Home Customiser-Root of all evil? - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

Hi all,
I thought that I'd share my experience with everyone.
I have had endless problems with today plugins displaying properly. Some wouldn't display at all. System was terribly slow on startup after a soft reset. Some plugins would cause device to hang and required several soft resets. I then purchased SafeMode and that helped a lot.
But, my dear friends, the problem, the actual culprit was......yes, you guessed it....HTC HOME CUSTOMISER!!!!!!!
I decided to run Spb Mobile Shell as my GUI and the today screen would never refresh properly. So I decided to uninstall HHC, as I hadn't actually opened the app in months. I changed today to Alienware almost a year ago and never used it again.
Guess, what.....EVERYTHING works properly now. And I mean EVERYTHING. All plugins install and work fine, Spb runs like a bullet train, Changing from Portrait to landscape by sliding keyboard out is so snappy, I don't even have time to count to 2!!!
The other major culprit was PhoneAlarm. This app chews up so many system resources, it is scary. Ever since I removed these two apps, I have restored my faith in these devices.
So, if anyone is experiencing similar problems, then try uninstalling HHC and if you are running PhoneAlarm, then uninstall that also and see how your device behaves.

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Very weird ringtone problem HELP!

Hello guys,
I have a really strange problem with my ringtones. Yesterday I installed a universal player , called TCPMP or smth like that. I dont know if that is related to my problem but I thought I should say. Today i missed a few calls because my phone didnt ring...at all. I checked in my ringtones folder (I use mp3s), and they didnt have any icon and when I tried to play them it said: " there is no application that supports this type of file", or smth like that. So I found smth in a thread here, and I editted the registry and my mp3s had icons again and the phone recognized them and played them again. BUT THE PROBLEM JUST BEGINS: the ringtone, the default one and the ones assigned, plays interrupted. U know, like an old cassette , or better saidlike the memory would be very full and the ringtone interrupts. Lets say a 10 seconds ringtone plays 2 seconds and theres a small pause and so on. It happens for every format: mp3, wav, mid. AND it doesnt happen when I play them in Windows media player. ONLY as ringtones. What should I do, besides a hard reset of course??? Thanks very much.
I have the same problem with the ringtone I have (it's a custom-made wave file, mono, 22KHz, 16bit samplerate, lasts about 1min 30 but usually never plays to the end ), I get the problem where it's almost like a buffer underrun, the audio cuts out for a fraction of a second, and then continues playing again, then does the same thing a few seconds later...
... I'm starting to think that it might be a CPU usage issue, too many things running in the background at the same time for the device to be able to play the ringtone and show that stupid animated graphic on the caller ID window when someone calls (I have pictures set for a few of my friends, but for everyone else it just shows the default graphic, I wish I could selectively disable it so only my mates' pictures show up, but I've not had much luck with that).
I've set my CPU to Turbo mode again, turned it off as it was using too much battery, so as soon as someone calls me I can see if it makes a difference to the ringtone playback issue
The issue is file associations. Once you add a new player mp3 ringtones aren't associated with Pocket PC Media Player & don't work. WOrk around is to use WMA ringtones (making sure that WMA is not associated with your new player)...
I've already tried re-association MP3 with WMP, to no avail, I tried hacks and patches suggested on another forum thread, and I tried the MP3Ringtones registry patch... No joy.
I'm beginning to suspect that there may be something tieing up the audio playback or excessively using the CPU, as I get slight jitter when playing back audio, and some MPEGs can't play back at full speed in PocketTV (for instance, there's one full-frame, 1300kbps MPEG file which PocketTV can't even render over 50% realtime speed, including in benchmark mode which doesn't playback any audio)...
... Currently in the hunt for many task managers to try and analyse the problem... Tried the one in the Airscanner Anti-Virus package, no joy (as I'm not 100% which processes are essential and which are extraneous to my XDA's operation) and I'm also looking for PHM Task Manager, but I can't get onto the PHM site and the download doesn't seem to be mirrorred anywhere.
The plot thickens yet more...
Update...
I've cleaned up my XDA somewhat, removed the O2 Active UI amongst other things, blah blah... I think I've managed to get the audio to stop cutting out entirely, but nobody's called since I've made the changes so I can't test it. Odd little thing I noticed, the audio glitches are happening every 5 seconds (regardless of when you start a file with audio playing / someone rings, triggering the ringtone playback)... It's almost as if there's a background process which is cycling every 5 seconds and using 100% of the available CPU for a fraction of a second... It's really starting to piss me off.
I have a fair few processes running when I check up on them using something like PHM Task Manager, but I'm not sure which processes are necessary to the XDA to keep it running without fuxoring it up... So I don't want to go testing purely on random choice. The audio glitching is definitely a regular occurence (every 5 seconds), very very strange...
Yes it's very annoying. Meanwhile I upgraded my qtek to the latest and it worked fine for a while. The ringtones were playing smoothly. But after that, I started to install some apps and games and now it's doing it again. I feel like throwing it to the garbage can. I heard that Pocketzenphone ****s up some phones and I have it too. Didnt try uninstalling it yet, cause it's really annoying to set it up after reinstalling. But I will do it soon to see if thats the cause.
Same issue
I have the same issue on my XDA2i- ringtone tends to "cut" out for half a second almost as if the unit cannot buffer the information fast enough- although this happens even on low memory/bitrate ring tones. I have also noticed that when I am playing some games (such as Skyforce) it "pauses" for a fraction of a second fairly frequently- although this is less noticable in flight mode. I wonder if any of my other apps is causing this- I run Pocket Informant, SPB Imageer, Pocket Music etc. Something in me is also questioning the O2 Active software and whether disabling this would help. Do you run any of the above apps?
no none of the above. Alsi I've heard that spb apps tend to create problems sometimes. I suspected Pocketzenphone and after I reinstalled it , the ringtones finally work fine and smoothly. I had to do a backup on the memory card, after that I did a hard reset and after the restore, my ringtones worked fine. But I guess my Mms problems are caused by Spb pocket plus. I say do a full backup then a hard reset and after that see if the ringtones work fine. If they do, it means its a third party program issue. Good luck!
My XDA 2i isn't running the O2 Active software any more, thanks to this forum providing a method to stop it from running , and I'm still experiencing the problems. I'm wondering if perhaps the animated photo caller feature is causing the CPU to overload (having to render the animation and play the sound file at the same time...
I run SPB Pocket Plus, but I don't really want to uninstall it (if everyone had the same problem, there'd be loads of complaints on this forum about it, surely?)... I think I might have to give it a try, though.
Aside from SPB Pocket Plus and O2 Plus 1.6 and the small Switch app (by hfrmobile.com), I have no other apps running. I try to keep CPU load on my XDA as low as possible, to save battery life, but obviously there's still a problem somewhere.
The problem happens with the CPU set to both Standard and Turbo mode too, so this makes me then think that it might not be a CPU issue as much as it's a problem with the method the XDA is using to decode and playback the audio... But I've checked my file associations (a handy feature which forms part of Pocket Tweak) and the .mp3 association is associated with Windows Media Player, as it should be.
Currently cycling through combinations of Today plugins loaded, killing all other processes except for the essential ones, and trying various things out. Will report back in a bit, after I've gone to have my root canal done one one of my front teeth, oh the joy.
LOL about your tooth problem.. Well I dont know what to say. It seems that for me uninstalling Pocketzenphone solved the problem. Myabe you should try upgrading to the latest unbranded formware , as I have.
PocketTV is processor intensive and I don't like it. Try The Core Pocket Media Player - much smoother. Check that you are running in Turbo mode (Settings/System/Power/Processor).
I used to be able to run PocketTV fine in either of the modes, very bizarre. I think I had an underlying problem with the system, something fuxored up somewhere along the way... I hear that some of the other problems I'm having are fixed with the 1.04 radio, so I'm currently flashing to that.
I didn't install TCPMP before now because I'd heard it can cause MP3 association problems etc etc, I'll definitely give it a shot once I get my XDA up and running again (and if it doesn't still have the problem where it's unable to connect to the O2 network, a problem it developed earlier yesterday afternoon - probably because of all the messing about I was doing with it trying to find out why my ringtones were stuttering!)
On the off hand, you don't happen to have any links to a freeware CPU indicator app? I have a couple of free process manager apps, but the only one I could find which would show me realtime CPU usage was Pocket Hack Master, and I'm absolutely and utterly penniless right now (I truly know how it feels to be skint now that I'm a student, I don't have two pennies to rub together ) If you have any info, I'd love to hear it. If you're using PHM too, then fair enough
The ROM flash worked, and I'm now running version 1.11.162 of the firmware with, crucially radio version 1.04. I read in one thread that this 1.04 update to the radio software helps to get rid of the stuttering ringtones, I've tried ringing myself a few times as I've been adding software to the XDA again, and I've had none of the stuttering problems I was experiencing before.
Give it a few days while this new installation beds itself down, but for the moment, we're looking hopeful! I think it's probably a registry issue or DLL issue, something multimedia-orientated is causing a conflict and leaving it there even if you uninstall it or reassign file assocations in the future... What a pain.
Anyway, it looks like the radio upgrade might just have solved it, and I believe you can upgrade the radio on its own now (see other forum threads for more info about this, I don't have the links to hand right now).
Well you've done well to upgrade, but I had this problem even with the exact version that you uograded too. I use that one now. Its not a firmware issue, but, as you said, a dll or association problem. And, about that tcpmp I would think twice, as the s.o.b. changed my file associations and the phone dindnt recognize mp3s at all. Do a full backup on your card before trying that one.
Hmm, strange. I associated pretty much most of the files EXCEPT for MP3 and WAV with TCPMP, deliberately, to make sure that it didn't try to hijack existing registry settings. I might dump the entire registry to a backup file with PHM Registry Editor before I try associating the files.
I've also not turned on photo caller ID yet, it just shows the default window with the caller information without that dorky animated graphic.
I've also not installed SPB Pocket Plus yet, I'll have to try that sometime soon as well. I can remember the problem not starting to happen until a while after SPB Pocket Plus was installed though, so I'm not sure if that was the trigger for it or not. Hmm...........
Pocket plus might "kid around" too, as I suspect it for messing up my MMS receiving. I can only send, never get the mms. But thats another story. The idea is that, for some of us, Pocket plus also does a bit of a conflict there.
Resolved it
My "pausing" ringtone problem was resolved simply be removing O2 Active software. The whole unit works better now. Installed SPB as well to customise it, and it looks much better now as well. The only feature I think I will miss is the "connection setup" facility where you choose either GPS or GPRS and it sets up connections. Is there any way of running this without the O2 Active interface?
I've just had the same problem on my xdaIIi, although I've had the problem a few times before. I actually get very few calls so find it hard to pin-point when the problem starts. It's nothing to do with the processor (I've overclocked mine) and it's nothing to do with TCPMP, I've had this on my device for ages with no problem. Never had SPB Pocket Plus so that's not the problem (for me)
I'll tell you how i got rid of it and hope someone else actually finds out why it happens.
I simply backed up my device using xBackup, hard reset and restored using backed up file.
Problem gone.
Hope this helps someone.
It's gotta be some kind of file association problem. Let's put it like this though, I paid for SPB Pocket Plus, and after I hard reset my device the problem hasn't reappeared. I probably did something else to it too (when I first got it I tweaked it to ****, to put it concisely), but aside from about two features, I don't miss the 'enhancements' SPB Pocket Plus gave me.
Shame, cause I paid for it 'n all.
Don't see why a file association would cause a pause while ringing, it wouldn't play at all. If you choose any of your mp3 players it will play quite normally if you just played the file, the problem only occurs when the phone rings...
I've also know the problem can go away by it's self without messing around with different players/settings.
With my 663Mhz overclocked xdaIIi i can have over 4-5 different players and have them all play the same file at the same time with no problem, so it's not an overhead problem either....
I have also noticed this '5 second' rule too, this is not a file association problem!
Maybe too many dll's left over from trying various different programs?
It's strange how doing a hard reset and restoring from a backup that actually had the problem goes away! It should come back again theoretically.
I've never had the o2 interface installed on my device for nearly years and i tried lots of different programs to clean up my system (bad unistalls, leftover shortcuts, etc) but made no difference! :-(

Why is my TyTN II slow?

Hi all,
First post here for me Got my TyTN II a few days ago and I'm loving it. It's such a nice phone and has a great build quality.
The only big thing that I find disappointing is the speed of the device. My previous phone was an HTC Wizard and my TyTN II is supposed to be literally double the speed of it, but there's no way it feels like that. In fact the Wizard, when overclocked with BatteryStatus to about 260Mhz) seems faster than this new beast (at times).
The things I particularly notice the slow speed with are...
- opening the keyboard (switching from portrait to landscape mode seems to take 2-3 times as long as with the Wizard)
- navigating (scrolling) through the list of Programs just seems sluggish compared to my [overclocked] Wizard
Another peculiar thing I've noticed is the speed of the "view finder" in the camera. It seems sluggish to the EXTREME, almost like a "night mode" is permanently on! I've noticed that sometimes putting the device in to standby and waking it back up gets the view finder running at "full speed" (what I would say looks like 25-30 fps).
Anyone got a clue what I'm talking about?
Dave
Did you add any applications (which may not be 100% compatible) after getting the machine? I had a Wizard too and am waiting for the TyTN II to come, but with the Wizard certain applications slowed the phone down much!
Regards,
Nika.
Well yeah, I've loaded it with a ton of rubbish now but in all honesty I noticed the slow down when I first took the machine out of the box.
The camera preview/view finder is particularly puzzling!
I've just put BatteryStatus on (a) to see if the CPU is constantly working and (b) with the hope to overclock it a little. I've just noticed that it doesn't support the TyTYN II processor tho so that's out of the window!
Once a new cooked and "polished" ROM comes out for your Kaiser, it will work faster. Almost every first official ROM is buggy and sluggish. it's not the hardware, it's the software.
One reason why I don't buy a device on it's first release.
About the camera preview/view finder slowness, it is due to not enough light in the room.
I was puzzled also. I tought I got faulty device.
Try to use it outdoor, it is very good when it has enough light.
Here is the discussion:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328628
UncleJimbo said:
Well yeah, I've loaded it with a ton of rubbish now but in all honesty I noticed the slow down when I first took the machine out of the box.
The camera preview/view finder is particularly puzzling!
I've just put BatteryStatus on (a) to see if the CPU is constantly working and (b) with the hope to overclock it a little. I've just noticed that it doesn't support the TyTYN II processor tho so that's out of the window!
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UncleJimbo said:
Hi all,
First post here for me Got my TyTN II a few days ago and I'm loving it. It's such a nice phone and has a great build quality.
The only big thing that I find disappointing is the speed of the device. My previous phone was an HTC Wizard and my TyTN II is supposed to be literally double the speed of it, but there's no way it feels like that. In fact the Wizard, when overclocked with BatteryStatus to about 260Mhz) seems faster than this new beast (at times).
The things I particularly notice the slow speed with are...
- opening the keyboard (switching from portrait to landscape mode seems to take 2-3 times as long as with the Wizard)
- navigating (scrolling) through the list of Programs just seems sluggish compared to my [overclocked] Wizard
Another peculiar thing I've noticed is the speed of the "view finder" in the camera. It seems sluggish to the EXTREME, almost like a "night mode" is permanently on! I've noticed that sometimes putting the device in to standby and waking it back up gets the view finder running at "full speed" (what I would say looks like 25-30 fps).
Anyone got a clue what I'm talking about?
Dave
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Well, this surprises me. Mine is very fast and in particular for those things you mention!! Screen orientation for example is virtually instantaneous (maybe 1 to 2 seconds compared with TyTn that could take 5 to 20 seconds) and scrolling (with the exception of PIE) is smooth and fast. From standby by to on is less than a second. Compared with the TyTn the camera on 2mg is much faster as well.
Not sure where that leaves us then, if you say it was like that out of the box. That does not sound like it's something you have loaded, but might be worth re-checking that with a hard reset.
I notice a suggestion above that a new ROM might be faster. I really question that because as I say my ROM (presumably the same as yours) is very fast and the single most impressive thing about the device!
In your situation - I would seriously consider a hard reset to be sure it was a good installation. If problems persist, I would be tempted to look at a replacement as that slowness is not normal.
Mike
DaVince said:
Once a new cooked and "polished" ROM comes out for your Kaiser, it will work faster. Almost every first official ROM is buggy and sluggish. it's not the hardware, it's the software.
One reason why I don't buy a device on it's first release.
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That was certainly true with the TyTn, but my Kaiser (unbranded) is superbly fast. Virtually instant switch on screen rotation scrolling (except PIE), so I'm not at all convinced this is the problem in this case.
Mike
Hi
Main reason for making a device slow is running apps from the memory card. Especially if they are there in the background. Make sure that everything on your today screen and everything that runs more often is on the main memory. Storage card is good for instlations of everything you use and then close (e.g. SatNav, Camera apps etc.)
Kaiser is running extremly faster than anything else.
RonenB said:
Hi
Main reason for making a device slow is running apps from the memory card. Especially if they are there in the background. Make sure that everything on your today screen and everything that runs more often is on the main memory. Storage card is good for instlations of everything you use and then close (e.g. SatNav, Camera apps etc.)
Kaiser is running extremly faster than anything else.
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GOOD point! Not sure if the OP does this automatically as we all should, it's easy to overlook the obvious sometimes!
Mike
same experience
Hi - I too am having the same problems described above regarding the slowness. I'm using the default HTC installed rom (1.56.405.5).
Were you able to solve the slowness issue? If so, how?
Thanks.
I'm having an odd slowdown issue. Everything runs incredibly fast pretty much 90% of the time except when I'm syncing. Everything on the device slows to a crawl and it takes forever for activesync to finish its business. This occurs both when I'm syncing via the USB cable and when I'm doing it via bluetooth. Any ideas?
Bellfazar, the exact same thing happens to me too... I'm using Vista btw.
Plus i have a serious slowdown after softreset (so maybe it's software related, don't have time for hardreset), but after a minute or so, its fast again
darkilici said:
Bellfazar, the exact same thing happens to me too... I'm using Vista btw.
Plus i have a serious slowdown after softreset (so maybe it's software related, don't have time for hardreset), but after a minute or so, its fast again
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After a soft reset, the phone has to load everything in memory for the first time.. So accessing the Programs window or the start menu the first time takes a while. Accessing it for the second time, everthing is already loaded into memory and fast again...
Is there not a powertool for WM6 which can help us disabling stuff?
You can use Startup Manager by Baniaczek to disable items that start at warm reboot. Or remove them manually from the WINDOWS\Startup folder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=262476
And use HTC Task Manager to kill running applications and/or close them when closing an app instead of minimising it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330498
sometimes since the new kaiser tweak version i can see (batterystatus) that my processor keeps running at 100%. everything slows down. even a soft reset does not help. when i soft reset without my storage card everything is fine but as soon as i insert the card 100%. man this sucks.
reihen said:
sometimes since the new kaiser tweak version i can see (batterystatus) that my processor keeps running at 100%. everything slows down. even a soft reset does not help. when i soft reset without my storage card everything is fine but as soon as i insert the card 100%. man this sucks.
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Yeah, I can imagine! Especially when it seems you're the only one (or at least the first that complains). I don't mind trying to help you, but you'll have to answer some questions first:
1. What KaiserTweak.exe (time/date of file) and KaiserTweak.xml (time/date of file, or name of zip-file you downloaded) versions did you load?
2. What tweaks did you use after implementing the new version?
Regards,
Nika.
i never said it was the kaiser tweak nor do i think thats the problem. i restored to a backup from a week before and this still (sometimes happens). so you got me. When i figure this out i will let you know.
UncleJimbo said:
Hi all,
First post here for me Got my TyTN II a few days ago and I'm loving it. It's such a nice phone and has a great build quality.
The only big thing that I find disappointing is the speed of the device. My previous phone was an HTC Wizard and my TyTN II is supposed to be literally double the speed of it, but there's no way it feels like that. In fact the Wizard, when overclocked with BatteryStatus to about 260Mhz) seems faster than this new beast (at times).
The things I particularly notice the slow speed with are...
- opening the keyboard (switching from portrait to landscape mode seems to take 2-3 times as long as with the Wizard)
- navigating (scrolling) through the list of Programs just seems sluggish compared to my [overclocked] Wizard
Another peculiar thing I've noticed is the speed of the "view finder" in the camera. It seems sluggish to the EXTREME, almost like a "night mode" is permanently on! I've noticed that sometimes putting the device in to standby and waking it back up gets the view finder running at "full speed" (what I would say looks like 25-30 fps).
Anyone got a clue what I'm talking about?
Dave
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Try Q-Mobile 1.11 it is the fastest ROM I have ever used.

7 days...

Ok, first of all I'm very pleased with and happy with the two LEO ROM variants I've used over the last few months (Thanks Itje and NRGZ28), but I noticed a strange thing happening.
After install, hard reset and adding cabs the ROM's run great, but over time their performance (in my opinion) begins to degrade, to a point where I hard reset, and all is well again for a while.
There's no critical error nothing that crashes the phone just a overall slowdown and creeping laggyness.
To me it smack's of something being cached, some finite resource (not RAM) that's not getting cleared?
Has anyone else noticed this, are there any documented suggested fixes for this? Or even a pointer on what / where to search as to date I've found no reason for this?
Richard
I completely agree with you, seems like if I actually use a ROM for a week or more it seems to get slower.
The joys of using Windows-based machines ^^
Even my desktop after a much longer period of time degrades until I reformat
Actually, I noticed this slowing down issue only with Leo ROMs. After 1-2 weeks, it begin to slow down and it actually use always more RAM than previous week...
7 days....great TV show
I noticed this phenomenon too. At first I thought is was due to a cab that I installed, but I dont think its that as now I install a small set of apps right after the initial install.
this is also why people say "wow this rom is as fast as hell much better than the last one" - its not, it simply feels fast because the old one has slowed down.
The big question is why does a soft reset not fix it? that suggests its not a caching thing or a memory leak?

Apps breaking Flash?

I installed few apps over the last couple of days and all of a sudden I noticed Flash wasn't working like it had been. I also noticed decreased screen sensitivity on the outer half inch of each side of the tab. For instance, the home softkey was not responding. I have uninstalled all apps that I recently installed and now things seem to be working well again. I think I've narrowed down the apps, and I'm pretty sure Pinball Deluxe was the culprit.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? I know someone will ask, and yes I used the touch recalibration app.
Vegan 5.1 with Pershoot's 2/18 kernel.

too many problems with this phone.

Seems once again Sony can't seem to get a stable phone. Shame as it offers so much potential with good design and great specs but failing on software again.
Constant app crashes, phone freezing,
Just goes to show you can't just chuck all the latest bits in a package and think it will work.
Going to have to return this unless there is a sudden fix in the next few days as I only have a 14 day change or mind.
That hasn't been my experience at all. I got the US phone and flashed the UK firmware. I haven't had any issues whatsoever. You should try a factory reset before returning the phone.
I have it for 2 weeks now, no freeze or reboots whatsoever... European Firmware here...
My phone was purchased from O2 in the UK. Don't think there is much bloat on there so don't think it's O2 that's screwed it up.
Phone is completely standard with just a handful of apps on it.
So far I have had numerous '' email has stopped working' to Google stopped working to music not working errors.
OK Google seems to hardly ever work. Almost seems like it can't hear the hot word.
I also think that many of the push services are being put to sleep which is why the battery life is so could as I often don't get notifications until I wake the phone yet the same accounts on my old s3 always come through first.
So far had one update come out for the phone. Don't know if it's the latest firmware though.
I can totally not agree with you.
Well I guess all I can do is try reset then but it's such a pain in the ar#e putting all your info back in again.
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Well I guess all I can do is try reset then but it's such a pain in the ar#e putting all your info back in again.
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Does the launcher you use rebuild your home screens after a reset? I still use Google Now Launcher, and after a reset, when I reinstall GNL, everything is put back in its proper place, even web browser page links.
I am using the US firmware, and have not experienced any of the problems you mention. You may have a defective unit. Then again, if you're not happy with the phone for other reasons (and there certainly are things that could be better), you certainly don't want to wait past the return date!
I'm running the UK firmware with the US OEM file to have Volte and fingerprint sensor on T-Mobile and has been rock solid since day one. I would reset.
Have reset the phone and just setting it back up.
Will see how it goes over the next few days.
One thing I did think that was odd previously when it was playing up was when it would crash and reset itself was that when it started up it was on the Google keyboard set up screen. I had installed the Google keyboard as I preferred it to SwiftKey. Maybe the issues were linked to that somehow.
Wow too many errors there... Probably a faulty unit... Or maybe u should do a software repair with Sony pc companion
Don't forget it runs Android Orea 8.0 by means a lot of third party apps may not fully compatible at this moment, consider not many phones running Oreo hence the app developers are not in hurry to tweak their app to run smooth in Oreo. That's what causes the occasional app crashes I believe.
OK so after the full reset and initial impressions are good. Seems smooth with no crashes. I'm back running nova launcher (previously instilled this as thought it might be linked) ive also not installed Google keyboard yet and giving SwiftKey a go.
Only issue that really remains is the one with the ambient sensor. Find my self having to switch the adaptive brightness off at night when using the phone as it jumps around. Need to then switch it back in on the day where it seems fine. Hopefully a fix comes for this soon.
hpsauce37 said:
OK so after the full reset and initial impressions are good. Seems smooth with no crashes. I'm back running nova launcher (previously instilled this as thought it might be linked) ive also not installed Google keyboard yet and giving SwiftKey a go.
Only issue that really remains is the one with the ambient sensor. Find my self having to switch the adaptive brightness off at night when using the phone as it jumps around. Need to then switch it back in on the day where it seems fine. Hopefully a fix comes for this soon.
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On reddit someone write that he downloaded LUX https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vitocassisi.luxlite and everything was working much much better. Maybe later i will find the post. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/)
No single reboot or app crash for me.
The only thing that crashes on me on occasion is Google Photos, other than that, rock solid so far.
Just had an a 3rd party app crash but as someone mentioned above it might be because the developer has not updated yet for oreo???
Other than that been much better so far
Davka said:
No single reboot or app crash for me.
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Same for me. 3 weeks i have got it 100% stable.:good:
Uhm ok I guess now it's my turn.
Today the "touch" went crazy. 2 times. Like for example keeping pressing recent button ? will result in multiple touches. Basically every touch is not a "pressing" touch. So I can't do swiping or other keep pressing relative touching. First time happened, a reboot fixed. Second time nothing worked. I have to SHUT DOWN THE PHONE AND WAIT A LITTLE BIT, then turn it on and everything was OK...
Is it just me?
P.s. UPDATE: I tried everything, safe mode, total reset, even software repair through PC companion...nothing. Its obviously a hardware problem, not software related. I returned this morning to assistance. They should give it back to me within a week...
My first week with XZ1C, 100% working, perfect, no reboot or other problems. One of the best phones I ever bought...
Phone's stable, no software/hardware issues. Working away reliably, battery consistently giving me expected results (ending day with 25%-50%, depending on use), connectivity perfect, performance smooth as butter.

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