I have noticed several apps to help locate lost/stolen phones recently, and would like to use one on my Sprint Hero.
My question is how much does the phone compromise in both battery and overall speed when using the apps. I am assuming they are "always on" type applications.
Also, any suggestions on specific apps to use would be appreciated! Thanks!
I've been using mobile defense for quite some time now. Never had any wake issues or battery drainage because of it.
Plus if you install it as a system app it can turn on the gps for you if you like to keep it off generally.
Never tried anything else besides it though..
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Is there any way to tether an android device to your laptop via Bluetooth DUN? Basically what I'm trying to do is to initiate a internet connection (over 3G) from my laptop, WITHOUT having to take my phone out of my pocket.
I used to be able to do this ages ago when I had a Symbian device, and it was convenient. What I have to do now, is take the phone out of my pocket, start the "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot" service on my phone, and then put it back in my pocket.
Anyone have any thoughts?
PdaNet in the market...
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PdaNet in the market...
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Thanks. I just tried it. It seems to do most of the job. However, you still have to start the service within the app on the phone (for example after a reboot). Would love to have something that runs on its own, without any user input at all once it is installed.
As well, does anyone know what the battery use is if I leave it running all the time?
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Thanks. I just tried it. It seems to do most of the job. However, you still have to start the service within the app on the phone (for example after a reboot). Would love to have something that runs on its own, without any user input at all once it is installed.
As well, does anyone know what the battery use is if I leave it running all the time?
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I used it on my G1 running donut and it didnt seem to make any change on battery life,but my battery life was horrible to begin with,so it could have some impact and I just didnt notice. My g1 lasts about 4 hours on a full charge,thats just sitting there,it dies after about 45min of talking.
Since I switch from my Milestone to HTC IS, my data plan for the past 2 months exceed the limit of 1GB. I don't understand the reason behind. I 've never had such issue before while using my MM.
I have installed some data tracking software and notice within 2-3 hours, the download could be 14MB with my phone idle / on-standby.
I have to turn the sync of all service to manual. This is unacceptable.
Till now, I am not sure the actual cause. I only saw a lot of services are running in the background pulling data. Such as Calendar, HTC Sense, HTC Hub, Map, FB, etc, even though I have set it to manual sync.
If anyone has any idea on this, please update me. Many thanks.
I would suggest you try Network Counter (search in market, or www.mapemapps.com)
This will give you a way to track individual applications data usage.
Cascading effect - you'll know the rogue program that has been eating on your bandwidth
I'm not sure about your problem but I myself turned off HTC Sense and HTC Hub sync as I found it takes 5-10 mins for a single sync which consumes a great amount of power.
This was the reply from HTC, very disappointed:
"With reference to your query, when you do not use data connection you may turn it off: home page>menu>settings>wireless&networks>untick network.
We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience you are experiencing and thank you for your consideration. As this could be software bug, hence nothing much we can do about it.
Thank you for your continuous support of our products and services"
I don't mean to sound rude, but this is likely something simple. I doubt it has anything to do with the phone itself. Are you sure you just haven't forgotten to put the passwords in for your wifi networks or something.
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I'm attempting remove the network/data apps and everything related to those. I was wondering what all i'd need to delete or freeze in order to do that, any help would be appreciated. I only use it for wifi, and Bluetooth. I don't have a verizon account. i'm hoping that by removing these, it will free up some space as well as extend my battery life. help?
All you really need to do is put it in airplane mode. That will shut off the cell radios which will save battery life and still allow you to use wifi/bluetooth. If you haven't already you could root it and freeze or remove bloatware which will improve things. Removing phone/messaging apps wouldn't really free up much space and may cause stability issues.
I asked a similar question a few months back, basically trying to turn my D3 into an iPod wannabe for my young son. I believe the topic was titled "Droid 3 Player". Removing the sim and/or hiding the phone app helps but emergency links and numbers will still function without a service plan. Lines of code were found which may block this but I never put it to the test as dialing 911 for testing purposes is generally frowned upon.
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Hi,
I am new to mobile solutions and I have been thinking recently - if it was possible (and reliable) to use a non-3G Nexus 7 connected to a regular non-smartphone for ad-hoc Internet access?
Here is the scenario and justification for the solution (correct me if I am wrong in my thinking please):
I mostly use older type business mobile phones that hold battery for a long time.
No need for fancy apps and all fireworks. I use it only for business calls and texts.
I would like to get the 16GB Nexus 7 for personal organizer functionality. I think WiFi access would suffice for me.
Now, for the rare occasion, I would like to know if it is possible to connect both devices (via Bluetooth maybe?) to use the mobile phone as internet access point for the tablet?
I know with smartphones it would be easy as I could create a WiFi hot-spot and connect the tablet using WiFi, however I don't want to sacrifice the battery life of my phone by getting a smartphone.
Just to summarize - I need a long battery life phone that can (occasionally) serve internet access for the Nexus 7.
Does my solution make sense? Is such setup possible?
Thank you for your time and help.
Mike
I don't think that you would get a satisfying data transmission speed even if your scenario could be set up.
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.....i am using my nexus7 with my superb,one and only,nexus s via Bluetooth tethering sometimes, but as the standby time goes down in this case, i am thinking of getting a Nokia c2-01 for hat kind oft use. I found in internetsearch some solutions with that phone.....it should work and last longer...
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.....i am using my nexus7 with my superb,one and only,nexus s via Bluetooth tethering sometimes, but as the standby time goes down in this case, i am thinking of getting a Nokia c2-01 for hat kind oft use. I found in internetsearch some solutions with that phone.....it should work and last longer...
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This is exactly what I am thinking about. Thanks for pointing me in a right direction Roadrunner.
I will do a bit of searching on that then, however if there is anyone who already tested this sort of setup then I would be most grateful for sharing the experiences here.
Thanks.
This will obviously depend on what kind of phone you have, but have you looked into PDAnet? I use that on my android phone to do bluetooth vpn to my tablet. try looking into that.
What about a Mifi? It just uses a 3g sim and creates a WiFi hotspot around itself.
Don't know what the battery life on them is like though...
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FYI a stock nexus 7 will not communicate with ad-hoc WiFi APs.
So you would need to root the N7 and use a custom kernel (right now that's CM10.1 nightlies, possibly others) if the other device provides the connectivity via ad-hoc WiFi.
I do something similar with a WiFi N7 and an older (rooted, gingerbread) Android phone. Works fine, although the battery consumption and temperature rise of the phone is pretty significant (two radios running simultaneously).
If the mobile phone was not originally marketed to do WiFi tethering, be aware that it may not have a thermal design that is adequate for continuous data transfer on both radios. Light browsing is probably fine though.
Hey guys,
I've just bought my HTC One (Sprint). Coming from an EVO 4G, which I rooted years back, the rooting process is obviously much different.
(1) What is the most current and preferred method of rooting?
(2) I don't care about adding custom roms or anything like that on this phone; I actually pretty much love the stock UI. Is it possible, once rooted, to keep it completely stock AND also give myself the privilege of using the WIFI Hotspot and Tethering capability on the phone?
(3) Lastly, I'm not getting notifications of new emails through Gmail in a timely manner. It takes at MINIMUM 10 minutes, sometimes 20, for me to receive a notification of a new email. I've tried connecting to WIFI, leaving WIFI off and with 4G connection it still does it. Regardless of data connectivity. Battery saver is also off. Is there some sort of sync frequency setting I'm unaware of? Fixed. I found out that for some reason a combination of the new GMAIL and Wifi, AND sub-folder nonsense was causing it.
Search for qbking77s video on YouTube on how to unlock and root. Once rooted, you can use WiFi tether app that's floating around in xda
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Qbking77's method is awesome.
And you should try flashing some ROMs. The custom kernels can really bring out the best in your phone. You can get like 5 hours screen time or you can over clock and absolutely kill games like Real Racing 3 and Modern Combat 4.
And if you download a CPU tuner of any type, MAKE SURE the frequencies are set to like 300mhz min and 1.7Ghz max. Be especially careful on AOSP ROMs. Keep chexking your settings in the Settings menu and it the CPU tuning app.
I would recommend trying ViperRom One it's basically an optimized stock Rom
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