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I must be the only one in this forum with a working t-mobile vibrant.
Works great and never had the gps issue either.
Keep up the good work T-mobile!
You're not the only one.
my compass was wonky though, but the JI2 Rom fixed it for me.
glad to hear your's works fine.
I am on my third Vibrant...
My first one was perfect: GPS worked, no lag issues etc. Unfortunately the menu key became nonresponsive...
Mine works great also
My Vibrant is just fine
My Vibrant is working just fine...
Maybe its because I haven't tried to mod it.
At $300, I don't want to "brick" it.
Enough said.
Working great here too.
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I have no complaints about mine ether. I just root it, but didn't get any modes.
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Never have lag issues just GPS issues. Other than that this thing has been wonderful ....
The one that I have currently works great. I returned my first one because the home button quit working, gps also sucked on that one as well. I knew that there was a problem because my wifes vibrants gps works great.
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It's nice to see a thread complimenting this wonderful phone instead of complaining. I also love my phone. Rooted, applied the GPS flashable .zip, and lag fix, but since then, everything's been flawless. Well, the battery life could be a little better, but I get through the day. And the fact that I can't sync with my Google Groups is kind of annoying, too. Haha. But it's cool to see my iPhone friends drool over the greatness that is my Vibrant.
Cheers.
A good amount of people with problems are the ones that hack up their phones. I don't install garbage roms on my phone and I don't have any "lag" "fixes" on my phone and it works great. I updated my phone to JI2 and performance is exactly where I want it to be. Battery life is excellent, EVEN BETTER - despite the fact that I have Tweetcaster, Google Talk, Tweetdeck, Google News&Weather, Fancy Widget AND Feeds & updates syncing every hour or 3. 13 hours of time unplugged right now @ 60% left. Slept for 10 of those hours, left it alone for 2 and I've been used it for maybe 1 hour. Now I'm going to really wake up..
LOVING my Vibrant.
The people complaining are people who expect more from the hardware. This phone is a monster when it comes to specs, but its not showing it software wise, yet.
Personally, coming a blackberry, I don't notice any lag lol.
How you got install JI2... to make the phone run smoother. If you don't mind.
Love mine too...even more after rooting and debloating
Same
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Lovin it!
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Using Ji2 also. I haven't bass much problem with my phone, except for lousy 3G, which got better with Ji2, but is ultimately a network problem in my area.
GPS and compass were wonky, but Ji2 fixed that. I have never had the supposed lag that everyone talks about. Did they expect a beowulf cluster of MIT supercomputers under the touchscreen?
As some others have said, those who have problems tend to also run extensively modded ROMS and overclocked kernels, etc.
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lotherius said:
... those who have problems tend to also run extensively modded ROMS and overclocked kernels, etc. ...
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And those having problem with the battery life tend to talk and text and email..., you know, they use it too much like a smartphone....
I switched to the Vibrant from the iPhone 3GS since the contract was finished and I couldn't be happier. This screen leaves the self-promoting "retina" screen in the dust. Black is black on this phone, period. Looking back at the iPhone, the colors now seem to be washed out. The Vibrant is really so vibrant and so light that I can put it in the shirt pocket and don't notice anything. However, after two weeks, I start seeing some worrisome symptoms. Occasionally, the phone becomes so sluggish that only a reboot will fix. I can't let the phone running constantly for many days without rebooting to get the responsiveness back. Even when a call comes in, the screen just not responds to touch until 10 sec later. The System Sound turns itself back so loud that when you reboot the phone, you have to keep the finger on the loudspeaker hole in the back to keep the sound down in the office and then set the System Sound down again for quiet shutdown. In side my house, the signal strength drops to around 0. Many time the phone just does not bother searching for signal any more. When I get into the car and drive out, the phone does not refresh searching for signal. I have to manually turn off and then on the flight mode for the phone to wake up, search for signal and lock it. This relock is very quick, but it's annoying that I have to remember to give the phone a kick to search after it looses the signal for a while.
All problems above are small problems, but they remind me the symptoms of Microsoft Windows before Windows 7 finally came. Any one has the annoying problems that I have? Note that I have Android 1.2 update 1 and I do not have any issue with GPS. Overall it's a much better phone than the iPhone, since I don't have the feeling of locking into ONE company for hardware and for software and I don't have to jailbreak it to get what I want. Thank you for all you guys writing great software for the Android platform. Samsung did a good job with this phone. Maybe Android 2.2 fixes all issues above. Can't wait.
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I switched to the Vibrant from the iPhone 3GS since the contract was finished and I couldn't be happier. This screen leaves the self-promoting "retina" screen in the dust. Black is black on this phone, period. Looking back at the iPhone, the colors now seem to be washed out. The Vibrant is really so vibrant and so light that I can put it in the shirt pocket and don't notice anything. However, after two weeks, I start seeing some worrisome symptoms. Occasionally, the phone becomes so sluggish that only a reboot will fix. I can't let the phone running constantly for many days without rebooting to get the responsiveness back. Even when a call comes in, the screen just not responds to touch until 10 sec later....
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How's your battery life?
I love the screen, too, but after two months with the phone I can't wait for 2.2 to hopefully fix some of the issues, and 3.0 to revamp the UI a bit - it's just not as smooth as the iPhone. And I hate the battery life compared to the iPhone.
But, the screen rocks.
EXTREMELY weak vibrations, go to your settings->sound->vibration intesity and feel it on max. Then press any of the 4 buttons on the bottom, you should be able to tell the difference. Anyone know a fix to it?
Same issue here. KA6 build.
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EXTREMELY weak vibrations, go to your settings->sound->vibration intesity and feel it on max. Then press any of the 4 buttons on the bottom, you should be able to tell the difference. Anyone know a fix to it?
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i wouldnt say that the froyo update release today thru kies is official or anything as it was an involuntary update and most likely not final. i'm pretty sure TMO CMO decided it was a good move to provide something to help calm furious users.
but anyways to fix this, it involves a simple code value change to those who actually know how to code.
is there currently a rom that doesnt have this problem?? last roms i flashed had this problem +others and i went back to stock
well lets get someone in here who knows the code! i've had the issue since i started flashing custom roms.
Come on baby! Lets get some heavy vibrations up in this here cell phone!
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but anyways to fix this, it involves a simple code value change to those who actually know how to code.
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The haptic feedback is weak in every 2.2 ROM I've used (and on JL1, it was totally nonfunctional).
It was present in Eclair ROMs, but still very weak compared to what it feels like in the Settings menu (and extremely weak compared to other phones). Sometimes I miss calls or texts because the weak vibration.
Typing is a little harder with such weak haptic feedback, too...
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The haptic feedback is weak in every 2.2 ROM I've used (and on JL1, it was totally nonfunctional).
It was present in Eclair ROMs, but still very weak compared to what it feels like in the Settings menu (and extremely weak compared to other phones). Sometimes I miss calls or texts because the weak vibration.
Typing is a little harder with such weak haptic feedback, too...
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this is true.
Not too big of an issue for me, I don't even keep it on max level.
Yes it is weaker
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Not too big of an issue for me, I don't even keep it on max level.
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Same,having it on at max just eats more battery.
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Anyone found a fix yet? I always have a charger within reach so I don't mind the battery hit.
I've noticed that mine makes a strange noise noise when it vibrates as well. Anyone else experience that?
yeah kinda like an old super mario sound lol
Thats what happens when the phone is made of plastuc.
Yes, i'm serious.
That doesnt happen on e.g. A blackberry oe hd3, but it happens a lot on phones with plastic casings...
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It's probably weaker to conserve battery but with it being like this for all 2.2 roms, it was probably intentional. Look in the i9000 forum for complaints and I'm sure you will find many suggesting that it is normal.
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It's probably weaker to conserve battery but with it being like this for all 2.2 roms, it was probably intentional. Look in the i9000 forum for complaints and I'm sure you will find many suggesting that it is normal.
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That's right .... having it on through out the system, even on the keyboard will drain your battery .... its no cause for concern ...
and for some people that's an obvious and acceptable drawback. anyone have a fix?
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That's right .... having it on through out the system, even on the keyboard will drain your battery .... its no cause for concern ...
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jdub1911 said:
and for some people that's an obvious and acceptable drawback. anyone have a fix?
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But its there, its not like they took out, you're the same ones that were crying about the battery life, they found some areas to improve on ...like the strength of the vibration amongst others.... what is the issue ....
I don't think the OP was concerned about his battery life, I think he was concerned about weak haptics.
I updated and have the same problem as him and and a a few other people. I generally keep my haptics set to a low level because I consider them overpowering, but since this new update I can barely feel them. Furthermore, once I go into 'settings > sound > vibration intensity' to make them more powerful I get a strange squeaking noise every time my phone vibrates and the vibrations get no stronger.
I highly doubt this happens because of the plastic construction, unless 2.1 changes what the phone is made out of.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't think the OP was concerned about his battery life, I think he was concerned about weak haptics.
I updated and have the same problem as him and ana a few other people. I generally keep my haptics set to a low level because I consider them overpowering, but since this new update I can barely feel them. Furthermore, once I go into 'settings > sound > vibration intensity' to make them more powerful I get a strange squeaking noise every time my phone vibrates and the vibrations get no stronger.
I highly doubt this happens because of the plastic construction, unless 2.1 changes what the phone is made out of.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I think I read what the post said. I think I know what I said. I said it was probably intentional like you know.. the change from a blue data network icon to a gray one. Not being able to feel it is an exaggeration.
I don't think any of the other threads I searched had this exact problem, so here it goes.
The haptic feedback vibration is SO weak on my Epic. Is that just how it is? Cause I tried my friends Vibrant and Galaxy S 4G Monday and their haptic stuff was real strong. Like its decent if a third party app uses haptic feedback like a keyboard app. But as far as going into settings putting vibration all the way up, then hitting the back button its really weak like you can barely feel it. It's been like that since day one. Eclair, Froyo, Bonsai, nothing changed it. I'm curious if I got a bad phone and should return it.
That's exactly how mine is.
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Ok we all know the big one, no FFC or WiMax in post-GB ROMs. I got four more. What do you got?
Even bone-stock OTA's from Sprint have two irritating things I just have to get off my chest.
First, you can't see how long a call was.
(I know, AOSP people don't have this issue. Thank you. Talking about stock here.)
Sprint appears to have a nasty habit of releasing phones with this feature intact only to surreptitiously remove it with an OTA patch *after* the phone has been on the market awhile. (This behavior goes back to at least 2003
judging by http://forums.webosnation.com/palm-os-devices-apps/42853-get-call-duration-sprint-t600-call-log.html, and of course the feature was working fine on the Evo until they released the first Gingerbread OTA.)
Why should I have to install an app to fix this?
Then of course there's the unused WiMax Notifier LED. Minor point except when you are charging the phone you get no LED notifications at all.
(I know, AOSP people don't have this issue. Thank you. Talking about stock here.)
With Froyo and earlier you used to be able to run an app called WiMax Notifier and it worked pretty well. But with GB it broke and you needed tons of root elevation to get it to work. LightFlow works ok, but occasionally it misses a notification.
As everyone knows, features that mostly work except intermittently are the worst of all.
For instance, every AOSP ROM since .. ever .. has that annoying thing where you press the power button and the screen doesn't exactly wake up sometimes. The capacitive buttons come on and the LCD is actually doing something, but you wouldn't know it because the backlight doesn't come on. No combination of minimum clock speed or governor *completely* eliminates this, I'm sorry.
Another example: I had to stop running Evervolv because the alarm clock went off with *no sound* a couple times too many. It works great EXCEPT WHEN IT DOESN'T.
Basically, something only needs to fail 1% of the time for you to COMPLETELY LOSE TRUST in it.
Ok there's a few of mine, what are your pet peeves?
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Ok we all know the big one, no FFC or WiMax in post-GB ROMs. I got four more. What do you got?
Even bone-stock OTA's from Sprint have two irritating things I just have to get off my chest.
First, you can't see how long a call was.
(I know, AOSP people don't have this issue. Thank you. Talking about stock here.)
Sprint appears to have a nasty habit of releasing phones with this feature intact only to surreptitiously remove it with an OTA patch *after* the phone has been on the market awhile. (This behavior goes back to at least 2003
judging by http://forums.webosnation.com/palm-os-devices-apps/42853-get-call-duration-sprint-t600-call-log.html, and of course the feature was working fine on the Evo until they released the first Gingerbread OTA.)
Why should I have to install an app to fix this?
Then of course there's the unused WiMax Notifier LED. Minor point except when you are charging the phone you get no LED notifications at all.
(I know, AOSP people don't have this issue. Thank you. Talking about stock here.)
With Froyo and earlier you used to be able to run an app called WiMax Notifier and it worked pretty well. But with GB it broke and you needed tons of root elevation to get it to work. LightFlow works ok, but occasionally it misses a notification.
As everyone knows, features that mostly work except intermittently are the worst of all.
For instance, every AOSP ROM since .. ever .. has that annoying thing where you press the power button and the screen doesn't exactly wake up sometimes. The capacitive buttons come on and the LCD is actually doing something, but you wouldn't know it because the backlight doesn't come on. No combination of minimum clock speed or governor *completely* eliminates this, I'm sorry.
Another example: I had to stop running Evervolv because the alarm clock went off with *no sound* a couple times too many. It works great EXCEPT WHEN IT DOESN'T.
Basically, something only needs to fail 1% of the time for you to COMPLETELY LOSE TRUST in it.
Ok there's a few of mine, what are your pet peeves?
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Damn brother,you dont dislike android,do ya?hahaha,you might want to get an Iphone,hahaha.Just kidding,the only thing thats pushing me away from android,is all the OS's look alike,nothings different,i myself am not a ICS/JB fan and im now sick of Sense based roms also,so i am also looking around at different OS's,i'd like to get ahold of this new Jolla Sailfish or the Firefox OS phones,now i would be interested in trying those out.But in all honesty,my favorite flavor is Sense,but i do like the flexability of ICS and JB.
OK, I can come up with a few.
Speaking of the LED. The Light that comes on when it's charging. The light that comes one when you do get a notification. Those aren't the only 2 lights under that little screen. So why can't we use the rest of them.
Up until GB, HTC released code, normally within about a month of a new version. GB took a lot longer. ICS & JB, nada. WTH happened to open Source?
Why did my Ca[citive lights die after my first ICS ROM? Why don't they come back, even when I flash back to Stock/Unrooted?? Why do they work, very occasionally, but really, they're dead. I really miss those lights, especially in the dark.
And to Sprint; Thanks for the slowest 3G speeds on the planet, no 4G and probably no LTE in my area, ever, or at least not for a very long time, but hey, enjoy that 480 extra dollars you've gotten from me in the last 4 years...
Ok here's one I just remembered: AOSP stock "mail" app. Delete a message by accident? No undo. Stays in Trash folder forever.
No way to move a message from one IMAP folder to another?
Seriously? You're making me download a separate slightly-less-bare-bones mail app just so I can find a message I accidentally nuked with a stray touch?
It's like the 3G speeds thing - there's enough irritations *when everything is working correctly*, never mind stuff that is actually broken.
Heck I am happy with all my data speeds but will never have 4g. All I can say about the 4g is that I am glad I don't have to pay that extra for it and not get it. Thanks to the fact I am flashed to someone besides sprint. Almost 2 Mb download burst with a sustained 500 Kb.
Now I have flashed many ics and jb roms and while most of them my back lights work they have never failed to return to working. Sorry to hear that you had that issue hipkat.
Now as far as the aosp lockscreen issue I have only had that issue on a couple of roms. Decks reloaded was the only one I can remember for sure. Yet most of them never gave me any issue in that manner ever.
We all know not every evo is equal. My first one died of the dreaded aosp death. That one never would run decks rom no matter what I tried. My current on will run anything I put on it except one. The only reason for that is the kernel was overclocked to high for my CPU.
Long live the evo!
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I've had my V20 for over a month now and I personally love this phone and have it set up almost exactly the way I like it (just waiting for Xposed), and maybe it's just me but one thing I've noticed is that haptic feedback is so weak (even set to maximum) it's practically non existent. The vibration levels for notifications aren't too bad especially compared to haptic but imo they still could use an increase, so does anyone know if it would be possible to increase the maximum haptic and vibration levels when rooted? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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jeep447 said:
I've had my V20 for over a month now and I personally love this phone and have it set up almost exactly the way I like it (just waiting for Xposed), and maybe it's just me but one thing I've noticed is that haptic feedback is so weak (even set to maximum) it's practically non existent. The vibration levels for notifications aren't too bad especially compared to haptic but imo they still could use an increase, so does anyone know if it would be possible to increase the maximum haptic and vibration levels when rooted? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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Actually , in turned the vibrate down to about medium. It seems that on high it vibrates very fast and I can't feel it, but when I turned it down I feel it better.
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masondoctorjt said:
Actually , in turned the vibrate down to about medium. It seems that on high it vibrates very fast and I can't feel it, but when I turned it down I feel it better.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I just lowered mine down to try it out and I get what you're saying because idk if it's just in my head but I can already tell a difference while typing this message. I'll give it a try for a while to see if I still notice it over time but it honestly does seem like it made a difference so thanks again for the suggestion, I'd still like to know if there's any way to increase it though because even though what you said seems to have helped it still just feels a little too weak compared to what I'm used to.
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Yeah coming from the note 7 the v20 is very weak unfortunately. I could have heard my note 7 vibrate when on a flat surface from another room lol