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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Start voice dailer

Keep green call button pressed for a few seconds, the voice dialer “Listening…” prompt should appear.

A few example show up too: “call john doe”, “call john does at home”, “call voice mail”, “call 8004559939″, redial.

Do you know of any other voice dialer commands? … read tip.

Put the phone in silent mode / vibrate

Decrease the volume all the way using the dedicated buttons on the right.

Increase the volume one step to put the phone in vibrate mode.

The phone can also be put in silent mode by keeping the “end call” button and selecting silent mode. But the phone will not vibrate when you get calls though.

You can set your phone to go to silent mode in your office using the Locale app too. … read tip.

Focus before you click

Start the camera by holding the camera button for a few seconds.

Press the camera button half way down to auto focus on the subject. A grean dot should appear on the screen after the focus is successful. Click to capture.

You can also use the trackball to take a picture if the camera button moves the slider. … read tip.

View currently running applications

Click “Home” button for a few seconds on your phone. At-most six recent applications should show up neatly stacked.

From Android 4.0, you can flick the running apps to the right to stop them.

You can also control the running apps in system settings. Find it here. … read tip.