Android Market

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:46 am

Anybody have any experience purchasing apps in the market? Trying to buy VOLUME+ for my EVO 3d....and It's rejecting using my Sprint account...was wondering if the site is secure for credit card purchases....any help would be appreciated, as I can hardly hear the damn phone ring....lol

by **ebake02** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:52 am

I usually stick to free apps and be careful about malware too. I recommend downloading Lookout mobile security too, it's really good and free.

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:55 am

ebake02 wrote:I usually stick to free apps and be careful about malware too. I recommend downloading Lookout mobile security too, it's really good and free.

Thanks for the warning, I'm just wondering if the site is safe for using my debit card....

by **Don** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:04 am

If your phone is using GINGERBREAD (2.3 or greater) you can use this version of Volume+.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/YTYr ... a1ZFQlE9PQ

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:09 am

Don wrote:If your phone is using GINGERBREAD (2.3 or greater) you can use this version of Volume+.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/YTYr ... a1ZFQlE9PQ

I'm not sure how to download things from the web to my phone, and actually make them work...lol...I'm good with pictures and music...that's it...lol

Thanks Don...another option is always appreciated....any idea how to do this? Is is as easy as downloading it straight to my phone via that site?

by **Don** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:13 am

S2M wrote:
Don wrote:If your phone is using GINGERBREAD (2.3 or greater) you can use this version of Volume+.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/YTYr ... a1ZFQlE9PQ

I'm not sure how to download things from the web to my phone, and actually make them work...lol...I'm good with pictures and music...that's it...lol

Thanks Don...another option is always appreciated....any idea how to do this? Is is as easy as downloading it straight to my phone via that site?

Just download to your computer and transfer it or to your phone's SD card and click on the file to install. Easy as pie. I uploaded it to yousendit so no worries there.

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:18 am

Thanks Don...you're a good guy...no matter what "they" say... :lol:

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:39 am

Installed the program...and it doesn't work. It works in that I can toggle things on and off...but toggling does absolutely nothing....the volume on this phone sucks ass...my HTC Hero was 100x louder....

by **Don** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:43 am

S2M wrote:Installed the program...and it doesn't work. It works in that I can toggle things on and off...but toggling does absolutely nothing....the volume on this phone sucks ass...my HTC Hero was 100x louder....

Your phone sucks or you don't have Gingerbread and are still using Froyo.

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:48 am

Don wrote:
S2M wrote:Installed the program...and it doesn't work. It works in that I can toggle things on and off...but toggling does absolutely nothing....the volume on this phone sucks ass...my HTC Hero was 100x louder....

Your phone sucks or you don't have Gingerbread and are still using Froyo.

I'm using Android 2.3.3....the speaker just sucks. I've done research...a lot of owner's of this phone are complaining....they say Volume+ is supposed to fix it.... I guess not...lol

by **Don** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:53 am

S2M wrote:
Don wrote:
S2M wrote:Installed the program...and it doesn't work. It works in that I can toggle things on and off...but toggling does absolutely nothing....the volume on this phone sucks ass...my HTC Hero was 100x louder....

Your phone sucks or you don't have Gingerbread and are still using Froyo.

I'm using Android 2.3.3....the speaker just sucks. I've done research...a lot of owner's of this phone are complaining....they say Volume+ is supposed to fix it.... I guess not...lol

See if it makes any difference with Blutooth.

by **Rick** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:54 am

S2M wrote:Installed the program...and it doesn't work. It works in that I can toggle things on and off...but toggling does absolutely nothing....the volume on this phone sucks ass...my HTC Hero was 100x louder....

I think you have a 24 hour window on that app if you don't like it.

by AR » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:56 am

I have the original Motorola Android 1 that is hacked/rooted. Love it.

Camera is the only thing I don't like about it. Going to upgrade to something else only because of that.

by **ebake02** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:58 am

I have a Droid Eris and it's not too bad.

by **S2M** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:08 am

The issue seems to be that the speaker vent is about 1/8 of the size of the one on the HTC Hero...that one used to completely surround the camera well....on the EVO, it is about 1/2 inch in length...making the speaker sound muffled and tinny....

by **Don** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:13 am

I've got my son's old Mytouch Slide (He has a G-2 now). It's rooted with Cyanogen 7 and I love it.

by **Saint John** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:54 pm

iPhone4 and no problems. Androids are decent knockoffs, but the operating systems are junk.

by **RocknRoll** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:05 pm

Interesting article!! I couldn't copy the graphs, but it pretty much looks like the Iphone still wins.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/01/ ... ndroid-47/

Survey: iPhone retention 94% vs. Android 47%
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt August 1, 2011: 8:14 AM ET Finds high pent up demand for iPhone 5 among Verizon subscribers and Android owners

It's only a tiny sample, so large conclusions must not be drawn. But the survey results reported in Gene Munster's note to Piper Jaffray clients Monday suggest that the pent-up demand for Apple's (AAPL) next iPhone could be even stronger than suspected.

In a survey of 216 mobile phone users conducted one recent week in Minneapolis ( in "food courts, on the street, near the entrance of a baseball stadium on a game day"), Munster found evidence that the iPhone's market share could by his estimate double in the next round of smartphone purchases. Specifically he found:

•Among all respondents 64% indicated that they plan to buy an iPhone when they purchase a new phone.
•Of those surveyed, 29% already have iPhones and 64% expect their next phone to be an iPhone; 17% have an Android device and 17% also indicated they expect their next phone to be an Android.
•Among those who do not have an iPhone but plan to buy an iPhone next, 60% are specifically waiting for the iPhone 5
•Of those Verizon subs who do not have an iPhone but plan to buy an iPhone next, 74% are specifically waiting for the iPhone 5,
•At AT&T, that same metric is 53%.
•Among existing iPhone users, 94% expect to buy another iPhone (6% expect to switch to Android)
•Among existing Android users 47% expect to buy another Android smartphone (42% expect to switch to iPhone). [Emphasis ours.]
•Among all BlackBerry users just 26% expect to buy another BlackBerry, 67% expect to buy an iPhone and 3% expect to buy an Android device.
"In other words," Munster concludes, "our survey suggests Apple will take share from BlackBerry and, to a lesser degree, Android as well as other smartphones and feature phones in the future. "

Below: The spreadsheet from which the pie charts were drawn.

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