yeah i just got it added on...

all gvoice numbers are landlines right?

only problem is that it starts in the next billing cycle so i'm screwed til august 5th

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 12:46 PM. Reason : .]

7/22/2010 12:39:41 PM

i just tried the dropbox app to install a .apk method that lifehacker covered today...

somebody was using their head when they thought of that haha

but the app i installed was the droid x multitouch keyboard.

i wasn't impressed and went back to stock almost immediately. i haven't felt like i needed to try swype yet - the stock one with a good screen calibration to my thumbs is giving me no problems at all.

7/22/2010 12:43:12 PM

Quote :

" unplug my X around 8:30am and it will die somewhere around 8pm. This is when setup as follows: Battery saver mode No wifi No GPS ~10 minutes talk time ~5 texts ~ 5 minutes of web browsing Random email checks throughout the day (maybe 5 minutes total?) I've used the same flip phone for the previous 4 years so I don't really have a frame of reference for how long a battery should last. If this sounds atypical I would love to know what setting to change to get more life."

Do you spend a lot of time in bad signal areas? Cell phones tend to drain quickly when they don't have signal or have bad signal. at my house without much use my battery might drain 30% in a day. I've gone to my friends house with ~75% battery and 5 hours later I'm leaving with a dying battery without much if any use at all. I rarely get a bar at his house.

If you spend time in good signal areas and are still having battery issues like that after a day or two, try performing a factory reset. For whatever reason a lot of Backflips needed a factory reset straight out of the box to perform properly so motorola may have some of the same issues with the droid x?

7/22/2010 12:57:22 PM

Quote :

"I unplug my X around 8:30am and it will die somewhere around 8pm. This is when setup as follows: Battery saver mode No wifi No GPS ~10 minutes talk time ~5 texts ~ 5 minutes of web browsing Random email checks throughout the day (maybe 5 minutes total?) "

wtf do you have a smartphone for? My storm runs for 10-12 hours with heavy web and email + phone and texting.

7/22/2010 1:10:01 PM

^^^^

Quote :

"all gvoice numbers are landlines right?"

Yep, and they are all tied to a specific county/area ... I was amused when selecting the number I wanted that the county name was the same as my last name, although I don't actually live near there. The area code/original location of the number doesn't matter to me otherwise since long distance costs are irrelevant these days (or you're getting ripped off).

7/22/2010 1:20:00 PM

yeah the location doesn't matter but if they were mobile numbers, my any time any mobile number would kick in and it would be free regardless

7/22/2010 1:37:13 PM

Oh, now I see what you were getting at.

7/22/2010 1:41:50 PM

i added my google voice number to my "A-List" so all those minutes are free

7/22/2010 1:43:16 PM

I messed with Google Voice hacks for about a month or two with my TP2 and with MagiCall it was the most streamlined I think the process could possibly get. Even then, it wasn't worth it to me. There are tons of times where my GV number (most likely when CDMA roaming) would show up as UNAVAILABLE on Ensemble and therefore charge me minutes. There's a thread on PPCGeeks that Morty started with an overload of info, but for me I could never really adopt.

7/22/2010 1:45:08 PM

6 hours since unplugged

Battery Level: 60%
Voice calls: 37% 4minutes
Cell standby: 32% time w/o signal 6%
Display: 25% 11 minutes
Phone idle: 10%

Signal Strength: -71 dBm 0 ASU

Data flows over 3G using the same antennas/towers as voice data correct? Signal doesn't seem too poor at work but im waiting to see how the battery performs over the weekend.

Quote :

"wtf do you have a smartphone for?"

I have a work assigned blackberry so I don't use my personal phone much during the weekday (thats the main reason the X is my first smartphone).

7/22/2010 1:48:06 PM

^^^ yeah but the default android gvoice app uses a few local numbers to route your calls rather than just your gvoice number so outgoing calls are no longer free that way

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM. Reason : ^]

7/22/2010 1:49:31 PM

^You're definitely on the right track with the calling card method. Basically you want to find an app for android that replaces Magicall. How many local numbers? You can add 3 from Sprint2Home and another one or two from Sprint2Office if you can find a rep that will add the latter.

Mordy*
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=75156

Haha, it looks like the developers finally decided to make the move.

http://www.mobiion.com/forum/index.php?topic=606.0

Quote :

"Hi guys, We have made our decision finally. We are moving to Android from now. MagiCall will be ported to Android 2.1 and later. Thank you."

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM. Reason : ]

7/22/2010 3:40:19 PM

^^^I don't have my android phone yet (on order) so I am not used to how they break down the power usage but is that saying you are down to 60% battery life (meaning you have used 40%) and 37% of your usage was attributed to 4 minutes of voice calls? Because the way I read that makes it look like you used ~15% of your battery on a 4 minute phone call

I'm guessing I am reading that wrong since the %'s (excluding the 60% of course) don't add up to 100% anyway.

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 3:51 PM. Reason : ]

7/22/2010 3:50:51 PM

i've identified two so far. one 972 number which is not local and one 678 number which is local

but i've just had my phone for 5-6 days so i haven't even called that many people yet so i don't know...

7/22/2010 3:56:39 PM

I think you're reading it correctly and I think it must just be a crap battery since Cell standby, Display, and Idle use have stayed consistent. I will try the factory reset suggestion posted earlier when I get an opportunity.

8 hours 15 minutes since unplugged

Battery Level: 40%
Voice calls: 27% 4minutes
Cell standby: 34% time w/o signal 4%
Display: 29% 16 minutes
Phone idle: 11%

Signal Strength: -81 dBm 0 ASU


EDIT: Browsing around it seems that this is a decently common issue. I'm going to stop by Best Buy after work and get another battery.

[Edited on July 22, 2010 at 4:19 PM. Reason : edit]

7/22/2010 4:06:23 PM

7hrs 28m off the charger and I'm at 70% on my droid running froyo @ 800MHz. Been a fairly light day.
Voice calls- 40% (13m 31s)
Display- 30% (on for 33m)
Phone Idle-17%
Cell Standby- 14% (0% without signal)
Beautiful Widgets- 2%

7/22/2010 4:39:07 PM

lol



looks like I better quit dropping my Droid

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/07/22/asurion-no-longer-replacing-droids-for-droids-no-longer-produced-by-motorola/

Quote :

"Asurion No Longer Replacing DROIDs For DROIDs, Production Stopped By Motorola On 07.22.10, In News, by Kellex We’ve heard rumors that the original Droid is nearing “end of life” status, but according to cell phone insurance machine Asurion, it’s already there. You see, we’ve received a handful of emails from frustrated readers who attempted to make claims on broken Droids, but were told that it is no longer in production by Motorola and they would have to settle for something else. (See screenshot above.) The situation is this. Droid owners are paying anywhere from $6 to $8 per month for Asurion insurance in order to protect an investment they made knowing that if something tragic were to happen, they would be covered and a replacement would be on hand. Oh let’s not forget that a steep deductible is also required when filing your claim, although better than paying full price for a new device, it is still nothing to snicker at. So what’s happening right now? Since the D1 is “no longer in production” claimees are left with 3 options that are essentially a slap to the face. Your choices are the Droid Eris, Motorola Devour or LG Ally. Yes, instead of another Droid you can have MotoBlur and Android 1.6. Lesson of the day? Be careful with those D1 devices! If you expect to file a claim to receive a replacement, it’s not happening. Yikes."

And Google may have just closed the free calling through the app loop hole
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/22/google-voice-update/

Quote :

"Google Voice app updated, Android and BlackBerry get faster dialing by Andrew Munchbach on July 22nd, 2010 at 3:55pm Filed under: Android, Google, Software 28 Comments Google has released an update to its Android and BlackBerry Google Voice applications, and is promising faster connection times. As Google states, “Our mantra is faster = better.” Here’s how the updated clients will expedite calls: Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the phone number you wanted to dial. Then the call would be connected via a Google Voice access number. With direct access numbers, we assign a unique phone number to every person you call. This means that we no longer need to use your data network to access the server each time you make a call, so calls will be placed much faster. We’ve got the rest of the press release queued up for you after the bounce. We’re curious, how many of you give out your Google Voice number exclusively?"

7/22/2010 6:09:09 PM

why do some apps (amazon mp3, cardock, voice commands, music, voicemail, etc) turn themselves on after i repeatedly have advanced task killer turn them off? i'll kill all the apps i don't want running, and a couple minutes later, a bunch of them will be up again.

7/22/2010 6:26:16 PM

they might be built into the UI, if so a lot of times they auto-launch.

if that's the case know two things: you'd need root or a custom rom to remove them, and they more than likely aren't effecting your performance in the meantime.

Quote :

"Despite the fact that the Droid X has been suffering from screen issues, Verizon has stated that Droid X users are swallowing up five times the data when compared to other devices. Neowin reported yesterday that Verizon was looking to bury unlimited data and this propaganda is only reinforcing the claims that Verizon will unveil the new plans soon. According to paidcontent.org, Verizon stated “On Droid X, we’re seeing something like 5x the data usage of any other device” what Verizon fails to say is that this is could be tied to it being a new device. Like any other new toy, the owner tends to play with it a lot at first and dissipate use in the following months; but it’s more likely that Verizon will use this slanted information to introduce its data tiers in the near future. While Verizon continues to state the obvious, its users are left wondering how long we get to keep our unlimited plans (Verizon does currently have a soft cap of 5 gigabytes per month on mobile data usage). While we don’t really know what Verizon will introduce, or how it will price its data tiers, this is one more piece of the puzzle that shows Verzion is about to take unlimited data to the way of the "Dodo"."

http://www.neowin.net/news/droid-x-users-use-5x-the-data-verizon-still-looking-to-kill-unlimited-data

7/22/2010 7:55:24 PM

Just rooted my DroidX, what can I do now?

7/22/2010 10:26:01 PM

overclock that fool and see the battery meter drop as you sit there

Seriously, hit the market - there's a wealth of apps that are labeled for rooted units only. Some of them are very cool/useful.

7/22/2010 10:28:49 PM

OC to like 1.2 and see how bad ass your benchmarks are

7/22/2010 10:31:48 PM

don't think you can overclock without a custom kernel

7/22/2010 10:47:17 PM

use various root apps to delete critical system information

7/22/2010 10:56:21 PM

OC won't be available until tomorrow. I removed some shit I don't need/want like blockbuster and skype.

7/22/2010 10:59:51 PM

Quote :

"why do some apps (amazon mp3, cardock, voice commands, music, voicemail, etc) turn themselves on after i repeatedly have advanced task killer turn them off? i'll kill all the apps i don't want running, and a couple minutes later, a bunch of them will be up again."

Android doesn't work the same as a desktop OS. It doesn't require the user to manage memory. When you see those apps in ATK, many of them are inactive, and aren't using any CPU cycles or energy. Only the active apps are using resources (aside from memory). The reason the phone does this is to prepare things it thinks you might use ahead of time, so they'll load faster, etc. It can be pretty annoying though when it repeatedly loads the Amazon MP3 bloatware that I never use, but since I got rid of ATK and just use System Monitor Lite, my battery life has gone way up. You should check out System Monitor. It still lets you kill stuff, but it differentiates between Active, Inactive/Cached, and Internal System processes. The pay version has a history tracker that lets you see which processes are running most often and what/how much resources they're taking up.

7/22/2010 11:59:23 PM

Quote :

"anyone know a good google voice app that does the calling card method to make calls? i added my google voice number to my fav 3 so it's free for me to call thru that. the default google voice app uses local numbers rather than my own number to make outbound calls so it uses my minutes. i'd like it to dial my google voice number, press 2 to dial, and then dial the number and press pound."

Wait, what? You can get GV calls and not have them use minutes? I thought the only was was if you have an A-list or My5 or whatever and add the GV number to that. Tell me more! I use GV as my primary line.

As far as battery life, I get awesome results at home on Wifi. I've gone as much as 30 hr on the Evo without a charge (with 2 hr of phone, 1-2 hr of web, 2-3 hr of Grooveshark, some YT, etc). But whenever I use a full charge away from home, even in areas with a good signal, I only get 6-7 hr. That's with a bit of web usage (<15 min), a few texts, and 1-2 hr of phone. I even keep GPS turned off unless I need it.

Quote :

"When my phone is "asleep/locked" i am not getting any notifications......no email etc. I told friends to use my google voice number if they want to text me. I have google voice set up to "push" those texts as emails. So i really need to find a way to make my droid(original) notify/vibrate while in vibrate/sleep mode. any suggestions........wading through all of the google search results is taking forever. "

That was posted a while back, but I was having the same issues and it took me a while to figure out. If it's on Wifi, then there's a setting that turns Wifi off automatically 15 min after the screen has locked. It's under settings->wireless->wifi settings->advanced->wi-fi sleep policy. You can change it to "never" or "never when plugged in." I leave it on "never," which doesn't work on my Evo. Turns out that some phones with Broadcom boards have an issue with this setting. There's an app in the market called "wi-fi keep alive," which fixes this.

7/23/2010 12:31:07 AM

Quote :

"It doesn't require the user to manage memory. When you see those apps in ATK, many of them are inactive, and aren't using any CPU cycles or energy. Only the active apps are using resources (aside from memory)."

i went through the app manager and looked at CPU usage and some of those inactive apps were definitely using resources. gesture search was the main culprit for me, so i uninstalled it.

also, with the latest update for my eris my batter life improved a lot. i ran pandora and i heart radio for over 8 hours at work and still had at least half of my battery when i got home from work.

7/23/2010 12:16:29 PM

Quote :

"You should check out System Monitor. "

Who makes it? I had a few different system monitors pop up when i searched

7/23/2010 1:34:49 PM

just got an htc evo 4g and my god its the best device in my arsenal!!!!1

7/23/2010 7:21:48 PM

anyone know an app that would let me stream BBC Radio 1?

7/24/2010 4:12:11 AM

^ DAapps has a BBC radio stream app that is free and highly rated. I've never used it, but it seems legit.

Anyone else get, or plan on getting the Samsung Galaxy? Without a doubt this is the best Android device out in my opinion. Strongly encourage everyone to go test it out when it comes to your provider!

7/24/2010 5:12:11 AM

all i can find are news apps, none actually stream radio 1.

7/24/2010 3:09:12 PM

i'm assuming you mean a free one because it took me 1 second to find a paid app that does it

[Edited on July 24, 2010 at 4:06 PM. Reason : you can try it for free]

7/24/2010 4:05:56 PM

looks like the Devour has been rooted using the instructions from the Droid X. Anyone care? Didn't think so. Doesn't work for the Backflip though.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/motorola-devour-roms-hacks/24702-we-can-haz-devour-root-now-instructions-inside-xd.html

7/24/2010 4:42:57 PM

yeah a free one. what paid app plays radio one? i think UK Radio is the only one I've found.

^One of the best moto modders is trying to use things gained from that on the backflip still. so far nothing, but i'm still hopeful. One of the things tried was modifying it to exploit it using a SD Card removal but so far no luck

7/24/2010 4:46:10 PM

^ I searched "bbc" and an app by daapps showed up, it was free, and it was bbc radio. Do you not see that?

7/25/2010 3:03:37 AM

what's a good app to play xvid/divx AVIs?

and can the evo handle x264 mkvs?

7/25/2010 3:22:35 AM

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-motorola-i1-ptt-android-phone-now-available

Quote :

"Sprint Motorola i1 PTT Android phone now available Posted on Sunday, Jul 25, 2010 by Phil Nickinson The Motorola i1 -- the first Android smartphone with Nextel's Direct Connect (aka push-to-talk) service -- is now available at Sprint for $149.99 after two-year contract and $50 rebate. [Watch our hands-on demo.] It's available online, business sales and telesales only for now, and it'll be available in stores come Aug. 8. What do you get? A fairly rugged smartphone sporting Android 1.6, a 5-megapixel camera, the Xora Time Track system which includes barcode scanning and signature capture, TeleNavTrack, which uses barcode scanning to track inventory, and Sprint Mobile locator, which can help track workers."

7/25/2010 10:01:02 AM

^^lol, afiak nothing out right now will do that to any 'watchable' degree.

7/25/2010 10:09:47 AM

Quote :

" Android 1.6"

No thanks.

7/25/2010 11:58:24 AM

^^ seriously? man my touch pro 2 could play xvid like a charm...

coreplayer pro was the shit.

7/25/2010 12:08:21 PM

Yeah, coreplayer was the bomb. I think Yxflash will play xvid at 5fps and I don't really know about h.264 -- that might be different.

7/25/2010 12:43:33 PM

Quote :

" I searched "bbc" and an app by daapps showed up, it was free, and it was bbc radio. Do you not see that?"

I searched BBC, saw some by daapps, and all of the ones he had were news apps. If that developer made one that is called "BBC Radio" and does play radio one, it's either not compatible with 1.5, ATT blocked it out of my market, or [insert reason here]

Only app in my market that does it is UK Radio, but that's 3 bucks and has a 2 star rating, leading me to not want to touch it

7/25/2010 3:15:50 PM

anyone try this out?

http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/06/rockplayerbase-media-player-lets-htc-evo-play-divx-xvid-and-other-videos.html

7/25/2010 9:06:21 PM

Rock Player is awesome. So far the Galaxy has played everything I've thrown at it with the stock apps though.

7/26/2010 1:08:44 AM

If anyone else has a Galaxy (or getting one), here are a lot of tips I put together.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458

7/26/2010 1:11:28 AM

Lately, the Exchange e-mail client (Email, or com.google.android.email) on my Droid has just been destroying my battery. I had it unplugged for about 7.5 hours yesterday, and it ran my battery down to 5%. That process alone accounted for a staggering 41% of the battery usage.

Now, I had it set to sync contacts and calendar information, and it was checking for new mail every hour. Before Friday or so, it never used that much battery. The only thing that has changed was my password. I changed my password at work, but I forgot to update the settings on my Droid. But what the hell, does it just continually hammer the Exchange server when authentication fails or what?

[Edited on July 26, 2010 at 9:15 AM. Reason : damn]

7/26/2010 9:14:39 AM

I have an Iphone 3g and I am eligible for an upgrade. I am trying to decide between the iphone 4 or the captivate. I have to stay on AT&T and it definitely appears that they don't have the best android phones. Anyone have an opinion?

7/26/2010 9:27:36 AM

^^It's possible that you locked the account if it's a google account and you changed the password at work but not the handheld . Are you getting mail on your device now or is it still failing even with the new credentials? If the latter is true you might need to unlock captcha.

https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

If it's actually an exchange server -- then I got nothin'.

[Edited on July 26, 2010 at 9:53 AM. Reason : .]

7/26/2010 9:52:05 AM