Who really likes Droids?

[Kavik]

^RTFM? 

kidding man, but seriously, that's a pretty broad topic lol

[9925leggy]

daryl only you, lol get that mind up out of the gutter

[Kavik]

  gutter?  Okay, I'm confused lol

RTFM = Read The F'n Manual
as a response to the request for general tips, nothing to do with the (innapropriate?) love you have for your electronic device 

[Dreaded1]

Tips, tricks, and must have apps

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=android+forums

[Malachoz]

<-- This guy

You know...everytime I see this thread bumped...all I think about is the above statement and say it out loud. Thanks Ed for a laugh everytime I see this thread. 

[Kavik]

^agreed. but it needs to begin with "What has two thumbs..." to be perfect  

[Malachoz]

ED
 


OH yeah.

[Kavik]

on a side note....What has two thumbs and likes sliced jalepiños drizzled with....ewwwww, wtf? It can't be what it looks like 

This Guy? 

that's what I get for looking for a funny pic to go with the thread 

[dmjhockey19]

i've got the incredible and i love it.  So far no problems other than battery life but that is essentially a problem in any smartphone without an extended battery.  I'd rather keep my case than get a bigger battery tho.

[ed]

You know...everytime I see this thread bumped...all I think about is the above statement and say it out loud. Thanks Ed for a laugh everytime I see this thread. 

I try

i've got the incredible and i love it.  So far no problems other than battery life but that is essentially a problem in any smartphone without an extended battery.  I'd rather keep my case than get a bigger battery tho.

I have an Incredible too, I suppose I should take a pic of that.

Anyhow, look into the Seidio 1750mAh extended battery that will fit your stock back plate. Or, grab the 2150mAh HTC version that's slightly bigger on VZW's website. ORRRRRRRR get the 3500mAh Seidio extended monstrosity, which is HUGE.

Easy way to conserve battery life is to underclock your cpu when not needed. You really don't need to be blasting 1Ghz all day long. I have it drop to 500Mhz or so when the screen is off, battery life has been quite swell.

[skyphix]

Easy way to conserve battery life is to underclock your cpu when not needed. You really don't need to be blasting 1Ghz all day long. I have it drop to 500Mhz or so when the screen is off, battery life has been quite swell.

This is what I do on my Droid 1. Run it at 125 when the screen is off and 600 for most functions. If I need to surf the internet and/or watch flash animations/videos I crank it up to 800. I've had it at 1.25 but the heat was unbearable. I get ~40 hours on a single charge with heavy usage.

[Malachoz]

Yes, me and Ed will speak when I get my replacement about rooting and making my EVO not die in 4-5 hours like it does now. HTC=Fail is all things mobile.

[09legacyseoo7]

Love mine im on my second droid, Had original droid 1 for my work phone, now have Droid INcredible (rooted) for my personal phone.  Wife is rocking droid 2 and loving it.  Droids are freaking awesome ota software upgrades flash support, hd video, and third party apps plus removable memory.  As for the people who are still desiring an Apple Iphone on Verizon I dont know why the droids are much better.  I am not just saying it because I work for Verizon but there is nothing that the Iphone can do that droid doesnt.  

[ed]

This is what I do on my Droid 1. Run it at 125 when the screen is off and 600 for most functions. If I need to surf the internet and/or watch flash animations/videos I crank it up to 800. I've had it at 1.25 but the heat was unbearable. I get ~40 hours on a single charge with heavy usage.

Wow, 125, that's pretty low. Some D1s will not operate correctly when dropped that low (<250). You got yourself quite a gem over there Eric

[ed]

Love mine im on my second droid, Had original droid 1 for my work phone, now have Droid INcredible (rooted) for my personal phone.  Wife is rocking droid 2 and loving it.  Droids are freaking awesome ota software upgrades flash support, hd video, and third party apps plus removable memory.  As for the people who are still desiring an Apple Iphone on Verizon I dont know why the droids are much better.  I am not just saying it because I work for Verizon but there is nothing that the Iphone can do that droid doesnt. 

That sounds like a line from a commercial somewhere.

[Zeeeek]

My question: don't they automatically underclock themselves when not in use? I have system info which gives % of what CPU power is used when, and *lowest speed* has a high percentage of the time.

[ed]

My question: don't they automatically underclock themselves when not in use? I have system info which gives % of what CPU power is used when, and *lowest speed* has a high percentage of the time.

Nope

[Malachoz]

That sounds like a line from a commercial somewhere.

Love mine im on my second droid, Had original droid 1 for my work phone, now have Droid INcredible (rooted) for my personal phone.  Wife is rocking droid 2 and loving it.  Droids are freaking awesome ota software upgrades flash support, hd video, and third party apps plus removable memory.  As for the people who are still desiring an Apple Iphone on Verizon I dont know why the droids are much better.  I am not just saying it because I work for Verizon but there is nothing that the Iphone can do that droid doesnt do better. 

Fixed.

[hookedontronics]

iphone > droid
lol

[Malachoz]

in a driod thread really?

[ed]

iphone > droid
lol

Lol

[skyphix]

Wow, 125, that's pretty low. Some D1s will not operate correctly when dropped that low (<250). You got yourself quite a gem over there Eric

Its only 125 when the screen is off - as soon as the screen comes on it goes back to 500. I get some lag in receiving emails with touchdown occasionally but I don't get upset about that.

[Zeeeek]

Nope

Then why is my phone at 245mhz 59.94% of the time, 998.4mhz 30.96% of the time, with tenths to 1% of the time for the speeds in between according to Android System Info?

[Kavik]

 
Malachoz, that pic was priceless

[Malachoz]

Thanks