Solitaire Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) ^ How's the Nexus S battery? Works well throughout the day here (usually at around 30% at the end of 20 hours or so with a few phone calls, lotsa texts, edge a half hour for every 2 hours and some angry birds, plus GPS for 80 minutes or so each day) as long as I don't leave wifi on all day. Wifi seems to rape the battery a bit much. I haz the sad though cos Navigation doesn't work with voice for Indian users. Have to be content with directions on maps. But vector maps do consume far less in the way of battery. I think voice nav works on brut maps, but haven't tried Brut Nav yet for fear of those maps needing too much of a download over edge. Edited January 21, 2011 by Gaurav - Solitaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfrag Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) ^ How's the Nexus S battery? Really good, lasts for 14-18 hours with normal usage on 3G. This is with 9 accounts synchronized, Feeds updating every hour, twitter every 10 minutes, and opening and checking Facebook every hour. And with the other normal stuff too, chatting, web usage, etc. Although I hardly use voice calls, mostly to my parents for an hour every day. If I start gaming though, it drops to 10 hours. It all depends on usage. And obviously the 2 extra spare batteries help a lot. Takes 1 minute to power down, change battery and be back up and running. Better than SGS Stock. But the best Android device with battery, has to go to the G2/Desire Z. That battery life was amazing. Would last for a day and half, maybe even two. If I didn't charge through the night, and I went to sleep with 45% battery, I wake up and 42%-43% is remaining. Although I've read that Sense consumes the battery more than the non Sense ROM's. Edited January 21, 2011 by Superfrag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbhoj74 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Google says they are working on a second fix, don't know what happened to the first . (call drops) Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 any1 using samsung galaxy S? does the phone have 2 cameras or only one? no flash on this phone, is it a problem? i'm plannin to get this phone as a filler until iphone5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbhoj74 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I bought tasker, trying to setup a simple task: context = headset plugin, task: display on, display bright, display timeout 1min, open app winamp. Its doing everything except switching on the display from sleep, i.e. the display on task is not working. When I manually switch on I can see it fired up winamp automatically. Ideas what could be wrong ? (I read it has issues with gingerbread) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 @Shantz: just curious, what advantages did Apple overcome in the last few months? Nothing much has changed between iOS 4.0 & 4.2, not drastic changes anyways.. I wasn't really talking about the point upgrades but from iOS 4 onwards itself. iOS4 made the iPhone a device that I'm not averse to anymore. They have a bit of multi tasking as well now. I can see even hotspot feature has come in without jailbreaking (not sure if it is there for AT&T or just for verizon). I don't really see much flaws in there except notifications (and lack of Google maps navigation). Basically, if I "had" to switch over, I can now live with iOS. (But of course, this has a major hurdle of requiring a mac for development as I mentioned earlier) For me, Android as an OS is still better than iOS as a user and more so as a developer but what is really frustrating me is the policies that Google is adopting. e.g. First is the update policy. They are not even updating their own phone for so much time. Secondly, they are shifting a lot of focus to cater to emerging markets and entry level phones. Thirdly, they promise a lot of things and then don't deliver on them (e.g. the new market). In all, my beef is with Google and not Android but this is just making me bitter towards the whole thing as I feel insecure about their vision of Android future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I bought tasker, trying to setup a simple task: context = headset plugin, task: display on, display bright, display timeout 1min, open app winamp. Its doing everything except switching on the display from sleep, i.e. the display on task is not working. When I manually switch on I can see it fired up winamp automatically. Ideas what could be wrong ? (I read it has issues with gingerbread) Must be a gingerbread issue. It works perfectly for me on Froyo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) I bought tasker, trying to setup a simple task: context = headset plugin, task: display on, display bright, display timeout 1min, open app winamp. Its doing everything except switching on the display from sleep, i.e. the display on task is not working. When I manually switch on I can see it fired up winamp automatically. Ideas what could be wrong ? (I read it has issues with gingerbread) Tasker working perfectly here with one exception. Rooted Nexus S on the first update (GRH78). Except for the mobile data switch on and off every hour for 5 minutes arrangement I have here. Damn thing won't fiddle with the mobile data at all no matter what I try with tasker. It wakes it properly from sleep when I plug in the headphones. I have a menu prompt come up with 4 different players on it whenever headphones are plugged in. Auto switching on of GPS also works. Yes, tasker does have issues with gingerbread. Shantz vbhoj and superfrag, didn't like my analogy at the end of the previous page? Wait, methinks Display Bright requires you to have that fastbright app on your phone too in addition to tasker. Not sure. Edited January 22, 2011 by Gaurav - Solitaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 A fix for some people's android woes http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/21/nexus-s-ota-2-3-2-update-rolling-out-now-your-sms-relations-wil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfrag Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I wasn't really talking about the point upgrades but from iOS 4 onwards itself. iOS4 made the iPhone a device that I'm not averse to anymore. They have a bit of multi tasking as well now. I can see even hotspot feature has come in without jailbreaking (not sure if it is there for AT&T or just for verizon). I don't really see much flaws in there except notifications (and lack of Google maps navigation). Basically, if I "had" to switch over, I can now live with iOS. (But of course, this has a major hurdle of requiring a mac for development as I mentioned earlier) For me, Android as an OS is still better than iOS as a user and more so as a developer but what is really frustrating me is the policies that Google is adopting. e.g. First is the update policy. They are not even updating their own phone for so much time. Secondly, they are shifting a lot of focus to cater to emerging markets and entry level phones. Thirdly, they promise a lot of things and then don't deliver on them (e.g. the new market). In all, my beef is with Google and not Android but this is just making me bitter towards the whole thing as I feel insecure about their vision of Android future. Ah, gotcha. Understand your points.. I felt 2.3 was a nice update, but it should've been better, if Google are to keep up the pace. And yes, STILL not updating the Nexus One is just sad, very sad indeed.. Oh btw, Jailbreaking it is a must, Notified Pro gives you Android like drop down notifications, and it works very well. SBSettings are useful, instead of having to go into settings every time.. I hope 3.0 delivers what is expected of them, and it gives a good competition to iOS 5.0.. but I wonder how slow will the manufacturer's be in updating their phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Ah, gotcha. Understand your points.. I felt 2.3 was a nice update, but it should've been better, if Google are to keep up the pace. And yes, STILL not updating the Nexus One is just sad, very sad indeed.. Oh btw, Jailbreaking it is a must, Notified Pro gives you Android like drop down notifications, and it works very well. SBSettings are useful, instead of having to go into settings every time.. I hope 3.0 delivers what is expected of them, and it gives a good competition to iOS 5.0.. but I wonder how slow will the manufacturer's be in updating their phones. 2.4 ice cream sandwich for those of us on phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbhoj74 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) I wasn't really talking about the point upgrades but from iOS 4 onwards itself. iOS4 made the iPhone a device that I'm not averse to anymore. They have a bit of multi tasking as well now. I can see even hotspot feature has come in without jailbreaking (not sure if it is there for AT&T or just for verizon). I don't really see much flaws in there except notifications (and lack of Google maps navigation). Basically, if I "had" to switch over, I can now live with iOS. (But of course, this has a major hurdle of requiring a mac for development as I mentioned earlier) For me, Android as an OS is still better than iOS as a user and more so as a developer but what is really frustrating me is the policies that Google is adopting. e.g. First is the update policy. They are not even updating their own phone for so much time. Secondly, they are shifting a lot of focus to cater to emerging markets and entry level phones. Thirdly, they promise a lot of things and then don't deliver on them (e.g. the new market). In all, my beef is with Google and not Android but this is just making me bitter towards the whole thing as I feel insecure about their vision of Android future. I got bitter with iOS because they all those important features came little late, some are still to come, and I dont like jailbreaking etc. Putting in so much money in a phone it is expected to be smart out of the box. Now with gingerbread experience, I'm bitter with both iOS & Android. Suddenly Swype stopped working for me today, I can tap on the swype keyb but swiping on it no longer works. This has also been a major hassle on the android, things just dont seem to be stable, something or the other keeps breaking here & there. Maybe its good, as you get to know how to fix it, but when you are hard pressed in time, you really dont want things to break this soon. Tasker working perfectly here with one exception. Rooted Nexus S on the first update (GRH78). Except for the mobile data switch on and off every hour for 5 minutes arrangement I have here. Damn thing won't fiddle with the mobile data at all no matter what I try with tasker. It wakes it properly from sleep when I plug in the headphones. I have a menu prompt come up with 4 different players on it whenever headphones are plugged in. Auto switching on of GPS also works. Yes, tasker does have issues with gingerbread. Shantz vbhoj and superfrag, didn't like my analogy at the end of the previous page? Wait, methinks Display Bright requires you to have that fastbright app on your phone too in addition to tasker. Not sure. Can you make a similar profile as I'm trying to do and send me over ? (provided I can import your profile into my tasker, I should be able to do that I guess). Oooo and your analogy was too good for us to react, anything added to it would have taken the sheen away. EDIT: Fixed the swype issue, there is a bug in the app: Swype is Configured for Another Device - Flashing Blue Box [After Reboot - "Hotboot"]Every time Swype starts it needs access to the phone's ESN number to authenticate. Because this information is not available after a hotboot Swype will have to be restarted a few moments after the phone boots up. To do this just long press on an input field and select Input Method then tap Android Keyboard. After the default android keyboard is selected just long press on an input field again, and reselect Swype from the Input Method option. After Swype is turned back on you'll be able to Swype until your next hotboot. Edited January 23, 2011 by vbhoj74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Stryke Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) ^Vineet, you cannot expect iOS and Android to ever have same features spec to spec. Some places android leads, and some others iOS leads. And that will always be the case. I dont know what you are looking for in a phone, but i every OS has some defects. And regarding features coming late, they are there now right? Like shantz said, they're on an even footing now. Why do you care when it comes? R u angry coz some feature came late? :-/ ? Its a moral/personal thing then :| maybe this might sound fanboyish, but if android has 100 features and iOS has only 70, atleast iOS does those 70 perfectly. Jo bolta hai woh acche se karta hai. Instead of getting half baked performance with multitude of features just to try and tick off a checklist. And you know what you were getting into when you bought the iPhone. No point complaining about not so smart features when u got the 3G! Edited January 23, 2011 by Death Stryke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfrag Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 2.4 ice cream sandwich for those of us on phones Matias Duarte told in his interview with Engadget, around the time of CES, that 3.0 is coming on both tablets & phones. It's not exclusive to tablets in any way. 2.4 is supposed to be Gingerbread only, an updated build, more likely more bugfixes. Doubt they'll add any major features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbhoj74 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 ^Vineet, you cannot expect iOS and Android to ever have same features spec to spec. Some places android leads, and some others iOS leads. And that will always be the case. I dont know what you are looking for in a phone, but i every OS has some defects. And regarding features coming late, they are there now right? Like shantz said, they're on an even footing now. Why do you care when it comes? R u angry coz some feature came late? :-/ ? Its a moral/personal thing then :| maybe this might sound fanboyish, but if android has 100 features and iOS has only 70, atleast iOS does those 70 perfectly. Jo bolta hai woh acche se karta hai. Instead of getting half baked performance with multitude of features just to try and tick off a checklist. And you know what you were getting into when you bought the iPhone. No point complaining about not so smart features when u got the 3G! Yaar why do you get so touchy with the anti-iOS msgs ? Yep I'm kindda pissed because all the great features that makes iOS stand out came pretty late, in the beginning it started with a great UI. Now a guy putting in 30k with a iphone 2g or 3g did not get to enjoy half of those stuff what the new firmware supports, the update is mostly keeping iphone 4 in mind and 3GS. So in order to get all those features we talk about, you need to shell out another 30k and upgrade the hardware. It maybe okay for someone who has not owned it before, but for ppl who invested in it from day 1 or 2 it was a let down. I agree completely that whatever apple does its not half baked, and I love them for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Matias Duarte told in his interview with Engadget, around the time of CES, that 3.0 is coming on both tablets & phones. It's not exclusive to tablets in any way. 2.4 is supposed to be Gingerbread only, an updated build, more likely more bugfixes. Doubt they'll add any major features. I think, atleast in that interview with Engadget, he stops short of verifying that Honeycomb will be heading to Android phones, but says that the design decisions apparent in honeycomb are “absolutely the future of Android.” So this might mean a bifurcation of the android line into Honeycomb for tablets and Honeycomb / Ice cream whatever for phones. Obviously you can't have the exact same UI on a phone and tablet. Anyway, I guess we'll see when 2.4/3.0 comes out. Not like I care, as long as they bring GPU acceleration to the basic UI itself. They better or else I'll have to go and ..... And 2.3.2 apparently has issues = introduces the call drop and reboot bug in phones that never had it before on the 2.3.1 update . No way I'm updating for now. It fixes any hint of browser lag (which I don't really feel is there) and fixes the SMS bug (didn't have it) so I'm not updating unless there's some compelling reason to try it out. @vbhoj - Which one? You want the profile for headphones? I told you the one I made for a periodic EDGE/GPRS autosync is not working. Edited January 23, 2011 by Gaurav - Solitaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Yaar why do you get so touchy with the anti-iOS msgs ? DS' first android experience came at the hands of samsung's buggy stock firmware on the SGS. So he grew up traumatized by Android and a closet iFan believing that only Jobs' masterpieces can answer humanity's requirements . Although he is nowhere near as rabid as some of the apple faithful. Of course I must confess, I have won plenty of iStuff and liked using some of it too Edited January 23, 2011 by Gaurav - Solitaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Oooo and your analogy was too good for us to react, anything added to it would have taken the sheen away. I know why you people didn't react, cos you've experienced 2 out of 3 (won't comment on which 2 ) atleast and know it's true Btw I'm exaggerating a bit, DS is pretty reasonable compared to usual Apple fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersim Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 anyone would like to share their launcher pro customized homescreens with docks , wallpapers , widgets , icons etc Any way i can resize widgets apart from launcher pro plus ? Need a free app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) anyone would like to share their launcher pro customized homescreens with docks , wallpapers , widgets , icons etc Any way i can resize widgets apart from launcher pro plus ? Need a free app Launcher Pro eh? Take this Use ADW Ex here and I've tricked it out to look like a Tron Legacy homescreen. Changed the wallpaper too this morning. Now it's perfect. Much better than the default wallpaper (as in default wallpaper for that homescreen). Took this --> and changed wallpaper to this ---> Also found one of the causes for my random slowdowns. Beautiful widgets' weather animation on unlock. That seemed to use a LOT of CPU resources quite often and slow the homescreen down massively at times. Edited January 23, 2011 by Gaurav - Solitaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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