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hello all, looks like i am going to enjoy this site very informative.
anyway i am a new htc desire owner (iphone convert) and have as yet not found out everything about the phone.
little things like the market search, is there away to remove/clear previous searches from the list?
are there any real must have apps that should be on the desire by default but are not? i did notice there was no default "note pad" or did i miss that
thanks in advance

Hi welcome to the comunity, as far as clearing your market search history you may want to try history eraser its free on the market and cleans ur market search history and much more and as for must have apps. Theres so many i wouldnt know where to start lol i think you can use quick office as a notepad app btw
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I wouldn't be so brave to name must-haves, cuz don't know what is you use your phone for. But can give you the apps which stayed on my Des (and I really tried and uninstalled a lot):
- TuneWiki for medai play
- the weather channel (love the widget)
- kindle
... thats all. For all the other functions I still use the bundle apps.
(very specific, but worth to mention: World of Warcraft authenticator. Its very easy to install and use, free, and despite of this you still get your pet )

chili1496 said:
are there any real must have apps that should be on the desire by default but are not? i did notice there was no default "note pad" or did i miss that
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For must have apps. You could make a start in this thread, it'll give you an idea of what other members are using.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676109

here are few app suggestions
system utilities: Astro file manager, Uninstaller, Quick Settings, Androzip, aBTC, Titanium Backup full, MyBackup Pro, Quick System Info, Rom Manager...
ebook/doc readers: (besides PDF Reader and Quickoffice): iReader, Aldiko, Documents 2 Go...
mp3 player: tunewiki
video player: demoplayer (rock divx player)
sms app: Handcent
others: wifinder, barcode scanner, google earth, soundhound, google translate, google goggles

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here are few app suggestions
system utilities: Astro file manager, Uninstaller, Quick Settings, Androzip, aBTC, Titanium Backup full, MyBackup Pro, Quick System Info, Rom Manager...
ebook/doc readers: (besides PDF Reader and Quickoffice): iReader, Aldiko, Documents 2 Go...
mp3 player: tunewiki
video player: demoplayer (rock divx player)
sms app: Handcent
others: wifinder, barcode scanner, google earth, soundhound, google translate, google goggles
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Dang thats a long list,,, having converted back myself i wonder how i lived so long without Google Goggles caught it on an advert the other day and thought 'It's a must!'

For file management and maintenance I recomend Es Explorer and Es Task Manager

To clear your market search history just open up the market, press menu (hard key), settings, clear search history.
Done.

Titanium backup, my backup root, go sms pro, file expert, jota text editor, poweramp
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .

What apps do you use on your TP2/Tilt2?

Just curious about which apps everyone is using on their TP2/Tilt 2 and how often do you use those apps?

Main application is SXRadio2 to listen to Sirius, works great!
Opera.
Nothing else really.

BeyondPod for audio/video podcasts (No Espn Radio app yet)
Treesizze free mobile (disk space allocation)
Fring (IM)
Google Maps
AP MObile News App
Facebook
I used to use a ton of others but recently the Tilt2 with seems to struggle with this new HTC messaging overlay and is slow potatoes. Just me?

I use lots
Clean RAM, S2P, Bing, Google Maps, DynaInk, Sprint Football, Chess Genius, Light Saber, Doppler Radar, Deluxe Moon, Amazon it, Stopwatch, APOD, Daily News, IMBD Mobile, Animation creator, Batt line sync, Registry Editor, and a few more, but I forget. There's just so many.
Edit (oh the Overclock app! Thats a great one!)

Thresher said:
BeyondPod for audio/video podcasts (No Espn Radio app yet)
Treesizze free mobile (disk space allocation)
Fring (IM)
Google Maps
AP MObile News App
Facebook
I used to use a ton of others but recently the Tilt2 with seems to struggle with this new HTC messaging overlay and is slow potatoes. Just me?
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you need OCT(overclock tool) I was having a case of the slows after implementing HDWALLs and she's running rock solid stable dynamically overclocked from 115mhz to 652mhz and it even increased my battery life.

Ebooks help?

Does anyone know how to get books that you can read on your android? What book readers are best to use etc? Where can I download books off the net for use of reading on the dhd? I particularly want Jonathan strouds the amulet of samarkand (the bartimaeous trilogy) thanks in advance
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One of the best readers is fbreader, free from the market, plenty if places to get books off the net
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Hi! i'm definitely no authority on the matter, but here's my experience so far:
firstly you'll have to get an ebook reader, If I remember correctly there's one already on the phone made by HTC (though I may have downloaded it from the market myself) it's just called Reader, and comes with a few books built in (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland etc.). I believe it's meant to be more of a portal to an online store where you can purchase more books. I've not tried it myself yet, but have heard you can add ebooks of a certain format (epub I believe) into a folder on your SD card (you have to name the folder Digital Editions if I remember correctly) and it'll find them and add them to your collection.
I also understand that there is an Android version of Amazon's Kindle software, but have no experience with it. It looks to be available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=red_lnd_shrt_url?ie=UTF8&docId=1000423873
The other ebook reader I have downloaded (from the market) seems to have a good reputation is Aldiko. Again this comes with a couple of books built in, and again you can import your own epubs.
both seem quite usable.
When it comes to ebooks the seem to come in many formats - .lit, .epub, .html and .pdf to name the few that I know. These can be DRM protected, to prevent piracy / sharing. Also there is software available to create your own or convert one format to the other, I recently used Calibre on my PC which seemed to work well.
As to where you can get hold of the books, there is obviously the official channels - using the stores in Aldiko, Reader, or the Kindle app (I'm sure there are many more). Then there is the shadier, less legal way - if you wish to go down this route I would advise you to be careful and that google is your friend.
Good choice with the Jonathan Stroud books, they're great fun.
I hope that helps,
Good luck,
Grim.

For ya books, get aldiko then have a look at this website, www.drinkmalk.com, the Johnathan Stroud books you are after are on there, this is not a pirate books website
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I have loads of books in pdf and txt formats, any readers that support them? Adobe Reader ofcourse for pdf, but it,s not as user friendly as the readers...

Yeah, I like Aldiko too. Although I originally wanted something as nice looking as the iPhone app. I intend to have an ebook reader section or page when I get around to it on that site and an Android User Interface section.
If anyone recommends any - I'll add them to the pages.
Official Aldiko link.

Wil-j said:
I have loads of books in pdf and txt formats, any readers that support them? Adobe Reader ofcourse for pdf, but it's not as user friendly as the readers...
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I agree. The best Adobe Reader experience I had (as far as perfect scrolling was concerned) was with Windows Mobile 6.1. (WM 6.5 wasn't as good for some reason on my ROM/phone at the time.)
Even on the Desire HD, the Adobe Reader experience seems low par.
I too would be interested in a better and especially smoother Android .pdf reader.

.Epub
Make the following folder on your HTC Desire HD: Digital Editions.
Make sure your Ebook files are .epub format.
Place the .epub files in the Digital Editions folder and after that you'll find them on your bookshelf of your Reader from HTC.
That simple

The thing I don't like about aldiko is that even if you set the margins to 0, you still have the side margins in portrait mode, whereas with fbreader and moon+ reader you can have books full screen
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Bestevaer said:
Make the following folder on your HTC Desire HD: Digital Editions.
Make sure your Ebook files are .epub format.
Place the .epub files in the Digital Editions folder and after that you'll find them on your bookshelf of your Reader from HTC.
That simple
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Superb that did the trick
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Best reading experience I ever had was iSilo. I used that on my palmpilot IIIc up through my winmo Touch HD.
Nowadays, everything seems to come in .epub format. Best readers I've found are fbReader or moon+reader. I prefer fbReader due to it not using resources/battery if you tell it not to use the accelerometers (which moon+ stills seems to use and drain battery doing so), even though moon+ is a nicer reader (and has a library which doesn't crash).
There's also an iSilo for android, but I just don't use it anymore.
There's also a great chm reader (just search for chm in the market).
As for pdf's ... exPDF wins by a MILE. Adobe just sucks for pdf's, on any platform (which is stupid, as it's their format to start with! They just can't make a half decent reader, let alone a reader worth using).
As for where to get your books: Project Gutenberg, BEan Books and any other place which publishes pdf's, epubs or pdbs.

Fbreader and Feedbooks a winning combination in my book (pun intended)

Good news for anyone wanting to read books in PDF format! Aldiko just released an update that added support for PDF, works extremely well! The whole app also got a lot better! I've been waiting for this!

[Q] iTunes on Galaxy Nexus

In the past I've used iSyncr to handle iTunes transfers over to my Galaxy S2.
Will this app still work with the Nexus?
If not, how are you guys getting your iTunes playlists/music onto the Galaxy Nexus?

I use iSyncr WiFi, works fine
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My Sync is said to work well too. Though I have not personally tried this function on it. I use it for WiFi backup.

I'll rather use Google Music makes life soooooo much easier

AllGamer said:
I'll rather use Google Music makes life soooooo much easier
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+1 on that Google Music is what made me pull the trigger on buying a 16gb nexus. I no longer need tons of space on a phone to hold all my music!

I just gave up on iTunes syncing. I hated Doubletwist, so now I just drag and drop. I also spend less time with my music library because of Spotify. Also, check out Salling Media Sync. Its available in the Mac App Store. Its expensive, but I've heard good things about it.

AllGamer said:
I'll rather use Google Music makes life soooooo much easier
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right here!
And music takes no space on phone.... the best.

AllGamer said:
I'll rather use Google Music makes life soooooo much easier
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Same. Been using for months. Its awesome.

Can't use Google music in the OK. Very dissapointing!

i use subsonic on my linux server instead

Just to add my tuppence
Being a recent convert to the Android fold (brand new GN - still awaiting update ), and having used iTunes/iPhone for too long, I felt the need to find an app that would let me sync iTunes playlists.
I tried a shed-load of apps; doubletwist was pure crap (IMHO) and not worth the effort, WinAmp might "really whip the llama's ass" but didn't "really know how to sync a playlist" well enough to warrant me keeping it.
I then found iSyncr and the WiFi plugin and these did exactly what they said they would, seamlessly and effortlessly. The free version would only sync 30 tracks per playlist so the paltry price they were asking for it seemed worth it to me.
As for the Google Music point... not available to UK users yet but there is a very simple workaround, just waiting to set this up on my phone.

I second the Subsonic recommendation. It's been around for a while, use it on my phone, browser, wife's iphone.
It does what Google Music does, but you have more control and I believe it does video too. It definitely isn't as easy to setup and use as GM though, so a big caveat there.

iSyncR WiFi sync didn't work for me. I then used DoubleTwist Air Sync to sync. Worked well. The playlists are recognized by PowerAmp, so all is good (as I dislike the DoubleTwist player).

hey, i used iSyncR too, but a lot of songs in the playlists are missing (not only the bought ones) and some pictures are not at the right songs. that really sucks. you may have an alternetive for me? in germany google music is not available now;( besides you always need a good connection for streaming.
thx for answers

Huawei watch doesn't allow using Uber

I have a Samsung Galaxy Edge phone and although I see "call a car" as one of the available "actions" in the Android Wear app, I'm not able to click on it so I can't associate Uber to that action. Could someone check if they have the same issue? Does anyone know of a solution?
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No uber
You can use lyft for wear I believe, uber app not yet supported. I think there might be a couple of a smaller taxi services that you can use also. Yes, in the browse app section under watch faces selection,there is gett taxi,and lyft under travel and local section.

I am seeing the same thing. I was not able to use Uber on the watch.. Maybe an update is coming from Uber...

IT's not just Uber, I have a lot of apps like this that I cannot associate an application with. Even "Play music" does not work because I cannot associate the action with the music player on my phone. Bit dumb.

dieselboy said:
IT's not just Uber, I have a lot of apps like this that I cannot associate an application with. Even "Play music" does not work because I cannot associate the action with the music player on my phone. Bit dumb.
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I am able to associate Play Music with my watch. I noticed that while your watch is syncing it doesn't show up as an option but once its fully synced you should be able to choose Play Music as an action for your watch.
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maconsultant said:
I am able to associate Play Music with my watch. I noticed that while your watch is syncing it doesn't show up as an option but once its fully synced you should be able to choose Play Music as an action for your watch.
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I dont have play music and it seems that's the only app you can associate. I've never used play music, I don't get on with it.

dieselboy said:
I dont have play music and it seems that's the only app you can associate. I've never used play music, I don't get on with it.
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I use nexus devices and it comes pre loaded on them. But yeah I have only seen Play Music as an app that can be associated.. Haven't seen an other 3rd party music apps that can be associated.
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maconsultant said:
I use nexus devices and it comes pre loaded on them. But yeah I have only seen Play Music as an app that can be associated.. Haven't seen an other 3rd party music apps that can be associated.
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thanks mate
it's not a big deal for me, because all it does is launch the app on the phone anyway. If I stream music via bluetooth from my phone to my car, I can pause it and play it again from the watch.
It would be nice if someone made a custom ROM for the watch which allowed you to associate any app

I agree it should be opened up a bit.. Hopefully we may see some traction as speaker support is inbound..
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