iPhone, Android or Black Berry - Page 5

Buttonz · #1 03-12-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 1stSoon2BePhD

Apple knows that there are die-hard Mac users out there who will go out and buy everything they sell. The good thing for all of the "Mac people" is that their iPod, iPhone, and iPad share the same charger.

But I completely agree. If they'd jump on the bandwagon and change the port on Apple products, a universal charger would be awesome!

My boyfriend is like this with everything but the iPhone, he cant stand it! I love how we have so much that use the same chargers, the only thing that doesn't is our iPods/iTouch/iPads which at least share the same so it works!

AGDLynn · #2 03-19-2011, 12:28 AM

Still having problems with the screen going black after a millisecond. Reading the Droid X forums, this seems to be a common problem.

I "may" have figured out how to answer a call but will have to keep calling myself to practice.

Also, the Droid 2 Global says that I have Backup Assistant but the verizonwireless page says Droids don't. It has saved a few contacts but not all.

AGDee · #3 03-19-2011, 06:59 PM

The refurbed Droid I got my daughter for Christmas has been wonky with charging. Verizon has been awesome though. They replaced the battery for free on Wednesday and when we still had issues charging it, said they'd ship us another one. The refurb did come with a year warranty, thank goodness. It was all free and they were really nice. The guy checked all the stores nearby too to see if any of them had one in stock, but they didn't. So, til Tuesday, when the new one should arrive, we keep swapping batteries and charging them on my phone. It's a work around. I'm glad we have the same phone so we can do that. A 17 year old girl without her phone is kinda pitiful to see!

AGDLynn · #4 03-19-2011, 09:38 PM

Re: Backup Assistant

According to the webpage, Droid doesn't have it. Oh well. At least I am working on updating my contacts lists.

Phone was better today but then again, I haven't used it a lot. I'll see how it goes.

Dee...I'm betting that the last BB I got was a refurbished one after the one before that had problems.. If I turned it off, the only way to turn it back on was to take out the battery and put it back in, lol.

Drolefille · #5 03-19-2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Re: Backup Assistant

According to the webpage, Droid doesn't have it. Oh well. At least I am working on updating my contacts lists.

Phone was better today but then again, I haven't used it a lot. I'll see how it goes.

Dee...I'm betting that the last BB I got was a refurbished one after the one before that had problems.. If I turned it off, the only way to turn it back on was to take out the battery and put it back in, lol.

That doesn't make any sense if the Droid 2 has it. And it does.

Buttonz · #6 03-21-2011, 07:13 PM

I can't get my angry birds or angry birds seasons to update on the driod! Any suggestions?

AGDLynn · #7 03-21-2011, 10:41 PM

I did mine the other day without any problem. Did you uninstall and then re-install?

BTW, the time-out issue is better (crossing fingers and toes!).

AGDLynn · #8 03-22-2011, 10:40 PM

Newbie question for the Droid....

What is rooting?

I am reading about it on the Droid Life website but I have no idea what it means.

Drolefille · #9 03-22-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Newbie question for the Droid....

What is rooting?

I am reading about it on the Droid Life website but I have no idea what it means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)

Basically you hack into the phone and gain full access of features that may be locked out or just unused by your carrier or phone brand. It lets you rewrite any file, not just the ones you're 'supposed' to mess with and lets you install custom versions of Android, or apps, etc.

AGDLynn · #10 03-22-2011, 10:56 PM

Sounds like the perfect way to screw up my phone, lol.

AGDee · #11 03-22-2011, 10:57 PM

IT Security public service announcement time: So far, the only viruses spreading on Android OS phones are being spread by third party applications. If you don't know what you're doing, you're dangerous if you're rooting to download third party apps and your phone carrier isn't going to help you fix it either.

ETA: Third party apps= apps found in places OTHER than The Market.

Drolefille · #12 03-22-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

IT Security public service announcement time: So far, the only viruses spreading on Android OS phones are being spread by third party applications. If you don't know what you're doing, you're dangerous if you're rooting to download third party apps and your phone carrier isn't going to help you fix it either.

ETA: Third party apps= apps found in places OTHER than The Market.

You can download 3rd party apps on most Android phones w/o rooting it. I think AT&T are the only ones who block that option (unless you root it.)

(And didn't Android have to remove some bad apps from The Market after all?)

AGDLynn · #13 03-22-2011, 11:09 PM

Pun intented.. "it's all Greek to me".

AGDee · #14 03-23-2011, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

You can download 3rd party apps on most Android phones w/o rooting it. I think AT&T are the only ones who block that option (unless you root it.)

(And didn't Android have to remove some bad apps from The Market after all?)

Yes, they did end up removing some in March. I was thinking about the first one was from a third party app and forgot that they removed a bunch from the market too.

lovespink88 · #15 03-28-2011, 06:33 PM

Ok, I'm giving Android one more shot.

I bought my first Android last June. Liked it for a little while but then hated it. It had SO SO many problems. It had to be factory reset twice and I am close to having to do it again. The same problems keep coming back...and it's basic stuff too; for example, someones I will get a call and my screen (a touch screen) is just black. It's lit up, but there's nothing on the screen, even though it's vibrating and ringing, so I can't answer. It also won't hang up sometimes--I have to manually turn off the phone to hang up. Not to mention every other call gets dropped...

The phone company said I could switch the phone out for the same phone. Heck no!!!! After much complaining and finally telling them that this huge disappointment is going to make me reconsider renewing my contract next year, they finally let me trade it in for a different new phone. I'm getting the Samsung Captivate in a few days (my options were a bit limited because there were only certain phones that were available for the warranty exchange). I hope it's a good one!...like I said, this is Android's last chance so they better impress me!!!