Android: Phone News and Discussion Thread
10-02-2010, 06:07 PM
#961
Safety Car
So a small update about my bricked Samsung:
The guy who sold the phone to me e-mailed me a copy of the receipt for the phone from FutureShop. The thing is, the phone was purchased on 8/25 and I think FutureShop has a 14 day exchange policy for cell phones. Now I'm not sure who is supposed to be responsible in servicing the phone at this point. I'm reading that Bell may be responsible but the problem is I don't have a Bell account. What I'm hearing is that Samsung extended the exchange warranty for the phone to 60 days but I'm not sure if it still has to go through Bell or FutureShop first. I reached out to some people at XDA but if anyone has any experience about FutureShop and cell phone warranties please chime in since the phone is beyond 30 days now.
The guy who sold the phone to me e-mailed me a copy of the receipt for the phone from FutureShop. The thing is, the phone was purchased on 8/25 and I think FutureShop has a 14 day exchange policy for cell phones. Now I'm not sure who is supposed to be responsible in servicing the phone at this point. I'm reading that Bell may be responsible but the problem is I don't have a Bell account. What I'm hearing is that Samsung extended the exchange warranty for the phone to 60 days but I'm not sure if it still has to go through Bell or FutureShop first. I reached out to some people at XDA but if anyone has any experience about FutureShop and cell phone warranties please chime in since the phone is beyond 30 days now.
10-02-2010, 07:04 PM
#962
Drifting
My Epic's battery life is pretty good
, the screen was on for a little over 4 hours too. I did a bunch of browsing, watched a 40 minute Youtube vid (NutnFancy), played about half an hours worth of games, made a few calls and sent about 100 texts. I have the screen brightness turned all the way down, but its still too bright (IMO) and 3G and wifi were on about 50/50.I just got the new update today to fix the upload speeds too.
edit: the time without signal is at 0% too. Either it's using a bit more battery when idle or the meter has been calibrated better (they changed the 3G antenna on the last update), but either way I don't mind because I'm getting overall better battery life.
Last edited by zguy95135; 10-02-2010 at 07:07 PM.
10-02-2010, 08:10 PM
#963
Un
....for 9 bucks a month... I would do it... lol... I guess I already did... go figure... I took my own advice
I really want the EVO. My sister-in-law has one and after playing with it for a few minutes, I love it. Much better than the Moment I have now. If I upgrade to the EVO, I lose the $24/mo plan I have now. I believe I'd have to switch to a $35/mo plan, but the unlimited data, text and 500 minutes would stay the same.
10-02-2010, 08:32 PM
#964
Safety Car
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/8...1001220837.png
My Epic's battery life is pretty good , the screen was on for a little over 4 hours too. I did a bunch of browsing, watched a 40 minute Youtube vid (NutnFancy), played about half an hours worth of games, made a few calls and sent about 100 texts. I have the screen brightness turned all the way down, but its still too bright (IMO) and 3G and wifi were on about 50/50.
I just got the new update today to fix the upload speeds too.
edit: the time without signal is at 0% too. Either it's using a bit more battery when idle or the meter has been calibrated better (they changed the 3G antenna on the last update), but either way I don't mind because I'm getting overall better battery life.
My Epic's battery life is pretty good
, the screen was on for a little over 4 hours too. I did a bunch of browsing, watched a 40 minute Youtube vid (NutnFancy), played about half an hours worth of games, made a few calls and sent about 100 texts. I have the screen brightness turned all the way down, but its still too bright (IMO) and 3G and wifi were on about 50/50.I just got the new update today to fix the upload speeds too.
edit: the time without signal is at 0% too. Either it's using a bit more battery when idle or the meter has been calibrated better (they changed the 3G antenna on the last update), but either way I don't mind because I'm getting overall better battery life.
10-03-2010, 11:14 PM
#966
So a small update about my bricked Samsung:
The guy who sold the phone to me e-mailed me a copy of the receipt for the phone from FutureShop. The thing is, the phone was purchased on 8/25 and I think FutureShop has a 14 day exchange policy for cell phones. Now I'm not sure who is supposed to be responsible in servicing the phone at this point. I'm reading that Bell may be responsible but the problem is I don't have a Bell account. What I'm hearing is that Samsung extended the exchange warranty for the phone to 60 days but I'm not sure if it still has to go through Bell or FutureShop first. I reached out to some people at XDA but if anyone has any experience about FutureShop and cell phone warranties please chime in since the phone is beyond 30 days now.
The guy who sold the phone to me e-mailed me a copy of the receipt for the phone from FutureShop. The thing is, the phone was purchased on 8/25 and I think FutureShop has a 14 day exchange policy for cell phones. Now I'm not sure who is supposed to be responsible in servicing the phone at this point. I'm reading that Bell may be responsible but the problem is I don't have a Bell account. What I'm hearing is that Samsung extended the exchange warranty for the phone to 60 days but I'm not sure if it still has to go through Bell or FutureShop first. I reached out to some people at XDA but if anyone has any experience about FutureShop and cell phone warranties please chime in since the phone is beyond 30 days now.
.. praying u can get to the bottom of this foolishness...
10-03-2010, 11:39 PM
#968
qwik EVO review so far yall...
1. my gps has worked great in the city and way out in the country... no funny business..
2. cool weather feature as you move around... it does have some lag though...
3. I found a sweet case at the mall... frosted on the back and clear on the sides...covers all the edges very nicely...
4. 3G is so fast that I havent even used 4G yet... I have a great signal pretty much everywhere I go... which is all over the place...I dropped one call... I have a great 4G signal at my house...
5. I was able to move all my pics and ringtones ad music from my pre bf I wiped its memory...
6.need swype, but have been too busy to install it...
7. occ the 4 buttons @ the bottom dont lite up as they should... when its dark that puts 4 major features in the dark.... which is gonna be a deal killer for me if it does not resolve.... need to investigate this some more...
8. when the lights are working, the battery port is lighted, which is a nice touch, esp when trying to attach the cord in dim conditions.... I am not sure if this area was lighted on purpose or accident...
1. my gps has worked great in the city and way out in the country... no funny business..
2. cool weather feature as you move around... it does have some lag though...
3. I found a sweet case at the mall... frosted on the back and clear on the sides...covers all the edges very nicely...
4. 3G is so fast that I havent even used 4G yet... I have a great signal pretty much everywhere I go... which is all over the place...I dropped one call... I have a great 4G signal at my house...
5. I was able to move all my pics and ringtones ad music from my pre bf I wiped its memory...
6.need swype, but have been too busy to install it...
7. occ the 4 buttons @ the bottom dont lite up as they should... when its dark that puts 4 major features in the dark.... which is gonna be a deal killer for me if it does not resolve.... need to investigate this some more...
8. when the lights are working, the battery port is lighted, which is a nice touch, esp when trying to attach the cord in dim conditions.... I am not sure if this area was lighted on purpose or accident...
10-04-2010, 08:32 AM
#969
Got da Internet Goin Nutz
One thing that I'm not finding in the EVO is a "Search Server" selection for the exchange email account. WinMob had this feature and it was great. Also wondering if you can have more than one exchange account (don't think so).
10-04-2010, 11:03 AM
#970
Safety Car
A lot of people who got the Canadian Galaxy S have been getting the corrupted Internal SD Cards which is kinda disheartening. They're still not sure what's the cause yet because some people are claiming that they were using the phone stock and still got the corrupted SD Card after a few days. Samsung may have a few batches with bad SD Cards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793404
Oh and to add, I purchased the Latin American version while my Canadian version is in repairs. It has lesser internal SD Card space but it should hold me until I get the Canadian version back. I'm assuming it'll take about a month or so before I even get the Canadian version back if it gets fixed at all. Once I get it back, I'll most likely give the Latin American version to my girlfriend since she wants a new phone with a big screen and move her away from the iPhone. hehe.
Last edited by CGFebTSX04; 10-04-2010 at 11:08 AM.
10-04-2010, 11:06 AM
#971
Safety Car
I hear that the lighting is usually random. I think its an Android thing. After a while though, you shouldn't need the lighting as you get used to the button placement and they just make sense where they're at.
10-04-2010, 11:11 AM
#972
Safety Car
way of getting it. lol:http://www.appbrain.com/app/exchange...roid20.nitroid
10-04-2010, 11:45 AM
#973
Safety Car
Oh I don't know if some of you saw this but for the people with the T-Mobile Vibrant's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770854
The XDA people found out that the T-Mobile Vibrant has the same layout as the international Galaxy S so you can just install a front facing camera that you can buy online for around $16 (minimum of 3) and get it working with a modified ROM. So the T-Mobile Vibrant can have video calling. Was thinking of going that route since it has the 1900 MHz 3G band for ATT so it would get ATT 3G in some areas. I believe they are now trying to see if they can do the same for the Fascinate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770854
The XDA people found out that the T-Mobile Vibrant has the same layout as the international Galaxy S so you can just install a front facing camera that you can buy online for around $16 (minimum of 3) and get it working with a modified ROM. So the T-Mobile Vibrant can have video calling. Was thinking of going that route since it has the 1900 MHz 3G band for ATT so it would get ATT 3G in some areas. I believe they are now trying to see if they can do the same for the Fascinate.
10-04-2010, 09:38 PM
#974
Oh I don't know if some of you saw this but for the people with the T-Mobile Vibrant's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770854
The XDA people found out that the T-Mobile Vibrant has the same layout as the international Galaxy S so you can just install a front facing camera that you can buy online for around $16 (minimum of 3) and get it working with a modified ROM. So the T-Mobile Vibrant can have video calling. Was thinking of going that route since it has the 1900 MHz 3G band for ATT so it would get ATT 3G in some areas. I believe they are now trying to see if they can do the same for the Fascinate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770854
The XDA people found out that the T-Mobile Vibrant has the same layout as the international Galaxy S so you can just install a front facing camera that you can buy online for around $16 (minimum of 3) and get it working with a modified ROM. So the T-Mobile Vibrant can have video calling. Was thinking of going that route since it has the 1900 MHz 3G band for ATT so it would get ATT 3G in some areas. I believe they are now trying to see if they can do the same for the Fascinate.
10-04-2010, 09:43 PM
#975
Yeah Cyanogen is usually a good default ROM to use. It has all the bells and whistles and is usually the most stable. I don't think they have 4G implemented yet but if you don't need it, then the ROM is excellent. The other ROMs, are usually just based off Cyanogen's work and are themed or add an extra app or two with some "speed" tweaks here and there.
I hear that the lighting is usually random. I think its an Android thing. After a while though, you shouldn't need the lighting as you get used to the button placement and they just make sense where they're at.
I hear that the lighting is usually random. I think its an Android thing. After a while though, you shouldn't need the lighting as you get used to the button placement and they just make sense where they're at.
10-07-2010, 12:43 PM
#979
Safety Car
http://androidforums.com/htc-incredi...tery-life.html
Try out the battery topping technique posted earlier. It should work because HTC phones for some reason don't charge fully when they're on. They only really charge to 100% when they're charged while off:
To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly:
1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
My friend went to a Verizon store and they told him it was the HTC Facebook that was killing the battery and the guy at Verizon removed it for him and they gave him a new battery. He said its better now but I seriously doubt its the HTC Facebook app. I suggested that he do a hard reset but I don't think he had the time and ever since he got the new battery he hasn't been complaining. Maybe Verizon will give you a new battery if you complain to them.
10-07-2010, 12:48 PM
#980
Safety Car
So my Latin American version of the Galaxy S (i9000T) came in yesterday. Its exactly like the Canadian version minus the extra 8 GB of internal space. I finally had the GPS issue that everyone is complaining about while we were looking for a place to eat during our break from the OR. My phone was jumping all over the place. It said I was in the parking lot while we were driving and at one point in the river. lol.
I'm not sure why it happened but the phone was kinda warm to the touch and I was cupping it in my hand. It worked perfectly in the morning but I usually just let it sit still in the middle of my car during those moments. I'm gonna be monitoring it for the next couple of days but hopefully it doesn't happen too often. Supposedly, the problem is fixed in the Froyo ROMs but I won't be touching them until an official one drops. But yeah, I missed this phone. Just waiting on the guy from Canada to get back to me about my bricked one. He just picked it up from FedEx yesterday so he should be getting a work order in soon if Bell lets him.
I'm not sure why it happened but the phone was kinda warm to the touch and I was cupping it in my hand. It worked perfectly in the morning but I usually just let it sit still in the middle of my car during those moments. I'm gonna be monitoring it for the next couple of days but hopefully it doesn't happen too often. Supposedly, the problem is fixed in the Froyo ROMs but I won't be touching them until an official one drops. But yeah, I missed this phone. Just waiting on the guy from Canada to get back to me about my bricked one. He just picked it up from FedEx yesterday so he should be getting a work order in soon if Bell lets him.
10-07-2010, 12:51 PM
#981
I spend 2 much time here
i haven't bought this phone yet, i am leaning towards getting it, battery life seems like the only issue with this phone. i might buy a larger battery pack for it right out the gate to help.
10-07-2010, 01:00 PM
#982
Safety Car
Oh okay. You could just switch batteries as necessary. I think the majority of my friends get about 6-8 hours of normal usage (phone calls, texting, facebook) and they don't do any battery savings like I do where I turn off Auto Sync and 3G when I'm not using it.
10-07-2010, 05:50 PM
#983
My Garage
I don't have too much experience with the stock Android Exchange email app. I've been using NitroDesk's Exchange for Android (Used to be called TouchDown). It has a 30 day trial so if you wanna try it out you can do so and there's also the way of getting it. lol:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/exchange...roid20.nitroid
way of getting it. lol:http://www.appbrain.com/app/exchange...roid20.nitroid
10-07-2010, 09:33 PM
#984
Safety Car
10-07-2010, 11:53 PM
#985
So my Latin American version of the Galaxy S (i9000T) came in yesterday. Its exactly like the Canadian version minus the extra 8 GB of internal space. I finally had the GPS issue that everyone is complaining about while we were looking for a place to eat during our break from the OR. My phone was jumping all over the place. It said I was in the parking lot while we were driving and at one point in the river. lol.
I'm not sure why it happened but the phone was kinda warm to the touch and I was cupping it in my hand. It worked perfectly in the morning but I usually just let it sit still in the middle of my car during those moments. I'm gonna be monitoring it for the next couple of days but hopefully it doesn't happen too often. Supposedly, the problem is fixed in the Froyo ROMs but I won't be touching them until an official one drops. But yeah, I missed this phone. Just waiting on the guy from Canada to get back to me about my bricked one. He just picked it up from FedEx yesterday so he should be getting a work order in soon if Bell lets him.
I'm not sure why it happened but the phone was kinda warm to the touch and I was cupping it in my hand. It worked perfectly in the morning but I usually just let it sit still in the middle of my car during those moments. I'm gonna be monitoring it for the next couple of days but hopefully it doesn't happen too often. Supposedly, the problem is fixed in the Froyo ROMs but I won't be touching them until an official one drops. But yeah, I missed this phone. Just waiting on the guy from Canada to get back to me about my bricked one. He just picked it up from FedEx yesterday so he should be getting a work order in soon if Bell lets him.
The larger battery packs are so bulky (and ugly)... with the HTC developed battery fix, my co worker is gettin 12 to 13 hours with her EVO... my EVO out the box has been holding a charge all day... I haven't been charging i until the evening... I can tell you that 4G is battery suicide, the blue-tooth is really not bad on the battery at all...
10-08-2010, 08:35 AM
#986
I spend 2 much time here
The larger battery packs are so bulky (and ugly)... with the HTC developed battery fix, my co worker is gettin 12 to 13 hours with her EVO... my EVO out the box has been holding a charge all day... I haven't been charging i until the evening... I can tell you that 4G is battery suicide, the blue-tooth is really not bad on the battery at all...
10-08-2010, 10:55 AM
#988
This from HTC, via the XDA crew...
Originally Posted by htc
Dear XXXX XXXXXX,
Dear XXXX, HTC and Sprint are taking steps to improve observed battery life. HTC is developing a number of handset software optimizations that are expected to increase device operating times. These updates are expected to be available as part of software pushes scheduled for later this summer. As with any software development effort, we cannot provide an exact date. Additionally, Sprint is working to optimize 4G network settings to improve battery life for customers in 4G markets. I will be happy to go over various setting with you that will help extend the battery life. Traditionally WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and display brightness all greatly impact battery performance. With Android 2.1 another feature that can kill your battery are the Live Wallpapers. If you’re using Live Wallpaper just turn if off. Adjust the Brightness of the display (Menu | Settings | Sound & Display | Brightness). By default it is set to auto adjust but you can manually adjust it down. Consider adjusting the display timeout (Menu | Settings | Sound & Display | Screen Timeout). The default value is 1 minute but you can reduce it to as low as 15 sec but 30 seconds. By default your HTC Incredible vibrates every time you press a key. Turn it off by un-checking the box ‘Vibrate when typing’. Menu | Settings | Language & Keyboards | Touch Input | Text Input | Vibrate when typing. If Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Email, App Updates, or many other things are constantly popping notifications, consider turning some of them off as notifications do impact battery performance; This is done in each app. To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well. HTC has received some reports regarding this issue with the screen seperation, and are currently analyzing the potential causes. Most customers are not reporting any issue related to this problem. The issue appears to be cosmetic and should not affect the operation of the device. Additional information will be provided after we finish our investigation of the issue. If you have any other questions or concerns please Reply back to this email or give us a call at our HTC Technical Support Line, 1-866-449-8358. I want to thank you for contacting HTC. In order to help improve our service I’d like to invite you to take a survey at http://survey.htc.com/worldwide, you can also checkout http://shopamerica.htc.com/homebrands/index.htm for more information. HTC Technical Support http://www.HTC.com http://www.Facebook.com/HTC http://www.YouTube.com/user/HTC http://www.Twitter.com/HTC
Interesting! I'm going to try that so called battery doubling trick asap!
2nd reply from HTC below
Originally Posted by htc
Dear XXXX, The EVO 4G and the Incredible are having the same issues with the battery, I do apologize for saying Incredible, but I didgive the correct answer. This battery charging regimine is a one time operation, if you need to do this more than once a month, I would talk to Sprint about a replacement battery, but with the batteries we are looking into the issue further. We are not sure why this works, we like our customers have the HTC phones and were looking into forums and found this and it worked on all of our agents batteries, they all gained about 10 hours of battery life with regular use. We have also, tested how long the batteries take to charge and yes, this battery takes about 4 hours to charge, we are looking into this, but it is not an issue that will harm anything. You should be able to charge your battery while sleeping and you should not have a problem with the battery lasting all day, but again we are looking into the battery situation. With the Micro USB cables, most should work, but we recommend HTC Micro USB cables. You can go to shopamerica.htc.com or http://www.yourwirelesssource.com/do...uct?search=PCD for accessories for your EVO 4G. If you have any other questions or concerns please Reply back to this email or give us a call at our HTC Technical Support Line, 1-866-449-8358. I want to thank you for contacting HTC. In order to help improve our service I’d like to invite you to take a survey at http://survey.htc.com/worldwide, you can also checkout http://shopamerica.htc.com/homebrands/index.htm for more information. HTC Technical Support http://www.HTC.com http://www.Facebook.com/HTC http://www.YouTube.com/user/HTC http://www.Twitter.com/HTC
Ok, this battery charging trick has helped big time! I've been unplugged for 5 hours now and I'm at 80%. usually my battery dies at 6 hours. I just noticed my phone is not sleeping. wonder why that is? anyone know how to find out? wonder if it could be nimbuzz or k9 mail preventing it. I'm guessing the battery life would be really good if the phone would actually sleep.
edit: yup, it was nimbuzz, my IMing program preventing the phone from sleeping. damn, i need an IM program that supports push!! facebook push would be nice also.
Originally Posted by htc
Dear XXXX XXXXXX,
Dear XXXX, HTC and Sprint are taking steps to improve observed battery life. HTC is developing a number of handset software optimizations that are expected to increase device operating times. These updates are expected to be available as part of software pushes scheduled for later this summer. As with any software development effort, we cannot provide an exact date. Additionally, Sprint is working to optimize 4G network settings to improve battery life for customers in 4G markets. I will be happy to go over various setting with you that will help extend the battery life. Traditionally WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and display brightness all greatly impact battery performance. With Android 2.1 another feature that can kill your battery are the Live Wallpapers. If you’re using Live Wallpaper just turn if off. Adjust the Brightness of the display (Menu | Settings | Sound & Display | Brightness). By default it is set to auto adjust but you can manually adjust it down. Consider adjusting the display timeout (Menu | Settings | Sound & Display | Screen Timeout). The default value is 1 minute but you can reduce it to as low as 15 sec but 30 seconds. By default your HTC Incredible vibrates every time you press a key. Turn it off by un-checking the box ‘Vibrate when typing’. Menu | Settings | Language & Keyboards | Touch Input | Text Input | Vibrate when typing. If Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Email, App Updates, or many other things are constantly popping notifications, consider turning some of them off as notifications do impact battery performance; This is done in each app. To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well. HTC has received some reports regarding this issue with the screen seperation, and are currently analyzing the potential causes. Most customers are not reporting any issue related to this problem. The issue appears to be cosmetic and should not affect the operation of the device. Additional information will be provided after we finish our investigation of the issue. If you have any other questions or concerns please Reply back to this email or give us a call at our HTC Technical Support Line, 1-866-449-8358. I want to thank you for contacting HTC. In order to help improve our service I’d like to invite you to take a survey at http://survey.htc.com/worldwide, you can also checkout http://shopamerica.htc.com/homebrands/index.htm for more information. HTC Technical Support http://www.HTC.com http://www.Facebook.com/HTC http://www.YouTube.com/user/HTC http://www.Twitter.com/HTC
Interesting! I'm going to try that so called battery doubling trick asap!
2nd reply from HTC below
Originally Posted by htc
Dear XXXX, The EVO 4G and the Incredible are having the same issues with the battery, I do apologize for saying Incredible, but I didgive the correct answer. This battery charging regimine is a one time operation, if you need to do this more than once a month, I would talk to Sprint about a replacement battery, but with the batteries we are looking into the issue further. We are not sure why this works, we like our customers have the HTC phones and were looking into forums and found this and it worked on all of our agents batteries, they all gained about 10 hours of battery life with regular use. We have also, tested how long the batteries take to charge and yes, this battery takes about 4 hours to charge, we are looking into this, but it is not an issue that will harm anything. You should be able to charge your battery while sleeping and you should not have a problem with the battery lasting all day, but again we are looking into the battery situation. With the Micro USB cables, most should work, but we recommend HTC Micro USB cables. You can go to shopamerica.htc.com or http://www.yourwirelesssource.com/do...uct?search=PCD for accessories for your EVO 4G. If you have any other questions or concerns please Reply back to this email or give us a call at our HTC Technical Support Line, 1-866-449-8358. I want to thank you for contacting HTC. In order to help improve our service I’d like to invite you to take a survey at http://survey.htc.com/worldwide, you can also checkout http://shopamerica.htc.com/homebrands/index.htm for more information. HTC Technical Support http://www.HTC.com http://www.Facebook.com/HTC http://www.YouTube.com/user/HTC http://www.Twitter.com/HTC
Ok, this battery charging trick has helped big time! I've been unplugged for 5 hours now and I'm at 80%. usually my battery dies at 6 hours. I just noticed my phone is not sleeping. wonder why that is? anyone know how to find out? wonder if it could be nimbuzz or k9 mail preventing it. I'm guessing the battery life would be really good if the phone would actually sleep.
edit: yup, it was nimbuzz, my IMing program preventing the phone from sleeping. damn, i need an IM program that supports push!! facebook push would be nice also.
10-08-2010, 10:59 AM
#990
Droid 2, T-Mobile G2, Samsung Epic 4G Android Keyboard Battle: Video
Posted on 04 October 2010
If you take three of the top QWERTY keyboard Android smartphones available on the mobile market, you’d probably want to know which of those three handsets packs the best QWERTY and which sliding mechanism feels the best.So we have a video comparison for your viewing pleasure today that pits the Motorola Droid 2 against the T-Mobile G2 against the Samsung Epic 4G in a QWERTY keyboard battle to find out which of the three offers the best QWERTY experience.The QWERTY keyboard comparison video comes our way courtesy of John Walton over at Droid Dog, and delivers 12 minutes of keyboard comparison , but he does note that a great deal of mobile satisfaction is based on user preferences.So with that said I’ll just let you head on down below to check out the Samsung Epic 4G verses the Droid 2 verses the T-Mobile G2 QWERTY keyboard battle…enjoy.
link to original article:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/1...-battle-video/
Posted on 04 October 2010
If you take three of the top QWERTY keyboard Android smartphones available on the mobile market, you’d probably want to know which of those three handsets packs the best QWERTY and which sliding mechanism feels the best.So we have a video comparison for your viewing pleasure today that pits the Motorola Droid 2 against the T-Mobile G2 against the Samsung Epic 4G in a QWERTY keyboard battle to find out which of the three offers the best QWERTY experience.The QWERTY keyboard comparison video comes our way courtesy of John Walton over at Droid Dog, and delivers 12 minutes of keyboard comparison , but he does note that a great deal of mobile satisfaction is based on user preferences.So with that said I’ll just let you head on down below to check out the Samsung Epic 4G verses the Droid 2 verses the T-Mobile G2 QWERTY keyboard battle…enjoy.
link to original article:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/1...-battle-video/
10-08-2010, 12:50 PM
#991
I spend 2 much time here
10-08-2010, 01:29 PM
#992
Any of you guys with the Galaxy S line (Fascinate, Epic, Captivate, Vibrant, any others?) having issues with GPS acquisition? How's the battery life (saw zguy's post last page)?
If I do get one
I'll turn off the 3G when I'm not using it and probably won't have AutoSync on much, if at all. I don't know which phone to get yet.
If I do get one
I'll turn off the 3G when I'm not using it and probably won't have AutoSync on much, if at all. I don't know which phone to get yet.
10-08-2010, 07:59 PM
#993
Safety Car
Now here comes the real bad part. Its turning off a lot of XDA devs because it won't allow them to root. HTC built the NAND to be read-only meaning a permanent root will be very difficult to come by. I'm sure the devs will figure it out but a lot of them are returning theirs.
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile...ersy-20101008/
“Bellevue, Wash. — Oct. 7, 2010 As pioneers in Android-powered mobile devices, T-Mobile and HTC strive to support innovation. The T-Mobile G2 is a powerful and highly customizable Android-powered smartphone, which customers can personalize and make their own, from the look of their home screen to adding their favorite applications and more.
The HTC software implementation on the G2 stores some components in read-only memory as a security measure to prevent key operating system software from becoming corrupted and rendering the device inoperable. There is a small subset of highly technical users who may want to modify and re-engineer their devices at the code level, known as “rooting,” but a side effect of HTC’s security measure is that these modifications are temporary and cannot be saved to permanent memory. As a result the original code is restored.”
The HTC software implementation on the G2 stores some components in read-only memory as a security measure to prevent key operating system software from becoming corrupted and rendering the device inoperable. There is a small subset of highly technical users who may want to modify and re-engineer their devices at the code level, known as “rooting,” but a side effect of HTC’s security measure is that these modifications are temporary and cannot be saved to permanent memory. As a result the original code is restored.”
10-08-2010, 08:01 PM
#994
Safety Car
Glad to hear ur back n the land of the newer android again... what ROM is it runnin out da box? ...and yes, I understand why ur NOT gonna grab another unofficial ROM for that specific phone... I have no idea why the GPS is so shady on that group of phones!!! Bell knows that is a bad set of sd cards... this is not an isolated incident...
10-08-2010, 08:05 PM
#995
Safety Car
Any of you guys with the Galaxy S line (Fascinate, Epic, Captivate, Vibrant, any others?) having issues with GPS acquisition? How's the battery life (saw zguy's post last page)?
If I do get one I'll turn off the 3G when I'm not using it and probably won't have AutoSync on much, if at all. I don't know which phone to get yet.
If I do get one
I'll turn off the 3G when I'm not using it and probably won't have AutoSync on much, if at all. I don't know which phone to get yet.Battery life is good. If you do those two you mentioned, you can get at minimum around 8 hours of moderate use. 3G eats up a lot of battery especially in low signal areas and so does AutoSync. If you keep those two off when not using them, you'll be good for a day.
10-08-2010, 09:05 PM
#996
GÜNnµ ¡Ï
ok i am complete roookie. I just got my EPIC today at lunch. battery was dead by the time I got out. So i am charging it for the first time. I noticed that it gives me a message saying that battery is low, and I can chose to view what is running most. How can I view these things on command? And if for example, android market something is like 66%, does that mean its running all the time without me knowing? CAn i turn it off?
I feel dumb!!!
I feel dumb!!!
10-08-2010, 09:14 PM
#997
Safety Car
ok i am complete roookie. I just got my EPIC today at lunch. battery was dead by the time I got out. So i am charging it for the first time. I noticed that it gives me a message saying that battery is low, and I can chose to view what is running most. How can I view these things on command? And if for example, android market something is like 66%, does that mean its running all the time without me knowing? CAn i turn it off?
I feel dumb!!!
I feel dumb!!!
For the Android phones, disable Auto Sync using the power control widget (Its the one with the 360 arrow looking thing or at the homescreen hit menu --> settings --> accounts and sync --> Auto Sync). This kills battery very fast as it pings google for mail, contact and calendar changes every 15 minutes or so. You won't get your emails automatically but if you're not waiting for an important e-mail just Sync it manually or leave it on at night so it can backup any contacts, calendar changes.
If you have any apps that grab updates like Facebook, change the interval to an 30 minutes or an hour. I'm not sure if the 3G disable trick works for CDMA but if it does use it. Turn off 3G/4G, wifi, bluetooth when you're not using them. Especially 4G because its a big battery drainer at its current state. The battery should improve over a few charges as it cycles. Your first battery charge can suck pretty bad but after a few charge cycles it should get better.
Super AMOLED screens are known to suck battery life when viewing white colors like webpages. Try to keep your background dark colors and it should have better battery in terms of screen usage because black colors = no power being used.
Last edited by CGFebTSX04; 10-08-2010 at 09:23 PM.
10-08-2010, 09:31 PM
#998
GÜNnµ ¡Ï
Alright. thank you very much. I guess it would help if i read the manual. lol. I went to view battery usage, and since its charging they all say 0%. I ran the android market and then went to see battery usage and it wasn't even listed. If i am using the market, and i hit home key or youtube and hit home key, it automatically closes those programs right?
10-08-2010, 09:47 PM
#999
Safety Car
Alright. thank you very much. I guess it would help if i read the manual. lol. I went to view battery usage, and since its charging they all say 0%. I ran the android market and then went to see battery usage and it wasn't even listed. If i am using the market, and i hit home key or youtube and hit home key, it automatically closes those programs right?
Android usually closes apps on its own when it needs the extra RAM thats why task killers arent necessary because its automatically done. In some cases though, some apps are just badly coded and don't close when you back out out of them. If you think something is draining your battery, you use that battery status menu setting to see which it is and a) close it a different way, maybe have to hit menu then exit or b) its just poorly coded and you have to manually kill it every time or use a task killer.
If you read my posts a few pages back, task killers aren't recommended for various reasons:
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-b...-with-android/
Cliffs of the article:
- RAM is used differently in Android because its Linux based
- Apps are "queued" for instant app launching. Just because they're using up RAM does not mean they're using any CPU cycles. They can just be sitting idle until you decide to launch them.
- Some apps are cross coded meaning they will open other apps even though you didn't open them yourself because they require one or two of the other app's features.
- Killing an app may reopen because of this cross coding effect so in essence task killers are actually killing battery because:
a) It has to monitor which apps are running
b) Closing the apps uses CPU cycles instead of being queued
c) Apps are reopened any way because of the cross coding using up more CPU cycles
b) Closing the apps uses CPU cycles instead of being queued
c) Apps are reopened any way because of the cross coding using up more CPU cycles
Of course, this is all theoretical. Task killers seem to work well for some people especially those with a badly coded app but if you start getting stability problems then you're probably killing a pretty important system app. Most task killers hide those system apps so it shouldn't be a problem though. I personally don't use one and I get good battery life but some people swear by them. Try out both and see what kind of results you get.
10-08-2010, 11:26 PM
#1000
It actually came with an unoffical Froyo ROM JP3 which was considered unstable by XDA people. So I immediately flashed it to an Eclair ROM JM8 which is what I was running prior to my Bell phone's internal SD Card corrupting. Its a stable build and pretty fast without the lagfix. I'm gonna be running this way for a while until the official Froyo drops since I already have 90% of what Froyo brings.