This problem has persisted with every single version of Android I have tried. I live in an area with a somewhat poor signal, so frequently some of my SMS messages do not send. Now, the problem is that I get no notification of this other than a little red exclamation mark appearing next to the message. It does not resend when I get a signal, it just sits there!!
So, I need to long press the message, press edit, then resend. This really pisses me off because it's inconvenient and unnecessary.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
No, if there is not a good enough signal then that will happen. Mine does that when I try to send a message and my signal goes out. Its just something we have to do. The only thing I can say is make sure your radio is up to date, which I'm sure it is.
Damn, that's a shame. This is quite a big usability issue for me - and I'm sure many others. Is it possible to make a custom build of the SMS app?
You talkin about where it will send the message as soon as the signal returns.
Yes. I see no advantages to the default behaviour.
That would be something good to have, and I know it can be done. Have you tried any other messaging app to see if it behaves the same way, or do you want to stick with the default app.
Have this weird problem, which doesn't seem to be part of any specific rom. I don't remember if i had the problem on the stock rom, but so far I've been using only CM's roms.
Problem: Sometimes I'll get a txt msg and It will show for a quick second in my notifications bar. Sometimes it shows the txt msg icon, sometimes it just shows a lil snippet of the msg and then disappears. When I go to my txt msgs, its not there.
This doesn't happen all the time, but its happened on several occasions which sucks. Sometimes I dont see the phone fast enough to see who sent the msg , having no idea who to bug to re-send.
I did a quick search on xda, but perhaps im searching the wrong terms. Does anyone have this problem, and know of a solution?
Thanks.
Note: I just blogged about it and planning on posting on few Googler's twitter to see if we can get some attention to fix these issues, if they already haven't started looking in to these! If you are interested, please visit "Is the latest Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) OTA update for Nexus One buggy? "and share your experience with Android 2.3.3 on your NexusOne's the Android team can get a bigger picture of these issues! More the merrier!
By now, I have reset to factory default couple of times but still after about 50hrs of usage my Nexus One starts acting freaky! Performance slows down, launching apps gives me black screen, lock screen freezes until I receive a call and not answer it and finally forcing me to reboot the phone.
Is anyone else aware of these issues or experiencing these issues?
I've had a few, repeated issues since upgrading to Gingerbread:
The stock messaging application will sometimes crash after sending a text message. The message gets sent, but the program closes out and returns me to the home screen. When I try to get back into the app, it animates like it is opening, animates like its closing and then gives me an error message about it not responding. I have found the only way to get rid of this is to reboot the phone.
Occasionally, all of the items - icons, widgets, etc - will disappear from the home screen. All I can see is my background image (just a plain JPEG, nothing animated) and cant get anything else to happen. I've tried to give it a few minutes (coming from Windows Mobile, I've learned to be patient) but it never came back. As expected, only a full reboot of the phone fixed the problem.
I've been having strange WiFi and data connection problems. Sometimes when connecting to WiFi it takes several minutes to establish a working connection; however most times it is pretty instant. The data connection will sometimes completely drop out and not come back on its own - even in areas with known good signal (I'm on AT&T, insert jokes here). Again, the best solution I've found is a full reboot.
I have heard some reports from friends that they have experienced issues with Exchange support after the upgrade, but I haven't seen it personally. Other than those above issues (which are very annoying) Gingerbread is has been OK. As I like to tell everyone, I'm sure glad my phone makes a cool TV of animation but can't seem to want to send text messages... Thanks Google?
monkeyboy0076 said:
I've had a few, repeated issues since upgrading to Gingerbread:
The stock messaging application will sometimes crash after sending a text message. The message gets sent, but the program closes out and returns me to the home screen. When I try to get back into the app, it animates like it is opening, animates like its closing and then gives me an error message about it not responding. I have found the only way to get rid of this is to reboot the phone.
Occasionally, all of the items - icons, widgets, etc - will disappear from the home screen. All I can see is my background image (just a plain JPEG, nothing animated) and cant get anything else to happen. I've tried to give it a few minutes (coming from Windows Mobile, I've learned to be patient) but it never came back. As expected, only a full reboot of the phone fixed the problem.
I've been having strange WiFi and data connection problems. Sometimes when connecting to WiFi it takes several minutes to establish a working connection; however most times it is pretty instant. The data connection will sometimes completely drop out and not come back on its own - even in areas with known good signal (I'm on AT&T, insert jokes here). Again, the best solution I've found is a full reboot.
I have heard some reports from friends that they have experienced issues with Exchange support after the upgrade, but I haven't seen it personally. Other than those above issues (which are very annoying) Gingerbread is has been OK. As I like to tell everyone, I'm sure glad my phone makes a cool TV of animation but can't seem to want to send text messages... Thanks Google?
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You are right, I've been having those home screen issues as well, though my wifi connectivity seems to be fine so far.
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http://mindmirror007.blogspot.com/p/home.html
I can confirm Gingerbread on my N1 facing similar problem. Riddled with bugs such as battery drain, Wifi, Exchange Server, Date format on Notification Bar, Awake forever, just to name a few.
REverted back to 2.2.2 More stable amid less 'cheeky' in term of UI.
Also had force close issues with launcher and other programs getting a black screen after about 2 days without a reboot. Got tired of it and went back to Froyo
I've had trackball notification issues. First it stopped working entirely. After a restore it now only blinks notifications if the screen is off. Once the screen is turned on (even if the phone isn't unlocked) it stops. If the screen is on when the notification is recieved nothing happens.
I'm experiencing battery drain that i believe is associated with maps and location services (the alogcat shows it checking in all the time!).
I've had the launcher become unresponsive to touch. You can use the trackball to navigate, its slow, and once you're inside an app it works fine. Need to restart.
I've had the blank keyboard show up and need to restart.
I'm probably going to switch back to 2.2.2 tonight...
Wow! The issue seems to have touched a lot of NexusOne's. I just blogged about it and planning on posting on few Googler's twitter to see if we can get some attention to fix these issues, if they already haven't started looking in to these! If you are interested, please visit Is the latest Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) OTA update for Nexus One buggy? and share your experience with Android 2.3.3 on your NexusOne's the Android team can get a bigger picture of these issues! More the merrier!
I have also been affected by the "black screen" problem after about 48 hours uptime. Returning to the home screen shows just the wallpaper and no icons. Pressing the "Home" button worked for a while to bring back the icons, but eventually most apps started showing some black screens and I had to reboot to fix the problem. I'm sticking with Gingerbread 2.3.3 for now, but it is disturbing after the multi-week uptimes I was getting under FroYo 2.2.2.
I have an XT1095 Rooted on stock 6.0 and the stock text messaging app has the annoying habit of not playing a notification sound, or vibrating, if the messaging app is open. This means that if I'm typing in landscape mode I have no idea if the person I'm sending a text to sends another message to me because I can't see or hear it. Their new message could possibly negate whatever it is that I'm typing so I waste time typing out a message that I end up erasing and starting over. This happens frequently. Even more annoying is when I finish sending a text message and set the phone down without locking it and without closing the text app. Since the back of the phone is curved it usually rocks to the side slightly as I set it down which puts it into landscape mode with the keyboard showing, totally covering the screen, and then I have no clue if/when I receive a new message during the time that the phone is waiting to timeout. I've waited an hour for a reply to a message that had already come during the 30 second timeout period and I had no clue it was there.
I've searched everywhere for how to turn on text notifications even when the app is open but I can't find anything. There's another thread on here where the person has a problem where they don't get text notifications when they're on a phone call. I have that same problem but it doesn't bother me that much. That's the closest thing I could find here. On some other site someone had the same problem with Lollipop on a Samsung, but the reply was that it was Samsung's tweak and there was nothing they could do about it. Am I also stuck with it since there don't seem to be any settings for it? Or am I having a moron moment?
Hello, Since about 3 months ago I have installed a custom AOSP Pixel Experience ROM based on Android 13 on my phone.
I notice that there is always a permanent exclamation mark on both of the two signal bars, they only disappear when I turn on the mobile data.
Everything works good and no any problem with receiving calls or messages, but the look of those marks are so annoying and I even don't know the reason why they are present. Could I have some solutions for this?
My phone is rooted and LSPosed framework is already installed.
Thanks in advance.
Mark Adam said:
Hello, Since about 3 months ago I have installed a custom AOSP Pixel Experience ROM based on Android 13 on my phone.
I notice that there is always a permanent exclamation mark on both of the two signal bars, they only disappear when I turn on the mobile data.
Everything works good and no any problem with receiving calls or messages, but the look of those marks are so annoying and I even don't know the reason why they are present. Could I have some solutions for this?
My phone is rooted and LSPosed framework is already installed.
Thanks in advance.
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The thing is that....
the permanent exclamation mark on signal bars means Mobile Data is off/not available.
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The thing is that....
the permanent exclamation mark on signal bars means Mobile Data is off/not available.
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But in the original stock ROMs even if i turn off the mobile data there is no exclamation marks.
Does this thing normal on custom roms and no way to solve it?
Mark Adam said:
But in the original stock ROMs even if i turn off the mobile data there is no exclamation marks.
Does this thing normal on custom roms and no way to solve it?
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That thing is normal on custom roms and on stock android.
Now with stock android, it depends what skin of android. If it has the "vanilla" skin it might show exclamatory mark. However with others I don't think so.