The new Orange Android phone (San Francisco) £99...but a Question??

Dimple said:
The wife has just gone over from a call/text package to a call/text/data package and is seeing a massive decrease in battery life (and know she isn't spending time on the Internet).
I've turned off the Background Data setting, anything else I can do?
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A few options that I can think of...

You could turn off account sync settings to stop the phone from automatically syncing with Google all of the time. It will automatically sync contacts, calendar etc
You can turn off background data sync (but the market needs it, however I just re-enable it when using the market). This prevents apps from using data at any time. (this one you have done already but I'm too lazy to delete what I typed)
You can decide when to enable 2G/3G to control how much "extra" battery usage it is taking to provide a 3G connection, you could put a toggle widget on the desktop or pull down power menu etc.
You could use something like Juice defender or Green Power Premium.
If you are using a custom ROM you could use SetCPU and create an overclocking profile of 122mhz min to 245mhz max for when the screen is off.
Turn down the screen brightness.
Install betterbatteystats and monitor what partial wakes there are.
Place the phone in Airplane mode before bed and then back to normal in the morning - the two noted packages can be scheduled to do that.

A few ideas.
 
Dimple said:
The wife has just gone over from a call/text package to a call/text/data package and is seeing a massive decrease in battery life (and know she isn't spending time on the Internet).
I've turned off the Background Data setting, anything else I can do?
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may be better off ebay'ing it and getting a monte carlo for a few quid more.

much better phone the upgrade will likely only cost you a couple of quid. the upgrade cost me nothing to do 2 months back.

sold san fran with cm7 unlocked for about £99 excluding fees, got the monte carlo in argos for £90 brand new.

well worth the upgrade imo.
 
mrgubby said:
Argos haven't had them on offer for months, they're £115 from Orange
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i bought it whilst it was on sale 2 months back, which is "months", these phones tend to go on sale quite often, well thats what happened with the san fran last year.

but £115 isn't exactly a mile off what i paid and if you sell the san fran for £90+, it's what an extra £20 on top, hardly going to bankrupt you for a much better phone.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
may be better off ebay'ing it and getting a monte carlo for a few quid more.

much better phone the upgrade will likely only cost you a couple of quid. the upgrade cost me nothing to do 2 months back.

sold san fran with cm7 unlocked for about £99 excluding fees, got the monte carlo in argos for £90 brand new.

well worth the upgrade imo.
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Well the silly bugger has been offered a SGS for an extra £4 a month (£12 total) and she's turned them down :eek:

Like I say this only happened when putting this new data sim in and I have turned Auto Sync and Background Data off so Ill see how that goes.
 
Dimple said:
Well the silly bugger has been offered a SGS for an extra £4 a month (£12 total) and she's turned them down :eek:

Like I say this only happened when putting this new data sim in and I have turned Auto Sync and Background Data off so Ill see how that goes.
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how does an extra £4 a month = £12 total?

i take it she is on contract? why would you pick a crap phone on a contract like the san fran in the first place? :confused:

your just confusing me now, if she's on contract and has 3 months to go on it, then just wait it out and see what upgrade is offered in 3 months time.

if not, rather than keep it, i would sell it and buy a monte carlo for a few quid more, or even better phone them back and take the SGS.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
how does an extra £4 a month = £12 total?

i take it she is on contract? why would you pick a crap phone on a contract like the san fran in the first place? :confused:

your just confusing me now, if she's on contract and has 3 months to go on it, then just wait it out and see what upgrade is offered in 3 months time.

if not, rather than keep it, i would sell it and buy a monte carlo for a few quid more, or even better phone them back and take the SGS.
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I bought her a San Fransisco at least two years ago, unlocked it and she put her call/text sim in it.
As soon as her contract was up she got a call/text/data sim for £8/month but they offered her an SGS for another £4/month making £12/month which she doesn't want.
 
Dimple said:
I bought her a San Fransisco at least two years ago, unlocked it and she put her call/text sim in it.
As soon as her contract was up she got a call/text/data sim for £8/month but they offered her an SGS for another £4/month making £12/month which she doesn't want.
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take the sgs, that's some deal right there, sell the san fran on ebay for £90+ which will then pay for that extra £4 per month for over 20 months ;)
 
Are these still worth money? :o

Mine has been in a drawer since around xmas with a custom rom on since I got the SGS2, I didn't think anyone would have a use for them anymore.
 
Whoop said:
Are these still worth money? :o

Mine has been in a drawer since around xmas with a custom rom on since I got the SGS2, I didn't think anyone would have a use for them anymore.
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i sold one one ebay for just under £100 2 months ago.

but the advert was really well done, i mean i took the 3 best adverts on ebay for the phone and combined them all, into one super amazing advert then edited it all.

said the phone was newer than it actually was (since it was in mint condition), etc.

if you don't want it, you could post it to me. ;)
 
grudas said:
what rom are you lot on? i gave mine to my brother and he is cba to upgrade but he isn't getting good battery life on w/e one he is now :S
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no ROM will help battery life by much tbh.

CM7 is your best bet, but the san fran just has an awful battery in the first place. your lucky to get 10 hours out of it if your using it for emails, etc.
 
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