HTC HD2 Leo in 2021 - Windows Mobile Running HTC Sense!
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- A transition point for Windows Mobile and a chance to have HTC Sense in 2009 on a Windows device was certainly an interesting idea! My look at the HTC HD2 or the HTC Leo in 2021. Really wish this had been updated but thankfully there is an active community of people who did update this device quite a bit both on Android and Windows!
#htcsense #windowsphone #htchd2
/ stevealicioustech
Did you have one of these way back when?
Would be really good if you could review some tablets, I bought a Lenovo p11 and it was a dead leg returned it for a refund, great specs but did not work with ps remote play PS4 controller.
@@bluemarvelavengers2560 Would definitely love to and it's on the list of things to start doing. Hoping we are getting to the point where companies can send us some stuff for review but also working on the Patreon to get more stuff funded as right now I'm kind of self-funding all of the devices you see but definitely. That's something that a little use would've covered and that's definitely the range of tablet we'd focus on!
@@StevealiciousTech get a patreon up and running I will def sub $10 a month 😁 the HTC vid was 1st class I had one so was a total blast from the past
I had one back when they first released. Got it for super cheap off Craigslist from a kid who didn't want to learn how to use Windows Mobile
I did, and kept it for *years* !!
Man I miss HTC :(
Definitely! When Android devices were first cool!
Ofcourse I miss those glory days!!!
I remember getting this phone! I learned all my phone modding from this phone. It did everything!
Definitely a really cool piece of tech! Must've been a lot of fun to use back then!
@@StevealiciousTech I was cleaning out my closet last night and found it. What's crazy is I remember how big that phone was back them. Now it looks tiny lol
Besides the Surface Duo, this is the only phone I ever owned where a stranger asked me "what is THAT?!" Before smartphones really caught on, the gigantic screen on this thing was a major change in how phones looked. I remember modding that thing to the moon and back with Ubuntu Touch, ICS, and Gingerbread. Miss that good old phone.
Also it was a kinda flagship mobile and priced correctly nor this silly 2 grand for one 😢😢😢😢
What I loved about this phone and also other HTC phones was the beautiful Sense UI, I really miss it these days...
Exactly, we took it for granted back that but UIs have really gone downhill/generic since then. It was quite cool.
@@StevealiciousTech with the current status of the phone manufacturing i don't think that we will ever be back to those days, days each phone was genuinely different than others and not all the phones looked and seemed the same... these days practically every phone is the same, there are no subtle differences and changes that make you want to try different phones because all are the same.
@@StevealiciousTech can this ve use for 4glte
@@AlejandroP1980s No, unfortunately not. No VoLTE support. Sorry!
Oh boy do I remember getting Windows 7 to work on it somehow. Also had several dual boot Android versions from xda developers. Ended up installing Android on my girlfriend (now wife) and step father's phones. Those good old days before marriage and kids. Thanks for posting this and bringing back memories.
Definitely still fun to think about!
HTC HD2 is legend :D
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
I dream of having the HTC touch, touch pro, touch diamond... back in 2009, was just getting into college. Man. Really wanted on so bad. But so poor can only afford a dumb phone without data plan. Now finally I can have it. I bought a lot of 10 HTC HD2 from ebay lol. Yeah, 10 of them.
Lol, what are you going to do with ten of them?
Wow I'm thinking of getting too , is weather animation still working?
it can run up to android 8 when it comes to running a custom OS which actually makes this thing fairly usable today to, as most common apps still support android 8
Loved this phone, if they legit ditched windows and just made Sense as the OS it was amazing, the graphics, the transitions and everything was smooth and eye catching
1:20 It was called TouchFLO. Since this device came after the whole HTC Touch Pro, Touch Pro2, Touch HD, line they wanted to name it HTC Pro Three. The prototypes had the name on the back cover and the with htc sense on the side. One of the best phones ever. Happy I was part of the developement en modding of this phone.
That's awesome! You worked for HTC?
I just ordered one. Currently IPhone owner! I love iOS because of GarageBand 🎸. But as far as phones i wanted to go back to htc because of weather animation and htc Ui looked amazing. I’ve own the HTC hero (Sprint) HTC evo HTC touch pro) currently 2024. I have other devices for social media and apps/games
I miss HTC hd2 I loved running android on it from the memory card
I had this phone, stong as a Panzer tank I'd say. Great video Steve!
Thank you! Absolutely is! Back when a premium build meant that rubber and rugged design.
this was my last phone before I got my first android (S2), I just ordered a mint condition one for 20 euro, can't wait to get it and start tinkering
I still have one and running. Love the phone and miss those windows days.
Me too! A much better time with these devices!
Uh if you remember when Sense UI came out first it was TouchFlo 2D and 3D
Yeah, they made a good decision changing that over haha.
Is there any launcher that emulates the HD2 launcher? I remeber it being absolutelly awsome. Similar to how playstation handles their UI, with clear icons to see what is to the left and right, you could scroll up and down, and also you could slide your finger over that row of icons and get a preview.
That would be cool. If you find one, let me know!
Pure modding nostalgia! :)
How did you managed to get the weather widget working? I tried to update the accuweather server in the registry but still without any success, maybe you can tell me the trick!
Good question! I just had locations turn on and it worked...I really didn't do anything.
I just bought one in a fairly good condition for just 10€, thinking for now to maintain it on 6.5 and just, install some old apps, games, you know - just to see Windows Mobile, and man, it’s not the hardware that sucks, it’s the software. I have a Palm Treo Pro too with 6.5, and that’s a pain to use. The HD2 is far, far nicer with literally everything *minus* app support, which is fun 😂 I’ve downloaded some old apps and games, and some of them do crash on the hd2 but not the palm (even tho the palm is much more underpowered), and some games don’t support at all the touchscreen. Not to mention many part of the os just not using the hd2’s hardware. Jarring to say the least
I had the HTC Mogul then the Samsung i760 that I themed to a TF3D clone skin HTC Touch Pro 2 and then HTC HD2 all of which I was eventually sideload sd2android and magldr
Nice! How did the sideload run?
@@StevealiciousTech if you see a developer tytung he made a excellent version of marshmallow to run on it.
@@StevealiciousTech m.ruclips.net/video/DSjdIVTNXis/видео.html Windows Mobile 6.1 or .2 and Android2SD duel booting on a 64Gb microSD, just have to improperly force format the microSD to Fat32 but word of caution it may get stuck like that with whatever do on there on there and no way to reformat the card and recovery it back it's factory settings. LMAO! I couldn't add or delete anything anymore.
I loved my HD2! So sad it was doa, except for XDA support. I was able to keep it going thru windows 6.8.x. Hard to forgive Microsoft for killing it for the step back W7. Nice trip down memory lane. Thanks
Definitely a fun device to use. It's cool that you kept it going as long as you did!
They need to bring it back with an upgraded hardware, keep the same software and twerk the bugs and model the platform like apple and it would be a banger
I had this device running windows phone 7 running pretty fine, also whatsapp was running on that. I've used some android 4 version along with it. (With dualboot)
I just ordered one I can’t get mines to function it’s an unlocked model and I tried to use Wi-Fi nothing loads up
I had this before. The only negative thing on this is the battery. It got something like 1200mah battery and it lasts half a day only on heavy use
Sense on top of android is still the best lookin UI a phone has ever had.... I miss this era, we now have these ugly rows of tiles from apple and android 🤢🤮
I had one it was awesome, I just didn’t like windows mobile bc there weren’t any apps or games
I had HTC HD2 running both Android and Windows
Nice! How did Android run on it? What version did you install?
@@StevealiciousTech was along time ago it was when Android was still laggy and buggy didn't run very well
So did I it was awesome
You could overclock the processor only when it was plugged in
never had one but would have loved one.. went with the Palm Pre in 2009, great video though.
Thanks! I have a Palm Pre I got in a bulk lot a couple of years ago. Didn't use it yet...the keyboard seemed small but a cool device either way. Was always a fan of the Palm stuff. Be sure to send me your address after you watch the news video for this week!
@@StevealiciousTech the keyboard was small but once I got used to it I had no difficulty and I have bananas for fingers. The leather pouch that came with it was cool, loved the orange trim, and wireless charging - the first phone to have it I believe (have already posted my opinion of wireless charging but hey it was a novelty back then and it held the phone facing you at an angle so you could do anything that didn't require the keyboard).
Hi, just wondering do you still have this phone? i recently pickup HTC EVo 3D, but i can't sign-in to anything including app store, youtube etc..., also the HTC weather is not working? do you know how to fix this?
I do. I would have to take a look.
@StevealiciousTech ok thank you, please let me know?
I still have mine....these phone never died 😂.... I learnt in the day how to dual boot android and Windows using the sd card...😂😂 I thought it was so cool having both when others only had android or Windows..😂😂😂
Definitely!
My favorite phone
I had an LG KS20 that came with 6.0 and was able to upgrade to 6.5. At the time it was very cool
Definitely! I kind of miss that era of windows phone. Where it had just transitioned from PDA. Thanks!
I still remember that brick
A brick for sure! Thanks for watching!
Loved this phone but the battery was infuriating
This was by far the WORST phone I ever had. I wouldn't wish this phone on my worst enemy. There are soooo.... many bugs, glitches, and hardware problems.
I seriously went through at least five insurance claims for this piece of you know what. Every single replacement had the same exact problems after two months.
So windows marketplace doesnt work now? Does it work in europe
No, not on anything older than Windows 10 mobile.
@@StevealiciousTech so on that phone it works?
Watched on my Motorola Edge S! 🇫🇴😁😊🌹
Nice!