So I thought I'd start a little thread to see what tips & tricks people are discovering about the Desire now that we are getting our hands on them
If you swipe your finger (L to R or R to L) across the middle button then you can scroll through home screens without touching the screen
If you want more options in browser including UAString (Android, Desktop, Iphone etc,) just type in url window "about:debug" (without quotes!) then press enter; it seems nothing happens but if you go into settings all new options are available
I'll be surprised if it hasn't been mentioned before, but a quick way to reboot:
Power button, vol down and press the track pad at the same time.
Download Advanced Task Killer! Applications just stay open once they are activated. I also use the Power Options widget on the main homescreen which is great for quick adjustments to brightness, WiFi and Bluetooth.
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
anyone here tried to re-arrange the 7 home screens? .. i could swear i saw it in some vid, you put it in "leap" view, and then you hold on of the screens and move it around!!!! ....
irkan said:
anyone here tried to re-arrange the 7 home screens? .. i could swear i saw it in some vid, you put it in "leap" view, and then you hold on of the screens and move it around!!!! ....
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why does it matter anyway? at the beginning theyre all pretty much empty anyway
Unfriendly said:
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
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http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
cez10 said:
why does it matter anyway? at the beginning theyre all pretty much empty anyway
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I know, but i saw it in some vid, .. and i wanna doo ittt XP
i didnt get my desire yet, but am curious
Unfriendly said:
I am a new user here so I am not allowed to post outside links yet, but do a google search for "Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android" and read the Geek For Me thing about task killers.
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Thanks for that. It makes a lot of sense now. I'm too used to Windows i guess haha. Removing My Task Killer from my Tattoo
You are most welcome, I hope it makes your Tattoo run better.
Unfriendly said:
You are most welcome, I hope it makes your Tattoo run better.
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To be honest i'm not too bothered now...my Desire will be here on Monday
If you drag the top bit it tells you your notfications! (where the battery life is).
Hey guys, quick question I'm coming from a HTC Tytn and before that a Touch HD, I used to use S2U2 to lock on the Tytn and like the iPhone style text appearing on the lock screen, can the Desire do that?
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Hey guys, quick question I'm coming from a HTC Tytn and before that a Touch HD, I used to use S2U2 to lock on the Tytn and like the iPhone style text appearing on the lock screen, can the Desire do that?
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Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
Hessi93 said:
Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
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I only want to see the text message or email not have an iPhone like lock screen, my mistake lost in translation.
Hessi93 said:
Download the Lock 2.0 from market!
There are one free, and one paid version available.
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BTW, lots of people have been complaining about this particular app! because it gets stuck sometimes and you have to restart, and missed notifications also
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I only want to see the text message or email not have an iPhone like lock screen, my mistake lost in translation.
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"SMS popup" gives you the iPhone like popup whenever you receive an SMS.. Works on lockscreen as well as over any program/app. Unfortunately it doesn't do emails
Alternatively you can change the whole SMS app to chomp or handcent.. Those gives you popups as well.
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SMS Popup does not seem to work on my device :-/ I think it might have something to do with Sense UI. Can anyone confirm they got it working on their Desire?
Yup. You can re-arrange the home screens but not by pressing in the big menue but by pressing when your actually on the screens and dragging them accross. Works a charm. Just got mine today and tried it!
Karolis said:
SMS Popup does not seem to work on my device :-/ I think it might have something to do with Sense UI. Can anyone confirm they got it working on their Desire?
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Yeah - No issues with SMS Popup.
Been using it for ages now and love it.
evildead4eva said:
Yup. You can re-arrange the home screens but not by pressing in the big menue but by pressing when your actually on the screens and dragging them accross. Works a charm. Just got mine today and tried it!
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Where on the screen(s) are you pressing to do this? The only thing I can manage to do is move individual item (widgets. shortcuts, etc) across different home screens but not the entire screen itself.
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Hi, any one know why my clock constantly slows down and I need to set the time again ? It is not an active sych issue... it just slows down.. looses time..
Everything seems to be working other than that on my arte110....
But.. the touch cube/ flow stuff... would be nice if there was some instructionst on that because I dont see any of that happening on my phone even though I got it set to default in the touch flow settings....
No animated cubes or other stuff inn navigation.... Not sure what it is exactly supposed to look like...
the only animated feature is the contact list and the opera mini , as a page loade it slides in... cool,
But other than that opera mini sucks...
it can hardly search this forum.....
and no tabbed browsing or selecting, copying text...
it is however very fast.
And isnt there some sort of function holding down the buttons to the phone vibrates? Would be nice to know about how that works....
Zoom on the camera doesnt work at 2 mp setting...
media player part of the home screen seems non functional...
And what is this hibernation feature?
BTW, it seems that when my screen is dark the phone stops keeping time...
I hope I am not missing any calls durring this time....
Robert
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Hi, any one know why my clock constantly slows down and I need to set the time again ? It is not an active sych issue... it just slows down.. looses time..
Everything seems to be working other than that on my arte110....
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Can't comment on that, mine keeps time quite nicely
But.. the touch cube/ flow stuff... would be nice if there was some instructionst on that because I dont see any of that happening on my phone even though I got it set to default in the touch flow settings....
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The TouchFlo configuration utility clearly lists what you have to do to make it work, the best setting for me is the top to bottom option, never fails
No animated cubes or other stuff inn navigation.... Not sure what it is exactly supposed to look like...
the only animated feature is the contact list and the opera mini , as a page loade it slides in... cool,
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But other than that opera mini sucks...
it can hardly search this forum.....
and no tabbed browsing or selecting, copying text...
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considering it's a beta, it's a million times better at browsing the web that Pocket IE. Can't expect everything and surely not from a beta at that.
And isnt there some sort of function holding down the buttons to the phone vibrates? Would be nice to know about how that works....
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The first post to Touch 4.01 defines which hbutton command are set by default. You can add your own extras from the hbutton commands in programs
Zoom on the camera doesnt work at 2 mp setting...
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I don't use my camera much apart from contact photos so again, can't comment
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I use mine EVERY day, works fine, where it says 'launch music player', press it, it'll work just dandy.
And what is this hibernation feature?
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Frees up extra ram, that is all
You just need to take the time to explore the features this ROM has, there are a lot of applications included, some may not be to your taste, and others you'll think are fantastic(like hbutton), if there is a specific application you need to find more about, try searching through the forums or on google, there is a lot of information out there regarding most of the applications, unfortunately we can't expect Meschle to produce a lengthy instruction manual detailing each and every single aspect of his ROM, part of that is the expectation that the people using custom ROM's should be able to figure out the nitty gritty details.
Of course the forums are here to answer questions, but it is also a repository of answers to the questions already asked. The TouchFlo one has come up many times.
Now available at www.swampthing.net
*** Notes ***
1. Android doesnt really do that much which I was surprised at.
2. There are 5 screens on this theme and I only use 3 of them so 2 are there for you to get creative with or just delete if you dont want them
3. Android uses a hard "menu" button to bring up its menu so I put a little purple android on the screen to mimic its function
4. The background on this is super widescreen meaning the background spans across 5 screens. really cool feather of android and I am glad I was able to mimic it. If you change the background you will loose this effect
5. Navigation of this theme is as follows:
A. Tap the box with time and such to unlock
B. Swiping your finer up and down on the main screen bring up the apps menu and hides it. Pressing the button also does this
C. Switing your finger left and right navigates between the pages
D. Pressing the purple android toggles the manu on the phone and messaging pages
AS ALWAYS, READ THE FAQ IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FIRST
cool android! aha a fake android to show to my friends that my HD works on android!
possible to side the homepage left and right like the real android?? and i assume WAD2= wisbar advance desktop2??
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possible to side the homepage left and right like the real android?? and i assume WAD2= wisbar advance desktop2??
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possible i guess.. but wont be as smooth as the real thing!
Yea baby finally a cool theme! I cant wait for this one !
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possible i guess.. but wont be as smooth as the real thing!
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that is correct
kuyichi said:
Yea baby finally a cool theme! I cant wait for this one !
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haha hey are you saying my other themes aren't cool!?!?!?!?!?! LOL JK, it will be available relatively son. real like slowing me down
Well i like your themes very much!! But I want to impress the people with my blackstone with a cool theme and stuff. Not a blackstone which looks like a wannabe iphone. So i can't wait for this andriod which will beat the Iphone theme, I hope !
I will be waiting for your theme!
i have done a lot of research on Android's UI by watching all the videos and screenshots I can find and I have to say that it really doesnt have much lol. I have pretty much completely recreated it. Of course it isnt possible to recreate its browser or contacts lists etc etc etc. One thing I was able to mimic is its "spanning desktop wallpaper". My version has one wallpaper that spans across 5 screens (not the same wallpaper over and over but a 2500x800 across 5 screens)
I am putting in some menus that mimic the small white one on each page that appears when you press the hard menu button on the G1. I am saying all of this so that those of you who have not used an Android phone think I am missing a lot because there isnt much to miss
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so u have to buy WisBar Advance Desktop 2.1.2.1 to use this right?
frostywrath said:
so u have to buy WisBar Advance Desktop 2.1.2.1 to use this right?
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only if you want to use it longer than the 2 week trial
MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?
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MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?
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Unzip before you save it across to the storage card.
Will this work on VGA? or are the images only rendered for wvga? I want this on my fuze
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MALLMAN.....like always buddy, nice looking. When I have time this week, i will jump on your website and check out the themes. Hey quick question. When i try to export my theme or save it, it takes a long.....LONG time. Any ideas? I know that they are saved to the SD card, any way to speed up the process?
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i let an export sit for a couple of hours and it never completed. I have no clue bro. I asked the same think on lakeridge forums so I will have to go check back and see if it was ever answered.
Cool theme, love it! well done
ratcom said:
Cool theme, love it! well done
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thanks a ton!!! was fun to make
Hi,
Thanx a tone...cool theme...looks very similar...
I have downloaded it and have customised it quite a bit...nice trick with the 5 wallpapers looking like a widescreen wally...
Just one small question...dont know why but swiping right for screens on the left brings the screen much quicker as compared to screens on the right...is thr any reason to that or is it just me???
Looks interesting
So after having my new Tilt 2 for a couple of days I was cleaning out my inbox and I realized that because there is no d-pad I cannot select an e-mail without opening it, unless I have the keyboard out and use the arrows
This means that if I want to delete an e-mail that is not at the top of the list I need to press once to open, once to open menu and again to delete. Does not seem right.
I think I saw something that allowed the zoom slider to be used as a dpad of sorts but I actually like it the way it is.
I feel really stupid asking this and I did search but could not easily find an asnwer.
click on the small letter, you will see the menu that will allow use to manage the mail without seeing it.
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So after having my new Tilt 2 for a couple of days I was cleaning out my inbox and I realized that because there is no d-pad I cannot select an e-mail without opening it, unless I have the keyboard out and use the arrows
This means that if I want to delete an e-mail that is not at the top of the list I need to press once to open, once to open menu and again to delete. Does not seem right.
I think I saw something that allowed the zoom slider to be used as a dpad of sorts but I actually like it the way it is.
I feel really stupid asking this and I did search but could not easily find an asnwer.
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Here's one hard-key solution that re-maps the volume keys on the side of the phone:
VolDpad
...from a post on another XDA board
vigohz said:
click on the small letter, you will see the menu that will allow use to manage the mail without seeing it.
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That's a great tip! I never realized that! You should put that in the wiki!
Thanks
Thanks to both vigohz and MCBrian!
You can also press and hold the message in the list you wish to do something with and you will get the same list of actions as if you tapped on the small letter.
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Hi
trying to unlock my HTC 8925 and going into rom mode it shows:
KAIS1*O
SPL-1-56.000
CPLD-8
While running the step one its doesn't let me update rom. Also my rom is 1.57.00.000 but the kaiser rom show1.00.000. Can you please help me what the problem is
Thank You
Yonzon
yonzon1 said:
Hi
trying to unlock my HTC 8925 and going into rom mode it shows:
KAIS1*O
SPL-1-56.000
CPLD-8
While running the step one its doesn't let me update rom. Also my rom is 1.57.00.000 but the kaiser rom show1.00.000. Can you please help me what the problem is
Thank You
Yonzon
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You seem to be lost...you have a Kaiser, not a Rhodium.
You should be posting in one of the Kaiser sub-forums.
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You can also press and hold the message in the list you wish to do something with and you will get the same list of actions as if you tapped on the small letter.
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Wow, I did not know either of these two tips, I had been opening the onscreen keypad and using the arrow keys to move down to the message. Thanks to both of you!
As per subject, anyone know how to change the ordering? Or have i missed something obvious??
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As per subject, anyone know how to change the ordering? Or have i missed something obvious??
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I have seen it on some video, ... go to the leap view, .... and click and hold one of the screens, .. and then move it
That's what I thought (and remember seeing it done somewhere) but it doesn't seem to work.
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That's what I thought (and remember seeing it done somewhere) but it doesn't seem to work.
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hmm Lol .. i could swear i saw it in some vid .....
You've got your Desire yeah?
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You've got your Desire yeah?
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Naaah man I wish Lol ... but i swear i saw it in some vid xP am also curious now amma fetch the net xD
sh500 said:
As per subject, anyone know how to change the ordering? Or have i missed something obvious??
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Just swap the widgets around, it achieves the same thing.
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Just swap the widgets around, it achieves the same thing.
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yeah true, .. but its so annoying XP ... i saw it in some vid, i wannaaa doooo iiiitttttt xP
i dont have the desire yet btw Lol
There is nothing about this in the full manual so it's most probably not possible unless it's hidden.
I swear i saw it in some vid I even remember which screen the guy moved
it was the right-bottom empty screen, he hold it and started to move it around!!! i know its nothing, but its so annoying, ..its one of those things that you have seen and want to remember wheree and when
anyone managed to do it? .. I still think that i was NOT dreaming when i saw that vid that i cant find
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anyone managed to do it? .. I still think that i was NOT dreaming when i saw that vid that i cant find
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This poster seems to think they can do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6017438&postcount=18
You probably saw it on a vid of the N1 running Desire ROM.
I believe there was a mod on that ROM which allowed you to move homescreens around from leap.
It can be done but you have to move it peice by piece. Each widget can be moved so what i was reffering to is say the bookmark page can be moved to another screen.
You cannot change the order of the screens as far as I know, no previous android phone has had this ability and nobody Outside this thread has even suggested you can. I think some people may have confused the "helicopter View" that allows you to display all screens and jump directly to any screen with the ability to rearrange them.
yeah im reffering to being able to move any widgets. could start from blank and re-arrange it to how ever you want.
You can do this but only on the Desire ROM ported to the N1. paulobrien, the developer behind the Desire port, already told us that this "long press a homescreen and swap it around" trick isn't available on actual Desires.
He's getting a Desire, though, so when/if the Desire is rooted I'm sure you guys will get this feature ported too. Kind of ironic, no?
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anyone managed to do it? .. I still think that i was NOT dreaming when i saw that vid that i cant find
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Yep! You simply press and hold the screen you want to change and drag it to the remove bin at the bottom of the screen. You then replace it by clicking the "+" button bottom right of home screen, and choose from the list of widgets. I put on HTC calendar and photo album as two of my 7 screens. It is SO EASY to use this phone!
I don't think you understand. He means the ability to move around each homescreen, widgets/shortcuts and all, without needing to delete widgets/shortcuts and putting new ones on. You're thinking about long-pressing a widget or shortcut, not long-pressing a screen.
What's being discussed is quite different. It's like this:
bitdivision said:
You probably saw it on a vid of the N1 running Desire ROM.
I believe there was a mod on that ROM which allowed you to move homescreens around from leap.
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I don't think you understand. He means the ability to move around each homescreen, widgets/shortcuts and all, without needing to delete widgets/shortcuts and putting new ones on. You're thinking about long-pressing a widget or shortcut, not long-pressing a screen.
What's being discussed is quite different. It's like this:
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YES! exactly what i mean, ... can you guys tell me where is the video, i have been looking all over for it .. every day it has become an obsession for me to find that video D:
I think it`s very useful to show other stuff instead of recent apps only. I can adjust brightness and sound volumn on an ipad. any suggested apps for customizing the home key behaviour?
Install a decent launcher like LauncherPro then you can have it open whatever you want.
Not long-press, it's a core OS function.
@theOP: you may not be able to change the function of a long-press like iOS but, unlike iOS, you can change the function of a short-press, so it kinda evens out.
google should have open it to other apps for replacing or adding new stuff, just like the home screen....
Hi,
I dont like opening older posts, but better than post another new one...
So I undestood, that a home long-press is not possible to redirect as another button (e.g. Search) or to execute some bash scripts?
I am still looking for some task switcher on hw button dependend and with posibility to call it from everywhere (all tas managers using search button, which is not present on X10i). Currently I am using PreHome with home doubleclick, but it is not so good as long press could be...
Or - one question - is it possible to redirect long press on Back button? I Know, that on Camera is this possible...
HeliumX10 said:
Hi,
I dont like opening older posts, but better than post another new one...
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I wish more people would.
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I wish more people would.
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U are also interested in this function?
But not sure if opening thousands of topics like this could tell google to do some changes in coding...
HeliumX10 said:
U are also interested in this function?
But not sure if opening thousands of topics like this could tell google to do some changes in coding...
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I think what XperienceD want to say, he like the idea of opening old threads instead of opening new threads...If everyone did that we would not have 500 thousand "my battery is at 0%" threads.
Hi I`d like to reopen this topis
Tomorow I found, that Cyanogenmod ROM`s are able to do this natively!
Anyone using any of these ROM?
I am trying to find out what is this button menu related to migrate this function