# Official Android thread **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 28, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430 "2009-10-28T08:05:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/841 "2010-07-18T09:48:13Z")
Incredible ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/842 "2010-07-19T18:39:37Z")
today… i took it off the charger in the am, used the gps, have googlemail app running and pushing emails all day, sent about 50 texts, and talked on it for probably an 30-60 minutes total, with a bunch of time on the web and playing stupid games (probably an hour total) Total time off charger… 14 hours (almost exactly) 13 hours 57 minutes… and I have 7% battery left… its just about spent… this is on the new EVO 4g… imo its not great, but its not that bad either. way better than my old winmo phone, and i actually do stuff with this one. I’ll start tweaking it soon. (side note, i was on my blackberry, with bluetooth on all day, and its at about 30% now) but i was on that for probably 2 hours of talk time and a bunch of messaging. email push is turned off for now though) ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/843 "2010-07-19T19:10:26Z")
Light day today but I took it off the charger around noon, did about an hour of web/market total, 15-20 minutes of games, about 25 texts and about 15 minutes talk and have 51% left. Total time unplugged is 10h53 minutes. I had wifi, gps and 4g off (since there is no 4g here yet) Screen is Auto brightness I also use atk free fwiw, killed the running apps probably 3 or 4 times today. I don’t know if that helps battery life or not but wifi and gps seem to make a bit of a difference. I also turned off the haptic feedback for the keyboard. Not too bad imo. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/844 "2010-07-19T19:56:23Z")
Putting phone in airplane mode helps a lot of you know you wont be using data or anything for a while or even if you work in dead spots. I put mine in airplane mode at work and when I leave I have 70% left still ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/845 "2010-07-19T20:00:58Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > Putting phone in airplane mode helps a lot of you know you wont be using data or anything for a while or even if you work in dead spots. I put mine in airplane mode at work and when I leave I have 70% left still You can also save a ton of battery if you turn the phone off as well. I turned mine off while I slept the other night and when I turned it back on in the morning I still had 100%. You deserved that one. lol ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/846 "2010-07-19T20:49:46Z")
> [@Freek](#): > > You can also save a ton of battery if you turn the phone off as well. I turned mine off while I slept the other night and when I turned it back on in the morning I still had 100%. > > You deserved that one. lol you could but you cant play games or use apps while it is off 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/847 "2010-07-20T07:14:03Z")
> [@Freek](#): > > You can also save a ton of battery if you turn the phone off as well. I turned mine off while I slept the other night and when I turned it back on in the morning I still had 100%. > > You deserved that one. lol well played :lol: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/848 "2010-07-20T07:18:06Z")
haha, airplane mode defeats the purpose of it being a phone ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/849 "2010-07-20T11:49:44Z")
I’m just saying that at my work there is terrible reception and it is always searching for service and gets pretty hot which kills the battery unless I put it in airplane mode ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/850 "2010-07-20T12:01:31Z")
i wish airplane mode meant something cooler. like it flew. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/851 "2010-07-20T18:44:51Z")
me 2… today gps off, and normal use as a phone, an hour of talk time… probably 100 sms, and an hour of web browsing… been off the charger for 13 hours… and i have 48% battery life ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/852 "2010-07-20T18:57:59Z")
are you guys using a battery monitoring program? ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/853 "2010-07-20T19:14:51Z")
i have one, but the stock rom has a battery management program… and it tells me where i use battery. ---
**Author:** ![TsiTalon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tsitalon/32/5012_2.png) [@TsiTalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TsiTalon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/854 "2010-07-21T06:00:22Z")
is there an app to monitor how much data i use? cause verizon is following at&gay with this data cap shit. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/855 "2010-07-21T06:03:58Z")
My Verizon app ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/856 "2010-07-22T08:52:11Z")
droid x rooted already but still cant load custom roms ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/857 "2010-07-22T09:10:28Z")
Ot, but I love monoprice, 2 car chargers, a wall charger, and 4 cords for $12 shipped, and what a nice surprise that they all work… ---
**Author:** ![Z28pr0jekt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/z28pr0jekt/32/5393_2.png) [@Z28pr0jekt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Z28pr0jekt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/858 "2010-07-22T21:12:10Z")
I signed up for unlimited net today in hopes that they can’t cap my usage when I order my droid x ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/859 "2010-07-23T05:22:03Z")
Any thoughts on the galaxy S phones? I cant get myself to buy an iphone so Ive been thinking about the captivate. ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/860 "2010-07-23T05:44:04Z")
[quote=“jay\_g,post:859,topic:75430"”] Any thoughts on the galaxy S phones? I cant get myself to buy an iphone so Ive been thinking about the captivate. [/quote] Well they seem pretty good.. what carrier? ATT I assume. I don’t know the specs on the phone but I think it is supposed to have a pretty awesome screen. You can’t go wrong with android though. Dell steak looks cool too. ATT is the last carrier to get a kick ass android phone though. Obviously they are happy with mindless sheeple and their iphone addiction. Anyone that likes the iphone OS is content with being at the mercy of apple an what they let them do. Jailbreaking makes it a good phone but android is already a good phone and I strongly believe that people who root are just giving ideas for google to make the next os. Case in point one of the biggest reasons to root in the past was to make the phone a mobile hot spot. The next update it becomes a standard feature. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430.md?page=42) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430.md?page=44)