HTC Desire : Upgrade to Gingerbread 2.3

[widehead]

I have a Desire running 2.3 and an unrooted Desire HD and here's my highly subjective viewpoint....

1) The Desire has simply shocking multimedia capture. It's an embarrassment. The DHD is orders of magnitude better in this respect.
2) The Desire HD goes from "slightly too big" to "just right" very quickly and I have found that the original Desire now looks and feels too small.
3) The DHD SLCD screen is a bit, well, average. Especially next to an AMOLED device or the iPhone4's Retina display. But unless you're running devices literally side-by-side this is essentially a non-issue.
4) Go with a device that is the most future-proof.
5) Wait for the upcoming slew of new devices just on the horizon - you'll kick yourself if you buy a new Desire now - especially on contract.
6) Make the wait bearable with a second-hand nexus one or desire. Root it and play around.

 

[williamj1]

According to AndroidCentral, our desires will get a gingerbread update after all

Three UK confirms HTC Desire Gingerbread update | Android Central

"Responding to a tweet asking whether Three would carry Gingerbread for the Desire, the carrier said -

"Yes we will but we don't have timescales yet "

Twitter / ThreeUK: @ianmcmillan Yes we will b ...

This is good news

 

[Rafalema]

YeehaaWw!

Gingerbread is tasty

 

[diegox]

Yeah! been waiting for this all along. hopefully they bring in the new sense 2.1, the one used in the desire s, as well.

 

[williamj1]

Yeah! been waiting for this all along. hopefully they bring in the new sense 2.1, the one used in the desire s, as well.

Pretty sure they will. If they don't they are idiots!

 

[EddyOS]

Remember, unbranded handsets will get it before branded ones - I'll still believe it when I see it, mind

 

[Hadron]

I suspect they will eventually - but I won't be surprised if I'm running Ice Cream by then

 

[widehead]

Pfft. If (and it's a big if) it comes to the Desire it won't be before July.

 

[Usta]

It is amazing to see a device older than a year still getting major OS updates.
I love my Desire and I love HTC.
I hate carriers for branding the phones.

 

[Nasalhair]

Remember, unbranded handsets will get it before branded ones - I'll still believe it when I see it, mind

And debranded handsets will most likely have to wait for an RUU to come out if the last update is anything to go by.

 

[EddyOS]

I'll be waiting for the RUU anyway - I never use OTA updates even when I wasn't rooted

 

[SUroot]

I'll be waiting for the RUU anyway - I never use OTA updates even when I wasn't rooted

Never had an OTA but from reading these forums, I would say its more problematic.

Can always temp root and titanium backup if data is your issue.

 

[EddyOS]

Only data I'd wanna save is Angry Birds - everything else is in the cloud (delete SMSs after reading, Gmail archived once read, etc)

 

[partridge]

I had no problems at all when I updated to 2.2 using VF's official update.

I'll wait for their release. I must admit I'm surprised we're getting this.

 

[GrenW]

I had no problems at all when I updated to 2.2 using VF's official update.

Ditto - VF Froyo OTA went really well. It did though take longer than flashing a new rom as it had to reboot a couple of times - 30 mins or so but all was perfect and nothing was lost.

That said, I certainly wouldn't be waiting until Summer for a fairly minor update if I really wanted it.

 

[Bang Bang Boom]

2.3 won't be out on desire until after the.launch of the desire s which is may....

 

[sudkcoce]

Pretty sure they will. If they don't they are idiots!

+1

Sense is what makes HTC handsets so desirable! HTC, we NEED new sense!!

 

[SUroot]

+1

Sense is what makes HTC handsets so desirable! HTC, we NEED new sense!!

Its the ability to root and modify with good quality hardware that makes them desirable to me.

 

[Tommex]

Sense? Really? It's so ugly though.

Good that non-root users will be getting Gingerbread as well. It's very much worth the wait. Especially if you get the default Gingerbread notification bar.

 

[GingaB]

Its the ability to root and modify with good quality hardware that makes them desirable to me.

+1 Totally agree with Dan. Rooting was the best thing Ive done. Sense is just a bloated software on HTC.

 

[arkazain]

+1 Totally agree with Dan. Rooting was the best thing Ive done. Sense is just a bloated software on HTC.

I think the actual Sense launcher isn't that good, but I really like the Sense apps.

 

[SUroot]

I found them buggy. If people worked properly for me, id like it but it never did

 

[formicae]

I think the actual Sense launcher isn't that good, but I really like the Sense apps.

Truth. I use LauncherPro+, but every time I try an AOSP ROM I switch back after using the stock dialer.

 

[SUroot]

I can't even remember the HTC dialer. What's wrong with the android one?

 

[formicae]

Unless I'm mistaken it doesn't let you 'spell out' names using the keypad instead of dialing a number or going through the contacts. Too used to doing things that way.