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    All Things Android - Apps, Phones, Tablets - Discussion

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by H.A.L. 9000, Aug 1, 2010.

  1. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Ok I just turns the wifi on and off and ot enables/disable 3G. So does wifi usage go against my data plan? I have a 2GB/mo plan.

    Also how much data does streaming Pandora use?
     
    DR650SE, Mar 14, 2011
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  2. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Ha, I've been thinking that for a while now...just never thought about mentioning it.. :p I agree. :D

    Of course not. Wi-Fi will never count toward your capped data, that's one reason why wi-fi's there- So you can take advantage of faster data speeds AND stay within your data cap. You'll also find that your battery will last longer when you're connected to wi-fi. Just be sure you turn off wi-fi before you leave the house, or it'll keep searching for a signal.

    I'm not exactly sure how much data Pandora uses, although I'd assume a sizable amount. Because I'm on an unlimited plan and don't mind waiting a extra few seconds between songs while driving, I have Pandora set to stream in high quality.

    I'd personally go old school and use the phone's music app with your own tunes (you can sync music on the phone's SD card easily with WMP...just plug it in and select "Turn on USB Storage"...then launch WMP) and save Pandora for occasional usage while on 3G if I was on a 2 GB plan.
     
    booboo12, Mar 15, 2011
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  3. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Gah, why are so many people idiots?

    Over on XDA-devs, the number of people whining because their phone connects to the internet automatically or how much of a hassle it is to completely disable data usage.

    That's how the OS is designed to work!

    If you don't want a phone that connects to the internet automatically, don't go for Android.
     
    Step666, Mar 15, 2011
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  4. process

    process \( ಠ_ಠ)/

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    just turn off the data usage in the settings, then it wont matter. wth yo
     
    process, Mar 15, 2011
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    oldstyle Notebook Consultant

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    Unlimited 4G, 5GB 3G. Sprint $79.99 so nice.
     
    oldstyle, Mar 15, 2011
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  6. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Unlimited 3G + texts and 300 minutes, $25. I think that's pretty nice :p
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 15, 2011
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  7. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Step666, Mar 15, 2011
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  8. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    ^ hahaha i knew that was coming :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  9. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    It doesn't matter how cheap your deals are, my network is paying me! :D :D
    I got another £35 discount for last month.
     
    Step666, Mar 15, 2011
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  10. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    hahaha awesome :D :p



    As for me, i thought i would be able to lower to the $30 plan for 1500 text/minutes.
    But im only half way though the month and already have ~1000 texts used, so i dont think thats gonna happen, damn it :rolleyes:
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  11. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I hit around 1400 min/texts a month. You send 66 texts a day on average :eek:
     
    Nick, Mar 15, 2011
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  12. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    I did 6300 texts in a month before, thats 210 a day :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  13. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Were you like on a trip or something? I don't think I could send out 100 a day. :)
     
    Nick, Mar 15, 2011
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  14. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    no, but i didnt have my laptop for 2 weeks, so thats why :p

    On a normal month i can still do about 4000 though (133 a day) :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  15. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Yea... it's surprising how many texts you can make when you're in constant conversation with 3 or 4 people. I can rack up about 5-6000 pretty easy
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 15, 2011
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  16. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    I have a job and need to sleep, so I can't get anywhere near those sorts of numbers.
     
    Step666, Mar 15, 2011
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  17. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    yeah! :D most people dont understand and theyre like.....

    [​IMG]

    :p


    Yeah that complicates it, it will for me soon and ill know :rolleyes: :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  18. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Lol. The GF runs up the text count a good bit.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 15, 2011
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  19. Thierry19

    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    Yeah that too :p
    I'm pretty consistent at around 2500 texts a month.. I used to hit 5000, but I guess I got too old to text that much :p
     
    Thierry19, Mar 15, 2011
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  20. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    LOL... My grandmother that's like 68 years old texts... All. The. Time. It's not an age thing, trust me. :p
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 15, 2011
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  21. Thierry19

    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    lmao! I wish my grandmother was that cool, texting grandparents must be awesome :D
    But I can see that younger people (from 14 to 18) will text more than most adults (18+).
    That happened to me :p I used to text much more when I was still in high school, now I much prefer calling when I can.
     
    Thierry19, Mar 15, 2011
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  22. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    My grandmother listens to the song "Tonight Im (Loving) You". :D :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  23. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    :eek: :eek: Who woulda thunk?!

    (And yes, grammar nazi's everywhere just acted like I stabbed them with that sentence up there.)
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 15, 2011
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  24. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    I know right? :p she actually has the same laptop as me too, different specs though. but still XD
     
    ahl395, Mar 15, 2011
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  25. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Yeah, I can imagine.
     
    Step666, Mar 15, 2011
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    App Lock , is great to stop people messing with you phone setting and apps :)
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 16, 2011
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  27. H.A.L. 9000

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    Yay! Thread name changed!

    Thanks mods!
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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  28. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    MyTouch HD has landed.
     
    Nick, Mar 16, 2011
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  29. Texanman

    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    all these new phones make my mytouch slide seem outdated.... but at the same time the only thing my phone can't do is play the latest games
     
    Texanman, Mar 16, 2011
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  30. Thierry19

    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    Thierry19, Mar 16, 2011
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 16, 2011
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    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    Damnit, that's cheaper than the class 10 card I just bought by about £5.
     
    Step666, Mar 16, 2011
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  34. Thierry19

    Thierry19 Coffee enthusiast

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    Ugh 50 bucks.
    But it cant be as slow as my class 2...
    hmm decisions decisions
     
    Thierry19, Mar 16, 2011
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  35. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I paid $30 for a class 6 that pretty fast.
     
    Nick, Mar 16, 2011
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  36. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    The MyTouch Slide isn't a bad phone at all. Great keyboard and surprisingly speedy for what it is. :) Only downside could be Espresso but some people like HTC Sense and some dont, to each their own. :)
     
    booboo12, Mar 16, 2011
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  37. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Does the speed of the SD card really matter? how often are you transferring big files on it? :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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  38. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Some people get them for Apps2SD, which needs to be reasonably speedy. I only have music on mine though. :rolleyes:
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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  39. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Oh yeah thats true. I have 16GB internal storage on mine so a Class 2 will be fine for me :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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  40. Step666

    Step666 Professional chubby Chris Pratt impersonator

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    That's why I got mine, along with the machismo need to have the best :p
     
    Step666, Mar 16, 2011
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    There is a free app called "AnTu Benchmark" , among other things it does an read/write speed test of you sd card, handy if you want to know the in device speed.

    EDIT : It only tests the internal flash memory speed, not external flash :(
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Mar 16, 2011
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  43. Step666

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    I'm not convinced by some of the claims in that article - especially the one about manufacturers over-rating their batteries.
    At work we regularly see batteries come back with test print-outs showing them to be at >100% of their rated capacity for up to the first 6 months at least.
     
    Step666, Mar 16, 2011
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  44. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Calibrating your battery and Android - Android Forums
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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    I am not surprised, if you charge it every day, in six months you would only have charged it 180 times, way short of the approx minimum life of 500, 100% discharge cycles of the report and they claimed you should replace the battery when the capacity reaches 70%

     
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  47. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    [​IMG]
    Launcher7 - Feels really quite weird............ :p Surprisingly well done. Some of the stuff people have done here are really neat.
    (I was just trying it out.)
     
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  48. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Sacrilege!!

    J/K! ROFL! :p
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 16, 2011
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  49. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I knew someone was gona say something alike. :laugh:

    EDIT: lol........ :p
    [​IMG]
     
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Yuck! dont ruin android to make it like that horrible windows 7 phone! :p
     
    ahl395, Mar 16, 2011
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