Well, if the phone is in a location with a good reception, shouldn't the battery last longer? It uses more power when the signal is poor, right? Maybe when you put the phone in the secure place the signal strength is poor.
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DROID Quirks - Ongoing
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Well, if the phone is in a location with a good reception, shouldn't the battery last longer? It uses more power when the signal is poor, right? Maybe when you put the phone in the secure place the signal strength is poor.
He's at a loss because the Droid drained LESS when left ON than when turned OFF.
This happened to me one time as well. Since then I just leave the phone on and never turn it off.
Aye. I'm at a loss, because as I said, I've left the DROID sitting around for eight hours at a time at home, and it barely lost a charge at all, but if I do it in the car, it has a tendency to... well, go completely dead. Which again, is quite unique in the history of phones I've owned.
Much obliged for the link there, CyberLaw, I'll have to give it a look.
And darreno1, the battery live is usually quite good when the phone itself is with me. The first few times I left it in the car when I went inside, I made sure to kill every single process and shut off unneeded services. That's when the battery would inevitably die, and leave me in a state of sad panda-ness. Last night, however, I left the processes as they were, and simply shut off the services, and the battery barely lost a charge at all.
So the term "quirks" definitely seems to be quite relevant.
Much obliged for the link there, CyberLaw, I'll have to give it a look.
And darreno1, the battery live is usually quite good when the phone itself is with me. The first few times I left it in the car when I went inside, I made sure to kill every single process and shut off unneeded services. That's when the battery would inevitably die, and leave me in a state of sad panda-ness. Last night, however, I left the processes as they were, and simply shut off the services, and the battery barely lost a charge at all.
So the term "quirks" definitely seems to be quite relevant.
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This drove me crazy until I figured it out...I didnt realize there was two silent options. Volume all the way down is complete silent, no vibrate. One up is vibrate only. And up from there is actual ringer volume.
Very simple once you learn that!:icon_ banana:
Perhaps, but it shouldn't be that difficult.
And I'm not saying it's HARD to do, I'm just saying that vibrate should be... vibrate. Period. If you set your phone for vibrate, it should remain with vibrate enabled until you disable it. Not be schizo with the way it handles that particular function.
And I'm not saying it's HARD to do, I'm just saying that vibrate should be... vibrate. Period. If you set your phone for vibrate, it should remain with vibrate enabled until you disable it. Not be schizo with the way it handles that particular function.
(Apologies for the double-post; simply doing it to add another quirk/question I've got on the device.)
4. Contacts with IM contact information specified in the contacts have no action assigned... When I click on someone's IM ID in their contact listing, nothing happens. At all. But I'm gonna go out on a ledge here and guess that if John Smith has an AIM ID of jsmithlolz, and I go to click the button, I'm supposed to have an appropriate application installed and configured to handle this type of action? If this is the case, it seems just a tad... unfinished to me. There should at least be a notification to the extent that, "No application has been installed to handle this application."
Or is there something uniquely unique going on here?
4. Contacts with IM contact information specified in the contacts have no action assigned... When I click on someone's IM ID in their contact listing, nothing happens. At all. But I'm gonna go out on a ledge here and guess that if John Smith has an AIM ID of jsmithlolz, and I go to click the button, I'm supposed to have an appropriate application installed and configured to handle this type of action? If this is the case, it seems just a tad... unfinished to me. There should at least be a notification to the extent that, "No application has been installed to handle this application."
Or is there something uniquely unique going on here?
I'm having a hard time understanding what you have a problem with....If you go to the home screen and use the volume buttons you can toggle between sound on, vibrate, and completely silent. When I set it to vibrate it stays on vibrate. Does your phone not do this??? I have mine set so it is on vibrate all the time. The only time it turns off is if you set the phone to silent. Please elaborate....
It's not really a problem that I've got, so much as it is an issue (to me) within the Android system. If I set the phone to vibrate, it'll vibrate on ring. However, if I switch it to silent mode using the power button (hold for a couple of seconds, select Silent Mode), it'll disable the vibrate feature. Then I have to go in to the settings and re-check the box to vibrate the phone.
I'm sure the phone would just as easily respond to the volume controls as well, but it's an extra step that you just shouldn't have to take. It's another one of the features that dumb phones possess that the Android system apparently does not.
I'm sure the phone would just as easily respond to the volume controls as well, but it's an extra step that you just shouldn't have to take. It's another one of the features that dumb phones possess that the Android system apparently does not.
idioticslacker
New Member
I was wondering the same when I was redoing my contact list for the Droid. I do know that in gmail you can sign onto aim through google talk and have your buddies show up and talk with them. I wonder if they were going to incorporate aim into the Talk application on the phone, but then never did?
berkeleywalker
New Member
Problems with Droid
1. When using the keyboard, I have no auto-replace, auto-cap or suggested-word display as I do with the key pad. I have selected all the options available on the device-keyboard menu. Is this a glitch? Is there an app I can download that would make the keyboard as user friendly to a bad speller as the touch keypad?
2. The master icons at the bottom of the screen are not always responsive. Because there is no feedback, I don't know whether I haven't tapped the right spot or tapped hard enough or if the phone is just balky.
3. It is difficult not to get a "." when touching the right side of the space bar on the touch pad. It requires far more care than is compatible with quick "typing." Each time I get a period I don't want, the next letter is capitalized, of course, but I realize I could turn off that function (though I like it normally).
4. It is incredibly tricky to go back to correct a mistake when typing an e-mail or text message or a url. Touching the screen is imprecise, a best getting me near the place I want to be. It would be nice to have a backspace that is not a back-space erase or arrow keys to move the cursor.
5. The highly touted camera sucks. Unless I am shooting scenery or posed subjects, the camera is way too slow to get a decent shot of anything moving. What you see is not what you get. In fact the freeze frame that shows up when you take a picture is not the actual shot. I have yet to figure this out.
6. The video has crashed several times. I have no idea why.
7. This is not a problem, just a complaint: The apps I can get in the market are really inferior to the ones my husband can get on his iPhone. I trust this situation will improve.
1. When using the keyboard, I have no auto-replace, auto-cap or suggested-word display as I do with the key pad. I have selected all the options available on the device-keyboard menu. Is this a glitch? Is there an app I can download that would make the keyboard as user friendly to a bad speller as the touch keypad?
2. The master icons at the bottom of the screen are not always responsive. Because there is no feedback, I don't know whether I haven't tapped the right spot or tapped hard enough or if the phone is just balky.
3. It is difficult not to get a "." when touching the right side of the space bar on the touch pad. It requires far more care than is compatible with quick "typing." Each time I get a period I don't want, the next letter is capitalized, of course, but I realize I could turn off that function (though I like it normally).
4. It is incredibly tricky to go back to correct a mistake when typing an e-mail or text message or a url. Touching the screen is imprecise, a best getting me near the place I want to be. It would be nice to have a backspace that is not a back-space erase or arrow keys to move the cursor.
5. The highly touted camera sucks. Unless I am shooting scenery or posed subjects, the camera is way too slow to get a decent shot of anything moving. What you see is not what you get. In fact the freeze frame that shows up when you take a picture is not the actual shot. I have yet to figure this out.
6. The video has crashed several times. I have no idea why.
7. This is not a problem, just a complaint: The apps I can get in the market are really inferior to the ones my husband can get on his iPhone. I trust this situation will improve.
Martin030908
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1. You should have the same auto-cap and auto-correct on both the physical and on screen keyboards. Double check. I can confirm they work the same on mine (physical and on screen)
2. There is 'haptic' feedback on the bottom buttons to have them vibrate upon pressing. Actually you can set the whole screen to do that.
3. The keyboard does grow on you... I love it now.
4. D-pad on the physical keyboard will allow you to navigate through text letter by letter... try that. I don't find the screen inaccurate AT ALL. Just me though.
5. Yea it's slow... but quality for me has been great. Lucky?
6. Got nothing. LOL
7. iPhone has been around longer.... but I believe the problem here lies in the ease of use with the Market vs. App Store. App store IMO is perfect... easy to browse... informative.... The Market is still a lil clunky to me and hard to narrow down searches.... I'm assuming we'll see it improve as more Android devices sell..... drawing more developers.
2. There is 'haptic' feedback on the bottom buttons to have them vibrate upon pressing. Actually you can set the whole screen to do that.
3. The keyboard does grow on you... I love it now.
4. D-pad on the physical keyboard will allow you to navigate through text letter by letter... try that. I don't find the screen inaccurate AT ALL. Just me though.
5. Yea it's slow... but quality for me has been great. Lucky?
6. Got nothing. LOL
7. iPhone has been around longer.... but I believe the problem here lies in the ease of use with the Market vs. App Store. App store IMO is perfect... easy to browse... informative.... The Market is still a lil clunky to me and hard to narrow down searches.... I'm assuming we'll see it improve as more Android devices sell..... drawing more developers.
Can you be more specific? Give an example of an app that's inferior.
berkeleywalker
New Member
1. I have checked and rechecked, set the options and reset the options: My physical keyboard does autocorrect.
2. I actually had the vibrate function on, but it is so faint that it doesn't really cue me. I have added the click sound, but -- curiously -- it only works on the 2nd icon (the menu). The other three will not make the click.
3. I would love to love the physical keyboard, but I seem to be far more accurate on the touch pad, which has the problems I have mentioned.
4. D-pad is helpful on the physical keyboard. Thanks.
5. Slow is bad for a camera. As I said, the quality is fine for still subjects.I have seen on another forum that the phone's autofocus has some bugs. I hope this will soon be fixed.
2. I actually had the vibrate function on, but it is so faint that it doesn't really cue me. I have added the click sound, but -- curiously -- it only works on the 2nd icon (the menu). The other three will not make the click.
3. I would love to love the physical keyboard, but I seem to be far more accurate on the touch pad, which has the problems I have mentioned.
4. D-pad is helpful on the physical keyboard. Thanks.
5. Slow is bad for a camera. As I said, the quality is fine for still subjects.I have seen on another forum that the phone's autofocus has some bugs. I hope this will soon be fixed.
berkeleywalker
New Member
Droid Apps
I'm referring more to the number of apps and the ease of finding them than to the actual quality of individual apps, which would take a lot more time to assess. But there is no New York Times, for example. (I can access it via the browser, but it isn't configured for a mobile.) Also, there is an app on the iPhone that let's you watch Rachel Maddow. And how about all the apps from Smule that aren't available on Droid?
I'm referring more to the number of apps and the ease of finding them than to the actual quality of individual apps, which would take a lot more time to assess. But there is no New York Times, for example. (I can access it via the browser, but it isn't configured for a mobile.) Also, there is an app on the iPhone that let's you watch Rachel Maddow. And how about all the apps from Smule that aren't available on Droid?
I whole-heartedly agree here. I think that ultimately, the problem lies with the fact that each of these apps that we have have separate app entries in the Marketplace. I was listening to the engadget podcast concerning the DROID, actually, and they commented on how long it took them to find Better Keyboard amongst the myriad of Better Keyboard skins.
The iPhone App Store doesn't have this problem because, of course, it lacks the ability to have themes applied.