HTC Hero Tips, Tricks, and Easter Eggs

[itzkhanh]

neat trick with silencing the phone, just tried it. works on incoming calls. Don't know about anything else.

+1 for this post

 

[Angelo921]

One I stumbled upon - if you're in an app that uses location and you've moved enough that your location had to reset (looks to be about 8-10 km before it looks for new data, at least in the HTC weather widget), often times it will get stuck and not refresh. Rather than reset the phone, open Gmaps and update your location.

Does the Hero use more battery by having the HTC weather widget look for your location rather then just display just one location?

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

@Angelo921
I'm sure it does, but not enough that it's made a difference.

 

[sparda07]

found out today that u dont need the ringdroid app there is a built in ringtone editor in the music app on the hero..
Just open the default music app,select a song, hit menu, then tap set as ringtone,tap trim ringtone.save and done
means one less app u have to download and more space on the phone...

 

[denisew1972]

found out today that u dont need the ringdroid app there is a built in ringtone editor in the music app on the hero..
Just open the default music app,select a song, hit menu, then tap set as ringtone,tap trim ringtone.save and done
means one less app u have to download and more space on the phone...

True but.... you can only do this with the MP3 files. Notice it's hit or miss when you go to trim as to if it allows you trim a ringtone or goes straight to "set as ringtone" for options. I have many different files for music not just MP3 so that is why I still use and love ringdroid.... plus ringdroid allows you to set the ringer for everything (alarm, text...) not just a notification or contact ringer like the stock app does. I agree the stock app is cool, used it before I discovered ringdroid. But Ringdroid allows you more control over what to do with the ringer once it's cut and what files it allows you to trim.

 

[sparda07]

True but.... you can only do this with the MP3 files. Notice it's hit or miss when you go to trim as to if it allows you trim a ringtone or goes straight to "set as ringtone" for options. I have many different files for music not just MP3 so that is why I still use and love ringdroid.... plus ringdroid allows you to set the ringer for everything (alarm, text...) not just a notification or contact ringer like the stock app does. I agree the stock app is cool, used it before I discovered ringdroid. But Ringdroid allows you more control over what to do with the ringer once it's cut and what files it allows you to trim.

there is an app i found called ringerextended you can use it as a default app to assign ringtones anywhere you want.

 

[soulfulzeta]

I love the fact that I can silence my phone just but flipping it over.

Thanks for that. I had no idea you could do that with the Hero.

 

[soulfulzeta]

If you have a ringtone folder already (e.g. from your sd card used on a previous phone). Move the folder to media then audio and change the file name to ringtones (With lowercase r) and the ringtones you already have will show up under the settings to change your default ringtone instead of going through the music application.

 

[dgrobe2112]

neat tips.. thanks.. glad this is a sticky

 

[RamboDroid]

tips from a new android guy with a htc sprint hero. First hold the menu button to pull up keyboard, hold the search button to do voice search, hold end key for just a few seconds to bring up these options: power off, silent mode, vibration mode, airplane, or mobile network on/off. Also hold send key to pull up voice commands (example: "call suzie"). So thats a few from my time with my new hero. Btw I'm an ex-blackberry guy and loving the android family

 

[marktaylor22]

tips from a new android guy with a htc sprint hero. First hold the menu button to pull up keyboard, hold the search button to do voice search, hold end key for just a few seconds to bring up these options: power off, silent mode, vibration mode, airplane, or mobile network on/off. Also hold send key to pull up voice commands (example: "call suzie"). So thats a few from my time with my new hero. Btw I'm an ex-blackberry guy and loving the android family

THANK YOU for that tip! I didn't know their was voicedialing available! A+. Why is there no Thanks button on this forum?

 

[Cory Streater]

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[cmason1015]

Also, if you hold the red power button, it brings up a menu with all kinds of convenient options, like to turn off the ringer.

 

[Fabrian]

This is a minor tip, but normally when you type and use a period, you should tap the spacebar twice (any proper or formal writing). If your typing in text and end your sentence, instead of pressing period then space to start your new sentence, just tap the spacebar twice and it will put the period in for you.

 

[denisew1972]

" Also hold send key to pull up voice commands (example: "call suzie"). So thats a few from my time with my new hero. Btw I'm an ex-blackberry guy and loving the android family " I knew this phone had to have this basic option... Thanks so much for this information.... With glove weather upon us it makes it easier to be able to call with less touches of the screen.

 

[Tactical Android]

Thanks for that. I had no idea you could do that with the Hero.

Me neither and I've had mine for a while. Who'd a thunk.

 

[thither]

It took me a while to realize that you can have multiple windows open in the default web browser. When you're looking at a web page, if you long-press a hyperlink, you'll get a popup menu which allows you to open that link in a new window; then hitting menu / windows will allow you to switch between them. It's also much easier to navigate web pages by moving the trackball around than by hitting little text links with your thumb or finger - as you move the trackball different links are highlighted, and then you can press / long-press the trackball itself to open them.

Oh, one other thing: the trackball functions as arrow keys when you're typing, so you can use it to go back and correct mistakes.

 

[jlgraham]

This is a minor tip, but normally when you type and use a period, you should tap the spacebar twice (any proper or formal writing).

Word processors compensate for this. No need to double tap space, it does it for you when formatting.

 

[ChrisC]

He meant you don't have to even type the period. Double space equals implied period.

Great tips! I'm 5 days into my Hero

 

[dgrobe2112]

Love this thread