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    Root What is the Nandroid backup directory on my SD Card?

    I recently rooted my EVO 4G and I have made quite a few backups (call me paranoid but I did this since I read to ALWAYS back up before doing anything.) I have been using the MIUI rom as my first ROM. I would like to know where my NANDROID backups are saved on my SD card as I have made quite...
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    Root Just rooted last night. Looking for suggestion of first rom.

    I wanted to see if I could get some advice/suggestions on a custom rom that I should try after rooting my phone last night. In the midst of all this beginning rooting stuff, I am still trying to better understand Kernels and what they can do for me. Right now I would like to try and find a rom...
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    Help I want to replace my Ipod touch 4 with my EVO.

    I am used to doing my music and playlists through Itunes. Now that I have my EVO, I would like to use my EVO as my music player instead of carrying my phone and iPOD everywhere. Please help me and suggest the proper apps to use to allow me to create and save playlists as well as a good...
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    Help I love this phone, I hate the updates.

    So I got my phone Saturday and have run into the problem of the home button stop working. Now it did some IT'S update and I'm still having the home button issue and now none of my notifications are showing up in the upper bar "taskbar" IE my gmail or text notifications or my Trillian icon...
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    Help Is their a way to do this with all my widgets?

    I just started to use live wallpaper today and they are pretty cool. I was wondering if their was a way to make all of my widgets transparent so I can see the live wall paper and not have some Widget backgrounds blocking it out? I am using Launcherpro Plus if it matters. Thank you...
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    Help New Evo user, weird home button glitch.

    I just got my Evo on Saturday and have experienced a problem that I cant seem to fix. Basically what happens is my home button stops functioning. Instead of taking me back to my default screen, the screen will just flash. So I have to use the back arrow now. I have launcherpro and beautiful...
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    Help How do I stop the double text notification?

    I have handcent on my phone and whenever I get a text, the handcent and stock icons show up in the taskbar. How do I stop the default notification from showing up and just have the handcent one? Thank you, Whiteice
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    Accessories Need a screen protector recommendation

    Just got my evo and I need a screen protector. Can anyone recommend me one? I also need to get 2 extra home chargers and a car charger. Where is the cheapest place to get these? Thank you, Whiteice
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    Help New Evo user. Tips needed.

    Well I went into Bestbuy tonight to drop off my laptop for repair and walked out with an EVO. I am a former HTC Hero person and have been tossing the idea around about upgrading. With Bestbuy only charging me $199 straight up and avoiding the hassle of rebates through Sprint, I went for it...
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    Help me to root my HTC Hero today please....

    I would like to get into the scene of rooting my phone now and exploring what it can do. Maybe there's not much it can do that I am expecting, but I won't know what its all about until I do it and get familiar with it. So I was wondering if anyone could help me out and tell me the best/maybe...
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    Is Swype no longer available?

    So I was checking out the Swype keyboard on a co-workers new Galaxy and it seemed pretty cool. So I went to check the market for it on my HTC Hero and on the App Brain Market and it is not showing up anywhere. Where do I find the Swype program? Thanks, Whiteice
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    Anyone else have this problem with customizing your themes?

    My problem is, I can't ever seem to find one that I can keep for more then a day or two. I always have to look and see what everyone else is doing and get some ideas and change it up. Somewhat frustrating, but fun at the same time. Anyone else have this problem besides me? Whiteice
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    Are there other Android forums you frequent...

    that are respectable such as this place or XDA? I ask because I am getting into this whole customization thing with my phone that I didn't know existed/was possible (non-rooted), so I was just curious if there were other places I should know about besides these 2 that I am not aware of? Thank...
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    Looking for a nice set of text icons...

    I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of maybe a nice collection of text icons for use on my HTC Hero? I don't really have a preference as I am still getting used to all this customization on my phone (OMFG I am glad I didn't jump ship and go iPHONE.) I would appreciate it...
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    Help Incoming call/Ringing issue

    I am on the latest official firmware for my Sprint HTC Hero phone. The issue is, when I get an incoming call, the screen kicks on and it shows who is calling and about 2-3 seconds later the phone will ring, but only ring for a second or 2. Needless to say, I am not always constantly looking at...
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    Accessories Recommendations for headset w/mic?

    I was wondering if anyone out there knew of, and could recommend a headset/mic combo for my HTC Hero? My old Blackberry came with a headset that had a mic built into it. I was thinking of those times I would like to walk around, listening to Pandora on my HTC Hero and if I get a call, being...
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    Help HTC Hero Wallpaper question

    I was just wondering that if I were to find a wallpaper I liked on the net, how do I go about getting it onto my Sprint HTC Hero? I know if I am surfing on the computer I can just right click and save the picture, but the HTC Hero is a different sized screen and all and I wasn't sure how that...
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    Lockbot Pro issue...

    I just recently reinstalled Lockbot Pro after upgrading my OS on my HTC Hero. I have a problem in that every so often when I hit the home key to use the phone, instead of the Lockbot screen popping up, the original HTC Hero lockscreen comes up instead. Then it stays on for a second or two...
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    I've had my Hero a year now and...

    well, I love it, more so then before. I recently upgraded from 1.5 to the current official version a week ago. I was scared to upgrade all this time reading all the complaints and issues. For me, I love the update and it has improved my battery life more then I thought it would. Then I just...
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    Help Just upgraded to official update. Question on contacts.

    So I saved all my contacts prior to upgrading to a group on my gmail account called HTC Hero. On 1.5, as soon as I hit the people shortcut, it pulled up my contacts under this group. When I upgraded to the newest firmware, when I hit the people shortcut, it defaults to the "all" tab. If I...
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    Looking for 2 apps.

    I just upgraded my Sprint HTC Hero to the latest official firmware. I was looking for 2 apps if they exist: 1: I had a program on 1.5 that was called city caller ID and it displayed the city and state of incoming calls. When I upgraded to the newest software, I can't locate this software in...
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    Are there any multi IM clients with push notification on Android?

    Was just curious if there were any multi IM clients (meaning, ones that have AOL, Yahoo, Facebook, MSN etc all in one) that had push notifications? The one thing I miss on my Blackberry was the IM+ program. I could set it so that I could receive IM's via email (which come's in handy when...
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    HTC Hero user, dilemma, Root or Upgrade to 2.1? Might be long.

    I posted this in the Sprint HTC Hero section per the link below and after some feedback, it was suggested I come to this forum for further assistance. Basically, I have never rooted before and would like to do so to gain full potential of my phone. I would like to be able to get rid of some of...
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    HTC Hero user, dilemma, Root or Upgrade to 2.1? Might be long.

    Not sure how to go about this... I am trying to decide about either keeping my current HTC Hero (Firmware Version 1.5) or switching to the iPHONE. On the iPHONE, I am trying to figure out if I want the new iTOUCH or the new iPHONE. The problem is, the decision is dependent on my HTC Hero. I...
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    How exactly do I link all my contacts to my Google account?

    I have contacts in my phone book that I entered manually and wanted to know if there was a way to sync them to my GMAIL account in case something were to ever happen to my phone? Thanks, Whiteice