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View shortcuts for actions in the menu

droid — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:54:30 +0000

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

Call a number with out pressing the dial key

droid — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:53:23 +0000

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

How to move shortcuts from one screen to another?

droid — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:51:54 +0000

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

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

droid — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:46:44 +0000

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…

How to import contacts into android phone

droid — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:30:48 +0000

Export contacts from Outlook or Outlook Express (or any other application) to csv format and then import to gmail. You can also save contacts from a previous phone to a SIM card (if you have one) and then import…

Look up the caller ID of the person calling you

droid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:58:11 +0000

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.

Spy on someone

droid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:55:35 +0000

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

Reach a human on customer service lines directly

droid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:52:30 +0000

Use Dial zero

Signal someone in a nightclub

droid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:47:08 +0000

Use strobelight

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

Find a movie, add it to your netflix queue

droid — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:35:49 +0000

Use phoneflix