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    stock music player - lack of lock screen control?!

    hi looks like the stock music player does NOT have any form of lock screen support/controls. or am i missing something? searched the forum, and similar threads indicate the same... what's the best music player app alternative that comes with lock screen support? i use spotify, but...
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    Help camera videos: can i set a separate default location vs photos?

    hi forum for photos and videos taken with the camera, there is only one default location (which does change to either internal or SD card, depending if you have one inserted). i would like to store videos in a separate default location. is that possible? the main reason is: i'd like...
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    Help (partial) wake lock / spare parts / battery history

    hi on my previous phone HTC Desire I had an app called Spare Parts. in that app I could look at Battery History. That Battery History would then show me the (partial) wake lock by app, i.e. which app would prevent the phone from a proper sleep, which is draining the battery. I have now...
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    Help HELP! firmware upgrade to ICS vis KIES - over 45 mins and still 0%

    help! I'm performing an upgrade to ICS with KIES. Everything looked OK when it started. But now it's been at 0% for over 45 mins already! see image here http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/firmwareupgrade.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us my provider is T-Mobile UK. ICS was avaiable in...
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    Help Stock Email App: exchange activesync - can't set my outgoing name?!

    hi the samsung stock email app works great with exchange active sync. the only issue: i can't set a name for outgoing email. it always shows up as my email address mail@domain.com but i want it to show as "name name" there doesn't seem to be any option to change this unless i'm...
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    Help transfer photos/videos via KIES air sucks?!

    hi i want to download photos/videos taken with my SG2 to my phone. so i'm connecting via KIES AIR, which is the most convenient way, i think. however, browsing the "photos" category via kies air on my phone shows ALL image files on my SG2?! the columns for resulution and date taken are...
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    can't find my kernel version on xda "beginner root"

    hi some info on my phone: t-mobile UK just got it on Monday 19th Sep runs android 2.3.3 and i want 2.3.4 can't perform system update from the phone, it fails connection so i thought i'd give rooting a try on this forum i was pointed to the following thread: [20.09.2011][CF-Root...
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    Help getting connection error for "samsung apps" and phone software updates

    hi used the search, but can't find anything related to my issue. just got my samsung galaxy S2 on monday. been using the HTC Desire before. my connection, either on wifi or 3G, is fine. but i'm getting a connection error mesage when: - trying to do a software update in: Settings ->...
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    T-Mobile UK: no microSD card included :((

    hi forum! as of today 9am i can call myself proud owner of a SG2, yeah! after 14 months with the HTC Desire i upgraded and t-mobile delivered it super fast. so, as the title suggests, i'm with T-Mobile UK. i've got the phone. it comes with charger, battery, ear phones... all good...
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    Help google calendar: when creating event from HTC app showing me as GUEST

    hello everyone used the search, couldn't find a specific thread for this issue i'm seeing. i have an unrooted HTC Desire with t-mobile, android 2.2. my question is about using the stock calendar app with google calendar. when i create an event FROM THE APP then it shows up just fine...
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    Help can't install 12.6mb app despite having 20mb free memory

    hi FYI i have an unrooted phone today i tried to download and install the browser Opera Mobile; it's 12.58 MB in size. the free phone memory is 20.25 MB. now, the download worked just fine, but while installing i got the warning 'installation unsuccessful / insufficient storage'...
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    Help Internal Phone Storage shortage - only 16MB left

    hi i've got an issue with my internal phone storage. just got a system notification that i'm running low on space: i've got 16MB left. i'm running anodroid 2.2 so i can move apps to SD but: - all apps that allow Move To SD are moved to SD card already - i have not got many apps installed at...
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    Help Everything suddenly very laggy/slow

    hi i haven't made any big changes to my Desire and all was working well. suddenly a couple of days ago i noticed that things slowed down significantly. exmples: when drawing the unlock screen, there is a big lag till the home screen comes up huge lag in opening programmes or menus so...
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    Help Facebook for Android 1.3 - battery bug / constant partial wake use

    hi installed the new updated 1.3 version of Facebook for Android this morning. when i checked my phone just now i noticed battery is lower than it should be. a look at the Battery Graph (separate app) shows that it's draining constantly... hmmm so i checked the PARTIAL WAKE USE via the...
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    Data Usage for Syncing (Google, Facebook etc)

    hi i've used the search and read all thread that include "data" in the post's title. lots of it was helpful, yet i have a few questions. this morning as a test to see how much data my phone uses just for syncing and any kind of background data, i turned on the network data and syncing...
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    t-mobile: only getting G sybmol (never 3G, E or H) in London

    hi forum reading through the sticky tips & tricks, i now know what the symbols mean. got my desire on T-MOBILE just over a week ago and anywhere in London i'm only getting the G (GPRS) connection. both at home as well as in the office (soho square). my colleague who has the desire on O2...
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    question about calendar app with google calendar and default notifications

    hi guys great forum, been reading pretty much all of the stickies and searched as well, but unable to find an answer to my question. just got the phone a week ago. i'm using Google Calendar exclusively for all my date keeping. it's great to see that the default calendar apps sync with...