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Help Will the unlocked HTC Desire HD work in India?

connect DHD with usb cable to ur laptop -> you will see some options to choose from on ur phone screen -> select "disk drive" mode -> thats it, on ur laptop some drivers will be installed and u will see ur sd card as a disk drive

Thanks. That works nicely though while being charged and 'disk mounted', the SD card on DHD can't be used for music playing purposes. :o (Probably, this is because of Linux/Android stuff). Not a problem though.
 
Thanks. That works nicely though while being charged and 'disk mounted', the SD card on DHD can't be used for music playing purposes. :o (Probably, this is because of Linux/Android stuff). Not a problem though.

while on disk mode, the sd card actually gets unmounted from phone to get exclusive access by computer, this is good in the sense if both tries to access sd card there is chance to get it curropted, but if u select charge only option then sd card doesnt get unmounted and u can use it in phone while it charges
 
is the color of DHD written on the box cover, i mean that can we find out the color without unboxing the device?
i asked a dealer about black colour DHD, but i cant be sure untill i myself have a look.

PS - Thanks Saj for explaining the "mount" part and USB cable part. :)
 
Thanks Saj. Screen quality is superb. My old phone is a puny one - Sony Ericsson K 750i, bought it in Rs. 9,600 in July 2006. :)

Congrats Buddy...

Thats great because after 3.5 years you changed your phone....good
I am going to wait few more days and lets see. I bought Nokia 5800 in April 2008 for 19K..and now it is 13.5K..lol..so planning to go for a device which I can keep atleast for 2.5 years..
 
dude you shouldnt be showing ur IMIE of ur phone , although we may not have any mischievious guys here, but lots of mischievious stuffs can be done if someone knows ur IMIE :)
 
I am not saying never post any of ur box pics like you did, but you can anytime do some edit on the pic u r posting and strike off IMIE , product serial numbers etc while posting
 
I am not saying never post any of ur box pics like you did, but you can anytime do some edit on the pic u r posting and strike off IMIE , product serial numbers etc while posting

Thanks Saj for letting me know. I have deleted the snapshot, please you also delete your post which consists of my snapshot. Soon I will post an edited one. Once again, thanks a tonne. :)
 
Congrats Buddy...

Thats great because after 3.5 years you changed your phone....good
I am going to wait few more days and lets see. I bought Nokia 5800 in April 2008 for 19K..and now it is 13.5K..lol..so planning to go for a device which I can keep atleast for 2.5 years..

4.5 years precisely. :D

Go ahead for DHD - its superb. :)
 
Thanks Saj for letting me know. I have deleted the snapshot, please you also delete your post which consists of my snapshot. Soon I will post an edited one. Once again, thanks a tonne. :)

thanks BTridevi, i only want to know where the color of DHD written on the box. You can(actually should) hide the rest part.

And one more question to all the proud owners, does the ofline navigation works in INDIA, spl delhi?, from what i hv heard locations service in htc is provided by tomtom, and according to my knowledge, tom tom navigation doesnot support india.
and how much time it takes to get gps lock?, i currently hv nokia 5800, it takes atleast 30 mins to get a lock, by the tym i almost reach the destinaion by asking route from auto walahs
 
I would say just one thing . Pls don't ever compare android phones with crapy Nokia

Even their flagship n8 is no way near to any android smartphone
 
Dude I am planning on buying DHD but have a Docomo SIM.
Please let me know is it that you are not able to use it for making calls or browsing using GPRS / 3G.
if it is GPRS then it can be a issue of Settings..

Please let me know..
Docomo SIM is not getting registered itself, all other SIM
 
anyone know how to delete htcsense account both from phone and website and then add again ?

I am having hardtime making htcsense.com work...r u guys able to work it fine with all functionalities?

“Phone finder" is currently disabled. For security reasons, go to your phone to enable this feature in Settings >> Location >> Phone finder
I have already set this but still I am getting the same thing on the web page.

Delete htcsense account:
Login to https://www.htcsense.com/in# using the email id that u had used during registration. Then click on Account under account u will find “Click here to delete your HTC Sense account”. Click on that to delete.
On your hand set press and hold the power button u will get an option for power off, flight mode and restart select restart. So all ur temp data will be deleted so u will have to login again to goggle and HTC sense account on your hand set. No data or applications are lost.
 
I would say just one thing . Pls don't ever compare android phones with crapy Nokia

Even their flagship n8 is no way near to any android smartphone

Haha,,,exactly i ment to say, actually i m not comparing it with nokia, i wanted to compare it with iphone 3gs. My friend has one, n it takes only 30secs to get a lock while moving, and it standing on a red light it takes not more than 15 secs.
I use maps a lot, currently i use my ipod (with external gps), so i need a phone with good gps, and probably this is the only reason i am rating dhd over sgs.
So if you can help me, does the locations services of htc work in INDIA, i.e. do they have india maps for download n offline usage.
 
I would say its better than iphone 3gs, but with iphone 4...depends on you really...

I am finding gps working far better than SGS..locking faster and more accurate, htc locations have offline maps but will depend on region you are using the details of the maps...I believe in metro cities it should be very detailed

go ahead and try it on hand somewhere to be more satisfied
 
Screen guard is nice and working okay for me (I do not have any experience with any other screen guard). When DHD is in sleep mode, you can easily see the finger prints on its screen otherwise 50% of screen brightness is enough to show you nice screen of DHD. :)

The screen guard is probably a local one (brand name was copper ..) & the mechanic of the shop applied it on DHD in 5-10 minutes. He did use scissors to chop off 2-5% of original screen guard - he did his job nicely. He did say that screen guard which he has applied costs Rs.400 in market but I doubt it.

Why I paid 26.8k :D? In Bangalore, I heard of that 2-5 people got DHD in 26k from this shop only. And this shop guy had perfectly realised that he is the only one offering the cheapest DHD in town - I knew it & he revealed this secret on my face :D. I had been talking to him for 2-3 days. Moreover, I already have had enquired 4 other shops - New Jagat Associates, Marathahalli - 27k; PDA Cafe Garuda Mall - 27.8k; Sangeetha Mobiles, Forum Mall - 28.2k; Akshar Telecom - 27.8k. No one was willing to lessen even a single paise. I considered 26.8k as best price. And the shop owner gave me screen guard for free - I was convinced. :)

Check this out:

New HTC Desire HD Touch Screen Mobile in Bangalore | HTC PDA & Smartphones Price, India

The distributor that I went to in the last quest he is offering the phone for 24k but no bill since he is not an authorized dealer(but he is a distributor).

So if i want the bill I have to go to this guy on the above link.

What do you guys think I should do. Bill or No Bill.
 
Check this out:

New HTC Desire HD Touch Screen Mobile in Bangalore | HTC PDA & Smartphones Price, India

The distributor that I went to in the last quest he is offering the phone for 24k but no bill since he is not an authorized dealer(but he is a distributor).

So if i want the bill I have to go to this guy on the above link.

What do you guys think I should do. Bill or No Bill.
the place referred by this ad is quick connect, banashankari and this is where btrivedi and myself bought. Ofcourse you know btrivedi bought it for 26.8K with screenguard and myself bought for 26K without screen protector.
last thursday i bought it and they did delivery to my office with 200 rs extra charge. :)
 
Should i get dhd with bill or without. I went to a dealer today he was offering w/ bill for 27k, and w/o bill for 24k. Is it worth 3k?
N thanks saj for helping, if the locations service is avaliable for INDIA, it should hv delhi city included.
 
Should i get dhd with bill or without. I went to a dealer today he was offering w/ bill for 27k, and w/o bill for 24k. Is it worth 3k?
N thanks saj for helping, if the locations service is avaliable for INDIA, it should hv delhi city included.

dude with bill will give u warranty support for 1 year, and if u r willing to spend around 25k on a phone then getting a warranty is always good...

but if u wanna take ur chance and risk and save few bucks then go without bill

and if u ver particular about navigation then I would suggest goto a shop or ask any of ur frnd who have DHD and see it urself...before buying it and then regret if u didnt like that feature
 
dude with bill will give u warranty support for 1 year, and if u r willing to spend around 25k on a phone then getting a warranty is always good...

but if u wanna take ur chance and risk and save few bucks then go without bill

and if u ver particular about navigation then I would suggest goto a shop or ask any of ur frnd who have DHD and see it urself...before buying it and then regret if u didnt like that feature

Well i was on d same page that if i m spending 24k, 27 is not that bad. About navigation, i hv been to many dealers but no one hv dhd in hand, all are saying that they can bring it if i confirm that i m buying. Well thats not a big problem as i will buy map my india app avaliable for 800 rs for delhi, only thing i wanted to confirm was that gps hardware should work properly and fast not like sgs. N thanks for informing me....
 
Well i was on d same page that if i m spending 24k, 27 is not that bad. About navigation, i hv been to many dealers but no one hv dhd in hand, all are saying that they can bring it if i confirm that i m buying. Well thats not a big problem as i will buy map my india app avaliable for 800 rs for delhi, only thing i wanted to confirm was that gps hardware should work properly and fast not like sgs. N thanks for informing me....

gps is not as bad as SGS for sure bcoz I had changed my SGS for DHD

and u should not need to buy may my india for delhi also I am a bit certain bcoz as I can see the offline maps are preety good, after buying ur phone do download the india maps again its 200 MB around
 
Should i get dhd with bill or without. I went to a dealer today he was offering w/ bill for 27k, and w/o bill for 24k. Is it worth 3k?
N thanks saj for helping, if the locations service is avaliable for INDIA, it should hv delhi city included.

IMO, go with bill and warranty please. Also, would certainly like to share with all of you that the manuals and the warranty card are Taiwan-based (no mention of India at all). So, the bill which your retailer has provided you is very very important in case something goes wrong with your DHD. IMO, without a second thought, please buy your DHD with bill and warranty.

My experience of buying DHD with retailer- Also, while buying your DHD, to avoid any surprises (shocks actually like for Docomo buyers), ask the retailer to open the box for you, get the battery checked, ask them to insert sim, check the 8GB card etc, test the earphones and battery charger etc. (I even tested bluetooth to listen to earphones & checked the GPS also :D) I checked out all the things which I should before I left the shop.

When I questioned them that wht the warranty card is printed in Taiwanese & all T&C are based in Taiwan - He said "Sir, you have my bill & hence your DHD is covered under Indian warranty". Wasn't convinced completely though his claims were sufficient enough to allow me to buy the handset from him.
 
I am a bit certain bcoz as I can see the offline maps are preety good, after buying ur phone do download the india maps again its 200 MB around

Are maps supposed to be downloaded from AndroidMarket ? (I haven't touched the 'Android Market' app - little scared as I haven't used it before). And how many cities are covered under that map package ? (Are tier-1,tier-2 cities covered at least ?).

What needs to be done after launching Android Market to download Indian maps ? Do I need to search for 'Indian maps download free' similar to as I do a normal search on Google ?
 
Query: How do I enable internet on my DHD by connecting it to an internet-connected-laptop ? I suppose there are 2 ways, to connect the DHD to internet through a-laptop-running-Vista-cable-connected-to-broadband-internet, at least to make this happen.

1. Through bluetooth (No USB cable) on both the devices - How actually ?
2. Through USB cable (no bluetooth) - How actually ?
 
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