Official Android Discussion Thread

[DTX3]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

HS, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG4ReemwOlc I'm using these tips & still have a 1/2 a bar since yesterday in the AM after watching this video.. The biggest help was downloading a Task Manager. I use Advanced Task Killer

Thanks for that! I've been having problems with battery life lately.

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfnjoe96

Installed juice defender. Let's see how it works as I am on a FULL Charge. Also, is is it the free tapatalk what people use to post on OS from their phones, or is the paid version. Also do I have to enable anything in my OS profile to us tapatalk

The free version of Tapatalk only allows you to browse.

I REALLY want to root my Evo but I'm scared that I'll mess it up.

[HotSauce2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by DTX3

Thanks for that! I've been having problems with battery life lately. The free version of Tapatalk only allows you to browse. I REALLY want to root my Evo but I'm scared that I'll mess it up.

I know how intimidating it is, but you'd have to try pretty hard to mess it up beyond the point of recovery.

I originally tried to do one of those long manual root procedures, and it somehow messed up, even though I followed it to a tee. I freaked out thinking I broke my 2 day old phone but there is almost always a way to restore the phone.

Now they have a few "one-click roots" out there. You plug your phone into your computer, download the rooting program, literally click one button, and you're rooted. If you have an EVO that came with Froyo 2.2 out of the box, you can use unrEVOked (this is what I used). I hear there are other similar, simple root methods out there but at the time I researched, they were for stock 2.1 EVOs, so I didn't look any further.

[23]

You gotta pay for tapatalk to post man

[SoMiss2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

You gotta pay for tapatalk to post man

hell, do a search online, it's easy to find an apk for tapatalk pro. I'm pissed that i've paid for so many apps when it's so easy to find them online. lol.

[SoMiss2000]

Quote: Originally Posted by DTX3

Thanks for that! I've been having problems with battery life lately. The free version of Tapatalk only allows you to browse. I REALLY want to root my Evo but I'm scared that I'll mess it up.

man do the Unrevoked root. Your phone will reboot 2 times and you'll be rooted forever. You wanna tether 4g for free instead of paying Sprint 30 bucks per month, you gotta root.

[HotSauce2k3]

Quote: Originally Posted by SoMiss2000

hell, do a search online, it's easy to find an apk for tapatalk pro. I'm pissed that i've paid for so many apps when it's so easy to find them online. lol.

Seriously. A simple google search of the app name and then "apk" and you're set. You can even do it straight from your phone if you have a File Explorer app.

[Po Pimp]

For all those with Beautiful Widgets, does that thing kill your battery? I noticed that since I installed it, my battery lasts like 5 hours even when I'm not using it.

[23]

My co coworker just streamed me at my desk onto justintv from the Driod X like it was nothing. Showed me the entire stream from his laptop as the phone sat there. Incredible what this thing could do in the wrong hands