I know.. I didn't hold out much hope.. but it actually worked.. got it downloaded..it booted up with the Droid eye.. WOOHOO!
Froyo OTA: First Impressions
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i am new to android... can someone please explain to me if i should or should not have advanced task killer after i have received the new update?
i am new to android... can someone please explain to me if i should or should not have advanced task killer after i have received the new update?
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I used to be an ATK user -- it was helpful for clearing out battery-eating background apps. With froyo I have changed my tune. First, having apps loaded in the background will not effect performance (unless that process is doing something data intensive, which should rarely be the case). ATK is thus only useful if it can kill a process that might be using signal and wasting battery. But it's not clear that it can do that anymore, even the "froyo" version. They claim it works, but nobody can explain how they have access to killing these processes since Google closed off the APIs used by the task killers. Thus, if it does work, it might not be safe. But more importantly, all the anecdotal evidence suggests that they simply don't work -- not really, anyway (processes restart, then ATK fails to kill them).
Ditch it. At this point, nobody can say if they are useful to save battery life, which just leaves lots of potential to screw up the device with no benefit.
http://www.androidcentral.com/dictionary#R
Ditch it. At this point, nobody can say if they are useful to save battery life, which just leaves lots of potential to screw up the device with no benefit.
and also what does rooting mean ?thanks
http://www.androidcentral.com/dictionary#R
Well the fact that LockPicker stopped working for 2.2 makes this "upgrade" more of a downgrade for me. I don't really care about any of the cool new 2.2 stuff.
Is there a way to revert back to 2.1?
Is there a way to revert back to 2.1?
Really nothing major to me. I'm more upset that google listen and music doesn't keep where I last paused it. This is really annoying.
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You know, that's weird. LockPicker seems to still be working for me and a coworker. Or at least we are still able to just use a lock pattern over a pin. Can you just switch your security from pin/pass to pattern?
I don't know what's causing it, but I am having the same issue. Battery takes way longer to charge and discharges a lot faster. Hopefully someone will come out with a fix.
Verizon has never cared much for what it's paying customers think, either - as evidenced by all the forceably installed and impossible to remove bloatware crap that absolutely nobody wants.
"Probably one of my favorite additions with 2.2 is the phone finally has a droid eye at start up."
and this is valuable why? given all the skeptical comments about I'm reading about this upgrade, I find it hard to believe there is any value in the startup graphics, which are little more than a marketing billboard. Just sayin'...
and this is valuable why? given all the skeptical comments about I'm reading about this upgrade, I find it hard to believe there is any value in the startup graphics, which are little more than a marketing billboard. Just sayin'...
it appears that we are
on a related note-has anyone figured out how to set-up remote wipe?
I don't even have a Skype account. How can they justify forcing me to have/run this application? Corporate greed - nothing more, nothing less. Customers?? Hell no - we're all just consumers. It's pathetic.
Pattern is disabled for me, per security policy from the company. Also, I don't even know what pattern is.
And looking around the interwebs, it seems LockPicker works for some people, but not others. Further, some people say it works, who downloaded it a long time ago and never updated it.
I'd imagine the developer will probably put out a new version eventually. I am trying No Lock now, we'll see if that works instead.
if you go back through the thread, I saw it yesterday, and it was as smooth and easy as pie!!
I totally agree and that stupid city id, and peep and amazon mp3 and other bloatware UUGGGHHHHH
Decline update?
is there any way to decline the update? or am I going to get the "update available" popup on my phone every hour until I accept it? judging from the comments on this thread, I'm not inclined to update for a few weeks at least. So far, nothing anyone has said suggests the benefits outweigh the apparent negatives.
DJ
is there any way to decline the update? or am I going to get the "update available" popup on my phone every hour until I accept it? judging from the comments on this thread, I'm not inclined to update for a few weeks at least. So far, nothing anyone has said suggests the benefits outweigh the apparent negatives.
DJ
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