Hello all. I just bought the Eris yesterday. I previously had a Droid, but really didn't like the size, weight, and it crashed like crazy, hoping for a better experience with the Eris. I have a few questions though, maybe it's the difference between the 2.0 and the 1.5 Android OS', but:
1. How do you save a picture in a SMS message? I have received a few, but can't get them to save. I've read "long press" on the pic, but that produces NO response.
2. When texting, I have the phone held sideways, typing using the on screen keyboard, but it seems that when I'm don't typing, I have to hit the little keyboard in the lower left in order to get the send button back. Is there any way to send from the keyboard entry screen? This is really a pain if not.
3. I download the Backgrounds app, found a few backgrounds I liked, and hit "Save" on them. Where the heck did they go? They're not in my Album anywhere, and no error came up when saving.
4. Providing I can figure out where they saved, I'd like to rotate pics on my lock screen automatically. Any ideas?
5. I understand that HTC is working on an Android 2.0 release for the Eris, but is there any way to manually upgrade it myself now? How about a 1.6 upgrade (manual or otherwise) for it?
6. Since Verizon has decided that Visual Voicemail should cost an extra $3/mo. but won't let me sync it while wifi is on, what alternatives are there to Visual Voicemail? I've tried YouMail, but it seems that my notification of new voicemail can take quite a while, even though it's set to check for new vm when missing a call.
7. I added the Calendar widget to one of my screens. The first time, it showed tick marks next to each date that had an event, but now, if I go back to that screen, no tick marks. Clicking on the date shows the events, just no visual notification. If I remove the widget and add it back, it shows the ticks again, until I go to another screen and back. Any ideas how to fix this?
I'm sure I'll have more questions. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Doc
1. How do you save a picture in a SMS message? I have received a few, but can't get them to save. I've read "long press" on the pic, but that produces NO response.
2. When texting, I have the phone held sideways, typing using the on screen keyboard, but it seems that when I'm don't typing, I have to hit the little keyboard in the lower left in order to get the send button back. Is there any way to send from the keyboard entry screen? This is really a pain if not.
3. I download the Backgrounds app, found a few backgrounds I liked, and hit "Save" on them. Where the heck did they go? They're not in my Album anywhere, and no error came up when saving.
4. Providing I can figure out where they saved, I'd like to rotate pics on my lock screen automatically. Any ideas?
5. I understand that HTC is working on an Android 2.0 release for the Eris, but is there any way to manually upgrade it myself now? How about a 1.6 upgrade (manual or otherwise) for it?
6. Since Verizon has decided that Visual Voicemail should cost an extra $3/mo. but won't let me sync it while wifi is on, what alternatives are there to Visual Voicemail? I've tried YouMail, but it seems that my notification of new voicemail can take quite a while, even though it's set to check for new vm when missing a call.
7. I added the Calendar widget to one of my screens. The first time, it showed tick marks next to each date that had an event, but now, if I go back to that screen, no tick marks. Clicking on the date shows the events, just no visual notification. If I remove the widget and add it back, it shows the ticks again, until I go to another screen and back. Any ideas how to fix this?
I'm sure I'll have more questions. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Doc