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[CLOSED/G2] Engadget: G2 Preview

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/28/t-mobile-g2-preview/
Looks good.

one thing I noticed is that when the keyboard pops up, its not swype. I thought it was supposed to come with swype? maybe it does but you have to enable it? but if they advertise it as coming with swype, you'd think that would be the default keyboard. not that it matters to me since I'll install it either way.

The pictures are awesome, this phone is gonna rock. Come on kick ass multitouch controller.

Damn finally there's a preview out there. I've been checking cnet and the link you provided every damn day. This is about to own it up.
Thanks for providing the link.

j.books said:
one thing I noticed is that when the keyboard pops up, its not swype. I thought it was supposed to come with swype? maybe it does but you have to enable it? but if they advertise it as coming with swype, you'd think that would be the default keyboard. not that it matters to me since I'll install it either way.
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It has swype don't worry.

Looks great. Its the nexus one lil brother thats learn all his tricks
But one thing i dont like and i said it before is the placement of the micro usb. How will you make phone cars while its on the charger? Its right there were your hand will go.
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Does the keyboard not ligth up? Whats with that? and
any see what i dont? The with google logo and the G2 logo?
You think its just the test models or will they all be like that?

xile6 said:
Does the keyboard not ligth up? Whats with that? and
any see what i dont? The with google logo and the G2 logo?
You think its just the test models or will they all be like that?
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was flipping through screen shots and their a htc logo at boot. looks like no google and g2 logo. backlit keys would be awesome as well as trackpad notifications.

That was a prototype model, you can see the engraved serial number on the front of the device.

Tight photos but still no indication that it will go into landscape mode w/o sliding up the screen to reveal the keyboard?
If anyone knows. Holla at me.

TheManCityLife said:
Tight photos but still no indication that it will go into landscape mode w/o sliding up the screen to reveal the keyboard?
If anyone knows. Holla at me.
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I believe all android phone have the auto rotate. Its just a setting. So we shouldn't have a problem with that the g1 does it
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That setting was found in the Spare Parts app for the G1.
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xile6 said:
I believe all android phone have the auto rotate. Its just a setting. So we shouldn't have a problem with that the g1 does it
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Really? Cool! Thanks man. This phone is going to: A) Get me massive chicks B) Own. C) Fix my credit score (Don't ask how, but it will)

TheManCityLife said:
Really? Cool! Thanks man. This phone is going to: A) Get me massive chicks B) Own. C) Fix my credit score (Don't ask how, but it will)
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Android cured my herpes, so I think your credit score will be a piece of cake.

TheManCityLife said:
Really? Cool! Thanks man. This phone is going to: A) Get me massive chicks B) Own. C) Fix my credit score (Don't ask how, but it will)
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Ewww, youre into massive chicks?
Kidding. Anyways, this is awesome. Im a little obsessed, so Im always reloading the page everyday for updates. Looks like the device im looking for.

xile6 said:
Looks great. Its the nexus one lil brother thats learn all his tricks
But one thing i dont like and i said it before is the placement of the micro usb. How will you make phone cars while its on the charger? Its right there were your hand will go.
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Does the keyboard not ligth up? Whats with that? and
any see what i dont? The with google logo and the G2 logo?
You think its just the test models or will they all be like that?
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yeah the keyboard lights up. it has a light sensor for the keyboard lights. plus a proximity sensor... darkens the phones screen when you put the phone to your face for a call to save battery. the lcd backlight is also sensor based so it will auto adjust for you too. Those are all features on newer htc models. they come in handy on my mytouch slide. of course, you can turn them off too exept the keyboard light. that one is automatic no matter what. you can hold your hand over the sensor though, lol, but that is never needed. the sensors are EXTREMELY accurate.

Wish it was getting the noise-canceling mic like the N1. Came in handy while driving.

I wont miss the noise-cancelling mic on the N1.
Whenever people have a hard time hearing me while on a call, I usually have to cover the extra mic with my finger. That improves the sound quality on the other end every time. It never worked right for me...
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down8 said:
That setting was found in the Spare Parts app for the G1.
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spare parts was only in custom ROMs if I'm not mistaken. the spare parts app provided the extra setting of allowing you to keep your home screen in portrait while auto-rotating otherwise. auto-rotate is a standard feature in android

seancneal said:
I wont miss the noise-cancelling mic on the N1.
Whenever people have a hard time hearing me while on a call, I usually have to cover the extra mic with my finger. That improves the sound quality on the other end every time. It never worked right for me...
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Are we sure that the phone has no "Noise-Cancel" mic on it? In the video provided by Engadget it looked like it did?

I'm sure now. Holding the G2 and no signs of another mic hole anywhere.
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G2 Loose Hinge Video

Since a lot of you don't understand or have no clue what the loose hinge issue is, I made a video!
I love my phone and don't start the "hitorii is bashing the phone" thread. This is just for informational purposes so we can find if this is in fact a defect and maybe help some people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd6DKd_gMO8

Thanks for the video. I've been wondering if mine had the problem. While mine does open up when held upside down by the keyboard it doesn't ever close unless I close it. That would concern me.
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Yea, **** that, that'd be crazy annoying.
Let's hope it's just an assembly line issue, and not the way it's supposed to be.

wow that looks defective, i get mine today, lets see if it has the problem

honestly, I think its just a non-issue and the way it was designed.
How often do you hold the phone, upsidedown, and only grabbing the keyboard side of the phone, if your in bed it doesn't take much to hold the screen and keyboard.

Mine opens up, but not as much as yours.

Like I said before in other threads. We know how a traditional slider should feel. This is a new technology so to speak and the first slider of its kind, so no one really knows exactly how it should feel.

QwertyAccess said:
honestly, I think its just a non-issue and the way it was designed.
How often do you hold the phone, upsidedown, and only grabbing the keyboard side of the phone, if your in bed it doesn't take much to hold the screen and keyboard.
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How about if you want to type something up?
If that's how it was designed, that design team needs to be fired.

“No, you’re holding it wrong”

androidtoy09 said:
“No, you’re holding it wrong”
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TOu-****ing-CHE my good friend. Lmfao

well mine is lose I guess but no way as much as yours so I think it was by design. Up side down mine opens but slightly.

JCopernicus said:
How about if you want to type something up?
If that's how it was designed, that design team needs to be fired.
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if you want to type something get your lazy ass up and type.

I would call t-mobile and have them send you another phone for replacement and send yours back. I don't have that hinge problem at all. It is worth the ten minute phone call.
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legendary1022 said:
I would call t-mobile and have them send you another phone for replacement and send yours back. I don't have that hinge problem at all. It is worth the ten minute phone call.
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Will have to send it back for the memory fix anyway. Two birds, one stone I guess.

legendary1022 said:
I would call t-mobile and have them send you another phone for replacement and send yours back. I don't have that hinge problem at all. It is worth the ten minute phone call.
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Yours doesnt open at all when you hold it upside down like he does? (Holding ONLY in the bottom piece of the phone.

navillos said:
if you want to type something get your lazy ass up and type.
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Spoken like a true idiot.

Ok, mine isn't that bad. It'll open up slightly when held upside down and will close up when held at about a 45 degree angle upside down.

JCopernicus said:
How about if you want to type something up?
If that's how it was designed, that design team needs to be fired.
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I believe you are correct here. If its designed like that, then if its loose in a pocket or bag, it could open up a bit and get all types of junk stuck in between. Not a good design idea, if intentional.

as someone else said, it's part of the design - believe the mechanical z lock is referred in engineering terms as an over-center cam lock
and because of the limitations of the phone's body, it's at it's limit on the lock's travel on the closing side
mine doesn't do it, but it's at the cusp of doing it - ie very little resistance to self opening when held like that, and i suspect with time, as it loosens up, it will do exactly like that
i wouldn't worry about it - if you dwell on it, it's going to ruin the phone for you - i'd ignore it - ie "push away from the trees and see the forest", so to speak
my 02

I really don't think its a flaw at all. Who the hell is hang upside down like a freaking bat to send a text to their mommy? You pretty much need to hold the back side of the phone by your finger tips, than hold it upside down to make this happen. Sorry guys, but you can exchange your phone 50 times and they're all going to do the same thing. Good luck!

How to answer streak one handed

Found a "Shake to answer" app, works awsome, you can select the level of shaking, but it allows you to answer the streak with one hand.
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i have no problem sliding the answer thing with my thumb with the same hand holding the device... and i don't have big hands either. i'd say average, maybe a little smaller than average.

I can if I try, But while I'm driving, I tend to not want to take to much focus off driving. So a quick shake to answer makes like easier and safer...

Well, since driving with a cell phone attached to my ear is illegal in my state, I have to pull over to answer a call. Thus, I don't need the app.
Pretty cool though if you have only one hand free and it's holding your phone.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Well, since driving with a cell phone attached to my ear is illegal in my state, I have to pull over to answer a call. Thus, I don't need the app.
Pretty cool though if you have only one hand free and it's holding your phone.
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The streak is big and with one hand you need to concentrate on the slider getting it to the very end or you're stuck redoing it a few times and you miss your call.

I downloaded a push to answer app which just turns the slider into 2 buttons making it similar to the iPhone answer/cancel buttons.
I missed a few calls because of the slider so i found a simple solution.

Sounds like a good idea. but thanks to my Bluetooth integrated into my car i can answer the phone with the click of button on my stearing wheel.

Incoming Call Plus (beta) is a free app that replaces the slide to answer function with a tap to answer. I like it a lot better than stock. It also has a feature that lets you reject an incoming call with a text-message reply to the caller. Very handy while sitting in meetings, etc.

stang393 said:
I can if I try, But while I'm driving, I tend to not want to take to much focus off driving. So a quick shake to answer makes like easier and safer...
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It's against the law and dangerous to be using a cell phone while driving!

stang393 said:
Found a "Shake to answer" app, works awsome, you can select the level of shaking, but it allows you to answer the streak with one hand.
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Thanks for sharing. Useful app in certain situations.

william58 said:
It's against the law and dangerous to be using a cell phone while driving!
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Not everywhere.....

Why did you bump a half year old thread?

TheManii said:
Why did you bump a half year old thread?
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This forums is so dead, any activity is good..

Lolzz ....

just find this post
reaaly useful app
thank you

HTC One death grip.

I was going through reviews of HTC One and came across these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlAt7CKHsNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssaf0AQdPwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ubr-Hzu894

sandeep.mjs said:
I was going through reviews of HTC One and came across these videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlAt7CKHsNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssaf0AQdPwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ubr-Hzu894
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No issues with that here on AT&T.

I'd say no one can accidentally death grip their Ones. I can drop one bar of each if I press the stripes hard against my palm.

californiarailroader said:
No issues with that here on AT&T.
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mikbe said:
I'd say no one can accidentally death grip their Ones. I can drop one bar of each if I press the stripes hard against my palm.
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Nice to know that.

I didn't find any death grip yet. But one thing is annoying that if you grab light proximity sensor autobrightness gets crazy (as it should be ofc)

If I have my hand at the top of the device (e.g. when holding it horizontally when watching a video) the WiFi drops from full signal to just the dot in the icon
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thom109 said:
If I have my hand at the top of the device (e.g. when holding it horizontally when watching a video) the WiFi drops from full signal to just the dot in the icon
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Mine doesn't do that, I just tried it and the WiFi signal stays as strong as ever.

My T-Mobile one is not affected with service or WiFi signal with even a TWO hand death grip.

I have never had a cell phone with such a great carrier and wifi signal.
Same router, same house, same room, my HTC One vs Xperia Arc 2k11 device get twice the bandwidth.
best phone I have ever had. No death grip, no airline crack in top, no flaws whatsoever.

grat_master said:
I have never had a cell phone with such a great carrier and wifi signal.
Same router, same house, same room, my HTC One vs Xperia Arc 2k11 device get twice the bandwidth.
best phone I have ever had. No death grip, no airline crack in top, no flaws whatsoever.
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Ditto

So if you touch a transmitter there is some attenuation?
Call the cops!

Its also only sprint HTC Ones that seem affected.

I have AT&T and when I support the phone with my shoulder... People can't hear me... And this hasn't happened only once... Multiple times. Left shoulder to ear so go figure... But sad
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cloudedhopes said:
I have AT&T and when I support the phone with my shoulder... People can't hear me... And this hasn't happened only once... Multiple times. Left shoulder to ear so go figure... But sad
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I get the exact same thing! I thought it was just me... Every time I have to tuck it between my ear and shoulder, no one can hear a word I'm saying. It's not the ideal position to hold it, granted, but it's the only phone I've ever owned that's had this problem. I'm just glad to hear it's not just something I'm doing wrong!

RevBlackie said:
I get the exact same thing! I thought it was just me... Every time I have to tuck it between my ear and shoulder, no one can hear a word I'm saying. It's not the ideal position to hold it, granted, but it's the only phone I've ever owned that's had this problem. I'm just glad to hear it's not just something I'm doing wrong!
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Can someone else check this plz so I know of I need to exchange my phone out not

cloudedhopes said:
Can someone else check this plz so I know of I need to exchange my phone out not
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Are you sure your not just covering the Mic with your shoulder?
Probably the reason.
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-josh- said:
Are you sure your not just covering the Mic with your shoulder?
Probably the reason.
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Well the mic is at the bottom... So definitely not covering it. Maybe covering the small hole on the back (assuming it's the noise cancellation mic) but that shouldn't matter... Did you try?

cloudedhopes said:
Well the mic is at the bottom... So definitely not covering it. Maybe covering the small hole on the back (assuming it's the noise cancellation mic) but that shouldn't matter... Did you try?
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I'm having the same issue. Left shoulder, no one can hear me. Right shoulder, people hear me fine. I'm positive I'm not covering the normal mic.
I think it has to do with the noise cancellation mic, as that is the only difference. My guess is either it covers the mic so it can't pick up anything (and somehow that messes things up) or it covers the opening so the mic only picks up sound transmitting physically through my face (and then the noise cancellation mic is hearing mostly the same as the front mic so it cancels it out).
I'm hoping it can be fixed with a software upgrade, it's definitely annoying.

ste1164 said:
Its also only sprint HTC Ones that seem affected.
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I have a o2-One (Germany) and simply by holding it in my left Hand normally signal goes down form -85 dBm 14 ASU to -97 dBm 7 ASU.
Not that I care too much though, because that is pretty normal and not really a death grip. It' more like a little weakening grip

On EE here in the UK, phone doesn't have any noticeable loss of signal from normal use but it is possible to tightly grip it and cause signal loss.
Other than that... In normal use wifi and 4g/3G signal are much better than iPhones in the same household!

I hear something loose inside the phone? Anyone else?

So I've just put the phone down on my desk(I use a giant 4ftx2ft desktop mouse pad) and heard an odd sound. I didn't just throw the phone on the desk but probably dropped it onto the desk from an inch away. Anyway, upon further investigation, it sounds like there' something loose inside the phone, possibly in the upper half near the camera. I took my phone and shook it up and down near my ear. Wondering if this is normal and does anyone else hear the same thing?

Could be the camera. OIS means there's actually moving parts in the mechanism. Typically if you shake phones with OIS you here a slight ticking.

tgtoys said:
Could be the camera. OIS means there's actually moving parts in the mechanism. Typically if you shake phones with OIS you here a slight ticking.
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That's true. But, it just bugs me a bit because I didn't hear anything like this on my old Note 7. Or any other phone.

mrdiggz said:
That's true. But, it just bugs me a bit because I didn't hear anything like this on my old Note 7. Or any other phone.
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Ok, I just shook my phone and I can hear the rattling too. My OCD senses are now tingling!
I'm not going to worry about it too much though. I haven't dropped my phone or anything, and it's working fine. I'm sure there will be times though when I've forgotten about it, then suddenly hear it if I shake my phone. Will probably be surprised, but will then remember what it is. Lol
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I shake my phone and i hear nothing. . Hmmm, you guys could try by opening it and see whether you can find the issue. It is very easy to open it and close it again. And i doubt any carrier will notice it. or... If you guys are in the 14 days period to return the phone (if tmobile, im not sure about other carriers) then you might replace it

spexwood said:
Ok, I just shook my phone and I can hear the rattling too. My OCD senses are now tingling!
I'm not going to worry about it too much though. I haven't dropped my phone or anything, and it's working fine. I'm sure there will be times though when I've forgotten about it, then suddenly hear it if I shake my phone. Will probably be surprised, but will then remember what it is. Lol
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Hahaha ok, cool! Now I feel better knowing it's not just me :laugh: And yes, my phone is working perfectly so I'm not worried about it. (but lets be honest here and say that it would've been nice if there was no rattle!)

mrdiggz said:
Hahaha ok, cool! Now I feel better knowing it's not just me :laugh: And yes, my phone is working perfectly so I'm not worried about it. (but lets be honest here and say that it would've been nice if there was no rattle!)
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Oh yeah, for sure! I mean, a rattling noise normally means that something is broken! LG should probably have put a notice on the manual or something mentioning this. You know, for all of us who care for our phones.

If it is the ois it will stop if you have the camera app open. Mine also has the rattle but I believe it is likely the vibration feedback motor or weight causing it. I had two lg v10 loaner phones. One made noise one didn't.
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I hear it, I hear it... Lol
Could it be that rotating vibration mechanism?
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DLovo313 said:
I hear it, I hear it... Lol
Could it be that rotating vibration mechanism?
Sent from my T-Mobile LG V20.
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I can confirm that it is the camera module. I opened up my device and poked around inside. The camera module furthest from the led flash floats.
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