HTC Desire Tips & Tricks [READ ME]

[Evil Genius]

Thanks for the far more constructive reply! I think I will look at making mine into google contacts, when I get a spare few hours! As it happens, mine didn't show that amount of storage space used but I thought it may just clear some of the duplicate suggestions that message app sometimes gives. All's well that ends well.

i think there's a lesson for all of us here.

if you want to know something spcific, ask the question yourself or if you're not sure about an answer to someone elses question, ask for clarification.

 

[kalooki]

Hey All,
got my droind friday and have been well impressed and thankfull for all the tips on this thread and read through them all last night, and with the voice dialling comments mine worked fine held down search and voice dialling came on all good but went to use it this morning and all that comes up is Connection Problem - speak again or cancel am I going to have to reset and load up all the apps i loaded up last night and if I do how do I go about doing it?
Thanks
Tom

 

[kevinx]

Hey All,
got my droind friday and have been well impressed and thankfull for all the tips on this thread and read through them all last night, and with the voice dialling comments mine worked fine held down search and voice dialling came on all good but went to use it this morning and all that comes up is Connection Problem - speak again or cancel am I going to have to reset and load up all the apps i loaded up last night and if I do how do I go about doing it?
Thanks
Tom

MAY be a silly question?, but are you on-line when you perform the search?

Cheers

 

[kalooki]

Werent a silly question and yep Id disabled the interent last night as from just putting a couple of apps and angry birds on yesterday i used 75 mb didnt look at no vids or go on fb so turned it off, was i being silly in thinking that voice dialling would work with out internet on? and thanks for replying
Tom

 

[kevinx]

Werent a silly question and yep Id disabled the interent last night as from just putting a couple of apps and angry birds on yesterday i used 75 mb didnt look at no vids or go on fb so turned it off, was i being silly in thinking that voice dialling would work with out internet on? and thanks for replying
Tom

Tom,

I MAY be wrong, but I do believe there needs to be some on-line interaction when using voice.

Has it worked since?

Cheers

 

[kalooki]

yep worked thanks mate

 

[gwen.lee77]

just something to add while iv been working with android from day 1, and work with it everyday, if you are setting up email account(s) and the screen gets stuck on "trying to locate google server" and after 5 mins it fails, there is only one way this can be fixed, and you have to factory reset, because when you get the phone brand new, its supposed to be made that you set up your accounts there and then, but some people dont, then realise they cant access the market, then create a gmail account, and cant get any further, this is the reason. i hope this helps people out.

am totally new to smartphones..am with HTC Desire now.
1. Does the BACK button behaves as minimizing a running application? or it exits?..am a little confused coz my machine seems to hang a lil here and there now..probably i used it too often?

2. Under "manage applications"..we do see running apps, do we need to 'force stop' to save battery life? or it's running coz i did not exit the app properly (so far i only know how to use the BACK button to close any application)

Pls advice..thank you

 

[gwen.lee77]

am totally new to smartphones..am with HTC Desire now.
1. Does the BACK button behaves as minimizing a running application? or it exits?..am a little confused coz my machine seems to hang a lil here and there now..probably i used it too often?

2. Under "manage applications"..we do see running apps, do we need to 'force stop' to save battery life? or it's running coz i did not exit the app properly (so far i only know how to use the BACK button to close any application)

Pls advice..thank you [/QUOTE]

 

[Evil Genius]

and you're totally new to forums as well judging by the double post and asking questions that have been answered many times

1. the back button will minimise or close apps as the android OS sees fit. kind of self-regulating so that a task killer is not needed (i repeat..never, not, no way needed).

2. you don't really need to force stop anything. you only need to be aware of what is running and you can do this by setting up your desire properly with regards to syncing etc.

 

[gwen.lee77]

totally and kind of u to advice me..really grateful. thanks.
i notice my machine will hang on the "last dialer screen" with the word Call Ended, when i click on the BACK button after i run a certain online app. and the only way to exit tat screen is by pressing the Home button. any way i can fix this prob? defrag or something?

 

[Lanarkian]

Greetings all. I have noticed a new symbol appearing to the left at the top of my screen. It is a globe with 'W' in the NW area and a down arrow in the SE area. Any thoughts please?

 

[Evil Genius]

Greetings all. I have noticed a new symbol appearing to the left at the top of my screen. It is a globe with 'W' in the NW area and a down arrow in the SE area. Any thoughts please?

a picture would be helpful.

and try starting a new thread so your question doesn't get lost here.

 

[Lanarkian]

I am not sure how to download the picture from my phone. Thanks for trying to help anyway.

 

[Atti03]

Hi, im with Three and have the Desire, it automatically enables Wi-Fi and then automatically switches back to moblie internet when i leave the area. Has worked out of the box.

Only issue is that Skype can not run over Wi-Fi and will disconnect when you connect to a Wi-Fi network.

Good forum btw

[edit] for CAPS!

Have you got any widgets for Wifi and mobile internet? Because my mobile connection doesn't connect automoatically. Everytime when I'm outside, I've to go to the settings to start it.

 

[trixiebelle]

I hope you don't mind my asking but I am not at all technical and am having trouble downloading photos from my HTC Desire HD to my MacBook Pro. Have you any advice that might help me please?

 

[kevinx]

I hope you don't mind my asking but I am not at all technical and am having trouble downloading photos from my HTC Desire HD to my MacBook Pro. Have you any advice that might help me please?

"Any advice that might help?" - Sell the phone!!! ;-) ;-) (Only joking).

Plug in your HD, to your laptop, and you SHOULD see it (on your 'puter) as an "external drive". The phone will also ask whether to connect to "Charge Only?", "HTC Sync?", "Connect as drive?". You need to "click" on "Connect as a drive". On your laptop, look for the external drive, where you should then be able to connect to

Cheers