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what to do in 2016 with fine working HTC Desire hardware from 2010?
I use since 6 years a HTC Desire. I love that phone and it works great.
The HTC Desire (codenamed Bravo)[4] is the first smartphone of the
Desire series developed by HTC. It was announced on 16 ...
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HTC Desire cannot connect with HTC Sync
I recently received an HTC Desire as a gift with no SD card. It was updated to Froyo. I'd like to update it further to Gingerbread, however I cannot get any version of HTC Sync to recognize my phone.
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Unable to open links in new tab on Dolphin
I am running Andrond 2.2 on HTC Desire.
I was using Dolphin HD til recently. All was well until I upgraded the browser to the current version, which is 10.2.3. It says previous Dolphin Browser HD in ...
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HTC Desire randomly wakes up
I have an HTC desire, which switches on randomly. To get to the source of the problem, I waited for the phone to wake up (screen turned on), then grabbed the system log and mailed it to myself. These ...
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HTC Desire stuck on HBOOT
I've been researching possible issues and fixes for the last couple of hours now and not turning up much, so I have a HTC Desire stuck on HBOOT with unresponsive buttons when attempting to select ...
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Google Play Services taking more and more storage
I'm using HTC Desire A8181 with Android version 2.2.2. I'm currently running out of free internal space. Besides of some applications growing bigger from release to release, the greatest space ...
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How do I get my HTC Desire out of the boot loop?
I just screwed up my HTC Desire. I had some low memory issues so I decided to power it off. I then went into 'recovery', and then 'mounts and storage', and then 'mount /sd-ext'. At this point it went ...
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How can I set the sound profile to silent for a given contact?
As the title says, how can I set the sound profile to silent for a given contact? Or in other words, how can I set that a given contact will have no ringtone assigned to it?
I looked at it and ...
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Missing device driver for "Android 1.0" in Device Manager while in HBOOT menu!
When I enter HBOOT menu with the phone connected to the PC with USB I get the missing driver prompt in Windows and there's an exclamation mark for a device called Android 1.0 in Device Manager.
I ...
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What's the best method for rooting HTC Desire? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to root a HTC Desire running official Android 2.3?
What's the best method for rooting HTC Desire?
Do I need both S-OFF and root? How are these two things related?
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How do you clear .thumbnails folder without hanging Windows Explorer?
Is there a recommended way to clear out the thumbnail data that I have in DCIM/.thumbnails folder?
It occupies about 50 MB and I want to clear it out but when I press Ctrl+A in Windows Explorer it ...
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HTC Desire (Android 2.2) connects then disconnects to wifi
I have a wifi router I want to connect to. It's a TP-Link (Model No. TL-WA901N / TL-WA901ND 2.0). I have enabled WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK on the router, (the default), when I try and connect my HTC Desire to ...
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Where did the internal space go on my HTC Desire?
I know this a common problem, but my experience has been a little freakish. I am using an HTC Desire 2.2 and usually try to maintain approximately 40 MB space free. I have installed the bloody ...
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Can I safely uninstall Flash and Facebook apps?
From this question I known how to remove vendor installed apps.
However is it safe to uninstall Flash and Facebook? I guess that the Android browser depends somehow on Flash and might brake after I ...
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How to make my alarm as stable as a server?
I have HTC Desire with original Android 2.2 (kernel 2.6.32.15-gf5a401c) with HTC Sence. I have not installed any task killers.
Now I have a stock alarm clock application.
Yesterday evening I set my ...
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Communicating with a device via USB port , is it possible?
I am new to Android Platform and I Like to know whether it is possible for an Android device (App) to communicate with Linux/XP system via USB port for 2 way communication. If yes how can it be done?
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How can I update my HTC Desire when the OTA update is missing?
I have an HTC desire and have Orange as a provider in the UK. The software information displays my firmware version as being "2.1-update1".
I discovered that my phone is not up to date, because ...
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How to un-install HTC's gingerbread ROM for Desire
I installed HTC's official (developer-only) Gingerbread ROM on my HTC Desire, but I'm not too happy with it, since it keeps running out of internal memory. So I've been searching for a way to revert ...
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Manually set a hostname for IP address (i.e. /etc/hosts equiv.?)
I am a web developer and am developing our website on my local desktop machine. I have an android phone (htc desire running android 2.2). I want to test what our web application looks like on android. ...
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What is safe mode?
My USC "Desire" locked up the other day. I have Android 2.2 installed. It just kept rebooting to the splash screen over and over and over again. Being an old Mac user I thought some "key command" ...
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Why Does My Phone Keep Linking Facebook Contacts?
I have an HTC Desire HD with Android OS 2.2.1 installed.
The phone keeps telling me I have to link contacts that I've linked before, the problem looks to be with Facebook for HTC.
For the first couple ...
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Sync birthdays between iCal and Android
I have an HTC Desire and a Mac (10.6, if that matters) and I sync them via Google Contacts.
Many of my contacts in Apple's Address Book.app have a birthday set, but it does not transfer to Google ...
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How to force network operator selection once and for all?
I'm using HTC Desire running stock Android 2.2 (with HTCs enhancements). There's a network operation selection in Settings / Wireless & netwokrs / Mobile networks / Network operators, which allows ...
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Slow opening of calendar items
I've bought an HTC Desire HD yesterday with Android 2.2 Froyo and HTC Sense. So I migrated my calendar items manually and it seemed to pick up some connections from my Facebook and my Twitter, which ...
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How do I tether over USB in MacOSX?
How do I tether over USB in MacOSX?
I plug the phone in, pick up:
USB tethering
Share phone's mobile network with PC
which causes the computer to discover a new network interface, but it ...
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HTC Desire, Froyo - Gmail hangs when sending attachments
I have a HTC desire with Froyo, stock rom (Orange 2.17.61.3). I never had any problems with Gmail (version 2.3.2). However, since a couple of days when I try to send attachments (any kind, pdf, ...
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Is it possible to update HTC desire to 2.2 with unrooted?
I bought a new HTC Desire (will arrive in a few days).
The phone is not branded (or unbranded) will arrive with version 2.1, and I want to update to 2.2.
After a lot of reading I realized I need to ...
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How to upgrade rooted HTC Desire with Unrevoked3 (Clockworkmod) to Froyo 2.2?
I recently rooted my HTC Desire having Froyo 2.2 with Unrevoked3. Rooting was successful, however, after Unrevoked placed the recovery image, the system was back at OS 2.1 again.
How can I upgrade ...
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How can I free up more space on my Android (2.2 Froyo) phone?
I have already moved all the applications that allow it to the SD card. So what I am really looking for here are some tips like clearing internet cache or something like that. (I have an HTC Desire.)
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Upgrading Unrevoked Desire from Eclair to Froyo
I'm currently running my HTC Desire on 2.1 (O2 branded from the UK, if it makes a difference) which has been rooted via Unrevoked. I've just now been prompted to upgrade it to what I assume is 2.2 via ...
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How do I turn off the HTC Desire boot jingle?
Even with a set of headphones plugged in, when I reboot my HTC Desire it (ironically) still plays the 'quietly brilliant' boot screen jingle loudly on the built-in speaker.
This can be utterly ...
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HTC Desire: why not to root and install Froyo (no-porting)?
I've bought an HTC Desire a quite ago and, since now, works fine for me (except for this).
Now I'm waiting for Android 2.3, or 3.0, or whatever, and I'm thinking: is it possible to install the ...
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Italian Froyo not show Month Name
After update my HTC Desire to last Froyo Update, I can't see anymore Month Name or Day Of Week name.
Instead of January I see 1 and instead of Wednesday I see 2.
This happens in all my App (even ...
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How can I view title text for a web image (xkcd.com) on an Android based browser?
How can I see the title alt text for website images on an HTC Desire?
I'm currently using the Dolphin HD browser but I can't see a way of getting the alt text.
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Any help on a HTC Desire GPS problem after Android 2.2 Froyo update?
I have an HTC Desire with T-Mobile Germany branding. Last Sunday I finally got the long-awaited Android 2.2 update from my operator. The update ran successfully. However, since then it doesn't get the ...
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How to make Froyo's portable hotspot more stable?
I have updated to Froyo on my HTC Desire yesterday and am testing out the portable hotspot option. The problem is that it is very unstable, at random times (1 to 10 minutes) I lose the WiFi connection....
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