Hello from Trinidad.
I have had my N1 for a couple weeks now. I got it stock froyo frf91 I think, Tmobile model.
Anyway here are the issues I have with the device. I'm coming from a long line of Nokia Symbian devices as well as a Blackberry. Its very upsetting that things I have taken for granted on my nokias and bb are not available/implemented out of the box with Android. I can only hope this improves in future.
1) Alarm Clock. It does not go off. This happened both with stock 2.2 as well as Cyanogen. First issue. I edit the default alarms that came with the phone to the time and days that suit me. Set it for 6am Mon - Sat. It WILL NOT go off.
The only way to make it work was to delete the initial alarms that come with the device and then create new ones. This works fine after with stock 2.2. However on Cyanogen it will fail to work the week after.
Example - I set an alarm 2 sundays ago. It will work for Mon-Sat the prior week but for the week after it will not go off.....like this morning:-/. I did install the latest gapps with cyanogen 6.
This is a killer problem. its hard to believe that such a basic feature malfunctions in both Stock and Cyan. :-|
2)Gallery & Sync to Picasa - The gallery app is fine, besides the lag it takes to render photos. Anyway, when I sync my Picasa account with my phone it loads every single Picture from my account, with no way to hide albums or pictures. In addition to that I cannot download pictures from my Picasa account to the gallery..... So its only purpose is to view them?
3)Camera - App worked fine on Stock, sometimes Force Closes or throws the error "Cannot connect to device." on Cyan.:-/
4) Custom Ringtone per Contact - Maybe its me, but I cannot set a custom tone per contact in my address book. I can set a custom ringtone for the phone itself but not per contact. Please tell me that I missed an option and that this has not been left out. Its a basic feature such as an alarm clock......
5) I remembered. Whenever I set a phone number as the default for a contact, it does not save. i would always have to tick "Do this automatically from now on" or something to that effect, select the number and let it dial. After going back to contacts and dial the same number I would have to do it again.
For anyone that is gonna try to assist me this is what I've done so far.
Rooted the device but not unlocking the bootloader via a method I found on xda. I can't post links, but its the method that does not involve fiddling with the battery. Installed market enabler so that I could actually give google my money (way to go google :-/) and bought a couple of apps such as Titanium backup, Beautiful Widgets, Bettercut, Launcher Pro Plus and System info widget.
Btw I've had Beautiful widgets freeze/ force close on a couple occasions.
That's all I can recall. I'm gonna wipe my device to deal with this but I have another question before I do.
As I'm not in a country that can buy apps normally through the store, what will happen to my paid apps? Will they remain on my downloaded list or will they disappear? Any recommendations?
I've backed up my paid for apps with Titanium. Great app ... But how do I backup Titanium backup :-/?
1. NEVER had a problem with an alarm not going off.
2. Don't use
3. No force closes at all
4. View the contact, menu, options
The applications that are downloaded are stored in /data/app/.
The applications are linked to your google account so once you sign in with the same account it will start to restore them. I really don't know how it works for non market enabled countries but it should still show up and I have never seen anyone complain that they can't redownload them.
When reporting problems it's always best to start out fresh because something could have gotten corrupt or incompatibility with something else.
evilkorn said:
1. NEVER had a problem with an alarm not going off.
2. Don't use
3. No force closes at all
4. View the contact, menu, options
The applications that are downloaded are stored in /data/app/.
The applications are linked to your google account so once you sign in with the same account it will start to restore them. I really don't know how it works for non market enabled countries but it should still show up and I have never seen anyone complain that they can't redownload them.
When reporting problems it's always best to start out fresh because something could have gotten corrupt or incompatibility with something else.
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I should Have specified No. 4. I know you can set "system ringtones" to contacts, but I meant music, .mp3 files etc.
MarcP :D said:
Hello from Trinidad.
I have had my N1 for a couple weeks now. I got it stock froyo frf91 I think, Tmobile model.
Anyway here are the issues I have with the device. I'm coming from a long line of Nokia Symbian devices as well as a Blackberry. Its very upsetting that things I have taken for granted on my nokias and bb are not available/implemented out of the box with Android. I can only hope this improves in future.
1) Alarm Clock. It does not go off. This happened both with stock 2.2 as well as Cyanogen. First issue. I edit the default alarms that came with the phone to the time and days that suit me. Set it for 6am Mon - Sat. It WILL NOT go off.
The only way to make it work was to delete the initial alarms that come with the device and then create new ones. This works fine after with stock 2.2. However on Cyanogen it will fail to work the week after.
Example - I set an alarm 2 sundays ago. It will work for Mon-Sat the prior week but for the week after it will not go off.....like this morning:-/. I did install the latest gapps with cyanogen 6.
This is a killer problem. its hard to believe that such a basic feature malfunctions in both Stock and Cyan. :-|
2)Gallery & Sync to Picasa - The gallery app is fine, besides the lag it takes to render photos. Anyway, when I sync my Picasa account with my phone it loads every single Picture from my account, with no way to hide albums or pictures. In addition to that I cannot download pictures from my Picasa account to the gallery..... So its only purpose is to view them?
3)Camera - App worked fine on Stock, sometimes Force Closes or throws the error "Cannot connect to device." on Cyan.:-/
4) Custom Ringtone per Contact - Maybe its me, but I cannot set a custom tone per contact in my address book. I can set a custom ringtone for the phone itself but not per contact. Please tell me that I missed an option and that this has not been left out. Its a basic feature such as an alarm clock......
5) There was something else but damn I forgot lol.
For anyone that is gonna try to assist me this is what I've done so far.
Rooted the device but not unlocking the bootloader via a method I found on xda. I can't post links, but its the method that does not involve fiddling with the battery. Installed market enabler so that I could actually give google my money (way to go google :-/) and bought a couple of apps such as Titanium backup, Beautiful Widgets, Bettercut, Launcher Pro Plus and System info widget.
Btw I've had Beautiful widgets freeze/ force close on a couple occasions.
That's all I can recall. I'm gonna wipe my device to deal with this but I have another question before I do.
As I'm not in a country that can buy apps normally through the store, what will happen to my paid apps? Will they remain on my downloaded list or will they disappear? Any recommendations?
I've backed up my paid for apps with Titanium. Great app ... But how do I backup Titanium backup :-/?
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Il answer all ur probs. Der is a solution for all of it.
Be4 i answer der is one thing: u posted as if vry1 at xda forced u 2 buy an android device. People lyk u shud not b given an android device . Grr
Now to ur problems
1) as of stock , it shud work fine if u delete the initial alarm. On cyan it cud b a bug of cm6. Go 4 stock as of now. Also dont 4get 2 turn ur alarm volume high.
2) if u ever want to hide pics in ny of the folder jus rename the
folder as .name that is with a dot b4 the name. As for only being able to view the pics. WAT ELSE DO U NEED THE PICS FOR !!! MAKING PANCAKES?. ughh!!!
3) it works fine on stock , so use it till cyan fixes any bug if der is any.stop complainin unnecessarily
4) click on any contact. Select options > ringtone. Then set it as u want. Y cnt u do this on ur own.
IS UR DISPLAY TRANSPARENT....
Wts the matter wid u
5) gud 4 u dat u 4got.
First appreciate this great OS. U cnt even compare android with those other OS '. By the way gud luk with android. No offence was jus kidding.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
4 ur 4th prob. Create a folder in ur sdcard named audio . Inside it place 4 subfolders named ringtones, alarms, notifications, ui. Then watever file u place in these folders will appear in the corresponding selection boxes. Bt u must reboot 4 this to work. As of my last post srry 4 bein rude, i was sleepy. Its 3 am in here
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Il answer all ur probs. Der is a solution for all of it.
Be4 i answer der is one thing: u posted as if vry1 at xda forced u 2 buy an android device. People lyk u shud not b given an android device . Grr
Now to ur problems
1) as of stock , it shud work fine if u delete the initial alarm. On cyan it cud b a bug of cm6. Go 4 stock as of now. Also dont 4get 2 turn ur alarm volume high.
2) if u ever want to hide pics in ny of the folder jus rename the
folder as .name that is with a dot b4 the name. As for only being able to view the pics. WAT ELSE DO U NEED THE PICS FOR !!! MAKING PANCAKES?. ughh!!!
3) it works fine on stock , so use it till cyan fixes any bug if der is any.stop complainin unnecessarily
4) click on any contact. Select options > ringtone. Then set it as u want. Y cnt u do this on ur own.
IS UR DISPLAY TRANSPARENT....
Wts the matter wid u
5) gud 4 u dat u 4got.
First appreciate this great OS. U cnt even compare android with those other OS '. By the way gud luk with android. No offence was jus kidding.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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If that is your attitude, why bother?
No offense, just kidding.
hafis93 said:
Il answer all ur probs. Der is a solution for all of it.
Be4 i answer der is one thing: u posted as if vry1 at xda forced u 2 buy an android device. People lyk u shud not b given an android device . Grr
Now to ur problems
1) as of stock , it shud work fine if u delete the initial alarm. On cyan it cud b a bug of cm6. Go 4 stock as of now. Also dont 4get 2 turn ur alarm volume high.
2) if u ever want to hide pics in ny of the folder jus rename the
folder as .name that is with a dot b4 the name. As for only being able to view the pics. WAT ELSE DO U NEED THE PICS FOR !!! MAKING PANCAKES?. ughh!!!
3) it works fine on stock , so use it till cyan fixes any bug if der is any.stop complainin unnecessarily
4) click on any contact. Select options > ringtone. Then set it as u want. Y cnt u do this on ur own.
IS UR DISPLAY TRANSPARENT....
Wts the matter wid u
5) gud 4 u dat u 4got.
First appreciate this great OS. U cnt even compare android with those other OS '. By the way gud luk with android. No offence was jus kidding.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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I just got a nose bleed trying to read this post.
What did English ever do to you?
MarcP :D said:
I should Have specified No. 4. I know you can set "system ringtones" to contacts, but I meant music, .mp3 files etc.
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The "default" ringtone chooser only allows "system" ringtones. The apps "ringdroid" and "Rings extended" give UI's that allow the selection of music/etc as a ringtone. Once one them is installed the next time you try to choose a ringtone it will ask you which application to use (and you can choose to always use that app)
I use CM6 and have just modified the default 2 alarms and they always work. Are you running any kind of auto-task-killer? (BTW they do more harm than good)
If you don't want to sync with picassa then disable "Sync Picasa Web Albums" in "Accounts and Sync" under your google account.
SilentMobius said:
The "default" ringtone chooser only allows "system" ringtones.
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Create folders on your SDcard
Media/Ringtones
Media/Notifications
And put your MP3 files in there and then you can select them with the default ringtone selector.
Thanks for the responses guys.
1) The alarm issue I'll be testing over the next couple of weeks to see if it works or not.
2) I disabled the sync to albums in accounts for Picasa. I just hoped there was a work around at least to only display public albums or something of the like.
3) Will monitor the camera closely as well.
4) Hey thanks all. I got the ringtones set up, but i'll also try Ringdroid etc.
5) This still happens. Everytime I go into Call log for example, and try to call a contact with multiple numbers, I have to always select the number i want as default and tick "use this as default" or something to that effect.
Any help on No. 5?
Might try out another rom soon or might just reinstall CM6 after a clean Sd card and wiping the phone.
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I use CM6 and have just modified the default 2 alarms and they always work. Are you running any kind of auto-task-killer? (BTW they do more harm than good)
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No task killer of any kind good sir.
List of user installed apps as follows:
Astro
Astro Bluetooth Module
Astro SMB Module
Barcode Scanner
Bat Stat widget
Beautiful Widgets
Better Cut
Colour note
Dropbox
Easy Money
Launcher Pro Plus
Market Enabler
Real Calc
System Info Widget
Titanium Backup
Wave secure
That's all that i've added, but as I said it did happen to me on 2.2 as well.
Nevertheless.I'll be monitoring it too.
Not turning your phone off overnight are you? It needs to be on for the alarm to work.
Nope. Usually the battery is pretty drained during the day so at night is when I have it charging.
Also note that wave secure usually does its automatic backups when the charger is plugged in. Could that affect it?
I don't see how cause I did happen once on 2.2 but I'm beginning to feel that it was just a fluke.
hafis93 said:
People lyk u shud not b given an android device . Grr
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And people like you should not be given access to the internet.
Another question or maybe issue or maybe both...
While the phone is using data over edge, will I not receive calls?
i find it strange that people have been calling me and I get a text message saying that I have a missed call but my phone never rings. I'm only using EDGE data in my area so could that be the culprit?
Do a test, download something and call your phone at the same time?
@hafis93 - I thought that was very funny. They were even helpful responses. I'm gonna try the .name in a Picasa album to see if that hides it.
MarcP :D said:
Another question or maybe issue or maybe both...
While the phone is using data over edge, will I not receive calls?
i find it strange that people have been calling me and I get a text message saying that I have a missed call but my phone never rings. I'm only using EDGE data in my area so could that be the culprit?
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yes, while on EDGE, very often if someone calls you it will go directly to voicemail and you wont see the call ring on your end. its just the way it is on some EDGE networks, nothing you can do about it, and its not your phone as all phones would behave that way. sucks.
I've done a complete wipe of everything, Data, Cache Davlik etc and reinstalled Cyan and Gapps.
Everything seems to be fine so far, no force closes or camera failures.
Thanks everyone for the help!
One last thing though. Is there a way to enable the market without having to use Market Enabler? Reason being is that I have to "activate" it everytime for it to work.
I know there is a script on xda that does it but haven't been able to search it.
I have another issue to add to this topic. My apologies in advance if an answer to this is already available, can't seem to find it anywhere though.
When approaching the end of my battery life, my phone may start referring the wrong buttons. For instance, it may pick spacebar on the keyboard while I'm pressing letters above. Or strange response inside the browser like brief vibration or sudden zoom while I'm just trying to scroll down or something. I did experience the same issues in the past on stock build. Is there any sort of fix to this for CM6?
Again my apologies if this has been discussed before.
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Is there some way for me to reduce the text size that that app used. Because I find that even a normally sized text takes up a lot of space on my screen. Initially i hated the SMS threaded view and preferring the more classic way to deal with texts.
But the HTC Desire managed to make it acceptable, and now im back to starting to being annoyed by it since I have to scroll to actually see the last text or the one before that >_<. So....
Is there anyway to fix this and remain native, or would i be forced to go for another messaging client?
I would go for another client like GO SMS, ChompeSMS or Handcent. GO works great here and don't has those big letters!
Well while I may be forced to change to another client, I can live with that.
BUT if possible I actually prefer to fix my "issues" natively before going for another app. Not becuase I lack app space, but more because thats how I am.
use Go sms instead - besides the ability to set fontsize individually theres thons of other nice settings to tweak which the stock sms client doesnt have. And also nice themes to brighten up the experience alot.
You could also try to change lcd_density:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992834
It will affect all apps though. But to the better in my opinion.
Or try a different system font, less dramatic than LCD density but may not realise the same benefits.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989941
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994544
Well so far Go SMS might look like a keeper. IF ONLY I could actually get it to show the contact images and not just show blank "faces".
Anyone know a fix to that?
Aduck79 said:
You could also try to change lcd_density:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992834
It will affect all apps though. But to the better in my opinion.
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My problem is only with the texts. So I am trying out Go SMS for the time being. I don't feel the need nor desire to mess with the LCD density as I have already played around with LPP to get 5 rows in my app drawer as well as at least +1-2 grids both vertically and horizontal on the "home screens".
I tried out Go SMS last night, but i noticed that the phone did not remove the "1 new message" from the lockscreen when i read the sms with Go SMS. Do you know how to fix this?
Hi guys, I've got this p990 as my first android phone.
Years passed customizing WM... well air needed to be freshened!
Anyway down to my "problems"
A)
I hate the LG lockscreen, but I found no way to go back to default.
Also since I installed GO SMS PRO, received sms notifications continue to appear on it even after reading messages.
So I installed FlyScreen but don't like it that much.
Installed WidgetLocker and that suits me better, but I can't find any notification widget, something like a transparent overlay with the relevant info.
Maybe customizable. I've seen something like that in the Widgetlocker Themes, but even downloading theme doesn't fetch the widgets though.
Using android sliding bars for everything is really horrible.
B) how can I change the system icons (battery,wifi,etc)?
It's rooted, but I'm still running stock. Tried a Cyano nighlty but it didn't boot so I reverted to stock.
C) using GO SMS Pro, why do I have to select it as default on every reboot?
D) using ExtendedControls, reboot doesn't work although it got root permission. It gets stuck on the waiting window, system still works ok (I can go to home, and do everything). Who should I ask?
On a side note: since this phone runs on a tegra2, what would be the problem in flashing an honeycomb rom like asus transformer's?
Hi
I just posted this application on the android market.
[URL="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chimerique.LGNotification.Free"]https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chimerique.LGNotification.Free[/URL]
This application will highlight your LG Phone (O2X) buttons when you missed a SMS, MMS or Email (Gmail).
It will also set back your default highlight preference each time you reboot your phone....
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I wasn't satisfy from other apps, so decided to make my own.
Do not hesitate to give some feedback
What is the difference between your app and other LG notification apps?
This app never interfere with the phone getting in sleep mode. This is the main point on what I've been working and done my testing.
Hey, could you pls try to make it compatible with optimus one's hard keys' backlight?
now there is the same function as on CM7
Hi,
compatibility with other apps (like whatsapp, k9, fb, friend caster, etc) could be very usefull
Max
At the very least, missed calls notification is a very important function.
Ok, like I said it, I got some Hard drive problem
Impossible to upload a new version of the application => So I had to create a new app on the market https://market.android.com/details?id=com.c...Notification.Fr
Added missed call
Corrected a bug
Hi,
Can you make it work with Go SMS Pro? I have a LG Optimus Black... If you want, I could test if it works in my phone.
Thanks!
Hi,
i would like to enable "always capital letters" - something like always caps lock on. This should work in messaging, e-mails, text editors and such programs. Is there any way to force phone that uses capitals always, or maybe change system font to some font that has only capitals?
there are fonts, check romtoolbox out.
Why would you want that thought? Also note, as other people dont have that font people will always see default fontm
baz77 said:
there are fonts, check romtoolbox out.
Why would you want that thought? Also note, as other people dont have that font people will always see default fontm
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I would need this because person i'm doing this for see very bad and it helps him that all letters are capitals.
For other it's not a problem. I need this to work only on this one phone. I'll check up this romtoolbox tnx
Romtoolbox or any font installer from Play Market with external file support. Just find a font that is capital only and copy it to your device, run the app and point it to the font. You can revert this anytime.
I have to remember that one. have you tried through settings then accesability menu and set the font size? That could help, It would eliminate accidental caps writing itself. Which can be handy, otherwise people could think he/she is mad all the time
I tried rom toolbox and it f***ed me I chose some font and when i rebooted Samsung keyboard was crashing all the time. I made factory reset and keyboard was still crashing so i had to push my rom (stock samsung) on the phone. It wasn't any problem because i have backups and stuff but it took me 20min for nothing.
So i found here on forum some "stock" fonts witch works perfect. If anyone needs it here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717964
There is Venus font(all capitals) witch works in all apps and it is HUUUGE so it is perect for people with sight problems.
so sorry, never had that with romtoolbox. Glad you were able to find a suitable font, thanks for sharing
something is really wrong with rom toolbox pros font installer. I installed a font and it asked me to reboot. and it got stuck in boot loop . Had the same issue on ICS and on JB too