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Ok, i have an elf. of the phone variety.
No funny hats or curly shoes with bells on.
On the third panel of the HTC today screen,
the app launcher, it will no longer add anything.
I can click on the plus icon, and it will show me
a selecion of programs to add, but after clicking
"select" or "ok" it still wont show the item in
the launcher.
Anyone else had this problem?
More importantly, has anyone got a solution?
(and i have searched the forum. found nothing)
LOL....no really? I thought you actually got one of santa's little helpers
Hmmmm....never heard of that one. Did you make any changes to the phone recently? Install something, flash a new ROM? Have you tried soft resetting the phone? Also try to disable the HTC home plug in and then try to re-enable.
well, i did capture one a couple of years ago, but some rights organisation said it was politically incorrect for me to keep it, so i had to let it go.
anyway.
ive not changed the rom in any way. ive only just got it a couple of days ago.
but ill now try disabling it and enabling it again. see if it helps.
thanks for the idea
ok, nope, turning the htc home off and on again didnt work
and i didnt really keep anything and pretend it was an elf.
my previous comment didnt come out sounding sarcastic enough.
any other ideas?
If you havn't got HTC Home Customizer = get this and install on your device.
Not only can you customize the HTC Home plugin to make it prettier you can also add your app shortcuts through HHC and see if they will add that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319308
This is the link to HTC Home customizer XDA - This link aslo has link to official site - it is freeware and worth downloading and installing anyways.
well, thats a prety fantastic program. Ive finally been able to get rid of that weather tab that i never use.
Sadly, whenever I try to add anything to the app launcher through the htc home customizer, it throws an error and closes.
???
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Fiddle-De-Dee
Just played with it some more and got it working ok.
i was making a silly mistake with the HHC.
Thanks for your helps folks.
sounds like something got really messed up on your device, probably a registtry change or another app is causing conflict.
Did you get this device brand new?
Have you installed anything recently? If so Try uninstalling it and see if it is working properly now?
Have you been playing around with changing registry settings? If so, try changing things back to the way they were originally.
Maybe if you got the device used, someone else had made these changes.
A hard reset will reset the device back to factory settings and may solve your problem. Unfortunately, you will loose everything you have put on your device, apps, contacts, any customization. You may want to look into backing up some of your data before performing the hard reset. Once hard reset is completed, you can add your custom apps again and start customizing again. No big deal really if you have not done much with your device yet. I have had to do it twice on my device - Just time consuming since I had a lot of customizing already done and had to redo it. Now I know to back up my data before doing a hard reset.
edit: I was typing this reply before you edited your post. Glad to hear that you got it working. Enjoy
Does anyone know how I can change the fonts in Facebook back to stock? I installed some apps and when I was done, the fonts in facebook, as well as google maps have changed to this hard to read tiny 7 segment led display looking things.
I tried this in another forum but i think this is a more general issue and not a Rom issue.
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Jeff
That's one of the reasons I got ride of it and there are many many reasons to get rid of it number one reason being it sucks...
www.lite.facebook.com via Opera is a million times better.
dkb218 said:
That's one of the reasons I got ride of it and there are many many reasons to get rid of it number one reason being it sucks...
www.lite.facebook.com via Opera is a million times better.
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Yea, I agree, that app does kinda suck, but the pickle of it is that the fonts also have changed in my Google maps, not the text on the map, but all of the search results and gps loading test up in the upper right corner.
I don't get it, they were fine before I installed one of the many apps I usually use.
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jeff
Just an FYI, I had this problem too... The font looked all straight and boxy, terrible quality, almost like a very old terminal font... However, all of the sudden one day it went back to regular. I dont know what I uninstalled or whatever in the time being, because i didnt uninstall something just with that purpose, but it definitely did go back to regular after a few random uninstalls... unintentionally.
cool, thanks, that is exactly what my font looks like, like something out of the early 80's.
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cool, thanks, that is exactly what my font looks like, like something out of the early 80's.
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I know what caused these font's (both in Google Maps and Facebook) to change on my TP2 - installing TouchWatch2 (which includes the LCD font). I think the problem is actually in Facebook/Google though - I think they somehow link to their default font by number, not name, so if a new font is installed they end up using a different one than expected...
Not tried fixing mine though - I liked the 80's!!
-Steve
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I know what caused these font's (both in Google Maps and Facebook) to change on my TP2 - installing TouchWatch2 (which includes the LCD font). I think the problem is actually in Facebook/Google though - I think they somehow link to their default font by number, not name, so if a new font is installed they end up using a different one than expected...
Not tried fixing mine though - I liked the 80's!!
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That is a good hypothesis, I to love the touchwatch, but my fonts got buggered, I believe when I installed the gps cycle thing and that used nice rounded fonts.
I am hoping that someone on here can tell me where how I can install a different font in the font pool that these programs use so i can fix it, I really dont care about the Facebook being hard to read but the Google maps thing is really hard to read.
Thanks all,
Jeff
This happened on my Google maps apps some weeks ago and is related to a font called TRANGA__.TTF being installed which can be found in the Windows\fonts folder, along with TRANA___.TTF.
I think it may have been installed alng with the 'GPS Location' app but I'm not sure.
Today I renamed the TRANGA__.TTF as zTRANGA__.TTF then copied tahoma.ttf to Windows\fonts and renamed it as TRANGA__.TTF.
This has solved the problem in the Facebook app, which I had just installed, and Google Maps also.
HTH
Note: TRANGA__.TTF gives a digital display with all the bars filled in, possibly to indicate no value in the GPS app. I also replaced the TRANA___.TTF which is a digital style font is probably used to give the lat and long but I have replaced that also.
When I go to Weather tab>Menu>Settings, I got a blank page. There is nothing at all under Settings! Is this right? Do you have something there in your HD2?
I just installed the Weather City Editor recently and I'm not sure if that caused it, or maybe, it's really blank?
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When I go to Weather tab>Menu>Settings, I got a blank page. There is nothing at all under Settings! Is this right? Do you have something there in your HD2?
I just installed the Weather City Editor recently and I'm not sure if that caused it, or maybe, it's really blank?
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Yes, the screenshot below is what you should see there. No idea though if the weather city editor caused it, but that's definitely what I'd uninstall first to see
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Yes, the screenshot below is what you should see there. No idea though if the weather city editor caused it, but that's definitely what I'd uninstall first to see
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thanks for the reply. i've done a bit or searching and perhaps it's not the weather city editor that's the problem.
it looks like its the hdwall patch. i installed it and used some hdwall cabs but later on, uninstalled it as it messed my weather tab. the weather tab was blank. i guess the settings too became blank but i only realized this only recently.
unfortunately, i can't find any fix. any help would be appreciated.
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thanks for the reply. i've done a bit or searching and perhaps it's not the weather city editor that's the problem.
it looks like its the hdwall patch. i installed it and used some hdwall cabs but later on, uninstalled it as it messed my weather tab. the weather tab was blank. i guess the settings too became blank but i only realized this only recently.
unfortunately, i can't find any fix. any help would be appreciated.
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Yeah I'm not really sure why that happend, I have several HDWalls cabs that I use on mine (with the patch installed), with no effect on the weather (homescreen or tab)...I'll be happy to make you one if you can get me the image you want.
As far as getting your settings to reappear, I'm not really sure exactly what to tell you...I'd probably start by going to settings -> personalize and turning the weather tab off, soft-resetting, then turning it back on. Beyond that, I don't know what to suggest
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Yeah I'm not really sure why that happend, I have several HDWalls cabs that I use on mine (with the patch installed), with no effect on the weather (homescreen or tab)...I'll be happy to make you one if you can get me the image you want.
As far as getting your settings to reappear, I'm not really sure exactly what to tell you...I'd probably start by going to settings -> personalize and turning the weather tab off, soft-resetting, then turning it back on. Beyond that, I don't know what to suggest
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i think i messed it up. i did not know that i couldn't have the hdwall and bg4all together. maybe that's why the weather got messed up too (?) i've gone over the thread about cookie's patch and yes, some have similar issues like this. some even have problems with the picture and music tabs. unfortunately, somehow no clear answers to solve these were proposed.
i'll try doing what you suggested. once again, thanks.
offtopic, i found a thread that i think is a lot simpler than using hdwall. look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=681341
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i think i messed it up. i did not know that i couldn't have the hdwall and bg4all together. maybe that's why the weather got messed up too (?) i've gone over the thread about cookie's patch and yes, some have similar issues like this. some even have problems with the picture and music tabs. unfortunately, somehow no clear answers to solve these were proposed.
i'll try doing what you suggested. once again, thanks.
offtopic, i found a thread that i think is a lot simpler than using hdwall. look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=681341
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Nice, thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that yet! It does look pretty cool, I might give it a try this weekend. However, I've gotten pretty adept and comfortable with HDWalls, so it's never a hassle for me to use that really. This is a very interesting (and sought after!) alternative though.
Please do let me know if you get the weather settings working again...so I can file it under known solutions for oddball issues
I thought i was getting smarter...i was downloading and installing stuff with no problems until this clock program. Can some one tell me how to make it work please. I am running cht's newest version but can't get the clocks to show up...it shows that they are installed...but can't find where they are and how to make them work. Help please...thank you
It would probably help to know what clock app you are trying to use.
It should be in the advanced settings in CHT...there's a drop-down list there to choose whatever compatible clock you have installed.
Thank you I will look in the advanced setting and see if that helps.
I have cookies 1.8.5 and there is no advanced drop menu I can find. I'm trying to use the clock called "the bull C3". From forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670136
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I have cookies 1.8.5 and there is no advanced drop menu I can find. I'm trying to use the clock called "the bull C3". From forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670136
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Ok well I'm running an older version of CHT (1.7) so I don't know if it's in the same place, but I access it by hitting the "menu" soft button on the home screen, then choosing "edit home layout". Once it enters the editing mode there, you should find the "advanced" button in the bottom right.
Ok...I found the advanced menu right where you said it was..but the clocks I installed don't show up in the options...do I have to install the cab file in a special place to get it to show up in the advanced menu?
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Ok...I found the advanced menu right where you said it was..but the clocks I installed don't show up in the options...do I have to install the cab file in a special place to get it to show up in the advanced menu?
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Hmm...it was my understanding that whichever clock you have installed (I think you can only have one "actively installed" at a time) would show when you picked the appropriate option in the list...like "analog 1" or "analog 2"
Try picking each of the options that do show in the clock list, and see if any of them are the one you think is installed
Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.
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Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.
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lol no, I just can't say for sure how to choose them in 1.8.5...you might have better luck finding someone who knows the answer by posting in the thread the clocks are in
Hey I don't know what happened but I lost the standered anolog clock, so I restarted my phone and the one I installed just showed up!!! It must be a miracle from GOD!!! Like I said before Thanks alot for your help...thank you, thank you, thank you. You must have willed it onto my phone with ESP or something. YOU DA' MAN!!! I have never had so much trouble with an app.
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Hey I don't know what happened but I lost the standered anolog clock, so I restarted my phone and the one I installed just showed up!!! It must be a miracle from GOD!!! Like I said before Thanks alot for your help...thank you, thank you, thank you. You must have willed it onto my phone with ESP or something. YOU DA' MAN!!! I have never had so much trouble with an app.
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lol I'm glad it works for you now, I know how frustrating that kind of thing can be. Had you done a soft-reset after you first installed the clocks? Sometimes changes in WM just need to be kick-started with a 2nd reboot.
Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.
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Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.
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Nope...I know that there are some AV apps out there for winmo, but I've never felt compelled to test or use any. I'd have a hard time believing that your issue was casued by anything like that though. I'd suspect it's more likely related to the fact you installed all the clock cabs at once, but that's just a guess.
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Yeah I tried to re-boot it several times after installing it...then I uninstalled it and went on here asking for help...then I installed again and re-booted several times during our discussion....then on one re-boot the standard analog clock disappeared...so one more re-boot and magically the one I installed showed up. Now I'm just praying it doesn't have a virus or something. You don't happen to know of a anti-virus for the hd2 do you? Thanks again for all your help.
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In Marketplace look up 'Lookout'. Its free and works great. But if you are on the stock ROM still dont use it. I had some issues when I was on my original ROM and it froze it to the point I had to hard reset. But it includes antivirus, Malware scan, firewall, etc. Plus it has a nice feature where if its stolen you can remotely (from any PC) 'NUKE' your phones contents. You can also pinpoint its location and go get it. GL!
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Nope...I know that there are some AV apps out there for winmo, but I've never felt compelled to test or use any. I'd have a hard time believing that your issue was casued by anything like that though. I'd suspect it's more likely related to the fact you installed all the clock cabs at once, but that's just a guess.
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Alright...thanks guys...I appreciate all the help I can get, and hopefully one day I can return the favor.
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Nope that didn't work...it's not there...I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I really appreciate all your help. I must be retarded or something.
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After installing the clocks cab. then go into edit mode press the old clock till the remove tab appears, then hold the empty sapce till add new tab.appears and select analog 1 from dropdown menu, soft reset and new clock should show. In fact you can get 2 different clocks to display-- one for day and one for night.
how do you get one clock for day and another for night?
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how do you get one clock for day and another for night?
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Most of the clocks for the 1.8.5 it says you have to uncheck sense install/restart your phone/then click sense back on...yeah pretty complicated other wise it will not show up...usually a reboot will take care of it...As far as two different clocks..I am pretty sure that is not possible...only one at a time...
Sorry in advance if these have already been pointed out and/or fixed.
I'm aware that this is a leaked beta but i'm having some strange issues.
Mainly being the market not downloading apps. I can browse the internet, browse the market, but nothing will download.
Anyone know of a way to fix this?
Also, i was quite disappointed with the fact that they did next to nothing to the absolutely terrible camera. The shutter speed appears to have improved *slightly* but pictures are still far too sharp and over saturated.
On the other hand, i do like the 720p filming
Another thing i noticed is that interacting with the live wallpapers is way off. When you press the 'Nexus' live wallpaper, the actual 'hit' is almost an inch out. Not a huge deal, just something that's annoying me.
On the plus side, the live wallpapers are incredibly smooth. A lot smoother than on my Nexus, god knows how dell managed that!
But my main hate, the one that annoys me to no end, is that you can now only have 6 icons in landscape. Wtf was the point in that dell? You took the best thing about this phone and made it worse!
Apart from alllll those things, i'm absolutely loving the 2.1 update (especially the dialler) but because of the above mentioned things i'm getting tempted to go back to 1.6. I need to download things dammit!
Another 2 issues that bothered me were the crap keyboard which is VERY slow and if you rush it you get mistypes, sometimes I have to press the same button twice as it did nothing the first time and I get a spelling mistake in every word, the keyboard is messed up.
Anyway to get the superior keyboard from the previous 1.6 with the lovely numpad?
Secondly, there are some problems with the wallpaper/homescreens. There is no way to add or remove them, seems I'm stuck with 6.
I tried to set a simple wallpaper on say screen one and it stretches right outside the screen and fills all 6 screens up, why??!!
I am using the same wallpapers before that are specially for the streak and are set at 800X480 and it stretches one pic across all screeens and it looks distorted, why?
Before I upgraded, I could go to screen one, put a wallpaper, it would fit fine and only in one screen, not fill the other ones too.
Can ANYONE think why this is or even a fix to this problem?
At the moment I have more problems with 2.1 than 1.6...
Glad to see I'm not the only one with these issues. I can't stand the new keyboard, driving me mad but I'll survive. I don't like the new layout of the icons and the fact you can no longer have multiple backgrounds is a shame. Also I've noticed certain widgets just won't sit in the centre of the home screens any more.
I'm hoping because this is a leak that Dell haven't added their personal touches yet and that this will come when they go official otherwise I'll be a sad panda!
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Glad to see I'm not the only one with these issues. I can't stand the new keyboard, driving me mad but I'll survive. I don't like the new layout of the icons and the fact you can no longer have multiple backgrounds is a shame. Also I've noticed certain widgets just won't sit in the centre of the home screens any more.
I'm hoping because this is a leak that Dell haven't added their personal touches yet and that this will come when they go official otherwise I'll be a sad panda!
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Yeah, I guess we have to stick with what we have until it's officially released.
At least we have SOME improvements...
The portions you mention I have not had. It sounds like you have a few issues with your install.
With regards to we everthing else, 2.1 ain't perfect but its a tonne better than the 1.6
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Of course by portions I mean problems....the swype keyboard although better its still far from perfect
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These issues may go away when the final 2.1 is released
clear the dalvik cache, that sorted the marketplace for me
Hi Meltus
If your Google E-Mail account is Googlemail change it to gmail by logging in through your computer and use the option to change it to a gmail address and that has fixed the Market problems for me and some others hope it works for you.
Marc
Any one else having issues that when talking on the phone with headphones in if you press the lock button it hangs up the call? Found something that drives me even more mad than the keyboard lol.
Not sure what I am doing wrong , but I can't seem to use any 3rd party keyboards ? They install OK , I can select them , but then when I go to use them , the Dell one pops up. (Any ideas ? )
The only issue I noticed , is that the Sleep/wake button stops working properly occasionally , instead of putting the device to sleep , it dims the screen , but the screen stays on ,
Not sure what is going on here , I think the phone may "think" its asleep , as the live wallpaper stops moving , but the screen is definately still awake.
The only way out is to reboot by taking the battery cover off !
Seems an isolated problem I don't have any problem downloading just that some games wont work - more importantly launcherpro looks very strange with tiny icons! Spread a across the screen with Hugh gaps.
kenmckean
i have had EVERY issue above! its beta so im not going to complain but i just hope its much better once the ota arrives
Dogmann said:
Hi Meltus
If your Google E-Mail account is Googlemail change it to gmail by logging in through your computer and use the option to change it to a gmail address and that has fixed the Market problems for me and some others hope it works for you.
Marc
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However, I do believe if you change to Gmail from Googlemaill, any apps you bought with your Googlemail account are NOT carried over.
Hence you have to purchase again, this is why I haven't made the switch yet, until that issue is resolved I will be staying as Googlemail.
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Not sure what I am doing wrong , but I can't seem to use any 3rd party keyboards ? They install OK , I can select them , but then when I go to use them , the Dell one pops up. (Any ideas ? )
The only issue I noticed , is that the Sleep/wake button stops working properly occasionally , instead of putting the device to sleep , it dims the screen , but the screen stays on ,
Not sure what is going on here , I think the phone may "think" its asleep , as the live wallpaper stops moving , but the screen is definately still awake.
The only way out is to reboot by taking the battery cover off !
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Exactly the same problem here.
And to change keyboards, you select it and long press a text box (like in messages) then you pick the keyboard you want from there.
Anyway, i fixed my market problem by changing my e-mail from 'googlemail' to 'gmail' (thanks doggman) and then wiping the phone. Not sure which made it work, or whether it was a combination of both, but it's working good now
Issues I've noticed so far: (Maybe nitpicking but I'm comparing it to all my other Androids)
- Live Wallpaper could be smoother. It's pretty smooth but on such a large screen, little glitches are very noticeable.
- Though the keyboard is a lot more comfortable to use without the numpad throwing the right thumb off, the responsiveness is gone from the previous keyboard. But I'm sticking with it cause its alot better looking than 'Better Keyboard' or 'Smart Keyboard'
- No pinch-to-zoom on pictures in the gallery...very disappointing
- Pinch-to-zoom for maps is there, but responsiveness needs work. Almost as bad as Blackberry Torch's pinch-to-zoom. HAHAHA
- Photos seem more saturated than when it was running 1.6. Even affects photos when being used as 'Picture Frame' widget.
- Aside from the saturation of pictures though, the screen display overall is impressive. Quality has improved, sharpness has improved, the HD-feel is there for the home screens. I could even say that it is comparable to the iPhone 4, and better than the Galaxy S display. Theres room for improvements though... better font for icon titles, increase sharpness, less colour overflow.
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However, I do believe if you change to Gmail from Googlemaill, any apps you bought with your Googlemail account are NOT carried over.
Hence you have to purchase again, this is why I haven't made the switch yet, until that issue is resolved I will be staying as Googlemail.
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I can confirm that this ISN'T the case and all my apps carried over perfectly
fards said:
clear the dalvik cache, that sorted the marketplace for me
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Fards, Does this give access to missing market apps? I guess I need to be root'd to do this?
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I can confirm that this ISN'T the case and all my apps carried over perfectly
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Excellent!......... *goes and finds gmail conversion*
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Fards, Does this give access to missing market apps? I guess I need to be root'd to do this?
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it did for me, but others claim it doesnt work..
I already signed in with a gmail account and found apps were missing, so I read up on it and several people said to clear the dalvik cache, so I did and the apps came back..
yeah you need root, the universal one click root thing is so easy to do and undo that its fairly painfree...