[Q] Vodafone Magic Google Settings Problems - myTouch 3G, Magic General

Hi guys,
Been searching around but can't find answers, please if you know this question has been asked, just point me in the right direction.
I have a Vodafone Magic (yeah, yeah, I know, stupid right? Fancy wanting an android phone that the supplier will never upgrade past 1.6) But I didn't have that knowledge at the time. While I'm not happy with the phone generally, I have a more specific question.
I have always been happy enough using the stock broswer, although I have tried others too. But Just yesterday a problem turned up, that even using alternate browsers does not help with. When I go onto google site, and into preferences (settings) for google, which goes basically to the same page regardless of browser, I have always been able to save my prefernces, Ie safe search (other than moderate), save location, save searches etc. But yesterday, and since, every time I change a setting, save and then go back into settings, nothing I changed has altered.
Basically rambling, but say I change safe search to strict, press save, goes back to google page, go back into settings, and sure enough safe search is back to moderate.
This used to happen only when I cleared cache.
What the hell have I done to the phone to cause this, it's really quite irritating.
I have turned phone off and back on. I haven't done a factory reset yet, as hoping there is a solution that doesn't invole reinstalling all apps etc. I haven't done a soft reset, because I don't know if one exists.
Thanks in advance,
Steve

"have a Vodafone Magic is stupid right?" I don't think so haha

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Menu Trouble

For some reason since yesterday I keep getting this other menu system coming up on the main page which slows my exec down.
It has tabs for home, custom, settings, help along the bottom. And on the left side of screen messages, calls, o2, video, media centre, extras, favorites. How can I get rid of all this?
I just want my main page to display the basic stuff like date, owner, messages, tasks, appointments, msn, battery status.
Thanks!
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what the ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
never heard of such a thing as what you are referring to?
Tried hard resetting it?
Have you installed some dodgy software?
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i just re-read it
you have the ubeaut whizz bang O2 screw up system
hard reset the phone, go into coroprate mode, enter the magic key posted on this web 0506 I think or something similar
this is posted in various ways on these forums, alas I use the Jasjar so no such problem
You have 3 install types, and you want to go back to the basic corporate mode not the o2 bloated stuff

Largest Market Apps?

Hi,
I'm trying to see if "My Downloads" in the Market get reset when cache is cleared. I will try and do this by downloading some large apps.
Can anybody list some of the largest apps? It's pretty hopeless looking at them one by one!
Cheers
Steel and bonsai blast are farely large according to my deteriorating memory
Brain games and bonzai blast
My downloads
I don't think it will be resetted. One week ago I resettd my G1 to factory settings. When I enteres my Gmail adress to register the phone again, evrything went back. It is saved "in the cloud", it seems.
"My downloads" is a pain in the ... with all the apps you ever installed, even if you uninstalled them afterwards. And: there is no difference between installed apps that can be updated and uninstalled apps. I get crazy with 5 sorts of torch apps, I had installed. I decided to keep only one and when I browse the market to see, which updates are available, I don't remember, which one is still installed an which are uninstalled. Both say "free", when the is an update for the installed one.
It would be nice to be able to sort the apps not only after their name but after their status "installed", "updated" and "uninstalled".
That is my interpretation of the problem too. I have factory reset and it has not removed them. Beyond this some people *still* think they making the cache get so low it resets itself will do it though... I cannot see *how* if it is stored server side (Sufficiently that a "Factory" reset does not remove it [Hell, I should hope after a "Factory" reset there is NO personal info on the device... Certainly wasn't when I got mine new!)... None the less if people think it may work I've nothing to loose.
Shame is I've got all the apps above and (In any other situation good news) other apps are so small it'll take forever to install a sufficient number.
It seems in doing this I've probably made the matter worse as now my "My Downloads" list is huge :/
Any ideas how to clear the list OR very large apps appreciated.
Cheers.
LavaChild0809 said:
[Hell, I should hope after a "Factory" reset there is NO personal info on the device... Certainly wasn't when I got mine new!)...
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don't think so. All the information is tied to your google-account.
I guess if you register your account on another new device, you would have all the information on the new device. That'S the philosophy of android... have everything in the cloud... contacts, mails, calendar, app list.
On one hand it's good if you loose the device or have to factory reset. I still remember the time I was on Nokia and I had to restore my data after every change of phone or even Software update. On the other hand it's kind of critical in sense of misuse of personal data and ... the my downloads problem.
Admin: maybe the thread should be moved to this one???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468590
Please no not merge. I am the OP of both - The other is mainly about market issues. This is simply about large file size apps so that I can mess around and see if they do help with the issue in the other thread.
Both serve a different purpose even if there is overlap.
Meanwhile, I know for sure that the device doesn't carry the "My Downloads" over to another device - I had two faulty G1s before (1x screen issue and 1x charging issue). Both times I installed things and each device was not aware of what the other had. All, though, were aware of what they had installed on that device, even through a factory reset. I think maybe it is in the cloud but against some kind of device_id+gmail_account key? Not sure...

Android market stuck on 1620. How can I update it?

Firstly, its my first post, so if its in the wrong category or whatever I apologise.
I factory reset my Magic, and the market was reset to version 1620, as opposed to 1682 which I think it was before.
The old version of the market is slow, and permissions can take up to a minute to load, some descriptions don't load at all, also its currently only showing top free and just in. I'm aware the absence of 'top paid' is a different problem by the way. And apps don't show updates blah blah blah.
Question is, how do I update it? Market.apk 's are hard to find online, although of course I haven't looked... because that would be piracy...
aTrackdog leads to the market saying it doesn't exist. It's been probably 2 weeks since factory resetting, and within that time I've turned it off and on again, battery-pulled, logged in and out of GTalk, force-stopped the market and market updater and opened it again etc etc.
To no effect. Something just needs to trigger it back into updating. Should I just try factory resetting again?
If you need any more info, I'll be quick.
Any suggestions much appreciated, however tenuous. I'll give it a go. I've tried asking this in other places but no one seems to really know. I figured this would be the place for android experts! By the way, I'm not rooted, its plain vanilla android 1.6
Surely someone knows?!

Need some help, can this be done with Android

Hi all,
First, I am new to this Android thing and I don't know where else to post a such question.
But anyway, now on to my question.
I understand that rooting my device may brake the warenty, but if there is some other solution to the below problem, that would be great!
I am visually impaired and therefor me and others who are in the same situation rely on screen reading software, such as Spiel and Talkback that already exists in the market and they can be activated in the accessibility preferences of the phone after they have been installed.
In order for them to work, some text-to-speech engine has to be installed and the voice data for that as well, like Espeak.
The phones we have to use are the ones with physical qwerty keyboards and the ones that have physical arrow keys or a trackball. But now to my question.
Each time I have to do a factory reset of my Samsung Galaxy 5510 I must get someone sighted help me set up my Google account and then I can login to the market and install Spiel/Talkback and with some assistance enable the accessibility preferences.
This is really anoying. SO my question is, would it be possible to integrate these programs into some rom or maybe backup the phone so that I can restore it from a PC or maybe with some application that can be launched from the phone and then I select the image file, like a backup program and then all my settings are back.
I really apologize if this is the wrong forum, but any help is really apreciated since I know that several others are facing the same problem.
What do you think?
Could this be something to look at?
may I ask why you are doing a factory reset so often?
or do you just mean you upgrade to a new rom?
anyway, it should be really easy to have these apps installed by default in any rom. I doubt they would work in the setup procedure but you could skip the setup and then add your accounts later, when the text to speech apps are running.
No, I am not upgrading the ROM and I am not doing a hard reset that often, BUT, if i would have to do that it would be great if the screen reader service, such as Spiel could be launched by default and I don't know if this phone can be upgraded.

[Q] Tiles?

Hey everyone, I just got my DVP in the mail today, first time wp7 user. I've been trying to find some apps for it that may be useful and haven't had any luck.
First I've thought about some sort of tile that lets me control the wifi. If you move around a lot like I do, you don't want to have to enter settings and turn on the wifi then look for a network, select, then go back you what you were doing. Or if you just want to save batteries and only turn it on when you need it, then turn it off again.
Has anyone seen anything like this yet?
Thanks
alexpon1 said:
Hey everyone, I just got my DVP in the mail today, first time wp7 user. I've been trying to find some apps for it that may be useful and haven't had any luck.
First I've thought about some sort of tile that lets me control the wifi. If you move around a lot like I do, you don't want to have to enter settings and turn on the wifi then look for a network, select, then go back you what you were doing. Or if you just want to save batteries and only turn it on when you need it, then turn it off again.
Has anyone seen anything like this yet?
Thanks
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Unfortunately there is not a "wifi switch" app. And our phone is not supported by developers so we do not have any homebrew made for our phone...........yet. I still hold out hope
A live-tile to toggle WiFi activity is a great and very useful idea, as I am also constantly changing it. It's not exactly an issue specific to the Dell Venue Pro, you might have much better luck asking in the main WP7 development section, someone just might take you up on your idea there.
in the meantime just pin the settings tile to the start screen for fast access

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