Recent content by mileskb

After working on this for several weeks I found at least a solution that seems to beat the heck out of deleting random possible apps. I confirmed with Sprint that these "balloons on a string" can ONLY come from an App that is running, although it may only run for the length of time the app...

I have been having this issue too. I am on SPRINT so I can confirm it's not just T-Mobile. I got my S5 a few months ago and the problem started immediately. After a week I had the phone replaced and it's been fine, until last week when it did it once. I thought it was a fluke, but then it...

I have the same problem 3 to 8 apps to update, everyday and at the most there might be 3 updated in reality mostly NONE !!! My Epic 4G is stock. I have auto-update turned OFF so if there are updates, bloatware or not, I should see them listed to be updated.

Ok so today is a bit more typical day for me. Of the 6 hours of time that the phone has been on the stock battery, starting from full charge, a couple of hours have been spent on phone calls, mostly using bluetooth. The routine emails and texts of course throughout the day, and I still have...

In case anyone is actually reading this.... I will try to do a more "scientific" test of the battery use under Gingerbread but I can sway easily that it's significantly better than it was with Froyo. It's been a little over 11 hours since it's been charged, with stock battery, and I still have...

So far I've updated two phones. Both updates went smooth. Only one app that put the date on the status bar doesn't work which frankly doesn't matter now as Gingerbread has a nicer display on the unlock screen anyway. I've noticed the phone is definitely more responsive. Before updating I was...