Team-BHP - Android Thread: Phones / Apps / Mods

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Originally Posted by donarun (Post 2432302)

Placed order for Motorola Defy at letsbuy :).
Special thanks to @deepakchiniwal for letting me use his discount coupon.

Special thanks to fellow members like @phamilyman, @clevermax, @madbullram, whose suggestions and reviews helped a lot in the decision making process.

Thank you, glad that it was of help to you :)

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Originally Posted by deepakchiniwal (Post 2432665)

Ok folks, here is an update. After much deliberation it is the S2 :)
Placed the order with letsbuy.com on a thursday evening at 7 pm and whola..I have the phone on a saturday

Initial impressions...wow...

Thanks to indian21r, got a discount of 1800+. Landing cost for S2 was 28600/-

Congrats Man.

Letsbuy surprises me with their shipping. one order they shipped in an instant but the other one they took their own sweet time.

Anyway I have 7 more coupons if anyone wants them. Max discount of 10% upto Rs.1879/-

Are you planning to run it stock or root the phone

Ok, I got 3 questions for you guys. Need urgent answers!!

Q 1. Anyone tried Code.ROMv1 for Galaxy ACE ([ROM] Code.ROMv1 for Galaxy ACE GT-S5830)

Q 2. Since the last week or so, I'm seeing a major battery drain. More specifically, after I did a "Battery Ca liberation". It has become so pathetic that if I charge my phone to 100% at 11 pm, by the time I get ready to leave next morning at 8 am, it's down to 5%. Obviously there have been no calls, SMS, emails, wifi, BT etc during my sleep. So what's causing this drain?

Q 3. Which is the option to be used in Titanium? Should I 'Back up all user apps' or 'Back up user apps + System data'?

I think it's not wise to restore system data while switching between RMs right?

P.S. In other news, Samsung has officially started rolling out GB 2.3.3 update for Ace

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Originally Posted by bhp_maniac (Post 2430725)

Dear Androidians :) I am a Symbionian right now, and planning to switch to Android. One query I have is regarding the push mail mechanism on Android. I need to have push mail facility to my corporate exchange server. Is the push mail mechanism a "real push" like BB or is it like Nokia messaging service? Nokia service polls the mail box at intervals to see whether there are new mails. But BB will use data only when a new mail is there in the mail box. The latter kills battery life if the interval is anywhere lower than 30 mins :Frustrati But BB works just fine.

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Originally Posted by JayD (Post 2430945)

Hypothetically, it may be faster, but in the real world, the BB is way faster than the Android. I use a BB9700 and a GalaxyS, both on airtel. I get the mails atleast a minute(or more) before on the BB, than the droid.

Mails on an Android are a milli second faster than BB. Thats obviously because BB mails are coming from their servers so one additional step. But a lot depends on connectivity. At times, I've recd. mails first on my BB.

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Originally Posted by Zenster (Post 2430774)

Hey Guys, I have tried breaking my head with Airtel for days trying to understand if there is anyway to monitor my GPRS (non-3G) usage. But they says there is nothing that I can do to track. The CC says their "Back-End" team tracks this and No-One has visibility to it.

So I wanted to check with you guys if there is any App to do this accurately for a SGS2 running 2.3.4 ?

P.S: I have Googled and tried *123*10# and several other codes, but they are useless.

Data Counter Widget. Sits on your homescreen (it's just a widget, not an app).

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Originally Posted by nishantgandhi (Post 2432778)

Q 2. Since the last week or so, I'm seeing a major battery drain. More specifically, after I did a "Battery Ca liberation". It has become so pathetic that if I charge my phone to 100% at 11 pm, by the time I get ready to leave next morning at 8 am, it's down to 5%. Obviously there have been no calls, SMS, emails, wifi, BT etc during my sleep. So what's causing this drain?

Q 3. Which is the option to be used in Titanium? Should I 'Back up all user apps' or 'Back up user apps + System data'?

2 - Extremely weird. Tried wiping cache/dalvik and stats and then seeing? Its damn weird. else post on XDA :D

back it all up - u never know when u'll need what. then remove the APKs that you dont need to restore asap.

ofc, with a custom ROM, you must only restore the user apps. Even user apps' data is a moot point. some ROM installation instructions advise you not to restore user apps with data. YMMV really. but its 99% safe

PS: My friend's Samsung Galaxy SL is a goner. Same internal SD card removed and endless force closes. Across DDKB2 (Indian), XXKB3 (stablest european) and XXKP9 (WIP GB - caused kernel panic!) ROMs. Nothing worked. its going to the service center now. Not happy at all, though with samsung, service is not a issue

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Originally Posted by indian21r

Hey Indian21r, can you PM me one of those coupons? Appreciate it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by MCR (Post 2432927)

I am planning to buy a Android Phone. Does Moto Defy have free turn by turn Navigation?
Also, does it come with preloaded google maps?
My current phone is Nokia C7.

Yes and Yes on both counts plus 1000's of other apps to choose from.

@phamilyman - I think I liked Defy eventually after she shed off all her clothes (wrappings).... lolz

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Originally Posted by dkaile (Post 2432933)

Yes and Yes on both counts plus 1000's of other apps to choose from.

@phamilyman - I think I liked Defy eventually after she shed off all her clothes (wrappings).... lolz

reg the turn by turn apps. the best ones are still paid which dont use data.

lol. but if u see, its construction is quite rugged and feels comfortable - like rugged plastic but not the comparatively frail looking plastic of other phones. of course, nothin like the BB bold or suchlike premium feel phones!!

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Originally Posted by dkaile (Post 2433095)

One Click UnBrick for all Samsung Phones that use odin - [RELEASE] One-Click UnBrick updated 10july11 - xda-developers

cc: phamilyman

TIP: Did u know - Long press of your android phone's search key bring's up the Voice Command

saab the phone isnt bricked. it boos and works like normal. then anywhere from 30-120 min it crashes with the internal SD card error.

that tip works only in a couple of places, but not everywhere - not on CM7. its configurable, so its disabled on my phone.!

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Originally Posted by mrohit17 (Post 2421709)

Well my experience with Letsbuy has been good. Just use the icicilb coupon code and you will get this price. No the model is the same no difference its just additional discount. The piece which I got was a March'2011 import so the stuff is fresh also.

Do order accessories also at the same time from:

AMZER® - Google Nexus S Accessories

So you will get all things at the same time.

Mohit and others, thanks for your inputs.
Finally i decided for S2, had ordered on letsbuy and was delivered on the 5th day.

Let me know if anyone needs a voucher for 10% or rs.2900/- on letsbuy.

Viju