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01 April 2012, 03:30 AM

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Only really irritating android feature

Having to use the bloody thing attached to its cord, cos if it's not turned on its alarm won't bloody well go off

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01 April 2012, 08:03 AM

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I have the HTC HD7 is that an andriod? Since the day I got it I've wanted to launch it against a wall. But I'm on 2yrs so while I'm being **** ****ed the worst thing about it is when using the flash light -

which yes is bright if you touch any of the huge screen or three sensitive buttons at the bottom it closed the ap. Stupid considering you use a tourch in the dark and your palm has to hold the end the ligh isn't on. GRRRrrrr

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01 April 2012, 08:23 AM

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Luckily for you Google have announced today that they're stopping development of Android. No money in it apparently.

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01 April 2012, 08:26 AM

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Having to use the bloody thing attached to its cord, cos if it's not turned on its alarm won't bloody well go off

You need to check your notification settings. My phone doesn't need to be on charge to chime alarms, SMS, email or calendar notifications.

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01 April 2012, 08:47 AM

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I have the HTC HD7 is that an andriod?

No. It's a Windows phone.

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01 April 2012, 08:54 AM

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Mine is never plugged in at the side of the bed but the alarms work fine.

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01 April 2012, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by andy97

You need to check your notification settings. My phone doesn't need to be on charge to chime alarms, SMS, email or calendar notifications.

Andy

Really....?

Ill have yet another look, it's Ericsson Ray

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01 April 2012, 09:29 AM

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Luckily for you Google have announced today that they're stopping development of Android. No money in it apparently.

Haha they could stop today and still be ahead for several years

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01 April 2012, 10:01 AM

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Having to use the bloody thing attached to its cord, cos if it's not turned on its alarm won't bloody well go off

Ummm, if I want to use mine for an alarm I just switch it to 'airplane mode' and switch the screen off. The alarm then wakes me up ...

Not sure what your problem is ... Mine's also a Desire HD which hasn't got the longest battery life out there but even if nearly out of juice it keeps going all night to wake me up.

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01 April 2012, 10:19 AM

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Havnt tried that , ideally tho i want to get out of bed with the battery 100%

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01 April 2012, 10:53 AM

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Have you tried a different alarm app from the market?

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01 April 2012, 05:56 PM

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02 April 2012, 04:23 AM

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The chocolate bar ?

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02 April 2012, 09:09 AM

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The chocolate bar ?

Problem In Chair Not In Computer (Software)

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02 April 2012, 09:18 AM

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Problem In Chair Not In Computer (Software)

Very similar to the "mouse driver error"

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02 April 2012, 09:24 AM

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Very similar to the "mouse driver error"

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02 April 2012, 09:31 AM

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'airplane' mode seems to work , cheers

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02 April 2012, 07:53 PM

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'airplane' mode seems to work , cheers

Apparently its the 'offline' profile on Symbian phones (Nokia). A mate happened to ask when I was in front of the PC .... just FYI ...

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02 April 2012, 08:31 PM

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My iPhone will easily overnight on 10%, maybe less. That and thousands of other areas where my phone is better than yours must be the most irritating thing about Android.

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02 April 2012, 09:46 PM

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No, the most irritating thing about Android is that it always attracts the myopic Apple fanboys!

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02 April 2012, 09:57 PM

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No, the most irritating thing about Android is that it always attracts the myopic Apple fanboys!

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02 April 2012, 09:58 PM

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JackClark is the most irritating thing about Android.

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03 April 2012, 04:57 PM

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Exactly, people like me just using their devices whilst others swear and throw theirs out the window must be irritating.

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03 April 2012, 05:08 PM

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Exactly, people like me just using our devices analy whilst others love and cherrish theirs with every window they open, must be irritating.

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04 April 2012, 09:00 AM

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My iPhone will easily overnight on 10%, maybe less. That and thousands of other areas where my phone is better than yours must be the most irritating thing about Android.

My Android (Samsung S2) will happily go for 56 hours on a single charge, and easily go overnight on 10% charge without fiddling with any settings (other than turning off gps and wifi - which I've scheduled to happen automatically when I'm at home and the time hits midnight). Struggling to see why that makes your iPhone better?

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04 April 2012, 09:15 AM

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I don't turn Wifi or GPS or anything off. That's better.

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04 April 2012, 09:25 AM

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I don't even switch off wifi and GPS

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04 April 2012, 09:31 AM

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I don't turn Wifi or GPS or anything off. That's better.

On my iPhone, (even from new) if I turned on wifi and gps, the battery would last about 4-5 hours if I was lucky. The S2 is miles better, and will go through the night with it all turned on, I just don't see the point in wasting the battery so have it scheduled to automatically turn off unwanted features depending on the time of day and my location

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04 April 2012, 10:45 AM

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scheduled to automatically turn off unwanted features depending on the time of day and my location

I'm sorry, did you just say that you can have an app that can automatically enable/disable radios, profiles, tones, apps and pretty much every other function of the phone imaginable, all based on anything from time of day to location to calendar entry, message sender or incoming caller, or any combination thereof, without having to root/jailbreak?

Must suck being able to do that.