We’re seeing numerous reports from users of the HTC Desire HD and Incredible S claiming that both HTC Android phones are currently receiving an update to Android 2.3.5 – which comes with HTC’s Sense 3.0 user interface update as well.
Unless huge chunks of the internet have simultaneously decided to play a big joke on us, we have to believe this is actually happening.
We’ve already seen the newer HTC Desire S get the update back in October. Good to see HTC supporting the Desire HD, a phone which is already considered an “old” model in today’s fast-moving world.
Thanks to Richard for the tip. Do let us know if you’re getting the update.
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Doug
/ December 8, 2011Nothing yet on unbranded handset.
Maybe Bawbag blew the OTA update away.
Kenji
/ December 13, 2011hahah take it your from scotland aye :L!
Maz
/ December 8, 2011Still not recieved an update on my desire
Huub
/ December 8, 2011Just received and installed my update on Desire HD in the Netherlands.
Matt S.
/ December 8, 2011I waited nearly two months for the Gingerbread release for my Desire HD. Finally rang customer support and within 24 hours received the update! I wonder if I will have to do the same again this time.
Mile
/ December 8, 2011Just received and installed my update on Desire HD in the Serbia.
ian
/ December 8, 2011Must be other parts of Europe getting as I just checked and nothing so far. DesireHD, unbranded.
hecatae
/ December 8, 2011information is on HTC Turkey facebok page, info as follows:
HTC Incredible S: Android 2.3.5 with HTC Sense 3.0: December 10th
HTC Wildfire S: Android 2.3.5 with HTC 2.1 and new lock-screen: December 10th
HTC Desire HD: Android 2.3.5 with HTC Sense 3.0: December 15th
HTC Desire S: Android 2.3.5 with HTC Sense 3.0: December 15th
HTC Flyer: Android 3.2 Honeycomb: December
HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa: update to improve WiFi and Twitter functionalities: December
Gary_C
/ December 8, 2011Wow, Wildfire S update action! Amazing scenes. Thanks.
giorgos
/ December 8, 2011I have received 2.3.5 and sense 2.1 with the new lock screen on my wildfire s and 2.3.5 sense 3.0 on my incredible s and i live in cyprus
europe
Vassilis
/ December 12, 2011File mou… me pia eteria ise? Cyta or MTN.. epd exo to desire s.. alla akoma tpt pou update..
kostis
/ December 12, 2011i haven’t received the update on my desire s either…
giuseppe
/ December 9, 2011Update ok in italy
emon
/ December 9, 2011I have recived 2.3.5 over the air upgrade on my HTC desire hd phone,
If you got branded phone like from t-mobile, orange, o2, vodaphone,
Then u need to wait longer for upgrade, but they will push the software
as long your network accept that. Mine is unbranded phone, so got it straight way.
Aidey68
/ December 9, 2011Just checked my Desire HD on vodafone UK and there’s an update available, happy days
edhe
/ December 9, 2011*grumble* original desire *grumble*
Hazel Lyn
/ December 9, 2011Got an update for my HTC Desire HD. Living in the Philippines but got my phone from Spain. AnAndroid 2.3.5 Sense 3.0.
ion
/ December 9, 2011i got my update for my desire hd last night but since then my phone keeps rebooting itself every 20 minutes…and it does that even if i’m not using it at all..
could anyone help me with this ?
Filini
/ December 13, 2011Reset to factory default in Memory settings (hard reset is not needed, and you don’t have to reset the SD), then restore data from backup.
Stephen
/ December 9, 2011@ion , Hard reset is the way forward
Tricia Dawn Williams
/ December 9, 2011Just checked and update was there ready for me. I’m downloading it right now and I’m from Malta, phone unbranded.
noel
/ December 10, 2011hi,im from malta too too but still no update available for me,how come?
William
/ December 10, 2011I’m from Malta too..no update yet! (Desire HD) Had a friend’s Wildfire S updated to Android 2.3.5 and Sense 3 (lockscreen only)
Melchior
/ December 14, 2011What phone do you have?.. I’ve got a Desire HD and still no update.. I’m from Malta as well.
ion
/ December 9, 2011@ Stephen , i just tried to take out the battery, sim card and microSD for like 5 minutes and then started the phone without the sim and microSD and so far it didn’t reboot and it’s been altmost 40 minutes…i wasn’t really looking forward to a hard reset
Stephen
/ December 9, 2011Yeah, it’s a PROPER pain in the arse!!
jotillamod
/ December 9, 2011Ok from spain!! i receive the update and allthings works perfect!!
Birch
/ December 9, 2011Damn sold my Desire HD. :/
kjfisher
/ December 9, 2011Root you phone and you can enjoy sense 3.5 with beats audio on your desire HD,
beefyburt
/ December 9, 2011Just got update on uk unlocked chacha, on orange. Yeeha!
eony
/ December 12, 2011Hello!
After DHD 2.3.5 update phone do not connect to mobile network and shows network unavailable or connection failed!
What could be a sotution for this one?
Andy C
/ December 12, 2011Still waiting for update on t-mobile UK
eony, after updating, you may need to do a full restart of the phone, potentially removing the battery and the sim card. That normally does the trick!
Sparky
/ December 12, 2011NO sign of update for my UK unlocked DHD on vodafone yet.
Neutron
/ December 12, 2011DHD india no update till now.
Mobile: Unbranded DHD
Carrier: Airtel
I installed the following RUU version in my phone “RUU_ACE_GINGERBREAD_S_HTC_WWE_2.50.405.2_Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_199042_signed” am I eligible for 2.3.5 with sense 3.0 update, since initially it was having “RUU_ACE_GINGERBREAD_S_HTC_ASIA_INDIA_2.37.720.3_Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_signed” version.
Please help me
Saravanan
/ December 26, 2011I got the update 2.3.5 sense 3.0 for my DHD in Chennai, India. Good update with lots of defect fixed and a new lock screen.
Pablo472
/ December 12, 2011Desire S Unbranded/Sim free UK still waiting for 2.3.5…
Bane
/ December 14, 2011I have DHD from India. I live in Serbia. STILL NO UPDATE. When I buy phone for Serbian market that model got update last, I buy Indian model now ,for India no update…
What wrong with this world…
wallacr
/ December 15, 2011No update for me yet
has anybody in the UK with a desire hd had it yet?
UK, htc Desire HD, unlocked
ian m
/ December 15, 2011I’m on an unlocked Desire HD in the UK and still no update for me. What’s worst about it was my wife at Saturday breakfast telling me all about the update she had just got on her Incredible S!
I also have a Wildfire S, that hasn’t had the update either . . .
Would echo wallacr’s question as to whether anyone in the UK with a DHD has received it.
Frixon
/ December 15, 2011My Mum’s DHD has updated the HTC sense 3.0 and Android 2.3.5 she’s with Vodafone UK. were as im with Vodafone UK with a DHD to and still haven’t received it, even when i manually check for ‘em i’m not getting it
stueyuk
/ December 16, 20113UK have confirmed through their Blog that the update is not due for a couple of weeks through them…. Can’t put an exact time on it which means January at the very earliest…. :o(
Davey H
/ December 17, 2011I have a HTC Desire HD on Vodafone and got my update to Sense 3.0 2 days ago. Works a treat. It’s like having a new phone.
Derek
/ December 18, 2011unbranded, sim-free DHD, STILL no update, surely unbranded should take priority over network branded handsets?
stueyuk
/ December 19, 2011Update live today on my unbranded DHD!!! Need to get home to get on the wifi
wallacr
/ December 19, 2011Updated my unbranded htc desire hd, over all really good, but found my phone is a tiny bit slow but that might just be it working in the background sorting all the new stuff out :L
richard
/ December 19, 2011Unbranded DHD on T-Mobile network – just got the download when I checked for updates. It is a 227MB download!! So I’ll be doing this one over Wi-Fi later on – although it seemed to say it was 16MB in size at first…
I assume that this will probably be the last update – I’m not holding my breath for ICS v4.x coming to a DHD next year.
I’ll just have to get the rumoured quad core HTC Edge phone coming in summer 2012 to get that I imagine (the Sensation XE just is not a big enough of a leap forward for me).
richard
/ December 20, 2011Update all done. Phone seems faster. Like the new weather, un-lock screen (worked out how to change the icons – have to go to list mode and then menu shows options to change), like the 3d effect also.
Yak
/ December 22, 2011Mine updated over the air yesterday. I didn’t realise how much of a change it would make. All very pretty and runs surprisingly well on a phone that’s over a year old now.
My thoughts about HTC have now gone back up a bit.
Is there a list some where of all the things that have changed?
peecue
/ December 24, 2011Desire HD unbranded… No updates. Philippines.
Zane
/ December 29, 2011I’ve got a DHD in UK Orange not unlocked and still haven’t got the update I’ve even been checking manually and no updates?? I need HELP ASAP!!!!!!!
worthlessdaisey
/ January 4, 2012T-Mobile UK branded Desire S. Still no update for this one
Anybody found any info on when they’ll be doing it?
sohrab
/ January 4, 2012richard can u tell me how to change the icons to the 3d ones and do u know where to get more screen locks frm…….
(also updated to 2.3.5)
Aman
/ January 5, 2012I havent recieved any update yet..may be because my phone is branded Orange they always take ages getting the updates
sharjeel
/ January 7, 2012I RECEIVED AN UPGRADE OF MY HTC DESIRE HD TO 2.3.5 GINGERBREAD WITH SENS 3 YESTERDAY IN U.A.E
ITS WORKING SMOOTHLY
AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE GOT CHANGED
Tom
/ January 9, 2012DHD unbranded UK – still no update. HTC, YU so slow?!
squire
/ January 9, 2012I’ve got a T-mobile branded DHD on O2.. still no update.. getting impatient now.
ashley
/ January 12, 2012Waiting for update on DHD, VERY IMPATIENT! Haha had a software update, downloaded it and nothing happened, guessing that’s not the update I am waiting for
Qbiak
/ January 12, 2012ashley I had the same situation today. My DHD found some update, downloaded it in couple of seconds, intalled and no changes at all. I don’t know what was it… but not 2.3.5 with Sense 3.0, that’s for sure
I have a T-Mobile brand on my DHD bought in Germany, but I use it in Poland, with polish t-mobile.
ashley
/ January 12, 2012Good to hear someone had the same problem. Hopefully this means the update is close if we are collected some update
Qbiak
/ January 12, 2012Yeah but seriously… no one knows what was it… I asked HTC, they told me to ask T-mobile because I have branded software…. so asked german t-mobile – no answer so far, asked polish t-mobile – waiting their response…
this whole waiting is killing me
ashley
/ January 12, 2012Killing me too! Haha can’t wait for it
Qbiak
/ January 12, 2012I’ve read somewhere that sometimes you can get small update first and after couple of days the right one… So hopefully we are getting closer to THAT day
ashley
/ January 13, 2012Sounds good
everytime I am on my phone Texting or whatever, i always check for a software update!
Qbiak
/ January 13, 2012hello ashley, still waiting? you also use t-mobile?
no updates on my end…
Where are you from exactly?
Peter Leckie
/ January 14, 2012my desire hd has still not updated im with orange and i live in scotland
Cam
/ January 14, 2012still no update for me, can anyone please help me i really want this update, ive contacted htc but they told me just to wait
ashley
/ January 15, 2012Still no update on T-Mobile UK
I contacted them, and they said to wait, she suggested putting clock a year forward but that doesn’t work as I have tried it so many times. I really want this update, my mates have it and they are with Orange UK, I thought Orange and t-mobile are joined? Surely updates should get sent out by both networks at same time! I really can’t wait to actually have the update Haha, anyone who knows anything about it please say 
ashley
/ January 15, 2012Love how my phone tells me my “phone is up to date” (haha lol)
Qbiak
/ January 17, 2012Still nothing?
Couple more days and I will root my phone… and update it on my own…
ashley
/ January 18, 2012Nope nothing. How do you do that? What is it?
jaymes
/ January 18, 2012Mother fuckers!!! I hate Orange so much!! They piss me off me off so much!!!
I love my HTC desire HD alot a really want the sense 3.0 I.told them when will they send it ota and they had no clue what I was talking about!! I wish I didn’t got given a branded phone,, Orange is so shit!!! :'(
ashley
/ January 18, 2012Orange are basically T-Mobile…..so this is shit.
Qbiak
/ January 19, 2012Orange are basically T-Mobile? Since when? Hmn…
ashley
/ January 19, 2012They are like joined in different ways. Any news on update?
ashley
/ January 19, 2012How do you root it?
Qbiak
/ January 19, 2012ashley you can start from reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076
Or just type how to root desire hd in google. keep in mind that you will lose warranty by rooting your phone.
ashley
/ January 20, 2012Okay I will just wait, this is getting stupid, is there a chance that I never get this update?
aman
/ January 20, 2012Still waiting for the update for my desire hd in India
Don’t know when I will get this update
martin farrow
/ January 21, 2012Everyone is getting the upgrade, when will I get it for the HTC desire hd
martin farrow
/ January 21, 2012Please can I have the upgrade for my HTC desire hd
ashley
/ January 22, 2012I want it too! It shouldn’t take this long!
Qbiak
/ January 23, 2012It’s over a month already
Richard
/ January 27, 2012Still waiting for this update on t mobile branded dhd and my gf on branded orange dhd in the uk.. does anyone know why we are so unlucky as not to get the update yet? i wonder if they are fixing all the bugs ive read about before relasing it. I would try rooting but last time i looked it seemed complicated for the software on my handset, i had to make gold cards and stuff which is beyond my level of confidence.. perhaps we will never get this update..
ashley
/ January 30, 2012This is so rubbish! I rang customer support and they say it will be soon, she just doesn’t know how soon, it could be like a month yet! This is so shit. I’m going to change network provider next time I get a contract phone.
Tim Newman
/ January 31, 2012What a terrible update! All sorts of things a worse off and phone is buggy and crashes… don’t ‘upgrade’ – wish I hadn’t!
Qbiak
/ February 1, 2012Tim Newman when did you receive it? T-Mobile? Orange?
Niyamath
/ February 1, 2012The update changed the interface completely, liked it…
You need to check the UI for lock and unlock, messaging, weather, etc….
Qbiak
/ February 1, 2012Niyamath when did you receive it? T-Mobile? Orange?
NoSense3
/ February 2, 2012The SENSE 3 update for my DHD made it MISERABLE. Now even simple games like Angry Birds are flaky. That smoothness is just missing after the update. Do you guys at HTC even test it on actual devices before releasing update?
HEADS UP FELLAS: DO NOT UPDATE.
Joao Faustino
/ February 11, 2012Still no update for my Dhd… Did anyone received it already ???