[Q] Adobe air draining battery? - G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps

I downloaded adobe air earlier thinking it would of improved my internet experience but since removed it because I thought it was draining my battery. Can someone confirm if this app is a battery hog? Also can someone tell me what uses adobe air actually has besides what's available through searching? Thanks.

What's adobe air for?
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innerlight said:
I downloaded adobe air earlier thinking it would of improved my internet experience but since removed it because I thought it was draining my battery. Can someone confirm if this app is a battery hog? Also can someone tell me what uses adobe air actually has besides what's available through searching? Thanks.
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It doesn't drain battery if it's not in use. It will only use the battery when you are using an app that requires it.
Alex530 said:
What's adobe air for?
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http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

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Leaked next version android music app

I'm sure most of us here have heard of this leaked app that is supposedly an early music app for Honeycomb. Just thought i'd share a link to a site to download it.
Link to download site: http://www.droid-life.com/2010/12/27/download-honeycomb-music-player-from-google-io/
Youtube video showcasing this early dev build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZGw8TxCtNg&feature=related
** This is assumed to be a leaked early developer version! I had no hand in developing this! I'm not responsible for any damage that installing this app may cause, just delivering the message!
Enjoy!
Looks pretty sweet, a lot better than the current music app. Thanks for this.
Been running the app for 2 days... no fc's or problems at all... its about time they cleaned up the crappy stock music player.
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Yeah, i'm diggin the color fade between screens.
Whouda thought Android would have a bit of gangster in it? lol
Would love to have an eq though, unless i'm missing it.
woot thanks for sharing. just installed it.
Just installed, now time to remove the default app, thought this was going to replace it but didnt lol
It replaced my stock music app. But my question is, what is that jumper test for?
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When I try to install it says parse error. Any idea whats wrong.
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How do I uninstall the default player. I have the gold symbol and the original blue. I like the new touches. Especially how it displays the album art. That's neat lol
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charlieb620 said:
How do I uninstall the default player. I have the gold symbol and the original blue. I like the new touches. Especially how it displays the album art. That's neat lol
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using titaniam back up just unistall the music player i think the version is 2.x.x
or just set the 3.0 music version to default...
i unistalled due to the bugginess still, and all the battery it burned... it also used a lot of RAM... i did enjoy the new look tho, will be cool to use when the complete version is out...
I like the coloring and much nicer looking set up.
Cant seem to download from Megaupload, anyone else havin' the same issue?
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^^^same here
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TL24 said:
Cant seem to download from Megaupload, anyone else havin' the same issue?
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heres the download link:http://www.slashgear.com/android-3-0-honeycomb-music-player-leaked-ready-for-download-29121891/
-scroll down the page.
Thanks that worked! The new music app aint too bad at all.
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I uninstalled I'm using poweramp. Too much skipping when going from app to app and landscape to potrait. When final is released I will download again.
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NICE!!!
It is nice-it works pretty well, I was just wondering if there is a way to update the stcok music app insted of having both of then installed?
I am running stock software on my G2 without root.
Thanks.
Pecata said:
It is nice-it works pretty well, I was just wondering if there is a way to update the stcok music app insted of having both of then installed?
I am running stock software on my G2 without root.
Thanks.
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You won't be able to remove the stock music app without root. You need write access to /system/app to modify the contents.
Whats the additional jumper app for?
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looks great but not always so smooth. My music sometimes gets choppy when I'm doing other things sadly D:

Google Currents is a Vampire

Thought I would give google currents a try. Now I know why they call it currents; because it uses all of them.
Drains the battery very quickly. I guys it was meant for tablets...
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It doesn't seem to be affecting my battery much but that doesn't matter because it sucks compared to Pulse.
Yeah, it is pretty slow and jerky. It might have been the initial sync that was taxing my CPU but the ambiguity makes it not worth it.
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i agree its a battery killer. only way i could use it was disabling sync.. but then whats the point :/
it wouldn't load my rss feeds
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I really don't like it. I use Google Reader for all my feeds and Currents just makes it so unintuitive, and I like how all feeds would be displayed in a list in Google Reader.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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I really don't like it. I use Google Reader for all my feeds and Currents just makes it so unintuitive, and I like how all feeds would be displayed in a list in Google Reader.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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I have to agree, it looks amazing but reader works better
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What music app does everyone use to download new music from?

Title says it all
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Tunee
Spotify lol I'm actually fine paying for that one.
GS3 T-Mobile
Gtunes, easy mp3 downloaded... The second app sometimes dumps unwanted apps on ur home screen but u can get quality mp3 so.....
I was using doods music streamer
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I use Amazon MP3 personally.
Tubemate a YouTube downloader then i use media converter to convert mp4 to mp3
i found a copy of music junk floating around. i love it but i haven't experimented to see exactly how new it is
+1 for gtunes
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EASY MP3 DOWNLOAD but it does send ads to your phone but can find lots of songs other apps cant i use and delete the app
i use easy mp3 downloader as well... but never got an ad.... hmmmm
and someone said it installs apps to the desktop? lol wtf? that never happened to me either.
Torrents
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Music download paradise installs apps and puts ads in the notification bar.
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dotson817 said:
Spotify lol I'm actually fine paying for that one.
GS3 T-Mobile
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I remember that being a massive battery eater. Otherwise totally agree.
Never had it drain my battery any more than any application that streams data while in use. It does use more power than keeping songs on your phone but never was a battery drain on any of my devices. The new software definitely is smoother though.
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kennonk said:
I use Amazon MP3 personally.
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Same here. :good:
I use Rhapsody. No need to buy music anymore. Sometimes I do if the music is amazing.
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i use easy mp3 downloader as well... but never got an ad.... hmmmm
and someone said it installs apps to the desktop? lol wtf? that never happened to me either.
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I had it install apps on my homescreen. What a pain in the ass. Took me a couple of days to find out what the hell was installing apps, they would just appear out of no where. I was also getting ads in the notification bar. This was on my SG2 so maybe something is different with SG3.
haven't seen anyone mention this one yet but I use TinyShark Downloader... it downloads songs in mp3 format from groove shark and works really well. I don't think there are any ads but I use ad free so it might but I don't see them.there's also a version to stream instead of download. the download version is not on the market anymore (due to copyright issues maybe?)
exigo.x10.mx/ the green shark icon is the downloader and blue is the streaming version
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I love spotify....
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What to do.

I have two incredibles Verizon branded. What can I do with them? I use att now. So reactivating them isn't really on the to do list. I've looked into rooting and flashing and seems a bit more complex than with my Samsung captivate. If there is something really neat I could use it for it might be worth the trouble. Ideas? Anyone wanna help a fella out?
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MOD EDIT: This isn't the marketplace, if you want to sell them then post in the marketplace and not in any of these forums. Thanks
You could use them as an mp3 player, use wifi only and play games and surf the net, or download a gps app that stores the maps locally since you don't have service on them.
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I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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BluGuy said:
You could use them as an mp3 player, use wifi only and play games and surf the net, or download a gps app that stores the maps locally since you don't have service on them.
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I would do this, and use it as a dev phone for testing (or learning how to compile, if you don't know how) ROMs.
phoenixfriend said:
I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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The only navigation app I know off the top of my head that store maps locally is navigon. I have never used it and I see mixed reviews for it.
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As I have 0 programming knowledge for computers at this time and with God's good grace starting school for it in the winter quarter it does interest me however I fear by the time I am proficient enough the development of this phone and thereby this thread will be long dead. I do want to root the phone and perhaps install a ROM that removes everything but the core of what it needs to operate and a very few apps. As I have two I could use one for GPS/MP3 duty for the motorcycle. So all I'd need is the basic operating system wifi a MP3 downloaded and a good local GPS software. I would think that the GPS software alone would take quite a bit of space.
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BluGuy said:
The only navigation app I know off the top of my head that store maps locally is navigon. I have never used it and I see mixed reviews for it.
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CoPilot GPS stores its maps on your sdcard (North America maps take up about 1.3 Gb) and does a mostly acceptible job of navigating without using mobile data. The free version is a bit crippled, but what do you expect for free? Street address searches and POI searches also work well even without mobile data, ideal for a non-activated phone.
Another app I use sometimes is Navfree USA. It uses Open Street Maps, so they can be hit or miss. Also, searching by street addresses is mostly broken (Open Street Maps doesn't seem to handle postal codes well). Maps are downloaded state-by-state.
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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phoenixfriend said:
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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cm7 or Pons cm10
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phoenixfriend said:
So what can be removed without destroying the os? I need only GPS functions bluetooth WiFi and audio.
Perhaps gmail and the play store. Unless I can use the play store without gmail. Is there a ROM I can flash that is already slimmed way down.
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I probably wouldn't remove to much. This is what I am going to do to this phone when my contract runs out with Verizon and I switch to sprint. I'm going to run cm7, which has already been suggested and use the wifi only script which can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217038
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Yes but if I'm going to use this as a GPS with navigation and a MP3 player and dash cam on a motorcycle ill need all the free space I can get.
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Moved to Q&A and edited OP. Please post in the correct section when asking questions and also do not post with the intention of trying to sell, we have the marketplace for that.
Thanks
AvRS
Sorry about that.
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phoenixfriend said:
Yes but if I'm going to use this as a GPS with navigation and a MP3 player and dash cam on a motorcycle ill need all the free space I can get.
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Removing any system apps or parts of the os won't get you anymore space for storage since those are in the system partition.
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Will it get me more speed? Like running through 6 inches of water as opposed to 4 feet.
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phoenixfriend said:
I know the GPS is much better than on the cappy I use now so there is a wonderful idea. I wonder if I could use it for data logging on my motorcycle. Like as a accurate speedometer (with delay for changes in speed) a way to log top speed and as a HD video recorder. Do you have any suggestion as to which GPS nav software to use?
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I don't know how much you may hit the track on your motorcycle, but here are a few suggestions that you can find on the play store.
http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com/welcome
http://www.racerender.com/RR2/Features.html
and a review of those
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/id/2623/tested-trackmaster-by-trackaroo.aspx
Looks like an app I may pay for. Even if im not on a track it will still help as there are a few places on my commute I tend to open up and ride hard. Makes my ride home quicker. Seems it could also be used to log top speed and 1/4 mile times. So a lot of useful features.
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What do you use Multi-Window for?

I really want to use multi-window, but I just can't imagine a scenario when it'd be useful!
Do you use it? Which apps do you use together?
I use it to make iphone users jealeous.
WhiskeySlx said:
I really want to use multi-window, but I just can't imagine a scenario when it'd be useful!
Do you use it? Which apps do you use together?
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I use it for playing Ingress, so I can have the scanner up while chatting with my teammates.
I constantly watch YouTube vids or I'm on fb at work. Comes in handy if I get txt messages
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I almost exclusively use it for text messaging while doing something else.
Ahhh! Texting! Yeah I'm interrupted by hangout chats a lot - I'll definitely give hook this up w hangouts/GV in the bottom pane!
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HKSpeed said:
I use it to make iphone users jealeous.
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+1 same here!
YouTube and any texting app I have enabled for it. Fb or other stuff too.
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Great for media consumption while doing other things like texting or something.
I use the it more as a shortcut tool than actually running two apps at the same time tho.
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K_esco said:
I constantly watch YouTube vids or I'm on fb at work. Comes in handy if I get txt messages
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I second this motion to quickly respond without interupting my video watching mate sweet feature indeed
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Great for media consumption while doing other things like texting or something.
I use the it more as a shortcut tool than actually running two apps at the same time tho.
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It makes it super easy to get to LastPass. :good:
Just found A new use.. While using Google maps, and streaming audio to car stereo have Google music on the other screen.. Works nice
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I tried enabling multi-window to use with any apps but it's not working. Anyway I'd use it for a lot of multi-tasking, like watching a Netflix documentary and taking notes, or playing a game and watching a video, etc. Mostly media/texting.
Ditto on LastPass.
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