Hi guys, has anyone of you used HTCSense.com? HTC advertised it like it's very convenient and all but I'm having a difficult time using it. Sometimes I can't login, my phone's location doesnt sync as expected. Have any of you guys experienced this problems?
Anyway I created a poll since one of the major reasons I bought the phone was because of Sense.com features! But apparently it's just a dissappointment!
For those of you who don't haven't heard of this here's a simple tutorial
1. From PC go to www.htcsense.com and create and account.
2. Check your email and verify your account
2. From device Home > Settings > Accounts > HTC Sense
3. Sync the account your created in #1
4. Try Dashboard, Footprints, and so on.
I Will use it If I lose my phone. It is a nice service ;-)
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cyber_system said:
I Will use it If I lose my phone. It is a nice service ;-)
Sendt fra min HTC Sensation Z710e med Tapatalk
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Same here! =)
But I'll go through all the options one day...
I've started to create the account, but when reading the terms and conditions, I just stop.
Is it really worth to use it?
Why they need your phone number?
I have an account but for most of the time it is not working in my country (Europe, Bulgaria). I recently forgot my Sensation at home and wanted to forward all calls to my business number... I tried to do it from htcsense.com but it didn't work Anyway I think it is a nice feature but it is just not working for me.
ypsmav said:
I've started to create the account, but when reading the terms and conditions, I just stop.
Is it really worth to use it?
Why they need your phone number?
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Probably for one of the features, like "ring my phone" or something. Why is giving them your number a problem? It's not like HTC is going to scam you or something.
I have created an account on htcsense.com but cant figure out how to backup my contacts and messages on the website. My phone 'remote rings' and is also located by the website but I couldnt find a backup button on the website. Anybody know how to do this?
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Well, i gave up setting default actions to "call mobile" to all contacts that i have inside of this widget, as every time i reboot they all are gone except the #1 contact in it, that has the setting stored.
Do you have the same behaviour?
Maybe there's some possible fix for that?
I have the same thing going on with mine. I have about 8 contact so far and only 5 of them will keep the default action, so i just gave up until its fixed. Hopefully it will be fixed in the update.
I had this problem and have found the fix....works for me.
Go to the web site for Gmail and put the contacts that you want to keep a "default action" in the "Starred in Android" folder.
No issues here. All mine are sticking. I have them backed up to my exchange server though and did my initial sync to bring them in.
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Ok, what is the proper way to save your contacts so that they sync with the phone and gmail account. noob to android and this is confusing me.Or is there a step by step somewhere that tell you the proper way of doing this. searched and found alot of different ways of doing this but still confused. please help.
Thanks
chrisg1548 said:
Ok, what is the proper way to save your contacts so that they sync with the phone and gmail account. noob to android and this is confusing me.Or is there a step by step somewhere that tell you the proper way of doing this. searched and found alot of different ways of doing this but still confused. please help.
Thanks
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I'm not sure. I've been syncing with exchange since smart phones existed and when I setup my exchange account on my new phones it just pulls everything in. My last phone was an HD2 so I had the people widget setup on that. Every sense Rom I used after that has just synced and pulled them in.
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Andy-D said:
I had this problem and have found the fix....works for me.
Go to the web site for Gmail and put the contacts that you want to keep a "default action" in the "Starred in Android" folder.
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It helped, i sent you thanks
chrisg1548 said:
Ok, what is the proper way to save your contacts so that they sync with the phone and gmail account. noob to android and this is confusing me.Or is there a step by step somewhere that tell you the proper way of doing this. searched and found alot of different ways of doing this but still confused. please help.
Thanks
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What i did was exported all my contacts from my previous phone (nokia n900) to vcard, then in gmail i went to contacts page, imported all contacts from vcards. then in my HTC i just set to sync with my google account and voila, it works
Good day, here a problem ive added people in to de simcard without knowing the Google-contact options. Now i want to safe them from the sim into de gmail. Does anybody have any advice.
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I cant remember off the top of my head exactly, but it requires backing up the contacts to the SD card (export both the phone and the SIM in case you have some mixed up). Search for *.vcf like I did on the SD card because I didn't know where it was saved yesterday haha.
Then import into Google via Gmail (Contacts > Tab button: More > Select Import)
You'll see a bunch of repeats, so under that same menu you can find and merge contacts. After that on your Sensation Go into Settings > Sync (something i cant remember) > and select Google and select synchronize contacts if it isn't already.
I'll come back in a few hours if I manage to remember
You did the right thing by starting a thread for this question. The information can not be found with an internet search; the only way to find out how to do this task is by asking on XDA. There is no possibility that it is explained on dozens or even hundeds of threads, FAQ's, and self-help sites.
In fact, you're probably the second person who ever wanted to move contacts to a Google account; whoever gives you the answer will have been the first person, and he found out by using a Jedi mind trick on a smartphone.
I Did the trick,
You must hold the person you wanted to send to gmail. As vcard. Picture included! Then share or mail it to your own gmail. Make sure you can load mail into you htc. Then just open and tap the attached file. It should open and will ask you where you Wanted to store it. Choice gmail course. It wil now link the phonesavednr. My phone is good clear now I mean simcard
And remember to add only gmail numbers if you want that gmail contacts is updated all the time.
I hope you will Thank me for this hint.
Peace brothers
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Did it helped someone O ?
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If so how can i go about putting this rom on this Exclusively China HTC phone.
It's a great phone honestly. But it's made for someone that is a permanent person in China. I'm a temporary student here for 2 years... I like the phone and I came from being a G2 user with the mod. Now if this phone can be with the Cynogen mod. Then it would be perfect. Because I can't get a normal market place on the phone... The HTC market place is no where as good or vast as googles market place. And I'd like my gmail to interact with my phone like it did in america. My gmail has all my contacts and what not saved on it.
wabarus said:
If so how can i go about putting this rom on this Exclusively China HTC phone.
It's a great phone honestly. But it's made for someone that is a permanent person in China. I'm a temporary student here for 2 years... I like the phone and I came from being a G2 user with the mod. Now if this phone can be with the Cynogen mod. Then it would be perfect. Because I can't get a normal market place on the phone... The HTC market place is no where as good or vast as googles market place. And I'd like my gmail to interact with my phone like it did in america. My gmail has all my contacts and what not saved on it.
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I have similar problem, living in china and using htc s610d so could you find how to solve this issue?, I didnt yet. in case, I will post here.
thx
Would be nice if there could be opened a dedicated section for HTC S610D under forums.
I got this phone too and couldn't get in to the android market. So here's what I did:
Downloaded the HTC Sync Software which has the HTC USB drivers etc from www,htc,com
Set your device to run in HTC Sync mode when connected to a PC (in USB settings on phone)
Goto www,coolapk,com which is a market site that has most good apps on it in APK form.
Download the APK you want
Run HTC Sync
Connect your Device and make sure it is in HTC sync mode
After you've set up the device select "Application installer" on HTC Sync software on the PC
Select the APK File you downloaded. select ok
Wait
Huzzah
A quicker way after is to download the barcode scanner application from this website then just use that app to capture the bar codes on the download pages with your phone to download them directly onto the phone
And another thing, if you want your gmail contacts just go to:
settings,
accounts and sync,
add account,
exchange activesync,
enter your gmail email and password,
you can select to sync contacts, mail , calendar etc,,,
I logged into my google account on the web I use for my phone and I was shocked to see the information Google collected about my use of the device. It collected phone numbers from my contacts, even the pictures I asigned to them, calendar appointments...I can understand there are Market applications I downloaded, but come on, contacts and appointments? Is this phone not mine? Which applications do this and how can I prevent it from happening? I thought I don't have sync on....
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I logged into my google account on the web I use for my phone and I was shocked to see the information Google collected about my use of the device. It collected phone numbers from my contacts, even the pictures I asigned to them, calendar appointments...I can understand there are Market applications I downloaded, but come on, contacts and appointments? Is this phone not mine? Which applications do this and how can I prevent it from happening? I thought I don't have sync on....
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Hi,
What ROM are you using?
On mike1986 's latest,he has removed the HTC LOGGERS and various other Spyware apps which HTC have installed.
Worth checking out.
See my sig
Also ROM CLEANER
This will remove the spyware from any ROM when you install it.
I did not put any other rom on the phone because I don't know how. I'm afraid that rom cleaner may be a little bit out of my abilities. I don't quite understand what is going on with this whole data collection even...
That's the Google backup, it syncs everything to you account
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EddyOS said:
That's the Google backup, it syncs everything to you account
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I see! I found it in apps. Google Backup Transport. There is also Google Clanedar Sync and Google Contacts sync. Darn! I guess it's not safe to remove these applications with root uninstaller?
Just untick the sync options in Settings if you're that bothered. I actually like having it so all my contacts can be moved between Android devices that I sync to my account
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Just untick the sync options in Settings if you're that bothered. I actually like having it so all my contacts can be moved between Android devices that I sync to my account
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But I do have them unticked and it STILL happens.
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But I do have them unticked and it STILL happens.
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Anything that was already sync'd before you unchecked the box will remain there...you can safely delete them from your online Google account. Have you never read or heard that this is one of the advantages/core features of android?
But don't call tech support or cry when you have to either replace or master reset your phone and lose all your stuff.
I have a whole closet full of android devices and I love the fact that I can grab my 2-1/2 year old G1 and log into it and instantly be reminded of my appointment that afternoon without having to worry about anything.
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I had sync OFF since I bought the device about a month ago, and it STILL happens, I know this becuase it also synced my NEWEST contatcs (two that I added just this week) and appoinments, so this is not me being that dumb lol. I have all my contacts on my sim card, that is where I want them and I don't need google to collect them for me.
Try altering the settings from your google account online. Like go into google calendar from a computer, and don't let it sync to anything. Likewise with contacts.
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Not to be rude, but it strikes me how many people are like this, just because some random fool found out how to read out location data from a iPhail they fear every possible logging feature, unless your a cd printing piratebay connected child molester, nobody will look at your logs, calm down.
And its google, you can just configure you dont want it, either in initial setup (first boot) or in the settings as mentioned above.
Thing is, though, as soon as you sign into your Gmail account when setting up the phone it's automatically syncs the contacts. You could turn off sync, delete them from the phone and online and then it shouldn't sync up again but if that doesn't work I don't think you can get around it. How you can still have numbers on a SIM is beyond me - I prefer all contact details under 1 entry personally
lol so using google for sensitive-info emails is ok, but some contacts and calender items are taboo?
For those of you who are experimenting with AOSP ROMs on your HTC phone and want to synchronize contacts and calendar items with your desktop, have a look at this application. You can install the Android version via the market, the desktop install is freely available from the developer's website below.
http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_AM.jsp
Also have a look at MyPhoneExplorer. It is also free from the market and very similiar software. You can view your phone's screen on your monitor and operate your phone with your mouse and keyboard. It is a proven software.
Agoattamer said:
Also have a look at MyPhoneExplorer. It is also free from the market and very similiar software. You can view your phone's screen on your monitor and operate your phone with your mouse and keyboard. It is a proven software.
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Interesting. I like the less cluttered look of this desktop version, but what worries me is the non-english support forum. I wonder if using both of these tools, in addition to the HTC sync software, might create some sort of incompatibility.
ETA: I also wonder how these utilities will respond when switching between ROMs or versions. I don't know how they track synchronization sessions. It'd be a disaster if contact items were duplicated or triplicated when updating or experimenting.
I dont know if this goes here but i have been searching around for a answer.. on my inspire I had to reinstall my rom and when i did for some reason i cannot find my phone contacts.. how in world would i get them back I did have titanium but even it says theres nothing there.. i also just two days ago did a fresh backup on titanium.. strange huh.. so far everything has been replaced but my dialer contacts..
any help will be deeply appreciated
thanks
tashsru said:
I dont know if this goes here but i have been searching around for a answer.. on my inspire I had to reinstall my rom and when i did for some reason i cannot find my phone contacts.. how in world would i get them back I did have titanium but even it says theres nothing there.. i also just two days ago did a fresh backup on titanium.. strange huh.. so far everything has been replaced but my dialer contacts..
any help will be deeply appreciated
thanks
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Did you have them synced with Google? If you did then just resign into your google account and they will be restore. As for TIBU it doesnt back up contacts by default as they are stored in System Data and restoring any system data, like contacts, sms, emails, wifi settings and things like that can cause huge issues when changing roms.
I had them synced but for some reason i cannot no matter what find them.. and they did not resync on the cell when i set it up again
tashsru said:
I had them synced but for some reason i cannot no matter what find them.. and they did not resync on the cell when i set it up again
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Check the sync and account settings to make sure it is selected.
tashsru said:
I had them synced but for some reason i cannot no matter what find them.. and they did not resync on the cell when i set it up again
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once your sync options are double checked as Zel mentioned, sign in to gmail from the gmail app and get your email, this puts it into a forced sync. Should have all your stuff back.
Thanks for sharing, BillTheCat. I was not familiar with this app. I'l check it out. I've been using Google to sync my stuff.
I use airdroid it syncs contacts pics calender date and file and you can even answer texts on your desktop when your using it
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th3lawmak3r76 said:
I use airdroid it syncs contacts pics calender date and file and you can even answer texts on your desktop when your using it
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i never seen this app before, loving it. Thank you!
+1 for Airdroid