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Northendzone · 01-12-2012, 09:00 PM

So the wife has the above phone and we are with Shaw for e-mail.

Seems that when she tries to send an e-mail with an attachment from her Shaw account the e-mail goes thru but the attachment does not. A search of Google reveals people asking the same question, but no real answer given. I have turned off the Wi-Fi and tried to send via 3G but it did not matter. I have looked in the settings and could find nothing.

She has some good porn she wants to send me.......

Hack&Lube · 01-13-2012, 01:46 AM

I can't really answer your question because I ditched my shaw account a long time ago and switched to Google gmail. It's really the best since you have a Google Android phone since it integrates seamlessly into the device.

Just have the shaw email account forward to gmail.

Russic · 01-13-2012, 08:42 AM

Sorry I can't really help either. Shaw email can be a bit of a pain. I had issues helping a friend get his shaw email on his iPhone. They've since made it a little better, but it's not quite as rock solid as gmail in my opinion. I would also recommend going the gmail route as it keeps you from being tied to Shaw if you become unsatisfied with them.

HotHotHeat · 01-13-2012, 04:43 PM

Shaw needs to stop offering email.

MotoRacer · 01-13-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Northendzone

She has some good porn she wants to send me.......

LOL ....... Forward it first.. then i will solve all problems for you

I-Hate-Hulse · 01-17-2012, 11:12 PM

Can anyone comment on how long (in hours) they are able to go on a single battery charge? Most reviews I see are talking about the LTE version. 3G's seem to only be able to do 13 from the limited number of reviews I've seen?

My hope is that I can improve on my iPhone 4 - It typically needs to go at least 15 hours without going to zero. That's with about 1.5-2 hours a day of browsing , emailing, and other screen on time, and with about 10 minutes of calls a day.

I miss the days of going days at a time without having to charge...

Acey · 01-17-2012, 11:38 PM

The chances of going from an iPhone to any large Android and improving your battery life are pretty much zero. Love my Nexus, but battery life is certainly not its forte.

LChoy · 01-18-2012, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Acey

The chances of going from an iPhone to any large Android and improving your battery life are pretty much zero. Love my Nexus, but battery life is certainly not its forte.

How do you find the Nexus so far? I'm planning to switch to it soon.

Northendzone · 01-18-2012, 10:36 AM

the battery life in the wife's phone seems to be worse than my iPhone 3Gs.....

I-Hate-Hulse · 01-18-2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Northendzone

the battery life in the wife's phone seems to be worse than my iPhone 3Gs.....

So how many hours can it go on a charge?

Acey · 01-18-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lchoy

How do you find the Nexus so far? I'm planning to switch to it soon.

Pretty much the only problem with it is the auto-rotate. It's slow, and sometimes I have to "shake" it back into portrait a few times before it goes to landscape. But it's definitely a software issue and a fix will be out for it soon. The improvements in the new version of Android are also pretty nice.

Definitely play around with it in a store for a while before you buy; it's big, and I've had 2 people tell me they returned the Nexus because it was too big to use with one hand. Both girls, mind you... but it's definitely a big phone so that's something to keep in mind.

Diverce · 01-18-2012, 07:38 PM

If you root your phone you can get great battery life. My friend has a galaxy nexus and rooted it and he was getting full days, and he used it a lot as it was a work phone as well. Think one day he told me that his phone was on for 15 hours and it was only at 50% give or take a few percent points.

Acey · 01-18-2012, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Diverce

If you root your phone you can get great battery life. My friend has a galaxy nexus and rooted it and he was getting full days, and he used it a lot as it was a work phone as well. Think one day he told me that his phone was on for 15 hours and it was only at 50% give or take a few percent points.

Just to clarify, rooting alone will do nothing for you, but root access allows you to install an app like SetCPU, and you can then throttle the CPU based on many parameters including battery remaining, screen being on/off etc. Rooting also allows custom firmware and kernels that control CPU voltages and do a bunch of other stuff I don't even fully understand - that's where huge gains can be found.

That said, if someone asks me how to get better battery life on their Android phone, my fist response isn't going to be root. There a ton of apps that don't require root and can give you a huge boost in battery life (depending on the phone) just by controlling the radios, how often your phone syncs data while the screen is off, etc.

Diemenz · 01-19-2012, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Acey

Just to clarify, rooting alone will do nothing for you, but root access allows you to install an app like SetCPU, and you can then throttle the CPU based on many parameters including battery remaining, screen being on/off etc. Rooting also allows custom firmware and kernels that control CPU voltages and do a bunch of other stuff I don't even fully understand - that's where huge gains can be found.

That said, if someone asks me how to get better battery life on their Android phone, my fist response isn't going to be root. There a ton of apps that don't require root and can give you a huge boost in battery life (depending on the phone) just by controlling the radios, how often your phone syncs data while the screen is off, etc.

My First response is unlocked bootloader and Root. And im the one who gets 32hrs on my Galaxy Nexus with about 4-5hrs talk time. Most "apps" that save battery life will give you an Hour and will gobble about half of it back to run the processes to save the original hour.

Installing the proper radio, and like you said in your posts a good Rom and undervolting (as well as optimized kernels) will bring you 50%-80% more battery.

About the Galaxy Nexus Battery:

I have an Iphone 4s that I use for work and a Galaxy Nexus that i use for personal. As of right now the Iphone is at 14% remaining with 3 hrs talk time and email being synced every 15 minutes since 6am. The Nexus was unplugged at the same time and has 4.5hrs talk time (my mom called) 2.2 hours of streamed music, 5hours of screen on time, push gmail and is sitting at 61%.

There is absolutely no reason that people cannot get over 20hours with Heavy use on a Galaxy Nexus unless something is setup wrong.

Jayems · 01-20-2012, 12:05 AM

My shaw email has failed me on multiple occasions recently, twice when sending very, very important attachements. The emails sent out, but never got to the recipient by deadline. I got no bounce back e-mails or anything, it just went into space. Trying to find a semi-professional gmail account that's not my first+last+102 digits.

TSXCman · 01-20-2012, 01:37 AM

i wish the thread titled about the nicest phone i've ever seen wasn't about shaw email issues...

i keep clicking and don't learn

Acey · 01-20-2012, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Diemenz

My First response is unlocked bootloader and Root.

The only reason that's no longer my go-to is because it's often met with "what is a bootloader?!" or something similar...

It's much easier for me to tell the average person to install app than to wipe their phone by unlocking the bootloader. Also pretty safe to say the average person does not know what a kernel is.

Unlike task killers which are pretty useless, I still feel like there's notable gains to be had from an app like JuiceDefender.

yyc_flames · 01-21-2012, 12:34 PM

battery life has lasted me about 7 hours per day. LOTS of texting throughout the day and exchanging work/personal emails.

As with any google phone, it seems Gmail is a must in order to have reliable email service....

Acey · 01-21-2012, 04:17 PM

Yeah it's always been irritating that you have to use a different (and lesser) e-mail app if you're using something other than Gmail.

Azure · 01-21-2012, 04:27 PM

Well, I rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM, and even with crappy service all day, I can still get 12-15 hours out of it. This will be while it literally searches for service 80% of the day. Our cell repeater at work had issues, so I was out of service for a couple days while working.

I assume this is because of SetCPU, which runs my processor at 200mhz while the phone is off, and faster/slower depending on what it needs. I also kill apps that don't need to run in the back ground.

If I have service all day, I can EASILY go 48 hours before it'll NEED to charge. Easily.