rant. - Off-topic

Rooting your phone has benefits and all, but after spending countless hours on this site, I think my phone MIGHT have been better off left alone. the speaker and mic randomly stop working (usually right as i am about to receive an important ass phone call, or when someone is calling me back), making it UNUSABLE AS A PHONE... and it IS a phone after all. the dialer lag was bad when it was stock, but now it is soooo slow it is unusable every now and then. ive never found a way to fully back up my apps, so i pretty much just lose them all every time i flash, and re load them as i need them, usually forgetting half of them even exist.
/rant.

I take it you use a Hero.... well, if it works like a myTouch or G1, can't you just unroot?

teddypepper52 said:
Rooting your phone has benefits and all, but after spending countless hours on this site, I think my phone MIGHT have been better off left alone. the speaker and mic randomly stop working (usually right as i am about to receive an important ass phone call, or when someone is calling me back), making it UNUSABLE AS A PHONE... and it IS a phone after all. the dialer lag was bad when it was stock, but now it is soooo slow it is unusable every now and then. ive never found a way to fully back up my apps, so i pretty much just lose them all every time i flash, and re load them as i need them, usually forgetting half of them even exist.
/rant.
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Have you tried different ROMs, or just one?

I have a Hero, like him. You should go back to a 1.5 ROM, some people have audio loss issues with 2.1 roms. Check out my 1.5 ROM, Souffle here if you're interested
EDIT: Whoops the download's down. Hehehe. Check out Fresh 1.1 here for a rom that you can actually flash lol.

I have only used stock ROMs. I understand that some people love the aspect of setting things up and trying new stuff out, but I just need my device to work and it does. Sure, my programs list takes 5 seconds to load (OH NO!!!!!!!) and my home screen doesn't have 3 shortcuts below my schedule for the day (STOP THE PRESSES!!!!), but it works.

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Tilt - Autocomplete Has Stopped Working

Greetings,
I recently updated the stock AT&T ROM, and am a user of KaiserTweak.
Following my update to the new stock Tilt ROM, I no longer get autocomplete either when typing out a message OR (and this is the annoying part) when I want to send an email. Previously, I could enter the first letter and all of the entried beginning with that letter would come up.
Can any kind soul please let me know how I might be able to restore this? My current KaiserTweak autosuggest is set at 6. Of course, I am getting 0.
Thanks!
I recently had this problem with mine using Kaiser Tweak... Turn off XT9 in Kaiser Tweak if you have it enabled and then soft reset and it should work fine. This is what i did and my auto complete came back on no problems. If that doesnt work then I have no idea what it could be. Im still a noob.
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That was it. XT9 is a 'advised' setting too ... YIKES.
well i didnt update the new att rom, nor do i use kaiser tweak. i just have stock everything & mysteriously my auto complete stopped working. well its not that it doesnt work, but there is a 15 second lag or something on it. and when it does work it pisses me off bcuz i'll click on the item i wanted to auto complete & it doesnt go away (bcuz the lag) so i'll click it & start typing the next word & it keeps adding the auto complete entry!
i've tried soft reseting, tried, cutting the phone off, and i've noticed i've just got a huge lag on the whole phone w/in the last hour or hour & a half. i cut the phone off & removed my sim & then started it back up & there is no lag whatsoever. could it be something that ATT is doing on their networks or something? pissing me off bad tho...bcuz i've been finding little POS problems day after day w/ this phone and when you spend that damn much money on one, you figure that you wont have to worry about all these little problems...and they add up to amount to one pissed off customer. hell if att had something else w/ wm6 & office & wifi, i'd be using it now instead of feeling like im getting shafted by purchasing this POS.
I understand that your phone is behaving in a way that you do not like. It is either:
1. a bad phone - take it back
2. it is behaving correctly and you do not understand it - in that case indicate here AFTER SEARCHING what your problems are and I am pretty sure that you can get them solved.
3. you have hosed something up - again AFTER SEARCHING ask and you shall receive.
As a newbie myself I have found this a wonderful wealth of knowledge. HOWEVER - if you do not TRY and helpyourself - put on your asbestos suit.
Now - it is entirely possible that you have purchaseda high maintenance phone that has lots of power that you do not need and should not have because it will take more than you want to invest in it.
Your decision.
(BUT - I would quit griping here because you will get VERY LITTLE sympathy.)
Bill
stanGib said:
well i didnt update the new att rom, nor do i use kaiser tweak. i just have stock everything & mysteriously my auto complete stopped working. well its not that it doesnt work, but there is a 15 second lag or something on it. and when it does work it pisses me off bcuz i'll click on the item i wanted to auto complete & it doesnt go away (bcuz the lag) so i'll click it & start typing the next word & it keeps adding the auto complete entry!
i've tried soft reseting, tried, cutting the phone off, and i've noticed i've just got a huge lag on the whole phone w/in the last hour or hour & a half. i cut the phone off & removed my sim & then started it back up & there is no lag whatsoever. could it be something that ATT is doing on their networks or something? pissing me off bad tho...bcuz i've been finding little POS problems day after day w/ this phone and when you spend that damn much money on one, you figure that you wont have to worry about all these little problems...and they add up to amount to one pissed off customer. hell if att had something else w/ wm6 & office & wifi, i'd be using it now instead of feeling like im getting shafted by purchasing this POS.
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whk said:
I understand that your phone is behaving in a way that you do not like. It is either:
1. a bad phone - take it back
2. it is behaving correctly and you do not understand it - in that case indicate here AFTER SEARCHING what your problems are and I am pretty sure that you can get them solved.
3. you have hosed something up - again AFTER SEARCHING ask and you shall receive.
As a newbie myself I have found this a wonderful wealth of knowledge. HOWEVER - if you do not TRY and helpyourself - put on your asbestos suit.
Now - it is entirely possible that you have purchaseda high maintenance phone that has lots of power that you do not need and should not have because it will take more than you want to invest in it.
Your decision.
(BUT - I would quit griping here because you will get VERY LITTLE sympathy.)
Bill
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yeah i wasnt really looking for sympathy...but thanks for the tip, i'll digress prior to the rant next time. its just getting more & more frustrating. the purpose of my post was to in fact garner some sort of assistance in regards to the auto complete not working on the phone.
the other issues i've had w/ the phone are issues that are seemingly unable to be fixed. ie. the camera lag issues, the utilization of the phone as a 56k modem, or other things like that. i wouldnt say the phone is too much work for me as i dont mind putting forth the effort but it just makes me wonder how a phone can be sold so haphazardly without many of these issues resolved prior to it being released. /end rant
edit: i just wanted to shed more light in regards to the situation that i've found out. this is the only way i can replicate the issue.
i turn the phone on. go into messaging, its defaulted back to keyboard input, i change it to block recognizer. begin to input letters. no auto complete. after about 3 words, auto complete pops up. i click one of the options. it doesnt go away. i wait for the auto complete applet to leave. it does, i begin to type & at this point the lag has commenced. auto complete will not show up again unless i stop adding letters to the sms. when i do so, about 8-10 seconds later the auto complete pops up. i finishe the sms & send or cancel it. now everything is laggy. i cant access apps, if i lock the phone i cant unlock it. everything is frozen w/ an absurd delay, as in i've waited over 5 minutes & the unlock will not remove itself. the only thing that i can do is turn the screen off by clicking the power button. when i resume i get the top today bar and the bottom unlock bar, everything in the middle is blanked out. the only way i have been able to continue passed this point is to pop the sim door forcing it to cut the phone off, then replace the sim door lock. if i dont use the auto complete function on the phone i dont have any issues whatsoever. hopefully the added info helps. thanks.
After reading this I checked and autocomplete was not working! I recently updated Kaiser tweak and remember putting 6 words in. When I checked, it was set to 0 words. I changed it back to 6 words and is working fine again. Not sure how it got set to 0.

Actual ear spearker no longer working.

Bare with me here guys. Im no stranger to the search functions, and days of reading.
I started with cyan, went through many builds, eventually noticed my sound wasent as strong as some other peoples phones, So i did got with that free audiohack, v2 only i believe.
So that helped, life was fine.
Last week, I nandroid backup my fone working phone.
Installed eugenes eclair build, nandroided that
Installed sensehero, nandroid'd that.
So in all of that swappen around, I went back to my nandroid of a working cyan 4.1.5 to see all my lil things were MIA, found out that was on the EXT part of the SDcard, no biggie.
So i keep using my phone like that, weird lil apps mismatched and not working, saying i have files installed that i dont [that were from a different ROM on my phone]. I deal with that for a day or so, then finally decide to format my SD card, repartition it, install the regular HTC OTA rom, then cyan as usual, my phone worked fine again, i do everything its fine. Installed the free-audiohack, to my knowledge doing everything right, and my phone was loud, and running great.
Then all of a sudden, I get phone calls where my actual earpeice would be regular volume for a second, like split second, just enough to tell it WAS loud, then go to a really really low sound.
It drove me nuts, i tryed everything over again, and now im at the point where my actual ear-speaker makes no sounds, at all. Speaker phone works fine, but nothing for the actual ear piece.
Anyone? Anything? Please?
If someone can help me from buying a new phone, Ill donate funds.
Sorry for the long explanation, just trying to be thorough. Flame me.
um...from an enthusiasts perspective, i would try starting from scratch (backup your NANDroids on your pc) then try going back to stock and re-rooting. It's worked for me in the past with degrading hardware issues. If it doesn't work, your g1's speaker is effed and you need to either replace it, or even easier, buy an additional g1 (craigslist, ebay etc.). You can find a replacement for 100 u.s. dollars quite easisly
My earpiece isn't working either, I'm not sure how it happened this time. It has happenes before, and I had to go back to stock, re root and re flash everything. But this time is not working :-S I don't know what to do... I'll probably try it again, but this doesn't make me very happy...

Most likely a Software Problem [help]

hi,
For starters I've had my G1 since it came out, been rooted for a while so i know what I've been doing.
Anyways.. I've checked the forums and I've seen similar problems like mine but not exactly the answers I need.
Basically my Digitizer is being unresponsive randomly and when this happens my entire phone just FC's everything. The first time i noticed this was when I would Charge my G1 using a Blackberry Charger when id text, the Screen would be unresponsive to touch on all of the screen and just lag on everything. So I would have to unplug it and re-plug it continually. Recently I switched to the new Cyan Rom (i forgot the number) and now it will just randomly be unresponsive with the touchscreen id go on apps and it will FC. Ive wiped and rebooted many times, ive switched roms multiple times as well. So I'm on my last resort and asking for help.
Any help is highly appreciated.
thelistening said:
hi,
For starters I've had my G1 since it came out, been rooted for a while so i know what I've been doing.
Anyways.. I've checked the forums and I've seen similar problems like mine but not exactly the answers I need.
Basically my Digitizer is being unresponsive randomly and when this happens my entire phone just FC's everything. The first time i noticed this was when I would Charge my G1 using a Blackberry Charger when id text, the Screen would be unresponsive to touch on all of the screen and just lag on everything. So I would have to unplug it and re-plug it continually. Recently I switched to the new Cyan Rom (i forgot the number) and now it will just randomly be unresponsive with the touchscreen id go on apps and it will FC. Ive wiped and rebooted many times, ive switched roms multiple times as well. So I'm on my last resort and asking for help.
Any help is highly appreciated.
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Try to upgrade to the 27.08 Radio/SPL combo. Follow all of the instructions contained within that post. It will suggest you also re-install your recovery. Do it. Once all of this is said and done, if its a software issue, it should be solved.
I had this same issue prior to the upgrade, and all is fine now. Mine didn't FC tho. If I touched the bottom of the screen, it would select something at the top. any questions or a perfect walkthrough, my direct email to my cell is in my info on the left.
<<<<<<<<<< Over there.
ah! thanks! Im actually going to try this now, and hopefully i don't fail and mess up my phone even more than what it already is. and yeah the FCs are really annoying i cant really do anything like make calls, which is ridiculous. Im also having problems with the camera as well i got those really funky colours in it. and then my regular speaker for calls isnt working unless i put it on speaker, i think my G1 is telling me it wants to die. lmfao.
thelistening said:
ah! thanks! Im actually going to try this now, and hopefully i don't fail and mess up my phone even more than what it already is. and yeah the FCs are really annoying i cant really do anything like make calls, which is ridiculous. Im also having problems with the camera as well i got those really funky colours in it. and then my regular speaker for calls isnt working unless i put it on speaker, i think my G1 is telling me it wants to die. lmfao.
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Oh crap. You have the funky color camera?! That might actually be a hardware issue. But we can certainly try this out. I have the gTalk PC app, and it's up and running now if you wanna run through this.

[Q/Problem] Seems to happen with Every Rom.

I would like to keep this short and sweet so...
Basically heres the low down: I got a G1 almost a year ago, got into Rooting/flashing 7 months ago. I noticed in the beginning almost every rom was giving me a problem, Freezing up, hanging for long periods of time, etc. I eventually found a very nice, stable rom thats been lasting me for about 6 months but as of late was being horrible. Force Closing everytime I got a text message, REALLY Hanging for long periods of time, freezing up. Etc.
So I finally got FED UP, and decide it was time for a change, so I grabbed MLIGN 3.3v having seen so many good reviews and what not, thinking it would be the remedy to my poison. I cried. So in short, here is whats going on:
1. It seems to only wanna cooperate when Plugged into the USB, which, isn't too practical.
2. When not plugged in, it is NOT sluggish, but when loading into apps I've noticed it will hang for quiet awhile or completely lock up to the point only popping out the battery will work.
3. I haven't noticed it yet, but on the old ROM it would randomly shut off during phone calls; which leads me too....
4. When ever I shut the screen off (by pushing endcall) it seems to freeze and lock up and eventually either SHUTOFF or REBOOT into a SHUTOFF of the phone and refuse to turn back on until it has been plugged into the USB, or enough time has passed for it to 'forgive me' and by that, I mean randomly work again.
5: Various other things I cant think of right now.
So, basically thats almost everything. Whenever its plugged into USB though, it works like a charm (for the most part).
Would a problem with my Battery be the case? Which, would be awkward but a possibility.
Or did I just do something wrong?
I made sure to factory wipe the phone twice, even 3 times on the last go, I updated the ENG.SPL and Radio every time I tried to reflash just to make sure.
I partitioned my SD Card for 32MB Swap; 512EXT2 (and 7xxEXT2 I forget what it was) and I also upgraded it to EXT3, which showed some improvement... I believe.
So, I just would like to have my phone working, in a peaceful, obedient manner xD.
Forgive me for the block of text, and all help will be appreciated. Thank you guys... I await sound advice
Try different ROM? See which one works best.
Like me, I found that SuperAosp is best suit for me (see my sig for DEV Site and Download, if you want to try it). It had been running fast and I had no issue, what so ever. Occasionally when I loaded apps that hogged the power usage it gets lags, but still good. FCs are at minimal to none (that's just because of the way I handle the apps). Once in a while I noticed that it reboot, when I tried to use the apps that hogged the memory (maybe that was the apps issue).
Only other thing I recommed is to download a different launcher, because the build-in ADW Launcher does not work too well in my opinion.
Another thing, if you wish to keep the ROM you had. I would suggest to change the partition size. (IE: Catch [128MB]/Ext 2 or EXT 3 [1024MB]/ FAT32[the rest]) Now I know other people might say that it's overkill, but to me my G1 performance it great.
I've tried multiple roms as of late, and the one I like the most does happen to be MLIGNs... everything seems to be working correctly for the most part with the exception of what I listed above... Now on the like, 23rd reboot most of the sluggishness that was there before is gone, and everything is pretty much being cooperative, with the exception of like the weather, which isn't updating properly but I can live with that. What I cant live with is the fact that this ROM when not plugged in, will freeze up when in the lock screen, a few minutes after it has darkened and gone black and wont respond at all. Or I'll unplug it and just do a test, swipe left, right for a good minute or two, go into apps and It'll just SHUT OFF. Maybe it really is the battery? I'm unsure. When I look at the battery it does look quiet bloated... I am unsure...
I'm gonna try to set it to what you recommended, and see if that works...
I don't think it's the battery.
Have you tried reformat/partion your SD card (be sure to backup your data first). See my last comment on sizes recommendation for each partition.
Also check on the swappiness setting.
Mhm... so I went back and followed everything you told me to do, including repartitioning to the exact file sizes you told me. (Also I'm guessing Cache meant Swap) So I set everything up and its really blazing fast and stable.... until I remove the USB cord. Then it shuts off, freezes at lock screen when the screen is dimmed to black, and will just randomly shut off while doing things (especially when trying to get into messages)
Also if it helps, I have a Class 2 8Gig SD card, and my Recovery is Ra 1.5.x(I forget.) I'm completely confused... I dunno what to do... I would really like this to just work and stop being a hassle D:
Hmmm, Try reading this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010932
See if it helps.
Nothing :/ Its okay... I'm gonna go play around with other roms, completely re do my phone, make sure everything is updated etc. Then go from there.
Thank you anyways, you were a big help, reguardless of my phones triumphing retardism

[Q] Text/MMS problems

Hi I'm trying to post this up for my girlfriend's phone. I bought her the Revolution around Christmas time and it worked perfect until recently. Sometimes it takes a few minutes, almost 15 on occasion, to send a text. Now she sometimes doesn't even receive them. Does anyone else have this problem? I tried uninstalling/reinstalling Handcent thinking it was the problem, but nothing works. Any feedback would be great! I'm trying to avoid having to Root her phone. She wants a stock phone that's reliable. Thanks
I have a problem.getting text messages too. Mostly longer messages. If the text is broken into 2 or 3 texts, I will never get all the parts. It makes it impossible to keep up a conversation. Not just some of the time ALL of the time
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App
villainous said:
I have a problem.getting text messages too. Mostly longer messages. If the text is broken into 2 or 3 texts, I will never get all the parts. It makes it impossible to keep up a conversation. Not just some of the time ALL of the time
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App
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Welcome to the LG Revolution.
I had the same issue when I bought my phone. It sucks. And... it went away. Your best bet.. and this is going to sound like I am trying to sell you on doing something... is root, and get a new rom for your phone. I can't remember if I did anything to "fix" the problem. Whether it was do a factory reset and data wipe, or if I just waited for The Cubed to come out with his first rom. I am almost certain, I did the reset, but it came back, and then with in the next day or two, the rom was out. There must be something Verizon based that is on our phone to send sms, that when Cubed removed it, cleared up the issue.
If you need any further help, just let us know.
The same goes for you Mkhang!!
I really want to stay away from rooting. That means I have to spend the time, research, and constant updates from developers haha. It's just a lot of work. My girlfriend uses her phone for the most basic things. Internet, Facebook(of course ), texting, and calling. She doesn't need the wifi tether and fancy extras that I have on my Thunderbolt haha. I guess I'll have to stop into Verizon for this issue? Such a sad thing. But it might just be her phone since now she can't turn her screen off/on. Hmm...
mkhang said:
I really want to stay away from rooting. That means I have to spend the time, research, and constant updates from developers haha. It's just a lot of work. My girlfriend uses her phone for the most basic things. Internet, Facebook(of course ), texting, and calling. She doesn't need the wifi tether and fancy extras that I have on my Thunderbolt haha. I guess I'll have to stop into Verizon for this issue? Such a sad thing. But it might just be her phone since now she can't turn her screen off/on. Hmm...
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Sorry to hear you are afraid of rooting. Honestly, the LG is the easiest to root. We have a great community here. At the very least rooting allows for themeing. And we have some nice ones.
The screen is an issue... haven't seen that. I have heard that Gingerbread has caused screen freezing, but you can still turn it off, and then back on, and have it work again.
Good luck.

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