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[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
Sometimes I can be pretty handy. Other times I order specialty parts and promptly break them.

[youtube]qMA3bU-TdJU[/youtube]

I have more videos on the way.

Part 2 of my FedEd shipping video which shows the Desire next to the Hero side by side during unpacking.

Another shows some of the current layout and widget elements of my homescreens.

I'm collecting all HTC Desire videos across the web and organizing them into a simple interface at vodpod.com -- only 100 times better than youtube.

For now: The videos I've collected so far -- not nearly all of them... http://www.vodpod.com/XDAdesire

And the HTC DESIRE Group video site: http://vodpod.com/group/htc+desire

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[Desire Accessories] ximonx:
You sir, are a genious!

Is that a piece of wood?
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
It is.

I liked your pre-edited comment; request to bring it back
[Desire Accessories] ximonx:
Very simple but effective way of making a dock!

I've been thinking of making one myself but have been wondering what to make it from.

A nice dark wood with a routed edge would look sweet i think!

(keep an eye on This thread, it could turn out well)
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
Oh, so you were serious with the edited out "you, sir, are a genius!" ! HA HAH... I thought you were just playing along with my self-deprecating video showing how dumb i was to forget the tip was protruding when i smacked the cable from the back side to wedge it into place.

Well, if you're serious, then, here's where to get every version of cable you might want... these guys have it all, and quality is great.

http://www.usbfirewire.com/u_microb_cables_angled.html

I think having a cherry wood would be beautiful...

I did that whole thing in 30 minutes because I was impatient, the cable had just arrived, and I wanted to see if it worked, so i was doing a rough version as a "proof of concept".... And I just started with the premise that if I drilled a hole at the angle that i want the desire to lean back at, and I drilled it slightly narrow so I have to wedge in the cable head (which has soft-plastic corners thus would wedge-in snugly), that the basic idea of embedding the microUSB connector at the correct angle would not be so hard....

but this, again, was a quick test... and i was making it up as i went along, with literal hacking of wood and screwdriver and hammer!

While I was just doing it fast and brainstorming at same time, i was thinking "what could i use to stabilize the back side of the desire so it was solid when i pressed the screen"... then i thought of those clear plastic acrylic things at office supply places -- two kinds -- either the clear business card holder, which would only provide a minimal back surface, probably not enough, or one of those 3x5 photo holders that display at pretty much the exact angle you'd want your phone to display.

http://www.azardisplays.com/productcart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=149

Well, just some ideas in case you decide to make one. would love to see your end result.

I just wonder though if you would do better to get a ready made dock and then make the outer casing be cherry wood such that it perfectly covers up all exterior facets while still having, ready made, those nice touches like spare battery charger as well...
[Desire Accessories] redrazr7791:
SNAP! He has a voice :D

Pretty smart about making a dock for now. I really don't use them, but if I did...I would surely be making one or at least drawing up some blueprints to make one.
[Desire Accessories] compo702:
Desire stand/ charger.

Here's one i made earlier as there still seem to be none available. Used some scrap metal from work bent it a bit and then polished it. Hope the attachments appear
[Desire Accessories] buzmay:
there is one floating around the market now. I have it and has the option to charge the desire and another battery is great
[Desire Accessories] markeh:
loads of business card holders fit the desire quite well, they could be adapted easily to include a usb
[Desire Accessories] tidy:
mobilefun.co.uk/cat/Desire-Docks.htm
[Desire Accessories] mase60:
sry for the offtopic, but what widget are u using to show the calls, messages and stuff?
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
No problem, I have been away from the site for many months and just getting back to XDA after long gap. ....

That is what I consider the be the greatest single widget made on the Android platform -- it is called EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ... and as soon as I get time, i will be making videos that feature the various apps and widgets I use -- AND WHY.

Executive Assistant has been updated probably 5 more times since this video, and it keeps getting better and better. It is one of the most customizable pieces of functionality around.

It can be as small as a 1x2 widget or as large as a 4x4 widget...

In the 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 modes, E.A. displays icons only -- THAT IS ALL YOU SEE on my display --- and you can configure it to show up to i think 6 different things:

email

SMS

phone calls missed or voicemail

twitter

facebook

RSS feeds

i thought maybe there was one more thing

But if you set it up as a 2x2 or 2x3 or 2x4, then the line above the icon displays the actual message information, and scrolls... tap the different icon at bottom, and in the same display space, it shows the detail info for THAT item, and so on.

If it's 3x and 4x, then you are seeing a lot more of the actual messages filling your home page.

HERE IS WHY I DO NOT USE anything more that 1x4 (actually now I just use 1x3): Because i don't need to have a widget take up all that extra space on my home screen -- because ONE TAP on the icon -- and it pops up a window that displays on top of the whole page. so, tap on twitter icon and pop up diplsays whole page showing all twitter feed, and SCROLLS. Then -- you want more? tap the icon again and it launches your selected twitter app .... or a different tap pops back down the window to its collapsed row of icons only.

It's truly amazing --- and you can select your prefered app for each function... so for voicemail, you could select visual voicemail from your provider.... for SMS you could select handcent... for email you could select the native gmail app or launch a browser...

ok thats all for now.

try it. there is a free version -- and yes -- it has some small ads... but you know what, there are a few apps worth paying for ---- this is one. Biut even if you dont want to pay? FREE with ads.

incredible -- likely to win a devvy award for android division at end of this year.
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
Wow, I have to say, that is pretty inventive! That's the first time I have seen product design from a user here where they have gone and found materials to actually match the look of a desktop background! very impressive --- I love it when people make custom stuff!

I have been away for months --- no, not locked in a mental institution, though at times it has felt like that -- but i have been away from all things related to the Desire -- and android. ... And coincidentally, without even looking here on this thread, i just ordered a dock a few days ago from hong kong. They have been available for several months, but i kept waiting to see if there would be any variations. Nope... Just the same 2 or 3 slight versions on same thing offered for Nexus One almost a year ago which all got slightly tweaked for the different connections of the Desire. There are a few different vendors...

I chose this one since it's basically all same stuff but this one sells the cradle with the extra battery charger, plus sends the extra battery.

The annoying thing about this ridiculous world-wide lack of support of 3rd party accessories for HTC smartphones is the shipping time... Everything from Hong Kong takes forever.

(joke) I think it must be against the law to air express anything. All they ever do, and I mean EVER do, is send airmail which takes weeks and weeks (/joke)

CURRENT LISTING on ebay, fyi:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CRADLE-SYNC-DOC...402576?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4cf2959050

About $20 USD including shipping --- but again -- takes about 3 weeks to get, ugh.
[Desire Accessories] toyface:
Hi all!!!

I, too, am fashioning my own dock, however instead of doing it from wood, or from scratch, I'm kind of cheating.

I'm going to be re-purposing something else.

This:

It's basically a USB extension lead, but with an up angled end shoved into that plastic thing, I broke it today and so I thought...cheap and easy micro-USB dock! And so I'm almost finished getting myself a cheap and okay looking dock :)

When it's done I shall make a new thread and post high quality images :)
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
I definitely want to see this! I love original thinking! yeah!

p.s. i got my dock from china 2 days ago... You know life is a little cazy when I have not even had chnace to plug it in and use it. Ridicululous.

HEY, that raises a question.

Does anybody else have problems with LOOSE CONNECTIONS at the USB port at bottom of the Desire phone? I swear, my cables always come out way too easily -- whether in the car with cigarette lighter, or USB data cable to computer, or charging micro usb to charge the unit....

Cant tell you how many times I had it plugged in overnight only to find that in the morning it wasn't charged, and warning said "plug in now, battery extremely low"..

I have ruled out, in every case, the cable and connectors. They are all fine. So it has got to be the phone's USB port. It just doesn't seem to bs SNUG and tight. Does anyone else have this problem?

thank you
[Desire Accessories] toyface:
Dock is almost done, need to go to a hardware store for a couple of bits. It should be quite good, need a bit of acrylic at the back I think, to give it a bit to lean against.

I never have a problem really, even when I hang it upside-down for a few seconds it takes a while for it to fall out.

Sent from my HTC Desire running LeeDroid 2.2e, RAWWWWR
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
Fantastic! Hey are you open to commissioned 2nd one? wouldn't you know, i finally try my grreat chinese shipped product, and no charging at cradle, and no USB contact with data cable, tried and retried... called them in bejiing. they were very nice, but what value is getting my money back.?

Look at the date of this thread. May 1. 6 months later i don't have a dock. :(

well i've lived this long without one.

But good luck, yours looks rather cool !!
[Desire Accessories] toyface:
Hopefully as I pop into town today I can get the little bits that I need to fill it in so its extremely stable, depending on how well it goes, you could always buy a cheap Belkin wireless USB adaptor that comes with that dock ha ha, a wireless card and a phone dock :-)

When its finished I'll post a new thread with detailed pics from my SLR :-)
[Desire Accessories] mmceorange:
I don't have any pictures handy, but I used a large Binder Clip.. lifehacker.com / #!5747897 / how-to-build-a-car-mount-for-your-cellphone-from-office-supplies

I slowly bent the end of the "handles" and, because my pliers gouged into the metal, dipped them into rubber tool handle dip.

Works pretty decent.. though now I too am working on getting a mount that allows the camera to see the road.. AR Navigation FTW!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] hajduk000:
For all the ttf files

Example:the attached file Backlash.zip

Root Explorer

Try one ttf file is attached

copy 1 desktop name DroidSans

copy 2 desktop name DroidSans-Bold

after:root explorer mode mount r\o

system/font copy

DroidSans and hold permıssıon read and write click

DroidSans-Bold and hold permıssıon read and write click

Reboot

:)

http://www.1001freefonts.com/
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] awdlexusis:
any differant fonts?can you make a update.zip
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] hajduk000:
this method is very easy.uptade form is not make

just metamorph can make

but ı dont know thıs method
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] NighT/:
how do i install (activate) the icons from a theme (the fallout theme) i am just not allowed to do this....

thx for your help =)
[Desire General] dr_s:
I have two mail accounts setup in HTC Mail i.e., Yahoo & Hotmail. They work fine, however, I was wondering, is it not possible to have all mail shown together in the HTC Application i.e., both yahoo and hotmail mails to appear in a single HTC Mail widget? Currently I have to launch mail application and then click more> accountlists > and then choose account.

Thanks
[Desire General] andycted:
I think not, but maybe with some other widget?

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered
[Desire General] emdzej:
Use stock email app, htc's stuff sucks. Grab Email.apk from android.fre****.pl
[Desire General] dr_s:
Thanks. I ud certainly try Email.apk

Exciting files to download there. can you explain what each of them exactly do? (Any of them useful for Orange branded Desire?)

Thanks a lot.
[Desire General] Louis:
email.apk is not just as easy to install as a.cab for WM right ?

I have File Manager at my Desire, what is best way to install the email.apk ?
[Desire General] NZtechfreak:
Astro will be able to install it for you.
[Desire General] EyeBees:
i copy the .apk to Sdcard then used an app installer like

apkinstaller or AndroZip

which I downloaded from app market
[Droid Incredible General] mrmomoman:
When I first picked up the Incredible the other day(I did purchase one to test for a client that needs 15 of them) I noticed that the phones was narrower than I expected.

I know the specs says 60mm wide or 2.30inches compared to the Nexus 1 at 2.36 or the Desire at 2.36. Any of you have both to compare the screen size widths?

I like the Width of the 3.8" screen on the Touch HD and the width on the Iphone.

Just curious. It just seems narrow.

Also with AMOLED the dots in the text are very visible. The reviews I have read didn't mention anything about this. I was surprised to see that the Text seems a little fuzzy when in smaller sizes compared to my Touch HD. Obviously in the larger fonts you can see the dots more clearly on the incredible.

Just some observations.
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] e0558267:
Hi, I have a HTC Touch Cruise 09 (Original Version) with Qualcomm CPU. The Phone info is:

CE OS 5.2.20765 (Build 20765.1.4.4)

2008

Processor: MSM7225-528MHz

Windows Mobile 6.1

Model No. HTC Touch Cruise T4242

ROM Version: 1.09.401.3 (40104) (English)

ROM Date: 01-16-09

Radio Version: 0.41.30.12

Protocol Version: 12.41.30.16H

So, i bought the Phone in Hong Kong, but my wife want the ROM in spanish language. My slome are:

1-Where i can get a clean ROM in spanich for this phone?

2-How can backup the original ROM to rollback it in case of fail of the new?

3-How can rollback the original ROM??

4-What is the instrution to put the new ROM.

Thanks for your help,

Bye,

Jairo Cardenas

Colombia, South America
[HD2 General] ic2e:
Are there any network unlocking tools created for the HD2 yet?
[HD2 General] Wil Badger:
Yep there are...Search for SIM unlocking. There are none that are free though. If you want to unlock it for free call your carrier and ask them for the code.
[HD2 General] Purple Drama Llama:
Will you need proof of purchase if you call t-mobile? I bought mine new off ebay but no proof of purchase. I seriously need an unlock code in order to use the phone!
[Touch Cruise 2 General] e0558267:
Hi, I have a HTC Touch Cruise 09 (Original Version) with Qualcomm CPU. The Phone info is:

CE OS 5.2.20765 (Build 20765.1.4.4)

2008

Processor: MSM7225-528MHz

Windows Mobile 6.1

Model No. HTC Touch Cruise T4242

ROM Version: 1.09.401.3 (40104) (English)

ROM Date: 01-16-09

Radio Version: 0.41.30.12

Protocol Version: 12.41.30.16H

So, i bought the Phone in Hong Kong, but my wife want the ROM in spanish language. My slome are:

1-Where i can get a clean ROM in spanich for this phone?

2-How can backup the original ROM to rollback it in case of fail of the new?

3-How can rollback the original ROM??

4-What is the instrution to put the new ROM.

Thanks for your help,

Bye,

Jairo Cardenas

Colombia, South America:confused:
[Touch Cruise 2 General] lmmdv:
you can download the spanish rom in htcpedia.com
[Touch Cruise 2 General] teleizegai:
do you have any chinese rom?
[Touch Diamond CDMA] vinceve:
Hey guys, I'm currently experiencing a really weird issue, after a few hours my screen of my phone is out of his alignment and I need to redo the screen alignment. but after a few hours I'm experiencing the same problem...

thanks in advance
[Touch Diamond CDMA] cooldudema:
You need to replace your digitizer.

Although I'd suggest replacing both LCD and digitizer together, because it is virtually impossible to take off digitizer without cracking the lcd, as they are glued together from the factory.

You can order the parts from Ebay. Its around $30.00 for both.
[Desire General] scary chicken:
Hi!!

I got gifted a sim free HTC desire from UK and got it working with softbank. The problem is that I can't use the japanese websites like norikae because I need to input the japanese charaters. Is there any keyboard for japanese available for HTC desire?
[Desire General] LoMiTy:
Yes, try Simeji or OpenWnn plus. Both are free and available in the market.
[Desire General] Ghisy:
Currently on vacation in Japan, I tried a Japanese Desire at Bic Camera and it comes with a keyboard similar to OpenWnn for Japanese input.
[Desire General] BeeGee_Tokyo:
If you are rooted:

I got the Softbank IME from the latest Android 2.2 update. You can find it on my website.

Not much difference to the old version.

​
[Desire General] Ghisy:
@BeeGee_Tokyo, thanks for sharing!

Is it possible to just install the .apk file from the archive though?
[Desire General] BeeGee_Tokyo:
Unfortunately the apk alone is not enough. There are several lib files that are needed on addition.

But you can try OpenWnn plus from the market. Almost the same.

Sent from my Desire boosted by Oxygen ROM and ZEAM launcher.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] spectheintro:
I tried doing a search but I honestly don't know what to enter--tried button layout, android controls, etc--no dice.

On the Touch, it used to be that if you held the camera button down, it took you straight to home. That does not seem to be the case anymore. Can anyone tell me if the Touch has a way to do that now--and if not, how in the world are you getting out of the browser without losing all of your progress? Task Switcher doesn't seem to allow me to choose my home screen, and if I switch to something else and then exit out of that, my browser is waiting for me, like the sneaky bastard it is.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] incubus26jc:
if you aare using an nbh that has the task switcher built into it, then you need to only hold the camera button for a second for home.

tap - back

hold for a sec - home

long hold - task switcher
[Touch CDMA Android Development] spectheintro:
Awesome! It's going to take some getting used to, but this is a huge help.

Now if I could only figure out how to install themes...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mrono:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=628353

go to how to install an update
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] MrSiavaSh:
some on plz help me how i can change my mobile language to english

if some on know i waiting tnq :(
[HD2 General] UncleMike1:
I've have been wondering how to get rid of htc sense since I bought the phone. I want it TOTALLY gone if possible. I don't even want the selection in the home screen settings to show up. Is this a hard thing to do or does it have to be some type of code change in the rom itself? I have no need for the sense UI because all it does is bogg down the phone. I run Spb Shell instead and I am very happy with that. Plus when I run programs like RamClean the home screen reverts back to the sense UI and I have to manually change it (annoying). Thanks
[HD2 General] SEscobedo:
flash nrg's titanium rom. It doesn't have the Sense UI on it.
[HD2 General] UncleMike1:
Thanks man. I will try it out.
[HD2 General] jfmckenna:
or click settings-> menu-> all settings-> today->items--> uncheck sense

deff check out custom roms if you haven't!
[HD2 General] rselva_kr:
Check Kumar's thread. He also have one Titanium ROM.
[HD2 General] jfmckenna:
Accidently posted 2x sorry
[HD2 General] rstoyguy:
Here's another rom option...

RSTG Roms - Titanium -=ONLY=- HD2_TMobile_21889_01 -=- 4/4/2010
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] jjoe:
i tried few version rom, and all eat battery , cant to stand more than hour , i saw the battery decrease when charged the phone, pls tell me , thks!!!
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] Jonny4911:
seriously, have you not been reading any of these android threads?

none of these "roms" will not eat at your battery, none of them are fully stable.

This is in very early development stages! and we are making great progress. but please read threads.
[General Accessories] Termana:
I'm looking out for a serial cable for the Nexus One since it has serial available on it Micro USB port. I've only found one website for it:

http://bestcelldist.com/htc_nexus_one_serial_data_cable.html

They look a little shoddy though, the way they have generically made their pages doesn't help. Anyone had any experience with bestcelldist or know of any other place to get one premade?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] desper8dan:
Hello there, I have a spare kaiser that got sat on rather heavily.

The only fault with it is the lights for the call/end/dpad are constantly on, which kills battery life. The lights are on even when on standby, so I doubt that a reg key fix would solve my problem.

I could easily live without these lights at all. Does anyone know how I could "cut" a wire or solder trace to disable the lights and still retain use of the buttons? If I knew where they were maybe I could crush the led chips with pliers?

Would be great to have a second device on 6.1 so I could use it with "memory map" gps software.

Thanks

Dan
[HD2 General] bemyhrm:
hi,

My sms time is not in sync with my phone time. I noticed this after I set up my e-mail accounts. Greatful if anyone can share (if any) their experiance and solution with this problem.
[HD2 General] the_cool:
Search for sms time stamp fixer.
[HD2 General] bemyhrm:
Thanks for the advice. I found a time stamp cab file but the fix didn't work. The time is only out by 15mins. I'm a newbie so please forgive my ignorance.
[HD2 General] DrewVL:
It work for me! hm... how many time stamp fix file in here?
[Touch HD General] seas of tears:
hey guys

recently, i'm facing a critical problem :(

my blackstone keeps restarting (sort rest) without even using it :(

this happens all the time almost in every programme

any ideas why that's is happening ?
[Touch HD General] joey7415963:
I don't know if it's a software problem, but perhaps you should check how loose the battery is in the case?

Shake the phone and see if that resets it. Also check the contacts on the battery and if they are grubby then clean them with an alcohol wipe.

Hope it works

Joe
[Touch HD General] seas of tears:
thanks for the advice... i will try that

hope it works :)
[Touch HD General] first_damned:
Any luck with the battery?

what rom are you running? did you do task 29 or flash a stock rom before flashing as this will format your rom memory.

Let me know if you need any help with the above.
[Touch HD General] seas of tears:
hi

i've tried task 29 but it didn't work with me :(

i'm using energy rom from the 1st of May

can you tell me more about flashing a stock rom please
[Touch HD General] first_damned:
Download the stock rom for your phone, if it is just HTC branded go on there website and you will need to put in your serial number, if it is orange branded etc then go onto orange's website for the latest stock rom.

Why didn't task 29 work for you?

Did you replace the *.nbh file with a blackstone radio?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] enahs_:
I am using the ATT Tilt 2 with stock ROM. Maybe I am just a tard and can not find it. But is there a way to make the Tilt 2 only use the 3G connection when it needs to transfer data. So it does not waste power as it sits there all day in standby mode? And if so, will it take long to go back up to 3G when it does data? Will 3G still be as responsive.