# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1321 "2010-12-10T07:12:30Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > how did you get gingerbread on your droid X? I think what you probably have is a slightly updated 2.2 version. i woke up and my phone was asking me to upgrade. Edit: maybe it’s not gingerbread? [http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/12/06/motorola-droid-x-android-2-3-340-gingerbread-update-hitting-soon-motorola-droid-x-to-get-new-android-update-but-it-might-not-be-what-you’re-looking-for/](http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/12/06/motorola-droid-x-android-2-3-340-gingerbread-update-hitting-soon-motorola-droid-x-to-get-new-android-update-but-it-might-not-be-what-you%E2%80%99re-looking-for/) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1322 "2010-12-10T07:26:39Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > how did you get gingerbread on your droid X? **I think what you probably have is a slightly updated 2.2 version**. This. Bad numbering scheme confuses users. The nexus S is the only phone with Gingerbread so far > **[DROID X 2.3.340 System SBF Released for 2.3.320 Leak Users](https://www.droid-life.com/2010/12/09/droid-x-2-3-340-system-sbf-released-for-2-3-320-leak-users/)** > > For those of you running the Droid X 2.2.1 (system 2.3.320) leak, you can now upgrade to the newest version 2.2.1 (system 2.3.340) with this system-only SBF file courtesy of MyDroidWorld. You will need RSD Lite in order to make this happen, but it’s... ---
**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:** [December 10, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1323 "2010-12-10T09:26:15Z")
Yea I’m downloading this update now for my x ---
**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:** [December 10, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1324 "2010-12-10T11:30:14Z")
Moto Droid users should see a FRG83B Build update soon. Still waiting for mine. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1325 "2010-12-10T20:52:30Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Moto Droid users should see a FR83B (\<- I believe) Build update soon. Still waiting for mine. got mine the other day, nothing to go crazy for, i still have the same problems as before ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1326 "2010-12-12T20:05:41Z")
hey guys, just got my first smart phone ever. Ill admit its a little overwhelming but im trying to learn how to use this thing. So i purchased the samsung fascinate, anything that i should know or need? dont feel like reading through 50pages of droid talk. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1327 "2010-12-12T20:14:24Z")
there is really nothing you need ( well maybe angry birds) but if there is something you would like your phone to do that it does not already there is probably already a way to do that since android is very customizable. just ask questions and we will point you in the right direction. i would tell you to root so you can get 2.2 froyo on that damn phone but since it is your first smartphone i wont lol ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1328 "2010-12-12T20:16:49Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > there is really nothing you need ( well maybe angry birds) but if there is something you would like your phone to do that it does not already there is probably already a way to do that since android is very customizable. just ask questions and we will point you in the right direction. > > i would tell you to root so you can get 2.2 froyo on that damn phone but since it is your first smartphone i wont lol lol, good idea. however other then task manager is there a way to prolong battery life? i noticed mine doesnt appear to last too long while at home and using it moderately. Ill have to see tomorow while im at work to get a good idea of battery life. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1329 "2010-12-12T20:26:04Z")
first dont use task managers they are a waste of time and can hurt battery life, turn down screen brightness, have apps syncing less often (if you even have any that do that right now), dont use live wallpapers while they do look nice they do kill the battery, if apps ask you to use gps location say no because obviously that will hurt the battery too, you can turn off the gps if you like. on a day where my phone gets light use i can go through the day and still have like 40-50% left ---
**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:** [December 12, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1330 "2010-12-12T20:31:51Z")
Google battery tweak and do them… brightness and antennas will help a lot ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1331 "2010-12-15T05:41:28Z")
I am going to upgrade from my BB Tour to a droid I think. I was contemplating the incredible as that is the one I have used and liked. Is there something better out there, or something coming through the pipeline that I should wait for? I will be using this for business and personal email, management of the forum on the go, camera gets used a lot, some games for when I am sitting in waiting rooms and the such. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1332 "2010-12-15T05:55:14Z")
I would wait until CES conference. Probably gonna be a lot of cool shit announced there. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1333 "2010-12-15T07:43:29Z")
yeah everything is pretty much old news right now except for the nexus s, there should be a bunch of new phone coming soon now with gingerbread announced and verizon’s LTE ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1334 "2010-12-15T08:25:22Z")
how can i make my droid x make a sound when i get an email? how about a facebook notification? Edit i found out how to get it to do it for emails, but not facebook notifications. ---
**Author:** ![Garick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8797f3/32.png) [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1335 "2010-12-15T09:27:55Z")
> [@Gl@re](#): > > how can i make my droid x make a sound when i get an email? how about a facebook notification? > > Edit i found out how to get it to do it for emails, but not facebook notifications. at the home screen of the facebook app hit menu and select settings ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1336 "2010-12-15T09:43:41Z")
I’m using the “Task manager” widget to make sure everything is “off” when I’m not using it, is that consuming power being open? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1337 "2010-12-15T10:20:20Z")
> [@Spam16v](#): > > I’m using the “Task manager” widget to make sure everything is “off” when I’m not using it, is that consuming power being open? You mean you’re killing open apps? That’s going to eat more battery, because android is designed to store running apps in memory without using power but if you kill something that’s supposed to be running it’s just going to fire up the CPU to restart it and burn more battery. If you go into settings and check your battery manager you’ll see that the thing that far and away uses the most power is the screen, so keep that dim and make sure you don’t have it set to stay on for a long time before it times out. Otherwise make sure you don’t have things like facebook or whatever set to auto-refresh too frequently. Otherwise if you still dont’ have enough battery life get a second and/or bigger battery. The thing I’ve found is that android really does a pretty solid job with power management so there’s not a lot of room for improvement and things like auto-kill on advanced task killer will actually hurt battery life. I even tried using setcpu to underclock my phone but android’s so quick with scaling down to 300mhz when not in use that it didn’t make a lick of difference. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1338 "2010-12-15T10:29:07Z")
Juice Defender severely extended my battery life(still at 65% when i get home from work at 5pm) simply by limiting how often it does data transfers etc… with 1 simple click of the button it was up and running and I havn’t touched it since. I’m impressed. Also, Facebook chat capability now with the facebook app as of this morning… its amazing how many more people are on facebook during the day. Never knew since I can’t get to it from work. ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1339 "2010-12-15T11:22:09Z")
> [@Garick](#): > > at the home screen of the facebook app hit menu and select settings that lets it notify you when you get messages, friend requests, or event invites, but not when someone comments on something. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430/1340 "2010-12-15T13:08:45Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > You mean you’re killing open apps? That’s going to eat more battery, because android is designed to store running apps in memory without using power but if you kill something that’s supposed to be running it’s just going to fire up the CPU to restart it and burn more battery. > > If you go into settings and check your battery manager you’ll see that the thing that far and away uses the most power is the screen, so keep that dim and make sure you don’t have it set to stay on for a long time before it times out. Otherwise make sure you don’t have things like facebook or whatever set to auto-refresh too frequently. Otherwise if you still dont’ have enough battery life get a second and/or bigger battery. The thing I’ve found is that android really does a pretty solid job with power management so there’s not a lot of room for improvement and things like auto-kill on advanced task killer will actually hurt battery life. > > I even tried using setcpu to underclock my phone but android’s so quick with scaling down to 300mhz when not in use that it didn’t make a lick of difference. this is just a status “widget”, click on it, check what’s running, and you can select to manually shut them down. “2 active apps”, click on the icon, “browser” and “messenging” and you can select to end the process. it’s not an add on, it comes with the phone ect ect. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430.md?page=66) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-android-thread/75430.md?page=68)