HTC Freestyle

  • Released 2011, February
    128g, 12.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    150MB 256MB RAM 256MB ROM storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.2"
    320x480 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
  • 256MB RAM
    Snapdragon S1
  • 1300mAh
    Li-Ion

HTC Freestyle - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2011, January. Released 2011, February
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 106.7 x 56.6 x 12.5 mm (4.20 x 2.23 x 0.49 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 3.2 inches, 30.5 cm2 (~50.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~180 ppi density)
Platform Chipset Qualcomm MSM7225 Snapdragon S1
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11
GPU No
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 150MB 256MB RAM 256MB ROM
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio No
USB miniUSB 2.0
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Games Yes
Java No
 MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
MP4/H.264/WMV9 player
Organizer
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 388 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min
Misc Colors Gray
SAR 1.15 W/kg (head)    
Price About 70 EUR

HTC Freestyle - User Reviews

  • Don't get this phone! It gives me an Oops! Error occured Restarting... screen or it just hangs on the HTC screen. I get rainbow screens of death and the battery life is terrible. NEVER GET THE HTC FREESTYLE!!!!

  • Well it was released in 2011, so it isn't still supported by HTC. It hasn't been for awhile now.

  • This phonr is a disaster it keeps freezing up, I think the company should compensate the customers because there is a serious problem with this phone.

  • This phonr is a disaster it keeps freezing up, I think the company should compensate the customers because there is a serious problem with this phone.

  • 100% correct

  • yes bro. my tooo ooh. since 5 months now is still cannot boot. it tells me oops error and switch off. i need a helper to repair it but cannot find some

  • why is it that HTC have developed is type of phones for us? i bought my phone for two weeks with is switch and on. now it is not oning agian. tell me ooops error occurd and need to restart. HTC come out with the solution because this phones are still new. or can some body help me solve this issue. i need help

  • It is the worst phone ever, it freezes a lot and it cannot download any apps, please don't purchase this phone or else it will be a big REGRETTT!

  • hts freestyle download/application not run and this mobile 3rd class

  • yes has anyone found out how to fix it

  • Has anyone else who's had this phone for a while had a problem with the start up screen where it says HTC just freeze up and not load past that? I've had the usual problems like the Oops! message and it being laggy, but just today I was trying to text someone, and the phone wouldn't unlock for a while, but when it did and I opened my text message, the text was so small that I couldn't read it and the phone just shut off out of nowhere. Then when I tried turning it back on, it wouldn't go past the HTC start up screen. Has anyone else had this happen or had something weird like this happen with your freestyle?

  • DO NOT GET THIS PHONE!!! It overheated when you charge it, you receive the same text message more than once, and once in a while, it randomly calls people without you doing anything. It is definatly the worst phone I have ever, and possibly will ever, own.

  • The worst phone I've ever owned. I got this phone over a year ago and the first few months were fine. And then it started to go downhill. It would restart randomly because of a systems error (I was only texting). It got to the point where I only used the phone if I absolutely had to use it until one day, it just stopped working all together. I would not recommend this phone to anyone.

  • This phone has really disappointed me nothing about it pleases me,it keeps on freezing,I can't download whatsapp or viber. Is this really an andriod phone?

  • I can't believe AT&T is still breaking off this phone in it's customers. HTC does not even support it anymore. Fought this phone myself for two ears, now I'm finally upgrading, and it's barely hanging on. Constant restarts throughout the day, at least a fwe battery pulls, and constant freezing and extremely unresponsive behavior among other things. This should really be pulled from the shelves, especially since HTC themselves are acting as if it never existed.

  • Its a feature phone not a smartphone it does not even have an app store on it

  • this is the worst phone i have ever com across the app center won't open can't even tell if it's android or wat 1.0 is useless don't support any usefull app' always say opps error system restarting

  • please why are all the applications not opening?

  • this phone is such pain in the ass. good for texting and calls only. music player doesn't have a equalizer. error always appear. os seems to be bugged. can't even update the os. needs brew authentication to be able to the specifications at the brew os site. can't even remove the applications installed for me to gain more memory space. =(

  • What a PIECE OF GARBAGE! I got this phone when I re- signed my contract with AT&T... And it was a BIG mistake: It would CONSTANTLY freeze up... And to restart it I would have to pull out the battery and reconnect. And when it WAS working, it would send text messages 2x... Not good if you don't unlimited texting. And it would get REALLY HOT after talking for a few minutes... The only plus side was the price, and the phones features... (when they worked, that is...) I sent the phone back to Amazon 2x because of the problems I was having (restarting the phone, phone freezing up, etc.) and both times I got a new phone... And each phone had the same problem... I just sent it back and kept using my old LG CU720... and I still do.

  • Why can't diz fone download anything, and d appcenter can't open

  • i don't know why i can't download on this phone. Anytime i want to do that, it tells me 'no download path'. kindly find a away i can be able to do that this phone. i await your quick response.

  • I've was STUCK with this phone for 2 years. I was locked into a contract with AT&T and wasn't giving AT&T any more money than I already have by buying another phone. This phone is just JUNK, pure and simple. There is NOTHING good with it. If I was to list all the problems this phone had this review would be a novel. AT&T knows that this is a piece of S#!+ and wouldn't replace it with a different model because I had it 91 days. I tried both on the phone and in person. I spent over 200 hours between the two. I know that sounds like an exaggeration but its not its more likely an under estimate. All that they would do is send me another REFURBISHED Freestyle. In all they sent me 9 and every one of them worked (or should I say didn't work) the same. I spent many hours on the phone with HTC too. They, in a round about way, said I must be doing something wrong. After all was said and done I bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S2 and a Straight Talk SIM card. I will never again buy a HTC nor will I ever sign another contract with AT&T. They can both kiss my rump roast.

  • As far you will use it as a phone, it's a great companion. For anything else, definitely you have to spend more Dollars...

  • Touch is not good .some time freez.it is less then jawa

  • is the most useless phone i have ever come across it can't run any useful apps

  • this not have update or flash file in shipped rom or any other site

  • Don't ever buy Diz type of phone.is not gud.

  • Diz phone is not an Android phone

  • please can i download whatsapp on this fone

  • no, this is not an android fon.

  • This phone is very frustrating. It marks my text messages as unread even though I have read them several times. This phone also freezes ALL OF THE TIME. I have never had a phone that freezes so much. The only good thing about this phone is the camera. The camera resolution is fantastic but the rest of the phone is terrible. Not worth the money.

  • i only usd dis fone 4 a day b4 i disposd it itz really rubbish........

  • Plz i want 2 b sure if tis fone z an android fone cuz ve not bin able 2 download whatsapp on it

  • people would never be stisfied with nything, i bought this phone n i hv bin enhoy it ever since bt i believe it's not the best but it's ok.

  • Minuts after paying for dis phone i regret dat i did so just b4 i get home

  • i just bought it

  • this phone isnt the best but it is probabaly the best phone without a data plan

  • Is not an opinion, I have prob to release the calendar on the screen.

  • This is the most useless phone I�ve ever seen in my entire life.. Looking @ the phone alone is a waste of time, so u can imagine what buying it will be�u might be wondering why am saying all these about this nice looking object�.now listen: (1) it�s can�t download anything,(2) it does not even support Whatsapp (3)the applications on the phones it�s does not work (4)it freezes like anything you can think of 5)the operating system restarts almost every 30 minutes (6) the battery goes off even if full 8) it gets hot as if it�s on fire (9)if it gets off by itself u need to remove the battery before it will work again 10)the facebook on it�s as useless as the phone itself��.these are just a few of the problems associated with this good for nothing nice looking object�it�s better to shred your money than to use it on this metal

  • this phone is useless i can not download,the browser is useless...i regret buyin dis phone.....feel like seeing the manufacturer or d producer of d useless so called htcf5151....rubbish

  • I hate this phone it is the worst phone ever!!!!! You download apps then the app center nor app manager will work I paid 6 dollars for a app I can't even use!!!! Plus it freezes,over heats,and has system errors every 2 seconds it seems like do not buy this phone u will regret it!!!! The only good thing is the battery life I leave my phone on when I am at school which is 8 hours a day and during cheer practice another 3-5 hours and it is only at like half battery but battery life is not everything in a phone!!!! That is apps,games,music,and fun not yay battery life!!!!! DON'T GET THIS PHONE EVER!!!!! UNLESS TO TEACH UR KID A LESSON

  • that htc is looks nice but works like garbage it jeeps freezing and restarting and the charge goes away fast and it turns off like everyday like what the?

  • I HATE THIS PHONE!!!!! I have never seen a phone freeze or restart 100 times in a day. I literally cannot use it. It is nothing more than a fancy paper weight. I cannot believe I wasted money on a worthless POS like this. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. If someone attempts to give you this phone for free, don't take it. If someone tries to pay you for this phone, do not take it. Data, works when it wants too. texts, randomly come it hours later, battery, holds a charge for 6 hours at best thats with minimal use. Calls, dropped or won't go through period. I've discovered all of this in the 6 days I've had it.... After owning this phone for a month you will look like the before pictures from one of those Hair transplant infomercials, NO JOKE!

  • I've had this phone not even 2 years & I've already had 4 replacements!! This phone is shit! The screen goes black, the call cut off, can't get apps, that annoying noise it makes when you're texting! The list goes on & on!!!! DON'T BUY THIS PHONE!! SAVE YOUR MONEY!!

  • Unfortunately, the HTC Freestyle runs off a BREW operating system (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless). It is a proprietary cell phone application platform, so unlike Flash or Java, BREW is a licensed product not open-sourced. You can still get some applications to run off the HTC Freestyle, but they are limited. This is not like one of those other high-end gaming phones. this was posted on a site by someone name ZodiacN64

  • I've had this phone for over a year now and let me tell you it's not the best phone on the market. I only have 2 problems with it: sometimes it sends me the same text multiple times and when you turn on the phone it is a bit laggy. I use my phone for music,texting,and phone calls. I would recomend this phone to anyone who just wants a nice looking phone that can do a little more than you're average "dumbphone"

  • i have the phone and paid 100 for it without a contract to find that at&t stopped selling the phone due to glitches. this phone sucks ass and isnt worth a dime. I had all of the same problems and now i cant use it when i turn it on the oops a system error screen pops up repeatedly until it dies.

  • Yall let me tell you. See I got my HTC Freestyle on my birthday, October 6,2012. It was all that in a pot gumbo but a few days later it started restarting. It would go back to normal after. Internet sucks..Dial up tops it. Also it slows down extremely. Later it started freezing, shutting down and over heating. That phone be HOT! In 3rd period at school it restarted twice, shut down twice, over heated once and froze once..IN THIRTY MINUTES!! Not 45..not 60..90 but 30! And it have been doing that ever since. Never dropped it, looks new still, and no water damage. Today I woke up late because it froze while charging. All them hours at school and it never turned on again. I plug it up and it froze again. So my HTC FREESTYLE's funeral will be held in my yard Sunday morning at 11 am by Pastor I'm tired of this phone. Thanks for listening. Sincerely sad phone owner.

  • It is the Worlds Worst Phone for anyone reading this review please do not even consider this dumb phone because it does not work ever! AT&T will not give you any other phone to replace it, they will send you the same dumb model which will not work so donor get this phone. It is very frustrating to own this phone because I cannot use it, not e en one phone call goes through without being disconnected several times or no signal at all. Which means you cannot make a single call. I have this horrible phone for 2 years and am so frustrated with it. Get any other phone not this!

  • I got this phone about a year ago and worked fine until now. Lately, my phone won't unlock. It doesn't show anything it just lights up to a dark screen and the keys light up. It works sometimes, but when it starts to do that, it seems to take forever to get back working. Kinda regret buying this phone...

  • why in heaven, HTC would put out a phone like this for consumers to buy, this is pure nonsense, this is a developer tool, not an everyday consumers product, for people who waste their money on this crap, they going to frustrate them self to madness..

  • yeah...for eternity

  • I just ordered this yesterday... Will i regret it??

  • I got this phone for my 12 year old son in April when we change wireless service. He's already on his 3rd phone. This phone freezes up frequently on a daily basis and you have to take the battery out to make it stop. The battery does not hold the charge for very long. We have had trouble with this phone EVERY DAY since we got it! The second phone and the 3rd phones are the same problem as the first. Who has time to exchange a phone daily?

  • I have to say that this phone does not deserve the smart definition. I recently tried to send a group text but noticed on the group list ( thick fingers) someone I did not want to get the text. No problem I thought just delete them from the list. Real problem here , as this option does not seem to be supported. Gave the phone to my kids to sort it out ( you know the type " poor old dad still stuck in the dark ages ") and am delighted to inform you that even that patronising rabble were defeated by what to my mind should be a simple procedure. Even went as far as deleting the contact from the phone but his number stayed obstinately on the group text list. abandon hope all ye .......

  • This is the worst phone i've ever had. Even though it's now one of At&t's free phones, it's the worst out of all of them. I've had this phone (not the same exact phone) for about 3 months now. Every month i've returned this phone because it would overheat and remove all of my contacts. At&t customer service would only give me another HTC Freestyle each time to replace the other, and they all have had the same exact issues. I'm not even sure why they are still offering this phone with their plans. At&t won't allow me to switch to a completely different phone without paying a $200 contract service charge.

  • this is the worse phone i have ever had out of all of my phones , this phone is so stupid i can't stand this phone . It messes up my twitter whenever i try to get on its not a smart phone it just look cool cause of the looks . DONT EVER BUY THIS PHONE ! i sent it in once cause it was loading slow saying opps a system error has occurred you cant even download free apps from the app center . This is the worse phone ever invited . i get 6 of the same message & now my screen is cracked and then sometimes my screen turns different colors ughhh i hate this phone very much >_<

  • This phone is horrendous. It is the most technologically advanced, yet it is the worst phone I have ever had. My top three complaints (because I have many) are 1) Sluggish typing. It takes me six minutes to type 160 characters because of the software. 2) No option to cut/copy/paste. 3) The phone can only hold 5,000 text messages. After that you must delete them. Then you must go into your 'Deleted Texts' folder and delete them again.

  • Maybe because i just use my phone for phone calls, no internet nor text messages... but i haven't had any of those problems you guys are talking about, ANY. The only thing that happened to my phone is that it fell and the screen cracked up a bit, easy change and good as new, had it for over a year now and everything works great... obviously is not a bad phone just not good for internet and/or texting...

  • I had the same problems with the battery and got a new phone the first two weeks, same problem. Sent it in and same problem but this time didn't help to take out battery. Put it in drawer for one year and called them they are sending me a another phone, same HTC. If they don't work why don't they just give us different phones? No one told me at ATT that there were many like problems with phone. Warning , DON"T BUY.

  • the phone ok i have problems with the battery

  • HTC Freestyle?...NEVER AGAIN! I got an HTC Freestlye about a year and a half ago. At first it was fine. But then it started lagging and moved all my images and videos somewhere else! It always freezes and says "Opps! A system error has occured. Restarting." Seriously...? And before that happens, (usually during a text), It startes lagging REAL bad and takes about 3 seconds for EACH character. I can't get a new one until September! My advice -- DON'T GET ONE!

  • My god this horrible phone. At first, when I got the freestyle, it seemed perfect because no smartphone plan, which means you're not locked in for an extremely expensive data plan. I was completely satisfied with it at first, but then I met the problematic freestyle I never knew. This phone was horrible. Here's a brief list of the problems I've been receiving. - I'm a huge texter, and at one point, I built up 4500 text messages with my girlfriend. It would perform miserably slow in messaging, taking about 1 second to type each character. And when I tried to delete them all, I met the infamous "oops..." message. I finally reset it and it worked fine, but I lost everything. - trying to delete messages wasn't the only time I met the "oops..." message. I met it about once every other day at the least before I reset the first time. - when unlocking the phone to read a message from my girlfriend, it stayed on the unlock screen for around 30-45 seconds. - after losing everything, I started with a clean phone. Then after around a month later, it started introducing me to new and even more irritating problems. -sometimes, it wouldn't send a message, even though I had 5-6 bars. - it still did the oops screen. - the phone eventually got messages 5 minutes - 2 hours late. This was extremely frustrating. And again, I reset. - it was fine for the first 2 days. Then even more frustrating problems occurred. - keep in mind I'm on my third factory reset. It now is extremely late responsive wise when you touch the screen, around 10 seconds late. - it performs slower than ever. -I turned it off because it froze, and it freezes on the lock screen. It has not start up. -it will not even charge. - now I'm f*cked. I had my numbers, my pictures, my music, my messages, and a movie of me and my girl riding a ride at an amusement park that I was gonna post on fb and YouTube to prove we did. And now I can't. I f*cking hate this phone. Overall, this is a piss poor phone and a fail on htc and AT&T s part. DO NOT BUY.

  • this is the worst phone i have EVER had. its a beautiful phone, but it never works right, all the problems that you guys are having are the same ones im having. im on my 6th phone. because i used my upgrade to get the freestyle..so finally its frozen and wont come back on..so i went on ebay and ordered a new phone, thank god! i will never get another htc phone EVER!!!!!! its the biggest piece of crap ive ever had and im sooooo excited to get rid of it.

  • Oh HTC Freestyle. This phone has since complicated my life. When I first got this phone it seemed great, because it had no data plan and looked like a smart phone. The reviews I seemed to read were fine, until a few months after I recieved it. Just to sum it up, these are the problems I deal with on the daily; -I'm a big texter, being a teenager, and for most of my texts i recieve duplicates, and at random times -I often recieve texts late -The order in which the texts should go are wrong, so anyone not used to my phone can't read anything easily -Recently my phone has started to recieve texts that aren't what the sender wrote. It'd show up something like "My cat ran into the wallEven though my mom said yes" but the sender had written "My cat ran into the wall and fell". The only two times this has happened were with conversations with people with Iphones, who screenshotted their messages and it was not what I got. This causes a ton of confusion. -Plus the phone lags, and takes a few moments to do anything pretty much I hope some of these problems are what others have experienced, and I can't wait to get a new phone!!

  • My phone(s) have been brand new and never used more than two days at a time, pristine condition, and they won't work. Can I have yours, please???? Seriously!!

  • I have sent this Freestyle back four times and each phone does the same thing.... Oops! Anyway, I have taped a short, flattened straw to the right side of the battery to see if the looseness is the problem. The battery will probably never come out ever again, but at least I don't hear it sliding backing and forth now. I was wondering if this fixed Anonymous's problem???? Also, any luck getting HTC to replace the Freestyle with a DIFFERENT KIND OF PHONE??????

  • A new battery and a factory reset do nothing to stop it from randomly shutting off to the point that you need to remove the battery and reinstall it. The problem looks to be a design flaw in how the battery is placed in the compartment which allows for too much movement between battery and connectors. The reset did help on the random freeze out but not sure for how long as its only been a day or two since that has happened. Also they sent me a replacement phone which was worse than my phone. I am sending it back and getting a different phone. HTC lied to me and said this is the first they had heard about this problem. Typical corporation mentality, if we ignore it and act dumb nobody will be the wiser.

  • where did you get the brace and what kind did you use? I'm having the same problems. Thanks!

  • What kind of brace did you use and where did you buy it? I'm having the same issues. Thanks!!!

  • I want to try your brace solution because I'm having the same problems. What kind of brace did you buy and from where?

  • I have a question for you are you still having the same problem with your phone because im about to get a 4g upgrade through ATT and they offered me the HTC FREESTYLE and i dont want to get it if its like that theres a lot of comments about how bad it is and the phone i have now is FLIGHT 2 ince i got it it has been giving me problems so let me know what should i do

  • so very true, i get so annoy when that happen

  • if i would if had a choice of getting a htc freestyle phone i would not. It turns pretty colors and wont turn back on:(

  • I got this phone after my trusty 5yr old flip phone died on me. Newer is not better, and touch screen will never beat the reliable button. Yes this phone sucks....the predictive texting causes me to have to spell check every text now, not responding to touch when I want it to, and where did the traditional Notepad go. I need a good ol fashioned PHONE, I think this piece of equipment confuses itself.

  • THINGS THAT MAY HELP YOUR HTC FREESTYLE: 1.) Buy an SD Card to store your music and extra files to. It can help save room on your phone. 2.) DO NOT use a screen protector. It really messes with the touchscreen and causes a lot of lag. If you do use one, change to a new one like continuously. 3.) Save Phone contacts to SIM card. Not the phone. 4.) Delete messages when it starts to get full and make sure you remember to delete the drafts as well then go to the trash to clear the deleted messages. 5.) Turn the brightness low. 6.) Make sure the phone is updated to the latest version. (This is all the advice I can give anyone. This phone is extremely frustrating, and I know the anger you all go through. I just hope these tips can help.)

  • I was so excited when I got this phone because it looks like a smartphone without having to have a data plan. However, after two days it began shutting off at random times. You cannot turn it back on without removing the battery, which is time consuming process. If the phone was not turning off, then I was getting an "oops, system error occurred. restarting." message. Once the sound also completely shut off and wouldn't turn back on until I turned off/on the phone. I was constantly terrified the phone was going to shut off and I would miss my alarm in the morning or an important phone call. I loved this phone but with the constant problems/unreliability it just wasn't worth it. I ended up switching to a more basic phone that has much better reliability. The final straw was when the phone froze on the HTC lock screen and I could not get it to do a thing. VERY disappointed and would not recommend this phone to my worst enemy!!!

  • This phone is horrible! It always restarts with the very famous "OOps..." It is a horrible texting machine and I always get so mad whenever it screws up when I am composing a text and another one comes in, and it shuts of the noise, or shuts off completely!This phone is also the heaviest phone i've had, but I got used to it within a few days. I have hated this phone within the few days after I got it. I can't change my phone yet, because it is on a 2 year contract, which i hate! I can not stand this phone at all!!! My request is to have a full keyboard, instead of touch screen, because after this phone, I don't think I will be able to stand touch screen texting cell phones!!! This is the worst phone, EVER!!!

  • The only way to back up your photos and videos is to connect it to the computer and copy the files manually from the drive that shows up (or use a program like Picasa to import them). In Windows it will show up as a new drive with a letter, like "Removable Disk (E)".

  • We bought this phone for my wife and the first one was a pretty good phone (we had it replaced recently because the micro-usb port broke). The replacements have had issues with shutoff and overheating. I'm trying the suggestion on this thread about wedging the battery tightly side-to-side. Here are some other tips for those of you having other issues: Duplicate texts, freezing, lagging: Try installing the latest firmware update (2.18.502.0) from HTC (make sure to install HTC Sync first and connect your phone so it's recognized): This will reset your phone, so make sure you've backed everything up (I don't know a way to back up texts, sorry). Copying photos and videos: Install HTC Sync, then connect your phone via usb to a computer, then choose either HTC Sync or Disk Drive for the connection type on the phone. It should show up in your list of drives and you can copy the files or use a program like Picasa to import them to the computer. If you're getting the "oops" error a lot, check your microSD card for errors, try reformatting it (you can copy contents to a computer first), or try a different card. Of course, you can try factory reset too if none of these things help. We've had to exchange it twice since the first one because of shutdown issues. AT&T won't let us trade for a different phone, so we're stuck trying and retrying to get one that works right. They usually don't give you a new battery when they swap your phone, so you might give that a shot. We're going to try a new battery next.

  • okay, i have read all these bad things about this phone. I just ordered on like an hour ago, as a back up phone because my iphone got stolen. Hopefully it isnt as bad as it seems

  • I got my first Freestyle in February 2012. Within the first week, I would get the "Oops..." messages and it would randomly turn off. I went to the AT&T device repair center on May 11, 2012 because my phone had died and would not turn on. I had charged it all night. They replaced my phone with one of the same model. Within hours, I was faced with the same issues. I plan on going back to the repair center tomorrow (since today is Sunday) and demand a different model phone. I didn't pay for this one, and I know there are plenty of other "free" phones. They said that there was a known problem with the power button, and the batter. For starters, if it's a known problem, why don't you warn others? Frankly, I find this to be absurd. I'll let you know what happens after tomorrow.

  • Dont buy this phone. I was sent this phone by AT&T three weeks ago as an insurance replacement for my old phone. All that has been decibed in this forum is true. You can not archive text messages or save pictures and video. HTC has software but even there software doesn't allow you. Excluding touch phone functionality this is a HORRIBLE phone.

  • my htc freestyle keeps showing Oops system error has occured restarting screen but it won't restart and when i take my battery out and but it back in and turn it back on it does the same thing over and over again!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

  • this phone is a horrible phone. It has way to many problems that seem to get worse and worse. untill they fix the phones software and stuff i recommending not to get one unless the place that you can get one has high quality version. my phone has broke once, got it repaired, it broke again, got a new phone *Same brand and all that.* broke soon after that, and now the screen isn't working. the phone gets multible text messages from the same person and it lags and freezes a lot. it sometimes flips out and when you try to press the unlock button it will show the unlock screen then back to a black screen and the back to the unlock screen...

  • why is that u can't use or set music tones as your ringtones...

  • I've had my phone for about 10 months and now all of a sudden it starts vibrating when it is on silent and it won't stop, I've taken out the battery and it starts again the moment I put it back in, if I turn it off it doesn't stop, does anyone know how to fix this

  • This phone really is horriable phone. ive had it for 3 hours and havnt done anything to make it break but ive experanced every problem that others are having multipul times

  • Please I don't know how 2 minimize with my phone HTC-f5151 freestyle please any person who know teach me please.

  • I got my HTC freestyle in October, then this morning I went for a hike and it was working fine. Then I get home and it won't turn I took out the battery and everything, it won't turn back on

  • The minute I got my HTC Freestyle I chraged it and when I started to use it for about 3 hours, the problems started to occur. The first problem was the Opps! A system error has occured, Restarting... I figured "huh" I must have done something wrong but, then it happened again within a minute of it restarting. Over the next two days I started to notice that I was receiving multiple text messages from the people who I was texting, I asked them why they sent it so many times and they said that they didn't so I emailed HTC about the problem and they said to update to the new version but, it already was. Then after I hung up in a call the phone shut down by itself and I had to remove the battery and reinsert it inorder to turn it back on. This is annoying and when I need my phone the most I take it out of my pocket only to find that it turned off and I have to remove the battery once more inorder to turn it back on, then I have to wait for about a minute so that it can turn on. We people do NOT have time for this. Even the phones from 2000 still work and, they don't have any problems. Right now I am using a go phone that is working just fine and it doesn't do any of the things that this phone does. Honestly, I think that I would rather throw my freesyle away but, I decided to reorder one for free to see how it turns out. I might need a good nights rest and prepare for frustration again. I do NOT recommened this phone for anybody who gets frustrated real easy and who is very impatient. Wish me luck!

  • I solved the heat problem. As some have said the battery is extremely loose, it slides from side to side. I put a plastic brace in the right hand side and it has not overheated. In addition I am on day 3 without charging it, with bluetooth never shut off. It is at about half full today. I do not use the data stuff at all. My issue has been with the oops restarts and all out crashes. I have a theory, though I still need to test it. My theory is that with the battery loose it caused some kind of issue when updating the ROM. Weather that be the discharge/feedback issue that was causing the overheats or something else I am not sure. I have not tried factory resetting it and starting over yet because I do not want to wipe my stuff on a hunch. Anyone else have a thought on this theory?

  • ive expeirenced everything about this phone and it has many problems i just need a overall new phone but my upgrade isnt up yet so im stuck with it but dont make the same mistake i did get a new phone because this s a lemon it has to many problems

  • This is happening right noww did u ever fix it? And if so how did u fix it??

  • I've owned this phone for about a month now and have experienced all the problems mentioned by other owners. I took a chance upgrading to this phone from my older Nokia considering all the negative reviews I previously read on it. Now I wish I had just kept my Nokia. Here are a few of the more annoying issues: 1. Goes completely dead for no reason. To fix, you need to remove the battery, reinsert, then power back on. Also, try to dim the display a couple settings as it seems the brighter the screen, the more this happens. 2. Displays an "Oops, system error message..." intermittently. It will fix itself after a self restart. 3. During a phone call, screen will go completely black with no access to phone options such as volume, keypad, etc. You must press the "on" button on the top for the display to work again. This should never go black during a call especially with a touchscreen device. 4. Phone will lock up while moving from one screen to the next. To fix, you need to again, remove the battery, reinsert and power back on. In summary, I do not recommend this phone. It's too bad considering it is very well made and looks great. They just need to fix some of the bugs in the s/w and then it would be a great product.

  • Well, ive had my freestyle for 7 months and it just started giving me problems. The screen will freeze and the buttons will work, everything freezes, restarts, unlocks itself while i'm on the phone and calls other people, its very slow and now my battery life only lasts 3 hours at most even if i don't use it. I wouldnt suggest this phone to ANYONE. Save yourself the stress.

  • I agree with everything. This phone is horrible. It lags EVERY TIME you text. It shuts down in the middle of a call and also holds only 100 messages. Then you have to delete them. (That happened with me) It is the worst possible phone to get. I would rather get a TracPhone than this.

  • That happened to me before, with that you need to just go get it replaced, but the way my phone has been acting i would prefer you to just get a whole new phone if your not under the 2 yr plan. this phone has tons of software problems and i have switched it out 2 times for a new one because of the problems.

  • Are the problems with this phone as serious as people make it out to be? I honestly don't mind a few duplicate messages or random reboots. But is it so bad I won't be able to use the phone?

  • How do you fix your settings to prevent these problems?

  • me too how do i fix it!!!!

  • Well then could you please tell us what the correct settings are to set it too?

  • I got the HTC Freestyle about six months ago and the first day I got it and I already had problems. I upgraded online and it worked better, but all of a sudden when I need it most it won't turn on all the way. It starts and goes to the black screen when the HTC thing pops up, but then it just stops!

  • This is the worst phone I've ever had. Receives text messages multiple times, constantly lags, restarts multiple times each day, and just completely broke and won't start at all after just a few months with it. This is my second phone and the first one had the exact same problems- I tried doing everything they have suggested (frequently deleting texts, turning it off to charge, etc.) and nothing has worked. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE.

  • people need to shut up! this phone works fine, you just don't know how to take care of your crap!!! i have had mine for six months and there is not one thing wrong with it!

  • this phone dosent work it freezes and dosent turn on i think thatis is one of the worst phones that htc made

  • this phone is terible. i do not recommend anyone getting this phone. the service is terible and quite often drops calls even when i have good service. i cant wait till i can get another phone

  • I've had the F5151 Freestyle for about a week. This was chosen as a replacement for a Samsung Rugby company cell phone. I have heard the complaints about low signal strength. I too seem to have never yet seen anything more than 3 bars except for breief moments. But up until today, as some reviews have claimed, I have not had a call dropped for failure to initiate a call. Today, a couple times it failed to dial out. Signal strength was flickering on one. Just to be honest, I work in a production facility and my office is in the center of the plant with several walls to outside and another floor above. It remains to be seen if this will be a consistant issue. I do not own a smart phone. I have no plans to email or search the internet on my phone. This is a 3G phone and many of the features are available. I use this and my personal phones to make calls. Other reviews stated that the speaker provided a noticable hiss. I have not found that to be the case. Sound is clear and more than loud enough for me. I have to turn down from highest setting. The phone is customizable enought that I believe will be more than adequate for all but hard core users. Display is sharp and bright enough to use outdoors although in bright direct sunlight, naturally it is somewhat dim. Display locks automatically after a a minute. Wish this was ajustable for a shorter time or provide an option to go into on demand. I charge my phone on my dresser at night. The display constantly shows large icon for battery charge and never goes blank. Ifyou need a nightlight, the display is certainly bright enough to serve this purpose. All in all, this is a phone worthy enough to consider. It feels sturdy thanks to its mostly metal housing. Although this makes the phone slightly heavier than some others. Battery life is about what is stated, about 6.5 hours.

  • This phone doesn't support wifi

  • this phone is amazing!!!

  • Any 1 knows how i can get the wi-fi up and running on this phone?

  • I have experienced all the complaints that everybody has been going through. One thing to try to make the phone run a little bit more stable is to reduce the display brightness down to two bars. With that setting the freezing problem doesn't happen much often as compared as before but the Oops problem still happens once in a while but at least I don't to remove the battery to recover. It looks like there is heat circulation problem inside the phone, it overheats when I leave it on my pocket. Reducing the brightness helps a little bit in reducing the heat. BTW, I switched to a different phone.

  • How did you adjust your settings? Any advice would be much appreciated!

  • Ok this fone wud be decent except for two thijgs.... multiple mesages, and the freezing of the music ...any helP?

  • Not a very good phone at all! The worst part about it is that it lags immensely when you try to type out a text, even when you don't have much space taken up by pictures and apps and stuff. Not only that, it shuts down frequently with "system errors", often receives the same message three or four times, and runs out of battery very quickly (even when hardly used). I strongly suggest you reconsider buying this phone.

  • at first id agree with everyone ive had problems from day one but if you fixs your settings right the phone has no freeze up problems.. great phone my favorite yet

  • Ive gone through 3 htc freestyles, and multiple sim cards. The phone sucks. It freezes, restarts and recieves the same txt message almost 10 times everytime. Dont buy it. your welcome... i hate htc

  • Don�t use new firmware (ROM version 2.18.502.0)u will get too many problems. try to get old version : 1.75.0.0 117245 then it will works very good, good luck

  • This phone is a piece of crap! AT&T is wrong for selling a phone they know has manufacturer defects at such a high price. Customer service sucks as much as the policies they follow. I'm so mad I wish I could sue. Bottom line is do not buy this phone or go with this company! I will not make this mistake again.

  • thank u finaly someone understands me im on my second freestyle and it still glitches and wont turn on sometimes

  • Down load new firmware 2.18 still cause this problem..error and shut off.. 4 5 time a day...

  • this phone is so good

  • It does have radio, which was not acknowledged by the specifications.

  • I've had this phone for almost a month and I absolutely love it and haven't had any problems with it so far. :)

  • I got this phone last year in March, I've treated this phone well and i have had minimal problems with it. The only thing that i did not like was that the phone was a little thick, but not by too much. I would recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a feature phone that has more options than other phones. 5 stars.

  • Same here >.

  • I bought the HTC Freestyle in October, about 3 months ago. I was all excited because I couldn't update my plan for an Android, so this was as close as I could get. Within 5 minutes of owning the phone it says "Oops. System error occurred... Restarting." I called AT&T and they said it was most likely because of my older SIM card. They were wrong. The phone freezes at least 4 times a day, and I don't even know how many times it had to restart! You get multiple texts of the same message and can't download pictures half the time. The screen is weak, drop it once and it cracks. When you're on the phone with someone it vibrates and the screen blinks because the sensor sucks. It asks when you want to update you weather, every 3 hours, you have to update it yourself because it doesn't. The volume is confusing. And it fries your MicroSD cards. But there are a few features I actually liked! The internet was nice. The camera was nice. The HTC Sense was nice. I liked the way the music app was. And the they set up messaging was okay, too! But overall, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. Waste of money! GET SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

  • Freeze, restart, oops...reset, multiple txts, and do it again! wish it would have worked, but it did not. I returned it.

  • There is basically only one thing to say about this phone DO NOT BUY IT. It freezes it. shuts off it while just sitting. it loses the sims card, you get 5-6 sometimes 7 of the same text if it even downloads it, you get system errors that cause it to restart (which takes forever) the screen wont shut off when up to your ear and it causes it to go into the contact list and dial the camera leaves a lot to be desired. I have 3 of these that have each been replaced 3 times for a total of 9 phones.Calling again today most likely will be up to 12 by the end of the day. I've spent at least 50 hours on the phone with tech support and they cant do anything for me and will not replace the phone. I'm thourghly fed up with AT&T, their customer service is just about non existent. Im most likely going to switch to Sprint I can get twice the minutes and full web and text for about 10 dollars more that what I'm paying for 700 mins and texting now. I ABSOULTLY HATE THIS PHONE its the worst phone I've ever used. I promise you if you buy it YOU WILL REGRET IT.

  • To fix the AT&T HTTC Freestyle from freezing I found if you disable these features you no longer have that freezing or restarting problem. Disable the auto-sync feature and my location feature under the Data Services and also disable the weather.

  • This phone was HORRIBLE! I had it for a couple of hours & would say error and turn off ! It always send me multiple message from the same sender, heats up, all my calls drop & deleted all my info on the phone. I had never had problems with any of my phones so NEVER again will I get this phonee !

  • I hate it it always freezes i dont even remember the last time it didnt freeze on me and i treat i very good the only thing i can do is take the battery out to restart it dont get the phone!!!

  • i think that there are many issue with htc freestyle especially power issues... and sometimes error msg... try checking your firmware version on the phone (ROM version)its should be 2.18.502.0.. if not, try downloading it thru:

  • I got the HTC freestyle, and I had MANY problems with it!!!!! i got my first one last friday it malfunctioned (turned off on its own, wouldnt turn on, even when i took the battery out and put it back in) then i reordered it from At&T, and the other one that came DID THE SAME THING!!!! with BOTH phones within 2 hours they had the same problem!!! I don't understand why HTC made this phone with this reoccurring problem or why they didnt fix it. and WHY is AT&T is purposely and knowingly selling these crappy phones?!?! Shame on them! AT&T is so terrible for giving their customers products like this! they are BIG companies who have been around for many many years, they shouldn't be manufacturing and selling phones with such problems!!!!DONT GET THIS PHONE!! STAY AWAY FROM IT! maybe like 1 out of 10 doesn't have problems! return it if you have had any problems with it! they will only continue!!!

  • Mine worked fine for about 3 days then all of the sudden it turned off. I tried to turn it back on but when the screen was turning on and said HTC it just froze. I tried to take out the battery then put it back in but when i turned it back on it did the same thing!!!!!

  • Honestly,At First, I Was Afraid To Get This Phone Because Of All Of The Negative Reviews On It. But By Now, They Could've Fixed The Glitches In It. I Don't Know, The Phone Seems Nice And Usable, And I Oredered It, Because It Seems Like A Good Phone. It May Be The Way People Use That Phone That Causes It That Way, Or Just Glitches. But, My Advice Is, Treat The Phone Like A Smartphone, And It Might Not Mess Up. Now, We'll See If It's A Good Phone(:

  • Amazing phone; best i ever owned. 5 stars by FAR.

  • Amazing phone; best i ever owned. 5 stars by FAR.

  • apparently, if you have a weak signal, the freestyle phone thinks that you haven't recieved your messages and/or notifications. Mine does the same thing.

  • y cant it have free inthernet

  • This is the worst phone I have ever had it always freezes up and its always sending me duplicate messages I would not reccomend this phone to anybody DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE !!!!!

  • This phone is, quite frankly, a nuisance. As soon as I took the phone from the package, it began to malfunction. Freezing, stalling, system failures, error messages, you name it. I've exchanged it multiple times in order to rectify the problem, but the replacements are just as bad. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!

  • omg i hate this phone so much. i thought it would be good since it is a smart phone but it is horrible. it freezes, turns off, sends me multiples of the same message, and overheats. i really need to get a different phone. NOBODY SHOULD GET THIS PHONE!!!! it sucks

  • This phone sucks!!!

  • This is the worst phone I have ever had in my cell phone life!NEVER, I REPEAT NEVER GET THIS PHONE, if you do trust me you will be very very sorry as I am. I have had this phone for a little over a week now, and it freezes, it shows me duplicate text messages, sometimes I get as many as 6 of the same message from the same person, it freezes, it cuts itself off and the I have to remove the battery and restart it, what a mess!!! It also gives me the oops message, it sometimes drops all of my contacts thus preventing me from calling, or sending a text to a contact, the screens do not always scroll, but the worst was this morning when I got out of my bed as usual I reached for my cell phone, it was extremely hot, and it would not come on at all so once again I removed the battery and did a restart, yes it came on but only for a minute then it shut itself down. I called ATT and I must have spoken to at least 5 different people before the right one came on the phone and allowed me to cancel the HTC and I selected a different phone which is being sent tome by FEDEX, so I hope this time tomorrow not to even have the HTC in my home. Also I could not use mobile banking for my bank as they informed me they do not support this phone. I would have to pay monthly to get my email on the HTC, such a waste of my time to even have had it for the length of time I did. It has been a nightmare!!!!

  • This phone is crazy stupid. I thought it was just me until I read all of the crap reviews. I hope you are not like me and reading this after the fact. I'm now calling HTC trying to get their warranty people to help. You would think AT$&T would step up and pull this sh$t phone.

  • Avoid like plague unless you are a gambling person and think you aint gonna get a lemon... Got one of these from ATT and it would have sys errors/freezes 1 or 2 x a week. I would sometimes get up to 5 copies of same text but overall a great, easily customizable quick message phone. Then I went camping and had an accident so I bought another "new" one on eBay. Wow, talk about a lemon. Constant sys crashes, freezes (when both on and off). I was constantly having to remove the battery to get it to start. I would also get mysterious rainbow screen of death. Not good. After a painful 6 weeks pay pal stepped up and the seller told me to "keep the phone" and I got my $ back. Fool I am, I then bought the freestyle on Amazon. Yup, same EXACT problems. Even after resetting to factory settings. I think there is a high lemon rate on these phones and that lots of sellers and resellers know this and keep sending the lemons out to dumb asses like me and then raking in the %15 restock fee. Shame on HTC and ATT for releasing such pieces of crap.

  • Ordered this phone last Thursday it was delivered on Saturday and after 2 to 2 1/2 hours started freezing up. Had to pull battery and restart every-time. On Monday Called ATT and graciously they sent me a new phone. It arrived on Tuesday late afternoon and by 6pm it also had froze up. Now it is 6:15 am Wednesday and it has frozen up at least 5 times and restarted on its own twice saying there was a system error. I am beginning to believe the system error was the production of this piece.

  • Im About To Get The Phone & Is Their Any Thing That I NEED To Know About It :D

  • Try calling at&t.. bec for refurb phone i know they provide 90 days/3 months warrnty for the device.. if your still having problem with them... bec i know if you call the manuf they only repair the device but you need to send the phone to them 1st

  • For battery use.. don't charge the phone over night because it might damage your battery-over charging. 3-4 is the basic charging hrs for the phone. or you can also try updating the software/firmware of the phone thru htc.com for longer battery usage

  • io need tips for this phone for a project!!

  • OH ya........... did I mention that the battery life sucks also? Phone is charged overnight, and the battery is half dead. And that is without listening to music or anything. It sits in my purse while I am at work.................lame.

  • I have had this phone for 2 days. So far it has froze 8 times, and let me tell you how NOT fun it is to take the battery out of it to unfreeze it. Also I have had 3 error messages and the phone restarts. I also downloaded music on the phone and depending on the phones mood, it will play the music or won't. I will be sending this phone back. I would NOT recommend this phone.

  • Worst phone ever I'm on my third one and it's still messin up everyone that I've had will freeze up shut off by itself and everytime I get a text I get like 5 from the same person when they only sent it ounce and also it also will randomly say pops a system error has occurrd restarting this is the absolute worst phone you can buy,I finally called AT&T n complained to them and I finally got them to send me a different model phone the of phoneix

  • I have 3 of these phones, 2 of which i had for 2 days, Both started messing up with error problems. And then 1 stoped working alltogether. The 3rd one just wont load up anymore. So I'm sending 2 back. 1 I'm stuck with and need to swap with another junk phone. But I'm going to most Lilkely put it in a box and store it away. And buy something different. sad that technology can't get this right.

  • i had this phone for over 8 months and it works really well. it never froze, so i don't get all these complaints. maybe if you took care of it, it wouldnt freeze up all the time. mine works perfectly.

  • Does this thing have a voice recorder please the radio is not my thing I like recording! Oh and other than that this thing is amazing! :)

  • I have no idea what any of these people are talking about. Ive never had mine turn off, freeze, though occassionally i will receive a double messege. But it sends texts just fine. Ive had this same for for the past 7 months and love it. Absolutly no problems receiving calls and such.

  • ive had this phone for two months and im already on my 6th phone it turns of all day send me 3 texts of one and frezzes all the time this is the worst phone ever

  • I have had this phone for 2 months and i am on my second one. Still having the same issues as the first one. phone just shuts off and I have to remove the battery for it to reboot. misses half the calls. emails are a nightmare to deal with. DON'T BUY THIS PHONE.

  • I've had this phone for a couple months and i have to say, its the crappiest phone ive ever owned. To send a message is a chore. I have to resend the message at least 3 times if i want it to go through, even with 3 or more bars. When I receive a message it will say i have an unread message until i restart the phone. With 300+ messages in your inbox the phone will lag like crazy and you cant even type because it takes to long to register. Do not buy this sh*t phone.

  • ATT is 90 warrenty on refurbs when you buy them online from them not 30 day.

  • this is the worst phone i have ever owned... i will never buy another htc phone just because i had so many problems with it! but i did get the samsung galaxy s 2 and i love it. and this is not an android phone

  • Is HTC freestyle a Android phone? How do I put Whatapp aplication on it?. Plz help me.

  • Never ever get this phone. I've unfortunately have had to keep it for months now and it's been a real drag the entire time. I keep the phone in good condition so I know it's not my fault most of the problems I've been experiencing have occurred. For one, this phone sends about 4 duplicate texts per texts. For anyone who is on a limited texting plan this must be a nightmare. Sometimes I randomly lose service with this phone (could be an AT&T issue, but most people with this provider seem to be ok). Also, it tends to freeze all the time. If I start texting too fast it will freeze up and say "oops, an error has occured" then restart itself. I hate this phone and really wish I would've done more research before purchasing it. Save yourself the time and trouble everyone, DO NOT GET THIS PHONE.

  • MINE DID THE SAME EXACT THING! SWEAR ! I had to get a BRAND NEW ONE ! Havent had the problem since ! Because i charged it up before i did anything big w/ it !

  • Sexy look

  • I have the freestyle and mines just as crappy as the rest and i have only had it for two wks. it turned off by its self but when i went to turn it back on the HTC logo comes up but it wont go any further than that.. can someone help me?

  • Please read this befor buying. The day I received my refurbished phone I was thrilled. (I sometimes buy refurbished computers and never once had a problem. First time with a phone, though.)I love the different screens and love a touchscreen. Matter of fact all the features are great. After 4 hours, the first day, it shut down while sitting on my desk. Hmmm. Could not restart it so pulled out battery and stuck back in. Came on. All good. But it started doing it every day. Then I got a error message .."Oops, system error,restarting" hmmmm. This happens every day too. After 2 weeks called ATT. Then talked with HTC. I was told by HTC that they are working on it. AND, it will not get worse. I can live with that, I thought. I decided not to send back. Loved the phone too much. My mistake. About the 6th week it did it's daily thing.."Oops, system error" except this time it would not stop doing it. I kept getting this message, over and over. Every 2 seconds. Tried the soft reset. Nothing,still did it. Tried even the hard reset..still did it. My phone is useless. I can not use at all. Tried even charging, but gets stuck on charging screen so have no idea after hours if it was recharged or not. I e-mailed HTC and ATT. Waiting for response. I also video recorded the phone to show what it is doing and will put on you tube. I doubt HTC and ATT will help, since over 30 days. But hey, I renewed my 2 year contract!! With no phone. Lucky them. Not so lucky me. Sorry so long but thanks for reading. I my experiance helps in your decisions on buying a HTC freestyle. Thank you.

  • What shocks me is that this phone has all these problems and still is rated highly in reviews across the web. Even here it has an avg rating of 7. I don't get that at all. Anything that randomly shuts down, freezes, and has the other problems mentioned sounds like junk to me.

  • What is brew mobile? what kind of an OS is that? any applications available for it? somebody reason with me , why go for an unknown os with so many android phones in the same price range around? any good reason?

  • This phone has been a SERIOUS pain in the bum since I bought it a month ago. This is actually the 2nd one; I had to return the first one within 4 days. The first one got so hot after re-charging it, I couldn't hold it in my hand. It appearantly destroyed itself. The second one has the highly annoying habit of just going unresponsive after it's sat on my desk for only 8 to 10 hours without being turned on. It goes dormant and it won't power up, even though it has a good charge on it. All I know to do is take the battery out and put it back in. This seems to get it going again. (I'm wearing out the tiny, flimsy, little snaps on the battery cover and I've only had this thing 3 weeks!) It's very finicky and seems to have mind of it's own. It will only hold a charge for 3 or 4 days and that's with virtually no talking or texting. In short: this phone is a huge disappointment. I will be highly reluctant to buy another HTC product again. My ancient little Nokia flip phone has worked like a champ for 5 or 6 years. It took a lot of abuse and kept on working fine. I doubt this HTC Freestyle phone will last even a year. I really regret buying it. It has problems that I'm confident I am not inducing.

  • i have had the htc freestyle six months. i have read all these problems people are having and it is wierd. i havent had any issues with my freestyle. i use over 1300 minutes a month and send and recieve well over 2,000 texts a month. all i can say is, when you delete texts, you have to empty the deleted texts file. this takes memory. i do this once a week. and clear my text messages that i dont need. my battery lasts me 2 1/2 days easy. i keep my sceen brightness at 50% and backlight time at minimum. and use a micro sd card. on the camera, switch it to save pics and video to sd card not phone. and dont plug it in to charge untill battery is really low. if its at 1/2 battery and you plug it in, the battery will not last as long. HOPE THIS HELPS...sometimes it is user error and lack of maintenance

  • It lags all the time and restarts but if it freezes on the lock screen all you have to do is press the camera button instead of taking out the battery

  • Does this phone has a message thread? I'm really considering this phone but very picky about my features on a phone.

  • THE HTC FRESTYLE?? --->this is without a doubt the worst phone i have ever owned. if you have too many texts in your inbox, it lags really bad. it will also freeze all the time, and when this happens the only thing you can do is take the battery out and wait for it to turn on again. i hate this phone with a passion!

  • why does it say i havent read my messages even if i check them a hundred times! it will just restart whenever im on the internet

  • You guys should be more calm about your issues. Don't take out your anger on the phone, HTC, or ATT it will all get better just have patience. :)

  • I have had the same problem I have went through 4 phones thinking it might just be a glitch. However, it is obviously just the phone, which, is a real shame considering without all the problems it would be a cool phone. But it is really annoying to be mid-conversation for the phone to shut off or after an hour look at your phone to find it has automatically shut itself off...and the little message...oops a system error has occured, restarting. The phone just isn't worth the headache.

  • Ive had this phone for 4 days, and its allready dead. This phone is a F*#%ing joke! Randomly restarts every 20 mins, lags, turns itself off and the only way to get it on is to take out the battery. This phone has such great potential but just totally fails to reach it because it is so buggy. I am taking it back tomarrow, to get something that functions properly. DO NOT buy this phone, or you will surely join the numerous ranks of frustarted freestyle owners. FIX IT HTC!!!!! FIX IT!!!!

  • My dad's girlfriend had the fx. She said it's crap. I'm gonna go with her advice. Just thought that might help

  • right now i have the samsung flight (1st version) basically it sucks and i have an upgrade. i don't want to pay for monthly data charges but i don't want some crappy phone. i was thinking htc freestyle or sharp fx? are these good phones?

  • I had this phone for 4 days and had more trouble with it than my last two phones put together over 3 years. It froze up 2 times before I had received my first call! I t died completely on day 4. Don't buy this piece of crap......

  • Neophyte that I am,I may discover other issues, but now bugging me is the fact that the opening screen has no weather. And the weather screen is permanently set on Atlanta--No way can I get Philadelphia weather. HTC acknowledged this lack--but could give no idea when and how it will be fixed. I'm not a weather freak--but this seems basic.

  • DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!!! I got the phone like two weeks ago and loved it but now I'm getting the same message up to 7 times! The screen lags and sometimes the buttons even don't work! Also the battery life is HORRIBLE and very poor call quality this phone is really a peice of junk and way to much money! This phone sucks!

  • I don't like this phone. At all. I have had it for about 2 months and there's always a set of problems every week. I have had to have to return this phone and get another model because the phone kept on restarting. Pros: Sleek Design, and touch screen Music app that is similar to the iPod set-up CONS: Takes a long time Restarts randomly Not easy to text on (Not at all the the iPhone keyboard) Slow touch screen Doesn't send messages sometimes has lots of glitches The first week I got this phone and loved it......but now it just gets on my nerves. Please don't buy it!

  • i thin k it not as good as the htc wildfire

  • no data plan required $100 sleek, well built, convenient menus universal charger high quality camera T9 is good at choosing the correct word microSD text appears in conversations ..... lags battery doesn't hold a charge well restarts/ turns off without warning can't figure out how to zoom in camera mode calendar glitches multiple receipts of same text sometimes only solution is to take out battery ..... Phone has potential to be excellent. However, I don't think they have worked out all the glitches yet so this phone still has problems. If you are patient and don't want to pay through the roof, I'd recommend it. They really should try to fix the glitches because I like the style and design.

  • My first review ATT would not post all I am going to say is Ditto to all you negative commits. The Freestyle is not a good phone. HTC helped me with my problem. Is this OK ATT?

  • is skype n other applications r compatible to htc free style?

  • i lke the desighn of the phone the texting is almost good but it constantly restarts and i have to take out the battery and put it back in the battery is HORRIBLLE if you dont put it on the charger it just dies i wanted a REAL htc phone but this was cheaper if you are in at&t look at some other phones before this

  • are you crazy i had a samsung propel untill i got a htc freestyle on my b-day but i hated the propel and the freestyle is WAY better and i love it and learn how to work the fone because the camera does zoom!!

  • I do NOT like this phone! I like my bobo samsung propel wayy better. -The camera have poor quality, can't zoom in unless its on video. And after viewing the video, the quality sucks even more! -Can NOT sync a single thing even though it said that it can sync calendar and contacts. And I need a phone that sync to the computer. -Wait for few seconds to get the picture to "deblurred." -Talking, when your face is next to the phone, it tends to "Activate" some of the buttons. idk how to explain it. like pressing buttons without your finger...?? -HOT BATTERY! && short life - this is just a small thing, but bluetooth can't be a shortcut! so you would have to go to settings, then connectivity, then bluetooth to turn on bluetooth. idk its just me. I like things fast and convenient. -when camera is near text, like trying to take a picture of a word or something thats small, it does NOT focas very well. it will be blurry. -Hard to get the sim card out. -when texting, the keypad won't adjust to what degree you are holding on, so you have to personally do that yourself. - Only up to 4 alarms - No stopwatch or timer( not that I know of) - it lags sometims or slow. but not that much with other users. man. this phone DOES NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY! It sucks! DANG! CAN'T BELIEVE I WROTE LIKE A WHOLE PARAGRAPH OF IT!

  • Worst phone i have ever had!! texting is always delayed, screen freezes constantly, my phone restarts on its own at least once a day saying "restarting, error occurred". my messaging messes up by only showing the messages that are received and none of the messages i send, so i must restart the phone in order to fix it. I have factory reset my phone twice and this is the 2nd month I have had this awful phone. I have received the same text up to 7 times. Completely awful. Do not waste your time!

  • Worst phone I have ever had No options like writing notes or recording voice, Worst camera EVER, my old phone had a 3mp camera, and they turned out sooo much better The speaker is complete junk, and I'll get the same text up to 7 times The phone also fails to tell you your inbox is full, and sometimes you won't even receive the text, or even better, 3 hours late No help from At&t other than a free memory card (which was nice) But didn't help any of my problems I'm now having to pay almost double for my old phone because I can not stand this one

  • According to htc.com this phone has a microUSB port. "What type of USB connection does my device support? Your device supports the following USB connection types: Charge only, HTC Sync, and Disk Drive. To change your connection type, connect your device to your PC using the provided micro USB cable and make your selection from the popup menu or go to Home>Settings> USB to PC and make your selection there. "

  • Stay away from this phone, multiple and delayed texting issues.. No support from at&t or HTC. Do some research regarding this issues I'm not the only one having these problems.

  • why does at&t take so long to get phones that u return....f u at&t i want my phone.

  • This phone is extremely frustrating. It worked well for the first two weeks. I've had this phone for about two months now and I am thinking of buying a new phone. What bothers me: - *most frustrating aspect --> constantly lags (more than 5 seconds, sometimes 10). This ranges from simply texting to dialing, and even switching from the different app screens when you swipe. Even after deleting messages and clearing out deleted items the phone continues to lag. - the screen automatically decides when the touch screen should or shouldn't be enabled when you're talking on the phone, depending on the angle in which you hold it. You could end a call without knowing it or adjust the volume numerous times during the phone call. - Weird gliches: sometimes the phone freezes between screens and you have to restart the phone. - The price is a bit high for a dysfunctional phone... - You can't sync pictures/videos/etc to the computer, despite the fact that they give you the computer plug to do so. I find that to be pointless. I feel like i've been ripped off and deceived. If you've had a good experience with this phone, I am envious of you, but I highly doubt that many people have had a good experience with the freestyle after using it for awhile. I am amused by the caption underneath that states "the administrators and moderators of this site will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible". Are we not allowed to test the credibility of the company as they create dysfunctional devices and then sell it to uninformed consumers? Is this not a forum for opinions (positive and negative)?

  • This phone isnt all that bad. It does lag enough to make the person using it to become frustrated. But i found if you clear the deleted items box then the phones speed increases. So all in all the htc freestyle isnt a bad phone just isnt worth the money.

  • just purhcased htc freestyle and paired it to my 2011 jetta tdi phone, easy as pie, then tried to upload phonebook... unable to upload any phone numbers, checked the phone and thereis no function to push/send phonebook.. tried same in my 2010 focus with microsoft sync... same result paired with no problem but unable to upload phone book.. how can we be in 2011 and bluetooth functionality but not have the ability to push phonebook for car to support handsfree calling... this sucks..

  • Were they telling the truth? Is the HTC Freestyle 4G?

  • This phone sucks. I got the freestyle about 3 weeks ago after struggling with a cracked android with no internet and I honestly think the broken android was better than this phone. The freestyle looks great, the screen is sharp, the menus are convenient, and the main interface is beautiful. HOWEVER, this phone lags so much, it's almost unusable! When you tap the screen on and drag the bar to unlock it, the phone takes anywhere from 10 to 25 seconds to load the main screen. Sometimes you have to wait for a long time for menus, especially in the messages section. (I have tried deleting pictures, texts, etc. and none of that helped.) Also, the phone lags when typing a text, which causes major problems with a touch screen. T9 on this phone is fantastic at guessing exactly what you intend to type, but because of the lagging becomes pretty useless. You HAVE to wait several seconds for the letters you type to show up. If you move onto the next letter before waiting for the last one to appear, the phone will skip letters and change all the words you meant to type into choppy nonsense. Other complaints: -the little menu button at the bottom left of the screen seems to tarnish. -it doesn't seem like you can make reoccurring events in the calendar. -if you have the message menu open and you receive a text, you have to exit and reopen the message menu for the new text to appear. If you don't mind a phone that lags more than a sloth dragging a snow plow, this is a wonderful choice.

  • Just bought one. I needed a good phone (like for making calls????) coupled with a good camera. It has that. I like it so far, but it won't sync to the computer using HTC's software. Rep at HTC said the Freestyle doesn't, for some reason. Maybe they'll come up with a patch. So your phone can't communicate with the computer. If you have a memory card you can view and download files from that, like an external memory. Camera is good quality. Phone is nice for this price point.

  • $100 non PDA device but still gives you HTC sense and apps. Not bad if you want to keep your bill down.

  • DS

  • hi i just went to att store on this phone and they told me its 4g phone.

  • i heard price is $300 .. so guys y dont you choose htc wildfire S .. which is with gingerbread n wifi .

  • htc .. you forgot to include WLAN .. n guys .. pls tell me brew apps are available anywhere or not ..?

  • Brew MP (Brew Mobile Platform) is a mobile OS/Platform created by Qualcomm. Some mobiles like HTC Smart, Modu etc. has this OS.

  • Qualcomm MSM 7225, 528 MHz Processor Brew MP (v. 1.0.2) Operating System 256MB/RAM, 256/ROM - Internal Memory 3.2-inch 320x480 HVGA resolution Capacitive touch screen Internal GPS antenna Camera 3.2 MP Color CMOS with fixed focus USB 2.0 connectivity with high speed client 3.5 mm audio jack MicroSD Card Slot Lithium-polymer battery, 1300 mAh Up to 384 minutes Talktime Up to 16.2 days Standby L 106.7 X W 56.6 X 2.5(mm) Dimensions 128 g Weight

  • Display 3.2-inch 320x480 HVGA resolution Capacitive touch screen Resolution is better than HTC Wildfire and HTC Smart

  • hi htc please improve ur battery back in all htc hansets its ur drawbak , and please give front facing cam next gen , and u guys not giving wifi in smart and also app that too bad for htc ....................

  • It's an entry level phone guys...c'mon. HTC is accomadating for all kinds of users. Remember the Smart? Something like that, not very hi tech...but carries the brand;-)

  • It's an entry level phone guys...c'mon. HTC is accomadating for all kinds of users. Remember the Snap? Something like that, not very hi tech...but carries the brand;-)

  • I have no idea

  • Brew is one of the O.S that HTC uses sometimes. You cannot find app for that. And The themes and menu designed so ugly. Think that it has not O.S and works with java

  • what is the brew mobile??

  • no wifi?????

  • This is for the poor people, enjoy.

  • it's an update to the HTC Smart

  • Nice set!

  • 3rd, oh brew is good, I'll check it!

  • first

  • hurm nuthing improve, but hupfully it cheaper than smart