htc desire ~~~~ed speaker phone

[pantomime horse]

had to return my wifes new htc desire to vodafone today.
if you put the phone onto speaker than what came through was pretty garbled and the person at other end really couldn't make out a word being said.
they've given me a replacement.
hope this one works out better.
as to battery life
lucky to get a day / day and a half out of a charge.
again hope this one is better.
anyway thats two things to watch for if you get one
I'll let you all know if speaker is better once this handset is fullly charged and I can try it out.

[Canker_Canison]

Pulled this off the '3' blog site.....

1. Disable Wireless Network Positioning Services.
Go to Menu > Settings > Location > Use Wireless Networks.
You can choose to turn off the position service. You don't need to turn off the GPS checkbox since GPS only operates in conjunction with services that access it.

2. Turn Off Wi-Fi.
Select Menu > Settings > Wireless Controls and then un-check Wi-Fi.
Having Wi-Fi on permanently can really impact battery life.

3. Turn Off the Weather App. This is a function that constantly pulls data, which in turn drains battery.
Turn this function off by doing the following: Menu > All Programs > Weather.
Then choose the Menu option from within the Weather program and choose Settings where you can disable Update Automatically. Now you can just pull Weather information when you want it.

4. Set your other constantly updating applications to lower update frequencies. There's really no menu to navigate here, it depends on the applications you're using. For example you could set the Facebook app to only update once an hour rather than every 5 minutes.

5. Turn down screen brightness.
Navigating to Menu > Settings > Sound & Display > Brightness.
You can drag the brightness down slightly to save on battery life. This is really a personally preference option, but factory settings offer a blaring brightness.

6. Try a 3rd party task management application from the Android Market such as Automatic Task Killer. But remember not to close tasks that are important for day to day use such as Email, Calendar or Clock.

7. The moving wallpapers on the Desire are a really nice touch, but if you think you can live without them then your phones battery will love you for it!
Go to Menu > Wallpaper and select anything other than Live Wallpapers.

Personally I would turn off the GPS, if you're not using it, turn it off. The biggest way to extend the battery life is to turn off the 3G connection.

Method 1: Disable Data Connection on Android Core
To disable and turn off data connection, do the following steps in Android mobile phone:

• Open dialer.
• Dial *#*#4636#*#* to open Testing screen.
• Tap on Phone Information.
• Press the Menu key or button.
• Tap on More.
• Tap on Disable data connection to disconnect and make inactive any data connection immediately. Tap on Disable data on boot to disable data connection on next boot up.
  Note: Both options can be selected concurrently.

Method 2: APNDroid to Turn Off Data Connection
For users who prefer a one-tap widget, there is a free APNDroid available on Android Market. APNDroid prevents the phone from connecting to Internet through cellular data line by modifying the APN names and APN types by adding apndroid suffix to them (APN is short of Access Point Name). Best of all, the basic voice call, SMS and MMS capabilities are left intact and working properly.


Method 3: Quick Settings to Disable Data Connection
Quick Settings is an app for Android system that allowing users to manage system settings of the smartphone. And one of its function is to turn off or on the mobile data connection, with ability to set it to be hidden and active in the notification drop down menu. Available for free on Android Market.


Method 4: Adding a fake non-working access point
Another alternative is to add a new access point to the Android phone, which is fake, inactive and not working (in essence, APNDroid does the fake APN trick too but it modifies the current APN directly). APN is the name of the service providers Inernet network to which the phone will connect to. With a fake APN name and type, the phone will connect to nowhere.

1. On the Android phone, press on HOME > MENU button and then tap Settings.
2. Tap on Wireless & networks or Wireless controls.
3. Tap on Mobile networks or Mobile network settings.
4. Tap on Access Point Names.
5. On the APNs screen, press MENU button and then tap New APN.
6. In the Edit access point screen, enter the APN settings by tapping on the APN setting item to edit it. Set the Name to a random fake name, such as Off.
   Set the APN to a random fake value, such as blank.
   Other items can be left blank.
7. Press MENU button and then tap Save to save the settings to phone.
8. A new APN will be shown. Press the circle to the right of the new APN to select it as the active APN.