Tag Archives: htc
Android Secret Menus
There are various secret menus hidden in the Android OS. Here are some of them (thanks to askvg.com): Code Description *#*#checkin#*#* Forces the system to check for updated apps or a pending system update (found that one here first) *#*#info#*#* Shows various informations about GSM network, CDMA, WLAN, battery, etc.; also allows you to change… Read More »
Ringtones on SD-card in Windows Mobile
To let Windows Mobile find ringtones on the SD card, they have to be in a special folder. For Windows Mobile 6.5 this is \Storage Card\My Documents\Ringtones – or \Speicherkarte\My Documents\Ruftöne on a German system.
Aptoide Repositories
Aptoide is like a package manager for Android. It retrieves lists of programs from different repositories and lets you install, update or uninstall these programs. Here are some repositories to use (mostly from forum.xda-developers.com): You might try to download this file aptoide.myapp from your Android phone (with Aptoide installed!) which should auto-add all repositories:
Custom Ringtones, Alarms, Notification tones in Android
To add custom sounds to your Android phone, create the following folders on your SD-card: Now you can put your MP3 sound files into these folders and they will appear upon the tone selection dialogs. (You may have to wait a while until they appear, maybe even have to reboot the phone.) On older Android… Read More »
Enable moving any app to SD card (FroYo)
Android 2.2 (Codename: Frozen Yoghurt) brings a new feature which allows moving apps to the SD card. Unfortunately this only works for apps which bring a flag to allow this, i.e. not for the current versions. To enable this globally, activate USB debugging and plug the phone to your computer. Make sure, you have the… Read More »
Manual Firmware Update on the Nexus One
To manually update the firmware, put the new firmware named as update.zip onto the root directory of the microSD card. Then do this: (found at androidspin.com)
My Apps on the Nexus One
mbirth’s Android apps on AppBrain Markets As Android allows you to get Apps from different sources, there are also some alternative Market applications. AppBrain even analyzes your installed apps and recommends other apps which might fit your user profile. Text Input The internal keyboard of Android 2.1 is great already. It does its job and… Read More »
Flashing HTC devices from Linux
To flash HTC devices under Linux, there is the HTCFlasher tool. You might be missing the /dev/ttyUSB0 device in recent Ubuntu installations. To fix this, use lsusb and look for the device ID of a Microsoft Corp. Generic PPC Flash device (if in bootloader mode). Now do a or add the following line to your… Read More »