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First things first, go into Settings> About Phone> Battery> Battery Use> Cell Standby. Assuming your phone has been on, or off the charger for ~10 minutes, it should show Time Without Signal at around 50%.

Next thing, press HOME, and bring up the dialer. Dial *#*#4636#*#* (Do not press "Call". After a second, it should bring up the "Testing" menu.

Go into Phone Information, press MENU, and tap "select radio band." You should experience a Force Close, don't panic, this was supposed to happen. Scrolling down shows that the preferred network type is GSM auto (prl).

What this means is that even though you are connected to a CDMA network, your phone is trying to find a GSM network, preventing the radio from sleeping, and causing excessive battery drain.

Remedy this by tapping GSM auto (prl), and changing it to CDMA auto (prl).


Now your done, your TWS should drop dramatically, and you should experience much better battery life!

Note: You need to do this every time you reboot.

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For contract renewals, phone is only $189.99 - $50 Bing CB (search for Wirefly on www.bing.com/cashback/) = $139.99 after Bing CB

$18 activation fee($36 for new sprint customers(call sprint and SD), $10/mo. additional data add-on required even if you have Simply Everything Plan.

No tax in many states, instant purchase for $189.99 plus the $50 easy Bing CB makes this an awesome deal.

NOTE: Primary Line Upgrade Required

Use code WIREFLYBLUE11 for free bluetooth headset "It will not affect Bing Cashback. Just make sure you start at Bing.com and complete your order in the same session"

BING CASHBACK WILL SHOW UP WITHIN 48 HOURS OF SHIPPING

IF BCB IS DONE CORRECTLY YOU GET $50 PER PHONE UP TO 5 PHONES FOR A MAX OF $250 BCB. There is a hat's a display issue that will not show the BCB for additional phones.

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If you don't mind the added hassle, then there is a better way to go about this and still have it be an online order for Microsoft's [Bing cashback] purposes. Order the add-a-line plan, i.e., for non-primary line. First, choose your phone. Click RENEW/UPGRADE MY CONTRACT. Then click SEE ALL PLANS and choose the Family Plan Add-on Line Upgrade. This is not an additional line of service. After you add to cart, you'll be asked for the phone number and Sprint PIN for the line you are upgrading.. When we run it through Sprint Friday morning, it will come back as the primary line, and our Credit & Activations team will call you immediately to explain, and to select the appropriate plan . When you order, make sure you use a daytime phone number where you can be reached.

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Hacker Matt Mastracci (posting on his blog Grack.com) is one of the developers responsible for getting root to the new HTC EVO 4G owners today, but with this gift he gives everyone a very clear warning: the HTC EVO 4G that you’ll be getting out of the box is one of the most vulnerable Android phones to date.


He cites the fact that he was able to root the phone so easily is not a good thing, but a problem. Consumers won’t know just how much access third-party apps have to their phones through exploits and a malicious app could do some nasty things with their data. Being the responsible developer that we appreciate him for being, he’s putting it out there ahead of time to make sure everyone (root or otherwise) who owns the phone knows what they’re getting into.

Another reason is he actually wants to work with Sprint, HTC, and Google to get this patched up before someone comes along and spoils the party. He’ll be offering his root method for one week from today, but after that period he will be releasing the details regarding how he cracked the device with hopes to open Sprint and HTC’s eyes (this is a Sense-only problem) and get a more secure ROM out there as soon as possible. It’s comforting to know that Google and Sprint are already trying to get this fixed up, so if you want to root your phone, make sure you do it soon as they could patch these holes up in no time.

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it's charging up next to my Hero which now looks like a relic.

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Battery appears not to charge at all if the phone isn't asleep while USB is plugged into a PC.

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because from what i understand that delivers a faster charge. I never did it with my hero because it would always charge up while not asleep and USB->PC

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