fresh start with android with nexus 4 : need suggestions

[AbuYazeedUK]

thats not what i meant. To get notification in Nova you need to install 2 apps from same developer.
but Apex its all baked in one app. just one app.

Yeah but do you get notifications for all apps?

 

[Lanhoj]

thats not what i meant. To get notification in Nova you need to install 2 apps from same developer.
but Apex its all baked in one app. just one app.

Ok so I'm not missing anything - only SMS / Calls / Gmail Notifications are supported by Apex.
Cool, that's what I thought.

I've contacted the Dev of Apex asking if they'd include more & all they replied with was a link to a poll for future features - no thanks.

I need all Apps to show Badge Notifications (or at least the knowledge they're working on it) and I don't get that with Apex or any other Launcher so I go with Nova (even if it requires 2 other Apps) .

 

[illiniah]

Well, I'll try and tackle some of this.

There's been a LOT of conversation on here lately about battery life (i.e.: runtime) and one thing you should know is that iOS does a lot of extra stuff to try and optimize power usage that is left to the user in Android. So, unless you're using these things, turn them off most of the time:

? Screen Auto-Rotation
? Wireless
? Bluetooth
? Near-Field Communications (NFC)
? GPS (Location Services)

As for apps, I'd have to say A Better Terminal Emulator (if you need to do any remote terminal work, say on a server); WeatherBug, Talkatone (or GrooveIP) if you want to talk over your data connection (thus saving you minutes on your voice service); SoundHound to identify songs; and of course the ever popular Dope Wars.

Couldn't disagree more about wifi, gps, and nfc - I see NO impact of keeping these on. GPS is a receiver (not a transmitter). Keeping 802.11 on also EXTENDS battery life by removing the need to transmit to a tower. To save battery life you need to reduce syncing (look at the aps and set the duration that works for you) and watch your screen on-time and brightness.

 

[gone down south]

Couldn't disagree more about wifi, gps, and nfc - I see NO impact of keeping these on. GPS is a receiver (not a transmitter). Keeping 802.11 on also EXTENDS battery life by removing the need to transmit to a tower. To save battery life you need to reduce syncing (look at the aps and set the duration that works for you) and watch your screen on-time and brightness.

Wifi and bluetooth continually search for signals when not connected, contributing to battery drain.

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[raj24]

When I first started using Android, I went to youtube and watched videos for my phone, for top android apps, for unlocking and rooting, etc... Watching people do stuff on the phone was a great way to figure it out.

You also mentioned rooting. If you think that you might want to do this, you should do it now rather than later. When you unlock the bootloader, it will completely wipe your phone, leaving only the operating system. Any apps that you've downloaded, screens that you set up and files that you have copied to your virtual sd card will be gone. It's easy to do when the phone is new and you haven't invested a lot of time in setting it up. This complete wipe only happens the one time that you unlock the bootloader. Later on, if you decide to install custom ROMs, your sd card will remain as is. If you want to do it, here's a link to show you how: http://forums.androidcentral.com/nexus-4-rooting-roms-hacks/224861-guide-nexus-4-unlock-root.html

Rooting will wipe out my data but can't I back up? Like in my iPod touch , restore & updating firmware wipe out everything but after update I restore backup in iTunes & it restored every single thing.

Same thing possible in nexus after rooting?