Thursday, October 21, 2010

HTC HD2 Windows Mobile Smart - Only, Not So Smart - Phone

I'm running into a miserable software problem with the HTC HD2. The phone is on WinMo 6.5, and it constantly bogs down while I'm typing, and freezes up. I'm having to re-boot the phone 10-20 times a day. It's happening to my wife as well with her HD2, and I have a friend whose sister returned hers for the same reason. It turns out that T-mobile has a ROM flash update for the phone, but I can't get it. In order to install the free update, you have to have Microsoft Active Synch 4.5 installed on your PC. The problem is, Active Sync 4.5 is only compatible with Windows XP Service Pack 2 or earlier.


Microsoft long ago pushed XP Service Pack 3 out - but they haven't made Windows Mobile syncware that is compatible for XP SP-3 !!! Worse, they now charge $50.00 to chat, e-mail, or call Microsoft XP users, so I can't even tell them about it without paying to do so. T-Mobile is unable to help, either, I just spent an hour on their support line and got nowhere. I can't update my PC to Win Vista or 7 without risking its drivers, it's five years old. Now I and my wife are stuck with HD2's until March, 2012, but can't get software updates for them without buying a new computer. If this isn't ridiculous, I don't know what is. Arrogant, is what this is. And Microsoft wants people to go WinMo 7? No way. I am back to Blackberry as soon as I can get away from this WinMo junk.