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[chadk]

so, i am the kind of person that waits on new tech stuff, reasons being, i like to wait till gliches are worked out of first editions, cost goes down after a few years, i'm lazy, semi fearful of new technology etc.

so i got my first phone 4 years ago, razor, only replaced it once with another razor, so i finally stepped up my game and got a my touch last week.

and basically am super stoked on it.

thought i would start a topic dedicated to the new smart phones and sharing stuff

anyone else have one of these things and what are some aps that you have found to be usefull fun, or mind blowing.

[raubhimself]

You should scope out the Android thread in the Minibosses forum. Lots of good info and tips.

Thank you for not getting an iPhone.

[chadk]

Thank you for not getting an iPhone.

HA! just because of the hype or because at@t bad service?

[donald]

Please read the android thread, lot's of great information, discussion of some essential apps for the android and so on.
http://theshizz.org/...oid-discussion/


The new Iphone has some glitches, such as it shorting out on itself if you touch it the wrong way with sweaty hands.
The biggest complaint I have really heard is the service from AT&T, not so much the phone itself.

To be fair, even though I have T-mobile and have never really had issues, I hear T-mobile isn't all that great either.

[chadk]

Please read the android thread, lot's of great information, discussion of some essential apps for the android and so on.
http://theshizz.org/...oid-discussion/


The new Iphone has some glitches, such as it shorting out on itself if you touch it the wrong way with sweaty hands.
The biggest complaint I have really heard is the service from AT&T, not so much the phone itself.

To be fair, even though I have T-mobile and have never really had issues, I hear T-mobile isn't all that great either.

yes i went over there and checked the other thread, cool, also how do i know if my phone is rooted or not and what does that mean?

[raubhimself]

Pretty much all providers are shitty in some way. Looks like:

Low ------ Quality of Service ------- High
Low ------ Screwing Customers ------- High 

All providers are either on the left side or the right side. So mostly it is just Apple that I don't like. I mean, they make well polished products but I can't stand being locked into their way of thinking. Good on Steve Jobs for making some good arguments on excluding Flash from the iPhones but in the end if I wanna install Flash on my phone I should damn well be able to and Adobe should be able to make Flash for it. And considering how much influence Apple is trying to have on HTML5, I'm not so keen on the "HTML5 will be better for everyone!" argument.

Anyways I could go on and on.

[jeremx]

my palm pro has done me well over the last year and a half. its got the windows os on it and it so so. it's been reliable for the most part. i've had to hard reset it a couple times but i was always able to back it up first. i won an ipod touch here at work a couple weeks back and that thing in awesome. i'm no mac dude but the thing is pretty sweet. totally downloaded a sound generator app last night that makes fart noises. ahh technology.

[donald]

You would know if your phone is rooted, because you would have to root it yourself or have someone root it for you.

[chadk]

You would know if your phone is rooted, because you would have to root it yourself or have someone root it for you.

ok cool, i found a link in the bossies board to do it, now should i do it? i understand that you can run custom roms, that are usually better than the stock ones. You can overclock, you can read cpu temperature, you can read/write/modify system files that you couldn't before, which allows for more customization. underlock saves battery life right?

[donald]

You would know if your phone is rooted, because you would have to root it yourself or have someone root it for you.

ok cool, i found a link in the bossies board to do it, now should i do it? i understand that you can run custom roms, that are usually better than the stock ones. You can overclock, you can read cpu temperature, you can read/write/modify system files that you couldn't before, which allows for more customization. underlock saves battery life right?

I would get more used to the phone before rooting it. It's usually for the more geeky types, it does allow for more customization and such, it's all about how much time you want/have to spend on it.

You would probably get alot more feedback and answers in the actual android discussion

Those guys know alot more about rooting a phone, pros/cons and so on.

[chadk]

You would know if your phone is rooted, because you would have to root it yourself or have someone root it for you.

ok cool, i found a link in the bossies board to do it, now should i do it? i understand that you can run custom roms, that are usually better than the stock ones. You can overclock, you can read cpu temperature, you can read/write/modify system files that you couldn't before, which allows for more customization. underlock saves battery life right?

I would get more used to the phone before rooting it. It's usually for the more geeky types, it does allow for more customization and such, it's all about how much time you want/have to spend on it.

You would probably get alot more feedback and answers in the actual android discussion

Those guys know alot more about rooting a phone, pros/cons and so on.

yea i have been reading about it, sounds like something i might want to do down the line, as it seems only advantageous but i'm not that savy yet so i will hold off.

[chadk]

ok i have some newbi questions,

wifi, to conserve battery i keep this off, but i am still able to get internet connection?

i turned it off and that means i can't not get gps untill i turn it back on correct?

power manager?

it states:

automatically turn on off when connecting or disconnecting charger?

then gives me the options of selecting all or any of the following:

start on boot?

wihi

keep wifi from going to stand by

show visable notifications

then days start or stop

i really don't get this ap right now. any help would be appreciated

[mothrock]

I don't think the wifi eats up nearly as much battery as the GPS does. I almost always have my GPS off unless I am lost . I go about 2 days per charge.

you'll be able to get internetz with wifi as off, but you are then on your 3G. If you have unlimited data, that doesn't matter, if you have a certain amount of data per month, you might not want to surf at all unless it says you are connected with wifi. Even then I wouldn't trust it because the wifi can give out at any moment and then the 3G kicks in. I bet if you nerd out with the settings you can figure out how to only surf on wifi connections to save data, but most people are going with unlimited data now.

newb.

[donald]

It sounds like you have multiple questions (some of which have been answered in the bossies android thread)
I will try to answer them as asked:

wifi, to conserve battery i keep this off, but i am still able to get internet connection?

Yes, because you are now connecting via your phone connection (3g or 2g, 2g being much slower) and not wifi.

i turned it off and that means i can't not get gps untill i turn it back on correct?

This questions is hard to understand with the double negatives but if it is in relation to your previous statement, GPS has nothing to do with wifi. If you are only talking about GPS, yes it stays off until you turn it back on.

power manager?

I don't know what you are asking, are you asking if you have this app, or are you asking if you should have it, or are you telling us you have it, and just don't know how to use it?

it states:

automatically turn on off when connecting or disconnecting charger?

I don't know if this is really a question, if it states it.

then gives me the options of selecting all or any of the following:

start on boot?

wihi

keep wifi from going to stand by

show visable notifications

then days start or stop

I don't know about this at all.
This is all about preference, if you want wifi on startup, I say go for it.





Like Mothrock said, GPS is what eats up my battery too so I only turn it on when I need it, wifi not so much so I leave it on most of the time.

[chadk]

thanks sorry about the confusing questions.

i am going to keep gps off till i need it but keep wifi on, and see how that works

thanks, and yes i don't really understand the ap yet so i will investigate further