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    Help Nexus 5, YouTube app and sharing

    This might not be just the nexus 5 but ever since I got the phone, when I want to share a video from YouTube via the app, it automatically defaults to Facebook. Used to be when you hit the small share symbol in the top right corner, it would give you option to share all the various ways you...
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    Help Moto smart actions replacement?

    Coming from my Motorola razr to the nexus 5 and I miss the smart actions app. For example, Helped switch ringer off at certain times under certain circumstances, Or went to vibrate and switched off with when I arrive at work. eg/ if I was at home after a certain time and when phone was on...
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    Help phone vibration strength weakening

    Over the last couple of days, the strength of the vibration on my phone has went really poor, used to be no issues with that for 2 months and now its very very poor. Anyone got any ideas on what problem maybe or how to fix ?
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    Root Bionic Bootstrapper v's Safestrap

    Which one of these two is the best to use ? and if Safestrap is the best, does anyone know of a guide to safely removed Bionic ?
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    Root Rooting Guides Aint Clear Or Is It Me ???

    To my mind the rooting guides are not the clearest in here or anywhere else, now please do not let anyone take offence to this, I more than appreciate the work everyone does & I really dont mean this as having a go at anyone, but to a noob or even a non-noob, I think they are very confusing. I...
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    Post your RAZR Screenshot!

    think this only works if rooted at present. I am using an app called screenshot from the market that seems to be working well doing this. Image 1 - Main Screen - tajm clock, camera shortcut, switchpro widget Image 2 - 1 Right - frequent contacts surrounding pic of my dogs & vlingo widget Image...
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    For All The Doubters Out There

    [B][SIZE=2]Motorola Droid Razr Tops Cnet
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    Help Battery Indicator - 10% Interments

    Is it a feature of motorola phones or just the razr to give battery readings in increments of 10% and not in single %'s. Is there a way to change this ? Also, I am assuming that when it states for example 50%, it means a figure in the 50's
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    Help Wifi Signal Drop When Held

    if you try to use your phone one handed, you tend to hold the phone around the bottom half and type with the thumb of the same hand. When you do this and hold the phone around this area, anyone notice a wifi signal drop off around 50% ???? Hold the phone around the top of it and the signal...
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    Help Smart Actions - Best Practices

    In order to help people with smart actions and how to get the best out of them, thought it would be good for people to put in this thread their settings in order to help others best run their phones and get the best it of their batteries. Hope everyone can help all their fellow owners
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    Awaiting Delivery

    Well thats the phone ordered, upgraded from my rooted Desire. I was going to keep that for a while on giffgaff but getting a real patchy signal on that within my work, so had to upgrade and go back to paying more each month, but no more than previously used to so it aint all bad. Look forward...
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    Root Redux 1.2 - Camera & File Storage Issue

    Some of you know of the issues I have been having with what I thought was a dodgy sd card, then potentially a combination of having Redux + a different camera + a different kernal on board that was causing issues with image files. Today I have completely started from scratch, formatted the new...
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    Dropbox or Any Other ?

    Looking for some help, guidance and advice. Going on holiday next week and my phone is also my main camera (sad I know but thats how I roll :D) This week I have had an issue with my memory card corrupting and I lost my photos from a family wedding at the weekend from the card, just as well i...
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    Root Rooted CPU & Power Settings - Battery Save Screenshotsrs

    What settings do you have on your Desire with various tools/apps to help conserve battery life (as we know the pain in the neck now we have solved the space limitation issues) Using the Rom etc in my sig, I have put SetCPU as seen in the pictures below : I also have my brightness set at Auto...
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    Best Camera App ?

    Since rooting (Redux 1.2) all has went well, no disasters happened, couple of reboots or force-closes & all is good in the world lol One thing, obviously HTC Camera functions etc are gone now and in one way thats good, but notice self timer isnt there (good to put on for 2 secs when taking a...
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    Root New Rooter Needing Encouragment lol

    Well after HTC's announcement of no GB for the desire the other day, I thought enough is enough and decided to root using unrevoked, did this easily, once I figured out to use 3.22 and not 3.32 after getting a few error messages about firmware being too new. Using the info on here and within the...
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    Help Samsung Galaxy S2 & Skype

    Can anyone tell me if Skype works on the Galaxy S2 or not ? I know there is a Skype for Android app, but cant find if it works with this phone or not in the manner it should. He is in London, UK and will be using it on 3. Father in law is looking for a new phone to be able to use his skype...
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    Reduce Space Used By Apps

    here is a trick I found ... Delete the apps you have then re-install them For example - I use Handcent and although it states on its page in the market that the file size is 2.02mb , the file size on my phone was 5.63mb. (is this because developers dont update this page to show the real file...
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    BBC Weather Widget ?

    Looking for a decent weather widget that probably takes its data from the same source as the BBC Weather (is it met office?). Got weatherbug and snowstorm but only by going onto the bbc website do I seem to get pretty accurate 24hr forecasts. I used to think BBC was poor but the 5 day and...
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    BBC Weather Widget

    Looking for a decent weather widget that probably takes its data from the same source as the BBC Weather (is it met office?). Got weatherbug and snowstorm but only by going onto the bbc website do I seem to get pretty accurate 24hr forecasts. I used to think BBC was poor but the 5 day and...
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    Screenshots - How to guide

    Thanks to Desireme for this guide, but thought this as a tip would help folks out. Follow this guide How to take screenshots of your Android based phone from Windows – Simple Help To get the Android drivers, i had to install the HTC Sync program that comes on the disc with your phone...
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    Google Navigation - Never Quite Right

    Need some advice, google maps and navigation never quite takes me to the right place, close too it but never quite there. Now near location is okay for something free, but its usually that last wee bit that you need more than anything, instead of you coming to an estate and it tells you its on...
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    Googlemail Warning - UK Users

    I havent read about this issue in this section of the forum, so I though I would warn people If you change from google mail to gmail address as google are asking you to do, this will balls up your phone, the syncing of it and downloading of apps. Took me a while to fix this but you need to...
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    Missing Apps - Same Phone

    I have the desire, had it over a month now. Its unlocked but using t-mobile sim card. The wife got her desire yesterday, locked to vodafone (i think need to try), but has a vodafone sim in it. She can see apps that I cant in the market .... google earth being one of them Whats going on ...