Phone notes
From raju
Features I need in a phone
Last updated | 2018-01-22
Must have
- good RF performance
- access to latest maps - google maps or some other service
- access to gmail, google drive, youtube, google contacts, google calendar
- facebook, whatsapp, amazon, waze
- chess.com, lichess.com
- replaceable battery
- one full day of idle battery life
Good to have
- decent camera and video
LG stylo 3 plus
Bought an "LG stylo 3 plus" from Costco for $192 ($180 for phone + $12 tax) on 2018-02-04.
checklist of must have features
Requirement | Result | notes |
---|---|---|
Good RF performance | Yes | |
Access to latest maps | Yes | through google maps |
access to gmail, google drive, youtube, google contacts, google calendar | Yes | |
facebook, whatsapp, amazon | Yes | |
waze | ||
lichess.com | Yes | |
replaceable battery | Yes | |
one full day of idle battery life | Yes |
checklist of good to have features
Requirement | Result | notes |
---|---|---|
decent camera and video |
Tips
- When the stylus is taken out, a menu button appears on the top right. This button is useful to perform stylus related activities. But it overrides anything underneath it. For example, google chrome shows the "three vertical dot" settings menu at the very place where the stylus menu button is located. But since the stylus menu overrides the chrome settings menu, there is no way to reach the chrome settings menu. To get around it, briefly press the stylus menu button until a trash can icon appears and then try to move the stylus menu button towards it. This will move the stylus menu button to the top left into the status bar.
Ref:- http://eguides.sprint.com/support/eguides/lgstylo3/content/lg_stylo_3_ug/using_the_stylus_pen.html
Disable vibration feedback
To disable phone vibration when the back button is pressed
Settings -> Sound & notification -> Advanced Settings -> More -> Vibrate on tap -> off
Remove a gmail account
Settings -> General -> Accounts & sync -> Google -> Select the account you want to remove -> settings menu at the top (three vertical dots button) -> Remove account -> Remove.
Remove gmail notifications
This will disable the indicator icons that popup on the phone screen whenever there is a new email.
Open gmail app -> settings button at the top left -> Select the account of interest -> Settings -> select account of interest -> Notifications -> uncheck
refresh contacts list
Settings -> General -> Accounts & Sync -> Accounts -> Google -> <select the gmail account> -> Contacts -> if (it is already on) ? turn it off and then on : turn it on
Useful links
Review
- Stylus is great. It comes in handy if you type a lot or play games that involve a lot of finger pressing (ex:- chess).
charging cable replacement
- Buy the Micro-USB to USB cable from Walmart. Costs about $5.
Configure LG stylo 3 plus
Settings -> General -> Smart Functions -> Pen -> Open when pen is removed -> None
Ref:- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-34685
Disable vibrate on keypress
Settings -> General -> Language & keyboard -> LG keyboard -> More -> Vibrate on keypress -> off
Sound profile
Settings -> Sound & notification -> Sound profile -> Vibrate only -> select
Manually installed apps
Why apps
- facebook - their marketplace is useful for buying/selling stuff. The app makes it easy to upload pictures.
configure facebook
- Disable video autoplay
Facebook app -> Settings icon -> App Settings -> Autoplay -> select "Never Autoplay Videos"
configure whatsapp
- To disable access to contacts
Settings -> General -> Apps -> WhatsApp -> Permissions -> Contacts -> off -> Storage -> off
configure google
- To disable all notifications
Open Google app -> click the hamburger menu settings button at the bottom right -> Settings -> Notifications -> Your feed -> Notifications -> off
- To just disable google weather notifications
Open Google app -> click the hamburger menu settings button at the bottom right -> Settings -> Notifications -> Your feed -> Notifications -> Get notified about -> Weather -> off
Configure google maps
Google maps asks to review a place, upload photos of a place you recently visited etc., To disable all this crap
Open Google maps -> hamburger menu at the top left -> Settings -> Notifications -> Your contributions -> disable everything under it.
Configure play store
Play store -> Hamburger menu button at the top left -> Settings -> Auto-update apps -> select "Do not auto-update apps."
Play Store -> profile pic on top right -> scroll down to Settings -> General -> Notifications -> Updates available -> off.
Configure chess app from chess.com
To disable sounds when pieces are moved while playing the game
Chess app -> Hamburger menu button at the top left -> Settings -> Game -> Sounds -> disable
Configure blaze pizza app
To disable notifications
Settings -> General -> Apps -> Blaze Pizza -> Notifications -> Block -> On