Topic: android anyone?

[the technological J]

i getting a LG Ally droid.... for those who dont know droid is the smartphones opereating system there are about 5 or 6 that im aware of out now(like dell and hp both run windows) im just wondering if anybody else has one and what apps are good or what ones are crap.... im gonna try to root the lg but i cant find any one who has it might take a while but there have been a couple others like the motorola and htc that have been.... so any tips for me? thanks

[syth82]

I have an htc hero. I don't know much about the lg, but android is good stuff. What sort of apps are you looking for? There's lots of good ones out there. One I'd recommend is swype, only a beta right now, but it works really well. Makes typing much quicker.

[the technological J]

i been surfing around and i found a possible bug fix... im not sure if its only for the ally or not but if u have this prob then you have the bug


heres some stuff i found

http://www.lgallyforums.com/topic/345-battery-life-cell-standby-possible-fix/page__gopid__1000001809

Thought I'd add something to the mixture and hope it helps diagnose/fix the 50% bug issue. Here goes:

 

First I tried the 'fix' you listed on my LG Ally.

--Open dial pad and dial *#*#4636#*#* (If Testing menu doesn't come up than click "Call" and it will come up)>Go to Phone information>Scroll down and you'll see preferred network type>click it and switch it to GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)

That did not change anything after 6 hours. Tried 3 times with no result.
Turned the phone off and on...still no result.
Then I switched to 'Airplane' mode'.
Turned the phone off for 5 minutes.
Turned the phone on.
Checked Settings/Battery use/Cell standby.
Time without signal was 42% NOT 50%
Checked again at 1 hour intervals.
Time without signal 4 hours later was 18%(before going to bed for the night.
Left the phone on and NOT plugged into the charger. Battery level at that point was 80%.
When I got up the next morning the time without signal was 1% and the battery level was 78%

That is a dramatic change from before.
I've been watching the battery level all morning through normal use including 1 hour of Pandora radio, 15 minutes talk time and some texting. Although the battery level has gone done I do notice that if I'm not using anything on the phone the battery level barely changes.

I hope this helps.
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