CORRECTION: 31/07/2010
HTC has been in touch to say the below is all a load of nonsense, and that the HTC Wildfire is still very much in stock across all networks and has not been recalled. Apologies to everyone for the mix-up.
Rumours and speculation abound! In a telephone conversation today, an unofficial T-Mobile source has claimed that the HTC Wildfire is not currently being sold due to a firmware problem with the handset.
This action was apparently taken after too many complaints were received that the handset was crashing intermittently.
It seems the ball is in HTC’s court to fix the problem before T-Mobile will offer them again. This may be limited to the T-Mobile version of the firmware (if it is a firmware problem) as the phone still seems to be available from other retailers, such as Vodafone.
The Wildfire is currently showing as “Out of stock” on T-Mobile’s web store.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Dan
/ July 29, 2010Interesting, I have that phone on that network and it has crashed once.
Apart from that it’s been faultless for about a month.
DaveC
/ July 29, 2010Funny, there has been very little traffic regarding the Wildfire on the T-Mobile support forum
Al Fitzjohn
/ July 29, 2010I have been on the T-mobile upgrade waiting list for the Wildfire since 11 June and today was told the most concrete information since then; “The handset has been recalled (reason unknown) across all networks and isn’t likely to be available again until 15th August”. The HTC Desire also has a 2 week waiting list with T-Mobile so it wasn’t even worth me switching to my 2nd choice handset.
lee
/ July 30, 2010I bought a Wildfire from CPW & it kept ‘force stop’ping.. dont know if this could be taken for crashing but done a bit of research & it turns out that PEEP can have an effect..on matters on the handset…HTC viewpoint, they advise clearing thwe cache of PEEP. I now use Android UI and have done away with HTC Sense.
19win
/ August 3, 2010can you tell which apps running and bring you up with ‘force stopping’ message?
Ems
/ July 30, 2010I got a HTC wildfire with orange and it has crashed twice and “force stops” all the time… i took it back to change it for another (got it through carphone W) and they changed it but didnt believe me when i told them about the t-mobile recall. Anyhoo, had the new one about 4 hours and it has already crashed once and come up with loads of “force stop” messages… going back tomorrow morning and demanding a different phone… its a shame cos i love this mobile so much!! =[
STACEY CLARK
/ October 17, 2010JUST SENT MY WILDFIRE BACK TO T-MOBILE,CANT SEND MMS AND HTC AINT GOT ANY REMIDIES EITHER!!
Bee
/ November 3, 2010I’ve just called T-mobile to find out when they were going to receive more of these handsets because my friend just got one and the person there told me they’ve been recalled because of a software issue.
STACEY CLARK
/ November 7, 2010finaly got my shower of shite wildfire back from t mobile,total reset and software update, and still cant send mms to cross network(only can send ok to t-mobile),just comes up other end “message is corrupt”(plus i’m still being charged for message!!!!!!!!!!)put my sim in different handset today and sent mms, fine to cross network,will be ringing again tommorow for the 20,000000 time!!!they just push you all around there shower of shite customer service who never have any recall of other times you have phoned before!!!