yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
You're right about the wide choice of software available on WM platform. These are some of my top picks :

- wktask (for task switching and a battary indicator)

- realVGA (must have)

- Tengo 2.1 keyboard or Tengo Thumb, depending on whether you're a stylus or thumb man.

- Softmaker office 2008 (gives you desktop functionalities in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation)

- SPB phone suite (a today plugin that allows you to change phone profile, a comm manager, photo dialing, mail/text/phone notification)

- SPB time (a today plugin that gives you a big digital clock, time for multiple city, alarm clock, stop watches, etc)

- SBSH Pocke Weather (puts a multiday weather forecast on your today screen. I like this particular weather program because it has weather stations of not just major cities but also lesser known towns. Also, it takes up very little space on the today screen)

- iLauncher (program launcher that provides SAFE mode reset. Get you out of trouble at times when the option would otherwise be a hard reset)

- Total Commander - file manager

- Cash Organiser premium (expense tracking, budgeting)

- HiCalc (multifunction calculator)

- Netfront 3.5 and Opera 9.5405 are the two top browsers at the moment.

- Resco Photo Viewer

- TCPMP with all the codecs

- iGO is the favourite GPS software

- Agendus Professional is my favourite software for calendar functions.

- VITO SMS-Chat is what I use for sending SMS

- VITO Contacts is my replacement for contact applications.

- For VOIP, I use SJPhone.

- I use WMWifiRouter to make my Athena a wifi access point for my notebook occassionally.

- GoogleMap is a cool GPS application that is free and gives you basic navigational capabilities.

- I use IM+ for internet chat.

- I use Sprite backup 6.1 and schedule my backup everyday with it.

- SKtools is a useful tools for tweaking your device.

- My favourite dictionary is Lexisgoo english dictionary

- For investement and trading, try MetaTrader 4 mobile

- Resco Keyboard works in all three DPI and does not invade your screen too much.

- SIP change is a utility that allows you to change your input method easily

- WM5torage lets you copy files high speed to and from your PC.

These are not all, but the main ones that you might want to take a look.

Cheers.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Confucious:
I'm at a bit of a loss as to why you think it is difficult to transfer files from your PC. With ActiveSDync on XP or WMDC on Vista, when you plug your phone in it just shows up as another drive and you can drag and drop to your hearts content.

Music can be synced directly from WMP including playlists and your contacts and outlook details sync automatically to Outlook.

WM5Storage is only needed for PCs that don't have WMDC or Activesync or for high speed transfer.

If you're loking for a PIM addition to Outlook then try Pocket Informant which is one of the many beniffits you get for free if you head over to www.modaco.com and pay to be a Plus member (the fee will be saved many times over in the free benefits)

Good luck

PS I prefer CoPilot 7 to iGo for GPS navigation
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] gethsemani:
@eaglesteve: thanks for such a list of must have apps! I can assure that the lack of productive, professional developed apps on the Maemo platform used by the N8X0 is frustrating for those like me who want to do more than listen music, see a video or surf the web; and after a time since the N800 was released, no much changes about. There are people running kde on their tablets but I found it not very handy at all. It's a shame because the N8X0 series has the potential, but Nokia IMHO has left the whole tablet project kinda abandoned.I know beforehand that WM has the positive side of lots of apps out there,also the negative , is not a great platform regarding speed and optimal processor's use. I think also, only people involved in servers maintenance or technical work related with computers are really being productive with the soft available for the Nseries. The rest of us are suffering that poor software offer; and I should tell you, only for browsing and multimedia there are better options you can go (ipod touch may be the choice).

If I can get decent (just decent) browsing with the Advantage, decent (just decent) music and video playback and decent radio streamings capability, I will be ok. I don't really care about the phone aspects, I not intend to use it as a phone, and regarding the size, I will be ok with that. Maybe you can think "if this guy don't use the Advantage as a phone, why are he thinking in buy it; maybe he can go for the new ipaq 211"..simply because the Advantage's screen size and the keyboard, which is not great but is a keyboard anyway. And the gps is a nice extra too!!

@ Confucious: It will be my first experience with WM devices. My only pda ever was a palm like 15 years ago, and a hp lx95 or something like that (can't remember exactly the model), so I was scared about the activesync because never used it before :o

Thank you friends for your time to coming back for me!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] sergiopi:
Remember, some other features are "hideen" but are important too.

4 in 1 cable means you have your desktop PC everywere you have a monitor!

Connect TV or VGA out, bring a "mini mouse" with retractable cable...

Having a big 5' screen and using logmein.com (free) and a good data plan you are connected with YOUR home or office PC and you can work with youy XP or Vista

standard 3.5 earphone plug means for me... BOSE

DOUBLE storage (SD an Microdrive) is important in some condtions (if you have to remove your SD you can move the data on your microdrive) and using USB HOST you can copy from and to USB storage

Big means big battery, no problems in a long day using it, comparing with all other WM phones

and many others...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] gethsemani:
Thanks for the info! I am almost decided to buy the Advantage! $650 for a new unit is a good price? It comes with a freebie, a 2gb mini sdcard.

As per the cards, is there any not recommended brand? (I've read that sandisk is the better option...not kingston). The unit only takes minisd or microsd with the minisd adaptor, that's correct?

And finally, the vga output for external monitor connection is included from factory right? The 4 in 1 cable is the only option to have usb host mode?

Thanks all you folks for waste your time on me and my questions :rolleyes:

I think I've started to feel like one Advantage owner, so....
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] bengl:
Hi,

I am a (proud and) satisfied owner of a used with warranty (got it for ~530) X7501 since 2 weeks.

So your price for a new one is good I think.

My 2 cents after 2 weeks usage and tweaking (unlocked, using right now PK 3 dual rom)(moved up from HTC Wizard) what I don't like until now and need to tweak more (everything else is fantastic):

- Video performance

- Find a smaller case just for the unit

- Syncing via different connections to different PCs

- battery live (will get a spare and additional charger)

Otherwise with the level of tweaking and thanks to the great folks here it is much more flexible than the IPhone.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] sergiopi:
I don't know in US, but here with 430€ (650 USD) you can buy HALF Advantage!

Yes, mini or micro +adapter

Yes, VGA is included, Yes,4-1 to have USB
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] gethsemani:
Ok, thanks again for the feedback. I will be in contact as soon as I can get the HTC on my hands.

Final question by now: as I've read, the realvga soft let's you change the language interface, is that correct? (Because the htc I'm going to get is from USA and I am spanish speaker). (If yes, that would be great, instead of put another rom)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] miguel_acedo:
Hola, ya veo que tambien hablas español asi que vamos por partes, yo tengo mi advantage hace unos meses y he tenido la oportunidad de jugar con ella bastante.

Para la parte de transferir los archivos a la pc se que no siempre se dispone a la mano de una pc con active sync, yo pr ejemplo soy instructor y debo de pasarles algunos archivos a mis estudiantes y muchos en sus equipos no tienen active sync, en este caso puedes usar las utilerias de USBV setting el cual permite que el telefono se vea como un sistema de almacenamiento, sin problema, otra alternativa es USB disk , en cualquiera de los dos casos ninguno me ha causado problemas, ya en situaciones mas extrictas siempre cargo como llavero un minilector de tarjetas SD y asi no hay pc que se resista.

El video he jugado bastante con el y le he puesto varios videos, el desempeño no es muy bueno si tratas de poner un video con la maxima calidad, pero un video en MP4 con una calidad muy buena se ve perfectamente bien y sin problemas usando CORE player, ahi lo que debes de cuidar es la forma en como codificas los videos para que no sean muy pesados.

La antena de GPS ya esta integrada solamente necesitas algun programa que la use y que tenga los mapas de la ciudad en la que vives o a donde vayas a ir, en mi caso uso el programa Destinator y funciona bastante bien.

Como bien decias en otro post el programa Real VGA puede cambiar los idiomas de los menus en español, lo he manejado y funciona bien y pone en español los menus y mensajes del celular aunque algunos programas que esten en ingles seguiran en ingles.

la parte del radio por internet y el Youtube te la debo porque aun no he jugado con ellas. :p

En si el equipo me ha funcionado perfectamente bien y la gente de este site es muy amable y servicial y los ROMs que hacen funcionan muy muy bien, si te animas no te vas a arrepentir, la mayoria de los programas que te mencione los puedes encontrar aqui en los foros nomas hay que rascarle tantito.

Saludos y buena suerte.

Sorry to the rest of the people for writing in spanish but I could'n resist to do it.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mardibloke:
Perhaps you ought to be asking more about battery life and weight/size of X7500

N800 is *much* better in both areas

Also web browsing on the N800 is much "snappier", WM6 device will feel slower/not as nice.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] rorydaredkign:
I had one, sold it, and now I want it back badly.

would definitely recommend it as the best WM device I've had. I havent playes on an n800, but i heard its very very fast. but i guess its designed to be a net tablet so it should be.

and defnintely install all the software eaglesteve suggested, even though its a long list, it will still easily fit on your rom, you wont even need to use the MD.

Have fun with your advantage, i wish I was buying one

Rory
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] gethsemani:
Eh guys, thanks a lot for your useful comments...

I tell you I've made a decission, so the Advantage is coming to my house (maybe it will be here by the next week :))

@miguel_acedo: Gracias amigo por tus consejos y tu disposicion a compartir experiencias. Me gustaria seguir conversando contigo respecto al advantage (en español jeje) pero este no es el sitio adecuado, asi que si tenes forma haceme llegar tu mail o pm.

@rorydaredkign: hope you have one again soon!

@mardibloke: As I told in my first post, the N800 Nokia tablet was my previous "gadget" and I sold it, mainly because it was unable to give me productivity on the go; the lack of real pim soft plus no ms office at all (despite some attemps to get gnumeric and abiword work on it) was killer for me. I am a CPA, so, in my "working world" office is a major need. I don't think the battery life of the N8X0 series would be greater than the Advantage, and regarding the size, I was playing with a hard cardboard replica of the Advantage and feels fine, and because I should have with me an attache all day long is not a major problem in that area. I know beforehand that browsing experience could be worst with a WM device, but again, I need to trade off some things to gain some others, and the huge soft offer for WM devices, plus ms office compatibility is in my particular case a big plus. I have owned lots of mini pcs, subnotebooks or whatever you want to call it (to name a few vaio picturebook, fujitsu p1120, casiopea fiva, sony pcg-u1 (oh that sloooow crusoe´s) libretto's (100 and L1) eee pc (just hold it a month) Kohjinsha SA1 (Very nice mini laptop, but with a terrible keyboard!!)and so...yes, I know, I'm nuts, I'm an incurable :D..always looking for the perfect portable, no full satisfaction but have had good times using and selling them...I was keeping my eye on the Flipstart too (after price was reduced to $700), but mainly because of the screen resolution I dismissed it (my eyes are not so good at my 40´s). I don't believe tha Advantage will be the one, but just want to give it a try...so funny times are coming, and only the time can tell..I should tell you that I've found that, in my case, I need to own a full laptop (already own one 14") and complement it with other that provides me instant access and portability..and again, maybe the Advantage can fill that gap. Ah, sorry for my english, poor Shakespeare!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy S9+'s battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] remb:
About 3-4h of heavy use, about the same of what you can expect from the old s8+. I'm sure you can tweak that a bit when you fiddle with power saving modes and display resolution.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] dieselhazza:
The S9+ doesn't have the best battery life. If you expect this phone to last you all day on a heavy usage you will be disappointed. If you need something that lasts all day under heavy use then the Mate 10 pro would be ideal. Another option would be the pixel XL 2.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Bxrider117:
I think the battery life is pretty good on the S9+. I spent the day on wifi but the screen on time in on par to when I had the Pixel 2 Xl.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bkeaver:
I disagree with this ... S9+ has pretty good battery life. View attachment 4477474
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
Disagree. The Galaxy S9 Plus has a pretty good battery life
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] paras:
Any advice on how to get better battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] IUH1991:
Anyone have an idea on how bluetooth affects battery life. It's the one thing I have yet to test.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] the_judges:
Another question beside the Way of the thread...how do you get this black theme?! mine is white....i love dark themes...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] WaxysDargle:
try one of the "high contrast" themes in samsung theme store

---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:57 AM ----------

depends on what you are using it for. in my experiences, bluetooth is a drop in the bucket when compared to screen brightness and background syncing/processes
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] dashrink:
Just wondering. To the guys with good battery life: Which processor are you running? The Exynos is terrible...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
Coming from a pixel 2 XL I completely disagree. I averaged at least 2 hours more screen on time then my pixel ever did at its best in my standby time is better than the pixel. I didn't buy it for that reason but it's a nice extra
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] hantran:
: D
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bsod01:
your battery life looks good to me. mine can hardly get 6hrs SOT. Are u using 1 sim card or 2?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Encik Panda:
Sorry for lated as im little busy this week, thanks bro. Btw im not using 2 sims as i got my another sims on my S7e + it will confusing me when using two sims on one device ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
yes this is a normal phenomenon if you use the phone continuously without a changeover or just a minimum break. nothing new under the sun. try not to use the phone and your results. This can normally be achieved at Exynos at any time.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
A request to all: whoever posts battery endurance, plz mention the following :

1. Exynos version or Snapdragon version.

2. The entire lists of tweaks such as

applying of black theme , wifi Scanning off or not, data/wifi both on or one is off, nearby device Scanning is on or off, whether wifi power saving on or off, how many email accounts r in use and how many are in sync and what all are in sync, gallery etc r in sync to cloud or not, location method is in high accuracy/battery saving/GPS only, "improve accuracy" is on or off, if any power saving is enabled, "smart stay" and other measures in advanced feature settings are on or off, if any package disabler or manually disabling stuff via adb etc.....

3. Single or dual sim used.

4. Show the screenshot in full using "scroll capture".
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Encik Panda:
Maybe, i dont really know how to measure it correctly. Just rooted mine today ? will try to measure with root if you can teach me how to measure correctly. Before root, usually get 7-9hr depends on my usage w or w/o gaming.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] itstock:
9 hrs of heavy usage . Battery flat in 12 hours. :p
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] jerryspring:
In crush's home page, does your log in button (the blue box) flicker fast? Mine has been doing that.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ameerali19:
Anyway one can give a honest review about battery life in cellular(4G) ???, wifi always have better battery life for almost every phone ,
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Choeneqck:
Yes it may not be the best but with its battery life, many consumers would be entirely satisfied, and me included. On the average, i get a 6 to almost 8 hrs of SOT on my s9+. Dont know about you but my settings is that i disabled the apps that were preinstalled that i really dont use but i retained some of samsung apps for i deem them to be worthy of eating some of the storage. Im on QHD resolution. I dont use battery saver but im using a black theme. Since it's superAmoled, my guess is that it really improved the battery life. Most of my time, im on cellular but when im in my room i use wifi. I do a lot of watching videos on youtube as well as doing stuffs on social media and taking a lot of pics. Overall, im quite satisfied. Dont know bout u and your device. I got an exynos variant
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] esk02k:
As a heavy user I am extremely disappointed by this phones battery life, every day by mid day im at ~20-30% battery. At first I got the S9 and the battery was so bad I sent it back for the S9+ but it was the same story. All bloat has been disabled or uninstalled, wifi scanning off, location, bluetooth all things off, no AOD and powersaving mode on. Im coming from an S7 edge and would be at no less than 40% battery by the end of the day. Im using exynos and I wish I had the snapdragon version this time round. Sad thing is im stuck with this for 2 years, my power bank has never seen this much use. Oh and lets not forget that the phone gets so hot when gaming which multiplies the battery drain, something is definitely not tuned right on this exynos version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] abdullah000001:
Replay

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] CosCom Inc:
Marriage and Candy Crush

It is very funny to combine the deep two variable
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] TheLastRichard:
Still on the fence...

Hi guys, I bought my S9+ a week ago and although I haven't finished my assessment of the phone, I'm not entirely satisfied.

I'm coming from a Galaxy J5 (2017) which had best battery life out of the recent Samsungs I purchased, it would last an entire day (or more) regardless of how I used it.

But the same can't be said about my S9+ and the funny thing is that my J5 only has a 3000mAh battery compared to my S9's 3500mAh, so how is this possible?

My main issue currently is how fast the battery drains with mobile data even if the device is locked.

If anyone has an advice or two on how to improve the battery, let me know right away! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] HellDiverUK:
The S9 has a bigger hi-res screen, faster CPU, so is going to use more power. You're probably also using AOD on the S9 which sucks power.

I came from an A8(2018) which had a 3500mAh I think, and it was easily a two day phone, even with AOD on. The S9+ lasts just of half as long.

S9 isn't the phone to buy for battery life, even the S9+ isn't marvellous.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] angiexm:
My experience with bluetooth is that it doesn't affect battery life that much. Wifi is the killer though.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] leon_notts:
Battery life isnt good and should be a lot better I've just been chilling today on Facebook and using chrome and I'm down to 50% in 3h 40m. Also what sites do you guys use to upload images to xda? As I wanted to post a screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] RdT21:
Comig from LG G4, V20 and P9 Plus, I would say that S9+ Exynos has very good battery with probably the P9 Plus being on par but that screen is not as good as this one.

Dark mode theme even for messenger, chrome, email and VLC(doesn't affect much though hehe)

Full HD+ only not WQHD+

I am loving the wireless charging at work and at home. That is why with regards to SOT I can't give accurate data.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] brubru198:
Mine start to lag af.

I reset my phone, same problem, before no problem at all.

For me, it's mandatory to install a launcher, samsung basic ''launcher'' is garbage, it's not normal for a 1000$ phones.

Of course it's better that 8.1, but yeah stutter is still here.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy S9+'s battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] remb:
It's looses about 1.4% /h when it's not plugged in. Its slightly better than average. Had phones that lost about 0.5% when not in use.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Melhisedek:
do you have AoD enabled?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Sabertooth:
First screenshot: of model no G-9650, snapdragon ,dual sim, available locally .

Second screenshot: of model no G-965F, Exynos ,dual sim, bought off eBay for custom ROM support .

Third screenshot: settings used on both the models and my conclusion.

Hope this helps the forum users :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Outatime67:
I never did a standby drain test before last night. When I went to bed at 11:30 it was at 100%. I left it unplugged over night, and had 95% this morning at 6:00 when I woke up. So I lost about .77% per hour., which I consider pretty good. I do have it scheduled to turn AoD off overnight so I'm sure that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ameerali19:
wifi was connected ???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Samsung Galaxy S9+ as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is a beautiful phone.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] remb:
Looks really nice, the glass back is nice to hold and they manged to fit a lot of features in a compact frame.