Essential Android Apps

_Jimlad_ · 19 Oct 2010 at 20:56

i don't know any smart phone that have high specs and don't need a daily charge, its just a case of surrounding yourself with chargers.. or get in the habbit of charging at night for like me for 1hour when i get up. yeah i can eek a day and a half out, maybe two if i turned everything off, but then i run the risk of getting caught short. i charge each morning, never runs out.. also cheap ebay docks are great for docking at work

DAnDan · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:04

I think I'd be quite happy with a full day's life to be honest! Hopefully when 2.2 rolls around it will improve.

Deep · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:54

DAnDan said:
I think I'd be quite happy with a full day's life to be honest! Hopefully when 2.2 rolls around it will improve.

Seriously, just put the stock 2.2 on

I am an idiot and I did it with ease!

GSDog · 19 Oct 2010 at 21:54

I've had my San Francisco on all day and have been using it quite a bit with phone calls, music, games, etc. I'm about to switch it off and it still has 63% battery left. I found turning off WiFi and Bluetooth definitely helped.

DAnDan · 19 Oct 2010 at 22:07

Deep said:
Seriously, just put the stock 2.2 on

I am an idiot and I did it with ease!

Im very tempted to do so, do you know of any guides for a complete noob to android to use?

Shadowness · 19 Oct 2010 at 22:10

I followed this guide for rooting, they do one for installing a custom ROM too.

http://www.droid-den.com/phone-guides/phone-guide-how-to-root-the-htc-desire

I too was a little worried but it was a doddle. Make sure you BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA FIRST just in case.

Hen_Dawg · 19 Oct 2010 at 22:15

jakeke said:
Hey, my Desire's battery life is frankly not great, which is the best app to help me manage this? Don't want to be charging it up every day or so!

SetCPU undeclocks to save power. Also hear about juice defender but I've tested neither myself. Nothing will help that much though, just spend a few quid on a spare battery if it matters a lot

DAnDan · 19 Oct 2010 at 22:16

Thanks, although that's for the desire, Will it be a different process for the galaxy s?

_Jimlad_ · 20 Oct 2010 at 09:23

DAnDan said:
Thanks, although that's for the desire, Will it be a different process for the galaxy s?

just google it it, 100's of guides out there, or look at khaan!'s rooting guide that has links, you just need to create a gold card and flash a stock rom

brummie · 20 Oct 2010 at 09:29

_Jimlad_ said:
just google it it, 100's of guides out there, or look at khaan!'s rooting guide that has links, you just need to create a gold card and flash a stock rom

No you don't and please be careful about flashing advice as it can easily go wrong. The desire flashing thread should be renamed as its misleading.
ill post so stuff here later but on my phone right now so difficult

_Jimlad_ · 20 Oct 2010 at 09:39

brummie said:
No you don't and please be careful about flashing advice as it can easily go wrong. The desire flashing thread should be renamed as its misleading.
ill post so stuff here later but on my phone right now so difficult

its not misleading its a perfect guide for rooting. and he mentions the gold card method.

the chap does not need to root. he just needs to create a gold card and flash a stock rom.... as i mentioned

wellibob · 20 Oct 2010 at 10:22

The desire flashing thread should be renamed as its misleading

Your joking right. I followed it, and it did what it said on the tin !

tbz_ck · 20 Oct 2010 at 11:15

_Jimlad_ said:
its not misleading its a perfect guide for rooting. and he mentions the gold card method.

the chap does not need to root. he just needs to create a gold card and flash a stock rom.... as i mentioned

I flashed a Desire and didn't need a gold card. Neither did many others who user unREVOked

Sunbed · 20 Oct 2010 at 11:53

DAnDan said:
I think I'd be quite happy with a full day's life to be honest! Hopefully when 2.2 rolls around it will improve.

I just switch off data when I'm not particular bothered about receiving mail etc. I know it sort of defeats the purpose of a smartphone, but the amount of extra battery life you get is massive. My desire lasts for days without charging now I turn data off at night and at work.

_Jimlad_ · 20 Oct 2010 at 11:58

tbz_ck said:
I flashed a Desire and didn't need a gold card. Neither did many others who user unREVOked

he does not need to root, i just mentioned Khaaan!'s gudie mentions the gold card

alex24 · 20 Oct 2010 at 12:53

The default email app on my galaxy s is slow and laggy, as well as unreliable. I often check for emails and it says I have no new ones even when on my PC it does. The POP accounts seem more reliable than the IMAP though. It takes an eternity unless it's on wifi too.

Any suggestions for a decent email app?

dbeckett · 20 Oct 2010 at 12:57

The default email app on my galaxy s is slow and laggy, as well as unreliable. I often check for emails and it says I have no new ones even when on my PC it does. The POP accounts seem more reliable than the IMAP though. It takes an eternity unless it's on wifi too.

Any suggestions for a decent email app?

Try k9 Mail, they released a new version of it this week

_Jimlad_ · 20 Oct 2010 at 14:04

alexhull24 said:
The default email app on my galaxy s is slow and laggy, as well as unreliable. I often check for emails and it says I have no new ones even when on my PC it does. The POP accounts seem more reliable than the IMAP though. It takes an eternity unless it's on wifi too.

Any suggestions for a decent email app?

who do you mail with?

Biz.Kid09 · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:23

A friend at work has Angry Birds on his Galaxy S like im sure lots do on here but when i search for it on my phone..Htc legend, Its not there? tried the QR Code,searching Angry Birds,Rovio,angry,birds...
Anyone help?

St0rmer66 · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:33

Probably to do with screen resolution. The market will only show app's that are compatible with your phone. I believe support for other resolutions is coming soon to Angry Birds.