Source: Droid Den - Phone Guide: HTC Desire - Droid Den
Ok fella's, the Desire is a fantastic phone, probably the best on the market at time of writing, a truly desirable device!
This guide will be split up into the different logical segments of the phone, offering hints, tips and general know-how to ensure you get the most out of your new phone.
As always please either message me here, Rachid (le3ky) on Twitter or leave a comment at the source if you have a tip to add or wish to clarify something I have written here.
Useful
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Turn by Turn Navigation To Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Default Android 2.1 Keyboard To HTC Sense Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add HTC Keyboard With Voice-To-Text To Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Nexus One Gallery to Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Voice Search To HTC Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Google Talk To Orange HTC Desire - Droid Den
General Android Advice
Settings > Language and Keyboard > Touch Input > Text Input > Calibration Tool
Settings > Language and Keyboard > Touch Input > Keyboard Type
Status Icons
Notification Icons
Ok fella's, the Desire is a fantastic phone, probably the best on the market at time of writing, a truly desirable device!
This guide will be split up into the different logical segments of the phone, offering hints, tips and general know-how to ensure you get the most out of your new phone.
As always please either message me here, Rachid (le3ky) on Twitter or leave a comment at the source if you have a tip to add or wish to clarify something I have written here.
Useful
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Turn by Turn Navigation To Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Default Android 2.1 Keyboard To HTC Sense Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add HTC Keyboard With Voice-To-Text To Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Nexus One Gallery to Android Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Voice Search To HTC Phones - Droid Den
Droid Den - App Guide: Add Google Talk To Orange HTC Desire - Droid Den
General Android Advice
- Android is a multitasking operating system. It is very smart at self-managing its memory and applications. You may hear talk of using a task killer, or another memory management tool, but this is NOT necesarry. Android will manage this task itself. You may have the question "How do I close this app?". With android this question does not need to be asked as android will take care of it in the background.
- Turn off WiFi and GPS if you are not using them. They can cause the battery to drain much quicker than if you turned them off. Toggling between these settings is easy via the default HTC widgets.
- To add a new photo album, just mount the phone via USB to a PC, create a new folder and give it a name. Add your pictures to this folder. Now browse to the “Albums” in your phone and it will automatically create an album with the folder name you specified containing the pictures you added.
- Calibrate your keyboard!!! You will find using the keyboard waaay better. Do this via:
Settings > Language and Keyboard > Touch Input > Text Input > Calibration Tool
- There are 3 types of keyboard available for the Desire built in “full QWERTY”, “Phone keypad” and Compact QWERTY”. Give them a try, one may suit you better. To change do the following:
Settings > Language and Keyboard > Touch Input > Keyboard Type
- A Class 6 micro sd card is preffered.
- If you have both WiFi and data connections turned on, your phone will default to using the WiFi connection as long as you are connected to a WiFi network. So no need to turn mobile data off using home WiFi.
Status Icons
Notification Icons