Hot answers tagged htc-droid-incredible
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When you are talking about an Android ROM, you are really talking of a group of programs, including the Android base system, that are put together to work with your phone and that once installed are what you see and use when you start your phone without installing any app from anywhere else.
You can imagine that the ROM is the operating system of your phone ...
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Any Micro USB cable that has the capability of charging your phone does excactly that.
I found a link on USB powering. The source is from 2005 but the issue remains the same.
Some cables do charge your device due to a sufficient power flow through the cable while others don't.
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Short answer: no
Long answer:
Rooting -- if successful -- doesn't change any of your data, it just gives you root access.
Now, if you reflash your phone's ROM -- something you can only do with root access -- then, yeah, you might lose stuff. A lot of people automatically associate rooting with switching ROMs, since rooting is required. But you can root, ...
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You almost always lose root when installing an OTA update. I would keep an eye on RootzWiki or DroidForums for someone to confirm that it can be rooted or someone to release a rooted update.
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Funnily enough, as I just noted here I believe that the app is just buggy and unreliable. There's no reason for the individual device to determine whether the application can do something like push notifications. Android's cloud to device messaging requires 2.2 or higher, and the Facebook post notes that that's what they require as well, so I assume that's ...
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To consolidate comments:
I've found a fantastic guide to Android partitions and basics here via WIW's XDA post. /data is all your personal settings, messages, and information, while /data/data is specifically for your apps' private data. My guess is that wiping /cache as described above does not wipe /data or its child directories (otherwise you would've ...
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Definitely supported by Android, and I'd be incredibly surprised if the Incredible didn't support volume control.
I had no problem using the volume control buttons in the headset I bought for my G1. I bought mine on eBay for $7, it has no branding but was marketed as explicitly for the G1. It uses the USB plug, not the 3.5mm plug.
You might need a USB ...
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Yes, what Cheuer said.
Installing an OTA while you're running a customized ROM in any way (even just rooted) pretty much always screws up root, sometimes even having a high risk of bricking your phone. NEVER install an OTA update while running customized software. If you ever want to go back to stock software, you need to go find the thread for your ...
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Assuming you installed ClockworkMod Recovery via Rom Manager app (or manually), you can do the following:
Install the Appbrain and Fast Web Installer apps. Run Appbrain, sign in with your Google account, enable the Fast Web Installer from Settings, and perform a sync.
Download the ROM installation ZIP for MIUI and place it onto your SD Card.
Reboot your ...
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Rooting won't affect any applications that are already installed. All you're doing is giving yourself administrator rights to your phone. You won't have to wipe/reload, etc. unless you plan on installing a custom rom. If you do want to install a custom rom, I highly recommend using Titanium Backup to backup all of your apps and their data. Also do a ...
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Are you running the stock ROM, only rooted? If so, you have a few options.
RUU to the latest OTA & reroot. Available Here. (Requires Unrevoked 3.22)
Install a pre-rooted ROM. Available Here.
If you're running a different ROM, you should be able to do a build.prop edit to keep from seeing OTA notifications (and burning your battery, redownloading ...
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You'll need to root your phone with Unrevoked and remove the CDROM.ISO file located in /system/etc/ That's the only way to prevent that.
The neat upside is that once you've rooted, you can replace that CDROM.ISO with any other ISO you'd like to auto-mount.
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This is for battery calibration. Basically there's a sensor in your phone that is used by your phone to tell how full/empty the battery is.
This sensor doesn't actually know how full your battery is, all it knows is how much power is coming from your battery at the time. The problem it has is that all batteries are slightly different, and their capacity ...
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The Droid Incredible's available space for apps to store their data is only 150 MB, but it's impossible to view the amount of free app space on the stock ROM. So the error message is correct, but you have no way to view the available free space.
In technical terms: /data/data is mounted on a different partition than /data, and all your free space views ...
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You phone should light up when you activate it.
When an internal process either stops or wakes up you phone (like you said to start data transfer) or on other actions the lights can light up.
When a process crashes my phone lights up the control keys too, usually with a buzz.
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I don't have an HTC phone but on my Samsung Spica running rooted Eclair (2.1), here's how I restrict a particular group of contacts.
Start the CONTACTS app.
Press MENU > DISPLAY OPTIONS
Select "Show only contacts with phones" (personal prefs)
Below that will be a list of Google accounts linked to the device - each one will have system groups like FAMILY ...
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I had the same problem when I originally rooted on my Droid with Stock ROM. Eventually a newer version of Froyo came out and I had to upgrade (and lose root) or switch to a custom ROM. I ended up switching to CyanogenMod. No more nagging update messages and I kept root. You might want to consider rooting your phone and switching to a custom rom for the ...
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I'd recommend using Unrevoked to root your device. I don't have a Droid Incredible, but I used this method on my Desire with no probs.
You shouldn't need to wipe your data if you aren't flashing custom ROMs. Even if you do wish to later, you won't necessarily need to wipe your data, and even if you do there are lots of options for backing up and restoring ...
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I asked this question to a friend and he suggested the AudioManager Widget. It allows you to control volumes for Alarm, Media, Alerts, Ringer, System, and Voice Calls independently. It also allows you to toggle vibrate for alerts and ringer independently. So far, it seems to be a solid app.
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My answer here for a similar question points to the Missed Reminder app which appears to have an adjustable LED interval setting. Hope it helps.
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It all depends on your usage. Android System includes Sync, so if you're not using your phone a lot then I would assume Sync and Standby would use the most battery -- so your details make sense.
Edit: As per the comments, I think the battery usage is being recorded wrong.
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The iPhone volume buttons are not supported by the Android framework. If you want to control the volume you'll need headphones like these in combination with an app like Headset Droid.
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Have you tried moving your Apps to the SD Card? Go to Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> Downloaded tab then tap on any 3rd-party app and then tap on the Move to SD card button (if available.) This should move most of the app to the card, thus freeing up space on the /data/ partition. Not all apps support this method, ...
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/emmc is basically ok and accessible if you can 'mount' it. You already have a working CWM installed which comes with adb enabled. This gives you some options.
Boot to CWM recovery and mount your partition in the 'mounts and storage' section. It's now accessible internally and you can use the adb tool (ADB stands for 'Android debug bridge', it's usually used ...
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I'm not sure about the optical mouse specifically, but CyanogenMod does give you the option to alter the behavior of the various capacitive/hard buttons on the phone to some extent. In Settings->CyanogenMod Settings->Input you can set the long-press behavior of the home and menu buttons, and completely change the behavior of the search button.
What ...
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Google apps has special setup (expand the "hidden" section for Android) -- not hard at all, though. I've set it up in more than one app as I try them out:
To configure the 'Email' app on an
Android device for access to Google
Apps email, just follow the steps
below:
Enable IMAP in your Mail settings.
On your phone, press < Home >, then ...
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