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I was about to make the jump back to Gingerbread "I.e. The ROM/Radio of death" and just wanted to know how many people have gotten over the bricking debacle.
I have yet to hear of anyone who has had a bricked device since a day or two after the incident was brought up.
Ya, I'm starting to think this may have had alot to do with just user error. I remember back in the early days of rooting when people used to brick phones because they didn't know what they were doing.
I think I'll wait another week and if I don't hear of anymore "bricks" I may switch back to GB.
Dnakaman said:
Ya, I'm starting to think this may have had alot to do with just user error. I remember back in the early days of rooting when people used to brick phones because they didn't know what they were doing.
I think I'll wait another week and if I don't hear of anymore "bricks" I may switch back to GB.
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I'm one of the ones who's Thunderbolt's bricked. I can tell you that mine had zero to do with user error. I have been rooting since the G1 days (not my phone but I rooted it for a friend) and this is the first phone I have never been able to fix.
My Thunderbolt was running the best it had ever run (not even overclocked) when it bricked.
I was running BAMF 2.0.4-1 put my phone on the charger when outside to mow the lawn and when I came back in, BAM it's booting to the splash screen then rebooting over and over.
bp328i said:
I'm one of the ones who's Thunderbolt's bricked. I can tell you that mine had zero to do with user error. I have been rooting since the G1 days (not my phone but I rooted it for a friend) and this is the first phone I have never been able to fix.
My Thunderbolt was running the best it had ever run (not even overclocked) when it bricked.
I was running BAMF 2.0.4-1 put my phone on the charger when outside to mow the lawn and when I came back in, BAM it's booting to the splash screen then rebooting over and over.
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Interesting, thats actual enough for me to hold off till a future release. I had a friend who got bricked but had little Android/Rooting knowledge so I kind of blew it off as it must have been user error. Thanks for the heads up, and will now continue waiting for a new release. Damn.
Edit: Did you have any luck getting a replacement from Verizon?
bp328i said:
I'm one of the ones who's Thunderbolt's bricked. I can tell you that mine had zero to do with user error. I have been rooting since the G1 days (not my phone but I rooted it for a friend) and this is the first phone I have never been able to fix.
My Thunderbolt was running the best it had ever run (not even overclocked) when it bricked.
I was running BAMF 2.0.4-1 put my phone on the charger when outside to mow the lawn and when I came back in, BAM it's booting to the splash screen then rebooting over and over.
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Man, that sucks. I know I've seen you post about the issue, but you seem to be the only one that actually has this issue that has actually posted anything concrete here.
Others that have posted about "bricks" sounded like they just didn't know what they were doing and were actually recoverable.
But like Mike said, enough for me to wait until more evidence is uncovered.
Thanks for the info.
miketoasty said:
Interesting, thats actual enough for me to hold off till a future release. I had a friend who got bricked but had little Android/Rooting knowledge so I kind of blew it off as it must have been user error. Thanks for the heads up, and will now continue waiting for a new release. Damn.
Edit: Did you have any luck getting a replacement from Verizon?
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And to add to the above I do all my rooting via adb, I have never used a one click root. I'm also an Official Themer on another forum, so I know my way around Android a little.
I had insurance that made me send it off to try to have it repaired first. I just got a new one yesterday.
I'm waiting on a new Gingerbread radio to come out before going back to Gingerbread even though how much I miss it.
Well right before the news was posted, I noticed some connection issues, it was kind of a weird issue. So I reverted back right after seeing the brick thread....
SCARY!
I was just about to make a thread similar to this. Seems as though the bricking phenomenon has blown over. I just flashed gingeritis beta IX and I'm loving it!
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I was running BAMF 2.0.4-1 put my phone on the charger when outside to mow the lawn and when I came back in, BAM it's booting to the splash screen then rebooting over and over.
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Question for you. Did you have a third-party or extended battery in it?
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I was just about to make a thread similar to this. Seems as though the bricking phenomenon has blown over. I just flashed gingeritis beta IX and I'm loving it!
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It's blown over because most everyone went back to froyo. Nothing has actually been resolved.
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Question for you. Did you have a third-party or extended battery in it?
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Nope, stock battery and charger.
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SirVilhelm said:
It's blown over because most everyone went back to froyo. Nothing has actually been resolved.
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This is what I figured.
A lot of people stayed on gingerbread though with no more reports of bricks...
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A lot of people stayed on gingerbread though with no more reports of bricks...
Sent from my ADR6400L running Gingeritis v1.0 Beta IX
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I think that is where the real problem is.
The issue is so random, there is no set explaination at this time to explain why/how it happened.
Since the one person that I know of sounds like a very creditable person based on feedback on these forums, I myself am going to error on the side of caution.
I was running GB with no issues as well, but I would hate to kill my phone, just because I "thought" it was safe to reload GB.
I have been on BAMF since they came onto the TB scene. Less than a week from phone release I rooted and started rom'ing. I loaded the new ginger radio about a day before the first report of the brick came out. I havent had any problems. But I have been keeping my eyes open to see when or what will cause a brick so every two seconds I cheack my phone BUT i can't post in the development forum yet So i gotta wait till ten UGH
i'll wait for our developers to give the thumbs up on going over to GB roms, whats the rush vs the risk? Not a big deal to wait another week or two considering what u could be going thru. BAMF remix 1.7 is running flawlessly for me after I dropped back from GB.
I was using Gingeritis from Beta 3 to Gingeritis IX. Honestly, I haven't had a single random reboot or any problem at all.
However, I did have a data issue. If my phone would change to a 3g signal, it wouldn't bring back 4G. But, once I rebooted the phone one time, the problem was fixed from there on.
I still have Gingeritis IX on my phone, and its great. I'm running Imo's test6 kernel as well.
miketoasty said:
I was about to make the jump back to Gingerbread "I.e. The ROM/Radio of death" and just wanted to know how many people have gotten over the bricking debacle.
I have yet to hear of anyone who has had a bricked device since a day or two after the incident was brought up.
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Honestly the bricking thing threw me off first, then I noticed it takes forever to charge, drains quicker and camera and camcorder sucks on gingerbread. So I'm sticking on froyo Bamf for awhile.
Yeah I'm back on froyo. And to those who are "watching my phone and no signs of bricking", there will be no signs. You'll pull your phone from your pocket and have a bootlooping phone, unfortunately. I'm running CM7 gb, 95% of things work like they should, and since it's a froyo radio, I'm immune to the brick of death.
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Question for you. Did you have a third-party or extended battery in it?
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Hmmm... I was wondering this myself. I'm on GB BAMF 2.05 and only have random reboots when I have my 3rd party battery in. The stock battery doesn't seem to have any issues.
Does everyone have it?
Fast swipes don't register...
Lets post please to find out how wide spread it is.. Thanks.
I've hard reset ,no apps. Still does it..
Here is mine ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n_LMhC8Y68&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Replaced today,got a sharp, let's see what this does...
Is this the problem you are talking about?
I have the issue where the touchscreen will stop responding at random times. Is that your issue? It is very annoying I got my phone at walmart 3 weeks ago.
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This is the only issue I have:
I started seeing the issue with using the ring to unlock my Sensation a couple of days ago.
I found that if I wait about 2 or 3 seconds after pressing the power button to come out of stby, using the ring to unlock works fine.
This is on the TMO US with the AUO screen.
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It's odd 4 days into having my sensation I was experiencing issues mostly on the lock screen.. they have somehow seemed to correct itself. I'm thinking an app, or setting or something is causing it. I've changed so many settings and added/removed apps the past few days it could have been anything. But oddly I havent had any issues with it for like 3 or 4 days now
i do not have the TOUCH SCREEN ISSUE
On my first set of sensations, my wifes phone had touch screen issues from day one and mine was fine for the first week then started all of a sudden. Now on the second set, both phones are pretty much useless when plugged in to charge. Both phones purchased here in Tucson. Same store, different build dates.
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I have issue with my device bought from expansys USA and also with another one from Expansys, two more from an ebayer (SEA version).
The issue was with all three which i have sold and the one iam using now..
One odd thing i noticed. When you have difficulty in unlocking while the device is locked (Happens) mostly when the device is not in your hands, try touching the phone's body and unlock. It works.
Seems strange.
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Does everyone have it?
Lets post please to find out how wide spread it is.. Thanks.
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Never had any touchscreen issues with my Sensation. I did have issues with my G2x....but a factory reset cleared that up if I recall.
Does it still do it after a factory reset, fresh, with NO 3rd party apps installed?
If so, ya got a faulty device.
Well, I'm coming from the G2x, so I know from speed - but I have NO touchscreen issues.
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Yes. It is there for MOST of the people.
Out of those, who are from a speedier device like Desire HD, Incredible S, etc, feel it. Those who did upgrade from less speedy phones like HD2, Blackstone say they don't have issue.
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Thats a load of bollocks. I don't have any touchscreen issues, and I came from the g2x, which is a speed demon.
In fact I have virtually zero issues with the sensation.
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Not sure how to vote. I have no issues swiping fast however I can never get it into that carousel mode where the home screen whirls around real fast.
Lock screen....the lock will not move to unlock all the time...and it will not let me click over to answer a different call....
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skr_xd said:
Yes. It is there for MOST of the people.
Out of those, who are from a speedier device like Desire HD, Incredible S, etc, feel it. Those who did upgrade from less speedy phones like HD2, Blackstone say they don't have issue.
One odd thing i noticed. When you have difficulty in unlocking while the device is locked (Happens) mostly when the device is not in your hands, try touching the phone's body and unlock. It works.
Seems strange.
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How about we try to stay away from the generalizations.... I DO NOT have any touchscreen issues, and I came from a G2X...and it doesn't get any faster than a G2X.
graffixnyc said:
It's odd 4 days into having my sensation I was experiencing issues mostly on the lock screen.. they have somehow seemed to correct itself. I'm thinking an app, or setting or something is causing it. I've changed so many settings and added/removed apps the past few days it could have been anything. But oddly I havent had any issues with it for like 3 or 4 days now
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Same here, i had this issue on days 5 and 6, then it just disappeared. I didn't change any settings and i didn't install/uninstall any apps (that i could remember). Only thing that changed, i drove to summer home on day 5 and it was very high humidity in house when i arrived...
Poll needs another option: Yes, but it fixed itself.
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One odd thing i noticed. When you have difficulty in unlocking while the device is locked (Happens) mostly when the device is not in your hands, try touching the phone's body and unlock. It works.
Seems strange.
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I had this problem with my launch-day evo 4g. If you had it on a table where the phone wasnt grounded, the bottom half of the screen would not respond. This was really evident with a drawing app. I dont have time to experiment with my pone today but maybe someone else can try that.
Here is a video about that. Post here if you unlock the phone only you hold the ring from its left side like on the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-0oHIdYm0A
mysterioustko said:
How about we try to stay away from the generalizations.... I DO NOT have any touchscreen issues, and I came from a G2X...and it doesn't get any faster than a G2X.
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Ha exactly what I said
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Actually i had problems with 2 devices i bought from a ebay seller which are singapore versions (SEA) and 2 from Expansys USA. Out of those one from expansys is what iam using now. I have sold the other three.
May be the problem is not for all devices then like what i thought with my experience. May be some batches???
no issues here everything works perfect ,actually almost too sensitive
bendotson said:
I had this problem with my launch-day evo 4g. If you had it on a table where the phone wasnt grounded, the bottom half of the screen would not respond. This was really evident with a drawing app. I dont have time to experiment with my pone today but maybe someone else can try that.
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....oh boy......here we go again.....the same thing was said about the nexus one....people constantly whined about it having a "grounding issue"...then an update was released and the "issue" people had with "grounding" was gone......
There is no "grounding issue" with the phone. Simple as that.
I bought my g2x on april 20th released date... And yes i had problems not rebooting or freezes just when i'm not using the phone and it goes to sleep.. It would not come back on unless i take off the battery and power on... Well the next day i call tmobile and wanted a replacement they told me to go to any tmobile store for the exchange
and it was out of stuck everywhere.. So finally found a store the had one... I replaced my phone and this g2x the i have had ever since the 21th of april has not issues no reboots no freezing no stay on sleep mode but still have the screen bleed...
And i tell yall the keep talking bad about the phone you may be out of luck on having one the is bad...
But im loving my g2x ever since i got it... And i flash roms and kernals all the time...
This phone sure is fast as advertise
Honestly I had 3 g2xs before the sensation now back to g2x. First two g2x I returned because dust and dead pixel. My third I had for a month and only 3 reboots. I followed the crowd to the sensation especially hearing about everyone having g2x issues. I loved the sensation. I think just cause it was new. Well I went through 3 sensations and have the 4th on the way. Well I use wifi daily, and although some have good wifi as I've seen proof, over 50% of users polled that owned a sensation have wifi issues. Mine would completely die just 10 feet away turned away from the router..
So I traded my sensation on Craigslist for a g2x and 75 bucks. The g2x has absolutely no screen bleed, I can show proof, and it was preloaded with cm7. It hasn't rebooted once in 4 days now and being used I would like to think if it would I would have experienced it by now...
So all I'm all 4 g2xs and they rocked, only one had minor reboots, but hell my vibrant and other phones reboot periodically also..
I love my g2x. No more headaches with no root on the sensation ..
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Honestly I had 3 g2xs before the sensation now back to g2x. First two g2x I returned because dust and dead pixel. My third I had for a month and only 3 reboots. I followed the crowd to the sensation especially hearing about everyone having g2x issues. I loved the sensation. I think just cause it was new. Well I went through 3 sensations and have the 4th on the way. Well I use wifi daily, and although some have good wifi as I've seen proof, over 50% of users polled that owned a sensation have wifi issues. Mine would completely die just 10 feet away turned away from the router..
So I traded my sensation on Craigslist for a g2x and 75 bucks. The g2x has absolutely no screen bleed, I can show proof, and it was preloaded with cm7. It hasn't rebooted once in 4 days now and being used I would like to think if it would I would have experienced it by now...
So all I'm all 4 g2xs and they rocked, only one had minor reboots, but hell my vibrant and other phones reboot periodically also..
I love my g2x. No more headaches with no root on the sensation ..
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I'm sending Rasheed Wallace and Greg Oden after you...I have owned 3 G2x and 2 Sensations (One was returned because I bought another cheaper off CL) All of My G2x are terrible. I haven't had one issue with my Sensation. It works perfectly well out of the box!! In all honesty my MT4G running CM7 out performs my G2x running CM7.....but I guess what ever makes you happy
nccu_eagles said:
I'm sending Rasheed Wallace and Greg Oden after you...I have owned 3 G2x and 2 Sensations (One was returned because I bought another cheaper off CL) All of My G2x are terrible. I haven't had one issue with my Sensation. It works perfectly well out of the box!! In all honesty my MT4G running CM7 out performs my G2x running CM7.....but I guess what ever makes you happy
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Outperforms?
...doubt it
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nccu_eagles said:
I'm sending Rasheed Wallace and Greg Oden after you...I have owned 3 G2x and 2 Sensations (One was returned because I bought another cheaper off CL) All of My G2x are terrible. I haven't had one issue with my Sensation. It works perfectly well out of the box!! In all honesty my MT4G running CM7 out performs my G2x running CM7.....but I guess what ever makes you happy
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Greg Odin's knees are as bad as the sensations wifi and screen issue ... lmaooo
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Outperforms?
...doubt it
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My MT4G does EVERYTHING that I ask it to..... My G2x does not. Try entering an address in the navigation app when you are in a hurry and see how long it takes to start speaking turn by turn directions on the G2x...It's cool to defend your device because you paid for it and all, but I paid full off contract price for every phone I have owned and the G2x is by far my biggest disappointment...
Yea your smoking rock on that one pal. Lol my wife still has the mytouch 4g and I just sold mine and yea it was fast but sitting here playing with my g2x and her mytouch 4g.....and my g2x blows it away. My g2x has been problem free tho just a little screen bleed and I mean a very little. And guess what I can two ****s. G2x reigns supreme, yea it had its little problems with rebooting and sod. And yea some people had legit problems but dude this phone is the **** and is still faster and better then phones out today....****in g2x is badass
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I bought my g2x on april 20th released date... And yes i had problems not rebooting or freezes just when i'm not using the phone and it goes to sleep.. It would not come back on unless i take off the battery and power on... Well the next day i call tmobile and wanted a replacement they told me to go to any tmobile store for the exchange
and it was out of stuck everywhere.. So finally found a store the had one... I replaced my phone and this g2x the i have had ever since the 21th of april has not issues no reboots no freezing no stay on sleep mode but still have the screen bleed...
And i tell yall the keep talking bad about the phone you may be out of luck on having one the is bad...
But im loving my g2x ever since i got it... And i flash roms and kernals all the time...
This phone sure is fast as advertise
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That's good to hear. I finally got tired of my Vibrant as I've been having a few issues with that as of late, and I ordered a G2x off of the t-mobile site last week, just waiting for mine to arrive at my door tomorrow. Looking around, issues are definitely prevalent so your post gives me a bit of hope at least that I didn't buy a Vibrant 2. Guess I'll find out myself soon
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Yea your smoking rock on that one pal. Lol my wife still has the mytouch 4g and I just sold mine and yea it was fast but sitting here playing with my g2x and her mytouch 4g.....and my g2x blows it away. My g2x has been problem free tho just a little screen bleed and I mean a very little. And guess what I can two ****s. G2x reigns supreme, yea it had its little problems with rebooting and sod. And yea some people had legit problems but dude this phone is the **** and is still faster and better then phones out today....****in g2x is badass
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She running CM7 on her mytouch ?
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That's good to hear. I finally got tired of my Vibrant as I've been having a few issues with that as of late, and I ordered a G2x off of the t-mobile site last week, just waiting for mine to arrive at my door tomorrow. Looking around, issues are definitely prevalent so your post gives me a bit of hope at least that I didn't buy a Vibrant 2. Guess I'll find out myself soon
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Dude u will be happy... as long as u don't have any major problems ull be alrite. Might have a lil. Screen bleed but they all have it.. who cares u font ever ever see it maybe a tiny bit on start-up. But hey if its bad take it back ..but yea bro its definitely a sweet phone its so fast, NY wifi and internet are great I don't have no screen protector on because with this gorilla glass I don't get any scratches and the screen is beautiful, the colors and contrast are nice looking. Not one scratch. And of course when I go out I throw my case on it. But be careful if u buy a case my body glove scratched the sides of my bezel. So be careful. Oh and the camera got best out of smartphones today, well they tested 45 other smartphones u can find that. Article in electronista ......simply put this g2x is beast.....sorry for the typos I'm on my phone
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She running CM7 on her mytouch ?
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Yes sir and fauxs latest kernel. The g2x is really faster bro only thing I will give her mytouch is it locks on GPS a little quicker. But did u hear me? A little quicker
LOL guess I managed to get three duds ? Or either your are lucky enough to have a perfect device....
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LOL guess I managed to get three duds ? Or either your are lucky enough to have a perfect device....
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That's might as well very possible.
As I read Tmobile HD2 forums, there's tons of complaints, too.
But my HD2 works fine with WM6.5 and Android (SD/NAND).
P.S. Of course until few days ago the digitizer died.
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LOL guess I managed to get three duds ? Or either your are lucky enough to have a perfect device....
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Nothings perfect buddy lol but definitely don't have all the problems people talk about. My g2x runs very nice especially running cm, the synergy theme and one of morfics special kernels that I'm currently testing. This thing is a monster
We are few it seems, my G2x is flawless, no bleed, no freezes, no wi fi issue nor reboots...maybe I got the last batch...
I've got a good g2x also. Mine was having glitchy problems when I first got it as well. But I never had it stock. I paid the guy at the store to root it and he installed the leaked gb rom before I ever had it in my hands. There must have been something wrong with the flash, because once I learned how to do it on my own, I started all over. Flashed the original unrooted rom, then flashed cwm with nvflash and began having fun. Yes, I also have the minor screen bleed up in the top left and right corners that appears only one a completely black background.
I've had my g2x since day one gave my wife my mt4g and never looked back or had a problem .....u usually change phones when new ones come out so I went to see tbr sensation to see if I wanted to get it but wasn't really impress I like my g2x better and its way faster ......ill wait for next phone to come out but for now I think this phone was the best android phone I've ever had and I've had alot of them starting from g1 ......well the nexus one was bad ass in it's time ......oh wait I did have a freeze but it was cuz if the Trinity kernel when it first came out ....now I'm on the newest eaglesblood and on fleux latest kernel and my phone is freaking fast ......GPS is good also ......my boy just bought his evo 3d and he wants his phone to b as fast as mines lol.......
"I'm a tomato"
I have the canadian release from Wind and read these threads of issues and shake my head, can't understand why you have so many bad devices. Mine is rock solid man, very minimal screen bleed, no reboots, it gets a little warm while charging but no worse then my nexus s did. I love this device my only gripe is I wish it had more ram.
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sarni84 said:
Dude u will be happy... as long as u don't have any major problems ull be alrite. Might have a lil. Screen bleed but they all have it.. who cares u font ever ever see it maybe a tiny bit on start-up. But hey if its bad take it back ..but yea bro its definitely a sweet phone its so fast, NY wifi and internet are great I don't have no screen protector on because with this gorilla glass I don't get any scratches and the screen is beautiful, the colors and contrast are nice looking. Not one scratch. And of course when I go out I throw my case on it. But be careful if u buy a case my body glove scratched the sides of my bezel. So be careful. Oh and the camera got best out of smartphones today, well they tested 45 other smartphones u can find that. Article in electronista ......simply put this g2x is beast.....sorry for the typos I'm on my phone
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In the week I've had the phone so far, I've been very happy with it. I seemed to have a pretty smooth device; no restarts, and only a slight screen bleed which wasn't visible enough to annoy me. However that experience changed yesterday when I decided to try out the HDMI output and connected it to the TV. I played Samurai II for a bit then went off to watch a couple of Youtube videos. About 1/4 the way through a video, a message displayed about a sensor detecting the phone was too hot and the device needs to shut down. Checked it out and it was indeed cooking, and reeked like fried electronics. I had no sign of heat on the device when playing the game so I was quite surprised. My apartment is quite cool too due to my roommates love for air conditioning. I pulled the battery and left it cool off for a couple of hours; now when I use it, if I'm on the phone for about 10 minutes, or if I play a game or something on it the phone will start to overheat and the battery drains very quickly. Doing a search on Google, I found similar reports of the problem with people using a HDMI cable from monoprice, which was where I got the cable from as well, so I'm going to bet that this probably isn't a coincidence.
I gave T-Mobile a call and am going to be getting a replacement, I think I'm just going to leave the HDMI port alone on that one. Other than that, I loved the phone quite a lot
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LOL guess I managed to get three duds ? Or either your are lucky enough to have a perfect device....
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YOu know, no one with a good G2x can say this. Has to come from someone with a bad G2x. If one of us lucky ones say this, we're insensitive. But we're not really. I wonder every day how I got a good one..and so many people got a bad one.
I said in a previous thread, I thought there were far more good ones than bad ones. But that caused a ruckus. After all, you come to a site where they talk about problems, you mostly talk to people with problems. No one ever calls support to say...Good Job, no problems here...thought you should know. Having worked in support for 20 yrs, I can tell you every statement from someone saying....CS told me this....should remember, its a very one sided point of view. Imagine sitting there, taking hundreds of calls a day, all of them complaints. With every new phone that comes out, there's the same complaints, but newer phones. Every release sucks, because you work your butt off to answer problems with new phones.
I remember 1 guy, called support over 600 times about the same or similar problems...in 1 month. Our stats were horrible, until we looked at unique users...then the issue wasn't so bad. This guy called so many times, he recognized voices and names associated....it was very funny.
Very 1 sided point of view.
I know that the sensation might not come to AT&T...so should I get an unlocked sensation our wait for the HTC Holiday that's coming to AT&T...btw is the sensation a LTE compatible phone?
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If I could turn back time I will go to the exact day that I order my sensation. The worst HTC device in history for me. Can't wait to get s-off so i can fix this s**t phone and make it amazing. It all depends on you if you want to wait but you will need to wait for s-off and a new firmware to solve all the problems in this phone wish are a big list.
loving my sensation ever since the day i bought it XD you could buy the one with the att frequencies if you wanted it on att but yet again you could also get the galaxy s2. i say get the sensation and just wait for s-off, itll be worth the wait
After reading all the problems the Sensation has like:
Dust under screen
Touchscreen unresponsive
reboots
Deathgrip
LED notification almost invisible..
I have decided not to buy it, I had the cash in hand, everything planned to go after work to buy it, but i decided to check XDA.... I postponed my purchase.
keeping my HD2 until iP5 arrives or issues with this phone are fixed.
robrob777 said:
After reading all the problems the Sensation has like:
Dust under screen
Touchscreen unresponsive
reboots
Deathgrip
LED notification almost invisible..
I have decided not to buy it, I had the cash in hand, everything planned to go after work to buy it, but i decided to check XDA.... I postponed my purchase.
keeping my HD2 until iP5 arrives or issues with this phone are fixed.
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Dust, Touchscreen, Reboots, DeathGrip, Led Notifications? The first 3 never happened.. Deathgrip only on Wi-Fi while in landscape, And Led notifications i dont use em so dont care =] Maybe i just got a good phone =]
robrob777 said:
After reading all the problems the Sensation has like:
Dust under screen
Touchscreen unresponsive
reboots
Deathgrip
LED notification almost invisible..
I have decided not to buy it, I had the cash in hand, everything planned to go after work to buy it, but i decided to check XDA.... I postponed my purchase.
keeping my HD2 until iP5 arrives or issues with this phone are fixed.
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issues reported on XDA are always overrated. I own 2 Sensations with no issues. I have four friends with Sensations who also have no problems. You must remember that people who have a phone that works great out of the box are not likely to start a thread saying "my sensation works great" but the people who have a negative experience will post my "buttons are stuck"...I can guarantee that more people have purchased a "problem free" Sensation than those who have purchased duds....Also if you are purchasing a Sensation for AT&T be sure to get the Canadian version so that you can use the 4G/3G otherwise you will be stuck with Edge
I've had the Ion, Nexus One, Droid 2, and Incredible. The Sensation is easily the best purchase I've ever made. Zero complaints and it's about to get even better with s-off.
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issues reported on XDA are always overrated. I own 2 Sensations with no issues. I have four friends with Sensations who also have no problems. You must remember that people who have a phone that works great out of the box are not likely to start a thread saying "my sensation works great" but the people who have a negative experience will post my "buttons are stuck"...I can guarantee that more people have purchased a "problem free" Sensation than those who have purchased duds....Also if you are purchasing a Sensation for AT&T be sure to get the Canadian version so that you can use the 4G/3G otherwise you will be stuck with Edge
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Humm
My issues :
Reboots that happens a few times a day depending how much I use my phone.
Glitches on widgets 3rd party ones makes me restart sense a few times a day.
Touchscreen unresponsive sometimes.
WiFi death grip.
I dont believe this is dodgy hardware its all too do with firmware so not everyone will have same experience since we don't all use same firmware.
People are free to speak there issues that why this is XDA so we can help each other.
My first 3 Sensations had various issues listed however out of the 5 I've seen in person, non have them have had dust under the screen. Eveb if it did, big deal. Return it for another. The one I'm using now is my 4th device and I have had it for 1 month with no issues at all. Not even the wifi deathgrip issue in landscape. My wife has a Sensation as well and hers has had zero issues as well. In the end, any device can have issues and if you get one that does, RETURN IT. I returned 4 G2X's until I got a bug free phone. Its really not that big of a deal.
That being said. The only thing I don't like about the Sensation is the new version of Sense. HTC is moving in the wrong direction and instead of making it less intrusive, there making it more intrusive. Another thing they did was add too much useless eye candy which clearly bogs down the device. It also seems as if they forgot to optimize it. I put ADW on my Sensation 1 month ago and haven't looked back. It has made my Sensation faster than my G2X which I thought was impossible. A phones UI really can't get any faster. Everything now is pretty much instant.
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I have zero issues with my sensation. I get good wifi signal even in landscape. No dust, no camera issues, and the led notification is plenty bright for me. I can actually see it through the grill. Great touch screen and very responsive. I haven't experienced any lag in the sense UI, I admit its not as smooth as my cm7 n1 or my captivate and atrix on launcher pro but its plenty fast for what it is. I have no regrets buying the sensation (bought it outright too) to replace my atrix. I've had my share of bad luck with other phones being lemons too but it seems I lucked out with this device.
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robrob777 said:
After reading all the problems the Sensation has like:
Dust under screen
Touchscreen unresponsive
reboots
Deathgrip
LED notification almost invisible..
I have decided not to buy it, I had the cash in hand, everything planned to go after work to buy it, but i decided to check XDA.... I postponed my purchase.
keeping my HD2 until iP5 arrives or issues with this phone are fixed.
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Deathgrip is experienced in some fashion on all phones... But it is annoying especially on this "flagship"....
No dust under my screen
Ive only experienced screen freeze a handful of times.
Notification LED is nothing like BB, but iphones have none.... Just sayin..
Reboots... Random ones..? Zero.. But they are random my im sleeping when this happens. Atleast I'm not pulling the battery every two hours like BB...
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There are a few issues out there. I'm actually on my 4th phone. 1st one kept freezing and headphone jack was tripping. I would tap the headphone jack and it would randomly start calling people. 2nd one would freeze way too much and the 3rd one, well, and I just wanted one with a screen with no scratches I'm hoping most of these issues will be fixed with a future firmware update.
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No issues at all.. I have this phone for over a month now and yes, I'm able to reproduce WiFi deathgrip, but only if I hold it in landscape in a very uncomfortable way.. great phone!
Photos of dust under screen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15968215&postcount=481
Death grip:
BT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQaBKzcTp8s&feature=player_embedded#at=15
wifi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDaSH2mK2hg
There was another video streaming music over wifi, I couldn't find it.
I think I may buy it and return it if these issues appear.
robrob777 said:
Photos of dust under screen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15968215&postcount=481
Death grip:
BT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQaBKzcTp8s&feature=player_embedded#at=15
wifi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDaSH2mK2hg
There was another video streaming music over wifi, I couldn't find it.
I think I may buy it and return it if these issues appear.
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Yes, we are aware of the bugs/problems with the Sensation. Not all of them suffer from these bugs. If you don't want to deal with bugs, don't buy a smart phone.
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jrwingate6 said:
Yes, we are aware of the bugs/problems with the Sensation. Not all of them suffer from these bugs. If you don't want to deal with bugs, don't buy a smart phone.
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Nice one! Still, no offense, but it's madness that we let this happen by continuously buying 'flawed' smartphones.. Don't get me wrong, I've owned a few smartphones by now (touch pro, hero, desire and now sensation) but somewhere, it just nags me..
I second that. Being in Europe I should have bought an european Sensation. For 400 euros I got an asian Sensation (not the Hong Kong version!) and the only issues are Sense restarting once in a while and the phone getting hot from time to time while charging. I also have to nention that mibe us OC to 1512 MHz with On demand governor. Software: 1.35.707.1
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Sergio76 said:
... I dont believe this is dodgy hardware its all too do with firmware so not everyone will have same experience since we don't all use same firmware.
People are free to speak there issues that why this is XDA so we can help each other.
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I love my sensation. No problems at all except for the battery life but once I did the battery calibration a few times, my battery life improve and every once in a while the death grip with the wifi only in landscape mode. I don't regret the purchase at all. The best phone so far
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nccu_eagles said:
issues reported on XDA are always overrated. I own 2 Sensations with no issues. I have four friends with Sensations who also have no problems. You must remember that people who have a phone that works great out of the box are not likely to start a thread saying "my sensation works great" but the people who have a negative experience will post my "buttons are stuck"...I can guarantee that more people have purchased a "problem free" Sensation than those who have purchased duds....Also if you are purchasing a Sensation for AT&T be sure to get the Canadian version so that you can use the 4G/3G otherwise you will be stuck with Edge
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+1 also no issues with my sensation, just a MINOR thing with the back cover comming a VERRY little loose on the one side, but i put a tiny piece of paper underneath and its perfect now, no complaints, no dust, no death grip... im sure if everyone made threads of good working sensations we would have way more than the faulty threads... u just unlucky if u get problems
Buy Sensation. The only problem I ever had were random reboots, but it didn´t happen for the last few weeks so I think everything works fine now. Perfect phone simply doesn´t exist. I´m in s-off waiting club either and I´m sure devs solve most of the current issues.
I came from the G2X because that phone was riddled with problems, but now it seems like I may have made a huge mistake. That phone's problems were nothing compared to the problems that I'm having with this phone and it seems to be getting worse.
The power button issue where at least two or three times a day, the home button is turning into a screen capture button. VERY annoying to have to deal with that, then go and delete all the stupid screen caps from the photo album.
Inability for the camera to focus on anything in macro/close up. I can't use any barcode apps, which I used to use all the time.
Complete loss of signal for no apparent reason until I toggle on/off airplane mode or restart about two or three times a week. EXTREMELY annoying and makes me miss important calls.
Phone freezing for no apparent reason in middle of a phone call.
The internet lag, which occurs when you're surfing and it takes 4-5 seconds to just connect and start downloading. I've never seen this with any previous smart phones.
These are only the major problems.
Are they planning to fix any of these problems? I have had some bad RMA issues in the past and would prefer not to get a crappy refurbished phone that's going to still have most, if not all of these issues (which all seem pretty wide spread).
Since I know that many of you are having these issues, what are you doing about them?
I don't have any of this issues and you should definitely consider getting an exchange for another Sensation.
I used to have a G2x too and 200% more happy with my Sensation.
What software version are you.running?
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I have never had any of these problems with my Sensation, I had a Galaxy S2 for a while before and couldn't be happier with with changing to the Sensation.
Does sound like a faulty phone to be honest.
govtcheez said:
I came from the G2X because that phone was riddled with problems, but now it seems like I may have made a huge mistake. That phone's problems were nothing compared to the problems that I'm having with this phone and it seems to be getting worse.
The power button issue where at least two or three times a day, the home button is turning into a screen capture button. VERY annoying to have to deal with that, then go and delete all the stupid screen caps from the photo album.
Inability for the camera to focus on anything in macro/close up. I can't use any barcode apps, which I used to use all the time.
Complete loss of signal for no apparent reason until I toggle on/off airplane mode or restart about two or three times a week. EXTREMELY annoying and makes me miss important calls.
Phone freezing for no apparent reason in middle of a phone call.
The internet lag, which occurs when you're surfing and it takes 4-5 seconds to just connect and start downloading. I've never seen this with any previous smart phones.
These are only the major problems.
Are they planning to fix any of these problems? I have had some bad RMA issues in the past and would prefer not to get a crappy refurbished phone that's going to still have most, if not all of these issues (which all seem pretty wide spread).
Since I know that many of you are having these issues, what are you doing about them?
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Unfortunately the problems you are describing are just part of the "fun" of owning a Sensation. This was without a doubt one of the worst purchases I have ever made, and I still cant believe HTC produced this phone. Its almost as if they fired the entire quality control department just to get these handsets out the door. Regardless, I feel bad that you (likely) spent $600 on an awful device like I did. I would suggest you try and sell it on Craigslist and then buy the new Nexus device next month. However, you will then need to deal with knowing you sold some poor sucker a total piece of sh*t....... Its really a 'lose/lose/ situation buddy, I feel for ya!
I came from the g2x as well. After two g2x s and the same problems with both, no GPS locking and **** battery life ( dead by 5pm ). This phone isn't the best but it's been an amazing phone for me. I think you just got a bad one.
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Root, get a lightweight ROM and run a screenshot fix
shooric said:
Root, get a lightweight ROM and run a screenshot fix
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Problem is then you are stuck with a crappy phone, AND you cant return it when it fails (again).
I think we have a possible lemon Sensation and a Nexus troll.
My phone is totally stock, and I have none of these problems. It purr's along like a 911 Carrera.
AudiHeel said:
I think we have a possible lemon Sensation and a Nexus troll.
My phone is totally stock, and I have none of these problems. It purr's along like a 911 Carrera.
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Right, either that or YOU just happen to be one of the few people without problems. Why dont you check back in with us in a few months to see how well your device is working out buddy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1114612
same problem....
I have the very same problem as this guy's Sensation like mine....
but the opposite!!!
Schwiiing!!!!!
Your probably the few unlucky ones.
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update your rom ota. that's the first thing i did with my phone. def. sounds like some software problems.
You definitely have a faulty unit and need an exchange.
The Optimus 2x and G2x are the worst Android devices of 2011. Riddled with random reboots, reboots by charging and battery pulls, quite frankly how anyone can see it differently is nuts.
AudiHeel said:
I think we have a possible lemon Sensation and a Nexus troll.
My phone is totally stock, and I have none of these problems. It purr's along like a 911 Carrera.
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Same here....guess I'm in the minority too.
Mine's more like a supercharged Vette though.
RussianBear said:
update your rom ota. that's the first thing i did with my phone. def. sounds like some software problems.
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That is VERY bad advice. The most recent OTA update actually caused many of the problems people are now experiencing. More specifically, the newest OTA update now causes random screenshots (when pressing home) and makes the touchscreen very unresponsive. If I could go back to the previous version I would, however you do lose some functionality by doing so.
As before, dont just take my advice. Spend a few minutes on this forum and you with find thousands of other users pulling their hair out after purchasing this phone. Regarding the issue that occurs after updating via OTA, I point you to the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235382
Enjoy, and 'caveat emptor'.
Wow. After having my Sensation for a few months I'm shocked to see you're having all these issues. I've had a ton of smartphones dating back to the Treo 600 and this is the best I have ever had.
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jlczl said:
Wow. After having my Sensation for a few months I'm shocked to see you're having all these issues. I've had a ton of smartphones dating back to the Treo 600 and this is the best I have ever had.
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I had thought I would be raving about this phone to be honest. I was a blackberry user for well over 10 years, going waaay back to the RIM 850 (I bet most people reading this were YOUNG children when that came out!). In the early 2000's I began importing the original HTC windows mobile handsets for sale on ebay, and I have tested, sold, and used almost every "smartphone" released since then. About a year ago I finally came to the realization that the Blackberry platform was showing its age, so I began looking into Android. After a few months of going back and forth I bought the G2, and then a few months later I "upgraded" to the Sensation. BIG MISTAKE!!! Between the sluggish, battery hogging monster that is the Sense OS and the HORRIBLE build quality of this phone, nothing good has come out of this relationship. For the few that have had no problems with this phone, just wait, they will develop! For those who are toying with the idea of buying this phone JUST WALK AWAY. Unless you can get this phone for free, and unless you don't mind sending it back for repair (over and over and over) then looks elsewhere for your Android fix.
nothing wrong wit mine. completely stock but rooted. i love this phone....
You have a faulty handset. I have none of these problems. This phone is nothing short of amazing.
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Faulty phone. Mine has none if those issues. Rooted running stock Rom.
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