Android [Phones], Mine, fave apps, etc.

WadRAB, how many hours battery life did you end up getting? Last you posted it was still going on 45? As long as I can get through a day it is sufficient for me. What exactly did you do to increase the battery life?
 
Ended up with 48 hours or so - but the last 10% I killed intentionally faster by activating 4G, GPS, and playing games. I think the biggest boost to battery performance was turning off auto-sync and background data. I put widgets up on my home screen that let me easily toggle all the antenna's (4G, GPS, Mobile, wifi) and syncing settings. I also turned off haptic feedback and adjusted the screen brightness. Its basically restored to a phone/text device - with data features on demand.
 
Just realized this morning there's a high quality setting for Pandora. No more crackling/popping through stereo...officially no reason to have Sirius now. Doesn't even cut out while going through the tunnels over here.
 
Yeah, LP, but I switch on occasion to ADW or the stock TouchWiz using Home Switcher. I think LP is actually the best, and I'm even thinking about going with a registered version (I mean, it's like $2 or $3, the pay version lets you do cool shit like resizing widgets).

Usualy suspects like Shazam, Smart Shortcuts, a couple of Twitter clients, some must have utilities like Astro Filemanager (just setup the Srab module, now I can browse my network from my phone!), BattStat, RingDroid, etc.

My Android Stuff at AppBrain
 
Any body have issues with apps force closing for no reason? I researched a bit and found out if you go in the market and just start downloading/installing multiple apps at once it can cause that. My clock widget actually tried to force close in the middle of the night and my alarm didn't go off, plus pandora acts funny. I just got done restoring my nandroid backup and installing each app one at a time...so hopefully that fixes it :p.

Also, love how listening to Pandora in the vehicle doubles as hanRAB free. If I get a call Pandora automatically pauses, rings through speakers, can pick up the call and it comes through speakers and people seem to be able to hear me fine if I just have the phone in my cup holder :).
 
will someone send me a file with swype?(beta closed) Ive got my original droid now :)

running on Froyo(preinstalled)...Im a noob with the phone, turn me into an expert :D.

Also are there any 3rd party insurances that dont require a deductable(90$ plus 8$ a month...no thanks) Wirefly offered one, but wirefly is a joke(i went to frys and bought mine for 38$)
 
What does rooting do?(I know it unlocks it to a world of unless possibilities, but how much better can droid get?)

I am on the original droid, i cant imagine how fast the new ones are...
sometimes i forget it is a phone not a computer.

Does anyone know of 3rd party insurance? I dont want to get asurion, that is the biggest rip off.
 
My Hero may already be dead. Had it and my Blackberry (on call this weekend) in my rabroad City bag then it started raining while I was rabroadming. Apparently that plastic liner inside the bag doesn't do shit :p...both phone are in bags of rice, so I'm hoping for the best, although they probably sat in water for a while with the battery feeding power, so I'm guessing they shorted themselves and are gone
 
A buddy of mine told me he fixed a co-workers iPhone that was dropped in a toilet by taking it apart and cleaning the logic board connections with rubbing alcohol. They may be salvageable.
 
so i upgraded to 2.2 on my original motodroid and ever since, my email doesnt auto refresh. i can manually do it, but i liked when it notified me whenever i got email. i have been through ALL the menus about notifications and refreshing and everything and cant find an option to put it back on. anyone?

p.s. i would like to second hobo's question about rooting and what good it is. everyone talks about it. im on verizon btw
 
Put both phones right behind the Xbox (where the fan is) while I watched movies yesterday. Last night both booted up, BB doesn't repond to the keyboard, Hero boots up and works fine the screen just looks like crap. New LCD screen is only $50 so I'm planning on just replacing it myself. Just glad it's working alright.
 
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