[Consolidated] [2009 02 13] Touch Pro Build Date

[Silent_Patriot]

Originally Posted by Big D5

I am sure your going to love this Scrappie. My original TP died it started with intermittent GPS issues then the little switch for the styli broke off completely. I picked up my second TP today Build Date 12/26/08 cosmetically perfect I will update later if I see any other issues.

No squeaky battery cover?

[Big D5]

Originally Posted by Silent_Patriot

No squeaky battery cover?

No not realy not like the old one.

[IsLNdbOi]

I have a 12/15/08 build date TP that has a hardware revision of 002. The battery cover creaked when using the hardware keyboard so I had to put blue painters tape on the inside surface of the battery cover. It also heats up alot when using wifi. After having it for only a week, there are lots of fine scratches / lines on the chrome that goes around the device. I've kept the thing in a Seidio leather horizontal side case and have used a black Oakley cleaning cloth to clean it when oil smudged. Also, the center button (in the directional pad below the screen) has many fine scratches on it as well. If I push up on the left side of the device, it slides up a little and sticks in the position it slid to. If I slide the right side of the device a little and let go it immediately retracts back.

Screen also seems very sensitive. When dragging the screen in IE to scroll the page, the little popup menu (that comes up when tapping and holding on the screen) often comes up. At the same time, it feels like I have to press too hard sometimes to get something to work (like the HTC task manager / X-button at the top right) and many times when I tap on something, it'll act like I tapped on the link / icon / file next to the one I actually tapped (even after doing a soft reset and recalibrating the screen).

[LucJoe]

Original TP Build date: 10/14/08

Recently received (Asurion replacement) Build date: 1/5/09

Ran both phones completely stock. This new one is a completely different phone. Lag when changing programs, moving through TF3D, and using the keyboard is GONE. Has not heated up once. Seems like HTC had no QC in the initial builds...

[ScrapMaker]

Originally Posted by IsLNdbOi

I have a 12/15/08 build date TP that has a hardware revision of 002. The battery cover creaked when using the hardware keyboard so I had to put blue painters tape on the inside surface of the battery cover. It also heats up alot when using wifi. After having it for only a week, there are lots of fine scratches / lines on the chrome that goes around the device. I've kept the thing in a Seidio leather horizontal side case and have used a black Oakley cleaning cloth to clean it when oil smudged. Also, the center button (in the directional pad below the screen) has many fine scratches on it as well. If I push up on the left side of the device, it slides up a little and sticks in the position it slid to. If I slide the right side of the device a little and let go it immediately retracts back.

Screen also seems very sensitive. When dragging the screen in IE to scroll the page, the little popup menu (that comes up when tapping and holding on the screen) often comes up. At the same time, it feels like I have to press too hard sometimes to get something to work (like the HTC task manager / X-button at the top right) and many times when I tap on something, it'll act like I tapped on the link / icon / file next to the one I actually tapped (even after doing a soft reset and recalibrating the screen).

This inconsistent sensitivity is pretty annoying, and seems to be across the board on all these Touch Pros. No way around it.

Originally Posted by LucJoe

Original TP Build date: 10/14/08

Recently received (Asurion replacement) Build date: 1/5/09

Ran both phones completely stock. This new one is a completely different phone. Lag when changing programs, moving through TF3D, and using the keyboard is GONE. Has not heated up once. Seems like HTC had no QC in the initial builds...

Not bad--what hardware revision?

[vsual]

just got back from exchanging my touch pro. this new one u can actually see there is QC happening. home & back keys are flush. back cover still doesn't close as tightly as I would like, but does not creak at all. maybe with time it might, but the tape trick might help, witch on the original it didn't. both from best buy

original build date: 11/28/08

new build date: 01/06/09
hardware ver: 0002

[mike99]

Just exchanged mine. Build date 12/24/08. Still very poor speakerphone. Very quiet and distorted sound even at full volume. Very annoying to have to install custom software to fix the issue. Any one has better luck with later build dates?

[vsual]

Originally Posted by mike99

Just exchanged mine. Build date 12/24/08. Still very poor speakerphone. Very quiet and distorted sound even at full volume. Very annoying to have to install custom software to fix the issue. Any one has better luck with later build dates?

my new TP speaker does sound better than the original. I keep it at 1 step below max and it sounds good. at max the lows distorts a bit, but still better than original TP. I also agree that touch flo looks to be working better.

[loren646]

is there a good difference on teh january build date compared to previous versions? i have a 11/28 build date.

When you guys exchange it - they are cool with it? I have to exchange within the month?

If I bought it at Best Buy can I get a new one from Sprint?

[TreyBeno]

Originally Posted by loren646

is there a good difference on teh january build date compared to previous versions? i have a 11/28 build date.

When you guys exchange it - they are cool with it? I have to exchange within the month?

If I bought it at Best Buy can I get a new one from Sprint?

I bought mine from Best Buy but a sprint store replaced mine so I dont think it matters. The newer build dates of the last month seem to have better QC by far as a whole. U have to exchange within a month unless u have a real problem.