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[Desire General] O and O:
Hey guys, quick question I'm coming from a HTC Tytn and before that a Touch HD, I used to use S2U2 to lock on the Tytn and like the iPhone style text appearing on the lock screen, can the Desire do that?
[Desire General] Hessi93:
Download the Lock 2.0 from market! :)

There are one free, and one paid version available.
[Desire General] O and O:
I only want to see the text message or email not have an iPhone like lock screen, my mistake lost in translation.
[Desire General] irkan:
BTW, lots of people have been complaining about this particular app! because it gets stuck sometimes and you have to restart, and missed notifications also
[Desire General] Eddiemc:
"SMS popup" gives you the iPhone like popup whenever you receive an SMS.. Works on lockscreen as well as over any program/app. Unfortunately it doesn't do emails

Alternatively you can change the whole SMS app to chomp or handcent.. Those gives you popups as well.

-e
[Desire General] Karolis:
SMS Popup does not seem to work on my device :-/ I think it might have something to do with Sense UI. Can anyone confirm they got it working on their Desire?
[Desire General] evildead4eva:
Yup. You can re-arrange the home screens but not by pressing in the big menue but by pressing when your actually on the screens and dragging them accross. Works a charm. Just got mine today and tried it!
[Desire General] mhewitson:
Yeah - No issues with SMS Popup.

Been using it for ages now and love it.
[Desire General] sh500:
Where on the screen(s) are you pressing to do this? The only thing I can manage to do is move individual item (widgets. shortcuts, etc) across different home screens but not the entire screen itself.
[Desire General] htc fan89:
This might be a dumb question but how do I change the color in HTC agenda, right now all my events are same colors
[Desire General] antu_pogroms:
I can't understand. Please explain further.
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
Create another google calendar :)
[Desire General] sTOrM41:
ok guys , i found a way to increase the fps!

start the camera app and set ISO from auto to 800,

then switch in the video mode.
[Desire General] Game-R:
And yet another surprise discovery! It just never stops does it?!?

Normal step to add App link to your home screens:

- Press "+" button on the right/Select and Hold your finger on an empty spot on the screen/Press Menu and Select "Add To Home".

- Select "App" from the menu.

- Find and select the App you want.

- Drag and position the App on your screen.

Faster shortcut:

- Open your Apps drawer.

- Select and Hold your finger on the App you want.

- Drag and position the App on your screen.

HTC .... I'm lovin' it!!!

I think I've already described it as simple and as clear as I can already. What part of it do you not understand?
[Desire General] mayurh:
wow this is a good one

thanks

no one has mentioned this one on any of the forums

thanks.i was lookin for a way to reboot:)
[Desire General] th3:
It's been mentioned quite long back : P

The only discovery I've recently made is in message compose with large chunks of text, Select text > tap and keep hold of top in the compose box (if the text you wish to highlight is that way) and it actually scrolls in that direction highlighting all your text in between automatically. Very useful to me. Probably well known by now..

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- Sent via my HTC Desire -
[Desire General] landwomble:
woah! news to me, and I'd seen the drag by letter bar on the RHS. Two finger scrolling is *cool*!
[Desire General] tsoifun:
Well... this is normal things, not something unknown, in compare to guidance how to make quick reboot
[Desire General] shoemeistah:
Maybe not very new for some senior members but...

You can skip the setup process like when you just booted into your new OpenDesire ROM.

When it tells you to tap the Android robot go tap the 4 corners within the black background window/area (top left > top right > bottom right > bottom left).

It will skip the setup and take you right to the homescreen.
[Desire General] winograd:
Game performance tip

You can significantly boost graphics performance on stock non-rooted HTC Desire and likely other 8x50 based Android phones by doing the following (assumes you have working adb):

- power off the phone and connect it to pc via usb

- run following on your pc

adb wait-for-device && adb shell setprop debug.sf.hw 0

- power on the phone and wait that the above command completes

Try running Neocore, or some other 3D benchmarks. Neocore should now run about 36 FPS, while previously it ran 28 FPS on stock Froyo.

Downside is that some rarely used parts of the UI are now *very* slow.
[Desire General] RevoWution:
Wow, the two-finger scrolling is fantastic news to me too!! :o

And here I've been scrolling endlessly though my contact list the slow "one-finger" way...
[Desire General] jbngar:
You can get the same effect one handed/fingered. Just flick to start scrolling, and then drag the little grey scroll-tab that appears on the right.

IMHO the scroll-tab that features in many Android apps is one of the best features.

Here's another tip I found the other day: When you're calling someone, you type the first few letters of their name in the phone dialer (everyone knows this, right?) but you only get the primary number (mobile, home, work, whatever you've set it in their contact file). Of course you can press the icon on the right to go to all their numbers and choose the one you want to dial, BUT if you use the optical trackpad to roll down and highlight their number, you can swipe ACROSS on the optical trackpad to switch between their different numbers. Then a press on the optical trackpad will call. This is particularly helpful when you're using the device one handed.

Another one-handed trick is this: if you slip your little finger under the desire's chin, you can do a one-handed pinch zoom by placing your thumb near the bottom of the screen and using the SIDE of your index finger to sweep out or in...

Cheers
[Desire General] RevoWution:
I've found that the scroll tab is kinda hard to drag at times (I can't seem to consistently hold and drag it), so the two-fingered super-scrolling is fantastic :)
[Desire General] landwomble:
Sweet. Thanks for that.
[Desire General] Mohan herle:
Thank for the info. It is very useful
[Desire General] jbngar:
faster typing

Lots of people I'm sure have already downloaded the HTC IME mod from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=663608

because of the ability to do voice typing. But one of the lesser-lauded features of the HTC IME Mod is the ability to change the 'popup delay' under 'text input' settings.

The default 'hold time' before you get the symbols shown on top of the letters is 750ms, but realistically a light-fingered typist won't need to pause on the key for anywhere near that time.

Changing the default from 750ms to something like 250ms or even 200ms means that you can type numbers, symbols etc etc with incredible speed without having to switch to the number keyboard and without having to pause for what seems like an eternity just to get an apostrophe, a hyphen or an @ sign. You just kind of 'roll' your finger on the key instead of tapping and it does the symbol or number instead of the letter.

Experiment a bit with faster times - if you find you're constantly typing symbols when you don't mean to, just increase the time a bit.

And then tell your iPhone buddies about it!
[Desire General] dexteral:
probably this known but i found it yerstday

pinch-zoom on the homescreen, once the seven panels show up

Just long press on one panel and you can drag the panel to any position
[Desire General] ste1164:
Unless your running the Desire HD ROM. Thats not possible on stock HTC Desire its a feature in the new HTC Sense.
[Desire General] dexteral:
i tried it with leedroid rom -- correct me if i am wrong
[Desire General] shoemeistah:
It works with Leedroid too because it has the modded drag and drop Rosie.

I use AuraxTSense 2.10 and installed the Rosie from Leedroid there, works fine.
[Desire General] dexteral:
it seems i made a video for no reason apparently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JG_ImnLnBE
[Desire General] spile:
My tip...

To keep this thread "sweet and valuable" don't post questions here but start another thread.
[Desire General] homeplayer:
MyPhoneExplorer

A very good app, to sync contacts, agenda. But also to drag and drop files, No need to have diskdrive on,

works over wifi and usb.

MyPhoneExplorer

And you can take screens of your Desire woot
[Desire General] hooyar:
If u use Chrome OS u can download (Chrome to phone) and start controling your computer from your android device.
[Desire General] paulswift36:
you must have seen Desire HD videos as the new version of HTC Sense has that feature, we dont.
[Desire General] Roger_Dodger:
Since Froyo/Android 2.2;

Sometimes when writing SMS, the typing window can disappear and the display zooms all the way up to the very first message to that contact.

You could scroll back down endlessly of course, but instead just turn the phone to change the screen orientation and you'll get straight back to the text entry window.

SOMEtimes even that doesn't work, in which case menu/add subject. That'll get you back to the text entry window for sure. (Obviously don't actually enter a subject or it'll change the message to an MMS)
[Desire General] jerrol:
that's so annoying when that happens! thanks for the tip man, saves me scrolling through 200+ messages
[Desire General] jamesc123:
Also you can just hold down the Menu button and it will open the keyboard and go back to the bottom of the messages :)
[Desire General] Alex-V:
this is because of a patched rosie.apk (Sense)

my rom have it in....also avaivble in much themes :)

with kind regards..Alex
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
Could someone upload patched rosie.apk and orginal (just in case)? Please :)
[Desire General] Alex-V:
Here :) :)

this is for original Sense (not Expresso Mod)

with kind regards..Alex
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
Thank you :)

Doesn't work. I have this rom.
[Desire General] Alex-V:
Doesn´t work....because the rom you use is odexed....this only work with deodexed rom´s....

with kind regards..Alex
[Desire General] JackCarv3r:
Hi guys...

I'm searching an app or widget for my htc desire: I search a widget or option that switch keyboard ( for example: qwerty keyboard to T9 keyboard) without go to option-> language and keyboard-> touch input ...
[Desire General] Alex-V:
if you have t9 pad/keyboard ....just turn desire to left...you get qwerty.....or next way....install the htc ime mod...so you can press and hold...and you can choose between htc ime and htc ime mod... :)

with kind regards...Alex
[Desire General] JackCarv3r:
thanks you Alex :D

i solved with xda-dev htc-ime mod keyboard :D

I'll be able to change layout with 2 touch :D great!!!

I have another problem, I want to control volume multimedia-app by the home, I search a widget that allow the regolation of volume without go in a multimedia app.

I tried a lot of widget but I don't like this.

I'm searching a widget similar this... but without ringtones part

http://www.appbrain.com/app/volume-widget/com.futonredemption.volumewidget

Someone knows?
[Desire General] Alex-V:
i know what you mean...and its interesting....but i did not know such a widget...hope you find one...and post it :)

with kind regards...Alex
[Desire General] dontavo:
For media volume control without opening media app

I use quick settings (free from market) and it does a good job. just select volume control :cool:
[Desire General] dexteral:
not really a tip but those who would like to stream video from pc

try andro stream , it was easier to setup then vlc stream and convert . But androstream is very simple
[Desire General] shoemeistah:
1. Dail

*#*#4636#*#*

to get more information about your phone and change some hidden settings.

2. At a stock Froyo ROM first boot's setup screen tap 4 corners of your screen clockwise to skip it and go to your homescreen.
[Desire General] magickiller9:
Thanks for the tips guys, its really helpful
[Desire General] pityonline:
Chinese users are crying for this....
[Desire General] bailz2506:
does vibrate a few times....very very novelty trick lol
[Desire General] gewoonjan:
time to voice mail activation?

Hi there!

I myself am not an desire user but my father is and he asked me this afternoon if it's possible to change the time when the voice mail activates.

I couldn't find anything that was usefull and was wondering if someone knows how to change this.:confused:

In the hd2 forum there is a registry change to get the wanted change to the phone and i was hoping to find something like that here, but i wasn't able to:rolleyes:

must have got something to do with my search capabilities:p

btw could you please send me an pm if you've got an answer, cause i'm not checking the desire forum out on an regular basis:rolleyes:

(due to me being an hd2 user:D)
[Desire General] solosaniok:
Thanks a lot !
[Desire General] Fig Bucker:
This is well worth a read, have my Desire since launch and I still picked up a couple new tricks. Love the .nomedia one!

For Info - The .nomedia downloaded file which was placed in the offending folder didn't work, I had to manually create it in

Goodbye letsgolf sounds!:D
[Desire General] Bingley:
No cable but need sd card access? Try ftp via wifi with a simple tutorial:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10881420#post10881420
[Desire General] tomygunner:
This is not right. It makes my Phone slower and slower, when i don't use the Task Killer. When i reboot my Phone i have more then 200 MB left. When i wouldn't use the Task Killer my Phone will go under some time of used applications to under 100MB of free memory. All applications are then so slowly and i can't use flash anymore at my browser, it just hangs and closes my browser by itself. So this is really bull****.

A Task Killer like in the application "System Panel" is very needed and great method to make the phone better running.
[Desire General] JCH0366:
Thanks

Thanks for the tips
[Desire General] Meaple:
You shouldn't use so called "Task Killers" since they're not good for the Android OS. They are not needed and need to be banned (IMO). You can use it in extreme circumstances where it is needed, but that just proves that something isn't right with your ROM/apps. I tried to see how far my memory would go and loaded and used a load of apps, including a few games. As soon as I hit 70% used memory, the OS decided to shut something down and I gained 10% of memory. That's how Android should work. Have a look in the battery section of "About Phone" in the settings and see what really is chomping away at your resources.

I did use to have task killer but they just make things worse than what things need to be.
[Desire General] shoemeistah:
They shouldnt be banned because they help me close apps, mostly games that dont shut down correctly, it makes my system slow. Those taskkillers shouldnt be used as automatic taskkilling but manually when you really need it.

Sent from my HTC
[Desire General] tomygunner:
Indeed here is the same my Desire maybe closes some apps but that count is to few, when i press the red X of my system panel, it closes all stuff i don't need and what is not excluded it is the best resolution, otherwise it would really slow the mobile phone.

I use original firmware not a custome one.
[Desire General] ebi023:
thanks. useful infos. i did not know about longpressing back. :p
[Desire General] tomygunner:
Long pressing doesn't work to close the App. I don't know who thinks it should work, but it doesn't. Use System Panel the greatest application.
[Desire General] TheonlyTazz:
it does work, you can enable it in the settings, where USB-Debugging is
[Desire General] shoemeistah:
probably on some roms, but i haven't seen it on a sense rom before.
[Desire General] sergiopi:
This forum is intended TO SUGGEST Tips and Tricks, it isn't a "general purpose" drop box to ask for solutions!

Please try to remain on topics
[Desire General] :
If you flash LeeDroid 2.3d you can do it :)
[Desire General] adz63:
not looked through posts as i gotta go to sleep but i just looked at another forum and see this tip

take the lense cover of the camera .. if you do it properly it will just stick straight back on .. but look at the major quality improvment ...
[Desire General] DroidBois:
Anyone know where to get new back covers? My lens cover is scratched to hell too.
[Desire General] adz63:
mine was not scratched ask anyone to take the cover off and you will see major improvements ... you can get back cover off ebay / amazon etc .. found the tip on androidforums
[Desire General] DroidBois:
How much for a 'genuine' back cover?

My button markings are also wearing off - any thoughts? Nail polish?
[Desire General] FastPete:
you can get a new back cover from mobilefun co uk for £17
[Desire General] DroidBois:
that's like AU$30 or US$30 or so - bit much isn't it? That's the cheapest you can get? Are they good quality at least? All I want is a replacement camera cover as my shots are all crap now.
[Desire General] dainese01:
The rear battery covers are pricey. I noticed that it was better value to buy the complete set of front assembly and rear cover.

Would consider popping off the lens cover if it's not risky.
[Desire General] DroidBois:
yeah that's the thing, the back cover itself is fine, I just want to replace the scratched out lens cover.
[Desire General] Jamie94:
I've just removed my lens cover myself with a pen, the camera quality is so much better.
[Desire General] DroidBois:
so now the non-replaceable lens has no protection. If you scratch that you're stuffed?
[Desire General] RonSykes:
And then where can you get an SMS popup blocker?

I can only imagine that would be really irritating. I love having the little unobtrusive notifications.
[Desire General] RonSykes:
The best way of getting rid of the boot sound... getting rid of Sense UI.
[Desire General] snowboard:
you could flash a new rom :)
[Desire General] giony:
you can repair the lens by using toothpaste and with a GLASSES cloth do circular movements. Repeat this several times , your lens will be almost as new. This is similar with polish
[Desire General] negative13:
There's a thread in here that includes a flashable zip to disable sound. No need to install new rom.
[Desire General] m1ch:
Or there is an app called Silent Boot, at the market which solves this!

(as I am a new user I cant post outside links)
[Desire General] Psyco-Man:
removing lens

is the result by removing the lens really so good ? it seems to me risky to damage my lens because its not protected anymore.

can anyone report ?
[Desire General] monkeon:
If your phone gets stuck in a bootloop:

HOLD power + volume down + trackpad and it should reboot properly

Saves pulling out the battery ;-)
[Desire General] street675:
Removed it months ago, no problems at all.

No scratch on the lens. I do not use protection on my phone either, no case no screenprotector.

Always in my pocket.

It is just easier for dust to get in, just opening battery cover from time to time and wiping dust off ;)

And yes, result is that different.

I did a test, took a foto with battery cover on, and same shot without battery cover.

Compared those two shots. It was obvious for me.

After this test, immediataly removed protection lenscover.

Didn't regret it a second.
[Desire General] acerlinux:
Thanks, this is very nice and clear.
[Desire General] adz63:
If you remove it properly it will just stick back on . And yes there really is a major difference
[Desire General] Leeyron:
If you have a new backcover than de difference is not that big.
[Desire General] DroidBois:
I just want a new back cover *with* a lens cover, but they seem expensive. I'll keep looking around.

I' cautious about poking it out because at least the back cover is replaceable, the lens itself isn't.
[Desire General] GabrielSousa:
thanks !!!!
[Desire General] Sordep:
by reading comments under the article, you will know Auto Task Killer is necessary. And you should add the app you need it run in the background to the ignore list
[Desire General] DroidBois:
Is never necessary. If the OS needed it, it would do it.
[Desire General] BigMrB:
Plenty of info why you should NOT use task killers... your phone your choice ;)
[Desire General] Sordep:
yes, you are right. :)
[Desire General] o_0YaphetS:
guys, is only me see lagging app drawer? oO
[Desire General] emekapa:
Hi ppl, i've read all posts in this thread and didnt find two answers so i need some tips :P

How can i organize icons from main menu, into folder for example?

How can i change the splash screen?
[Desire General] werdna72:
First add a folder (tap and hold empty space or hit +, then select Folder/New Folder) then add the apps you want into the folder.
[Desire General] emekapa:
The create folder only works in the main screen, not in main menu :(
[Desire General] aca85:
Very ez :)

But you need 3 things.

1.Your phone has to be rooted ,and s-off

2.Adb and android drivers

3.a flash screen that you wish to flash...
[Desire General] tvr84:
thxs good stuff here
[Desire General] Nazeroth:
Incredible with the lens protection the cat becomes invisible...
[Desire General] aswinarun:
I stopped using Task Killer after custom ROM installation. I never needed one now, as the OS takes care of the app.

Also I read that the Task killer might double the work of OS as the later version of android has been introduced with task killing functionality.
[Desire General] Leprekorn:
Some really good advice in here guys. Thanks alot I haven't read all the way through so I amunsure if this has been mentioned. I have a belkin router and it was preventing my Desire from connecting showing that it was constantly trying to get an IP address.

I set a static IP address on the Desire and this problem went away hopefully that ill help someone
[Desire General] BigMrB:
What does about:debug actually do? Can't see any other options ?
[Desire General] fragargon:
hi,

i use app organizer wich allows to select different app gathered through personnalized icone on the desktop (like widget) work nice and usefull.

U can creat a picture U self for spash with your favorite pictures editing tools.

just keep in mind that the picture must be w=480 h800 24bit and save into bmp fomat... more information and howto in the following thread

:)
[Desire General] cgmorris89:
Not sure if this has been said but I found this last night (after owning my phone for a long time now...)

When you press the home button on the home screen you can use pinch zoom to zoom into whichever screen you'd like, instead of just tapping on it.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] cp6ija:
It's an option in 2.3 android...
[Desire General] juju66:
Nope, it work with 2.2, too...

Not very useful thought, but cool to know!!
[Desire General] fandangosaurus:
apps not updating

My apps download but dont seem to update, i have a triangle in the top drop down? nothing is updating
[Desire General] localh0st:
Thank you for these tips.

Is there any way to move Adobe Flash Player to SD card?
[Desire General] TheSobadef:
The only way to move Flash player to SD is by installing a rom that supports A2SD, and creating a partition for it on your SD card.

Hope that helps^
[Desire General] Qubezo:
Any tips with the battery care? Must we only charge when the low battery notification comes out or we can simply charge it anytime? Is it advisable to charge the battery overnight even when we know it's going to be full in the middle of the night?
[Desire General] DroidBois:
See batteryuniversity.com
[Desire General] TooManyDans:
I realised the other day that when making a phone call, whilst the phone is against your ear the screen is blacked out to prevent from any accidental button press' but when you move the phone away it lights up.

I thought it was quite clever. :)
[Desire General] Vidkum:
There is really no need to use a Task Killer.
[Desire General] convencon:
Is there anyone know how to disable the outgoing call notification?
[Desire General] Rufus_12:
do you know how to disable that?
[Desire General] TooManyDans:
No, sorry. I'm not sure you can. I've never seen a setting for it anywhere.