Hi, I just upgraded to the 8525 from my 8125 and the dpad feels a lot worse compared to my 8125. the 8125 feels more responsive, and the 8525 feels too soft. for the 8525, u would need press all the way down for it work.
does anyone have this problem?
i checked my bro's phone and it's also like this.
does anyone know of a mod that can fix this?
thanks
I don't know of any mod, but rest assured, you will get used to it. On the plus side, the roller-wheel on the side if much better than the 8125's slider, and means you will use the d-pad a lot less.
It can't get used to it, cuz sometimes the button sticks.
for example, if i'm playing a shooter game and i press Left then i press right, the plane keeps going left. on the wizard, the D pad was balanced. you couldn't press left and right at the same time. when i switch from left to right very fast, the phone gets confused.
is everyone's dpad like that too? or is mine broken?
thanks
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I have had my Orange SPV M3100 for a couple of weeks and I really love it. A great upgrade from the Wizard, which I only loved a little bit less.
But there is something about it that bugs me nearly every time I use it: the two halves of the device become misaligned from each other too easily.
I quite liked having the Power button on top of the Wizard, unlike the Hermes design where the button is on the side. Now, with the Hermes, I hold it in my left hand (thumb on the wheel) and press the Power with my right index finger. Theoretically I am only holding the lower half of the device to do this (the half with the keyboard) but in reality the fleshy part of my thumb pushes the upper half (the screen) to the right nine times out of ten when I press the button.
This drives me up the wall. It seems I'm constantly lining the two halves up like an untidy pack of playing cards
I'm thinking about putting a tiny bit of Blu-Tack or something in the end of the sliding channel under the screen, so that it offers a bit more resistance before the two halves separate.
Anyone else noticed this little annoyance? Or am I just being a bit picky? I didn't have this issue with the Wizard.
I too am a leftie and have the same problems. When I hold it in my right hand it isn't as bad,
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I have had my Orange SPV M3100 for a couple of weeks and I really love it. A great upgrade from the Wizard, which I only loved a little bit less.
But there is something about it that bugs me nearly every time I use it: the two halves of the device become misaligned from each other too easily.
I quite liked having the Power button on top of the Wizard, unlike the Hermes design where the button is on the side. Now, with the Hermes, I hold it in my left hand (thumb on the wheel) and press the Power with my right index finger. Theoretically I am only holding the lower half of the device to do this (the half with the keyboard) but in reality the fleshy part of my thumb pushes the upper half (the screen) to the right nine times out of ten when I press the button.
This drives me up the wall. It seems I'm constantly lining the two halves up like an untidy pack of playing cards
I'm thinking about putting a tiny bit of Blu-Tack or something in the end of the sliding channel under the screen, so that it offers a bit more resistance before the two halves separate.
Anyone else noticed this little annoyance? Or am I just being a bit picky? I didn't have this issue with the Wizard.
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The same here. I got my TyTn back from repair this week, also for the sliding (and other things). At first it slided with a littebit more resistance but after a day it is back to where is was: with the "easy slide...
Same thing
Had that same problem. My first TyTN died.... so let's how it goes with this new one. This is not sliding now - it so new.
I'm just a little bit afraid how this thing holds together after a year or two? Please tell how it works with you guys having few months old machine.
Has been loose from the beginning. Always slides about 5mm while turning on
with left hand.
Me too HT638F ...
But I will return it because I want an english version.
So i've been using my hermes since december i think but my scroll wheel has been acting wierd since day 1 and was wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing.
Basicly as i scroll down the page (or whatever i'm scrolling) jumps up.
It looks like for every 2 clicks down i get one click up... anyone else having this issue? should i send it in for warranty repair?
I get that randomly and I have seen it reported before. Not aware of anything possible to fix it though.
Mike
my scroll wheel has been playing up a month after i got it and now i don't even bother to use it since its useless and irritatingly so ie. you scroll down and the cursor goes up!
oh well, just ignore it till i upgrade to the next phone
my969 said:
my scroll wheel has been playing up a month after i got it and now i don't even bother to use it since its useless and irritatingly so ie. you scroll down and the cursor goes up!
oh well, just ignore it till i upgrade to the next phone
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yah i was thinking along the same lines... posted this cuz i was curious to how many are seeing this and if i should send it in for warranty repair...
mine works, but i feel the quality is poor.
I have to be EXTREAMLY carfull when i press the scrol wheel in that it doesn't scroll up or down as its being pressed in!
the quality when compared to a blackberry scroll is IMHO very very poor.
I have similar problem. I can scroll down without problems (and very exactyl), but scrolling upward need 2-3 times more finger action (and is not ecact too, sometimes jumps 1 line up or down).
First I thougt its hardw
re related (maybe dirt in the wheel) but after a hardreset its gone. But comes back after some software is installed.
Thats really bad, because the scroll wheel is the key for 1 hand usage!
Why HTC can not use Sonyericson (P900) type of wheel?
I have the same problem but it started after 5 months of my i-mate JasJam usage. I went to warranty claim center and they boot it up with clean installation. It seems work for some hours fine then again started to skip the lines of selection. Till now I am also searching for solution coz I can't go again and again to that place its far away man. I think it is neither hardware problem nor software problem. The thing is its flop and HTC has removed it from their new device HTC Touch.
This jog system came in Sony (not Sony Ericcson) mobile and it failed to take share in market even .000001 %. Now you will not find any device with this thing coz dust make it weak to sense and if I am not wrong just recall the 70's and 80's radio transisters
Decrease sensitivity?
Scroll wheel is perfect thing, but I experience same issues as mentioned above. I think that if possible to decrease it's sensitivity (maybe registry value or some more dirty software hack) will make it more precise and without counter movements (up instead of down or moving during push).
My opinion is that scroll wheel is order of magnitude better way of control than sliding with fingers over screen (iPhone is spreading this stupidity all over and designers are blindly copying that).
So, anyone that is capable of decreasing Hermes scroll wheel sensitivity?
My problem with the scroll wheel is that in a program or settings list, it scrolls up and down but jumps and doesn't go across first, then down.
Is it correct that the 3G doesn't have any hardware buttons, except for the D-pad and the phone buttons ?
My HTC Prophet has 5 buttons to which I have mapped (AEButton+) a lot of handy features. I think I would really miss them...
Please share your experiences...
Also I was wondering: does it have the same magnetic stylus as the Diamond ?
I've migrated from a Trinity which has lots of hardware buttons and yep I'm missing them. I don't like manilla/touchflow that much either; but I'm getting used to it.
Overall for me the better specs and the form factor of the 3G/Jade make it worth the learning curve. I've only had it for a couple of days and already the lack of extra buttons is starting to bug me less and less.
Hope thats some help
I´ve had my magician for ages now, and it was time to move on.
Bought the jade, and at first, i missed the buttons. No camera button, no contacts or calendar.
2 days using it, and now i don't miss them that much. Had to configure the answer button to access the contacts, by holding it a bit longer.
Still getting used to the touch flow software, but at first, it looks like a great little phone.
I have a Hermes before. At beginning I missed the buttons. But now I don't miss the buttons. The Jade is so small, light and beautifull.
Only the Softkay is missing, where is under the backcover.
Hello,
I have a Telus branded P4000. Since I had It,one LED in the bottom left of the screen that was always full on - so there was a brighter part always on my screen no biggie.
Today I took apart my phone to see why the DPad stopped working. After I put it back together (done it many times before), I noticed my dpad still not working, but my screen was uniform again?!?!?! no one bright LED. Nice. Take what you will from that.
After that my SD card stopped working. Is that a loose connection I can check? which connection would it be? (plan on checking it over again tomorrow).
Also is there a fix for the dpad not working? all the other hardware buttons work, just not the dpad.
I am guessing since you checked the connections that the dpad is just broken and will need to be replaced. Also you have one lcd with a backlight the bright spot is a manufacturing defect not one bright LED. Most of the time the bright spot will come back and get bigger.
yep I think you are right on the nose.
is there anywhere I can get a dpad?
will one from a titan, mogul or 6800 fit into my P4000? I'm guessing so just want to make sure.
and if you have hook ups let me know
Any pad other than a xv6800 pad will work.
thanks go one on order now
So still no d-pad.
Got a brand new one. Still no d-pad, every other button around it works no problem. But the d-pad does nothing. I can feel it push, but nothing happens.
Is this a software issue? I don't want to wast money on this if it's not going to fix it
I was curious whether the buttons are easy to trigger by accident.
On my Nexus S and the Focus, there is a subtle upward curve at the bottom of the phone. This small lip seems to prevent a lot of accidental presses of the capacitive buttons.
In my experiences with a completely flat face phone (the HD7), accidentally pressing the capqcitive buttons was extremely common and annoying. I like the looks of the Omnia 7 more than the Focus, but if it leads to similar problems as the HD7 (always pressing the buttons by accident) then I'd rather go with the focus.
For me that's one of the most annoying things about the phone. I hit the search button all the time.. But some say there will be a firmware update to fix that.
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For me that's one of the most annoying things about the phone. I hit the search button all the time.. But some say there will be a firmware update to fix that.
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That's exactly what used to happen to me with my HD7. When I held the phone part of my thumb would be on the bezel and it would hit the search button. Also, when I held the phone in landscape my finger would also hit it.
With the Nexus S I don't run into this problem because the bottom is curved a bit. I've also played with the Focus a bit and it seems to have this slight curve at the bottom as well.
yup same thing here, this is when I spend time try to browse through apps and use my phone when it was still new. now i got the hang of it, and i dont really fiddle it as much as before now, just a basic need. and i got what a really wanted, fast and responsive phone.