HTC Desire 610 Tips and Tricks
Factory OS: Android 4.3 (Jellybean)
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If you want to remove the Google Search bar, then go to Settings – Application manager – All – Google search – Disable.
To lock your screen while you are watching videos, simply press the power button.
This will disable the touchscreen buttons while the video is playing, but it won’t turn the screen off like the lock key normally does.
Note, this will only work on video files that you are playing that are stored on your phone. It won’t work for videos played within websites, such as YouTube videos.
Normally when Apps are installed, an icon is automatically placed on your homescreens.
This can be annoying for users who want to keep their homescreens clutter-free.
To stop then, go to Google Play – Menu Key – Settings. Then untick Auto-add Widgets.
To share or upload a video to services like Facebook or YouTube, simply go to your Video App and long press on a video.
Then select Share via. From here you will be given options to share the video with various services.
Jellybean now comes with an Equaliser so you can adjust your bass and treble.
Simply open a music file using the Music Player App. Then go to Settings – SoundAlive and select Custom.
Then simply drag the sliders up and down to adjust the bass and treble.
If your browser does not play Flash items while browsing websites then you may need to enable Flash in the settings.
To do this, open the standard browser. Go to Settings – Advanced – Enable plug-ins. Then select Always On.
If you don’t want to hear the shutter sound when you take photos, then there are a few things you can try.
Firstly, some countries have laws to force the phone to play these sounds. Assuming you’re not in one of these countries, then the first thing you can try is to go to the Camera App – Settings – Shutter Sound – Off.
If that doesn’t work, then you can try turning the volume of the phone down or put it in silent mode when taking photos.
The last option is to Root your phone. If you don’t know what that means, then it’s best not to attempt it unless you have thoroughly read about the process. Once Rooted, go to this folder on your phone: /system/media/audio/ui and rename the camerashutter and/or cameraclick OGG files to something else.
Alternatively, on a rooted phone you can use a Root Browser, to edit /system/csc/feature.xml and set the option to TRUE. Then you should be able to go to Camera App – Settings – Shutter Sound – Off.
To stop the Photo App or the Music player from indexing your files, place a blank text file called .nomedia in the folder containing your photos or music
To change the backlight screen timeout, go to Settings – Display – Screen timeout. Then choose the screen time out duration.
You can also tell the phone screen to always stay lit when it is plugged in via USB. Go to Settings – Developer Options. Then check Stay Awake.
Note: Developer Options is not enabled by default. To enable, go to Settings – About Device. Then tap on Build number 7 times.
To see notifications on your homescreen, the best option is to download an App called NoLed from the Play Store. This will show notifications such as text messages, emails and missed calls as bright icons on your homescreen.
You can choose between very small squares or small icons and these can assigned by coloured.