SubscribeGTalk 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.
Nexus One: Add CC/BCC Field to Email Message
Posted by Mitch on Jan 26, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentDon’t you hate the people at work that have to CC and BCC the entire world? You can CC and BCC your own list of email recipients from your Nexus One messages with these steps.
1. Open Gmail or Email.
2. Press Menu > Compose to start your message.
3. Press Menu again.
4. Tap Add Cc/Bcc.
Both the CC and BCC fields are added.
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.
Nexus One: Turn Camera Shutter Sound Off
Posted by Mitch on Jan 23, 2010 under Android Tips | 1 CommentThe 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.
Nexus One: Disable Window Animations
Posted by Mitch on Jan 23, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentThe 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.
Setup your Nexus One phone to work with Yahoo Mail. You can use the IMAP option in the included Email application. Be sure to follow these steps carefully.
1. Disable/uncheck Wi-Fi under Settings > Wireless & networks. (You have to be connected to the phone network in most cases. Otherwise you will get username or password incorrect errors.)
2. Open the Email app.
3. Enter your Yahoo email address and password and tap Manual Setup.
4. Tap IMAP account.
5. Enter the following information:
Username: Your full email address with @yahoo.com included.
Password: Duh! Your password.
IMAP server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
Touch nothing else, scroll down and tap Next.
6. Enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com for the SMTP server and tap Next.
7. Give the account a name. It doesn’t really matter what it is. The Your name field should be filled out with your name of the person or place your email is coming from when it’s received.
8. Click Done and your Yahoo email should be setup. Remember to stay off your Wi-Fi network for it to continue to work.
Nexus One: Disable Touch Tone Sounds When Dialing
Posted by Mitch on Jan 19, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentIf you’re like me and you find the touch tone sounds that are made when you dial a number annoying, you can disable them on the Motorola Droid.
1. Open the Settings app or select Menu > Settings from the main screen.
2. Tap Sound & display settings.
3. Uncheck Audible touch tones.
If you have somebody call you on your Nexus One who you haven’t set a contact ringtone to, your default ringtone will sound. Here’s how to set it.
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Sound & display settings.
3. Tap Phone ringtone.
4. Select a ringtone from the list.
Nexus One: Check Available Memory Space For Apps
Posted by Mitch on Jan 16, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentCheck how much space you have available for installing applications on your Nexus One.
1. From the main screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap SD card & phone storage.
4. Scroll down to the Internal phone storage section, and you will be able to view the Available space.
Available space on Nexus One
Facebook for Android: Error “Cannot retreive notifications. Please try again later.”
Posted by Mitch on Jan 12, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentSince Wednesday, every time I tap Refresh in the Facebook Notifications section on my Droid, I get an error:
Cannot retreive notifications. Please try again later. 601 parser error unexpected at position 57.
This has been an issue for about a week now, and a fix is not available at this time. As a workaround, what you can do is bring up the Browser app, and type touch.facebook.com in the address box. This will bring up the mobile version of Facebook in the browser where you can get notifications until a fix is released.
If you have two callers on the line of your Nexus One smartphone, you may need to switch between the two of them.
Whenever you have two people on the line, you can press Menu > Swap.
Nexus One: Change Size of Browser Font
Posted by Mitch on Jan 11, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentMake the font of the letters in the Nexus One web Browser bigger or smaller by changing the size setting.
1. Open the Browser app.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Settings.
6.Tap Text size.
7. Tap Tiny, Small, Normal, Large or Huge.
6 Best Android Applications You Can Use On Your Nexus One
Posted by Mitch on Jan 10, 2010 under Android Tips, Blog | No CommentI’m a Motorola Droid user. I’ve grown to love the Android OS and the ability to find apps for almost anything I want to do. Nexus One users can use the same Android apps that I do. Here are a few I would recommend.
LocaleChanges your ringtone notifications based on time or where you are. When I go to work, it mutes all notifications. When I come home, it turns the volume high. Really cool!
High powered text messaging app. I like this one because it allows you to set custom ringtones for each person you get a text message from. Ssomething the Messaging app doesn’t do. It also allows you to change the LED color when you receive a text message.
ListenI listen to lots of podcasts at work. Listen is the app I use to listen to them. Access thousands of podcasts. Manage and download them automatically so they are ready for listening.
TwidroidYou have to have a Twitter app. Comes in a free and high powered cost versions. I use the free one since it’s plenty for me and does what I need.
Google Sky MapI never cared about the planets and stars, but it’s pretty cool to aim your phone up at the sky and have it tell you were Pluto is. Search for planets and constellations and Google Sky Map will lead you to where it is. This app will keep your girlfriend occupied for hours.
ActionCompleteI like listing my tasks. ActionComplete does just that. I can schedule alarms and manage my tasks easier.
If you’ve entered information in a form in the Nexus One web Browser, it retains that information for use at a later time. If you’ve entered something incorrectly, the form data is saved. You may need to know how to clear it out.
1. Open the Browser app.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Clear form data.
6. Tap OK.
Browsers get cluttered with cookies from tons of web sites. The Nexus One browser is no different. Here’s how you can clear out the browser cookies.
1. Open the Browser app.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Clear all cookie data.
6. Tap OK on the dialog that appears.
If you don’t want any trace of your browsing habits left in your Nexus One smartphone, you might want to clear the browser history with these steps.
1. Open the Browser app.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Clear history.
6. Tap OK on the dialog box that appears.
That’s all. The Browser history should then be cleared out.
If you’re experiencing problems with the Nexus One web Browser, you may need to clear out the cache so that web pages load properly. Here’s how.
1. Open the Browser app.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap Clear cache.
6. Tap OK.
Nexus One: Delete Entry From Call Log
Posted by Mitch on Jan 09, 2010 under Android Tips | No CommentDon’t want anybody to know you called that other firm for a job interview? Remove the entry from your Nexus One call log.
1. Open the Phone app.
2. Tap Call log.
3. Tap and hold your finger on the phone number or name you wish to remove. for about 2 seconds
4. Tap Remove call from log.
The Nexus One supports many audio formats:
- MP3
- M4A (iTunes application AAC, DRM-free)
- AMR
- WMA (8)
- MIDI
- WAV
- OGG Vorbis
Here’s how you can copy and use them as ringtones.
1. Attach the phone to your computer with the USB cable.
2. Open the Notifications panel at the top of the phone’s screen by sliding it down.
3. Tap USB connected.
4. Tap Mount.
5. On the computer, open the drive that represents your device. It should be in My Computer/Computer for Windows users. The Finder for Mac users.
6. Make a folder named Ringtones. (This is optional. The Nexus One will locate any supported audio file on the SD card.)
7. Copy the supported files over to the Ringtones folder.
8. Once you have copied all of the desired ringtones over, slide the Notification panel down on the phone and tap Turn off USB storage > Turn Off.
Your files are now ready to be used as ringtones on the Nexus One. You can find the files in the Music app, where you can tap and hold any of them and select Use as phone ringtone.
If an app is locking up your Nexus One, you may need to force the application to close. Here are the steps on how it’s accomplished.
1. From the main screen, press Menu.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Applications.
4. Tap Manage Applications.
5. If the app you wish to close isn’t listed, press Menu > Filter. If it is, skip to step 7.
6. Tap All.
7. Tap the app you wish to close.
8. Tap Force stop.
