Ok please talk me out of going back to my LX... HELP!

**djdamian** · 10-26-2008, 08:15 PM

i'm on your side, i've had a sidekick for 4 years, and so used to many small features. what i can't deal with is a missing feature. the g1 is cool, different way of doing the features...however like you, i loved the constant snooze bugging of the calendar til you dismissed it. I also liked the way you entered the info in the contact fields. I still can't figure out how to save a picture in sms. I almost wanna return the g1 like you til the bugs get worked out in a year or so. this is the price we pay for being early adopters with a 1st generation phone. I thought the battery life in the sidekick was bad compared to other phones. It got worse w/ the g1. i did notice at 15% or less it stayed stuck on that battery amount for quite some time. but the battery life given the modern age...sucks. I was mad when t-mobile turned off the t-mail account and i didn't get all the info off yet. Here's my answers to your questions.

1) The customization compared to the LX is to be desired for tones, vibrating, reminders, etc.

A) it works, just a different way of entering in stuff, takes a lil longer.

2) I rely heavily on reminders for work and must know about appointment with constant annoying reminders as the LX does or I am sure to forget.

a.) i agree with you, the snooze function isn't the same on the g1
3) Battery Life is just completely unacceptable

a.) it sucks, but break it in & wear it down. make sure the gps satellites are turned off, and wifi are turned off when you dont need them. also i was download happy during the first week with all the new apps. the less you do the above, the more life you'll get out of it i've seen...but it still sucks. doing the above steps will make it suck less.

4) E-Mail notification do not work outside of G-Mail
i setup 2 accounts. 1 hotmail, no succes. 1 aol dummy account with success. I set it to check every 15 minutes for new mail. you can tweek the other accounts. How many accounts do you need to have access to?

5) No notes out of the box! this is also unacceptable
a.) agreed

6) Vibrate is very weak
a.) anything after the sidekick II (which is what i went back to) was week for sidekicks or any phone. I dont think the g1 vibrate is that bad...its just not as frequent & doesn't vibrate along with the ringtone. I never felt the sidekick 3 vibrate (before mine was stolen).

7) Flimsy creaking screen
a.) read in other forums ppl have swapped for another g1. mine is lucky & doesn't creek when opening / closing. only slightly when its closed and i squeeze too hard. nothing that's noticeable or an issue for me.

8) Touch is not adjustable (At least I don't know how) and is not sensitive enough.
a.) i think the mouse is too sensitive, but that's minor. the touch screen takes a while getting used to. everyone has their issues of sensitivity from what i've seen. i've touched to click on stuff an its like i'm not double clicking enough. Minor.

9) No date to stay on main screen unless you drop down the bar
a.) when i hit the red hangup button to put it into lock mode, the 1st time i hit menu i get a clock w/ a date below it if that's what your looking for.

my issue is that after finally figuring out how to foward (2hours of t-mo customer care coudln't do it), how to save a picture message from text msg. I also don't like their keyboard as much as it thought. online it looked pretty darn similar to a sidekick. when i started using it, the buttons arent popped out enough as the sidekick...thus making me prone to more typo's, slowing me down also. I've got 7 days to decide if i wanna wait for the bugs to get worked out or go back to what i know how to use quickly.

**sdynak** · 10-27-2008, 05:28 AM

I only need 1 POP account outside of G-Mail. I believe the notification issues will be resolved with the next OTA from what I am reading.

Guess I am just going to miss some of the features of the LX for now in hopes more apps will come out that fit my needs for the G1. I do need a more annoying reminder function. That is the biggie for me... all else I can deal with.

I figured it would be more business ready but know there is more to come... As I said overall it is an upgrade and if it doesn't work out then I'll deal with it then.

thanks again for all the great feedback and tips

**Stanovoy** · 10-27-2008, 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by trinybwoy

how long does ur 8800 last?
mine would last 1.75 days if im running jivetalk 24/7 and connected to wifi for about 12hrs .
if i didnt run jivetalk, it was an easy 4days.

Depending on the use, my 8800 could last anywhere between 12 hours to a few days. Like I have said in another thread, I'm a heavy user of email, SMS, chat and GPS. I also like to talk on the phone while driving through bluetooth. On an intense day with a lot of driving, 12 hours should bring the battery down to 0%. If only a few emails, SMS, and chats here and there, 2-3 days shouldn't be a problem.

At this point, I think the G1's battery is better. I have my WiFi constantly on. It's lasting almost a day (24 hours) with heavy usage.