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[G1 General] i3onk:
Transferring your outlook contacts to Google contacts

Here is a good Contacts tip for anyone that has an iphone or windows mobile device, and wants to get their outlook contacts to their G1.

http://www.nuevasync.com

Works great. I had already used a csv file from outlook for my contacts and that jacked up about 40 of my contacts when they showed up in my google contact list. I dropped my sim back into my freshly reset Wing and sync'd with outlook for my contacts and calendar. Created an account on the website and setup what I wanted sync'd. I deleted all of my contatcs from goole and followed the simple instructions for setting up an active sync connection via the phone and BAM! Everything was there within a minute or two (I only have 122 contacts). Copied my contacts and calendar seamlessly with no issues.

This was the biggest issue I have had so far, and is now resolved. Back to playing with all the cool new apps.
[G1 General] sh!mon:
SD Card Question

great info on here as usual!!!

so can i simply take my 2G SD card from my Wing and put it into my G1? I already have Ringtones folders on it. Or do I need to reformat it? I don't want to lose all the info on it!!!

thnx!
[G1 General] kormanb1123:
you won't lose it. i put a card from my shadow/juno to g1. works ok
[G1 General] sh!mon:
ok thanks. so i dont need to reformat it?
[G1 General] i3onk:
No, you do not need to format the card.
[G1 General] Ryanmo5:
If you want them to show up with your main sounds then just make sure your folders are all in lowercase letters. I am using my 2gb card from dash in my g1 till my 8gb card comes and works just fine.
[G1 General] macrohardt:
Browser tips

I am not sure what the posting guidelines are, but the below info is from http://android-tips.com

Browser tips:

Keep the zoom button pressed to set the display/font size that you are comfortable with.

I use the trackball a lot with the browser set to landscape mode. It allows you to browse with out opening the keyboard. The menu keys proximity to the trackball makes browsing easier.

If opening the keyboad to browse is your thing, you can use alt+scrollball to fast scroll.

Double touch an area on the browser and the page centers to that area.

Click shift button and use the scrollball to select an area starting with the cursor.

Use Menu+X to Cut, Menu+V to Paste in text fields. Oh, Menu+C is copy.

New windows can be set to open in the background so that you don’t have to look at loading screens. Long press trackball on a link to see more options for that link, including open in a new window.

Doubleclick on the trackball twice to show the entire page and the magnify too.

Use google reader!
[G1 General] scottslc:
How do I lock my screen while on a phone call?

I like to put my phone in my pocket while on my bluetooth. How do I lock the screen while im on the phone without hanging up. Anyone know? I don't want to do a time out, but a screen lock...
[G1 General] canOpoop:
Save Pictures from messages

Anyone Figure out how to save pictures from texted messages (MMS)?
[G1 General] Mikey:
I think if you hold down on the pic for about 2 3 seconds it should give you the option.
[G1 General] Iceucold:
That's a negatory. Still no method of saving pictures sent via mms. The rest of us have been forwarding it to ourselves in an email to save it. Not the most efficient route, but it's the best we've got so far.
[G1 General] satru:
hi all

how i can save a phone number from call log to my contact list. when i receive a call from unknow number and later i want to save to my contact list.

thanks
[G1 General] Yos025:
press and hold for a couple of seconds on the number in the call log. A pop up will come up where you can do different things including add to contacts
[G1 General] satru:
thanks i tried but now worked.
[G1 General] staulkor:
I saw this on howard forums
[G1 General] timace:
I find myself having to press the menu button ALOT just to make sure there are no new messages/notifications, since the screen stays black (sleep mode) even when you do recieve a new one...is there a way to see new text or get notifications when phone is in sleep mode? Kinda annoying HELP!!!:confused:
[G1 General] Mikey:
There is one way....the notification light, by the ear piece, flashes green.
[G1 General] hotelier:
Also if you tap one of the buttons while the phone is off, the "screened locked" screen comes up. At the same time it brings up the Notification menu bar at the top where you can see if you have an email, voice mail, txt etc.
[G1 General] timace:
thanks for the responses... ya thats what i have been doing, i just hate to constantly be tapping/pushing buttons to bring up and check the notification bar...it be nice if the phone or backlight turned on or even a message "bubble"...sorry previous TWing owner not complaining maybe just have to get used to it....
[G1 General] syrusfrost:
Noo, did you read above? Like Mikey1022 said, the led flashes green when there is a message.
[G1 General] Jack_!:
Does anyone have ideas on how to get a few special characters saved on the keyboard? ..or atleast how to type them? Namely i'm interested in " Ä " and " Ö "
[G1 General] Iceucold:
A long press of the correlating key brings up options for its foreign counterparts.
[G1 General] Jack_!:
thanks! That helps alot :-)
[G1 General] dta1974:
Sorry to be such a dummy,but which one is the correlating key?

Thanks so much
[G1 General] Mikey:
Long press A for the Ä and long press O for Ö ...so on
[G1 General] dta1974:
Woooowwwww.....you can't imagine how happy you made me and how much I appreciate that I finally got it,it is great since all my family is in Spain and I send lots of emails from the US.

Thank you,thank you,thank you.
[G1 General] Yos025:
If your family is in spain like mine is. You must download Voxafon app from the market. 0.013Cents a minute to main land lines in spain. I love it... I called my grandmother this past sunday, spoke to her for about 52 minutes not even 60 cents...
[G1 General] dta1974:
Thanks for that man, that rate is really good too. I use voipcheap.com from my computer.....free calls to landlines and very cheap rates to cellphones for the first 3 months after that 1cent a minute and 10 cents to cells.

Check it out.

Gracias ;)
[G1 General] Supertrooper:
Yep, took me a couple days to catch on to that. I just was so use to the led's constantly flashing from previous phones. I finally snapped to it being like the 3rd party app 'Don't Forget".
[G1 General] erus37:
another tip

press the menu button once to bring up the menu, then press and hold the menu button down to view the shortcut, but you have to look at the screen because you will miss it.
[G1 General] kormanb1123:
I dont know if someone noticed that but to reboot simply press the Green Call Button + Menu + Off (Red) Key
[G1 General] hppyfnbll:
Didn't see this anywhere in the thread, but if you have a lot of text to delete if you press alt+del it deletes everything. It works well in the browser.

Apparently it has been awhile since I logged in because I had to re-register.
[G1 General] timace:
MMS vids?

maybe a dumb question seeing as there is no vid recorder/player stock on the G1, but is there any way to view vids sent via text/mms...it comes up in the text thread but when i click on it the player does not play only shows the pic???
[G1 General] maxdamage2122:
well im not sure but i do know that the g1 doesn't come with any video player so did you try to download one from the market and then view the vid?
[G1 General] timace:
no but i believe all the players only support vid from your SD card...thanks tho
[G1 General] banksdaname:
To the question to saving mms. I tapped and held to get options and forward the pic to an email account ie yahoo. From there I was able to save pics.
[G1 General] sputnik99:
hit me if I have overlooked it...

can you mark / select more than one message in Gmail or otther apps? Just like Shift or ctrl-Key in windows
[G1 General] hetaldp:
In SMS Composing or Email Compossing If you Press Up Arrow button Right most or Left Most in Bottom row This will Add Line Feed rather then Finishing and Sending SMS to Destination
[G1 General] chavonbravo:
Don't know if it's posted or not. Another way to hard reset.

Turn off device. While pressing Home and Back button, press Power. Press Call to confirm hard reset.

Wonder if this will bring your device back to an earlier rc release.
[G1 General] hotelier:
Are you referring to the "SHIFT" keys when you say UP Arrow Button.
[G1 General] clevetbs:
Please tell me that is not a g1 took apart lol. good god
[G1 General] harpocrates:
I recommend voipbuster. It has a local access number (New York based) and the calling card app from the market. Add the local access number for voipbuster to the calling card app and then any number you have stored with +Int. code will be routed to calling card app and use voipbuster rates. Can also be used from computer and gives you 3 months of free minutes (300 per week). Example for :

Spain (Landline) SuperDeal! FREE

Spain (Mobile) 0.270 0.321

*Remember to add your number into your contact info.
[G1 General] Dalamak:
Great stuff- thanks alot
[G1 General] d2dthetide:
Is soft rest same as reboot?

Posted by kormanb1123

I dont know if someone noticed that but to reboot simply press the Green Call Button + Menu + Off (Red)

_____________________________________

Just trying to get this straight since I’m coming from a tilt that had a reset button. On the tilt a soft reset was the same thing as turning the phone off and then back on or pressing and holding the reset button. Is a reboot on the G1 the same thing as a soft reset on the tilt….if so is turning the phone off and then back on the same thing as rebooting? I ask this because every time I press the green + menu + red buttons I either get voice dial……or asking to shut down. Since it is so awkward to press those buttons at the same time isn’t easier to just shut it of if you want to reboot?
[G1 General] bessertier:
Saved MMS

YES!!! for those of you who haven't found it go download saved mms from the market.

open the app and it searches all your messages for media and allows you to save them
[G1 General] pizorh:
PLS HELP

Hi everyone,

I just get an android G1 locked to t-mobile, i manage to unlock it with an online unlocking server. my problem is this, i cant set the phone up because of gmail account registration. am presently in a country where t-mobile network is not available. Please what can i do to bye-pass this gmail registration process, so that i can use my phone on a different carrier.

BR

Pizorh
[G1 General] 3ncor3:
Press MENU Button this Will popup APN Button, Go to APN Setting. There will be so many APN already Preset. Again Press MENU Button this will show NEW APN Popup Button again Press.

# Remember to put Right MCC (Mobile Country Code), and MNC Mobile Network Code, G1 Matches SIM card Data of MCC / MNC with these Setting and then try to use that. Settings.

All World MCC / MNC codes is available here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_code

Now Switch off the Phone and Wait for Unlock codes.

Insert the Non T-Mobile SIM Card which you intend to use it with G1 and switch G1 on. (Your SIM must have

Data plan / GPRS Activated so G1 will able to contact google.com for Activation)
[G1 General] efenili:
Ok I can see the programs running in the background, now how do I stop them?

Or does holding the "Home" button simply bring up the last used programs
[G1 General] gthompson75:
saved pictures

when you save a picture from the browser where does it save it to, I saved a pic no i cn't find it.
[G1 General] 3ncor3:
This is not yet possible..hopefully in near future some app comes out for this..
[G1 General] demontefixo:
SD card.

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[G1 General] Bohemian:
I was having trouble with the camera button being hard to push. Found out you can use the trackball to push for the same function, at least in snapphoto not sure about the default camera app.
[G1 General] jdc2006:
successfully transferred my outlook contact to Gmail.. now, how can I transfer this to my G1 contact/phonebook? :confused: tnx for the help..

resolved: after a phone reset, all the contact appeared... automatically syncs w/ gmail contacts? maybe..
[G1 General] polaris0352:
I've tried searching and can't find the answer so hopefully someone can answer. I have my G1 rooted and flashed to jf1.41 RC30 if it makes a difference. Is there a way to force the phone into usb mass storage mode? Could it be as simple as a telnet command? I want to connect my phone to my car stereo via usb, but the radio won't detect the G1, or the G1 doesn't know its hooked up, or something. I never get the notification to mount the sd card. I just want to be able to listen to the music on my SD card.. Of course, if someone gets A2DP streaming to work, I won't need this.
[G1 General] satru:
When you are connected ,on left side up will see small usb icon, open it and it ask you about mount the sd card.
[G1 General] Becksman:
To get great notifications for SMS, missed calls etc. download 'Missed Call' - great app to configure LED flashing, sounds and stuff...
[G1 General] Alpha Class:
Task Manager in the market will let you do this, however you will need a rooted G1 or an ADP1
[G1 General] frispa:
Moving icons

Is it possible to move an icon from the middle screen to left or right?

I use Any Cut now, very handy btw, but it creates the icons on the middle screen :rolleyes:
[G1 General] Freedomcaller:
dunno if anyone said this allready but if you scroll right on te calculator you get a scientific calculator, needless to say i uninstalled scical...
[G1 General] Freedomcaller:
yes just drag it accross i find it harder to do to the left tho O_o
[G1 General] sputnik99:
go to the screen of your choice - long press the desktop - the "add to home" window appears. choose shortcut - any cut - ....

there you go!
[G1 General] SpiritFyre:
OK i am wondering, is there a way to print screen on the g1? or an app that does so like magic ss? i have a stock g1 rc 30,
[G1 General] lordlegion1985:
yeah strangly enough its called screenshot type it in on google market ;)
[G1 General] SpiritFyre:
oh i cant use it, because it requires root on my phone... Lol
[G1 General] zer0day:
When the phone is ringing, press the volume button to mute it without hanging up.
[G1 General] RazorNoobish:
I found these ones on the web (:

Open applications:

Browser SEARCH + b

Contacts SEARCH + c

E-Mail SEARCH + e

Google Mail SEARCH + g

Calendar SEARCH + l

Maps SEARCH + m

Music SEARCH + p

Messaging SEARCH + s

YouTube SEARCH + y

Scrolling tips:

Page down SPACEBAR

Page up SHIFT + SPACEBAR

Jump to end of list ALT + TRACKBALL roll DOWN

Jump to top of list ALT + TRACKBALL roll UP

Typing and text navigation tips:

Insert special character ALT + SPACEBAR opens special character selector

Delete character to left DEL

Delete character to right SHIFT + DEL

Delete entire line ALT + DEL

Persistent CAPS Press SHIFT twice; press SHIFT again to escape

Jump cursor to beginning/end of line ALT + roll TRACKBALL left/right

Create tab character ALT + q

Highlight (select) text SHIFT + roll TRACKBALL

Cut text MENU + x, or Highlight text, press & hold TRACKBALL, select Cut

Copy text to clipboard MENU + c, or Highlight text, press & hold

TRACKBALL, select Copy

Paste text copied to clipboard MENU + v, or Highlight text, press & hold

TRACKBALL, select Paste

Undo change MENU + z

Select all text in field MENU + a, or Highlight text, press & hold

TRACKBALL, select Select all

Browser tips:

Open Go to window MENU + s

Open Bookmarks MENU + b

Open Windows MENU + w

View history MENU + h

Refresh or stop page MENU + r

Go back a page MENU + j

Go forward a page MENU + k

Find on page MENU + f

Go to home page MENU + ENTER

Zoom in MENU + i

Zoom out MENU + o

Go to Settings MENU + p

Page down SPACEBAR

Page up SHIFT + SPACEBAR

Map shortcuts

Directions MENU + d

Select map mode MENU + m

History MENU + h

My Location MENU + 0 (zero)

Go to Settings MENU + p

Zoom in MENU + i

Zoom out MENU + o
[G1 General] thecolorifix:
I'm using JFv1.42 RC33 with a theme.

This closes the current window for me, but only if I have more than 2 windows open

Not till an update includes it.
[G1 General] fordtimelord:
umlauts and other accents

To insert letters with umlauts and other accents, hold the respective letter down for a few seconds.

Sorry if this has been posted already. I didn't remember seeing it in this thread yet, and I'm posting from my G1.
[G1 General] mat_pav:
disable call log after the call

Is there any way to disable call log after the call ends. When you call someone and finish the call the call log always show and you must press the home key to get to home screen.
[G1 General] sputnik99:
That's something i need badly, too
[G1 General] Kainous:
How do you select text in the browser or in the Gmail app?
[G1 General] Karolis:
Not possible currently.

There is an app that allows you to select text in web pages, but from my experience it does not work that well.

you can check it out for yourself: http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.android.wsage.copypastepro
[G1 General] ShadowFan2008:
Spend a whole .99c for SnapPhotoPro and you can tap the screen to snap a picture. Way easy...
[G1 General] satru:
hi all

How i can send a file or mp3 file with bluetooth to other phone?

thanks
[G1 General] danielherrero:
Hi¡

Any way to copy paste from a received email?

Thanks :)
[G1 General] Karolis:
At this stage Android does not support file transfers over bluetooth.
[G1 General] Karolis:
Not at this stage. Basically you can only copy/paste from/to input fields.
[G1 General] zeezee:
Awesome I'll try this out.
[G1 General] renegadedj:
but if the backlit came on keeping the screen locked, or if smspopup came on with a preview of txt msgs but the screen is still locked thatd be waaaaaaaay more helpful.

i realize noone here prolly wrote smspopup or can chang ehow the backlit behaves lol
[G1 General] whitecracker:
Hold down shift (you will see a pointer), scroll with the trackball to the text and then press the trackball to select.
[G1 General] MasterBunnyFu:
Seconded. This definitely works in any of the Cupcake builds. It can be a bit slow, however. (The cursor doesn't seem to move very quickly when you move the trackball, as if the TB sensitivity for this operation is too low.)
[G1 General] Janis:
OMG! Thank you!!!!

I want to switch my sim card between devices, and I have about 500 contacts and a fairly intense schedule. So far this rocks! This nuevasync is going to spread like wildfire.

Also, Funambol is working on an android Sync client if you want to try it (it's an apk file, though, so to get that started you have to jump through some hoops) UPDATE: Funambol has its sync client in the apps store. Jist search for Funambol.

BTW, Plaxo will sync a lot of other services/contact databases as well, but it won't sync to Google (export), but it'll import from Google. It'll sync Facebook, Yahoo, Outlook (funny thing, they charge extra for WM devices), & others, but it will send anything you put into your G1 back to Outlook if you're willing to install the Outlook plugin. I have yet to get it to work this run, but I've had a little trouble before and gotten over it.

Then there's my blasted task list....
[G1 General] surfguy17:
was thinking about getting this phone and was wondering the same thing.
[G1 General] MetalMessiah78:
I've had my phone since launch, back in October, and I am now figuring this out thanks to you. Thanks for posting.
[G1 General] legaleye2005:
What's the best way to cut/paste selected text in an email/sms/website in Cupcake?
[G1 General] Taha24:
Yea, when you longpress the icon to move it, you drag it to the very edge of the screen and hold it there for a sec and you'll move to the next screen. It's not easy though, ive had to try a few times to get it to work.
[G1 General] i<3andr0id:
In SMS if you long press on the message it will bring up a pop up that you can scroll in to select the "Copy Text" option.

Emails and Webpages, hold the shift button on the keyboard until the little arrow comes up. Scroll with trackball to the start of where you want to copy, then press down (button press I mean) on the trackball to start highlighting. Scroll with track ball to the right, when you're don't lift your finger off shift and the screen will display a "text copied" or something like that bubble.
[G1 General] setspeed:
Bluetooth file transfer

Now possible with Bluex: http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alex.BluetoothFileshare
[G1 General] nektoinphx:
Sorry if this has been answered, please don't flame me.

How do I get the autocomplete to work with the G1 keyboard? For instance, I'd like autocomplete to fill in in my email address for me when I'm in a website, and start typing the first few chars.

I tried Settings - Locale and Text

-- Android Keyboard (on and off)

-- Auto-complete (on and off)

I added the items I wanted to auto-complete to the user dictionary too.

I don't see an option for auto-complete under the Device Keyboard, but shouldnt it work the same? WinMo had a little popup for auto-complete, and it was very useful.

I tried to search, but couldnt find anything.
[G1 General] XwXDv8XwX:
Hold down the back button in the browser to show the history.
[G1 General] Janis:
Select text and all that

Long press the text field, or place your cursor and hold down the shfit key while scrolling with your trackball. Its in the little manual I got in the box with my phone.

Without a text field, you need an app that will enable text selection. Yeah, I kinda miss WinMo, but I really want to support open source.
[G1 General] Janis:
Soft reset into recovery mode

If your'e constantly running update.zips, you can reboot using the green+menu+red, and then quick hold down only the home key until you get to recovery mode. I'm guessing it would work with bootloader, too, but I haven't tried it.

My guess was that the phone was actually reading whatever keys were being held, and that the power key was doing just and only that - powering up, or cycling in a case of rebooting. So whatever other key was being held was the one providing the instruction where to boot to.

I also heard that people were having to take their batteries out to reboot. Try the green+menu+red first. I've really taken to hitting them all at the same time, but I think the instructions said to hold down the green and menu buttons, and then hit the red.
[G1 General] dawoodgalaria:
Dead G1 please help

Hi

I have dead G1 Tmobile I have tried hard rest ..no luck.. tried copying the upgrade software in microsd ..no luck. I does not recognise via usb... not sure what to do next.

thanks

D G
[G1 General] jskapur:
a great app to kill processes or background running programmes is "TasKiller" but I think it is only for rooted phones.:)
[G1 General] jskapur:
if you try to copy the

1) format the sd card to FAT 32

2) then place the RC9 / RC33 file on it - renaming it "update"

3) then place the sd card in your G1

4) Now power on the phone with Home and Power Button together until you see a screen with a triangle.

5) Now open the Keyboard and press ALT+W

6) After that is completed press ALT+S

7) Now follow the on screen instructions to reboot the phone.

Hope this helps
[G1 General] DoCunnin2:
does anyone have a app that will let u have a sms signature(tag)???
[G1 General] Constrabus:
HandcentSms

Its been updated and is no longer crap.

You can also have bubble messaging, backgrounds, transparent bubbles, transparent text.

...and sigs ;)

Check it out for sure.
[G1 General] Untouchab1e:
Wrong.. If in Gmail or in the Browser or whatever, just slide out your qwerty-keyboard and hold the shift-key and use the cursor to mark text for copy.. It doesnt require a text field ;)

It doesnt work in all 3rd party apps though.. Thats mainly the fault of the app devs..
[G1 General] tumbeana:
Does anybody know how to change the T9 language without changing the GUI language. Sometimes I have to write SMS in spanish and I would like to have the predictive words in spanish, so I want to switch the T9 language while I'm writing SMS messages. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.
[G1 General] billycomm:
does anyone knows how remove password on this G1 phone or the hard reset:confused: