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HTC Desire S Owner’s Guide – V1.02 | wnp_79 

 

unofficial sources 

could

 have been tampered with to gain control of your phone in 

some way or access your data. Before an app is installed via the Marketplace, it 

has

 

to list what areas of the phone (permissions) this app accesses. Use common sense. 
For example be wary of a “wallpaper” app that requires access to your phonebook! 
Appreciate though that most apps are free to you because they are subsidised by 
adverts. These will need internet access and your location info, so they can see 
which country you are in and download the appropriate advert. Expect free apps to 
ask for these permissions. They are not spying on you! There are plenty out there 
that although they don’t attack your phone directly, they’ll steal the contacts in your 
phonebook and sell the info to marketing companies. Oh and I know it should go 
without saying, but apps with “sexy” or “girls” or both in a title, pretty much 
guarantees them to be nefarious even if they do deliver on their promise of hot ass. 
Same goes for all the 3rd party web browsers that claim to be good for porn surfing! 
 
There are very few known viruses for Android as its Linux based and you do not 
have Root access so there’s not much they could do. HTC also have extra security 
on their system partition (S-On) to prevent it from being changed in any way. It’s a 
pain-in-the-ass for people wanting S-Off and custom ROMS, but normal users can 
be assured their phone is not easily hacked or tampered with. However it can’t be 
long until the growing popularity of Android (350,000 devices a day activated) 
encourages the arseholes who write viruses to leave Windows alone and focus on a 
new challenge. You are also at risk if you don’t check permissions before installing 
something (easily done, you can get complacent after a while) and give a dodgy app 

permission

 to access certain areas. At present you can’t deny certain permissions 

and allow others. If an App is to be installed, you have to either chose yes to all 
permissions, or no to all and hence cancel the installation.  
 
Best to play it safe. I can recommend installing something ‘Lookout Mobile Security’. 
It’s a free and trust-worthy anti-virus and anti-malware app for Android phones. It 
doesn’t hog memory or battery power, it automatically updates virus definitions, and 
automatically scans 

anything

 you install. It even has a party trick of being able to 

track the location of your phone via their website should it be lost or stolen. You can 
(also via the website) get it to make your phone ring at full volume if you have 
misplaced the phone in the house somewhere!

 

  

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for Desire S

Page 1: ...ot work like Microsoft s Windows or Nokia s Symbian Apps that are not running in the foreground are not using any processing power and should Android need the RAM it will automatically close any backg...

Page 2: ...o there s not much they could do HTC also have extra security on their system partition S On to prevent it from being changed in any way It s a pain in the ass for people wanting S Off and custom ROMS...

Page 3: ...ve browser the stock one is very good though for when you have a weak signal and hence poor bandwidth Opera compresses filters web pages by 90 so your phone is downloading much less data and pages wil...

Page 4: ...t most androids is vague at best This small and basic app adds a simple battery percentage to your notification bar Beware of the many alternatives that look very fancy but ironically cause more batte...

Page 5: ...is for my morning runs no that s not a bowel problem Tracks your route set alarms for your routine mine is at 6am so handy set yourself targets calorie count uploads all your stats to your google acco...

Page 6: ...iser Make all sorts of switching widgets and clock widgets Free 36 Added 08 03 11 Timeriffic If you don t want to use Tasker this is a much much simpler automation app Sets various phone features wifi...

Page 7: ...WP requires access to your SMS Why Nothing dodgy here The LWP has the ability to behave differently if you have an unread SMS The Blue Skies LWP sends a floating balloon up for each unread SMS if you...

Page 8: ...ours simply by setting Tasker to shut all radios off i e Airplane Mode between midnight and 6am It even texts my missus when I m half way home so my dinner is ready when I get in 4 4 Don t leave the p...

Page 9: ...ays on mobile data Now when not on wifi your phone will only use 3G when it needs to Much better 12 Another new idea from HTC is called Pocket Mode Turn this off All it offers is the phone will ring s...

Page 10: ...tab Find your culprit in this list select it then press the Stop button Then either uninstall it if you don t trust it or wait to see if it tries to re start itself to confirm its status as a Pain In...

Page 11: ...s also a setting called Wi Fi sleep policy This determines how your Wi Fi connection behaves when your screen is off Again against what you d guess it uses much less power if you set the sleep policy...

Page 12: ...ouse is When I get close to home it automatically turns Wi Fi on turns my ring volume up to max changes my ringtone back to something childish and backs my screen brightness off When I leave the house...

Page 13: ...hat I use and how to set them up are as follows Profile 1 Night Mode 1 Press New to create a new Profile 2 Name it Night Mode or whatever you want and press OK 3 It will ask you for a Profile context...

Page 14: ...ure to tell when I am home To explain Tasker has several ways of determining where you are Obviously GPS is the most accurate but any profile with GPS context in it will mean Tasker periodically turns...

Page 15: ...ghtness don t require an exit task and will automatically revert to their previous setting If you ever find something not reverting after a profile has stopped simply add an exit task for it Now the r...

Page 16: ...th a clean cloth When the cover now flexes when gripped the friction between the case and the body of the phone has been reduced and there is no creaking noise Silicone Grease is even water repellent...

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