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[Desire General] quicksite:
Okay -- sorry bout that! :) You were being very helpful. If you didn't make the mistake about topic, I would never know about this new awesome VIDEO PLAYER...! i have tried so many and none of them have ever properly played back videos as they say they would, like mp4, etc.

Are you the developer? Or have you actually used this player? If so, would you start a new thread, please, in DESIRE GENERAL maybe titled

APP REVIEW: VIDEO PLAYER > "Rock Player" : avi flv mp4 3gp wmv mov divx h264

People would LOVE this! They would want to know: is playback smooth. Is there a maximum file size? Is there a maximum running time? for example: If I download a TV show from itunes and want to play it on my desire, is it too big for Rock Player to handle, or will it be able to play it okay?

And tell them it is not yet in Android Marketplace but can be downloaded here: (per your linked message)

DOWNLOAD LINK:

http://www.freecoder.org/rockplayer/RockPlayer_0.2.8_Beta_v6_vfp.apk

Thank you again. I will try to be less grouchy!
[Desire General] Zeljko1234:
Good criticism does not hurt :)

No, i'm not developer, I just found this application somewhere and share with you. You have right again, maybe this thread is not right place for new application.
[Desire General] globalste:
I have this exact same problem, for some reason on some days my HTC will only display blank white where the text should be. Its really annoying, then it goes away randomly.

I think it is something to do with a poor 3G signal but not certain as I cant pick out any trend with the problem.

Tried my business helpdesk but they arent sure either.
[Desire General] prcach:
dunno if someone noticed/or it was here but i didnt see it, but i got a phone for a few days and this is just bugging me....for example friend of yours(phone no. 012345) send u a someones else phone number(phone no. 678910) via sms. and in message u tap on that number, and than u get screen with options for call...etc. phone no. will be +xxx012345678910(friends no.+the one in sms). its freaking iritating...any solution?
[Desire General] lssong99:
Contact and Video time stamp issue

Donno if it's posted or not. Here are 2 Desire problem I found:

1. Contact: If you have a contact with mutliple entry, say, Exchange, Facebook and GMail contact, although you could "link" them together (it's a very nice feature) and choose a default screen name you want to display, however, when you sync the GMail contact, the Desire contact ALWAYS reset the contact screen name to GMail one.

2. When making video, the time/date stamp always set to GMT time, however, photo no problem... (I use Picasa to read the time stamp)

Can anyone confirm those 2 problems?
[Desire General] Fiouz:
Already specified but the OP didn't consider it a flaw

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6283825&postcount=169
[Desire General] mdeb:
Regarding item 65, a workaround I'm using is Screen Suite. Work perfect. Locks the device as soon as it rings, so no accidently picking up and also stays locked when the call is ended.
[Desire General] lukzke:
I love the HTC Desire, but one i hate about it, is that there is no usb audio support on it's micro-usb connector. The consequence is that manuafactures are limited in creating accessories, like speakers-docks etc. I dont know why HTC skipped it because the prototype had the 3 pin connectors that the n1 has.
[Desire General] quicksite:
You are right. It is peculiar that HTC gave the USA's Sprint EVO capabilities it deprived European users... and it just doesn't make any sense at all why they made such a bad product design choice on what otherwise has been such a spectacular phone.

I am not an engineer, so in these matters I am out of my depth, but is it possible that this HD Video out project (FOR THE DESIRE) could prove to be useful for the audio out?

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...g-project-for-all-android-snapdragon-devices/

Just asking... and if you know the answer and it is NO, would you please explain it to me so I understand? Thank you
[Desire General] lukzke:
Does it output video through usb ? maybe i can look intro it, im a android developer sow maybe i help fixing this.
[Desire General] blur19755:
Have anyone encounter problem on sending group sms? at least i do!

when try to send sms to multiple recipients, it does not able to send out once for all but sending out the sms one recipient at a time. When the sms went out to first recipient, the rest would show failed and retrying on sending automatically. Then it will sent out the second and so on until it completes. This is really frustrating, is there anyone encouter this before? Hopefully there's solution for my problem...
[Desire General] blur19755:
* Duplicate post.
[Desire General] PseudoReal:
multiple SMS

blur

I do have the same issue. However, I have found out that if you only have 5 or less recipients, you do not get this Failed status again.
[Desire General] deviouscreation:
Didnt see this posted...

When I synched my contacts with facebook, either as a whole or individual names, whenever I get a text from Orange the number comes up as one of my friends and their picture, rather than saying "Orange".

I cannot work out if this is a Desire thing or a Facebook software thing. However unchecking facebook synch and removing facebook account removes the problem.
[Desire General] Noghar:
delete a word from user dictionary, jump back to start

If yu are tidying up the user dictionary and delteig misspellings or non-words you accidentally entered, every time you delete a word, you find yourself back at the top of the list and obliged to scroll all the way through again. After F & G it starts to be a real pain.
[Desire General] blur19755:
That's good for you, but my problem still ongoing even i send only to 2 person. *Darn!
[Desire General] antu_pogroms:
1. I've link my phone contact with facebook. i've set my facebook to auto sync. it works well syncing event & updates & contact picture of my contact but when my friends changed the profile pic on their facebook, my desire won't change the contact picture according to their facebook profile pic.

2. I've add another calendar to my google calender. it won't appear at my desire.

3. When i change my google account password on PC, i can't change the password on my desire.
[Desire General] PseudoReal:
that is weird!
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
This has probably already been mentioned, but I couldn't find it using a search and the thread is much too long for me to read through all of it, so here's one thing that's bugging me:

- how to rename program shortcuts on a home screen, or get it to show multiple lines of text?

For instance, "Google Mail" doesn't fit the space so it just says "Google Ma" - I'd like it to say "GMail" or having "Google" above "Mail". Does anyone know of solution to this?
[Desire General] IceBone:
Use an app like AnyCut or BetterCut to create new shortcuts with custom names.
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
Thanks for the suggestion - I thought that custom shortcuts might be a possible solution. :) However I tried AnyCut but it doesn't create the shortcut properly - the text is too close to the icon. Are there any other free alternatives to try? (I could only find a non-free version of BetterCut.)
[Desire General] Zaphodski:
My Desire is doing a similar if not the same thing. In my contacts widget I can see two Facebook friends who are also Google contacts. For one their contact picture on my Desire is sync'd with their Facebook profile image, for the other it isn't. I can seem to sort this out and would appreciate any suggestions. :confused:
[Desire General] IceBone:
Here's another one: If you go swimming with it by accident, cause you didn't check your swimming shorts' pockets, you have to let it dry out for a whole 24 hours before it'll work again properly.... :mad:

On a more serious note: does anyone know how to refresh the HTC album thumbnails? There's some duplicated ones (so some pictures don't have the right thumbnails) and there's some half-generated ones.
[Desire General] spaboleo:
New Annoyance: Calendar swipe

Is it just me or is the "swipe to change month direction" in the stock HTC (nonSense) Calendar App just wrong?

It changes the month to the next following by swiping to the left. The previous month appears by swiping to the right.

In contrast (and thats more intuitive! Not only because Google Calendar uses the same directions ;)):

If I open a specific day swiping to the right brings me to the next day. And viceversa swiping to the left to the previous one.

Simply sucks...because it's counter intuitive :( And there is no option in the app to make a change!
[Desire General] Mr Brainz:
There's 3 browser annoyances for me:

Can't close all browser windows and start from a home page (a lá iOS)

Browser always assumes I want wwws. Should be an option to turn this off because a lot of the time I don't want them!

.com button doesn't have geo-local domain extentions (my 3GS used to give me .co.uk when I held it down).
[Desire General] spaboleo:
try this keyboard replacement:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624416

you can change the domain extension to whatever you prefer :)

it is even possible to add further TLDs like .net .org etc. if you put a long hold on the domain button :)

:)
[Desire General] DuncUK:
I have been having loads of problems with the Windows HTC Sync application. I have detailed them all in this thread with a solution. You may wish to add this! :)
[Desire General] th3:
Most of my annoyances have been covered by others before, here's some more:

* Putting the screen off when I didn't need it on immediately enabled the nuisance that is the lockscreen by default, which was tedious to keep unlocking and bringing the phone into different modes so soon, so frequently. If the screen was left on, many problems occurred by accidentally hitting commands on-screen no matter how careful I was. So I wanted the screen to go off with the power button but the phone to stay running and come back on in the previous state with any subsequent button hit for these moments when you know you might be using the phone again very soon. I also wanted to be able to set a timeout for the screen to go into such a state automatically, and for the phone to enter sleep after an additional controllable period.

Fixed by using "Lock Delay" perfectly. Now, hitting the power button switches the screen off but keeps everything running. Pressing any button brings the screen back to the previous point. After 2mins idle, the screen switches off automatically to this state. After 10mins idle, it switches to the standard sleep mode with the lockscreen automatically. The timeouts are controllable.

*This doesn't affect all Desire users but it does affect any XDA forum user on Android because the XDA dev app is simply a must have. I browse the forum through it 99.9% of the time compared with the stock browser.

When typing a lengthy reply in it, you might find yourself unable to scroll up/down beyond your sight in the compose box. The trackpad may or may not be able to move beyond this. The easiest and quickest way to do this is by hitting the top/bottom parts of the compose box. It'll then scroll ;)

*Night clock/Desktop clock shuts off even if you want it left on running and it isn't dim enough in dark. Fixed this by using "Kaloer Clock" which is far more customizable in every way, and can keep running with alarms as your main screen. The battery drain is much less with it.

* No access to calling from around the phone, a stock known limitation. Fixed it by installing "Dialer One" using the dark theme. Long press search button anywhere brings you the option for Dialer One now.

* Calls were randomly going off no matter what I tried when moving the phone around whilst leaving the screen on. Mostly through the widgets. I ended up hitting commands even when being very careful. Fixed it by using "Call Confirm" which gives a dialog you must confirm before making a dialed call.

* Whenever I opened the net browser and switched back and forth between 1-2 apps, it disappears from the long-home-button-press recent apps list. Massive nuisance to me since I use the browser heavily. Additionally, some apps I found myself needing consistently from within every app but without quick access (like market, astro, cache clean, torch, etc). Fixed this by installing "App Launcher". If I now long press the search button from anywhere, it allows me to open App Launchers grid with my fixed top 16 most used apps there in an overlay to access at any time.

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- Sent via my HTC Desire -
[Desire General] theloother:
Speaker Turns on automatically when Making/Receiving calls

Hi all,

My desire started turning on the speakerphone automatically a couple of weeks ago. I have since Rooted/wiped and installed froyo and it is still doing it. Any ideas what may be causing it? A fellow member on another forum has the same issue

cheers
[Desire General] rackspace:
Looks like hardware issue to me.
[Desire General] rijac:
i'm not sure if this has been discussed but i did search and didn't turn up anything. i am surprised no one is annoyed that you can't log out of gmail on the htc device? thanks.
[Desire General] IceBone:
You can disable mail sync in settings --> account and sync --> gmail account in question
[Desire General] max_carpenter:
I haven't read through every post on this thread as there are rather alot but read the first post and can't see my annoyances on there.

New to Android and although I really love it so far (fourth day) there is some bits I think are really lacking and I am very dissappointed and maybe someone knows a work around so I thought I would post here:

1: AVL - When listening to music I don't want the phone to decide when to quiten the music because its louder, it sounds really stupid and is really annoying, I noticed it slightly when listening to music on my headphones but it was even more noticeable when I plugged it into my HiFi.

2: Notifications - With every phone I have had (for like the past 10 years) I have been able to select a tone for text / tone for voicemail / tone for calendar alerts etc but I can't find anyway of doing it on this phone. Its one tone for all unless I am being really thick and I just think thats stupid. I have installed Handcent now (for setting a different txt) which is actually quite good however it now plays two tunes when I receive text and I can't find where to turn the notification sound off for text messages off in android again can someone remind me - been through everything must be blind!

3: One the home screen I have the HTC Sense clock (half screen) with the weather however the weather covers up the temprature? Is this normal?

There was some others but forgotten again so I will post when I remember...

Meanwhile if anyone has any fixes or workgrounds for the above I would greatly appreciate it...
[Desire General] bubblesmoney:
work around

may be

swiftkey keyboard beta available on the market

touchdown is not a free app. k9 app is free and may be more suitable to those who prefer a free version.

although this isnt an issue for me, there might be some work arounds, see the following link http://gszyszka.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-browse-internet-from-behind.html

check out this post too but dont know if this works only on an emulator or will work on an actual handset too http://duykham.blogspot.com/2009/11/setting-proxy-for-android-by-gui.html

thanks for all the hard work that went into post number 1 and for keeping it updated regularly.

have a nice day
[Desire General] IceBone:
No idea what's going on there, haven't had that happen and I've used my phone to listen to music in my car quite a bit recently.

In every program you have mentioned, you can press the menu button, select settings and then select the ringtone/notifications sound.

Maybe you could take a screenshot of the home screen and show us exactly? By the way you're describing it, it shouldn't be happening, no.
[Desire General] max_carpenter:
Thanks Icebone,

1: Is this not a feature/part of the phone then because it doesn't happen if I play the mp3 on my pc from which I transfered to the pc. Ill have to look into it a bit more and have a play.

2:Thanks, I thought this was a stupid idea didn't make any sense. Different way of doing things :-) I have left handcent purley because it installs a nice easy feature to select your own custom ringtones.

3: I have now learnt that this is no intended however I am having odd bugs with it.

15% of the time is show correctly ad you would expect

15% of the time the temperature etc is located in the middle under the actual weather image rather than right aligned.

70% of the time its showing me I am in a completly different town not near me and has no weather information whatsoever!!!! What causes this?
[Desire General] bubblesmoney:
by default on the htc desire the notifications sound and volume are the same for all notifications. You can change them in the settings. you dont need to download anything for doing that. some apps also allow you to do this.

go to Menu > settings > sound and display > ringer volme. there you uncheck the box saying 'Use incoming call volume for notifications' and adjust the volume as per your needs.

adjust the other volemes in the same sound and display settings.

choose which ring tone you need for ring and alerts separately.

choose LED flashing for each type of activity in the same settings menu.

you can make your own ring tone by following the instructions in the online manual or see this link http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/mini-guides/mini-guide-use-part-of-a-song-as-a-ringtone "•To use a part of an MP3 as a ringtone, open the track in the Music player, press Menu and select “Set as Ringtone”, then select “Trim the ringtone” and from there you can select and preview which part of the song you want!"

see the other tutorials on the website linked above. if there is one website you see on how to use the phone better, then see this website! (disclaimer: i have no links with that website by the way:) )
[Desire General] bubblesmoney:
try the free 'car mode' app, one touch switching between using rear speaker and switching it off. see if it sorts your problem.

ps: is this app the cause of your problem!!!! you might have installed it and switched on the car mode and then forgotten to switch it off and hence all sounds diverted to rear speaker instead! or some other app you installed might be doing something similar!
[Desire General] max_carpenter:
Thanks for the reply but as above your post I have already sorted this out apart from the AVL and the HTC Sense/Weather Close going wrong.
[Desire General] bubblesmoney:
data security issue

even if one installed remote wipe software etc on the phone or any other security software,

that could easily be disabled on the phone

i think.

data security is important in any portable device as phones are potential gadgets for getting lost or stolen.

the htc desire has a safe mode where only factory installed apps start, so this mode theoretically will bypass all security software and data can be accessed on the phone if phone is started in safe mode. i dont know if this starting in safe mode is possible even when the screen has got a lock sequence on. please check out this possible security issue.

you can start safe mode by doing what it says on the link http://myhtcdesire.com/tutorials/mini-guides/mini-guide-how-to-start-your-desire-in-safe-mode

this issue would apply to any phone that can be started in safe mode.

even if there was a screen lock on then one can do a battery pull and shut down the device and then restart in safe mode and disable delete all third party apps and security features and voila all your data on the phone is accessible to any tom **** and harry who got hold of your phone! yikes :eek:

there should be a factory installed security app, many people might actually pay a subscription for such a feature. htc should look into this seriously.
[Desire General] bubblesmoney:
the same issue applies to the yahoomail app (not the yahoomail app by getjar previously advertised on yahoo website but the app available from the market from yahoo) on the market as well. these mail apps are badly designed and need to include a logout option
[Desire General] manny calavera:
I couldn't find this elsewhere on the forum, so here goes:

HTC keyboard (HTC IME) does not allow setting the layout in different language from the system language, even though they are installed on the device.

For instance, if you want your menus and system messages in English, you cannot set your keyboard layout and text prediction to be in Turkish or Greek (or whatever).

The only workaround is to use a different IME (such as the HTC_IME mod)

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(edited for clarity)
[Desire General] ediflyer:
I've been pulling my hair out trying to get somewhere with HTC support on this one. As I understand it if the actual location is incorrect that's a problem with the Google wi-fi/mobile base station database. However I've got a few major locations where it shows the location correctly (confirmed on Google Maps with GPS off) and AccuWeather.com (the source for the Weather data) is able to provide a forecast, but the Sense widget/Weather app still show no data. HTC keep saying it's Google's fault but I don't really see how.
[Desire General] max_carpenter:
I dont know if this is the problem because sometimes its correct and other times its wrong when I am at the exact same spot?
[Desire General] ANTEAUS:
SMS on Desire

Does anybody find the tiny viewing screen for new sms's a tad annoying? And the send button kind of close to where your finger is scrolling through and trying to get the cursor to the end of the sms (that is until you discovered the optical button thingy!) :)
[Desire General] ANTEAUS:
Thanks for sharing your experience. You have solved a number of my irritations.

ummmmm.... thought when I clicked "quick reply" under a particular post, that the post would go there.

now to try and delete this...... if unsuccessful, apologies - new to this.
[Desire General] max_carpenter:
Actually sorry I am incorrect It works fine where I work but not where I live says I am about an hour away from where I actually am. Not sure why but I know with all my previous HTC phones it was spot on and correct at home so its only this phone. Could it be Google because all my previous phones where WinMo?
[Desire General] omk298:
I can't find anything about this (and I only just noticed it after having the phone for a couple of months!) In the SMS list the date format is US style (mm/dd/yy) even though in the date and time settings I've got it set to UK style. I can't find any options to change it on the SMS list. When reading messages the date is the right way round.

Anyone been able to fix this?
[Desire General] quicksite:
This may not INITIALLY be the answer you want, but if you give it half a chance, and skim the web, or the Android Marketplace, you will instantly know it is the CORRECT answer :)

As great as so many of the HTC Sense Apps are out of the box, the undisputed CHAMP of the SMS messaging apps for Android phones is called HANDCENT -- that's CENT with a "c" ... I don't know anyone who has ever tried it who has ever gone back to HTC stock. And one of the reasons is the extensive customization options.

The developer is always ALWAYS making it even better. Just when I thought it couldn't get much simpler regarding how to change the font settings for your SMS messages, for example, he completely revamped it, making it way way easier than the ALREADY easy user interface. But the shorter answer is:

Switch immediately to Handcent. I would guess there are probably a million users of it as their SMS client. It is beautiful, it is fast, it low on resources, it has a home screen widget that shows you how many new SMS messages there are, and it is so thoroughly customizable -- yes, including DATE AND TIME FORMATS of your choice.

Here's a video that shows its SETTINGS interface... You can't have 100% on a silver platter (!) so unfortunately he does not go through the DATE settings here, but he goes through enough for you to see that you will be very very satisfied.

[YOUTUBE]98_QirZfcy0[/YOUTUBE]