock new sense experience on my desire, i don't like heavily customized roms
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Anyone know when the Desire is considered an older device? I'm sure it'll continue to be manufactured and sold for a while now - not everyone wants a big phone or a keyboard. Am assuming a new Desire replacement won't be out until next spring.
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no they didnt, they go winmo 6.5 but only got sence 2.1, sence 2.5 is exclusive to the HD2
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Ups your right. My girlfriends diamond2 i had here recently, was equipped with a custom ROM. Nevermind...
Diamond 2 did receive the HD2 sense officially, look it up
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actually your wrong here, i'm glad someone brought it up so i looked it up
HTC did upgrade both the diamond 2 and touchpro2 to sense 2.5
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=249&cat=2&dl_id=912
http://www.jayceooi.com/2010/03/20/download-rom-version-2-53-405-5-upgrade-for-htc-touch-diamond2/\
i wish htc did the same for my diamond 1, i wanted the topaz TouchFLO so badly but it never happened (officially and it was very hard for the community to port)
waw this makes me hopeful if we keep nagging about it we will get it, especially since they don't offer desire 2 yet (3.7 without keyboard) i want a stock new sense experience on my desire, i don't like heavily customized roms
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right when the topaz came out it had touchflo 3d 2.1 after the update they got sence 2.1 ........ sence 2.5 is the one where you can put the big shortcuts on the homescreen, neither the diamond 2 or touch pro 2 has that officially
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its considered an older fone when a new fone with a better cpu comes out lol
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right when the topaz came out it had touchflo 3d 2.1 after the update they got sence 2.1 ........ sence 2.5 is the one where you can put the big shortcuts on the homescreen, neither the diamond 2 or touch pro 2 has that officially
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did you even check the link....update 2.53 gives you sense 2.5
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did you even check the link....update 2.53 gives you sense 2.5
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i just did it now you are right smart arse
yes, from experience the desire is now considered as an old phone, and if you think otherwise then you haven't been with HTC for long enough to know better.
when i bought the HTC HD2 i was really happy with it, updates were coming from everywhere. then, the desire was released, end of updates for the HD2.
the desire has been out for about 6 months now, several newer devices have been released the desire itself has been updated into 2 new handsets, and many more are yet to come, how long will htc support the desire?
google the HTC glacier, planned to have dual-core processors/gingerbread etc and is due in about 3 months, htc have more things to deal with than the desire.
don't think for a second i don't like the desire, i've had it for 6 months and i love it, best phone i've ever used and will continue using it for the next year, but many people know that htc aren't too good support wise and it wouldn't surprise me if we see the support for our beloved device stop.
i was as skeptical and i was sure we won't get it, especially still burned from diamond days
but having learned today diamond 2 and touchpro 2 did actually receive the HD2 sense, i'm really surprised i think we should give it a chance
HD2 was outdated software wise maybe because windows mobile 6 reached the end of its life? and we still don't know maybe it will receive windows 7
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yes, from experience the desire is now considered as an old phone, and if you think otherwise then you haven't been with HTC for long enough to know better.
when i bought the HTC HD2 i was really happy with it, updates were coming from everywhere. then, the desire was released, end of updates for the HD2.
the desire has been out for about 6 months now, several newer devices have been released the desire itself has been updated into 2 new handsets, and many more are yet to come, how long will htc support the desire?
google the HTC glacier, planned to have dual-core processors/gingerbread etc and is due in about 3 months, htc have more things to deal with than the desire.
don't think for a second i don't like the desire, i've had it for 6 months and i love it, best phone i've ever used and will continue using it for the next year, but many people know that htc aren't too good support wise and it wouldn't surprise me if we see the support for our beloved device stop.
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the htc glacier is going to be t-mobile only tho isnt it? aparantly htc and t-mobile have been working on it under the name project sapphire
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does anyone think that this will work on a rooted desire running official 2.2 rom????
I want badly! we need this.
It's only just been announced and we won't know until it has been released on the new Desire Z, Desire HD phones. I hope they update the Desire to this new sense though.
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I hope they update the Desire to this new sense though.
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Me too! This new sense has some nice new features.
Looking through HD specifications I saw that it will support .avi and .xvid video playback. Could be useful if they bring this to Desire. DLNA too.
And this HTCSense.com thing sounds nice.
Even if they can't update the sense on the Desire I am sure it wouldn't take much for HTC to make an app to read phone data, many free apps already do this so should be simple in theory.
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have you guys not learnt anything from htc yet lol i can guarante you this feature will not be officially ported to the desire. the main reason is because if htc gave there older phones all the new features, what incentive do we have to spend $500/600 on a new device
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have you guys not learnt anything from htc yet lol i can guarante you this feature will not be officially ported to the desire. the main reason is because if htc gave there older phones all the new features, what incentive do we have to spend $500/600 on a new device
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this is very true. i waited for ages on the 2.1 update for the hero until i got fed up and got a desire
You have a point, AndroHero, but on the other hand, how many Desire owners would actually switch to a Desire HD or Desire Z? I know there are some enthusiasts, but most of us will at the least wait until next year. I could understand not giving this to a model that's maybe 1-2 years old, but Desire is from this spring, so it wouldn't prevent many people from buying a new phone, and people would know that buying a HTC was a safe bet.
I'm not saying it will come to Desire, but I think it should.
I just got my desire and see no reason to upgrade to these phones at all.
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I bought Desire in April and I will probably skip Desire HD. Its nice phone, but I don't think its worth to upgrade, because I think soon we will have better phones available: with dual core processors, Android Gingerbread etc. So I will rather wait for those phones.
Hi All,
Anyone know of any news whether we will be getting a ROM Upgrade or a HTC Sense update for the Desire at all?
Thanks
read on a thread somewhere in here that it is coming to desires in december.
Or u could always flash hd rom. Sense hd i mean
Patience my friend, it's coming in December
Aye December, my guess is it will be included with Gingerbread update.
Yay! Thanks guys, I love this board so much. Maybe it sounds odd, but I hate flashing ROMs rather than using the stock ones. Just feels dirty
Awaiting December.
what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that
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what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that
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You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments
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What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell
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What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell
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good point were all second guessing htc anyway, only they know what devices there going to continue to support
If the new Sense doesn't come to Desire do you think it'd be possible to at least get HTC's offline Maps app - like they have with other features?
I bought a Hero when it came - so I know all about HTC not supporting devices. The first update I got for that phone came in June (Eclair).
And the thing about that update was that it came in two packages. It was a ****ty update I didn't use.
It's a fact that HTC doesn't support their own devices. When it comes to the Desire, I'm hoping they won't **** on us again, it's not outdated yet.
Or maybe it is to HTC - Still. I'm going to have this phone for another 9 months so it'd be nice with at least one official update.
HTC - "We make new phones for you.
Get rid of the old one, seriously."
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience.
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Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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The iPhone is an iPhone.
The iPhone was not made by HTC
Apple makes the iPhone
HTC and Apple are not the same
Apple/iPhone - supported.
HTC/Any device - unsupported.
It's not ignorance. It's basic knowledge. HTC doesn't continue supporting devices. Apple might. HTC doesn't.
Then again, that's one of the reasons XDA exists.
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Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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dont call me ignorant, instead educate yourself, the reason even 2g iphones still get firmware updates is so apple can keep the tyrannic grip on what software they use!!! htc dont use this method, and after owning maybe 10 htc devices in the last 10 years, i think i can speak with experience.
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You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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Wasn't really trying to start a rumor. Just that gingerbread is expected from Google 4th quarter and new sense expected December made sense to me that HTC would wait and give one last update together.
i seriously hope that's the case, but it seems unlikely and I think It'll be up to XDA to get gingerbread onto the Desire...
It makes me kinda sad to read this. I know it's true and yet I always hope HTC changes their game plan and just support older devices.
I know they want ppl to buy their new devices but why would you buy a HTC you can only use for roughly a half year and then get outdated software.
Why not choose for a Samsung Galaxy S? mayB they have better support for their devices (just an example).
but I hope we all get proven wrong!!
There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD
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There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD
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no, older phones can also support HTCSense, this can be proven as they announced that all future HTC Android devices will support HTCSense (both Entry level [eg.wildfire type] and Enterprise level [eg. Desire type]). but HTC are holding them off entry level phones as they are stingy and want us to buy more phones from them.
From this Italian news:
http://translate.google.it/translat...di-gingerbread/2102/&sl=it&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
Yes HTC have confirmed that their newer handsets will receive gingerbread. That defiantly means desire z and desire hd whether our desire is included no one knows, but let's hope so.
I'm hoping.
It'd be nice if I had it for my birthday ;p
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I'm hoping.
It'd be nice if I had it for my birthday ;p
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I'm hoping too.
HTC listen us, please!
O no please. I thought it would before Xmas.
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Froyo update was done rather quickly (about 3 months) compared to previous phones. This happened because there was a commercial pressure to spread Flash on Android phones. Gingerbread doesn't offer any value added feature to Desire. We don't have front cameras, game controls, etc...
Hope they do it in three months but I don't believe it. Specially because of the new Sense.
I am hoping it comes together with the new sense
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me too xDDD. i dont live, if htc desire haven't htc sense xD
That's great news, can't wait to test some new roms
Latest info from twitter, if anyone was interested.
... then it means generic update comes even earlier ! tweet
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I'm not going to get my hopes up...
First they said late April - early May... then they changed it to mid May...
Now that mid May is here they prolonged it to late May...
I wonder what they'll say at the end of May... early June maybe...
No one ever keeps their word...
3 UK said they received the HTC Desire stock Gingerbread ROM back in March, this means HTC has the WWE ROM ready but they didn't released it until now, and who knows when they will... if ever. Not to mention the fact that the Desire will not receive the Sense 2.0/2.1 update together with the Gingerbread update. I mean, was that so hard, they had the time, and I'm completely sure that the Desire hardware supports it. But they just don't want to, it's all a marketing plan.
All the members of the Desire family should've got the Sense 2.1 update, but NO.
Now Google comes up saying they will somehow try to convince the phone manufacturers to update their devices in a timely manner, yeah right...
well.. agree with you.
the reason underlying why HTC hv not released gb for desire yet may be thinking of giving an advance to Desire-S, imo..
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well.. agree with you.
the reason underlying why HTC hv not released gb for desire yet may be thinking of giving an advance to Desire-S, imo..
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Luckily the devs here are at least as good as HTC
who needs official gingerbread whe you have almost perfect cooked roms..
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who needs official gingerbread whe you have almost perfect cooked roms..
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I agree, alot purer roms with less rubbish from networks
snakeeyes21 said:
who needs official gingerbread whe you have almost perfect cooked roms..
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it's just easier when stock ROM has everything you need...
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well.. agree with you.
the reason underlying why HTC hv not released gb for desire yet may be thinking of giving an advance to Desire-S, imo..
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or the bugs still present in the rom, eg compass being broken on gingerbread
Who actually cares about the compass in all honesty?? I don't think I've ever used it except in Google Maps - which works fine
Compass is broken on many different devices (but maybe not on all devices of the same type), anyway without compass navigating is pretty tedious
Not only compass, but also GPS drivers, 2 sec answer delay fix, maybe better graphics libs.
2 second delay is fixed in the Sense ROMs
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2 second delay is fixed in the Sense ROMs
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Good to hear -
I guess desire is on its way out as a "cutting edge" device. Still pretty sure we'll get most of the new features via custom ROMs (i'm running baadnewz's sense 2.1/3.0 rom and it has lots of the "new" sense already...), but there's no point waiting for your carrier to release updates for a phone thats been in the market for well over a year. I'm with telstra (australia) and i rooted and got froyo running a good two months before telstra released it.
Reply's I had from 3uk,
End of May with sense 2.1. Fingers crossed.
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Reply's I had from 3uk,
End of May with sense 2.1. Fingers crossed.
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I think its a 'believe it when we see it' kind of thing though
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I think its a 'believe it when we see it' kind of thing though
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Same here, hence crossed fingers.
From 3uk blog
Moderator: Johanna on April 20, 2011
We’ve been told by HTC that the Desire HD and Desire will have Sense 2.1 and not 3.0, but the Sensation will have Sense 3.0.
maybe that's the reason it's late again - that they've decided to include sense 2.1 in it
To be honest, I can't see them putting sense 2.1 on desire, space is to precious, unless they implement some sort of a2sd+
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http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc-romania/gingerbread-pentru-htc-desire/223475751011104
They say that HTC Desire memory doesn't support Sense and 2.3. As usual, the smart guys around here proved that it does work
It doesn't have the memory for it, we know that. The Devs have proved it can run it but only using EXT partitions on the SD card which Google won't use as the average user won't know how to make one
Quote:
"Our teams of engineers have worked hard in recent months to update the Gingerbread HTC HTC Desire without compromising Sense experience that you have grown accustomed to our phones. However, we are sorry but we must assume that there is enough memory to allow portability and storage Gingerbread experience on HTC HTC Sense Desire. We are very sorry for the disappointment that this news will cause many of you."
So... They say it will stick on froyo or update with old sense?
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So its true ...
On a lighter note...
XDA Desire DEVS RULE, you know who you are snq-, NeoPhYte.x360, RCTeam, BaadNwz, CoolExe and anybody body else i cant think of now.
I would rather spend my money on you guys because you offer way better support.
Wow, that really sucks!
Here's the announcement in English
facebook.com/notes/htc-uk/desire-and-gingerbread-update/225607660802056
Sorry for the borked link, not enough posts yet. Perhaps I lurk too much?
http://facebook.com/notes/htc-uk/desire-and-gingerbread-update/225607660802056
link for you.
thanks murdi
So HTC say that the phone can't run Gingerbread and Sense - but the leaked one did...?
so why not leave the old sense on and update the phone - or better yet - update it to the latest version of Froyo and fix the bugs with the HTC mail etc. so that it can work with Hotmail EAS...
little things would be nicer than squat... even though I'm not going to use it
Well, this is my first and last htc device.
I totally don't care... Sense UI sucks, CyanogenMod, MIUI & AdamG are the best
this is bull**** guys!!
the wildifre S has the same amount of memory and runs gingerbread and sense 2.1 and even with the 3.0 lockscreen!!!! their just as lazy as ****
I am so f.... mad right now, was waiting for this f.... gingerbread and now he wont come... I wont buy HTC phone anymore just becouse this tease. And I am going to tell all my friends not to buy any of their products anymore.
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Well, this is my first and last htc device.
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That's a shame - I do like HTC's phones and the only thing that let this phone down was the low internal memory situation, and their excuse for this too.
I'd buy another but i'd be a little cautious about it next time.
My Blackstone/Touch HD is still working very well, and that hasn't had any updates for ages but it looks like a NAND image may be coming soon for it which will spring some life into it again...
So the Desire is far from dead as the dev's here can perform miracles sometimes...
still plan on keeping my phone for the remainder of this year at least with the hopes that the custom roms keep me going!
Wow, a lot of fickle people on this forum...
Guys, we were never guaranteed updates from HTC at any point. The fact we got FroYo was because it was the top line device at the time. You can't compare the Wildfire S to the Desire. The Desire is over a year old, the Wildfire is less than a month old - of course it'll get a new version.
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Wow, a lot of fickle people on this forum...
Guys, we were never guaranteed updates from HTC at any point. The fact we got FroYo was because it was the top line device at the time. You can't compare the Wildfire S to the Desire. The Desire is over a year old, the Wildfire is less than a month old - of course it'll get a new version.
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but then its bull**** if they say its the 'memory', just say ITS TOO OLD TO UPDATE! .
just be honest HTC!!!! dont come with lies!
I know no one guaranteed the update..and also don't care so much because the are the custom roms..
But anyway nothing good in htc for me..That just my opnion
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but then its bull**** if they say its the 'memory', just say ITS TOO OLD TO UPDATE! .
just be honest HTC!!!! dont come with lies!
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absolutely agreed! It's a shame...
I mentioned before that the Google I/O stated that manufacturers should put the latest version on phones if the hardware can cope - if that applies here then that is a great get-out-clause for not upgrading the desire..
although - we do know that HTC worked on it - see leaked rom.
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I mentioned before that the Google I/O stated that manufacturers should put the latest version on phones if the hardware can cope - if that applies here then that is a great get-out-clause for not upgrading the desire..
although - we do know that HTC worked on it - see leaked rom.
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their just to lazy man!!
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... but don't forget; when desire came to the market (April 2010) it came with v2.1 eclair, then abt 4 months later, upgraded to 2.2 froyo whereas SE-X10 came with 1.6 (donut) almost at the same time with the desire and upgraded to eclair in November or December 2010, on the other side, Samsung Galaxy-S came with eclair in summer 2010, upgraded to froyo just two or three months ago (know that it will receive GB too soon).. shortly I cannot blame or judge HTC with that; when I decided to buy my Desire, it was the best choice to date (April 2010). Now the only way to root and step into the cooked rom world.
Cheers!
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