[Q] Is my HTC Desire 626 Dual-sim fake? - Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
I have bought an HTC Desire 626 Dual-sim lately but it does not have all of HTC software installed and looks like stock android with changed icons to look like HTC.
It has HTC Blink feed and HTC dot case installed but it does not have sense installed. For example, it does not have the themes app where you can change the theme in HTC phones.
In settings -> about -> there is no indication of sense version unlike other HTC phones.
The dialer, messaging, camera, and etc. apps look like stock android.
My question is how can I know if the device is fake? And how can I prove it to the seller that it is fake?
Has HTC released a phone without sense before?

Was it new or used? If used, it was probably just rooted and customized. For example, I also no longer use the Sense launcher on my 626 - I use a different launcher (currently testing out Google Now Launcher). If rooted, you can remove any app you'd like - even system apps...
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It was new and it's not rooted. And it can't be a modified ROM. As I said it has all the stock android apps but with HTC icons. For example, the dialer app has the icon of HTC sense dialer but when you launch it, it is the stock android app. The settings page also doesn't look like the settings in HTC phones. And the home launcher has got blink feed in it and it has the famous clock widget on it too. However, there is no htc weather or htc clock.

It even has the 64-bit Mediatek MT6752 Chipset instead of the Qualcomm equivalent. Does HTC release phones without sense? Is there any dual SIM version of HTC desire 626. I checked the IMEI numbers on a website and it said that the manufacture is HTC.
This is probably an Asian model. I bought it in Iran.

HTC...stop the non-sense
I do feel what you feel. I have a Desire 620G model, which has the same striped to the bone non--sense experience.
At first I thought that is some fake phone, but HTC made this. Why, you should ask them.
About the chipset confusion, they make 2 variants, Mediatek and Qualcomm.
Hope this brings some light to your questions.
Duck you HTC for making this phone...and forgeting about it.

Yes, I'm really disappointed at HTC for making a senseless phone.
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I bought an HTC Desire 626 single sim for my sister.
Mine have 2 gb ram, 64bit processor. Original rom is Lollipop, with HTC Sense.
Weird is t on IMEIcheck, shows very little information.

Mediatek is the real one to be blamed.I too bought HTC desire 620G (originally planned to buy 620 but greed of 1.7ghz took over)
and now for 11 months got stuck in KitKat with gravitybox!. Now i have vowed never to buy an mediatek, even if it looks promising for development!
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Hi,
Please find below the link for HTC ROM with MTK processor .
https://easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=2666
I tried the ROM desire 626w for my HTC desire 626w dual sim, it worked fine but have few supported language and without gapps. Then I tried the ROM 626q for my HTC desire 626w but be careful you have to restore your imei after formating and flashing ... So copy your imei before any flash, and you have to fix a small problem with wifi : https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730486
Regards.

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Would you swap your N1 to the HTC Z/HD?

Hello,
So HTC introduced 2 brad new models Z and HD. Would you consider one of them to be your brand new phone or not really interested?
If no then what would you make to look for new one?
Cheers!
nope, both are ugly compared to nexus..
nope...i have a nexus because its an android developer phone....
and i think i more like samsung Galaxy S..because its have a big internal disk space on it..
All depends on whether it'll be easy to root and install custom firmware... Cyanogen on a HTC Desire HD would be nice
Not at this time! My nexus is still rocking!
Yea, I would, once it gets released on AT&T. I need a 4.3" phone.

Incredible S Vs Sensation (Kind of)

I have had my Incredible S for a month now and am really impressed with it. Well apart from the camera problems that have been flagged up on this forum.
With the announcement of the Sensation yesterday it has left me contemplating selling my Incredible S and getting a Sensation Sim Free when it is released.
After weighing up the pros and cons of the both, the only major thing i can see the Sensation has over the Incredible S is the dual core processor which i don't think is really enough to buy it. Well unless apps start to be created with dual core in mind. will this happen?
Also spotted this today on Engaget:
Unfortunate news for anyone who saw HTC's Sense 3.0 UI and started dreaming about seeing it on their Desire HD, Incredible S or any other handset that doesn't ship with it preloaded. HTC has said that because of the hardware requirements of the fancier new Android skin, only the dual-core Sensation 4G and EVO 3D smartphones and the 1.5GHz Flyer tablet will be benefiting from it for now. The company's expected to introduce more tablets in the summer and its inevitable march forward with smartphones will continue, but Sense 3.0 -- and those delectable multifunctional lock screens -- will remain the exclusive privilege of its highest-end devices
(Due to new user restrictions, can't post a link)
Obviously once our phones have been rooted there could potentially be a port of Sense 3.0 but will it run smoothly on our single cores, or is it just HTC making people want to upgrade?
Thoughts people
Couple of points on Sense 3.0:
HTC later said on their twitter feed that they would be bringing "certain elements" of sense 3.0 to their older phones, so we may still see the lions share of the features, we may see nothing official.
Several guys are already working hard to port a ROM dump from the sensation t the DHD, given the similar hardware it should be an easy port once we get S-OFF
HTC said they will ring it to the Flyer, which only runs a 1.5GHz single core snapdragon, so our device should be able to handle it fine specs wise
I imagine the sensation will be pretty expensive off contract
The HTC flyer has the same chip as the Incredible S but I think it's slightly modified to run a faster speed. I hope they get the full HTC Sense 3.0 on the Incredible S.
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The Incredible and Flyer both use the MSM8255 right? The Flyer's is just clocked faster.
colgate13 said:
The Incredible and Flyer both use the MSM8255 right? The Flyer's is just clocked faster.
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It's hard to say, officially there isn't a 1.5GHz sdnapdragon. the Samsung Galaxy S Plus and SGS II Mini both use a MSM8255T which is basically the chip we have clocked at 1.4GHz, but it is safe to say it will be very similar to the one in our phones what ever it turns out to be.
Yes, it is confirmed that IS will get the 3.0 update (some elementz) I'm still considering whether to go for this (or Desire s - similiar) or lg 2x... its dual core but buggy

[Q] change HTC Desire against SGS?

I'm considering to replace my HTC Desire against a SGS. Can someone who has the say whether it is worth comparing? How long does the battery last? And there are good AOSP roms?
Sent from my HTC Desire
First i wanted to get a HTC Desire, but the price was pretty close to the SGS.
So, i chose the SGS for it's Super AMOLED screen, best gaming performance (for a single core smartphone) and it's capacitive menu and back buttons
I like HTC Sense, but it's not worth buying an HTC phone just for it.
I had the HTC HD2 with Android Sense ROM on it and didn't like it THAT much.
The SGS battery is pretty good, especially for playing games! The biggest battery drain is data... but that applies to all Android phones, if not all phones!
So, the choice is yours.

HTC Raider (HTC vivid)

Hi,
I had a iphone 3gs for a few years now and i decided to buy myself a HTC Raider (HtC vivid) This phone is able on the new network LTE. Thats one of the reasons i choiced this phone.
so i went from appel to Android.
I have not see many thing about my HTC because its new and i was wondering if any1 may know if i did the right choice or not.
On my part compare i feel that the battery goes down realy fast on heavy use but i do have a big screen so that may kinda explain it.
Also as a new android user the version 2.3 is on my HTC.
I like to tweak and customize my phones and i founded that my htc comes with a lot of stuff that i will never use...
So i was wondering what do you guys sugger me to do to be able to use this phone at is best.
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Next phone once IncS dies...

Thinking ahead, there will be a sad day when my trusty Incredible S kicks the bucket. So I've started looking for comparable phones seeing as I love this one so much, and my basic requirements are 4" screen size and hopefully HTC unless I can be convinced otherwise (I love Sense).
I think the Desire X is looking pretty great and is at the top of my list so far. http://www.htc.com/au/smartphones/htc-desire-x/
Any other suggestions? Or what will you be getting?
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Nexus , sgs3, one x
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Probably the next nexus, next top of the line Sony, samsung, or HTC
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Superfasty said:
Thinking ahead, there will be a sad day when my trusty Incredible S kicks the bucket. So I've started looking for comparable phones seeing as I love this one so much, and my basic requirements are 4" screen size and hopefully HTC unless I can be convinced otherwise (I love Sense).
I think the Desire X is looking pretty great and is at the top of my list so far. http://www.htc.com/au/smartphones/htc-desire-x/
Any other suggestions? Or what will you be getting?
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I would advise against the Desire X as a replacement for the Inc S. It probably wouldn't me much of an upgrade, if at all. The Desire X does have an S4 processor, but it's the lowest end S4 available and is nowhere near the performance levels of the S4's you find in the One X/S, North American GS3 etc. It also uses a significantly older CPU architecture in the Cortex A5, whereas our phone has a Cortex A8 CPU and modern dual cores/quad cores are based on the Cortex A9. The latest S4 processors are loosely based off the Cortex A15 which hasn't been released to the masses yet.
TLDR; Go with a Nexus phone or a higher end HTC than the desire X
Personally, I won't buy another HTC phone until they release a phone with on-screen buttons and 2GB of RAM. I'm hoping they make a phone like that, I really want another HTC.
I like Xperia S.
SGS3 though I don't see my IncS dying anytime soon lol. Ganna have to wait till my contact ends in 2013 Aug. Even then I think I'd be happy with SGS3 though new and better phones would be out by that time lol
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Agree, don't buy HTC desire x
I honestly think it's not an upgrade.
I am actually thinking of xiaomi phone haha, can't wait for the review once it's out. Another option is HTC one x
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I like the Sony nxt series the xperia t or the v
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thakur90 said:
I like the Sony nxt series the xperia t or the v
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I like xperia v.
Retina display, more responsive touch, water resistance, dual core beast, and 13 mp camera
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My next phone is going to be an htc one X. Nice phone and I'll still have text reflow.
I wonder why text reflow is not implemented by default into Android.
Thanks for the info. Yeah I understand it wouldn't be much of an upgrade if I chose the Desire X, but I love the incredible s so much I wanted something similar. I really don't want anything larger than 4", I have my Nexus 7 for things that require a larger screen so that seems to limit my options to mid-range phones these days.
ZaySk.. that's crazy that it uses older CPU architecture than the IncS :s why on earth would they do that?
maybe an iphone5?
Nah
I know you will hate me but my next phone is Nokia Lumia 920 I really liked it and very interested in New WinPhone8 OS
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I don't hate you, those new Nokia windows phones look awesome
Just that with windows phone 7, they didn't update after 7.5 to 8.0
Its like us being updated from 2.3.3 to 2.3.5, but not receiving 4.0
At least we had custom ROMs
Until Microsoft can prove that they care about older devices, I won't be buying windows
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Well I have one more year of warranty, so guess if it dies it will be a replacement.
But if it die maybe an HTC One S.Don't like the size of the X.In fact I'd like something 4'..
This with HTC quality, replaceable battery + micro sd would be perfect
skinniezinho said:
Well I have one more year of warranty, so guess if it dies it will be a replacement.
But if it die maybe an HTC One S.Don't like the size of the X.In fact I'd like something 4'..
This with HTC quality, replaceable battery + micro sd would be perfect
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I have always liked the meizu mx, best looking phone on the market imo
If it had dev support I might have bought one
I look at all these new phones, but in reality I'm not getting one until like may next year
Venom and project x transformer will add life to our device
And if we get proper source built jb with the 3.x linux kernel, that will too
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Mmm the Windows phones do look slick but, like Markj said, Microsoft and Nokia's lack of support for their older products means I won't be getting one.
The next htc android flagship or the next nexus phone
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I'm currently thinking of buying a Galaxy Nexus. It's pretty cool and my IncS is about to get its USB-Port broken but I can still sell it to my brother when it's working. But I'm not sure. A One X would be the best thing that could happen to me but I really cannot afford that. I just hope my IncS doesn't let me down so soon...

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