The Official HTC Desire Thread

[format]

hi there,im trying to find out how to remove my gmail/hotmail contacts from my phone without having to delete them from my actual hotmail...for example i press people...then i press groups...then press add member...when i press add member there are my normal contacts and then all my email contacts in that list too...please help
thanks

I think you can change your contacts to only display contacts with phone numbers.
Can't remember how though - just poke around.

[wazi]

has anyone rooted thier desire ?? easy ? and do you have to restore all apps ?

[jonathan_phang]

I think you can change your contacts to only display contacts with phone numbers.
Can't remember how though - just poke around.

Go to HTC People -> Menu Button -> View and you have options to tailor what is shown in the list. For example I have Facebook for HTC sense syning so I have FB profile pics, but i dont want to see all my friend in the contact list so turn it off here. I basically just have phone and SIM, which by inference means that they should all have phone numbers on them already.

Hope that helps

[Rob_B]

If you choose the FB option as well as the 'with numbers only' option you get numbers from people who haven't bothered/known to hide their number on facebook too, quite useful unless of course you don't want their numbers!

has anyone rooted thier desire ?? easy ? and do you have to restore all apps ?

I think most of us have. www.unrevoked.com I think, just download the app, run it & you're done. I've never needed to wipe/restore anything after rooting or even after changing ROMs.

[Raz316]

Did any other T-mobile users get an update this morning? I can't work out what has actually changed.

[yaqub]

What are the disadvantages of the HTC desire hd to the htc desire if any?

[Singh400]

Did any other T-mobile users get an update this morning? I can't work out what has actually changed.

XDA is your best bet. Probably just a maintenance update. I know HTC pulled the 2.2 update a few weeks ago, maybe they have pushed it out again?

[Rob_B]

I'm getting so bored of mine now Flashing ROMs has stopped interesting me, might just go back to a basic stripped down one to see if I can eek another 5 seconds of battery out of it.

Rubbish games, have to take my charger with me to work every day & charge it every night as well. The only thing I like is the fact I can whack divx/etc onto it with no encoding needed just Rockplayer (which also has its downsides)

My name is Rob & I have a problem...I want an iPhone 4

[Agent]

I've no idea why the battery is so bad for you Rob
As long as I turn off WiFi and Mobile Data when not in use, the battery lasts a while.

[dangel]

Any smartphone will need lots of charging - iPhone owners are no different in that they need chargers all the time but the difference with the desire is carry and spare battery is easy (and possible).

[Rob_B]

I have wifi on in the house at night only. Watch ~ 30mins of video per day, 40mins of MP3s, I don't turn off mobile data but signal is good so shouldn't be boosting the power causing battery drain.

I might try a different radio, using one I think I got from the Leedroid thread over at XDA & someone else mentioned poor battery

Still miss iOS!

[Agent]

Killing the mobile data with APNDriod (IIRC) added quite a bit of life onto mine. It's not a weak signal that's the issue - it's the contsant processing of that data. If I leave it on, I can feel the phone being a bit warmer in general.

Give it a try mate, nothing to lose!

[dangel]

Might we worth trying "Watchdog" too - it looks out for rogue apps eating CPU (and therefore battery) and as such is much more useful (and less dangerous) than a normal Task Killer (especially on Froyo).

[Rob_B]

Any smartphone will need lots of charging - iPhone owners are no different in that they need chargers all the time but the difference with the desire is carry and spare battery is easy (and possible).

My iPhone 3G lasted 2 days at least

I might try watchdog, only use a taskkiller when something stops responding (eg rockplayer if you FF more than 3 or 4 times within a few seconds)

[Gerrard]

I've no idea why the battery is so bad for you Rob
As long as I turn off WiFi and Mobile Data when not in use, the battery lasts a while.

I can get about 3 days with occasional use when I do this, only turning on Mobile Data when I need it.

[Rob_B]

Well, if I do that I lose my push Gmail... boo! I'm searching for an iPhone as I type this!