tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post3478367743162893636..comments2023-10-08T14:12:06.968+02:00Comments on The Boy Who Likes To: Where's your icons now?Robbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746692668880855217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-52753557099673071142010-09-08T16:46:59.379+02:002010-09-08T16:46:59.379+02:00Seriously try it. It does everything for me from m...Seriously try it. It does everything for me from mute when flipped over (I know HTC have a mute ringtone for incoming call when flipped but for those times when you just dont want to be reached a quick flip and your done)<br />It tells me my location if lost if I text it. Reads out text messages if I'm in driving mode. Switches GPS on when opening Maps/Navigate.<br /><br />And I've only scratched the service. It's worth your threehundredandninetyninepennies.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746692668880855217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-83514569681007051052010-09-08T16:01:30.143+02:002010-09-08T16:01:30.143+02:00Yeah, I've seen that, but it costs £3.99, and ...Yeah, I've seen that, but it costs £3.99, and I'm too cheap to buy it :Dseaemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494334075417386792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-38643989948245381772010-09-08T15:46:05.814+02:002010-09-08T15:46:05.814+02:00The forums for VillainRom/Froyd (the custom ROM I&...The forums for VillainRom/Froyd (the custom ROM I'm using) are detaing over whether autobrightness saves or kills the battery. It seems to be 60/40 in favour of it goes against battery.<br /><br />Theres an app called Tasker that does what youve suggest but does about a quadzillion other things. Anything you could think you want you phone to do and stuff youd never imagine chances are Tasker could do it. You should try it.Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746692668880855217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-43172211000841872962010-09-08T15:42:57.160+02:002010-09-08T15:42:57.160+02:00I would turn the auto brightness back on - I think...I would turn the auto brightness back on - I think it is the most efficient way of doing it.<br /><br />Anmd the wifi thing does sound couneter intuitive, but it does work. Whilst wi-fi uses battery to search for a signal, having it disconnect (sleep) when it has, and forcing it to use the 3G uses more.<br /><br />There's a good app that I use called y5 battery saver (or something similar). When you connect to a wifi access point, it remembers your location using cell towers. When you move away from that loaction, it turns the wi-fi off.seaemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494334075417386792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-57182433937592020452010-09-08T15:27:32.327+02:002010-09-08T15:27:32.327+02:00Yeah, autobrightness is off with brightness turned...Yeah, autobrightness is off with brightness turned to about 5~10%<br /><br />Have never tried never sleep wi-fi, on the face of it sounds counter productive. Will give it a whirl.<br /><br />My dad has the same phone and berates the battery. Always complaining about it. But not being as tech-headed he is probably unintentionally wasting lots of battery life. But it's good to hear that official 2.1 isnt much better then a day. Thats all I can manage with 2.2.<br /><br />Guess the Hero wasnt designed for this amount of work. Definitely going to be getting a new phone soonish. Going to wait until all the new dual core and Android 3 phones start coming out. Cant be that far away, end of year perhaps?Robbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746692668880855217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067323941056737573.post-1749670267379515062010-09-08T15:19:20.789+02:002010-09-08T15:19:20.789+02:00Have you got your display set to auto brightness? ...Have you got your display set to auto brightness? I found having that on makes a big difference.<br /><br />The battery life since the 1.2 update sucks. I've just accepted that I'll get a day's use out of it, and have done. No point having a pohone, and not using the features!<br /><br />Another thing which saves battery life, is having the wi-fi set to never sleep on the advanced wi-fi settings. Using mobile data uses more battery than wi-fi, so if your wi-fi sleeps, the background updates will used 3G and therefore more battery.<br /><br />My battery life is so much better when I'm at home at the weekends due to this.seaemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494334075417386792noreply@blogger.com