Rooting will let you use custom roms - xda developers has a a board dedicated to the whole custom rom scene. It does however have warranty implications so it's worth researching first.
Hey thanks, i'll check that out
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Rooting will let you use custom roms - xda developers has a a board dedicated to the whole custom rom scene. It does however have warranty implications so it's worth researching first.
I'm down to 18mb on the internal memory & have as many apps as are allowed stored on the SD card so will have to consider this at some point.
Don't fully understand it though - seems like a minefield.
Go ahead and try it. Any problems post here and ill promise to check back within 24 hours to answer.
Thanks mate, will do.
Gonna read the whole thread 1st though so I don't ask a load of questions that are already answered
Just one quick one - am I right in thinking I will lose all my existing apps that are on the phone so I'll have to reinstall them to the SD card?
NO!
Not at all. This process sets the phone to install almost all apps installed in future onto the sd card by default. It also enables you to move almost all currently installed apps over to the sd card once you do this process. It doesn't move any or delete any, and it doesn't require you to uninstall any.
You will just have to move the apps currently installed on the internal memory to the sd card manually (whereas before you couldn't do it at all) by going to (for example) - settings/applications/manage applications/ Asphalt 5 / click move to sd. And all future installs will go to the sd card.
I don't think I explained that very well but hopefully you get the jist of it. Basically, it doesn't delete existing installed apps and you just move them to sd yourself, all new apps that you install will now go to sd by default.
Hey there, im currently stuck on # 12 Open windows command promt. Start / Ru
Where can i find the windows command promt? Do i run the SDK Manager? I cant press anything in the command window ( cant type anything) And what if anything goes wrong? Will i be able to hard reset or something with the phone?
Thanks!
Brilliant guide mate, just done it, easy!
What can I safely move to the SD card though?
I take it pre-installed stuff like maps etc can't?
Some that I've moved only seem to work again after I've reinstalled them?
I have a problem trusting someone who has ATK "constantly running".
Get that s#!t off your phone, man!
still unable to update apps....... anyone else????
As I may have made clear already... I am a total noob! But ill ask anyway
You can run linux on an HTC Desire? :O
PS: Why in hell would you want to?
Don't quite know where they are saved, but I wouldn't think it would matter as just copy every folder on the sd card onto the new one and I'd have thought that would work just fine.
Heh. I'm sorry to have to break it to you, but Android is a version of Linux
Also, I thought I would expand on a comment earlier about what a noob is. You have the general gist of it right, & where the name came from is pure laziness when typing.
Newbie became newb which became noob.
I should point out that there are 2 variants on the definition of what a noob is though. & it really depends on which online community your interacting with as to what a noob means.
The first meaning is exactly as was described, a newbie. In gaming, the opposite is usually called a vet or veteran. In other things like using Android, the opposite is usually an expert.
The other meaning though, is intended to be an insult, sometimes written as n00b, but still might still be written as noob.
In the context of an insult, a n00b is somebody who has advanced from newbie status, but hasn't quite reached Veteran status. N00bs are usually considered to be people who think they know more than they actually do, they are also usually prideful & boastful. Some people can be quite offended to be called a noob because of this, so I recommend that you avoid using the word noob until you get to know a new community better.
In those communities where n00b is still an insult, they usually still use newb and/or newbies.
Thankfully though, n00b as an insult seems to be disappearing, and noob to denote newbie is becoming more common.
indeed, but you must go into windows settings & turn on "show hidden windows and folders"* to make sure you get everything. It can be found here:
My Computer>tools>folder options>view>
*different versions of windows have different versions of that name, but the meaning is the same. In Windows 7 it's called "Hide protected operating system files".
still unable to update apps....... anyone else????
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