Android 1.6 Version Update (Donut) adds new Power Control Widget
I’m a developer and have made a few apps for android, so I updated to the newest SDK today, Android 1.6, named "Donut". It’s supposed to roll out in October.
One of the first new things I noticed was a nifty power control widget, which gives you the ability to quickly toggle wifi, bluetooth, gps, data syncing, and brightness. Not a particularly big deal, because I’m currently using worthy widgets downloaded from the market, but it’s nice to have it natively for sure. Still waiting on a 3g toggle though…
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I agree, idk what the deal is but a 2g-3g toggle would be very handy especailly since tmobile’s 3g is very spottie atm
I love this "Power Control", this is very important for me. Especially turn off wifi, data-sync save battery life.
I am running Android 1.6 on my T-Mobile G1, but where can I find this power control widget?
Do I have it to dowbload from the market?
Greetings LStrike
You just tap and hold on the home screen and then select Widgets and then select Power Control.
Why did they choose to leave out the 3G toggle? Isn’t this a power hog? And how much power does data synching use?
Dear Sir,
Have recently purchase power control pro (Motorola DEFY)
1. The Auto Sync button I press to switch off. But the gmail is still able to checking for email.
2. I understand I may also switch off 2G/3G using the button from your widget but THEN i will be not able to receive MMS picture message people SMS to me.
3. How do I ensure the Auto Sync work properly ? most of the time I do not wish the Mtorola defy sync my Gmail / contacts / calender in order to lower he Gprs data $$$. This is reason I purchase your product.
Thank you
Edmond.