Posts Categorised: Android

5android logoHow to Root the HTC Desire HD & install a custom ROM

I’ve recently been asked to root a HTC Desire HD and put a cus­tom ROM onto it. I agreed to, des­pite some reluct­ance — hack­ing my own HTC Desire was quite a hassle and involved lots of research and con­sid­er­able time. … ਪੂਰਾ ਲੇਖ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ

0HTC Desire Android LogoAlternative ROM for HTC Desire

For the last 9 months or so I’ve been experiement­ing with altern­at­ive android ROMs for my HTC Desire. Whilst there is noth­ing par­tic­u­larly wrong with the offi­cial HTC ROM, they are often slow to release new ver­sions of Android or Sense for older phones like the Desire. I was keen to have some of the Sense 3 fea­tures, along with the sense web­site access to my phone.

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0Android Market Google PlayFavourite Android Apps — Autumn 2011

I’ve recently changed the ver­sion of Android I run on my HTC Desire. This was an excuse to write a fol­low-up to my pre­vi­ous list of favour­ite apps 1 ਅਤੇ list of favour­ite apps 2
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7HTC Desire Android LogoFixed: HTC Desire charging slowly from car charger

I have an HTC Desire, which I fre­quently use as a Sat Nav sys­tem. I have a car char­ger, but this is often barely able to keep pace with the power draw of the phone. This seemed strange as the offi­cial HTC wall-wart char­ger that came with the phone can fully-char­ger the bat­tery quite quickly. I did some research and dis­covered that the HTC wall char­ger has the USB data pins (pins 2 ਅਤੇ 3) shor­ted. The phone detects this and increases the total power it draws whilst char­ging.… ਪੂਰਾ ਲੇਖ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ

0Android Market Google PlayUpdated list of favourite HTC Desire Apps

Hav­ing recently had my HTC Desire replaced due to a fault, I’ve had to rein­stall the entire device. I took this as an oppor­tun­ity for a bit of a clear out, and have updated my pre­vi­ous [int­link id=“57” type=“post”]list of favour­ite apps[/intlink] accordingly.
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0HTC Desire Android LogoFixing poor quality images from HTC Desire camera

I’ve been rather dis­ap­poin­ted with the image qual­ity from the cam­era in my HTC Desire. Turns out its not the cam­era, its the low qual­ity plastic lens cov­er built into the back cov­er of the phone which gets eas­ily scratched. My advice: either replace the back cov­er (con­tact HTC, its often free) or (as I did) just ditch the plastic cov­er, the lens is made of glass which isn’t easy to scratch, espe­cially as its well recessed into the phone.

Thanks for this tip to HTC Desire Tricks

0Android Market Google PlayFavourite apps for the HTC Desire

I’ve had an HTC Desire for a couple of months now, which has giv­en me plenty of time to explore the range of apps avail­able. Below is a list of the ones I’ve found myself using the most fre­quently (exclud­ing the built-in ones)…
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0Tinkerbell Fairy Wish List LogoTechnology Wish List

One of the best things about the Inter­net is that one can find almost any­thing. Sadly, there are some things that can­’t be found (at the time of writ­ing). Below is my per­son­al list that I’m hop­ing to even­tu­ally find…
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