I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I haven't had this issue have u thought about rooting it and installing a custom rom. I haven't had any ram issues at all. I'm on zero one rom
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Yes I have thought about rooting it but I'm kinda scared. I'm not new to rooting phones( I've rooted every Android phone I have had) but this one scares me because of no removable battery. My vibrant was nice because of a program called Odin that saved me quite a few times when I've had a bad flash. Odin was a program that would flash the phone back to stock firmware no matter what happend to your phone which made the vibrant virtually unbrickable. Does HTC have any software that will do that?
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Yes I have thought about rooting it but I'm kinda scared. I'm not new to rooting phones( I've rooted every Android phone I have had) but this one scares me because of no removable battery. My vibrant was nice because of a program called Odin that saved me quite a few times when I've had a bad flash. Odin was a program that would flash the phone back to stock firmware no matter what happend to your phone which made the vibrant virtually unbrickable. Does HTC have any software that will do that?
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I know about Odin and no HTC software like that but if u follow the guides u wont break it. The T-Mobile guide here in the general swction works perfectly if your on tmobile Plus koush just released a stable recovery today through the rom manager app. So just follow that guide but instead of using that recovery he suggested in the thread just use the one in rom manager
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Oh and if hold the power button for ten seconds or so it will do a hard reset of the phone no matter if the phone is stuck in a boot loop or not. I was stuck in a boot loop because I was trying to theme something and it was just boot looping and I held the power button and sure enough it turned off the phone and I was able to get into boot loader again. So not having a removable battery shouldn't be an issue
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McQueefus said:
I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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Let's see your vibrant do this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4mHPcZOsE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You are right, this phone sucks!/sarcasm/
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lol, I watched that video before I bought this phone however, what the video doesn't show is that when you click on a app in the recent apps menu it usually has to reload the app so its not really truly multitasking. Android has a built in task manager that closes out the other apps when it needs more ram for the new app and because sence is a ram hog sometimes It will only allow me to run one app at a time. And i never said the phone sucks, I just said I was disappointed. I like the phone and I even like sence, ( its very sexy) but it uses way to much ram. Probably doesn't help that my home screens are loaded with Widgets too. : P
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@ jriv,
My vibrant would also do a hard reset when you hold the power. However when I would bootloop and did that it would only reboot into a bootloop. Are u saying that you can reboot into recovery this way during a boot loop? I also had a Motorola cliq that I almost bricked but was able to pull out my SD card and put it in my computer so I could put another file on it and reflash the rom. With no external SD I am also hesitant.
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@ jriv,
My vibrant would also do a hard reset when you hold the power. However when I would bootloop and did that it would only reboot into a bootloop. Are u saying that you can reboot into recovery this way during a boot loop? I also had a Motorola cliq that I almost bricked but was able to pull out my SD card and put it in my computer so I could put another file on it and reflash the rom. With no external SD I am also hesitant.
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Yes if you hold power it will turn off the phone then you can hold the power button plus volume down and it boot into boot loader then from there u can select recovery.
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And u shouldn't worry about external SD because the holding of the power button will turn the phone off no matter what and from there u can reboot into boot loader then recovery
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Maybe I will check it out. I know if I keep it i will end up rooting it eventually but I am still trying to decide. The phones I had before the vibrant ( Motorola cliq and HTC my touch 3g) were a bit of a pain with radio compatability and roms. That is another reason I'm a little weary. I can't remember the last time ive had to use adb. Everything was so easy with the vibrant
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Maybe I will check it out. I know if I keep it i will end up rooting it eventually but I am still trying to decide. The phones I had before the vibrant ( Motorola cliq and HTC my touch 3g) were a bit of a pain with radio compatability and roms. That is another reason I'm a little weary. I can't remember the last time ive had to use adb. Everything was so easy with the vibrant
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Rooting is simple there is just a program you run and it roots you're phone for you.the other part is un locking the bootloader but there is instructions for that. As of right now there are no radios to choose from so all roms work pretty easy.
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Is there a way to relock the bootloader and return to factory settings just in case I need to return the phone?
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Is there a way to relock the bootloader and return to factory settings just in case I need to return the phone?
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Yes on the htc site they tell u how to relock bootloader its just a command u run in adb
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McQueefus said:
I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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"Loading" message on the home screen is caused by enabling a setting in "Developer options" called "Dont"t keep activities". This setting instructs the phone to "destroy" every activity as soon as you leave it. So in essence, everytime you leave the home screen to do anything else, the phone "destroys" HTC Sense. The loading message is HTC Sense being restarted once you exit to the home screen. Unchecking this "feature" will eliminate the "Loading" message.
Destroy activities seems clear by default. Was wondering if anyone played with the background process setting though...it has a default and 1-4 processes allowed.
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Destroy activities seems clear by default. Was wondering if anyone played with the background process setting though...it has a default and 1-4 processes allowed.
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I think I hit it by mistake while in the developer options. It was only after being in here that the "loading" started happening. Clearing it resolved it for me. Not sure how the background processes setting changes things. I left it at default.
forget the developer options or scripts. they don't help.
as many of you know there're no multitasking issues on other recent android phones. you can leave games or streaming apps and come back to them half an hour later and still be in the same spot. with HOS as soon as you leave them, you're going to start over. the oom values don't help much with the situation as the phone has plenty of memory for any applications. the issue isn't the memory available, but how the phone manages saved states and KERNEL is responsible for that. so until a talented soul would be able to fix it on KERNEL level for us we're are stuck with it.
I have a Vibrant that I still mess with, if you ask me Odin sucks big time. It's more of a crutch then anything if you ask me. Of all the 5 android devices I hate the Vibrant the most. That being said it still is a good phone and the one I use currently is run Slim ICS.
I can tell you that you don't have to worry about the non-removable battery. Holding down the power button will always power off the phone. No need for a battery pull.
I can also tell you that multitasking SUCKS on the stock One S rom. The phone reloads apps much much more often then my other android devices.
See this 77 page thread on the ATT One X forum if you disagree. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646409&highlight=multitasking
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forget the developer options or scripts. they don't help.
as many of you know there're no multitasking issues on other recent android phones. you can leave games or streaming apps and come back to them half an hour later and still be in the same spot. with HOS as soon as you leave them, you're going to start over. the oom values don't help much with the situation as the phone has plenty of memory for any applications. the issue isn't the memory available, but how the phone manages saved states and KERNEL is responsible for that. so until a talented soul would be able to fix it on KERNEL level for us we're are stuck with it.
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Bingo! Mannequin is spot on about the multitasking problem.
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I noticed that fast boot on the GB roms gave me issues when booting. Wondering if its a compounding factor of having this turned on. I have not seen a single reboot issue on either Froyo or GB roms and we all seem to be running the same hardware configurations....
I really don't think you understand how fast boot works. Fast boot is not bricking anyone.
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I really don't think you understand how fast boot works. Fast boot is not bricking anyone.
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All I know is when I have my phone on fast boot and go to shut down, my phone turns off (obviously). However, sometimes the LED light goes completely dark. Upon unplugging and plugging it back in it will come back on but the phone wont turn on when I try. Takes 5-6 attempts and sometimes reboots on the HTC screen.
That's because you have an app installed that isn't playing nice.
Fast boot is a suspend to RAM like feature. It will not work or function or affect recovery. Bricked phones reboot in recovery.
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So what you are telling me is that fastboot is no longer in the bootloader and cant possibly be a problem?
I'm really starting to wonder if alot of these "bricks" are not really bricks and just people not knowing what they are doing?
I know not all, but some of the ones that are bricks maybe were caused by inexperienced users trying to do things they shouldn't be doing without knowing how to do it?
Just my two cents.
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I'm really starting to wonder if alot of these "bricks" are not really bricks and just people not knowing what they are doing?
I know not all, but some of the ones that are bricks maybe were caused by inexperienced users trying to do things they shouldn't be doing without knowing how to do it?
Just my two cents.
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I wonder the same thing... I read the post by a very respected Thunderbolt rom maker who made the original 'go back to froyo' post... But I LOOKED and LOOKED through threads trying to find this 'high percent' and couldn't find ones that were people just messing up going to HBOOT and flashing the new baseband/radio... most were trying to flash the new radio through Rom Manager or something else... and eventually found a way out (which isn't a brick) a BRICK is something you cannot get to work ever again, as far as I'm concerned...
so... I'm not sure what the risks are, because I'm not a developer but I have faith in the guy who helps make BAMF rom... I jumped back to froyo (reluctantly) but have a nandroid backup of GB just in case I feel frisky lol
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Interesting that the CM7 build, which uses the GingerBread kernel, but the Froyo radio is not impacted.... really seems to tie it to the radio.
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As this is my second handset I'm having all kind of problems or "bugs"
1. When I go to delete an app the size numbers go nuts I have to back out then try again before I am able to remove an app
2. My phone gets super hot right now all I am doing is typing this post and my phone is at 112 F
3. My data when switching from 2g, 3g or 4g sticks where I have to like in the hd2 early android stages and enable airplane mode and disable airplane mode
4. I have had to hard reset my phone so much lately that I took my cover completely off has froze twice so bad the screen turned black and did not come back till after the hard reset
This an amazing device with alot of potential given that HTC unlocks the bootloader (my guess is xda will beat them to the punch . I do not want to do a handset exchange again it is a pain in the butt and it is not like I know the next one will be flawless. I'm torn but you know what I think ill wait until I'm rootedAnd see what the awesome devs cook up if I'm still having issues ill return it. What do you think?
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I spoke to voda today. I am onto my second device now and the bugs just keep crawling out so they are sending me another on Tuesday.
But, to be fair I'm quiet disappointed with the sensation. And have lost all faith in htc so I ask if it was possible to change to another device. They said only if the next obe has issues, which I think it will personally. So looks like ill be joining the sgs2 group. These things seem far to unfinished to have on a 24month contract. Personal opinion.
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infrared_guy said:
As this is my second handset I'm having all kind of problems or "bugs"
1. When I go to delete an app the size numbers go nuts I have to back out then try again before I am able to remove an app
2. My phone gets super hot right now all I am doing is typing this post and my phone is at 112 F
3. My data when switching from 2g, 3g or 4g sticks where I have to like in the hd2 early android stages and enable airplane mode and disable airplane mode
4. I have had to hard reset my phone so much lately that I took my cover completely off has froze twice so bad the screen turned black and did not come back till after the hard reset
This an amazing device with alot of potential given that HTC unlocks the bootloader (my guess is xda will beat them to the punch . I do not want to do a handset exchange again it is a pain in the butt and it is not like I know the next one will be flawless. I'm torn but you know what I think ill wait until I'm rootedAnd see what the awesome devs cook up if I'm still having issues ill return it. What do you think?
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Overheating is bad. It can cause numerous problems, like those freezes. I would try to figure out what's causing it. Try installing OSMonitor and look at the running processes CPU load. In the settings you can sort on load by descending (the default is ascending), which will put the heaviest users at the top of the list. If CPU usage is not causing the heat then the phone may be defective, and you could face ongoing problems. If the cause is some app or setup option then getting another phone won't fix it. The freezes may be an indication the phone is already damaged, with replacement the only option.
Regarding the 2G/4G switching, have you done the toggle ciphering fix? If not you can search the forums for how to do it. If so, then you may just be in a marginal signal area where it's going to flip around. I'm in one myself at home, but use wifi so it's not a problem. If it does it when you're in a strong 4G area then not sure what to say except contact support (you say 4G so I assume you're on TMO in the US).
Don't know about the uninstall quirk. Have the apps been moved to the SD? If so, try moving them back before uninstalling. If they are standard market apps then sounds like a bug that should be reported.
Edit: One other thought. You might try formatting your SD. That's solved some quirky issues for other posters. I had some flakiness on my first Sensation, HTC diagnosed it as a bad SD and sent me a new one.
Thanks for the reply helped alot
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Regarding the uninstalling apps issue, I've seen something similar. When I first access an app under Settings>Applications>Manage applications I see the storage numbers rolling rapidly then stop. If I try to uninstall at that point nothing happens. If I back out one level and then go back in to the app I can uninstall it. Odd behavior but the workaround is simple.
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Regarding the uninstalling apps issue, I've seen something similar. When I first access an app under Settings>Applications>Manage applications I see the storage numbers rolling rapidly then stop. If I try to uninstall at that point nothing happens. If I back out one level and then go back in to the app I can uninstall it. Odd behavior but the workaround is simple.
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yeah same thing to me only when i try to stop the app first the numbers go crazy but if i hit uninstall 1st it dont happen whats funny is i thought is was only me
It seems when I press the home button or just press "back" enough times to end up at home, the screen displays the HTC logo for a time then actually gets to the home screen. It's almost as if it's rebooting every time I go home, but music applications continue to play.
I am not rooted nor have I installed any custom firmware on my sensation. Is it just a lack of RAM?
seems like the sense UI is restarting. do u have installed any launcher ?
I have not installed any custom launchers.
is this not a common issue among sensation owners?
maybe I need to flash a custom rom that's more optimized...
Happened to me as well (so far, I've only seen it twice since buying the device (XE) 3 weeks ago). I'm on the stock ROM.
It seems when there are too many apps active, which require too much RAM, Android unoads Sense from memory.
You check what you have installed and running (not only in Task Manager, but also in the "Running Services" tab of the application manager.
This is very common; it's just an aspect of Sense. Some ROMs do it more than others but they all do it to some degree. I see it happen most often when you're running a lot of apps at the same time and then hit home.
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I have started getting this recently, I assume it came with an alleged "upgrade".
The really useful people at HTC told me it was my fault for installing applications and suggested I do a factory reset.
As stated above, if you kill some apps, it seems to stop it.
I have also, with my limited ability tried to stop some stuff from loading.
If there was a guide somewhere to managing what loads, I think that would help a lot with this problem.
It's because there's not enough memory for it, forcing it to be closed and restarted. Rather common on these phones, and either you need nothing installed on the phone, or just use a different launcher that doesn't take as much memory to run. As soon as I changed launcher it runs perfectly. As soon as I change back the problem resurfaces.
android memory will auto shut any other program when the current program does not have enough memory...
Get spare parts and set the autokiller option to normal
I suggest you root and add (all the way at the bottom) line "ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" (without the quotes) to build.prop in /system
Problem solved.
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no doubt there are many users on here who are quite happy to root their phone, or prepared to install "Spare Parts".
At my level of ability, I would appreciate being given information as to how to control this behaviour. I think the solution lies in being able to prevent some applications from running automatically on start-up and in effectively, that is, permanently, shutting down applications. I find that using task killers, the applications start running themselves again.
it does seem to me that the android system has a serious defect as no consumer is going to tolerate a situation where, every time one wants to carry out a task on the phone, one has to wait approximately 30 seconds. The level of documentation supplied with the system is quite atrocious.
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no doubt there are many users on here who are quite happy to root their phone, or prepared to install "Spare Parts".
At my level of ability, I would appreciate being given information as to how to control this behaviour. I think the solution lies in being able to prevent some applications from running automatically on start-up and in effectively, that is, permanently, shutting down applications. I find that using task killers, the applications start running themselves again.
it does seem to me that the android system has a serious defect as no consumer is going to tolerate a situation where, every time one wants to carry out a task on the phone, one has to wait approximately 30 seconds. The level of documentation supplied with the system is quite atrocious.
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ballyhooo, I think you and I are on the same line on this.
There's definitely a bug there and I think HTC should be aware of it!!
I don't see the point for HTC to let everyone down the "root" avenue ... or may be I'm missing something.
How could we take it further?
All the Best
You do realise you don't need to be rooted to change launcher, right? It's as simple as going to the market and picking one you like.
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I know, but reading the various posts I understood it was one strong step toward fixing this ...
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It's only installing one app, the only other alternative would be to rip sense out of the phone or somehow increase it's memory!
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Ok understood. I'll give it a try. Thanks
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It's because there's not enough memory for it, forcing it to be closed and restarted. Rather common on these phones, and either you need nothing installed on the phone, or just use a different launcher that doesn't take as much memory to run. As soon as I changed launcher it runs perfectly. As soon as I change back the problem resurfaces.
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BTW which one are you using?
Adw or another one?
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I'm using spb shell 3d, but any other launchers will also work.
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My fiance's charge keeps flashing low memory when he plays games or gets on internet. He had one before this one and never had a problem. Any ideas on how to fix?
Also whenever he takes a picture, his phone cuts off and it won't turn back on unless he pulls battery. I've seen threads on Verizon saying a lot of peoples do that... ANd hit reset. That worked for two minutes and it's back to doing it again. I know people on here are always helpful =] His phone is stock. He won't let me root it. He's scared something will happen! UGH.
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My fiance's charge keeps flashing low memory when he plays games or gets on internet. He had one before this one and never had a problem. Any ideas on how to fix?
Also whenever he takes a picture, his phone cuts off and it won't turn back on unless he pulls battery. I've seen threads on Verizon saying a lot of peoples do that... ANd hit reset. That worked for two minutes and it's back to doing it again. I know people on here are always helpful =] His phone is stock. He won't let me root it. He's scared something will happen! UGH.
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Tell him to quit being such a *****.
The device will shut down when taking a picture with flash when the battery is too low-power draw is greater than the battery can provide at that point.
Low memory-not much you can do about it until rooted. Cut down in some active processes.
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Lol thanks he had a full batt. I hate his laggggy phone. I might just take his phone while he's sleeping Nd work some magic.
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Use Titanium Backup PRO once you gain root to freeze bloatware apps that won't uninstall from the system. You'll gain a hell of a lot more memory by doing that.
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Been contemplating for a while whether to post this as it will come off as rather trollish. Had my Infuse for over a year now. When I first got it I noticed there were some "issues". I remained patient hoping or thinking maybe when GB was released it would improve. It did not. Later I needed to root this phone and came here, found a ROM that had all the AT&T junk stripped out. Phone worked better, but still had these issues.
I got to the point that I knew I would never again purchase either a Samsung phone or Android. Did not know what the culprit was. Just recently I had the chance to really take a look at an HTC EVO, and I realized that Samsung is the problem, not Android.
Number one issue is that this phone is sluggish, and sometimes unresponsive. I will touch whatever button and get that vibrating acknowledgement, but nothing happens. I will be in the app menu and wish to exist and the home button just does not respond.
Yesterday I missed a call because the bloody phone just did not respond, even though I touched the answer button. Other times I just can not make a call. I dial number, and the phone just sits there doing nothing. Eventually I just pull out the battery and restart the phone to make a simple bloody call. I had a HTC WinMo phone for years and never once experienced this. No matter how farked the OS could get with some app or whatever, the phone function always worked.
I do not run a lot of apps, and recently have experienced these issues with almost literally no apps installed. I will then add something like GO taskmanger just to confirm that the unresponsive behavior is not due to some app taking up memory/CPU etc..
Sorry for the long post, but I am at my wits end with this bloody phone. The fact that I miss calls when the **** phone is right in my hand is unacceptable. So before placing this phone in a box filled with C4 and shooting this to the moon, hoping that maybe a solution is out there.
p.s. I have 2 Infuse in use, both have the same issue.
What firmware are you running?
Is it the same firmware on both phones?
What is the launcher?
Have you tried a different modem?
Are you using a battery saver like juice defender?
Are you using an ad blocker?
Are you using a specific kernel? Oc? Uv?
Need for specific info
ssa2204 said:
Been contemplating for a while whether to post this as it will come off as rather trollish. Had my Infuse for over a year now. When I first got it I noticed there were some "issues". I remained patient hoping or thinking maybe when GB was released it would improve. It did not. Later I needed to root this phone and came here, found a ROM that had all the AT&T junk stripped out. Phone worked better, but still had these issues.
I got to the point that I knew I would never again purchase either a Samsung phone or Android. Did not know what the culprit was. Just recently I had the chance to really take a look at an HTC EVO, and I realized that Samsung is the problem, not Android.
Number one issue is that this phone is sluggish, and sometimes unresponsive. I will touch whatever button and get that vibrating acknowledgement, but nothing happens. I will be in the app menu and wish to exist and the home button just does not respond.
Yesterday I missed a call because the bloody phone just did not respond, even though I touched the answer button. Other times I just can not make a call. I dial number, and the phone just sits there doing nothing. Eventually I just pull out the battery and restart the phone to make a simple bloody call. I had a HTC WinMo phone for years and never once experienced this. No matter how farked the OS could get with some app or whatever, the phone function always worked.
I do not run a lot of apps, and recently have experienced these issues with almost literally no apps installed. I will then add something like GO taskmanger just to confirm that the unresponsive behavior is not due to some app taking up memory/CPU etc..
Sorry for the long post, but I am at my wits end with this bloody phone. The fact that I miss calls when the **** phone is right in my hand is unacceptable. So before placing this phone in a box filled with C4 and shooting this to the moon, hoping that maybe a solution is out there.
p.s. I have 2 Infuse in use, both have the same issue.
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You know, for the rather lengthy post, you really have not explained any detail about your issue.. You have a generic 'I have an issue, the Infuse sucks' post and its not going to help anyone resolve your issue. I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe that you have 2 infuses having the SAME EXACT ISSUE. Yes, there will be times when you get a defective phone or it isnt working up to your standards, but to have 2 defective phones with the same defect? You need to play the lottery. Also, i suggest you send the phones back. It sounds like youve already made your mind up and have pretty much bashed the samsung infuse in that entire post. The same samsung infuse that myself, and plenty of other people live with day to day and have absolutely 0 complaints.
I will give you $20.00 a piece for them!!!!
ssa2204 said:
Been contemplating for a while whether to post this as it will come off as rather trollish. Had my Infuse for over a year now. When I first got it I noticed there were some "issues". I remained patient hoping or thinking maybe when GB was released it would improve. It did not. Later I needed to root this phone and came here, found a ROM that had all the AT&T junk stripped out. Phone worked better, but still had these issues.
I got to the point that I knew I would never again purchase either a Samsung phone or Android. Did not know what the culprit was. Just recently I had the chance to really take a look at an HTC EVO, and I realized that Samsung is the problem, not Android.
Number one issue is that this phone is sluggish, and sometimes unresponsive. I will touch whatever button and get that vibrating acknowledgement, but nothing happens. I will be in the app menu and wish to exist and the home button just does not respond.
Yesterday I missed a call because the bloody phone just did not respond, even though I touched the answer button. Other times I just can not make a call. I dial number, and the phone just sits there doing nothing. Eventually I just pull out the battery and restart the phone to make a simple bloody call. I had a HTC WinMo phone for years and never once experienced this. No matter how farked the OS could get with some app or whatever, the phone function always worked.
I do not run a lot of apps, and recently have experienced these issues with almost literally no apps installed. I will then add something like GO taskmanger just to confirm that the unresponsive behavior is not due to some app taking up memory/CPU etc..
Sorry for the long post, but I am at my wits end with this bloody phone. The fact that I miss calls when the **** phone is right in my hand is unacceptable. So before placing this phone in a box filled with C4 and shooting this to the moon, hoping that maybe a solution is out there.
p.s. I have 2 Infuse in use, both have the same issue.
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Simple . Hack it and put cm7 on it if you really need speed. Maybe its your screen protecter. Wipe the screen off. Cm9 can be sluggish, for speed go to miui on gingerbread or cm7
Id be willing to buy one of the infuses
Trust me...sounds like you got two defective units...which like Scott, I find hard to believe...but hey its possible-idk when you got hem.but if it hasn't been a year then put them back to stock with gtgs unbrick and file a warranty claim with Samsung...the infuse is a great phone and I never had the problem you described...I do have a question though...did you get them both at the same time? Cause I don't see why you would get a second if your first was having problems
Anyways...if you wanna sell one hmu...I may buy one depending on the price and if I can get the money (I think I already may have one lined up for $170 just need to get the money)
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Never really had any problems with samsungs beside the only issue I have ever had with ALL Samsung phones .. They have the worst RF signal/strength out of any company! I miss the days of my old Nokia RF ..
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Android Law #1: Costum ROMs are ALWAYS 10x better than stock.
Wow an i cant find one issue. Always great signal never inresponsive u sure u have an infuse
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Prometh1216 said:
Wow an i cant find one issue. Always great signal never inresponsive u sure u have an infuse
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Hehehe, what ROM u running?
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qkster said:
What firmware are you running?
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One is using the GB posted by jscott30 here, the other is the plain official Samsung GB via Kies. Mine is then UCLB3
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Is it the same firmware on both phones?
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No
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What is the launcher?
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Both stock
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Have you tried a different modem?
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No, thought never occurred to me that I should look at this as a solution.
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Are you using a battery saver like juice defender?
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Neither.
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Are you using an ad blocker?
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Nope
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Are you using a specific kernel? Oc? Uv?
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2.6.35.7-I997RUXK53-CL366622 for mine (GB rooted ROM) the other would be whatever came with the official Samsung GB release.
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Need for specific info
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Again this has been a recurring problem since purchase, and during this time I have had stock Froyo, rooted Froyo ROM, GB update, and for one now a the GB rooted ROM.
When the slow to unresponsiveness occurs there does not appear to be any specific cause. Prior to updating to the rooted GB I had used GO Taskmanager, and long before that some other app I long since forgot the name of. Point was that they had shown that neither CPU was excessive, or memory was used up. Both phones have data services disabled and are strictly Wifi only. There are no tasks or extra programs run in the background (though did install Connectbot today). I no longer use any Live wallpaper. After updating to the rooted GB I left the phone in that state (no software installed) for a week or so, and the problem still occured.
This occurs when calling or answering calls, but as previously posted occurs sometimes just opening the Applications menu as an example. So it is not a specific task or program that is slow or unresponsive. Earlier this evening I got a call, slide the bar across to answer and the screen just hung there for a few moments. This time it was at least not long enough that I missed the call. When the call was done I looked and there simply was nothing running on the phone. No apps, no web browser or mail, in fact I was not even connected to the wifi (I have data 3G/4G service disabled on the phone).
are you completely wiping before every flash youve done? have you tried a complete wipe and start from fresh?
ssa2204 said:
One is using the GB posted by jscott30 here, the other is the plain official Samsung GB via Kies. Mine is then UCLB3
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Both stock
No, thought never occurred to me that I should look at this as a solution.
Neither.
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2.6.35.7-I997RUXK53-CL366622 for mine (GB rooted ROM) the other would be whatever came with the official Samsung GB release.
Again this has been a recurring problem since purchase, and during this time I have had stock Froyo, rooted Froyo ROM, GB update, and for one now a the GB rooted ROM.
When the slow to unresponsiveness occurs there does not appear to be any specific cause. Prior to updating to the rooted GB I had used GO Taskmanager, and long before that some other app I long since forgot the name of. Point was that they had shown that neither CPU was excessive, or memory was used up. Both phones have data services disabled and are strictly Wifi only. There are no tasks or extra programs run in the background (though did install Connectbot today). I no longer use any Live wallpaper. After updating to the rooted GB I left the phone in that state (no software installed) for a week or so, and the problem still occured.
This occurs when calling or answering calls, but as previously posted occurs sometimes just opening the Applications menu as an example. So it is not a specific task or program that is slow or unresponsive. Earlier this evening I got a call, slide the bar across to answer and the screen just hung there for a few moments. This time it was at least not long enough that I missed the call. When the call was done I looked and there simply was nothing running on the phone. No apps, no web browser or mail, in fact I was not even connected to the wifi (I have data 3G/4G service disabled on the phone).
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Task manager is NOT the best app to tell you what is running in the background.
Maps and other location apps may not be listed but will consume resourse that can be the cause of your lag.
The fact that stopping wallpaper or live wall paper off alleviate the condition may suggest that the phone is running at max capacity. Steps to reduce the load improves it. Live wp, facebook, maps, stock email and other device manager from stock att was one of the first @#$% I took out on any rom I run.
Having a large amount of apps installed can also cause this lag. The OS may only be able to handle so many.
Have a poor signal at the time of the call may also be an issue, especially if both of your phones have this issue occasionally but not consistently.
Lock screen can also be a factor. Some sleep setting may also cause the phone to wake up poorly. I get around this by turning off my lock screen. On the call settings, you can also change the answering options so that it will override others and make it easy to answer.
On any firmware - stock or modded, after you have the phone running for an extended period of time without a reboot, you may start to see some lags. This may be across all devices. You may need to reboot it occasionally or boot into recovery and wipe the cache.
These issues may or not go away once you have a device with more power or resources..ex: dual or quad core, 1gb or 2gb ram etc..my guess is when a device has more power, programmers will come up with more resourse intensive apps that may hinder the phone as well.
Lastly, pay attention to your battery meter. As the power dips below 30%, there are steps taken by the OS to conserve the battery. This may give you lags as well..possibly one of the reason why it seems random also.
If you wanted to test out the lag issue due to background apps, go to settings/account and sync. turn off background data. You will retain the (radio) phone and text but there will be no email/facebook, weather, widgets/market/amazon etc updates unless you manually update them. If this runs smoothly but lags when you turn it back on, you can start the process of narrowing down your culprit.
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