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

Hello, Just got my Hero and love it. Thanks for all the tips and great apps. I hear talk about a scanner. Can someone fill me in on that. Our phone has a scanner. If so how do you use it?
 
Hi there
I am a new owner of the HTC Hero and I tried to customise the ringtones and alarm sounds by using the directions provided by lekky but unfortunately this did not work out for my Hero. My SD card appeared as DCIM and I had to rename it to SDcard and then on the MEDIA folder I added an AUDIO folder in which I added three separate files one named ringtones, one named alarms and on named notifications. Then I added the appropriate .mp3 files to each folder while having the Hero plugged in with my PC.
Could you please provide any help as I am a newbie in the Android world. Thank you
 
Champmoney said:
Hello, Just got my Hero and love it. Thanks for all the tips and great apps. I hear talk about a scanner. Can someone fill me in on that. Our phone has a scanner. If so how do you use it?
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the scanner basicly uses the phones camera to scan a barcode. there are two types (maybe 3) of barcode, the one lekky shoes at the start of this thread, the other like you would get on a cereal box.

depending on the app you get will depend on the results given to you. Shopsavvy seems to be be the most popular and works on some products but not all. when it does work it should give you a list of where the cheapest places are to buy that product and even gives you internet prices. bit of a gimmick really but if you like that sort of thing then its defo for you.

hope this helps
 
Hi guys, new to smartphones, new to the Hero, and everything associated with it.

Gotta say there's a lot of useful information here, thanks for all, going to be really useful once I get past this noob stage =)

Going to make myself look stupid by asking something that might be.. stupid. Visited the Android marketplace, and.. can't figure out how to download apps... can't find any download button anywhere. Is it just me? Or are there limitations in place?

Thanks in advance for any help rendered =)
 
simplysquare said:
the scanner basicly uses the phones camera to scan a barcode. there are two types (maybe 3) of barcode, the one lekky shoes at the start of this thread, the other like you would get on a cereal box.

depending on the app you get will depend on the results given to you. Shopsavvy seems to be be the most popular and works on some products but not all. when it does work it should give you a list of where the cheapest places are to buy that product and even gives you internet prices. bit of a gimmick really but if you like that sort of thing then its defo for you.

hope this helps
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Thanks. So let me get this straight. You need an app for this to begin with. Then you just take a picture and the app will do the rest?
 
HolyBovine said:
Hi guys, new to smartphones, new to the Hero, and everything associated with it.
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Welcome to Android Forums - you've come to the right place! :)

Visited the Android marketplace, and.. can't figure out how to download apps... can't find any download button anywhere.
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You have to use the Market app on your handset. You can browse by category or search, and selecting an app gives you the option to install.

You can also use AndroLib from your desktop computer. Install a barcode scanner on your handset to read the QR codes provided for each app, and point that at the screen when you find something you'd like to try out.

Hope this helps.
 
therossi said:
My SD card appeared as DCIM and I had to rename it to SDcard
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Something's not quite right here; afaik when mounted on the PC the card shouldn't have a volume label unless you explicitly give it one. DCIM is the folder where the camera images are stored and is created automatically by the OS.

I suggest saving your data to the PC and reformatting the SD card in the handset. Once you've done this, mount it to the PC via the USB connection and it should appear in Windows Explorer as a removable drive e.g. F: Open this, ignore any folders already present and create a new one named audio. Inside this create alarms, notifications and ringtones folders. Add your files to the correct folders, reboot the handset and you should be good to go.

edit: here's a screen grab showing how it should look.
 
Thumps Up Slug!
Thank you very much. I just selected my preferred personal ringtone!
As you seem really familiarized with the Android system I have one more question for you.
I have selected a photo from the album to add it to a contact. I have used the crop tool provided by the HTC to zoom and crop a part of the entire photo. After couple of days the photo appears as the original one and not the part I cropped while editing the contact both on the HTC widget and during a phonecall.
Any ideas why is this happening and a possible cure? Thank you very much for your time and support
 
Slug said:
Welcome to Android Forums - you've come to the right place! :)

You have to use the Market app on your handset. You can browse by category or search, and selecting an app gives you the option to install.

You can also use AndroLib from your desktop computer. Install a barcode scanner on your handset to read the QR codes provided for each app, and point that at the screen when you find something you'd like to try out.

Hope this helps.
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Didn't realise I had a market app :p Thanks a lot!
 
**UPDATE**

[v1.5
Increased subtitle size
Update to camera section
Update browser section
Added General Notes
Updated ringtones/notifications
Added alarms info
Added dailystrip
Added yelp
Updated listen/doggcatcher info
Added last.fm
Added mabilo ringtones
Added newsroom
Added backgrounds
Replaced twitterride with twidroid
Removed Bloo
Replaced AndroidIRC with AndChat
Replaced TaskPanel with TasKiller
Added volume control
Added FTPServer
Added AndFTP
Replaced 3Banana with NoteMe
Added gTasks
Removed TVGuide
Added calendar section
Added smooth calendar]
 
I have had great results with shopsavvys barcode scanner. Not only did it save me 20 bucks finding me a external hard drive locally and best buy matched the price but I love the reviews you can access after scanning a product. Saved me over 40 bucks that same day when I. Scanned in the store and read instant reviews.
Great info on here, priceless!
 
Very useful posting for a new-to-android person - thank you. One question though, when you say "download the "barcode scanner" application from the android market" which one is that? There seem to be lots of apps which do that. Any recommendations?
 
brianw said:
Very useful posting for a new-to-android person - thank you. One question though, when you say "download the "barcode scanner" application from the android market" which one is that? There seem to be lots of apps which do that. Any recommendations?
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Search the market for barcode scanner, should be the first result, by ZXing Team.
 
What a brilliant list of tips. I I've had my Hero since September and didn't know half of the information you've put in one list. Very late to bed last night, getting rid of the vibrating typing keys, calibrating the keyboard etc. It's so much quicker and more accurate now. Downloaded more suggested apps this morning. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you.
 
Sorry, that was confusing. Anyway, I've now downloaded Shapewriter and after only 5 minutes I'm getting to grips with it - very clever application. Thank you again.
 
hi guys, new here...
I bought my Hero last month and I can't find Locale and Flixster in Android Market.
Is there I website where I can download them from?
 
it is there (just checked), search for flixster? Its actually under the app name of 'movies' and the developer name is Flixster Inc
 
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