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Yep, flashed the camera fix, and now that works too. Very nice!

Thank you Rox. I've flashed it on a Neo and only the camera is giving me problems. I'll flash the Camera fix and see how it goes.

Not all MKV files are the same, some will play on your phone, and some will not. There are several factors that determine if your phone can play video files, depending on how the video was encoded. MX Player, BSP Player, VLC Player etc are all good players. My advice is to simply install all 3...

Alternatively, try BSplayer. It has no problem with mkv files.

If the price difference is small, then ZR. The question is how much more is it worth being waterproof, 1GB extra RAM, 2 extra cores (still the same old CPU as in Nexus 4). Now, if Sony would put a Snapdragon 600 on ZR, keep the resolution 720p, put a high quality IPS display, then this phone...

Yes the phone gets warm when gaming, but not excessive (like my old SGS2). Battery goes down faster when gaming, but I wouldn't call it a drain. This is usual for all phones. What I really value with SP here are 2 things: 1) it plays heavy graphical games very smoothly and 2) in standby...

In the phone settings, there is a handy menu that says "Transfer data to SD card". It automatically cleans your media files from internal memory and moves them to external SD card. At least this should free some space for your apps.

Totally agree. SP is a great value for its price. Samsung tries with S4 mini to compete in this segment and what do they do? They have a phone with lesser CPU/GPU and lower screen resolution, but try to sell it with a higher price (here S4 mini is 100 EUR more expensive than SP)...

Got recently this BT Stereo Headset SBH-20. :D Works like a charm with SP, NFC (oh yeah!) pairing takes 1second. Recommended for those looking for a good, small trouble-free headsets.:good: More info here http://www.sonymobile.com/nl/products/accessories/stereo-bluetooth-headset-sbh20/#black

If you are used to super-amoled screens, then the SP screen looks dull. Otherwise, it feels natural/balanced.

Got it. Flash an official firmware with Odin.

I've used the basic steps in Method 2 and I have root (temp CWM). Now I need to give the phone away unrooted. Can someone explain me how to remove the root? (I wish it was as simple as factory reset or uninstall Superuser app...). Thanks!

I was looking forward to get HOX, but the HTC's decision to drop external storage and battery cover, made me wait for SGS3. I'm glad Sammy didn't disappoint here. So, I'll most likely get an SGS3. I also expect it to last longer thanks to the more powerful battery (I hate when my phone runs...

Using a ROM Manager on Desire with CWM Recovery increases the chances of failures. I've seen in other forums regular reports of device failures because of ROM Manager. Simply do the nandroid backups and flashing directly from Recovery.

Those that complain about battery drain: I'm on v2.1.6 and the phone lost only 3% after 11 hours of passive usage. :) I'm using the default kernel in Oxygen, and there are no other modifications.

Hmm. I wonder if anyone is using Link2SD app? I can't get it working on Oxygen v2.1.6. Here is the error message I get: "Mount Script Error Mount script cannot be created. mount: mounting /dev/block/ vold/179:2 on /data/sdext2 failed: Device or resource busy" The interesting thing is that I...

Someone has mentioned about updates and ROM Manager. Please don't include such things in this clean ROM! We can always flash a ROM via Recovery and it is aways reliable. ROM Manager has been known to cause many failures for Desires using CWM Recovery. Someone else has mentioned the battery...

Very nice work. I've updated Hboot to Oxygen r2 table and flashed v2.1.5 over v2.1.4 without any wipe. All is working nicely. Now flashing v2.1.6. I like very much the ROM, the presence of status bar power widgets, the new theme chooser, the small ROM size and the good battery life. Thank you...

First of all, I'm very thankful to all the devs that put their time and effort in making great ROMs for Desire. That makes this phone truly fun to have. I've tried various ROMs and the closest to my taste come the ASOP/non-Sense ROMs: Gingervillain, Redux, Oxygen and Cyanogenmod. These are...

Depends which ASOP ROM. I had trouble to S-OFF when I was on Gingervillan, but after flashing my phone with an old Redux ROM, I was able to S-OFF it. I think the stock rooted ROMs are the best bet for safe S-OFF though.

Why not ask this in CM7 ROM thread? My guess is that 720p is disabled in all ASOP ROMs and is only enabled in some hacked ROMs. By the way, with CM7 ROM you can play 720p video.

The latest Gingervillain here at XDA is at v2.3. I was using that ROM last week and had no problem with Skype.

Yes, you can.

You can easily combine S-OFF with A2SD+ if you want to install huge amount of apps. Get the Simple2ext from the opening post and use it to move apps to SD card.

Does anyone know why at least Market is not a standard part of CM7 ROM? No Market, so no way to go to Market and install Titanium Backup, so no way to restore your apps?! Also, it is annoying to flash twice: one for the ROM and one for the Google apps.

Gingervillain for me: clean + CM tricks + themes. Weekly updates to bring the latest things.

Good news! The sticky/lagging drop-down notification bar issue seems to be fixed. :)

Yes, I've looked at Alpharev website, but couldn't understand what they are talking about on step 3 (fastboot). :rolleyes: Anyway, got it working now.

Thank you Richard. Updating. :)

Got is working by using the Fastboot Commander! :) I have no idea why it didn't work with the Hboot flash from SD card. Maybe the branded phone without goldcard was the problem.

Thanks, but I don't see there any clear instructions on how to setup the fastboot tool. Anyway, I'm also S-OFF on a branded phone, so I'll give it a try with a goldcard first. If that doesn't work either, then I'll jump researching Fastboot.

How to setup the fastboot method?

Yep. S-OFF and custom Hboot. At a certain moment, Apps2SD+ is simply not good enough. Perhaps, Richard could implement an option to flash a custom Hboot optimized for GV (like in Oxygen or CM7)? :rolleyes:

Usually, ext is not the issue, the internal memory is. This gets still filled by apps data, apps cache and by apps libs. Look at some apps like browser and try to clean the apps cache.

HTC Desire with Android v2.3.3 - there is nothing right now that comes even close to Android: tons of apps, customization, devices, manufacturers, developers. It is fun!

It is working for me (also updated from v1.7 to v1.8 without wipe).

Updated to v1.7 and it feels fast and stable. No Wifi issues here - it connects to my home network within 5 sec. Thank you Richard. :)

Updating the BT carkit software often helps to fix the issues. I've done that taking my laptop into my car (pair, flash FW, done), and now Desire pairs in a few seconds with a stable connection.

Also sticking to my Desire. HD is too large for me and Z has a physical keyboard I don't like. Besides, Snapdragon 2 is kind of evolution, not a revolution, so I'll wait for next gen platforms, possibly Tegra 2.

I would go for Desire. Coming from iphone 3GS, Desire HD might feel excessively large and not practical. Besides, Desire already has a good community behind it.

Dany0, To make a voice call, you need to press a button to activate the voice call. A dedicated "call" button could help here. For example, I have a trouble to initiate a voice call in a car using Parrot handsfree car kit (no proble to accept incoming calls though).

Things could be simpler if there was a green "Call" button on Desire...

Perhaps, it is best to use PC to specify Desire and download them. If you go on the web via Desire, the automatic download might wrongly identify your phone as a Motorola phone...

I like Hero of Sparta from Gameloft. It runs well on Desire and is great if you like (MMO)RPG stlye. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVP35uA7zzw&feature=player_embedded Edit: I can't embed Youtube video here...

Yes, it seems 15mb is the minimum threshold on phone memory to download and install the apps. Navigon takes 26MB? That's a lot! :eek: I have Sygic Maps and it takes less than 7MB. I can move it to SD, but I leave it on phone memory for maximum performance. Try App2SD application from Market...

Mr & Mrs Smith

Read today's twitts from HTC Spain: it seems they confirm that the new Sense will be available for Desire and all HTC Froyo devices... http://twitter.com/htc_es

Same here.

I think that is indeed the case. I have moved Angry Birds (13MB) from phone to SD card, and now I see it showing 1.6MB. Which means 1.6MB is still on phone memory and the rest on SD card.

Right, but rooting messes up the OTA updates...