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« on: September 17, 2010, 09:10:25 PM »

Xperia X10 Tips

    * Long press on an empty space in your home page to add Widgets, Shortcuts, Folders and Wallpapers.
    * Start camera by long-pressing hardware shutter key.
    * Lock display by hitting the power button.
    * To access Test Menu: On the key lock screen, press the following button combinations: menu > back > back > menu > back > menu > menu > back
    * To access Service Menu: In the dialler, enter the following: enter *#*#4636#*#*
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« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2010, 09:12:46 PM »

Most important thing I have found so far is to not forget about the 'Menu' button. It opens up so much more options that are handy with everything the phone can do!

Download Advanced Task Killer - very good for stopping those unwanted processes.

Holding down the 'Home' button will bring up a small menu that shows 6 recently used applications.

Also I've stolen this from another site as I have seen several people asking battery life on this forum;
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2010, 09:13:11 PM »

more tips from another website

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Follow the tips below to enhance the battery performance of your X10.

1) Turn off the “Always-on” mobile data connection.
On the Home screen, select Menu => Settings => Wireless controls => Mobile network settings and turn off “Enable always-on mobile data”. This will make the biggest impact on battery life.

2) Disable Wireless network usage for positioning purposes
To disable this go to Menu => Settings => Location => Use wireless networks. This will turn off the “anonymous” Google location data collection that uses the wireless data connection frequently. Any app that will need a location will turn on the GPS separately. Please note that turning off wireless network usage for location purposes will stop the assistance provided to GPS hence, will take time.

3) Turn off “Background data” usage (but not if you use Google services!)
For doing this go to Menu => Settings => Data synchronization => Google => Background data. This will minimize background data usage that keeps the phone’s network connections active and use a lot of power during the day. Note! If you are using Gmail, Calendar and Contacts on your phone you need to have this enabled or it will disable automatic sync with Google online servers.

4) Always keep Wi-Fi off when not in use – automate this with Y5 Battery Saver
To disable Wi-Fi go to Menu => Settings => Wireless controls and turn off “Wi-Fi”. If you still want to use your Wi-Fi connection install the completely free Y5 Battery Saver application. It automatically turns off the Wi-Fi when out of range and enables it again when you are close to known access points to save battery life .

5) Always keep Bluetooth off when not in use
This tip is very common and nearly everyone knows about it. Go to Menu => Settings => Wireless controls and turn off “Bluetooth”.

6) Avoid usage of push or very frequent email polling – configure it to sync every 15 or more minutes
Mail sync frequency can be set through (Menu =>) All programs => Mail => “Menu” button => More => Settings => Send & Receive => Set Download frequency => e.g. Every 15 minutes (For X10 Menu=> Email=> Menu button=> Account settings=> Email check frequency). Keep the Mail size limit at 5 KB as larger downloads consume more battery power.

7) Turn off automatic Weather updates
If you have any weather update application in your phone then turn off the automatic updates of it. As the weather doesn’t change in minutes so keeping it off will save the battery power and when needed manually update it.

8 ) Set a reasonable update frequency for Twitter, Flicker and Facebook
Most of the users have social networking profiles in twitter, facebook and others. For this they download applications and most of the applications auto update in a regular time. For saving the battery power set a reasonable auto update frequency which won’t eat up the battery e.g 30mins.
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2010, 09:13:28 PM »

There is a cool trick I wanna show you.
Dial this code to access phone secret settings :
*#*#4636#*#*

here you can see health of battery, the usage of batter for all time you've been using phone, you can change SMS service center. yo ucan see full info about your phone and provider and many other interesting stuff.
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2010, 09:13:44 PM »

I've done a bit more research and found a few options:

1) 2G-3G OnOff: shortcut to "Mobile network settings" page. From home screen you still have to tap twice to switch 3G on, 3 times to switch off. A little annoying but works smoothly
2) SMODA Widget: widget that switch 3G on/off. 1x1 tile and is exactly what I'm looking for... but takes time to switch on/off after tapping.
3) Quick Switching: 1x1 tile widget that opens a folder with quick on/off functions: mobile networks (GPRS/EDGE), WiFi, Bluetooth, FlightMode, 2G/3G, GPS. Might be useful but doesn't work on my phone. Maybe I need to play around with it a bit.

I only just downloaded these but I intend to try out 1&2 for the next few days and choose which works best for me.
You can find all these apps by searching "2G-3G" on the market.

Hope it helps!
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2010, 02:39:00 PM »



Holding down the 'Home' button will bring up a small menu that shows 6 recently used applications.


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From research I've done with Android 2.1 a task killer app is completely unneccessary, look here, http://androidspin.com/2010/05/25/why-you-dont-need-a-task-killer-app-with-android/
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 03:33:46 AM »

Hey u have shared great tricks for it..
i liked the tips u have added..
i just knew a few of it and its great to know more about such great tricks..
i liked the post..
its very interesting to read..
thanks...
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2011, 05:32:11 AM »

wow very nice post i am also using Xperia X10  mobile phone and i hope these tips and tricks will be more helpful for me and everybody and thanks for the sharing
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2011, 04:57:11 PM »

thank uuuu Grin
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