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Hi, I'm considering going back to WMobile phones and seriously considering the Kaiser. I currently have the N73 but had many wm5 phones before, SPV m600, Trinity, XDA Orbit, Wizard etc etc, all had annoying little "bugs".
I know the Kaiser is only just out, but can anyone tell me if you have noticed any of the following?
1) delay in ringing when receiving an incoming call. i.e. people on the other end hears a ring, but my phone takes about 3seconds before it rings...v. annoying!
2) delay in waking up.
3) slow response in dialing, i.e. when pressing a number on the dial pad.
4) Missing incoming comes, i.e. full reception but people unable to get through. Extremely annoying.
5) Rebooting itself
6) Alarm not going off.
Hows the call quality?
Anyone used and have any issues with the T9 pad, think that's what it's called. I use to use this, but gave me problems when i switched back to virtual keyboard, e.g. wouldn't switch back at all.
Sorry for all the questions.
1) Haven't tested this yet, i'm hoping this isn't the case though...!
2) Wakes up pretty quick, no unbarable lag
3) Same as 2) - all seems pretty responsive, no bad lag
4) Never had that issue before, don't expect to get it with the Kaiser
5) Nope, although i haven't installed any other apps etc yet...
6) Same as 4)
I can only really compare with the Universal (as that's the only other WM phone i've owned)... my initial impressions are that it's a lot quicker than the Universal... maybe that's partially due to the fact that i haven't installed any bits yet... or really tweaked it.
The 3 second delay was REALLY annoying.... as i'd have to start every phonecall with: "hello....... hello? heeeelllllllllo?" lol... i hope this isnt the case with the Kaiser!
Also i think a lot of the noticable improvements are also due to the fact that im using a vanilla HTC phone, as opposed to a crappy T-mobile 'runined' one! Also i think WM6 has brought in a lot of changes which are noticeably improved over WM5.
EDIT: oh and the only thing that really 'bugs' me - is that i'm used to the lovely VGA Screen of the Universal, so dropping down to QVGA is rather noticable... text looks blockier and using Cleartype seems to make it alot fuzzier than on the Universal.... but that's my only really negative point so far.... hopefully it'll be the ONLY one
EDIT2: Something else i just thought of.... the fact that when my Universal locked up... if i didnt have my Stylus on me (which i usually didnt) and i didnt have a small pin-like object to stick into the reset hole... i was SCREWED... which REALLY pi**ed me off.... countless times i'd be on the train home from work, about to email a friend... only to have my phone lockup... then i'd have to wait an hour before i could reset it and start writing... GRRRRR. Anyway, the Kaiser actually turns off when you hold down the power button... simple... and GREAT! (the power button on the Universal was so stupid.... in my opinion.... was there any way (except by using 3rd party apps) to actually turn the damn thing OFF?! lol)
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hongsit said:
Hi, I'm considering going back to WMobile phones and seriously considering the Kaiser. I currently have the N73 but had many wm5 phones before, SPV m600, Trinity, XDA Orbit, Wizard etc etc, all had annoying little "bugs".
I know the Kaiser is only just out, but can anyone tell me if you have noticed any of the following?
1) delay in ringing when receiving an incoming call. i.e. people on the other end hears a ring, but my phone takes about 3seconds before it rings...v. annoying!
2) delay in waking up.
3) slow response in dialing, i.e. when pressing a number on the dial pad.
4) Missing incoming comes, i.e. full reception but people unable to get through. Extremely annoying.
5) Rebooting itself
6) Alarm not going off.
Hows the call quality?
Anyone used and have any issues with the T9 pad, think that's what it's called. I use to use this, but gave me problems when i switched back to virtual keyboard, e.g. wouldn't switch back at all.
Sorry for all the questions.
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1) The delay is/was caused by the CPU/OS coming out of standby. With PDA type Windows Mobile devices they have a standby mode where the whole operating system is suspended. The mobile chip remains powered and when a call comes in it has to send a wake up request to the CPU and OS. It is the time the CPU and OS takes to become responsive that causes the delay. I noticed this delay was quite a lot on the Toshiba G900, several seconds or rings before it had woken up to sound the internal audio to alert you to the call. Sometimes it wouldn't wake at all :-(
The Kaiser wakes very quickly, hardly any delay at all, they have certainly put in a lot of work in this area.
Windows SmartPhones don't have this problem as they remain "always on" so respond without delay even though they may look off.
2) Answer above, very quick, almost instant.
3) Seems okay to me.
4) This is probably the OS failing to wake up, I would doubt this happens on the Kaiser.
5) Okay so far.
6) This again is related to the CPU/OS failing to wake up to a request. It is likely the phone you have experienced this with has some problems waking up when asked and would explain all your concerns.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Phil
I read on another thread regarding the assembly which houses the green and red call buttons being loose. What is the opinion of other users over here. I am asking this as I am considering buying one soon to replace my Touch
Regards
Yes the whole section moves slightly on mine, it must just be where they float on a rubber section underneath.
I hadn't noticed this until now, why is this a problem? If it was fixed two tight the keys would scrape against the sides when pressed. Makes sense there is some space.
Regards
Phil
The buttons feel a bit 'loose' but no more than in any other device (the buttons on my PSP for example).
Thanks for the reply guys, kaiser sounds promising, just hope it continues to impress.
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1) delay in ringing when receiving an incoming call. i.e. people on the other end hears a ring, but my phone takes about 3seconds before it rings...v. annoying!
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There are two contributors to this:
One is a registry entry, where all of the "standard" options cause a 3 second pre-ring delay and 3 second delay between rings. This can be fixed in the registry.
The second is network delay. The caller will hear ringing before your phone rings (usually 1-2 rings) no matter what phone you use. I've had such delays with every mobile phone I have ever used, smart or not. If you try the registry hack (search around for the exact key, numerous posts on it and I can't remember the exact registry key at the moment) and are still not happy, you have one option to reduce ring latency - get a landline.
OK..so we are all excited about the Kaiser and some of the lucky ones have it already. We all know the specs and we hear about the fun those lucky ones are having with the devices. Needless to say, with new devices, problems sometimes follow. I know there have been a few minor complaints but, let's use this thread to compile the issues (and hopefully the fixes).
I am thinking of jumping ship from my rather good plan in order to get a Kaiser and hearing both sides of the spectrum can help myself and others make a more educated decision.
I am interested in Kaiser also. One of the most issue that i hope being fix in Kaiser was the screen auto-on issue while changing song when listen MP3 with BT stereo handsfree which happened in D810 and P3600i.
Well, I've had my kaiser since the 7th and I have put it through most of it's paces so far.
The only complaint I can think of is the already known problem where storing pocket IE's cache on the storage card causes it to freeze up. I'm fully confident that someone here will figure it out.
That said it's a really nice upgrade from the Tytn I've been using for over a year. If you consider a different browser, like Opera mini it performs extremely well.
I've had one about a month. Overall very pleased with the purchase. Here are my top nits:
1. Audio clicks or audio cut-out when playing long audio files (>5min). click will happen every 5 min, which might suggest it's reading the file into memory in chunks and having trouble at the transition. I'm hoping a new, faster micro-sd card will fix this.
2. screen doesn't turn off by default, just dims to lowest level. Not that the phone doesn't go into standby when it should, it's just that when you are using it you expect the previous TyTN behavior where the screen goes off after a certain period. Annoying only in certain circumstances; for instance, when you play long audio files at night to go to sleep the screen stays on. Solution is easy: just push the power button. Audio keeps playing. Not a big negative per se, just a new behavior to get used to.
3. Hard to select multiple items (e.g. email) with finger. Used to be you could finger one item and then "drag" down the list, selecting multiple items. Now that causes the email list to scroll. Again not a negative, just a new way of behaving.
4. The camera. Takes forever to actually take the shot. Unless you set it on a stable surface or take long shots in good light, the images are blurry. It's a phone so I don't really care that much...
5. Lack of dedicated button for Comm Manager. You can have a soft button, but whatever... Also I haven't found a way to remap the otherwise useless PTT button.
6. Nobody has uploaded the 'cool' HTC rom. I have to install the HTCHome and Comm Mgr app cabs from the Hermes group. The AT&T roms look boring and are bloated with crapware like Ms PacMan eval version (including the frickin' .cab file) and MP3 files.
7. After hanging up a voice call, d-pad in email stops working. That is, I can use the screen to do actions like select and open an email, but the d-pad and center button don't work. Once the mail is open, I can use the d-pad. Seems like this doesn't happen every time, but it's annoying when it does. I'm sure a software update will fix this.
None of these things would prevent me from buying the product again. I personally find the browser perf about the same as the TyTN - downloading full HTML pages takes a while, but it's a phone so it doesn't bother me like it would if it were a laptop.
M
So how do they handle your #3 issue with the semi-touch flow now? How do you go about selecting multiple items?
I hadn't really thought of it until I wrote this... After some investigation I find that if I hold down my finger on the first selected item, wait, then drag it, it works.
how's the in-call voice quality & signal strength from the kaiser's qualcomm chip, compared to previous htc phones (fo example, ones which featured the TI omap chip)?
and also how's the gps? is it really that much worse than a sirfstar to the point where it would become unusable in a city with many tall buildings?
Here is my very small list of gripes..
1. There is no default hardware button that allows you to change the Sound Volume at any time...like when/if you're somewhere quiet and the phone rings loudly or a reminder pops up loudly. Many devices have Vol Up & Down buttons on the side of the device that will let you do this but with the TyTN II you'll have to either use the default Volume control icon at the top of the screen (which is tough to get to using a finger) or use the HTC Touch panel - assuming you have it enabled in the Task Panel settings. You can however adjust the volume during a call using the thumb wheel--which is nice.
2. For some reason, We can't redirect IE cache, cookies and history to the microSD card. I know there's been discussion about this. When you make the registry change, IE freezes when pulling up sites. When you put it back to the default folder or any folder in main storage memory, all sites work fine. Everything else--email attachments, apps, games, GPS maps, etc. seem to do fine when accessed from the card.
3. No HTC TouchFLO 3D Cube
For some reason, the TyTN II has TouchFLO but without the Cube. I would love to get this iPhone Killer app" working on the TyTN II. I know you guys are working on it!
TEC
I live in the US, and this is the reason why im waiting for the AT&T tilt, i want them to fix all the bugs. When the TyTN came out, the 8525 had less bugs, including the screen alignment thing.
Funny, I had just dumped the VERY unstable GPS enabled HP hw6945 in favor of the then new 8525. I was just about to return the 8525 because it was also pretty buggy and prone to hangs. Then I found XDA, applied the tweaks and eventually new roms and now the 8525 is just about perfect.
I'll have my Kaiser in 2 days and am looking forward to what the XDA wizzards will do with it in the comming months.
But a first release from AT&T is bound to be lacking, and probably bloated with less than usefull widgets.
The good you already know so I wont go into all of that, but after all the hype I'm actually dissapointed with this device.
I am a long time treo user (my last machine being a very stable, but dull treo 680).
Last month I bought the HTC Touch (a FANTASTIC machine, especially with HTC Home). But after the Treo, I still need a keyboard as its basically hard work to enter long messages, even with the SIP keyboard (plus TYTN II has 3G and GPS).
So I got my TYTN II 2 days ago and im not enjoying the exeperience, especially when compared to the Touch which was flawless for me. I find that the machine hangs, isnt that responsive, the sound level is much lower than the Touch (both ear and speaker) and while its supposed to be 2x as fast, it really isnt much faster than the Touch. It does have a better screen than the Touch and many other advantages, but none of these are critical for me. Plus I dont know anyone who uses video calling so I have noone to call with it!!!
But the worst part of the TYTN II is that its a MONSTER in both size and weight. Its like walking around with a brick in my pocket! For example, holding the phone while on a long call is very uncomfortable. I just dont like the form factor (actually I miss my Treos front facing keyboard).
So if you own a Touch, have a BT GPS device, can get by with wifi, and can get the hang of the on-board keyboard then I suggest you upgrade the ROM on the Touch and stick with it. Im sorry i didnt.
That said, now I own this device Im going to try to make it work for me and get used to it, or sell it!
About the size and weight, it should be subjective.
For me, it is perfect, not small, but not too big either.
The thickness is good, less than TyTn but more than Touch.
I have no problem handling and carrying it or making phone, etc.
The device is quite responsive, I dont have problem with it. The built-in keyboard is working fine except that I am not used to it yet, so sometimes I missed the key But, I am working on it (to get used to).
The thing that I dont like:
1. Takes a long time to fully charge from 10% to 100% ! More than 4 hours using USB connection.
2. Need more hardware button to map application I want to be able to switch application by using a hardware button. Well, I can replace one of the button, but ...
3. Camera and video recording sucks on indoor situation (low light), but very good on outdoor.
ekerbuddy said:
The good you already know so I wont go into all of that, but after all the hype I'm actually dissapointed with this device.
I am a long time treo user (my last machine being a very stable, but dull treo 680).
Last month I bought the HTC Touch (a FANTASTIC machine, especially with HTC Home). But after the Treo, I still need a keyboard as its basically hard work to enter long messages, even with the SIP keyboard (plus TYTN II has 3G and GPS).
So I got my TYTN II 2 days ago and im not enjoying the exeperience, especially when compared to the Touch which was flawless for me. I find that the machine hangs, isnt that responsive, the sound level is much lower than the Touch (both ear and speaker) and while its supposed to be 2x as fast, it really isnt much faster than the Touch. It does have a better screen than the Touch and many other advantages, but none of these are critical for me. Plus I dont know anyone who uses video calling so I have noone to call with it!!!
But the worst part of the TYTN II is that its a MONSTER in both size and weight. Its like walking around with a brick in my pocket! For example, holding the phone while on a long call is very uncomfortable. I just dont like the form factor (actually I miss my Treos front facing keyboard).
So if you own a Touch, have a BT GPS device, can get by with wifi, and can get the hang of the on-board keyboard then I suggest you upgrade the ROM on the Touch and stick with it. Im sorry i didnt.
That said, now I own this device Im going to try to make it work for me and get used to it, or sell it!
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gogol said:
The thing that I dont like:
1. Takes a long time to fully charge from 10% to 100% ! More than 4 hours using USB connection.
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You mean USB cable connected to computer - it always was like that. Hermes was not different. If you use wall charger, it will get job done quicker.
3. Camera and video recording sucks on indoor situation (low light), but very good on outdoor.
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Well.. what else can you expect? This is a phone, not real camera, it would always suck in low light. But camera is still pretty good, as for phone - while in good light conditions, of course.
demione said:
how's the in-call voice quality & signal strength from the kaiser's qualcomm chip, compared to previous htc phones (fo example, ones which featured the TI omap chip)?
and also how's the gps? is it really that much worse than a sirfstar to the point where it would become unusable in a city with many tall buildings?
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Both are really good. I was impressed by call quality, really. In terms of GPS, IMHO there is also nothing to complain about...
hardware audio control
technillion said:
1. There is no default hardware button that allows you to change the Sound Volume at any time...like when/if you're somewhere quiet and the phone rings loudly or a reminder pops up loudly. Many devices have Vol Up & Down buttons on the side of the device that will let you do this but with the TyTN II you'll have to either use the default Volume control icon at the top of the screen (which is tough to get to using a finger) or use the HTC Touch panel - assuming you have it enabled in the Task Panel settings. You can however adjust the volume during a call using the thumb wheel--which is nice.
TEC
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Actually the jog dial on the side defaults to volume control when you are in a call or running (foreground) an app that has volume aspects, like Media Player or HTC Audio Manager. Agreed that there's no general audio control tho. You can install 3rd party apps to give you one-touch scheme changes - check the Hermes forum for apps like O2+ (DiStefano's cab collection is nice).
Problem after phone calls
There seems to be a problem with the Kaiser. After finishing a phone call on the Kaiser the backlight goes off and stays off and I cannot access the Start menu. I can access all other functions but backlight stays off and one still cant get into the Start menu from anywhere on the screen. I have to press the power off button quickly once and then wait a second, press it again to be able to access the start button or the light to come on. This is definitely a bug in the tytn II and I hope HTC is doing something about this.
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There seems to be a problem with the Kaiser. After finishing a phone call on the Kaiser the backlight goes off and stays off and I cannot access the Start menu. I can access all other functions but backlight stays off and one still cant get into the Start menu from anywhere on the screen. I have to press the power off button quickly once and then wait a second, press it again to be able to access the start button or the light to come on. This is definitely a bug in the tytn II and I hope HTC is doing something about this.
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No such problems with my Kaiser. Maybe some specific application is causing such behavior? Try uninstalling some of them, and check - but the best test would be hard reset and check on 'clean' ROM. If problem still persists - get the warranty replacement.
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No such problems with my Kaiser. Maybe some specific application is causing such behavior? Try uninstalling some of them, and check - but the best test would be hard reset and check on 'clean' ROM. If problem still persists - get the warranty replacement.
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This has already been reported and confirmed by a few people and happens when you have a password word set on the device. If no device password is set it works okay and you will not be affected. Workaround at the moment is not to set a password or press the power button again after a call to get the device back on.
Regards
Phil
strange, I have a password and do not experience this problem (thru 3 different AT&T roms). I'm happy to test it out on whichever rom exhibits the problem tho.
The problem only seems to exist on the official HTC ROM.
Hello guys,
I don't post many threads with problems, but for this one i can't find any answer and this one seems really weird, cause it occurs ONLY on any version of 6.1.
So I have really bizzare screen alignment problem.
Sometimes when i tap screen with finger or stylus - it will tap not in the point where i want but about 4-7mm under the point. It never goes above the point - always under it. Sometimes it occurs time to time, but sometimes without stop. I don't know what's wrong.
I've tried different SPL's and Radios. I've done really really really many configurations with ROM+SPL+RADIO and nothing seems to resolve that problem.
This only occurs on 6.1 for me(every one). NEVER HAPPENED ON 6.0 ROM. Any.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is this a hardware problem? If so why i don't occurs in 6.0? If its software related, how to get rid of this?
Thanks,
Chris
kristoff_sz said:
Hello guys,
I don't post many threads with problems, but for this one i can't find any answer and this one seems really weird, cause it occurs ONLY on any version of 6.1.
So I have really bizzare screen alignment problem.
Sometimes when i tap screen with finger or stylus - it will tap not in the point where i want but about 4-7mm under the point. It never goes above the point - always under it. Sometimes it occurs time to time, but sometimes without stop. I don't know what's wrong.
I've tried different SPL's and Radios. I've done really really really many configurations with ROM+SPL+RADIO and nothing seems to resolve that problem.
This only occurs on 6.1 for me(every one). NEVER HAPPENED ON 6.0 ROM. Any.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is this a hardware problem? If so why i don't occurs in 6.0? If its software related, how to get rid of this?
Thanks,
Chris
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try playing around with the touchflo sensitivity settings either through the registry or use Kaisertweak for it...let me knw if it helps...
prabh said:
try playing around with the touchflo sensitivity settings either through the registry or use Kaisertweak for it...let me knw if it helps...
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I've done it already. I've played with every setting known by me.
Still doesnt work. I just flashed to 6.0. And again - there is no such issue.
Thanks for suggestion!
woot I'm no longer the only one with this! i set my sensitivity settings to Normal on kaiser tweak it's the best at reducing the frequency i can get it so far haven't found a 'fix' kinda given up only hope if t-mobile uk release their damn 6.1 rom so i can try and see if i can get the phone fixed or replaced via warranty. also it seems the problem is with the device not the roms im currently on the t-mobile 6.0 its has the same problem more noticeable when i set sensitivity > normal in kaiser tweak.
EDIT: something I've noticed is that maybe the sensitive part has moved away from the screen right now when at an angle i can see a 'large effect zone' like holding it towards the PC screen the tapping with a stylus and seeing the distortion of the reflection i would estimate it to be about 2 cm in radius from the point i touch the screen (maybe this is normal, people who don't have this problem see it you can see this) but I've seen it worse especially after taking it out of my pocket at the end of the day so i think heat my have damaged touch part causing it to expand and detach that would be body heat or heat from when the devices sometimes overheats when plugged in, anyway thats the only theory i can come up with
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woot I'm no longer the only one with this! i set my sensitivity settings to Normal on kaiser tweak it's the best at reducing the frequency i can get it so far haven't found a 'fix' kinda given up only hope if t-mobile uk release their damn 6.1 rom so i can try and see if i can get the phone fixed or replaced via warranty. also it seems the problem is with the device not the roms im currently on the t-mobile 6.0 its has the same problem more noticeable when i set sensitivity > normal in kaiser tweak.
EDIT: something I've noticed is that maybe the sensitive part has moved away from the screen right now when at an angle i can see a 'large effect zone' like holding it towards the PC screen the tapping with a stylus and seeing the distortion of the reflection i would estimate it to be about 2 cm in radius from the point i touch the screen (maybe this is normal, people who don't have this problem see it you can see this) but I've seen it worse especially after taking it out of my pocket at the end of the day so i think heat my have damaged touch part causing it to expand and detach that would be body heat or heat from when the devices sometimes overheats when plugged in, anyway thats the only theory i can come up with
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Thanks Infuruno for your suggestion. I think you have a good point in that disortion but there is one big difference in our problem, and I don't know why.
Its the WM version. Now I'm runnig 6.0 without any problem. Even if I want to do this - it never occurs. And I mean never!. I don't know what's wrong here
Anyway I'll soon try to buy the touch screen for Kaiser and change it.
Cheers,
Chris
6.0 seemed to have sensitivity set on normal by default while the 6.1 by default the sensitivity is set of high (> normal) at least looking at the official t-mobile 6.0 and every other 6.1 rom i've tested, and the touch screen thing is just a theory i came up while well literally as i posted that message just started putting things i've seen together maybe if someone who didn't have the problem could see if they got distortion before you buy a new touch screen.
I just got my Tilt (I came from the Sprint Touch) and I've noticed the same thing. I never used a 6.0 ROM, the guy I bought it from already had a 6.1 ROM on it and I flashed it to HyperDragon's PRO III ROM when I got it.
I was used to my Sprint Touch and it had a 6.1 ROM on it as well and didn't have a problem. It is very annoying if I try to use an onscreen keyboard for those times that I don't want to pull out the other one.
Done more tests.
Today I've installed new HyperDragon III Pro (great ROM ) and I still got that issue. After that - flashed Dutty's V4 RTM (6.0) - and you know what? It works just perfect.
I don't know wtf is wrong with that.
What happens when you set the screen sensitivity to normal using kaiser tweak on a 6.1 rom?
Infuruno said:
What happens when you set the screen sensitivity to normal using kaiser tweak on a 6.1 rom?
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Hmm, nothing at all.
I've tried that every time. That doesn't work on that
Thanks!
This just sucks ass.... I really don't know what to do. I just flashed HD III Pro, Its great ROM, and I cannot use it cause of this ****ing screen thing.
Flashed back to random 6.0 --- no problems. Damnit!
Same problem for me, very hard to make a call
Changing the sensitivity seems to have helped it some for me. I still notice it but its not as bad as it was before.
In KaiserTweak I have Sensitivity and Finger Pressure both set to Normal.
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Changing the sensitivity seems to have helped it some for me. I still notice it but its not as bad as it was before.
In KaiserTweak I have Sensitivity and Finger Pressure both set to Normal.
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I've done really many tries with various options and various configurations before I posted the thread. Nothing - absolutely nothing seems to help.
kristoff_sz said:
Hello guys,
I don't post many threads with problems, but for this one i can't find any answer and this one seems really weird, cause it occurs ONLY on any version of 6.1.
So I have really bizzare screen alignment problem.
Sometimes when i tap screen with finger or stylus - it will tap not in the point where i want but about 4-7mm under the point. It never goes above the point - always under it. Sometimes it occurs time to time, but sometimes without stop. I don't know what's wrong.
I've tried different SPL's and Radios. I've done really really really many configurations with ROM+SPL+RADIO and nothing seems to resolve that problem.
This only occurs on 6.1 for me(every one). NEVER HAPPENED ON 6.0 ROM. Any.
Anyone have any suggestions? Is this a hardware problem? If so why i don't occurs in 6.0? If its software related, how to get rid of this?
Thanks,
Chris
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I have the very same problem. I thought my phone was broken.
zsilak said:
I have the very same problem. I thought my phone was broken.
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I wonder then where is the problem? Maybe its a problem with some models of Kaiser?
I'm surprised there's not more people with this problem. Are you guys using an AT&T branded Tilt or HTC-branded, or other?
There's gotta be something in common with all of us.
What Hard-SPL version are you guys using that have the problem?
i have same problem
someday i flashed a new rom and i cant manage how to resolve this. i have that even on wm 6.0 roms. im setting up the sensitivity and it helps just locally, not fully at all. tried high sensitive on my friends kaiser and there is nothing worng with that.
i have tried many spls, but none of them seems to work
can anyone help with that?
i dont want to change my screen
ive tried many systems and spsl before, but never noticed this action.
please, somebody help with that.
I have an old Palm Tugsten T3 that started doing that, the way I fixed it was I went to the screen alignment page and clicked near the top of the bulls eye insted of the center of it, fixed it right up. try that and let me know how that works.
hey guys, I'm about to trade my htc desire for a nexus one and have read up on a few problems, and I wanted to find out first hand from you guys wether they're actually problems, or wether they are a load.
Which leads me to my questions.
Does your nexus one have any of the following problems:
1. trackball gets stuck sometimes
2. the on/off/standby switch has stopped working (or you have had to send it back to be repaired)
3. the touchscreen randomly stops working
4. 3G connectivity issue
5. Wifi problems
6. Proximity sensor sensitivity issue
7. earpiece: insufficient volume
and lastly -
Is there any reason why you would not recommend me selling my desire and buying a nexus?
Thanks,
Brandon
It would be easier to have them numbered
1. Trackball - never heard of it.
2. Power button - never had anything on mine, but there's a good reason to believe there was a faulty batch out there - some had to exchange theirs.
3. Touchscreen - The issue is that it starts "missing" the presses, registering way below. Pressing the power button twice (entering and exiting standby) "cures" it. A real issue, happens very rarely.
4. 3G - opinions are split on it, reported only by vocal minority and only in areas barely covered by 3G, and only long time ago. Personally, never saw anything that could be considered as "issue". Actually, rather good reception and good data rates over bad connections.
5. WiFi - again, depends on what "issue" is. It's not completely flawless, for example, fails connecting to encrypted network w/ Cisco 521G. Haven't had any problems on mine, though.
6. Proximity sensor - never heard of it.
7. Volume - never heard of it.
To the last question - why would you want to do that? You have a device with very similar specs that runs very similar firmware. Froyo is already out for Desire, AFAIK, and that exchange would only bring you the trackball notifications and the future updates (Gingerbread). Is that the reason for you to switch?
P.S. All or almost all of the issues listed above would be similar for both phones, since they're almost identical.
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To the last question - why would you want to do that? You have a device with very similar specs that runs very similar firmware. Froyo is already out for Desire, AFAIK, and that exchange would only bring you the trackball notifications and the future updates (Gingerbread). Is that the reason for you to switch?
P.S. All or almost all of the issues listed above would be similar for both phones, since they're almost identical.
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Thanks for the reply!
The problem is that the there are only about 4 chefs cooking for the desire (and about 5 others uploading their own version of the 4 roms). And the battery life on the new froyo ROMs are terrible. I used up the whole battery in about 6 hours with 3g not enabled, and brightness at the minimum.
and there seems to be much more support for the nexus. (XDA support that is)
+ there are much more cases available for the nexus, I think it looks better, and I really love the idea of the trackball and how it can change colors
P.S I forgot to ask how are the capacative buttens?
Some have said they don't exactly work (you have to press them a few times before it works)
I remember reading somewhere that you have to press them a bit above the buttons and they work fine. Is this true? or are some devices just randomly screwed?
Thanks,
Brandon
No to all.
Atleast I didn't notice
Any reason not to just keep the Desire? The n1 is great but the Desire is nearly identically and slightly better in some ways.
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hey guys, I'm about to trade my htc desire for a nexus one and have read up on a few problems, and I wanted to find out first hand from you guys wether they're actually problems, or wether they are a load.
Which leads me to my questions.
Does your nexus one have any of the following problems:
1. trackball gets stuck sometimes- Never had this problem......
2. the on/off/standby switch has stopped working (or you have had to send it back to be repaired)- Um, not for me.... But I have heard this happening to people.
3. the touchscreen randomly stops working - NEVER ever has this happened
4. 3G connectivity issue - I only use wifi since it's everywhere. More efficiant and faster!
5. Wifi problems - None for me.
6. Proximity sensor sensitivity issue - Nope
7. earpiece: insufficient volume - Nope, I find it too loud sometimes. But, I do have sensative hearing.
and lastly -
Is there any reason why you would not recommend me selling my desire and buying a nexus? No reasons honestly. They are both pretty similar except for support and design as well as a few other diffs. The only thing I like about the desire is it's hardware keys and chin
Thanks,
Brandon
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brandon1108 said:
Thanks for the reply!
The problem is that the there are only about 4 chefs cooking for the desire (and about 5 others uploading their own version of the 4 roms). And the battery life on the new froyo ROMs are terrible. I used up the whole battery in about 6 hours with 3g not enabled, and brightness at the minimum.
and there seems to be much more support for the nexus. (XDA support that is)
+ there are much more cases available for the nexus, I think it looks better, and I really love the idea of the trackball and how it can change colors
P.S I forgot to ask how are the capacative buttens?
Some have said they don't exactly work (you have to press them a few times before it works)
I remember reading somewhere that you have to press them a bit above the buttons and they work fine. Is this true? or are some devices just randomly screwed?
Thanks,
Brandon
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Ugh, I do have issues with the capacitive buttons. Like I said above, I envy hardware keys. It's not that they don't work, they just arent calibrated. You need to touch way above where they are for them to register. If you press the button where its placed exactly they don't work.
NOTE: I should let you know about all the cool things the Menu button does (second button with the lines) I just found out about the Menu button on my Nexus Lol!
I would do that trade and not have any issues at all. The nexus is The most active device right now and will be thru this year at least. Those problems you listed are not a big deal, the power button only fails for some people. Use track ball wake and you have nothing to worry about. Everything else is not really a problem.
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P.S I forgot to ask how are the capacative buttens?
Some have said they don't exactly work (you have to press them a few times before it works)
I remember reading somewhere that you have to press them a bit above the buttons and they work fine. Is this true? or are some devices just randomly screwed?
Thanks,
Brandon
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They're all screwed equally All the capacitive buttons register too high, so you have to press higher to hit them. At least they're consistent.
not a single mention of white notification burn-in. seems common.
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Does your nexus one have any of the following problems:
1. trackball gets stuck sometimes
3. the touchscreen randomly stops working
7. earpiece: insufficient volume
Thanks,
Brandon
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yup.
1. get stuck on going "down". kind of annoying but a spazz around with it fixes it.
2 yup, cant get it to unlock sometimes.
3, sort of. wouldnt mind it louder and of better quality. More depth.
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not a single mention of white notification burn-in. seems common.
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:O I remember someone talking about it in the desire forum - If I use a black notification bar I should be fine right?
Brandon,
Does your nexus one have any of the following problems:
1. trackball gets stuck sometimes No
2. the on/off/standby switch has stopped working (or you have had to send it back to be repaired) Yes & Yes gettting repaired by HTC as we speak.
3. the touchscreen randomly stops working No - used to occasionally before Froyo but not anymore
4. 3G connectivity issue No
5. Wifi problems No
6. Proximity sensor sensitivity issue No
7. earpiece: insufficient volume No
8. how are the capacative buttons? Fine, If you swipe them downwards in the opposite direction but the same manner as you would, to select the notification bar. If you tap them with the pad of your finger instead of the point it also a non issue. OTOH tapping with the point of your finger you just need to tap slightly below.
PurpleSmurfLlama
I disagree and do not think the majority of power button failures are due to poor maintenance. Is your poor maintenance theory just a hunch perhaps? I keep my phone nice and clean, no obvious crap beneath the button. In another thread someone who had a failing power button dismantled his phone an reported the power button presses a switch that is connected via a ribbon cable to a circuit board. No amount of cleaning these fixed it for him. Furthermore people who have had their "power buttons" repaired have reported that all these these items appear to have been replaced when they get their repaired phone back from HTC. Same phone comes back with new IMEI because the circuit board has been changed as part of the fix. To me this suggests that on the faulty units the issue goes deeper than just the button and a users maintenance of it. I am just hoping that the FIX is permanent.
I've had my Nexus One for a few months now and I can't say I've had any of those problems, well my WiFi sometimes just disconnects, but I think that's just to do with the distance between my room and the router. As for button and trackball problems there's been none, even after a horrifying ordeal where a friend spilt beer on my N1 then instantly after in the panic I dropped it in the sand :/
The swap in my opinion can only be based purely on aesthetics, IMO the N1 is nicer, not being biased, the Desire is beautiful, I just think the N1 is more sleek. Hope this helps even a little.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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:O I remember someone talking about it in the desire forum - If I use a black notification bar I should be fine right?
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Yes exactly, just use black color and you'll be fine. That white is such a horrible color anyway.
brandon1108 said:
Does your nexus one have any of the following problems:
1. trackball gets stuck sometimes
2. the on/off/standby switch has stopped working (or you have had to send it back to be repaired)
3. the touchscreen randomly stops working
4. 3G connectivity issue
5. Wifi problems
6. Proximity sensor sensitivity issue
7. earpiece: insufficient volume
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How about a poll?
1. no
2. switch is "soft" on the replacement I just received (was fine on original phone and 1st replacement)
3. no
4. YES! RECEPTION IS A BIG PROBLEM! AS IS 3G CONNECTIVITY (3 bars and websites won't load WTF?)!
5. no
6. no
7. yes
maybe add:
8. PINK screen - YES. Just keep asking HTC for replacements, screw them for their poor quality control.
9. camera color tint (blue for me) - YES. Ok for me ... but I made go another replacement binge if I find anything at fault with this phone.
10. I also experience bad call quality - got fixed by the replacement.
1. Trackball - NO problems here.
2. Power button - NO problems here.
3. Touchscreen Unresponsive - Roughly once or twice a month. I put it to standby and back, and it's fixed. I've noticed that only certain ROMs do this. I never had the problem on FRF50 or FRF83, but I have once in a while on FRF91.
4. 3G Connectivity - NO issues.
5. Wifi - NO issues.
6. Proximity sensor - NO issues.
7. Earpiece volume - NO issue, but I have always had one of Pershoot's kernels installed, which includes an "audio fix."
I would have no hesitation recommending a nexus. Though, if you're a gamer, I'd say get a Galaxy S phone because of the better GPU.
#3 is the only one that consistently pisses me off.. all the other ones are software and can and are fixed with different roms.
Hello everyone,
I had a friend of mine purchase a T-Mobile Nexus One on eBay for me today and I am pretty excited coming from HTC Magic.
Today, I also realized that I haven't looked up Nexus One problems on the Internet. Being a fan of the android platform and going up and down through android blogs, I never read anything bad about the Nexus One and I totally forgot.
Just now I did a quick research and found out that the Nexus One has a bunch of problems which gets me worried.
Are there different revisions of the Nexus One hardware which don't have one another's glitches? Or are all the bugs I found fixed with the software updates? The problems I read about were experienced right after the Nexus one launch 1 year ago and people are running 2.1.
I'm pretty worried that I may have bought a faulty device since it's a used device even though it looks to be in excellent condition judging by the photos.
Any calming advice?
Here are the problems I found that people are experiencing
P.S. The phone will be used in Europe so I'm not sure about that 1st 3G issue.
1) 3G connectivity issue
2) Touch Screen unresponsiveness/sensing incorrect input
3) unresponsive trackball
4) WIFI connectivity issue
5) Lock button response issue
6) Proximity sensor sensitivity issue
7) Ambient light sensor issue
8)bluetooth issues: fails to operate; inadequate volume; intermittent failure to accept commands
9) speaker: horrible sound quality
10) ringer: insufficient volume
11) earpiece: insufficient volume
12) headset connector: headphones cord activates pause or other functions
13) manufacturer says phone cannot go in pocket
14) Phone mutes when calling people and can only be unmuted by turning mute on then off!
15) missed call notification trackball does not flash
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The only worry of you is about 5) Lock button response issue it could fall down.
Besides the 2) Touch Screen unresponsiveness/sensing incorrect input which sometimes is annoying the other things can be resolved by software..
Anyway congratulation for the acquisition!
Thanks
And is the lock button issue fixable in some way? Also, is the touch screen issue observed on every device with every ROM? Is it a hardware issue?
1. Never existed in 1st place.
2. HW fault. Seems that you can't do anything about it.
3. Never existed.
4. WiFi sleep bug - solved in SW update a long time ago.
5. Power button is prone to failure. Use it lightly and avoid using it as much as you can (using trackball wake) - and it'll last.
6. Never existed.
7. Never existed.
8. Never existed.
9. Not horrible, just low volume. Hack exists in SW.
10. Hack exists in SW.
11. Hack exists in SW. And it's not a fault, anyway. Some complain that after the hack it's way too loud.
12. It's a feature, that doesn't work well with non-stock headphones. Can be deactivated easily.
13. All manufacturers do, and phones still go in pockets.
14. Never existed.
15. Most probably caused by incorrect update to Gingerbread. Reflashing solves it.