Q. My girlfriend is having a problem with her Samsung Galaxy W. The battery is constantly dying. We even went to the point of buying a new, higher capacity battery for it but it's still dying within a few hours. In the course of three hours it will go from 100% battery down to 20%. Anybody have any ideas about what's going on and how to improve battery life?
A. In addition to what BethyMac said, the biggest battery killer for smartphones is the display. If you look at the battery status tool under Settings, you'll see the bar graph for the display is the lingers of all.
If she's indoors, she needs to keep the screen level lower. Most screens look fine at 50% or less indoors. Outdoors is different, since it's harder to see. There are widgets on the Play Store that you can install (for free, in many cases) that will allow her to toggle the brightness of the screen. Also, in Settings -> Display, she can adjust the brightness and turn on automatic brightness, which will allow the phone to adjust the screen based on the surrounding light.
She should also condition her battery from time to time. Lithium ion batteries have a chip in them that needs to be refreshed on occasion. Run the phone until the battery goes low enough so the phone shuts itself off. The attach the charger and let the phone charge for one hour after the charge indicator says it's full. You might want to have her do this two or three times initially, then once every two weeks after. That should help recondition the battery.
What are some ideas for carrying a large phone that doesnt fit in your pocket without looking silly?
Q. I have the samsung galaxy s3 and as we all probably know, its a rather large phone. I dont like bringing a purse to work because its easily stolen and I dont like carrying my purse at school either because that's a lot of bags to carry. With how expensive my phone is and I have some sensitive stuff on it (like bank accounts and passwords) in it so I like to keep it on me at all times. Any ideas on ways to carry it?
A. my solution is perfect for you EXCEPT still working on a better size to fit the galaxy s3....BUT can still work if you don't close the pocket flap. bottom line it's a way to safely carry your small valuables & essentials ON your body. My patented hands-free carrying case system is called PortaPocket.
...you'd use the M PortaPocket pocket (w/belt loop mountings) or the L PortaPocket pocket for that phone ...but this particular cell will be a little too tall to close the pocket. Am working on getting taller pocket in future to accommodate this, but may not be for a little while though...
How do i root my android?
Q. I have a samsung galaxy wonder and i really want to root it. please help asap
A. 1. download root.zip then rename it to "update.zip" put it on SD card root folder(not any specific folder, just SD card). go to recovery then choose "apply update from SD card option". next is reboot ur phone. for more details go to this link: http://software-freeware-crack-keygen-theme.blogspot.com/2012/11/root-and-unroot-samsung-galaxy-w.html
I suggest u also download unroot.zip put in any specific folder like download/Bluetooth, etc up 2 u then rename it to update.zip just in case u want to unroot ur phone.
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Title : The battery is always dead on Samsung Galaxy W?
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