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N1 How To: Change Ringtones

Linus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:00:39 +0000

Default tunes & tones for most phone do not really appeal, and changing your ringtone on the Nexus One is relatively simple, here are the steps:

Plug in your phone to your computer via your USB & mount it.
On your SD Card, create a folder called ‘Media’
Within the ‘Media’ folder, create 3 sub-folders called, ‘Alarms’, ‘Notifications‘ & ‘Ringtones’
Copy your ringtones or tunes into the relevant folder that you want to use them for.

If you already have the song playing on the phone, and want to use it as your ringtone, here’s how to set it up:

Open the Music application
Select the song you want to use as your ringtone
Goto Settings > Use as ringtone

The song in your playlist will now be automatically set as your default ringtone.

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Linus — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:00:19 +0000

N1 How To: Facebook Sync

Linus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:00:10 +0000

Adding Facebook Account to the Nexus One

From the Home screen
Goto Settings > Accounts & Sync > Add Account
Select Facebook
Fill in your account login
Answer the various questions to complete the adding of the account

Your contacts are now automatically in sync with their Facebook! If auto sync is turned on, then your contacts with Facebook accounts linked will have their status updated everytime you click on them.

Syncing contacts without same name on Facebook

Are you encountering some mis-matched names on your contacts not being able to sync with their Facebook accounts? Here is how to manually link them together:

Find the contact
Long press the contact > Edit Contact or Menu > Edit contact
Menu > Join
Select the relevant contact from the suggested list

Note that this process will make your contact take up the name on their Facebook by default.

N1 How To: Export Contacts from Outlook and Import to Nexus One

Linus — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:00:46 +0000

I’ve been using a Windows Mobile phone, so most of my contacts were all on MS Outlook 2007, so importing contacts to the new Nexus One was a complete breeze.

Here’s how to do it:

Step 1

Open Outlook and click on your contacts
Go to File > Import and Export > Select Export to a file – Next
Select Comma Separated Values (Windows) – Next
Select Contacts – Next
Save the file in a known location – Next
Click on ‘Map Custom Fields’ and make sure Default Maps are set
Click Finish

Step 2

Log Into your Gmail account
Click Contacts in the left menu
Click Import in the top right
Choose file and select the .csv file you just saved (add them to a group if you want)
Click Import
Your contacts will be imported into your Gmail account

Step 3

On your Nexus make sure you have connected your Gmail account
Go to contacts > Menu > Accounts
Select your Gmail account > Menu > Sync Now
Your new contacts will be imported – Any duplicates should be merged.

It took me less than a minute to sync all my contacts (over 300 contacts) & if you have Facebook sync turned on, friend’s photos will all appear alongside your contacts.