I'm aware a lot of people seem to have the same issues with other devices on Android, but I'm curious to know if anyone has some answers.
Ever since buying my Exhibit I've experienced the issue of downloading a video someone sends me, only to find it's only 8 seconds in length, when sent video is far longer.
1) Is this an issue within Android development itself?
2) Can certain devices not handle such large videos?
3) Is there a work around, or a way to "fix" this?
This isn't exactly a pressing issue, but it's worth it (to me) to try to figure out what I can about this, because it's a little annoying when someone sends a video and says something like "Did you see the end???"
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Hi all,
I've had my T for a week now after upgrading from an iPhone4. Originally I was eyeing up the 5 and the S3 then I spotted this little underdog that I hadn't even heard anything about. After scouting around for reviews it grew on me and after seeing it in the flesh I was sold and managed to get the last one in the Vodafone store.
I've never had an Android phone before, so I was a bit wary, but so far it is pretty much everything I expected it to be and I am really happy with it...
But I have spotted a few niggles and I'm wondering if other users have had noticed similar issues?
1) Auto brightness seems to jump around randomly at time and makes the phone look like either a. it's struggling to cope with what it's handling or b. it hasn't been implemented right and for some reason jumps between levels instead of smoothly raising or lowering the brightness. This doesn't happen all the time, mostly on the net, but I've also seen it while navigating the OS.
2) The camera is really slow to take any decent images. Quick launch boots to the camera pretty quickly but then it sits there trying to focus for the next few seconds and makes the quick launch seems pointless as it hangs fo so long after it has launched. Also any movement seems to blur the images pretty easily. Took pics of my 3 year old and my wife while we were bowling and even their arms moving as they walked back blurred!? The rest of the pic was great but it's not like they were running past the camera or anything.
3) When using Chrome does anyone else have it duplicate the last letter of every word you type? Alll off myy wordss weree lookingg likee thiss wheneverr II typedd anythingg. This wasn't happening anywhere else on the phone and after downloading FireFox I've got a decent browser, but I'm intrigued as to whether or not it was something I was doing?
4) Whenever I copy a video across I am only able to play 2-3 minutes of it even though it says that the file size is correct. All of my videos are .avi and whenever I try to copy them the phone my PC asks if I want to convert the files so that they are compatible with the phone. When I click yes my PC takes 45 min's-1hr to convert it and the file appears on my phone as a few hundred Mb but next to it the time dislpays 2-3 minutes duration. When you play it it cuts out at the 3 minute point. Is anyone else suffering this?
5) The storage capacity of the handset is only showing up as 10.8 Gb of which 1.08 is reserved space. Aren't these handsets meant to have 16Gb? Those figures are shown through the PC Companion and the settings tab on the phone.
So is anyone else experiencing the same niggles as above?
I still love the phone and I'm more than happy keeping it. I know some of the issues are down to my education but others definitely aren't and they'll end just being qwerks of the phone. If there's any way to resolve them then I'd be greatful to hear your solutions.
Cheers,
Stu.
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5) The storage capacity of the handset is only showing up as 10.8 Gb of which 1.08 is reserved space. Aren't these handsets meant to have 16Gb? Those figures are shown through the PC Companion and the settings tab on the phone.
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That's 10.8GB for the data/storage partition. They left 2GB for app storage only. 13GB total after formatting + OS seems about right.
I have the duplicate letter/word, think it's a chrome thing.
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But I prefer it to my galaxys3
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I thought id ask this here..
Does anyone notice when playing back recorded videos on the device, there is a weird knocking / grinding sound while the lens is focusing?
I will upload a few videos, you can actually hear the device focusing, might be normal, but, it was never like this with my arc....its apparent on multiple set scenses, with both the UK Generic and UK O2 firmware.
I've not tested video recording yet, but the camera module is very close to the left microphone (the phone records in stereo). I am guessing you can hear camera noise on the left channel when playing back?
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Hi all,
1) Auto brightness seems to jump around randomly at time and makes the phone look like either a. it's struggling to cope with what it's handling or b. it hasn't been implemented right and for some reason jumps between levels instead of smoothly raising or lowering the brightness. This doesn't happen all the time, mostly on the net, but I've also seen it while navigating the OS.
4) Whenever I copy a video across I am only able to play 2-3 minutes of it even though it says that the file size is correct. All of my videos are .avi and whenever I try to copy them the phone my PC asks if I want to convert the files so that they are compatible with the phone. When I click yes my PC takes 45 min's-1hr to convert it and the file appears on my phone as a few hundred Mb but next to it the time dislpays 2-3 minutes duration. When you play it it cuts out at the 3 minute point. Is anyone else suffering this?
Cheers,
Stu.
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#1 try an app called Lux.
#4, try using MxPlayer, not the stock player... Also you don't have to convert the files.
#1, my Galaxy Note was the same until an update. Remember this is a brand new device and the software will get better with time. Apple don't get it right either but that may have been because you were holding it wrong
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#1 try an app called Lux.
#4, try using MxPlayer, not the stock player... Also you don't have to convert the files.
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I'm using MX player and haven't had any problems regardless of what I throw at it (so far).
#5, a trick manufacturers use is to quote storage as 1000 bytes = 1kB, 1000kB = 1MB when the system reports actual memory based on 1024 bytes = 1kB, 1024kB = 1MB, etc so you get less reported than in the marketing specs.
Thanks for your input guys.
So far:
1) Autobrightness turned off and everything is good.
2) Still not too impressed with the camera. It takes too long to focus and do anything useful.
3) FireFox is still working perfectly compared to Chrome.
4) After deleting all the videos and copying them in from scratch, unconverted, they play perfectly with MX Player.
5) The memory thing makes sense but its a poor sales tactuc on the manufacturers part. In reality the customer is only concerned with how much useable memory a device has where in reality the Xperia T has a third less than you would expect. 1-2gb wouldnt be as bad but thus is over 5gb difference!!
Thanks again guys.
Noticed the camera lag seem slow when taking the pictures but whenever I look back on them they don't seem blurred.
So far I reckon Ive deleted between a third to half of my photos due to blurring.
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So far I reckon Ive deleted between a third to half of my photos due to blurring.
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Might sound a silly question, but how are you taking the pictures?
I ask because I started off using the camera with the screen off and just pressing the camera button (utilising the quick shot feature). In this scenario I had blurry photos and rubbish results half the time.
I changed the camera button behaviour to just launch the camera app and then press it again (or use the on-screen button) and my photos have been good pretty much all the time.
Hold either camera button to focus.. I rarely get any blurry photos
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Quickshot seems borderline useless for image quality. But on standard photos after I wait for it to focus, even the slightest movement seem to really blur the image. On other photos it can take that long to focus that you miss your shot.
I've tried taking the ISO settings off auto today to see if that helps.
So far it's the only thing that I feel lets the phone down compared to what you would expect it to be like when you read the spec.
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Quickshot seems borderline useless for image quality. But on standard photos after I wait for it to focus, even the slightest movement seem to really blur the image. On other photos it can take that long to focus that you miss your shot.
I've tried taking the ISO settings off auto today to see if that helps.
So far it's the only thing that I feel lets the phone down compared to what you would expect it to be like when you read the spec.
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The only other thing I can suggest is there might be a fault with your phone. Do you know anyone else with a T? Do you have the same problem if you take pictures with their phone?!
Hi,
great thread! This phone is one of my favourites now that I'm considering a new handset. Feel free to share any issues that those lucky enough to have one encountered. Thanks
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The only other thing I can suggest is there might be a fault with your phone. Do you know anyone else with a T? Do you have the same problem if you take pictures with their phone?!
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I'm going to go and have a play with another one in the shop over the next few weeks when I find time just in case it is my phone but some how I just think it's the way it is.
So far it's my only remaining issue but it's not a deal breaker I still love the phone and look forward to JB next year.
Greetings XDA users! As you can see, this is my first post on this forum. I have registered here in order to get some answers from other users of the HTC One concerning some problems that I have experienced. I have been using the device since more than a week now, and these are the issues I've come across so far, so please let me know which ones of these you are experiencing as well:
1. YouTube audio / video out of sync
I noticed this the first time I used YouTube on my HTC One. Lip sync simply looked horrible while watching some videos. To test if you have this issue as well, you should try something like this video where it can clearly be seen in action: Link (Since I cannot post links due to below 10 post count, simply search YouTube for "BBC HD audio sync test")
2. Simple games lag / do not play smoothly
The first game I tried on my HTC One was Doodle Jump. It's a very simple game, and before purchasing the One, I have read about other recent HTC smartphones having problems with such simple games because some HTC devices don't know how to properly use their GPU/CPU in situations where games don't have high demands. If this is still the case with the HTC One, and not just some issue with my own, it is simply unacceptable. After all, a new flagship smartphone should not have any issues when playing the most simple of games that any old android smartphone can do perfectly.
Note: I have already tried to cure both of these problems by doing it with / without power savings enabled. I have also tried with / without Beats, Bluetooth, NFC and so on. Nothing helps.
Please let me know if you are experiencing these two issues on your HTC One as well.
Other issues and annoyances I have noticed, that come to mind right now:
3. Blinkfeed share bar at the bottom of the screen is very annoying, and apparently can't be removed at all. It's doubly annoying because sometimes you can hit this bar when trying to use the back button.
4. 3-dot-menu bar at the bottom of the screen in some apps. There even used to be a built-in feature in the setting menu to get rid of this, but HTC seems to have removed this in the final software versions, for questionable reasons.
5. Video camera settings such as 60-FPS-HD or slow motion keep resetting themselves each time the screen gets locked and go back to "Normal".
6. Audio issues (cracks / pops) when using YouTube (maybe other apps as well). This happens especially often with Beats turned on, but I have also heard it happening with Beats off.
7. Odd volume jump that happens around 80% volume when increasing volume while streaming music via Bluetooth. (Volume actually goes down instead of up, and the next step after this sounds much louder than just 2 "clicks" more.)
8. Wifi reception gets a lot worse when covering the upper side of the device with my hand. And by covering I mean holding it normally in landscape orientation, I'm not intentionally trying to smother the signal. This is quite noticeable in areas where the signal is not that strong to begin with, as I've experienced multiple times that I've choked my wifi signal by simply holding it that way to watch some YouTube videos. The wifi bar can jump from 2-3 bars to just the dot by doing this.
I am rather disappointed to see this thread buried on page 3 already without any replies at all. All I asked for is a simple yes-or-no answer if your device also exhibits un-synchronous YouTube playback and/or unsmooth Doodle Jump gameplay.
So I guess this either means that I am the only one experiencing these problems and should promptly return my phone to get a properly working One, or it means people here simply do not notice these problems or accept to overlook them.
(By the way, the Bluetooth volume oddity seems to have been a randomly caused bug, as it was working fine again this afternoon)
I'm having the same issue with YouTube. It's basically unusable, the sound and lip sync gets progressively worse. Tried wiping the app data, re-installing YouTube, disabling Beats. Still no luck, this is the only beef I have with an otherwise excellent bit of tech. I tried the test videos and it looked spot on.
If I watch the same videos on my Asus Infinity there is no problem, so it's definitely the phone. I'm pretty much out of ideas.
YouTube audio / video out of sync
is indeed very horrible.....
ive never experienced anything like that, are you guys running stock rom?
For me, it's everything BUT YouTube. Games, apps, anything, there's about a 1/4 second delay between the on-screen action and when I hear the accompanying sound. Audio sync is one of my pet peeves, so this drives me absolutely crazy. I can only assume there's some kind of processing going on with the audio that's causing it, but damned if I can figure out what it is. The only audio switch I've seen to turn stuff on and off is Beats, and that has no effect on the latency.
I'm running stock ROM. Friend of mine with a ROMd unit says his doesn't do it.
I'm also having issues with the YouTube...
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So is there no solution? I'm have the same problem...
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Hi all
Apologies for the double post on this question but as i am not very good at explaining this problem i thought i would do a you tube video.
Basically on certain watch faces there seems to be a lag when the watch comes on, it shows for a brief second the time that i last looked before going to the correct time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdf37FMBK0
Hopefully this will explain it better...does any one else suffer from this? i am connected to a nexus 5 so if anyone has that phone id be grateful also for any feed back....also right at the end of the video there appears to be very slight lag when i swipe away...does anyone else get this?
Thanks for any input
Hey there,
As you people may know about an app called dubsmash which is pretty viral these days. Is it not compatible with AHD? For me after creating the dub, the app starts to process and finalize it and after finalizing there is a huge lag and frame drop which makes the video basically useless. I've searched for this problem over the internet but didn't find a cure. I've switched ROMS but the issue persists on different ROMs as well. Is anyone experiencing the same? Please respond.
I've been scouring the web trying to find *current* info about the overheating issue, but all I'm finding is stuff from last year. Nothing new about whether it was ever fixed by a software path, or if current inventory has a hardware fix, or if Google just ignored it as they often do. I'd like to know if I buy a new Pixel 5a today, directly from Google, if it still may have the problem. I'd be grateful for any info, thanks!
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I've been scouring the web trying to find *current* info about the overheating issue, but all I'm finding is stuff from last year. Nothing new about whether it was ever fixed by a software path, or if current inventory has a hardware fix, or if Google just ignored it as they often do. I'd like to know if I buy a new Pixel 5a today, directly from Google, if it still may have the problem. I'd be grateful for any info, thanks!
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I don't play games and I don't use 4k video on my camera. For me phone is great didn't get worm once, but that is just my use, pictures, fullHD video, chat, video calls, phonecalls and browsing and watching videos.
I meet this problem when I take photos or video ([email protected]).
I have had issues by simply using Android Auto in my vehicle in less than 10 minutes of use. I have also experienced the overheating when recording videos even though I have followed all of the tips in Google's support email.
If I'm using Android Auto, I have to keep the phone in front of an AC vent in my car - otherwise all radios shut off within 1-2 minutes, followed a few minutes later by an overheat message (at that point it's already throttled so bad that the phone is completely unusable anyway).
Any teleconference app that uses the front camera causes it to shut down all radios about 1-2 minutes before popping up the overheat message with no warning before turning off radios (Zoom, Mychart, CVS Minute Clinic, Teladoc, even a Facebook Messenger video call). Drove me crazy trying to do a telemedicine appointment with my doctor, he finally called me instead.
Even just trying to do a phone call with Google Maps running during the call makes this damn thing overheat. Taking it out of the case (Spigen Slimarmor) seems to delay it by about a minute.
Honestly, if Fi didn't require me to keep it active for 120 days to keep the discount I got on it, I would have run the damn thing under an 18 wheeler by now. The only benefits over my old OP8T are the camera app and the physical size. That's it. Luckily I still have it, so once I hit that 120 days, I'm going back to the 8T.
Has anyone tried alternate ROMs to see if they handle the overheating issue any better? I'm especially interested in LineageOS. I imagine some kernel changes to scheduling and clocks could handle things better for this processor.