Turn the GPS feature on the HTC Droid Incredible on or off using these easy steps.
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Location & security.
4. Check the Use GPS satellites box to enable GPS, uncheck it to disable it. You can also check Use wireless networks for location discovery via the wireless tower triangulation.
Be on time, and add that appointment to your Calendar on your HTC Droid Incredible. The Calendar syncs up with your Google account, but you can add entries with these steps.
1. Open the Calendar app.
2. Press Menu.
3. Choose New event.
4. Fill out the form. Press Menu if and tap Add reminder if you want to add an alarm.
Give a contact it’s own ringtone on your Nexus One. You’ll be able to hear who’s calling you without looking at the screen. Here’s how.
1. Tap Contacts from the app launcher.
2. Select the contact.
3. Press Menu.
4. Tap Options.
5. Tap Ringtone.
6. Select a tone from the list.
That’s all their is to it!
The Nexus One has the ability to send certain callers directly to voice mail. It’s a perfect thing to do for that bill collector, the ex-girlfriend or the annoying neighbor.
1. Setup the person as a Contact (Contacts > Menu > New contact). Be sure to fill in the phone number.
2. After you have completed making the contact, tap the contact to open it.
3. Tap Menu > Options.
4. Check Incoming Calls – Send calls directly to voicemail.
Add widgets from your favorite apps to the Home screen of the Nexus One; Android powered smartphone.
1. Tap and hold your finger on an area where you would like to widget to appear. Some widgets may require 2, 4 or 6 icon spaces.
2. Select Widgets.
3. Select the app for the widget you’d like to add.
4. The widget will be added to the Home screen of the Nexus One. To remove it, tap and hold it, then drag it to the trash.
Clear shortcuts to recently chosen search results on the Motorola Droid smartphone. This will delete the list that is automatically created that appears when you first tap the quick search option without typing anything.
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Search.
4. Tap Clear search shortcuts.
5. Tap Yes on the dialog.
Ever have a Bluetooth headset that is just crap? I’ve had a ton of them. Nobody can hear me, especially my half deaf mother. Time to unpair it from my Nexus One.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Wireless & networks.
3. Tap Bluetooth settings.
4. Tap and hold your finger on the device you wish to disconnect.
5. A menu should appear where you can Unpair the device.
Pair and connect a Bluetooth device to the Nexus One smartphones with these steps.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Wireless & networks.
3. Tap Bluetooth settings.
4. Ensure that Bluetooth is checked to enable it.
5. Turn the Bluetooth device on and set it to discoverable if required.
6. Tap Scan for devices.
7. The Nexus One should locate any devices in the area. Tap the name of the device. In this case it’s Jabra VBT2050.
8. It should connect just fine. It will show as Connected to phone…
If the device fails to pair, it is likely too far away or needs to be reset. Most headsets can be reset by pressing and holding the power button or a combination of buttons for about 10 seconds.
If you want to use a Bluetooth device with your Nexus One smartphone, you’ll have to enable it. Leaving this feature disabled saves a great deal of battery power though.
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Wireless & networks.
4. Check Bluetooth to enable it. Uncheck it to disable it.
Delete an email account from the Email app on your Nexus One smartphone.
1. Open the Email app.
2. Get to the Accounts screen (Menu > Accounts).
3. Tap and hold your finger on the account you wish to delete.
4. Tap Remove account.
5. Tap OK on the dialog box that appears.
The email account should now be removed.
Setup Hotmail on your Android powered Nexus One via POP3 smartphone with these steps.
1. Go into Settings > Wireless & Networks and uncheck Wi-Fi. You have to be on your phone providers network for this to work.
2. Open the Email app.
3. Press Menu and select Accounts. Read more… »
Airplane mode puts your Nexus One in a state where it cannot send or receive data or make and receive phone calls. It’s a mode that’s ideal when on an airplane, at a meeting or movie theater. You can turn Airplane Mode on or off with these steps:
Option 1:
1. Press and hold the Power button for about 2 seconds.
2. Tap Airplane mode.
Option 2:
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Wireless & networks.
4. Check Airplane mode to enable it. Uncheck it to disable it.
I installed Dolphin Browser on my Motorola Droid smartphone. One day I was in Twidroid and tapped an entry with a link. It prompted me to pick which browser I wanted to use to open the link.
Without thinking, I accidentally checked the Use by default for this action box, then tapped Browser. Oops! Now every link opens in the standard Browser app. I wanted to undo this. How the heck could I get this prompt back so I could continue to select which browser I want?
A guy on Twitter had a problem with Twidroid force closing itself whenever he tapped Retweet with comment. I have heard of people having a problem like this whenever they Refresh as well. Here are some steps to try to solve this problem.
1.. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Applications.
3. Tap Manage applications.
4. Tap Twidroid.
5. Tap Clear Cache.
You should be able to retweet just fine without the program closing on its own.
Some Nexus One applications require you to know what your IMEI number is. Where the heck is it though? You can look on the barcode sticker on the box or on the unit itself, but it’s easier to find it in the Android software.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down and select About phone.
3. Tap Status.
4. The IMEI number will be displayed on the screen.
For the past 2 weeks, my Motorola Droid has had a problem with Google Talk. Whenever somebody sends me a chat message, it shows up in the Notification Panel as it’s supposed to. However, when I flip it down and tap the notification, it doesn’t open Google Talk as expected. The screen just flashes and stares at me with attitude. Text messages and other notifications work just peachy.
I tried a restart of the system and a soft reset. Neither fixed the issue. But these steps did:
Note: This will close your chat sessions and clear out all of the chats. GTalk data will be lost. It warns you of that at the end of this procedure. Don’t come whining to me if you lose something you didn’t want to lose.
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Applications.
4. Tap Manage Applications.
5. Unfilter the list by going to Menu > Filter > All.
6. Tap Google Talk Storage.
7. Tap Clear Data.
8. Tap OK, and Google Talk will now be able to open from the Notification Area just fine.
I would imagine these steps would work just fine on other Android devices such as the Nexus One and Samsung Moment.
GTalk on the Nexus One smartphone will save your chat history for an eternity unless you manually clear it.
1. Enter into the conversation you wish to clear.
2. Press Menu.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Clear chat history.
Set the signature for your Gmail email messages on your Nexus One smartphone. This comes in handy when you have a web site to spam your friends with promote.
1. Open the Gmail app.
2. Press Menu.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Select Signature.
5. Type the signature desired.
6. Tap OK when finished.
The camera on the Nexus One makes a loud shutter sound when you take pictures. Here’s how to turn it off.
1. Open the Camera app.
2. While in the Camera app, use the ringer volume up/down buttons to lower the ringer volume.
You will now be able to take pictures without the annoying shutter sound.
The Nexus One smartphone displays fancy animations by default. Your device will run a little bit faster if you disable them with these steps.
1. From the Home screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Sound & display settings.
4. Scroll down and select Animation.
5. Tap No animations.
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