Help me fix some minor issues

[lord aries]

Ok, I have a few small problems I want to get some advice from the community on. I lurk on here a lot and I know you guys and gals are very opinionated but have good advice.


1. I ride around listening to Pandora in my car, I don't have bluetooth in my car to sync, but i use an AUX cable and pump the sound through my speakers. Except when I also have the car charger plugged in, I get interference or something, it makes a lot of weird white noise but that stops when a song is playing, it mostly does it when I'm not using any apps or anything...

I have a simple samsung charger- I'm going to replace it and see if it fixes it. What are your suggestions on what car charger I should have.


2. I got the official Samsung car dock, I like how it is solid and looks nice- for a complete piece of trash. It is preventing me from using a case on my phone, and it doesn't do anything but hold the phone in place (wish it was the one with the dots) So assuming that I'm not wrong to believe we are probably not getting a good one with the dots, what would you suggest for a windshield mounted dock.

3. Assuming I get a dock that allows it, I would like to get a case for my phone. I don't want a giant otter box or some other crazy large case, just something to give me a little extra protection and whatever- Give me a suggestion on what you like.


I use 3G only and my phone's battery life is just not cutting it. I play a lot of music and games but I should get more than a couple of hours, I just don't. I heard the facebook app is a killer, I'm thinking of disabling it and seeing what happens. Any battery tips?

 

[quickaudi]

3. Casemate Pop

 

[quiklives]

1. Mine does this, but only every once in a while. I don't know that there is a solution, and as long as it doesn't mess with the music I've decided I can live with it. Someone else might have an answer though.

2. I have this. It's not a perfect solution, as it takes two hands to put the phone in it, but it's solid, it works, and it doesn't matter if I have a case on it - in fact, it's a bit better with a case.

3. Again, I have this. Comes it lots of colors and designs, fits the phone really well (including with the extended battery, or so I hear), and adds a bit of grip and protection without being bulky.

4. Unfortunately, my best battery tip is to run a custom ROM and kernel, which is pretty far beyond what lots of people are willing/able to do. There's a thread on here that says leaving wifi on all the time (even when not connected) helps battery life..I tend to do that anyway, so I can't compare.

 

[The_Chief]

As far as battery life goes, I cannot recommend Juice Defender highly enough. It has really boosted my battery time. Try the free version and just use the default setting. If you're impressed (as I was), spring for the paid version (Plus version is fine, unless you're a real power wonk and need the Ultimate version). It has more settings and additional configurations to save even more battery power.