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  1. leftystrat

    a year later...

    It's over a year since I got mine. Insurance is worth whatever you pay for it. The phone got heavily damaged after it tried to commit suicide by leaping off a shelf. It still worked but it was kinda bent. They shipped me a new one next day (after 'deductible'). This phone is a Ferrari. It's got...
  2. leftystrat

    Help Location function for apps

    If all of the location functions are turned off on the phone, apps that request location permissions get nothing, correct?
  3. leftystrat

    email alerting tips

    I'm connected to work email via Exchange. I want to be alerted to emails but I get thousands of them, so I only want to be alerted to a small subset of them. Is there a way to go about this?
  4. leftystrat

    Help take your Kies and.....

    I kept hitting SOFTWARE UPDATE to update to ICS. Stupid me... the rep told me I had to install Kies. Naturally Kies doesn't work under linux. In fact, it also doesn't work under Windows. The OS sees the tablet and installs drivers. Kies sees that the tablet connects, brings up the...
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    Help Where does the battery go

    My coworkers are experiencing all sorts of difficulties with their Ones. I like mine. The other day I charged my phone by 3pm. By 11pm, it was in the yellow. This was odd. I checked on what used the battery and there was nothing out of line. BT, GPS, wifi, and almost everything else is...
  6. leftystrat

    Help Phantom flashing - ghosts?

    My tablet lives in its case. The other day I left it sitting out of its case and noticed flashing. It would flash like it was booting up, then stop. Minutes later it would flash again. I restarted and I don't believe it has happened since. Seems pretty weird. My TMobile rep said ICS...
  7. leftystrat

    Help Zombie Apps

    Taking advantage of ICS's ability to shut off unneeded or unwanted apps, I killed Maps, Google+, and Google Movies. POOF, they're back from the dead, re-enabled. I've seen this before and I'm not impressed.
  8. leftystrat

    T-Mo ICS

    FWIW, my T-Mobile rep said to expect the ICS update in August.
  9. leftystrat

    Root Just got the One

    It took a while but the phone arrived the other day. Likes: weight, screen, speaker, battery life Dislikes: no hard menu key - why did they move it to the screen?, shared SD card, can't remove battery The first charge lasted two full days plus (but I turn a lot of stuff off). Got...
  10. leftystrat

    I upgraded

    I'm in Philly and just updated. It came down pretty quickly in 4g. Took a while to install and booted right up. The first thing I noticed is that it `upgraded' my connection to 2g. Very impressive. It also made the very fast phone crawl at everything. Since I use Zeam launcher, things don't...
  11. leftystrat

    Zeam!

    I've had my Sensation for a year and it's about time to upgrade. But just for fun, I installed Zeam launcher, which I installed on every Android phone I have used. The battery time shot through the roof. I'm on day three [keep in mind no live wallpaper, no social apps, no gps or location]...
  12. leftystrat

    Help tw launcher ate my battery?

    I fully charged the tablet Friday. It sat in its case til Sunday, at which point the battery was almost gone. The unit was in airplane mode. I use Timeriffic to keep everything shut off til I need it. Upon checking for what was eating the battery, Tw Launcher was the culprit. What could...
  13. leftystrat

    linux connecting smoothly

    The Galaxy does NOT like linux, not that anyone should be surprised. What did surprise me was that there were even errors connecting to Windows. In any case, the following url nailed the process: Connecting Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Linux Apparently the system does not `see' the...
  14. leftystrat

    Mine went in for repair

    I noticed that the battery was taking FOREVER to charge. Then the unit just died, refusing to power up or charge (2 different chargers and cords). I did a very frustrating dance between Tmobile and Samsung and finally wound up sending my not quite 2 month old tablet to Samsung. To their...
  15. leftystrat

    Help Linux

    anybody else use linux as a primary operating system with this phone? The Samsung Sensation showed up beautifully. The Galaxy tab not so much. Is the One plug and play?
  16. leftystrat

    On the verge of buying...

    I joined AF right before purchasing the original Droid and also have a Samsung Galaxy 10 tab. My Samsung Sensation has served me very well and I'm up for renewal. The One S was recommended, although the 10g of RAM is somewhat disconcerting. Is the One S chock full of social and other apps...
  17. leftystrat

    I miss my Treo [local]

    Since Froyo, I have this weird issue with my Corporate account disappearing. Each time I have to recreate it. I'm obviously missing data until I recreate the account. I don't want to play with a factory reset at this moment. This reminds me of my dear beloved Treo, that kept all its data...
  18. leftystrat

    the incredible disappearing Exchange account

    When Froyo came in, I noticed the Exchange calendar became `combined' with the Google calendar. This was a bit alarming, as I don't use the Google calendar and the Exchange account completely disappeared. I re-setup the Exchange account and spent some time coaxing it to sync the calendar...
  19. leftystrat

    Root Root or .....?

    I would prefer that Talk, Amazon Mp3, and whatever else NOT activate themselves. My linux boxes only run programs when I tell them to and I'd like that same courtesy from my Droid. I would be perfectly happy to delete Facebook and the aforementioned apps, as I don't use them. I would also...
  20. leftystrat

    Stereo Stereos?

    I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, as any number of other highly improbable things were occurring but there we were, in the car, Droid plugged into the stereo, listening to MP3's, courtesy of the Music app, when a podcast started. At first I thought it was because the damn Music app...
  21. leftystrat

    Showing some Droid Love

    It's almost against human nature, but between the threads about WHEN ARE WE GETTING FROYO, I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT FLASH, and I WANT THE NEWER NEW PHONE, I wanted to appreciate what I have. I am a Droid owner. I have no roots, roms, active wallpaper, or rhythmically blinking lights. Today I...
  22. leftystrat

    Extreme battery strangeness

    My phone spent the better part of the day on charge at work. When I got into the car, it was flashing red at me and telling me to plug it into power NOW. After a 30 minute car ride, it was showing mostly green. This happened once before but I figured if I ignored it, it would go away :)...
  23. leftystrat

    Installed update, put back Panda

    I gave the update a chance, for something like a week. Finally put Panda back. I had hoped that the update might make it worth it. I have no idea what the update was really supposed to do in terms of performance but it's been a zero sum game. I don't give a flaming politician about live...
  24. leftystrat

    Streaming Horrid for Everyone?

    I use Cherry and AOR Players, which seem to be the same thing. Regardless of which, when I'm playing a Shoutcast feed (wifi) it simply shuts off. This would be a minor annoyance except for the fact that I like to listen to it when I go to bed. Having to keep restarting the feed is not...
  25. leftystrat

    Charging cable weirdness

    I got 2 cables when I bought the phone. One charges the phone, the other doesn't. Both connect. [usb > micro usb] I also got a home charger that charges the phone beautifully but it makes the phone act like it's got a ghost in it. Stuff just seems to open and close randomly. When I...
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