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HTC Hero (Android few questions)

Hi Guys,
Its my first step in Android world. I have been using Windows Mobile since last 5 years (Currently HTC tytn II). I am very impressed with HTC Hero promos and customization. But before I move to Android world and buy this phone, it would be very helpful if any of you can provide answers to my following queries. Apologies, as it may be very basic questions for you but these functionalities very necessary for me as I use almost every day in my Windows phone.
Question for Android (HTC Hero)-
1. Can I sync Outlook address and calendar Android (HTC Hero)?
2. Can I open/edit word, excel and power point presentations? (If yes then does it come by default with phone like I got it with my HTC tytnII)
3. I need navigation software. (I saw one is available here http://www.alk.eu.com/. is there any other for Android like i use TomTom in my phone).
4. Any email client where i can configure Pop3, Imap or company microsoft exchange server.
5. Voice chat messengers (like i use fring(www.fring.com) for my windows phone)
Thanks in advance.
Jit

Hello there
Welcome to Android world. I don't know so much about android till now. But if you search the forum you can get all your question answered. I'm trying to help you from my little knowledge.
1. You can sync your contacts and their information from outlook.
2. HTC Hero has Quickoffice. So, I think you should be able to open/edit word, excell or powerpoint docs.
3. You can use AndNav2 for your navigation. The software is free in the Market.
4. Yes, you can configure your e-mail clients.
5. I haven't got any voice messaging service till now for android.
Hope these helps. If you have any other questions first try to search the forum .
Thanks.

there are tons of free IM apps out there.
1) Meebo (the best one)
2) eBuddy
3) IM+ (not free)
4) HelloYm, HelloAim, HelloMSN
5) IM app (built in android)

pda_crazy, as you have a HTC Tytn II, have a look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396782 and try Android for yourself. The latest build for Kaiser/Tytn II is from the Google Ion (HTC Magic) rather than the Hero, so the Sense UI is not present. Also, wi-fi, camera and bluetooth are not working, but GPS, Android Market and Google sync are. It may require some tweaking to get the best experience on the Tytn II as different versions of the phone seem to have particular issues with calls and/or data but I am running it on my UK Kaiser (MDA Vario III) at the moment and have calls, sms, sync, Android Market and GPS working fine. Battery life is a bit of an issue, but if you can get it working it will give you a chance to download and try out a variety of Android applications before paying for an Android phone.

not so simple
I have a hero. The quick office can only open word docs, have trouble with excel . It will not edit. You can sync outlook contacts and calendar . I could make a gmail account on it but not yahoo so far. Still looking for a good explorer software in which I can keep stuff where I want. Any suggestions ?

kamirza said:
I have a hero. The quick office can only open word docs, have trouble with excel . It will not edit. You can sync outlook contacts and calendar . I could make a gmail account on it but not yahoo so far. Still looking for a good explorer software in which I can keep stuff where I want. Any suggestions ?
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DocumentsToGo is pretty much the only app for editing doc and xls on android. If you want a file explorer both 'Astro' and 'Linda File Manager' are good.

HTC sync VS active sync
himu007 said:
Hello there
1. You can sync your contacts and their information from outlook.
Thanks.
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Hi there!
As I'm currently a Windows mobile user about to take the step over to Hero I just want to make sure that I can use my Hero at work as well.
Today I sync my work contacts and work calendar with outlook using active sync.
When syncing I don't have to enter any information at all, the sync sets up automatically. Does HTC sync work in the same way!?
Do you have to set up the HTC sync by entering server names and stuff like that, or is it just like active sync that everything is automatical!?
All answers are apreciated!
// Ohamn

I am so lazy, i ask here, so i did not start new thread.
Few days still and i get Dream again.
The ROM in it si some Hero thing. Isn´t that mean Dream is rooted and HardSpl in it? I can go and put Cyanogens ROM in it? If i understand it right, you can´t put any other ROM in unless you first put HSpl and root?
Sorry my bad english, hope someone catch what i mean...
Edit: Root and HardSpl ok, so now Cyan and works great...

Transfer phone contact numbers to DHD

i had a TP2 and all my contacts numbers are backed up in microsoft outlook.What is the best way to get them from there to my new phone ?

I did this:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299
Worked pretty well.

combat goofwing said:
i had a TP2 and all my contacts numbers are backed up in microsoft outlook.What is the best way to get them from there to my new phone ?
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My contacts are stored in Windows Contact Book(My Documents>Users>MYUSERNAME>Contacts) HTC Sync provided with DHD wouldn't copy them to my phone, so I just installed HTC Sync 2.xx from Legend/Hero and it worked.

It's a good point actually.
If you have your contacts in outlook, then when you install HTC Sync from the phone it will copy all your contact details to the phone automatically.
I learnt that the hard way by syncing with my work computer and having nearly 5000 contacts copied to my phone. I had to yank the power quickly and hard reset before it tried to sync it all to gmail!

Yep here to
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

OK, I'm a newb to Android so I'm not sure I understand what you're discussing here.
Should I install HTC Sync 3.0 from the HTC website or is there a better way to get it working? The Desire HD isn't (yet?) shown in the list of compatible handsets on the HTC website for that version.

On the included SD-cart there is the program HTC Sync 3.0. You can copy the file to your computer and install it there. Works fine and you can synchronise all the contacts in outlook.

Dutchrevenge said:
On the included SD-cart there is the program HTC Sync 3.0. You can copy the file to your computer and install it there. Works fine and you can synchronise all the contacts in outlook.
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Thank you.
I've imported my contacts already via Google so that bit is OK. Has anybody had success importing the calendar entries onto the Desire HD?
Edit: OK, I had a go and yes: it's synchronised the calendar entries. But only back a month. Is there a way to extend the range so that the whole calendar is synchronised?
Edit 2: I tried something else. I don't think HTC Sync will do what I want. I'm moving from Windows Mobile/Outlook to Google/Android so I figured I really only need a one-time synchronisation. I found that Google has their own sync tool:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=98563
It's not compatible with the version of Outlook I'm using (2002) so I found other software called CompanionLink:
http://www.companionlink.com/android/outlook/
They offer a free 14-day trial of their sync software with which I'm uploading my entire Outlook calendar to Google and it's syncing with my phone in front of me. That's all I needed - I don't think I want to sync my Outlook calendar in the future since I won't be using Windows Mobile again. Time will tell if I'm right.

Plz tell me how to Tranfer add Data from old android to DHD..

Dear everyone,
As I still wait for DHD, I have question about how to backup or tranfer all DATA from my old HTC desire which also android OS. I have try to search all but still not found the way.
Please of someone have solution please teach me.
Thank you very much.
Edit: just found that I misstype on title... from "add" to "all". very sorry about his

There's an app called "Transfer from old phone"
It asks you what kind your old phone is, and then I assume it guides you.
I just sync with Google, so I don't need it.

All your contacts and calendar should be on Google, so them come over by magic.
For everything else, I use Rerware MyBackup Pro, and it works well.
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-rerware-android-mybackuppro-jmnC.aspx

If you use the same google account all your contacts and some settings will be backed up and pop back up after sync. As for music, pictures etc drop them on to a pc via usb then upload on the new phone. If u want your texts backed up as well ive been using sms backup+ from the market (sends your texts as emails to your gmail under a sms tab, it can restore them to)
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

I've been in the same spot as the OP.
Using a Desire, want my data to go over to the DHD. The "Transfer data" feature HTC supplies is utter rubbish. It only copied the phonebook entries.
As I do not use google to sync data I resorted to MyPhoneExplorer which I use to sync Contacts to Windows Contact Manager and Appointments to Thunderbird / Lightning. I just synced my old phone to the PC, then set up the new phone and told MPE to sync data from those apps to the new phone.
Moving the text messages was done with "SMS Backup & Restore" from the Market (Author: Ritesh Sahu) which exports the messages to XML and then allows to import them in the new phone.

psych0t1c said:
I've been in the same spot as the OP.
Using a Desire, want my data to go over to the DHD. The "Transfer data" feature HTC supplies is utter rubbish. It only copied the phonebook entries.
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I don't know about utter rubbish, because I have transferred the data (contacts, SMS messages and calender entries) from a Blackberry Bold 9000 and an iPhone 3GS with absolutely no bother at all.

Thank you everyone! I will try once I got my DHD....
Thank again!

That is indeed interesting, cause when I used that feature on the initial setup of my DHD it asked me to fire up Bluetooth on the old device, paired with it and then told me that only the phonebook would be synced. It kind of made sense cause it was using BT OBEX profile for data transfer. Basically it did what any good BT handsfree would do - download the contacts.
Did you use a different connection (USB or something)?

I just did as it asked, fired up Bluetooth on both devices and it gave me the 3 options. With the Bold 9000, it wasn't even listed in the supported devices that showed on the DHD and it worked fine still

Sync Contacts - Outlook / Note

Since Kies doesn't work with some of the latest ICS custom ROMs, can anybody recommend a good utility to syncronise contacts between Outlook & the Note, or as an alternative Outlook & GMail
Thanks

Take a look at Gsyncit. It costs, but it works. Sync is from Outlook to/from the Google cloud and then between the Google cloud and your phone(s). That should make it independent of the ROM on your phone.
My girlfriend has a copy running between Outlook 2010 and Froyo on her Motorola Defy. I have a copy running between Outlook 2003 and my GB Note, and ZTE Blade on Eclair and GB before that.
It means that sync can occur in the background and you don't have to take any positive action to force a sync between laptop/PC and your phone. So long as they are each on the net at some point the sync will just go ahead automatically.
I might add that for the first year of use there did seem to be some instability, with Outlook sometimes being crashed by the plugin on startup, but never any data loss as a result. For the last several months - certainly all of 2012 so far - it has been faultless for both of us.

Hi tdodd,
I have a similar question, my father uses a HTC Touch Pro, and has around 1000 contacts on it.
I have finally convinced him to upgrade to the Galaxy Note, but now I need to solve the sync problem of all his contacts.
The biggest problem that I think I will have will be that outlook always shows the Last name first and only than the first name. Would the Gsyncit program identify correctly the names or would I need to edit each contact to change the first name and last name?
I am looking right now for a way to transfer the contacts from Windows Mobile 6.1 to the Android 2.3.6.
Can SMS and Call logs be transferred also or those ones would get lost?
Thank you all for your help.

To my knowledge and experience Gsyncit will sync contacts, calendar events, notes and tasks. Maybe there is new stuff in Outlook 2010 which I don't know about, but for me it does not sync call logs or SMS messages because, apart from anything else, Outlook 2003 does not hold such information.
As for contact field mapping, in Outlook you have individual fields for surname, forename and other parts of the name if required. The "File As" display is assembled within Outlook from those individual fields if they exist. If you only input data to Outlook in the File As field then I'm not exactly sure how that gets handled, but it should sync across one way or another.
Since Gsyncit is only responsible for sync between Outlook and the Google Cloud it should not matter which Android phone you have because it is down to Google/Android to take care of the sync between the cloud and your own device. That part of the sync has nothing to do with Gsyncit.
If you have a Windows 6.1 device (I used to have a WM5 phone before moving to Android) then it should be simple to sync contacts into Outlook using MS tools. Once in Outlook you could use Gsyncit to sync the Outlook contacts up to the cloud and then let Google sync from the cloud to the Android phone.
However, if it is a one off exercise only, with no sync back and forth required in the future then I believe you can export the contacts from Outlook to a CSV file and then import the CSV file to Google on the web from where they will propogate to the Android phone. For such a one off exercise there is no need to purchase Gsyncit at all.
When I bought Gsyncit for myself there was a free trial available for something like five days and 20 contacts/events. So you can always give it a spin for free and see if it does what you need, assuming the trial is still part of the offering. My purchase was 20 months ago.
p.s. Google finds it easily enough, but here is a link with reviews - https://www.google.com/enterprise/m...ductListingId=4262+17155367427235402467&pli=1

http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/
I use this to sync my outlook contacts with gmail (and vice versa)...works great and its free!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

nunosm said:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/googlesyncmod/
I use this to sync my outlook contacts with gmail (and vice versa)...works great and its free!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Does it copy the contact photos/profile pictures across too?

cgjones said:
Does it copy the contact photos/profile pictures across too?
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Never tried it because i dont have them on outlook. Give it a try....
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

tdodd said:
Take a look at Gsyncit. It costs, but it works. Sync is from Outlook to/from the Google cloud and then between the Google cloud and your phone(s). That should make it independent of the ROM on your phone.
My girlfriend has a copy running between Outlook 2010 and Froyo on her Motorola Defy. I have a copy running between Outlook 2003 and my GB Note, and ZTE Blade on Eclair and GB before that.
It means that sync can occur in the background and you don't have to take any positive action to force a sync between laptop/PC and your phone. So long as they are each on the net at some point the sync will just go ahead automatically.
I might add that for the first year of use there did seem to be some instability, with Outlook sometimes being crashed by the plugin on startup, but never any data loss as a result. For the last several months - certainly all of 2012 so far - it has been faultless for both of us.
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Thank you. As ever though, I didn't want to pay for anything

nunosm said:
Never tried it because i dont have them on outlook. Give it a try....
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Yes, it copies the profile pictures across too
Thank you

cgjones said:
Yes, it copies the profile pictures across too
Thank you
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Glad to help....
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

cgjones said:
Since Kies doesn't work with some of the latest ICS custom ROMs, can anybody recommend a good utility to syncronise contacts between Outlook & the Note, or as an alternative Outlook & GMail
Thanks
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Kies should work. You might need to switch the mode your Note is connecting to the computer.
I used this app when I was having issues and Kies works perfectly again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.zatta.USB_switch&hl=en

How do i transfer all my stuff such as contacts from my Samsung to my new Honor 7

i have a Samsung phone what is the best way of transfering all my stuff such as contacts , photos , email address ect over to my new Honor 7 ? thanks for any help I'm not very technical . Shaun

shaun1952 said:
i have a Samsung phone what is the best way of transfering all my stuff such as contacts , photos , email address ect over to my new Honor 7 ? thanks for any help I'm not very technical . Shaun
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Email should be straightforward, just open the email app on the Honor 7 and input your email address. It should do all the technical stuff for you.
If you have a PC, copy all your photos to that from your Samsung. If you want them back on your phone just copy them across from your PC to your new Honor 7.
For contacts, I normally back them up to google and then when I have a new android device and i first set it up there is an option to sync them. This can also be found under settings>accounts. This might be useful...
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00042090/997352020/SGH-I997ZKAATT

shaun1952 said:
i have a Samsung phone what is the best way of transfering all my stuff such as contacts , photos , email address ect over to my new Honor 7 ? thanks for any help I'm not very technical . Shaun
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I often change my smartphone, so here's my advice :
You should always backup your data on your Google account. Sync all your contacts on google (you can find easy tutorials on the internet), sync all your pictures and videos with Google Photo app, backup your SMS/MMS with "SMS Backup And Restore" app, ... This way, you'll be able to change your phone very often, format your phone when you want, and do whatever you like without even thinking about your data. Everything will have a backup online.
Good luck

shaun1952 said:
i have a Samsung phone what is the best way of transfering all my stuff such as contacts , photos , email address ect over to my new Honor 7 ? thanks for any help I'm not very technical . Shaun
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Hi,
I had a similar challenge. Without rooting the device, Helium backup works mostly. With the paid version, just put both devices to the same WLAN to transfer stuff from one device to the other. Some apps can be restored to the new device (including their settings), others don't. In addition I was also using SMS backup.

After taking the longer route of backing up my contacts to gmail and then from there to the Honor 7, realised that the phone had a sweet little option to simplify it. You have to pair your old and new phones via Bluetooth and then the Honor can act as a car kit to import all contacts from your old phone. Thoughtfully done ☺

How does one "copy" network profiles from one phone to another please

Sara...
This is wow feature in Honor 7. I have successfully imported the contacts from my Oneplus One phone which was complaining to export more than 500 contacts. Thanks a lot for enlightening me with this feature in Honor 7.
Regards
DJ