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Gingerbread Issues & Thoughts.

I hope the leaked 2.3.3 isn't final at all. Here is the issues I am having.
-Vibration is way too strong. Froyo felt perfect.
-Keyboard lag in SMS is horrible.
-Statusbar icons need fixed(Turning green when connected to Google & Data icons are still Froyo as well as headset/phone icon when headset is plugged in)
-Same kernel from 2.2.2.
-Possibly more.
-It would be nice to have screen off animation(CM7 will get it eventually).
I just feel like it needs way more work & I hope LG doesn't give the update like that.
What do you think ? Any other problems ?
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Those plus I started getting reboots so I went back to stock.

I forget that the LG Camera was SO much better as well.
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True story. I hope they include it in the final release.

The official release should have a new kernel along with it. I liked the leaked version but the reboots or "SoD" isn't too good.
CM7 is the only functioning Gingerbread rom good for daily use IMO.

CM7 is still not stable enough for me. LG needs to clean things up espically lag & vibration before release.
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player911 said:
The official release should have a new kernel along with it. I liked the leaked version but the reboots or "SoD" isn't too good.
CM7 is the only functioning Gingerbread rom good for daily use IMO.
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In my opinion coming from a HTC HD2 with a bad kernal that I messed up by flashing a NAND Droid sense rom or something it would reset the phone every couple minutes to hours.
I can deal with the random resets at least 3 times a day when I start an app.
I love this phone!
The only issue I have with this phone would be the 4g speeds I get that are just HORRID! I get like 180 kb/s!

I've been running eaglesblood gingerbread edition and I have no significant issues at all. EB, in my opinion, is definitely a daily driver.
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I didn't say they were a bug deal. I love the phone as well. I just think anyone can agree that it would be better if the things I listed were fixed.
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Agreed.
I'm back on stock Froyo until something better comes along.
CM7 has too many bugs still (no AD2P, voicemail dialpad doesn't work, HDMI is buggy, external SD card is invisible, etc).
Eagleblood is very fast, but just as with the GB leak, the vibrate is too strong, the keyboard right side sensitivity is off, my GPS navigation was wonky, etc.

Just Horrible

Wow i came from the thunderbolt. I like the weight and screen of the Charge. But the software is just horrible!!! Another Fascinate in the making. And holly cow is the browser complete garbage. Even if i use a 3rd party it has the same problems.
I called verizon and they say its not an issue haha. I might get the incredible 2 instead.
Also 4g as of now is way overrated!! Well because works sporadically.
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I'm with you on the software, but who really uses the stock browser?
4G is definitely sporadic, but its pretty amazing when it works, IMO.
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Fascinate was a great phone for me.. This one not so much. I'm probably going to return this thing today

I just came from the Thunderbolt, for a reason. My Thunderbolt has been a nightmare since day 1. Battery issues, multiple reset issues, no data found issues. don't get me started on the Thunderbolt. The only thing I like more about the Thunderbolt is the solid build. However, the Thunderbolt software is ten times more flawed than the Droid Charge. Very happy I ditched the Thunderbolt in time to do a straight exchange for the Charge.

What exactly are your issues with the stock browser? I have yet to see a problem.

Holy smokes people getting mad cause i said software sux? Wow
The browser is non responsive while scrolling or using pinch to zoom. Browser is dealbreaker especially cause of cost of data.
As fas 4g goes yes when its working its great. But the 3g to 4g handoff is bad vice versa.
Anyone else hate the browbish colors of UI?
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I came from the Incredible and so far the T-Bolt and Inc 2 are looking better every day. Aside from the screen and 4g (when working), I can't find anything redeeming about the phone so far. This coupled with my fears over Samsung's spotty update history are really pushing me towards returning my charge.

Install launcher pro. Its not hideous like the default launcher and it can hide the bloatware.

I put launcherpro on. I love it but its the browser thats garbage. And 3rd party browsers have same problem
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All browsers eh? Maybe its not the browser but the phone...
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adrynalyne said:
All browsers eh? Maybe its not the browser but the phone...
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Or maybe it's the user...

adrynalyne said:
All browsers eh? Maybe its not the browser but the phone...
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We need you here too Adrynalyne!!!

I agree that all other browsers suck. On everyone android phone I had when you double tap an article it auto formats it to fit the screen. But not with the Droid Charge! POS

Opera mobile is the best for the Charge, smooth scrolling and fast but wont load all images on large heavy sites.. Thats when I use Miren

Yeah i like 3rd party browsers...... I meant that none work well on the charge. But whats killing me is..... i like the design of the charge over the thunderbolt..... Just fix the Touchwiz man......
Samsung is the worst man!!!! Id wait for a dual core 4g but im scared if i do that ill miss on the unlimited data plan.
Ahhhhhh

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Or maybe it's the user...
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Right, blame the user. That's the first thing they teach you when you take Human Computer Interaction courses. /s

The performance of the phone pretty much sucks it seems. My question is. . is it a hardware or software issue?

I love my charge. Battery life is great, screen is awesome, and it is fast. I agree though that the colors are terrible. Here's what I modified and mine runs smooth as silk:
1: Install a rooted Rom.
2: install titanium backup
3: remove bloatware
4: install ADW Launcher
5: install and use Opera Mobile. Seriously, its wicked fast.

Opera mobile is my favorite. But touchwiz makes the phone slow and clunky. Also anyone notice that when you hit power button to shut screen on and off its a slow shuttery fade?
A true working asop or custom Working Rom never came to fascinate will it come to charge?
Theme / skin Rom. ... I don't count these if touchwiz is what Rom is based off of.
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Sherwood1 said:
Opera mobile is my favorite. But touchwiz makes the phone slow and clunky. Also anyone notice that when you hit power button to shut screen on and off its a slow shuttery fade?
A true working asop or custom Working Rom never came to fascinate will it come to charge?
Theme / skin Rom. ... I don't count these if touchwiz is what Rom is based off of.
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Extremely unlikely that a fully working aosp ever.comes to the charge

Yesssssss it works must read g2x people mico keyboard controls all games

The new rock soul Micro bluetooth keyboard works like a champ on the g2x keymaps already mapped and guess what else works huh huh well guess ass holes JK the games work you can control any game with it it has up down left right keys and fire buttons Sooo Sick I picked my up for only 29.99 from Frys Electronics so go get yours this things fits in the palm of your hand no lie this is a must have If you call your self a tech junkie because it can work on all of are future dvices. NERDGASIM IN 54321
http://www.myrocksoul.com/bluetooth-kb-for-ipad-iphone.html
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What's the size of this thing? Can you actually type on it?

that's so small. I don't see the practicality of this thing. thanks for sharing though

Looks great. Have you tried it with emulators? Any lag?
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Question are you on stock or custom firmware ? I bought the same keyboard a few weeks ago and it wouldn't run on my g2x but I was running stock.

Runs with all my Emulators and im on CM7 but the buttons are soft style so you can type very fast its a great must have tool and there is zero lag on anything you can even shut the screen on and off with one button
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got mine for like 15$ from amazon a couple months ago, it works on stock and custom roms on my Vibrant, haven't tried my g2x though

If 15 dollars I would get that keyboard, but while searching youtube for some unboxings and reviews I found this gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXuNkqo-hU
Any thoughts on this keyboard?

coden1ke said:
If 15 dollars I would get that keyboard, but while searching youtube for some unboxings and reviews I found this gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILXuNkqo-hU
Any thoughts on this keyboard?
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Looks great. Make sure you get the bluetooth version though. That one is 2.5ghz RF.
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so does this mean that we can use like an apple bluetooth keyboard with our devices? I have been trying a long time to figure this out.

Punctuation!
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I can't even find those keyboards. I've seen some mini bluetooth keyboards but not that exact one.

player911 said:
I can't even find those keyboards. I've seen some mini bluetooth keyboards but not that exact one.
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Its on Amazon......
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The mini keyboard just arrived.
I can pair it but it says its not connected.
Anyone else encounter this?
I do not have much experience with Bluetooth devices.

My question would be why?? Seems like a novelty at best.
Might as well lug around a netbook/laptop if you're going to be lugging around a keyboard. That would get old in a hurry away from your office/home... and of course, 95% of people are using a PC when not mobile. Kinda defeats the purpose of a candy bar device.....to do away with an external keyboard

Well, for one, check out the link a few post up. Its a mini keyboard, about the same size of the phone its self.
Also, I am not totally sure on why it matters, I just want to get it working.
Personally, I wanted it for emulators, I tend to prefer Not a physical keyboard when playing games. I very much enjoy the extra space in the keys as well as the tack tile feedback it provides.

Swiftkey X

Just updated my Swiftkey to the "X" version that came out today I'm loving it so far. Does anyone else here have it? Thoughts?

Love it, best keyboard in the market.

I used it a lot during the beta, and I didn't hesitate to get it the second it went "official" it has got to be the smartest and best keyboard I have used on any android system. Including one with full qwerty. I absolutely won't live without it on my Inspire 4G.

I bought the original Swiftkey when it went on sale for .99 a while back, best .99 cents ever spent!

I agree with all of these statements.. I have been using swiftkey, then the beta, and bought it when it when live.. Best Keyboard, for my use, that I have tried.

The beta wasn't that great but I got it since it was half price and I hear nothing but good things about it and it's great I love this keyboard
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I was using nuances t9 keyboard but had used SwiftKey keyboard in the past. I ended up buying both tablet and phone versions. The love it!
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Nick281051 said:
The beta wasn't that great but I got it since it was half price and I hear nothing but good things about it and it's great I love this keyboard
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Me too... Got it at half price... Its free at mobilism... Lol... but now I get instant update in all android devices...
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how does it stack up to swype? I have really gotten used to it and can type very fast with it but I am always open to alternatives.

I love it personally. It's very fast and has me almost figured out to a T. It gets a little confused sometimes because I use acronyms sometimes and sometimes I spell a word, but other than that, it does everything I could hope for and more.

tberg38 said:
how does it stack up to swype? I have really gotten used to it and can type very fast with it but I am always open to alternatives.
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IMO it is better than swype. You can Swype words really fast but with Swiftkey it learns your language patterns and you can often write entire sentences just clicking on the predictions.

has anyone noticed a little high drainage with swiftkey X??
when i didnt have it installed i usually got 1-8mA
and now that i have install it i usually got 1-40mA (almost 10-22mA constantly and some picks to 35mA)
any help?

Found it was Free on Amazon App store today so no excuse not to try it out now

+ 1 to Swiftkey being awesome. I got it from amazon today and am quite pleased. It is way better than smart keyboard pro.
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After using it for a day, I like it a lot. Looks like it will replace Sywpe for me and I never thought that would happen.

I love Swiftkey X. It tends to make me be a little more sarcastic than I would be normally, but I am still teaching it how I type. Definitely would recommend it to anyone.

I've been using Swiftkey X since it released. I used the beta version also. AMAZING keyboard only gripe i have is for some reason it resets alot almost everytime i reset phone or shut it off for whatever reason.. any help would be appreciated

I love it as well but sometimes when I am using it certain keys won't respond, normally its a or e or n. If I switch to landscape it works fine though... Never had this problem with other keyboards.

bartimeus said:
I love it as well but sometimes when I am using it certain keys won't respond, normally its a or e or n. If I switch to landscape it works fine though... Never had this problem with other keyboards.
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I've had this problem before, Thought it was just my screen protector for my OtterBox Def. but apparently not.

I have an otterbox and screen protector and i hadn't thought about that but it seems like a possibility I suppose.

All those satisfied with g2x GTFIH

Now i know LG abandoned this ship. I'm just as pissed off as the next guy about that one. I wouldn't mind an official jb or at least an ics update. But either way, I'm honestly quite satisfied with this phone and its performance. I'm running standard cm7 nightlies (latest) with Trinity t15 kernel and wolf script mod. Battery life is decent and bad when i whore wifi but that's the biggest iissue with my g2x. With all the hate threads around this forum there have to be others who have positive experiences with this device.

This phone is awesome. Since I started carrying around my portable nuclear power plant all my battery issues are gone.
Seriously though, if you use the phone the battery will drop. That is a law of physics you can't avoid. My problem with this phone was that with stock ROM the battery dropped a lot even when I did absolutely nothing. CM7 solved that, so I am happy.
I still don't get sufficient standby life so I am working on fixing an old HTC amaze (fixed bootloop, now waiting for screen to arrive). My wife's amaze can get over 4 days of standby and I just noticed that she has not rebooted it in close to 400 hours.
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Believe you me... Apple suggested LG for Nexus 4

4 days of standby time? Sorry this is the g2x forum I don't know what that means.
Lol that's crazy!
I have about six months left until I'm available for an upgrade. Thinking the new s4, razor or nexus.

I agree this is still a pretty slick phone. I'm loving the dual boot setup with CM7/Trinity ELP as my runner and CM10.1 as my gaming/test platform. I'd probably be way more disappointed with the phone if I was stuck with stock software, but thanks to the awesome devs and their work I'm very happy with this phone.
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For sure, if it weren't for the devs, we'd be screwed lol

Pain-N-Panic said:
4 days of standby time? Sorry this is the g2x forum I don't know what that means.
Lol that's crazy!
I have about six months left until I'm available for an upgrade. Thinking the new s4, razor or nexus.
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I will try to take a snapshot and post it here for the disbelievers ... lol.
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I am currently running cm7 with Mazout360's kernel and wolfscript. I have themed my phone to be as similar to ICS/JB as possible, as that was the only way I could return to GB. I am very content with how it turned out.
In the end, I have accepted that I will probably never have fully functioning ICS or JB on this phone. But, I guess all that I was really looking for was that updated look and crisp feel, which I have since obtained!
Although I will move on to some sort of Nexus when I have better funding, I am satisfied with the g2x.
The only problem I seem to have with cm7 is this noticeable static flicker that appears very quickly after turning on the display. It only seems to do that with cm7 roms.

EricTheLuminant said:
I am currently running cm7 with Mazout360's kernel and wolfscript. I have themed my phone to be as similar to ICS/JB as possible, as that was the only way I could return to GB. I am very content with how it turned out.
In the end, I have accepted that I will probably never have fully functioning ICS or JB on this phone. But, I guess all that I was really looking for was that updated look and crisp feel, which I have since obtained!
Although I will move on to some sort of Nexus when I have better funding, I am satisfied with the g2x.
The only problem I seem to have with cm7 is this noticeable static flicker that appears very quickly after turning on the display. It only seems to do that with cm7 roms.
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Not trying to hijack the thread, but is it possible to get the jellybean notification bar on gingerbread? Like with notifications you can swipe away and quick message replies to texts and all that. That might be the only thing keeping me on jellybean right now because I love the way it feels so intuitive and such.
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I can swipe away notifications, that's something GB can do already I think. As for quick replys to messages and emails and such, I don't think so.
At least as far as I know.
I miss those features too, but I guess we can't have everything.
There are apps for pop up notifications though.

I can also swipe away notifications. Actually i found that out on mistake, had a few too many whisky cokes and tried responding to a text and swiped it away lol

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I can also swipe away notifications. Actually i found that out on mistake, had a few too many whisky cokes and tried responding to a text and swiped it away lol
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Oh I went straight from Froyo on my old Optimus V to Jellybean on the G2X (I rooted and installed Paranoid Android right away) so I thought swipe notifications was a Jellybean thing. I'll install a Gingerbread ROM when I get back from work and try to make it look and feel like JB.
On topic, yes I'm very satisfied with my G2X, but that might also be because I wasnt expecting a high end phone when I bought it from eBay a few months ago. Also I have a Nexus 7 for any apps that I use that require a hardware accelerated jellybean.
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AFAIK swipe notifications is a CM7 thing in GB ROMs.
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The g2x works best if you chant "humba lumba humba" while standing on one leg!

I though problems would be fixed by updates.
And once rooted and a with custom rom
Everything was going to be working good like the days of the HTC G1.
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Can't wait till the Nexus 5 comes out. I'm gonna buy it and forget about this phone.
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plasmamax1 said:
Can't wait till the Nexus 5 comes out. I'm gonna buy it and forget about this phone.
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I'm saving up

I'm wanting to get the new blackberry q10. That thing looks sick. Waiting until tmobile has it.
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For those of you who are content with cm7, even though it is old software, I am working on my "Speedster" rom. It is still quite alpha but my goals is to optimize CM7 for our G2xs. I am also doing a bunch of software updates inside and using Mazkrnl to have speed and stability. I use the latest ADW launcher in it and JB sounds so it really gives CM7 new life and gives it a great CM10 feel. I can't do anything about play store, still limited to 2.3 aps. No google keep/now

Pie, I'm willing to flash your rom whenever its out of the alpha stage. Or let me know if you need a tester

I use this for the theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2003484
And this guide for everything else.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19705898#post19705898

Are any of you good themers because I would like some help with that so I can focus on software and hardware optimization.
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