Beavis Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 After ridiculing people who have these dam smart phones i finally gave in the other week and got the highly regarded HTC Desire to replace my ageing Sony-Ericsson K800i. Now i always use my phone for an alarm clock and for years i have always set my alarm and then switched my phone off for the night so as not to be disturbed, yes i know i can put it on silent (but i might as well switch it off instead in that case) and every morning it has been clever enough to switch itself on and sound the alarm. So why the hell cant this all singing all dancing so called smart phone do the same thing with its fancy android software? The desire does not have the best battery life in the world and if i forget and leave my charger at work and set my alarm before bed then i can conserve a little energy by switching it off until the alarm goes off next morning. I am gobsmacked to find that this £400 phone cant do this simple task Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty78 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I got put off by the comments on battery life..i have now got myself an iPhone 4 from Tesco Mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 You want to watch the HTC desire phones, we have one in the office on a 500Mb data package....... it regularly uses 800+Mb a month.... they seem to have a mind of their own when it comes to data usage. The same settings on an iPhone uses about 300Mb a month Anyone know why this happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Just get used to charging your phone every night, and leave it switched on... thats all i do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunter Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 You want to watch the HTC desire phones, we have one in the office on a 500Mb data package....... it regularly uses 800+Mb a month.... they seem to have a mind of their own when it comes to data usage. The same settings on an iPhone uses about 300Mb a month Anyone know why this happens? There are some funky issues with Android and how it handles idle applications and cleaning up unused memory. It never seems to shut closed applications down, but leaves them running in the background (presumably so they start faster). There's a good chance they're constantly downloading data as they're running in the background. They recently ran some tests and most Android apps are continually sending your location/usage data back to the app owner / advertisers. Although Apple are accused of being over zealous with their App Store checks, it stops most of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Just put your phone on silent............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 my one I think can do the alarm whne turned off, will try it now.... mine is a unbranded one not owned by some company... might be different. Latest update makes battery life better much better. i turn off all automatic syncs like weather, mail, fb, tweet, etc etc etc... and manually sync when I need to read stuff. Also make sure the display is set to "automatic" to save more power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimm Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Love my desire. Just upgraded to the Android 2.2 anwhat a upgrade. Dave, stop being a big girl and put the phone on silent. One of the best phones around. If you have any battery issues just you tube them for all Tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Love my desire. Just upgraded to the Android 2.2 anwhat a upgrade. Dave, stop being a big girl and put the phone on silent. One of the best phones around. If you have any battery issues just you tube them for all Tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Just put your phone on silent............... Yes i know but its still a nice option to have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Dont update to 2.2 if you got O2 someone on here bricked theirs last night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 there should be an auto power off/on feature. let me know if you can't find it in the options cause i was thinking about getting one. One of the things i love about my blackberry is the option to auto switch off/on at specified times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3ven1 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Electronic device doesn't work when switched off! Strange one Seriously though, If you are having trouble with battery life then enter *#*#4636#*#* into the phone, then check battery history, then change the top option to "partial wake usage", this will tell you of any apps that are not letting the phone "sleep". Then simply delete the apps using menu>settings>applications>manage applications. The phone will manage battery life fine by itself, you do not need "app killer" etc, some people have actually found these type of apps to cause the phone to be partially awake. Ps, give the Music Wizard app a try from the market place. It allows you to download any music track straight to your phone, no accounts or user name and password required. Love this app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Electronic device doesn't work when switched off! Strange one So why did my 4 year old previous electronic device work then when switched off? Its quite normal for a phone to start up automatically when a alarm has been set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Electronic device doesn't work when switched off! Strange one So why did my 4 year old previous electronic device work then when switched off? Its quite normal for a phone to start up automatically when a alarm has been set at least you know when you turn it off nobody can trace and track you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3ven1 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 You could just put the phone into air plane mode at night, alarm will still work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 mine decided to auto update last night. it is now completely ruined. cant even factory reset to fix it. thanks 02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 After ridiculing people who have these dam smart phones i finally gave in the other week and got the highly regarded HTC Desire to replace my ageing Sony-Ericsson K800i. Now i always use my phone for an alarm clock and for years i have always set my alarm and then switched my phone off for the night so as not to be disturbed, yes i know i can put it on silent (but i might as well switch it off instead in that case) and every morning it has been clever enough to switch itself on and sound the alarm. So why the hell cant this all singing all dancing so called smart phone do the same thing with its fancy android software? The desire does not have the best battery life in the world and if i forget and leave my charger at work and set my alarm before bed then i can conserve a little energy by switching it off until the alarm goes off next morning. I am gobsmacked to find that this £400 phone cant do this simple task I also gave in to the smart phones and got a SE Xperia, which has the same problem of the alarm not working when the phone is off. Battery life is also only good for a day! Not totally convinced by smart phones yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 mine decided to auto update last night. it is now completely ruined. cant even factory reset to fix it. thanks 02 What update was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutl3y Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mine upgraded to Android 2.2 OTA (Over The Air) about a month ago, and it started having reboot issues - it would suddently turn off and get into a reboot cycle where it would start, display the splash screen, reboot, start, display the splash screen, reboot, etc etc. Only happened once in a while though, and infrequently enough to put up with it. However, last week another OTA upgrade came through and that's caused it to reboot constantly - it never starts up, it just keeps rebooting - so beware when you do the upgrades guys! It's been with HTC for the past week to be "serviced" thopugh I have a feeling they'll just flash it back down to the original software version... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 is that all on the O2 network? Or also via HTC? Might be applications causing those ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutl3y Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mines unbranded but on the Orange network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mines unbranded but on the Orange network.so send a note to htc support regarding that, Im using 2.2 with a OTA upate and no issues. Try an factory reset (will wipe the phone)\ A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutl3y Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Already done so - phones with HTC already. Factory reset didn't work, neither did starting it with/without mem and sim cards. Basically firmware corrupted i think as the recovery-boot options on the HTC didn't work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Mucho bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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