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HTC Hero: Tips, Tricks & Useful Apps [v1.6]

fantastic thread guys. had my hero 4 ages and, although i'm far from being noob, i didn't know a lot of this stuff. keep up the good work.
 
Just like to say that after a month of the weirdest sms notification sound on my Hero, re-reading this thread showed me where the elusive (for me anyway :) ) place was to change it....Bliss :)
 
I've just got a replacement Hero for the one that fell down the toilet last week!
Problem is I can't remember all the free apps I had on the old phone. The paid for apps are ok because you get notice of those from the market.
I had a really good one that kept the screen lit whilst you were on the phone so you didn't have to go through the start-up process again when you finished a call, bit I can't remember what it's called and any searches on the market come up with irrelevant apps because I don't know how to describe it.
I probably picked up the name from Android Forums but I can't remember where. Can anyone help?
 
Thanks Lekky. I'll use that for the moment. the one I was looking for only acted when you were using the phone. The screen reacted as normal the rest of the time, i.e. screen out time worked on all other areas of the phone.
If I remember it I'll post it here. Thanks again.
 
I've found it! "Call Light". It keeps the screen on whilst you are on a call, so if you have any numbers to press during the call (e.g. for options) you don't have to go through the process of a password or screenlock pattern. At the end of the call you can then just press the "End Call" button.
There is a facility to dim the screen after a few initial seconds to save on battery power.
Nice to have it back and thanks to all for your suggestions.
 
Bassmaster - Thanks for telling us about "Call Light". This is something that I will definitely use. I was so sick and tired of needing to dial more numbers for automated systems and my numbers keypad would have already gone dark. This is really going help end that nuisance.
 
maz6870 said:
HI all

am a proud owner of a g2 touch - htc hero provided by t-mobile, had it about a month. Just a few queries has anyone had a lag on the clock yet? I have the large digital display with weather on my front page and recently my alarm went off late due to having a 15 minute lag!! I was very nearly late for work! Any ideas how I can stop this - have always relied on my mobiles for waking up as an alarm and dont want to go back to alarm clocks!
Thanks
maz
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Hello, my clock and weather do the same thing. I have D/L'd numerous other clock / weather apps only to find out that none of them keep accurate time or weather. Yet I have huge battery drain with not a lot of apps on my phone. Any ideas?
 
I downloaded and installed a couple apps only to find out later that the phone changed the name of them to something like com.softic.xxx or com.xxxxx.xxxx where the x's are actual characters. Is this a problem with the phone or a problem with the app itself? Thanks
 
Seance said:
Hello, my clock and weather do the same thing. I have D/L'd numerous other clock / weather apps only to find out that none of them keep accurate time or weather. Yet I have huge battery drain with not a lot of apps on my phone. Any ideas?
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On my HTC Hero in the settings you can switch to Automatic to use network-provided values. You could try toggling the automatic setting to see if it is more accurate.
 
Hi All - New to the forum and have to say a big THANK YOU to all those who have posted info here! I've had my Hero for about a month and a half now and have learned more reading through these pages than fiddling on my own in that time.

I do have a question though and don't know if it's been addressed before - can you make the Hero act as a WiFi signal for other devices to use (maybe this is what bluetooth is for, I'm not tech-savvy and so don't know).

I have an iPod touch with lots of apps installed that aren't available (or at least I can't find them) in the Android market. Some of these require a WiFi connection to work, which isn't always available - but my Hero can always access the net if there is signal coverage - so... can I use my Hero to provide internet access to my iPod?

Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated, and thanks again for all the wonderful info already included here!
 
paully said:
4) My employer uses google for our business email provider. I have a work calendar, work contacts and work email. I use gmail for my personal. At work, I use Mozilla for my email (not Outlook like most of my colleagues). The goal is to sync my work calendar to my personal calendar. I would like to keep the email separate, I will probably use a second app for the work email account. The work contacts I would like to keep off of my phone entirely. Any nudges to help me on this quest would be appreciated.
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Since you can't have multiple google accounts linked to one calendar in Android, the way I solved this is to share the work calendar with the personal google account. Give the personal account full editing rights. The work calendar will show up in the list of calendars on your personal account, et voila, all calendars on 1 device.
 
Bassmaster said:
On my HTC Hero in the settings you can switch to Automatic to use network-provided values. You could try toggling the automatic setting to see if it is more accurate.
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Bassmaster, what I find strange is not all the apps change names. I just upgraded my firmware and hope it resolves the issue.
 
Hi
New to HERO, and have really benefited from all of the suggestions here. It is a work in progress coming from a Palm OS for so many years, but it really helps to have folks willing to impart their knowledge.
Sue:)
 
hi great phone this hero thingy! just have one question, i use a website at work to log my hours and need to highlight the timeline and 'right-click' to bring up a drop down box. How can i do this on my hero???
Cheers
BTW Beeb player not workin :(
Also, cant get the WiFi thingy to communicate with my belkin router???
 
I am still new to this forum, but I found an app that I think is great and I would like to spread the word about it. It has everything that I want all rolled up into one app. A battery meter, brightness control, ringer on/off toggle, volume control for everything separately (ie. media, notifications, alarms, ringers), bluetooth, Wi-fi & GPS toggle switches, screen timeout control, master volume control, airplane mode, auto-sync data, auto rotation control, unlock pattern control, even a flashlight. I was browsing apps and stumbled across it. I gave it a try and fell in love with it. It works great on my HTC Hero. I haven't had any forced closes. I don't know if this is going to work (like I said I am still new to this forum), but I am going to try and post the QR code here. If it doesn't work just search for the "quick settings" app - let me know if you like it as much as I do.
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Its a bar code. go to the market and DL a barcode scanner.

That being said it never works for me anyway, I've found its faster to just search for whatever the barcode is for
 
aknarwhal said:
Hi All - New to the forum and have to say a big THANK YOU to all those who have posted info here! I've had my Hero for about a month and a half now and have learned more reading through these pages than fiddling on my own in that time.

I do have a question though and don't know if it's been addressed before - can you make the Hero act as a WiFi signal for other devices to use (maybe this is what bluetooth is for, I'm not tech-savvy and so don't know).

I have an iPod touch with lots of apps installed that aren't available (or at least I can't find them) in the Android market. Some of these require a WiFi connection to work, which isn't always available - but my Hero can always access the net if there is signal coverage - so... can I use my Hero to provide internet access to my iPod?

Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated, and thanks again for all the wonderful info already included here!
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google wifi tethering - will require you to root your phone, it's not as straight forward as pressing 1-2-3 but shouldn't take days either.
 
jev said:
Check out appbrain.com, lots of games and all kind of applications, with screendumps and short descriptions. You can tell it to install from your webbrowser, than start the accompanying appbrain application on your phone and install there. Lots of fun to be had!
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great site!!! thanks
 
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