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Angle of camera

On my old rom the camera used to be landscape now its portrate how can i change it back i cant see a setting and its irritating having to rotate the pictures

press the "contacts" button and it should flip it back to the other mode.

gestures on the HD

I assume you know the standard gestures which can be used on the HD. Recently i stumbled over a gesture i never heard/read of. Try this:
Open a picture in album viewer, and choose any object of interest you would like to zoom to. Now draw a (almost complete) circle clockwise around the spot, and it will zoom in. Draw a circle counterclockwise and it will zoom out a bit. Double-tap will zoom out completely (ok no surprise here).
Are there any other secrets? Or is it just me not reading the manual?

Yeah, it was in the manual. But the thing I found out watching video on youtube is this:
open picture, zoom, tap on the screen and hold your finger while you wont see in the upper left corner the box which represent the whole picutre, and now you can move with your finger and with your current zoom you can slide through your picture

6Fg8 said:
Are there any other secrets? Or is it just me not reading the manual?
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It's in the manual. You don't even have to actually 'read' it, you could also just look at the pictures

OMG next time i'll try harder
open picture, zoom, tap on the screen and hold your finger while you wont see in the upper left corner the box which represent the whole picutre, and now you can move with your finger and with your current zoom you can slide through your picture
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That's a nice find! Thx bondoer

You really do need to read the manual ~ It's all on Page 212
To zoom in or out of an image
While viewing an image, make a full circle motion on the screen with your finger.
Slide your finger counter-clockwise to zoom out. Slide your finger clockwise on an area to zoom in on that area.
Tips
• When you zoom in on an image, double tap the screen to automatically zoom out and fit the image to the screen.
• When you zoom in on an image, tap and hold the screen so you can pan the image.
• When you zoom in on an image, tap the screen to open the on-screen menu.
On the on-screen menu, tap and then select Save Screen Image to save the image on-screen as a new file.
Beards

How to take self portrait

I can not find the method to use to take a selfie with the front facing camera. It says you can do it in the manual but does not tell you how to do it. Any one try this?
Thanks, dhatw.

Start the camera application, press the menu button to bring up the bottom menu. Press the cog wheel to bring up the settings dialogue, and press the button marked "Camera" to toggle between the front and rear cameras.

benzo8 said:
Start the camera application, press the menu button to bring up the bottom menu. Press the cog wheel to bring up the settings dialogue, and press the button marked "Camera" to toggle between the front and rear cameras.
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it actually cycles through 3 different camera modes: rear camera, front camera and front camera (mirrored).

Thank you!!

Blackstone Hints and Tips. PLEASE USE NEW THREAD ONLY NOW.

1. Using the Back Key
You can use the actual back key at the bottom of your phone to go back a web page or two in Opera, instead of bringing up the Opera menu and selecting the back arrow.
2. Exiting Volume Screen
For quick exit of the volume screen, tap anywhere in the dark grey background surrounding the vertical slider button.
3. Reduce Errors in Typing
In Input options, disable the number of words to show in T9 for less mistakes when typing and thus faster entry.
4. Improve Photo Thumbnail Resolution in Photo Tab
Modify or tweak a photo (such as adjusting brightness) using a image editor directly on your HD (eg: Resco Photo Viewer) and save and overwrite the original. This makes the photo thumbnails on your Photo Touchflo 3D tab hi-res instead of low-res.
5. Change the Order of Photos in Fav Album
Modify or tweak a photo (such as adjusting brightness) using a image editor directly on your HD (eg: Resco Photo Viewer) in the order you want your photos to appear on your Photo Touchflo 3D tab, as they are displayed in order of last modified/created date. The first photo you modify will be the last to show in your Photo Touchflo 3D tab and vice-versa.
6. Panning Around Zoomed Photos
Touch and hold a zoomed in photo until you see a white outlined box appear in the corner. You can now remove your finger from the screen and drag and pan the photo to see more of it.
7. Hi Res Contact Photos
Assign contact photos on your SD card directly to specific contacts for hi-res thumbnails. If you assign contact photos in Outlook and then sync, the contact photos on your phone will be low-res.
8. Better Contact Scroll Search
When scrolling Contacts, tap the letter AFTER the name you are looking for to make your results list from the top of the screen instead of the bottom of the screen. Eg: If you want to get to the 'P' names such as Paul tap 'Q' instead.
9. Hidden Weather Animation Easter Egg
In the Weather Touchflo 3D tab, tap on the black background to the left of the title 'Weather' and then immediately to the right of the title, again in the black background to see a hidden Easter Egg where the weather animations are cycled through. You have to be quick with your 2 taps.
10. Have Category Folders in Start Menu
Using a file explorer, add 5 new folders to your 'Start Menu' folder. Name them like: Web, Travel, Utilities, System and Media. Copy relevant shortcuts from you 'Programs' folder in your 'Start Menu' folder to each of these new folders. You will need to use a 3rd party file explorer to unhide system files and rom files to see the preinstalled icons to copy them to your folders. These icons are '.ink' shortcuts. Also copy the entire 'Games' folder and 'Office' folder from your 'Programs' folder direct to your 'Start Menu' folder. Finally uncheck all checked boxes in Menus in Settings page. This will allow all 9 folders to show in your Start menu on your home page, where you can access specific apps much quicker. Remember each time you install or remove a program/game, you have to either copy the new 'ink' icon to your category folder or delete it.
11. Use 3rd Party Teaking Apps
Use 3rd party apps like 'Advanced Config', 'HD Tweak' and 'SKTools' to tweak and optimise your HD further.
12. Disable Beam
Disable 'Beam' in Settings to conserve power.
13.Haptic/Vibration Feedback on HD
Use 3rd party app 'Touch Response' 0.02.2 to add haptic feedback on your phone to feel small vibration everytime you touch the screen in any app. Ideally useful for Keyboard entry.
14. Protect Screen from Breaking
Always carry the phone in your pocket with the screen facing your body to protect the glass from accidental external jolts/pressure.
15. Cover Up Blemishes on Casing
You can use a black permanent fine tip marker pen to cover up scrapes on paintwork of housing. Gently rub in with fingertip after a few seconds wait after applying pen.
16. Power Off Reset Action
Turn the phone off and on if you want to reset without taking the cover off or the latest version of HD Tweak installs a Reset icon which you can tap.
17. Temporary Stylus Attraction to Casing
Once you have taken your stylus out and you need a spare hand for a quick second, you can temporarily stick it magnetically underneath your HD along the right edge - instead of having to put it back in and then take it out again.
18. More Contacts per View
Show more contacts per page if you check "show contact names only" in 'Contact' options. You get 18 names per view as opposed to 12 and a half.
19. Fastest Way to Write New SMS
Quickest way to write a NEW text message is through the 'Contacts' list and NOT through the SMS Touchflo 3D tab. Best to assign a softkey to 'Contacts' so it is instantly accessible from your home page.
*Number of taps through Contacts is 3 or 4:
1st: Tap 'Contacts'.
2nd: Scroll to a name.
3rd: Tap the name
4th: Tap 'Send text message'
Automatically ready to start typing.
(Can be only 3 taps if your contact is within the first 18 contacts listed so no scrolling is required. This is based on using middle font size and "show contact names only" checked.)
*Number of taps through Messaging is 6 or 7:
1st: Tap Message tab
2nd: Tap new message icon
3rd Tap 'To:' text
4th: Scroll to a name
5th: Tap the name
6th: Tap the message area to shift the cursor from the 'To: field to the message field.
Now ready to start typing.
(Sometimes this can be 7 taps if you have more than one number for a contact and it asks you to choose which number to send the text message to. Amazing it does not automatically recognise a mobile number.)
20. Super Fast Text Entry
Use the standard built in (non HTC) Keyboard for super fast text entry with a stylus. Don't forget the gestures. Stroking upwards from a lowercase key inputs a capital letter. Stroking rightwards from any key to another inserts a space. Stroking leftwards from any key to another deletes a character. Stroking downwards from any key creates a new line. Using the Small keys means you don't have to switch to the numbers keyboard as all numbers appear above the QWERTY line. Even faster entry.
21. Keyboard Usage
When using the HTC keyboards, pressing and holding a key for a second or two will input the small grey character inside the key.
22. Contact Entry in SMS
If you start typing part of a name in the 'To:' field and hit enter, you will get a possible contact name to approve by hitting enter again. If there are more names to choose from, the arrows will turn white for you to scroll through the names by using the dpad buttons at the bottom of the keyboard.
23. Zoom Size and Zoom Location in Photo
When viewing a photo in the 'Album', you can not only choose where to zoom into but how much to zoom into. If you gesture a circle in the middle of the photo, then the photo zooms in with the middle of the photo filling the screen. If you gesture a circle near the top right corner, then that specific area zooms in to fill the screen. Also if you gesture a small circle you get maximum zoom. If you gesture a large circle then the photo only zooms in a little. Vary your circle widths to zoom in at various degrees.
24. HD Friendly Facebook Website
For a HD screen friendly Facebook website, rather than go to the full website, try the iphone version: iphone.facebook.com
You may need to double tap to zoom out.
25. Messaging Gestures to Ease Use
In 'Messaging' you can move from message to message or account to account just by swiping your thumb left or right across the screen. Imagine each message/screen is laid out before you horizontally in a row, left to right with the most recent message on your far left and your oldest message on your far right. By shifting all messages to the right gets you to the beginning of the row and to the newest message. Vice versa for older messages. Visualising this as you swipe lets you know if you are going up or down your email/sms list.
26. Activate Links Without Zooming-In in Opera
If you are tired of having to double tap a web page to zoom in just to activate a link, try this:
In the Opera url bar, type: 'opera:config' (without the ' ' ). Click on 'Adapative Zoom'. Next change the default number in 'Minimum Overview Zoom' to 70 or higher. Scroll down a bit and hit 'Save' and restart Opera. You can now click on links with your stylus when you are fully zoomed out on a web page.
27. Using the Casing Buttons in Darkness
To see the four hard buttons in the complete dark, place one hand parallel with the bottom of the phone. The light from the screen reflects back onto the buttons making them clearly visible. Alternatively it is also quite easy to estimate where the buttons are by visually dividing the lower edge of the backlit screen into quarters and pressing below the relevant section.
28. Increase Quality of Photos
To increase the quality of photos, open the Camera, go to Settings, Advanced, then Image Properties. Increase Contrast to 4, Saturation to 4, and Sharpness to 5. Now you will have better definition and much more realistic colours. Also don't forget to choose Super Fine under Quality in Advanced Settings menu.
29. Reduce Blurriness in Photos
To focus better, have shutter set just to Touch. After you have touched you have the whole three seconds to steady your hand and take a non-blurry photo.
* Last updated 25th December

Thanks for the tips some of them are really useful.

thanks for the tips...
really helpful ones!

Thanks. Did not know about #9--very nice and interesting. Indeed, the old adage of learning something new everyday, is true.
--cheers

aabye said:
Thanks. Did not know about #9--very nice and interesting. Indeed, the old adage of learning something new everyday, is true.
--cheers
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Me too. Thanks.

great tips, thanks a lot. besides, why disabling the "Beam" would conserve my power? will that do me good already if I turn off my Bluetooth almost all the time?

Great tips!
Thanks for sharing!!
By the way, is there any way to change the contact to display First name, Last name style?

flywithme said:
Great tips!
Thanks for sharing!!
By the way, is there any way to change the contact to display First name, Last name style?
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Yes. Go to your specific contact and edit it. Look for file as under the name and you can change it there.

really nice info mate thanks

Knowing how to close the infamous volume sliders quickly was a very useful tip!

great info, especially #6,8 & 9
thanks

Here's another:
Press and hold the power button to turn the device off. Then press the power button again to turn it back on. Similar to a soft reset without having to open the back cover and pulling out the stylus.

Flashing HD
I am thinking about buying an HD on eBay. I have done Hard SPL before on my AT&T Tilt. I am looking at device locked to Orange. Please let me if I can do Hard SPL without having to boot the device.

vapor said:
Here's another:
Press and hold the power button to turn the device off. Then press the power button again to turn it back on. Similar to a soft reset without having to open the back cover and pulling out the stylus.
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Seriously, is absolutely astonishes me every time that people don't realise that a soft-reset is the same as turning it off and then back on again, and that what you described is how you turn the device off.

xchicagoan5 said:
Please let me if I can do Hard SPL without having to boot the device.
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No you can't.

Thank you very much!! Very helpfull!

Updated. 5 new entries.
Please submit tips and I will update the first post so it is always easy to see the latest tips.

Anyway of making the calendar start on month view instead of day view, for the record I did turn month view in extra>options to month view on start but it would automaticly switch to day view before I could even see the month view clearly.

the keyboard one would have been useful if it was in the other keyboards...

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Anyway of making the calendar start on month view instead of day view, for the record I did turn month view in extra>options to month view on start but it would automaticly switch to day view before I could even see the month view clearly.
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The calendar will always open in the view you select if you load it from start -> calender or start -> programs -> calendar, but if you load it from the TouchFlo 3D home screen it will load the agenda view because you're actually tapping an agenda item not a "open calendar" link despite what it appears to be! (this is shown by the fact that when you do have a calendar entry for the current day, the "calendar" button is replaced with the agenda item instead of added to.

Huawei Ascend Mate7 Hidden Functions

I bought the Huawei Acend Mate7 mobile a few days ago and has used it for one week. Today i saw an article about "Huawei Ascend Mate7 18 Hidden Functions", and i have a try, while finding that there are many wrong ways that can't be operated, for example, No.2, 6, 10 and 16 all can't work well. If anyone also got the Mate7, you can try as below:
1. Press the down volume button under the dark screen, you can make a call after hearing the voice and then saying the name on your address book.
2. Quickly press the down volume button for twice under the dark screen and you can take photos.
3. When pulling down the notification bar, pull from the upper-left to the down is the notice, and from the upper-right is the switch.
4. When pulling down the notification bar, if there is news, there won't be the function of the third one, but the notification bar.
5. You can search the applications directly by pulling fron the middle of the screen.
6. Press the down volume button and power key for long it supports screenshots.
7. Slide upper, no need to unlock, then you can change the wallpaper freely, and save the pictures that you loved. Moreover, you can also open the Calendar, Calculator, Flashlight and Camera apps in a quick by just one touch.
8. When under the magazine locking station, you can enter the music interface by double-pressing the screen, and return to the unlock interface by pressing twice again.
9. Clicking the screen when selfie, it will shoot automaticly three seconds later.
10. Under full focus mode, it support take photos first and then focus.
11. You can take pictures by just pulling down in the gallery.
12. Fingerprint camera supported.
13. Mirror function: Blowing to the microphone, fog will appeared on the screen.
14. Blowing once again, and the screen will be disappeared.
15. Pressing the icons in the notification bar for long, it will enter into the relative setting interface automatically.
16. You can change the virtual key combination of the navigation bar in the settings.
17. It can search the bar codes and the two-dimensional code automatically through the camera, clicking the detail and you can have a campare with both the price and the performance.
18. Pressing the camera screen for long, it support dragging the focus frame and metering box, and can adjust the focus with metering points.

Krystyna said:
I bought the Huawei Acend Mate7 mobile a few days ago and has used it for one week. Today i saw an article about "Huawei Ascend Mate7 18 Hidden Functions", and i have a try, while finding that there are many wrong ways that can't be operated, for example, No.2, 6, 10 and 16 all can't work well. If anyone also got the Mate7, you can try as below:
1. Press the down volume button under the dark screen, you can make a call after hearing the voice and then saying the name on your address book.
2. Quickly press the down volume button for twice under the dark screen and you can take photos.
3. When pulling down the notification bar, pull from the upper-left to the down is the notice, and from the upper-right is the switch.
4. When pulling down the notification bar, if there is news, there won't be the function of the third one, but the notification bar.
5. You can search the applications directly by pulling fron the middle of the screen.
6. Press the down volume button and power key for long it supports screenshots.
7. Slide upper, no need to unlock, then you can change the wallpaper freely, and save the pictures that you loved. Moreover, you can also open the Calendar, Calculator, Flashlight and Camera apps in a quick by just one touch.
8. When under the magazine locking station, you can enter the music interface by double-pressing the screen, and return to the unlock interface by pressing twice again.
9. Clicking the screen when selfie, it will shoot automaticly three seconds later.
10. Under full focus mode, it support take photos first and then focus.
11. You can take pictures by just pulling down in the gallery.
12. Fingerprint camera supported.
13. Mirror function: Blowing to the microphone, fog will appeared on the screen.
14. Blowing once again, and the screen will be disappeared.
15. Pressing the icons in the notification bar for long, it will enter into the relative setting interface automatically.
16. You can change the virtual key combination of the navigation bar in the settings.
17. It can search the bar codes and the two-dimensional code automatically through the camera, clicking the detail and you can have a campare with both the price and the performance.
18. Pressing the camera screen for long, it support dragging the focus frame and metering box, and can adjust the focus with metering points.
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You can also switch between the 2 most recent apps without going into the multitasking screen. Hold down the multitasking/appswitch button on the navigation bar for a second or so and it'll switch to the previous app, pressing again will take you back to the app you just had open
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You can make your external SD card the default location for downloads, pics, app data by going to Settings>Storage>Default location>SD card.

Supports NTFS formated disks through OTG adapter out of the box.
PS. My samsung note 2 didn't, whetever I tried when on android 4.4.2 even with custom kernel.