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Eris Tips and Tricks

JohnnyThumbz said:
Try downloading ASTRO File manager or AndExplorer from the market, this helps me get to anything I've saved on my Sd card (movies, apps, pics,etc..). Find the file you would like to play and click on it and it should ask you what app you would like to use to watch the file, depending on what format.. I use mVideoPlayer, you can get this from the market as well.. Hope this helps!
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Thanks Johnny! I will give that a try immediately!
 
I use atk (i know...) just to get an idea of what's running and after following all directions regarding using handcent other than stock sms and I still see both handcent and messages showing as running (yep, I've killed them too). So if that stock app is still running, what good (other than the coolness and stuff) is it to run another app? I don't want to use both.
 
Ahh... very well. So If I choose to run handcent, I will be using precious CPU/RAM for it AND messages.... hmmm... is it worth that for all the nifty customization/bubbles/popups... hmmm I dunno. I'll stick with handcent for the time-being. Thanks all!
 
Handcent is nice, but I just have a problem with duplicate programs. I have two Beautiful widgets, and Lock 2.0. And if I hadn't paid for those, I would probably have deleted them a while ago. But I'm a huge LOST fan(lockscreen) and I like the time/weather widget from Beautiful widgets better than stock so I see both sides of the coin.
 
Hi everyone! This thread is fantastic. Thank you all for your contributions and thanks to the OP for compiling the best in the first post! I'll definitely be backing out instead of hitting Home all of the time.

dave.helm said:
Is there a way I can have a simple phone book that shows my contacts and gives me the ability to scroll through without barely touching the screen and dialing someone? Slightly annoyed with that.
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You could always use the trackball to scroll down, if you're heavy-fingered on the screen.
 
I havent found an easy way to change the media volume. mostly i want to be able to mute it BEFORE it plays media. Like a toggle or even just a shortcut to adjust volume. Currently its very cumbersome and volume keys usually change ringer volume except when media is playing at which time its too late.

Any ideas?
 
ReJe75 said:
I havent found an easy way to change the media volume. mostly i want to be able to mute it BEFORE it plays media. Like a toggle or even just a shortcut to adjust volume. Currently its very cumbersome and volume keys usually change ringer volume except when media is playing at which time its too late.

Any ideas?
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I use a widget called AudioManager. It shows you the volume levels for all types of sound (Alarm, Music, Alerts, Ringer, System, Voice) and gives you sliders to adjust them.

AudioManager
 
Love this thread. I started using Handcent after reading this thread but I am not sure how to disable the stock messenger that came on my phone. So now when I get a text message I get it in two places, 2 notifications, how do I disable?
 
I haven't read anything about this, if so, please forgive me for posting but...

In the stock keyboard app, the bar which displays word suggestions when you type can be moved around by holding down on it like you would a widget on Sense.

Again, if this has already come up, please forgive me and thank-you for your time...
 
ThatGirl said:
Love this thread. I started using Handcent after reading this thread but I am not sure how to disable the stock messenger that came on my phone. So now when I get a text message I get it in two places, 2 notifications, how do I disable?
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Open the Messages app (not just widget) click Menu > Settings and pretty much disable everything here, especially auto-retrieve and notifications. That should get you only Handcent's notifications and sounds, etc.
 
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but I stumbled on this by accident today. I apologize if this is common knowledge, but when you are typing, and the text corrections pop up, you can actually move the entire bar if you long press on it. You can move it down and up.
 
I just found out, that on the phone dialer screen, you can filter your list (recently dialed and all contacts) by punching in numbers.
This filters on BOTH number and name.

For example, typing 5646 will filter the list to all numbers starting with that, and all names containing "John".

I used to go into the people app when I had to dial someone who isn't a favorite, now I use this.

Sorry if this was common knowledge, I don't think I've seen it here yet.
 
I use ATM (Advanced Task Manager). It has an auto-kill button that I like. It also automatically kills any tasks running that I haven't put on an exclude list (Handcent, Beautiful Widgets, QuickCal). I also have something called Startup Auditor which helps prevent certain apps from re-opening like they tend to on their own.

I'm on 68mb right now :).
 
it displays that number on the task killer and that is the available memory the phone has to run. Correct me if im wrong though.
 
Heads up to anyone who didn't know like me. You can't send mms via wifi, you need to have the 3G on. I was stupid and spent too much time failing before I decided to google for the answer.
 
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