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    Save Voicemail locally

    My dad has a voicemail (Verizon) from my grandmother just before she passed away. Is there an app or way to save it to his phone?
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    Help Battey plumet and OS process

    My GF has a RAZR Maxx going on about 18 months. My parents and sister all have younger Maxxs. The GF's phone battery is terrible like 6 hours on wifi. Looking at a bettery app Android OS is the biggest user, well above the screen useage. Are there any fixes to this?
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    after market charger

    It would appear I have left my charger at home. I was suppose to be on a 1 week trip that has turned into 2. Can anyone give me the specs on teh charger and a suggestion of where to pick up a replacment (brick and morter only)? Is it a common size?
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    Help Unresponsive touch screen

    I have been living without access to my V and G keys in portrait for a while, can't use swype because it thinks I pulled my finger from the screen, so swiftkey it is. My camera button also is less than responsive some times. But more importantly my entire screen become unresponsive during phone...
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    Help HTC Sense relaunching constantly

    I have noticed recently, last 2 months or so, that sometimes when I exit an application I get a white HTC screen and then after a little waiting I get back to my home screen. Sometimes this will happen after I switch apps after Sense has just relaunched. Does anyone else have this problem? I...
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    Root Will Rooting fix this

    I have had just about enough with no volume control during phone calls. I also am not a big fan of guessing if my phone will lose 70% battery or 20% battery overnight. Will rooting be able to solve these problems?
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    Goodbye Netflix + Blockbuster?

    With the news of VZW buying stake in Redbox will we finally not have Blockbuster on our phones, or pehaps an app update allowing uninstall? Will Verizon try and prevent Netflix on VZW phones? Verizon Combines With Redbox to Challenge Netflix in Video - Businessweek
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    Wi-Fi toggle

    I have a HTC Thunderbolt and on one of my screens have buttons for screen brightness, wifi, bluetooth, and GPS. I believe they came from HTC Sense. What is the best way to get similar buttons onto my A500?
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    Help In-call volume

    I remember reading about other people having volume rocker issues. My in-call volume (speaker and regular) does not fluctuate with the volume rocker. Has anyone figured otua surefire solution or should I take this to Verizon, and hope I am not out of my warrenty window and get my 3rd TB?
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    DVR functionality

    Is there a way to possibly hook my A500 up to my DVR mounted as an external HD and record shows to it so that I can watch them later? I know my DVR has a USB port to hook up an external HD. I guess my question boils down to, A) can I mount my A500 as an external HD to my DVR B) What is the...
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    Help Surviving NYC

    I have been in New York City a few times since getting the TB on launch day. I have also been in Chicago with the phone. The home that I stayed in in NYC is a strip home, two stories common side walls. Inside the house I asaw 1X, 3G, and 4G and no data regularly. I also topped the battery up...
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    Help Skype, Market and the Update, Help Please

    I have not been able to get the OTA update (#2) and have taken my phone to verizon. I have not rooted the phone, but I have installed the copy of skype that was floating around here with video support. I can't seem to get it to uninstall now and was wondering if this was what was givign me an...
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    OTA Update and factory reset

    After losign all data connectivity and getting a new sim card I was forced to factory reset my TB. I bought it on release day. I asked before the reset if it would go to pre-OTA update and the rep said it would. (The rep may be an idiot, claiming that all 4G phones are GSM phones) When I look...
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    Help No Data at all (NYC)

    Yesterday I put my phone into airplane mode by holding the power button when I got on the subway. My girlfriend took it off airplane mode by going through settings. Since that time I have not had any data, no LTE, no 3G, no 1X, just cell bars. I have restarted the phone using restart. I have...
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    Stop incoming txt and phone calls

    I have been using the Mapmyride app. I use it when riding my bike for elevation/distance/speed. The only issue is that if I receive a text message or a phone call while I am riding it stops the map my ride app. Will airplane mode stop incoming/outgoing calls and txt (using handcent) but allow...
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    Skype

    Is there ant word on Skype shipping on the Charge? I have a TB and the leaked version of skype that allows video calls.
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    Help Windows XP TB connection

    I have a laptop running Windows XP and it will not recognize the TB when it is connected. When I plug the phone into the computer it starts chagrining but neither the computer nor the phone. I have the phone set to "Ask Me" and the default connection to Disk Drive (I tried HTC Sync as well)...
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    Caler ID read

    I am coming from a LG ENV Touch. The feature I liked msot with that phone was that I coudl set my ringer to read the caller ID to me for phone calls and for text messages. DO I need an app to that on the TB? Does anyone have apps that are confirmed to work on the TB that do this?
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    Help Primary phone number is not default

    I am having issues with the primary and secondary phoen number for my contacts. I want my friend's mobile number to be the primary one, or the one that clicking the name gets dialed. When I look at teh contact info the primary number is the mobile (what I want). When I click the phone thing...
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    Help Boot and Unlock screen at same time

    I turned my TB off when I went into the gym today. On my way out I hit the power button to turn it back on. The screen that popped up had the HTC white screen filling about 3/4 of the screen, anchored in the upper right corner. It then went on to the black clouds. While this was going on the...
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    Help Bump charging via USB

    Is anyone having issues where plugging into a computer does not charge your phone fast enough? I went into Verizon and they said it is a known issue and the only way to recharge is to plug in A/C or the car charger. I think my issue might be that I am on the edge of the LTE network and my...