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Recent content by Gorf123

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    How does a carrier-locked phone know it's locked?

    Just trying to help someone on another forum. My understanding of "locked" handsets is that, broadly speaking, if they show the carrier logo during boot then they are likely to be locked to that carrier. If they show the manufacturer logo during boot, they aren't locked to a carrier. A couple...
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    Does Orange charge for data by KB?

    I've bought an Orange PaYG SIM from the supermarket for 99p and stuck it in my old HTC Desire. I topped up
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    What are the odds?

    This is going to look like a long-winded Android-technical post, but it's not really. I got my S4 a couple of weeks ago, so my old HTC Desire was "surplus to requirements". I'd rooted it, and it was running MildWild CM 5.0 because the stock HTC ROM ran out of memory after half a dozen apps were...
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    ROMs Ultra-lean ROM for HTC Desire?

    Thanks for reading. I've tried a search, but the reasonable hits seem to be threads that are quite old. My faithful old HTC Desire running MildWild CM 5.0 has been relegated to the r
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    Trying a new MicroSD

    I've got an HTC Desire, but this may be more of a general Android question so mods - feel free to move the post if necessary. The video recording on my Desire is patchy at best. Even at SD resolution, there's the occasional pause in the recording. I reckon this may be down to the transfer speed...
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    Hello, all

    Expecting to receive my first proper Android device tomorrow (the Disgo doesn't count) so thought I'd register in advance to have a look around and see what sort of interaction I can expect within the community. :)