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    Car holder i can use with a phone case on the phone..

    Hi, I use a case on my Galaxy S2 to protect it. As a result I am unable to find a car holder which I can fit the phone + case into. The clingo / sticky pad cases do not work after 2 days of use and the phone falls off over every small bump. Can anyone recommend a car holder that will fit an...
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    Help Built in alarm tones location?

    Im trying to find where some of the built in alarm sounds are on the phone. In particular the 'Smart Alarm' sound 'light' as id like to use this also as the main alarm, however it is only visible in the menu for smart alarm and not th main alarm, and i cant find it anywhere on the phone so i can...
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    Help Google Task sync?

    Has anyone had any success syncing google tasks? int the accounts & sync menu under my google accoutn i can see Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Picasa - but there is no option for tasks or to add tasks here. On my previous phone (HTC Desire) i had an app Gtasks by Dato which synced to goggle...
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    Root Will OOTA update leave my phone 'unrooted'?

    Hi, a while back i rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM. Recently my phone is frequently alerting me that there is a new update available and prompts me to download it. Will this revert my phone back tio 'unrooted'? and cause me to lose all the mods etc that are on there currently...
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    Root Flash ROM without radio, Flash Radio or ROM 1st?

    I am going to install a ROM wothout radio. I have the radio version ready seperate to the ROM. After wiping everything using clockwork recovery, which do i have to flash 1st? The Radio or the ROM? (I assume this is the same process just select the zip file in clockwork recovery?)...
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    My Contact Card - possible to merge?

    So my desire has a 'My Contact Card', and my contacts (gmail contacts synced to phone) also has my gmail contact with all my info. Is it possible to merge these? I cant find a way. Seems silly for the gmail personal contact to be on the phone and for the phone to hold a seperate one (used when...
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    Root Couple of noob root questions - cant find in search, sorry

    Hi, have searched a lot and cant find answers, sorry if these are already asked... - Do you have to flash a ROM in order to root? **OK have found the unrevoked method which doesnt flash a ROM i think (just a recovery image which then lets you flash roms onto it)** - I am seeing different...
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    Root Best ROM ro flash: Phone is unlocked UK Orange HTC Desire Foryo 2.2

    Hi, I intend to root my phone and from research it seems there are lots and lots of different custom ROMs floating around, some including radio versions, some not, some are specific to phones, some mentioned in threads are obviously just old, not many seem logically named as to what they...
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    Anyone use chompSMS with widgetlocker?

    Does anyone use chompSMS with widgetlocker? I have it so the quickreply sms popup lights up my phone and appears on my lock screen, but after about 4 seconds the screen goes blank again so i dont always spot it. Is there a way to get it to stay lit up for longer? Ive looked in settings for...
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    Help 11 apps and low memory warnings.. surely not?!

    I have had my desire a few days and installed about 11 apps and some widgets. I am getting repeated warnings about low memory even after uninstalling google earth - I have 14.23mb of available internal memory. Should that happen? My contacts storage shows up as 84.93mb - im guessing after...
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    Help [Solved]Gmail contacts wont import/sync to phone??

    edit: This has now sorted itself out. Dont know why it didnt work when it said it was syncing before. maybe it didnt like the number of contacts involved and only wanted to do it on its own 3 hours after i asked. --------------------- I am unable to get all my gmail contacts onto my desire. I...
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    Help Phone says 775 google contacts, google says 639...

    Im a bit concerned my phone is reporting 775 google contacts, but google says 639... I am about to delete all contacts off my phone and tidy up the ones on google by merging duplicates, adn then re-import from google to my phone... but am reluctant to do this while the phone says i have more...
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    Help Help! ALL facebook birthdays now show in my claendar even though i havent synced facebook!!

    Can anyone please help? My 'accounts & sync' settings have always had 'facebook' turned off for syncing, and I have never turned it on. Yet this morning i was playing around with the bit in 'people' to try and see if the facebook bit in there worked and i would be able to link a contact in...
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    Help I need to link multiple phone & Gmail contacts...

    Hi, I have added all my old phone contacts, and also got all my gmail contacts onto my HTC desire. Obviously there are lots that need linking. I have read that the notification area should now show an icon indicating that there are 'matched contacts suggestions' but it does not. I can go...