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  1. nicksdarkroom

    Help Power button only half shuts down phone

    With increasing frequency, pressing the power button on my HTC desire running Froyo only dims the screen, it doesnt put it into standby. This never happened until recently but is now quite a regular thing. In order to put it into stand by i have to press the button several times before it...
  2. nicksdarkroom

    Help Heating up....shutting down

    Quite annoying this one, I have a Desire running Froyo, when I'm using the Google Nav the phone tends to get very hot and (i assume) that upon reaching a certain temperature shuts down and re boots. Usually just when I'm totally lost! If i hold the phone in front of a vent with the air...
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    Help skipping music

    I have a desire running froyo, using an 8gb card. I'm finding that my music is skipping with increasing frequency. It is not consistent, a track will skip at one point the first time then somewhere else the next time. Any ideas?
  4. nicksdarkroom

    loss of gmail connection

    Hi, my desire's connection to my gmail account seems to have stopped working. Items are not appearing in my inbox although bizarrely I do get a little number 1 next to my mail account name when open my inbox!? This isn't the first time its happened either, the last time it went on for several...
  5. nicksdarkroom

    just updated firmware but settings backup didnt work - HELP!!!

    The title says it all just updated to firmware 1.21.405.2 on o2 backed up my settings beforehand but the restore didn't work! How do I try it again please?
  6. nicksdarkroom

    wireless N for desire???

    I'm reading rumors of wireless N being available on the desire, having just bought a N capable router I'm obviously interested to find out if this is true. Anyone know?
  7. nicksdarkroom

    Sat nav voice

    Hi all, I'm using the Google navigation on my desire but the voice is truly awful, are there any alternatives available?
  8. nicksdarkroom

    antivirus

    I have AntiVirus for my desire, is this really necessary? How likely am I to contract a virus using Android?
  9. nicksdarkroom

    On screen (soft?!) home, menu and back buttons

    Hi all, Does anyone know if its possible to have on screen buttons on the Desire for Home, Menu and Back as I'm (perhaps unnecessarily) worried about wearing the buttons out so would rather be using virtual buttons on screen (even if that means losing a little of the display area). Thanks...
  10. nicksdarkroom

    HTC desire memory cards

    I've got the supplied 4gb card in my phone but i am thinking of upgrading to a 16gb one. In the past every other phone i have put a larger card in (most recently a blackberry curve) slow down massively when a larger card is put in (in the case of the blackberry 1gb to 8gb). Does this happen with...
  11. nicksdarkroom

    Advanced task killer

    I'm using Advanced task killer app on my desire, it seems quite effective but i've read reports that it is totally unnecessary as the phone manages apps itself, however whenever i start ATK there are loads of app running in the background. Question is, should i bother with it or not?
  12. nicksdarkroom

    Help HTC desire dropping wifi (really weird circumstances)

    Hi, I have an HTC Desire and with it a really odd WiFi problem. When using either mobile internet or any other wireless router there are no problems whatsoever. When at home using our echolife520s on TalkTalk I sometimes lose the connection when turing the Desire off and back on. It still...