can anyone help to answer the following questions about the htc hero,
1 ) when you launch a application, then you go to home or settings or just leave the application, does it automatically shutdown like iphone or does it remain in the background like in windows mobile phone ?
2 ) when you install an application, does it go to the phone memory or sd card memory ?
how to make it install in the sd card memory as the phone memory is quite limited
3 ) how to change ringtones for incoming call, sms and other alerts ?
where do you put the ringtones ?
thanks
v1hypersg said:
can anyone help to answer the following questions about the htc hero,
1 ) when you launch a application, then you go to home or settings or just leave the application, does it automatically shutdown like iphone or does it remain in the background like in windows mobile phone ?
2 ) when you install an application, does it go to the phone memory or sd card memory ?
how to make it install in the sd card memory as the phone memory is quite limited
3 ) how to change ringtones for incoming call, sms and other alerts ?
where do you put the ringtones ?
thanks
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1. The Home button leaves the app running in a sleep state. The Back button shuts it down.
2. It depends on if you have rooted your phone or not. If you have rooted it you can partition the memory card so that it have an ext3/4 partiotion and then you use an app2sd app. If not rooted you can't do that.
1. I don't think the back button does shut it down. I have Advanced Task Killer installed and it shows the processes still running for all the applications I've used. However I've never had a situation so far with Android where memory has caused a problem as Android manages it very rigorously.
3. Just create a folder on your SDcard called Media with a subfolder of Audio. You then need to create relevant subfolders called ringtones, notifications etc (look at the setup in the main memory). Put your sound files in these and they'll be available to use.
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OK, so I have an HD2 now and it's the same old problem Microsoft hasn't fixed. Yes, I can move both my attachments and mail to the storage card but if you move the email bodies to the storage card, the perpetual recurring "storage card2" problem still haunts us. If you just want to move the attachments to the card and you use the start the “Messaging” program, go to Menu, Options, Storage (tab) and check the box that says “When available use the storage card to store attachments” option, you will not have a problem. If you do reg edit yourself to accomplish this instead of letting the mail program create an attachment folder on your sd card, you may see the recurring 'storage card2' problem popping up after you receive your first attachment and soft boot. If you move the mail bodies to the card, you will no doubt experience this problem. After years of this problem, Microsoft has not had the courtesy or sense to fix it, which one of their programmers could probably do in an hour.
There are some that say this problem is caused by the mail program or a mail service calling up the mail attachment and mail directories on the SD card before the SD card driver is loaded. I'm not a phone or software hacker guru, but it doesn't make logical sense to me that any services or software can be loaded before the OS finishes loading the startup drivers. If this actually can and is being done on WM 6.5, someone please let me know ! A solution would be to change the loading order of the storage card driver to load sooner, which can be done through a reg entry, but if it's moved up in priority too much, before other possible dependent drivers are loaded, then the storage card will not load at all, and I'm not familiar enough to guess what priority I can move the card driver up to without causing issues. I'm also not convinced of this cause because if you just move the attachments folder to the card using the option in the mail program, you'll never have this recurring "storage card2" problem.
I can tell you that removing the mail notification from my today screen on my T-Mobile Wing definitely solved the problem. It may work as well if I remove the mail screen from the menu bar on my hd2 but I like that feature and I'm really more interested in solving the root of the problem once and for all.
PLEASE HELP ! Can anyone of you xda-dev's fix this problem once and for all !? Thousands of people have spent thousands of hours pulling their hair out over this issue and Microsoft doesn't care !
Here are my observations and comments from messing with this phone for an absurd amount of hours. These are an excerpt from a posting I made elsewhere so far without reply:
1. You don’t need to modify your registry to put attachments on the storage card. You simply need to start the “Messaging” program, go to Menu, Options, Storage (tab) and check the box that says “When available use the storage card to store attachments”. Soft reset. You’re attachments will now absolutely be stored on the storage card in a folder the program will create called Inbox.mstXXXXXXXXX.xxxxx with some numerical appendage. No "storage card2" issues.
2. You can make the above registry change to move the email body to the storage card, soft reset, then use the mail program and all of your email bodies will indeed go in to the folder you created. Until you actually download an email, you can reboot as many times as you like and no storage card2 will be created, but as soon as you download an email, a storage card2 folder will be created on your next soft boot.
You can usually just delete the newly created storage card folder without removing the sd card, and reboot at least twice and the 'storage card2' folder will automatically be renamed back to storage card and it will stay this way until you download another email and restart/soft boot. Then the storage card2 problem starts all over again.
I ultimately wound up putting the email bodies back into main memory and using the storage card for attachments. With the much larger amount of memory in the HD2 than older phones, I can store a more reasonable amount of email, however it does tend to slow the phone down when you store 1000 emails and it annoys the heck out of me that I can’t actually move all of this to the SD card.
If anyone actually comes up with a solution to the actual root of the problem, please let me know !
Thanks !
I Think I know cause
I had the problem (several times) before.
The trick to avoid: everything needed for winmo to run needs to be on internal storage.
I do not know how, but i feel if one could "delay" the startup of programs, or make programs dependent of each other, the problem can be solved.
Mail is crucial in Winmo, and always runs.
If mail is started before the sdcard is mounted the Storagecard2 problem pops up.
If it would be possible to delay startup of certain programs, I am convinced the problem disappeares.
Now WM has this possibility in HKLM/init with launchXX and DependsXX
Only..... What inits the sdcard?
Anyone?
Hi all,
I also possesses a HTC HD2 and I move the mails and attachments on the storage card. The problem is that the boot device storage card and rename it to "Storage Card 2".
The problem comes from Sense, it checks the mail at startup before the card is up, anyone know how one could detect the μSD before starting Sense?
I have HTC Sense disabled all the time. Same problem with Storage Card2.
Hi,
I have htc legend with C7 installed. The USB storage used to run
quite well until some day ago. Now whenever I turn it on, the status bar on
top gets hidden somewhere, and I cannot find anyway to turn it off other then
restarting. But status bar is only one problem, my computer won't show any
USB storage, and there is no way I can access the files in my device.
What could be the problem? Why is my status bar gets hidden? Also I cannot
find turn on/off USB storage option in WIFI settings menu. where is it?
Reflash your rom and everything will be running perfectly again.
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I think you might have some system apps on your SD card so when that dismounts the phone crashes.
I was hoping to fix it without having to reinstall things. I dont want to do everything again , unless I go for ICS
I have been moving apps to SD card using App mover utlity (only the apps that it suggest). I will have a look again, but I don't think I can move something that systems needs to run.
Here is the list of apps in SD card which i think may be causing some troubles:
Google+
Hotmail
Messages Widget
Google+ was updated a few months after release to have it natively moved to the SD card. The only drawback is you can't use the post widget. (Which really isn't so great)
For Hotmail, you can use Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync with the Android Mail app. It's the mail app you see when you forget to install GApps. Setup: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/08/windows-live-hotmail-gets-exchange-activesync.ars
Works great.
As for the Messages Widget, I don't know what it is. But since it has the word widget, I'll tell you that Android doesn't support widgets for apps that are moved to the SD card, unless it's on an ext partition. So you'd best leave that alone.
If you're absolutely certain that these apps are the root of your problem, consider these alternatives. If you're not, still try 'em out. They're worth not risking workarounds for.
I have recently purchased galaxy SII (3 weeks ago) and previously i was on a Nokia Symbian based mobile i.e E72..I've been installing lots of apps in my s2 from past 2 weeks and deleting lots of apps which i didn't like..but now im noticing that my sII is becoming slower in performance..It helds sometimes and overall its not as smooth as it used to be when it first came ,im using apps like adavncd task killer,NQ android booster etc to help me speed it up but they don't seem to help much..so is there any way to really maintain the performance and keep it as smooth and optimal as possible??any other good free apps tht can help achieve good performance?
secondly,i have my contcts from previous mobile saved in my pc but i dont know to i should transfer em to S2..any way for tht??i manually added few contacts to s2 and i noticed tht those who had watsapp also started to appear in my contact list rather thn in the whatsapp application..is this normal?
thirdly as i mentioned tht ive been installing lots of apps i wanted to know if there's a particular way i can organize all of the apps that im installing in my s2??i want games to be set in a particular games folder,camera related apps in another and so on ..so is there a way to organize applications in folders??i tried using application folder and folder editor but they showed folders in the application itself not on the application menu bar ..in iphone people simply drag apps on top of each other to put em in folders so is there any solution to this in s2??it becomes tough to manage apps otherwise...i also wanna knw tht in application menu i cant move apps frm one page to another,i can only move them to my home screen..any solution for this??
and lastly i want to know tht right nw i don't have an sd card in my s2 so is it better to have an sd card an put all apps in the sd card or is it fine if im placing em in phone memory??does it effect performance?
im new to android
my s2 has android 4.0.4
not rooted
any help will be appreciated
Thankyou
right firstly task killers are a killer-by using a task killer you are stopping your device caching the memory or reserving it. when you kill an app in that way the os uses more memory to open the app from scratch. i find a swift reboot helps performance. much like my laptop i rebuild/reinstall windows every 8-10 months to maintain performance. i have on occasion after 6 months factory reset my phone just to get the new feeling!
with regards to folders and organisation you can delete folders that relate to apps you no longer have. just make sure not know which one you delete! i wouldn't think this would help with performance but i wouldn't rule it out.
lastly organising apps into specific folders is possible. in touchwiz you can open the app drawer,select menu (lower left button) choose edit, from here you will see folder and page at the bottom of the screen.if you want to move apps to a folder start dragging icons into the folder one by one when done click into the folder and you will have the opportunity to rename it to something other than "folder" same method goes for the page one too- it just allows a much quicker way to organise your app icons in the drawer!
I am using go launcher at the moment and that gives the opportunity to drag icons on top of one another and group them into folders very quickly!
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[email protected] said:
1. my sII is becoming slower in performance..It helds sometimes and overall its not as smooth as it used to be when it first came ,
2. im using apps like adavncd task killer,NQ android booster etc to help me speed it up but they don't seem to help much..so is there any way to really maintain the performance and keep it as smooth and optimal as possible??any other good free apps tht can help achieve good performance?
3. secondly,i have my contcts from previous mobile saved in my pc but i dont know to i should transfer em to S2..any way for tht??
4. i manually added few contacts to s2 and i noticed tht those who had watsapp also started to appear in my contact list rather thn in the whatsapp application..is this normal?
5. thirdly as i mentioned tht ive been installing lots of apps i wanted to know if there's a particular way i can organize all of the apps that im installing in my s2??i want games to be set in a particular games folder,camera related apps in another and so on ..so is there a way to organize applications in folders??i tried using application folder and folder editor but they showed folders in the application itself not on the application menu bar ..in iphone people simply drag apps on top of each other to put em in folders so is there any solution to this in s2??it becomes tough to manage apps otherwise...i also wanna knw tht in application menu i cant move apps frm one page to another,i can only move them to my home screen..any solution for this??
6. and lastly i want to know tht right nw i don't have an sd card in my s2 so is it better to have an sd card an put all apps in the sd card or is it fine if im placing em in phone memory??does it effect performance?
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1. I will answer this question last. this is because there other reasons why your phone is slow.
2. Uninstall every task killer. You probably don't need it
3. It depends on how those contacts are saved. so you will need to elaborate on how the contacts are saved on your pc. and their format. Do you still have access to your old Symbian device?
4. This is normal. if you don't want them to show in your contacts, then uncheck whatsapp contacts from the Contact application ( options, contact to display, uncheck whatsapp)
5. Your default launcher, Touchwiz, already has this function, just drag an icon over another. There are good alternative launchers too like Go launcher EX, etc that support this function
6. There is no need to install apps on Sd, except you run out of space. It shouldn't affect performance too.
Follow these steps to improve performance
1. Uninstall apps you don't need or use at all
2. Disable some preinstalled apps you don't use.
- To disable any app,
Go to Settings > Apps > All > Select the app you wish to disable > Force stop the app, then select disable.
Visit here and here for list of apps you can safely disable.
Note that there some apps you can never disable without root even if you wish to do so.
3. Boot to Recovery (Power off your device, Hold Volume up button + home button + power button, release the buttons as soon as your phone lights up)
- in recovery, Select wipe Cache
- reboot phone.
Done.
you should notice performance improvements now.
Jokesy said:
1. I will answer this question last. this is because there other reasons why your phone is slow.
2. Uninstall every task killer. You probably don't need it
3. It depends on how those contacts are saved. so you will need to elaborate on how the contacts are saved on your pc. and their format. Do you still have access to your old Symbian device?
4. This is normal. if you don't want them to show in your contacts, then uncheck whatsapp contacts from the Contact application ( options, contact to display, uncheck whatsapp)
5. Your default launcher, Touchwiz, already has this function, just drag an icon over another. There are good alternative launchers too like Go launcher EX, etc that support this function
6. There is no need to install apps on Sd, except you run out of space. It shouldn't affect performance too.
Follow these steps to improve performance
1. Uninstall apps you don't need or use at all
2. Disable some preinstalled apps you don't use.
- To disable any app,
Go to Settings > Apps > All > Select the app you wish to disable > Force stop the app, then select disable.
Visit here and here for list of apps you can safely disable.
Note that there some apps you can never disable without root even if you wish to do so.
3. Boot to Recovery (Power off your device, Hold Volume up button + home button + power button, release the buttons as soon as your phone lights up)
- in recovery, Select wipe Cache
- reboot phone.
Done.
you should notice performance improvements now.
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2)Done,i've deleted all the task killers.
3)I dont have access to my old symbian phone,its dead....Contacts are saved in vCard file format (.vcf)..
4)yeah i've unchecked whatsapp,its fine now.
5)i've figured out how to put em in folders,i can organize apps easily now ..
6)currently my apps are being installed in system storage and it shows that 892MB out of 1.97GB is already covered (although ive remove lots of apps)..I think i'll have to switch to an SD card ultimately coz otherwise i mite experience storage probs in future otherwise..
Question..y arent apps being installed in the USB storage rather thn system storage??what is being stored in USB storage thn and how do i access it?if i want to add songs,i will simply connect usb and add em to the music folder? or theres some other way?
I've uninstalled many apps and disabled some too (those shown in the URL link)..
i've wiped the cache by going in recovery mode too..
i can see significant difference in the performance,i much bttr..doesnt lag much like before ..
There's an app named "gamehub" can i disable it too?although its name is not in the URL link u provided..its a built in app..i dont play games on such apps so i thought i shud disable it,is it safe to do so?some apps start by themselves,is there a way i can control which app shud start automatically n which shud not?
As im new to android,i dont know much about the good apps,games etc...do you have any link where i can see the top apps,themes,personalization,games etc of all times?
thanks a lot man..
Game hub is fine to delete along with readers readers hub and music hub.
If you want ultimate control over uninstalling apps I would suggest rooting your phone and installing Titanium Backup Pro or Rom Toolbox.
You can remove any app (be careful) and choose which apps start up on boot etc. As well as MUCH more.
You have complete control with these apps
For top games simply go to play store. They have a top games section
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[email protected] said:
2)
1. I dont have access to my old symbian phone,its dead....Contacts are saved in vCard file format (.vcf)..
2. a) currently my apps are being installed in system storage and it shows that 892MB out of 1.97GB is already covered (although ive remove lots of apps)..I think i'll have to switch to an SD card ultimately coz otherwise i mite experience storage probs in future otherwise..
Question..y arent apps being installed in the USB storage rather thn system storage??
B.) what is being stored in USB storage thn and how do i access it?
C.)if i want to add songs,i will simply connect usb and add em to the music folder? or theres some other way?
3 a.) There's an app named "gamehub" can i disable it too?although its name is not in the URL link u provided..its a built in app..i dont play games on such apps so i thought i shud disable it,is it safe to do so?
B.) some apps start by themselves,is there a way i can control which app shud start automatically n which shud not?
4. do you have any link where i can see the top apps,themes,personalization,games etc of all times?
5. thanks a lot man..
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1. You can simply export those contacts to your android.
- Copy the .vcf file(s) to your phone.
- open your contact application, press options, and select export contacts from sdcard.
2.a) Don't worry about the space until you receive warnings. Applications installed on phone memory are loaded faster.
B.) You can use the pre-installed file manager (my files) to check that. If you are not satisfied with it, you can download third-party alternatives in market
C.) Yes. You can copy them to any folder as well, your music player will find them
3.
A.) You can disable it
B.) I can't tell you will app should start or not. I don't know everything on your phone.
You need Root access in order to disable startup apps
4.) Google playstore (aka Android market) has this function already. If you are not satisfied however, use Google search.
5.) You are welcome
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Hard reset Doesn't work!!! Please Help
Jokesy said:
Follow these steps to improve performance
1. Uninstall apps you don't need or use at all
2. Disable some preinstalled apps you don't use.
- To disable any app,
Go to Settings > Apps > All > Select the app you wish to disable > Force stop the app, then select disable.
Visit here and here for list of apps you can safely disable.
Note that there some apps you can never disable without root even if you wish to do so.
3. Boot to Recovery (Power off your device, Hold Volume up button + home button + power button, release the buttons as soon as your phone lights up)
- in recovery, Select wipe Cache
- reboot phone.
Done.
you should notice performance improvements now.
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My SII boot to logo screen then freeze. I've tried to go to Boot to Recovery but it doesn't work, also flash to another version doesn't work.
Please help me
Is there anything I can do instead of sending it to Samsung?
nololan said:
My SII boot to logo screen then freeze. I've tried to go to Boot to Recovery but it doesn't work, also flash to another version doesn't work.
Please help me
Is there anything I can do instead of sending it to Samsung?
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1. How did it happen?
2. Can you still get to download mode?
3. What's your phone's model no?
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Because mobile is not mine and belongs to a person who would not know lot about mobiles e.t.c. i want a simple program which possible(maybe like this) you can do just move(or even safe full uninstall without cause any problems at the mobile/system) the system app on the memory card to release some of tiny internal memory of the mobile has and whenever the internal memory fills the cell begins slow down in everything even at scroll contacts .
What do you suggest I do on mobile so as to simply forget these issues?
I know how to make it rooted by that file from recovery menu. Is that correct?
I just stumbled upon it and I though it might be useful. In order to move an app from your phone's internal storage to your SD card, you just need to
1) open Settings -> Apps
2) Tap on an app
3) Tap on Storage
4) Tap Change
5) Tap SD card
PS: Obviously apps will take more time to open (the delay is noticable in facebook).
jsalatas said:
I just stumbled upon it and I though it might be useful. In order to move an app from your phone's internal storage to your SD card, you just need to
1) open Settings -> Apps
2) Tap on an app
3) Tap on Storage
4) Tap Change
5) Tap SD card
PS: Obviously apps will take more time to open (the delay is noticable in facebook).
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You don't even need to do that. Just long press any app then >app info>storage etc...
jsalatas said:
I just stumbled upon it and I though it might be useful. In order to move an app from your phone's internal storage to your SD card, you just need to
1) open Settings -> Apps
2) Tap on an app
3) Tap on Storage
4) Tap Change
5) Tap SD card
PS: Obviously apps will take more time to open (the delay is noticable in facebook).
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Welcome to Android! :silly:
And for anyone tempted to try, the onboard 64 gig is far faster than any SD card you can currently buy. Many apps will run poorly, if at all. Moving apps to the SD card should be an absolute last resort, right after you've figured out which apps you really didn't need in the first place.
douger1957 said:
And for anyone tempted to try, the onboard 64 gig is far faster than any SD card you can currently buy. Many apps will run poorly, if at all. Moving apps to the SD card should be an absolute last resort, right after you've figured out which apps you really didn't need in the first place.
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I tend to agree, I moved a much of apps to my SD now things run much slower I regret doing so.
Moving apps to SD is soooo kit kat....
Depends on what apps you moved i guess.
Ive notified NO CHANGE on the apps ive moved. WhatsApp is on the SSD card and behaves just as it did on internal.
Let's see.. samsung internet , Firefox, textra, all amazon apps, google drive, instagram, Snapchat, outlook, pandora, OneDrive...
NO DIFFERENCE at all.
Now there was one app, samsung gear 360, it did NOT like to be on storage card (kept force closing even though i was not using it when this was happening) so i moved it back to internal.
Also not ALL of the apps data is moved to the SD card. Some data of the app still lives on the SD.
EDIT: i dont use crackbook aka Facebook, so i cant speak on that, but i use WhatsApp, for example, and it opens up normally. No lag. None of the apps i moved are behaving out of normal. Again this is dependent on other factors, but in my daily use environment i dont notice any lag.
I also dont use the memory and storage optimizer (killing apps in the background from running)...
The internal storage is faster than sd unless you can find one of their new faster sd cards...if you move a lot of apps you may see performance loss...
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Depends on what apps you moved i guess.
Ive notified NO CHANGE on the apps ive moved. WhatsApp is on the SSD card and behaves just as it did on internal.
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I can't move WhatsApp on my S7 edge. Being wanting to. I get my N8 tomorrow, so even happier if I can now move it
Hey liquid guru
I can't move any apps with my 8.1 rooted phone ...
Is there a thread I'm not able to find on this.
Thanks