I use a couple apps to manage my phone.
Locale
I don't use the location information because phones & T-Mobile's network aren't at the right stage for that feature to really take off. If the phone looses cell tower signal for too long (in certain buildings, underground) the location gets lost, and when the location gets lost, so do all profile setting changes associated with location -- it reverts to whatever your default settings are. It's a great idea, and a great feature, but the phone and network just aren't up to speed to make use of it reliably.
HOWEVER, the rest of the functions work great.
I only have a few profiles for locale
- Bluetooth turns on whenever any of my friends call, the headset (if it's on) usually connects within a few seconds of picking up the call.
-When I plug it into the charger, the screen lights up bright and stays on for ten minutes (I usually charge when I go to bed).
-For certain calendar appointments, the phone goes into vibrate or silent, the screen dims to 10%, and the timeout goes down to 30 seconds. I have it change the wallpaper to give a simple background as a visual cue that the settings have changed.
-After 11pm, the ringer goes down to 1, and I change the background to this picture of the moon.
-6 days a week, the screen brightness is reduced from 6am - 8am for my workout, my gym is lit well enough in the right way that I don't need the screen very bright at all.
Additionally I use:
TasKiller Lite
Toggle Settings
For those of you not interested in Locale, Toggle Settings has some of the features of locale built in. I'm using the battery saving profile in Toggle settings to reduce my screen brightness when my battery dips below 30%.
Speaking of screen brightness, man did we luck out. most of the time 40% brightness is PLENTLY bright for me.
Also, I noticed the other day when we left for the fireworks (around 6pm) my phone was at 80% battery. I turned the screen brightness down all the way. I was still able to check email, send texts, use GPS to help friends find us in the crowd at Lake Michigan, and take a bunch of pictures with SymmetriCam. I believe that since I turned down the screen brightness so much, that's how my phone was only down to 60% by 11pm.
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