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First post here, sorry if it's in the wrong place. Here is the back story for my problem...using an AT&T Samsung Focus, carrier-unbranded it and forced update to NoDo using the method that tricks Zune. Everything was working well, had version 7.0.7390. Yesterday when AT&T finally released NoDo for the Focus I figured what the hell, there may be something phone/carrier-specific, so I'll update the proper way. The update went fine, rebooted and I have legit NoDo.
My specific problem is that the keyboard is slow to respond now. It seems like if I'm typing faster than a certain speed, it can't keep up and the buttons don't flash and make the click noise with every press, like I've reached some kind of threshold. I've tried turning off/on all the settings for sound on press, auto-correct, etc., and none of it has worked. I also reset the phone completely via the About > Reset Phone option, but that didn't help. Has ANYONE else noticed this problem at all with any WP7 phones on NoDo? I also tried to reset with the Power+Vola Down+Camera button combo, but when I get to the format menu, the screen does not respond to touch AT ALL.
The keyboard problem is more a nuisance than anything and I can live with it if I have no choice, but I'd like to fix it if I can. It's frustrating when I press a button but the phone doesn't respond to it, so I think I've made mistakes when I really haven't. Does anyone have any suggestions for either the slow keyboard response or the unresponsive format menu?
My keyboard gets a bit slow if im typing in an app that requires internet and ive got a weak connection or if its still loading. Im not sure but i think you interact with the format menu by using the volume buttons
I noticed the same thing with my focus. The only difference is I just waited until AT&T officially released nodo until I updated. I didn't try to force it. And my keyboard is pretty slow when texting. Sometimes when I send the message, it doesn't show up in the message feed for a few seconds. I wonder if this has to do with the update that AT&T added.
Yep same issue here post Nodo, ATT Focus. Esp. Check out the slow repeat rate on the keyboard (like holding down the backspace key.) I find it pretty annoying, was actually gonna reset my phone to see if that helped bc the keyboard doesnt keep up with me anymore.
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I only noticed the problem after updating with the legit ATT update. I can verify that resetting the phone does NOT fix the problem, and that it must be related to the ATT NoDo. I'm thinking of trying to somehow go back to the forced NoDo update. Have any of you tried to do a "Reformat" of your focus and have it completely unresponsive when you get to that menu? I also tried to use the hard buttons in this menu and they didnt work either. That's another thing I noticed but I can't say for sure if that was a problem in the forced NoDo I had before.
So my keyboard is working fine. Before, when my keyboard was lagging, I had a 2GB Sandisk microsd card in my phone. This weekend I upgraded to a 16GB kingston microSD card and since the reset, my keyboard is working fine. I also noticed that the lag between when I hit send to when the message showed up in the feed is not there any more.
Maybe the nodo update exaggerated the issues that can occur with some sd cards.
Do you have a microsd card in your phone?
Nope, no SD card in my Focus. This problem never came up on the previous version of NoDo that I had (non AT&T version). It only started after I let Zune update my phone through the normal process and got the AT&T version. From what I can tell, it's directly related to that.
Ok well then the SD card shouldn't be an issue. Maybe it has something to do with the hard reset I did. Maybe the accumulation of text messages in a "feed" is causing the typing issues. And by hard-resetting, I cleared the feed.
Try texting someone that does not have a feed, or delete their feed then text. My text messaging feeds are very small right now since I did the reset just last night so that might be why it is working fine for me now.
I've also done a reset on mine as well, still no luck. I can't do a reformat on mine, though, because the reformat screen is completely unresponsive. I reset through About > Reset Phone though and it didn't fix the problem.
The reformat is what I meant to say, sorry. So does the reset you did clear the text messaging feeds?
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The reformat is what I meant to say, sorry. So does the reset you did clear the text messaging feeds?
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Yes, it clears everything (apps, data, texts, media, etc) and sets the phone back to factory settings, NoDo. This is the reset, though, and not the "format." I've still been unable to use format.
Well maybe it is a combination of things. Maybe it also has to do with the forced update as well. I've been seeing some people say that they cannot do a reformat after doing the forced update.
well i done the first method of getting the nodo update , but when att came out with the nodo for my focus i updated it that way, but it did a 100% complete and all...everything went well on it but when it start back up it said the sd cd was corrupt that i had to so a reset on it but after that of course i lost my jailbreak when it did where i had it from prevent it from locking again but after reset it worked fine....keyboard never lagged out
I managed to reformat my Focus using the Vol Down + Camera + Power buttons, did a clean install, and am still having this problem. I'm out of things to try with this. Anyone else have any suggestions?
What the hell is going on. I tried resetting and everything, even exchanged the device and the new one is doing the same thing! Also vibrating and force closing it is getting on my nerves! The followig seems to happen after a while I am TIRED of having to turn of my phone and turn it back on! ~ I go to play a .mp3 it says " FIle type not supported"...My .mp3 ringtone does not work the phone just vibrates the selected ringtone doesnt work. I got too take a picture or record video it says "Camera Failed"....I get a visual voicemail....the "play" button is grayed out and I have to turn off phone turn it BACK On just to check my voicemail. Also occassioally my sms wont work either. I turn my phone off and on every morning and throughout day I notice this and its getting REAL annoying !
Well first off, this isn't a software flaw, this is specific to you, as we have many users here including myself who are using these phones daily without the issues you are describing.
You had said that the issue was with an mp3, can you upload that somewhere for us to test on our phones?
As far as the camera and visual voicemail, I've never heard of that issue before, perhaps you ended up with a bad phone again?
I am getting the frequent force close with messaging. I also have had problems with the camera and idk about the mp3 stuff I haven't put any ringtones on the phone yet. This is getting really annoying I agree.
I don't have any issues with mine? Have you guys done anything like rooting or flashing anything?
Nope, completely stock. The most I have done is take a screen shot lol.
hmm maybe some have a defect? It's not all SK4g's though, as some of us have no issues at all. I would suggest getting it replaced by T-Mobile, as this is a factory defect. not sure why that happened to you guys. has anyone else had these issues and found any fixes?
That's kinda tough the hearest t-mobile is like 4 hours from here /:
One of my friends who went with me on the trip to get the SK also got one and he says he's never gotten a force close so you may be right. But could it have anything to do with the amount of texts I send/receive? Because I have to admit it is pretty excessive. The failing to send messages when I am receiving one simultaneously is expected, but not the force closes in my opinion.
It shouldn't force close on you. I know mine fails to send every once in a while too, as I text a lot (kinda the reason I got the phone). failing to send isn't as big of a deal, as it notifies you and you just have to click resend. Not entirely sure why it's force closing though? I wonder if a logcat might help? if you have adb installed, you can try adb logcat and see what shows up when you force close? if we can find the issue there, it might be fixable from our end. all depends on where the flaw lies/if it's just a bad apk somehow or if there's an actual hardware issue or something.
I'll do a log next time there is a fc, I'm having another issue or it may be related, but this one is with WidgetLocker I believe. Sometimes when I go to unlock the phone it'll freeze up and then I dont know how to explain it, but it almost seems like it resets but it really doesnt. The phone will blackout for a little then the homescreen will pop up and service will gone for a while until the cards are read just like if I rebooted.
That might be a function of WidgetLocker, I used it on my old G1 and it always hung and black screened at me.
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That might be a function of WidgetLocker, I used it on my old G1 and it always hung and black screened at me.
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Yeah I know it does that from time to time, but on my previous phone it wouldn't do that reboot thing where it would lose connection then resend my latest text messages once it reconnected.
I'm not sure why it's doing that. My guess would be that the issues are caused because the SK4G doesn't use a normal lock screen. widgetlocker uses some modification of the system file for the lock screen, and perhaps it's not sure what to modify? just my 2 cents.
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I'm not sure why it's doing that. My guess would be that the issues are caused because the SK4G doesn't use a normal lock screen. widgetlocker uses some modification of the system file for the lock screen, and perhaps it's not sure what to modify? just my 2 cents.
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That's what I was thinking too, I'm gonna uninstall it for a bit and see if anything changes.
is anyone else having an issue with notification volume? everytime i reboot my SK, my notification volume gets pushed all the way down to nothing, so i don't get a sound notification for texts, emails, etc, until i move the notif. volume back up in my settings. i did root with the one-click for the Epic 4G.
This is a new UI so alot of the apps i.e. widgets you may put on will cause issues. If you like certain apps contact the dev so your device is supported correctly. Still to new to get mad at it till sum of the bugs get worked out. I did notice a couple of times when I left screen on in pocket on accident that when I go to use it again it doesn't respond to any touch but can move courser around till rebooted then its ok. If some don't already know the sk4g is almost the same as the epic. The sk4g is still a badass phone for 100bucks.
Same as the OP
I know this is a little old, but I've experienced the same problem as the OP so it seems they are not alone with this problem.
I actually tried two different newly formatted SD cards (because I thought it may have been the SD card), and still would have the problem. Then I actually did swap phones about a month ago and it seemed the problem would now take several days to resurface instead of several hours. And I could deal with that.
Since the OTA update about 2 weeks ago, the phone has been back on it's original BS as the OP posted and it's driving me nuts. I actually missed some emergency calls last night because the mp3 ringtone didn't work so I'm finding a solution to this issue today or trashing this phone.
My belief is that there is something interfering with the phone's ability to read the SD card for media. Because other apps I have that save to the SD card or read from it work fine. So I'm going to master reset it and not download any of my apps and see what happens when I set an mp3 ringtone. If it makes it through the day with no hiccups, I'll slowly add back one app at a time until hopefully I can find the culprit.
bipoler if you'd like, we can exchange via PM what apps we both have downloaded and see if we have some in common that may be problems.
I'll post back with any progress.
I've been having the problem with ringtones not working, just getting silence when I get a call. for me it seems to happen when I set a ringtone from the app Zedge, I don't think it happens when I use ringtones from the Android System, which would make sense if the issue is related to reading the sdcard. gonna go back to a system ringtone and see what happens today.
Yeah my phone had all those problems, but I installed the Lightning rom and all those problems went away, except for the ones about messages failing...I text A LOT
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Thanks for that info on the Lightning Rom. I will check that out. Phone has been working flawlessly all day with the mp3 ringtone and no extra apps besides the master reset. I might give it until the morning before I start putting them back on.
On stock id install so many apps that ran on the background that id get delay from opening closing swiping and turning onthe phone.. so I wiped it installed a custom rom and just kept the essentials.. havnt had a problem since... well.. occasionly ill have to odi but that's on purpose
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Recently I've been noticing that the stock launcher always seems to restart when coming out of another app. For instance, I might go into Gmail for a few seconds, and when I press the home button, I get the white HTC screen then a loading screen for the launcher. So I have to wait like 15 seconds before actually seeing my home screen when I was just there seconds before!
Is anyone else having this issue?
I tried switching to Launcher Pro, but I got similar issues there, where all the icons would have to reload individually on the screen when pressing the home button. And it was a big laggy (more so than the stock launcher).
I had that same problem but that was because I accidently moved the sense launcher to my sd, after moving it back it stopped also look to see if any of the sense programs like people, browser etc we moved cause they can also cause Sense to restart if not stored on phone.
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Nope, they're all on my phone. Just double checked.
Having same problem but it's intermittent. I also asked a couple of other people and they are having the same problem.
It's really annoying. I don't always have quick access to apps because of this. And running another launcher doesn't help. Hopefully this is fixed in the OTA update, whenever that'll be.
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Recently I've been noticing that the stock launcher always seems to restart when coming out of another app. For instance, I might go into Gmail for a few seconds, and when I press the home button, I get the white HTC screen then a loading screen for the launcher. So I have to wait like 15 seconds before actually seeing my home screen when I was just there seconds before!
Is anyone else having this issue?
I tried switching to Launcher Pro, but I got similar issues there, where all the icons would have to reload individually on the screen when pressing the home button. And it was a big laggy (more so than the stock launcher).
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I have found that turning off the Fast Boot feature and restarting has pretty much eliminated this problem.
Thanks rorycs! That seems to have done the trick.
Any ideas why fast boot was causing the issue in the first place?
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Thanks rorycs! That seems to have done the trick.
Any ideas why fast boot was causing the issue in the first place?
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I have no idea... I can only guess that Fast Boot caches some data and that when the data is changed by a new app install/delete or some other saved data it has to rebuild the cached data each time before reloading .... Just a guess....
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I have no idea... I can only guess that Fast Boot caches some data and that when the data is changed by a new app install/delete or some other saved data it has to rebuild the cached data each time before reloading .... Just a guess....
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I've tried and, yes, it helps a little but it still happens!
So, I wonder when HTC's going to fix it? (I don't feel like doing a hard reset!)
I tried reformatting my memory card and also I no longer use the htc task manager to "kill all" seems to be working for me so far.
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I tried reformatting my memory card and also I no longer use the htc task manager to "kill all" seems to be working for me so far.
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Hi since this evening I have the same problem. The first few weeks I did not have any problem with my sensation. This afternoon I applied a display protector and now he is starting up again and again.
Coincidence probably.
Where can I find the fast reboot mode> I can't find it on my (dutch, vodafone branded) phone.
Thanks
Usually the sense UI closes itself when the phone runs out of RAM, that's why it happens when you exit an app. Seems like also the fast boot option uses a bit more RAM so it makes the sense restart more often. Hope I helped.
Yeah mine has started restarting recently also.
I stopped fastboot but still does it. This is extremely annoying as it usually happens when I want to make a call or send a message and have to wait while it restarts.
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I took off my screen protector hoping that that was the cause of all problems but it wasn't. Too bad, also formatted my sd card again. Hoping that that suggestion I found here on XDA works... so far so good...
Edit; so far still good it only rebooted once while it was in my pocket... working trick?
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I took off my screen protector hoping that that was the cause of all problems but it wasn't. Too bad, also formatted my sd card again. Hoping that that suggestion I found here on XDA works... so far so good...
Edit; so far still good it only rebooted once while it was in my pocket... working trick?
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Pffft; I thought it was solved but today all misery started again, reboot after reboot, when i use my video cam it stops working and I have to wait till its working again. That costs me today a lot of footage from my kids at the carnival.
I hate it when things don't work.
So far i tried:
Taking of screen protector
disable fast boot
wipe and format my SD card.
Someone any suggestions? Will a factory reset work?
Thanks
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Pffft; I thought it was solved but today all misery started again, reboot after reboot, when i use my video cam it stops working and I have to wait till its working again. That costs me today a lot of footage from my kids at the carnival.
I hate it when things don't work.
So far i tried:
Taking of screen protector
disable fast boot
wipe and format my SD card.
Someone any suggestions? Will a factory reset work?
Thanks
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Too bad! Brought my sensation to the shop and they did an system update with new software, phone was working for one day and now the **** started all over again, it just stops working randomly.
When i take a picture it stops, when its in my pocket it stops... I hate this!
I will bring it back to the shop again now for a hardware check, probably that will cost me two weeks.... I just have my phone one month......
I came to this thread lookling for a permanent fix to the loading screen but unfortunately i did not find that. I can offer a temporary fix, which certainly is not what we want but something is better than nothing.
Go to manage apps, all then to htc sense and delete data. That will correct the problem for a while. Unfortunately u will look te wallpaper and apps on the screen and u will have to put them back.
Guys, come on you have to search a little better for the answer.... but here you go anyway:
There are 2 options I have found that will work. I have been using the first option for months now with no issue or problem. Sense keeps restarting when it gets low on memory so the system swaps it out. You can choose your fix from the 2 options below. The first one apparently changes the way the system handles the Sense launcher and keeps it loaded much better - it is the option I use (I have found that when you exceed about 420MB used for your apps then the next option will work better). The second option simply stops the system from swapping the Sense launcher out of memory completely. Both of these require you to be rooted and to modify "build.prop" which is found in the /system folder.
If you are not comfortable with this edit make a Nandroid Backup first!!! (If you screw it up your phone may not boot)
1. Make a backup copy of "build.prop" (I simply copied it and renamed the original to "build.prop.old" and left it in the /system folder)
2. Edit "build.prop" with a text editor (you can use Astro or ES File Manager)
3. Scroll all the way to the END and add one of the following lines as the LAST LINE in "build.prop"
Choose ONE of the following lines and add it exactly as typed here:
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=0
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
4. Save your edited "build.prop" and reboot.
That's it. Enjoy!
*NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage you may do to your phone by attempting this mod or for any errors that may occur as the result of editing system files.
PLEASE hit THANKS if I helped you!
Mine only happen when im using widget sense friend stream. Not sure why it happen only during scroll the widget friend stream others app did not trigger the restart htc launcher..
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try ARHD with No sense. Won't have such annoying problem happen again.
although the widget in Sense is nice, but with GO launcher and its widget in custom skin, feel satisfactory. at least it save ram and stop restarting which really annoy me.
anyone else have this issue.
EVERY time i end a phone call it goes to my lock screen and when i unlock instead of going to my desktop it goes to my data menu (2g-3g, wifi etc).
doesnt hurt anything but it is annoying as hell.
anyone else have this issue and know what it is.
I am running stock rooted, with a few diff apps and widgets that may affect things but cant be sure.
thanks
I'm on stock rooted and I don't have that problem at all.
Try to trace back the last time it acted normal and find out what did you do afterwards (installing new apps, changing setting and so on)
Like the GoSMS problem recently where calls were routed to the speaker...
yea i was trying to fig that out. It might be my data widget messing it up. I have no proof and hope its not but i may have to remove it to see if it helps.
well i uninstalled most of my recent apps and removed he widgets but that didnt solve it.
might have to restore AGAIN. doesnt affect anything but its annoying as hell.
Hello. I have a problem with my new Mate 7.
It seems it doesn't matter what program is running, but sometimes they just crash without any warning or explanation.
For example, if I recieve a snap from someone and I open snapchat, it feels like a 50/50 chance if the program turns it self off and I come back to the start screen and every icon and stuff has to load all over again.
This happens way too often. It doesn't matter if it's a game or just the web browser. It's all the same.
Sometimes I have to open them and let them crash several time before I can use them. When they first work, they work properly and feels fast and smooth.
Anybody have similiar problems or knows a fix?
no ? no one?
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Hello. I have a problem with my new Mate 7.
It seems it doesn't matter what program is running, but sometimes they just crash without any warning or explanation.
For example, if I recieve a snap from someone and I open snapchat, it feels like a 50/50 chance if the program turns it self off and I come back to the start screen and every icon and stuff has to load all over again.
This happens way too often. It doesn't matter if it's a game or just the web browser. It's all the same.
Sometimes I have to open them and let them crash several time before I can use them. When they first work, they work properly and feels fast and smooth.
Anybody have similiar problems or knows a fix?
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So no one has an explanation?
wow what an amazing site this is! I have been waiting almost a month now.
well no one can see the logs or crash reports, wheter you rooted/use xposed/use a not supported sd card or nothing at all. Only thing most peaople coud tell you is to reset your phone but that's probably not the solution you're looking for. There are almost none experienced developers for the mate 7 here on xda but not even they could help you as there are so many factors which could cause the app to crash, it's just an Android thing :|
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well no one can see the logs or crash reports, wheter you rooted/use xposed/use a not supported sd card or nothing at all. Only thing most peaople coud tell you is to reset your phone but that's probably not the solution you're looking for. There are almost none experienced developers for the mate 7 here on xda but not even they could help you as there are so many factors which could cause the app to crash, it's just an Android thing :|
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I haven't done anything to the phone. It worked perfect the first 2 days I got it but then everything crashes.
I don't have an SD card yet.
I switched to Nova Luancher and it worked fine for a couple of days before everything crashes at random again.
There is no crash report when it happens but everything has to reload after it crashes. It doesn't matter what kind of app it is. Everything is just screwed up.
well I'm really sorry for you then..
just get a sd card and back up everything, then reset the phone. as long as there aren't that many apps n stuff to recover I would do it asap, I managed to softbrick my previous devices quite a few times and believe me, reinstalling all your apps after months of usage without an backup sucks even more..