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Ok I scrapped 40 hours of battery life on moderate use (~2 hours of phone calls, email checking, browsing, etc). Email is set to fetch every hour, as I'm mostly in my office during the day I don't need mail downloaded constantly - if I do I just refresh it by hand.

Standard phone using out the box rom.

All I did was set screen brightness to auto, disable sync, broadcasts and gps. I have the power bar on my left swipe screen so if I need sync or gps at any point I can quickly access them.

So 40 hours is comfortably better than my iPhone.
 
cathain said:
Anyone know what the disadvantages are of turning of location reporting in google maps? Exactly what is it reporting to?
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I think it is just google storing/remembering where you go at what time etc. and then it will show you on google maps in your history or something like that anyway :p

I haven't noticed anything different with it on or of, apps still access GPS/location etc.

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http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-apps/google-maps-location-reporting/
 
Bleek said:
Ok I scrapped 40 hours of battery life on moderate use (~2 hours of phone calls, email checking, browsing, etc). Email is set to fetch every hour, as I'm mostly in my office during the day I don't need mail downloaded constantly - if I do I just refresh it by hand.

Standard phone using out the box rom.

All I did was set screen brightness to auto, disable sync, broadcasts and gps. I have the power bar on my left swipe screen so if I need sync or gps at any point I can quickly access them.

So 40 hours is comfortably better than my iPhone.
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so basically, you do not use your phone for emails then?

i also have a switch widget, i usually turn bluetooth on when entering my car, sometimes i also use gps and bluetooth together for when i need sat nav also.

i always leave sync turned on apart from when im in the gym, i also always have it on auto brightness. i have not touched broadcast, i have an unlimited data plan, so i let everything update whenever it needs to. i also use dropbox to auto save all my camera pics, etc.
 
Nexus18 said:
I think it is just google storing/remembering where you go at what time etc. and then it will show you on google maps in your history or something like that anyway :p

I haven't noticed anything different with it on or of, apps still access GPS/location etc.

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http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-apps/google-maps-location-reporting/
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Interesting, I wonder would it be any use if your phone was ever stolen?
Think I'll just leave it off for now, I'm sure I'll remember where I've been!
 
cathain said:
Interesting, I wonder would it be any use if your phone was ever stolen?
Think I'll just leave it off for now, I'm sure I'll remember where I've been!
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That is something that worries me about Google Now. It shows your home location, so lets say you are a woman and have had your hand bag stolen- the thief probably has your keys and if your phone is unlocked then they have very easy access to your home address.
 
I assume it is OK to leave GPS on? Does the radio only actually turn on when an app requests it and then I see the icon in the system tray?


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Psycho Sonny said:
so basically, you do not use your phone for emails then?

i also have a switch widget, i usually turn bluetooth on when entering my car, sometimes i also use gps and bluetooth together for when i need sat nav also.

i always leave sync turned on apart from when im in the gym, i also always have it on auto brightness. i have not touched broadcast, i have an unlimited data plan, so i let everything update whenever it needs to. i also use dropbox to auto save all my camera pics, etc.
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Well, no. I use emails all day long, but I'm also in my office most of the day so why would I need my phone churning away pulling emails down every 5 minutes?

I use emails on the phone in the evenings, but typically to view and not write an essay.

I don't have any bluetooth devices.

I too have dropbox, but I don't sync my pictures with anything because I don't want my pictures shared. That said I'm not a heavy camera user.

My phone is primarily a phone, second a web browser and third an email client.
 
Lighters said:
That's what I was having the problem with. I could not get fast boot enabled. I would hold both volume buttons and the power button and it was give me options like start recovery and another mode. I would boot up and when connecting to PC it would still be recognised as Adb mode.
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Yeah, you're confused.

That black screen where you can choose recovery/reboot/etc IS fastboot.
 
Owenb said:
That is something that worries me about Google Now. It shows your home location, so lets say you are a woman and have had your hand bag stolen- the thief probably has your keys and if your phone is unlocked then they have very easy access to your home address.
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Always have a lock is the answer.

I've always thought about having a fancy lockscreen but a pattern lock always wins out due to security.
 
The stock messaging app is a bit limited options wise, one feature I really miss from handcent is the pop up message screen. Not sure I want to install it again as I only ever used a fraction of the features
 
Try 'SMS Popup'. Just adds the pop feature to you existing sms app IIRC.

I also don't get the 'I don't use all the features so I won't use that app' argument - just doesn't make sense.
 
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