App reviews, Tweaks and Tips, etc focusing on HTC hero but will touch on everything Android
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HTC Hero ringer delay
Published on 2009-12-28 21:01:00
I've been having issues with my hero taking awhile to start ringing, here are the things ive tried. Ill repost after a day of use to see how things are. First i took my ringtones off of the SD card and moved them to to the system partition. Even though I have a class 6 card I hope it would make a difference.First I moved the ringtones to their own folder on my SD Card. After unmounting I dropped to an ADB Shell# cd /sdcard/Music/ringtones# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /d
HTC Hero 70 app limit?
Published on 2009-12-27 10:45:00
Last night was the second time my phone had committed suicide on me. This time I was trying to set an alarm & was randomly unable to enter text. I rebooted the phone and then started getting forceclose in google.apps & android.phone. Great. After getting ready to throw the phone through a window I found this:http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/15011-70-app-limit-hero-sprint.htmlLooks like there is about a 70 app limit on stuff downloaded from the market.
December 09 Android App Review
Published on 2009-12-23 02:19:00
After using my sprint HTC hero for the past 2 months this is my list of apps that have survived many wipes & reinstalls. .Apps: -Barcode Scanner- Needed to read any of the QR codes here. Price: Free - CacheMate - Program clears out caches from hundereds of apps + market history. One click widget for homescreens, great dev who responds quick and constant updates. Only for root users. Price: $1 -SU File Manger & Terminal- Essential file browser for root users. P
CDMA Hero Root
Published on 2009-11-10 20:26:00
CDMA Hero Root Running on ubuntu jaunty. Directions Combined from forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=26483 andwww.androidspin.com/sectionguidesandtutorials/10-rooting/254-how-to-root-cdma-hero Opened Terminal: trevor@64Lappy:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bb4:0c01 High Tech Computer Corp. Created the following file containing: trevor@64Lappy:~$ sudo pico /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666" notice the
Hero 100% Awake
Published on 2009-11-07 20:14:00
Hero 100% Awake Fix How to tell if you have the problem: Menu < Settings < About Phone < Status < Awake Time Bothof ours have an awake time of 100%. According to other Android users,the lower this number is the better your battery life. So basicallythis is saying that even when the phone is off, it's not asleep. It isfully awake 100% of the time. Up time should not be the same as awaketime. Using an app called Spare Parts (Spare Parts) you can dig a little deep