Database Users

the most annoying thing about hd2 so far

have you ever caught yourself typing a phone number, and for some reason you must leave the phone before saving the number, and then when you come back, the phone is already on standby/lock and the numbers you type has just lost into thin air? it's the same when you're viewing a conversation history in htc messaging. once the phone goes to auto standby/lock, the message you were viewing is gone.
anyone knows the solution to that? thanks.

The FM radio reception of HD2 is bad. The background noise and interruption really pisses you off.

the well known video playback audio delay of about 250 ms issue is by far the most painful, will HTC ever fix it ????

dan138zig said:
have you ever caught yourself typing a phone number, and for some reason you must leave the phone before saving the number, and then when you come back, the phone is already on standby/lock and the numbers you type has just lost into thin air? it's the same when you're viewing a conversation history in htc messaging. once the phone goes to auto standby/lock, the message you were viewing is gone.
anyone knows the solution to that? thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
adjust your backlight settings so the phone doesn't go to standby so far. Also turn off the autolock feature and you can manually lock the phone instead.

bigdonk said:
the well known video playback audio delay of about 250 ms issue is by far the most painful, will HTC ever fix it ????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The same one I wouldn't even know about without reading on here.

for me, the most annoying thing about the hd2 is that the proximity sensor plays games with me sometimes, combined with this useless phonecall-lock-screen (HUGE hang up and unlock buttons!) is really a pain in the ass. if there was just an application that shut off the screen when making a phone call until i press any hardware key...
(and no, i don't want an iphone-looking lockscreen on my htc)

bigdonk said:
the well known video playback audio delay of about 250 ms issue is by far the most painful, will HTC ever fix it ????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not painful at all if you use tcpmp or coreplayer. just adjust the settings and you're ready to go. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7119860&postcount=302

The fact that it only worked as it was supposed to for 30 days. This means that from my 6 months of HD2 experience, only one was proper.

Until we got summer temps here I was maximum satisfied with my HD2: running smoothly, once a month maybe a freeze (to be corrected with batt out). Now, at high summer temps, it´s completely useless: doesn´t charge in the car, freezes when it gets hot in the car in navi-mode (and even without navi on).
This phone is only for polar-researchers ..........

Here are a few off the top of my head...
1) There are no 'real' snooze options when a calendar appointment alert pops up (WORKAROUND: Restored the WM default)
2) The 'Cannot delete SMS messages when saved to SIM card' bug (WORKAROUND: Put SIM card in another phone, delete the message, and put back into the HD2)
3) Not being able to disable the irritating clock 'flip' animation when turning on the screen. (WORKAROUND: ???)
4) When locking the screen, there is no way to set it up so where you can unlock it via just the slider and NOT having to enter in your password (WORKAROUND: ???)

I hate its keyboard its so annoying ..its so innacurate ...whenevrr i use it ...it feels like someone else is typing not me ... ii press j and the keyboard detects it as m ....anyone got any solution ?

use slide-it, slide or type is good for me.
Until now i am sattisfied with the phone after a few cabs like cookie home tab and another radio. I don`t play games and use some apps for news and forum like xda. for me its great, i like the size. One minor thing is a blob in the screen which is expensive to make, because i don`t trust myself to do it.
kk

The only thing for me is the lack of apps and the keyboard could be better...
I'm running Elegancia rom with CHT and its transformed the phone for me, i would have sent it back after a week running a stock rom...
My missus has just got a HD Mini the keyboard is miles better even though its smaller, is it a different screen does anyone know, i've tried all the different sensitivity options with the HD2 and i've got it so its liveable with, but the Mini is much much better out the box...

coolbeer1990 said:
I hate its keyboard its so annoying ..its so innacurate ...whenevrr i use it ...it feels like someone else is typing not me ... ii press j and the keyboard detects it as m ....anyone got any solution ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree the keyboard is absolutly crap. I can`t believe that given the amount of ROM updates there has been ( I flash ALOT) that they still haven`t fixed this issue. I hate the Iphone but typing on my misses is perfect. 100% accurate all the time.
To be honest my HD2 keyboard is only any good shortly after flashing a new rom, it seems great for a few days and then slowly deteriates to completely inaccurate and painstaking to type any sort of message. I just don`t bother writing long text messages anymore.
The swype keyboards are just as useless as i can`t see the letters whilst my finger is on the keyboard.
I refuse to do any registry tweeks as to honest why should I. Just sort it out.......

richie_jones said:
I refuse to do any registry tweeks as to honest why should I. Just sort it out.......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont think a WM phone is for you then..............
Most annoying thing about the HD2............. people spending their time moaning about it when they could be sorting out the problem...........

lol... do you also "refuse" to take your car to a shop if something isnt right with it? what a childish attitude. winmo phones are blank slates, they are meant to be customized. if you refuse to do anything to change it to your liking, i suggest getting a blackberry or a sidekick.
anyway... one thing i dont like about the hd2 is the capacitive screen. i like the fact that its glass, but its SO damn inaccurate. i rarely used the hardware keyboard on my touch pro 2, i just tapped out texts with the onscreen keyboard with my thumbnails so its not like i NEED a physical keyboard, i just wish this one was accurate. i wish i could use my thumbnails now, i have more backspaces than actual letters now typing with the pads of my thumbs. ive tried every tweak too, its passable but still infuriating.
oh, another thing i hate- the sound quality. it SUCKS! same story too, ive tried every tweak & its passable, but still crappy.

bobthemad said:
Here are a few off the top of my head...
3) Not being able to disable the irritating clock 'flip' animation when turning on the screen. (WORKAROUND: ???)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
CHT Editor

kabuk1 said:
oh, another thing i hate- the sound quality. it SUCKS! same story too, ive tried every tweak & its passable, but still crappy.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
do you mean the sound from the speaker or even when you're wearing headphone? because the sound is fine with a good headphone.

richie_jones said:
I agree the keyboard is absolutly crap. I can`t believe that given the amount of ROM updates there has been ( I flash ALOT) that they still haven`t fixed this issue. I hate the Iphone but typing on my misses is perfect. 100% accurate all the time.
To be honest my HD2 keyboard is only any good shortly after flashing a new rom, it seems great for a few days and then slowly deteriates to completely inaccurate and painstaking to type any sort of message. I just don`t bother writing long text messages anymore.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1, even with the newer ROMs and trying Swype and Slide-It, I still sread sending long emails/texts

bobthemad said:
Here are a few off the top of my head...
1) There are no 'real' snooze options when a calendar appointment alert pops up (WORKAROUND: Restored the WM default)
2) The 'Cannot delete SMS messages when saved to SIM card' bug (WORKAROUND: Put SIM card in another phone, delete the message, and put back into the HD2)
3) Not being able to disable the irritating clock 'flip' animation when turning on the screen. (WORKAROUND: ???)
4) When locking the screen, there is no way to set it up so where you can unlock it via just the slider and NOT having to enter in your password (WORKAROUND: ???)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. don't have a lot of appt's so I don't know
2. Why are you saving texts to a sim? Use microsoft myphone.
http://sn1-p2.myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po?mkt=en-US
3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6127127&postcount=2
4. go under settings, lock and disable your password. It will ask for your password, then click the check mark (ok) and it will disable it.

[Q] Who uses the Genius button?

I had a MyTouch 3G never used the search button EVER for the 8+ months I had it. Now when I got the MyTouch4G I have yet to use the genius button except to try it out.
Does anyone use the button regularly or is it a gimmick that the phone really didn't need?

Jeffmeister said:
I had a MyTouch 3G never used the search button EVER for the 8+ months I had it. Now when I got the MyTouch4G I have yet to use the genius button except to try it out.
Does anyone use the button regularly or is it a gimmick that the phone really didn't need?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
from what i heard once you start using it, it comes in handy :/ i havent used it myself though

I never used the search button on my myTouch3G but I find the genius button pretty dang handy and use it. Don't know what the huge complaint is about. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I find it amazing, I go hands free all day, its like having a secretary in your pocket .
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

It's way better than I thought it would be. In the browser and want to turn the WiFi on? Push the Genius button and say "Turn WiFi on". Bang, it turns on. No need to go into settings. Same for bluetooth and GPS. Want to open an app? For the sake of example, push the Genius button and say "Show me Angry Birds". Bam, you're flinging and busting in seconds. The Genius button can do a lot more than the few little examples we've already seen. So handy.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

I tried to give the genius button a go. Every time I click on it I have to wait for it to sync my contacts. Takes to long for me, maybe there is a setting I missed. Been using Vlingo. Now that is an awesome app.

I thought it was a gimmick, but I use hands free mode every day! I love being able to hold text conversations without having to even look at my phone.
Also, since I learned I can open any app with it, I've been using it more.
I had played with the genius button on my gf's myTouch Slide and wasn't impressed, but the new version on the MT4G is sweet! You should give it a shot.
BTW, as far as activating your contacts every time you open it. Hit menu while you are in the genius app, go to phonebook updates, configure and select manual. That way it will never do that again. You just have to remember to update it whenever you add a new contact.

i used the search button on my n1 a lot, and the genius button just takes it to another level

CyberStorm98 said:
I thought it was a gimmick, but I use hands free mode every day! I love being able to hold text conversations without having to even look at my phone.
Also, since I learned I can open any app with it, I've been using it more.
I had played with the genius button on my gf's myTouch Slide and wasn't impressed, but the new version on the MT4G is sweet! You should give it a shot.
BTW, as far as activating your contacts every time you open it. Hit menu while you are in the genius app, go to phonebook updates, configure and select manual. That way it will never do that again. You just have to remember to update it whenever you add a new contact.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This basically sums up my thoughts exactly. Once I started messing with it, I found the feature to be really useful. Using it in the car through a bluetooth headset is the best since I don't have to worry about texting while driving.

how do you actually get it to send a text through the genius button, i can get it to put in the recipients name and message but i actually have to press send, and cool didnt know it could do all the other functions like opening up apps and turning on wifi

You can tell it to turn on the flashlight too.

JagLau said:
It's way better than I thought it would be. In the browser and want to turn the WiFi on? Push the Genius button and say "Turn WiFi on". Bang, it turns on. No need to go into settings. Same for bluetooth and GPS. Want to open an app? For the sake of example, push the Genius button and say "Show me Angry Birds". Bam, you're flinging and busting in seconds. The Genius button can do a lot more than the few little examples we've already seen. So handy.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Way cool! didn't know that! Just tried it...nice

Listen, fellas. Look at the 4 options on the screen when pressing Genius and just try to memorize them. Then, say 'more options' for the next 4 options and memorize them. Those 8 options make for a very powerful set of options. For instance, you can change to handsfree mode, in which case all calls and messages are read aloud. Very cool. Can Vlingo do all this, or even Google Search? It seems Genius is very integrated into the system.

I use it all the time when I'm driving.. the hands free mode is awesome.. now only if there was a app that can drive my car to work in the morning while i sit back and chill.. this phone would be awesomer !! but till this magic app comes available then the phone is just awesome.

iGoOsE76 said:
I use it all the time when I'm driving.. the hands free mode is awesome.. now only if there was a app that can drive my car to work in the morning while i sit back and chill.. this phone would be awesomer !! but till this magic app comes available then the phone is just awesome.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I saw the widget for "hands free mode", when i turned it on it just gives me a notification that its on but im not too sure how to use it... mind explaning?
I figured it would be that you could just talk without hiting the G button but that doesnt seem to be right... thanks...
btw your sig is getting a bit long maybe its time you stop upgrading before you take out a whole thread with that thing lol

Used the widget and turn it on and have someone text you and the rest will promp you. Try it out its pretty handy
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

CyberStorm98 said:
I love being able to hold text conversations without having to even look at my phone.
Also, since I learned I can open any app with it, I've been using it more.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh damn, I didn't know we could do that! I'll have to start using my GB more often!

Genius button is going to come in handy this winter when I have gloves on outside waiting for the train. Can do stuff you'd otherwise need touch screen for like launching apps, changing settings. (Espresso doesn't let you use optical trackpad to select icons on home screens, tho LauncherPro does.)

CyberStorm98 said:
I thought it was a gimmick, but I use hands free mode every day! I love being able to hold text conversations without having to even look at my phone.
Also, since I learned I can open any app with it, I've been using it more.
I had played with the genius button on my gf's myTouch Slide and wasn't impressed, but the new version on the MT4G is sweet! You should give it a shot.
BTW, as far as activating your contacts every time you open it. Hit menu while you are in the genius app, go to phonebook updates, configure and select manual. That way it will never do that again. You just have to remember to update it whenever you add a new contact.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey thanks for the tip on manual contact voice activation. Didn't think to hit menu in the Genius app.

Mysterious Screen Shot Theory

I don't have the app and I did these screens using a combo of home and back button. I'm more than positive those are the two to success.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

draikz said:
I don't have the app and I did these screens using a combo of home and back button. I'm more than positive those are the two to success.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Most people have come to the same consensus but no one (as far as I know) has been able to reproduce the screen shot feature effectively.

yeah, i accidentally took a screen shot somehow when i was running bionix v 1.2 (i think that was the rom i was on). no clue how i did it and couldn't do it again, but it was some key combo...

Any idea how to capture videos with at least 24 fps?
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App

funeralthirst said:
yeah, i accidentally took a screen shot somehow when i was running bionix v 1.2 (i think that was the rom i was on). no clue how i did it and couldn't do it again, but it was some key combo...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here...
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk

same here on bionix

I'm fairly certain it's because of lag. On the international galaxy S with froyo, you press the home button (the big thing in the middle of the touch sensitive keys) and back. This happens because the home key is not a touch sensitive key. On the vibrant the keys are all touch sensitive. I believe that they are not multitouch so you cannot hit both the home and back at the same time. So I think that somehow the home command is hanging up and the back key is pressed so it simulates the action that is supposed to give the screen shot. I think that samsung recognized this flaw and redid the commands on the galaxy tab. My tab takes screenshots by pressing the power and back.

nacron said:
I'm fairly certain it's because of lag. On the international galaxy S with froyo, you press the home button (the big thing in the middle of the touch sensitive keys) and back. This happens because the home key is not a touch sensitive key. On the vibrant the keys are all touch sensitive. I believe that they are not multitouch so you cannot hit both the home and back at the same time. So I think that somehow the home command is hanging up and the back key is pressed so it simulates the action that is supposed to give the screen shot. I think that samsung recognized this flaw and redid the commands on the galaxy tab. My tab takes screenshots by pressing the power and back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sounds likely because my phone was lagging when i did it, but wouldn't that just cause a race condition? or maybe i running an i9k based kernel (i can't remember).

Your theory is probably fact. There are people with some SGS phones that claim they can take screenshots consistently with back+home while others, myself included took a screenshot accidentally and have been unable to reproduce it since. I recall that I had just upgraded to froyo.ka6 via mini kies and was adding/rearranging shortcuts to one of my home screens. I hit the home key to get back to my main home screen and I got a screen shot. Haven't been able to do it again.
Since my Vibrant came with Eclair and was later upgraded to Froyo I believe that this was a feature that just wasn't meant for Vibrant or just was overlooked when Samsung ported Froyo to Vibrant. This feature probably works reliably on phones that come stock with Froyo, not those that are upgraded to Froyo. It's almost as if Samsung wasn't planning on Froyo for the Vibrant but due to the outcry here and possibly other forums Samsung hastily modified the base Froyo and released it via kies mini.
ScreenCapture service is there, just no documentation exists on how to trigger it for Vibrant.
There is apparently one developer who has figured how to trigger the ScreenCapture service:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/screen-...tomorrowkey.android.screencaptureshortcutfree
The only screen capture app that DOES NOT require root but requires Froyo..It even saves to the same directory as ScreenCapture service. I use the free version and it works better than drocap2 or screenshot it on my Vibrant.

App looks interesting, but I don't agree with some of the permissions it requests..... like location and full internet access.
Another vote for home+back key combo taking a screenshot, and that functionality being crippled due to the all touch-sensitive vibrant keys as opposed to the physical i9000 home key. I have taken a screenshot before, and it was going back home by hitting the home button, then the app lagging and me hitting the back button to try to get out of the app.

Chalup said:
Any idea how to capture videos with at least 24 fps?
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App

Bernardos70 said:
App looks interesting, but I don't agree with some of the permissions it requests..... like location and full internet access.
Another vote for home+back key combo taking a screenshot, and that functionality being crippled due to the all touch-sensitive vibrant keys as opposed to the physical i9000 home key. I have taken a screenshot before, and it was going back home by hitting the home button, then the app lagging and me hitting the back button to try to get out of the app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't agree with the permissions either but it's nothing nefarious. It's ad-supported freeware, and like most adware the internet access and location permissions is to deliver targeted ads to you, such as if you're in New York you will then see ads for places near you. That's what adware is all about, no corporation cares where you are at any given time, they just want your money. There is a higher chance of success that you will respond to an advertisement that is targeted to your interests (that's what tracking cookies are for, if you browse a lot of sports related sites, most of the ads you will see will be sports related.)
The paid version has no ads btw. I wonder how effective ads are since most people I know ignore them entirely.
Anyway, after trying drocap2 and screenshotit screencaptureshortcut is still better for froyo since no root access is require and unlike drocap2 there is no 'screenshot captured' pasted on your images.
So far the best screen capture imo is Android SDK but that requires a PC. Non-PC is screencaptureshortcut.
Anyway now that one developer has figured out how to trigger ScreenCapture service I'm sure we'll be seeing more and better apps soon.

Mysterious screen shot has been happening to me too, I thought I was the only one!
Was searching for an answer to my mystery and I see this old thread, seems like I'm not the only one!!!
Is the mystery solved yet? It's been happening to me too lately, and just happened again about 20 mins ago. I don't know how I did it!
Ok so, I don't have any screen shot or screen capture apps installed on my phone. Yet sometimes mysteriously I take a screen capture. The phone says "screen captured" and it even makes an album in my gallery called "ScreenCapture" with the screen captured picture inside it.
I'm on rooted Froyo 2.2 KB5, and no screen capture apps installed.
I think the mystery involves a combination of the power button with one of the capactive buttons, but I can never reproduce it, it just happens by accident and freaks me out.
The only other time my phone has done something mysterious was when I somehow went into "safemode." Yes, "safemode" similar to Windows safemode. I have never been able to get back into safemode either.
2 mysteries of this phone I would love to solve.

SamsungVibrant said:
Was searching for an answer to my mystery and I see this old thread, seems like I'm not the only one!!!
Is the mystery solved yet? It's been happening to me too lately, and just happened again about 20 mins ago. I don't know how I did it!
Ok so, I don't have any screen shot or screen capture apps installed on my phone. Yet sometimes mysteriously I take a screen capture. The phone says "screen captured" and it even makes an album in my gallery called "ScreenCapture" with the screen captured picture inside it.
I'm on rooted Froyo 2.2 KB5, and no screen capture apps installed.
I think the mystery involves a combination of the power button with one of the capactive buttons, but I can never reproduce it, it just happens by accident and freaks me out.
The only other time my phone has done something mysterious was when I somehow went into "safemode." Yes, "safemode" similar to Windows safemode. I have never been able to get back into safemode either.
2 mysteries of this phone I would love to solve.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think its been solved
I just downloaded an app to take screenies.

Home screen sense loading nonsense

Hey guys, so I'm wondering if there is some sort of fix or mod I can do to make my home screen not reload all the time. It's frustrating going into an app for a second and going back to home and having it load which usually takes the majority of the time I have the phone on. Doesn't really matter what app I open, it will even do it coming from settings.
Now I did research this a bit and I don't have any task killers or many widgets on the home screen, to be honest, the stock oem home screen setup has more widgets and whatnot than I do. Can't I increase the cache size or something? Memory space has never been a problem with this phone, in fact I hardly even get over 100mb of used RAM. BTW, every ROM I've flashed has been like this, I'm hoping the stock ROM isn't like this too, its just plain annoying.
Thanks
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

Which rom do you want to use? You can possibly fix it with certain setting depending on which rom. Also are you just using the stock laucher that comes with each rom? Or do u install a preferred one?
Sent from my Incredible!

He's talking like he's using Sense. To be clear, are you talking about widgets refreshing like with contacts, bookmarks, locations, weather, and the like? The best way to avoid information and widgets being refreshed all the time is to use as much memory as possible all of the time. What's you're looking at is the result of garbage collection... The kernel is tossing out items from memory that haven't been used in a certain amount of time or are assumed to be "stale" information. That kind of garbage collection is set to expire fairy quickly because the first time your calendar widget waits 2 or 3 hours to update and you missed your appointment or date, you'd really wish it didn't wait so long to refresh that data. I'm not sure what can be done to avoid that being the case, but I know it's been a minor irritation to some for a long time. I'm sure if there was an easy fix we'd have seen it by now from HTC themselves. It's commonly sited in reviews as a weakness of the UI compared to iFone.

Hey there,
Was wondering if anyone has found a fix for this yet.
I am having the same problem. If I enter any app and then go back to the home screen, I get the white screen with the green "HTC" logo, then the background appears and reloads everything. It has gotten to the point that every time I open an app it needs to reload. I recently factory reset and changed the SD card to try and fix it, but no luck.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post, hope there is a fix.

its because the sense roms its happening on arent meant for our device

watt9493 said:
its because the sense roms its happening on arent meant for our device
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have stock sense and it happens to me every so often too. Maybe once a day so its barely noticable but I always wonder why it does it. Seems to be random and like other poster says I'm either backing out of settings or an app then the htc screen appears and the home page resets all the app icons. Only started doing this after the OTA so maybe something to do with memory management as previously stated in another post.

kzoodroid said:
I have stock sense and it happens to me every so often too. Maybe once a day so its barely noticable but I always wonder why it does it. Seems to be random and like other poster says I'm either backing out of settings or an app then the htc screen appears and the home page resets all the app icons. Only started doing this after the OTA so maybe something to do with memory management as previously stated in another post.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is it a resource heavy app? Game or something like that? Cause ive never had that on sense 1.0 or cm7 and i push my phone all the time.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-

watt9493 said:
Is it a resource heavy app? Game or something like that? Cause ive never had that on sense 1.0 or cm7 and i push my phone all the time.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It hasn't done it in a very long time now. At least a week so not sure what was causing it. I did delete some apps, Netflix being one of them, that I no longer used but I never had Netflix running when it did it.

Problem was a task manager/quick launch app that turned my home button into more like an Alt-Tab. I have since reflashed a new Rom and haven't installed a task manager, and no problems at all. Must have been closing launcher causing it to reboot.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

Anyone using Google's new buggy Navigation app?

The original Navigation (The blue arrow) app was awesome. It had live traffic updates and would re-route automatically and never dropped signal!
Now Google forced this new app on us, Navigation is no more but has now merged into Google Maps (it's a good thing but it's in beta)
Why the hell would I want to use a beta app?
BUGS ENCOUNTERED:
- If you manually press the power button to turn off the screen (whilst using the navigation), the route guidance will reset back to 'Select Destination' when you turn the screen back on!
That's so annoying and dangerous for me especially when you're on the motorway doing 70mph!!!
- Once you enter your destination and select 'Start' on the bottom right, there's a 50% chance the app will force the shutdown of the app.
This has happened often to me 50/50. Worst thing about it is, you can't just re-open the app or disable/enable GPS to fix this bug, you have to reboot your bloody phone!
- Map Orientation view messes up
Even though the original Navigation app had this bug, it was not as common as it is now. Also, there's a bigger delay in automated view change (when you turn direction, etc) This causes problems which forces you to zoom out of the route guide just to see ahead because the app is so stupidly slow to change direction at your pace.
- Stupid places of interest that you don't give a @~!* about!
Why can't I choose what I want to see on my map! I don't care about the best bars and shops in town when I'm on a mission!

Orientation bug is the worst and most annoying for me. Its never the constant behind the back POV... which is ANNOYING!
However, when I press the power button (while in navigation) so I can turn off the screen, and subsequently turn back on the screen, Maps FCs. Always. Once again, ANNOYING.
I felt like Google took 2 steps forward and 3 steps back with this one (while trying to hard to compete with Apple Maps).

Powering off the screen whilst navigating doesn't FC for me, but when I turn the screen back on, I have to click on maps to get navigation back, annoying
Sent via TCP/IP

So I guess all you guys have provided feedback to Google?!........

slaphead20 said:
So I guess all you guys have provided feedback to Google?!........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did, I told them to give me back the old version and go beta test it on people who actually want to beta test it..

Remove new version and search for the old apk and don't update it .
jje

MazingerZed said:
I did, I told them to give me back the old version and go beta test it on people who actually want to beta test it..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's very helpful feedback. They can take that right there and use it to improve the app. Not that stuff in the first post. That's useless information. Nope. The most useful information you can give them is a good whinge and a demand the old stuff back. Pfft, feedback, what's that?

Guys, it's this simple
Settings/application manager/maps/uninstall updates.......navigation comes back as separate app
So simple

MazingerZed said:
I did, I told them to give me back the old version and go beta test it on people who actually want to beta test it..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
slaphead20 said:
Guys, it's this simple
Settings/application manager/maps/uninstall updates.......navigation comes back as separate app
So simple
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But Slappy, do you really think someone who gave this as feedback on how to improve the app has the intelligence to know that?
Also the app will have passed Google's in house testing, they however don't have every single Android device, and every single stock and custom rom in existence therefore there could be device specific problems, have you asked people using other devices if they see the same problems?
After a large scale update most apps have teething problems, but they will fix them very soon.

slaphead20 said:
Guys, it's this simple
Settings/application manager/maps/uninstall updates.......navigation comes back as separate app
So simple
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's how I did it. Then used Titanium backup to detach maps from the market. No more updates
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium