Girlfriend Gets EVO 4G

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

I rooted my Droid... and prior to... if I just let the phone be... it'd last about 24hrs... if I fucked around on it... (come on... lots of shit to find on the market) it'd last like 8...

but with it being rooted... I now can over clock or under clock my processor... so when I've got it on standby... I have it set to run at no more than 250mhz... or if the temp gets above 100F... if I'm using it at anything over 50% bat... it's over clocked to 1ghz. at 50% it drops to 600mhz

the processor is a 600mhz... Motorola under clocked it to 550... some nuts have them running at 1.3ghz!


but now with the phone at 250mhz at night... I can go 3 days with out charging if I only use it for calls now and again...

What a lot of reviewers seem to want to ignore is that there are several ways to extend the life of your battery. Turning off WiFi and BT when not in use, plus my dumb ass bought both the car dock and the desk dock for my phone so who cares about battery life?

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

What a lot of reviewers seem to want to ignore is that there are several ways to extend the life of your battery. Turning off WiFi and BT when not in use, plus my dumb ass bought both the car dock and the desk dock for my phone so who cares about battery life?

yup... also GPS will help too... and turning your screen to 50% rather than 100%

that's what kills my battery the most... the fucking screen!

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

What a lot of reviewers seem to want to ignore is that there are several ways to extend the life of your battery. Turning off WiFi and BT when not in use, plus my dumb ass bought both the car dock and the desk dock for my phone so who cares about battery life?

Shut down sync and background access, you'd be amazed how much juice it saves. I use the shit out of the stock power control widget

[Dave]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

I rooted my Droid... and prior to... if I just let the phone be... it'd last about 24hrs... if I fucked around on it... (come on... lots of shit to find on the market) it'd last like 8...

but with it being rooted... I now can over clock or under clock my processor... so when I've got it on standby... I have it set to run at no more than 250mhz... or if the temp gets above 100F... if I'm using it at anything over 50% bat... it's over clocked to 1ghz. at 50% it drops to 600mhz

the processor is a 600mhz... Motorola under clocked it to 550... some nuts have them running at 1.3ghz!


but now with the phone at 250mhz at night... I can go 3 days with out charging if I only use it for calls now and again...

How do you like the performance post root? Worthwhile?

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by Dave

How do you like the performance post root? Worthwhile?

Hard to say because o don't know if the performance is because of the root and overclocking or because of froyo... I love the phone but there are some glitches and I have to reload the kernel from time to time... but that takes less than a min now that I'm rooted


Think I'll go to the official Froyo when it comes out... and wait for the root again

[Amber Lamps]

I went to Raleigh yesterday and we did a 4G test. My phone had 3G. At least 3x faster! Pandora started in about 2 secs, web pages in split seconds, etc. Of course, considering the fact that 4G is in so few areas, I'm not going to run out and get one yet but it's pretty amazing when you have it.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

I went to Raleigh yesterday and we did a 4G test. My phone had 3G. At least 3x faster! Pandora started in about 2 secs, web pages in split seconds, etc. Of course, considering the fact that 4G is in so few areas, I'm not going to run out and get one yet but it's pretty amazing when you have it.

I think that has more to do with how fast the phone itself is, not necessarily the network. My Incredible on 3G loads Pandora instantly for example.

[tallywacker]

I wish they would release a linux version of my car tuner software so I can do all my logging and fuel map adjustments with my phone.

I can't wait to be nerd wearing one of these though...

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/05/2...-on-our-wrist/

[Homeslice]

I thought Froyo is already out

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I thought Froyo is already out

It's not officially out but for some nexus one owners. People have rooted their phones to get admin rights to install a rom that has been modded together to get it though.