MyopicMike
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Edit: So...uh, it deleted my line breaks. >.>; Let me try that again. (I think that's NoScript's fault, lol)
The Droid 2 is my first new phone in over five years, so it's throwing me for a loop in a few places...
1. I realize apps that 'arent using CPU' simply go into hibernation and won't hog resources, but just because I pause the music in TinyShark doesn't mean that the app isn't buffering the track, the next track, or somehow doing something that would eat CPUs in the background. How do I know if an app is really 'closed' or 'hibernated'? There's a big difference between thinking an app is doing nothing and an app actually not doing anything.
2. I'm trying to use the Maps feature to go to my local McD's, just to try it out. It keeps telling me to Enable a My Location Source in system settings but when I go to Settings > Location and Security, all it says is "Available to E911 only" and it won't let me change it. How do I enable sharing 'my location' so I can use my phone to get some directions? Am I even in the right window?
3. Are there any go-to, must-have 'apps' or add-ons for Droid users? For clean PC installs, I always grab AVG, Spybot, Firefox, and things like NoScript, etc. I guess security add-ons aren't such a major deal with a cell phone like it is a new computer, but is there anything I -should- go download in a similar fashion? (Updated media player, 'power tools,' somethin' like that)
4. I live in a small town but some guy is 'mayor' of the city by checking in a whopping 59 times from here. I want to take his title, becuase nobody else is even competing, and I'm a dork. But...what's that app called again? FourSquare?
The Droid 2 is my first new phone in over five years, so it's throwing me for a loop in a few places...
1. I realize apps that 'arent using CPU' simply go into hibernation and won't hog resources, but just because I pause the music in TinyShark doesn't mean that the app isn't buffering the track, the next track, or somehow doing something that would eat CPUs in the background. How do I know if an app is really 'closed' or 'hibernated'? There's a big difference between thinking an app is doing nothing and an app actually not doing anything.
2. I'm trying to use the Maps feature to go to my local McD's, just to try it out. It keeps telling me to Enable a My Location Source in system settings but when I go to Settings > Location and Security, all it says is "Available to E911 only" and it won't let me change it. How do I enable sharing 'my location' so I can use my phone to get some directions? Am I even in the right window?
3. Are there any go-to, must-have 'apps' or add-ons for Droid users? For clean PC installs, I always grab AVG, Spybot, Firefox, and things like NoScript, etc. I guess security add-ons aren't such a major deal with a cell phone like it is a new computer, but is there anything I -should- go download in a similar fashion? (Updated media player, 'power tools,' somethin' like that)
4. I live in a small town but some guy is 'mayor' of the city by checking in a whopping 59 times from here. I want to take his title, becuase nobody else is even competing, and I'm a dork. But...what's that app called again? FourSquare?
