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Well Hi All. Madhouse here. A buddy of mine who is a firefighter is also a part time Verizon employee, he was gracious enough to let me carry a droid X demo for the day here. It's currently 12:37 pm here and i will have access to the phone for a few more hours here. I made a few videos and took some pictures, i will try my best to answer any requests made in this thread while i have the phone. A few basic principals apply. Obviously i will not be demoing any rooting or hacking type activities on the phone because it is not mine.
Look forward to the questions! Enjoy!
(Will be editing and putting links to the videos in a minute here)
This is a test sample of the droid x's video capability in 720p
Droid X Mozilla Demo
Wow, lucky! I know this may seem dumb... but an alternate home (such as LauncherPro) can be installed, right?
Also, what's the screen like? Is it very responsive/accurate?
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Wow, lucky! I know this may seem dumb... but an alternate home (such as LauncherPro) can be installed, right?
Also, what's the screen like? Is it very responsive/accurate?
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I'll check into the launcher thing for you and the screen is AMAZINGLY accurate, i'll have a video of the multitouch vis app test up in a minute. It makes the Evo (My phone) look terrible as far as touch responsiveness.
how loud does the "loud" speaker sound compared to other smartphones? Also do you feel that the dual leds are very bright? Do the hard buttons on the front feel like they are good quality?
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I'll check into the launcher thing for you and the screen is AMAZINGLY accurate, i'll have a video of the multitouch vis app test up in a minute. It makes the Evo (My phone) look terrible as far as touch responsiveness.
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Woo hoo! This is important to me, so I'm glad to hear that! Makes me even more excited for this!
Hows the keyboard working? The trouble I'm having with my touch phone right now is my fingers are too big and i'm constantly making mistakes -.-
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how loud does the "loud" speaker sound compared to other smartphones? Also do you feel that the dual leds are very bright? Do the hard buttons on the front feel like they are good quality?
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It's definitely loud. It's about as loud as an Evo 4G's or Droid Incredible's. We have all three phones present. Tested them all.
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Woo hoo! This is important to me, so I'm glad to hear that! Makes me even more excited for this!
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I was going to make a video but im using the Evo to make the videos, but yeah, it is SPOT ON for the touch sensitivity, makes the Evo look like it's stuck in the mud. Probably due to the FPS cap or something for all i know.
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Hows the keyboard working? The trouble I'm having with my touch phone right now is my fingers are too big and i'm constantly making mistakes -.-
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It's big, it's especially big if you turn it sideways. I'm a big guy too (6'4" 268 lbs.) The keyboard feels natural too, it's of good size. It has a multitouch keyboard as well as swype for fast typing.
Any chance you have a micro-hdmi cable handy to test playing a DIVX/AVI movie on a TV?
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Any chance you have a micro-hdmi cable handy to test playing a DIVX/AVI movie on a TV?
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I have the cable, i don't have an HDTV unfortunately. Sorry!
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I have the cable, i don't have an HDTV unfortunately. Sorry!
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Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^
Awesome to hear about the keyboard! It's the only thing im iffy about considering I really was looking forward to a slide out keyboard.. but if the keys are big then no worries
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Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^
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I can't seem to figure out how to get it to go to original launcher much less launcher pro. It's stuck in this motoblur hybrid UI
peperonikiller said:
Awesome to hear about the keyboard! It's the only thing im iffy about considering I really was looking forward to a slide out keyboard.. but if the keys are big then no worries
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Swype works VERY well for people with large fingers because its just dragging it across the keyboard and yes the keyboard feels great.
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I can't seem to figure out how to get it to go to original launcher much less launcher pro. It's stuck in this motoblur hybrid UI
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So you can't install Launcher Pro from the market?! I don't care about the default one, just need to know I can replace it with something else from the market.
This is what should happen (in case you don't know):
->Install Launcher Pro
->Hit home
->A box should come up asking what launcher you want to use (if you get to here it works).
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So you can't install Launcher Pro from the market?! I don't care about the default one, just need to know I can replace it with something else from the market.
This is what should happen (in case you don't know):
->Install Launcher Pro
->Hit home
->A box should come up asking what launcher you want to use (if you get to here it works).
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Working on it now. Gimmie a second.
(Update: It works flawlessly. Looks amazing too.)
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Working on it now. Gimmie a second.
(Update: It works flawlessly. Looks amazing too.)
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Cool! Thanks for all your answers man, really appreciate it!
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Could you possibly answer if the launcher can be replaced? ^.^
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yes it can be replace. here's a DX with launcher pro
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-x/114611-home-screens-launcherpro-screen-shots.html
Jollibee said:
yes it can be replace. here's a DX with launcher pro
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Does this necessarily mean Launcher Pro is running instead of Moto's default? Or can it be on top of the original (i.e. wasting mem/cpu, running both)?
The choice it gives on pressing the home screen is just that it recognizes there are 2 registered apps that handle launcher requests, right? It doesn't necessarily kill one for the other, does it?
Only had Android for a few weeks, so sorry if silly question.
Hi Guys,
Can someone tell me please, if the Sky Map application is working well in HD2? I mean, no lags and good precision in tracking mode (G-sensors and compass)?
Thanks
Pauloms75 said:
Hi Guys,
Can someone tell me please, if the Sky Map application is working well in HD2? I mean, no lags and good precision in tracking mode (G-sensors and compass)?
Thanks
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It does, but it depends on if you have a recent Build that has a working compass. otherwise you're good to go
but you may face unsuccessful installation, avoid that by unmounting the sd card before installing
Happy Sky Exploration
kawazaki said:
It does, but it depends on if you have a recent Build that has a working compass. otherwise you're good to go
but you may face unsuccessful installation, avoid that by unmounting the sd card before installing
Happy Sky Exploration
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So, there is no lags, right?
I'm asking because I will buy a new cellphone next week and my doubts are between Hd2 and SGS. Desire HD is much more expensive and out of my list...
Sky Map is very important for me.
Thanks
Pauloms75 said:
So, there is no lags, right?
I'm asking because I will buy a new cellphone next week and my doubts are between Hd2 and SGS. Desire HD is much more expensive and out of my list...
Sky Map is very important for me.
Thanks
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If it's that important, I'd suggest going with a phone that runs Android from the factory. I love my HD2 because its fun to tweak, but battery life issues, G sensor calibration issues, etc make it more difficult to use day to day.
Edwin320 said:
If it's that important, I'd suggest going with a phone that runs Android from the factory. I love my HD2 because its fun to tweak, but battery life issues, G sensor calibration issues, etc make it more difficult to use day to day.
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I thought that the G sensor calibration issues were fixed with the last roms. It's pity because I just love the HD2 feeling and professional look.
A guy from another forum pointed me to this bug.
It starts when you hold two fingers in the screen for more than 12 seconds. Then the multitouch is lost. After a few seconds it fixes itself.
Has anyone noticed this?. Is there any fix or workaround?.
This is terrible for gaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQblG7OxABk
omg same problem here.
i noticed it last night! also noticed video recording does not autofocus...with adeo
Ronaldo_9 said:
i noticed it last night! also noticed video recording does not autofocus...with adeo
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ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
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ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
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Right, there are a lot of stand alone cameras that don't have that feature
Yes i noticed this when playing the n64 emulator, i just commented in one of the threads about it lol.
Apparently we have the same digitizer as the Nexus S. Mayb we can get the driver from it?
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ya, but what phone has a video camera that does?
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My Evo does.
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My Evo does.
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I think the point was, most cameras on phones do not have this feature and the Atrix did not have the feature out of the box.
IPhone does as well.
Anyway just tested this the bug is indeed real. This phone just has way too many issues.
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I think the point was, most cameras on phones do not have this feature and the Atrix did not have the feature out of the box.
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
A bit off topic but I don't see how the nokia N8 has autofocus considering it has a "full focus" camera, aka fixed focus.
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
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...really? Galaxy S has, iphone has, n8 has...anyway there is no manual focus either on atrix. for a highend phone like this you have to be silly not to expect it.
anyways without being able to flash a kernel we wouldnt be able to do anything about multitouch far as i'm aware
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Right, right. I might have been thinking about touch-to-focus...
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A bit off topic but I don't see how the nokia N8 has autofocus considering it has a "full focus" camera, aka fixed focus.
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Off topic... but full focus isnt the same as fixed focus. N8 has auto focus and C7, E7 has fixed focus
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I noticed this playing Dungeon Defenders before. Kind of a pain...waiting for some kind of hack/patch
hotleadsingerguy said:
I noticed this playing Dungeon Defenders before. Kind of a pain...waiting for some kind of hack/patch
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Same here it hasn't been that bad just my little guy would stop for a sec and I would have to lift my finger and push the virtual d pad again.
Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
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Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
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as i stated earlier.... i believe the atrix has the same digitizer as the nexus s. So posibly we could get the driver from the nexus s and try it...
Whipon said:
A guy from another forum pointed me to this bug.
It starts when you hold two fingers in the screen for more than 12 seconds. Then the multitouch is lost. After a few seconds it fixes itself.
Has anyone noticed this?. Is there any fix or workaround?.
This is terrible for gaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQblG7OxABk
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OMG I was wondering this while playing MARIO CART 64! You press B to go but you have to use the trackpad and 12 after the race starts, I always come to a stop and everyone passes me
LOL I sound like a dumbass kid now...but seriously, this is very very annoying...
The only work around I saw for Mario Cart was to use the Accelerometer sensor for the trackpad. Which is under Settings>Input Settings then Use sensor as-trackpad.
But this is defiantly an annoyance to other applications too...it really needs to be fixed.
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Is this bug fixable by software?.
Or is hardware related and will never be fixed?.
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its a software thing
lol the more we discover about this phone, the worse it gets
Hey guy finally i made my mind of buying SGS2 but heard that this phone is having may problems .. will u guys plz help me in reply if that is true or not ?
1- Yellow tint problem
2- Overheating
3- Banding
4- Pink spot
So guys do help me as i will be getting it before 18 July
1. Yes.
2. Depends what's your definition for overheating and what you do with your phone
3. Some do.
4. Yes.
5. It's still the best phone out there.
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1. Yes.
2. Depends what's your definition for overheating and what you do with your phone
3. Some do.
4. Yes.
5. It's still the best phone out there.
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is yellow tint problem in every phone ?
also what banding n pink spot problem ?
Yes, yellow tint and pink spot are present on every SII. You might wanna use the search function and check all the threads about these problems. You'll make an idea about how much those things can affect you Personally, i'm not bothered by any of those problems
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Hey guy finally i made my mind of buying SGS2 but heard that this phone is having may problems .. will u guys plz help me in reply if that is true or not ?
MY PHONE
1- Yellow tint problem
Never seen it .
2- Overheating
Gets warm but not hot
3- Banding
Never seen it
4- Pink spot
Supposed to be fixed in a firmware update .
jje
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Yes, yellow tint and pink spot are present on every SII. You might wanna use the search function and check all the threads about these problems. You'll make an idea about how much those things can affect you Personally, i'm not bothered by any of those problems
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Ohk so these problems are not serious rit ? also what is this pink spot is it the problem with the screen?
JJEgan said:
anshmiester78900 said:
Hey guy finally i made my mind of buying SGS2 but heard that this phone is having may problems .. will u guys plz help me in reply if that is true or not ?
MY PHONE
1- Yellow tint problem
Never seen it .
2- Overheating
Gets warm but not hot
3- Banding
Never seen it
4- Pink spot
Supposed to be fixed in a firmware update .
jje
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thnx mate also can u tell me if the pink spot problem is screen related problem ?
n what is this banding ?
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PLz guys help me
The only problem i noticed from the ones that you mentioned are overheating while i am playing certain games such as order and chaos online. I simply lower down the brightness from 100% to 50% and problem solved. However i read somewhere that overheating is fixed in the next firmware which is 2.3.4!
I never saw any pink spots or yellow tints in my phone. And if u have any second thoughts about the screen, don t have! It s one of the best screens out there. Period! Like the first poster said, you can t go wrong with this device, it is the best smartphone out there I bought mine when they first were available and i can t find a simple fault in it Just go for it!
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The only problem i noticed from the ones that you mentioned are overheating while i am playing certain games such as order and chaos online. I simply lower down the brightness from 100% to 50% and problem solved. However i read somewhere that overheating is fixed in the next firmware which is 2.3.4!
I never saw any pink spots or yellow tints in my phone. And if u have any second thoughts about the screen, don t have! It s one of the best screens out there. Period! Like the first poster said, you can t go wrong with this device, it is the best smartphone out there I bought mine when they first were available and i can t find a simple fault in it Just go for it!
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thnx a lot bro for ur reliving reply i was really paniking after reading all the faults of this phone .. Also i will check the phone b4 buying
The things on your list are very minor issues. Most of the minor issues you have to be looking for them with a magnifying glass.
1. Yellow Tint: You have to be in dark room/With a solid GREY screeen/Brightness Turned all the way down to really notice the yellow tint. Its not something you see in everyday/normal use.
2. Overheating: This is all dependent on what your doing. It usually overheats with games being played for long periods. Personally my phone never gets past warm. You normally feel this heat from the camera area or top part of screen. Thats where CPU is located.
3. This is something you see on rare occasions. Most users in the banding threads see this on only certain wallpapers, xda load screen(3sec process), angry birds load screen(3second process). Another minor issue you rarely see but it is present.
4. After 500+ pictures/videos from my Jamaca vacation I never notice a pink spot. Ive had phone since UK launch but never seen pink spot. Some users reported after updating camera firmware pinkspot was gone. Very minor issue.
Do a little research in the general section, there should be plenty of post explaining each issue with pictures.
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Ignore "JJE" hes just a random oblivious troll, yes the pink spot in the camera and the yellow tint is very possibly on all phones, many websites are struggling to find 1 which doesnt have this problem, the yellow tint is hardly noticeable and only in some shades of gray.
The pink spot unfortunatelly is easy to notice but perhaps with better light conditions you can overcome it.
The overheating problem has nothing to do with playing games to much time, its possibly a OS bug which can be fixed, everytime my phone overheated all i had to do was to getting out of all apps, clear memory ram and start that app again, the overheating happened in 20 minutes, after exiting apps and clearing ram it didnt happen untill battery drained...
Believe me you won't regret buying this beast. I had exact same doubts b4 buying and after using it for almost one week, I am glad that I decided to buy it. Btw, ordered from clove to Japan.
TheWarKeeper said:
Ignore "JJE" hes just a random oblivious troll,
You will find OP that anyone that does not agree with this guy is labelled a troll .
Speaks a lot for his unbiased opinion .
Question asked i replied regarding my phone .
jje
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JJEgan said:
TheWarKeeper said:
Ignore "JJE" hes just a random oblivious troll,
You will find OP that anyone that does not agree with this guy is labelled a troll .
Speaks a lot for his unbiased opinion .
Question asked i replied regarding my phone .
jje
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its not me not agreeying with you, its you disagreeying with the world
i guess if ure to ignorant to notice such an easy thing by following an easy guide in the yellow tint thread you should watch that youtube video you sent me as much as you can.
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The things on your list are very minor issues. Most of the minor issues you have to be looking for them with a magnifying glass.
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wow thnx for a great reply seems like i need to test the device before buying it
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Ignore "JJE" hes just a random oblivious troll,
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ok mate thx fore the reply
anshmiester78900 said:
wow thnx for a great reply seems like i need to test the device before buying it
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not to hijack other threads but once you buy the phone if youve found some issues with it which you think they are not normal you should check my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159959
diamondX04HT said:
Believe me you won't regret buying this beast. I had exact same doubts b4 buying and after using it for almost one week, I am glad that I decided to buy it. Btw, ordered from clove to Japan.
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ohk thnx mate also is ur device having these problems ?
anshmiester78900 said:
ohk thnx mate also is ur device having these problems ?
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the yellow tint issue cant be noticed easelly you need specific shades of gray with very low brightness to even notice it slightly, overall if you want the best performance and best contrast you wont find anything that comes close to this phone, after i have traded 2 of my phones my third one still is and will remain to be galaxy s2 for a good while because the competition in comparison to this phone is simply outdated.
So if you want a top of the line performance phone this is the best, if you want mostly for gamings then either this or xperia play, but even tough xperia play is very good for gaming its a single core 1.0ghz cpu with a not that good gpu, so u win at something and loose at something else.
No phone right now offers the best in all areas each has its up and down.
Atmel touch seems to be problematic with laggy lockscreen and slow response. Also if your phone has atmel you will experience very sensitive touchscreen on the 2.3. official release. The newer releases of ideos x5 with synaptics touch seems to work fine even with the 2.3.5 official. I ve heard you can go with your warranty and have your atmel touchscreen changed for free because its problematic but im not sure if they will do it in greece where i live is there anyone who has done it?
how to determine which type of touchscreen the phone is using?
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how to determine which type of touchscreen the phone is using?
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Dial * # * # 2846579 # * # *
Go to projectmenu, veneer information query, apparatus type query,
then you will see all hardware types
If there is an official recall for screen, then yes, I think you will get it replaced for free. Otherwise, I don't think they will do it.
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If there is an official recall for screen, then yes, I think you will get it replaced for free. Otherwise, I don't think they will do it.
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i dont think these chinese are going to call their product ...
Hmm... I have the synaptic one but i do experiance lag :s
The B138 was fine though.
The censor is not slow, but it's like it's only register every fifth pixel or something...
My english isn't good enough for a better explaination x)
Am I the only one who experiance this?
that's also my problem
Seriously this company is a total mess. Lets see if they are going to release another update which works, otherwise never huawei again.
hi everyone, so i found that my touch is one of the bad one the atmel. so i can put the phone on the warrity to say to change it?? someone of portugal have done it already??
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Atmel touch seems to be problematic with luggy lockscreen and slow response. Also if your phone has atmel you will experience very sensitive touchscreen on the 2.3. official release.
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I have the Atmel one but I really can't confirm that its laggy :/ Its actually really good & fast on stock rom.
HOW sensitive will it be on the official 2.3?
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That code does nothing on my phone,- strange.
UnknownAX said:
I have the Atmel one but I really can't confirm that its laggy :/ Its actually really good & fast on stock rom.
HOW sensitive will it be on the official 2.3?
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Just compare it to a Synaptics U8800 and you will see the performance difference like i did. Let me explain how sensitive. Normally if you touch your screen with your nails nothing should happen well with atmel it happens, it feels like it is touched before you even touch it and sometimes acts like crazy because its dirt or something small on it and that can be very annoying
Bro i am in china. i go customer service center they say they can't change in free...
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Just compare it to a Synaptics U8800 and you will see the performance difference like i did. Let me explain how sensitive. Normally if you touch your screen with your nails nothing should happen well with atmel it happens, it feels like it is touched before you even touch it and sometimes acts like crazy because its dirt or something small on it and that can be very annoying
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Uhhh......sounds bad But the most guys who have synaptics and official 2.3 complain about lags... What is the "We change your atmel screen for free" thingy? Just can't believe that Huawei would make that...
For now, I wont update...
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i dont think these chinese are going to call their product ...
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Why should they do it? When someone makes a car with engine X and some months later the same company fits improved engine Y into the same car, do they recall old engines?
mangoman said:
That code does nothing on my phone,- strange.
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for me too maybe only works in stock rom. how can you find it out with miui?
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Why should they do it? When someone makes a car with engine X and some months later the same company fits improved engine Y into the same car, do they recall old engines?
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Yep. Right.
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Why should they do it? When someone makes a car with engine X and some months later the same company fits improved engine Y into the same car, do they recall old engines?
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well if the engine is problematic they should. Just like intel did with their p67 motherboards, but yeah its hwawei we re talking about.....
If we get the kernel source, can a dev reduce sensevity like stockwell did before at x5 settings? If I remember correctly there was a touch screen filter. Changing screen shouldn't be an option I think. Can that be done with drivers, kernel or what...
Mine is Synaptics RMI4 - it really works great. Bought it at the end of summer.
LCD type TRULY NT35582.
maybe this info will be usefull to some statistics freak