[Q] Are you bored of your HTC Desire? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello
After flashing, re flashing and re re flashing so many times.... now atleast i have gone bored of the HTC Desire. This is mainly because there are not many good quality apps specially games. I am no Apple fanboy but the app store is something that android doesnt looks like achieving pretty soon.
The main things i like in HTC Desire are as following:-
1) Wifi Hotspot. WOW! thats so cool
2) being able to customize it as u want it to with widgets.
3) FRIENDSTREAM WIDGET its simply awesome
4) weather animations
Thats all.
The major things i dont like are:-
1) Camera. its just ok, not that good.
2) battery.... it drains battery as if its hungry all the time
3) no good games/apps
So what do you have to say? Are you still happy with the Desire or are you planning to go with something else?
As far as i am concerned i have decided to sell it very soon.... but wifi hotspot feature is what i love the most.

If you want to play games get a DS
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Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, Abducted, Alchemy... they are the best games I've installed on my phone
Kept me busy for a good while!
On top of that there's all the emulators - now they aren't so hot for action (but probably better with wiimote add in) games, but for some others they work just fine!
I love my Desire - before that I had the WM HTC Touch HD, now that has a serious lack of games... the best I found was solitaire or ScummVM...

I have to agree, there are not so many really good games in the market right now. But I'm sure this will change. Many surveys etc. suggest more and more developers of mobile application and games are considering developing for android, and seeing as the number of android phones rises continually I think the growing market will attract more and more developers. So I guess you just have to hang in there untill then

Yes I agree there are few game the ones u listed. But they completed and then what after that? Same boring things. When will we have more stuff. Android platform is awesome but.....
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sparkyxda said:
If you want to play games get a DS
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We take a multimedia phone so that we have everything in it. Isn't it?
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deepakoffline said:
We take a multimedia phone so that we have everything in it. Isn't it?
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good point, but as you said its a multimedia phone, emphasis being on a phone, you say there are no good games but what are you comparing this too? a ds? a psp? these are dedicated gaming machines and therefore will always have the upper hand, as other mobile platforms go the games on android are quite good, just check out the gameloft HD series and others like NFS Shift

Rooting and installing a custom ROM is the answer, that is what makes the desires one of the best PDA's on the market nowadays even better than the iPhone I would say.
I have been an iPhone user for the last 2 years I just love how many more things I can do with my desire.

And if the battery issue is a problem try custom kernels, they work great

have tried custom roms... almost all good ones. but the battery problem still persists. actually by reading at various sites like engadget i came to know that the battery drain problem is actually of android os itself. hmmmm....

I was happy until the random reboots started and I cannot send it to service so I am stuck at using it as rare as possible since every time I use it to much it reboots and then gets stuck at the white HTC screen and I have to reinstall the ROM to be able to boot again.
I like(d) it alot, and am thinking of getting another Desire. Or getting a completely different company device. Still confused

Battery drain is not a problem at all. Just compare to other os and you'll see that the situation is better on Android os due to custom kernels and cpu dynamic speed adjusting.

I agree with the battery drain issue, and the touch feeling of screen is not better than IP4

lots of nice games on android you just need to know how to hunt them
with froyo the touch responsiveness is equal to the iphone 4, SLCD desire is pretty close to IP4 screen quality too, a little less density but better colors, the IP4 screen is also much closer to the surface which is nice but ours is a little bigger
my fav game is asphalt 5 but i keep loosing my save game due to messing with my rom
another very impressive game i'm hooked at is panzer panic
also minisquadron, hyperjump, meteor blitz, heavy gunner, backbreaker, need for speed shift and hero of sparta all very impressive

deepakoffline said:
have tried custom roms... almost all good ones. but the battery problem still persists. actually by reading at various sites like engadget i came to know that the battery drain problem is actually of android os itself. hmmmm....
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I am atm using Deforst with 1113 HAVS kernel and setin SetCpu to 1113 MHZ and I can tell you my battery life is much much better than when running stock froyo

one more thing i'm taking great pictures with the default camera app, you just need to know how to handle it's settings, for example i set sharpness to -2 which removes all the digital treatment ie over sharpness, also set colors and brightness + 1 and of course choosing correcting ISO at night
people are often just blindly impressed by the iphone 4 pics but compare them side by side and you will notice horrible performance at night from the iphone 4 and horrible of noise even at indoor daylight, even the colors produced by the iphone 4 camera are unreal
only two wins for the iphone 4 cam for me, the flawless 720p and HDR

If you really want them in a phone buy and iPhone 4 and jailbreak it for the WiFi hotspot?
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ste1164 said:
If you really want them in a phone buy and iPhone 4 and jailbreak it for the WiFi hotspot?
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did i read it for real or am i dreaming!!! wifi hotspot can be achieved in the iphone!! thats cool does it works with 3gs too?
ahhhh but then there is no bluetooth. iBluetooth... i used it when i had 3g... but thats no good at all.
desire is still good. but just now had a look at winphone 7 devices. awesomeness redefined

i am a fairly heavy user and get 2 days worth of battery out of mine, if i dont use wifi i am on 3 days. The iphone4 is just as hungry when it comes to battery

A|ex said:
i am a fairly heavy user and get 2 days worth of battery out of mine, if i dont use wifi i am on 3 days. The iphone4 is just as hungry when it comes to battery
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oh REALLY!!!! i dont get more than 1 day... even i have to charge 2-3 times a day. well... very soon, maybe, i will get a new phone. maybe windows phone 7. but it has lots of limitations just like iphone....
lets see.... what happens

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Are you happy with your HTC Desire HD?

Hi people..
I am new in this Forum.
And it is my first message.
I can say Xda Devolopers is very nice Forum.
And now my first message and topic....
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH YOUR DESIRE HD PHONE?
IF YES, WHY?
IF NOT, WHY?
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Are you satisfy with the Desire HD
Hi guys
Alot of people has the Desire HD.
And alot of people complaining from the battery performance and the proximity issue
And also alot of people satisfied from the battery performance and no problem from the proximity sensor
So are you satisfy with The DHD or you are not happy with the DHD
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I'm more than happy with this phone. I'm not getting very good battery life, and can't last a day, but I'm not too concerned because I'm sure tweaks will be found to increase battery life and a bigger battery will probably be available at some stage.
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Ditto love the screen with brightness wacked up lol
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Basil3 said:
I'm more than happy with this phone. I'm not getting very good battery life, and can't last a day, but I'm not too concerned because I'm sure tweaks will be found to increase battery life and a bigger battery will probably be available at some stage.
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i would like to see how desire hd will get bigger battery life if it goes inside the phone hardware unlike the HD2 with its own cover.
Battery life is not a problem nowadays with any device. Just get a couple of $5 batteries from hongkong (eBay) with a charger. Keep a full charged battery in your pocket and you will see that you don't give a d*mn about how fast or slow the device is draining the battery.
YES!! Got everything I need!
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Yea I am the only thing I am not so happy with is the sound other wise I am happy
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I still can't make up my mind on my DHD, afew things bother me about it, the battery life, the sound, and the weight of it. Im thinking about changing it for a iPhone 4 as I've had my heart set on one for awhile now.
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i would like to see how desire hd will get bigger battery life if it goes inside the phone hardware unlike the HD2 with its own cover.
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Totally agree, the desire HD already weighs a ton...lol we don't need any more weight added! :0s
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The battery seem to be very good I've charged it once like in two days and been using it all the time. Weight well I just think it show quality lol and noo don't get a iPhone you will be one in a million with the same phone. Lol
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I've always wanted a jailbroken iPhone for sum reason. Maybe I should just stick with the dhd for now and just wait for the next iPhone to come out next July, and see wot that's like. Hmmmm
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Battery is better then I expected but dies fast under heavy load. the text input can be laggy and difficult due to the extremely sensitive screen, just need to be near it for it to sense an input! With there being so little boarder round edge of the phone it often thinks I'm trying to do something else when I'm just trying to hold it in my big hands :S annoying when trying to type!!!!!!
The camera is a massive step up from my TP2. Haven't tried video in daylight yet, got the DHD and went straight to a wedding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=VrwYg3yHhto
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19ninety said:
Battery is better then I expected but dies fast under heavy load. the text input can be laggy and difficult due to the extremely sensitive screen, just need to be near it for it to sense an input! With there being so little boarder round edge of the phone it often thinks I'm trying to do something else when I'm just trying to hold it in my big hands :S annoying when trying to type!!!!!!
The camera is a massive step up from my TP2. Haven't tried video in daylight yet, got the DHD and went straight to a wedding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=VrwYg3yHhto
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Im totally the other way, typing is a joy, no lag at all, never touched something I didn't want to while holding it.
The camera and video are almost unusable indoors, going from light to dark, very bad, not to bad outside but still this is the biggest problem with this phone, Im hoping this can be sorted out.
All in all very pleased with it but Ill be upgrading to HTC next phone next year probably....if its any good haha
Again no one mentions the camera and video going from light to dark, very bad, I thought this would be the number 1 complaint.
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Again no one mentions the camera and video going from light to dark, very bad, I thought this would be the number 1 complaint.
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I guess it depends what you want to use it for. I have a digital slr for photos, am happy with something that takes adequate spur of the moment pics.
I've never understood taking videos, just not my thing, even dating back to when camcorders first came out. I recently had to sit thru a video of a friends 40th. They were sitting there laughing away and I was thinking to myself 'i was there, I know all this already!'.
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gibbo82 said:
I've always wanted a jailbroken iPhone for sum reason. Maybe I should just stick with the dhd for now and just wait for the next iPhone to come out next July, and see wot that's like. Hmmmm
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Having just moved from a jailbroken iPhone, if you want to customise your phone in anyway I would highly discourage anyone from the iPhone. The iPhone is a great piece of kit as long as you use it the way apple intended and no other.
Android and HTC are so much more flexible and cusomisable
Hi I've had my DHD for about 4 days and I'm happy. The battery doesn't last more than a day but I'm playing around more than I normally would so sort of expecting it.
The screen is really good and as far as pictures and videos go, they are as good as I would expect from camera phone. To expect more would be silly I feel, like one of the other posts said there are dedicated cameras if you want really good pictures.
The software could maybe do with some tweaks but I'm sure with updates they will come.
Cheers muzzy
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I haven't this phone..
What's Problem also with Sound?
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Battery life is on a par with my previous 3 devices!! Why are people going on about this. Give the phone at least a week for a few recharges to condition the battery and you will get a day's use out of it under normal use. I keep the charger by my bed and it's all set to go the next day.
My only gripe is the external speaker. Otherwise very happy

sensation xe to one x

hey dude, im a sensation xe user,now im planning to upgrade my xe to one x,anyone else did the same?and is it worth to upgrade?
how is the performance of one x?battery,gaming,heating?
ansonchan said:
hey dude, im a sensation xe user,now im planning to upgrade my xe to one x,anyone else did the same?and is it worth to upgrade?
how is the performance of one x?battery,gaming,heating?
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Search read and find out for yourself. Stop being lazy. There is a sticky were it has reviews for the phone. There is a battery stats thread were you can.check the battery life of the phone and many people have asked the same stuff you did so search for them.
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I had the sensation and was my first android or any type of smart phone, im no dummy either so it took me bugger all to learn the tricks of the trade. Sensation was def a great phone no doubt's there and the software upgrade made the phone even better from GB to ICS, but it was not perfect.
The HTC one x was a great upgrade in comparison with the battery being about the same as the sensation with all the kernel tweaks and software updates on the sensation. With that said the one x is still early so could surpass the sensation with future updates, also the standby is far better on the one x with it dropping next to no life over night its so awesome xD.
Performance wise its better by nearly two fold with the UI being more aggressive and advanced with having to run more and yet being more smooth than the sensation in the end, Games are obs better with tegra 3 but normal games are also better as well.
As far as sense goes it might be opinion dependent but i think most would agree with the 3dot removed it is by far the best thing htc have bought out with their UI layouts.
Camera is better by two fold, sound is much better, HP output much better, build quality IMO much better, the list could go on.
Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
Shekar.m1986 said:
Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
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I assume you're joking. My battery life on one x is about the same as sensation on custom ROM and kernel with Anker battery. The one x will get much better battery life over time.
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One X is the best android phone ever made
however good luck, since there is a higher chance of getting defected unit
this phone is made for gaming, battery times is amazing screen off and screen on time is limited to 4-5 hours @ max
check the mega info thread here for everything you need to know http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476788
Shekar.m1986 said:
Lolz you know i am so fedup with this phone as i am planning to switching back to Sensation until some good quality quad-core HTC devioce will come, i am selling it, maybe i suddenly find something great in One X, and postpong selling it, well the main reason is the poor battery life, i can hardly get a freedom to use my phone without having to worry about remaining battery, i have just xplore, es file explorer, opera mobile and uc browser installed, with no auto restart app or the one which runs at the background all the time, eerything else is stock apps, i know everyone has different opinions about different things, and you should explore and research more about it, un-removable and poor battery life is the one thing, then i saw some people reported it shows a lot more memory in use even if they have used a less than that, i am just planning to switch to Sensation..could have get Galaxy S3, but don't like samsung devices at all, so i am going with Sensation + 64gb card in place of this peice of crap..
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Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
gee2012 said:
Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
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No need to go to the playstore. He can get it here
Basil3 said:
I assume you're joking. My battery life on one x is about the same as sensation on custom ROM and kernel with Anker battery. The one x will get much better battery life over time.
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Well i already mentioned to OP that he should research further, as everyone has different opinions about things..so i am not doing anything wrong, consider it my personal opinion, and this isn't my first Android or HTC phone.
gee2012 said:
Install Betterbaterystats from the playstore, i guess you have some stampeding apps in the background running. How long is your screen-on-time? I get a full day easily on one charge!
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Thanx guys...i'll check it out with the apps mentioning here...i checked that before and i don't remember but it was display right at top as big battery eater..
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No need to go to the playstore. He can get it here
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im coming from the sensation myself, the htc one x is superior in many ways
i checked with betterbatterystats, i don't take my cell with me at office, so it's usually powered off for 10 hours per day, now i turned it on for 10 minutes, and exactly same is the screen on time according to betterbattery stats, and wifi is also running, so i charged it fully before turning it off, and now after 10 minutes i think it has used 7% of juice so far...what do you think?
I did the same upgrade, definitely worth it!
I owned a Sensation XE and currently own an international One X.
I loved my XE. Prior to that I had an Amaze 4g, prior to that I had the original Sensation. My XE was stock, running ICS with Sense 3.6. I noticed after the ICS update, my phone ran hotter at times (typically during web browsing). Anyhow, I am very happy with my One X. Here's why...
1) Larger screen with better viewing angles and at a higher resolution. 2) Thinner body. 3) Significantly better camera. 4) GREAT battery life.
A few cons though: 1) Slightly laggy at times (so was T Mobile's Sensation when it first was released-software updates will cure this). 2) It will get warm/hot but not as hot as my XE did after the update. 3) Non removable battery and storage (always had the option prior and hate the fact that it is no longer an option with the One series).
The screen on the XE was not all that great. Day to day use was perfectly fine, however if you were to compare both handsets side by side, you will quickly realize how awesome the screen on the One X is. Black text is closer to gray though, however I am okay with that considering the screen itself is vibrant and really sharp along with the fact that it no longer "washes out" as you tilt the screen. The angles are amazing.
As far as battery life, ICS does a hell of job with power management-one of the first things I noticed with my XE after the battery. Still, it would be great to be able to OD on your phone and simply pop in a fully charged spare which again, not an option here. My phone is on from 7 am to about 10 pm before I hit 10%. I text often, web browser frequently, FB all day, Twitter all day, Gmail, hotmail syncing every 15 mins, WiFi on the majority of the time, some YouTube. It is really quite amazing that I can do all of this stuff and confidently not worry about my phone dying on me.
The processor itself is quite the novelty. Great for more complex gaming however in day to day life, it will feel the same as the Sensation XE or any of the more recent HTC's prior to the One series.
The camera is really that great. No other HTC can touch it as far as quality. The Amaze had better quality than the Sensation and One X surpasses the Amaze when it comes to final results. Very pleased with the camera/video.
The One X is slightly wider than the XE and definitely longer (just like the One S is longer than the XE) but you get use to it quickly. If you have smaller hands though, it will be a problem.
If you get one, hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
Later
well , just have my 1X ,coming from XE
@the very first glance .. wow ! this is not a phone
it is a piece of art , and you'll realize instantly that it is a generation ahead over the sensation which has not such "impression" when compared to one year older DHD .
yup view angles completely changes the way you work with this device you can simply use from the worst possible positions lol
this the same for the weight and ergonomics never held a device that felt so elegant n refined in hand, like gf7800 its a masterpiece, you feel the future is now
the One X is just pure awesomeness if it wasn't for some of its trouble on stock software and the difficulty to acquire a flawless built one x
for example lag can be cured using root by ultra smooth sense launcher and custom kernels
also minimum clock control is a must for THD games and of course multitasking mem free values foe those who want more multi tasking

[POLL] Did u get ur One X for gaming? or to conserve power for sake of mother earth?

Sorry about the humor title, i made this thread to stop arguing in the productive kernel development threads, so please vote here!
Did you chose your Tegra 3 One X for it's gaming brute force, games that Tegra 3 was designed for like HORN, Shadowgun THD and Dead trigger, games that Nvidia aggressively pursue, like they ported unreal engine 3 and keep pushing for the usage of quad core in games, this kind of console like gaming requires the maximum out of your CPU
This is why we are endlessly trying to squeeze T3 to it's limits, we found the optimal CPU governor settings in the gaming scripts and renovate gaming boost app and pushed top kernel devs like Faux to remove the single core step which was confusing and causing lag in multicore able games
Tegra3 in its full speed on the One X will give you around 2.5 hours of non stop gaming screen on time, the good news the boost mode is easily switchable by using the renovate gaming boost app and this way you can gain more of your battery during normal use
Or non of this matter and you prefer development efforts to focus on extracting the maximum screen on battery time, even at the expense of hindering the power of this thing, you are okay with it even if it means breaking the quad core ability in the Tegra3, like in the Nvidia Glowball tech-demo (any tweaking to the quad balance will cause lag in this app, the same for many Tegra THD games )
Gladiators, begin! :laugh:
I couldn't care less about 3d games on my mobile. What I want is a sleek interface, no stutter when browsing through websites or menus and a "decent" battery life. And, the customisation options of Android.
I don't think playing 3d games on phones is feasible yet. Battery life is too much of an issue and the phone (and internet) abilities of mobile phonesbis of far superior importance to entertainment for most users.
PS: It annoys me so much that theoretically very simplistic games like xxx with friends use so much energy, though. I wish they were properly coded.
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I bought it primarily because of it's superior screen and design, and ARHD :3
Nubzori said:
I bought it primarily because of it's superior screen and design, and ARHD :3
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er its a poll about gaming vs battery lets keep it there
I didnt care about gaming before (ocassionaly some softcore angry birds gaming) but a week ago i bought virtua tennis and i must i m pretty impressed by it and i cant stop playing!
baum01 said:
I couldn't care less about 3d games on my mobile. What I want is a sleek interface, no stutter when browsing through websites or menus and a "decent" battery life. And, the customisation options of Android.
I don't think playing 3d games on phones is feasible yet. Battery life is too much of an issue and the phone (and internet) abilities of mobile phonesbis of far superior importance to entertainment for most users.
PS: It annoys me so much that theoretically very simplistic games like xxx with friends use so much energy, though. I wish they were properly coded.
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I bought a ferrari for save fuel...
The battery life is enough for me I can easily do 4.30h with 70% brightness if I don't play anything or around 3h if u play for around 1h, if you wanted a more power efficient phone there's the razr maxx or even the one xl/at&t version , there's also a lot of very small portable batteries with 3000mah for a very cheap price.... So I don't really get why people want 6h on screen, you will never use the phone for all this time if you're outside.
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Gaming no doubt. I am most of the time at home, so battery is not an issue.
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gaming as tegra is known for gaming so thats why i bought it
batna.antab said:
I bought a ferrari for save fuel...
The battery life is enough for me I can easily do 4.30h with 70% brightness if I don't play anything or around 3h if u play for around 1h, if you wanted a more power efficient phone there's the razr maxx or even the one xl/at&t version , there's also a lot of very small portable batteries with 3000mah for a very cheap price.... So I don't really get why people want 6h on screen, you will never use the phone for all this time if you're outside.
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exactly especially since the phone drains almost zero when the screen is off even with all the data connections
i mean you have crazy amount of screen off time and screen on is based on your usage
pretty damn sweet deal if you ask me
but some people are asking for kernel development like the old days, where you try to control and subdue the device performance for the sake of more battery
Tegra 3 is not like those old devices, and this logic doesn't apply, for three reasons:
1- Its a quad core, don't get a quad superphone for your emergency use!
2- no point in doing anything about screen off life, Tegra 3 has it all solved and built-in thanks to the fifth Low Power core
3- you can't customize or create your own CPU governor, Tegra 3 is very unorthodox when it comes to it's CPU control, any attempt to change CPU control ends in breaking the main quad functionally, even clock speed control is very hard to do
In other words those asking for kernel development to "tam" the quad are actually asking the kernel developer to break Tegra 3, you are better off disabling cores using a core control app or reducing clock speed using userspace governor
and finally
the main battery consumer is the screen, you gain a lot more screen time by reducing brightness than by killing Tegra 3
and those voting for i don't mind balance between the two
do you cry if Nova3 runs laggy on your One X?
Lol i really dont mind how long the battery lasts as i carry my charger anywhere! I love ragging the F**K outta it for gaming! :silly:
baum01 said:
I couldn't care less about 3d games on my mobile. What I want is a sleek interface, no stutter when browsing through websites or menus and a "decent" battery life. And, the customisation options of Android.
I don't think playing 3d games on phones is feasible yet. Battery life is too much of an issue and the phone (and internet) abilities of mobile phonesbis of far superior importance to entertainment for most users.
PS: It annoys me so much that theoretically very simplistic games like xxx with friends use so much energy, though. I wish they were properly coded.
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+1 and infinity.
If I really wanted to and had the time to focus on playing games I would have bought a PS Vita or something. Would have been better (since its also a game pad) and much cheaper too.
Buying a device that's meant to be primarily used for web, communication and general multitasking is a rather ridiculous idea if you want to kill it with games.
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This isn't fair fight
The thread is a one way explanation for phone..
This phone is much more then a cpu..
It's a beautiful screen..
A lovely camera
Somewhat mediocre but comparatively good music
Awesome build quality
And superb speed and power
So the phone is not just for gaming, it's d best camera phone with authentic sound, screen..
Thus only seeing gaming part of it isnt fair.
Again it's only my opinion and what way most of people look at this phone.
And before u say I should have bought one xl then it is not available in my country and I wanted to upgrade from my sgs2 so dual core»quad core should be..
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geko95gek said:
+1 and infinity.
If I really wanted to and had the time to focus on playing games I would have bought a PS Vita or something. Would have been better (since its also a game pad) and much cheaper too.
Buying a device that's meant to be primarily used for web, communication and general multitasking is a rather ridiculous idea if you want to kill it with games.
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So why did you buy the tegra 3 version?
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geko95gek said:
+1 and infinity.
If I really wanted to and had the time to focus on playing games I would have bought a PS Vita or something. Would have been better (since its also a game pad) and much cheaper too.
Buying a device that's meant to be primarily used for web, communication and general multitasking is a rather ridiculous idea if you want to kill it with games.
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how r we killing it?
with the very maximum and most technically advanced game around (Horn, unreal engine 3), with full CPU boost and the fastest kernel, battery heat around 50c and you get 2.5 hours of screen on time with brightness @25%
i doubt any vita will do better, i know iPhone 4s can die in two hours on infinity blade!
now if you don't push it, it won't spend it very simple equation!
sumeshd said:
This isn't fair fight
The thread is a one way explanation for phone..
This phone is much more then a cpu..
It's a beautiful screen..
A lovely camera
Somewhat mediocre but comparatively good music
Awesome build quality
And superb speed and power
So the phone is not just for gaming, it's d best camera phone with authentic sound, screen..
Thus only seeing gaming part of it isnt fair.
Again it's only my opinion and what way most of people look at this phone.
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i agree on all +1
but this very thread is specifically discussing gaming vs battery
you are not concerned stay out of it or choose a medium vote
I think balance is more important.
Installed a lot of games when I just got my HOX, but have been uninstalling them one by one cause they drain my battery too fast. 1-2 hrs of gaming on the phone and I need to be prepared to say bye bye to my battery
sumeshd said:
This isn't fair fight
The thread is a one way explanation for phone..
This phone is much more then a cpu..
It's a beautiful screen..
A lovely camera
Somewhat mediocre but comparatively good music
Awesome build quality
And superb speed and power
So the phone is not just for gaming, it's d best camera phone with authentic sound, screen..
Thus only seeing gaming part of it isnt fair.
Again it's only my opinion and what way most of people look at this phone.
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Lol the sound quality one the one x is awful... But again there's the s4 version for who want a better battery Life and don't like ti play vg
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batna.antab said:
Lol the sound quality one the one x is awful... But again there's the s4 version for who want a better battery Life and don't like ti play vg
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I edited my post before ur rply..lol
I knew tat ws coming and sound quality as I said is mediocre but it's better than sgs2 or iPhone or something.. imo
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sumeshd said:
I edited my post before ur rply..lol
I knew tat ws coming and sound quality as I said is mediocre but it's better than sgs2 or iPhone or something.. imo
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OT OT OT, Out!!!!!!!!!!

i got my one X

hi guys after my annoying nokia finally i get my One X
now i wanna know what i must do for battery?
this phone is amazing i pay about 1,115$ in Turkey
i dont wanna root it cause i buy my phone 2 days ago so dont wanna lose my guarentee
and Core Control app running but i cant shut off or on core's its still working on 4x core
and my wifi works fine but my modem sucks...
really i need some comments from One X users
thanks
bullx said:
hi guys after my annoying nokia finally i get my One X
now i wanna know what i must do for battery?
this phone is amazing i pay about 1,115$ in Turkey
i dont wanna root it cause i buy my phone 2 days ago so dont wanna lose my guarentee
and Core Control app running but i cant shut off or on core's its still working on 4x core
and my wifi works fine but my modem sucks...
really i need some comments from One X users
thanks
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This doesn't really make sense?
Are you asking a question?
Or telling us something?
For the battery, not much you can do could try getting an App such as Juice defender but alot of the time they chew more battery than they save.
For your router, buy a new one?
For a quicker browser experience I would try Opera
Hope I helped.
Congratulation, although I don't consider Nokia as a bad brand and actually I fell Nokia is more like a RIM and focused towards business users.
About your wifi, if the signal is consistent than perhaps like you said, it's your router fault.
Also, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392 (You better start from last pages).
Also, you need to be aware roots app won't work without it. For the core controlling wait Jelly beans it seems HTC had a similar app already bundled with it.
Good Luck
I just wanna know did u guys have any suggestion for me? And im using juice defender but i need a good program for closing apps on ram... On task manager i need to close programs one by one...
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bullx said:
I just wanna know did u guys have any suggestion for me? And im using juice defender but i need a good program for closing apps on ram... On task manager i need to close programs one by one...
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Hi Sir, to kill all just click Stop All..
Thank You
Phone's wifi works better then my pc i plan root my device about 1 or 2 months later....
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1115$ Turkish lira?
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Turkish Prices
mafia187 said:
1115$ Turkish lira?
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1115$ = 2000 Turkish Lira and its very much. Smartphones at turkey is almost twice as expensive as usa or uk(thanks to taxes). As a turkish person I always buy smartphones from non-gsm and trustworthy places:good:
bullx said:
hi guys after my annoying nokia finally i get my One X
now i wanna know what i must do for battery?
this phone is amazing i pay about 1,115$ in Turkey
i dont wanna root it cause i buy my phone 2 days ago so dont wanna lose my guarentee
and Core Control app running but i cant shut off or on core's its still working on 4x core
and my wifi works fine but my modem sucks...
really i need some comments from One X users
thanks
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You should have waited for one x+
Yea taxes very high here and my phone old phone damaged so i need one emerc.
Then i buy this
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Hayırlı olsun.
For the battery, there are some simple thing you can do; but first you have to clarify what you mean by "what to do with the battery"?
Do you wanna treat it well to have a long lasting battery over months/years, or do you want to use it economically so that you can have a longer battery life for every re-charge.
The first one is easy. Never let it shut down due to no power, always re-charge before %10; and charge it more frequently during the day, not draining it all and recharging back to %100.
The second one is tweaky and after years, I've lost my faith since the time wasted to learn and use that battery saving stuff and also the brain damage, is not worth it. totally my own opinion.
Just try to use Wi-Fi is you're at home or at work for long periods, swtich to 2G during those times, lower the screen brightness as much as you can and shut down vibration where possible.
One thing though, as the word spread about HTC OneX+ arriving, most of the sellers have reduced the price for One X, around 1600TL (which is roughly $880). Did you but it from 2000 TL recently? If yes, that should better be bought on an agreement with Turkcell, if not then you paid a little more =)
Agree with all the battery advice above. This is good information.
Would also add to steer clear of task killers/ managers. Your phone will manage apps itself (though I know a lot of people think it is a bit aggressive on the one x). If you are constantly going in to shut down apps, your battery life will actually take a hit. Just leave it to settle down and do its thing.
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Armenian here Speak turkish fluently, Parents from istambul also.
I have two HOX's both international, One is in repair, my backup though is wonderful when it comes to battery life, I also agree those battery savers, and task managers really dont do anything in my opinion, its more trouble then its worth. My HOX thats in repair didnt do very well with battery, its rooted and all, but battery really sucked, but when I get it back I'm going to do a bit of digging. My backup is amazing, currently 14 hours and still have 63% battery life, and I have really done nothing with the brightness or anything like that. The battery will really depend on your usage. If your going to play alot of games expect the battery to drain rather quickly especially with 4 cores. I dont play many games really, and heavily mainly talk, text, and play games maybe 3 or 4 times a month. From what I've seen, the battery doesnt take too much of a hit until you go past roughly 15 mins of playing an intense game, at which point the cores start to heat up and the constant screen being on which drains the battery quicker.
Also I would suggest dont use too many apps that sync in the background, thats another battery killer. And as great as live wallpaper might be, thats another one that drains it. If you use data as someone said try not to and use the wifi, I dont use data ever and have shut it down and just use wifi.
But based on my two Hox's I have to say I think build quality of the phone has a big part to play in the battery life, but I am going to do more testing on this once I get back my other phone from repair.
it's not istambul dude, it's istanbul. don't get anyone frustrated
thekillingroad said:
it's not istambul dude, it's istanbul. don't get anyone frustrated
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Proper nouns are capitalised: Istanbul (or İstanbul).
atrako1973 said:
You should have waited for one x+
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This, I would have done exactly that if I was to buy a hox at this time. Though I got mine a few weeks before they announced the hox+ and now I am stuck with a 2 year contract with t-mobile. 56,- euros a month and all I get is shítty internet and no connection around my school. Yay :victory:
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i started save my battery so problem looks like fixed now trying finish my battery its still have %28 power
now i started scare about not waited for one X+ but i read somewhere X+ have actually same benchmark points with S3
after nokia E-71 this phone amazing... i can do anything i can imagine... its like little PC with more functions
brose speed amazing... its goint to be heat when i use but its not annoying... i installed samsung's whistle sound for Notifications
now planning install few games and enjoy the Tegra 3
funniest thing i have some people trying compare their iphone 4 or 4s with my phone... :laugh:
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Battery life on android is way below the performance on symbian. But you have much more flexibility and apps on android then symbian.
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biggiebro said:
Battery life on android is way below the performance on symbian. But you have much more flexibility and apps on android then symbian.
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You remind me the good old time with my Nokia phones (big like a brick) that could last 1 week with one single charge :angel:
Killing apps to "free RAM" (why do you need it free?!?) and preserving battery are two mutually exclusive things. My advice is to stay away from any automated task managers and accept the fact that the only way to preserve battery is to use your phone less.
BTW you could've come to Bulgaria to buy the phone - it would've cost you much less
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Does the One V meet [most of] my needs?

Okay, so here are my needs for a phone:
-Able to handle lots of SMS, MMS, Google Talk and Facebook Messaging, at home and on the go
-Stream music in the background as I do everything I do on the phone
-Fluid Multitasking
-At least 12 hours of battery life with moderate use.
-Decent enough gaming to keep me entertained in waiting rooms
Does the HTC One V fall short in any of these categories? If so, which? Thanks in advance!!
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I'll try to answer those based on my recent experience with the one V:
I have had this phone for 24 hours now, most of that time was spent using CM10. I have switched from SGS3 (yes, really) to this. I am absolutely amazed by the battery life of this sucker. 95 to 22% with 4.5 screen on time. The brightness was fixed at 20% because that was more than enough for my indoor usage. Compared to SGS3, this should keep up for heavy messaging usage.
Multitasking is bit of a mixed bag. I am pretty sure you will not be impressed with multitasking south stock ROM with SENSE. At one point bouncing around apps, it took me little more than 10 seconds to load my text messages after the app itself was launched. That is unacceptable, especially when I had less than 50 text messages at the time. After switching up to CM10, the multitasking became much more fluid. Heavy apps like facebook reloads itself but going around twitter, tapatalk and text messaging was a breeze (less than one second during switch).
Streaming Google music is no problem for me.
With the past about battery life from before and the fact that my battery only drained by about 4% overnight, I would say that it should last an 12hours of moderate usage.
Couple things to note. Keyboard responsiveness is noticeably lower than SGS3 (both running 4.2 keyboard). The haptic feedback quality is also notable because the one v uses traditional vibration motor, meaning soft vibrations just doesn't get triggered.
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If u install a custom ROM yes it meets all the needs although heavy multitasking can be a problem
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cybervibin said:
If u install a custom ROM yes it meets all the needs although heavy multitasking can be a problem
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Wow! These posts really helped me out. Thanks!
Yes, I would definitely be on CM10 when I buy the phone.
Now I would like to ask:
What ROM does everyone use??
nk_blu said:
I'll try to answer those based on my recent experience with the one V:
I have had this phone for 24 hours now, most of that time was spent using CM10. I have switched from SGS3 (yes, really) to this. I am absolutely amazed by the battery life of this sucker. 95 to 22% with 4.5 screen on time. The brightness was fixed at 20% because that was more than enough for my indoor usage. Compared to SGS3, this should keep up for heavy messaging usage.
Multitasking is bit of a mixed bag. I am pretty sure you will not be impressed with multitasking south stock ROM with SENSE. At one point bouncing around apps, it took me little more than 10 seconds to load my text messages after the app itself was launched. That is unacceptable, especially when I had less than 50 text messages at the time. After switching up to CM10, the multitasking became much more fluid. Heavy apps like facebook reloads itself but going around twitter, tapatalk and text messaging was a breeze (less than one second during switch).
Streaming Google music is no problem for me.
With the past about battery life from before and the fact that my battery only drained by about 4% overnight, I would say that it should last an 12hours of moderate usage.
Couple things to note. Keyboard responsiveness is noticeably lower than SGS3 (both running 4.2 keyboard). The haptic feedback quality is also notable because the one v uses traditional vibration motor, meaning soft vibrations just doesn't get triggered.
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Best rom questions are prohibited although u can refer this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953690
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I would say, that all your needs are being covered, even with the stock ROM. I would recommend a Sense based ROM, and judging by your feature-wishes, staying with the stock may be the most stable/best option. Sense is extremly well integrated and comes with a lot of apps, that you otherwise must purchase/download. I find it a very satisfying experience (though, all I can compare it to is the Galaxy S3, which suxx if judged by the apps, Samsung offers).
Extreme multitasking, however, is relative. What is extreme? Remember, that you got 512MB of RAM only. And this is very small. But it's enough to have running some apps, and maybe the one or other game at once. If you play a game, that is heavy on resources, than the launcher will be temporarily disables, but it comes back quick, at least on stock.
zmix said:
I would say, that all your needs are being covered, even with the stock ROM. I would recommend a Sense based ROM, and judging by your feature-wishes, staying with the stock may be the most stable/best option. Sense is extremly well integrated and comes with a lot of apps, that you otherwise must purchase/download. I find it a very satisfying experience (though, all I can compare it to is the Galaxy S3, which suxx if judged by the apps, Samsung offers).
Extreme multitasking, however, is relative. What is extreme? Remember, that you got 512MB of RAM only. And this is very small. But it's enough to have running some apps, and maybe the one or other game at once. If you play a game, that is heavy on resources, than the launcher will be temporarily disables, but it comes back quick, at least on stock.
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Sorry, I was unclear.
By "multitasking" I meant streaming Pandora while switching between text messaging and games (such as Angry Birds). Or quickly needing to Google something somewhere in between there.
Encerspay said:
Sorry, I was unclear.
By "multitasking" I meant streaming Pandora while switching between text messaging and games (such as Angry Birds). Or quickly needing to Google something somewhere in between there.
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There is a heavy multitasking and normal
When the game uses a lot of ram and u switch it may restart
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This phone on stock rom does not perform well AT ALL during multitasking. Going to home and then loading messages is a pain..... App loads but it's blank till 5 seconds later
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Yeah....you have to try a Rom which speed up the phone a lot......there are lots of roms in the dev section just try em and see which one is good for you ....
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Encerspay said:
Sorry, I was unclear.
By "multitasking" I meant streaming Pandora while switching between text messaging and games (such as Angry Birds). Or quickly needing to Google something somewhere in between there.
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Hmmm, I don't use Pandora (EU), so I can't say, but it seems to me, that playing a game (which has sound) and listening to Pandora at the same time (it has sound, too) may be a bit counter productive. But since a streaming radio does not need much power, it won't interfere with the rest of your system. Text messaging is also easy games. Not much processing power needed here. In combination with a streaming audio client I see no problem.
Gaming, however, is -> always <- another world. It's where consumer PCs start to cost a lot of money and the same is true for mobiles. For games you can never have enough graphic power, cpu power, disk speed and RAM. Now obviously we're talking about a different kind of breed of games and a relativley small screen size on the One V, but if you want to play high end 3D games, you may experience the one or other slow downs. Oh, and such games just will just throw out all other games from memory. For example, there is a 3D space exploration / dog fight game names "Dangerous": forget about it Also for many games control is pretty ugly on a mobile device, at least as long you don't have a dedicated game pad.
But the typical mobile games, like Angry Birds, different kinds of console emulators, puzzles, 2D (or light 3D) action does not pose a problem. Multitasking, however, is the first thing you lose when playing any game, they want a lot of RAM.
All in all, the One V may well suit you. My personal grief with it is the lack of a compass, some other sensors would have been nice and the screen is a tad too small (though I prefer mobiles, that you can handle single handedly). And, the most obvious problem is, that RAM is a bit on the low side. An Android device should at least have 768MB, IMO, better 1GB, and a 2GB of flash disk. But besides that, you get an aluminium case, that fits into your jeans pocket, does not crack if you sit on it, has a very nice UI, is easy to use, has an sdcard slot, has a screen, that is above the average in image quality (sharp, no pixeliziation, good to read) , and is, overall, a sympathic little friend, that gets all of the jobs done (except magnetometer/compass and some other sensors, which I would have liked)
I also listen to internet radio. There are many rock-stable custom roms to choose from. Especially if gou want to play an high end game.
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