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I just got the Inspire 2 days ago and the ringer is so quiet that I can barely hear it. All of the volumes are turned all the way up and it doesn't help any. I heard that if you got the Zedge app the ringtones on there were louder but it didn't help much at all. I love the phone so far I just wish that I could hear it better.
I thought that also @ first but I think all tones vary on this phone and its odd but I've found to be ok after a while once I dabbed into all tones..
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Probably the worst speaker I've heard on a smartphone. It's of of two reasons along with the battery life that I decided not to keep it after a week.
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Probably the worst speaker I've heard on a smartphone. It's of of two reasons along with the battery life that I decided not to keep it after a week.
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I've had my Inspire for about a week now and I have noticed that the speaker is horrible. I come from an iPhone 4 and was betweek the Atrix and the Inspire, love the screen size and really like sense but I'm concidering jumping to the Atrix as I've heard good things about the speaker but bad things about Blur so i'm not so sure what to do right now.
root flash a custom rom that has increased the sound 20% like Android Revolution or CoreDroid. If you get Android Revolution download DSP Manager, CoreDroid comes with it. With DSP you can make it even louder.
2 questions, how do I install the Rom your talking about? And I've found a few intoned on ledge that are really loud but when I go to set them it tells me that they ate over 300kb and try again. What's the point of having them on there if they're to big?
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2 questions, how do I install the Rom your talking about? And I've found a few intoned on ledge that are really loud but when I go to set them it tells me that they ate over 300kb and try again. What's the point of having them on there if they're to big?
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1. You will have to make a gold card, root your phone, turn s off then download the ROM you want from the developer section. You can find a video tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCcd1XQrTzE and the Hack Kit here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
2. Yes they have to be under a certain size. You can easily resolve this by downloading an app from market called Mp3 Ring tone. It has a little blue note on top of a speaker. You can stream and download music then cut them down to size (this includes your mp3 downloads as well), so they will work.
Will this app work for the notification times as well?
Coming from a blackberry curve, i need help to take full advantage of this phone. I am 4 days in my 14 days buyers remorse and i want to make sure this is a keeper. Here is the list of questions i need help with.
1- i heard volume+ is a good app to boost the speaker for phone calls. I cannot find it in the market. Can someone help me find it and choose the right settings for the speakers?
2-Can i use the blueant Q2 headset for voice command? I want to buy it but need some feedbacks.
3-i need help with tips on how to use the features of the camera and video camera. I am still trying but i want to hear from people about their experience with the camera
4- can i use skype on this phone for video conference?
5-last, is there an app for auto sleep and auto wake just like the blackberry? i can schedule my blackberry to turn off at midnite and turn back on a 6am during the week and turn off at midnite and turn back on at 9 on the weekend.
Thank you all for your tips.
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2-Can i use the blueant Q2 headset for voice command? I want to buy it but need some feedbacks.
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BlueAnt Q2 works with this phone. The Voice Command does not. I believe sense does not support it. I know it worked on G2x but the G2x has all sort of BT issues that i don't think LG will ever fix. Anyway i believe there is a voice command app probably on the market that will work.
PS: i haven't tried the android app that you can download for the Q1/Q2..... One other thing. The Q2 does STORE all the phone contacts unlike the Jawbone Era incase you are trying to decide which one to get.
Skype doesn't currently support video calls on the Sensation yet, there are only a small handful of phones that skype has brought the support for this feature. If you hang in there though the update should be with us at some point. There are other alternatives though that do allow video calls.
You can get a hacked version of Skype. Press menu in the camera app to learn more and I don't have input for the rest of your questions. Hacked Skype should be in these forums somewhere.
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khaddem said:
Coming from a blackberry curve, i need help to take full advantage of this phone. I am 4 days in my 14 days buyers remorse and i want to make sure this is a keeper. Here is the list of questions i need help with.
1- i heard volume+ is a good app to boost the speaker for phone calls. I cannot find it in the market. Can someone help me find it and choose the right settings for the speakers?
2-Can i use the blueant Q2 headset for voice command? I want to buy it but need some feedbacks.
3-i need help with tips on how to use the features of the camera and video camera. I am still trying but i want to hear from people about their experience with the camera
4- can i use skype on this phone for video conference?
5-last, is there an app for auto sleep and auto wake just like the blackberry? i can schedule my blackberry to turn off at midnite and turn back on a 6am during the week and turn off at midnite and turn back on at 9 on the weekend.
Thank you all for your tips.
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1 - search in the android apps section of the forums
2 - pretty sure you can
3 - There's a camera thread in "Sensation General"
4 - http://www.xda-developers.com/android/skype-2-available-for-other-devices/
5 - dunno
Coming from a blackberry curve 8320 myself. I can tell you there's a definite learning curve. Any shortcomings hopefully will be be fixed with custom ROM. Voice commands for voice dialing works for me with market App. Overall I am very happy with this device!
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I can confirm that the Blueant Q2 voice commands do not work on Sensation. It says not supported when you try to activate by pressing the button on Q2. Shame that the top of the line device thats out on the market doesnt support it.
5-last, is there an app for auto sleep and auto wake just like the blackberry? i can schedule my blackberry to turn off at midnight and turn back on a 6am during the week and turn off at midnight and turn back on at 9 on the weekend.
Are you wanting to do this to save battery/data?
If so, I use a powerful app called Tasker.
At midnight, Tasker turns off auto-sync, disables wifi and data and the APN. At 6:30am it turns it all back on.
I get maybe 2% battery use over night now where i was getting up to 15% previously.
There might be easier ways to do this, but this works for me.
For question 5, an alternative to Tasker would be PhoneWeaver by SBSH. I think it's quite good, but there is still room for improvement. Another possibility that I personally don't like is LAMA. Yet another possibility is Locale. I haven't tried it yet, and I think it's gonna be quite expensive because a lot of functionality is in plug-ins that you have to buy... But it looks nice.
OK, this may be an odd question but here goes...
My phone's been playing this weird Sci Fi type sound at completely random times. I have no idea if this is due to a system function or an app. I've used ES File Manager to scan the SD card for all media files and it's not on the card. It won't scan the system directory and Root Explorer doesn't seem to have a scan function either. I've only noticed this happening once every few days and when I check the phone afterward I don't see any unfamiliar alerts or messages.
Took me a while to track down a reasonably facsimile... It sounds similar to the last sound in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPOU-AUuxKw&feature=related
(skip to 2:08)
What ROM are you using?
It's rooted but it's the stock ROM. I got the phone right after Christmas because my HD2 just up and died. After rooting and de-bloating the phone I haven't felt the need, yet, to try a custom ROM.
Also, I've disabled the bootup animations.
Wow, that's freaking creepy!
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Definitely creepy. No notifications or anything, eh? I'd probably make a backup of the contacts (if you're not synching them with T-Mobile or Google already) and anything else that's important, then do a factory data reset to see if it continues to happen.
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Wow, that's freaking creepy!
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Hahaha... Right?! It played at 4:30 this morning. The phone was just sitting on the night stand. So it's got to be some sort of system function or application that's being run by the OS. I've double checked all the ring tones and notification tones for all email, messaging and calendar apps and can't find it anywhere. If this sound persists I'll just have to go with the "my phone is possessed" explanation.
After some more investigation, I've found this sound is made by a musical instrument called a blaster beam. (Of course, if there is a Blaster Beam App, it's not installed on my phone. ) And it actually sounds closer to the sound of the seismic charges from Star Wars II. The two sounds are compared here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAEoZ-dJjZ4&
This is just really freaky.
Yeah, weird sound. LOL. I can't fathom what would make it do that.
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Definitely creepy. No notifications or anything, eh? I'd probably make a backup of the contacts (if you're not synching them with T-Mobile or Google already) and anything else that's important, then do a factory data reset to see if it continues to happen.
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No, nothing out of the ordinary. When I heard the sound this morning I checked and there was nothing but a couple gmail notifications. I checked the gmail and email properties, of course, and there is no such sound in the list.
Yeah, if I can't figure out where this is coming from I'll do the factory reset. Not quite ready to do that yet, though. Got to admit... My curiosity is getting the better of me.
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No, nothing out of the ordinary. When I heard the sound this morning I checked and there was nothing but a couple gmail notifications. I checked the gmail and email properties, of course, and there is no such sound in the list.
Yeah, if I can't figure out where this is coming from I'll do the factory reset. Not quite ready to do that yet, though. Got to admit... My curiosity is getting the better of me.
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LOL, this definitely has my curiosity piqued. It's too bad you can't induce the problem as that would make it a ton easier to track down. Keep us posted.
LOL That is to funny... Reminds me of Siri trying to kill lol that video from Smosh on youtube! Man thats weird.. I would re-do everything again just to see if it does it again..
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I had that happen to me before for. It was coming from twicca one of those twitter applications that updates at random times. I just changed the notification settings and it fixed it.$ee if you have any twitter or even Facebook notification.
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I had that happen to me before for. It was coming from twicca one of those twitter applications that updates at random times. I just changed the notification settings and it fixed it.$ee if you have any twitter or even Facebook notification.
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Huh. Good suggestion but that's not it either. I don't have a twitter app installed and though I do have Facebook, I never stay logged in. Checked it anyway, though, and none of the notification sounds are the right one.
But thanks for the suggestion.
I posted a couple examples above in the thread but this is as close as I can find to the sound (as I remember it). http://www.thepickofdestiny.com/temp/BlasterBeam2.mp3
Is the sound anywhere in your media folders? Under settings> sounds> notifications, what sound is set for notifications?
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Nope. I cant find that sound file ANYWHERE and that's what's so weird. And all my notifications are set to "silent."
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Nope. I cant find that sound file ANYWHERE and that's what's so weird. And all my notifications are set to "silent."
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Restore to a stock ROM with either odin or heimdall, and reinstall are your apps one by one... Do you have any kind of av program? Try running a scan to see if you got some kind of virus...
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Restore to a stock ROM with either odin or heimdall, and reinstall are your apps one by one... Do you have any kind of av program? Try running a scan to see if you got some kind of virus...
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Still on the factory stock ROM. Never loaded any custom ROMs. The only thing I've done to the OS is root. And that was primarily so I could install Titanium and lose the bloat that Samsung & Tmo put in.
Currently running Lookout AV. If there's a better one out there I'll try it. I've only been playing with Android devices for a couple months so I'm still pretty new in this arena.
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OK, question answered. (And now I feel really stupid.)
The reason I couldn't find that sound file anywhere on the phone is because it wasn't coming from the phone. (DUH!) The sound file is called "Radon" and it was coming from my Galaxy Tab 10.1 which was sitting nearby. It was an alert notification coming from the built-in email client. I only found it because I was checking my Tab this morning when an email came in and I saw the notification flash in the status window. I probably hadn't made the connection before because I usually have the sound off on the tab so as not to disturb the wife while she's sleeping. (I can sleep through anything.)
Thank you all for your helpful suggestions.
I'm going to go lie down in the street, now.
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OK, question answered. (And now I feel really stupid.)
The reason I couldn't find that sound file anywhere on the phone is because it wasn't coming from the phone. (DUH!) The sound file is called "Radon" and it was coming from my Galaxy Tab 10.1 which was sitting nearby. It was an alert notification coming from the built-in email client. I only found it because I was checking my Tab this morning when an email came in and I saw the notification flash in the status window. I probably hadn't made the connection before because I usually have the sound off on the tab so as not to disturb the wife while she's sleeping. (I can sleep through anything.)
Thank you all for your helpful suggestions.
I'm going to go lie down in the street, now.
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Man, I liked it better when we thought it was possessed! Seriously, glad you figured it out.
Indeed. The resolution is certainly anticlimactic.
Much like every Ghost Hunters episode ever filmed.
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Indeed. The resolution is certainly anticlimactic.
Much like every Ghost Hunters episode ever filmed.
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Haha, so true! That would be the last thing on my mind LOL. Glad to know its wasn't cyborg or something on your phone. Congrats on finding the culprit!
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In regards to posting on the xda site I'm new, but I've been surfing the site and its various forums for quite some time. As stated in my topic title, I've had the Droid X2 ever since it first launched and I'll be making my move into the Razr HD this weekend.
I've been closely watching the Razr HD forum and all of it's topics and have gathered questions that I'd like answered as a whole since some of them weren't so clear through some of the answers provided.
1.) It's nice to see safestrap out for this device, but how long should I expect to wait before the initial ROMs start rolling in?
I've compiled a list of problems that people have come across with this device and was wondering if people as a whole were experiencing the same issues (I am on Verizon if that makes any difference between any version variants of the Razr HD)
1.) Some have listed their phones are showing up as 1500 mAh through the Battery Monitor app (battery should be 2530 mAh) is this an error for some or an actual flaw?
2.) Some have listed that their notification light isn't working or stops working after they transfer their stuff over from Google (Common problem? and/or is there a fix?)
3.) Is everyone's Camera flushed perfectly into the phone or sticking out?
4.) How common is the internal call volume and external speaker problem affecting some? I heard this phone has a great external speaker (my dx2 doesn't!)
5.) Battery Life! Hows everyone's battery holding up and what kind of user are you? Trying to get an idea of what to expect since I'm an above average user and will do lots with this phone.
Thank you all in advance for all the input, I'm just trying to make sure I know what to expect when jumping to this device.
My job doesn't have an actual demo unit out to play around with so I'm screwed on seeing this phone up close =/
Regarding the app called Battery Monitor Widget by 3C, it also showed 1500mah for my Maxx HD.
I believe it to be false stats from the app as my phone actually last longer than what appears to be.
I love my Maxx HD, however I have one complaint. In idle state, my Maxx HD would lose around 6-7% in 10 hours compare to my Xperia x10 with
WolfBreak custom rom which would only lose 4%. I guess it's because I haven't disable all the bloatware yet.
P.S. Just to clarified, if both phone plays the exact same 20min video thru wifi only - Maxx HD would only lose 4% while my Xperia x10 would lose 10%.
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In regards to posting on the xda site I'm new, but I've been surfing the site and its various forums for quite some time. As stated in my topic title, I've had the Droid X2 ever since it first launched and I'll be making my move into the Razr HD this weekend.
I've been closely watching the Razr HD forum and all of it's topics and have gathered questions that I'd like answered as a whole since some of them weren't so clear through some of the answers provided.
1.) It's nice to see safestrap out for this device, but how long should I expect to wait before the initial ROMs start rolling in?
I've compiled a list of problems that people have come across with this device and was wondering if people as a whole were experiencing the same issues (I am on Verizon if that makes any difference between any version variants of the Razr HD)
1.) Some have listed their phones are showing up as 1500 mAh through the Battery Monitor app (battery should be 2530 mAh) is this an error for some or an actual flaw?
2.) Some have listed that their notification light isn't working or stops working after they transfer their stuff over from Google (Common problem? and/or is there a fix?)
3.) Is everyone's Camera flushed perfectly into the phone or sticking out?
4.) How common is the internal call volume and external speaker problem affecting some? I heard this phone has a great external speaker (my dx2 doesn't!)
5.) Battery Life! Hows everyone's battery holding up and what kind of user are you? Trying to get an idea of what to expect since I'm an above average user and will do lots with this phone.
Thank you all in advance for all the input, I'm just trying to make sure I know what to expect when jumping to this device.
My job doesn't have an actual demo unit out to play around with so I'm screwed on seeing this phone up close =/
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1. ROMs - There is already one out, and one in the works for the developer edition. I would say it shouldnt take more than a couple more months (at the longest to see some ported over to or made for the regular devices.)
1. Yea that app shows incorrect battery life for some but it is a free app and I wouldn't put much emphasis on it. There is no way to get the battery life people are reporting on a 1500 battery.
2. Hmm sounds like an isolated problem. Mine works fine. (don't know much on the subject right now)
3. Camera is flush.
4. The volume for me is loud. Almost too loud with notifications. I also came from a X2 and the phone call sound is a major improvement for me.
5. I have the Razr HD Developer edition. I would say i am a moderate (maybe slightly heavy user) and i have no problem getting a good 24 hours out of it. (sometimes a couple less sometimes a couple more.)
Thanks for the feedback man, this is assuring. I want to have a phone that will last out of my own usage and even through some dev support from roms. I felt somewhat alone when it came to the development for the X2 seeing as very few roms came out for it. (I only used eclipse, cm, then I went completely stock root these last few months) the Razr HD just has a complete build and will receive jb so I'm satisfied on that alone.
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In regards to posting on the xda site I'm new, but I've been surfing the site and its various forums for quite some time. As stated in my topic title, I've had the Droid X2 ever since it first launched and I'll be making my move into the Razr HD this weekend.
I've been closely watching the Razr HD forum and all of it's topics and have gathered questions that I'd like answered as a whole since some of them weren't so clear through some of the answers provided.
1.) It's nice to see safestrap out for this device, but how long should I expect to wait before the initial ROMs start rolling in?
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we just barely got safestrap and it still not even 100% bug free, I don't even think this phone's been out a month... no worrries, development will come
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I've compiled a list of problems that people have come across with this device and was wondering if people as a whole were experiencing the same issues (I am on Verizon if that makes any difference between any version variants of the Razr HD)
1.) Some have listed their phones are showing up as 1500 mAh through the Battery Monitor app (battery should be 2530 mAh) is this an error for some or an actual flaw?
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that app is reporting it wrong, I honestly don't even know why people use any kind of battery apps except maybe to track bugs or find wakelocks for battery drain
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2.) Some have listed that their notification light isn't working or stops working after they transfer their stuff over from Google (Common problem? and/or is there a fix?)
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mine has worked fine since day one, it seems to be hit or miss and is most likely just defective devices
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3.) Is everyone's Camera flushed perfectly into the phone or sticking out?
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mine is actually ever so slightly recessed into the kevlar backing so thats nice
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4.) How common is the internal call volume and external speaker problem affecting some? I heard this phone has a great external speaker (my dx2 doesn't!)
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the external speaker on this thing is phenomenal, great quality and very loud which I like... the call volume and quality on earpiece speaker is also very good on mine
Iron_Catastrofe said:
5.) Battery Life! Hows everyone's battery holding up and what kind of user are you? Trying to get an idea of what to expect since I'm an above average user and will do lots with this phone.
Thank you all in advance for all the input, I'm just trying to make sure I know what to expect when jumping to this device.
My job doesn't have an actual demo unit out to play around with so I'm screwed on seeing this phone up close =/
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battery life on mine is ridiculous, completely stock never rooted Maxx HD here and I'm pulling at least 24 hours out of the battery and thats with heavy usage... if I can find the screenies on my phone I'll post them, I got something ridiculous one day like 26 hours of good use with like 6 hours of screen on time set at 75% brightness
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Thanks for the feedback man, this is assuring. I want to have a phone that will last out of my own usage and even through some dev support from roms. I felt somewhat alone when it came to the development for the X2 seeing as very few roms came out for it. (I only used eclipse, cm, then I went completely stock root these last few months) the Razr HD just has a complete build and will receive jb so I'm satisfied on that alone.
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Sure thing man. A little off topic but did you try CM10 on your X2? It has some bugs but it lets you experience JB. So I can't even imagine how smooth it will be on the HD.. coming by years end.
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Damn that's some positive battery life haha! Now you have me stuck between a Razr HD and a Maxx HD!! Let me know when you have the screens up I'd like to see them
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Sure thing man. A little off topic but did you try CM10 on your X2? It has some bugs but it lets you experience JB. So I can't even imagine how smooth it will be on the HD.. coming by years end.
Since I'm on this DX2 for a few more days I might give it a try as well as paranoid android (looks like it has some promising customizations)
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If you're buying the phone off contract, I'd go with the developer. If you are using an upgrade, the Maxx is worth the extra bit of coin. It's the same hardware, just better battery life.
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If you're buying the phone off contract, I'd go with the developer. If you are using an upgrade, the Maxx is worth the extra bit of coin. It's the same hardware, just better battery life.
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Mine will be on contract. The only thing I'd be missing out on if I don't go with a Razr Maxx HD is the extra battery life and storage
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Yup. But it has a SD card slot so storage isn't an issue for me.
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Same here. I currently have a 32gb but a friend of mine picked up a 64gb for cheap on Amazon, I shall be doing the same thing
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Damn that's some positive battery life haha! Now you have me stuck between a Razr HD and a Maxx HD!! Let me know when you have the screens up I'd like to see them
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this was what I found
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Not bad at all. 21 hours with 6 hours on screen time all from the same charge?
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Yup, you can see the battery as it declines. Very impressive.
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That's awesome. Saw someone just now post on the safe strap thread that he had a days worth of battery with 3 hours on screen time with a RAZR HD. I can't wait to get this phone
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Not bad at all. 21 hours with 6 hours on screen time all from the same charge?
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yep same charge and the brightness was pretty high too about 80% or so, I usually don't use auto brightness lol... oh and that was from maybe my 3rd or 4th day of having it so the battery wasn't "broken in" yet either
edit: also notice how the light use at the beginning pretty much flatlines the battery drain, its pretty good at low power idle
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I have had my Gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my G2 and reinstalled the Gear Manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the G2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50PM i am at 49% WTF?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my G2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app Invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.
I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.
It is now 12:45AM the G2 has been off charge for 16hr 15min and i am at 20% I have only checked the time about 5 times since my original post.
I don't think it will make it to 24hrs.
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I've had mine for a little longer than yourself. I have mine hooked up to a note 3 and I have been getting great battery life, in the 3+ days range. I turned off the motion sensor and the battery has gotten even better, sitting at 69% after pulling it off the charger yesterday morning, I am not a heavy user of it however, I use it mainly at work, since I can't have my phone on vibrate, only silence it allows me to know when my phone receives things in a discrete manner. You probably received a defective unit as to the battery life and the notification issues. I would take it back to best buy and trade it for another. My 2 cents.
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That is the kind of performance i was hoping for.
Maybe i will return it for another but i don't have a good feeling. Maybe it is something related to my S4 and the G2 combination.
You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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No probs at all with my Gear 2:
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You need to remember that although the screen is off its still working. Mine is working fine on S4 and I have everything on and brightest it can go and use it a lot .anything over 24 hours is fine to me. Currently been off charge for 10 hours and still 83%. We all use devices differently so it's either defective or something isn't set right.
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As i stated in my post i refrained from using the G2 aside from checking the time throughout the day. I completely agree with you. The question is what could possibly be set wrong to cause this,
When the G2 reached 15% at around 2AM (~17hrs off charge) i turned off the bluetooth on the G2 and after 2 hours it was at 14%. So it seems that it is related to the bluetooth and S4.
Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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Hielko said:
Which android version do you run on you your S4?
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
Could it be the rom version? There are more battery problems reported with roms that are not samsung stock roms. Good luck!
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okrk said:
i have had my gear 2 for about 7 days now and i barely get 24hrs on a single charge.
What are people seeing for battery consumption?
Am i missing something?
I thought it was the newness and that i might have been using a lot so i planned to reset the watch and not use it that much as a test. So yesterday i reinitialized my g2 and reinstalled the gear manager on my phone. I planned for a day of limited use. I turned off the screen motion sensor. Then this morning i took the g2 off charge at 8:30am. I checked the time today maybe about 10 times received 2 notifications and at 8:50pm i am at 49% wtf?
This is terrible performance and sadly i am contemplating returning my g2 to best buy and waiting to see what else comes out in later this year. I also can't seem to get notifications to pop up on the screen. I get vibration and beeps but i still have to open the notification section to read the msgs from my messaging app invi.
The battery is really going to be the deal breaker for me unless someone has some insight to what might be causing this massive drain.
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may be it is a defective one.
okrk said:
I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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primo523 said:
I'm on sac's v3 kit kat . Runs great except when downloading apps fails. I went back to stock and apps worked fine. I playing around with different kernels and will post my findings
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Interesting. Thanks - maybe i'll try KK and see if it changes. Then i can at least determine that the watch is ok.
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I am rooted running Hyperdrive Rom (Android 4.3)
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I thought Gear 2 only work with 4.4?
No they work with 4.3. My note 3 was 4.3 due to Verizon being slow to update. But the gear worked great with 4.3. Works better with 4.4 though. I see better battery life on both devices, it seems to not drain as much.
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The same
Bought mine a couple of days ago. Wonderful device, however, the battery last for only 1 day. Running with Note II Android 4.3 . If Android 4.4.2 doesn't solve a problem, I'll head for Service. Fortunately, here is Taiwan there is no problem with that.