HTC Desire Tips & Tricks [READ ME]

[Hamann85]

Is true that?
1.In the new version 2.2 you will be able to choose where to save your apps? sdcard or phone memory?
2.The new version will erase everything?I mean here the already installed applications and other stuff

Sorry, but those things are new to me and if those question are asked where they aren't supposed to be.

P.S. about flickr?and the photos "thing", nobody knows nothing?

 

[sumo1sumo]

If it's not popped up on this post already regarding not always getting the google search function to work holding down the search button go to this thread for the work around.

http://mobile.jack-frost.co.uk/desire_voice_search_missing.php

Simples.

New to Android, love love LOVE it. Cant wait to sit in a wetherspoons with my "iPhone friends" debating the merits of each...then *BLAMMO* i bring out the Google Search Navigation feature and the Google Goggles...iPhone 4 wants to be blooooooody good.

 

[rtb35]

Is true that?
1.In the new version 2.2 you will be able to choose where to save your apps? sdcard or phone memory?
2.The new version will erase everything?I mean here the already installed applications and other stuff

Sorry, but those things are new to me and if those question are asked where they aren't supposed to be.

P.S. about flickr?and the photos "thing", nobody knows nothing?

1.Yes it does have that feature.
2.Yes it will completely wipe the phone memory,so make sure you back up your apps and contacts etc onto your memory card.

dont use flckr so cant help you there.

 

[biggdaniell]

Hi guys,
Is there a way to switch from 3g to 2g only on desire? (I could do that with samsung galaxy)
Since I could not found the option in phone settings I tried with 3rd party tools (like switchpro widget) but with no luck.

10x

 

[rtb35]

Hi guys,
Is there a way to switch from 3g to 2g only on desire? (I could do that with samsung galaxy)
Since I could not found the option in phone settings I tried with 3rd party tools (like switchpro widget) but with no luck.

10x

yes m8,use the 2g-3g onoff widget,

 

[biggdaniell]

Thanks, I'll try....so basically in the settings if I switch from GSM/WCDMA to GSM only it's the same thing?

L.E: I just installed it...it opens the setting menu (just like it did with my previous phone and like switchPro widget I use right now) and I have to manually make the switch (and as I said: I don't know how on desire).

 

[rtb35]

Sorry i assumed it would be a one touch thing,as far as i understand GSM is 2g and WCDMA is 3g so if you select GSM only you will get 2g.

 

[Kyle6000]

whenb you download an app not via the market, then once its installed you can delete the file you downloaded, same as how windows works.

The market app size is the size once installed

Hi, new here, and to android.

are you implying that it is smaller if you download an app from net then install and delete the installation file rather than just downloading from the Market?

Also, is Google Earth available on the Desire? I can't find it on the Market and no barcodes have helped. I thought Google still haven't sorted out the footprint or whatever its called for it.

When is 2.2 due out?

Thanks.

 

[Pojken]

It only works if your contacts are google type contacts

Just tried it and it doesn't work for me. All my contacts are Google contacts. Even though I'm in Sweden, the names are pretty common (at least the ones I have on my phone). I tried saying, for instance, "Call Dan S******" and "Call Dan". It recognized both, but gave me back Google searches. I even tried opening the phone dialer before hitting the search button.

Oh well... Would've been nice if it worked, but no big deal that it doesn't.

Tim

 

[lekky]

Hi, new here, and to android.

are you implying that it is smaller if you download an app from net then install and delete the installation file rather than just downloading from the Market?

Also, is Google Earth available on the Desire? I can't find it on the Market and no barcodes have helped. I thought Google still haven't sorted out the footprint or whatever its called for it.

When is 2.2 due out?

Thanks.

nope, market installation doesn't keep an installation file, the end result is the same regardless of where you download it from.

You can get google earth by searching google for it But tbh its a big waste of space.

no idea when 2.2 is due, this year sometime.

 

[Kartheeknv]

Hi, Can any one please tell me how can i store apps into the SD card on my HTC Desire?? Whenever i tried to download an app it is directly going to phone memory,,,now my phone memory is almost full.

 

[Roze]

Hi, Can any one please tell me how can i store apps into the SD card on my HTC Desire?? Whenever i tried to download an app it is directly going to phone memory,,,now my phone memory is almost full.

Not unless you Root your phone or you have Froyo installed.

 

[ceider]

Stop friendstream, facebook & peep updating every 5mins. Set mine to manual.
Set email app to manual
(lower if you can put up with it).

Hello, I'm a complete novice-new to HTC and Android. How do you switch these apps to manual? I have a task killer, but these keep popping up in the background unnecessarily. Have been fiddling about with them today but can't work out how to turn them off, or change settings.

thanks

 

[partridge]

open the email app, or twitter, etc then press the Menu key and go to Settings, there should be a menu item there about frequency of update

 

[ceider]

open the email app, or twitter, etc then press the Menu key and go to Settings, there should be a menu item there about frequency of update

thanks-can't seem to access this menu/settings option for twitter/peep though Early days, hopefully get used to it soon enough

 

[partridge]

I use the official Twitter app available from the Market. I've not actually tried Peep!

 

[Pojken]

Here's something I wish I had known in the beginning - an easy way to drag icons/widgets across multiple screens. So simple, yet it took a while for me to figure out.

Tap and hold until the icon/widget moves. Then drag it ON TOP of another icon and leave it there. Then, you simply flick the screen left or right. You no longer have to tap, hold, drag to left or right hoping it will switch screens. As long as it rests on something, you can let go of it and flick.

Tim

p.s. Locale is the shits. I LOVE all the plug-ins they have. So many cool options like changing wallpapers, turning on and off services, launching items, adjusting volume for headphones, etc. It's a godsend.

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

I tell you this, I much prefer the desire charger compared to the one that comes with the HD2 as when i pull the charging cable out it pulls the charger apart.

 

[rosdif]

Adding New Ringtones/SMS Notifications/Alarms

To add new ringtones or SMS alerts, connect your Desire to USB and mount the device on your PC. Browser to the following folders:

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:

Ringtone:Settings > sound and display > phone ringtone
SMS: Settings > sound and display > notification sound
Alarms: Set the sound when adding a new alarm.

Then select the ringtone you put in the above folder(s).

Hi guys, when I mount the Desire to my PC it looks like I can only see the content of my SD card not my internal phone memory, preventing me to copy ringtones from the SD card to the phone. If I use Astro then I can see both but when I select a ringtone from the SD and Copy it, then navigate to the phone memory folder where I want to Paste it the option is not highlighted so can't paste it where I want. Any idea? Cheers!

 

[Tinderbox (UK)]

I would also like to know how to read the internal memory from my pc also if possible.

Hi guys, when I mount the Desire to my PC it looks like I can only see the content of my SD card not my internal phone memory, preventing me to copy ringtones from the SD card to the phone. If I use Astro then I can see both but when I select a ringtone from the SD and Copy it, then navigate to the phone memory folder where I want to Paste it the option is not highlighted so can't paste it where I want. Any idea? Cheers!

 

[diS]

Hey Guys

It might not be that good of a trick but
I discovered that you can wake up the phone by pressing the top button and then
instead of slide to unlock you can use the menu key to further unlock it.

 

[Pojken]

I would also like to know how to read the internal memory from my pc also if possible.

I just found out how to do this using adb shell commands. You can look here to see how it works.

The short of it is that I ran the rooting procedure, opened up a new CMD window, went to the folder with the adb.exe file, and typed in adb shell ls /system/ and that gave me a list of the commands.

There, you can use the copy command which is adb shell cp (directory) (destination directory) or the delete command which is adb shell rm (whatever). I am a newbie, so don't take my word for it. I did eventually figure out how to change my fonts and remove the startup sound. I want to explore more, but haven't had the chance yet.

Tim

 

[gerenmoor]

Regarding ringtones, notifications, and alarms on /sdcard, I wanted my collection of silly sounds to be available for use as any or all of these things, without having to copy them to 3 different directories. So I created a single directory

/sdcard/ringtones/alarms/notifications/sounds

and placed all my sound files in it. It worked nicely! Setting the ringtone, notification sound, or alarm sound brought up the standard ones as well as all of my silly sounds. That's saved some space on my SD card. Hope they don't change the code (MediaScanner.java) to be more choosy, or this will stop working.

 

[rosdif]

Regarding ringtones, notifications, and alarms on /sdcard, I wanted my collection of silly sounds to be available for use as any or all of these things, without having to copy them to 3 different directories. So I created a single directory

/sdcard/ringtones/alarms/notifications/sounds

and placed all my sound files in it. It worked nicely! Setting the ringtone, notification sound, or alarm sound brought up the standard ones as well as all of my silly sounds. That's saved some space on my SD card. Hope they don't change the code (MediaScanner.java) to be more choosy, or this will stop working.

That sounds good Gerenmoor.. can I ask you what you used to copy the files onto the directory you created on the sd card?

 

[-V-O-Y-A-G-E-R-]

For all of those who are still missing Google Voice Search in their Market, here is a link where you can download it from.
Voice Search Missing From HTC Desire