HTC Desire HD (Ace)

Rytz · 10 Nov 2010 at 23:47

TheOtherOption said:
The guys at the tmobile shop said they couldn't help me directly re: my DHD order but that they are expecting stock tomorrow (hopefully) so I shall head there after work and see if they got any DHDs!

I wish you luck with that! I have been getting "It will be here on our next Delivery day" for a while now, the guys in my local T-mobile stores recognise me now so I do not even have to queue to ask about it, they just tell me they will call me when it comes in stock. I will be heading to T-Mobile again tomorrow, Thursday is their delivery day! I am not holding my breath though

twistedheat said:
T-mobile are being very strange.

I ordered my phone at 11a.m on Monday, and received it at 10a.m yesterday. Regular user, £25/mo contract. New user, not upgrade.

How can I receive mine in less than 24 hours, and you're waiting a month?

That will make a nice phone call with T-mobile in the morning! I am sure they will just deny it though

deadite66 · 10 Nov 2010 at 23:50

personally i'm going to wait before perm-rooting my DHD, why rush until decent recovery and roms are out.
let the lemmings work the bugs (and bricks) out.

The_Biggles · 10 Nov 2010 at 23:54

You have passed our initial security check and your order is ready for processing however your HTC Desire HD is not in stock at the moment.

We expect it to be available again within 10-15 working days, so we are going to temporarily hold-off from processing your credit check until it is back in stock.

www.BuyMobilePhones.net

Boo hoo

£25 pm. 24 month. 600 mins, unltd texts, 500mg. £29.99. Ok i guess.

rogueblade · 11 Nov 2010 at 00:45

TheOtherOption said:
Raises hand ... am hoping my local store gets some in tomorrow!!

Wait, if I'm expecting a delivery can I just go check my local store and see if it's in stock and have it given to me there?

SqualidChimp · 11 Nov 2010 at 00:47

mine arrives at some point tomorrow ... i feel like a kid waiting on christmas morning :]

my package was free phone, 900mins, 500txt, 1qb data, 30pm. 6 mnths free line rental from mobiles.co.uk

AHarvey · 11 Nov 2010 at 02:24

I am currently with Tmobile with my G1, xx mins, unlimited txts and internet for £35 a month, was hoping to get the HD for £30 a month on a similar contract but website says minimum of £40.

Anyone know anywhere to get a similar deal? Never upgraded phones before so not sure on the processes.

Trifid · 11 Nov 2010 at 07:01

madindehead said:
As far as I know, Paul over at Modaco, will be updating VISIONary so that it perma-roots your Desire HD. Should be coming out soon I hope!

I'm not overly sure of the complications of it, but it doesn't turn security off.

# Note: this does NOT rewrite your hboot - you will need to do this manually to get S-OFF.

Edit: The warning from XDA.

ainmosni said:
To clarify a few things. VISIONary won't flash your HBOOT. Paul chose not to do this because this is a VERY dangerous operation which can brick your phone, we can thank HTC for making this necessary. Flashing HBOOT is only needed to flash the recovery/new roms in the future, it's not needed for permaroot. BE VERY CAREFUL with the 'dd' command, if this writes something and it goes wrong or if it writes the wrong thing, your bootloader is gone and your phone will be bricked.

madindehead · 11 Nov 2010 at 07:49

Yeah, I knew it didn't rewrite your HBOOT

I just used the gscript method to root it. Very fast and easy. There is a good tutorial in a pdf over there. You download a zip archive.

But obviously, read, read and READ! This is the thread here

Talbs13 · 11 Nov 2010 at 08:14

Robboftw said:
Obviously lies.

Idiot. How am I lying. I shall prove it you idiot. Why do I need to lie? I have a massive £25 discount on 3 Monthly Contracts.

So pathetic you are.

Trifid · 11 Nov 2010 at 08:51

madindehead said:
Yeah, I knew it didn't rewrite your HBOOT I just used the gscript method to root it. Very fast and easy. There is a good tutorial in a pdf over there. You download a zip archive.

But obviously, read, read and READ! This is the thread here

I used the PDF guide with gscript too. It was very easy to do, but make sure your read it, double check and then triple check.

Robbo · 11 Nov 2010 at 09:06

Talbs13 said:
Idiot. How am I lying. I shall prove it you idiot. Why do I need to lie? I have a massive £25 discount on 3 Monthly Contracts.

So pathetic you are.

I was joking, calm down

Seems extremely cheap though, even if you have 3 contracts.

TheOtherOption · 11 Nov 2010 at 09:14

rogueblade said:
Wait, if I'm expecting a delivery can I just go check my local store and see if it's in stock and have it given to me there?

I'm not 100% sure whether they can give you one - I doubt it actually, but the guy said if they get some in today that they could cancel my upgrade and put it through again in store and thus I walk away with a DHD there and then ...

I'm certainly not holding my breath about them actually getting any in - first come first served basis so by the time I get there after work :/

rogueblade · 11 Nov 2010 at 09:33

http://gigaom.com/mobile/restoggle-enable-your-android-phones-hi-res-mode/

Robbo · 11 Nov 2010 at 09:36

TheOtherOption said:
I'm certainly not holding my breath about them actually getting any in - first come first served basis so by the time I get there after work :/

*cough* Did you forget your dentist appointment again? :rolleyes:

Prophet · 11 Nov 2010 at 09:52

Talbs13 said:
So pathetic you are.

Sorry, had to laugh.

You sound like Yoda

Back on topic.

If you root the phone can you restore everything (apps, contacts, settings etc) I've got mine almost how I want it but would like to look at some ROM's once they're out and tested.

ThePope · 11 Nov 2010 at 10:19

Got it and love it, only issue is I have is I put my orange sim into it to copy contacts etc over and mess about with it/use net. Put Voda sim in and the sim wasn't active. Swapped back to Orange sim and now it wont connect to the net at all via 3g etc

Talbs13 · 11 Nov 2010 at 11:13

I mean 3 Mobile, not 3 mobile phone contracts. :confused:

Robbo · 11 Nov 2010 at 11:26

Talbs13 said:
I mean 3 Mobile, not 3 mobile phone contracts.

Why do you get such a large discount then?

mcwildcard · 11 Nov 2010 at 11:28

AHarvey said:
I am currently with Tmobile with my G1, xx mins, unlimited txts and internet for £35 a month, was hoping to get the HD for £30 a month on a similar contract but website says minimum of £40.

Anyone know anywhere to get a similar deal? Never upgraded phones before so not sure on the processes.

I think you can do upgrades through e2save, but I've no idea how it works.
If you do go that route, you can get £80 cashback via quidco.

Bassmansam · 11 Nov 2010 at 12:02

How much are people paying to insure this per month?