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madmoe · 09-02-2011 05:02PM

shadowninty wrote: »

not possible
why turn off anyway?

I want to save as much battery as possible....I know you can put it into airplane mode but would prefer totally off.

09-02-2011 05:05PM

madmoe wrote: »

I want to save as much battery as possible....I know you can put it into airplane mode but would prefer totally off.

The difference would be practically nothing. Hell, even dumb-phones use a tiny charge when they're "off" to run their internal clock

madmoe · 09-02-2011 06:08PM

28064212 wrote: »

The difference would be practically nothing. Hell, even dumb-phones use a tiny charge when they're "off" to run their internal clock

Fair enough.....

Anyone know any music app or sepearet app that will allow one to use an iPhone headset fully with volume up\down, call answer etc. as lets face it the stock ones that come with the Desire HD and most HTC are so so crap!!

shadowninty · 09-02-2011 06:42PM

madmoe wrote: »

I want to save as much battery as possible....I know you can put it into airplane mode but would prefer totally off.

can you imagine all the energy turning on a complicated computing device requires?

i never turn mine off, except when i reboot into recovery, which isnt even turning off!

Ardennes1944 · 09-02-2011 11:16PM

shadowninty wrote: »

not possible
why turn off anyway?

my old symbian used do it...

The Sparrow · 09-02-2011 11:57PM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

my old symbian used do it...

Yeah any nokia that I have ever owned was able to do it.

madmoe · 10-02-2011 12:43AM

The Sparrow wrote: »

Yeah any nokia that I have ever owned was able to do it.

Same, all Nokia's seem to able turn fully off yet alarm rings??

Anyone using iPhone headphones with a music app on Android and have volume up/down working?

Cheers,
M

Ardennes1944 · 10-02-2011 02:04AM

madmoe wrote: »

Same, all Nokia's seem to able turn fully off yet alarm rings??

Anyone using iPhone headphones with a music app on Android and have volume up/down working?

Cheers,
M

Even when the battery was dead the alarm would still come on

Craigels · 10-02-2011 02:12AM

Is there a barcode scannor that works for irish products

Idleater · 10-02-2011 08:52AM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

Even when the battery was dead the alarm would still come on

I googled "android auto on" and the results will show anyone willing to look that android OS distinguishes between on, radio off and phone off. Blackberry, replaces off with hibernate to improve start up time and Nokia/Sony "off" does not switch off the basic OS stack and clocks, enabling the magic switch back on for an alarm.

seanybiker · 10-02-2011 09:15AM

madmoe wrote: »

I want to save as much battery as possible....I know you can put it into airplane mode but would prefer totally off.

Not trying to be funny but turning it off ya may aswell have a welly. Does the same thing except the welly be more useful than a phone that's turned off

superfish · 10-02-2011 09:55AM

I get what you are on about trying to save battery by turning off because lets face it these smart phones are a beast on juice I cant find anything to turn on your alarm from off but if you install the 3 following apps it should give you extended battery life

1 memory booster lite
2 battery booster
3 hd rare black wallpapers

these worked great for me using a samsung galaxy s running froyo 2.2

before I got a day out of my battery with constant use including bluetooth and wi fi these three apps combined have given me an extra half day on top

GBX · 10-02-2011 02:21PM

Does anybody know of an App similar to Whistle for Android? Its on Iphones and allows calls free to US numbers etc.

PogMoThoin · 10-02-2011 02:32PM

superfish wrote: »

I get what you are on about trying to save battery by turning off because lets face it these smart phones are a beast on juice I cant find anything to turn on your alarm from off but if you install the 3 following apps it should give you extended battery life

1 memory booster lite
2 battery booster
3 hd rare black wallpapers

these worked great for me using a samsung galaxy s running froyo 2.2

before I got a day out of my battery with constant use including bluetooth and wi fi these three apps combined have given me an extra half day on top

I got into the 3 rd day with juice defender

whowantstwoknow · 10-02-2011 05:44PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Just set it to default and it'll save your battery, the free version is fine but doesn't give much customisation or location profiles.
The paid version needs a little input, I've mine set to turn off all data connections ans silence at night and limit it to sync every 15mins only. When You turn on location profiles it takes a few days to train it, it'll then turn on wifi when I'm at certain locations. It does this training without u needing to input anything, it just takes note of where u use wifi etc.

Looking for an app to do location profiles (All in the aid to save juice!!) and have the free juice defender version at the moment, but would something like tasker do a better job of customising ones profiles?

Thanks

W.

irishgeo · 10-02-2011 08:23PM

any app that track an post letters and parcels?

10-02-2011 09:10PM

irishgeo wrote: »

any app that track an post letters and parcels?

Was thinking about making an app for this. Not sure how much general interest there would be though. Should be a nice simple app to do.

shadowninty · 10-02-2011 09:28PM

baz8080 wrote: »

Was thinking about making an app for this. Not sure how much general interest there would be though. Should be a nice simple app to do.

nice idea, but you can use the browser!

would be nicer tho

10-02-2011 09:30PM

True

I was thinking you could have a history feature and maybe notifications of delivery / failure though. Might be something I could use as an excuse to learn background services.

Scotty # · 10-02-2011 10:20PM

baz8080 wrote: »

Was thinking about making an app for this. Not sure how much general interest there would be though. Should be a nice simple app to do.

Add Fastwat, DPD, and GLS and you're on a winner/.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 14-02-2011 07:50PM

Any music app recommendations? I'm using the stock Desire HD app but the widgets are branded and have links to the stupid Vodafone stupid music store.
I've had a look through the thread but have only seen recommendations for Power amp, can't say I'm a fan...

ongarite · 14-02-2011 08:31PM

Give DoubleTwist a go. Its not bad and has lock-screen controls too.

jayteecork · 14-02-2011 09:00PM

Anyone recommend a good text message app?

The messaging on Samsung Europa is hoorendous.

No way to forward sent messages, plus clunky setup.

seanybiker · 14-02-2011 09:02PM

jayteecork wrote: »

Anyone recommend a good text message app?

The messaging on Samsung Europa is hoorendous.

No way to forward sent messages, plus clunky setup.

I use gosms. Seems grand

shadowninty · 14-02-2011 09:25PM

CM Settings :cool:

jayteecork · 14-02-2011 09:25PM

seanybiker wrote: »

I use gosms. Seems grand

Thanks, I'll try that.

FWIW these are my fav free apps on droid, I'm sure most of them have been mentioned at some stage.

Angry Birds and Angry Birds seasons.
Wifi onoff (turn wifi on with just one click)
Wikidroid - Best Wikipedia app imo
Facebook
Easy Uninstall
Vignette Demo - still has plenty of photo features
APNdroid - stop your phone using credit if you're prepay
Cabbage - linked to 02.ie
Where's MY Droid - handy if you can't find phoen and have it on silent
Moron Test - good quiz game
Thickbuttons
Droid Armory - World of Warcraft stuff
Garfield Comic - new strip every day
Rte news now
Slice It - fairly awesome game, cut up various shapes into required number of pieces
Super Connect 4
xe currency
BBC news
Advanced Task Killer
X Construct - Build your own train bridges, tricky!
Battle.net mobile authenticator - stop your account being hacked
Textdroid - linked to my meteor account

seanybiker · 14-02-2011 09:40PM

jayteecork wrote: »

Thanks, I'll try that.

FWIW these are my fav free apps on droid, I'm sure most of them have been mentioned at some stage.

Angry Birds and Angry Birds seasons.
Wifi onoff (turn wifi on with just one click)
Wikidroid - Best Wikipedia app imo
Facebook
Easy Uninstall
Vignette Demo - still has plenty of photo features
APNdroid - stop your phone using credit if you're prepay
Cabbage - linked to 02.ie
Where's MY Droid - handy if you can't find phoen and have it on silent
Moron Test - good quiz game
Thickbuttons
Droid Armory - World of Warcraft stuff
Garfield Comic - new strip every day
Rte news now
Slice It - fairly awesome game, cut up various shapes into required number of pieces
Super Connect 4
xe currency
BBC news
Advanced Task Killer
X Construct - Build your own train bridges, tricky!
Battle.net mobile authenticator - stop your account being hacked
Textdroid - linked to my meteor account

have a few if them meself. Good list. I get the full versions for free cos I'm a tight funker.

shadowninty · 14-02-2011 09:44PM

jayteecork wrote: »

Advanced Task Killer

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

X Construct - Build your own train bridges, tricky!

awesome

SteM · 14-02-2011 09:56PM

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Any music app recommendations? I'm using the stock Desire HD app but the widgets are branded and have links to the stupid Vodafone stupid music store.
I've had a look through the thread but have only seen recommendations for Power amp, can't say I'm a fan...

Have you tried mixzing?

newbie2 · 14-02-2011 10:03PM

Some of the better apps I have on my Desire:

Tasker
Penetrate
ShopSavvy
RTE News Now
Youtube
JustinTV Viewer
Dolphin HD (for football streaming)
Opera MIni (for genreal browsing)
Slide IT
MIxZing Pro
Angry Birds
Shazaam
SMS Popup
Call confirm
Juice defender
Wikidroid
Sky+
Rainy Days
Awesome Drop
MApdroid

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