HTC Desire Tips & Tricks [READ ME]

[mcnob]

Here's a tip about charging your Desire using the in-car cigarette lighter socket together with a USB lead. If you find that your Desire isn't charging correctly and even worse losing charge whilst plugged in, check out this thread http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/75062-charging-usb-ac-differences.html

You may be using a USB socket that will only allow up to 5v 500mh output. You need a USB socket that can provide 5v 1000ma (1amp). The above thread will reveal all you need to know, bottom line, the two data pins on the car USB socket need to be shorted out, for the Desire to believe it has an AC charge and therefore draw 1Amp.

I don't think that recommending "shorting" of an electrical device is in anyone's interests. Not only is it a potential fire risk, it could damage your car electrics or your phone. I have the official HTC car charger (

 

[PJD]

Quite agree with you on that one mcnob

 

[Bob253]

Hi folks,

New to Android as well, I'm afraid.
Bought my Desire from Play, unlocked and sim free so to speak.
Is that the same as being 'rooted'? Or would I have to go down the path mentioned in the other thread about rooting.

Basically I want to save to the sd card and not to the memory, as I think most other seem to want as well.
Thought it better to do now before I have to much on here to reinstall etc.

Also like to thank people on here for all the brilliant advice and tips.

Many thanks, Bob

 

[c_man]

Bob,
No its not the same as being rooted. Rooting is known as voiding the warranty and is something that is 'against' HTC's wishes; Play.com would not sell you a device in this state!

I bought my Legend from Play.com too.

 

[Bob253]

Bob,
No its not the same as being rooted. Rooting is known as voiding the warranty and is something that is 'against' HTC's wishes; Play.com would not sell you a device in this state!

I bought my Legend from Play.com too.

Ahhh right your are.
I thought that might be the case, but I must admit i was getting confused with all the terms being used.
I'll leave well alone then until I understand the thing better. Also I'm on a Mac as well, so things don't always work the same anyway.

Many thanks for the help.

 

[OFI]

Late reply, sorry. OFI, the issue is when you get a phone call or an alarm goes off. That "wakes" the phone. That brings up the lock screen with the option to dismiss or snooze (or reject).

So, test it out by setting an alarm, calendar reminder or having someone call you. Or simply just turn it on to the lock screen. Then, do an actual palm mash on it - put your hand on the face and then move just a little to simulate it being in your pocket. You'll find that it does unlock rather easily.

Tim

Having spent a weekend out on the town with my phone in my pocket I can concur that without a pattern lock all sorts will happen!

Made calls, made emails, updated facebook..but my favourite.. I managed to open the Barcode scanning app and killed the battery in no time
I now have a pattern lock!

 

[lekky]

I don't know how you guys manage to do all this with phone in the pocket.

I putmine in my pocket all the time, and not once ghave I ever managed to turn the screen on, and slide down to unlock the phone, thn proceed to make calls and send sms to people, not once!

 

[AlastairH]

I don't know how you guys manage to do all this with phone in the pocket.

I putmine in my pocket all the time, and not once ghave I ever managed to turn the screen on, and slide down to unlock the phone, thn proceed to make calls and send sms to people, not once!

I agree, I've not managed it either, maybe my jeans aren't tight enough!

 

[Quboid]

I've had my phone in loose pockets and tight pockets and never had anything more than the power button get pressed accidentally. WTF are you guys doing?

 

[OFI]

Like I said it did it ALL weekend!

It did it while driving, drinking, dancing, drinking, BBQing, drinking...


Not drinking AND driving

 

[devilmaycry1611]

Hi Guys, I'm having some problems in putting my own photos into HTC Desire. Supposingly, when I create a new folder "Albums" in sdcard for my photos, the phone should automatically recognize and create a new album named "Albums" rite? It doesn't work for me. Seems like my HTC desire can't recognize any photos unless I put them inside DCMI folder. Anyone has the same problem?

And 1 more thing, how to refresh music library? everytime I add more songs into my sdcard, i can't see it inside music library unless I reset it to factory default.

Thanks

 

[lekky]

once you create the album, run an app called sdrescan or restart your phone. This causes the phone to rescan the sdcard for any changes. Ditto for music

 

[devilmaycry1611]

once you create the album, run an app called sdrescan or restart your phone. This causes the phone to rescan the sdcard for any changes. Ditto for music

Thanks 4 ur reply. I tried, but the SDrescan would scan my sdcard for a few hours and may be forever if i don't force to stop. Anyway, i solved the problem, i need to format my sdcard, after that it works, kind of weird

But my music library still doesn't auto-update

 

[lekky]

for a few hours??! It does mine in 10 seconds on my full 8gb card

 

[devilmaycry1611]

Ya, for me, it just scans forever until i press the "back" button. Any idea why is it? any setting i need to change?

 

[lekky]

How much space have u used on your sdcard. Maybe it takes longer the first time because it has to index everything. I'd let it run for like 10 minutes and see if it finishes, it will be faster on subsequent runs

 

[Quboid]

It could be a sign of corruption, causing software to get into an endless loop. If you can, put the card into a card reader and use the Windows disc checker. Also, give it a full format (copy everything off it before you do!).

 

[devilmaycry1611]

Last night, i put in a new sdcard and i used Sdrescan to scan it for a whole night and when i wake up, it's still scanning =,=. My sdcard is 4gb and i think i only used about 500 MB.

 

[Quboid]

Out of curiosity, I've downloaded SDrescan and giving it a shot. My card is an 8GB class 6 card, with 512MB take off for apps. According to the "SD & phone storage" settings menu, it is 6.93GB, with 5.65GB free so I'm only using about 1.3GB.

2 seconds.

It took 2 seconds to rescan. Either SDrescan is unreliable, or your cards are messed up!

To check it for errors (with Windows and a card reader):
1) Insert the card so it shows up as a drive.
2) Open Windows explorer by double-clicking on "My Computer" or "Computer" on the desktop and load the page that shows all your drives (on the left hand panel, it has the same name as the icon, "My Computer" or just "Computer").
3) In the main panel, right-click on the drive that is the MicroSD card and left-click on "Properties", at the bottom of that menu.
4) In the new dialog box, click on the "Tools" tab.
5) Click on the "Check now" option in the "Error-checking" section. If you get a security box, click OK.
6) Turn on "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors".
7) Click on "Start".
8) Cross fingers.
9) Wait.

 

[devilmaycry1611]

Hi Quboid, i gave it a try and found no error, anyway, I bought a new sdcard to test before but problem persists.

There's only 1 way to force my fone updating sdcard is to reformat it. So, whenever i want to add in just 1 song, i need to copy out everything, format the card and copy back.

 

[lekky]

Turning it on and off does the same thing

 

[devilmaycry1611]

Yes, I cant understand why is it? Everytime I restart my fone, it does reload the sdcard but no updates at all. Is there any other application out of sdrescan to do it? Thanks.

 

[azz]

Hi does it void warranty if you change the firmware from Orange branded to gsm using goldcard?

 

[4ngi3]

Great tips.. with the addition of these apps I'm loving my Desire more and more! Thank you!!

 

[kustodian]

Ringtones: /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones
SMS Alerts: /sdcard/media/audio/notifications
Alarm Alerts: /sdcard/media/audio/alarms

Copy your mp3 files into either of the folders above. Then go to:

I noticed that:
/sdcard/ringtones
/sdcard/notifications
/sdcard/alarms

work as well, no need for a media subfolder, but it is neater like that.