got a samsung galaxy s 2

stevoman

well folks

i have this phone a week now. love it. im hearing stories from people though about internet running when your not using it, crap battery etc.

im just looking for any tips you can give me so i can get the most out of the device. thanks a mill.

im on the boards app by the way! lol

RangeR

stevoman wrote: »

well folks

i have this phone a week now. love it. im hearing stories from people though about internet running when your not using it, crap battery etc.

im just looking for any tips you can give me so i can get the most out of the device. thanks a mill.

im on the boards app by the way! lol

Step 1 : Purchase a smartphone data plan.

9.99 on O2 Prepay
Free on three Prepay [if topup €20 a month]
Usually included in most billpay plans, just double check.

If you don't have a data plan, you might as well re-mortgage your house. Android phones SUCK up data allowance.

Rowley Birkin QC

RangeR wrote: »

Step 1 : Purchase a smartphone data plan.

9.99 on O2 Prepay
Free on three Prepay [if topup €20 a month]
Usually included in most billpay plans, just double check.

If you don't have a data plan, you might as well re-mortgage your house. Android phones SUCK up data allowance.

First things first, do not go anywhere near 02 for data if you can get coverage in your area from 3.

stevoman

i have a 1gb a month with meteor. its tipping away nicely once i stay away from youtube etc... i use about 20mb a day or so and if im downloading big apps i go up to me parents and use the wifi

RangeR

stevoman wrote: »

i use about 20mb a day or so

Ah that will settle down after a few weeks when the "rush" wears off.


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Rowley Birkin QC

Go with 3 if you can at all, I have unlimited data and use the phone in the way it's meant to be used with absolutely no worries about big bills. Have used about 3GB so far this month because I was using it as a wifi hotspot for my laptop and downloading quite a lot.

stevoman

thanks for the quick replies. did you lads go with sd cards or is the memory sufficient for the time being?

Sully

On the question of SD cards -- will a SDHC card work? I'm buying a 32GB one from eBay and the one I was looking at was a HC. Others were a TF. All micro SD.

Tad confused as SD is <2GB but the website says memory can take up to 32GB

RangeR

Sully wrote: »

On the question of SD cards -- will a SDHC card work? I'm buying a 32GB one from eBay and the one I was looking at was a HC. Others were a TF. All micro SD.

Tad confused as SD is <2GB but the website says memory can take up to 32GB

Yes, micro SDHC. Well, in my SGS anyway. I doubt it's any different for the SGS2.

Mine is a Class 4 16GB Micro SDHC but the internal SD Card is more than enough unless you want to pack in a lot of music and videos.

Ste-

Sully wrote: »

On the question of SD cards -- will a SDHC card work? I'm buying a 32GB one from eBay and the one I was looking at was a HC. Others were a TF. All micro SD.

Tad confused as SD is <2GB but the website says memory can take up to 32GB

32 will work as will teh newer Sandisk 64gb. ;o)

http://www.androidnz.net/2011/09/sandisk-64gb-micro-sdxc-cards-confirmed.html

Sully

I always thought it was faster to have the SD card anyway.

ellinguistico

stevoman wrote: »

thanks for the quick replies. did you lads go with sd cards or is the memory sufficient for the time being?

I'm getting 30 hours out of mine now with reasonable amount of use because :
I have a 2/3G widget and have data switched off at all times when not using
Always sync and background data turned off
Screen turned down to minimum
Lots of bloat apps frozen (am rooted though)
Screen @ 30 secs dim
Airplane mode @ night
Turn off wireless when out of range
No weather widget, I can see what it's like outside myself
Dark static wallpaper
Haptic keys turned off
Gps always off till needed