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Transforming our T989 to a dumbphone

Hi all,
My father recently decided to pick up a s2 and doesn't plan on using it for anything other than calling, texting, and calendar reminders. In fact, he WON'T even have a data plan.
He's coming from a dumb phone that'll give him wonderful battery life so this phone's battery life will be a sort of shock.
I'm wondering what are some ways to ease that battery life.
I've come up with
-custom rom& kernel
Underclocking
CPU sleeper
Autobrightness
2G only
Data off
Sync off
Wifi Bluetooth gps off
Any other tips you guys have? Help is much appreciated.
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I forgot to include freezing bloat.
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Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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pwner5889 said:
Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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I'd like to suggest Darkside v8! That rom is incredibly stable and well developed.
If you want to save a lot more battery, I'd like to suggest SetCPU and just downlock. I doubt your dad would be able to tell an immediate difference between 1.1-1.2 ghz VS. 1.5ghz. Plus, make sure you install CPUspy and BetterBatteryStats to make sure that the phone is actually entering into 'deep sleep' mode.

Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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a93hunt said:
Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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a93hunt said:
Well on our carrier tmobile, there's pretty much no such thing as a dumb phone anymore.. Long story short, we got an s2 free through upgrade and no data plan because he doesn't use it. So for the price of free, why not take it? His old phone is acting up and he wanted something slightly more modern.
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Sounds EXACTLY like my dad, but we're not upgrading and not getting anything for free so I'm not getting him a new phone, currently he has a old candy bar style Nokia. I won't even give him my old n8 because it's too much for him
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You can't get a discounted smartphone without adding a data plan.
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Til there is a recognize contributor LOL, totally never noticed that.

I have a family plan. My brother's line was up so we upgraded his line (which already has a data plan) to the s2 and we're giving the s2 to my father. My father is simply going to be putting his sim in the s2 (and my brother will be keeping the same mytouch he has at the moment.) Tmobile will not add a data plan and force my father to use one as his line was not the one upgraded.
And this isn't att where data is added to lines automatically
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Towle said:
3000$ PC? Hardly a proper comparison. This phone is nowhere near as fast as people claim it to be.
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That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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My father is like your father he asked me which phone was better the Driod or the iPhone. And i like looked at him as if he were high or delusional.. I told him none lol.
But yes i agree with the other user who recommended darkside v8. I recommend STOCK or any TouchWiz ROM. As for the comment "paying for extra features when he wont use them" Well if you already have the s2 which is collecting dust why not put it to use? I wouldnt recommend going out and buying an S2 to not use. But if one already has it then what the heck? lol.
As for data, T-Mobile allows any phone to not have a data plan. Im on the value plan, and if i wished, i could get rid of everything but talking minutes.

RushAOZ said:
That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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What features am I talking about?
Everything having to do with data..(unless your on Wi-Fi)
And do you mind sharing the "bells and whistles" the s3 has that ours doesn't? It is a SLIGHTLY improved version of the s2 that does all the same things..
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RushAOZ said:
That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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Ive had several smartphones, notably the Tmobile Comet (Running Froyo FYI), LG Mytouch, and the S2. The S2 is FAR from basic. If you every tried those phones, you will know. As far as battery life, try juice defender. Use the extreme profile, will save you a ton of battery life

pwner5889 said:
Why would he even want an S2 in the first place. If he's never going to use it fully? That's like buying the fastest $3500 gaming PC in the world and never using it. Just curious. Not trying to troll or anything.
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Funny, is like buying a ferrari and drive 35MPH only lol

To each his own. Everyone is entitled their own opinion.. Not flaming fighting, whatever you guys want to call it.
I'll check out juice defender.
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RushAOZ said:
That went way over your head. He wasn't making a literal comparison. Basically saying "why would you pay more for features you aren't going to use."
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No, it didn't. That was a bad analogy. Maybe if he was talking an s3 or something but this phone is pretty basic and to the point when it comes to smartphones. And what features are you talking about that he won't take advantage of?? Any phone released In the last 2 years is capable of everything this phone is minus NFC and speed if were talking single core. If anything I would get him a phone of this caliber instead of a crappier android phone that's going to be much harder to deal with. My mother has a cheapo tmo android phone and its hell to use. Crappy touch screen, ect. I think the t989 is a great choice for anyone not looking for all the bells and whistles. Anywho...
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S3 is not all that better. S2 is nowhere basic if you know how to use it.
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For ****'s Sake, can someone just answer his question without telling a full grown man how to spend his money?

I love how infatuated with this phone some of you are. Anyone who says the s3 is a slight improvement over this phone is horribly mistaken. I play with my buddies s3 from time to time.. side by side app loading is much faster, gets more FPS while gaming (dead trigger runs smoother on the s3 despite it pushing almost 3 tines the amount of pixels, the 720p screen is much better, the 2gb of ram really comes in handy (have any of you ever noticed how laggy and stuttery the t989 gets when updating apps from the play store? The s3 is completely smooth while updating) the cameras snapshots have better PQ.. everything about the s3 is better. Of all the handsets I've owned I've never seen such infatuation and naivety in its xda forum section. :-/ makes me hurl.
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Mall ad with free music download

I was at a mall today and right before the exit, I saw an advertisement for the GS3. What was unique about it was that it told you to hold up your own GS3 next to the one in the advertisement (as if you were beaming with it) to receive a free music download.
I wasn't so amazed by the technology as much as I was amazed that it worked on the first try... and it front of my iPhone-loving friends too!
Unfortunately the song I received was Some Nights by Fun., but still awesome.
Has anyone else encountered these ads?

fezzle said:
I was at a mall today and right before the exit, I saw an advertisement for the GS3. What was unique about it was that it told you to hold up your own GS3 next to the one in the advertisement (as if you were beaming with it) to receive a free music download.
I wasn't so amazed by the technology as much as I was amazed that it worked on the first try... and it front of my iPhone-loving friends too!
Unfortunately the song I received was Some Nights by Fun., but still awesome.
Has anyone else encountered these ads?
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The ad had an embedded NFC tag. You can buy tags and program them yourself to do stuff like that. The tags are cheap and the apps to program them are free.
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I've seen a few of those around malls by me, some for ebooks. Unfortunately, mine doesn't seem to work. I've turned everything related to NFC on, and still nada. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to being mine in...
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WHYDavid said:
The ad had an embedded NFC tag. You can buy tags and program them yourself to do stuff like that. The tags are cheap and the apps to program them are free.
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As I said, it wasn't the technology that impressed me, it was the fact it worked.

I saw a few of these around NYC. Nifty use of tech.
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fezzle said:
As I said, it wasn't the technology that impressed me, it was the fact it worked.
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Why wouldn't it work?

I am guessing you aren't using the stock battery. If you a buy a backup or larger battery, always make sure it says either in the product description or item itself that it is NFC enabled.
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DarkManX4lf said:
Why wouldn't it work?
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Because technology seems to never work for me when I'm trying to show it off to friends.
I figured I'd have to toggle a few settings or something, but I was happy with the immediate results. (Luckily I do keep NFC on, if I hadn't, I assume nothing would have happened.)

End of life ideas for dinc2

So, I got my new phone. Yay.
Now I have this old dinc, gonna root, but who has some good ideas for putting this thing to good non phone use?
Thanks!

Dedicated music player comes to mind. I don't know
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I agree with naut. Get you a theme able custom ROM and pimp the hell out that mp3inc. Throw on some Pandora, some games, and a few good camera apps.
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zax10 said:
I agree with naut. Get you a theme able custom ROM and pimp the hell out that mp3inc. Throw on some Pandora, some games, and a few good camera apps.
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I like That. I have aspirations (no motivation) to be a themer and a dedicated device to test on sounds great.
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seejoshplay said:
So, I got my new phone. Yay.
Now I have this old dinc, gonna root, but who has some good ideas for putting this thing to good non phone use?
Thanks!
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You could just send it to me! Haha, some people use it as a VOIP phone in there house. I think an app like GrooveIP will give you that option.

thenaut said:
I like That. I have aspirations (no motivation) to be a themer and a dedicated device to test on sounds great.
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You could just send it to me! Haha, some people use it as a VOIP phone in there house. I think an app like GrooveIP will give you that option.
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I second that. Specifically the send it to me part
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Personally I like having a second phone to quickly and easily show off something cool on the new phone via video. I had a d2g that had a bad esn (I thought I could use it in Europe, but was locked out there too) and I used it a lot for that.
Also I use it when going abroad, as it will work in Europe and the states.
Also, I love using my old phones as alarm clocks. You'd be amazed how many days an old BB Curve will last with all the radios turned off. I'm guessing a Dinc2 would be good that way too.
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Thanks!
Two questions. Could it be a GPS without a data connection?
Also, does anyone know of an app that makes your phone networked attached storage and / or plug it into a hard drive and act as an interface for NAS?

seejoshplay said:
Thanks!
Two questions. Could it be a GPS without a data connection?
Also, does anyone know of an app that makes your phone networked attached storage and / or plug it into a hard drive and act as an interface for NAS?
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I know GPS will work without data, but if you need to pull up directions for navigation, you need to be on WiFi to download the coordinates. After that if you don't make it re-route it will work. As for the 2nd question.....idk
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Always nice to have a backup phone when the new one breaks and you have to wait for Verizon to send you your new refurb **** phone
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ericsdeadinside said:
Always nice to have a backup phone when the new one breaks and you have to wait for Verizon to send you your new refurb **** phone
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really on all these ideas. I still have my Eris (though the trackball still scrolls left) as an emergency backup, mp3/Pandora player for in-house and garage (anywhere WiFi reaches), and white noise machine for sleeping baby.
Sometimes wish it didn't have that trackball issue so I could use it more efficiantly, so a fully operational DInc2 laying around would be an awesome thing to have.
What did you end up getting?

Thanks for the advice. I also like the idea of an experimental unit, now that I do not rely on the device daily, I can check out the jellybean rom and try out google now

TheAtheistReverend said:
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really on all these ideas. I still have my Eris (though the trackball still scrolls left) as an emergency backup, mp3/Pandora player for in-house and garage (anywhere WiFi reaches), and white noise machine for sleeping baby.
Sometimes wish it didn't have that trackball issue so I could use it more efficiantly, so a fully operational DInc2 laying around would be an awesome thing to have.
What did you end up getting?
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I remember I used to get the eris trackball to start working by putting a piece of clean white paper on a table and rolling the trackball over it in a rolling motion. Always did the trick
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Triscuit said:
I remember I used to get the eris trackball to start working by putting a piece of clean white paper on a table and rolling the trackball over it in a rolling motion. Always did the trick
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Yea, I used up all the paper in the house. It only lasts for a short while now, but it does work for a little (usually). I even replaced the trackball with a blackberry one. I was thinking about trying just caking the area around the trackball/circuit board with JB weld to prevent flex which I think is causing the intermittent contact issue caused by the location of the charging port in relation to the trackball.
Ah well, either way it is extra and it wont be the end of the workl if I destroy it!
Yay for extras!

I'll be using mine as a paranormal investigation tool. I have a few apps that actually work, unlike ghost radar.

Navigation now that maps has an offline feature!
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nyccharlie said:
I'll be using mine as a paranormal investigation tool. I have a few apps that actually work, unlike ghost radar.
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Is this for real LOL

Pornphone.
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htc/Verizon asks that you place your inc2 on end of barrel of a 12 gauge, insert 3in slug, make it rain incredible flakes. now your inc2 has been officially updated by Verizon

Like someone else mentioned, the phone could be used as a VOIP home phone. All it requires is a Google Voice account and an app called GrooveIP (there's a free version, but the $5 full-featured version is definitely worth the money in my opinion). I also take it with me when I travel, since most airports and lots of hotels offer free WiFi, which allows me to make as many phone calls as I like without running up my minutes. I've been using my Inc2 for this purpose for awhile now, and it's very nice to have. I keep the phone in a dock and also use it for streaming music when I'm home as well as for my alarm clock. Just because the phone isn't activated on a wireless plan shouldn't mean that it can't serve a purpose.
Only other piece of advice; I would steer clear of ICS/JB based Roms if using it as a VOIP phone. I had nothing but trouble with the audio settings on GrooveIP. But the stock Rom, or any GB-based Rom should work fine. I use MROM (which is CM7 based) and it works exactly as expected.

Google Play is not a viable alternative to local storage.

Seriously it is ****, tried using it as people say you can have all your music on it instead of your phone. It converts everything to MP3 for one but half the time it fails which is so annoying, end up with lots of errors saying stuff couldn't transfer. Not only that but you can only select folders to upload, so I select the folders I want but not all the stuff uploads and I don't know why. So I delete all the music to start fresh and it wouldn't let me upload it again, doesn't even give a reason, I had to reinstall the program to be able to. The odd thing is though you cannot use your old play with the new install so you have to delete all on Google play and install the downloader it gives you and go through that whole process.
So I tried again with a folder of 159 mp3s, it says there is only 110 when there isn't and is only uploading 49 of them.......
Such **** like all of Googles software, like Stock Android is crap, I end up using third party programs to get better performance like Dolphin over Chrome. Also it's missing so many features I love from TouchWiz, I don't get why people hate TouchWiz so much, it has many more features than stock Android, features like well performing Samsung apps, the Samsung music player and Camera is much better, also it doesn't have on screen buttons taking up so much room, seriously the most retarded thing to keep them in apps when you keep hitting them.

Sell your phone and get a Windows Phone or iPhone.
Done.
Also, this thread will likely be locked, as it serves no real purpose. This isn't a rant forum.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.

I'll just return it and wait for the GS4.

slannmage said:
I'll just return it and wait for the GS4.
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Alright then. You have a solution. I'm curious why you prefer Touchwiz over AOSP?
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.

estallings15 said:
Alright then. You have a solution. I'm curious why you prefer Touchwiz over AOSP?
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
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He possibly doesn't. He just wants the increased internal storage (64GB, very probably) + the probable option of using SD cards for even more storage. Therefore, making cloud storage irrelevant to him.

Stock iOS is crap fanboy
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Gotta say man, sell up and set a galaxy s3 then. IMO stock android is a much better experience over touchwiz. Although there were a couple of things I liked about it, generally I found it slow and generally pretty ugly. Had good codec support but then so does MX player.
If you don't dig it then jump ship, not difficult really.
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Griffrez said:
He possibly doesn't. He just wants the increased internal storage (64GB, very probably) + the probable option of using SD cards for even more storage. Therefore, making cloud storage irrelevant to him.
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Yes, we all realized this. Thank you.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.

The point was don't listen to people who say Google Play makes having 16gb internal Viable, Google Play is ****. All I want to do is drag and drop, why do they have to make it so hard and buggy? It's simple with a Micro SD or internal storage, it just acts like a Hard Drive. Windows Phone and IOS are worse, tried both and they suck even more, especially iTunes, I don't understand how that bloated poorly optimized bit of software can be so popular.

Google play music is great and easy to use, it's not a viable alternative because it's a data whore otherwise it's great
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The point was don't listen to people who say Google Play makes having 16gb internal Viable, Google Play is ****. All I want to do is drag and drop, why do they have to make it so hard and buggy? It's simple with a Micro SD or internal storage, it just acts like a Hard Drive. Windows Phone and IOS are worse, tried both and they suck even more, especially iTunes, I don't understand how that bloated poorly optimized bit of software can be so popular.
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If other people aren't having these issues with it, have you considered that it may be your connection or machine?
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.

Cor-master said:
Google play music is great and easy to use, it's not a viable alternative because it's a data whore otherwise it's great
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It's great if you don't mind low quality music. It's fine if you don't mind getting lowly transcoded mp3 in return from CD quality or lossless music. And it's all good if you live in the city and have buckets of data to burn through. Google is slowly prying freedom from your hands and many people are gladly giving it up. The direction Google is going with nexus, we should all sell our PC's and get chrome books. Or worse, apple products.
I voided my warranty.

Honestly the lack of an sd slot is stupid. I can't make an excuse for that. I think Google play music could be a viable alternative and what are you taking about quality? It plays music in whatever quality you uploaded it in which for me, lame alt preset standard, and lossless is overrated, your loosing audio your ear can't hear. And all of Googles music is encoded in 320k,the highest bit rate mp3 anyway.
The problem is it consumes too much data. I used it for a week when it came out and got a notice from at&t that I had used up 65% of my data plan.
As for an sd slot, people want it, Google should just give the people what they want. I pretty much decided I can live with the sacrifices but I'd prefer to have an sd, a removable battery, and lte
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So sell your nexus 4 and get an iPhone if you want an mp3 player that can make phone calls
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Cor-master said:
Honestly the lack of an sd slot is stupid. I can't make an excuse for that. I think Google play music could be a viable alternative and what are you taking about quality? It plays music in whatever quality you uploaded it in which for me, lame alt preset standard, and lossless is overrated, your loosing audio your ear can't hear. And all of Googles music is encoded in 320k,the highest bit rate mp3 anyway.
The problem is it consumes too much data. I used it for a week when it came out and got a notice from at&t that I had used up 65% of my data plan.
As for an sd slot, people want it, Google should just give the people what they want. I pretty much decided I can live with the sacrifices but I'd prefer to have an sd, a removable battery, and lte
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Lol at people complaining at their nexus 4 not having certain things, even though specs of nexus 4 was out before it went on sale. If you wanted those things you shouldn't have bought a nexus 4 in the first place
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So sell your nexus 4 and get an iPhone if you want an mp3 player that can make phone calls
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Lol at people complaining at their nexus 4 not having certain things, even though specs of nexus 4 was out before it went on sale. If you wanted those things you shouldn't have bought a nexus 4 in the first place
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Except for USB OTG. They lied about that one.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.

Coming from someone who has unlimited data and lives and works in a major metropolis; Google music is awesome.
I have the 8GB version and that's plenty of storage for me.
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uberNoobZA said:
So sell your nexus 4 and get an iPhone if you want an mp3 player that can make phone calls
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Lol at people complaining at their nexus 4 not having certain things, even though specs of nexus 4 was out before it went on sale. If you wanted those things you shouldn't have bought a nexus 4 in the first place
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I'm being honest. Get real dude. There really is no reason to not have an sd slot. It's not going to drive up costs and it's not going to hurt anything. And personally until they make a battery with an unlimited charge count and a 100 year shelf life, it's stupid to build it in to anything, that isn't just the nexus 4, I'm talking everything. LTE? Well I can kinda understand that one, it's a can of worms right now Google doesn't want to deal with, too many different bands and licensing issues.
For me, the sacrifices are worth the pure Google experience, but I'd be lying if I tried to justify why this stuff isn't needed and pretend I don't want it.
I can live with the sacrifices, but I'd still prefer not to, but it's not worth dealing with a phone with a locked bootloader, a 100 rubbish apps that start with AT&T, a wifi hot spot option that tells me I need to call AT&T to activate, and eol status after one half assed update that came 6 months late and broke more things than it fixed.
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Really I have to add it blows my mind how many tools troll xda and defend every device like it's perfect, and tell everyone whose not 100% happy with everything to buy an iphone. God forbid I don't think the Nexus is perfect, my god I must be half retarded, or I some how didn't drink googles koolaid at some point.
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Why are there so many troll posts in the N4 section. Makes me sad.
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mackster248 said:
Why are there so many troll posts in the N4 section. Makes me sad.
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Welcome to xda! Seriously though every forum is like this, but the popular devices like the nexus line always are full of these posts
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I've been on many device threads on XDA, have never seen so many trolls as I've seen on this device. Even the Galaxy Nexus was much better.
Oh well, if only people ignored threads like this.
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Mercedes Benz owners: do you have Bluetooth connectivity issues?

When I connect my phone to my MB GL350 via Bluetooth, the phone connects and disconnects about 5 times before the connection stays. This happens with both mine and my wife's GS3's and only in the MB, not the Audi. I did a search and found others complaining of GS3 connectivity issues but nothing like I'm experiencing. I am trying to figure out if this is a weird anomaly between MB and Samsung or if there is an issue with the car or phones. I'm hoping to get ahold of a family members iPhone to see if it has the same issues but for now I want to see if anyone has experienced something similar.
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Works fine in my Bentley
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Spectacular. But seeing as I don't own a Bentley, I don't much care. Hence the reason the thread is addressed to MB drivers.
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mlin said:
Spectacular. But seeing as I don't own a Bentley, I don't much care. Hence the reason the thread is addressed to MB drivers.
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Not the same vehicle but I had the same issue in an infiniti M series... with both my MacBook and my S3
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It always takes a few times to catch but works fine afterward
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I'd suggest to just root your MB and then edit the build.prop to connect BT faster.

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I'd suggest to just root your MB and then edit the build.prop to connect BT faster.
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+1 lmfao. Wish I owned a freaking MB or a Bentley xD I'd root the **** out of it and boost up the heapsize Lol.
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CNexus said:
I'd suggest to just root your MB and then edit the build.prop to connect BT faster.
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Lmmfao
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FLBoy1991 said:
Not the same vehicle but I had the same issue in an infiniti M series... with both my MacBook and my S3
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It always takes a few times to catch but works fine afterward
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Right on. I did a search of MB bluetooth connectivity issues and most of the threads that come up pertain to either the SGS3 or SGN2 so it seems its not an issue with the car which was my biggest concern. It's weird, we have an Audi A6 as well and it connects very quickly without ever a hiccup. So it goes...
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I'd suggest to just root your MB and then edit the build.prop to connect BT faster.
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I wish I could. I've looked into hacking it to do other things and there just isn't a lot of literature on doing so. Even if there was, not sure I would go down that road. Hacking $500 phones is way different than hacking $3k computers in $80k cars!

mlin said:
When I connect my phone to my MB GL350 via Bluetooth, the phone connects and disconnects about 5 times before the connection stays. This happens with both mine and my wife's GS3's and only in the MB, not the Audi. I did a search and found others complaining of GS3 connectivity issues but nothing like I'm experiencing. I am trying to figure out if this is a weird anomaly between MB and Samsung or if there is an issue with the car or phones. I'm hoping to get ahold of a family members iPhone to see if it has the same issues but for now I want to see if anyone has experienced something similar.
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If you've got the command unit, with the bluetooth adapter make sure you have the 3rd generation adapter. My system is a bit different, I've got an eclass, but we don't have the phone system. I've balked at the money to install the equipment to make it work. Just isn't worth it to us.
If your system is the one I think it is, then both the 2nd generation and the 3rd generation adapters should be compatible, however, I've read that the 3rd generation works better and is more reliable with the latest smartphones. Having not had the opportunity to try, all I can do is guess.
Good luck.

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Spectacular. But seeing as I don't own a Bentley, I don't much care. Hence the reason the thread is addressed to MB drivers.
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You should get a Bentley then.

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You should get a Bentley then.
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Don't really like em, too flashy and too much money for too many days in the shop. Thanks for the recommendation.

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If you've got the command unit, with the bluetooth adapter make sure you have the 3rd generation adapter. My system is a bit different, I've got an eclass, but we don't have the phone system. I've balked at the money to install the equipment to make it work. Just isn't worth it to us.
If your system is the one I think it is, then both the 2nd generation and the 3rd generation adapters should be compatible, however, I've read that the 3rd generation works better and is more reliable with the latest smartphones. Having not had the opportunity to try, all I can do is guess.
Good luck.
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Thanks. It's got phone capabilities built in and I purchased the Media Interface Plus for bluetooth audio streaming. I noticed that if bluetooth is on prior to turning on the car, there is no issue connecting. I'll just do it in this order from here on out. Like I said previously, my biggest concern was that there was something wrong with the bluetooth receiver in the COMAND unit but this seems to be highly unlikely.