[HTC Inspire 4G] JoHnGr0n3:
Good day

It's Carnival here in Ecuador so happy holidays everyone.

If you own an Android device here in Ecuador and you also have a data plan here are some great advices for you.

My first advice is that you SHOULD NOT get a data plan from our carriers (Red, Green, Orange operators) because they're very expensive and the standard data capacity is way too little for devices like this, and if you want more MB it costs you too much. For example: the red operator only offers a max of 1000MB and that is in Edge/3G/HSPA+.. the green one gives you 5000MB in HSPA+ but it costs $110 and many of us cannot afford that price monthly.. and orange operator is just implementing their 3G network so It's worthless..

You should get a data card mobile internet plan from red operator and setup APN in your phone so you can get more MB.. and that has It's downside too because your SIM will not have caller ID..

I don't now much about data plans in other countries but here are too expensive and offer too little.

In my experience I have an average data usage of 400MB/week maybe it is too much maybe it is too little that's for you to decide. So trust me I AM AN RF ENGINEER! so I know about their network structure because I work in this. xD

I live in the hot region and it is VERY common for electronic devices' batteries to die early because of the temperature. It happened to my laptops, old mobiles, etc. But at work they're very good still that's because they're under A/C most of their useful life.

So either you get yourself a portable A/C... Hehe :)... Or just follow my next advice..

I've picked up this habbits by reading a lot about this problem and I wanted to share to this community...

Here we have lots of people using protection for their cellphones such as silicone cases, hard cases, etc well that's all good but ALWAYS remove the cases when charging so the battery won't heat up.. also in my case I only use the my Otterbox case when in the street because in my house I mostly spent time in the furniture therefore any falls would be hopefully controlled..

I've seen people talking on the phone while driving and when they're finished (even though they shouldn't have even started) they throw their phones in front of them between the glass and the front panel where the sun strikes harder because of the glass.. this whole not be done because of the generated heat from the glass-sun combo and will definitely screw your battery. A quite common advice is to never leave the phone charging over 6 hours but probably most of you already know this.

Well of course you should get screen protection even though your device is made off gorilla glass.. because it will scratch anyway.. I bought a $1.30 set of 3 and it works fine for me. I think ecuadorians should do this because I've seen A LOT of people with their IPhones, samsungs, BB Torch and they don't have screen protector and just by simply getting it in and out your pocket will scratch the screen. If you go to the beach and have your phone in your pocket, THE SAND WILL MESS UP THE SCREEN if you don't have a protector. It happened to me with my Nokia N81 and I regreted it so much.

Well I guess that's about all I can come up right now, I should be out enjoying the holidays but it is also raining and I hate rain.

Have fun :)