1st post. Newb questions: on [p]urity 2.5 ic3 & loving it.
Go Launcher, Ablack theme (switching themes a bit!)
Cannot find explanation on any forum of the status notification bar icons in this rom! Some are obvious (wifi on / off, volume) others I have no idea.
Also, I run juice defender ultimate but the rom supposedly has power /battery tweaks. I do not use built in battery management (via settings) . Is juice d necessary with this rom?
I use advanced task killer and frequently find many tasks I've never opened. So of course I kill them. Whassup with apps just showing up? (Facebook, voicemail, titanium, maps....)
What's the best email in box substitute over stock?
Does.4g to 3g back and forth switching I observe drain battery? Any way to just lock in one or the other.
Thanks all!
The toggles in the pulldown are, from left to right: Wifi , Bluetooth , GPS , Sound/Vibrate , Autobrightness , Autorotate , Airplane Mode , Sync on/off, Data on/off.
I would highly recommend against using juice defender. It's really really unnecessary and I hate how it stops your data usage / sync. To each his own.
Also you should NOT use a task killer. It is pretty much unnecessary and will actually do you more harm than good. I'm not going to get into why, but there are a number of recent articles written about these things so do some research if you want or just take my word for it. I think there was a good one here on AC within the last month or so. Most of those things you have running in the background you NEED and they aren't draining your batt so leave them alone.
If you notice you're in an area that gets a lot of 4G / 3G switching then YES that's a big battery kill. If I'm in a spot like that (where I work) I would just turn on 3G only, or wifi obv if you have it there, until I'm in a better 4G area (my apt).