I have a Droid Bionic running Android Version 4.1.2 and System version 98.72.22.XT875.Verizon.en.US
Here is what I would like my phone to do and what I do not want it to do.
1. I do not want it to add my Facebook contacts or any of my gmail or other email contacts. - My phone seems to do this automatically and this is the worst. I have 18 people I want in my contacts and that is it. The other people I can contact through Facebook and I would never call, text or email them. I did a hard reset of my phone to purge the 800+ contacts that were auto-added (I cannot begin to tell you how many were duplicates) and a few hours later... WHAM! They were all back without me telling my phone to add them.
2. I do not want back-up assistance to backup all these 800+ contacts. I also do not want it to backup my apps. 9 times out of 10, I install an app and end up not liking it or it slows down my phone are spams me with pop-up ads. After doing a hard reset this is exactly what happened.
3. I DO want, for my 18 contacts, to have a custom ringtone play for when they call, a short notification for when they text and another short notification when they email. Maybe a custom notification to0 (for about 5 of my contacts) to let me know if they are available for chat. I have all these ringtones picked out and saved but I cannot figure out how to get them to work. They seem to occasionally work and then sometimes they do not and I do not know why.
4. I DO want a ringtone that is for everyone else that calls. I really like to know just by listening if I have to pick up my phone or not.
5. I DO want a good app that will use my GPS location to determine if I am at work, home, movie theater, doctors, etc... and adjust my volume automatically. I will NEVER remember to do this at each place. Does anyone know a good app that does this. I had one called GPS Volume but it seems to be hit an miss, is slow to respond to my location change AND the worst part is when I set a new location, instead of just using my current GPS location it makes me zoom into a map and find the location. Why can't it just get my current GPS coordinates. I understand the map is useful if you are pre-setting a location that you are not currently at...
ANYWAY, All of these item would make my phone so useful to me. I know I want/ask a lot, but I pay a lot for my phone, so I expect it to work and make my life easier. I wrote all this stuff down before and asked a Verizon store associate if all this was possible and his response was that "All that technology you are asking for there doesn't exist yet." and "wouldn't we all love that?" but I have a feeling this IS doable and that he just was not very knowledgeable. I admit I am not knowledgeable about what my phone can do and how to make it do it. I read the manual and still and clueless.
Here is what I would like my phone to do and what I do not want it to do.
1. I do not want it to add my Facebook contacts or any of my gmail or other email contacts. - My phone seems to do this automatically and this is the worst. I have 18 people I want in my contacts and that is it. The other people I can contact through Facebook and I would never call, text or email them. I did a hard reset of my phone to purge the 800+ contacts that were auto-added (I cannot begin to tell you how many were duplicates) and a few hours later... WHAM! They were all back without me telling my phone to add them.
2. I do not want back-up assistance to backup all these 800+ contacts. I also do not want it to backup my apps. 9 times out of 10, I install an app and end up not liking it or it slows down my phone are spams me with pop-up ads. After doing a hard reset this is exactly what happened.
3. I DO want, for my 18 contacts, to have a custom ringtone play for when they call, a short notification for when they text and another short notification when they email. Maybe a custom notification to0 (for about 5 of my contacts) to let me know if they are available for chat. I have all these ringtones picked out and saved but I cannot figure out how to get them to work. They seem to occasionally work and then sometimes they do not and I do not know why.
4. I DO want a ringtone that is for everyone else that calls. I really like to know just by listening if I have to pick up my phone or not.
5. I DO want a good app that will use my GPS location to determine if I am at work, home, movie theater, doctors, etc... and adjust my volume automatically. I will NEVER remember to do this at each place. Does anyone know a good app that does this. I had one called GPS Volume but it seems to be hit an miss, is slow to respond to my location change AND the worst part is when I set a new location, instead of just using my current GPS location it makes me zoom into a map and find the location. Why can't it just get my current GPS coordinates. I understand the map is useful if you are pre-setting a location that you are not currently at...
ANYWAY, All of these item would make my phone so useful to me. I know I want/ask a lot, but I pay a lot for my phone, so I expect it to work and make my life easier. I wrote all this stuff down before and asked a Verizon store associate if all this was possible and his response was that "All that technology you are asking for there doesn't exist yet." and "wouldn't we all love that?" but I have a feeling this IS doable and that he just was not very knowledgeable. I admit I am not knowledgeable about what my phone can do and how to make it do it. I read the manual and still and clueless.
