Help me please

[pitcha44]

Hi guys ive just moved from nokia to a t-mobile G2 (htc hero) i luv it and hate it. I carnt seem to be able to find the radio i hate the way the sms is set up were i have to in put the number and not just type the name i want so i have to go into contacts and do it through there but the main thing is how do i put apps on the phone. i have downloaded ringdroid and co-pilot 8 and put them on the sd card but how do i find them in the phone and get them to run. the only thing i can do at the mo is put music into the folder on the sd card and it plays fine. please help guys as if i dont get on with this phone over the next few days it goin back

 

[brigsteer]

There are thousands of apps to download and install on the Android marketplace. Press the little icon to the left of the 'Phone' on the homescreen to take yourself to the standard android view and load up the marketplace. You should find something from there.

 

[pitcha44]

cheers ive just gone on and got ringdroid and thats workin cheers

 

[Deleted User]

Hi guys ive just moved from nokia to a t-mobile G2 (htc hero) i luv it and hate it. I carnt seem to be able to find the radio i hate the way the sms is set up were i have to in put the number and not just type the name i want so i have to go into contacts and do it through there but the main thing is how do i put apps on the phone. i have downloaded ringdroid and co-pilot 8 and put them on the sd card but how do i find them in the phone and get them to run. the only thing i can do at the mo is put music into the folder on the sd card and it plays fine. please help guys as if i dont get on with this phone over the next few days it goin back

In answer to your point about text messaging, you don't need to put the number in. When you go into 'compose message', touch on the 'to' box at the top, then just hit the first few letters of the contact you want on the keyboard and it shows you relevant people from your people list.

 

[pitcha44]

In answer to your point about text messaging, you don't need to put the number in. When you go into 'compose message', touch on the 'to' box at the top, then just hit the first few letters of the contact you want on the keyboard and it shows you relevant people from your people list.

does not work on mine.
for instant i type in wife and the number i get is 9433

 

[jimeller]

does not work on mine.
for instant i type in wife and the number i get is 9433

just type in the first 2 letters of wife. that works for me

 

[pitcha44]

Bloody thing still not doin it. if i type 1 2 3 or 4 letters still nothing

 

[JoeC]

Remember that Android forces multitap mode to select contacts. So, if you use the numeric keypad, you would have to correctly enter w, i, etc. using multitap.

For example, "wife" would be: 9-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3

 

[G8D]

Remember that Android forces multitap mode to select contacts. So, if you use the numeric keypad, you would have to correctly enter w, i, etc. using multitap.

For example, "wife" would be: 9-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3

This is wrong, at least in my experience.

 

[pitcha44]

single tap multi tap triple tap still no go with it. ill have to get used to goin into contacs to send a text

 

[Deleted User]

single tap multi tap triple tap still no go with it. ill have to get used to goin into contacs to send a text

How very strange. Contact HTC and see if it's a known issue.

 

[kabbie_mcfeely]

Just wondering if the hero has a different setup from the G1 ?

On the G1 there is a screen in messaging that shows who and last text you sent/received. Once you send/receive a text you can just tap that list and text.

Might keep you from having to goto contacts each time.

 

[Slug]

single tap multi tap triple tap still no go with it. ill have to get used to goin into contacs to send a text

What keyboard type do you have set (Settings - Locale & text - Touch Input)? I think if you use one of the QWERTY type with text prediction on it'll work as desired. It certainly does for me.