Android Thread

[MikeH]

I should have bought an extra battery while the online store was still up. Now I cant find an OEM one.

[stonehenge]

Any chance its the same as some other HTC phones? Incredible? Evo?

[MikeH]

Pretty sure they are different. Thinking about trying to sell my N1 and getting a Captivate. N1's are going for 500+ on eBay.

[stonehenge]

Have you played with a Captivate? I would before getting rid of teh N1. I've liked the build on all the HTCs I've held/used but not so much with the few samsungs I've played with. Lots of others have been saying the Galaxy S variants are cheap feeling, like creaking plastic and shit. DNW. But if it feels good to you, its Android so it has to be FTW from an OS standpoint!

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Oh and my coworker with an Incredible put an Eris battery in his and it worked fine. So some share batteries.

[MikeH]

Will have to do some research on the battery. I have read a ton of threads about them tho and nobody has said anything about a different phones battery being interchangeable. I dunno if I wanna give up my N1 anyways because there is so much support behind it.

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Hopefully I will have a better job by the next time HTC drops a new beast phone on VZW so I can switch carriers.

[stonehenge]

That is the main reason I miss my Droid. There was so much of a community behind it. The N1 is the same. I think in time the Galaxy S could be huge because of the whole 110 countries getting it thing lol but time will tell.

The X has been getting a lot of attention, root in less than a week is nice. If it wasn't such a PITA it would probably be unlocked and running Clockwork and maybe some form of CM6 by now. Damn bootloader POS.

[Cez★]

n1 has a huge fuckking battery imo. thought i could switch it with my mytouch. :fail: fucking n1 is like twice as big

[stonehenge]

Just found out that the N1 and Desire have the same batteries. So look for Desire batteries.

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Or get a Seidio battery. I know you wanted OEM but I have heard very good things about Seidio batteries. Plus you can order an "extended" one that still fits under the factory cover. It doesn't add a LOT of battery life, but for fitting under the stock cover, any added BL is nice.

[MikeH]

Originally Posted by Juan!

Just found out that the N1 and Desire have the same batteries. So look for Desire batteries.

Sweet

Koush already got Clockwork on the Galaxy S. It will probably be a pretty big phone since every carrier is getting some variation of it like you said.

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Everywhere I have read said the Seidio battery is worse than the stock one, even the extended.

[stonehenge]

Oh and if you move to VZW, don't be afraid of Moto. Their phones are BAMF. The only downside is the bootloader but I'm hoping they'll get past it. They are making some progress I think and once the D2 comes out, even more devs will be on the job. :crossfingers:

Here is Seidio's replacement that fits the stock door, it is 1600mAh instead of 1400mAh: http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi16hnx1.htm

And here is their BEAST battery that is 3200mAh! :http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy32hnx1-bk.htm

but the last one requires that stupid extended battery door thing, makes your phone fat

[MikeH]

A bunch of batteries that were tested

http://batteryboss.org/

[stonehenge]

nice so the Seidio 1600 tested lower than the OEM 1400

[MikeH]

The OEM battery was only 25 bucks too

Progress chart on CM6
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?...CNf7ie8G#gid=0

[stonehenge]

then hell ya, oem ftw

http://www.otterbox.com/motorola-dro...es-coming-soon

[MikeH]

Hopefully HTC will start selling them direct.

[chevyrado14]

got the otterbox for my ally i like it. except the screen protector but i have a new one coming to fix that.

[Shaggy]

With the Droid X wireless/wifi, if I am connected to my wireless internet, are all the phone calls I make free, like VOIP?

[stonehenge]

Originally Posted by chevyrado14

got the otterbox for my ally i like it. except the screen protector but i have a new one coming to fix that.

They already have one for the Ally!? Nice! I had a Commuter for my Droid and it was BAMF.

Originally Posted by Shaggy

With the Droid X wireless/wifi, if I am connected to my wireless internet, are all the phone calls I make free, like VOIP?

Nope, they still go through Verizon like normal calls. You might be able to use Skype or some other app but it wouldn't be your normal phone number. I've never tried it though.

[MikeH]

I think we should put a guide/FAQ together Juan, I feel like a broken record explaining the same thing to people flashing.

[stonehenge]

Lol I know what you mean. The only thing that sucks is every so often we'd have to redo it. Like the way I originally rooted/rom'd my droid is different than how you'd do it with a new phone. Now you'd downgrade first, then do what I did. The roms available are different, etc. hmmm

[MikeH]

True but once all devices get FroYo it wouldn't need to be updated for a while. We can just mke something for people to look back on to double check if they need to wipe or what not. Doesn't necessarily need to be a guide.

Smart Keyboard just switched to some weird mode and don't know how to get it back to normal

[stonehenge]

I think SKB changes modes when you swipe. I disable all the gestures so it stays on the qwerty.

As for the FAQ, i'll help out if you want to make one.

[MikeH]

That was it, figured it would be something simple.

I will try to start typing something up Monday.

[stonehenge]

sounds good

[MikeH]

Koush tweeted that he got an X. Hopefully good things will follow.