Eris 2.1 Feature Enhancments

[triphumphrey]

I added some new questions I am hoping to get answered regarding 2.1

 

[superchaos]

Is there a packaged widget to adjust backlight brightness like there is to toggle wifi bluetooth and 3g?

Yep, there is a power control widget under the android widgets menu that has about 3 different settings for the backlight.

 

[triphumphrey]

does the widget work pretty well? or is it too simplified?

 

[jreed2560]

works great. you have simple on off for wifi, gps, sync, and bluetooth. also the brightness has three settings for your backlight, low, high, and off.

 

[AwesomeIT]

You could always change the lock screen wallpaper natively and you still can in 2.1.

 

[Haxcid]

Dude. its a phone! Not a portable IT department.

I am running a VNC app which I use to control various machines around the net. I wonder if I can VPN into my office. Off to try.

 

[paleodust]

Not through the bluetooth headset. You can hold the phone up and press the green call button and use voicedial, but we want to hit the button on the headset while the phone is in our pocket or purse and have it ask us who to call.

Yeah. That's something I miss about my Blackberry.

 

[E.two.one]

So, I mean no ill will towards any of the people positing about 2.1, but I am a little tired of hearing the same thing over and over so here are my questions about 2.1.

Can you change the lock-screen wallpaper natively?[/B]

Trip

yes, i have switched the lock screen wallpaper to a picture that i loaded onto the SD card

you can also choose from other wallpaper already on the phone

settings>personalize>lock screen wallpaper>wallpaper gallery:

 

[triphumphrey]

You could always change the lock screen wallpaper natively and you still can in 2.1.

I have never been able to change my lockscreen to the same picture I am using for my wallpaper...I can however as someone else stated use the pics in the albums. Just not the wallpapers

 

[lgldrgdlr]

I have never been able to change my lockscreen to the same picture I am using for my wallpaper...I can however as someone else stated use the pics in the albums. Just not the wallpapers

as long as the image is saved in your albums, you can set to your lock screen

 

[E.two.one]

I have never been able to change my lockscreen to the same picture I am using for my wallpaper...I can however as someone else stated use the pics in the albums. Just not the wallpapers

just tried this. works fine

 

[needhalc]

I am running a VNC app which I use to control various machines around the net. I wonder if I can VPN into my office. Off to try.

I also need to VPN into a Cisco ASA from my phone...also for purposes of network administration on weekends or while on call. I find it strange that people wouldn't know these pdas can be used for business..that is the beauty of them. Anyway...we use IKE preshared key, but I continue to get a msg saying unable to connect to the network. Any ideas? BTW, I have the OTA 2.1...