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Future Droid 4 owner: Is Smart Actions legit?

AMTrombley0924

AMTrombley0924

Android Enthusiast
Planning on buying a Droid 4 this Friday. I know it's quite similar to the RAZR, so I thought I'd ask here:

Considering the stigma of battery life LTEs have, I want some life extenders. I already plan on using JuiceDefender, but does the new Smart Actions app Moto provides actually extend life? From your experiences, do their claims of extending battery life have merit?

Thanks in advance for the help!
 
I have several smart actions set up. I easily get through the day on one charge. However, I would consider myself a moderate user. Normally, when I go to bed the phone has from 30 to 40% of the battery remaining. Before using smart actions, I would not make it through until 5:00.
 
jwbeeler said:
However, I would consider myself a moderate user.
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What would you define as a moderate user? What do you normally do with the phone of a typical day? I would use my phone for mostly texting, 1 or 2 phone calls, reading some news apps, and maybe a total of 30 minutes of games.

jwbeeler said:
Normally, when I go to bed the phone has from 30 to 40% of the battery remaining.
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How many hours has it been on for when you go to bed?
 
It's definitely legit. But it isn't going to magically solve all your battery problems. I find it really really helpful for everday tasks. i.e. When I go to bed and plug my phone in, it automatically shuts my ringer off. When I get in my car and connect my phone to Ford Sync, it turns the ringer up, shuts off wifi, and changes the brightness to automatic. And I got different settings for different battery levels too.
 
At least as the Razr goes, it already has it's own task manager app. Personally I think that adding JuiceDefender to a new Motorola handset is unnecessary.

SmartActions is still somewhat limited in what it can do but you can certainly use it to somewhat reduce battery utilization.
 
Smart actions rock. It's a great app that will only get better. As already stated - SA combined with the built in Task Manager make for great battery life.
 
I leave mine in 3G mode unless I need to download something or surf the web. Unfortunately it's a manual switch but I use 4G Toggle as a shortcut (although I read the most recent version might have issues so beware).
 
Hi all,
I work on the Smart Actions team and I'm happy to hear it works well in real world conditions. Thanks for all your positive comments! I will bring this back to the team.
 
smart actions is awefreakingsome....i only use it for the battery purposes and it does a pretty decent job....in my place, there is no 4g, so we either toggle between 2 or 3g and i switch to 2g when i don't use the net....i use my phone all throghout the day and still it needs to be charged every 11 hours only...comparing with htc sensation xe and xl (my cousin's phones)...this does make a difference...so smart actions is completely legit..but i read in one another post of this forum that it had some problems with the gps related actions..but otherwise its awesome
 
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