Hey, a new Galaxy owner. Welcome!
Couple of points:
- I get about a day, or a day and a half, of life out of my phone. I usually charge it overnight and during the working day, but every so often I forget, and find my phone shut off.
A proper pda and/or phone should, in my opinion, last a week, but at least a weekend would be nice. Them's the breaks nowadays, it seems.
- Leaving GPS turned off doesn't save as much battery as you might think. Even if enabled, the GPS is only active when apps request ("fine") location data, otherwise it's in sleep mode. I keep mine turned on permanently (esp. since only the Settings and the Galaxy "Switcher" can toggle it).
- It's very rare indeed that I turn my brightness up; usually it's at 0% (and when I do, I usually just hit the "Full brightness" instead of fumbling with the slider).
- I don't understand why people want a clock widget, since the time shown in the top bar can't be disabled anyway. Instead, I use a 3x3 "
CalWidget" widget on my main home screen, I find that much more useful.
- I'm using "
Toggle Settings" with a number of automatic rules:
--- Low battery (<20%): turn off everything except 3G (I get no 2G coverage).
--- 7am: "home" profile; auto sync, turn sound up
--- 8am on weekdays: "outdoor" profile; sync off again, and turn sound way up
--- 9am on weekdays: "work", auto sync on again, turn sound way down
--- 11pm: "night" profile; turn off everything, including sound
Toggle Settings takes a little bit of setting up, but once you have it, it's wonderful!