I made the switch today after hearing about the update and the success. I couldn't stand my buggy epic anymore and the battery drain was horrible despite every trick in the book.
Day 1 of the Photon has been cool - battery seems great so far, slowly drains as opposed to 10-13% per hour outside of wifi. I changed to LauncherPro because there seemed to be no way to get all my emails in one spot; corporate, yahoo, facebook. So, by downloading LauncherPro, I use the "universal inbox" feature, which works great. I like LauncherPro so I kept it. Kinda funny since I didn't really change a thing about my Epic. Maybe that Epic wasn't so bad afterall!
A few small quirks though that I've been searching for answers on all night with no luck.
1. Can anyone turn off the annoying lock screen? My Epic allowed me to unlock it with a pattern that I created. This phone won't let me do that - it could be b/c of corporate email I suppose, but when I unlock, there is no security code or anything required - just that annoying lock slider which I don't like. I downloaded "no lock" app but it didn't do anything - suggestions?? I even downloaded "agile" but then i had 2 steps to unlock - agile and the stock one!
2. Can I use those volume buttons on the side to wake up the phone instead of having to press the top power button?
3. I miss having the toggles on the pull down notification bar! It was nice to pull that down and turn on and off certain function! I don't suppose there is a way to get those back up there?
4. 3g Data on/off. I can't find an app or widget that allows me to turn off 3g data. Yes, there is on for 4g, and there is the obvious one for wifi, but nothing for 3g! c'mon!!! Sometimes I need the battery last a loooong time, which means, shut off data.
Thanks Everyone!
Day 1 of the Photon has been cool - battery seems great so far, slowly drains as opposed to 10-13% per hour outside of wifi. I changed to LauncherPro because there seemed to be no way to get all my emails in one spot; corporate, yahoo, facebook. So, by downloading LauncherPro, I use the "universal inbox" feature, which works great. I like LauncherPro so I kept it. Kinda funny since I didn't really change a thing about my Epic. Maybe that Epic wasn't so bad afterall!
A few small quirks though that I've been searching for answers on all night with no luck.
1. Can anyone turn off the annoying lock screen? My Epic allowed me to unlock it with a pattern that I created. This phone won't let me do that - it could be b/c of corporate email I suppose, but when I unlock, there is no security code or anything required - just that annoying lock slider which I don't like. I downloaded "no lock" app but it didn't do anything - suggestions?? I even downloaded "agile" but then i had 2 steps to unlock - agile and the stock one!
2. Can I use those volume buttons on the side to wake up the phone instead of having to press the top power button?
3. I miss having the toggles on the pull down notification bar! It was nice to pull that down and turn on and off certain function! I don't suppose there is a way to get those back up there?
4. 3g Data on/off. I can't find an app or widget that allows me to turn off 3g data. Yes, there is on for 4g, and there is the obvious one for wifi, but nothing for 3g! c'mon!!! Sometimes I need the battery last a loooong time, which means, shut off data.
Thanks Everyone!