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i will check this out as I use the loudspeaker all the time and this could be really useful,Just found a useful app on the market.
Its called upsounddown.
when you make or receive a call by holding your phone upside down or lay it flat on a table it will turn your loudspeaker on.
You can automatically import contacts from some other web based email:
settings> accounts and import
You can import and export contact lists in gmail (click on contacts then on upper right of contacts window). This can be used to import outlook contacts too. I personally export my contacts as a .csv file monthly then save to google docs just in case, as a backup. When using google sync on my blackberry curve suddenly I have 3 and 4 of the same contact. I was not the only one to have that happen. What a mess to clean up and I had no backup. Even google can have a screw up now and then!
It's not a problem with the clock widget, which always updates itself to the phone's time when awaken, but with the clock itself or the alarm. It is actually a well-known issue and has been reported on this forum a number of times before. Unfortunately I haven't seen any solution yet.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
I'm new both to Android and linux. Been running the htc3125 (win mobile) for almost 3.5 years. Just got the sprint hero. Am lovin it and excited to be a part of it.
Here's few clarifying questions. Or if anyone can point me to a more relevant thread, I would appreciate it.
1) is the following true?: a widget is a program that is continuously running and what sits on the "desktop" is the GUI for that program. the shortcuts are actual shortcuts to a program (app) that isn't running.
Yes
2) with my old windows mobile phone, i frequently used the task manager to kill programs and free up resources. is this a mentality that I should keep with the app manager? There seems to be an awful lot of my apps lingering and consuming RAM (?). Or is there something different about resource distribution here that I should know?
There are diff schools of thoughts, some people say, Hero is very intuative in how it handles running apps, and there is no need to force close apps..
In my experience, I have the force close button app installed and advanced task killer. the phone seems to run smoother if you take a hand in manually closing stuff
3) Where are the wifi and gps toggling widgets lekky referred to in his "General Tips" at the top of this forum? Does he mean simply toggling them off in Settings>Wireless controls/Location? Or is there something cooler meant? Haven't found a toggle on the market that hero owners don't complain about yet.
Add HTC Widget to home screen>Setting>WiFi etc
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.
Pass sorry
5) Being brought up in with a windows mentality, there is a dreadful, unsettling feeling associated with the downloading and trying the number of apps that I want to play with. That I will mess up the stability of the device and have to format everything and start over. Does the linux foundation bring some stability to the party and I should relax? Or are these feelings warranted?
Relax, the OS is very stable with Market apps... Throw your windows mentality out of the **Cough* Window, welcome to Android it rocks here!!
6) You're awesome.
hey, i was told i need a software update for my hero by my network but im not sure where i can find it the update to download it.
does anyone know the website address?
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hey, i was told i need a software update for my hero by my network but im not sure where i can find it the update to download it.
does anyone know the website address?
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... a white arrow pointing left with a black cross in the middle..any ideas?
I recently installed the updated handscent, and now my wife tries to send me picture mail from her blackberry and they come in with the alert and tell me i have a picture and all it shows is the file name and the downloading statement... then it times out and i get the download button, which does nothing when i click it. can you please help me troubleshoot this?
since i thought maybe it was her phone i logged into sprint picture mail and the photo is there and when i forward it to my phone it comes in and does the same exact thing.
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