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    Encryption: The morning after?

    Dear All I heard that the best way to secure phone data is using the built in encryption of Android. What I need to know is the cons also of doing so. What happens on the day after I encrypt my phone? Can I still use it's SD card as a Drive to transfer files? Can I still use...
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    Help Slowed phone, after every app logo+throbber

    Hi all Please help, today all of a sudden my phone will show the HTC logo screen and dispaly the Loading throbber twice or thrice before the phone get back to normal, albeit slower. This was observed after I installed Viber and then I subsequently uninstalled it. I had also today install...
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    Why the apps load that I do not use??

    Hi all My HTC Incredible S has Stocks, Maps and many other apps loading when I do not use them, esp. Stocks. I have tried to stop Stocks from syncing from the configurations but then why is it loading now!!! Facebook app I used once from the phone but it too seems to want to load itself! I...
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    HTC logo and Loading throbber

    Hi all Please help, today all of a sudden my phone will show the HTC logo screen and dispaly the Loading throbber twice or thrice before the phone get back to normal, albeit slower. This was observed after I installed Viber and then I subsequently uninstalled it. I had also today install Full...
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    Organization name when calling / incoming

    Hi all I miss the display name option from the WM phones. Presently I can only search people on names (okay Power Search helped but I miss the native support). Also when I receive calls I see only the name in there. Actually a name without an Organization / Company name is pretty misleading...
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    My weekly tasks do not remind me again!!!

    Hi all I used to MPE to sync my data between SunBird and HTC Incredible S phone. I have a weekly task configured in SunBird starting 31/12/2011. SunBird properly shows the recurrence and the phone had properly reminded me on 31st. Today the phone did not remind me, so I checked...
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    MPE & SunBird recurring events deletion

    Hi all I have recurring events in SunBird. When I delete the last recurrance I am asked if I want to delete the present task or all the recurring tasks for which I select present, which is fine as the next and following recurrance are still present. Now in MPE the task is not deleted...
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    Edit a file (rtf?) on both Android and Windows

    Hi all For the previous WM6 phone I used RTF files that I could sync between my phone and Windows PC, so that I could edit it them on either and see the changes in the other. Looking on the forum it seems RTF files cannot be edited on Android. The reason I had preferred RTF over TXT files is...
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    Tasks, are they Events in Andriod?

    Hi all Just today I became a proud owner of HTC Incredible S. For recurring tasks on SunBird / Lightning I used Tasks to sync with my previous HTC Touch. On the phone I used to delete the completed task (not it's recurrence) as and when completed. Till then it used to show me as Overdue...
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    Create and edit Open/LibreOffice spreadsheets

    Hi all I am an Libre/OpenOffice user and my files, esp. spreadsheet, I need to create and edit on the Android phone. Is this possible. Presently on my windows mobile phone it creates an xlsx file which I can edit on the phone as well as the PC and then synced. Please advise Thanks and...
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    MIDLet Manager in Adnroid

    Hi all On my present Windows Mobile phone I have a MIDLet Manager to read Google mail accounts and also my banking application. As I am planning for an Android phone I need to know if there an equivalent in Android to this? Thanks and regards Bhavbhuti
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    Perform as a USB memory stick on a computer?

    Hi all I presently use WM5Storage with my HTC Touch Windows Mobile to convert the phone into a USB stick to transfer files to a computer that is not mine. Is this possible in Android? Thanks and regards Bhavbhuti
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    Read my MobiPocket books from Windows Mobile

    Hi alll Presently I have a Windows Mobile phone and I use MobiPocket to read and annotate books. Now I am planning to buy an Android phone and would like to transfer the books onto it. Is this possible? Is it possible w/o losing my annotates? Please advise Thanks and regards Bhavbhuti
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    Sync with ThunderBird / SunBird

    Hi all Is there an update on this front? I am planning to buy an Android phone and would like to sync the contacts between Android and ThunderBird / SunBird Presently I am using a Windows mobile with ThunderBird / SunBird via FinchSync Please advise. Thanks and regards Bhavbhuti