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View shortcuts for actions in the menu

Monday, November 17, 2008

Once you press the menu key, long press it to see the shortcuts for the actions.

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Call a number with out pressing the dial key

Monday, November 17, 2008

Once you have entered the number on the dialer you can tap on the phone number you entered to dial.

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How to move shortcuts from one screen to another?

Monday, November 17, 2008

Longpress the icon, drag it to the edge of the screen and hold it for a second.

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How to put ringtones on Android/TMobile G1 so that, they appear in the ringtone menus

Monday, November 17, 2008

Locate music dir on the SD card (create it if not found)

Create three directories, ringtone, notification, alarms in it.

Any music files placed in these directories will appear in their respective menus.

May have to reboot the phone so…

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How to import contacts into android phone

Monday, November 17, 2008

Export contacts from Outlook or Outlook Express (or any other app) to csv format and then import to gmail. That should do it for most users.

http://www.google.com/contacts

While you are there, use the find duplicates functionality. You…

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Look up the caller ID of the person calling you

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Whitepages looks up the name of the incoming caller in real time.

User “Caller Lookup” if you want a free app.

You might then see the name of the person even when they are not in your contacts.

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Spy on someone

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Use “noise alert” to call you automatically when there’s noise.

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Reach a human on customer service lines directly

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Use Dial zero

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Signal someone in a nightclub

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Use strobelight

If you don’t know which club to go to, use wertago to find one.

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Find a movie, add it to your netflix queue

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Use phoneflix

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