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Recent content by nate51

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    Root Can updating change your connection

    I am using an HTC Desire on the Fido network in Canada and have been with Fido for awhile now with no trouble. I rooted and installed Oxygens 2.1.6 ROM and now notice a 3G icon in my status bar that was not there before with the stock Android 2.2 Froyo. I now also have noticed that the call...
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    Root Data toggle issue with Oxygen ROM

    I am using an HTC Desire (of course) running the Oxygen 2.1.4 ROM, Gingerbread 2.3.4 and have not found a good solution for toggling my data connection on and off. I have seen a lot of solutions and am currently using the Extended Controls app but all of these require the data to be on at all...
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    Add IMAP to sync

    In Android under Settings/Accounts & Sync there seems to be no way to add the HTC mail program or even a specific IMAP account to the sync. Does anyone know a way around this without downloading a 3rd party app? I have read that you can add your IMAP accounts to Gmail, but I don't seem to have...
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    Data on Fido

    I signed up with a Data Flex plan on Fido yesterday and I am able to connect but I am confused on 2 things. In my settings/Wireless & Networks under mobile internet with the check mark is says connection failed, then changes to connecting then says connected then goes back to connection failed...
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    Help Screen off buttons on

    I have an HTC Desire from Telus Canada running their Froyo 2.2 OS with the Sense UI. I notice sometimes when I turn the screen on to check the time and quickly turn it off the screen goes off but the home, back, search and menu buttons stay lit. Has anyone had this issue? Is it something that I...
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    MSN Talk font size

    I switched from MSN Droid X to MSN Talk for my Desire and people I talk to say my font size is bigger now. Is there a way to change the font size I am sending in my messages, I know I can change colors but I cannot find a way to change my sent messages font size. ** Note I am asking about the...
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    Help Phone won't start

    I hope this is the right place to post this. I am using an HTC Desire running Android 2.2 from the Telus OTA update. I wanted to see the OS without the Sense UI so I went through Settings/Applications/Manage Applications select 'All' selected HTC Sense and hit the 'Clear defaults' button...
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    Google Maps GPS problems

    I have an HTC Desire and I was using the GPS Google Maps at home and it seemed to work fine off GPS alone, I tried it on both WiFi and GPS separately. But when I left home and was near Niagara Falls the GPS would not lock and the maps would not fill in. I updated to Google Maps 4.5.1 and still...
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    IMAP email Android

    I have an HTC Desire and have set up multiple email accounts on it with no trouble. The system works great. The only problem I find with work email accounts (non-gmail or hotmail) is that when I send an email it saves to the sent items folder on the phone but when I go to Outlook and go to the...
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    Phone as Microphone

    I am new to the Android devices and was wondering if there is an app or even a way to set up your Android phone to run as a microphone and speakers for your computer? I want to use applications like MSN chat or Google chat without having to sit in front of my computer talking loudly into a...