My new friend - HTC HD

dr.faramroze · 6th April 2010, 14:42

My HTC Touch HD (Blackstone) is running latest WM 6.1 1.59.707.09 RUU. I am very happy with the performance, resolution, FTouchflo SL, heap memory, page pool, and above all, responsiveness. I am thinking of Hard SPL with Maryone ROM 6.5 with HTC Sense UI.

Google maps v4 works well with the T8282.

Rocky_Balboa · 29th April 2010, 11:42

I was shocked to see my 10 month old TD2, develop number of dead pixels. About 10 of them are closely packed, within 5mm area, and the rest (about 20-30) scattered with many being single pixels. They look to appear dull black or dull green in color.

This happened all off a sudden (no prior warnings, nothing hehe). I ran JScreenFix to check if the pixels were just stuck, but they werent.

Tried calling up TVS-E, only to hear they dont service HTC mobiles anymore. Trying to talk to Salora and Avez, for the LCD replacement.

HappyWheels · 29th April 2010, 11:51

My God!

I hope you get it rectified. Am hoping that I do not have to walk that path, since I have read many horror stories about HTC service at India.

Would closely watch your experience, Rocky.

bantejas · 29th April 2010, 12:08

Happywheels! congrats on the buy! it's a great phone!

.. I got myself nokia n900

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Rocky_Balboa · 29th April 2010, 13:26

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Originally Posted by HappyWheels

My God!

I hope you get it rectified. Am hoping that I do not have to walk that path, since I have read many horror stories about HTC service at India.

Would closely watch your experience, Rocky.

Yeah Suresh, there arent many options when it comes to servicing in India!

Spoke to 'Ovez Communications' and was told I am lucky the phone is still under warranty. The LCD display costs Rs 4251 and should be available on Monday. I am going there in person and gonna wait the entire day, to get the phone serviced.

HappyWheels · 29th April 2010, 13:47

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Originally Posted by bantejas

... I got myself nokia n900

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Congrats Tejas!

And yes, it is great phone. Hope it stays that way!

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Originally Posted by Rocky_Balboa

Yeah Suresh, there arent many options when it comes to servicing in India!

Spoke to 'Ovez Communications' and was told I am lucky the phone is still under warranty. The LCD display costs Rs 4251 and should be available on Monday. I am going there in person and gonna wait the entire day, to get the phone serviced.

Rocky,

Good to know that the part will be there shortly. And even better that you have decided to be there in person to get the work done.

Rocky_Balboa · 10th May 2010, 14:08

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Originally Posted by HappyWheels

Rocky,

Good to know that the part will be there shortly. And even better that you have decided to be there in person to get the work done.

The spare arrival was delayed and I had to wait till Saturday to get this done. Went to Ovez Communications on Saturday but it took them about 20 mins to reconfirm, they had the spare.

Took them a couple of hours to replace the LCD panel and absolutely free of cost (no service charge and I had 1 1/2 months of warranty left).

Didnt even charge me a paisa, although they had no clues on the warranty of the new LCD panel. TD2 is back and all izzz well

Would recommend this service centre, employing this very-informed girl sitting at the front desk.

HappyWheels · 10th May 2010, 15:15

Good to know all izzz well now!

And thanks for the recommendation.

revtech · 24th May 2010, 22:31

i know this is a thread dedicated for the HTC touch HD but i plan on getting the touch 3G any advice or sugestions would be appreciated

vikram_d · 25th May 2010, 08:35

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Originally Posted by revtech

i know this is a thread dedicated for the HTC touch HD but i plan on getting the touch 3G any advice or sugestions would be appreciated

The Touch 3G is a decent phone but I personally find the screen too small. My brother has one. It is quite slow and hangs quite often with the stock ROM. I have upgradede the ROM on his phone to Win 6.5. With this ROM it is much more stable but still slow. Need to find a better ROM for it which has both speed and stability.

This is my personal opinion. I would recommend that you first see if you can gain access to a functioning demo phone and then see if you like it and then decide.

revtech · 25th May 2010, 19:56

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Originally Posted by vikram_d

The Touch 3G is a decent phone but I personally find the screen too small. My brother has one. It is quite slow and hangs quite often with the stock ROM. I have upgradede the ROM on his phone to Win 6.5. With this ROM it is much more stable but still slow. Need to find a better ROM for it which has both speed and stability.

This is my personal opinion. I would recommend that you first see if you can gain access to a functioning demo phone and then see if you like it and then decide.

thanx.will look into it.i jus found out that the 3G doesn have a 3.5mm jack.so its out cause i def need that.looking at the touch 2 now.

any feedback on that ?

revtech · 25th May 2010, 23:22

how is android as compared to windows mobile ?

dr.faramroze · 26th May 2010, 01:46

Android os is not as lively as wm. Thousands of 3rd party software available for wm. Android eclair has to travel a bit this year.

revtech · 27th May 2010, 02:32

i was reading up a bit and though fairly new it seems to have secured a decent share in the market and a lot of manufacturers are interested in using android instead of WM.it also is said to be more stable than WM.

any one here used android ?

vikram_d · 27th May 2010, 11:41

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Originally Posted by revtech

how is android as compared to windows mobile ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by revtech

i was reading up a bit and though fairly new it seems to have secured a decent share in the market and a lot of manufacturers are interested in using android instead of WM.it also is said to be more stable than WM.

any one here used android ?

Andriod is a decent OS. But it still has a long way to go to catch up wih WM or even iPhone OS. As long as as stability is concerned it is pretty stable in stock form. But once you start adding other apps to it the stability goes out of the window which is the case with pretty much every OS out there. The reason it is capturing market share is that it is open source and this helps in developers creating virtually every type of software for it. So you can expect a huge number of custom apps for it in a really short time.

I personally would wait till the next version of Android comes out with more stuff buit in that is needed on a smart phone. But this is my opinion only.

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dr.faramroze BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Valsad/Mumbai Posts: 157 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	My HTC Touch HD (Blackstone) is running latest WM 6.1 1.59.707.09 RUU. I am very happy with the performance, resolution, FTouchflo SL, heap memory, page pool, and above all, responsiveness. I am thinking of Hard SPL with Maryone ROM 6.5 with HTC Sense UI. Google maps v4 works well with the T8282.
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29th April 2010, 11:42	#152
Rocky_Balboa BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Namma Bengalooru Posts: 676 Thanked: 358 Times View My Garage	I was shocked to see my 10 month old TD2, develop number of dead pixels. About 10 of them are closely packed, within 5mm area, and the rest (about 20-30) scattered with many being single pixels. They look to appear dull black or dull green in color. This happened all off a sudden (no prior warnings, nothing hehe). I ran JScreenFix to check if the pixels were just stuck, but they werent. Tried calling up TVS-E, only to hear they dont service HTC mobiles anymore. Trying to talk to Salora and Avez, for the LCD replacement. Last edited by Rocky_Balboa : 29th April 2010 at 11:45.
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29th April 2010, 11:51	#153
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	My God! I hope you get it rectified. Am hoping that I do not have to walk that path, since I have read many horror stories about HTC service at India. Would closely watch your experience, Rocky.
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29th April 2010, 12:08	#154
bantejas BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 273 Thanked: 30 Times	Happywheels! congrats on the buy! it's a great phone! .. I got myself nokia n900 .
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10th May 2010, 15:15	#158
HappyWheels Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 4,106 Thanked: 537 Times	Good to know all izzz well now! And thanks for the recommendation.
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24th May 2010, 22:31	#159
revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	i know this is a thread dedicated for the HTC touch HD but i plan on getting the touch 3G any advice or sugestions would be appreciated
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25th May 2010, 23:22	#162
revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	how is android as compared to windows mobile ?
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26th May 2010, 01:46	#163
dr.faramroze BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Valsad/Mumbai Posts: 157 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	Android os is not as lively as wm. Thousands of 3rd party software available for wm. Android eclair has to travel a bit this year.
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27th May 2010, 02:32	#164
revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	i was reading up a bit and though fairly new it seems to have secured a decent share in the market and a lot of manufacturers are interested in using android instead of WM.it also is said to be more stable than WM. any one here used android ?
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