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  1. Vicdude

    Exercise and the massive Note :D

    Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone uses the note whilst out running? I do quite alot of gym work and use the note as my MP3 player with a bluetooth headset http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/dp/B004XYI998?tag=fastchro-21 and this setup works just fine because I can place the note either on the...
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    AMAZING Battery Life..... Really?

    Hi All, I reckon I'm doing something massively wrong when it comes to battery life. I've read and watched the reviews and I've heard you guys bang on about getting a days use out of the phone, I get nowhere near that and I can only assume that you guys must have it on settings that mean the...
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    Video Calling.... Expensive/Data Hungry?

    Anybody use this facility alot? Discovered that it actually worked between my Note and the Missuses SII and I'd like to use it more but like all things like this in the UK, it has the potential to be massive but also to be ruined by greedy carriers. I can't get a straight answer out of...
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    Help I am forever clearing cache and it really has become a ballache.....

    I have a bog standard Desire and as a phone it is great however, I am growing weary of forever having to clear down the cache in order to retain space in the memory. Like most people, when I first got the Desire, I went app mad and filled my phone with rubbish. I quickly hit the memory limit...
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    Help Trouble communicating with the missus....!!

    Now some of you might think that is a blessing in disguise but it's proper annoying The Symptoms If I phone the missus, I will get her answer machine message instantly (as if the phone is off). I then hang up and redial and it rings and she answers. This happens 7 out of 10 times, so when I...
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    Help com.htc or com.android......... Understanding my phone a bit better

    Hi Guys, When I go into "Manage Applications" there are a few apps I'd like to know more about and what they do. Is there an FAQ somewhere which can tell me what the following all do: com.android.debugtool com.android.providers.appl... com.android.providers.user com.android.qxdmlog...
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    Help Camera knackered, phone being changed tomorrow, need to back up

    Hi Guys, The Camera on my Desire is knackered and I have arranged for a new handset to be delivered tomorrow. That's all good however I need to back up my contacts and settings and have gotten myself into a bit of a pickle. How do I do it? I'd like to get my new phone, put the sim and...
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    FroYo has been out for a few months now....

    ...... and they promised us all this: Better battery management Improved processor performance Improved rendering in the browser Improvements to the Android Market Ability to install applications to the SD card Mobile WiFi hotspot My Observations Better battery...
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    Help Kernel Panic.....

    Hi Guys, A friend had this message come up on his screen after ending a call and he had to remove the battery in order to unfreeze the phone. Any idea what caused this? In layman terms... I have used the search facility and the results do not help at all as they seem to refer to overclocking...
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    Help camera won't focus properly.....

    Thinking of sending it back to Orange as an insurance job but before I go through the hassle I wondered if anyone had these symptoms and what they did to fix it The camera doesn't seem to focus which results in blurry images all the time. I have removed the battery cover and cleaned the...
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    Help Low on storage space notification....is it possible.....

    .....to turn it off? It's cramping my bar ;)
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    Help Turning the stock message client OFF...

    Hi Guys, I have just updated to 2.2 and I am now receiving the age old hassle of 2 message notifications. Now I know that I need to disable the message client but I cannot for the life of me remember how to do it. I have Handcent installed Could someone post a flow method please...
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    Help Wanting to change my SD card from 4 to 8Mb....

    Having played around with various novelties over the past few months, I would like to change my SD card from the 4Gb card that came with the orange branded handset upto an 8Gb SD card from out of my old Nokia N85, also from Orange. I presume that I will need to reformat the 8Gb card but I...
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    Who has all the handsets?

    Orange haven't had any since 26th August and won't have any until the 8th!?! What the hell is that all about lol :D my mate is going mad. He's called 'em up to upgrade, got a mint deal but now has to wait to receive a text to tell him that they are in stock (Like that is ever going to arrive...
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    Handset Availability

    Many of my friends are sat waiting for Desire handsets to come into stock with their carriers. Seems that there is a bit of a shortage. Reasons given by the carriers range from: HTC Can't make 'em fast enough There is a problem with the screens so a load had to be recalled Saying that...
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    In relation to icon packs....

    What, in layman terms, does this mean? ***You need Open Home - Full or Better Cut to use this, otherwise you just see an icon gallery*** I have searched the market place for open home and I can't find anything called that. Is it another word for "rooted" I'd love to get involved with...
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    Help Text Notification plays an MP3 from my music library....

    This sounds all well and good but I don't want it to!! :mad: It doesn't matter what profile I have selected not that I have chosen which notification sound I want, it just starts playing a random song from my music collection. That in itself isn't so bad but what winds me up more than...
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    The whole "Battery life" thing......

    There seems to be a "thing" about battery life being rubbish on the Desire and that it is a ballache. I haven't found this and wondered why folk think it's such a bad thing. I came from a long line of Nokias (Not literally you understand) and when I entered the smartphone market (N70...
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    Number not available from contacts list....

    Hi Guys, If i goto call the other half from my contacts list, it says that hs number is not available :confused: If I dial it manually, it connects ok. If I interrogate the contact details the number is correct except that the desire has automatically changed the number from 0781........ to...
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    No media Volume.....

    Hi Guys, I have searched for an answer to this and of all the replies, I haven't had any luck. Symptoms: Phone rings ok I can hear screen taps ok My volumes are all up in the various phone settings I can hear text and email alerts Problem: If I boot up the media player and select a...
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    In car charger and holders...

    Hi Guys, I wondered if there was a preferred/favourite solution to the above? The reason I ask is that I had a few attempts on ebay to accomodate my various Nokia products and generally found them all to be wanting, be it the car charger had a 3 inch cable :rolleyes: or the phone holder arm...
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    New user of a desire with an SMS question..

    Hi Guys, I have finally taken the leap and crossed over to Android from Symbian. Loving the obvious improvements however I have an "admin" question relating to the management of SMS messages. With the old Symbian system (Nokia) there were 3 folders which I used all the time. They were Inbox...
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