Recent content by brianbrain

The droid Mini's battery life is obviously subject to how you use it, but I take mine off the charger at 7am and by the time it goes back on (midnight?) Its usually still holding around 50%-60% of a charge. Ive let it sit overnight after a long day uncharged and it still had 30-35% left in the...

Re: No one here is raving about their mini? OK, I will Agreed on all fronts. It really is a fantastic little phone...and yeah, sign me up for removing the wireless charging notification!

Fair points against Verizon, this one aside. While I will grant you that Verizon adds an extra step to the process, GV *does* in fact work just as well on VZW as it does on any other carrier. You just have to follow directions. Your other points are really only going to be solved by going to a...

Re: i want to switch from the iPhone 5 to moto X but i a nervous about it. has anyone switched? Glad you got GV up and running! I really wish moto had included it as a default app, but I'm betting the carriers' influence is at work here..same goes for Google wallet *sigh*. Make sure you've...

Re: i want to switch from the iPhone 5 to moto X but i a nervous about it. has anyone switched? Verizon has a visual voicemail app that they charge you monthly for, and yeah you can use it, but do you also use their navigation app with associated monthly fee? ...I didn't think so. Download...

Re: i want to switch from the iPhone 5 to moto X but i a nervous about it. has anyone switched? The error you receive during setup is in regards to the voicemail forwarding. This is required to redirect your missed calls to Google voice. Verizon supports this, but you'll need to do it...

Re: i want to switch from the iPhone 5 to moto X but i a nervous about it. has anyone switched? Farb - I highly suggest you download and set up Google voice. Even if you don't want to use it for the calling features, it is by far the best way to handle voicemail on android, and integrates...

Re: i want to switch from the iPhone 5 to moto X but i a nervous about it. has anyone switched? As others have said, your biggest issue is just going to be migrating your icloud services to Google. Once you do that, I think you'll be quite happy. I have an ip5 for work and a droid mini for...

Ive been a pretty heavy root/ROM user over the years, but until I came across this thread, hadn't even thought to do either to my mini..I'm not all that worried. Get TB working and I'm good to go. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk 4

I don't see where anyone is coming from regarding "last year's specs". Let's break down what people are accusing of being "old": 720p display: There were no 720p RGB stripe OLED panels on any phone in 2012. They were all pentile. Likewise, the 1080p panel on the sgs4 is pentile. Compare the...

ugh. who wants to bet this is Verizon's doing? We should see if someone can test a VZW Moto X vs an AT&T Moto X for this issue.

If you're concerned about the Mini being too small, then I would buy the Maxx. For me, the size of the Mini is what sold me. If I didn't prefer the Mini's size so much, I'd definitely spring for the extra storage, larger display, and bigger battery on the Maxx. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk 4

About to go to bed, but this was me today..active notifications on. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk 4

I had to re-enter my gmail account settings afterwards, but other than that it was back to normal...I'm sure they're going to tout this as some kind if anti-theft feature, but we all know the real reasoning..hah. Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk 4

Ry, I think you are correct, its most likely that the mini is LCD with a limited implementation of active notifications (they don't appear as often but when they do they display identically to the maxx). The RGB LED makes up for this deficiency, for the most part. Sent from my XT1030 using...