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XDA IIi clock gains 2 seconds every 10!!!!!

Apologies if anyone has posted about this already. My XDA IIi has developed an interesting characteristic; it skips a second every now and then, resulting in it gaining about 2 seconds every 10! Does anyone know what is causing this?? is it a virus or buggy software??
regards
Chris Norman

The only way to check that is to run the phone without any additional software, if it still displays these problems then its a hardware issue.

Hi Cruncheeee,
Did you fix this problem? I've just got exactly the same thing. Everything is fine apart from the clock gaining rapidly. As you say every few seconds it jumps 2 seconds.
Cheers,
Mark

Hi Cruncheeee,
Did you fix this problem? I've just got exactly the same thing. Everything is fine apart from the clock gaining rapidly. As you say every few seconds it jumps 2 seconds.
Cheers,
Mark

tringtring said:
Hi Cruncheeee,
Did you fix this problem? I've just got exactly the same thing. Everything is fine apart from the clock gaining rapidly. As you say every few seconds it jumps 2 seconds.
Cheers,
Mark
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Ahhh!! - I have this problem too and cannot find a fix.... anyone got any clues? for us.
Cheers

me too, just discover this problem.............**** !
Hope someone come up a solution..............Thanks in advance !
Has anyone hard reset to rectify this problem ?

I don't know how to fix the problem as such, but i noticed my XdaIIi slipped out of time every so often, so i got a free little program called SP TimeSync 2.2 that updates my time from one of the atomic clocks.
If your sat watching the clock, in the settings thing, sometimes the clock hangs, then skips to the time, making it appear that it has skipped time, where as it actually just stopped updating the screen for a second or two!

XDA Clock gaining
Hi, I never fixed it as such - just hard reset the device which stopped it. However, afterwards I wondered if it could have been caused by PocketZenPhone (I remembered I'd changed some PZP settings just prior to the problem). May be worth un-installing PZP (assuming you use it).
Cheers.

Update:
I tried the work arounds (SP TimeSync etc) and I got quite good at finding websites with the time on but eventually I gave up.
I never found out what was causing the error, but a new ROM release from O2 gave the push I needed to do a hard reset, load a new ROM and rebuld my XDA IIi
It was first major update and I haven't mastered all the things to backup, I kept my contacts and appointments OK through ActiveSync but lost almost everything else so I'm now adding back the apps I'd grown used to deleting the O2 junk they supply but.....
the clock is now telling the right time again!
Rob.

Problem: Programs close to Today screen when opening keyboard

Just today I have started experiencing a problem:
If I am in a program and need to open the keyboard to type something it will switch to landscape mode and then almost immediately the unit switches to the today screen. Closing the keyboard and reopening the program in question brings me back to the screen I was trying to type in, but then it goes back to the today screen. The active program will not stay on the screen long enough to do anything.
If, while in portrait mode, I use my task switcher to reopen the program I can get it to stay open. But once I open the keyboard again it immediately goes to the today screen. It will then do this for every program I open. Once open for a second or 2 it goes to the today screen. A soft reset does not help. Powering down and restarting from the power button clears it up and I can open programs and use them. But as soon as I open the keyboard again it does the above!!
Any ideas? I have not recently installed any new programs. And like I said this Just started today. I can't use the phone like this. I am loathing a hard reset because I have the unit set up the way I need for day to day work and it will take me about 3 hours to set it back up (since stupid MS removed the built in, free, back up program!)
So I need help. Thanks in advance

Narrowed it down a bit more
It seems to happen when ever the keyboard is slid, open or closed.
If in portrait and opening keyboard it will go to today screen. If in landscape and closing keyboard it will go to today screen.
Now, when it goes to the today screen if I then re-open the software with the icon on the today screen the program remains active and I can do what I need. But as soon as the keyboard moves it goes back to the today screen...

So from the lack or responses do I assume that no one else has experienced this problem? Is this a new one?
I searched the forum and found no other reference to it.....
Anybody?

Lack of responses?!? You only waited 1 hour and 42 minutes since you posted the question! It's customary to wait at least 24 hours before you bump your own topic.

Was more like 13 hours, not 1hour and 42 minutes
I posted the question at about 11pm LAST night. I asked about responses at about 12:44 pm TODAY. That is almost 14 hours....
No it is not 24 hours. But so many other questions seem to get answers with in a few hours no matter what time of day it was posted. I saw that something like 25 people had viewed it at that point and I thought I would ask....................
I use for my phone in my business and it is frustrating to use right now (if not almost impossible) . And with the prospect of a 3 hour rebuild time after a hard reset I wanted entertain other ideas first. So I asked before 24 hours was up 'cause I gotta make a decision soon as to what course of action to take......

Clock

after i flashed a few roms
my clock went crazy. when i would lock the device, the clock somehow it minus 1 hour, and then it'll change back to the normal time. or when i press the top right button, showing the processes. and click again, the clock will minus 1 hour and turn back normal. it is not much of a problem, but somehow it bugs me. any ideas?

I have the same problem
km

Hi
Already been discussed, I think in the ROM development forum.
Basically this is by design as HTC think we want to see the clock animation of flicking digits all the time, I know, stupid isn't it and very annoying.
In order to show the digits flicking over certain actions resets the clock back 1 hour and 1 minute so it can flip the hours forward, then the minute forward.
Makes me wonder if any usability studies go on at HTC, as it is very annoying and means you can't trust quickly checking the time on the device as it might be an hour behind, so you have to look at it for a bit to ensure it's not suddenly going to jump forward.
This was introduced with Windows Mobile 6.5 and newer versions of Sense, even though it doesn't make any!
Regards
Phil

HD2 Died..... or did it?

I'm in between surgery so thought I'd post a quick question where the answer is puzzling me.
Basically, I'm in wonder if this has happened to any other soul?
Picked up my HD2 when I came out of Theatre and it simply would not switch on.
Thinking it may be the battery that had run down I connected it to a power source to charge and noticed the Orange charge indicator did not light up.
Next I took out the battery and reinserted, then pushed the power button......
Still nothing.
Thinking was it a problematic battery (although it still should have switched on when connected to a power source) I exchanged the battery for the spare I take around with me.
Still nothing.
Finally, I reinserted the first battery and once again pressed the power button.
This time it fired up and loaded without any issue.
I checked the battery level ~ that indicated 56% still remaining.
So I am in puzzlement as to what may have caused it's temporary death.
Has any other had a similar experience?
Edit 01 ~ 24 Feb 2010
It would seem that to some (myself included) there is a fix that does indeed cure the problem and that is by using the software application MemMaid.
Others have tried SKTools but MemMaid seems to operate much better at terminating the freezes.
Unfortunately MemMaid is not free and seeing as HTC will not budge from this being a 'users personal settings' that is causing the freeze our only course of action at the moment is by using MemMaid.
However, please do note..... Not everyone has benefited from using MemMaid; why that is the case could be down to some individuality ~ a different setting, installed software, routine notification, etc. etc.
In other words first try the free trial version of MemMaid and if it seems to cure the the problem then do consider investing in it.... besides all this it is a great piece of software.
You can get hold of MemMaid here.
Word of Warning.....
Ensure you set up MemMaid correctly. I spent ages with member wacky banana throwing many personal messages between the two of us like fervid lovers until finally wacky came up with a setting we could use.
Below is the settings to apply to MemMaid:-
In your programs section you should see 2 icons, one called Memmaid Quick Clean and the other is Memmaid.
Click on the Memmaid icon and a window opens.
At the top left corner it should say Quick Cleaner but this is not relevant for now.
Put a tick in the the following options (the list is scrollable):
- compact ram
- windows temp files
- temp files
- ie cache files
- ie history files
- opera cache
- dead shortcuts
- duplicate notifications
- dangling notifications
- invalid notifications
- rebuild notification queue
- recycle bin
- google maps cache
Press the CLEAN button and wait for the tool to do its job then press the close button.
Next, on the bottom right of your screen, click the Tools option. From the drop-down menu choose CLEAN SCHEDULE.
Tick the following items:
- on soft reset
- daily (here you need to scroll to the right to select the icon with the 3 dots in it to set your schedule)
- show report (optional)
- show progress (optional)
Click DONE on the bottom left corner on your screen and job's a good 'un!
Edit 02 ~ 24 Feb 2010
Member jonbaker76 came up with a few extra tips to help alleviate the problem:-
1). Install MemMaid and follow settings provided by Beards & WB
[*]2). Disable the alarm (use G-Alarm maybe)
[*]3). Turn off Facebook updates
[*]4). Turn off Weather updates
[*]5). Turn off Internet Time Sync
[*]6). Wait a while before carrying out a soft reset, your Phone may just wake up
Edit 03 ~ 25 Feb 2010
Guys,
We are starting to find a pattern building up here relating the problem with Sense.
Some users don't have problems with ROM 1.48 but others Do/Did (I used to) so we can't say v1.48 was okay.
However, it's the later ROM's which seem to have the greater of the problem which could relate to an issue with Sense.
i.e. Although evident in v1.48 it was not as strong but with either Cooked ROM's or updated ROM's the problem has been magnified.
A few Guys have now tried using their HD2 without Sense and report a stable platform.
What I am saying here is if you have the problem and you can afford not to use Sense then try running your Phone without it for a trial and see how it performs...... With enough info we can pass this on to HTC.

I had a situation where I switched the phone back on (from standby/power saving mode) only to find it was dead. To get it running again I had to perform a soft reset and, like you, I found that I had plenty of battery remaining. This happened only once in three weeks of usage and I'm not sure what caused it.
James

I had a similar issue a few days ago.
I picked the phone up and pressed the power button, but nothing happened. I did the same as you and assumed that it was flat (despite me being a charging maniac!) I plugged it in and got no charging light, so I popped out the battery and put it back in. It turned on first time then.
I wasn't really concered as it's only happened once in over 3 weeks, and I'd only recently upgraded the ROM so I was ignoring any little foibles like this.
Maybe it's a little more common than I thought?

this has happened to me twice since upgrading to the new recent rom.

Beards said:
I'm in between surgery so thought I'd post a quick question where the answer is puzzling me.
Basically, I'm in wonder if this has happened to any other soul?
Picked up my HD2 when I came out of Theatre and it simply would not switch on.
Thinking it may be the battery that had run down I connected it to a power source to charge and noticed the Orange charge indicator did not light up.
Next I took out the battery and reinserted, then pushed the power button......
Still nothing.
Thinking was it a problematic battery (although it still should have switched on when connected to a power source) I exchanged the battery for the spare I take around with me.
Still nothing.
Finally, I reinserted the first battery and once again pressed the power button.
This time it fired up and loaded without any issue.
I checked the battery level ~ that indicated 56% still remaining.
So I am in puzzlement as to what may have caused it's temporary death.
Has any other had a similar experience?
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May be a warning from HTC for your now very famous camera thread,if I were you would be carefull LOl!!

hagba said:
May be a warning from HTC for your now very famous camera thread,if I were you would be carefull LOl!!
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Big brother watching us...

Beards,
Did you have any diary appointments or alarms set on the device today that you did not immediately cancel on notification or multiple alarms set/going off? If you did then this is probably a notification queue issue locking up the phone, forcing a reboot.
This symptom was very common with the TYTN when it first came out and drove me absolutely bananas!
Long shot but let me know.
WB

No... nothing was left to tie the Phone up.
I remember checking everything before I went down to Theatre earlier this morning.
In a way I'm pleased it's not an isolated case and that others have experienced something similar (sorry Guys, I don't wish it on you ~ just a little relieved I'm not the only one).
I know HTC monitor the 'Camera Problem' topic (they've told me this directly). Maybe they have some super-duper exra-terrestial monitoring machine that can achieve the Dynamics of masspoint collections..

Yep, I too have had this issue.
Was using phone normally, left it on stand by by pressing the power key. Wanted to make a call, it did not turn on. Opened back cover to do soft reset, did not turn on, started sweating..., swore at the phone and took battery out and then replaced battery and pressed power button and what do you know, booted up like nothing happened.
Am using original shipped UK ROM. Have not upgraded.

You should check this as well (first 2 might be from the same poster):
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41974
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591226&highlight=freeze
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595646&highlight=freeze
I had the same problem - it happened only 2 times for a week, but it was nasty enough (and in combination with the camera problem) to make me finally send my phone back for a refund.
Basically the symptoms were similar - I would leave the phone somewhere for more than a couple of hours only to find it somehow switched off or something. The buttons light up when clicked, but the screen remains black - only battery removal helps and after that runs like normal...
I have quite a number of calendar notifications etc. - this might be a good clue!
I have the feeling that this thread might grow as big as the camera thread. Perhaps HTC fix that with a software update as well ...

A friend of mine had this problem with his HD2 on Sunday morning. He was surfing the web with it when it froze up. When he took the battery out/in again it wouldn't turn on.
He called HTC and they came to pick up his handset on monday. I guess he'll have to wait to get it back repaired Maybe he should have tried taking it out a few more times first.

deyanp said:
You should check this as well (first 2 might be from the same poster):
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41974
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591226&highlight=freeze
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=595646&highlight=freeze
I had the same problem - it happened only 2 times for a week, but it was nasty enough (and in combination with the camera problem) to make me finally send my phone back for a refund.
Basically the symptoms were similar - I would leave the phone somewhere for more than a couple of hours only to find it somehow switched off or something. The buttons light up when clicked, but the screen remains black - only battery removal helps and after that runs like normal...
I have quite a number of calendar notifications etc. - this might be a good clue!
I have the feeling that this thread might grow as big as the camera thread. Perhaps HTC fix that with a software update as well ...
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I had something similar this morning, I have been using the alarm for the last 2 weeks with no problems. this morning the screen lit up, i saw the notification on the top but there was no noise. as a veteran of WM i dismissed it as "typical". however, the screen then went blank, the buttons would light up but nothing happened. I reset the phone to no avail, button still lit up but no screen - mild panic. removed and refitted the battery and all has been well since.
won't be too chuffed if it happens again....
rivets

Beards,
Notwithstanding that this may be some kind of new software or hardware problem, I just wonder about the notification queue.
I would try using a copy of SKTools to clear the notification queue ( I think you can do other tweaks as well but it's been a while since I used it) and see what happens.
Did you have any missed calls you did not answer today (another possible culprit, linked into auto screen lock = disaster).
I am simply putting ideas out for you to try to narrow the problem down. Don't know if any of this will work.
WB
PS: Just had another thought; have you installed an application onto your SD card that is on-screen? Used to have this issue with a weather application, sat on screen but installed to the SD card.
If the phone went into sleep mode and the application polled the weather servers then it would die a horrible death. De-installing and reinstalling to phone memory solved the problem.
Again its a long shot but you never know.
WB

Ive had that same problem twice last night within th space of 1/2 hour and the today i ran fine up until about 5pm today, where it froze, I updated the rom on sunday from O2 1.43 hope this is not gonna be a problem, anyone know where to get O2 1.43 rom just in case I have to return

wacky.banana said:
Beards,
Notwithstanding that this may be some kind of new software or hardware problem, I just wonder about the notification queue.
I would try using a copy of SKTools to clear the notification queue ( I think you can do other tweaks as well but it's been a while since I used it) and see what happens.
Did you have any missed calls you did not answer today (another possible culprit, linked into auto screen lock = disaster).
I am simply putting ideas out for you to try to narrow the problem down. Don't know if any of this will work.
WB
PS: Just had another thought; have you installed an application onto your SD card that is on-screen? Used to have this issue with a weather application, sat on screen but installed to the SD card.
If the phone went into sleep mode and the application polled the weather servers then it would die a horrible death. De-installing and reinstalling to phone memory solved the problem.
Again its a long shot but you never know.
WB
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Even though my profession is based on absolute accuracy in detail, when it comes to finding out why the HD2 died I'll try any long-shot.
There were no programs loaded though and I know nothing was paged to make the Phone send any notifications.
I'll have a good check at possible programs/dll's later though.
Thanks.

I've had the same a few times. Probably the reason was overloaded main memory. I removed some mp3 files, but the situation wasn't change.

htc touch pro2 vs hd2... just got the answer!
a day ago... i was unsure about the upgrade. i had posted tis msg in xda but was advised by a senior member tat it was worth the upgrade n i culd find all my answers to the query here. here was my msg...
"hi all. with all the hypes surrounding htc hd2... n my htc touch pro2 fast losing its crown of being the best winmo device in the market... shuld i upgrade to the hd2? n watz wif the glass screen? wuldn't it crack easily? it's glass! appreciate everyone's take on this. the only selling point tat is tempting me away frm my pro2 is abt the speed... 1ghz vs my miserable 528mhz... sad. everyone's talking abt its blazing speed. is it tat obvious?!
then again there's tat camera issue... the infamous pinkish spot, which htc support claims it's related to the 1ghz dragon fella... software related... n restricted to only a selected few?! so it's like going2 the lottery n c who gets the infected piece is it?! bottom line is... my pro2 seems like a honda civic... n the hd2 is purportedly a nissan skyline, but wif so many question marks hanging over its head, shuld i still go for the upgrade? thnx!"
guess wat, after reading most of the threads here... i think i'll stick with the htc touch pro2. the hd2 has way too many issues... even worse than the camera thingy tat i knew abt... but the number of issues tat r highlighted here abt the hd2... is enuf2 make me say no to hd2.

This thread here reminds me to some issues with WinMo 6.5/Manila 2.5 ROMs for the Xperia X1: Over there in the forum, you can find quite some postings describing the "standby of death" problem.
Just very close to some of the other issues we now face with the "real" Leo, too. In fact, there are more "similarities" like the stand-by issue, and nobody was really able to clearly reproduce the problem as there seems to be no pattern. The same problems are not existing in WinMo 6.1/Manila 2.1 ROMs for the Xperia - but some in a WinMo 6.1/Manila 2.5 version, when I follow the thread correctly.
I do strongly believe that there are, underneath the hood of Leo´s operating system, quite some nasty bugs in WinMo as well as Manila. I cannot imagine another explanation why 2 totally different devices with very different hardware (parts) would show the almost exact same issues.
Of course, porting the Leo ROM to something like Xperia may bring some issues, but most apparently, most bugs are coming from MS and HTC, not the talented chefs here. (One more reason to look forward to custom ROMs for the Leo. No good sign for HTC though, frankly spoken...)

mine die this morning too ... alarm didnt go off
but press and hold the power button wake the phone up and alarm start ringing. Then I power it off, and all the other buttons does not turn on the phone other than press and hold power button = soft reset ... weird
Camera patch is out today
waiting for new ROM release

Same thing happened to me this afternoon. The phone wouldn't start up when I pressed the power button so I tried holding the power button down to force a soft reset. At one point all the buttons lit up but nothing more happened. Eventually I pulled the battery out, stuck it back in and then the phone started.

Active Display Issues

I am having trouble with the active display on my moto x 2013 lately.
The digits appear broken. They don't render completely. Some times they overlap.
I have tried factory reset but the issue still persists.
I have attached a screen shot of the problem I am facing.
Has anybody faced this issue before?
Looking for some assistance on how to fix this issue.

I have a similar issue where numbers start to overlap each other. I think it happens between 9-10AM most of the time if I remember correctly. Never bothered taking a picture but I might now that someone else is having a similar problem.

mrbradeli said:
I have a similar issue where numbers start to overlap each other. I think it happens between 9-10AM most of the time if I remember correctly. Never bothered taking a picture but I might now that someone else is having a similar problem.
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Mine is not restricted to a given time of the day. It happens randomly. I tried deleting cache, doing factory reset. it would fine for some time.

A strange problem
Wait upgrade Lollipop may solve your problem.

Moto-x said:
A strange problem
Wait upgrade Lollipop may solve your problem.
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It's obvious not that serious of an issue but this is a terrible attitude to have about something you use daily and paid actual money for.

you are right,
but if it is still under warranty sent them to repair.
this is simplest solution :silly:

I have a bug too with AC: the 1st digit of the hour sometimes is 0 instead of 1, so when it's 17:34 i see 07:34, not always but it's annoying.

I've noticed mine only a few times, usually with the hours, not the minutes. I do specifically remember one time I woke up and looked at my phone, saw it says "1:00" and I was upset that I had slept in so late, but was very tired so I went back to sleep (it was already late, so what's another hour?). When I woke up later it was only 11:45. I guess it was actually either 10:00 or 11:00 when I woke up the first time, and the display was glitched for a moment. A reboot usually fixes it when issues persists.
I've also noticed that sometimes the Active Display does not vibrate when I touch it, or the lock ring will show up but no clock or notifications, even when they are pending and showing on the screen. If I touch the center of the screen the only icon I see is the bottom unlock, no notification text or the clock up top. Once I unlock it seems to flush it out and work fine after that. Lastly, sometimes the screen brightness gets goofy and seems much brighter than it should be, but it's rare.
If your phone is doing this a lot (I've noticed the clock issues maybe 10 times total over the last 14 months or so), I would look at getting it repaired or replaced.

mine actually just started doing this too. In my case the 1st digit after the : is not there. only seems to happen, or I only notice between 7am and 8am. usually unlocking fixes it, sometimes I need to restart.

Mine did this for the first time a few days ago. At 11:14 the active display said 1:141. I clicked the power button and it hasn't happened since.

alexhdkn said:
I have a bug too with AC: the 1st digit of the hour sometimes is 0 instead of 1, so when it's 17:34 i see 07:34, not always but it's annoying.
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Me too, I think some developer forgot that lots of people use the 24 hour format

aledex said:
Me too, I think some developer forgot that lots of people use the 24 hour format
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Good that I'm not alone.