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Gingerbread is here for the Desire HD
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rwould
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“I stand by the fact that I think it's misleading as it's not an official release at all, in fact the rom isn't even stable or ready for proper use.”

How on earth can it be misleading when it is available?

Especially when another forum member has posted up that they are using it. It is quite clear from the post that it is not the official update, but plenty of people are willing to use it. That does not mean you have to.

It is not the OP's fault that you read something in to the title that was not there.
Thine Wonk
13-03-2011
It's not an official release, it's a leaked test version that isn't recommended for most users. Only for devs or geeks, it's no good for most people and it's not been released or pushed out by HTC.
BOOTHY2905
13-03-2011
All this banter aside. Has anyone used it and does it work, I'm interested in using it but unsure of what to do if it screws my phone up and IF it can be reverted back to a working phone.

Anyone care to comment and I would really appreciate it greatly.
Stiggles
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by BOOTHY2905:
“All this banter aside. Has anyone used it and does it work, I'm interested in using it but unsure of what to do if it screws my phone up and IF it can be reverted back to a working phone.

Anyone care to comment and I would really appreciate it greatly.”

I haven't used the actual test version leaked from HTC but i have and am using a custom ROM based on the leaked version.

Its very good and worth doing if you like flashing your phone.

Contrary to popular belief, flashing does not screw your warranty. Simply flash the official rom back and voilą, back to normal.

Ive been flashing various android phones for years and even back to old WinMo 6.0 and never had an issue with warranty's.
pi r squared
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Contrary to popular belief, flashing does not screw your warranty. Simply flash the official rom back and voilą, back to normal.”

That's akin to saying leaving your car unlocked does not invalidate your car insurance policy, just don't tell the insurance people you left it unlocked. It's poor advice to completely ignore the dangers of flashing, even if they are miniscule.

It's all well and good saying "just flash it back", but if something screws up the bootloader or prevents you from booting into Android, how would you propose somebody did this? Again, it's unlikely, but not impossible. I installed one update of the GingerVillain ROM that just made me phone sit at the "HTC" screen indefinitely - it simply wouldn't boot. Fortunately I could force it into recovery mode and install a different ROM from a zip on my SD Card, but if something happened to the bootloader I couldn't even do that.
Thine Wonk
13-03-2011
And lets face it, for the sake of having it 4 weeks early or something is it worth it? especially for a test rom.

I'd rather wait until Gingerbread released for the Desire HD properly which won't be long and I'd ignore these pointless threads with misleading titles telling you nothing new as you've been able to put gingerbread on a custom rom on the DHD for months anyway.
Red Arrow
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“And lets face it, for the sake of having it 4 weeks early or something is it worth it? especially for a test rom.

I'd rather wait until Gingerbread released for the Desire HD properly which won't be long and I'd ignore these pointless threads with misleading titles telling you nothing new as you've been able to put gingerbread on a custom rom on the DHD for months anyway.”

So why don't you take your own advice then instead of turning this thread into something else?

To anyone now using this on a Desire HD, has the battery life improved in anyway?
Stiggles
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by pi r squared:
“That's akin to saying leaving your car unlocked does not invalidate your car insurance policy, just don't tell the insurance people you left it unlocked. It's poor advice to completely ignore the dangers of flashing, even if they are miniscule.

It's all well and good saying "just flash it back", but if something screws up the bootloader or prevents you from booting into Android, how would you propose somebody did this? Again, it's unlikely, but not impossible. I installed one update of the GingerVillain ROM that just made me phone sit at the "HTC" screen indefinitely - it simply wouldn't boot. Fortunately I could force it into recovery mode and install a different ROM from a zip on my SD Card, but if something happened to the bootloader I couldn't even do that.”

I never said to ignore the dangers. The rom we are talking about is a test rom from htc so its official and will more than likely be the RC version anyway.

For people who enjoy flashing the risks are worth it and to be honest, bricking any device is actually really hard to do.

As for bootloader issues, they can pretty much always be sorted.
Stiggles
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“And lets face it, for the sake of having it 4 weeks early or something is it worth it? especially for a test rom.

I'd rather wait until Gingerbread released for the Desire HD properly which won't be long and I'd ignore these pointless threads with misleading titles telling you nothing new as you've been able to put gingerbread on a custom rom on the DHD for months anyway.”

Right ok, we get it. Its pointless and misleading to you. Fine.

We don't think so and would like to discuss the rom without having to answer this kind of post every day.

Gingerbread IS available should you fancy flashing it. For the sake of 10mins to backup your existing rom and flash this one to see whats coming, yes. Yes it is.
pi r squared
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“I never said to ignore the dangers.”

No, but you did say flashing "doesn't screw your warranty", which it does - it's just you will probably be able to hand the phone back in such a way that they cannot tell. It's the software equivalent of resticking a "WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED" label back on after you've removed it.
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“The rom we are talking about is a test rom from htc so its official and will more than likely be the RC version anyway.”

Your definition of "official" must be different from mine, because "test ROM" and "release candidate" don't go together with "official" in my world.

I do agree though that bricking your phone is very tricky. Through all the pages and pages of related material I have read (and it's a LOT), I've only ever read of one person bricking their phone. And he could have been lying, or just had a broken phone.
Thine Wonk
13-03-2011
Gingerbread is no more here than it was months ago when you could have put it on the DHD, that's the joke in this thread. The fact it people are waiting for the release imminently and then somebody pipes up saying it's here, when it's only a leaked test rom.

If you wanted a test rom then that's no news at all as they are already available and have been for months.

Anyway I think I've made my point.
Stiggles
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“Gingerbread is no more here than it was months ago when you could have put it on the DHD, that's the joke in this thread. The fact it people are waiting for the release imminently and then somebody pipes up saying it's here, when it's only a leaked test rom.

If you wanted a test rom then that's no news at all as they are already available and have been for months.

Anyway I think I've made my point.”

No really you haven't.

Just let us discuss the ROM without all this utter rubbish. Anyway if your not interested in it why on earth don't you just leave it and don't bother replying?
Thine Wonk
13-03-2011
I've only replied to comments by you and others actually. You could have used your post to discuss the rom!

Let the rom discussion commence (despite the fact you could have had gingerbread on it for months before this leaked test release).
lalaland
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“5 posts in a row lalaland!?”

Yes. Unless of course you wish to deny the existance of that too

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“I get your point, I just disagree.”

To disagree is of course your choice but to still claim the ROM isn't available for the DHD when it clearly is just makes you look silly. Are you really trying to keep this up or are you just trolling?

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“I was disappointed when I read the thread title, spoke to a workmate about it and then read in the detail to find it's a not ready yet test rom which won't be released for a while.”

Your disappointment and unusual amount of anger that you referred to in an earlier post is your issue. Everyone else appears to have understood the thread and realised that there's certainly nothing misleading about the title. It's a shame you feel the need to continue to attempt to disrupt this thread.

Originally Posted by Thine Wonk:
“I stand by the fact that I think it's misleading as it's not an official release at all, in fact the rom isn't even stable or ready for proper use.”

The title states that Ginerbread is availabel for the DHD and it is, that's a fact. A fact that others have no issue in grasping and yet you either fail to grasp the simple fact or you are simply trolling. I am not sure which yet, but it's a shame you still ramble on to disrupt the thread.
lalaland
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by rwould:
“How on earth can it be misleading when it is available?

Especially when another forum member has posted up that they are using it. It is quite clear from the post that it is not the official update, but plenty of people are willing to use it. That does not mean you have to.

It is not the OP's fault that you read something in to the title that was not there.”

Thank you rwould, yet another person on this thread who has some common sense! Thine Wonk's attempt to disrupt the thread / troll are growing thin and boring now.

It's available, we all know that, but Thine Wonk for whatever reason is just looking for an argument
lalaland
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Right ok, we get it. Its pointless and misleading to you. Fine.

We don't think so and would like to discuss the rom without having to answer this kind of post every day.

Gingerbread IS available should you fancy flashing it. For the sake of 10mins to backup your existing rom and flash this one to see whats coming, yes. Yes it is.”

Don't worry. After the repeated trolling from Thine Wonk I've finally hit the report button. Hopefully we'll be able to continue the thread asap without his / her disruption
lalaland
13-03-2011
Anyone running anyone form of Gingerbread able to do any of the performance / benchmark tests and provide the results?

Be interesting to see if GB is giving any better results than Froyo.
GlenL
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by Red Arrow:
“To anyone now using this on a Desire HD, has the battery life improved in anyway?”

Not quite what you are asking but it may be of interest ....

I received an official OTA update to Gingerbread for my Nexus One about 10 days ago.

What I have noticed (and so have many other N1 owners) is battery life seems to have taken a hit.
Looking at the battery usage stats, Android OS seems to taking up 60-70% of battery life. Prior to the update, I am pretty sure the display was the main battery drainer.

As a result, my N1 on standby now lasts about 24-36 hours before the battery is drained. Prior to the update, I could get 3-4 days on standby before I had to recharge it.

Apparently one workaround is to set the WiFi to never turn off (???!!!). Odd as that sounds it does seem to improve the battery life.
linux.root
13-03-2011
Did you find the easter egg?

go to settings/about phone and tap on "android version" several times for a surprise
lalaland
13-03-2011
GlenL,

How's the performance? Any difference?
GlenL
13-03-2011
Originally Posted by linux.root:
“Did you find the easter egg?

go to settings/about phone and tap on "android version" several times for a surprise ”

LOL Zombie gingerbread
GlenL
14-03-2011
Originally Posted by lalaland:
“GlenL,

How's the performance? Any difference?”

It may be slightly snappier than 2.2 but I couldn't say for definite. That may be a psychological thing ... slighty new interface and all that.
It's certainly not the speed improvement that came going from 2.1 to 2.2 with the Java JIT compiler that's for sure
linux.root
14-03-2011
Originally Posted by GlenL:
“LOL Zombie gingerbread ”

He he
Stiggles
14-03-2011
Originally Posted by linux.root:
“Did you find the easter egg?

go to settings/about phone and tap on "android version" several times for a surprise ”

Gah, doesnt work on my custom rom lol

I tap Android version 2.3.2 loads of times and nowt
GlenL
14-03-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Gah, doesnt work on my custom rom lol

I tap Android version 2.3.2 loads of times and nowt ”

Mine says 2.3.3
You have to tap as fast as you can to get the easter egg to appear though.
5 or 6 rapid taps seems to do the trick
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