HTC Hero

Shane O' Malley · 12-11-2009 12:42pm

baz8080 wrote: »

That's true for actual usb ports on computers but many usb wall-plug manufacturers go over the 500mA standard.

However the device can negotiate the higher mA if it needs it. The charger does not force the max mA.

Currently the limits are 2.5mA, 100mA, 500mA

Mr E · 12-11-2009 12:42pm

Standard USB charger, Karl. I'm using my old Windows Mobile charger as a spare charger in work.

12-11-2009 12:45pm

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

However the device can negotiate the higher mA if it needs it. The charger does not force the max mA.

Currently the limits are 2.5mA, 100mA, 500mA

Interesting, so the hero has to ask for the 1A when connected to the wall-plug? I take it that means that it would be safe to charge standard devices that are only expecting 500mA with the Hero's 1A charger?

Shane O' Malley · 12-11-2009 12:46pm

karltimber wrote: »

true - just looking at some chargers on ebay and they go up to 2.

and read this on amazon too - here

shane -are they Hero specific chargers or just usb mains/car ones -generic.

k

There's the one that came with the box but i don't think it really matters.

I have used one for a blackberry, Generic ebay one, O2 XDA and one for a camera. No problems

Shane O' Malley · 12-11-2009 12:48pm

baz8080 wrote: »

Interesting, so the hero has to ask for the 1A when connected to the wall-plug? I take it that means that it would be safe to charge standard devices that are only expecting 500mA with the Hero's 1A charger?

Thats my reading of the standards. It is intelligent devices that can ask for a higher measurment form compatible chargers.

12-11-2009 12:50pm

Cool, thanks.

@BlueFoam. The google contacts sync worked fine for me the first day that I got the phone although that was on WiFi. Since then I've been having issues with both WiFi and 3G but I need to test it again tonight.

voxpop · 12-11-2009 1:10pm

Alot of the syncing functionality is based around google login. Can you log into google chat ? I found issues with downloading from market when on the office network. Turned out is was because the port for google chat was blocked - so I couldnt download from market.

You can debug your connection by connecting to your computer and running logcat while trying various services. You should be able to see from the messages if ports are blocked.

Bluefoam wrote: »

I want to put a list together of data issues people are having with the Meteor service, to post on their forum. There are some services that don't work & I believe they may be due to some 'ports' being closed on the Meteor network. The problems I am experiencing do not occur over wifi.

Please add any issues you are having.

google contacts - won't sync
google calendar - won't sync
my tracks - won't send data
playgolf - won't sync data

karltimber · 12-11-2009 1:10pm

great info lads/lassies -

will ordera car & spare mains one today.

goodstuff,

k

radiospan · 12-11-2009 1:56pm

My screen keeps getting brighter and dimmer when I'm typing a text message. Giving me a headache!

What could be causing this? I have the Modaco 2.9 ROM installed.

EPM · 12-11-2009 1:59pm

It's the automatic backlight. You can disable it through settings and chose the brightness manually. I haven't a clue though if a different RAM makes any difference to this...bit lost on all that stuff

Bluefoam · 12-11-2009 1:59pm

voxpop wrote: »

You can debug your connection by connecting to your computer and running logcat while trying various services. You should be able to see from the messages if ports are blocked.

Thanks. I googled 'logcat' without much luck, do you have a link?

radiospan · 12-11-2009 2:00pm

EPM wrote: »

It's the automatic backlight. You can disable it through settings and chose the brightness manually

Great, thanks!

I'm indoors, and it was going up and down every few seconds.

voxpop · 12-11-2009 5:26pm

Bluefoam wrote: »

Thanks. I googled 'logcat' without much luck, do you have a link?

its part of the android debugger (adb)

you connect your hero to your computer and run the debugger from command line. Once in the debugger run logcat and you will get debugging output.

I have the exe here, but boards will prob block it if I try and attach it. Its in the Android SDK - you might be able to find it stand alone on the net somewhere

Mr E · 12-11-2009 6:24pm

Just discovered Google's Listen app (based on recommendation in this thread). I've been listening to podcasts all day... absolutely fantastic app, very well done. Search for podcasts by keyword, download podcasts to phone for offline listening, subscribe to podcasts to download new ones automatically, set it to download over WiFi only.....

Really recommend it.... brilliant application, and thousands of podcasts available.

T-Square · 12-11-2009 6:28pm

Are there any apps (other than andnav) that make use of openstreetmap data and provide turn by turn voice instruction on the Hero?

I'm using CoPilot8 but would love to play with OSM to see if it is better

Fedule · 13-11-2009 11:06am

So here's an odd one.

I've added and selected a custom notification effect (it's the "puzzle solved" jingle from Metroid Prime). It plays properly, but for some reason, when I get a text (texts being the most common thing resulting in notifications for me) it still plays the default text message sound.

...help?

Tellox · 13-11-2009 11:23am

Hi all

Just got my htc hero yesterday - loving it so far, but slightly missing the n95.. find it's quicker to text with buttons.. and finding the camera is very jerky.

Just one major problem to report.. and this could be the result of myself being a dumb****, but any advice would be appreciated; firstly, my simcard doesn't lock in with the holder. If I were to open the back off my phone and hold it face up, both battery and simcard would fall out. The holder only locks correct when there's no simcard in it.

Secondly; the microSD card. When inserted, it tends to poke out of the side - and I can't lock down the back of the phone correctly over it.

Any advice/opinions would be appreciated

<edit>Oh, and the snes/megadrive emulators - do these work well, considering the phone is full touch?</edit>

Bluefoam · 13-11-2009 11:35am

Anyone know how to change your phone contacts to Google contacts?

Rodg3 · 13-11-2009 11:37am

Fedule wrote: »

So here's an odd one.

I've added and selected a custom notification effect (it's the "puzzle solved" jingle from Metroid Prime). It plays properly, but for some reason, when I get a text (texts being the most common thing resulting in notifications for me) it still plays the default text message sound.

...help?

Go into your "Inbox" for messages and hit the menu button. then select settings and scroll down. there's an option there to set what you want the message notification to be.

Now that that's out of the way, here's one for you lot. I was having massive trouble syncing my contacts from Google to my phone so last night I did a factory reset. The contacts sync worked like a charm and all that, but not i'm unable to connect to the data network, 3G, Edge or otherwise. I ahve your standard network connectivity and all, and wireless is turned off, but I just can't get a data connection. Any suggestions?

Edit: Scrub the mystery, found the problem.

My APN settings were wiped when i did the reset. Can someone who has the phone take a minute to post the settings located in
Settings> Wireless Controls> Mobile Network Settings> Access Point Names.
There are no entries on the meteor site for HERO settings at the moment, so this is the only way for me to get the settings.

Shane O' Malley · 13-11-2009 12:17pm

Fedule wrote: »

So here's an odd one.

I've added and selected a custom notification effect (it's the "puzzle solved" jingle from Metroid Prime). It plays properly, but for some reason, when I get a text (texts being the most common thing resulting in notifications for me) it still plays the default text message sound.

...help?

You can set up different notification sounds for different services. IE I have a different one for Gmail, exchange mail and Test messages.

Go into Messages, Menu, Settings, Notification Settings (At the bottom) then select sound.

ptashek · 13-11-2009 12:43pm

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Anyone have the internet and mms settings for 3 ireland ??

Yes. Here:
http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2009/11/13/android-on-3-ireland/

superfootyfan · 13-11-2009 6:29pm

Just wondering does anyone have the O2 mms and internet settings ??

Professey Chin · 13-11-2009 6:32pm

superfootyfan wrote: »

Just wondering does anyone have the O2 mms and internet settings ??

Assuming you have a data add-on here they are

Internet
Name: O2 ISP
APN: Internet

MMS
Name: O2 MMS
APN: wap.dol.ie
Proxy : 62.40.32.40
Port: 8080
Username: user
Password: user
Server: http://www.o2.ie
MMSC: http://mmsc.mms.o2.ie:8002
proxy address: 62.40.32.40
proxy port: 8080

Anything not there can be left blank or at its default

Dr. Loon · 14-11-2009 2:34pm

Is anyone using Market enabler? I'm trying to get beebplayer and in market enabler I don't have an option for any of the UK networks. Was wondering does anyone know custom settings for any of them?

Yenwod · 14-11-2009 3:01pm

So got my Hero yesterday and am so far very happy with it

Have downloaded netcounter, google sky map, barcode scanner, Shazam...and other stuff I can't remember now.

Only thing that bugs me is the threaded SMS messages. I don't like that if I text someone a week ago and then send another unrelated text this week, it attaches it all to the one thread. And I can't seem to get it into a classic view...if that even exists?

Still though, grand little phone

Dr. Loon · 14-11-2009 3:22pm

There's loads of different SMS apps out there. I'm sure there'll be one to suit you. I'm still looking for one myself, but I quite like the threaded view. Apparently it's advisable to use a different app as the stock one seems to cause issues with battery usage.

Mr E · 14-11-2009 4:07pm

Yenwod wrote: »

And I can't seem to get it into a classic view...if that even exists?

Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines.

Yenwod · 14-11-2009 5:43pm

Dr. Loon wrote: »

There's loads of different SMS apps out there. I'm sure there'll be one to suit you. I'm still looking for one myself, but I quite like the threaded view. Apparently it's advisable to use a different app as the stock one seems to cause issues with battery usage.

Really coz I would use texts quite a lot...must investigate this battery thing

Mr E wrote: »

Press the button with the 3 horizontal lines.

Am I being terribly stupid or where is this? When I'm in the thread and press menu, the only thing resembling that is "All Messages" which just brings be back to my list of threads

Dr. Loon · 14-11-2009 6:01pm

Yenwod wrote: »

Really coz I would use texts quite a lot...must investigate this battery thing

Yeah. See here;
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/workaround-for-htc-hero-battery-life-issues-discovered/
I tried Chompsms and didn't like it. I'm not surprised my battery runs low quickly seeing as all I've done is fiddle with the phone since I got it.

Yenwod · 14-11-2009 6:13pm

Dr. Loon wrote: »

Yeah. See here;
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/workaround-for-htc-hero-battery-life-issues-discovered/
I tried Chompsms and didn't like it. I'm not surprised my battery runs low quickly seeing as all I've done is fiddle with the phone since I got it.

ah interesting - going to have a look at the sms apps in the market tonight

And haha, me too. It's very difficult to judge a new phones battery life in the first few days

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