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Guys & Gals,
I have had Captivate for almost 3 weeks now and I like it overall. But two things have frustrated me enough, that I am considering returning the phone. Before I do that, I want to find out from you all if you experience similar issues or have any workarounds.
1. The TOP FRUSTRATION with this phone is the four buttons on the bottom (Menu, Home, Back & Search). The "back" button is a hit or miss. I have to almost hit the back button multiple times for it to recognize the input. This is really frustrating since the "back" button is what I generally use a lot. The buttons get worse when you apply screen protectors. Without a screen protector, it is a little better but still many occasions have to hit the "back" button multiple times.
2. The phone has dropped calls for me several times for no apparent reason. At times, I press "hang up" after the call, all buttons on the screen gets greyed out but the call is still active. I can't press any keys and have to restart the phone.
I DO NOT Like Samsung TouchWIZ. I think it is a piece of crap software. If this is all due to the TouchWiz, can I just plain disable it and use default Android?
More importantly, will the sensitivity of the four capacitive buttons at the bottom get better with Froyo or has it not anything to do with it.
I have already exchanged the phone once to eliminate the possibility that I got a lemon. My friend also has the back button issue. Otherwise, I love the phone. Please help me keep the phone.
I've actually had all of the issues you're talking about, but my capacitive touch buttons would also push themselves repeatedly, which was horrible when you're trying to do something and the Back button kept going off.
I've heard that the newer firmwares actually fix this, but I haven't flashed my phone.
If you don't like Touchwiz, go to the market and download Launcher Pro or ADW Launcher. They're much better replacements and clear up a lot of the latency issues.
If you're willing to wait till the end of the month for the GPS fix and Froyo, then let it ride. Enjoy the phone for what it is and wait for the gooey goodness of Froyo.
If you're a bit more impatient, then you're probably going to have to return it for something else. Samsung isn't known for their support in the handset market, but maybe they'll remedy that here with having a real potential winner on their hands.
Is there a specific firmware that will increase the sensitivity of the back button?
I would only return the phone if you plan on getting a replacement and seeing if that improves the buttons responses. Test it out in the store alot to make sure it suffices for you
I would get odin and flash your phone to the jh3 firmware then apply the sre rom to it.
I have messed with my phone a lot have not had those issues but its real stable on that combination. Or you can flash back to full stock with the odin on click downloader that is in the development forums and see if that fixes your issues. If you are rooted then do a titanium backup of apps and data that way you can re root and load that back on with all your apps.
Why do u have a screen protector? This supposedly has gorilla glass and does not scratch easy. I've had mine since launch and have yet to scratch it so maybe its true. There is a Rom in the dev section that has touchwhiz removed. It's pretty sweet.
If your having issues with the buttons then u might need to exchange it
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Why do u have a screen protector? This supposedly has gorilla glass and does not scratch easy. I've had mine since launch and have yet to scratch it so maybe its true. There is a Rom in the dev section that has touchwhiz removed. It's pretty sweet.
If your having issues with the buttons then u might need to exchange it
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Don't buy into this Gorilla Glass pipe dream. The technology is already showing it's true colors. The iPhone 4 is the most prone to scratching of any of the iPhone models, both front and back are Gorilla Glass. My and many others Captivate scratched in my pocket by itself in the first week.
Just use google and search "iphone 4 screen scratch" and "captivate screen scratch".
Get a screen protector or regret it later. Gorilla Glass is supposed to have a high tensile strength. That will keep it from shattering, not scratching. On that front... It's no different than regular glass.
Thank you all.
Can anyone confirm that the touch button sensitivity is software controlled? That will give me hope that some day we will be able to increase the sensitivity of the four buttons at the bottom of the phone.
I would love to keep this phone if the "back" button can be made more sensitive to touch.
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Guys & Gals,
I have had Captivate for almost 3 weeks now and I like it overall. But two things have frustrated me enough, that I am considering returning the phone. Before I do that, I want to find out from you all if you experience similar issues or have any workarounds.
1. The TOP FRUSTRATION with this phone is the four buttons on the bottom (Menu, Home, Back & Search). The "back" button is a hit or miss. I have to almost hit the back button multiple times for it to recognize the input. This is really frustrating since the "back" button is what I generally use a lot. The buttons get worse when you apply screen protectors. Without a screen protector, it is a little better but still many occasions have to hit the "back" button multiple times.
2. The phone has dropped calls for me several times for no apparent reason. At times, I press "hang up" after the call, all buttons on the screen gets greyed out but the call is still active. I can't press any keys and have to restart the phone.
I DO NOT Like Samsung TouchWIZ. I think it is a piece of crap software. If this is all due to the TouchWiz, can I just plain disable it and use default Android?
More importantly, will the sensitivity of the four capacitive buttons at the bottom get better with Froyo or has it not anything to do with it.
I have already exchanged the phone once to eliminate the possibility that I got a lemon. My friend also has the back button issue. Otherwise, I love the phone. Please help me keep the phone.
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1. I've never had a problem with the Back button, i'm not sure why you're having so many problems. It is quite responsive, maybe system lag is why you're having this problem of unresponsiveness? If this is the case then maybe you need to root the device and apply the lagfix. Touchwiz is very sucky and bogs the phone down and can very possibly be the culprit here.
2. This may very possibly be network related. AT&T sucks in my area and the phone averages 2 bars indoors for me. Outdoors is another story. As to the keypad greying out, i've never had that occur.
3. I agree on the touchwiz thing. It's not necessary and slows the phone down badly. It is something that's in dire need to be removed. I've attempted eugene's Vibrant/Captivate Rom, which is coming along nicely. However, it's not to the point where I want to keep it. It fixes quite a few problems with lag as it removes almost all of touchwiz. You have to be comfortable with messing around with modding the phone to accomplish this, as well as rooting it.
If you can manage to keep the phone and possibly try to mod it or perhaps wait for Froyo, which might address some of these issues you'd be well to do so. The Captivate is an excellent device all around.
bump. I have this very same problem plus. no 3 button combo to go into recovery plus I run ubuntu on my computer. Can anyone confirm if this is solved with a custom rom/kernel? I really like the captivate in stock, I think I will like it better with a custom ROM so if anyone knows of any rom or fix for this please let me know. there doesn't seem to be too much info on the forum on this. Thanks
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bump. I have this very same problem plus. no 3 button combo to go into recovery plus I run ubuntu on my computer. Can anyone confirm if this is solved with a custom rom/kernel? I really like the captivate in stock, I think I will like it better with a custom ROM so if anyone knows of any rom or fix for this please let me know. there doesn't seem to be too much info on the forum on this. Thanks
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Cognition is really nice, it's got a stock feel with crap taken out and good stuff put in.
You can just google 3 button combo, there are multiple methods. MobileTech Videos has a video guide on how to do it, but I can't give the link out due to an issue with promoting sales of a jig.
Yes actually I found a post with a Fix for the 3 button combo. But the capacitive button sensitivity is still low, specially the back button is a hit and miss. and the phisical layout doesn't help either. My girlfriend has a vibrant and the capacitive buttons are supersensitive. Is this a hardware problem?
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Yes actually I found a post with a Fix for the 3 button combo. But the capacitive button sensitivity is still low, specially the back button is a hit and miss. and the phisical layout doesn't help either. My girlfriend has a vibrant and the capacitive buttons are supersensitive. Is this a hardware problem?
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Have you flashed Cognition or another ROM? There's no way to tell if it's an actual problem with the handset or just some funky software screwup on your stock ROM until you do that.
I know that mine sometimes "skips" when on stock 2.1(for all the 10 seconds it's on there), but that's due to lag because it's such a ****ty ROM. Once I have a custom one flashed it's fine.
Hey is anyone elses GTab's touch sensitivity kind of off?
I noticed, compared to the iPad and Galaxy Tab, some times it takes me 2-4x of tryinng to press something to get it going.
Its almost like the screen cant pick it up sometimes. And sometimes when scrolling, it selects things, when im just Trying to scroll..
Also the top left HOME button on screen is always iffy, most times ill need 2-4 more times 2 press it to get it going.
I am using TNT 2.2.
Anyone else noticed this? i feel like its hardware.
Definetely not as responsive as my EVO. Maybe its the cheap screen. I wish it could be fixed via software, but fat chance. I guess not all capacitive screens are created equal.
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Definetely not as responsive as my EVO. Maybe its the cheap screen. I wish it could be fixed via software, but fat chance. I guess not all capacitive screens are created equal.
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You nailed it. IMO Samsung has been making the best color screens for years.
Have had absolutely no problems with touchpad responsiveness from my gTab... Just as sensitive and responsive as my Dinc.
Really does seem like this hardware is hit or miss... Some tabs have no issues some have many.
You guys are just plain spoiled. I've gone through Palm IIIx to now the gTablet, and it just simply has the most responsive touch screen that I've ever used, but I've had recent experience with the dreadful Augen GT and the slightly less dreadful White Pandigital Novel, both of which had worse touch screens than other devices that I've used.
One thing that I do, do for the gTab though is to clean the screen quite a bit. At a minimum I do so before every use as I find the fingerprint/body oils buildup to be annoying in fairly short order and it might have some impact on touch responsiveness. It's the worst fingerprint magnet that I've ever seen actually...
No issues here with single touch sensitivity, pretty good on that. Just as good as my Nexus One. Multitouch and pinch-to-zoom still a bit flaky. I am hopeful that will be resolved by software and/or driver improvements, as it was on the Nexus One.
The only issues I have are when the screen is too dirty or too clean. When I really scrub and clean the glass off entirely, at first it's a bit too "sticky" almost when my finger contacts it - maybe that's because it's winter here in the Northeast and my skin is dry. Once I've used it a bit and it gets some finger grease on it, it works perfectly. But if it gets grit or solid dirt on it, that can definitely interfere with the touch screen too, as with any capacitive screen.
I suspect the optimal thing would be a really good screen protector that's easy to clean and has that smooth finger contact feeling out of the box, like the iPad's glass does, for example, which I think has something to do with the oleophobic coating.
Typing this on my gtablet. The issue for me is the keyboard. There are parts of the screen that are unresoonsive making some letters not get tapped. The A key and l keys in particular. As a result I can't type smoothly or naturally because I will make several errors along the way. This does not happen onky iphone or my wires ipad.
it might bemy rrleason for sending it back as it takes too ongoing totyr correctly and I get tire d of all the corrections.
Well if your using the stock tnt keyboard, it sucks. We can learn from the ipad, with the size of the screen it has huge keys that cover a lot more of the screen then our stock tnt keyboard. I use smart keyboard pro with the key heights set to maximum and it works so much better, like 100x better. Even has voice to text.
Can people check their keyboard? I find that if I type most of the keys they type fine. However, the letter a key seems to only work when pressed offcenter which prevents. From typing properly as I must deliberately slow down and make sure it is correctly typed otherwise I get many errors. Could this be a defect in my screen?
Or is this a ui problem with tnt?
This could be a deal breaker as I misspelled every word if. Has h letter A
Letter A
I have the same problem with the letter A, and sometimes P. Otherwise touch is great
Figured why this tablet is driving me nuts. There are two dead zones on this tablet. Someone please do this test so I can figure out if this is just my tablet or all g tablets.
Download mulitouch vis test. Do rapid light touches in the area where the 'a' key is and delete key are. If I do this test in the middle of the screen it registers every single tap. But in those two areas I can sometimes tap 10 times in a row and not have a single tap register.
If this all g tablets then I think it's going back.
Also is there a keyboard with arrow keys? Trying to place the cursor can be a real pain.
Agreed bout the dead spots. The stock tap n tap western keyboard seems tominimize them due to the angles but if I try another keyboard I miss the a and the return button all the time
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Figured why this tablet is driving me nuts. There are two dead zones on this tablet. Someone please do this test so I can figure out if this is just my tablet or all g tablets.
Download mulitouch vis test. Do rapid light touches in the area where the 'a' key is and delete key are. If I do this test in the middle of the screen it registers every single tap. But in those two areas I can sometimes tap 10 times in a row and not have a single tap register.
If this all g tablets then I think it's going back.
Also is there a keyboard with arrow keys? Trying to place the cursor can be a real pain.
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Downloaded the app as well because I, too, am having the same screen non-responsiveness issue. Lo and behold the area where the "L" key is is a pretty dead spot. It would register about 40% of the quick taps I did in that area. Is this is a software issue? If so, I can live with it and hope our wonderful devs release a software build that resolves this otherwise, this thing may be going back because it's driving me up the wall!
I do see the occasional missed tap here and there, but no consistent dead areas that I've noticed (the A and L buttons on keyboard seem fine to me).
Multitouch sensitivity is wayyyyy mis-calibrated though - you have to use very heavy finger presses to get multitouch to register. This is some sort of driver or calibration issue that should be easily solved.
I found a binary called TSCalibration in the /system/bin directory on my VEGAn ROM G Tablet. Tried running it from terminal, but it seems to be looking for a calibration.ini file on the SDCard. I'd be willing to bet we could figure out how to fix some of the touchscreen issues with some work, because I suspect they are principally software related.
If your issues with the touchscreen are anything like this...exchange it...
My new one requires very little effort if any at all to get the screen to respond...
However, if you're talking about the once in a while miss of a touch...yes, I agree with cutterjohn....you're spoiled. Return the device asap, so I could pick it up from an outlet...please?
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If your issues with the touchscreen are anything like ...exchange it...
My new one requires very little effort if any at all to get the screen to respond...
However, if you're talking about the once in a while miss of a touch...yes, I agree with cutterjohn....you're spoiled. Return the device asap, so I could pick it up from an outlet...please?
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There is a big difference between these dead spots and the occasional miss. I have no problem with the occasional miss. I just have to adjust to how my finger touches the tablet to get more consistent hits.
There are areas of my tablet that consistently do not behave like the other areas. Does that sound normal to you? I can't have a tablet where anything in the 2 corners is extremely inconsistent. If I have the tablet oriented a certain way the soft-buttons get put into one of the bad corners and that is really frustrating.
I don't think it is how I am holding it because the problem follows the physical corners and it is not relative to my hand. So that rules that out. And I washed my hands and gave the tablet a good cleaning so dirt/grease/grime is not an issue either. It could have been too clean but why only two corners?
I have many weeks to go on my 30 days so I will keep screwing with it to see if I can come up with anything that is a workaround or explains why it is happening. It is insanely fast and it's modding future looks extremely bright with such talented people. If I get fed up enough, I'll exchange it and hopefully get one with a even touch response for the whole screen or simply return it and wait a couple more months for Honeycomb tablets.
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If your issues with the touchscreen are anything like this...exchange it...
My new one requires very little effort if any at all to get the screen to respond...
However, if you're talking about the once in a while miss of a touch...yes, I agree with cutterjohn....you're spoiled. Return the device asap, so I could pick it up from an outlet...please?
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Whoa. That video was pretty bad. While mine is not like that (thank God), I just tried hitting the app drawer key and it only registered after the 13th tap?!?! seriously wtf. While it isn't a "dead zone" per se, that's still pretty bad. There has to be a software fix to recify this issue with the right side of the screen. (my "L" and "delete" button are pretty bad as well).
THAT is a defective product...
I'll do another video to compare with my new one...WITH funky assed salty sweat all over the screen. Works flawlessly...
Is your model that is working well running stock firmware and keyboard?
mine is tent lite and the stock keyboard is ok. It if I try to use the alternative keyboards then I get consistent misses on key presses especially on the letter a.
I'm always tapping *constantly*, like 10-20 times on certain spots around the corners and edges of the screen, I'm about to return mine because of this.. Believe I'm still in the 2 weeks with office depot, will have to go snag the $350 one over at sears and hopefully it will come with a screen protector this time (this one I have didn't come with one, wonder if that has to do with the dead spots)..
After much reading here, it seems pretty clear (pardon the pun) that the G tab's screen has been installed upside down. Certainly I am one of the many who think that the screen is excellent when viewed upside down.
I thought I would summarise the solutions and suggestions I have read so far (in no particular order):
1. Install ADW which will let you rotate home screen (I don't know if this lets you rotate other stuff like videos)
2. Install CyanogenMod7 because it has ADW in it
3. Remove the screen, turn it around and put it back on (unfortunately, I read that the cable behind the screen is too short to allow this)
4. Somehow trick the G tab into orienting itself 180 degrees the other way (software?, hardware - rotate the sensors?)
Please feel free to add to these in this thread, just so we have the info all in one place.
I am a complete newbie with no software nor hardware experience, so I don't know how to even think about solving it, but it seems to me that the screen problem is currently the biggest issue with this device.
If there is anybody who can suggest a better solution for this, I'm sure there are many of us who would appreciate it very much.
I just realised that number 3 suggestion is silly! That would just mean that you have to hold the tab upside down and the angle would still be bad.
I think a way of "tricking" the tab might be best. Anyone?
I'm curious about the 'camps' people are in here:
1) The camp that believes that the viewing angles are better when the device is upside down suggesting some kind of manufacturing defect when the screen and polarization filters were installed - I am not in this camp, the screen is equally bad up or down for me
2) Those who feel due to the placement of the speakers and other ports, they'd prefer the screen orientated in the other direction
3) both
Is there another camp we should be aware of? Cast your vote, which camp do you belong in?
And I agree, lets try to consolidate just to this thread, too many 'screen orientation' threads going at the moment
I was hoping this thread could just be for suggestions on how to consistently view the screen upside down.
I don't think there is a good consistent way. YouTube (for example) and other apps will default to the standard orientation no matter if you use ADW to rotate your homescreen. I understand why you feel the way you do, but in my opinion they made the right choice for panel orientation. If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up. When I'm holding it in my lap I can always adjust the way I view it to compensate for the panel deficiencies. So long story short I think the panel orientation is correct even though it is not always ideal.
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If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up.
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Thanks for your reply. I don't understand this part above?
The screen looks best to most of us when looking slightly downwards at it, so that would mean when it's in a dock the top of the tab would need to be tilted towards you to get the best angle.
When you dock it, does the top of the tab tilt towards you? I would have thought it sloped slightly away from the viewer at the top?
Well i have been lurking and reading as much as I can.
I have an evo and became a flash-aholic, so naturally I wanted a Tablet
I have read many reviews, articles, and the like. and decided to take a chance. I like a challenge and wanted to be kind of a pioneer so here is my two cents
the "Hannspree" is an SMB-a1007, very similar to the gtab except for the soft buttons on the screen are different.
I got the tablet from a__z for 299 free ship and I do like it.
so here is what I have found
1) it has a 1.2-4204 bootloader, so its 1.2 right from the start.
2) for some reason, and I am sure i will figure it out, the "2.6.32.9-00001-g0e0c333-dirty hudson at tapntapsvn #5" is the only kernel i can find the supports the soft buttons on the screen. home, set, back.
3) I tried to flash a 1.1 rom before I knew better and ended with a bootloop on the tap n tap logo.
nvflash 1.2 -4239 "thanks Roebeet"
that fixed but I must then restore the a factory load from hannspree, currently 1.2-4204. to restore buttons on both the system and in recovery which is "android recovery (3e)???
4) I messed around with diff 1.2 roms and substituting the original boot.img and recovery.img into Brilliant Corners and the like, I have a good working rom.
5)with the standard 1.2 (4329, or BC of LC) rom image the volume keys are backwards and soft buttons are inop. and in recovery the volume keys are the only ones that work, the power is inop as well as soft keys. but other wise very stable and fast.
6) Bottle of smoke loads, and runs, but.... there are no soft buttons, and for some reason the bottom taskbar is missing????
well I can answer anything if anyone wants to know?
Should have bought a GTab.
I know, but I love to have a little project and this is something that no one seems to be working on.
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I know, but I love to have a little project and this is something that no one seems to be working on.
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Because it is not a GTab.
Good luck and enjoy your tablet!
Does the display on this tablet have all the viewing angle issues we have with the gTab?
I realy don't have viewing issue at all. Only a bit with the sun at my back but the only bad angle is on the right side. Looking t a really tilted angle. Straight on its great. I am running and NI adam HC14 from quite well
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well I can answer anything if anyone wants to know?
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Please, tell me how can I disable the standard interface and instead of it to use another full featured. A friend of mine (who own) asked me that but I have not experience with tablets.
He wants to keep the guaranty.
Hannspree specifications looks good but its interface is really slow.
Thanks!
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Please, tell me how can I disable the standard interface and instead of it to use another full featured. A friend of mine (who own) asked me that but I have not experience with tablets.
He wants to keep the guaranty.
Hannspree specifications looks good but its interface is really slow.
Thanks!
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Look into launchers, for example I use 'VTL Launcher'. It replaces your home screen, allows you to change the number of rows/columns, have 3 app docks (left, right, bottom). It's available on the Android Market.
But lags due to the launcher and lags due to the ROM/kernel are seperate issues, so YMMV.
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Look into launchers, for example I use 'VTL Launcher'. It replaces your home screen, allows you to change the number of rows/columns, have 3 app docks (left, right, bottom). It's available on the Android Market.
But lags due to the launcher and lags due to the ROM/kernel are seperate issues, so YMMV.
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Thank you for the suggestion but what is that: YMMV?
your mileage may vary
i installed LauncherPro.
Its great.
Fast and smooth.
the only thing i need now is support for the tablet (from xda)
Hi guys.
Before buying my A510, I used to have a SGT 10.1. I sold off my SGT 10.1 2 weeks before getting my A510, so I was never able to do side-by-side comparison between the two.
However, judging by the response in the forums at that time and by my personal usage, it was clear that the Acer tablet had some serious sensitivity issues. I couldn't confirm how bad, but it was bad enough to be noticeable by me based against my SGT 10.1.
To me, the worst thing is when putting the tablet on a hard flat surface, like a table. This is where the sensitivity, for some weird r!eason, takes a very BAD hit. I just got a Note 10.1 yesteray, and used both side by side. The Note could flawlessly take input when laid flat on a table. But not the A510.
Any idea why? Do try if your tab takes a hit when placed on a flat surface and let me know.
Thanks
I had an A510 that I returned for just that reason; sensitivity not only took a hit, it became almost useless when laid on a table. Problem was compounded by a screen protector. A700 seems much better. However the most recent update (1.029 -> 1.057) actually made things worse as far as the touch screen. For a while I flashed back to 1.029. Then I decided to update to 1.057 and root, and now I am using Acer Liquid Settings program which requires root & seems to help sensitivity. I am typing this flat on a table with only 1 or 2 missed touches for this reply, all in the 1st sentence.
Edit: There is a YouTube video that illustrates this problem in the A510 Search A510 problem on YouTube.
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I had an A510 that I returned for just that reason; sensitivity not only took a hit, it became almost useless when laid on a table. Problem was compounded by a screen protector. A700 seems much better. However the most recent update (1.029 -> 1.057) actually made things worse as far as the touch screen. For a while I flashed back to 1.029. Then I decided to update to 1.057 and root, and now I am using Acer Liquid Settings program which requires root & seems to help sensitivity. I am typing this flat on a table with only 1 or 2 missed touches for this reply, all in the 1st sentence.
Edit: There is a YouTube video that illustrates this problem in the A510 Search A510 problem on YouTube.
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Indeed, I have EXACTLY the same problem as that in the video. The actionbar is TOTALLY unusable on a table. When I lift and use it in my hands, things are much better but still very much worse compared to other tablets.
Now, the thing is, from what I read, an update from Acer caused this issue. Can anybody vouch for that?
I got my tablet in mid-June, and by then it was running on the latest version. I've not gotten any new updates to fix this issue. Assuming it is a software problem, why hasn't Acer issued a hotfix? Also, this must mean ALL A510s are affected right?
screen protector?
ok, may sound a bit weird, but i experienced exactly the same "issue" on my a700. if i use the tab in bed or in the stand i got no touchscreen response. but this inresponsiveness has startet sometimes after mounting a screen protector at the tab. it just takes a while, until i recognised this behavior. travelling around the last weeks and was trying to navigate through the music library at the hotel brought the problem up first time.
since i removed the protector foil, the touchscreen response is back in all situations.
regards
There have been past threads on different devices that point to a grounding issue when this occurs. Your body is a conductor when holding the tablet so it works better. If the device is grounded properly then there isn't an issue either way. If your saying this was the result of an update then that's better then a hardware issue since it can be fixed much easier, once the company is made aware of the issue of course.
Don't hold your breath...
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There have been past threads on different devices that point to a grounding issue when this occurs. Your body is a conductor when holding the tablet so it works better. If the device is grounded properly then there isn't an issue either way. If your saying this was the result of an update then that's better then a hardware issue since it can be fixed much easier, once the company is made aware of the issue of course.
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Yes a software issue can be fixed more easily...
IF the company decides to acknowledge the problem, act on the information and then go to the (likely considerable) expense of creating and releasing an update to address the problem. There have been many reports of this touch screen issue in the A51x & A7xx Iconias throughout the Internet especially, but not exclusively, if one is using a screen protector. Amazingly Acer claimed to address this in most recent OTA update for A700 (1.057), which was stated to address touch screen issues; it only made them worse on my A700. Go figure.
So I have the A700 and do not find any difference in touch sensitivity between the tablet laying down on a table and it being in my hands. Are you guys finding a big difference between the two?
Unfortunately it doesn't mean its perfect as I do struggle with touch sensitivity with the edges of the screen sometimes, which can be annoying as a lot off apps/browsers tend to put buttons in the corners.
Quick fix is to toggle the screen sensitivity everytime you boot up. (Change to medium then back high again, you do this every boot.)
A more permanent solution (applicable to the A510 only), is to flash NoThrills' optimized A510 rom along with the included NoThrills Kernel. This has solved my screen sensitivity issues.
salisbury_steak said:
Quick fix is to toggle the screen sensitivity everytime you boot up. (Change to medium then back high again, you do this every boot.)
A more permanent solution (applicable to the A510 only), is to flash NoThrills' optimized A510 rom along with the included NoThrills Kernel. This has solved my screen sensitivity issues.
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Oh my God, you're so damn right! One of the first things I did when I got my tablet was putting the sensitivity to high, and I have never changed it since. Now that you mention, I put it to medium, then immediately high. Using the tablet on a flat surface is possible...my taps get registered flawlessly.
So, this means it is not something wrong with the display panel itself, but a software issue. Here's to hoping that Acer will fix it. Really weird man.
PS: Is there a code that I could tweak in the buil_prop maybe? I don't want to be flashing ROMs at the moment.
I was also wondering whether screen sensitivity could be addressed in build.prop. Anyone know?
himmatsj said:
Oh my God, you're so damn right! One of the first things I did when I got my tablet was putting the sensitivity to high, and I have never changed it since. Now that you mention, I put it to medium, then immediately high. Using the tablet on a flat surface is possible...my taps get registered flawlessly.
So, this means it is not something wrong with the display panel itself, but a software issue. Here's to hoping that Acer will fix it. Really weird man.
PS: Is there a code that I could tweak in the buil_prop maybe? I don't want to be flashing ROMs at the moment.
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I currently do not know of any build.prop or init.d solution. (So I guess it's more complex than I thought it would be.)
As mentioned though, I don't have the sensitivity issues anymore since using NoThrill's Optimized A510 WW ROM (The kernel was the one that fixed it I think, since I flashed Acer's stock kernel and I got my sensitivity issues back.)
So you might wanna consider flashing a new rom, or, flashing a new kernel at least.