Incredible coming..

Here's a somewhat intriguing speed comparison between an OC'd Droid (1 GHz) and the Incredible. I'm still tempted to go from my Droid to the Incredible, but I doubt I'll do it unless I come across a really good deal on one or something. The only thing I really want on the Incredible is Flash lite. I know people have put this in ROMs for the Droid, but I haven't tried one yet and don't like changing ROMs unless I have to. I'm running Nexbeast @ 1.1 GHz ATM though and it's been 100% stable so I don't want to change, heh. Also, I don't think I could deal with worse battery life than the Droids, it barely gets me through the day already.
 
computerpro3 said:
I'm sure the widgets eat up battery (I don't have that many though that are data widgets, maybe 1 or 2), but that's what I bought the phone for - glorious multitasking widgetilicious hardcore usage!

I think I should be fine with the 1500ma. I have it incoming so I'll report back.
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Well, that could be the problem. Not just the apps, but the "new phone" feeling is prolly whats eating the battery. When you adore it and play with it most of the day, and couple that with apps running in the background. Im more than sure that when the smoke clears, and the honey-moon is over, you should get good battery life out of the phone. My tour lasts me the whole day now. But when i first got it i had to recharge it when i got home from work, because of me playing with it and installing and messing with all of the apps on the phone. Now using it casually, it can last me a day and a half.
 
Battery life is an issue, but it's possible there's something eating the battery without you knowing it.

Install Spare Parts from the market. Go to Battery History and change the first drop down to Partial wake usage. I had installed Slacker, used it once, and then quit it properly via Menu > Quit but it was listed as constantly running here.

IM apps like Meebo can be a problem as well.
 
Charlie Hustle said:
Well, that could be the problem. Not just the apps, but the "new phone" feeling is prolly whats eating the battery. When you adore it and play with it most of the day, and couple that with apps running in the background. Im more than sure that when the smoke clears, and the honey-moon is over, you should get good battery life out of the phone. My tour lasts me the whole day now. But when i first got it i had to recharge it when i got home from work, because of me playing with it and installing and messing with all of the apps on the phone. Now using it casually, it can last me a day and a half.
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Agreed...the first day I had mine, I had to charge it twice and it still died because I was playing with it hardcore, but this was during work too and in a warehouse, I have a very very poor signal, so a lot of the juice went to just trying to find a signal.

On the flip side, I was at a baseball game yesterday in which I was rocking 3 to 4 bars 3G the entire game, playing with it for a couple of hours downloading all kinds of stuff, and the battery went from 100% to about 60%....not bad if you knew how much I was demanding of it.

Finally, the battery will last well over a day in a decent signal area, using it for basic things like texts and calls and a little browsing here and there. I'm very satisfied with it.

For those who read any of my earlier posts, I did find a way to get files to save to the SD card...for the camera, you go into the camera and then into it's options and you can change the file path to the SD card. I think you can also do the same for certain apps, and the browser, but don't quote me on that. Just go into the options for each individual app.


The only thing you can't save to the SD card, as we know, are apps itself, but I was told that it is confirmed Google will be allowing this in their next update, whenever that will be.
 
BigBeef said:
Agreed...the first day I had mine, I had to charge it twice and it still died because I was playing with it hardcore, but this was during work too and in a warehouse, I have a very very poor signal, so a lot of the juice went to just trying to find a signal.

On the flip side, I was at a baseball game yesterday in which I was rocking 3 to 4 bars 3G the entire game, playing with it for a couple of hours downloading all kinds of stuff, and the battery went from 100% to about 60%....not bad if you knew how much I was demanding of it.

Finally, the battery will last well over a day in a decent signal area, using it for basic things like texts and calls and a little browsing here and there. I'm very satisfied with it.

For those who read any of my earlier posts, I did find a way to get files to save to the SD card...for the camera, you go into the camera and then into it's options and you can change the file path to the SD card. I think you can also do the same for certain apps, and the browser, but don't quote me on that. Just go into the options for each individual app.


The only thing you can't save to the SD card, as we know, are apps itself, but I was told that it is confirmed Google will be allowing this in their next update, whenever that will be.
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Yep, you can for the browser as well. I am really enjoying this phone... thanks for the tip on the camera storage.
 
So for other tips....I believe you can have 7 browser windows open at once per browser. I have Opera Mini, but I think the factory browser is better. For example, my bank's website has a lot of flash, and it doesn't work well on Opera, but works flawlessly on the 'Internet' browser. Also, Internet browser has pinch zoom, but Opera does not. I also have Skyfire browser, which seems fine to me. I will probably stick with the Internet browser, though.

Basically, when a window is open, you can just hit Home, and it will keep the browser open, or you can keep hitting back and eventually it will go all the way back in history and then close it. Or, just hit Menu - Windows, and choose a window to close.

This thing is awesome, when the rep was showing basic functions to me, he showed me the task killer, in which almost everything on the phone was running! Yet the phone was still blazing fast! I mean, think about it...even if an app is 1 or 2 mb...you have 768mb of total RAM to use. That's bananas. I'm hoping to keep this phone for a long time if my current level of satisfaction stays the same.
 
Yep, have had it for a few days now and still love it... just so much is right with this thing!
 
Loving it. I had Google Sync installed on my BlackBerry so switching phones was a breeze.

It's 2010, bitches!
 
GoldenTiger said:
Good idea... have a great trip :)!
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Here's a couple pics:

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Battery life SUCKED, but I'm blaming this on searching for a signal all day long, lol. I also found out the hard way how much lamer a generic (from fry's electronics) car/gps mount is. :D

Basically, it has those two platforms that stick out where the phone rests, right? Well, they present 2 bothersome issues. The first being a volume button that's constantly spassing out or on the screen all the time. The 2nd would be those two platforms making it nearly impossible to use the phone while it's in the dock. My finger would get trapped and I couldn't get to the notification bar so switching between Pandora and Google Nav was really hard. Here's a pic of one that looks similar and the OEM mount that fits perfect and flush.

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Here's a couple more shots of the OEM Holster/Mount. You can see the cutouts for the camera, speaker, and headphone jack. The other pic shows how the mount and holster connect.

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XMonkey-v2.0 said:
Mine has this also. Checked it with one in-store and def. has a red white balance, but my screen looked sharper than the in-store model for some reason.
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Apparently some do not do this. :(
 
I went to Verizon last thursday to maybe get the new curve with the touchpad replacing the trackball. I played with the incredible for a few minutes and ended up leaving the store with it. My first Android phone and I love it. Definitely need the task killer on this. Verizon rep installed it for me. Also being an astronomy buff I have Google Sky Maps which is really cool. Start it up, point your phone at the sky and the constellations and things show up on the screen, changing in real time as to where you point it. I'm still learning to use it but by far the best phone I've ever had. I've had the curve and Omnia with custom roms and this blows them out of the water. Only thing I can compare the responsiveness to the screen to is my itouch. Those of you still on the fence, grab it. You will not regret it.
 
Jodiuh said:
Here's a couple pics:

IMAG0032.jpg

IMAG0043.jpg


Battery life SUCKED, but I'm blaming this on searching for a signal all day long, lol. I also found out the hard way how much lamer a generic (from fry's electronics) car/gps mount is. :D

Basically, it has those two platforms that stick out where the phone rests, right? Well, they present 2 bothersome issues. The first being a volume button that's constantly spassing out or on the screen all the time. The 2nd would be those two platforms making it nearly impossible to use the phone while it's in the dock. My finger would get trapped and I couldn't get to the notification bar so switching between Pandora and Google Nav was really hard. Here's a pic of one that looks similar and the OEM mount that fits perfect and flush.

car_holder2.jpg

IMG_3503.JPG


Here's a couple more shots of the OEM Holster/Mount. You can see the cutouts for the camera, speaker, and headphone jack. The other pic shows how the mount and holster connect.

IMG_3501.JPG

IMG_3511.JPG



Apparently some do not do this. :(
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You live in the badlands???
Reminds me of Fallout.
 
Jodiuh said:
Here's a couple pics:

[*img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vlr81Cgsd3A/S93w3KcfAJI/AAAAAAAAAlM/YYOAYcnJUGE/IMAG0032.jpg[/img]
[*img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_vlr81Cgsd3A/S93w79FHGsI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/Vj9KMEpoUTU/s1024/IMAG0043.jpg[/img]

Battery life SUCKED, but I'm blaming this on searching for a signal all day long, lol. I also found out the hard way how much lamer a generic (from fry's electronics) car/gps mount is. :D

Basically, it has those two platforms that stick out where the phone rests, right? Well, they present 2 bothersome issues. The first being a volume button that's constantly spassing out or on the screen all the time. The 2nd would be those two platforms making it nearly impossible to use the phone while it's in the dock. My finger would get trapped and I couldn't get to the notification bar so switching between Pandora and Google Nav was really hard. Here's a pic of one that looks similar and the OEM mount that fits perfect and flush.

[*img]http://www.daydeal.com/files/images9/car_holder2.jpg[/img]
[*img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vlr81Cgsd3A/S934nIi3aCI/AAAAAAAAAl4/K-Is-UNOyAE/s720/IMG_3503.JPG[/img]

Here's a couple more shots of the OEM Holster/Mount. You can see the cutouts for the camera, speaker, and headphone jack. The other pic shows how the mount and holster connect.

[*img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vlr81Cgsd3A/S934mzUYXkI/AAAAAAAAAl0/HaSrjNVSG6o/s720/IMG_3501.JPG[/img]
[*img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vlr81Cgsd3A/S934nbvy3pI/AAAAAAAAAl8/aWJ2SBVfwMc/s720/IMG_3511.JPG[/img]


Apparently some do not do this. :(
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Nice pictures (the top 2 of course :))... thanks for sharing them, quite nice views.
 
Reading this thread makes me salivate for the HTC Evo being released soon for Sprint....similar phone, but even better!
 
Couple more...

I like how it caught the light on the top from the clouds. It was so peaceful out there.
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Ma and I had lunch @ the lakeside restaurant. Some fine sarsaparilla w/ an appetizer of "texas toothpicks" (fried pepper and onions) w/ a side of some berry inferno sauce....mmmm, it was tasty.
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got my phone this morning :] can't stop playing with it sooooooooo sick
 
hmmm okay something annoying I've found.. when I take a photo and hit the share button, 3 different facebook apps pop up lol. I've removed all buy the one I think, but all 3 still show up when I hit the share button :[ very annoying lol
 
I'm in love. (=

Only thing I miss from my droid is the moto onscreen keyboard. Anyone have it?

EDIT: I miss the ROOSTER alarm! Anyone be kind enough to share it?
 
Jodiuh
Some nice pictures you took there with just the camera phone. I'm impressed. Might have to finally bite and upgrade to a smart phone.
 
anyone know how to remove the 'facebook for htc sense' ??? it is causing problems with the updated facebook app youre supposed to use over it... lol
 
Rune75 said:
I'm in love. (=

Only thing I miss from my droid is the moto onscreen keyboard. Anyone have it?

EDIT: I miss the ROOSTER alarm! Anyone be kind enough to share it?
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pretty sure the droid keyboard is just the regular non-branded Google 2.1 keyboard. there's probably apk's of it floating around, though i didn't do any searching myself. :)
 
XDA should have the original Android keyboard floating around the incredible forum, though I highly recommend trying Swype for a week or two.
 
Kirika said:
Jodiuh
Some nice pictures you took there with just the camera phone. I'm impressed. Might have to finally bite and upgrade to a smart phone.
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It's not just the camera, but the whole phone. It's the first device since my iPod Touch 3rd Gen to match speed and responsiveness w/ regard to the touch screen. The DROID came close, but the touch sensitivity just can't match the Incredible. It's this reason in particular that has me the happiest w/ the device. FINALLY, I have something as good as the iPhone on Verizon. :p

I've been eyeballing the 2 hard cases (1 red, 1 gradient red/black). Anyone have them?
 
^^^^ those are to showy for me... a nice fake carbon fibre would be nice. I'm sure Amazon will have a good selection in two weeks or less. I need a zagg invisashield ASAP
 
ffs!!! how do I remove "facebook for htc sense" so I can use the latest version of facebook for android that has messaging capabilities
 
Imaulle said:
ffs!!! how do I remove "facebook for htc sense" so I can use the latest version of facebook for android that has messaging capabilities
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I don't think there is a very straight forward way to uninstall FB from a phone that isn't rooted. If you could be more specific as to your issue we may be able to help though. I have a Nexus One that is rooted so removing Apps/Installing new apps is fairly easy.

I looked through a friends Incredible and I see in the Applications there is "Facebook" and then there is "Facebook for HTC Sense". Could look into that more.

I know you can stop Sense UI if you don't like it :)
http://www.androidguys.com/2009/10/22/how-to-turn-off-htc-sense/
I went through these steps on my friends phone and it works in 2.1 as well.

But other than that, I can't say for sure.
 
basically I have two different facebooks installed and they are starting to conflict with each other. one is the facebook for htc sense that can not be removed or updated, the other is the one I downloaded from marketplace that is facebook 1.21 I believe...

it's more just annoying that when I do the share photo it brings up two different facebook apps that I can select to share it on, and only the facebook for htc sense can sync stuff
 
Is it possible to remove the ugly, red ear piece?

Also, I notice some pictures of the EVO 4G have a red ear piece and others have the black one. I am really crossing my fingers for the black one...
 
Tsaar said:
Is it possible to remove the ugly, red ear piece?

Also, I notice some pictures of the EVO 4G have a red ear piece and others have the black one. I am really crossing my fingers for the black one...
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It's actually a dark red meshed plastic on the phone, recessed, so it's not really that bright in normal conditions: it's also not an earpiece, the phone is flat :).
 
GoldenTiger said:
It's actually a dark red meshed plastic on the phone, recessed, so it's not really that bright in normal conditions: it's also not an earpiece, the phone is flat :).
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Yeah, not sure why I called it an earpiece, you got the idea though. :p

I am just hoping to EVO 4G bypasses this "feature".
 
Jodiuh said:
I like the red earpiece.
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+1

It's a nice accent on the front and the red trim around the camera lens.

I'm just glad that the Incredible does not have the bright red back that we used to see before it was released.
 
Rune75 said:
+1

It's a nice accent on the front and the red trim around the camera lens.

I'm just glad that the Incredible does not have the bright red back that we used to see before it was released.
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Honestly, I like it too, it looks good in person. +1000 on the bright red back being covered up by a characol-black backplate on the release version :D.
 
So... if I upgrade my 5+ year old phone, I'd have to spend $199.00 for the phone, plus an additional $30 a month for the incredible. That just seems like too much. I'll probably drop my minutes down to help off-set the costs, but $199 still seems high to me.
 
Pezzy said:
So... if I upgrade my 5+ year old phone, I'd have to spend $199.00 for the phone, plus an additional $30 a month for the incredible. That just seems like too much. I'll probably drop my minutes down to help off-set the costs, but $199 still seems high to me.
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If you don't upgrade, and just walk into the store saying "I want an Incredible gimme one" it's something like $529.

So $199 isn't really that much. "New Every Two" introduces an additional rebate too.
 
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