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Why does the OS use up so much battery on my gs2?
given how long its been on battery, it's probably that in comparison it's doing a lot, because nothing else is doing anything.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ah, hopefully Samsung puts out the final version of ICS for the S2 soon so we can see how much it will differ from the nexus build. Some things seem really nice in ICS so I'm curious if it all gets included in the S2 version or if things get cut.
I've only used PocketCast and haven't felt the need to try any other. Simply amazing.
Al-ibn Kermit
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I guess that's why since the last charge cycle had the display use like 60%.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Zombie James
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Funny you should mention that, I'm working on one right now (got to do something while I'm out of work
).I have tried a lot of different ones and like PocketCast the best.
LivetoFollow
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Custom PRLs. That's all I can say.
ICS its jarded the greats, idk what hes calling it. I might jump over to kush since hes now on 4.0.3.
Did you turn the screen on more during that time?
1.5 days on battery seems to indicate to me that you're not actually using the phone a lot? (I'm lucky to last 6-8 hours, but I use it soooo much.)
Al-ibn Kermit
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I don't know, it doesn't feel like I did.
I use Doggcatcher, it works grrrrrreat.
Yes it is.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Actually the Mytouch 4G Slide camera is better than the Sensation as it has the backlit sensor.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/02/t-mobile-mytouch-4g-slide-review/
But neither of the three are the best. The Nokia series and the Altek Leo (14MP with analog zoom lens) are probably better by a pretty fair margin.
I recommend against putting the entire dalvik cache on the sdcard because that can prevent the phone from booting because the sdcard isn't mounted yet (in my experience).
But there exist apps to make it convenient to symlink specific individual application dalvik cache files from the sd card, so you can just move ones that you're confident aren't needed when booting the phone.
I think you'll need to repartition your sd card so that the first partition is a Linux file system (ext3) although I know some things can be symlinked to FAT32 (e.g. the browser cache); can't remember if the dalvik cache likes fat32.
Little Green Yoda
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Is there a battery widget that looks similar to Circle Battery Widget but goes to the battery usage screen upon touching the widget?
The battery widget from Beautiful Widgets has that function but I don't like the skin options available. :[
The battery widget from Beautiful Widgets has that function but I don't like the skin options available. :[
I just flashed to Kush's latest myself. It's not all there yet--graphical glitches, sluggish launcher in moments--but it is snappy, for the most part, and good enough now to be a daily driver. I may nandroid back to CM for the moment, but am glad to see ICS coming along at a nice pace.
Huh? What are they saying? The OS can't get better?
Unknown Soldier
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I wish I could get paid to write shit like that for a living.
This is like saying MS-DOS was the culmination of Windows
"Writing at the cross-section of technology, media and human nature"
Unknown Soldier
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"I can't use Android, I'm creative"
MidgarBlowedUp
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This guy!
Really? Can this guy be a bigger apple fanboi? iOS has looked the same since like 2007 and has not really grown all that much. Google has shown they are willing to shake it up with the os, apple has not.
That is some amazing trolling there. I mean wow...
Jamesfrom818
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But who else is Apple going to steal from?
The Faceless Master
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it's not april yet
While I can see his point in terms that Android is just about to peak (6 months when the majority of users and devs are talking ICS rather than Honeycomb+Gingerbread) in terms of its following and ground swell (simply because it owns the most marketshare now) in terms of functionality+features Google has stated that starting with ICS they are moving to a 12 month release cycle, slowing it down if you will. This in turn will allow Google to couple more features and functions in each revision and thus create a greater impact when these revisions are released much like the hype & impact surrounding iOS releases.
Randy Lanzarote
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Ah hahahahaha. "everything that needs to be invented already has been".
His lack of vision disturbs me.
Anyone tested UberMusic?
Would love to have a dose of the Metro interface on my tablet.
Speaking of which, are there any more apps that use the Metro design philosophy for non-rooted devices?
Would love to have a dose of the Metro interface on my tablet.
Speaking of which, are there any more apps that use the Metro design philosophy for non-rooted devices?
I've been using it since the Alpha version. Only real drawback for me is no gapless audio. Love everything else about it.
Before 3.0 came out, I was hoping android offer a way to run two apps on the same screen like wiandow 8 does with the adjustable split screen.
Either android work on it soon or get chrome running on android soon.
Its ok, his opinion that everything that can be invented already has been, will suspiciously vanish right about the time Apple TV is announced. At this point Android is so healthy, there's really little reason to take offense at crap like that. Men lie, women lie, number don't. The platform is extremely healthy and growing by the day.
I'd kill for this.
It would make my life a lot easier when it came to something like doing expenses.
Maybe a mode that lets you two finger swipe between two or three full screen apps like you would your home screens.
man of science
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So, I would like to install CM7 on my Atrix, but I can't find a good guide. They all start out very simple and easy to follow and then they all get too confusing. Are all phones this hard to mod or did I just get lucky?
Works great for me, personally the 4x4 widget is its main draw.
No search though, but like zune you can press the letter boxes to jump alphabetically.
Considering the author though don't expect updates.
Why does the OS use up so much battery on my gs2?
Looking at mine....
That does seem a bit high.
mine will last about 1 day and 16 hours with display at around 40%. Medium-heavy usage.
Sad that that's considered acceptable these days.
if you disable that you will see improved battery life.
Happened to me, and it turned out to be my network monitor app. Useful, but if it drains battery it's gotta go.
Sad that that's considered acceptable these days.
The reason you have bad battery life is because something is preventing your phone from sleeping (look at all the period where it's awake despite the screen not being on)Looking at mine....
That does seem a bit high.
if you disable that you will see improved battery life.
Happened to me, and it turned out to be my network monitor app. Useful, but if it drains battery it's gotta go.
TouchMyBox
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Ah, so it's satire then.
As an aside, does anybody know how I can have google music not detect podcasts? I like to use doggcatcher to download podcasts because it doesn't chew through my battery like stitcher does, but downloading podcasts fucks up my beautiful google music library until I delete them. Hence I just use stitcher and cry when I see my phone only lasts 8 hours from full charge.
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