HTC Evo Android Tips, Tricks and Setup Guide Links

I am a new owner of an Android Phone (a Sprint phone, the HTC Evo, to be exact) and as a new Android user I have been reading tons of how-to and setup documents.

Here is a great post on a popular forum that some people have done major work to collect, edit and post.

The Good

D. When your phone is ringing, if you flip it over, it will silence the ringer.

C. If you want to change the default action that occurs when you select a contact from the Favorites widget: (Thanks Companyman)
1. Go into the People application and select your contact
2. Click on the Menu button near the bottom of your phone
3. Select the "More" option
4. Click on the "Set widget action"
5. Select whatever action you want.

The Bad

This one does not bother me but it seems like a miss... But I like the robot!

Q. Does anyone know how to turn off/change the "green Android Robot" picture that pops up when you're trying to make a phone call?
A. The way to change the Android pic is to assigned the person your calling a picture in your contacts. If the number is not from a contact then I am afraid you are stuck with the little green monster unless you root and someone builds a rom without him.

The Ugly

I hate this problem, and I'm sad to see that it is a universal one...

Q. When sending text messages, is there a way to send the text from the message window without having to hit the button to make the keyboard disappear and then hit the send button?
A. The send button should be to the right of the text window even if the keyboard is up, at least in Portrait mode. In Landscape you either have to hit menu and send or just minimize the keyboard.

This is also pretty unfortunate...

Q. Is it possible to have a different wallpaper on the lockscreen from your home screen?
A. Seems that is not available in this build of 2.1. In others I have used you could. If you or anyone else finds this to not be true let me know. As of right now it seems the same wallpaper for the home screen works for the lock screen as well.

For more details, read the full article here: http://androidforums.com/tips-tricks-evo-4g/90404-tip-how-do-i-settings-android.html