Hamann85

Is true that?
1.In the new version 2.2 you will be able to choose where to save your apps? sdcard or phone memory?
2.The new version will erase everything?I mean here the already installed applications and other stuff

Sorry, but those things are new to me and if those question are asked where they aren't supposed to be.

P.S. about flickr?and the photos "thing", nobody knows nothing?

sumo1sumo

If it's not popped up on this post already regarding not always getting the google search function to work holding down the search button go to this thread for the work around.

http://mobile.jack-frost.co.uk/desire_voice_search_missing.php

Simples.

New to Android, love love LOVE it. Cant wait to sit in a wetherspoons with my "iPhone friends" debating the merits of each...then *BLAMMO* i bring out the Google Search Navigation feature and the Google Goggles...iPhone 4 wants to be blooooooody good.

rtb35

1.Yes it does have that feature.
2.Yes it will completely wipe the phone memory,so make sure you back up your apps and contacts etc onto your memory card.

dont use flckr so cant help you there.

biggdaniell

Hi guys,
Is there a way to switch from 3g to 2g only on desire? (I could do that with samsung galaxy)
Since I could not found the option in phone settings I tried with 3rd party tools (like switchpro widget) but with no luck.

10x

rtb35

yes m8,use the 2g-3g onoff widget,

biggdaniell

Thanks, I'll try....so basically in the settings if I switch from GSM/WCDMA to GSM only it's the same thing?

L.E: I just installed it...it opens the setting menu (just like it did with my previous phone and like switchPro widget I use right now) and I have to manually make the switch (and as I said: I don't know how on desire).

Last edited by biggdaniell; June 15th, 2010 at 04:00 AM.

rtb35

Sorry i assumed it would be a one touch thing,as far as i understand GSM is 2g and WCDMA is 3g so if you select GSM only you will get 2g.

Kyle6000

Hi, new here, and to android.

are you implying that it is smaller if you download an app from net then install and delete the installation file rather than just downloading from the Market?

Also, is Google Earth available on the Desire? I can't find it on the Market and no barcodes have helped. I thought Google still haven't sorted out the footprint or whatever its called for it.

When is 2.2 due out?

Thanks.

Pojken

Just tried it and it doesn't work for me. All my contacts are Google contacts. Even though I'm in Sweden, the names are pretty common (at least the ones I have on my phone). I tried saying, for instance, "Call Dan S******" and "Call Dan". It recognized both, but gave me back Google searches. I even tried opening the phone dialer before hitting the search button.

Oh well... Would've been nice if it worked, but no big deal that it doesn't.

Tim

lekky

nope, market installation doesn't keep an installation file, the end result is the same regardless of where you download it from.

You can get google earth by searching google for it But tbh its a big waste of space.

no idea when 2.2 is due, this year sometime.

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Kartheeknv

Hi, Can any one please tell me how can i store apps into the SD card on my HTC Desire?? Whenever i tried to download an app it is directly going to phone memory,,,now my phone memory is almost full.

Roze

Not unless you Root your phone or you have Froyo installed.

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ceider

Hello, I'm a complete novice-new to HTC and Android. How do you switch these apps to manual? I have a task killer, but these keep popping up in the background unnecessarily. Have been fiddling about with them today but can't work out how to turn them off, or change settings.

thanks

partridge

open the email app, or twitter, etc then press the Menu key and go to Settings, there should be a menu item there about frequency of update

ceider

thanks-can't seem to access this menu/settings option for twitter/peep though Early days, hopefully get used to it soon enough

partridge

I use the official Twitter app available from the Market. I've not actually tried Peep!

Pojken

Here's something I wish I had known in the beginning - an easy way to drag icons/widgets across multiple screens. So simple, yet it took a while for me to figure out.

Tap and hold until the icon/widget moves. Then drag it ON TOP of another icon and leave it there. Then, you simply flick the screen left or right. You no longer have to tap, hold, drag to left or right hoping it will switch screens. As long as it rests on something, you can let go of it and flick.

Tim

p.s. Locale is the shits. I LOVE all the plug-ins they have. So many cool options like changing wallpapers, turning on and off services, launching items, adjusting volume for headphones, etc. It's a godsend.

Tinderbox (UK)

I tell you this, I much prefer the desire charger compared to the one that comes with the HD2 as when i pull the charging cable out it pulls the charger apart.

rosdif

Hi guys, when I mount the Desire to my PC it looks like I can only see the content of my SD card not my internal phone memory, preventing me to copy ringtones from the SD card to the phone. If I use Astro then I can see both but when I select a ringtone from the SD and Copy it, then navigate to the phone memory folder where I want to Paste it the option is not highlighted so can't paste it where I want. Any idea? Cheers!

Tinderbox (UK)

I would also like to know how to read the internal memory from my pc also if possible.

diS

Hey Guys

It might not be that good of a trick but
I discovered that you can wake up the phone by pressing the top button and then
instead of slide to unlock you can use the menu key to further unlock it.

Last edited by diS; June 20th, 2010 at 11:12 AM.

Pojken

I just found out how to do this using adb shell commands. You can look here to see how it works.

The short of it is that I ran the rooting procedure, opened up a new CMD window, went to the folder with the adb.exe file, and typed in adb shell ls /system/ and that gave me a list of the commands.

There, you can use the copy command which is adb shell cp (directory) (destination directory) or the delete command which is adb shell rm (whatever). I am a newbie, so don't take my word for it. I did eventually figure out how to change my fonts and remove the startup sound. I want to explore more, but haven't had the chance yet.

Tim

gerenmoor

Regarding ringtones, notifications, and alarms on /sdcard, I wanted my collection of silly sounds to be available for use as any or all of these things, without having to copy them to 3 different directories. So I created a single directory

/sdcard/ringtones/alarms/notifications/sounds

and placed all my sound files in it. It worked nicely! Setting the ringtone, notification sound, or alarm sound brought up the standard ones as well as all of my silly sounds. That's saved some space on my SD card. Hope they don't change the code (MediaScanner.java) to be more choosy, or this will stop working.

rosdif

That sounds good Gerenmoor.. can I ask you what you used to copy the files onto the directory you created on the sd card?

-V-O-Y-A-G-E-R-

For all of those who are still missing Google Voice Search in their Market, here is a link where you can download it from.
Voice Search Missing From HTC Desire

matttye

I'm sure lots of people know about this but I've only just discovered it so thought I'd share!

When you're in an editbox in edit mode and there's a long piece of text that doesn't fit in the box (ie. the URL bar in the browser), you can drag the text left and right with your finger to scroll through it. This means that if you only need to edit part of the URL, you don't have to use the trackball to position the cursor where you want it, just drag the text and then tap in the appropriate section.

gerenmoor

@rosdif

I simply connected the Desire to the PC (running Fedora Linux, but Windows will do the same), mounted up the SD card, and used cp to copy them. They are a selection of .wav, .mp3, and .mid files, gathered over the years. As they're going onto the SD card, you only need to use the method described in the user guide. I actually copied the files from my old Sony Ericsson P1i, which is now retiring.

Hope this helps.

ceider

Can I ask a daft question, but how do you go about creating this directory? I could only access message tones when I last connected my phone to the PC.

It's the alarm tones specifically I want to change...they're bloody awful!

Raija

Anybody knows what is the easiest way of converting my telephone and facebook contacts to google contacs so I can use Google voice search?
Thanks! :-)

sunny5001

hi, this seems to be the palce to ask for help?
im a complete newbie to android, ive got a htc desire and ive only had it a wek and a half, i do absolutely love it but need help with a couple of things.
im on orange so called unlimited internet but really capped at 500mb, ive downloaded the widget to track usage but the issue is more for when im at work (at home i use my wifi) my battery is fine, however when i go to work i can only get "G" as the internet and my battery goes down super fast but the main prob is my data usage goes mental, i used 23mb over a 24 hour shift even with uninstalling 97% of my apps and switching the mobile internet off, i found it still being used so i kept turning my phone off, i can see in settings what uses the data and ive uninstalled some but im worried ill get rid of something ill need (i uninstalled orange world and my phone switched itself off!) im worried about using all my MB when im not even near my phone is there anything that really stops all my MB being consumed? does turning my phone off totally stop it?
sorry for huge long panic rant, i love my phone but dont want a huge bill for going over oranges not unlimited internet
any advice please? thank you

Roze

Sunny, if you're not using your 3G, have you disabled the feature (not sure 'mobile internet' is what you call 3G)? Phone settings -> Wireless & network -> Mobile Networks --> select 'use only 2G networks and if you have 'data' roaming, unselect that (you don't want it on).

You can also put your phone in airplane mode instead of turning it off. This way both 2G and 3G are turned off.

You might want to do a factory reset of your phone to see if that'll work.

Also...it'd be much easier to read if you break your post into paragraphs.

Cornflake

I also have a stock Desire running on Orange, with 500MB/month cap - yet when I switch off "mobile internet" (I'm assuming you mean the "Mobile" icon on the screen appearing with one swipe to the left?), it stays off!

Nothing can use it unless you have an application which has maybe been set to switch it on if it discovers it's off?

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gerenmoor

OK. Here's a short tutorial.

When you connect your Desire to the PC, the phone displays a USB notification. Check that this is showing 'Disk drive' so the SD card is offered to the PC as a USB disk drive. On the PC, it should automatically mount the SD card.

If you're running Windows, it will show up in Windows explorer as a new drive (e.g. E:, but you may get a different letter on your PC). In this case, you need to first create a directory called ringtones in drive E:. Then go into the new ringtones directory and create one called alarms, and then go into the alarms directory and create another directory called notifications. Inside the notifications directory, I created one called Sounds, but this isn't really necessary - I just created it to remind me where I got the files from. This gives you a full path
E:\ringtones\alarms\notifications\Sounds
and you can place your music or other sound files in there.

If you're running Linux, the SD card should get automatically mounted as a filesystem (such as /media/diskdrive but it depends on your system configuration). Check the filesystem has been mounted by calling df. In this case, I created the directory
/media/diskdrive/ringtones
and then created /media/diskdrive/ringtones/alarms, and so on until I had
/media/diskdrive/ringtones/alarms/notifications/Sounds
and I placed my sound files in there.

Remember to unmount the SD card cleanly from your PC, and then disconnect the USB connector, or the SD card may get corrupted.

If you install the app ASTRO from the Android market, it shows the SD card as /sdcard, which is the name given to it by the Android system. Astro lets you browse through the directories, and you can browse to the directory
/sdcard/ringtones/alarms/notifications/Sounds
to see and play your music files.

Hopefully this makes it a bit clearer.

ceider

thank you Geren! I will be trying that out when I get home tonight, will let you know how I get on

fos1982

Hi, i'm new to android and the desire having recently ditched the iPhone (thank god). I'm wanting to know if there is an app that would allow me to teather the phone to my laptop. I'm on O2 and have the unlimited internet blot on to my package so data usage is not an issue.

This might not be the correct place to ask my question but hopefull of a good answer.

rtb35

PdaNet and Easy Tether are 2 good ones apparently,they both have free and paid versions.

Pojken

HTC Sync has never failed me. It installs on the computer you want to use (it is on the memory card or you can download it from the site). It gives you options to charge, use as storage, and tether. (At least on mine, it does.)

Otherwise, if you root, you can wirelessly tether (make your phone into a hotspot). Look into the rooting guide section.

Tim

fos1982

Thanx for the help. I tried Easy Tether and it works a treat.

cheers.

DesireMe

Either connect your phone to the PC and select Disk Drive option, then create on the PC as you would any other folder. Or then download EStrong File Explorer from the market place, which will give you control and access to the SD card to move files/create folders.

tomvdp

The trick is to switch to airplane mode and then back to normal. Now you will be able to switch mobile internet back on.

ceider

Thanks again, that worked a treat...left my USB/charger in work, so after ordering a new one as I'm at home, i had to wait a few days. Job done

deaconblues

Hi everyone and thanks for all useful tips and tricks!
Got my Desire last week and its my best smartphone experience so far.

But.. What about that lousy speaker? sounds like its cracked.
Anyone knows if its related to HW or SW?

badonde

hello folks. just jumped onto the smartphone bandwagon yesterday

so the desire is pretty cool. one thing thats annoying me is if i go to Messages to text someone, in the contacts it shows Everybody i have on facebook, and i dont want that
if i go to the People Widget, like if i want to phone, i found the View>and turning off facebook. but i cant find the same for the contacts found in Messages

i'd prefer to keep facebook seperated from my sim contacts. anything i can do here? otherwise i'm in danger of drunk texting folk i barely know..

DesireMe

Text them from the "People" program instead, there you can have just sim contacts (ie. no facebook ones). Other alternatives include setting up folders with "Direct Message" contacts.

Cornflake

I think you meant this for the OP?
I've never had any problem with using GPS and/or WiFi, and the various stock on/off widgets all behave perfectly...

(later) Ah, I see the ambiguity...
When I said "it stays off", I meant only that it behaves itself and stays off, as instructed, until such a time as I switch it back on again using the same widget.
No sneaky data accesses...

Last edited by Cornflake; June 27th, 2010 at 07:02 PM. Reason: Ambiguity

Cornflake

Yep, the Desire is a superb piece of kit. Thoroughly pleased with mine!

Yes indeed. The sound is a bit on the tinny side, isn't it - but I suspect it's lousy simply because the speaker is lousy...
There can't be much space left inside that case so any speaker is likely to be the most minimal sort of thing - probably an ultra-slim piezoelectric transducer, which would more likely get used as a beeper elsewhere.

DesirableHTC

Hi Lekky, thanks for the useful tips.

Only have one problem, i cannot get the nexus one launcher app to work, i have tried the way you said to the letter, anyone els having issues? When i install it, it says that its done, but cant open it...?

Thanks. Geof

andyroo82

Doh! So that's why the blooming thing keeps unlocking itself in my pocket. anyone know if there is a setting to disable this without using an unlock pattern?

loveandroid

You must wear really but really tight pants....

fos1982

Hi, another desire nooby question. My desire is on O2 contract and a friend of mine has one on O2 Pay & Go. He has different applications installed as standard on his phone, for example; Notes. I had to download an application from the market.

My question is, I’m unable to place a shortcut on the desktop to the settings/wireless & networks/mobile network check box. I'm wanting to be able to quickly turn on/off the mobile network access to conserve battery. Is there an app to do this or can anyone help in placing this shortcut on my phone? It’s infuriating because my friend can do this on his and its from the same network provider!

Cheers