yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] ncbc:
I think it's a smart function to avoid ending call accidentally. Why do you need to disable it?
[Desire General] Mikkel D. Hansen:
As far as i remember, you are not able to disable it..
[Desire General] stetar:
Cyanogen has an option to keep the screen awake longer than normal, but you can't disable it entirely I don't believe. Not sure if this option is specific to cyanogen, may very well be standard?
[Desire General] delaba:
You right, Android OS itself, is taking care about tasks :)
[Desire General] alpivelopx:
OS caches the inactive applications. This process works great on Gingerbread but I can not say the same for Froyo. In both ways, Task killers tries to kill the applications whenever they become active. This drains battery faster.
[Desire General] endem:
found some great & useful tips here, thanks
[Desire General] sydroost:
I thought it was clever too as i neva new how u wouldnt hang up when putting phone to ear.
[Desire General] 777ace:
Ever wondered what that little blue led looking thing is to the left of the htc badge...? It's called a proximity sensor and is responsible for the screen backing out and locking when up to your ear...
[Desire General] Bingley:
Disable hardkeys backlight

Annoying as they're on all the time esp at night watching a film on it.

Disable them via http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=967194, and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12861207&postcount=9 for GB/Oxygen/Redux rom.

Permanent, flashable or via adb.
[Desire General] SpottierPython:
Don't know whether someone posted this or not but I found an interesting thing while playing with my pattern lock screen today.

If you are using a pattern lock screen then following method to draw pattern may be interesting for u as well

Hold the first point and with 2nd finger press the second point and leave the first one. Then press the third point and leave the 2nd. :)

For me this is hard to tell how to do this but you can try :)
[Desire General] smhtc:
That is what the "proximity sensor" feature is.
[Desire General] Random User69:
Hey guys, prob get flamed but anyway.

I'm using an app called watchdog, It tells you when an app is using too much CPU, most of the time, it doesn't do any good. But it's saved my ass from wondering why battery is being drunk up like a V8 engine. It's good to have on your phone "Just in case" ;)
[Desire General] zkytmilad:
true that.

I'd also recommend to go to the power menu and take a look at the battery status. You will find a little clickable graph which shows you the bat-status over time.
[Desire General] juras81:
thanks for that!very useful!
[Desire General] El Scorpio:
Thanks for the tip. I've often wondered where the hell my battery charge had gone, since the built-in "usage listing" isn't soo correct/detailed
[Desire General] Random User69:
No worries ;)
[Desire General] n8nmad:
Elixir

For general phone info I've like elixir from the market. It's pretty complete so if anyone is looking for a tell all hardware/software program give it a try.
[Desire General] Random User69:
Is there an app for showing specifically which app is using data and how much? Most only show battle and CPU.
[Desire General] shakland:
Have you tried "juice defender" or "watchdog"?
[Desire General] Random User69:
Watchdog only shows CPU and juice defender only shows battery

I need specific data usage for each app that uses it and how much data is being used.

Sent from John Crichton somewhere in the Uncharted Territories...
[Desire General] Ommadawn:
3G Watchdog Pro will do that. It's a few dollars in the app store, and tracks data usage by app very nicely.
[Desire General] wska:
i need an app or anything, that BLOCKS EVERY THING from connecting to the internet, expect for the browser, or any thing i choose, as i dun have a plan, and i keep loosin my balance when i use the free facebook provided in my country "0.facebook.com"

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] nikolaj2931:
Tips & Tricks for the Desire...

My personal favorites are:

Advanced Task Killer

Power Widget

Those two are the ones i use the most.

But i also use these Widgets because the look good: :D

Battstat

Digital Clock
[Desire General] nikolaj2931:
If i remember correctly then "Watchdog 3g" will show how much data the individual apps are using...

but if that is not the case then you could use "Traffic Monitor" its a Widget that shows how much data you have used on 3g and on WiFi...

Hope i helped you... :D
[Desire General] Random User69:
Yeah mate cheers, it did help but the app itself chugs battle so I gave it the boot and did a full wipe and reflash and started over. Think I had a rogue but the wipe has fixed the issue. :)

Sent from John Crichton somewhere in the Uncharted Territories...
[Desire General] :
droidwall available on market and here
[Desire General] kuyam:
Also it is very nicely integrated into MIUI :)
[Desire General] keibeel:
You can save more battery effectively by reducing screen on time. If you look into what's using the battery most often you will find the display always lead the way. I have installed a screen filter app to set a percentage to lower screen brightness, and shortening screen time off period. This "trick" is more effective for AMOLED displays.

I once read that leaving apps idling in memory makes no battery use difference from idling free memory, but not for continuously killing, closing and starting apps initiated by the task killing applications. Not to mention inexperienced users setup to kill essential services-related apps that make the system unstable.

Wifi uses less battery for 3G mobile network. You shall make the right choice if both are available at your location.
[Desire General] xlenz:
It is wrong that task killers will save battery life.

It is right only in a few cases...

Ex. there is no sense to kill some process (ex. maps or browser). I'm pretty sure that you will only make worse to battery life,'cause android is not a windows.

So several processes can use one thread, and if you kill process, you will also kill that thread. So, killed thread must be started again,'cause it is necessary for another processes))

But it is also good to use task killers, if you are sure, that application must be close, while it is running in background - it is killing your battery. Or it is useful for testing or debugging purposes.

Something like that)
[Desire General] pyko:
Using InsertCoin rom so this *might* be a Sense 3 or feature, but found out today if you go to your People app. Click Menu button -> More -> Linked contacts, you'll be shown a summary/list of all your contacts and their links.

Makes it easy to scroll through and make sure that the links are valid/correct.
[Desire General] koff043:
error connecting to the debugger
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Is this thread's first post going to be updated again at some point...? Redmongoose is still active on the forum (check his profile), but the opening post hasn't been update in nearly a year...

If so, here's a nifty trick I just found to set your own custom alarm, ring and notification sounds. Looks like you don't even need root access or any special mods to do it either... (source)
[Desire General] ShawnDobie:
sms bubbles...

I thought that there used to be an option to have the conversation bubbles on my phone for text messages, but now I can't find it anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks...
[Desire General] ronilzizou:
You can use GoSMS and use a theme that has conversation bubbles
[Desire General] kuldaoo:
you can't switch to conversation bubbles in your default sms application. There is no option to do it. you can instal any other app...
[Desire General] sterankin:
GoSMS is pretty good but I found that the cursor move icon (not sure if this is a GB feature or part of swype) was always over the 'w' key - so if you wanted to start typing a SMS that began with 'w' (e.g. "where are you") then it was very difficult because of the positioning of this cursor.

Anyway I tried handcent and because the layout is different it seems to work fine. Both apps are good though and work ok.

I use GO Launcher, GO Dialer and GO Contacts but just not GO SMS :)
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Although I do use Swype as well, I believe this would be a Gingerbread related issue... If you look at the screenshot I attached, you'll see the same issue with the standard Messaging app. Obviously for me it's over the 'Q', I'm guessing GO SMS (which I've never tried) would have more space to the left of the text input block though.

If this is what you're talking about, then just wait a few seconds and it hides itself automatically.
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
That does seem to be a Sense feature in HTC's modified contact manager; I don't have that option in Oxygen (AOSP ROM).
[Desire General] Clemens95:
I think one of the best Trick you can do on your Desire, is to flash an other ROM! Until now i used more or less 5 ROM's. The originally ROM of HTC, CyanogenMOD (a lot versions) and Sense-mixes. Sense-mixes are beatiful, but not so fast. At the moment I'm using a Sense 3.0 Mix, Reflex S.

CM7 is very, very fast!! ..but it's not so beatiful.

Everyone should test a Costum ROM, its simple and the results are amazing. ;)
[Desire General] rickbosch:
Have you tried Oxygen? Now THAT is a fast rom. Seriously good.

PHONE: HTC Desire GSM, S-OFF

ROM: Redux2 Snapshot 18082011

RADIO: 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

KERNEL: thalamus 2.6.35.14_r1
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Well, to be fair, it's not the absolute fastest for the Desire... The MIUI ROMs are way faster, but is it about the fastest AOSP ROM without using any of the fancy Data++, EXT3/4 partitions.

I've seen Quadrant Benchmark scores of well over 2000 on MIUI, while Oxygen 2.1.6 is generally about 1000 to 1200, and Oxygen 2.2 / 2.2.1 gets from 1300 to 1600 on average. From personal testing, I got 1149 on 2.1.6, 1426 on 2.2 (both @ 998MHz), and if I overclock to 1113MHz, 2.2 gives me 1539 points...

But yeah, bottom line: it's a friggin' awesome ROM. :D
[Desire General] rickbosch:
Fair enough. The new redux2 test builds are super fast too. I just prefer AOSP roms and must be honest, MIUI has never been that great on my Desire. But I have seen it flying on others.

I don't have an ext or data ++ either.
[Desire General] ioulianos:
Redux2

I also use Redux2 (TEST), solid and smooth, no problem for the last 2 weeks.
[Desire General] Migz71:
Same here i prefer the asop roms just like the speed of them ;)
[Desire General] suramania:
i used a redux 2 too, albeit the snapshot version without notification toggle control.. and its awesome, fast and light on battery.. definetely worth trying just like top AOSP roms such as oxygen or CM7. :)
[Desire General] rickbosch:
Indeed I do. DevNull 1.1 is amazing. I have stopped flashing ROMs for a while. Try it out.
[Desire General] rickbosch:
If you've not tried DevNull, you should. Fastest I've used. Can't see myself flashing anything else for a while.
[Desire General] ms|ayrton:
Seriously? Before I DLed Advanced Task Killer I couldn't use the Browser. It was lagging as hell. Now, with a couple of clicks RAM is free and it's working perfectly.

Is there any way to prevent some apps from re-starting after I 'kill' 'em, it gets annoying sometimes.:p
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Task killer apps on Android aren't always a bad thing, but for the most part, it is better to not use them. There's a very interesting article on LifeHacker regarding this, and you might want to read the "Task Killer Misconceptions" section of this guide on Droid Den as well.
[Desire General] fusionstream:
GingerVillain has one of the fastest, cleanest and most functional non-sense roms available. Awesome battery life as well.

AcesMod007 has one the cleanest and most stockified look and feel while still keeping functionality, sense based roms available. Battery life is alright.

If you're pretty advanced, DTA2SD (DarkTremor's A2SD) appears to work best with STOCK rom. Indeed, every ROM i've stuck with since the abovementioned ROMS have had DTA2SD inside. If you're on an older version of DTA2SD, you can free up even more space on your internal memory by moving /data/data to /sd-ext/data and then symlinking the folder back to /data/data. This will therefore move every space sucking piece of data (dalvik, apps) to your SD card. If you're on a newer version, you can just type "a2sd datasd" in your shell (after the phone has booted up).

If you have speed problems after moving the /data/data folder to your sd-ext - I had them since I re-reformatted my card - you can create a new folder in /data such as /data/nandifieddata, mv laggy applications from your sd-ext to this new folder, then symlink them back to /sd-ext/data. This is a massive pain if done manually but you can automate the process with simple bash commands in adb shell (with phone in recovery mode and after mounting all relevant partitions):

cd /sd-ext/data <enter>

for f in com\.putyourlaggyfilenameshereinregex\.* <enter>

do <enter>

if [ ! -L $f] <enter>

then <enter>

mv $f /data/nandifieddata/$f <enter>

ln -s /data/nandifieddata/$f /sd-ext/data/$f <enter>

fi <enter>

done <enter>

In my case, I replaced the com\.putyourlag.....regex\.* with *\.htc\.* since I'm using AcesMod007. I then repeated for a few other key applicationsn like SetCPU, GoLauncher, GoSMS and com\.android\.* I also did this for Bubble Blast 2 and both Airport Mania games as the first lags when on sd-ext and the other will crash randomly.

I would point out that I did not have this problem before re-reformatting my card. So this is probably an alignment issue. In an effort to fix the problem (which worked but not completely), I redid my partitions in GParted, left 1MB free in front, and aligned my partitions to 1MB. If you can't be bothered, you can google the subject and there are some flashable zips which can automate the process for you from clockworkmod. It will still erase all data though so be warned.
[Desire General] mayurh:
does everything work in ginger villan?

camera?

ad hoc wifi?

fm radio?3d games?
[Desire General] sergiopi:
PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC!

Use ROM threads instead
[Desire General] Shmarkus:
push data without mounting sd card

If you have ADB installed and working, then while connected to pc with charging only and debug mode enabled, simply use 'adb push [local file] [remote file]'. It is much faster and less hassle once you'll get the hang of it!
[Desire General] fusionstream:
1) You can "batch install" many apks at once via windows command prompt:

for %f in (c:\appdirectory\*.apk) do adb install %f

You can even mount your desire's sd card and change c:\appdirectory\ to your sd card. However, in this case, it's not very clever... because....

With the above command, the apk will always be transferred to a cache somewhere on your phone (even if it's already on your phone) before being installed - I believe it is somewhere in /data.

For unix based systems, see the commands I posted 4 posts up and replace everything from the "if...." to the "fi" with "adb install $f". Naturally, also cd to the correct directory and change the "for f in com\.putyourlaggyfilenameshereinregex\.* <enter>" to something meaningful. In my case, it's "for f in *" since I tend install everything from a directory.

2) Apologies to the MOD for posting about the ROM. I realised that it may be a somewhat sensitive issue with "promoting" a ROM. That's why I tried to keep it as brief, plain and hopefully as unbiased as possible when I shared my experiences. Thanks for keeping the post up.

3) @mayurh. I've already shared as much as I can share on my experience within the scope of this thread. With those leads, I would therefore suggest that you check out those threads (and any other threads you feel are relevant) to accurately determine the answer to your question.
[Desire General] miguel_pucela:
Everybody, including me, used task killers during the first weeks or months having an android device, but when you finally forget about it and processes running your life simplifies.
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Then I must be one of the rare few that have never used them. :) I used them a lot on Windows Mobile though... But I've never had any reason to even try one on Android.
[Desire General] miguel_pucela:
Then your life with android has always been easy ;)

Enviado desde mi HTC Desire usando Tapatalk
[Desire General] Druav93:
Hi, ive had my desire since it was released (amoled version) , now while watching videos or play a game the phone becomes very very hot and reboots :( ....also while using keyboard sometimes the haptic feedback stops working and works again after a few seconds...anyone have similar problems? And do you know how can i fix the heating up issue pls , thanks :)
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
This thread is for sharing tips and trick for the Desire, not trouble-shooting hardware problems. Also, please use the search function before posting, this question has already been asked many times on these forums (some search results).
[Desire General] miguel_pucela:
If you have noticed that since installing a new ROM, it may be related to it. Try another one.

If not, it maybe related with something you've installed which is using too much CPU.

In any case mine also becomes hot sometimes as any computer, and this had no fans... ;)

Enviado desde mi HTC Desire usando Tapatalk
[Desire General] tajniacki:
usefull - thanks!
[Desire General] ANDRObot007:
yea works well on sense modded roms..

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i have had such...i gess its ur kernel,try using a more stable kernel,and android 2.3.5..
[Desire General] sarkar_007:
This is a motherboard problem for sure. Even my phone had it. It was still under warranty and so I got the motherboard replaced free of charge from the service center. If your phone is still under warranty then I suggest you send it to the service center for repairs.
[Desire General] taam:
Thanks for that!
[Desire General] iamsuperhero:
I did not find Desire a good because of its very limited ram available for apps. Once I rooted the phone and flash the miui rom, it become a very good one to have. I should have rooted it much earlier. The limitation of ram was killing me to death. I always needed to uninstall to install. Nows I have no worries on this and it is running even smoother now.
[Desire General] erklat:
Storage space != ram. Computer basics. It doesn't get more basic than this.
[Desire General] scarabe17:
Thanks a lot !
[Desire General] ttf203:
thanks a lot
[Desire General] slayersparty:
thanks a lot guys
[Desire General] jmw2207:
awesome...my desire lives!
[Desire General] Shehabi:
Thanxxxx a lot man ; )
[Desire General] cabaravdic:
partition sd card

Where can I find a tutorial on how to do partition SD Card, to reduce existing and from it I do ddrugu partition.

My cell phone is the HTC Desire
[Desire General] cowboy_bebop:
Thanks a lot!
[Desire General] potep:
What exactly are you looking for?

To create an ext4 on mine, I used gparted on bootable usb stick. Took me a couple of tries, but overall it's easy to split a card and format it to any desired format (I've got 1024MB on ext4 and the rest as fat32).
[Desire General] potep:
Sorry, handy tutorial is on techcredo.com, search for tutorial how to partition your Android sd for a2sd gparted...
[Desire General] caruhe:
does anyone know an app to answer calls with track ball?
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
According to this thread on MiuiAndroid.com, the CM7 ROMs have that option built in... I'm not sure though, never used it myself.

Otherwise, perhaps you could try this mod? It's posted in the Nexus One forum, but according to this post it works on the Desire as well.
[Desire General] caruhe:
Thanks for the answer. I used CM7 and it was possible to assign trackball to answer calls.

Trackball Answer v5 is for froyo not for gingerbread
[Desire General] robbiejangles:
tricks and tips

while in youtube you can press the power button ( turn off the screen ) and turn the screen back on and a ( play skip and previous ) buttons should appear and you can play the video : just sound : and turn you screen off again put it in your pocket and enjoy the music... good if you dont want to turn off the vid by mistake. also depends on what youtube version you are using now

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menu- add to home, widget, then go to settings. airplane mode, bluetooth,GPS,mobile network, WI-FI etc etc are available u can download more HTC widgets too
[Desire General] Okkx:
Thanks this is useful :p
[Desire General] joseandres182:
thanks for this dude
[Desire General] reds971:
Thanks guys, very helpful thread...
[Desire General] kiwipedia:
Som nice tips in here thnx :)
[Desire General] littlenano:
thanks for the tips
[Desire General] smuutje:
Thank you as well!
[Desire General] Flying Scotsman:
If anyone's feeling adventurous I'd recommend Rooting the Desire with unRevoked. Painless rooting which opens many doors and paths to extend the Desire's life. I'd also recommend S-Offing it with "Revolutionary" but that's if you want to play around with select apps (and update the Superuser binary)
[Desire General] guesXy:
Thanks for the tips, some were unknowns :)
[Desire General] monsm:
thanks, yes, some useful things.

I have just completed installing Sandvold's ICS rom. I tried unrevoked to root first, but couldn't make it work, so did it with revolutionary instead and using the android sdk to run fastboot from my PC and push the recovery image. Found all the details here and other forums.

Mons
[Desire General] masoudies:
i cant install it:D

is there any way?
[Desire General] kobz1973:
Recovery

Recovery is only accessible via Fast Boot on the desire

To access Fast boot, firstly power off the device.

With device off press and hold the volume down key, keep this held down, and press the power button and release power button.

You are now in Fast boot. (Release the volume down key)

You will be presented with the Fast boot menu.

Use the volume up and down to move to different options in the menu.

Select the Recovery option using the power button to select.

You will then be presented with a screen similar to the G1/G2 handsets (picture of phone with warning triangle)

Press volume up and power at same time to get recovery options.

You will then be presented with the recovery menu.

Again use the volume up and down to change options and power key to select
[Desire General] hot-fuzz:
Little tip, not sure its been posted before :

When you add a Googlemail account, type it in as xxx@gmai.com NOT xxx@googlemail.com.

It then automatically picks up the account settings, as it wont if using "googlemail". Both email versions work by the way.
[Desire General] n-j-f:
I think you don't even have to do that. When I typed in my username I only put in the bit before the @. When I then clicked in the password box, it added @gmail itself.
[Desire General] sh500:
Hold down the Power button for phone options.
[Desire General] Lats:
One of the scenes has both bluetooth and wireless on/off button.

I am trying to create my own scene and can't find these.

Can anyone point me to the right direction?
[Desire General] EroThraX:
If you are looking for the single button widgets then scroll down to 'Settings' in the widget menu and expand it. There are 5 single widget toggles there.
[Desire General] Lats:
Got it. Thanks.
[Desire General] chandalf:
Thanks for the heads-up! Getting a Desire this week and was already looking for a task killer/manager, but it looks like I don't need one :)
[Desire General] n-j-f:
Bluetooth problem

Tried to pair my phone with my laptop. When I searched for devices from my phone, it found my laptop OK. When I tried to pair and connect it would give me matching codes but I would get an error when it tried to pair.

After doing this a few times, I tried instead to search from the laptop instead of from the phone. That worked first time!

I thought this might help if anyone has a similar problem.