Android Phone owners thread

[tester101]

Just discovered this thread, I've been an owner for 2 months now.
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[xguntherc]

Well guys, I'm not sure if what I'm calling is different than you guys, but both times I've called. They have Transferred me to a G1 specialist. Someone that owns a G1.. the first time, the guy was pretty much a dick. Was not very nice, nor helpful. Said that the battery's are known to have problems. and that if he charges it, While on Wifi. His get's hot to. I said ya. they get hot while charging. but that mine does even during a 10 minute phone call mine starts to get warm. When you guys here that own the G1 make a phone call, does ur phone get hot like when charging?? Mine does.

I said that, he then said that HTC is coming out with a better, longer lasting, non hot battery. and we will probably all get it for free. He was pretty smart about G1's though..

So, Update.!!!! I called again Wednesday on way home from work. Same thing, I got transferred to a G1 dude. He owned one, and was very smart about these phones. Gave me all sort of info. Sent me a TXT with some cool App's and even gave me $5 dollar credit to get on T-mobile site and get apps for my phone or some crap. lol. He also said that he Powers off, or resets his phone once a day, Every Morning before he goes anywhere for the day. when you leave it running for a week at a time. the phone slowly has so many things running in the background, it starts slowing down. and the battery really starts to suffer. and he said that he has found that if he turns it off every Morning. the battery tends to last much longer everyday that it's powered off like that.

So I've tried that the last 2 days. and it is FOR SURE lasting longer, it's not that hard to power on and off once each morning.. I like that idea, and I've done it for 2 days now. and I can for sure tell a difference. He also gave me a new battery, it is in the mail. and will be here April 7th

If you get a bad, or stupid rep, call again in a minute, or the next day and maybe you'll get a better one like I did!

edit* sorry for the Novel lol

[riflepwnage]

well i got my g1 recently the big problem for me is that my 8GB SDHC Patriot keeps getting corrupted files because of the phone, like the 1GB that it came with works fine in all situations i have tested it with but my class 4 8gb Patriot, hangs the phone and the care becomes unreadable by the phone. But i have already ran several tests on my card reader with my pc and it works fine read and writing files even did some diagnose tests from windows.

Saw people with a similar problem but no solution, what type of micro sd card are you guys using

[xguntherc]

I have a Transcent 8GB Class 6 Micro Card that was like $18 dollars on amazon and it works like a charm, and transfers very fast.. I also heard that if you pull the card out at all, or pull phone off USB, without unmounting the card every time. you can corrupt it and mess it all up. Reformat the SD Card. Before you pull it out of the phone, go into settings and hit unmount first.

[riflepwnage]

Originally Posted by xguntherc

I have a Transcent 8GB Class 6 Micro Card that was like $18 dollars on amazon and it works like a charm, and transfers very fast.. I also heard that if you pull the card out at all, or pull phone off USB, without unmounting the card every time. you can corrupt it and mess it all up. Reformat the SD Card. Before you pull it out of the phone, go into settings and hit unmount first.

well like i said the phone just stops responding when it tries to read the memory card so that is not an option.

[//MPower]

I don't know my upgrade is due in under a month with TMobile. I'm torn between a G1 or Curve 8900 Edge/3g doesn't matter. I like how Android has a lot of customization available, but i just hate the form factor of the phone it's not bad in person, but I don't know..

[Sistum Id]

Originally Posted by riflepwnage

well i got my g1 recently the big problem for me is that my 8GB SDHC Patriot keeps getting corrupted files because of the phone, like the 1GB that it came with works fine in all situations i have tested it with but my class 4 8gb Patriot, hangs the phone and the care becomes unreadable by the phone. But i have already ran several tests on my card reader with my pc and it works fine read and writing files even did some diagnose tests from windows.

Saw people with a similar problem but no solution, what type of micro sd card are you guys using

You didnt do the Apps to SD card mod did you? If you did and are using a class 4 SD card that might be the problem. I had to send my G1 back because my SD card was courrpted. Only thing I can say is reformat the SD card and see what happens.

I wanted to add a new app on the market called Overclock. Heres a review over at XDA forums and a screenshot.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501986

[xguntherc]

looks really cool to make it run at the faster clock speed.. it also says that you can set the loop where it slows down at idle state, to take longer, so it's running full speed longer. like disabling Intel's speedstep. haha. Overclocking my phone. I GOTTA do it. lol.

Also, a side note. I got my new G1 battery from T-Mobile. it came in a envelope. and NO box, no wrapping, no protection or anything. just in a envelope. a thick one. and they left it on my porch.. the wind blew it off the steps, into some rocks.. across the yard, and into my driveway.. it was windy that day, and dip **** (UPS Driver) didn't think ot be careful, or knock.. it was windy all day, so he should have thought about that.. So I almost ran it over coming home. lol.

I pulled the battery out. threw it in my phone. it has 35% battery left. I played games and music til it died.. charged it fully.. and I will say. The new battery does NOT get nearly as hot as my old one did.. not at all. It's much cooler. it get's a "little" warm when charging, but the old battery I wouldn't call warm, it was hot!

So, after all that moving and flying around. it works great. and it's a used, refurbished battery. it has scratches on the metal surface that contacts the phone, but oh well. I'm happy!

[xguntherc]

oh and does anyone know if I can get video's from my Itunes and add them to my G1.

Basically I have a few movies like The Dark Night, and Hellboy 2, and others as digital Copy's that came with the DVD's on my ipod, and in itunes. I want to add The Dark Night to my phone so I can use that when showing it off.. how can I do this?

I'm not sure I can.. I'm going to try to click drag the actual 1.67GB file from itunes, into my phone. we'll see lol

[ProjecT TimeZ]

Originally Posted by xguntherc

oh and does anyone know if I can get video's from my Itunes and add them to my G1.

Basically I have a few movies like The Dark Night, and Hellboy 2, and others as digital Copy's that came with the DVD's on my ipod, and in itunes. I want to add The Dark Night to my phone so I can use that when showing it off.. how can I do this?

I'm not sure I can.. I'm going to try to click drag the actual 1.67GB file from itunes, into my phone. we'll see lol

That won't work.
Use a video converter to change it to *.3gp