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...does anyone else feel that the text messaging on Android 2.1 on the Wildfire is complete and utter garbage?
Its as slow as death mainly and takes forever to jump back from a text to the inbox etc and when you send a text you can't jump out for about 5 secs till the text is actually sent. Then when you want to jump from the inbox to the main screen using the back button it takes another 3 secs.
I'm now using 'whatsapp' for messaging and its like a million times faster with almost zero lag! How the hell can a 3rd party app be better than an integrated part of the OS? I don't get it.
Seems like smartphones should be renamed 'dumbphones' as they are crap at being a phone and not quite as good as a computer for the 'smart' stuff! Basically stuck in the middle of nowhere!
Rant over!
ps. i know i expect too much! Just my nature!
It's alright to me.
Also, Android has the power of SMS replacers.
Handcent SMS is a perfect example.
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how many messages do you have? i had like 3500, then they got deleted when i wiped all the data, and it was as fast as my dads desire. i was shocked. but then i flashed openfire without doing a backup, now ive lost my original rom forever
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I never actually used the stock messaging app. As soon as I got my phone my friend told me to dl handcent.
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kevin2516 said:
I never actually used the stock messaging app. As soon as I got my phone my friend told me to dl handcent.
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Yeah, but even handcent and chompsms have anoying lag times. I just did the froyo update this night, and i have the feeling that the lag time is even worse.. shouldn't froyo be faster then eclair? I main, even my MFLOPS are 20% lower now :-o Don't know what to do anymore :s
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ErwinP said:
Yeah, but even handcent and chompsms have anoying lag times. I just did the froyo update this night, and i have the feeling that the lag time is even worse.. shouldn't froyo be faster then eclair? I main, even my MFLOPS are 20% lower now :-o Don't know what to do anymore :s
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Have a try at Go SMS. It's faster (well I think it is) and also some of the themes are cool , I'm using it as a replacement for HandcentSMS atm.
upgraded to 2.2...
Nothing to do with what app you use anymore, Andriod is just effing crap! Typing just laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags! All i get is lag, constantly having to go back a retype words that have failed to enter properly.
Crap, crap, crap!
Nokia make crap smartphones but bloody good phones that work as a phone and allow u to type as fast as u want and not miss a beat.
Android just lags, crashes and generally feels crap and makes a superb useless Dumbphone!
Rant over.
I have never experienced lag while texting
same here, i've never had lag or any problems with texting.
maybe you're not using your phone properly ;D
yup i am using GO SMS and its quite fast ,.. the most imp setting is that u need to reduce the number of messages that the phone stores per convo. i kept it to 20 and it phone works smoothly.. no lag even in the built in msging app.
and if ur experiencing typing lags again that is due to the excessive memory the phone has to use to get all the stored messages.
ALso download a different keyboard (many avail on market) they are all awesome and really u will experience super fast typing with hardly any lag...
i type on my wildfire all the time.. gtalk, watsapp, imo im, messaging, FB, twitter.. never had any issues
kennyhkw said:
upgraded to 2.2...
Nothing to do with what app you use anymore, Andriod is just effing crap! Typing just laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags! All i get is lag, constantly having to go back a retype words that have failed to enter properly.
Crap, crap, crap!
Nokia make crap smartphones but bloody good phones that work as a phone and allow u to type as fast as u want and not miss a beat.
Android just lags, crashes and generally feels crap and makes a superb useless Dumbphone!
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Don't blame Android, blame HTC. The 2.2 update was crap, which is why many people advised against doing it... it mainly made the phone slower and changed the label to "2.2" from 2.1 as far as a user can see. My phone is snappy and runs fast on CyanogenMod 7 (2.3.2) (which is pure android)
edit: oh and i never experienced lag like how you say even with the htc sense keyboard. (maybe a tiny lag every now and then but nothing big)
i found that turning prediction off did wonders for lag
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Thanks for the info folks.
I'm actually using Sunaabh's custom 2.2 ROM which is very good overall.
I don't wanna use any ROMs that don't allow the camera to function properly.
Maybe you guys don't type fast enough, i tend to type very fast with the old style phone keypad and i expect the phone to keep up but it doesn't.
I don't care how much memory my messages take up because i bought a smartphone because it should be able to handle it and i shouldn't have to worry about basic crap like that. I expect the phone to work as a phone without any issues. But HTC have failed me. I simply can't imagine how horrible other Android phones are as the Sense overlay is meant to be the best out the lot! And generally its a fantastic overlay apart from the lag.
I suppose i'll just have to learn to type slower.
kennyhkw said:
Thanks for the info folks.
I'm actually using Sunaabh's custom 2.2 ROM which is very good overall.
I don't wanna use any ROMs that don't allow the camera to function properly.
Maybe you guys don't type fast enough, i tend to type very fast with the old style phone keypad and i expect the phone to keep up but it doesn't.
I don't care how much memory my messages take up because i bought a smartphone because it should be able to handle it and i shouldn't have to worry about basic crap like that. I expect the phone to work as a phone without any issues. But HTC have failed me. I simply can't imagine how horrible other Android phones are as the Sense overlay is meant to be the best out the lot! And generally its a fantastic overlay apart from the lag.
I suppose i'll just have to learn to type slower.
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Camera works fine on CM7 using Vignette. Sometimes better pics than with sense. only video recording is shaky but even on sense it sucked so doesnt make much of a difference.
And no you're not the only person who types ultra fast, on the gingerbread keyboard (which is supposed to be faster than sense) i got letter repeats because of lag due to word prediction (it wwould come oout like tthis). I turned off the key popups and all lag disappeared
Edit: i seem to remember keyboard lagged quite a bit on the stock rom, but it stopped when i switched to wildpuzzle (this was before cm had even come out)
slideit keyboard with abc mode = flawlezzy
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-it's so annoying, when you are in text messages and you touch a "persons" txt, but it opens ANOTHER person's grouped text!
I've even txted eg. person a, but the message went to person b!
wtf!?
Just been on the phone to Samsung service centre in the UK and they said if u are not happy with the phone u have 28 days to return it, from where u got it and they will replace it with a new one...
and the purpose of this thread is.......?
Odd that Samsung would do that as its not their responsibility .
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and the purpose of this thread is.......?
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Im having wifi issues with phone as a lot of people are, and also its a bit sluggish... unless of course you think its supposed to be like that, apart from this its a great phone (best Ive had anyways)
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Just been on the phone to Samsung service centre in the UK and they said if u are not happy with the phone u have 28 days to return it, from where u got it and they will replace it with a new one...
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since samsung does not sell the phone directly, where exactly are they claiming you can "return the phone to within 28 days"? i would think that depends on the place in which you purchased it. and i dont think its the same for every store.
i'm confused.
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Im having wifi issues with phone as a lot of people are, and also its a bit sluggish... unless of course you think its supposed to be like that, apart from this its a great phone (best Ive had anyways)
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Sluggish ?! Where ?!
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Sluggish ?! Where ?![/QUOTE
read below
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No, that's not normal. Take it back dude. Mine never lags.
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Sluggish ?! Where ?!
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Ok it lags when i press the contacts, phone, and messaging buttons a tad, and sometimes it takes over a second to wake up, when i click out of a widget, it lags a lot... if this is normal then ill wont bother taking it back....
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Ok it lags when i press the contacts, phone, and messaging buttons a tad, and sometimes it takes over a second to wake up, when i click out of a widget, it lags a lot... if this is normal then ill wont bother taking it back....
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Hmm I'm going to film what you say and you'll say me if it's the same with yours. Because with me it's like instantly. Except maybe wakeup.
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Hmm I'm going to film what you say and you'll say me if it's the same with yours. Because with me it's like instantly. Except maybe wakeup.
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So your wake up is slow to is it ??
Ive taken my sd card out now to see if it makes a difference sometimes it wakes instant, sometimes not. but as i said there is s little lag with the phone, message. and contacts app, and a cpl of widgets.
Wifi also, i just want my phone to be right
if your using samsung widgets thats your issue. that **** will slow down a f15 fighter jet.
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So your wake up is slow to is it ??
Ive taken my sd card out now to see if it makes a difference sometimes it wakes instant, sometimes not. but as i said there is s little lag with the phone, message. and contacts app, and a cpl of widgets.
Wifi also, i just want my phone to be right
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So I just did the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htp1BvOO3AM
Just have hidden messages but didn't accelerated or cut a part of the video.
And yes wakeup is like 1sec delay and can be annoying.
I'm not seeing any slow downs. At all. I had 3 HD games open (Nova, Lets golf 2, and Real Football 2011). I was playing Nova and it was getting a bit heated and I didn't know why but there was absolutely no lag so I didn't pay attention to it, figured the game is taking up quite a bit of power. I stop after about 30 min, and go into task manager to see... all 3 games were running. That was just f'in impressive... the phone taking all this without lagging even a second.
I dont have any samsung widget lags either : \ Before this I was using launcher pro on Galaxy S 1 with an axura custom rom which was relatively lag free (just saying that because I'm not comparing TW 4.0 launher with TW 3.0).
Having said that, the only slight delay I have is when I pinch in all the homescreens. Even that is just a slight stutter if anything. The live widgets I have on desktop are Gallery (cycling through abotu 100 12MP pics), weather, task manager, Email, Sticky notes, Poweramp music player, Youtube, FML, Yahoo Finance, several Pulse feeds, and calendar). These are my live widgets plus ive got a few app shortcuts scattered around. So I'm not too upset with the pinch on home screen causing a bit of stutter since suddenly all those things are being live refreshed/updated.
If you have the lag you're talking about... I'd say something is wrong with your phone.
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So I just did the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htp1BvOO3AM
Just have hidden messages but didn't accelerated or cut a part of the video.
And yes wakeup is like 1sec delay and can be annoying.
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Seems like yours is instant mine isn't, ill take it back into shop in the morning they have said they would replace it.
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I'm not seeing any slow downs. At all. I had 3 HD games open (Nova, Lets golf 2, and Real Football 2011). I was playing Nova and it was getting a bit heated and I didn't know why but there was absolutely no lag so I didn't pay attention to it, figured the game is taking up quite a bit of power. I stop after about 30 min, and go into task manager to see... all 3 games were running. That was just f'in impressive... the phone taking all this without lagging even a second.
I dont have any samsung widget lags either : \ Before this I was using launcher pro on Galaxy S 1 with an axura custom rom which was relatively lag free (just saying that because I'm not comparing TW 4.0 launher with TW 3.0).
Having said that, the only slight delay I have is when I pinch in all the homescreens. Even that is just a slight stutter if anything. The live widgets I have on desktop are Gallery (cycling through abotu 100 12MP pics), weather, task manager, Email, Sticky notes, Poweramp music player, Youtube, FML, Yahoo Finance, several Pulse feeds, and calendar). These are my live widgets plus ive got a few app shortcuts scattered around. So I'm not too upset with the pinch on home screen causing a bit of stutter since suddenly all those things are being live refreshed/updated.
If you have the lag you're talking about... I'd say something is wrong with your phone.
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Well im clicking out of apps now there is a second delay till it gets back
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Seems like yours is instant mine isn't, ill take it back into shop in the morning they have said they would replace it.
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Before you return, you can always try this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.spare_parts&feature=search_result
Install and set Window Animations to fast & Transition Animations to fast also.
(I didn't modified that in the video)
davidoff08 said:
Just been on the phone to Samsung service centre in the UK and they said if u are not happy with the phone u have 28 days to return it, from where u got it and they will replace it with a new one...
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And billions of people think a old beardy dude created the universe but it dont make it so...
trollisms...
EleCtrOx666 said:
Before you return, you can always try this
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.spare_parts&feature=search_result
Install and set Window Animations to fast & Transition Animations to fast also.
(I didn't modified that in the video)
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Ok ill try it, but ill take it in the morning see what they say ...
Hi all,
Now im generally not a fan of people posting 'hate' threads, but this phone has dissapointed me so much that i feel it necessary to point out why i turned to hate it and why im selling it and getting the Galaxy SII in order to help people that are thinking of buying this phone to make an advised decision.
1. It constantly lags, and almost every app force closes (and YES i have reset the phone and used both .181 and .145 versions of the firmware.
2. When the phone starts syncing accounts in the background it renders it unusable. The phone takes up to 5 minutes to load the Facebook app and longer for anything else.
3. Sony Ericsson's stupid decision to reverse the ground and mic wires so you cant use any other wired headphones with an inline control but the ones it came with. As discussed in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045973&page=1
4. The camera takes too long to open.
5. The USB socket is on the side at the top so you have to have a landscape dock which takes up more room (obviously only applies to people that use a dock with their phones).
6. The USB/Power lead that comes with it is angled up instead of down which i find just gets in the way.
7. The headphone jack is on the side (ok this is not a major issue but is annoying when getting it in and out of your pocket when you have headphones in.
8. The headphones that come with it only have a play/pause button and no volume or any way to change tracks. (i hear theres an app that can change what the button does but it really should be there to start with!)
9. I bought a sim locked version which at the moment means i cant root or install custom roms.
10. The Sony Ericsson UI is awful and downright ugly (again you can always install a different launcher, but thats money for an app that you shouldnt need in my opinion and it just covers the home screens, as soon as you enter the Settings, Dialler or Contacts your right back in the SEUI).
11. Recording in 720p is super laggy and jolts all the time making it useless.
I will go on to say though that the camera is the best phone camera i have ever used by far! Stunning photos everytime. And the same goes for the built in speaker.
UPDATE!!
Ok so i thought i should update this post in case anyone was still undecided on which device to buy. I have since sold my Arc and bought an S2 and WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE!.
The S2 solves all the little problems i had with the Arc (the headset wiring is the right way round, the headphone jack is on the top of the device, the micro USB is at the bottom PERFECT)
PLUS it solves the big problems i had. The S2 is lightning fast, fast like you wouldnt believe! Everything opens instantaneously including the camera which literately takes just a second to open and be ready to shoot.
Speaking of the camera the built in features are better (panorama up to 8 pictures, cartoon mode and beauty shot, as well as all the stuff the Arc has) and it films in 1080p!!! The quality is superb you just would not believe it was recorded on a phone!!! Oh AND you can use digital zoom at the highest quality setting by pinching the screen! Cool feature the Arc doesnt have at all let alone with a cool multi touch gesture!
I have had the phone running for about 3 days now and used it heavily (games, video, intensive browsing with heavy flash sites usually for 2 hours at a time) and not once have i needed to force close stuff with a task killer or restart the phone, the S2 just keeps on going with whatever you do to it. I have never known a phone capable of such use!
With my Arc i would of had to have run a task killer after EVERY task in order for it to be responsive enough to do something else at a reasonable speed. For example with the Arc if i watched a few flash videos in the browser and then pressed the home button, the Home Screen would be unresponsive for a couple of seconds and all the app shortcuts would have missing 'transparent' icons. After a few seconds the icons would come back and i would need to run a task killer to be able to do anything else or it would take up to 5mins even to load the FB app!
With the S2 i can just keep using it, task after task and it never slows down even a tiny bit, everything continues to be buttery smooth and instantaneous even after using several intensive apps!
The S2 never laggs at any time even when using a live wallpaper, its always buttery smooth and just as responsive. The Arc used to lag a bit when using a live wallpaper.
The S2 boots up in less than 15-20 seconds!!! The Arc took nearly a whole minute! Nothing so far has force closed and everything has opened almost instantaneously! The build quality is so much better, much sturdier and no wobbly buttons made of cheep plastic. Everything on the S2 is rock solid and built to a really high standard!
There are little bonus's with the phone too, the ROM and UI is much better designed. Theres a CM7 style settings widget in the notification tray, the music player looks and works brilliantly and includes a widget in the notification tray when its in use for album art and music controlls. Theres a 2MP front facing camera the Arc didnt have one at all and the battery seems to last longer. Theres loads of built in gestures, like pinching the screen in the browser when zoomed out brings up the tabbed windows screen, holding 2 fingers on the screen and then tilting the phone forward or back zooms in or out on photos and in the browser, holding an icon or a widget then tilting the phone left or right moves across the home screens and turning the phone upside down when you get a call silences the ring! Watch them here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxCW7U2m8dk
Theres also a wealth of handy built in apps from Samsung including a photo and video editor!, unlike the usual useless rubbish manufacturers put on phones plus even more handy stuff like built in screen capture by pressing 'home' and 'power' buttons together and it has that nice 'bump' effect the same as the iphone when you get to the top or bottom of a page or menu. Personally i find Touch Whiz 4.0 much better than the Arc launcher however i am using Launcher Pro (i had to buy i to replace the Arc's homescreen so i might as well get my moneys worth haha, plus i really like it)
All in all, reading peoples comments, i might agree that i had a faulty unit but even so, the S2 is miles ahead in my opinion. It just eats any task you give it with no hassel. Its never rebooted itself. It never laggs and has so many more built in features. The Super AmoLED screen is just breathtaking, the picture quality and colour depth must be seen to be believed!
Each is to their own, and im sure all the owners here love the Arc, but in my own opinion, especially if your a heavy user... GET THE S2!
P.S. For LiveView owners, disconnections are far and few between with the S2! With the Arc i would have to reconnect the LiveView every 1 or 2 hours whereas with the S2 i can sometimes go a whole day without needing to reconnect!
keyz86 said:
Hi all,
Now im generally not a fan of people posting 'hate' threads, but this phone has dissapointed me so much that i feel it necessary to point out why i turned to hate it and why im selling it and getting the Galaxy SII in order to help people that are thinking of buying this phone to make an advised decision.
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I am not sure what world you are talking about, but want to comment on your points..
1. It constantly lags, and almost every app force closes (and YES i have reset the phone and used both .181 and .145 versions of the firmware.
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Really??? I have more than 100 apps installed from Market & not a single app force closes & there is no lag. There are a lot of videos on youtube of ARC running smoothly with loads of apps, without lag or force close. Every review statets that & even it runs almost as sommth & fast as GalaxyS2 (Youtube Videos)
2. When the phone starts syncing accounts in the background it renders it unusable. The phone takes up to 5 minutes to load the Facebook app and longer for anything else.
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I just can't believe that. 4 Arc in my house, and not a single has a similar problem. My phone runs normalls when it syncing..
3. Sony Ericsson's stupid decision to reverse the ground and mic wires so you cant use any other wired headphones with an inline control but the ones it came with. As discussed in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045973&page=1
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I can't say anything about that coz i have no knowledge about that...
4. The camera takes too long to open.
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Really? Do you really mean it???
"The camera has its own shutter button, and you can snap up to one frame per second at full resolution (8 megapixels)." Source: http://www.amobil.no/artikler/sony_ericsson_xperia_arc/93179/3
"What we might like best about this camera is how quick it is. When you press the dedicated camera key, you are ready to take the picture in no time, and to take the picture is also faster than usual." Source: http://www.mobili.no/tester/test-av-sony-ericsson-xperia-arc/
I have never used a mobile where a camera opens as fast as it does on ARC..
5. The USB socket is on the side at the top so you have to have a landscape dock which takes up more room (obviously only applies to people that use a dock with their phones).
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Not a problem for me... But didn't you know that before buying?
6. The USB/Power lead that comes with it is angled up instead of down which i find just gets in the way.
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Not a problem for me..
7. The headphone jack is on the side (ok this is not a major issue but is annoying when getting it in and out of your pocket when you have headphones in.
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Not a problem for me... But didn't you know that before buying?
8. The headphones that come with it only have a play/pause button and no volume or any way to change tracks. (i hear theres an app that can change what the button does but it really should be there to start with!)
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And this one with Galaxy S2 is really far better? http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii/review/phone/gsmarena_029.jpg
9. I bought a sim locked version which at the moment means i cant root or install custom roms.
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You can root it although it's sim locked.. But anyway, how it's a negative point when it was YOU who bought it sim lock?
10. The Sony Ericsson UI is awful and downright ugly (again you can always install a different launcher, but thats money for an app that you shouldnt need in my opinion and it just covers the home screens, as soon as you enter the Settings, Dialler or Contacts your right back in the SEUI).
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It's only personal choice, You can't tell others its ugly & awful. Many here mean that Samsung UI is awful.. But it depends on personal choice. SE UI was same when you decided to buy this phone & it was with this UI, the Arc was advertised..
11. Recording in 720p is super laggy and jolts all the time making it useless.
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A lot of videos available on net captured with Arc.. And after lastest update the minor bugs are already fixed..
I will go on to say though that the camera is the best phone camera i have ever used by far! Stunning photos everytime. And the same goes for the built in speaker.
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Thanks!!!!
And if you think Galaxy S2 would be really bugfree, then i will suggest to take a tour to Galaxy S2's section & i can only wish you good luck... And Bye!
Mano1982 said:
Really??? I have more than 100 apps installed from Market & not a single app force closes & there is no lag. There are a lot of videos on youtube of ARC running smoothly with loads of apps, without lag or force close. Every review statets that & even it runs almost as sommth & fast as GalaxyS2 (Youtube Videos)
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Mano1982 said:
I just can't believe that. 4 Arc in my house, and not a single has a similar problem. My phone runs normalls when it syncing..
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yes really, its really that bad! restore after restore i get these problems. perhaps its a faulty unit, i dont know.
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Really? Do you really mean it???
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yes i do! my phone before this was a HD7 and before that an iPhone4, both took a fraction of the time to open the camera app. and yes i am quite aware it has a dedicated camera button thank you.
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and this one with Galaxy S2 is really far better?
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no, but i expected a lot more from Sony! plus with the S2 the stupid wiring problem doesnt exist so im free to choose what ever wired headset i wish.
Mano1982 said:
You can root it although it's sim locked
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you cant root on the 2.3.3 update
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A lot of videos available on net captured with Arc.. And after lastest update the minor bugs are already fixed
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after the update the issue still exists for me otherwise i wouldnt have written about it
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And if you think Galaxy S2 would be really bugfree!
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i dont expect anything to be bug free, but after using several S2's to me it seems a lot less buggy than my Arc, again perhaps mine is faulty, but none the less for me personally i prefer the Samsung UI and features (built in gestures, settings on the notifications tray like in CM7 and all the little things that the Arc seems to be missing)
I do admit that my misses Arc keeps force closing and randomly rebooting but she still loves it I prefer the I9000 as u can see....can do more with it in regards to CM7....it works wonders on the I9000 but I'm not so sure about the Arc due its complexity of inner workings I.e bravia engine etc and the galaxy s 2 is pretty much the same as the I9000 just a faster processor and more ram...everything else is the same lol....personal preference....I9000
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Facebook takes 10 sec to open on mine :-D
For UI...yup dey sux whether its Samsung,lg,htc or SE. Using launcher pro instead
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I have to agree with the video recording...BUT, when you play it back on another device/player the jittery lag is non existent. good luck with your new phone anyway.
Hmmmmm... I have been tossing up between the Arc and the S2 for several days now. I know the S2 is higher spec'ed but after reading reviews about the arc I decided that for my needs, the arc would be fine. After reading this though I just don't know...
The only one of those issues that is real is the headphone wiring one.. Everything else is either personal preference or faulty unit.
Sent from the Arc.
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The only one of those issues that is real is the headphone wiring one.. Everything else is either personal preference or faulty unit.
Sent from the Arc.
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So the force close thing is a faulty unit? With a new baby on the way this is going to be the last phone I'll be able to buy for a while so I want to make sure I make the right choice. I'm upgrading from a Samsung Captivate so if the force close thing is a faulty unit, then everything else is going to be alot better than I currently have?
Of course it's a faulty unit.
Or some **** software installed.
Normally Arc is super snappy.
doministry said:
Of course it's a faulty unit.
Or some **** software installed.
Normally Arc is super snappy.
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Thanks mate, I'll be getting mine first thing in the morning now
Hey i want to know about the sound quality of arc in headphone?
i am not a audiophile but i use phone to listen songs(daily 2hours or more),,right now i am having w705 with modded acoustic and it give good sound and beats.....so i want to know is sound quality of arc in headphone is good or bad?
i am thinking of upgrading my phone..........
please give genuine advice...........
djice000 said:
I do admit that my misses Arc keeps force closing and randomly rebooting
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is it true?
abhisheak.bansal said:
is it true?
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It may well be, he may have got a bad one and should take it back for an exchange. Most people's arcs are rock solid though.
can u answer sound quality question mentioned above?
keyz86 said:
1. It constantly lags, and almost every app force closes (and YES i have reset the phone and used both .181 and .145 versions of the firmware.
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IMO you have a duff phone or dodgy apps installed. If youve reset and it's still doing it it sounds like hardware so you should take it back for an exchange. Seriously, my arc is rock solid and it *flies*.
2. When the phone starts syncing accounts in the background it renders it unusable. The phone takes up to 5 minutes to load the Facebook app and longer for anything else.
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Almost certainly caused by same problem as 1.
4. The camera takes too long to open.
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I agree on this one. Also the button is too fiddly and unreliable. SE get a free pass from me on this one cos the camera is simply amazing otherwise.
6. The USB/Power lead that comes with it is angled up instead of down which i find just gets in the way.
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Personally i think it's the right way round, but if it's annoying you could always buy another lead.
9. I bought a sim locked version which at the moment means i cant root or install custom roms.
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Ah, well you have only yourself to blame for this one. Research better before purchasing next time. (or just be patient and wait for someone to crack the bootloader)
10. The Sony Ericsson UI is awful and downright ugly (again you can always install a different launcher, but thats money for an app that you shouldnt need in my opinion and it just covers the home screens, as soon as you enter the Settings, Dialler or Contacts your right back in the SEUI).
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Couldnt disagree more, i think it's a million miles better than anything samsung or htc have produced. But horses for courses innit. As for 3rd party launchers - the ability to change launchers is one of the joys of android, and plenty of good ones are FREE.
The dialer is pretty crap though (i recommend dialer2 from the market).
11. Recording in 720p is super laggy and jolts all the time making it useless.
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AFAIK this has been fixed in the recent firmware, probably related to your hardware problem in 1.
Cant really comment on your headphone issues, but they sound like reasonable things to have a problem with. Personally i think you have a faulty handset so i'd take it back if i were you. If the headphone issues and UI style are a dealbreaker i guess then the arc just isnt for you, but if not try again with working handset - dont dismiss the phone as being laggy/buggy because you got a duff one.
The Arc isn't really a bad phone....if your having problems with FCs etc then as Davey said it probably a dodgy app or a hardware fault. The only thing I don't like about it is the bootup time....it takes forever lol other than that its really snappy
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Hey i want to know about the sound quality of arc in headphone?
i am not a audiophile but i use phone to listen songs(daily 2hours or more),,right now i am having w705 with modded acoustic and it give good sound and beats.....so i want to know is sound quality of arc in headphone is good or bad?
i am thinking of upgrading my phone..........
please give genuine advice...........
sorry for double post
Yeah it does every now and again....but it doesn't bother her and it takes forever to boot up, even when fresh out of the box lol
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abhisheak.bansal said:
can u answer sound quality question mentioned above?
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Personally i've only used it a couple of times as an mp3 player - but it's been pretty good, at least as good as my dedicated mp3 player.
However i havent even touched the supplied headphones, so cant comment on those either way.
Couldn't see any threads with this question..
When the GNex came out they showed off how fast the camera was.. That you could take lots of pictures with no delay.
Since I got the phone I have noticed that the N4 is really slow vs the gnex and any other high end smart phone.
It focuses after every shot which slows it down.
I have also noticed when you rotate the phone in the camera app it rotates everything which makes the screen.. I guess lag. It should only rotate the buttons.
Does any of this annoy you? And is there any fix?
I just realized this too. But it doesn't affect me since I never need to take that many pictures that fast.
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It annoys me when I want to take a quick shot and it starts rotating and focusing. I wonder if any of the developers can fix it.
Hey guys, picked up the new S5 mainly because I really didn't like the camera on the M7, and actually missed the warm un-inspiring plastic of my S3, but one thing I new I wouldn't like is TouchWiz.
Now I'm really confused as to who has been experiencing lag or not, a lot of websites say there is none, some say there is a lot, but I haven't really seen a conclusive post on XDA.
My phone lags a LOT - like sometimes if I'm typing there will be a half-second stutter whilst it recomposes itself, if I am scrolling a lot there also might be a half second hiccup, even swiping through app draws/recent apps can sometimes cause this stutter.
It a massive step back from the buttery-smooth Jelly Bean/Kit Kat I'm used to on AOSP ROMS or even Sense, but I was just wondering if this may mean my model is faulty.
Whilst you may be thinking, a half second here or there? Chill out bro! - there is one section that I know CANT be right - the camera/gallery!
My camera can take a good 5 seconds to start up sometimes, burst shots have a good 5 second delay, and generally my pictures dont look as great as I was expecting - as if the focusing doesn't do its job properly.
Sometimes after takign a picture the camera app can hang for up to 5/10 seconds or even require me to switch out and back in again - and the GALLERY IS HORRIBLE. The gallery is taking >5 seconds to boot from the camera screen and hiccups the most when swiping through.
I tried an Antutu test just to see if I was underperforming, hit 34k when other S5's hit 36k but don't really think it's all that relevant.
Anyone else with similar experiences? Is my phone perhaps faulty or shall I just suck it up until hopefully a GPE ROM comes out (PLEASE INCLUDE ULTRA POWER SAVING MODE GOOGLE/SAMSUNG - it's the only TW bloat I really like!)?
Cheers guys, it's been a while since I was last here!
nobody?
Mine can be pretty damn slow sometimes too. Try going into developer options and disabling all transitions and animations.
That might help it be a bit speedier
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