[REF] *Blackstone Hints & Tips* - Things you may not have known. UPDATED 30th July.
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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 pre-installed 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 Tweaking 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
If you carry your phone in your jacket pocket, make sure it is 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. Rub firmly back and forth with your 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 clockwise 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. An anti-clockwise circle gesture will zoom out the photo. 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 'Adaptive 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 5, Saturation to 5, and Sharpness to 4. 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.
30. Charge when Powered Off
Always charge your device switched off if possible. This makes the charging time shorter and helps the battery to "calibrate".
31. Activate Hidden Photo Modes
You can activate hidden photo modes using the 'HD Tweak' app. Make sure to leave the resolutions for these modes at 1 megapixel though or they may not work properly. For for the more advanced users, use the following reg entries:
To enable Burst mode:
Mobile Device\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P6
set "Enable" on "1"
To enable Sports mode:
Mobile Device\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P8
set "Enable" on "1"
To enable Video Share mode:
Mobile Device\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P9
set "Enable" on "1"
To enable GPS Photo mode:
Mobile Device\HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\P10
set "Enable" on "1"
32. How to Hard Reset your Phone
To hard reset your phone which means to delete ALL personal data and settings and have the phone in factory default conditions as if you turned on the phone for the first time after purchasing, press the following buttons:
1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.
2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:
"This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to the manufacturer default settings. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer defaults, or press other keys to cancel."
3. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons.
4. Press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
You can also use Clear Storage to reset your device back to factory default settings.
1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap All Settings.
2. On the System tab, tap Clear Storage.
3. Enter “1234” and then tap Yes.
Make sure you back up all your data such as Contacts, Appointments etc or they will be gone forever.
33. Clean your Camera Lens Often
Remove the back cover and gently clean your camera lens with a soft cloth. You would be amazed to find fingerprints or dust on it.
34. Install Official HTC Hotfix
Sometimes your screen may stop responding for about 3 to 5 seconds when running an application that needs to use the stylus to click the screen repeatedly within a short time. Apps like SMS, email, solitaire, etc. The Hotfix will enhance the response time. Almost everyone should install the official hotfix from the link below. Please read the instructions carefully in the link as it only works if your rom is LESS than version 1.19.xxx.x.
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=448&news_id=16
35. Quick System Status Menu Exit
When you tap the status icons on the top bar and want to immediately exit the screen, just tap anywhere in the grey background.
36. Enable Analogue Clock
If you prefer to see an analogue clock instead of a digital clock on your title bar, tap on the main clock on your home page, then the 'More' tab and then check "Display the clock on the title bar in all programs". Finally, when you see the digital clock on the title bar, tap and hold it and choose 'Analog'.
37. Resolve Squeaky Back Cover
A temporary solution is to use small Post-It notes paper to stick to the inside of your cover.
38. Cheap Security Measure for Lost Phone
If you were to lose your phone how could someone know who it belongs to, to return it? What if your battery dies and the finder cannot access your Owner page? What if you have a lock code on your phone that your finder cannot enter to get access to your Owner or Contacts page? A simple solution to all this is to write on a 2"x2" piece of paper the following words or similar: "If you find this phone, please call 07890 xxx xxx to reunite the phone to its rightful owner and claim a cash reward of £XX. Thanks!" Stick this slip to either the battery or the inside of the back cover. You are hoping when someone finds the phone, the first thing they will do is take off the cover and try to put their sim in it and discover the message. Of course you will have enabled sim lock on your phone to prevent them using the phone straight away. Seeing as they can't access or use the phone to their advantage, they may go the easy route and go for your cash reward. If you offer say £40 reward, it is still cheaper than buying a new phone and having all your personal data back - especially if you have no insurance. Let's just hope that there are honest people out there that just might pay attention to the message. You never know so you may as well try it.
39. Tube/Subway Map for HD
Do you want a train map for your HD? Simple. Go to 'Google Images' and find your underground train map for your country and right click to save it. In 'Photoshop' or any PC image editor, tweak it to make it more sharp and crop it if necessary. Choose 'Save for web' option to optimize file size and speed loading on HD. Save the image to your 'Favourite Album' on your Storage Card. The map will be there in your Touchflo Photo tab for you to zoom in and pan to find your routes and plan your journey. Very useful.
40. Clean your Pouch
Use sellotape wrapped around your fingers (sticky side out) to clean all the pocket fluff stuck to your suppllied pouch.
41. Unlock the First 6 Shortcut Slots in the Programs Tab
Using a registry editor, go to: HKLM (local machine) - Software - HTC - Manila - Programlauncher. There you will find 24 directories for the 24 shortcut locations. The first 6 (i.e. numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) have a value of 1 in the "read only" section. Change that to 0. Now you can go to the programs tab and erase those and then add the ones that you want in their place.
42. Add the Option to Reflow Text in Adobe Reader
To make pdf files easier to read on the HD, you can change a registry setting to activate the "Reflow" option in Adobe Reader.
In the registry go to current_user/software/adobe/adobereaderle.25/Enablereflow and change the value from 0 to 1.
Now, when reading a pdf file, go to Tools - View and select Reflow. Now zoom all you want without having to pan back and forth to read the text.
43. Exit Fullscreen Mode in Adobe Reader
If you are viewing a pdf file in fullscreen mode, just double tap on the screen to exit that mode. FYI: This still works even if you have activated the Reflow option mentioned in the previous tip on this list.
44. Faster Opera Browsing
For faster browsing use opera in portrait mode
45. Choose Which Default Number to Use in Phone Application
Touching the contact name in the Phone application list dials the default telephone number. This number may not be the one that you wish to use.
In order to use a different number, slide the "m", "t" (etc) letter on the right hand side of the contact line. The top of the screen will show you the number. In this way, you're able to choose the desired telephone number.
46. Opening Contact Details in Phone Application
Sadly if you tap on a contact name in the Phone application list, it automatically calls the contact. The only way to get around this is to swipe left or right on the contact which will highlight the name but not call it. Now you can tap on 'Menu' and then 'Open Contact'.
47. Increase Number of Tabs in Opera
To increase the number of allowed tabs from only 3 (default) to any other number, type 'opera:config' (without the ' ') in the url bar. Next scroll to 'User Prefs' and tap on it. Find the entry 'Maximum Allowed Tabs' and alter the number here. Scroll down to save and then restart Opera to see changes.
48. Contacts - Alphabet Bar Scrolling Up v Down
If you slide your finger down the Alphabet bar and stop at a letter, the first entry for that letter will show at the bottom of the list. However, if you scroll UPWARDS and stop on a letter, the first entry for that letter will show at the TOP of the contacts list which is how it should be.
49. Show Vertical Alphabet Scroller in Contacts
In 'Contacts', click on Menu then Options. The first option is called "Show alphabetical index". When this option is enabled you get an alphabet index at the top of the screen - "old style". If this option is disabled, you get the bar on the right side of the screen, which is much better. Some of you may already have the vertical scroller enabled.
50. Get True 5 Mega pixel Resolution When Using Camera
To get 5MP instead of 4MP resolution when using your camera, you must switch off Widescreen mode in the 'Advanced' Menu.
* Normal screen = 2592 x 1944 pixels = 5,038,848 pixels = 5MP
* Widescreen = 2592 x 1552 pixels = 4,022,784 pixels = 4MP
51. Use Gestures to Advance Days and Weeks
When using 'Calendar', if you are in Agenda or Day view, swiping the screen left or right will advance or go back one day at a time. If you are in Week view, swiping the screen left or right will advance or go back by week. If you are in Month view, swiping the screen left or right will advance or go back one month.
52. Get Better Video Quality When Using Camera
Use MPEG format instead of H.263 for better quality video output. This option can be found by going to the Advanced Setting from the Video Settings menu. Once there, go to Capture Format and change format if necessary.
53. Set MP3 as a Ringtone
In Windows Explorer, you can right click an mp3 file and choose to set it as a ringtone.
54. Improve Speed Access of Micro SD Card
Most Micro SD cards come already formatted as FAT 32 using 32kb clusters. To speed up your Micro SD access, reformat your Micro SD card to use 64kb clusters instead of 32kb clusters (FAT 32 remains the same). Warning: formatting will permanently erase all data on your Micro SD card so be sure to copy all data on it to your PC and the copy them back again after the format. You can use SoftWinter's StorageTools app to reformat the card.
55. Use Titles Instead of URLs for Opera Bookmarks
When adding and saving a new bookmark in Opera, be sure to let the web page fully load and THEN save it as a bookmark. Doing so, your bookmark will use the friendly title name for the web page. If you add a bookmark while the page is still loading, your bookmark will be using the url address as your bookmark's title.
56. Increase Frame Rate of Camera
If you want to increase the FPS of the camera to speed up picture processing, just turn down the brightness to -1.5 or -2.0.
57. Increase Wrting Space in SMS
Go to this site: http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm and download the 'arm/xscale/pxa'.cab file. Go into Explorer and run the cab file from wherever you saved it, and install it. Now go to Start > Programs and run 'Total Commander' that you just installed. Open the directory 'Windows' and scroll down to find 'thread_sms.htm'. With 'thread_sms.htm' highlighted click 'File' then 'Edit'. Scroll down through the file until you find the line
'<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35'
Change the value for height from 35 to 70 and then click 'File' then 'Save'. Soft reset the phone and your space for typing a message should be bigger.
58. Increase Speed and Fix Lag of Keyboard Tapping
Use a registry editor to make the following changes. Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Keybd
Find "InitialDelay"=dword: dec - change to 775
Find "RepeatRate"=dword: dec - change to 23
Also set the suggested words to a lower number such as 0 and disable auto-correction of words. Now you should no longer hvae misspleled wrods.
59. Increase Resolution of Panoramic Photos
By default, panoramic photos are less than 1 mp. This registry tweak increases resolution to about 7 mp.
Go to: HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/P3
Adjust MainCamCaptSize to 1024 and MainCamSupportCaptSize to 1744. Soft reset.
60. Quick Access to Manila Alarm Page
You can go direct to the Alarm page from the Manila Home screen by tapping the alarm info text in the lower right corner below the flip clock.
61. How to Calibrate Screen if Stylus Can't Navigate the OS
To align screen if it is not usable, press and hold Vol Up and Vol Down buttons together and tap the screen. You are now automatically taken to the screen calibration screen.
62. Improve Suggested T9 Dictionary With Custom Words
The Blackstone has a very useful hidden application in the Windows directory. You need to unhide hidden system and Rom files in order to find it and you can do this by using a 3rd party file explorer such as 'Resco File Explorer'. Find the file "eT9MyWords.exe" in the Windows directory and add a shortcut to this file in your Windows/Start Menu folder.
When in the application, add the most common words you use when using the keypad such as names, locations, user names, email addresses and other words not common in the standard T9 dictionary. For example if you are based in London, UK you could add the following locations:
Leicester, Piccadilly, Tottenham, Soho, Charring, Euston, Trafalgar, Clapham
and words such as BRB, DVD, coz, lol, xoxo, [email protected], ciao, etc.
63. Quick Access to Last Manila Tab
Go direct to the last tab of Manila by flicking towards the right anywhere on the screen above the tabbed scroll bar
64. Add Favicons to your Opera Bookmarks
Make sure a bookmarked web page is fully loaded and save and overwrite your existing bookmark with the same title to also save the favicon icon for that bookmark. This even works with pre-installed bookmarks. Just save as the same bookmark title. You can only see the icons when accessing the bookmark page through Opera and not through Manila.
* Latest update: Added entries 60-64
MOD Edit HDuser
All entries up to number 52 have now been added to wiki
One more reserve for luck!
Hi Tboy,
are the latest updates the highest numbers? - or they grouped by functionality
Thanks
Hi! The latest entries will always be the last few numbered (highest numbers). You can always check what has been added that day at the end of the list.
Reset button hole
Probably gone unnoticed because of the new thread:
Take a tiny drill, remove the backcover from the Touch HD
and drill a tiny hole in the backcover on the exact spot where the reset button is.
Re-attach the backcover on your HD.
Use a paperclip everytime you need to reset your device.
Works like a charm, no hassle of removing the backcover anymore.
Don't understand why HTC didn't do that.....
Fab idea. You probably can use hand nail drills that women use to add diamond studs to their nails. How would u know where to drill a hole and make sure it is lined up exactly? I guess a safer alternative is just to use the software reset apps like in Tweak HD or made by Singh.
Dodger said:
Probably gone unnoticed because of the new thread:
Take a tiny drill, remove the backcover from the Touch HD
and drill a tiny hole in the backcover on the exact spot where the reset button is.
Re-attach the backcover on your HD.
Use a paperclip everytime you need to reset your device.
Works like a charm, no hassle of removing the backcover anymore.
Don't understand why HTC didn't do that.....
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Or install the HD Tweaks utility. The latest version also provides a HD Soft reset option in your start menu. No need to drill anything.
Dodger said:
Take a tiny drill, remove the backcover from the Touch HD
and drill a tiny hole in the backcover on the exact spot where the reset button is.
Re-attach the backcover on your HD.
Use a paperclip everytime you need to reset your device.
Works like a charm, no hassle of removing the backcover anymore.
Don't understand why HTC didn't do that.....
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HTC doesn't do that because they think that Diamond user use it too many time (so they need to use it)
On HD their rom are really stable, so why have a reset button when concurrent doesn't have it ? it's a proof of weakness.
So just hide it
Sometimes my HD hangs and is really doing nothing.
Mostly during use of Opera and sometimes as a result of invalid logins.
The 4 buttons on the bottom vibrate when touched,
but no other response.
Even after 30 minutes nothing happens.
Therefore, no software solutions is possible.
And so, this solution works fine for me.
What is about pressing the power button for 5 seconds (or something like that). Other users were saying that this is exactly the same as a soft reset.
As I haven't my device yet, I can't check it, would somebody of you mind?
johnpatcher said:
What is about pressing the power button for 5 seconds (or something like that). Other users were saying that this is exactly the same as a soft reset.
As I haven't my device yet, I can't check it, would somebody of you mind?
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Single press would lock the phone and shut down the display panel, continously holding the powerbutton would shut the device down completely. So al you need to do is to power it up again, works the same as soft resetting the device but only takes a little longer, advantage is that you do not need to remove the battery cover to reset your device.
Even the last one is not working while my HD hangs.
So for me there was no other solution than drilling
the tiny hole and using the reset button.
The problem occurs also when using to much links
to frequent after each other.
Somehow the device gets confused and hangs....
Hi,
Here translation in french of some tips and more (.net 3.5 ...) :
http://celogeek.free.fr/mobile/mobile-trucs-et-astuces/htc-hd-trucs-et-astuces/
Thanks a lot man, it's wonderfull !
lots of useful tips here. someone needs to convince all cookers to include this in their roms as the help file or default start page in browser
needs more stuff though
Dodger said:
Sometimes my HD hangs and is really doing nothing.
Mostly during use of Opera and sometimes as a result of invalid logins.
The 4 buttons on the bottom vibrate when touched,
but no other response.
Even after 30 minutes nothing happens.
Therefore, no software solutions is possible.
And so, this solution works fine for me.
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Make sure you add the official Hotfix to fix the problem when phone hangs for a few seconds:
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=448&news_id=16
Will add to post 2.
A tip I learned today... If you set background image using Today applet and image appears almost completely white instead of with original colors, use "Pictures & videos" application instead (not "Album" or "Camera" - these two don't have the option to set image as background). In "Pictures..." you can choose desired transparency level or disable it (to have original colors).
tboy2000 said:
Make sure you add the official Hotfix to fix the problem when phone hangs for a few seconds:
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=448&news_id=16
Will add to post 2.
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this fix is for rom under 1.19, so not concern anymore actually.
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.
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I really don't understand this sentence
Can you explain it more clearly please, the sense is out of my english knowledge
So, I have understood to push shutter touch button, and don't move at all during 3s? easy to do and common sens but what happen if people you take move ?
I know some of these problem is already fixed by cab provided in this forum. I just make a summary of them and hope it can be improved in next update.
1. There are only 9 short cut in Home screen
2. There are only 9 short cut in Contact screen
3. The SMS always stuck in Send Box, we have to restart device and send a new SMS to “initiate” the SMS function in order to send out the stuck SMS
4. The calendar screen is too simple. It even can’t show task & appointment on same screen
5. The Music screen is handicap. We can’t select folder to play music or delete unwanted song. Please do not link it to WM Libraries as this is too annoying and time consuming too mange song in this way.
6. The Foot print screen can only support 99 records. There is no point to limit user’s footprint as we have several GB storage on SD card.
7. The twitter screen can’t manage follower/following
8. The setting screen didn’t provide an option to switch off HSPA / Data connection. The default data connection button will be triggered by program like Weather, gmail etc which do not do the job well.
9. The setting screen didn’t provide a monitor/counter for wireless / data transmission.
10. There is no option for us to add our own icon on the slide bar. This is kind of waste for the wise idea of slide bar. If we can create our page on the slide bar, we can better manage the program icons which all sitting in the start menu now.
Anything else?
Apart from number 3 (which can be resolved by turning off HTC messaging - a real fix will follow), they're just wishes. You can't expect your personal opinion to be considered a reflection of how the device is "handicapped". I think you should change the thread title to reflect that these are your personal wishes, not faults. (You need to edit and go into advanced mode to change the title )
1. There are only 9 short cut in Home screen
I have 20 (modified from 9)
2. There are only 9 short cut in Contact screen
I have 15 stock from o2
3. The SMS always stuck in Send Box, we have to restart device and send a new SMS to “initiate” the SMS function in order to send out the stuck SMS
As johncmolyneux post
4. The calendar screen is too simple. It even can’t show task & appointment on same screen
No tasks but the calendar is effective
5. The Music screen is handicap. We can’t select folder to play music or delete unwanted song. Please do not link it to WM Libraries as this is too annoying and time consuming too mange song in this way.
I have a folder per album so if I play an album i'm playing the contents of a folder
6. The Foot print screen can only support 99 records. There is no point to limit user’s footprint as we have several GB storage on SD card.
The most recent 99 images even
7. The twitter screen can’t manage follower/following
Click on the tweet, then again with the white bground.. opens a dialogue box... click show profile... right softkey to follow unfollow
8. The setting screen didn’t provide an option to switch off HSPA / Data connection. The default data connection button will be triggered by program like Weather, gmail etc which do not do the job well.
setting screen open the comm manager which has the data connection switch. pointless unless you have turned off all automatic updates
9. The setting screen didn’t provide a monitor/counter for wireless / data transmission.
Never has, just a connection time in the notif manager. there are 3rd party applications that will do this.
10. There is no option for us to add our own icon on the slide bar. This is kind of waste for the wise idea of slide bar. If we can create our page on the slide bar, we can better manage the program icons which all sitting in the start menu now.
?????? you've lost me now
Yes...100 posts.....
Good point, let me change the title later
Here you will find the last internationale update : (for mx4 and mx3 too) :
go on https://www.meizumobiles.fr/mises-a-jour/
changelog for the mx4 pro 4.2.2.1i :
Changelog:
Phone
- Pop reminder not to add new names to save new contacts.
- Add Click notification bar contact details of functionality into the human head.
- Optimization of emergency dial pad UI.
- Contact Search optimization rules.
- Click optimized missed call notification bar avatar interaction.
- Optimal adjustment of the call interface background settings, fit third-party themes.
- Tips Phone processes and harassment interception stopped the problem repaired camouflage number to call.
Information
- Fully optimized SMS service number, covering 100+ commercial enterprises, 1000+ certified SMS numbers, providing 30+ living services.
- New third-party applications allow you to set the default SMS application.
- Top features new unread messages no longer miss any piece of information.
- Additional information on the interception record increase in the "More" button to view the details of the intercepted information.
- New SMS delivery report switch.
- Additional information on the details of the latest information session from another device if the synchronization mark is displayed.
- Code optimization bomb box.
- Click on the notification bar to optimize the interaction of unread messages Avatar.
Contacts
- Added bulk delete call records function, from the call log list Long press to activate the call log multiple choice, delete operations.
- New call log "Send SMS" "Save number" "Filter number" "Remarks Number" and other routine operations.
- New Contact details Show number attribution.
- Increased number of new filter "delete call records" option.
- New contact list displays the letter from the Permanent navigation.
- Add more contact numbers highlighted last call number.
- New call records details of the latest call from another device if the synchronization mark is displayed.
- Optimize multiple numbers of main contact number logic.
- Optimized interface logic reset page after phone records outgoing calls from the search results.
Multitasking
- Optimized cleanup rules are applied: turns off all the background processes of non-self-start applications when cleaning multitasking.
Suspension Ball
- New suspension ball features, support for custom gestures and transparency.
Notification bar
- Added Flyme theme switching, theme material notification bar switch button without having to restart to take effect (before you need to restart to see the effect).
- Notification bar network optimization mode switching function.
Lock screen
- Left slide to unlock the camera when optimizing the slide to unlock screen display.
Wake repair gesture gesture set to open a browser failure problem.
Set up
- Added data backup and recovery capabilities. Then do not worry about losing data Brush, now supports local backup contacts, call history, text messages, settings, applications and application data and images.
- Added "sound and vibration" adding ringtones crescendo switch.
- Added new gesture wake slide around (switch songs) switch.
- Added "Right slide lock screen" function switch, from open-demand.
- When optimizing automatic shutdown no vibration, no vibration during sleep.
- Optimization "blur" switch, to provide third gear blur for selection.
- Optimal adjustment of the third-party music players do not take the Hi-Fi playback problems.
Security Center
- Security Center code refactoring to improve stability.
- New traffic widget on the desktop, not into the Security Center, also always know the traffic usage.
- New traffic system applications switch, destroy privilege.
- Added new garbage cleanup cleanup process and back-office services, with those long-term potential to completely break up the background of the application.
- Added regular cleaning, sustainment phone clean.
- New applications under Wifi networking switch.
- New daily flow charts to see the daily traffic usage.
- Added caching system can selectively clean up trash.
- Added to clean up large files in the file path, the source application, time and other auxiliary information.
- New traffic control and management over the functionality of the application is not consumed traffic;
- Since the start of the new application whitelist.
- Streamline security permissions and privacy rights copywriting.
Music
- New songs song identification, support knowledge song and sing songs knowledge song.
- New player interface is sliding volume control can be triggered.
- Open new song files from the document folder, a folder can play all the songs in the playlist and displays.
- New circle of friends to share the micro-channel music can play.
- Add new songs for the local alphabet navigation interface.
- Added audition rate selection function.
- Added senior member of a third-party key upgrade low-quality music sound folder function.
- Non-destructive identification of new songs, listen and download easy selection based on quality.
- You can add a single new song singles Recommended reason, stories to share music with partners.
- Added subscribed channels supports synchronization to the cloud, for a cell phone is not afraid to throw.
- Added "When using the mobile network Reminder" option, the next move data to decide whether or not to remind you.
- New song single song sequencing.
- Optimized default display two folders directory, allows you to add a subdirectory.
- When selecting an embedded optimization allows you to edit the cover songs.
- Stop Move player interface timing optimization.
- Switching Caton page optimization problem.
- Optimized folder entry merge to local music.
Video
- New "Look" channel, interesting original short video "roll" forward looking.
- Added auto-play video details page setup options.
- Added DLNA playback video, hidden floating window switch.
- Add video to add wireless projection function, put the video playback screen but can also operate other tasks on the phone.
- New video details related to the page recommendation function.
- New details page history prompted increased player has played before home video list is displayed in gray.
- Optimization of online video player can be rotated automatically switch the screen anyway with the phone.
- Optimized suspension continued to optimize multi-window scenes experience.
- Optimized video playback cache logic, ensuring seamless playback of online video and cached video convergence.
- Optimal adjustment of the local new collection logic.
- Personal Center interface optimized vision.
Camera
Added square pattern entry and exit transition animation.
New scan code results page (merchandise, books) mark from the Smart Snap.
New camera scan code allows users to quickly log dimensional code scanning center.
Beauty optimal adjustment process.
After the repair switch mode sporadic problem can not take pictures.
Gallery
- New albums were local Chinese Notes.
- Added to fog, haze to two filters.
- New gallery to increase the recognition of barcodes and 2D codes pictures.
- New wallpaper fuzzy transition animation.
- Added automatic notification bar shows the progress of backup.
- Gallery startup speed optimization.
- Album automatic backup cloud optimization logic, adding a variety of conditions to trigger automatic backup, backup to enhance the overall efficiency.
- APP albums optimization commonly checked by default display.
- Optimize camera Gallery cache files take up too much storage space issues.
- Repair sporadic Gallery crash.
- Called when repair using fast system diagram editor picture gallery, select the filter to save, gallery crash.
Game Center/ Application center
- Added Split package upgrades.
- Install new version history function.
- New batch ignore updates, set up after the application is no longer ignore the prompt application of the update has been set.
- Added in the "installed" batch uninstall application functionality.
- New zero flow update, simply open the "silent install" in the settings, you can not disturb the case of zero flow automatically update the application.
- Added Applications tab, you can show the "official", "quality", "security", "no advertising" tab in the application of such details page.
- New message push, you can push application centers operating activities, quality and other topics;
- Added features like points for comment, was the opportunity to praise the most commented top display.
- New game packs entrance.
- Optimization of multi-dimensional visual list.
- When restoration application center shelves system applications for updates, interface display unusual problems.
User Center
- Added Root rights management, will enter Root privileges after setting interface can be Root rights management for individual applications.
- Added quick registration. Just set a password to use the machine number one key to register Flyme accounts.
- Added icons identifying other accounts.
- Added Alipay latest plug-in support six mobile payment password.
- New web version of scan code to log.
Individuation
- Added support for 5 minutes probation fee theme, the money can be capricious.
- New smart wallpaper function, a key can blur the heart of water wallpaper.
- New theme installer, you can open the theme format files directly within the document.
- Added news push system, Direct Push activity or promotional information.
- Optimized theme details page slide area.
Browser
- New reading mode memory function, re-enter the read mode after exiting, automatically jump to the last reading point.
- New UC search engine.
- New multi-tab window animation.
- Optimization of stealth mode to "More" menu, multi-window pop-up screen bottom bar and the browser's default bottom button bar button is consistent.
- Optimized web advertising filtration.
- Optimized pages forward and back caching mechanisms.
- Browser memory leak fixes problems.
Input Method
- New cloud Pinyin input function, greatly enhance the accuracy of the association of choice for word.
- New rich text expression Yen.
- New candidate inertial sliding bar.
- Repair the problem can not be synchronized input method thesaurus.
- Can not think of a word problem after repair modify contacts.
Read
- New classification polymerization subscription.
- Add Comment for this article can point to praise, there are popular commentary simultaneously.
- New users can comment spam to report.
- New left and right slip slide switch operation of the article.
- Optimized comments show the way, you can see all the comments in the article below.
- Optimized logic comment box when the article down to the comments section automatically appear when the comment box.
Clock
- Added stopwatch entity volume metering function keys.
- The first letter of the city's function retrieval add new world clock.
Boot boot
- Use the new networking startup guide.
Calendar
- New conference Disturb mode.
- Square revision, the new square icon recommendation and columns.
Weather
- Added display weather update time, down to a certain extent after the display weather update time, let go after the refresh.
- Added temperature curve animation, gradual transition temperature curve when switching the two cities.
- Adding animation to optimize the snow clouds background animations, animated three-dimensional visual effects to optimize the snow.
- Weather night optimized animation.
Notes
- New list of the main interface can be switched between each other previews, list mode and waterfalls flow pattern.
- Added support when you insert a picture gallery and document multiple choice.
File
- Locking mechanism to optimize the system area, improve the security of the data. (Remove the security center, and other places to visit in the lock area setting switch, leaving only the documents which can access the data locked area).
- Added support for compressed file preview when available single file.
Recorder
- New telephone recording file search function.
- Optimization recorder interface.
Mail
- Add Account screen new account association function.
- Added to send pictures to limit the width of 480 pixels and maintain the aspect ratio.
- New details of the interface font zoom, tables and corresponding on-screen font compression to maintain the original ratio. Long cards no longer hide the display.
- New search module of sophistication mixed messages of support for the search.
- New reply messages with attachments, after adding a new contact, a dialog box prompts the user whether to add the original e-mail attachments.
- Enter the address of Lenovo optimized intelligent pop-refresh efficiency.
- Add Account screen repair enter their email address sporadic crashes.
You can now find firmware for download on that page.
Download: you can go to flymeos com to search, as can't post link here
Tips:
Downloading via mobile networks may incur additional charges. If possible,please download via Wi-Fi network.
To avoid loss of data & if required, please perform Flyme or relevant backups before upgrading.
To avoid bricking the phone, do not turn off or reboot the device while upgrading.
Attention:Flyme Account is removed from this version
[Home screen]
Floating notification:Notifications can be displayed in floating mode without interrupting operations.
Multi-task: Card-type multi-task lists are added and can be long pressed to lock an individual application.
Multi-screen mode:Based on the multi-task list, two applications can be displayed at the same time in multi-screen mode in an adjustable ratio (only some specific applications are supported).
Batch icon sorting:Icons can be selected and moved in batch mode to different pages or directorieson Home screen by long pressing Home screen and selecting Sorting Icons.
Shake to sort Homescreen: Icons on Home screen can be sorted rapidly by entering the Sort Icon mode and shaking the mobilephone.
[Lockscreen]
Music display on the locked screen: The cover and lyric of a song can be directly displayed on alocked screen.
Notification displayon the locked screen: In Settings> Notification and Status Bar, users can configure whether to display notifications on the locked screen and whether to light up the screen upon receipt of a notification.
[Notification bar]
Optimized layout:When the notification bar without unread notifications is dropped down, all switches are displayed on it by default; and when the notification bar with unread notifications is dropped down, more options the notifications can be viewed by pull down the zone.
Notification management: In Settings >Notification and status bar >Notifications management, users can configure the notification enablerand priority for each application.
Optimized: The GPS icon on the notification bar is updated.
Optimized: The brightness adjustment is optimized to solve slow brightening of the screenunder hard light.
Fixed: The Wi-Filist is displayed slowly occasionally when the little triangle of Wi-Fi On/Offis tapped.
Fixed: Bluetooth cannot be scanned in the Settings page after being scanned in the notification bar.
[Communications]
Floating notification: Incoming calls can be displayed as floating notifications.
Dial: The dial is designed as floating. By swiping the page, users can switch between contacts and call history.
Recording list:In Phone > Settings page, users can view recordings in Voice messages and Call recordings.
Dial switching: InPhone > Settings page, users can enable Switch dialer input method to switch the dialpad between T9 mode and full keyboard mode by tapping the bottom left keypad symbol on dialpad.
Incoming callmuting: Incoming calls can be muted by pressing the volume button.
Added: In the contact detail page, the avatar can be tapped to view the full-sized avatar.
Added: In the contact detail page, a Remove from blacklist functionis added.
Optimized: Callrecordings can be controlled via earphones controlling panel during playback. To play the nextrecording, double-click the panel; to play the previous recording, triple-click the earphone.
Optimized:Notifications for missed calls are adjusted to the highest priority by default.
Optimized: Incall history, Rejected and Rings X times are displayed in red.
Fixed: The mobilephone may be mistakenly touched upon receipt of incoming calls.
[Messages]
Floating notifications: Quick replies to SMSs are available in floating notifications.
SMS deletion: SMS deletion buttons are added to the SMS notifications.
Optimized: The location where the page for selecting scheduled SMSs is displayed is adjusted and a cancel button is added.
Optimized: The entry button for the contact detail page is added to the top right of the SMS session page.
Optimized: Messages setting options are adjusted, with Deliveryreport and Display MMS theme enabled.
Adjusted: UnreadSMSs are not topped and the quantity of unread SMSs is displayed on the tab.
Fixedccasionally no response is received when the SMS session content is long pressed.
Fixed: Some numbers fail to match the bottom bar menu.
[File Explorer]
Capacity display:A phone storage area in the home page of Home screen can be tapped to quickly redirect to the storage detail page.
Optimized: The Vault is hidden in the storage disk and always displayed in My Favorites.
Optimized: The sort order of document files in the case of sorting by file type is optimized.
Optimized: File name suffixes are added to icons of documents and packages.
Optimized: The alphabetical index bar is added to the right in the case of sorting by file name.
Fixed: Storage capacity is displayed as merely an integral when the phone is connected to a device with a capacity of over 1TB via OTG.
Fixed: The progress bar does not appear when an RAR package containing multiple files is extracted.
Design: The directory structure is optimized and an entry to file classifications isprovided.
Remote management: The remote management via FTP function is added, so that files inthe mobile phone can be managed directly on a computer in the same Wi-Fi network without connection using a data cable.
Hidden directoryor path: Users can specify whether to hide a directory or path in File > Setting.
Display ofstorage capacity: The remaining storage capacity is displayed on the home page of File Explorer.
Display: Detailed file names can be viewed by adjusting the file name display length.
[Settings]
Brand new design:The Setting page is adjusted in the aspects of interaction and functional grouping.
Volume classification: Volume can be managed by classification in Settings > Sound and Vibration > Volume.
Network sharing:A Wi-Fi network can be shared via QR code by tapping a Wi-Fi hotspot in Settings > WLAN.
Preferred network: A network can be connected preferably by tapping a Wi-Fi hotspot in Settings > WLAN
Battery management: The power consumption order is optimized, so that software and hardware power consumption is displayed separately.
Default application: Default applications can be specified for specific categories inSettings > Apps > Default apps.
Simulated colors:The color space can be simulated in color blindness mode or in amblyopia modein Settings >Accessibility > Developer options > Simulated color space.
Battery management: The option ‘History details’ is added to the power consumption page and specificusage can be viewed by time period and status.
Optimizedptions related to filtering notifications on the locked screen in visitor modeare optimized.
Optimized:Settings can be performedin multi-screen mode.
[Security]
Permission management: In Permissions > Disable mutual application start-up can be enabled to trackmutual application awaking behaviors and cut off the awaking path with one tap.
Call and SMSblocking: The call and SMS blocking function is moved to the security centerand unknown numbers and hidden numbers can be blocked.
Cache clearing whitelist: App caches, redundant APKs, and app residuals can be whitelisted toprevent unexpected removal.
Scheduled clearing: The Scan and clear option is added to scheduled cleaning for convenience.
Traffic information in the notification bar: The Display data usage in the notification bar switch is added in Data > Settings.
Phone acceleration: Apps running on the background can be disabled to accelerate theoperating speed of the mobile phone.
Quick scan and one-key optimization: The health status of the mobile phone can be known upon entering the interface without waiting. All problems can be fixed with one key.
Appanti-counterfeiting: Fake apps can be detected to prevent potential risks.
Self-start-upmanagement: The function is upgraded and its entry is moved to Auto-launch > Mutual start-up. The permission of mutual awaking can be specified for each application freely and the awaking history can be viewed visually, preventing one application for all.
Desktop shortcut:Home screen Shortcut management is added to permission management to prevent forcible generation of desktop shortcuts for third-party apps.
[Toolkit]
The Toolkit applicationis added.
Flashlight: Three-gear brightness adjustment and the SOS mode are supported.
Mirror: Normal,distorted, rotated and symmetric mirror effects are available.
Compassrientations and longitudes and latitudes can be displayed.
Level meter: The levelness can be viewed visually.
Ruler: Measuring in cmand inch is supported.
Magnifier: The torch mode is supported, so that the magnifier can be used at night.
Shortcut:Frequently used tools can be added as desktop shortcuts.
Added: The deletefunction is added to the share interface of mirror photo shooting.
Optimized: Mirrorphoto shooting is not processed as mirroring by default.
Optimized: Thecopy for buttons in the compass correction page is modified.
[Browser]
Home page: Abrand new design is applied in the home page.
Window: The layout of tabs in the window is optimized.
Tool bar: The bottom tool bar is added to allow more visualized operations.
[Video]
Floating windowlayback in floating windows is supported in video apps, perfectly achieving Picturein Picture. Seamless switching between floating and full-screen playback issupported without buffering.
[Camera]
GIF shooting: The GIF shooting mode is supported, so that users can easily create emotion packages.
Time stamp: Thetimestamp switch is added to Camera > Settings.
Flashlight: Historical flashlight settings can be remembered to avoid repeated setting.
Manual modeptions for saturation, contrast and white balance are added.
[Gallery]
Photo favoriteshotos can be added to the Favorites directory for quick viewing.
Custom cover:Users can replace the cover with another picture by long pressing the cover ofa directory.
Small-sized photofiltering: The switch for clearing small-sized photos is added to Gallery >Settings to make the gallery tidier.
Directory hidingirectories users do not want to display can be hidden directly by long pressing the directories.
Week view of photos: Switching between the month view and the week view can be performed conveniently by pinching to zoom.
Photo editing:The photo editing function is optimized with filter and mosaic adjusting functions.
Wallpaper setting: The wallpaper setting function is optimized to support custom the fuzzy level and overlap patterns.
[Calculator]
Exchange rate search: Exchange rates can be searched for directly by pressing country names.
Unit operationperations can be directly performed between different units.
Capitalization:Calculation results can be converted directly into uppercase by long pressingthem.
Added: Thousands separators are added.
Optimized:Formulas are displayed right above calculation results in the standard and scientific page.
Optimized: The display effects of texts in input boxes are adjusted.
[Clock]
Batch deletion:Clocks and the world clock can be deleted in batch mode by long pressing them.
Time scale: The timer can be adjusted to the time scale pattern.
[Memos]
Theme switching:The theme switching function is added and four themes with different plates and fonts are embedded.
Memo searching:The memo searching function is added for ease of searching for memos.
Text sharing: The function of sharing memos in text mode is added.
Doodle: A drawing board can be inserted directly for doodling.
Automatic numbering: Numbers can be created automatically for memos during memo editing.
Recording video:Recording video can be selected during insertion of recording.
Desktop plug-inesktop plug-ins are added to allow users to quickly create recording andphotos and display all memos.
[Painter]
Color: Morepreset colors are added.
[Calendar]
Floating ball ofevent: A floating ball of event is added to enable quick creation of new events.
Interval display:The interval between the current date and the target date can be viewed quickly from the top left of the calendar by tapping any target date.
Notice: The constant display of notices on the notification bar can be canceled by swiping them.
Account setting:The functions of adding accounts by email type and automatically configuring account information are added. The entry to Google accounts is added.
Gesture to zoom:Theme cards support gestures to zoom. Users can view details of the theme cardsmore conveniently.
Attachment: The attachment management function is added and the display location of attachmentin emails is optimized.
Search: The searching speed is greatly improved and key words are highlighted.
[Multi-task]
Optimized: Screenshots displayed in some task cards arestretched.
[Music]
Optimized: The playback interface is re-designed, with the download button displayed visually.
Optimized: The color preloading function is optimized, making page display smoother andlayered.
Optimized: The option for adding to favorites is added to display more visually upon tapping the playing song list.
Optimized:Margins of scroll bars in all pages are adapted, making the overall view more elegant and pleasant.
[WLAN]
Optimized: The plaintext display button is added near the Wi-Fi password input box.
Optimized: Wi-Fi fails to be enabled occasionally.
[Input method]
Default input method: The Fleshy input method is enabled by default, so that Hindi can be inputted directly.