Ex-HTC Flagships - Mega Tech Discussion Thread

detritu5 · Nov 17, 2017

Galactus said:
I'm definitely buying a U11+

Whether I keep it is another thing. Once it's in my hands and I get to gauge its battery life, then I'll decide. Nearly bought a Note 8 because I'm bored of the bezels and front look. They didn't bother me till I used my friends V30 and Note 8.

One more here.

Waiting for it.

first HTC device since HTC Desire HD. :laugh::laugh:

It looks awesome. I think the best smartphone this year and one of the better smartphones HTC´s ever made

I had doubts about this u11+ and Mate 10 pro, but I Think U11+ win for me

hamdir · Nov 17, 2017

seriousman52 said:
that means no more upcoming device will be released by HTC

Silly so silly, no they just think deving is dying not many people flash ROMs anymore

Boskoel03 · Nov 17, 2017

hamdir said:
Silly so silly, no they just think deving is dying not many people flash ROMs anymore

Yup,me first,Htc 10 was first i did not unlock,now U11,not because devs are no good or anything like that,but i do not feel the need for that anymore. Earlier in days flashing new rom was great,because with new rom u get something from new,or,other devices to use on ur older device,now it's all about tweaks,to little ports from other devices ( by that i mean from new Htc to older ones). I just miss to try some AOSP roms,but there are not many for U11 anyway.

jauhien · Nov 17, 2017

Boskoel03 said:
Yup,me first,Htc 10 was first i did not unlock,now U11,not because devs are no good or anything like that,but i do not feel the need for that anymore. Earlier in days flashing new rom was great,because with new rom u get something from new,or,other devices to use on ur older device,now it's all about tweaks,to little ports from other devices ( by that i mean from new Htc to older ones). I just miss to try some AOSP roms,but there are not many for U11 anyway.

Yeah, hTc became really good nowadays, consequently no need in those custom roms anymore ..

Yet sent from my amazing silver U11

DeeZZ_NuuZZ · Nov 17, 2017

jauhien said:
Yeah, hTc became really good nowadays, consequently no need in those custom roms anymore ..

Yet sent from my amazing silver U11

yep, just unlock, custom recovery and root is needed.

high_voltage · Nov 17, 2017

Boskoel03 said:
Yup,me first,Htc 10 was first i did not unlock,now U11,not because devs are no good or anything like that,but i do not feel the need for that anymore. Earlier in days flashing new rom was great,because with new rom u get something from new,or,other devices to use on ur older device,now it's all about tweaks,to little ports from other devices ( by that i mean from new Htc to older ones). I just miss to try some AOSP roms,but there are not many for U11 anyway.

Not only t hat, I remember how I OC my desire hd from 1GHz to 1.5GHz, insane perf boost + it was UV too even with the OC lol
The point is, the benefits from custom ROMs was insane back then - features, tons better battery life, performance, smoothness and so on. Nowdays the benefits are a lot less while you lose the warranty (for most phones) and thus a lot less are willing to unlock. The main feature is adblock, but a lot of nowdays browsers has it and the inapp ads are not that bad.

hamdir · Nov 17, 2017

high_voltage said:
Not only t hat, I remember how I OC my desire hd from 1GHz to 1.5GHz, insane perf boost + it was UV too even with the OC lol
The point is, the benefits from custom ROMs was insane back then - features, tons better battery life, performance, smoothness and so on. Nowdays the benefits are a lot less while you lose the warranty (for most phones) and thus a lot less are willing to unlock. The main feature is adblock, but a lot of nowdays browsers has it and the inapp ads are not that bad.

Nowadays the SoC maker itself will.milk the silicon to the max and sell their chipsets with power profiles, in short they didn't leave any margin for such work

Do you remember the Nexus 4 with the first quad core Snapdragon 4 pro? Any OC killed the chipset immediately

Boskoel03 · Nov 17, 2017

high_voltage said:
Not only t hat, I remember how I OC my desire hd from 1GHz to 1.5GHz, insane perf boost + it was UV too even with the OC lol
The point is, the benefits from custom ROMs was insane back then - features, tons better battery life, performance, smoothness and so on. Nowdays the benefits are a lot less while you lose the warranty (for most phones) and thus a lot less are willing to unlock. The main feature is adblock, but a lot of nowdays browsers has it and the inapp ads are not that bad.

Yeeessss, i have forget that,had also DHD it was great back then,when new sense comes out it was challenge to port it and use it,i was with Honeysense team next to dev,also have video from back then

. :laugh:

high_voltage · Nov 17, 2017

hamdir said:
Nowadays the SoC maker itself will.milk the silicon to the max and sell their chipsets with power profiles, in short they didn't leave any margin for such work

Do you remember the Nexus 4 with the first quad core Snapdragon 4 pro? Any OC killed the chipset immediately

True, even the sd801 had like 15 bins lol... when we talk about fine tuning. Before I remember how much OC and UV headroom we had. Tegra 3 also lol... the UV king that became totally awesome once undervolted on cpu and gpu/soc/mem controller. Really one x shined with custom kernels and gave me constantly 4:30-5h SOT and whole day of use... that was really awesome back then, stock was 3h tops and a lot slower/hotter.

sentient85 · Nov 17, 2017

Can anyone here speak to the performance difference between the 4gb and 6gb ram U11? Is it noticeable or worth the extra price?

Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk

TheEndHK · Nov 17, 2017

hamdir said:
Silly so silly, no they just think deving is dying not many people flash ROMs anymore

The more correct reason should be the user base of HTC become very small nowadays bcoz it isn't a popular brand anymore but we got some loyal HTC users here so I think it is still worth to do the development.

jauhien · Nov 17, 2017

sentient85 said:
Can anyone here speak to the performance difference between the 4gb and 6gb ram U11? Is it noticeable or worth the extra price?

Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk

Why do they not sell the diesel powered Ferraris ..?

Yet sent from my amazing silver U11

sentient85 · Nov 17, 2017

jauhien said:
Why do they not sell the diesel powered Ferraris ..?

Yet sent from my amazing silver U11

Good man yourself.

Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk

jauhien · Nov 17, 2017

TheEndHK said:
The more correct reason should be the user base of HTC become very small nowadays bcoz it isn't a popular brand anymore but we got some loyal HTC users here so I think it is still worth to do the development.

That's true that each flagship released by hTc was better than the previous one..
However U11+ isn't just another better one..
hTc U11+ is what we've been waiting for for past ten years since that tiny Touch Cruise..!

Yet sent from my amazing silver U11

LibertyMonger · Nov 17, 2017

DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
yep, just unlock, custom recovery and root is needed.

Unless you are like me and can't resist the all black themes. I think for me that is the biggest reason I like custom ROM's. But that will be gone as well for HTC as it seems.

DeeZZ_NuuZZ · Nov 17, 2017

LibertyMonger said:
Unless you are like me and can't resist the all black themes. I think for me that is the biggest reason I like custom ROM's. But that will be gone as well for HTC as it seems.

the u11+ will still get some support. there will be soon definitely some devs, I doubt that no one will move or not even devs from other devices will be there. we just have to wait and see... I'm still not sure which phone to decide, whether OP5T or U11+

Freak07 · Nov 17, 2017

hamdir said:
Nowadays the SoC maker itself will.milk the silicon to the max and sell their chipsets with power profiles, in short they didn't leave any margin for such work

Do you remember the Nexus 4 with the first quad core Snapdragon 4 pro? Any OC killed the chipset immediately

Boskoel03 said:
Yeeessss, i have forget that,had also DHD it was great back then,when new sense comes out it was challenge to port it and use it,i was with Honeysense team next to dev,also have video from back then

. :laugh:

high_voltage said:
True, even the sd801 had like 15 bins lol... when we talk about fine tuning. Before I remember how much OC and UV headroom we had. Tegra 3 also lol... the UV king that became totally awesome once undervolted on cpu and gpu/soc/mem controller. Really one x shined with custom kernels and gave me constantly 4:30-5h SOT and whole day of use... that was really awesome back then, stock was 3h tops and a lot slower/hotter.

That isn’t necessarily completely true. My U11 EAS kernel and my Pixel 2 XL are both undervolted by about 100mv for cpu and gpu and are still completely stable. (believe me I pushed both devices a lot)

So it still can be done. But the main use I see in it for the SD 835 is that it generates even less heat now than before. :cowboy:

Have a nice evening/day all

high_voltage · Nov 17, 2017

Freak07 said:
That isn’t necessarily completely true. My U11 EAS kernel and my Pixel 2 XL are both undervolted by about 100mv for cpu and gpu and are still completely stable. (believe me I pushed both devices a lot)

So it still can be done. But the main use I see in it for the SD 835 is that it generates even less heat now than before.

Have a nice evening/day all

Hehhe true, there are some good socs that slip the manufacturer gauntlet, but most don't. Enjoy yours tho, good one indeed.

LibertyMonger · Nov 18, 2017

DeeZZ_NuuZZ said:
the u11+ will still get some support. there will be soon definitely some devs, I doubt that no one will move or not even devs from other devices will be there. we just have to wait and see... I'm still not sure which phone to decide, whether OP5T or U11+

Yes I think you are right and hopefully the U12 will drag people back in! Such a bada$$ phone they will not be able to resist! Lol