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[HTC Desire S] :
Thanks vndnguyen. Glad you found it useful. Also thank you for reminding me what that permission blocker app was called! Been looking for it this week, but they don't name it anything that turns it up searching for "permissions" or "blocker"! You also have to be careful what you block with this app. The last time I used it, I ended up with a constant 'com.android.phone' force-close which I couldn't undo without a full wipe. Recommend a nandroid backup before installing this one!

Edit: And it doesn't seem to work well with CM7 yet! Fine for sense ROMS though.

I would mention it in the guide, however at present I've deliberately left out apps that require rooting your phone to use. It is aimed primarily at people who have just gotten the phone out the box after coming from a Nokia or similar.

I was going to do a more in-depth guide on rooting and follow up with good apps that take advantage of Superuser permissions, but nodeffect beat me to it (the other sticky in this section) and in fairness has done a better job than I would have done!

:)
[HTC Desire S] :
Thanks for this great guide wnp_79, it truly is noob friendly, as I moved from an early 2000's phone to the desire S, and your guide really helped me, I was looking forward to your guide on rooting and apps in concern with that because your guides are truly noob friendly and I find the other sticky a bit too much to handle atm and complicated...

But in the mean time thanks for this guide..
[HTC Desire S] :
So you're spamming this thread to get enough posts to write in the development section. In spanish. Yeah that'll go down really well.
[HTC Desire S] kk6513:
Thanks for the great guide
[HTC Desire S] chrjoh03:
Hi wnp_79

This is really a good guide. It has been very helpful, thank you very much.

I have a couple of questions about charging the phone.

Is it best to run the battery flat before charging and then charge to 100 procent?

I normally plug my phone to the power cord, when I sit at my desk during working hours (maybe 3 times of half an hour periode), do you think that has a bad influence on the battery?
[HTC Desire S] :
Hi.

Glad you found it helpful. I don't think charging little and often will do any harm. Letting a battery run completely down before charging back up to full is recommended when the battery is new, but not really important after the first couple of weeks.
[HTC Desire S] mackhenri:
Very nice....+1
[HTC Desire S] bora61:
I just have succesfully s-of nad rooted my Desire s.

1. Used alpharev prebeta 0.4

2. Used dparted live cd and made two partition on sd card

( I. 6.5GB - fat32; II. 1GB - ext4).

3. Copied to root of the sd card su.2.6.3.8.signed.zip

4. From hwboot menu install zip file from card.

That is all.
[HTC Desire S] mmarekk11:
I would like to ask one thing. Dont know if it has been mentioned here, because i dont have so much time to read 15 pages to find it :D Is it safe to connect device to charger when battery is not fully discharged. For example, battery is 28% and i connect it to charger. Is that safe or not? Do i damage battery when i´m doing like this?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
YES it's safe.....over charging isn't ideal....so once you hit 100% don't leave on charge for hours....
[HTC Desire S] MalekoUK:
Thanks for this!

This will be my first Android phone (gettign it this week), so this guide will and have proven VERY useful!

Many thanks!
[HTC Desire S] EnderKingSize:
Can I Change Font Size on Desire S ?
[HTC Desire S] :
You can only change font size if you have root access, and it does tend to fix things in one area, and break them in others. In what areas are you struggling with font size?
[HTC Desire S] MalekoUK:
Also just wanna say thanks for the quick guide on Tasker, fantastic app and really helpful guide :)
[HTC Desire S] EnderKingSize:
I have root access and i'm using RhymeS v1 custom rom on my Desire ( which is proxuser's rom ) . But this rom has some problems and i wanna use another roms but some of rom's menus front size so small. is it possible to change menu's font size ?
[HTC Desire S] :
That's out of my league I'm afraid (for now anyway :D)

You are best off dropping Proxuser a PM if you can't find anything about how to do it in here.
[HTC Desire S] EnderKingSize:
Yea :) Thanx for help :)
[HTC Desire S] icedfire68:
Thanks for the great thread.
[HTC Desire S] wzj1633:
Many Thanks, found that really useful:D
[HTC Desire S] arioch77:
Hi,

Wanted to dl this guide but got a error 401 page ( link has expired or become inactive). Could it be restored ?

Thx.
[HTC Desire S] :
Yeah dropbox links seem to expire after a couple of months. Is been fixed now!
[HTC Desire S] arioch77:
Really good guide, thanks.

As some search for app return multiple result (and not only the one you recommend, e.g battery indicator ....) it would be more easy if you put QRcode or put the name of the developer in the application guide .
[HTC Desire S] Goshik:
Hey guys, does anyone know how to get and setup official updates on ROOTED desire s with stock Rom but custom recovery mod ? Any ideas would be helpful for I have found no answer with search.

thanx
[HTC Desire S] :
You can get stock rooted roms here...http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183684

Applying OTA updates almost always spells disaster, so use these instead. Not sure why you'd want to. Custom roms have brought the benefits of the recent update for months.
[HTC Desire S] drewfig:
Thanks wnp_79 :D makes my new phone more enjoyable with your recommended apps!
[HTC Desire S] Goshik:
Yep, thanx bro.. that worked fine for me, however I'm confused why it has "contacts" app on Russian installed. May be you know the way to reinstall this very app in English?
[HTC Desire S] kramegna:
Many Thanks, found that really useful!

K.
[HTC Desire S] :
Can't you update original post im sure there are more tips and apps, but i guess we could just look around on forum
[HTC Desire S] crwblyth:
Nice guide - could have used this a month or two ago! ;)
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
Then you should have looked harder ;), it's been here for many months now....thankfully and taught me personally a great deal

Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
[HTC Desire S] rustymachine:
thanks a lot for your work!
[HTC Desire S] Wratholix:
Very nice tx!

send from my %s on %v
[HTC Desire S] esekcan:
I've read the whole thing. It's amazing, thanks a lot first of all.

I just had one tiny little problem tho.

When I type *#*#4636#*#*, it directly goes to Customize QuickSettings, not to the mentioned Hidden Menu.

I'm using Sense 3.5.
[HTC Desire S] :
Glad you found it helpful! Yes I've heard that later versions of sense the 4636 thing sends you else where. If you download an app called spare parts, i think this app provides a shortcut to this menu. Never used a sense 3.5 ROM though so can't be certain.
[HTC Desire S] :
P.s. What particular menu were you after? Was it the battery usage?
[HTC Desire S] froggy666uk:
If you are running Endymion the hidden menu that used to be accessible at *#*#4636#*#* is now available in Settings --> RCMix3D Tweaks --> Phone Information - stumped me for a while!
[HTC Desire S] Nexus04:
Just got a Desire S for xmas and must say thats a helpful guide.

Now reading up on how to s-off and root from H Boot 2 00 0002 but phone is running great at the mo

Thanks
[HTC Desire S] :
Good luck with the rooting! Generally a good idea to wait until you miss something a rooted phone can provide.

Two important things for new desire s owners not in my guide;

1. NEVER hit the 'update all' button in the market. It can make this phone freeze. Update apps one at a time.

2. If you get a freeze, NEVER pull the battery. This can fry the eMMC chip. It's covered under warranty if this happens but I'm sure you'd still want to avoid it. In the event of a freeze, hold both volume buttons then hold power button. This forces a restart without battery pull.

:)
[HTC Desire S] Kyr1os:
hello, i can't download guide (link has expired?)

can it be fixed?

thx
[HTC Desire S] :
Link refreshed! Sorry for the delay.
[HTC Desire S] benske:
Thanks wnp_79!
[HTC Desire S] hlthunder:
GOOD JOB!!!!!
[HTC Desire S] capt.stanleyblade:
hi just a line or two to say well done , great article .Have followed all the directions for disarming battery draining processes etc on desire s.I have turned all unecessary apps off, and wifi bluetooth etc and will only turn them back on when needed .I charged battery last night , as i do every night , but this time used a timer plug so it only charged between 1 am and 6 am, it is now 18 47 pm and i still have 90% battery left!!!! even with the same light ish usage i would of been on charge within the next hour or so .will def keep eye on this as it is such an improvement .Ialso downloaded tasker and will set this up hopefully tonight .thanks again for great article, well explained .:D:D
[HTC Desire S] :
Thanks for all the positive feedback in here! Glad people are finding it helpful. :)
[XPERIA X8 General] AntwnhsAnt:
Because I love Racht's CM7-85 and I don't want to change rom, can anyone tell me what are the camera and led notifications libs or whatever needed to get the camera(VGA) and led notifications to work? I've seen that they both work in XGin 2.0-3.0...

thanks in advance...:)
[XPERIA X8 General] Blacksony:
I'm not sure but maybe you can take the XGin libs to racht's Cm7-85..
[XPERIA X8 General] kircchoffs:
try to use xGin 3.0 a real gingerbread experience
[XPERIA X8 General] AntwnhsAnt:
Yeah but I want the exact libs...I don't want to copy all...but thanks!
[XPERIA X8 General] Blacksony:
not sure but I would try the following:

libcamer.so, libcameraservice.so, liboemcamera.so
[XPERIA X8 General] AntwnhsAnt:
thanks but it didn't work...I copied these files +libcamera_client.so, changed permissions, but it says can't connect to camera...:(

anyway, I guess I can't do that...lets hope that racht will fix it...:(
[XPERIA X8 General] green2005:
So try 2.3.4 XGin 3.0 it's a good rom
[XPERIA X8 General] AntwnhsAnt:
I've tried it but I can't play some games I want...

camera is not a major problem for me because I don't take a lot of pictures and especially with my phone...:p
[XPERIA X8 General] kuyagaol:
up..

hoping some dev kindly explain how to fix this.

if not a full thread, maybe just the theory or basic for fixing

-camera vga, led, dsp manager, fm radio.

maybe someone will find the solutions.
[XPERIA X8 General] traffic22:
racht says that he only need a fix for the res-framework. all that we need is patience and waiting for her fixing :)

Sorry for my bad english! :)
[Defy General] jhonnymaia:
Hey , as the oficial 2.2 rom for defy is not that great , i was wondering wich is the best ROM for defy , mainly for gaming purposes. I saw MIUI on the forum and i really liked it's appearence , but i also heard CM7 is great but it seems to have many bugs . And there are any good ones beside these two ?
[Defy General] thiagolocatelli:
i am running CM7 beta 6 for the last 7 days and cant say i am not happy. At first I had problems with battery drain, and after recalibrating the battery I stopped having it draining so fast, now my battery lasts almost 72 hours of regular usage.

I have been running andry birds and air attack HD and didnt see any problems with them neither with the rom, it worked fine the same they were working with my last rom, which was froyo.

If you never installed CM7, give it a try, you can always revert whatever you do (if you do in the proper way, of course)
[Defy General] pificos:
what programme of calibration you used?
[Defy General] Corwinder:
I second that. CM7 beta 6 is great. Yes, there appear to be bugs. I only know this because I read the forums. But for what I use the phone for I can't complain at all. All the games I play run great for me. I will say it is a hell of a lot faster then the stock 2.2 out there.
[Defy General] luo373076605:
i think cm7 is the best , though it has bugs
[Defy General] lanfearxt:
if CM7 got bugs, i think MIUI got even more bugs, as MIUI development takes off from CM7
[Defy General] douglasanpa:
The one I use for a long time (since beta 2) is the CM7, and I think perfect
[Defy General] nDante:
CM7 is perfect. I haven't had any bug at all. Well some issues with setVsel, but when I desinstaled it all ok.

Enviado desde Miranda 2.0 (CyanogenMod 7.1) con Tapatalk
[Defy General] lact0se:
the next logical thing would be CM7
[Defy General] spica123:
When will beta7 be release?
[Defy General] ABC_Universal:
The official 2.2 (HK/TW) is working very well in my case. I tried every CM7 beta and it's getting better and better. Yet there are still problems with some games (eg miniglore) and applications (eg astro smb mode).
[Defy General] GoldenStateTy:
I like CM7, seems to run great, not too many bugs for a beta. Easy to install. And it looks fantastic.
[Defy General] zakoo2:
the easiest way to recalibrate your battery is 'battery calibration' from market. and yeah, cm7 does have some minor bugs, but its so much faster and better than any other rom ive ever used, its definitely worth a try! and the next version will be an sbf :)

Sent from my CM7 Defy
[Defy General] meinvtuzai:
I　must tell you CM7 is better than miui! if you say CM7 has some bugs,miui more!

I remmand you to use CM7!
[Defy General] Jean-DrEaD:
i'm using miui because the dialer is smart... and im dont know how put that dialer on CM7...

cm7 is more stable and run better on my defy...
[Defy General] zyxwvut:
CM7 FTW all the way.... Bugs are minor and its smokin' still in beta but still better than any other rom I've used overall
[Defy General] droid_atoll:
Ask Quarx:p
[Defy General] rubjonny:
I've just installed the leaked UK 2.2.1 on mine and with the patches for market/haptic feedback in the thread and it works great for me. certainly better than the roiginal firmware anyway. no bugs at all and stable so far!

got it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933555

the fixes i mention above were posted by MadStu in that thrread except it didnt include the haptic fix. He posted it in another thread I found it via google here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11033490&postcount=18

After a lot of searchign and reading i decided to go for this one as it seems to be the most stable and bug free, I'm also keeping an eye on the newly leaked 2.3.3 roms floating about but will hold off till they're a bit more mature I think
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ardian_075:
can any tell my where to find any windows rom 6.5 to working hd camera with 720p,for the moment i have installed on my hd2 windows 7 and the camera is working perfect with 720p,but i dont like windows 7 for me its better windows 6.5
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motionz:
Yes, yes, sure, comrad)

Why should we bother ourselfs with question marks anyway?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tho San Thanh Pho:
I dont think wm6.5 supports 720p recording or playing it sorry!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cujo25:
is there a free working version of this? Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CleverName:
There is if you look around but honestly its not that good..
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] EvilDobe:
Try Regina 3D Launcher. I've seen/heard 50-50 reviews on it being comparible to Mobile Shell 3D and it's free.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nemustech.regina
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cujo25:
cool, new to this. any other suggestions? any better keyboards? thanks for all ur help guys....
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] EvilDobe:
Launcher Pro is a good launcher, ADW Ex is popular as well. You just need to browse around and find the best replacement launcher for you.

Define "better keyboard". What makes a keyboard better to you? I like Swype. I've also heard good things about SwiftKey is good as well - but the cost is $2.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] cmo220:
I don't think spb is a great launcher anyway. It has nice looking features but they don't work too good. The weather looks nice but is always way off. It uses old forecasts to tell current weather. And it doesn't seem to know Washington dc exists.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Richilew:
I tried Spd Mobile shell and noticed alot of battery drain guessing from all the widgets it's packed with. It was cool visually but wasn't for me.. i'll stick with my launcher pro but for something free Regina is pretty cool too it has that itunes cover flow feel.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] TheScribbler:
I used a previous version of SPB Mobile Shell on Windows Mobile 6.1, it was a great app for the limited UI in Windows Mobile. It is certainly not a must have for Android, with so many good / great launchers including good old Sense, Launcher Pro, ADW and GO Launcher (among others). I have used all of these and the differences you have to try. A cute UI that I tried recently was Spark .. free but not for me, cool views though.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MsSassypants:
*SIGH*

Anyone here actually USE SPB Shell 3D? No, there's not a free version and no it's not cheap. But it DOES take 4x4 widgets to a whole new level. It takes a while to boot up when my phone starts up but once its up it's been running fine. With the new BAMF GB lockscreen and SPB Shell my phone is just SICK! I've tried to go back, but I've gotten used to its deliciousness (and it DOES wow everyone I've showed it to) and with each upgrade it gets better.

There's a reason that OVER 9000! people have given it good ratings on the Market....
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] orion421:
Yup I think I'd give it a good rating too if I were foolish enough to spend $15.00 on a home replacement that slows the phone down and doesn't really do anything special that can't be had cheaper elsewhere. You know, just to make myself feel better.

(edit)Yes I have tried it before you ask.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] tekhna:
There's always a free version of everything, if you're willing to look for two minutes.

That being said, I didn't find it useful enough to buy, especially for 15 dollars. Rather donate it to the BAMF guys. Battery drain, and the novelty wore off quick.

Favorite keyboards:

Swiftkey

FlexT9 (swype, but better)

If you don't want to buy a keyboard, the gingerbread keyboard is pretty darn good.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MsSassypants:
Thanks for such insight!

So you spent 15 dollars and yet didn't succumb to the "feel better"? Wow, the force is strong within you!

Because I haven't complained about SPB in a review and followed up with another review saying it wasn't ready for prime time (at the time). You're so right. Gosh, you must be like Miss Chleo or something.

No added functionality? I guess it depends on the user. I've found:

1. The carousel isn't like anything out there. The free alternative doesn't have the same functionality/ease of use. I find it especially handy for easy access to widget screens that are 8 screens back. I don't have to cycle through them.

2. Beautiful 4x4 custom widgets. I've not had the problems with the weather widget. It's especially handy when looking for the 5 day outlook quickly. And the calendar widget is fantastic too. It's pretty and functional.

3. Ability to add screens on the fly (up to 16)

SPB Shell lags on boot/first use, but I've had no slowing of my phone in daily use after boot. The problems I experienced before were problems that have been fixed since my second follow up review.

And have I mentioned it's absolutely beautiful?

But you're right and those 9000 fools (and Google, who showed off SPB Shell in their booth last year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona) are just sore. Couldn't be the oohs and ahhhs I got from people looking at my phone. It couldn't be both the increased functionality and aesthetic beauty of the custom widgets. It's all because they're upset they spent so much on it. Thanks on your comment. It's changed my life and I am now in perfect agreement with you.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MsSassypants:
Free? I think the word you're looking for is stolen/warez. You're "free" to steal it. But there's no "free" version of it in the market.

I've had absolutely zero battery improvement when I've used Launcherpro or stock over SPB. But you can't upgrade apkwarez, can you?

Everything is relative. I like things that are functional

and

pretty. SPB is both. And just a quick note, donating to the BAMF guys isn't against the rules if you buy SPB...you can do both.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] brian0488:
I think SPB is neck and neck with Sense. They're both great looking, fast, and functional. If my phone didn't have sense I would use SPB all the time.

As for keyboards, I was able to get FlexT9 when it was free from Amazon and its awesome.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Nic2112:
I bought SPB and I have mixed feelings about it. Yes it's great and it's fast... when it's loaded. I don't use a task killer but it seems that often when I unlock my phone, it needs to reload part of the launcher and that adds a delay that I don't like.

I'm also not impressed at the development. They did add one new 3D widget for birthdays but it never works well for me, it's always missing some people and the people I see change every time I reboot.

It has a lot of potential, I just hope that the devs won't take the money they have now and leave the launcher stagnant.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] dpdurst:
I have been running SPB Shell 3D for several days, I have no lag, no battery drain (not any worse than running on just Sense, and better than GB rom) I have it fully configured with my own weather app etc. I really find this app to be pretty cool, it works and I have not had crashes or anything else yet with it.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] orion421:
Don't take it so personal, I happen to think that spending 15 on spb is foolish, my opinion should really not have garnered such a response from you, you didn't develop the program right. But you are a hell of a defender I'll give you that.

To clarify, I'm sure this was the best thing since sliced bread on winmo but as was stated above there are many many options for launchers on android. I have spent >$15.00 on the different launchers out there, does that make me a fool, probably because I was happy with the first one I purchased. But you know I don't feel too bad in this case because I think the people who got my money deserve it. Anyways I'm done, sorry if I upset you.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] m00nshake:
I might be mistaken but i remember reading there was a free alternative to SPB Shell that had many similar features. Can't remember the name, though.

Sent from my Gingerbolt
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] Chopes:
I think you may be thinking of regina?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] m00nshake:
That was it... How's that match up?

Sent from my Gingerbolt
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] tedkord:
SPB Mobile Shell is a great replacement shell for WinMo - I had it on my Omnia II, enhanced by MSkip's ProPlus patches, it's awesome - fluid, lots of customization options, and much better than the stock TouchWIZ crap. It made an awful phone into a very useable phone.

But, honestly, it's not as good as fully functioning Sense, and it's android version isn't as advanced as the WinMo version (or so I've read), especially with the Sense 3.0 elements the chefs have added here.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] rlivin:
I bought spb 3d shell, and i really like it. Its fast, has as many screens as you want, some nice widgets, doesnt drain battery for me at least, and its kinda neat. The only thing that i dont like is that it doesnt support scrollable widgets. I have asked them several times to please fix that but not yet. I am sure they working on it beacause thats a big thing to some. But overall i recommend it. Even thought i stopped using it when i went to gb.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MsSassypants:
Nothing personal...

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. It's nothing personal, I just can't stand people spouting their "opinion" without explaining why they believe something.

Right. All of them have polished widgets, right? They all have up to 16 screens, right? This is exactly what I'm talking about. You make a statement and back it up with nothing.

LOLz, it's more annoyance than being upset.