Recent content by jayjeff20

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    what is so great about the droid?

    what is so great about the droid? seriously i want to know. everyone is going nuts for this thing and i cant for the life of me understand why. the only thing that sets this phone apart from any other android phone is having android 2.0 but most other android phones will be getting that soon...
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    Refurbished HTC Hero question

    so ive recently noticed some issues with my hero so i decided to call htc tech support to see if they're normal and it turns out they arent. the issues are as follows. 1. rattle sound coming from the back top of the phone around the camera 2. there's a gap on all sides of the screen between it...
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    Add contact buttons on home page

    long press on the screen until you get the option to add shortcut, android widget, folder, etc, click on shortcut then select the person option. let me know if you get it :)
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    Sprint htc hero hardware question

    so you dont have any gap at all on the bottom? the ones on the side dont bother me too much because i dont really notice them but if the screen is on light shines through the gap in the bottom
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    Sprint htc hero hardware question

    hey guys so i apologize if this question has been answered already but if it has i havent found it. ive noticed on my hero that there is a very slight gap between the hardware button plate and the bottom of the screen and a very slight gap on the left and right side of the screen. im just curios...
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    people widget question.

    so i was recently watching a video on youtube of the htc hero to see if i could learn some new tricks and what not when it came to a part talking about the people widget. in the video it shows that for everyone on the widget it also shows any missed calls, text, email and what not for each...
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    Apple apps vs Android apps quality question

    thanks for the info :). i assumed it was capable just wanted to make sure. totally agree with you, with the introduction of android devices on two of the biggest carriers in the U.S android with finally come to the masses!!!
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    Apple apps vs Android apps quality question

    hello everyone. so i just got myself a htc hero from sprint just about a week ago and im absolutely loving it. this is my first android phone so i wasn't really sure what to expect from it but i must say i cant think of a single thing wrong with the OS. simply amazing. i do have a question in...
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    Help android noob!!!

    thanks a lot guys. seems like that would be a standard function on an OS like this but 3rd party works for me. one more question though. i cant seem to get video on to the phone. i put it on the sd card but it doesnt show up anywhere and i dont see anywhere it could show up. what file types does...
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    Help android noob!!!

    im sorry for the confusion ill try this one more time haha. so when im using my laptop i only have 1gb of ram which of coarse means i can only have so many programs running before it says something like OUT OF VIRTUAL MEMORY. so my question is how do i check that on the hero. like i said...
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    Help android noob!!!

    thanks for all the info guys helps a lot. to clarify one thing though. what i meant in question 2 is how do i know how much ram the phone is currently using, like on a blackberry i could check and it would let me know how much ram my apps are using so i know why my phone may be running slower...
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    Help android noob!!!

    so im having a hard time trying to figure out a few basic things on my fancy new hero (which is amazing in so many ways :) ) any help would be greatly appreciated. 1. how do i check what apps are running in the background ( which ones didnt close kinda thing ) 2. how do i see how much free...
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    add video to hero???

    so i tried the whole drag and drop process again to no avail. i dont even see a folder or icon on the phone that would even hint at being able to watch my own uploaded movies. am i missing something here???
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    add video to hero???

    hello everyone. i just got myself a fancy new hero from sprint. this is my first android phone and I'm loving it so far. i just have one problem, how in gods name do i add video to this thing? i thought it was just a simple drag and drop but but apparently i was wrong. any help would be great...