My GS3 just sitting off of charge for 10+ hrs without me touching it only looses 20% of battery.
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Originally posted by n4dog:
My GS3 just sitting off of charge for 10+ hrs without me touching it only looses 20% of battery.
Sounds about right. Typical "deep sleep" (phone in standby, screen off) for the GS3 should be around 2-3% per hour, depending on how many things are syncing.
With Gmail, work email (Microsoft Exchange Server for email, calendar, and contacts), and Facebook set to push notifications, and Instagram, Dropbox, and a few games syncing, I get around 1.5-2% per hour drain with my extended battery (around 3-4% with a stock battery) in deep sleep.
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That is good to hear. Now if I could just figure out how to move my apps to my SD card to save space on my phone.
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I left Sprint and got on my wife's Verizon account. With that switch came a new Galaxy SIII. Damn, what a phone!! The 4G LTE speeds are amazing too.
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Originally posted by TexSkills:
I left Sprint and got on my wife's Verizon account. With that switch came a new Galaxy SIII. Damn, what a phone!! The 4G LTE speeds are amazing too.
congratulations
on your marriage.
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Have we maxed out this thread? I see it says Flie made a posts at 4:24PM, but it's not showing up when I click on this thread.
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Thank you for the feedback. I went to Verizon and checked out the phones. My main issue is the size of the Android phones. They are freaking huge! It is insane. I guess I will get used to it?
I have no choice, I have to get an Android phone.
I have narrowed it down to order of preference to:
1- Razr HD: decent price, decent size, decent features.
2- HTC DNA: CNET seems to like it. The guy at Verizon showed it to me and it is monstrous.
3- Razr Maxx: a little expensive. I can settle on the Razr HD.
4- S3: everyone else likes it but it feels "cheap."
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Originally posted by PanicFSU:
Thank you for the feedback. I went to Verizon and checked out the phones. My main issue is the size of the Android phones. They are freaking huge! It is insane. I guess I will get used to it?
I have no choice, I have to get an Android phone.
I have narrowed it down to order of preference to:
1- Razr HD: decent price, decent size, decent features.
2- HTC DNA: CNET seems to like it. The guy at Verizon showed it to me and it is monstrous.
3- Razr Maxx: a little expensive. I can settle on the Razr HD.
4- S3: everyone else likes it but it feels "cheap."
I'd like to see how the Droid DNA does with battery life in its retail form. The battery criticism is really the only knock on the phone right now, and the reviews were pretty mixed on that. |
Those Verizon phones were discussed in this thread:
http://floridastate.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?highlight=maxx&sid=1061&fid=1083&tid=153759855&mid=160042073As for the GS3 feeling "cheap": Most people put their phones in cases, so that's about all you typically end up seeing and feeling.
As for the phones being big, you definitely get accustomed to it. I don't think I could go back to having a phone with a screen size under 4.3" anymore. The extra real estate is very nice for gaming and watching movies.
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I will never go back to a phone smaller than 4.5" The phone was charged for 1 hour this morning and has been on since yesterday and I am at 21% battery. I have been using off and on.So I really like it with my new rom. The GS3 does not feel cheap to me.I did put mine in a Trident case.
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Alright, I had IT order me a S III.
Why bother with other Android phones when the S III is compared most with the iPhone?
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I have lucked out. I won a Galaxy Note 2. Should get it in the next couple of days. Panic you are correct the S3 is even better than the iphone 5. Does a lot of things the iphone can only dream of.
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Originally posted by n4dog:
I have lucked out. I won a Galaxy Note 2. Should get it in the next couple of days. Panic you are correct the S3 is even better than the iphone 5. Does a lot of things the iphone can only dream of.
You lucky bastage. How'd you win a Note 2?
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by n4dog:
I have lucked out. I won a Galaxy Note 2. Should get it in the next couple of days. Panic you are correct the S3 is even better than the iphone 5. Does a lot of things the iphone can only dream of.
You lucky bastage. How'd you win a Note 2?
The guy that runs Highonandroid.com had a give away and he picked me yesterday. Look at my google+ account Marshall Griffiss. I posted the you tube video from yesterday. He sent me a email yesterday and it should be shipped soon. I am sooOOOOO looking forward to it.
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We ended up getting Razr M today for wife and myself. I'm mad the Nexus was no longer free but I think it will work out.
Thoughts on the Razr M versus the Nexus?
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Originally posted by fmol4:
We ended up getting Razr M today for wife and myself. I'm mad the Nexus was no longer free but I think it will work out.
Thoughts on the Razr M versus the Nexus?
I loved my Galaxy Nexus. The battery life was not. I am not sure about the Razr M check droid-life.com
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Originally posted by n4dog:
Originally posted by fmol4:
We ended up getting Razr M today for wife and myself. I'm mad the Nexus was no longer free but I think it will work out.
Thoughts on the Razr M versus the Nexus?
I loved my Galaxy Nexus. The battery life was not. I am not sure about the Razr M check droid-life.com
One of my friends has the Razr M. Looks nice and he has no complaints coming over from a BBerry. Battery life is pretty decent, but the screen is sub-par compared to the current higher resolution screens out there right now.
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Originally posted by n4dog:
ok thanks I will take a look at that this evening. Dang work puter will not let me look at XDA
Dang, that sux!!!
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I'm still learning, but my Razr M has worked pretty well so far. Very impressed with the battery so far. Now I'm trying to figure out which apps are worthy and realistically needed. The picture is not a big deal to me coming from a 2004 flip phone.
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by Bartdog:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by GbrNole:
unlocked phone off contract. learned a while ago not to pin myself down to a contract with the kids!
i has thought about a win7.5 phone but never tried one?
They are pretty nice. Bart is a big fan. The only downside with the Lumia 900 is that it's not going to receive updates past 7.5, which may be a deal breaker for some. Still, it's good hardware, snappy, has a nice screen, and generally gotten good reviews about performance. If apps are important, it doesn't have the selection that iOS and Android offer.
The main apps that WP marketplace (soon to be called "store") is missing are things like "draw this" and "word with friends." All the standard fb, twitter, linkedin, amazon, netflix (was on wp FIRST), shazam, angry birds 1, fruit ninja, etc are available. The list grows every day. How many people do you know that develop in the MS environment? They are all potential app writers.
apparently, one of the biggest requests people have on the wpcentral forums is the ability to capture screen shots. Why is this so important?
The apps will come when user base grows. Android started out with meager app selection, but now app selection is terrific. WP's problem will be user base. App developers have to commit funds to support updates, which in reality is probably easier to do that keeping up with all the Android variations out there. Still, comes down to the numbers. Hopefully WP improves over time. It really is a good Mobile OS.
As for screen captures, I use the feature quite a bit. The times where it is handy is capturing phone related information (Battery stats, software version info, IMEI number, etc). It's also handy to save images from an app you are running. For instance Instagram does not allow you to save pictures, but I'll screen capture and cropp the image to send it to someone else, if it's something notable.
You also see people do this a lot with text messages on iPhone, where people will take screen captures of a conversation and post it to FB (usually funny conversations).
It's a handy feature to have. Android didn't always have it and I had to use rooted apps to accomplish it. Now, it's a standard feature and a handy one to have at that.
OK,
here is the guide for new WP users switching from iphone or android. As of now, 46 of the top 50 apps are now available for WP8. Note, some of these are exclusive to Nokia phones.
"The
Windows Phone Store now has
over 120,000 apps ranging from photo apps to those that help you stay in touch
with friends across the globe. Simply put, there are apps for all uses and all
Lumia owners.
In fact, of the top 50 apps available for iPhone and Android, 46 of them are
available for your Nokia Lumia.
If you're considering a
switch to Nokia Lumia (or just bought one), you might be wondering what apps are
available that match up with your old phone. Well, App #Switch is here to show you
the way.
The site, created by Xyo, is available now and serves a simple purpose: it
allows Android and iPhone owners to select their current phone and current
country and type in their favorite app. Then, the site gives suggestions on
replacement apps for the source application, complete with QR Codes for easy
install on your new Nokia Lumia."
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Just saw that Dee and Frank were using Nokia Windows phones on It's Always Sunny.
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Microsoft is doing a lot of product placement these days. They have to if they're going to fight the tide of all the free advertising apple gets. practically every phone you see on tv is an iphone.
This post was edited on 12/7 2:22 PM by Bartdog
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According to macrumors.com, Walmart is selling the Iphone 5 for $127. , fWIWPosted from wireless.rivals.com
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Note III due out next summer...
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as a follow up to my post above, I was able to upgrade to the 5 at Walmart for $127, pretty painlessPosted from wireless.rivals.com
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Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
It sure is tough for Microsoft to compete when they don't have monopoly power.
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Originally posted by surfnole:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
It sure is tough for Microsoft to compete when they don't have monopoly power.
Yep, kinda sad as I used to be a fan of MS (Windows, WM6.1, Xbox 360), but damn they make it hard to root for them even when not considering their business practices. I think XBOX is the final straw for me. Windows will probably be the last MS product I continue to support.
The thing I don't like about Windows Phone is how it's locked down. Since the OS is not open source, you're really tied to official updates for continued support of your mobile device. It's a nice OS for sure, but damn is it taking them a long time to gain any traction on market share.
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by surfnole:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
It sure is tough for Microsoft to compete when they don't have monopoly power.
Yep, kinda sad as I used to be a fan of MS (Windows, WM6.1, Xbox 360), but damn they make it hard to root for them even when not considering their business practices. I think XBOX is the final straw for me. Windows will probably be the last MS product I continue to support.
The thing I don't like about Windows Phone is how it's locked down. Since the OS is not open source, you're really tied to official updates for continued support of your mobile device. It's a nice OS for sure, but damn is it taking them a long time to gain any traction on market share.
What happened with Xbox?
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Originally posted by TexasGooner:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by surfnole:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
It sure is tough for Microsoft to compete when they don't have monopoly power.
Yep, kinda sad as I used to be a fan of MS (Windows, WM6.1, Xbox 360), but damn they make it hard to root for them even when not considering their business practices. I think XBOX is the final straw for me. Windows will probably be the last MS product I continue to support.
The thing I don't like about Windows Phone is how it's locked down. Since the OS is not open source, you're really tied to official updates for continued support of your mobile device. It's a nice OS for sure, but damn is it taking them a long time to gain any traction on market share.
What happened with Xbox?
I was all about Xbox until getting it replaced 3 times, my hard drive failing, and now the thing randomly shuts off so I never use it. The rising cost of XBL is the nail in the coffin for me. I've spent over $250 over the years on my XBL subscription. I won't be renewing again. |
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by TexasGooner:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by surfnole:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
It sure is tough for Microsoft to compete when they don't have monopoly power.
Yep, kinda sad as I used to be a fan of MS (Windows, WM6.1, Xbox 360), but damn they make it hard to root for them even when not considering their business practices. I think XBOX is the final straw for me. Windows will probably be the last MS product I continue to support.
The thing I don't like about Windows Phone is how it's locked down. Since the OS is not open source, you're really tied to official updates for continued support of your mobile device. It's a nice OS for sure, but damn is it taking them a long time to gain any traction on market share.
What happened with Xbox?
I was all about Xbox until getting it replaced 3 times, my hard drive failing, and now the thing randomly shuts off so I never use it. The rising cost of XBL is the nail in the coffin for me. I've spent over $250 over the years on my XBL subscription. I won't be renewing again.
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Heck my PS3 just dies for the 2 time. It sucks I just got my boys 2 new games for christmas and they have not been able to play them. I sure hate spending another $250
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Ouch for Microsoft. Surprised at the Android and Apple numbers. I figured Apple would see a bigger jump from the iPhone 5 release.
I figured that would have been the same until this report came out on droid life.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/07/consumer-reports-marks-apples-iphone-5-the-worst-of-the-best/
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Question: If the phone is off, and someone sends a text message to you, is there a way to fix the time stamp so that it shows when the text was sent to you rather than showing it was received when the phone is powered on? My old phone used to show the time it was sent to me, but these smartphones give it a received time of when you turn on the phone. Always been a nuisance to me. Have no way of knowing if it was sent several hours ago, or just a few mins ago.
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Originally posted by CC0492:
Question: If the phone is off, and someone sends a text message to you, is there a way to fix the time stamp so that it shows when the text was sent to you rather than showing it was received when the phone is powered on? My old phone used to show the time it was sent to me, but these smartphones give it a received time of when you turn on the phone. Always been a nuisance to me. Have no way of knowing if it was sent several hours ago, or just a few mins ago.
I use GoSMS and when I press and hold on a message, it tells me when it was received and sent. I just tested it. Powered off my phone, then sent a text to myself via computer. Waited 5 minutes then turned the phone back on. time stamp received said 3:05, but Time Sent said 2:59, which is the time I sent it.
Kind of a pain, but the information is embedded in the text message itself.
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Why turn the phone off?Posted from wireless.rivals.com
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Originally posted by TennNole17:
Why turn the phone off?
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I'd guess on planes, trips, or entering buildings/facilities where it's required. Or times when you're out of service.
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Originally posted by Bartdog:
Fun stuff, Lumia 920 vs baseball
Nice.
I wish Nokia would make an Android phone. They need to stop the hemoraging with WP and diversify like Samsung and others have done.
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by Bartdog:
Fun stuff, Lumia 920 vs baseball
Nice.
I wish Nokia would make an Android phone. They need to stop the hemorrhaging with WP and diversify like Samsung and others have done.
?? They're
not hemorrhaging.
Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) jumped as much as 18 percent in Helsinki trading after a surprise
fourth-quarter earnings recovery signaled Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Elop's plan to revive the Finnish handset maker is gaining pace.
. . .
The return to profit in phonemaking is among the first concrete signs
that new devices and asset sales are helping Espoo, Finland-based Nokia
rebound. Nokia has accumulated about 4.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion)
in net losses since Elop started his bet in early 2011 on smartphones using Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows software.
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Originally posted by Bartdog:
Originally posted by dmm5157:
Originally posted by Bartdog:
Fun stuff, Lumia 920 vs baseball
Nice.
I wish Nokia would make an Android phone. They need to stop the hemorrhaging with WP and diversify like Samsung and others have done.
?? They're not hemorrhaging.
Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)
jumped as much as 18 percent in Helsinki trading after a surprise
fourth-quarter earnings recovery signaled Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Elop's plan to revive the Finnish handset maker is gaining pace.
. . .
The return to profit in phonemaking is among the first concrete signs
that new devices and asset sales are helping Espoo, Finland-based Nokia
rebound. Nokia has accumulated about 4.8 billion euros ($6.3 billion)
in net losses since Elop started his bet in early 2011 on smartphones using Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows software.
And how are they doing in market share in the US? They do fine and dandy on their home turf, but looking at Nokia on the NYSE for their 5 yr trend and they are WAY down.
Nokie was the king of the hill for many years and even when the iPhone was picking up steam, many overseas still preferred Nokia to the new fangled iOS and Android devices.
Windows Phone is holding Nokia back, at least in the US. Nokia is about to cut around 10,000 jobs globally, so their stocks are probably due for a slight dip.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/01/17/tech-stocks-thursday-intel-nokia/1841839/I don't really care about earnings, stock prices, etc. I do care about market share, operating systems, and availability on carriers. Nokia is taking a very calculated risk by aligning with Microsoft. Maybe they don't want to bite the hand that feeds by spreading to both WP and Android. I do know that Elop has opened his big mouth and said a lot of negative things about Android that has pissed off a lot of Android fans. I'd personally like to see him swallow his pride, eat his words and adopt Android as a sidekick to their WP devices. HTC and Samsung are doing this, no need to stay OS exclusive. My main point being imagine how well they would be doing if they made their impressive mobile devices available on Android. They would be a huge player again Globally to take on Samsung and Apple.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1113171-is-nokia-back The juicy part:
If achieved, this performance would be a sharp improvement above the prior quarter, when Nokia only sold 2.9 million Lumia phones. Technology pundits now highlight the Lumia - Windows platform as a viable third option beneath the Apple iOS - Google Android duopoly.
At $4.60, Nokia shares effectively trade as a call option. Nokia executives will employ financial engineering strategies to float the note and prop up shareholder value, until real market penetration with Windows phones can be sustained. Nokia's latest settlement award from Research in Motion proves that this company can extract value from its patent portfolio.
In Nokia's latest quarterly report for period ended September 30, the company claimed $7.6 billion in goodwill and other intangible assets. In addition to this intellectual property, the Nokia balance sheet also includes $11.1 billion in cash and securities above $21 billion worth of liabilities. To date, Nokia executives have managed cash flow effectively through sweeping layoffs, debt refinancing, and the consolidation of real estate. Over the next year, Nokia can save another $1 billion, if it were to eliminate its dividend.
On the income statement, Nokia's losses are primarily the result of a collapse in smartphone sales. Before its most recent positive Lumia announcement, Nokia was reporting a 56% decline in year-over-year smart devices net sales. For now, aggressive investors must be willing to take a gamble that the Nokia Windows phone will outlast the Blackberry 10, while also staving off the inevitable release of the Apple iPhone 6.
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sorry, you were the one that said "hemorrhaging" which speaks directly to income, stock prices and other stuff you don't care about, but then proceeded to paste in mass quantities.
Nokia has a low share in the US, but they are going to own the emerging nations as inexpensive handsets are replaced with smartphones. I see stories every day about a new lower priced lumia (ex: 610) being picked up by a carrier in China, India, etc. It's only a matter of time.
As for the MS/Nokia partnership, problems with Luma phones have been mostly hardware not OS software. If anything I think Nokia is holding WP back instead of the other way around. aside: I've been waiting 4 months for a Samsung ATIV S, announced in late August, but apparently never coming.
One story I read about that speculated that the carriers don't want Samsung to become too dominant, having leading handsets on multiple OS's.
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Originally posted by Bartdog:
sorry, you were the one that said "hemorrhaging" which speaks directly to income, stock prices and other stuff you don't care about, but then proceeded to paste in mass quantities.
Nokia has a low share in the US, but they are going to own the emerging nations as inexpensive handsets are replaced with smartphones. I see stories every day about a new lower priced lumia (ex: 610) being picked up by a carrier in China, India, etc. It's only a matter of time.
As for the MS/Nokia partnership, problems with Luma phones have been mostly hardware not OS software. If anything I think Nokia is holding WP back instead of the other way around. aside: I've been waiting 4 months for a Samsung ATIV S, announced in late August, but apparently never coming. One story I read about that speculated that the carriers don't want Samsung to become too dominant, having leading handsets on multiple OS's.
You can homorrage anything, including market share. It's just a matter of perspective. Most tend to think financially, but again, that isn't my main concern. How much money the company makes doesn't concern me, beyond limitations in R&D and the quality of their products.
Carriers are a huge headache in the US. The rest of the world is way ahead of us in that respect. Other than AT&T, they handcuff every other vendor. I hope there's some truth to the rumors that Google is looking to create their own mobile service in the future to circumvent the mobile limitations we have stateside.
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Saw this today. Someone must think the Pats aren't going to win it this year (I sure hope they don't)
http://phandroid.com/2013/01/18/mobile-phones-nfl-qbs/
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It would be so nice when Google starts their own cell service. Lets hope they make the carriers drop their prices.
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Hey desi,
My wife has a dorid x and an earthlink email account. She is constantly getting spam email from a particular sender but from different email addresses. Can you tell me how to block these from showing up on her droid or at least direct me to how to send them to a junk folder on her phone? On her laptop, these go to her junk folder like she has set it up. But not on the phone.
Thanks
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Originally posted by SoProudNole:
Hey desi,
My wife has a dorid x and an earthlink email account. She is constantly getting spam email from a particular sender but from different email addresses. Can you tell me how to block these from showing up on her droid or at least direct me to how to send them to a junk folder on her phone? On her laptop, these go to her junk folder like she has set it up. But not on the phone.
Thanks
It probably has to do with how Earthlink handles its junk mail. I don't have an account with them, so I cannot say for sure, but it seems like the e-mail might get moved to the junkmail folder online after they've already made it to her main inbox.
Is she using Outlook or a program to access e-mail, or is she accessing it via Online portal (website)? She may need to check her span settings via her online access to see how they handle spam mail.
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Originally posted by dmm5157:
Saw this today. Someone must think the Pats aren't going to win it this year (I sure hope they don't)
http://phandroid.com/2013/01/18/mobile-phones-nfl-qbs/
Interesting....Android with the win. haha |
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