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Ipaq h6315 Issues

Hi all - I know this site is for XDA devices - but just though someone might be interested in my new h6315 and I am wondering if others are having issues with theirs?
first off - I have never owned a XDAII - just have the orginal XDA - love it!
I bought a h6315 from my T-Mo rep the first day they were available because it had everything - camera, wifi, bluetooth, grps blaaa blaa
ok big let down happened next
1. the h6315 feels terrible - like a plastic toy compared to the nice weight and feel of the xda
2. device resets its settings mysteriously ie - old style ring will change back to tjingle, or back light settings will reset to 30sec - weird stuff
3. signal strength is much worse than my xda
4. speaker sounds terrible and "cracks" at top volume - kinda like the cheap car speakers you pushed to far as a teenager - a headset is a must on this thing
5. when you rest the device most of the time it will popup a error message saying "phone failed" then about 1 min later it aquires the signal and all is well
ok there ya go - my 499.00 blunder

buy an XDA2/3 and stop whinging. I saw the Moto MPx today - nice
virtualjon said:
Hi all - I know this site is for XDA devices - but just though someone might be interested in my new h6315 and I am wondering if others are having issues with theirs?
first off - I have never owned a XDAII - just have the orginal XDA - love it!
I bought a h6315 from my T-Mo rep the first day they were available because it had everything - camera, wifi, bluetooth, grps blaaa blaa
ok big let down happened next
1. the h6315 feels terrible - like a plastic toy compared to the nice weight and feel of the xda
2. device resets its settings mysteriously ie - old style ring will change back to tjingle, or back light settings will reset to 30sec - weird stuff
3. signal strength is much worse than my xda
4. speaker sounds terrible and "cracks" at top volume - kinda like the cheap car speakers you pushed to far as a teenager - a headset is a must on this thing
5. when you rest the device most of the time it will popup a error message saying "phone failed" then about 1 min later it aquires the signal and all is well
ok there ya go - my 499.00 blunder
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G2x Issues - OFFICIAL THREAD

This thread is for owners with issues to post their issues with their G2x. Also, this will help centralize all put issues currently with our phones and possibly LG wont have to go thru all these hundred of threads.
When listing your issues list them like this please.
1) Issue #1
2) Issue #2
3) Issue #3
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Only issue I am having is
#1 Battery
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1) Speaker phone doesn't work sometimes. You press the button to enable it and there's a minor lag, when it does enable and you try to speak the other person can't hear you and their voice continues to come out the ear speaker not the large speakers. Its almost like it mutes you. Again, this happen ONLY when you press the button and there's a lag that this bug happens. Its not constant either, sometimes the speaker phone works fine.
2) Random reboots of the phone.
3) Try turning the phone off and sometimes it sticks n the T-mobile Goodbye screen.
4) Phone LCD screen bleeds on edges.
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flexnix said:
This thread is for owners with issues to post their issues with their G2x. Also, this will help centralize all put issues currently with our phones and possibly LG wont have to go thru all these hundred of threads.
When listing your issues list them like this please.
1) Issue #1
2) Issue #2
3) Issue #3
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Great Idea! The only one I have:
1) LCD ''bleeding'' on top left and right corners of the screen. Really Annoying!
2) Now just a couple of days ago my phone started rebooting itself randomly! I had no issues for the first 4 days after buying the phone. What is going on here?

1) battery drain
2) reception
3) cell standby
4) lcd screen bleed
sent from my G2X with no regrets

1) Battery! (seems like a quite popular problem regardless of what android device were talking about.)
2) Very minor bleeding, mostly on the bottom right corner, not near enough to make me cry about it.
3) Is that really considered 4G? ._.
4) No custom rom. :|
Sent from my rooted G2X

1) Data disconnects are infuriating never had so many "Message was not sent" notifications on a device
2) LCD bleeding
3) No HDMI cable
4) Back cover - Not really an issue but a gripe I feel like everytime I take it off its gonna break, so cheap

1) headphone reboots, and or doesnt recognize the headphones
2) Random reboots of the phone.
3) Black Screen Lock
4) Phone LCD screen bleeds on top two edges
5) Battery life is pretty bad, unless I use juicedefender
6) data 4G/wifi change issue
7) reboots at least once a day
8) navigation loss, or phone freeze (requires a battery pull)

1) Cell Standby - battery hogging.
2) No Gingerbread (yet)

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1) I have checked 10 devices so far and all of them had backlight bleed, some worst than others. Several of them had brown stains in the screen when on a white background and 1 was entirely tinted yellow.
2) First one rebooted itself 3 times an hour seemingly at random.
3) 2nd unit couldn't lock GPS and when it did it was miles off.
4) earpiece sounds digitized and staticy compared to my nexus one when on phone calls.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

1) phone freezes during charging (must do a battery pull to reset)
2) random reboots
3)LCD backlight bleed in top corners
4)battery life issues

1) Occasional Reboot (Only happened Twice)
That's it surprisingly my battery lasts 20 to 25 hours and no led bleeding.

1. Random reboots. (I just got my 3rd reboot a minute ago)

1) Wired headset icon appears in the status bar when a headset is not connected. This is completely random too. Happened on a call once and no sound came out of earpiece.
2) Data connection\ cell reception blows. I never thought i would say this but my Vibrant would blow the G2X out of the water in cell reception.
3) LCD bleeding. Not a huge gripe but we shouldn't have to deal with this on a $550 device.
4) Battery life. While mine is not as bad as others, I really thought the dual cores in this phone would increase battery life over a single core device.

1. lcd bleed
2. few random reboots will using apps
3. speakers sound saturated
haven't had enough time to play around with a lot of other things....

1. Cell reception (my first sidekick had better reception)
2. Battery drainage
3. Extremely quiet speaker (how come I'm hearing from others that sound is great?)
4. LCD corner bleeding
I'm lucky I haven't had a single random reboot. Other than the above this phone is top notch, has so much potential. Which is why I'm sticking with it, hoping things will get fixed in the near future.

1) Wifi/data just dies, only way to fix is to reboot. Very annoying.

!
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1. Wifi/Network handoff
I noticed that after a restart and even though the phone is displaying wifi, it will still try to use the network for data and after about 5 minutes, it works as normal. I suspect the Tmobile myaccount app doing it, but not sure. I think it also affects every app on the phone that uses data. If I open any app during the initial 5 minutes such as XDA or market, it won't load. After the 5 minutes, those apps that I opened in the 5 minute window will act like wifi never activated, I would have to clear cache and force close to get it to work again. Something is wonky with the wifi/network hand off. LG/T-mobile doesn't seem like they tested this phone very thoroughly.
I hope CM7 will fix the programming screw ups of LG.

[Q] What are your major issues? Sending to an Asus tech

Guys, I've been talking to Hai one of the techs at Asus US for the transformer. He knows I'm on xda a lot and thought I could be a huge resource for him to discover the most common issues people are having with their transformers. He knows a lot of us are power users and wants to help out xda'era as much as he can. So reply to this thread with any issues you are having and I will report back to him the most common of the issues. I also *****ed about how little their call center knew. My initial email to him actually spurred a meeting internally on how they can better train the techs in the call center (which he told me is in Jamaica)
Thanks
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I just gave you a thanks for helping to promote & solidify Asus's relationship with this community! If Asus can keep this behavior up, their products will continue to fly off the shelves, such personal support is unheard of it seems in an android world where cell phone & now tablet owners wait forever for updates and help.

screen flickering when playing via HDMI out,
resolution only 720 p.

My issues
1) The speakers and sound playback on this device is lousy. The right speaker is louder than the left. The overall music playback is of low fidelity and low volume.
2) Touch screen doesn't register clicks religiously. I can reproduce this on any damn browser, on the XDA forum home page consistently.
3) Asus keyboard is very very slow. Instantly switched to the Android one
4) Browsing and multi touch is not smooth on the default browser. Its better on Opera n Firefox though.
Issues related to YT playback are known and hopefully will be fixed with 3.1. Also, it would be nice to know when 3.1 would be available for TF.
P.S Please let your friend in Asus know that people are really freaked out by the length of the damn charging cable Asus offered
Thanks for your efforts

I got 4 times the screen goes black and could not turn it back on. I havd to do force shut down then it turned on

-sleep of death issue
-wifi seems to shut not down correctly
-high battery loss of about 3% per hour while screen off, but only sometimes. Xoom loses only about 0.5% average per hour.
Thx for your post and efforts
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Battery performance in standby is poor if wifi is set to stay on when the screen turns off. This is unlike the Xoom, which gets equivalent standby performance (<.5%/hour burn rate) whether wifi is set to stay on or turn off when the screen turns off.
My guess is that the TF's wifi is not going into a sleep mode when the screen turns off and thus burns excessive battery life. The difference is <.5%/hour if wifi is set to turn off and >3.5%/hour if wifi is set to stay on.
Again, note that the Xoom does NOT exhibit this behavior, and that my Xoom and my TF are both running (mostly) identical apps, email syncing, etc. The only difference between them is the Asus apps that run in the background, but I've run tests with those shut off and they're not the cause of the difference.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Watching vids on the Youtube app lags so frequently it's unusable to me. This is on the latest update.

The-Nazgul said:
-sleep of death issue
-wifi seems to shut not down correctly
-high battery loss of about 3% per hour while screen off, but only sometimes. Xoom loses only about 0.5% average per hour.
Thx for your post and efforts
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Oops, looks like we posted at the same time. Note that I expanded on the poor standby performance, and have found it VERY consistent and reproducible.
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wifi stops working when docked and keyboard also stops working sometimes
Speakers are not even
when is honeycomb 3.1 comming
Thanks

You could leverage the poll in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074190

About half of the users reported touch screen issues at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1068569

Sent mine in due to significant light bleeding around 3 sides. Seems to be a bit of a problem for ASUS, if this website is any indication.

Well here's a little list you can send. Can't comment on the support staff issues as I've not had to ring them myself.
Things needing to be fixed:
Tablet:
Speaker balance still off. (louder in right speaker on some devices)
Wifi model still displays 'mobile network signal' battery use bar even though no GSM/CDMA/HSPA chip exists.
Notable video camera 'screen delay'.
MyZine FC issue.
MyCloud settings icon does nothing.
Browser intermittent FC's.
Slow default browser page refresh rate, resulting in occasional artifacting.
Home screen 'bounceback' issue.
Tapping 'Install' in the market sometimes opens a random app.
Sometimes the device doesn't wake from standby, when using the default lock screen. There seems to be various forms of this bug. >Some possible fixes to get around this bug include: do a forced power off (10-12sec power button hold). Wait 30 secs. Then turn on as normal (5-6sec power button hold). Then just turn off the lock screen in the settings; Remove all Asus widgets from the home screen<
Battery usage data not showing proper list.
Parts of touchscreen unresponsive at times. - no known cause
MyLibrary app closes itself when corrupt/not compatible files found. (Asus developer feedback on this HERE)
HDMI only outputs at 720p. Possible flickering screen issues.
Speaker 'pop' issue. After a period of inactivity with the speakers, and then suddenly they are required to play a sound, a small pop is heard, before the rest of the audio plays properly.
Dock:
Drains its battery even if nothing is plugged into it.
Tablet disconnects from dock at random times.
No way to tell the level of internal battery.
While plugged into the tablet, and in standby mode, the battery drains fast.
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I just sent the following e-mail to an Asus Tech earlier....let's see what they have to say.
was one of the lucky people to be able to order and receive a new Transformer last week. However, I have noticed some issues that I am currently worried about and I hope that someone can address for me. Some of them are product quality issues, while others are technical issues. Any information or feedback that can be provided about any of them is greatly appreciated.
1) When I power the device on, there seems to be a crackle that comes from the speakers, perhaps caused by them receiving power. Is this normal behavior or something that I should be worried about with my speakers crackling or being blown in the future?
2) I notice that there are a lot of "creaking" like noises when the tablet is held in certain positions, is this normal?
3) My device would not power on earlier today, and it took multiple pushes of the power button, but after about 12 tries and holding it for over 40 seconds, it finally powered on, even though I never powered it off. Is this a known issue that will be addressed in the next software update?
4) This is more of a complaint than anything, but the charging cable provided with the device is extremely short. Can you offer any add on products that can increase the length?
5) I have read that a lot of people have had problems with dust underneath the screen. While I have yet to notice any dust underneath the screen, I do notice that on the top left and bottom left of my device, there is a somewhat large gap between the bezel and the screen itself, which could lead to dust problems in the future. The gap on the left is significant, while the gap on the right is non-existent. Is this a design issue with all of them, or have I just received a defective product?
All in all, what can Asus do for me in order to alleviate these problems that I have already encountered with the product? I have also just recently purchased the Keyboard Dock, which I have read various accounts online of it also having issues. Will these issues be addressed by Asus in the next firmware update? I have multiple Asus laptops, and this is my first Asus Tablet, and although I was very excited for this product, there seems to be a lot of problems being encountered with it...
Any information that can be provided would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
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About the sound not being even, he knows about that. That's why he rma'ed mine. While a lot of people think it's a sw issue he isn't sure. Hence why he wanted mine asap to troubleshoot it since none of the units in the office do this. He thinks it could have been something with a batch of them if of is hw. He also knows about screen bleed. So keep them coming and at the end of the week I will email him.
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not a huge issue in the scheme of things but offering the Transformer & dock in a choice of colors would be awesome. The brown/bronze thing happening here really doesn't show the device off to it's best advantage.
I took my setup to work, everybody thought it worked beautifully but several commented on the fact that they thought the color is unattractive and asked if
it came in anything different.

Geekbabe said:
not a huge issue in the scheme of things but offering the Transformer & dock in a choice of colors would be awesome. The brown/bronze thing happening here really doesn't show the device off to it's best advantage.
I took my setup to work, everybody thought it worked beautifully but several commented on the fact that they thought the color is unattractive and asked if
it came in anything different.
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Did you show it to your lady friends?
Personally, I love the bronze finish. Kinda tired of looking at everything black n white

Photographs do not display as well as they should; colors are muted and they do not look as sharp as they do on my PC monitor. I have tried a couple different apps but they all display the same and given the great screen on the TF this is definitely not acceptable.

Paddman said:
Photographs do not display as well as they should; colors are muted and they do not look as sharp as they do on my PC monitor. I have tried a couple different apps but they all display the same and given the great screen on the TF this is definitely not acceptable.
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+1 . I observed this issue too

Is your TF700 a keeper?

I've seen a few hit or miss issues that have been coming to light since the release of the TF700 infinity. On some devices, it seems to work and on others, not as well or not at all. From this, it seemed quite necessary to have a thread to identify the issues that others may encounter and for what they should check to know if they have a "good device" or whether it should be returned. Please let me know if their are any items that should be related to this list. If you wish to discuss your tablet's attributes (both good and bad) further, Pretoriano80 has made such a thread: [Infinity issues/defects/good features] Share your issues, defects or best features
Make sure you charge your tablet before using! Explanation in point 3.
Also, do not update past 9.4.5.26 during these tests if you want to use NVFlash!
1- Does your device have good build quality?
Some people have found that there are scratches on the device, frame's bent, the display is poorly set, the ports may be improperly mounted or other such things. It is recommended that if you encounter any of these that you return the device to get another one since you paid a lot of money for a "good" device. The tablet might click at corners, some of the backlight might bleed through around the edges of the display, or maybe show a slight but often not serious protrusion of the screen from the device. It's up to you to judge whether the extremity of this occurrence on your device are serious enough to warrant a return depending on your definition of "quality".
A possible test for "light bleed" is to take a picture from the camera in either a dark room or the camera lens covered (objective is to take a "black" photo). Open the image in the gallery app and turn up the brightness on the device. In this fashion you should be able to notice any "severe" cases of light bleed like this. If the light bleed is little and only noticeable during startup, then it's probably nothing to worry about.
2- Does your device have haptic feedback? (Does it vibrate properly?)
When you turn on and off your device, it should vibrate. This vibration will be subtle like the feeling of a working electrical appliance and not like a console joystick. If it doesn't, then it probably is defective. There are various methods to getting some type of jiggle out of the tablet if you want a more extensive test. One example is to add such feedback to your on-screen keyboard via Settings -> Language & Input. I'll just go over the basic "Android Keyboard". Select the sliders button next to the keyboard, look for "vibrate on keypress", put a little check next to that, then go into "advanced settings". By default, these vibrations are set to 1ms which is a duration too short to provide any feedback. Adjust the "Keypress vibration duration settings" to something like 100ms in order to ensure that the buzz happens. Finally, verify that your default keyboard is set to the "Android Keyboard" and then open up something like SuperNote where you can type. You should have some buzzing upon every keypress. When done with this test, just go back into the keyboard settings and disable the "vibrate on keypress".
3- Is your battery life ~9 hours in power-saving mode or ~6 hours in balanced mode?
Some people have noticed that they either never reach this amount or never come close to it. This is kind of an expected behavior since on the first page of the instructions manual (you did read the manual, right?) it mentions this:
"Fully charge the battery up to eight hours for the first-time use. The battery reaches its maximum capacity after one full charging and discharging cycle." Therefore, one is supposed to charge the battery for up to an 8 hour period prior to use and then discharge the battery (until ~10% or so). You may encounter a variant of this concerning "a few cycles" but still, right after tearing the plastic off the box like a rapid child at Christmas, ensure that you just plug it in and forget about it for 8 hours (or until the charging light turns off). Otherwise, it can have a lasting negative impact on battery life.
More information about Li-ion can be found here.
4- Does the GPS work?
The TF700 shares a few things with the TF201 Prime (which had notoriously bad wireless, including Wifi communication, Bluetooth, and GPS). Some owners of the Prime didn't remember to check GPS even when everything else worked and later needed to get a Dongle. Ergo, why I put it here high on the list. I believe many of the issues dealing with hardware and software have been addressed by ASUS so if your GPS doesn't work, try updating (not past 9.4.5.26!) the device or send it back since it might be hardware related. Make sure that when testing, you have the "find location via wifi" option turned off if using Maps. Otherwise, test with a tool from Google Play Store like GPS Status or GPS Test. Note: testing may involve going outside and dancing with the device as the first connection is often the most difficult to get.
When GPS is working, you should see a little circle with a blinking dot inside in the lower right-hand corner. Sometimes, the dot might not blink and can seem to influence how well GPS programs work. Its a strange thing but with a simple solution (from myself encountering it on both the TF300 and the TF700): just open the notifications bar and close it again. The dot should be blinking. If not, try actually turning off and then turning back on the GPS via the notifications bar.
5- Does mini-HDMI work?
Though not necessarily a tendency of faults in the infinity, it is important to check all the offered functionality of the device prior to making it a permanent fixture in your life. Remember that if you don't have a friend with a mini-HDMI cable, Walmart (and many other stores) will accept returns provided they are within a particular time period. Feel free to use this return policy to test your device.
6- Can you watch video/youtube/netflix/etc while using a bluetooth headset?
Some people have noticed that there is a huge decrease in speed when watching a video while using a bluetooth headset for audio. The cause of this is unknown and the only explanation we know of is "because wifi and bluetooth share the same antenna". This seems plausible except that many other devices also use the same antenna for both functionalities yet do not display this behavior. Due to the underlying fact we do not know whether it is software or hardware related, it is advisable to return the product.
7- Does the headphone jack work?
Just for thoroughness and ease-of-testing, plug in a set of ear buds and make sure you hear sound. Some have complained that the quality is mediocre due to a humming noise but that the noise is negligible. If the noise is too pronounced, there still is the mounted speaker and if point 6's test was successful, bluetooth is still an option.
8- Does your device feel quick to respond? If not, are you on firmware version .26?
It has been widely noted that version .26 of the firmware made the tablet very snappy. This also helped the device to recognize more microSD cards but also caused problems with NTFS-formatted drives. If you aren't getting the response you want, try upgrading to .26 (not beyond that). Additionally, if your microSD card is NTFS, you may want to reformat it (backup whatever you want to keep first) to FAT32 or exFAT until the issues with NTFS are ironed out. This point also concerns point 9 further down.
9- Can you receive OTA updates? (This should be fixed since Aug 7)
Provided that you are on version .21 or .22, you should be able to receive updates from ASUS for your device via the "About Tablet" option in settings. If you cannot, this might be indicative of another issue which has yet to be identified. You can apply updates without OTA via these methods:
(easiest way)[HOW TO]Tired to wait the .26 with WW TF700 device?
(another way)*** Firmware News & Alternative Install Methods*** Ver. 9.4.5.26 27/07
(requires root)[HOWTO] Manually updating firmware using "dlpkgfile" download via Asus FOTA server
(requires unlocked bootloader)[HowTo] Restore Stock Recovery and Install .26 OTA Manually with Unlocked Bootloader
(requires unlocked bootloader and TWRP custom recovery)[CWM] Repackaged OTA update 9.4.5.26 US/WW versions
Make sure you do not update past 9.4.5.26 if you want to use NVFlash!
10- (Only if this is important to you and then only if you are willing to forego any ASUS warranty) Can you unlock the bootloader? (This should be fixed since Aug 7)
Bonus Warning: ASUS has noted that using their bootloader unlocker will void your warranty and all OTA updates for your device will cease. However, without this unlocking, you will not be able to run custom ROMs nor will you be able to use NVFlash to make your device brick-proof.
[Device is unlocked][Video Added] Bootloader Unlock Tool Released [25.7.2012]
If you are still within your store's "grace period", you may want to try this out to verify if your device will ever be able to run non-ASUS android systems. There's no way of knowing at this moment if the bootloader unlocker will work on your device without actually trying to unlock it. If it does not work, it might be due to their service being unavailable, your serial number might not yet be in their database of devices for the unlock to succeed, your device serial number internally might not match your external serial number (on the sticker), or the problem might be something else entirely. Many of those whose bootloader would not unlock did not receive OTAs either so this shares the "issue which has yet to be identified" from point 9.
If you can give your tab a :good: to all of these points, then you have a good device! Congratulations! :highfive:
Maybe check out these threads next:
[INDEX]-[Updated -25 July 2012]-ASUS INFINITY TF700 - INDEX THREAD-DEVELOPMENT-PART#1
[RESOURCES] How to Root, Unlock, ROMs, Recovery, Tips & more [VIDEO TUTORIALS]

1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.didn't try that yet
5.yes
6.yes
7.I don't care
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Yep, mines a keeper.
Build quality is acceptable .. (I own an ipad also) ...I'm going to say 80% the build quality of the ipad. It does OTA and manual updates just fine. Headphone jack works. Has slight click if you press the screen by the speaker ...but only noticable because I read here that it clicks if you press by the speaker . Speed, temps, light bleed, battery life ....all as expected ...not perfect but perfectly acceptable. I am enjoying the tablet, and have no major complaints. I can only assume it will get better with JB when it comes out.
The ipad is more polished, faster, easier to use ....but not by a huge margin. And I make allowance for the immaturity of android tablets and the OS compared to ipad and iOS. I think the trade off is worth it for the additional control... and eventual rooting of the device.
Price ....hmmmm... perhaps a bit high compared to the ipad.... about $75 less would have been nice ....but it's basically a toy for me so I can't complain too much. And part of the whole thing is I wanted a tablet....and I wanted to support the Android market so it would stand a better chance at competing with the ipad... because honestly I think Andriod is the future of tablets ...not iOS.
I'd say the single disappointment is ....I bought the tablet to watch motorcycle racing videos from MotoGP.com, which I pay about $120 US a year to be a member ..... guess what...the tablet will not play the archived videos from this site ....it will stream live video fine, it will play all other "current" content fine...but will not play the archived videos ...... my iPad plays them just fine. I'm in contact with MotoGP.com trying to solve the problem ...but it's not a new problem ....its across the Asus tablet line.
Still.... I enjoy the TF700T, and think it's a good product ....although perhaps should be offered at a bit more of a discount compared to the iPad ....for now.
I have no regrets.
JohnnyB

ray3andrei said:
1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.didn't try that yet
5.yes
6.yes
7.I don't care
Sent from my GNexus
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Just want to mention these numbers are apt to change due to new things becoming evident as community use increases.
dataway said:
I'd say the single disappointment is ....I bought the tablet to watch motorcycle racing videos from MotoGP.com, which I pay about $120 US a year to be a member ..... guess what...the tablet will not play the archived videos from this site ....it will stream live video fine, it will play all other "current" content fine...but will not play the archived videos ...... my iPad plays them just fine. I'm in contact with MotoGP.com trying to solve the problem ...but it's not a new problem ....its across the Asus tablet line.
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This thread is really just supposed to be a developing checklist for people to verify their tablets since it seems that not all problems are experienced by all users and some problems are more extreme than others. That being noted, how did you try to access said videos? Is there a specific program or application you are required to use? Did you try other such programs from the Play store? Since you are paying for your access, I doubt it would be something that a non-member would be able to assist much.

Yes it is a keeper
Plays HD content flawlessly
The GPS is sooper dup on the road
The WIFI sensitivity is exceptional
Can be viewed outside easily
I really like the hotspot tethering performance also
Pretty much a sweet package
I use it a lot around the house to help me with DIY project info...

1- Does your device have good build quality?
10/10, clicks a a little but IDGTF.
2- Does the GPS work?
Yes.jfif
3- Does mini-HDMI work?
Never tested, never will.
4- Can you watch video/youtube/netflix/etc while using a bluetooth headset?
>2012
>bluetooth headphones
ISHYGDDT
5- Does the headphone jack work?
Yes, makes beeping rarely when I start videos.
6- Does your device feel quick to respond? If not, are you on firmware version .26?
Yes, like butter. I still want jelly Bean though.
7- Is your battery life ~9 hours in power-saving mode or ~6 hours in balanced mode?
6 hours in balanced, yes. Never go to power saving because lag.
8- Can you receive OTA updates?
No, bootloader unlocked.
9- (Only if this is important to you and then only if you are willing to forego any ASUS warranty) Can you unlock the bootloader?
Already did

The only issue I've really had with my device after upgrading to .26 is occasional lock-ups. One lock-up concerned me enough to feel a need to return the device. The screen filled with vertical (if holding landscape) white bars. Has anyone else experienced such issues?

I haven't tested the HDMI yet. And other then the inability to OTA or unlock everything is working perfectly on the latest build
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funtapaz said:
The only issue I've really had with my device after upgrading to .26 is occasional lock-ups. One lock-up concerned me enough to feel a need to return the device. The screen filled with vertical (if holding landscape) white bars. Has anyone else experienced such issues?
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My friend found one at Best Buy here in NJ. I told him to return it (not exchange) because of the amount of light bleed alone. He was not able to update it, and it just kept crashing on him which made it almost impossible to use. He's going to try hard reset it again to see if any of that helps.

1- Does your device have good build quality?
Mine is perfect.
2- Does the GPS work?
GPS so far works great without using the AGPS to assist.
3- Does mini-HDMI work?
Have a cable from my Prime, both worked flawlessly as does my Bionic.
4- Can you watch video/youtube/netflix/etc while using a bluetooth headset?
Funny thing it does drop from about 20 Mbps to about 3Mbps down, but that won't change no matter how far from the router. The upload is 4Mbps on both no matter how far from the router. It's not the dual antenna that's the problem, it's that they both use one controller chip for the two.
5- Does the headphone jack work?
No problems on mine.
6- Does your device feel quick to respond? If not, are you on firmware version .26?
Was definitely laggy on .21, on .26 MUCH better especially in performance mode. I'm excited for JB.
7- Is your battery life ~9 hours in power-saving mode or ~6 hours in balanced mode?
I charged about 4 hrs till green/fully charged. Funny thing is you can't overcharge these new batteries now and days. They are set to auto stop charging once full (that's the benefit of them now) So I have never "overcharged" because it's not possible. That being said I did a full charge, and am working on the first full depletion to recharge. I'm at 62% and that's 3 days later lol. I have been using it light/moderate the past few days. At least 3.5 hrs of Netflix streaming, setting it up, and not turning it off overnight. We'll see but so far so good and Ifinitely (like that ) better than my Prime.
8- Can you receive OTA updates?
Not OTA, manual worked just fine

Good list, thanks. Mine has passed all of these so far but the headphone test. I forgot that one. I guess I'll give it a shot tonight.

" "Fully charge the battery up to eight hours for the first-time use. The battery reaches its maximum capacity after one full charging and discharging cycle.""
It says" upto 8 hours" It doesn't mean you NEED the full 8 hours. Once you go green and are 100% fully charged, the charger shuts down on its own so not to overheat the battery. The "upto 8 hours" is for folks charging their device via USB on their PC - - which can take up to 8 hours to getting that full charge.

I just got mine yesterday, and while I haven't had time to test either HDMI or full battery cycle (though it's doing pretty well so far) all else is wonderful. Great screen, OTA update to build 26, great wifi and gps, headphones work fine. Sound out of headphones and BT headset is actually great. I do have a millisecond lag with BT audio and watching streaming video, but I could actually live with it, it's not that bad.
This one is definitely a keeper.

I have a quick question while I'm checking my tablet, which arrived yesterday... my screen is uniform across the edge, no creaking or inconsistencies, but the entire surface is raised, or at least isn't flush like my previous Prime. Is that normal? Anyone have a completely flushed screen on their 700? Thanks.
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androidxen said:
I have a quick question while I'm checking my tablet, which arrived yesterday... my screen is uniform across the edge, no creaking or inconsistencies, but the entire surface is raised, or at least isn't flush like my previous Prime. Is that normal? Anyone have a completely flushed screen on their 700? Thanks.
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My Gorilla glass has about a quarter inch beveled edge going all the way around

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My Gorilla glass has about a quarter inch beveled edge going all the way around
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So I guess the screen is higher due to the hardware improvements from the Prime. Good to know, just wanted to be cautious.
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xRevilatioNx said:
My Gorilla glass has about a quarter inch beveled edge going all the way around
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Same here - more like 1/16th inch, maybe?

Mine looks perfect, but if I press a bit harder on the screen (you won't do this with normal usage) I get a hissing noice which sound like air is escaping from between the screen. At that moment I can see deformations on the screen. I have read other people do have the same issue, but wondering if this is normal (so all TF700 have it?) or if I should exchange. Any advice?
I have one really big scratch on the dockingstation. Going back to the store tomorrow to get another one.

Added xRevilatioNx's and neo1738's clarification regarding initial battery charge and the green charging light turning off.
Yeah, I agree with you that the new batteries can't be overcharged in the literal sense. It was merely to emphasize the fact that a "full charge" is necessary to receive optimum life out of the device's battery. We don't really know what type of charge existed on the device prior to our receipt, so it's best (or in a worse case scenario) just to charge it for the 8 hours regardless of the status of the light. Does it make a difference if it's 8 hours or until the green light turns off? Probably not. But for the Android neophytes just getting their hands on a tablet for the 1st or 2nd time, I think that my explanation is still applicable and satisfactory to provide a perspective easy to understand and beneficial to the consumer. Thanks for the detailed clarification though.

Received my champagne gold today and doesn't seem to be any issues at all. No light bleed, WiFi and bluetooth are perfect, and no I/O issues (updated as soon as I turned on the device). Seeing as the champagne golds seem to have come latter in the production cycle, it seems they are improving their processes slowly but surely.

Stylo a bit slow?

When I first got the G Stylo it was by far the fastest phone I've ever had and it still is, but I had to get a replacement phone a couple times because the GPS on the previous phones were straight up trash. Finally I get my hands on one with a perfect GPS... and now I notice that it slows down a tinyyyy bit during the day. The phone still works great but I did notice that in a couple RAM booster apps that I downloaded (I've been trying out different RAM boosters, not all at once) and they all say that there is a total of 1.86 GB of RAM, not the full 2 GB of RAM that Metro said there was. Could this be an issue?
Also my phone is not Rooted. It's stock with Android 5.1.1. with Software Version MS63110J
Also do you think the Stylo will get the Android M update?

Ahhhhhh..... Another person seeing some one offs here.
So my deal is I upgraded VIA T-Mobile's 611. They sent me my Stylo in a day. Here is what I observed with the first phone(yes the first phone)
1. is was 5.1.1 out of the box
2. screen VERY bright!
3. sound was extremely loud, I mean hear it in the next room door closed loud
4. colors very bright and vibrant(didn't know this till I got my second phone)
5. GPS locks in seconds!!! EVERYTIME!!!!! even in downtown Houston!!
6. phone would stutter/skip even on the home screen with just a few icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.
Now the reason for the second phone two sundays ago(there is a reason I am pointing towards a day) I was using the phone on and off before 10am. Right after 10am I went to check an email and the screen was doing this crazy strobing thing. It was not blanking off but seemed like the edges of the phone about half an inch in would strobe from the backlight. It was super strong for about 20min and slowly faded out. I called T-Mobile and they sent me a new phone out under buyers remorse.
a week later when I get the new phone here is the deal
1. is was 5.0.1 out of the box
2. screen bright but not as bright as the first!
3. sound is loud, but cannot hear it in the next room loud like the first one
4. colors ... here is the first big one! The colors are not the same, this phones screen seems sharper but the colors are lighter, a little more washed out and very noticeable.
5. GPS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! takes 5 min to lock and then looses it's lock every few min and nothing at all downtown!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE ****!!!!
6. phone hardly skips a beat when scrolling on the home screen, even when packing on more icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.(same no real dif but did notice maps was higher in battery usage than the screen(same brightness level)
Now while I was waiting for the replacement phone I noticed something odd with the original. At 10am this last sunday the screen did the same exact thing again! It was fine till I turned it on again just after 10am...... I have no idea why it did that, no it's not an app because when it happened the first time exactly one week early to nearly the min I reset the phone hoping it was an app.... since I expected my replacement phone to arrive last tuesday I never restored the original so none of my extra apps were on the phone all week.
So here is the deal why the huge difference in phones???
Any fix for the GPs so I don't have to burn through phones like the first guys here, and with that Hades.... did you see such a difference with the phones?

reddragon72 said:
Ahhhhhh..... Another person seeing some one offs here.
So my deal is I upgraded VIA T-Mobile's 611. They sent me my Stylo in a day. Here is what I observed with the first phone(yes the first phone)
1. is was 5.1.1 out of the box
2. screen VERY bright!
3. sound was extremely loud, I mean hear it in the next room door closed loud
4. colors very bright and vibrant(didn't know this till I got my second phone)
5. GPS locks in seconds!!! EVERYTIME!!!!! even in downtown Houston!!
6. phone would stutter/skip even on the home screen with just a few icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.
Now the reason for the second phone two sundays ago(there is a reason I am pointing towards a day) I was using the phone on and off before 10am. Right after 10am I went to check an email and the screen was doing this crazy strobing thing. It was not blanking off but seemed like the edges of the phone about half an inch in would strobe from the backlight. It was super strong for about 20min and slowly faded out. I called T-Mobile and they sent me a new phone out under buyers remorse.
a week later when I get the new phone here is the deal
1. is was 5.0.1 out of the box
2. screen bright but not as bright as the first!
3. sound is loud, but cannot hear it in the next room loud like the first one
4. colors ... here is the first big one! The colors are not the same, this phones screen seems sharper but the colors are lighter, a little more washed out and very noticeable.
5. GPS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! takes 5 min to lock and then looses it's lock every few min and nothing at all downtown!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE ****!!!!
6. phone hardly skips a beat when scrolling on the home screen, even when packing on more icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.(same no real dif but did notice maps was higher in battery usage than the screen(same brightness level)
Now while I was waiting for the replacement phone I noticed something odd with the original. At 10am this last Sunday the screen did the same exact thing again! It was fine till I turned it on again just after 10am...... I have no idea why it did that, no it's not an app because when it happened the first time exactly one week early to nearly the min I reset the phone hoping it was an app.... since I expected my replacement phone to arrive last Tuesday I never restored the original so none of my extra apps were on the phone all week.
So here is the deal why the huge difference in phones???
Any fix for the GPS so I don't have to burn through phones like the first guys here, and with that Hades.... did you see such a difference with the phones?
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could be the OS version did you update the other one? and there was talk about LG making this device cheaper by using third party screens and possibly a third party GPS antenna (which would explain the GPS problem if the update doesn't fix it)

LordHades21999 said:
When I first got the G Stylo it was by far the fastest phone I've ever had and it still is, but I had to get a replacement phone a couple times because the GPS on the previous phones were straight up trash. Finally I get my hands on one with a perfect GPS... and now I notice that it slows down a tinyyyy bit during the day. The phone still works great but I did notice that in a couple RAM booster apps that I downloaded (I've been trying out different RAM boosters, not all at once) and they all say that there is a total of 1.86 GB of RAM, not the full 2 GB of RAM that Metro said there was. Could this be an issue?
Also my phone is not Rooted. It's stock with Android 5.1.1. with Software Version MS63110J
Also do you think the Stylo will get the Android M update?
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Did you say you have stock out of box software rev MS63110J ? I have been waiting to get this OTA from METRO PCS since i bought the phone two weeks ago and keep checking for the update and asking them about it.... maybe it takes time for them to have my phone to be in the system before it gets pushed to me ? Im actually thinking of rooting and flashing the update but not sure i want to root flash then root again . this whole update getting pushed to our phones is bull**** you call your provider they say its up to the manufacturer to find out if the update is coming then they tell you its up to the provider to get that info my gripe is this 10J is a security issue fix we should have this fix immediately its almost already time for the next version of android ffs lol

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Did you say you have stock out of box software rev MS63110J ? I have been waiting to get this OTA from METRO PCS since i bought the phone two weeks ago and keep checking for the update and asking them about it.... maybe it takes time for them to have my phone to be in the system before it gets pushed to me ? Im actually thinking of rooting and flashing the update but not sure i want to root flash then root again . this whole update getting pushed to our phones is bull**** you call your provider they say its up to the manufacturer to find out if the update is coming then they tell you its up to the provider to get that info my gripe is this 10J is a security issue fix we should have this fix immediately its almost already time for the next version of android ffs lol
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My bad, I wasn't clear. When I said I was running stock I meant I didn't root the phone. No I got the update pushed to my phone about a week ago. Here take a look.
*Hopes that uploaded screenshot magically appears here*

reddragon72 said:
Ahhhhhh..... Another person seeing some one offs here.
So my deal is I upgraded VIA T-Mobile's 611. They sent me my Stylo in a day. Here is what I observed with the first phone(yes the first phone)
1. is was 5.1.1 out of the box
2. screen VERY bright!
3. sound was extremely loud, I mean hear it in the next room door closed loud
4. colors very bright and vibrant(didn't know this till I got my second phone)
5. GPS locks in seconds!!! EVERYTIME!!!!! even in downtown Houston!!
6. phone would stutter/skip even on the home screen with just a few icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.
Now the reason for the second phone two sundays ago(there is a reason I am pointing towards a day) I was using the phone on and off before 10am. Right after 10am I went to check an email and the screen was doing this crazy strobing thing. It was not blanking off but seemed like the edges of the phone about half an inch in would strobe from the backlight. It was super strong for about 20min and slowly faded out. I called T-Mobile and they sent me a new phone out under buyers remorse.
a week later when I get the new phone here is the deal
1. is was 5.0.1 out of the box
2. screen bright but not as bright as the first!
3. sound is loud, but cannot hear it in the next room loud like the first one
4. colors ... here is the first big one! The colors are not the same, this phones screen seems sharper but the colors are lighter, a little more washed out and very noticeable.
5. GPS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! takes 5 min to lock and then looses it's lock every few min and nothing at all downtown!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE ****!!!!
6. phone hardly skips a beat when scrolling on the home screen, even when packing on more icons.
7. battery life was 10% down with GPS on for 1 hour 10 min.(same no real dif but did notice maps was higher in battery usage than the screen(same brightness level)
Now while I was waiting for the replacement phone I noticed something odd with the original. At 10am this last sunday the screen did the same exact thing again! It was fine till I turned it on again just after 10am...... I have no idea why it did that, no it's not an app because when it happened the first time exactly one week early to nearly the min I reset the phone hoping it was an app.... since I expected my replacement phone to arrive last tuesday I never restored the original so none of my extra apps were on the phone all week.
So here is the deal why the huge difference in phones???
Any fix for the GPs so I don't have to burn through phones like the first guys here, and with that Hades.... did you see such a difference with the phones?
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Well I burned through like 3 phones. This last phone.. its good. It slows down after a couple days without a restart but I guess that is understandable. The screen has always been consistently bright, this last phone though the colors do seem a bit washed out, but the gps locks faster than I can say "GPS." The volume is loud, and I'm hoping the color wash out is just my eyes messing with me. It's nothing horrible... but I'm very touchy about screens and their performance. One thing that does seem to get me though... The front facing camera is supposed to be 5mp and the first phone I had took AMAZING selfies. This one seems just... meh... So I might go back in and get that checked out at Metro.... but I don't want to risk getting a replacement phone that has a worse GPS...
Any thoughts on the Anroid 6.0 though?

I am going to resurrect this thread.
Ok T-Mobile let me keep the original phone for a bit and here is what I have found.
both phones on the j software
the original has mostly green for GPS(using GPS test) the replacement never hits green on any sat
The original screen has crisper colors
The original does seem to bog down a little every now and then
The replacements touch screen is touchy and causes me to type erratically
The original doesn't creek
And the original has a much louder speaker
So I am thinking I will be sending the replacement back and keeping the original and hope for the best with that crazy screen flicker thing every Sunday at 10AM. and no it's not an app as the original has been setting for a couple weeks now without me logged in and the only app sideloaded being GPS Test.
It is clear that at this point trying to get a replacement for the replacement might yield the same GPS issues. If the screen on the original dies I'll just order a replacement but I have never had a phone with this great of a GPS as the original and I mean it is good. I'll do up some screenshots of the two side by side and post em up. Just crazy how different they are.

If I were u I would root it and install turbo's ROM. My battery lasts all day now and the internet and browsing is super fast. This is the best thing for this phone

Can I run turbo's ROM on my LG LGH635 (Stylus) ?
mine is like that
1. its 5.0.2 after 1 and only update
2. screen is bright
3. sound is loud
4. screen seems sharp but the colors are light, a little washed out
5. GPS does not suck but with a GPS Status & Toolbox it keeps phone up and good
6. phone hardly skips a beat when scrolling on the home screen, even when packing on more icons but its loosing all of the background apps quickly when running something bigger like a game or browser
7. battery life is fine while playing Ingress

Raider0001 said:
Can I run turbo's ROM on my LG LGH635 (Stylus) ?
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i believe his rom is only intended for the metro/tmobile lg g stylo...but why not pop into his thread and ask him?

When I was having slowness, it was because my free space was low. Free up some internal storage space. Also disable/remove the My TMobile app.

Ok so happy days are here!!!
Talked to T-Mobile and they were being cool they were willing to send me out another phone, but I asked if I could just return both and clear my account and they said yes. With that I went to Wally and snagged up the last one on the shelf because of a hint in another forum. Seems that one guy on here is correct, TM and LG are now putting cheaper screens, antennas and memory in these things. But the hint was that Wally's shipments and warehouse stock are the original patches and yep I got lucky and got one!!! GPS locks in less than 5 sec and never looses me and I have even seen it hang around 9 feet!!! The screen is bright and crisp and the colors are like the first one I got and are nice and vibrant! The speaker is even louder! I can hear pandora clearly 60 feet away.... might be too loud lol.
Also the phone is faster and is running nice and smooth.
So I am now happy and I mean happy lol
Buuuuuuut, When looking at the memory on this one compared to the other two there is 5.6gig of System Data.... I looked around and someone found dialer codes for the G3/4 to clear out a log cache but I have yet to find it for this phone. Again the original two only have system data of around 300megs. Doesn't matter to much since I snagged up a 128Gb MSD and threw in it, but not everything can go on the MSD.
Might try that Turbo rom but I have a few work apps that look for root so I'll have to wort that out first, I need them.

reddragon72 said:
Ok so happy days are here!!!
Talked to T-Mobile and they were being cool they were willing to send me out another phone, but I asked if I could just return both and clear my account and they said yes. With that I went to Wally and snagged up the last one on the shelf because of a hint in another forum. Seems that one guy on here is correct, TM and LG are now putting cheaper screens, antennas and memory in these things. But the hint was that Wally's shipments and warehouse stock are the original patches and yep I got lucky and got one!!! GPS locks in less than 5 sec and never looses me and I have even seen it hang around 9 feet!!! The screen is bright and crisp and the colors are like the first one I got and are nice and vibrant! The speaker is even louder! I can hear pandora clearly 60 feet away.... might be too loud lol.
Also the phone is faster and is running nice and smooth.
So I am now happy and I mean happy lol
Buuuuuuut, When looking at the memory on this one compared to the other two there is 5.6gig of System Data.... I looked around and someone found dialer codes for the G3/4 to clear out a log cache but I have yet to find it for this phone. Again the original two only have system data of around 300megs. Doesn't matter to much since I snagged up a 128Gb MSD and threw in it, but not everything can go on the MSD.
Might try that Turbo rom but I have a few work apps that look for root so I'll have to wort that out first, I need them.
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There are exposed modules that hide root from apps.

well crap the new one from Wally is doing the same screen strobe light crap!!!

reddragon72 said:
well crap the new one from Wally is doing the same screen strobe light crap!!!
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happens when it over heats.....just let it cool off for a bit

6th_Hokage said:
happens when it over heats.....just let it cool off for a bit
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Nope that's not it, it was just setting there doing nothing and cool when I picked it up and double tapped and there it was. The phone was cool to the touch and it has never done it when it is hot.

reddragon72 said:
Nope that's not it, it was just setting there doing nothing and cool when I picked it up and double tapped and there it was. The phone was cool to the touch and it has never done it when it is hot.
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Well damn mine does it when it gets too hot....