T-Mobile (HTC) G1 Tricks I Didn’t Know

Thanks for this useful info. Any idea of how I can view files that I saved to my G1 phone via usb cable. Ones file is an htlm the other a jpeg. How can I view the files and open them in the browser?

alice –
the only way to do this is save the file on the SD (memory) card. if you saved the image on your phone when saving, transfer it to your SD first. when you hook up your phone via usb, the removable drive should show for the SD memory.

i have been sent images through email by attachements and inside email as well. is there anyway i can save these to my phone?

if i’m not mistaken, you can move the pictures to the memory stick. then when you connect your phone via usb, they pictures should show in the removable drive.

is there anyway to save a picture that u get in a teext message ?

This is a great and useful post! Expect a Trackback from me when I write about the G1.

amaziiing!! you really outdid your self.. any ideas on this one? i got my g1 today and i live in a 3g area.. miami beach?! and ugh my 3g isnt showing up… i called tmobile they reset me and nothing… any help?

it takes a few hours for the tmobile spots to recognize your phone is 3g. i recommend you give it at least a day. when u see the 3g icon on the top, that means 3g is working. hope that helps

Some one send me a picture by a text and I wanted to save the picture to my albums on my phone. May I be able to do that on the G1 for T-mobile phone? And if I can how?

How can I save a pic I got on a text message to my phone?

zuleima -
i just posted a new entry to answer your question at http://namshik.com/t-mobile-htc-g1-tricks-i-didn%E2%80%99t-know-part-2/

i can i save ring tones from funformobile.com to my G1…

Thanks for the post. Is there any way to save the applications that we download on the G1 to save them on the memory card. I only have about 20MB left on the phone memory. That would be a great help since I am sure most of us got a 4gb-8gb card for the G1 already.

sam – currently, there is no way. after the hackers are done, i’m sure this is a KEY fix that will be made as the on-board storage is ridiculously low

So is there no way to download stuff on the sd card??!!? Like if I were to. Save it.. it just saves it on my phone and I have an 8 g and I would like to save it on that… HELP!!!

josh-
as of now, no. there’s an alternate solution to saving pictures. i prefer this solution over saving it on your device to save space. i’ll write a tutorial on this later today.

I’m in love with this phone , but I have one problem … How to save a number that just called you and its not your contacts.
The fone its very nice but if we dont have this feature .. it sucks …

sergio-
u touch the number on the screen, hold it, then a menu pops up. select ADD TO CONTACTS

Thanks dude .. you’re good!!!
Now I can say this phone “Rocks”!!!

I don’t even know what I’m doing responding to all these comments for. I actually have a full time job as a management consultant. My blog is just a personal blog like many of you have. I just happened to get a lot of visitors when I started writing about the G1 I got and luckily, I’m pretty tech savvy so I’ve been able to answer most questions. T-Mobile should pay me for all this customer/technical support …

Maybe you guys can click on some of those adsense links and exercise those fingerettes! =)

Please help me too. I will click every ad you have. I cannot see any embedded or pasted images in my gmail or pop email on my g1. I can see only a blue square with a white ? And I can see attached images. I have been searching for days for an answer. Thank you.

luna-
hahah. funny.
to answer your questions, there is currently no way of saving “embedded” images in the email. this may be fixed in the future. my guess for the solution in the future would be letting the user press the image, hold, and a save menu would pop up.

however, you should be able to save images “attached” to the emails fine by scrolling to the btm of the email.

I have an UNLOCKED G1 (without a G1 plan) and I tried activating it with a prepaid Tmobile SIM but that didn’t work (It keeps saying there was a communication error with Google servers). So I was wondering – can I use an ATT GoPhone SIM (that has a DATA plan connected with it) to ACTIVATE it, or do I have to be on Tmobile for ACTIVATION.

Thank you so much for helping but I don’t need to save them I just want to SEE them. If you have any answer I would love it but even if you don’t I am doing as I said and I am off to click ads. Have a great one!

aim like a sidekick plz..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fidi-
i agree with you. the IM client on the G1 sucks. try meebo from the market.

I like the G1 but the only things I dislike is that when someone sends me a video text I get it as a pic.and can’t view it as a video. When I get pic text I can’t save it. My battery die fast

James: You have to have the G1 Data plan to use the G1, there is 2 options, 24.99/mo for unlimited internet, 400 mms/sms, or 34.99/mo for unlim internet, unlimited mms/sms >>> you will not be able to use the G1 on ATT&T currently, T-Mobile has exclusive rights for 90 days.

james -
not true on your statement ” you will not be able to use the G1 on ATT&T currently, T-Mobile has exclusive rights for 90 days.” you can use your phone on the at&t network as soon as it is unlocked.

I was wondering if there is anyway to save the ringtones from funformobile.com? My phone will play the ringtone but it doesnt give me an option to save it. I think it downloaded it but I dont know how to find the things that I have already downloaded onto my G1, any help is appreciated. Thank you!!

lynee-
if possible, i would suggest emailing yourself the ringtone(mp3) and possibly, save the attachment as a ringtone to your phone

I am trying to save pictures that I either downloaded or put on my phone to my memory card. Also my ringtones and new contacts that I just added… because I am switching to a different phone.. please help

Thanks

1. move all your photos to the memory card
2. if you’re changing to the same phone, contacts are synced with your gmail account so further steps are not necessary. when you setup your new g1 phone, your contacts will be there. if the other phone is not a g1, then you can export your contacts from your GMAIL > CONTACTS > EXPORT to a spreadsheet file. this spreadsheet file is compatible with importing into MS OUTLOOK for import into Windows Mobile phones.

Wow. Very helpful.

can you store more than one phone number per name in contacts? i am having to enter people 3x for work, cell and home…

jessica-
of course..
contacts > highlight name > edit contact
click the “more info” bottom > select another number type
a new field should be added.

How, if possible do you download and save ringtones directly from websites such as funformobile.com directly on the G1.

Does anyone know how to save texts to the sd card?? Thansk

Do u know if the g1 can air t.v

is it possible to use any type of song/ringtone for the message notification. I’ve made the new folders and still nothing, I would greatly appreciate a response

does anyone how to save a text conversasion to SD card or ctrl copy the full conversasion to paste it and send it to email? also i tried getting my hotmail account to work but no luck, help?

I also tried menu c to copy, menu p to paste but it didn’t work am I doing something wrong?

i saved a picture from the internet onto my G1 phone as per your trick, but where does it save to?
Please advise
many thanks!

wow…namshik…they (TMobile or HTC) should really pay you for all the response…haha…anyway…i do have a question after all…I think I’ve fiddled with this phone way too much already and yet, I can’t seem to find a way to group my contacts from the phone…I know you can group on Gmail and sync it…but what about your existing contacts from your older sim/phone? ‘nah mean?…any help from anybody is gladly appreciated.

how do I attach a file from my on phone USB storage into an email I want to send from the phone? It’s stored in the SD, but I can’t figure out how to access it to attach it in gmail. Help! and thanks.

Am I the only one that wants to be able to search my calendar? Any ideas? Who do I talk to about this?

is there any way to store your contacts on your sim ? I had to create a csv file from an old outlook account upload it to gmail – then sysnc with my G1 – but this means you have to rely on the contact list in gmail – now the list is on the phone any idea how i can write it to the sim or memory ? Tmobile and HTC say it cant be done.

to all-
most of your requests should be in the new android updated “cupcake”

HT-
there is not a way to do this with the default android o/s although i think i remember reading an app that does this for you. how i have it setup is that i have a category in my gmail contacts “phone” and my g1 contacts syncs with that category only. this way, when i’m importing/exporting, i’m not loading up all my contacts in my gmail

How do I save ringtones from funformobile to my g1

How do i move photos to the memory card

To save picture to your phone you have to go to the market and search save mms then search that’s how you save it.

jesse-
this feature is coming out in the new RC33 update being released in a few weeks.

when i take pictures, I click the save icon ,a nd going to my pictures .. i couldn’t see a trace that i just took a picture and saved it.
Can anyone tell how to save picture on the sdcard i have a 2gb card in it

macsot-
you can use android file manager to move/copy the pictures over

How do I save pictures to my album that were emailed to my gmail account?

Wat app do I need4 my animation pix 2 move like they should???

to save a pic recieved in a text or email youh have to download the app Save MMS. its in ur market soo just look for it or search it. oh and is dere any way to listen to the radio onthe g1?

Tai – download the pics from your email to your phone (sd card). then transfer your pics from your phone to google photos (picasa) using the picasa app

mike – sorry, not sure

cristian – only if the radio is offered through the internet channels. there’s not an app out that tunes into a radio freq unless im wrong.

I just reset my G1 to it’s factory settings, now it’s asking me for my google -email and password. I typed in exactly what I put the first time I bought it and when it asked me for the same information. It keeps saying

“There is a problem communicating with the Google servers”

I tried logging in multiple of times but it just repeatedly says that ^.
What should I do?

Is there anyway to saved videos to contacts so when somebody calls it plays the video.

I love my phone, it’s too great! BUT the camara SUCKS!! and i wish we could lock certain applications, like messages!!

Ok on a web image i saved an image by holding down on the picture, but now where do i find that image?

you can save images through your text messages by downloading a free app from market place called save mms!!!

you can find the image under pictures, downloads

to Jojo —- to activate G1 you need to have connection to the internet and wi-fi wont work..so get the data-plan 30dollars…you can do it online at t-mobile site or call the customer care…first get the data plan then activate the phone after 10-15 mins..then cancell the data-plan next day..i am pretty sure that they wont charge you any cancellation fee..just make sure..

to antonty — sorry this feature is not yet available for g1

to Love My g1 – there is another application called SnapPhoto better than the default..its in the android market…
to carlos – for file management you should install a good file managing app. from market…or if you dont have it…just go to Pictures -> view all

Is there anyway to save a number from your text message?

Bryan – just tap the number on your text message and the dialer will pop up with the number. you can save that number to your contacts.

I know that you have to press and hold an image for 3 seconds to enable to save it, however I cant save images from facebook, and any others I have tried to save are “downloaded unsucsessfuly” what does this mean?

Omg you’re amazing!!

Question I heard that if you take a pic and you remember where u took it..the gps automatically saves the location of where I took the pic…is thos true about the gps??

And also is it possible to copy a selected text from a website??

Thanks sweety u rock!

Uuuuurrr a?? gayyyyy

Well written thanks for the helpful tips.

Well written thanks for the helpful tips.

i have a unlock g1 but was factory reset i have service with cellular 1 n cant by pass google 
account need help