i think u mean 1800mAh and 1300mAh . there's a website which compares 3rd party batteries (sorry, i forgot where i read it), and the test results show that it is comparable to the stock battery - in other words no improvement . but a few users who gave it a try reported improved battery life, so it could be that the tests are not that valid.

4. Niggling problem: no FM radio

hey ppl. my power button has started to sink. everything else is fine though...does the warranty cover this? and how long does it take to fix it? any DIY solution?

This post has been edited by gome: Oct 15 2010, 07:59 AM

so they fixed ur button? mine is only partially sunken, so i dunno if they will entertain my request. hmmm 3 days eh...need to find a spare phone. thanks for the info!

1. DL the ROM zip
2. Place it in SD
3. Download & install ROM Manager from market
4. Use ROM Manager to do a complete backup of your phone (Backup Current ROM)
5. Select "Install ROM from SD Card", select that [ROMname].zip
6. Make a cup of coffee, sit back and relax (it will restart the phone for you and do everything else except for making that coffee)

i'm not sure if this works, but maybe you can backup your current rom using rom manager, copy everything over to your new sd card, and then do a restore using rom manager?

This post has been edited by gome: Oct 21 2010, 09:29 AM

Hey peeps. I have a confession to make - I'm stupid, I voided my 2 year HTC warranty, but so far no regrets. Story as follows.

My Legend's power button started to feel "not right" after about 6 months of usage. It felt like it sank in a little, and I had to use more effort to push the button. And my "back" button sank too - it was not level with the "home", "menu" and "search" buttons. So I decided to send in my Legend for a warranty claim. I don't know what was going through my mind back then, but I handed my phone to SIS/HTC with my custom ROM. Yes, my custom ROM. Taadaa, 3 days later, a technician from HTC called me and asked where I got this ROM. Then he said my phone's warranty voided - "we already have a snapshot of your custrom ROM and updated our database, your phone is no longer under any warranty".

"But this is just the ROM, I'm claiming warranty for a hardware problem - your company's device is experiencing a hardware problem after just 6 months of usage". "Sorry boss, this is our company policy." Policies are policies - they will find any legal reason not to fix your phone. So how much is it to repair the buttons? RM212 to change the entire aluminum casing + buttons. Being kiamsiap, I told him "never mind, just return my phone." He slammed the phone without saying anything else.

Feeling dejected after having lost my 2 years warranty over a silly mistake, I told myself "what the heck, I'll fix it myself, not that I got anything else to lose", and I disassembled my Legend. It was a tedious process, but with XDA forum's guide, I managed to strip my Legend naked. Fixing the buttons was quite simple. I just added layers and layers of tiny pieces of masking tape to the bottom of the buttons, and voila, even better than new! I added some layers of masking tape to the "home, menu, back and search" buttons - now it's even sturdier than its original state. No more free-play (looseness), and the buttons are all level.

I bet HTC won't even be able to (or won't even bother to) fix my phone to such a state, since they'll be using the same parts. So, I have no regrets - voiding the warranty gave me courage to explore my phone (in the hardware department) and subsequently resolved a problem that has always bugged me - the 4 buttons . I was too into it and forgot to take pictures, but here are 2 pics:-

Where the masking tape was applied after disassembling the Legend:
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The tape overran a little, covering part of the LED. The search button now has an orangy-tinge:
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This post has been edited by gome: Oct 23 2010, 09:33 AM

They probably won't notice if you unroot it.