I don't think we have a thread like this yet...if so merge or delete or w/e
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BACKUP YOUR PHONE NOW! CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON BACKING UP ERIS
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1 thing I found that is great IMO, long press on the (physical) call button brings up voice dial, just say your contacts name and it gives you their options...works very well for me, i was in my car, window part down, raining, stereo on, and it picked up my voice every time and was right on it's options.
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Press and hold home button on screen - bring up pop window with voice search, camera, camcorder, calc, voice dialer and phone icons.
Press and hold Menu button on screen - brings up keyboard
Press and Hold Search button on screen - brings up google voice search automatically.
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IMPORTANT, this it seems has led to many people having a whole myriad of problems that unfortunately lead to hard resets.....IMO hard reset is a huge PITA and should be avoided at all cost so I will add this info here.
This tips pertains to apps. DO NOT go crazy when you get your phone and download and install 10 apps all at once, don't even install 2 apps at once. this is not because the phone can't handle it but there are quite a few apps that seems to be buggy. more-so it seems many apps don't play well together. this can lead to any number of issues for you.
my advice is to download and install apps one at a time, after installed open it and check out all the features. if everything seems to be working, great, on to the next one.
ALSO if you install an app that controls an in built setting on your phone like say a mobile network toggle widget, or ringtone changer, anything that there is a duplicate switch in the phones native settings MAKE SURE you undo whatever you did with that app BEFORE you uninstall it. EX: for a network toggle, toggle your network back on with it before you uninstall it....if you don't it seems there is a chance it will make that setting stick after being uninstalled and then you are SOL.
just be mindful of the apps you are using and their uses, features, what they control, etc.
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ALL VOICE COMMANDS - VARIOUS AUTHORS
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To get to the voice comman prompt, simply long press the call (green) button.
Just speak "open battery info" and you will get a lot of interesting info
LINK TO A LOT OF VOICE COMMANDS SOME MIGHT NOT WORK THOUGH
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/19649-voice-command-list.html
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A mini usb data cable will work for the eris although the OEM connector looks different.
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like most droid phones, if you long press the home button it will show your 6 most recent apps.
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as a long time bb user there are some things that may be obvious for the seasoned android user but not for me...
like when i was researching the battery drain issue with the native sms app they say to reboot your phone. "reboot" to me as a bb user is a battery pull but i think holding the end call button and pressing power off is actually a android reboot, no battery pull required.
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may as well add this here too....i had a hard time finding clear instructions on this previously so it wont hurt, thanks to member flipz CLICK
if you have horrendous battery life it may be because your native sms app is preventing your phone from sleeping.
to check go to settings>about phone>status and at the bottom wake time. if it is 100% you more then likely have this bug
to fix it go into your messages app, menu>setting> and turn off notifications.
go to the android market and download handcent sms or chomp sms, and install. then pick a contact and press send sms, pick your new sms app as default, and send any message. then do a reboot.
once that is all done, power on your phone, let is sleep for a minute after reboot and go back to settings>about phone>status and at the bottom wake time. if it is around 50% or so the fix has worked and you should be able to charge faster and hold a charge longer.
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posted by quaff1976
For battery info, dial (*#*#4636#*#*) and press Call. This will bring up a sort of field test mode. Select Battery Information. This will tell you a lot about your battery.
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posted by koala bear
the link to the full eris manual
http://member.america.htc.com/downl...erizon/DROID_ERIS_Verizon_English_UM_11_5.pdf
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posted by GPLarge
Alternate method for picture taking. If you have a hard time pressing the track ball just long press anywhere on the screen and it fill autofocus and snap your pic.
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Posted by Jethro, and alternative to touching the speakerphone icon on the screen when in a call
Just press & hold the CALL button when in a call to switch between headset & speakerphone
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posted by Grimster
Watch youtube videos in high quality over Verizon network.
Disappointed in youtube video quality over Verizon network? When watching a video over the Verizon network press the Menu button on the phone and you can select High Quality. Enjoy the crystal clear video.
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by Grizzld
To unlock the phone, you can also press the "end" key followed by the "menu" key instead of swiping the screen.
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posted by dan on another forum, reposted by blizzard on this forum
for wifi turning off when screen goes off (phone goes to sleep)
"Press the Menu button and go to Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-fi Settings
- Once there, press the menu button again and select "Advanced"
- Select "Wi-fi sleep policy" and make sure "When screen turns off" is NOT selected. If it is, change it to one of the other ones."
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Posted by L0stS0ul
You can disable the Sense UI without uninstalling it or rooting the device (which to my knowledge is not yet possible as there are no roms).
To switch to the stock android home manually do:
1. Click Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications.
2. Scroll down until you find an application named "HTC Sense" and click on it.
3. Scroll down to where you can see "Launch by default" and click on "Clear defaults".
3. Then push the Home button (on your phone) and a dialog will pop up showing "Home" and "HTC Sense", check "Use by default for this action" and then click "Home". Now you got "Home" as default.
Just repeat the same process for "Home" to go back to the "HTC Sense" UI.
Alternatively you can use a program on the market place called "Home Switcher" to do this for you.
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posted by me
you can easily set toggles on your home screen to flip gps, wifi, mobile network, and bluetooth on and off with one touch. Simply hold a open spot on your home screen to add widget, pick htc widgets, pick settings, then add whatever widget you want to control.
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posted by LostS0ul
I've also learned that there is a right way and a wrong way to exit an application. I almost always hit the home button to get back to the home screen. This actually is wrong and I'm working to change my habits. The "correct" way is to use the back button. The OS apparently forces some cleanup when you hit the back button that it doesn't if you hit home. I've noticed my phone uses less memory when I use the back button. I wonder if those having serious lag issues are doing what I do and hit the home button as well?
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POSTED BY SMACKY
1. ##pst (##778)
2. "000000"
3. Modem
4. Slot cycle
5. When you're done exploring all the different options, be sure to hit "menu" and to save the changes. Don't back out as it won't save them.
6. You will be forced to restart and the changes should be made.
I bumped it from 2 to 1. Waiting to see the effect on battery life. If it isnt bad, I'll bump it to 0. Maybe its placebo, but I feel 3G is faster for me. Probably not, but i like to pretend it is.
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POSTED BY JCUMV
Accessing Corporate Email Global Address list from your Eris
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/37592-instructions-how-access-global-email-list-corp-exchange.html
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prevent gmail email contacts from synching to phone
posted by tomlin2 Log into Gmail and make sure all the contacts you want to sync are under "My Contacts". Then using the Eris: People>Groups (3 heads on the bottom)>Menu>Sync Groups. Uncheck "Sync all contacts". Whenever Gmail creates a contact it will be in "All Contacts" which will no longer sync.
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More to come...
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BACKUP YOUR PHONE NOW! CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON BACKING UP ERIS
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1 thing I found that is great IMO, long press on the (physical) call button brings up voice dial, just say your contacts name and it gives you their options...works very well for me, i was in my car, window part down, raining, stereo on, and it picked up my voice every time and was right on it's options.
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Press and hold home button on screen - bring up pop window with voice search, camera, camcorder, calc, voice dialer and phone icons.
Press and hold Menu button on screen - brings up keyboard
Press and Hold Search button on screen - brings up google voice search automatically.
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IMPORTANT, this it seems has led to many people having a whole myriad of problems that unfortunately lead to hard resets.....IMO hard reset is a huge PITA and should be avoided at all cost so I will add this info here.
This tips pertains to apps. DO NOT go crazy when you get your phone and download and install 10 apps all at once, don't even install 2 apps at once. this is not because the phone can't handle it but there are quite a few apps that seems to be buggy. more-so it seems many apps don't play well together. this can lead to any number of issues for you.
my advice is to download and install apps one at a time, after installed open it and check out all the features. if everything seems to be working, great, on to the next one.
ALSO if you install an app that controls an in built setting on your phone like say a mobile network toggle widget, or ringtone changer, anything that there is a duplicate switch in the phones native settings MAKE SURE you undo whatever you did with that app BEFORE you uninstall it. EX: for a network toggle, toggle your network back on with it before you uninstall it....if you don't it seems there is a chance it will make that setting stick after being uninstalled and then you are SOL.
just be mindful of the apps you are using and their uses, features, what they control, etc.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ALL VOICE COMMANDS - VARIOUS AUTHORS
-----------------------------------------------------------------
To get to the voice comman prompt, simply long press the call (green) button.
Just speak "open battery info" and you will get a lot of interesting info
LINK TO A LOT OF VOICE COMMANDS SOME MIGHT NOT WORK THOUGH
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/19649-voice-command-list.html
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A mini usb data cable will work for the eris although the OEM connector looks different.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
like most droid phones, if you long press the home button it will show your 6 most recent apps.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
as a long time bb user there are some things that may be obvious for the seasoned android user but not for me...
like when i was researching the battery drain issue with the native sms app they say to reboot your phone. "reboot" to me as a bb user is a battery pull but i think holding the end call button and pressing power off is actually a android reboot, no battery pull required.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
may as well add this here too....i had a hard time finding clear instructions on this previously so it wont hurt, thanks to member flipz CLICK
if you have horrendous battery life it may be because your native sms app is preventing your phone from sleeping.
to check go to settings>about phone>status and at the bottom wake time. if it is 100% you more then likely have this bug
to fix it go into your messages app, menu>setting> and turn off notifications.
go to the android market and download handcent sms or chomp sms, and install. then pick a contact and press send sms, pick your new sms app as default, and send any message. then do a reboot.
once that is all done, power on your phone, let is sleep for a minute after reboot and go back to settings>about phone>status and at the bottom wake time. if it is around 50% or so the fix has worked and you should be able to charge faster and hold a charge longer.
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posted by quaff1976
For battery info, dial (*#*#4636#*#*) and press Call. This will bring up a sort of field test mode. Select Battery Information. This will tell you a lot about your battery.
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posted by koala bear
the link to the full eris manual
http://member.america.htc.com/downl...erizon/DROID_ERIS_Verizon_English_UM_11_5.pdf
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posted by GPLarge
Alternate method for picture taking. If you have a hard time pressing the track ball just long press anywhere on the screen and it fill autofocus and snap your pic.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by Jethro, and alternative to touching the speakerphone icon on the screen when in a call
Just press & hold the CALL button when in a call to switch between headset & speakerphone
-----------------------------------------------------------------
posted by Grimster
Watch youtube videos in high quality over Verizon network.
Disappointed in youtube video quality over Verizon network? When watching a video over the Verizon network press the Menu button on the phone and you can select High Quality. Enjoy the crystal clear video.
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by Grizzld
To unlock the phone, you can also press the "end" key followed by the "menu" key instead of swiping the screen.
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posted by dan on another forum, reposted by blizzard on this forum
for wifi turning off when screen goes off (phone goes to sleep)
"Press the Menu button and go to Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-fi Settings
- Once there, press the menu button again and select "Advanced"
- Select "Wi-fi sleep policy" and make sure "When screen turns off" is NOT selected. If it is, change it to one of the other ones."
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Posted by L0stS0ul
You can disable the Sense UI without uninstalling it or rooting the device (which to my knowledge is not yet possible as there are no roms).
To switch to the stock android home manually do:
1. Click Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications.
2. Scroll down until you find an application named "HTC Sense" and click on it.
3. Scroll down to where you can see "Launch by default" and click on "Clear defaults".
3. Then push the Home button (on your phone) and a dialog will pop up showing "Home" and "HTC Sense", check "Use by default for this action" and then click "Home". Now you got "Home" as default.
Just repeat the same process for "Home" to go back to the "HTC Sense" UI.
Alternatively you can use a program on the market place called "Home Switcher" to do this for you.
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posted by me
you can easily set toggles on your home screen to flip gps, wifi, mobile network, and bluetooth on and off with one touch. Simply hold a open spot on your home screen to add widget, pick htc widgets, pick settings, then add whatever widget you want to control.
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posted by LostS0ul
I've also learned that there is a right way and a wrong way to exit an application. I almost always hit the home button to get back to the home screen. This actually is wrong and I'm working to change my habits. The "correct" way is to use the back button. The OS apparently forces some cleanup when you hit the back button that it doesn't if you hit home. I've noticed my phone uses less memory when I use the back button. I wonder if those having serious lag issues are doing what I do and hit the home button as well?
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POSTED BY SMACKY
1. ##pst (##778)
2. "000000"
3. Modem
4. Slot cycle
5. When you're done exploring all the different options, be sure to hit "menu" and to save the changes. Don't back out as it won't save them.
6. You will be forced to restart and the changes should be made.
I bumped it from 2 to 1. Waiting to see the effect on battery life. If it isnt bad, I'll bump it to 0. Maybe its placebo, but I feel 3G is faster for me. Probably not, but i like to pretend it is.
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POSTED BY JCUMV
Accessing Corporate Email Global Address list from your Eris
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/37592-instructions-how-access-global-email-list-corp-exchange.html
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prevent gmail email contacts from synching to phone
posted by tomlin2 Log into Gmail and make sure all the contacts you want to sync are under "My Contacts". Then using the Eris: People>Groups (3 heads on the bottom)>Menu>Sync Groups. Uncheck "Sync all contacts". Whenever Gmail creates a contact it will be in "All Contacts" which will no longer sync.
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More to come...
