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[Nexus One General] Over Achiever:
You can press the trackball instead of fumbling with the button on the screen, great when you can't see the screen =)
[Nexus One General] sniper58:
Thats because in e normal 'left hand hold N1, right finger tip press button' stance, your ringer tip will contact the sensor area at the top first.
[Nexus One General] kep0ne:
The problem with the buttons on the bottom isn't with the "sensor" being located above the actual buttons, but the the touchscreen calibration itself.

If you have Cyanogen's 5.0 ROM, launch the Dev Tools app, then pick Pointer Location.

This shows where the touch is registering; which happens to be a little below where your actually touching with your finger.

We need a way to calibrate this manually.
[Nexus One General] britoso:
Nice!! put that into the dialer and got lots of interesting data :)
[Nexus One General] ScaredyCat:
You mean while in the camera app. Not to start the camera app.

SC
[Nexus One General] Ssantos6981:
To boot into Fast boot rather than Hboot, hold volume down and hit the power button while the phone is off. Makes for easier transition into recovery if you don't adb or term into it.
[Nexus One General] aznsrdabest:
FYI - 4636 is t9 for INFO, easy way to remember it.
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
Is there no way to boot straight into recovery? :(
[Nexus One General] kep0ne:
download Quickboot from the market. has options for recovery, bootloader and just reboot.
[Nexus One General] HumpDdumpD:
You just stopped the frustration my friend. Thank you! I've been Googling "nexus back button not working" for like 2 days. Didn't think it was something as simple as that. :rolleyes:
[Nexus One General] Praxisi:
I just discovered this one. If you go into a contact and hit menu > edit, then menu again, you can join that contact with any other contact.

This is very useful when your friends on Facebook use a different name from what you put in your contacts.

Also great when your mom uses her real name on Facebook and you prefer to call her Mom in your contacts.
[Nexus One General] ben_zin:
My first post in the Nexus One section :D

I just noticed that if you slide your finger quickly across the virtual keyboard from left to right, the voice recognition turns on.
[Nexus One General] Ssantos6981:
Hold down the magnifying glass (or search button) and the voice search will activate, rather than the typed search
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
Not if U changed it to a 'dialer' with the Button Shortcut app.

Also, luv'n the galaxy live wallpaper ;)
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
To select text in a large text field like an email (or a text document using Text Edit), I use to hold Shift on my G1 and move the trackball.

On the Nexus One, this no longer works. Selecting text is done with a long press and then hitting Select Text. Then move the cursor elsewhere, click trackball, and hit Cut, Copy, etc (or Stop Selecting Text to cancel out).
[Nexus One General] Amdathlonuk:
Be careful with that though....

As soon as you merge them, it F***s up your contacts completely and you can never unmerge them.

I managed to merge - My brother, wife, mother and my daughter,... it wasn't a pretty sight afterwards.

Took me hours to fix it.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Just a general tip for everyone who uses Android (or Gmail even), it's a good idea to export your contacts from Gmail:

I do this once every few months, just in case... If anything should ever happen, simply re-upload and BAM, back in business.

It's also great for editing contacts with Excel; 100000000000000000x easier than in Gmail. Upload your changes and you're golden.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Not true. You can unmerge the contact the same way and it goes back to being your brother, wife, etc.
[Nexus One General] Amon_RA:
Type about:debug in the browser, then press the menu button, more, settings. You'll see some extra debug options, like the UAString which is very handy if you want to browse to "iphone" only sites ;)
[Nexus One General] ruZZ.il:
when I merge the facebook contact with one of mine, it always shows the facebook name. I want to call my wife "aa monkey", damnit! :)

Anyone figure out how to choose the display name?

Atleast it keeps it for voice dialing.
[Nexus One General] jp_macaroni:
If you want the trackball to wake up the phone and not the top power button....download Lock 2.0. It works nicely on the Nexus.

But download the free version first to test it out.
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Sadly it prioritizes the Facebook name.

No matter what you do it defaults to the FB full name.

Renders it useless for me as I dont like using peoples full names on my phone.
[Nexus One General] commandercup:
Is there a way to calibrate the screen manually? I notice the calibration issues when I tap on the screen for the default nexus live wallpaper, the squares start moving a couple squares above where I actually hit the screen.
[Nexus One General] DMaverick50:
Sure would be cool if I could have my comma button back and still be able to swipe for voice. It doesn't seem like a lot to ask but from what I gather voice input is either completely activated with swipe AND keyboard button or else deactivated with NEITHER swipe or button. Maybe I'm just missing something......
[Nexus One General] commandercup:
you speak the truth!

I want my comma back too.
[Nexus One General] jabreu203:
Not true. It defaults to the contact you choose to start the merge with. I've done it a few times and it always uses my Contact name.
[Nexus One General] ztm.000:
ya.. for example..

if your dads name is john smith on facebook but in your contacts his name is pops... go to 'pops' and merge with john smith.
[Nexus One General] quahog_convo:
*shrugs* I just tried this and it keeps wanting to default to the Facebook name.
[Nexus One General] ztm.000:
thats weird now mine is doing the same thing
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Im pretty sure even if you change it it will end up with FB default name the second it syncs.

If there is a way around this Id love to hear it. I gave up on it after launch because of this annoyance.
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
This is how mine has worked since day 1.
[Nexus One General] ctran81:
THANK YOU!!!
[Nexus One General] chuchutta:
Amon Ra...do you need to be rooted to be able to get this to work?
[Nexus One General] godsfilth:
not Amon_RA but i'll answer anyway as someone with a stock nexus i can confirm that root is not required for it.

also dolphin browser can change it without needing that trick
[Nexus One General] masse1369:
Hello mobile pornhub! :D
[Nexus One General] audino:
Showing only contacts by groups go to settings in your contacts then click your gmail account and you can handle groups...

clock as screensaver, open the clock app and after a few minutes you can see the green clock as a screensaver
[Nexus One General] kep0ne:
You can force the green clock as well, by holding down the brightness button in the clock app itself.

If its too bright, tap the brightness button, then do a long-press on it again, and you'll have a dimmed green clock.
[Nexus One General] detox702:
If you have Google Voice, you can edit, add, delete contacts from your computer, and they will be synced with your phone. Its a lot easier to do on a keyboard than on the phone, I've noticed.

Also, this isn't so much new, but if you have a Google Voice account you can also set GV as your voicemail, and you can get your voicemail from your phone or any computer.

For T-Mobile, to set your voicemail number (this doesn't work on pre-pay or Flexpay), type in *004*(Your GV Number goes here)# and your phone will forward unanswered calls to your GV instead of the T-Mo voicemail.
[Nexus One General] OrganizedFellow:
HOLY SHNITZITZ!!!!!!!

that will DEFINITELY save me some day!

i was so afraid of merging my contacts with FaceBook contacts due to some of the confusion & conflicts I read about on here!

Thanks Paul!
[Nexus One General] laughter95:
I accidentally hid one of my contacts. how do I undo this?
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
Good one! I was wondering about how to do the dimmed green clock. :cool:
[Nexus One General] KrazyBlonde:
I wonder if putting it in the tanning bed would work too? lol
[Nexus One General] moSess:
That's always funny.... like ' how'd I do that?'

Nice find!
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Something I just found out about Airplane Mode:

You CAN turn on Wi-fi with Airplane Mode on!!! :eek: Awesome!!!

This was not possible on the G1, it would say "turning on" but wouldn't actually turn on. NICE! Now I can go on Airplane Mode when I'm in areas with no reception and turn wifi on and off at will!
[Nexus One General] ggrant3876:
What exactly is clicking screen thing. Sometimes if I just tap it the screen doesn't sound exactly right.
[Nexus One General] ralexand:
about:debug

Can someone explain some if these features? Like what is tracing, light touch, etc. Thanks!
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
For those of you missing the Comma button on the keyboard, long press Period and comma will show up in the options. I prefer this method to switching keyboards back and forth.
[Nexus One General] Kutthoat5150:
wow, thanks man I was looking for a way around that, but is there anyway to replace the period button permanently with a comma or other key?
[Nexus One General] grb:
You can also turn off Voice Input in the keyboard settings to get your comma back, off course you'll lose the Voice Input option.
[Nexus One General] flowage:
Wow, this is new for me... thank for sharing.:D
[Nexus One General] timothydonohue:
yeah, long press on a lot of keys on the keyboard will bring up several options. nice way to find some of the symbols that may otherwise be difficult to find
[Nexus One General] greymarch:
I looked through this entire thread, and I can honestly say I have no idea what the above quote is referring to. Can someone fill me in?

- Greymarch

I write about technology, especially the Nexus One at my website

http://www.greymarch.com
[Nexus One General] pandabear:
It is due to an issue in some units where the screen adhesive is loose causing a clicking sound when the screen corner is pressed. Causes dust to enter the screen. See the fix here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5362535&postcount=52
[Nexus One General] blitz89:
edit

it's *#*#4636#*#* not 30
[Nexus One General] Stea1thmode:
sorry, what is a heating pad? After reading about the ' clicking ' I decided to test mine. Mine also has the annoying click. I'm fearing that the heat from a hair-dryer could potentially damage the curcuitry on my 4 day old Nexus.
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
How can I change the start day of the week for the default calendar?
[Nexus One General] britoso:
This should probably be in its own thread since its not a tip or trick.... but have you tried making the change in google calendar settings? ("Week starts on:")

As for me I just use "Agenda widget".
[Nexus One General] Shahak:
Clicking Menu on the unlock screen (without the pattern) will unlock the phone.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
The soft button? It's completely unresponsive for me on the swipe to unlock screen. The haptic feedback isn't even enabled (for any of the buttons) on that screen.

Are you using an app to do this?
[Nexus One General] pzumk:
last trick doesn't work for me either but I've heard of it before.

On which build are you? I'm on ERE36B
[Nexus One General] rookie1082:
I'm on cyo 5.0 stable and it works for me.
[Nexus One General] mgear356:
holding on to the . button, gives you a pop up of other common keys like , @ ! etc..
[Nexus One General] pzumk:
5.0.2, same here but nothing happens when I'm trying to press menu on the lockscreen

(lockscreen = the 2 sliders + clock?^^)
[Nexus One General] Shahak:
Im still with Cyanogen beta 5 ERE27, imma update later and update you.
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
Apparently you can't, but there is this issue in the Android issues list to track this request. Go there, sign in with your Google ID and star the issue to vote for its priority...

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1318

(And while you are there, hunt around for other issues that you care about and star those as well)
[Nexus One General] p-slim:
thanks man, i didn't know this. I rarely use the voice input (its usually only to show off because honestly it works very well) I've been missing the comma and prefer to have it there.
[Nexus One General] psylink:
just long press the . for the ,
[Nexus One General] timothydonohue:
here's one for those of you with neoprene cases, but find that you don't care for the color...

i had purchased one off amazon on the cheap, orange. i like orange. however, when i got it, it wasn't as bright as i had liked, in fact already looked dirty.

so...some hot water (almost boiling) in a glass, with a tablespoon or two of salt, plus a smidge of detergent, and a package of rit dye, black, and my case now looks like it was manufactured black. i should have taken a before picture of it then and now. it looks pimp now
[Nexus One General] rjhay22:
Did you figure this one out? It seems like after a few contacts, it does default the facebook name. It was doing it the way I wanted it till now. hehe.
[Nexus One General] rjhay22:
Someone might have mentioned this already, but if your browsing simple sites and want your browser to be faster, disable java script... You'll notice a big difference :) Specially on the Dolphin Browser. Works on any browser. hehe.
[Nexus One General] tontonHD:
I'm not sure if has been posted already but Ill just go ahead and post it.

When in lock screen hold VolumeUP and tap the power button to enable sound and hold VolumeDown and tap the power button to mute the phone.

Cheers!
[Nexus One General] flarbear:
I'm not seeing this behavior - is that a Cyanogen mod?
[Nexus One General] tontonHD:
Hey I had some trouble replicating it too, the Thing is you have to hold down either Volume Up or Volume Down and then Hold down the power button briefly. try it again :D And no its not exclusive to Cyanogens mod, it should work on every rom.

EDIT: I got it! You have to hold down either Volume Up or Volume Down and then tap the power button but dont let get go from the volume button untill you have tapped the power button.

Hold volume up or down -> Tap power button -> release volume button :D
[Nexus One General] tontonHD:
Cool! Thanks for sharing bro!
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Woah!

Just tried this in Dolphin Browser and it gives you option to Exit, Clear Cache and Exit, and Cancel.

Awesome find!
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
This ONLY works for me if I hold volume AND HOLD power.

The only issue is that then the Power off menu comes up when I let go of both...
[Nexus One General] tontonHD:
Yea it has a weird thing to it.. I guess you just have to fiddle with it till you get it right. Its a cool option if you wanna mute your phone without pulling it out of your pocket/cover
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Hah, I was wondering why / when you would want to do this.

It would be nice if it vibrated when you did it right. (And of course if it was simpler to do.)

Man, Android = Easter Egg City :D
[Nexus One General] tontonHD:
LoL full of hidden features, sometimes when I discover these new things I feel like I have a new phone. But seriously when I do it right Vibrates when its muted and it makes a beep sound when the sound is turned back on.
[Nexus One General] :
The correct sequence is:

1. tap power button

Lock screen comes up

2. press and hold volume up(or down) then press and hold power button until it jumps to full volume(up) or silent (down)

3. let go

3a. If you want vibrate, tap volume up once after it goes to silent. The volume rocker becomes active until the lock screen turns off.
[Nexus One General] trovatrice:
Thank you guys, for the keyboard hint for finding the comma again.

It also works for finding the foreign accented characters!! (I had found it once by accident, but could never replicate it!).

To enter foreign accented characters: hold down the base letter and the alternative accented letters appear as a pop-up.
[Nexus One General] Vatumb:
Here are some great list

35 Best Google Nexus One Tips & Tricks
[Nexus One General] AndyCr15:
Is it just me, or is that one of the worst tips & tricks lists ever? They've repeated about 6 of them...

'Put a widget on your homescreen' is hardly a tip or a trick...
[Nexus One General] elio:
LOL! I totally agree
[Nexus One General] sidepipe:
There was some discussion over the soft keys earlier in this thread. I reckon that the real reason why people have problems with them is that they are not soft keys at all, just backlit labels. There aren't any sensors there.

What actually happens is the very bottom of the screen registers a touch, and the software in the phone interprets this as a soft key press. If you think of it like that, your "soft keys" will miraculously work every time :)

( Try it! Unless my phone is faulty of course, cuz I find it incredible that nobody else in the entire world has noticed this :D )
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Try what?

Besides thinking of them a different way, you didn't actually suggest DOING anything :D
[Nexus One General] sidepipe:
Ok, maybe I should be a little more explicit :rolleyes:

Either:

1) Try thinking of the buttons as not buttons, but instead consciously make sure that part of your finger touches the screen

or

2) Put your finger over the lower part of a button and move it slowly up towards the screen, whilst watching closely the contact point of your finger... and check to see when the phone actually registers a press.

Whichever version takes your fancy :)
[Nexus One General] danguyf:
You are incorrect. There are sensors under the buttons. Mine register a touch every time when I press directly on them. I think some people have devices for which the sensors are misaligned.
[Nexus One General] codito:
That area down there's still part of the 'screen' touch area. You can see it still register coordinates in dev tools. There's no separate sensor for it. CM fixes the issues mostly with the buttons some people had, I haven't had any problems since installing it.
[Nexus One General] bobdude5:
cursing into the voice recognition results in pound signs (#)
[Nexus One General] James Bell:
Swiping the top topic label in the News & Weather quickly scrolls just the topics. This lets you get to the topic you want to read faster than swiping the whole page.
[Nexus One General] cymru:
That pound sign resembles a hash symbol so much.

Heres my tip: The pound symbol looks like this --> £
[Nexus One General] uansari1:
Oh you Brits... ;)

In the U.S., # = pounds (i.e. lbs, the unit of weight that we use here)...
[Nexus One General] dsipma:
# Sweet!

(Silly Brits, proper English is dead)

And you Brits know our measurements, you drink pints (even if they are 20 ounces), no?
[Nexus One General] liam.lah:
If you are using swype, press on the sym button, then long press on it again, this will bring up a fat, numpad, good for numerical passwords. also if you swype these sym button, you will get a keypad page navigator.
[Nexus One General] yurasis:
Thanks, definitely a gooder!
[Nexus One General] :
You can also swype from the info key to " f " to bring up the number keypad.
[Nexus One General] randology:
Swiping down on the stock keyboard closes it
[Nexus One General] worker1:
Nice. Does anyone know how to bring up the menu where the main screen is blurred out, and theres a menu which says "wifi" and some other things?
[Nexus One General] britoso:
Nice, noticed that swiping info to d,f,g,h all do the same thing. (brings up the numeric keypad)
[Nexus One General] Jep4444:
That's not entirely accurate, it actually takes the last name alphabetically. So if the Facebook name comes after the name you inputted, it'll take the Facebook name. eg if you store your buddy Steve but his fb has him listed as Steven, the phone will show Steven. On the other hand if you have a friend named Jay but he uses Jason as his fb name, it'll still show Jay.
[Nexus One General] cheungri:
swype tip

swype from info to SYM to bring up navigational and text editing keyboard. copy/paste/select all/select text etc.
[Nexus One General] mlevin:
So that explains it. This has been bugging me for quite some time. When I merged some contacts with Twitter contacts I got some crazy names showing up. There must be some way to fix this! It is really annoying.
[Nexus One General] Jep4444:
ya i've been trying to figure that one out as well, i spent a bunch of time on a bunch of forums but never found a solution(it took me awhile to find what the problem was as is)
[Nexus One General] Quelltextfabrik:
I was tired of waiting ~10 s to add a shortcut to the home screen, so here's a faster way:

In the application list tap and hold a shortcut, the list will disappear and you can place the shortcut on your home screen (holding it near the edge of the screen will take you to the next screen).
[Nexus One General] pzumk:
this is called "App Drawer". But great tip
[Nexus One General] wesbalmer:
quickboot on the market
[Nexus One General] Contivity:
Actually I found out that it will prioritize whichever name you choose first. For example I put my wife's contact as WIFE then I click Join then choose the facebook. It will keep the WIFE.
[Nexus One General] Jep4444:
Read up a few posts, it selects wife because wife likely follows her name alphabetically. If you select it the other way around it'll still take wife. It for some reason always takes the last alphabetical entry.
[Nexus One General] Contivity:
This is actually not true. My wife's initial is E T. So it's first in the alphabet. I edit the W I F E Contact and then Menu click then Join. Choose my wife's facebook profile. It actually change the name to W I F E.

FWIW, I'm on stock leaked Froyo.
[Nexus One General] Jep4444:
maybe its a Froyo thing because in Eclair it definitely takes the latter name alphabetically, I just tested it by splitting a contact and merging it both ways and it took the latter name both times.
[Nexus One General] ztm.000:
What hidden features do you think you know?
[Nexus One General] hmanxx:
rename added folder on home screen or any screen

By default, when you tap and hold on any screen,the add new wizard/folder/shortcut menu pop up.

the newly added folder will be named "folder", however it didnt tell you on how to rename it..

To rename it..first..tap on the newly created folder. on the pop up folder.tap and hold on the title("folder") (top left of the pop up Folder list) ,it will highlight the default value of "folder" with keyboard pop out for you to rename..:D:D

May not be new thing but took me quick a while to figure out .
[Nexus One General] britoso:
didnt find any results here for "call" so I dont think its posted.

Double tapping on the call button calls the last number in the call log (in or out)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ver151set:
Ive noticed this battery tool has come with almost every rom I used. But in it, it only displayes the current discharge rate, voltage, and battery %,and temp. All the other fields are blank inc. Full mah Cycle, Dis. ACR etc. Do these not work on the touch pro 2? or is it just me?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] xredjokerx:
i've been looking for a solution for this as well. anyone?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] xredjokerx:
bump nobody knows how to solve this tbattery problem? EVERYONE else's tbattery works? :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] surfnet:
I have the same problem.. Im using the TP2 RRE 6.5.5 rom.. which is awesome!. but I want to see battery stats.:mad: