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Greetings,
I am from germany and new on this forum, though I keep peeking in here for quite some time now and today is the time, where I believe I should post my very own impressions about the HTC Prophet.
I was using my old S25 (Siemens) cell for nearly 6 years now and since today I was quite happy about it. It was functional, worked, never let me hung and still works fine (I only changed the service provider to go for the HTC Prophet and let the contract for it run out).
At my new job I met a bunch of people who had that HTC Magician. They primarily bought it for the same reasons as most of us. It was a small device, had PocketPC capabilities, you could listen to sound files, watch movies, navigation, phoning and keeping contacts.
Sadly my reality looks quite differently than I initially had in mind. After some real life scenarios I realized that going for this smartphone was a big and really expensive mistake and I start to regret it now.
I also have a good history of PDA's and PocketPC's (Palm, Casio E125 etc.).
Problems that I have with the HTC Prophet (That I initially never thought about).
Speaker on the back side is the most supid thing that I ever have seen. Sure once you see these little machines you don't think about any problems that it might have.
You get it demonstrated by your colleagues and you see that it's an awesome device (on the first looks). But that thing is simply too silent. Sure loudness is quite a subjective thing and everyone of us hear differently.
But the HTC Prophet with its speaker on the back side is silent. In real life scenarios that thing is either laying on the table (where the speaker will be hidden by the table plate) or laying on a book or on a surface that keeps hiding the speaker. Or you keep carrying it around in that belt case that you receive with that thing. It's too silent.
I was on a trade show not long ago and I kept carrying that thing in that black belt case around my belt. With a smoking jacket around it. The trade show was well visited and therefore quite noisy (not loud but similar as if you go into the mensa at university). The thing is I kept missing one call after another, needless to say that I missed all SMS or schedules that my kalendar kept. I started to look at it at random times only to notices whether I missed something or if new SMS arrived.
A coleague of mine had another smartphone WM5 device carrying around with him, that thing otoh was quite loud. It yelled around that even I could realize it even meters ahead. Also the speaker, microphone and earspeaker was quite boosted.
Then at night during that few days trade show I slept in a motel where I used that device as a alarm clock. It was silent. Luckely I had a quite nervous sleep so I was able to wake up correctly in the morning but the alarm was quite silent. You've been able to hear it but not if you had a well sleep.
Earphone and Microphone. I have big issues listening to the person on the other end and the person has issues listening to my voice and the normal conversation goes on in multiple "pardon can you repeat" sentences. Specailly if you leave the office to go outside on the street for talk (so your colleagues don't need to follow your private conversation) it's even worse. I need to stick a finger in my other ear only to hear the person on the other end.
I think this is quite inacceptable for a device that is sold primary as "phone". I must say that I have the original rom on it, it's as I received it from this german company with the one letter and one number. With all the junk and stuff on it. Nothing touched, it's maximum loud, nothing flashed - as is.
Now a few days ago I went to another colleague of mine and compared his HTC Magician with my HTC Prophet. We set the devices to maximum loudness and played this "alouette.mid" file at the same time. His HTC Magician was drowning my HTC Prophet in all aspects. It was noticable louder than my HTC Prophet. It had better speakers and microphone. Sure it has the speaker on the backside as well but both devices were on the table head at head and his one nearly lifted off of the table while mine was silently sitting there playing "alouette.mid".
I mean, my old Siemens S25 was loud, I was able to hear it even outside of the office room on the floor, or in the kitchen (to jump back to it to pick it up) but this thing (the HTC Prophet) can't be left out of sight. If you move away more than a few meters in a silent office building then you keep missing everything.
I really don't know how this thing can be sold as phone. It misses any quality assurance during manufacturing. From that stupid backside speaker till any real life scenarios. It's more or less a play toy for geeks but rarely something for people doing business or need to keep schedules.
Otherwise that device is quite ok. Sure it has a slow CPU (yes it is slow. There was a few articles I read where people keep saying that it's not slow and that everyone who tells that it's slow are ignorants or something) but take my word. It's slow but it's ok for a phone. It's not the biggest problem since it works smoothly enough as PocketPC for adresses etc.
I started to dig around on many forums after I realized some of the problems on my own and realized that a lot of people complained about silent speakers and microphones and I must confirm this. There are many other problems with that device as well like speaker breaking quickly or the pluging jack for the headphones. I can not confirm this but I bet my pants that these issues are there for real.
I also realized (like on most forums) that people seem to be doing nothing else with it than flashing random XYZ kind of roms onto it in hope something changes (what, most people don't know either - so my impressions - and a few seem to have bricked their devices as well). But can this be ? Can this be the purpose of this device ? To flash it because it sucks in all other aspects ? People who hope to get a new rom version with news inside it, other people who hope that it boots faster (works faster) or whatever their aim is.
But for business people who only want to use the device to keep their contacts, get in touch with people, receive notices and keep schedules it's just a waste.
I started complaining to the new service provider and hope that they're going to replace that device with something that works. No play toy or something. I changed from my old service provider to the new one only for this smartphone and now I regret it. They already informed me that they are going to take it back and fine me what I have paid for it but this is not solving the problem. The problem is that I am stuck with a new contract and no phone to use or no suitable alternative to go. But taking it back without any complaints is just a sign that they might have received plenty of complaints from others.
Anyways that's so far all I have to say. I was new here before I bought the HTC Prophet and I really hope that my little review could help the one or other in making his decisions. Before you blindly jump in buying this HTC Prophet be sure that you go and inform yourself on all kind of forums and news sites. The HTC Prophet is a nice machine - no doubt - but it's useless in a couple of areas and one of them is phoning and getting notices (speaker). This is a big no go for me.
greetings,
Spatzm
I really like my Prophet.
Yes the rear speaker is a problem but it's the only problem. Just wait till it stops working completely. There is a workaround for this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=281331
Also, yes it was a bit slow but a helpful chap called Ikarus produced an excellent overclock utility which has really helped. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751
I will upgrade when the time comes though - maybe a Hermes or an Artemis.
I wrote quite a long post to explain in detail why I seem to disagree with you on almost every point you try to make. But I'd rather keep it short. (and I don't mean this in a nasty way, my experience is just totally different than your 'review')
Speaker: no problem at all for me. I mainly use it in loud areas. Also use it as alarm clock too and it's loud enough (believe me when I say I'm not a light sleeper). I do however use PocketZenPhone for my phone profiles (volume, call volume, ringtone stuff etc etc) and SPB Time (alarm clock).
Upgrading: Have a look on what forum you are here. Most people come here because they seem interested in upgrading the thing with a rom. For possible free extra's. Who doesn't want to have free extra's? (hell, why do people upgrade their computer, their software, their bios? Because it's all crap? I don't think so at all).
There are loads of phones on this forum, from your perspective they are all crap because people are trying to upgrade them? And yes, upgrading is difficult at times and if you do it wrong, you brick your device. Can't blame HTC for those people pusing the upgrade button...
But all with all, I'm sorry to see you are so dissapointed in your Prophet phone. Perhaps the thing just isn't your thing. And it doesn't meet up to your expectations.
For me the thing lived up all too good to my expectations and even more than that.
For me it's loud enough (maybe with the help of some programs I don't care) it's fast enough and even though I have been 100% happy with it all along I even upgraded it with a newer ROM.
I use it for phoning/smsing, calendar/appointments, adresses, car-navigation, games, watching movies, wireless internet etc. etc. and that all works flawlesly for me...
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I really like my Prophet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=281331
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Thanks for providing these links. I'm a technican myself and am used to many pocketpc's and pda's back in the years. I also did development for those devices so I am skilled enough to know what to do.
But the primary point of mine is differently. My workday looks like this. Starting morning at 7:00 and come back at home around 20:30. A lot of traveling from A to B. Basicly a fulltime job. Now you might imagine that business people don't want to play around with their PDA.
They simply don't have time to do so. They expect that the device they bought "simply works". The terminoloy "simply works" means. You turn it on and you start working with it. There is no time and also no intentions to mess around with the hardware. Like opening it and fix what HTC had failed to solve on their own.
I am also aware of the overclocking utilities that exists but this can't be the point either. But as I said it's probably the last problem that I care for now.
I think that HTC miserabely failed with their products due to bad engineering and bad QS. I only hope that some of their engineers are reading this forum so they can think about the stuff they build.
Re My advise don't go for it - you'll regret it.
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I wrote quite a long post to explain in detail why I seem to disagree with you on almost every point you try to make. But I'd rather keep it short. (and I don't mean this in a nasty way, my experience is just totally different than your 'review')
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Hello RaptorRVL, thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your feedback and I would like to raise a few further points to explain the situation.
First of all, not everyone is a technican. Most people don't know about Registry, they don't know about OmapClock, they also don't know howto flash ROM, they also don't know what AKU is.
They simply want to use the thing they paid money for. I have the feeling that you see everything as the expert kind of person that fully controls his device in all areas like knowing every DLL, knowing every Registry entry, knowing the hardware and much more. But you shouldn't forget those who bought a small device and who wants to use it. We are simply too busy with work rather than having all the time digging in all places to seek for answers where HTC has failed.
Speaker: no problem at all for me. I mainly use it in loud areas.
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But the speaker seems to be a problem by many other people. You only need to fire up Google and search for "HTC Prophet loud" or similar keywords. You can hear a lot of complaints about silent speakers, broken speakers, silent microphone or earphone, broken headphone jacks etc. You can even use search on the whole forum here and find similar complaints by others. I must admit that this is something I initially wasn't aware about but I wished someone would have told me before I was going for it.
And that's why I am here writing my second message on this forum to inform those new readers here who use this forum as a starting point to read about the pros and cons about the HTC Prophet.
Upgrading: Have a look on what forum you are here. Most people come here because they seem interested in upgrading the thing with a rom. For possible free extra's. Who doesn't want to have free extra's? (hell, why do people upgrade their computer, their software, their bios? Because it's all crap? I don't think so at all).
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Yes I am in the forum for general Prophet discussions. The one for Prophet upgrading is one further. This was also one of the first places that I came to before I bought my Prophet to inform myself about it from those who are already using it.
There are loads of phones on this forum, from your perspective they are all crap because people are trying to upgrade them? And yes, upgrading is difficult at times and if you do it wrong, you brick your device. Can't blame HTC for those people pusing the upgrade button...
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No! I was only refering to my HTC Prophet here which I had the chance to compare in real life scenarios on that trade show (noisy area), within the motel (as alarm clock), with the colleagues HTC Magician and with another colleagues HTC (dunno what it was called, it has a knob in the middle and looks more like a real phone).
I don't know whether other devices have similar issues but I think that HTC needs to get in here and do something. You only need to google for all the problems it have. There are plenty of forums existing outside and the more people buy one of these devices the more "similar" problem reports you receive.
If one person complains then this is probably a one time issue but if plenty of people start complaining about the same issues then there's something where HTC needs to fix.
You are right that you can not blame HTC for a bricked Prophet, but you can't blame the users either since they expect that a new updated ROM might solve the one or other problem they noticed.
But all with all, I'm sorry to see you are so dissapointed in your Prophet phone. Perhaps the thing just isn't your thing. And it doesn't meet up to your expectations.
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And here lays the problem. I can not know whether this device dissapoints me or not without having tried it out first. I didn't knew about all the hardware related issues. I also didn't put any weight into other peoples complaints for silent speakers and realize now that I better did pay attentions to it since it really is a huge problem.
Look I and probably others didn't buy it for playing or toying around with it (Random today screen tweaking, overclocking and rom flashing) we bought it for our serious daily needs. As sort of companion that helps doing our daily tasks, keeping schedules and do the thing it has to do. Inform us where our brain leaves us alone since we can not remember everything. Of course the OS side of it does the job but the hardware side is failing here due to weak components used.
I didn't read every word of every post, but I don't think you state which version of the Prophet you have. That said I have the Jamin with their latest ROM. I have no reason to play with other ROMs. Reliability is important for my usage.
To be honest I DON'T have the majority of the issues you seem to have. Specifically the front speaker is so loud that I have to set the volume to 50% to prevent hurting my hearing on normal phone calls. With respect to the rear speaker the volume is more that sufficient to use as an alarm clock.
The major issue that I have is the CPU performance in stock form is only just adequate. But remember static high clock rates translate into low battery endurance. I'm using Battery Status to perform automatic clock rate scaling and battery life is good or better than stock, while CPU performance is very good.
From reading I'm of the opinion that not all Prophets are created equal, but might be made so by flashing an alternative ROM.
Spatzm said:
Greetings,
I am from germany and new on this forum, though I keep peeking in here for quite some time now and today is the time, where I believe I should post my very own impressions about the HTC Prophet.
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greetings,
Spatzm
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but I don't think you state which version of the Prophet you have. That said I have the Jamin with their latest ROM. I have no reason to play with other ROMs. Reliability is important for my usage.
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Normally I would write something like "The user don't know anything about Prophet versions - he/she only uses it". But I have an XDA NEO - G4 and this one doesn't have a front speaker (only a really silent ear speaker).
To be honest I DON'T have the majority of the issues you seem to have.
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I have only one issue with it and not "majority" (which implies dozens of issues). The only issue I have is the weak components used for speaker, ear speaker and microphone.
From reading I'm of the opinion that not all Prophets are created equal, but might be made so by flashing an alternative ROM.
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Yes I have the impression myself now. But that shouldn't be the problem of the end users or customers. That's the big problem of HTC for implementing some sort of quality assurance.
I also doubt that flashing an alternative ROM (there is no official alternative ROM that guarantee fully functionality (but more on this later on) that will solve a hardware issue. Flashing a new ROM don't change the position of the speaker from the back side to the front side.
I also think you should start reading my replies more carefully to understand that not everyone has the time or the geek factor to flash "or want to flash" his Prophet to use it.
By front speaker I mean the speaker that used when the phone is on your ear.
I would comment that the Prophet is a platform and Jamin, XDA Neo, etc are products. In fact the user shouldn't even know or be concerned with the underlying platform. He should buy based upon the end user product's features and performance. Note that HTC doesn't necessary have to manufacture each product to identical specifications. And I say this from a OEM's perspective.
With regard to flashing various firmware and debugging a product one purchased, I only can agree with your position. My only point is that what issues you have doesn't necessary apply to all versions of the Prophet.
Dopod released a patch to increase volume. If your product doesn't have this fix (e.g. running the most current firmware) then I would be thinking about getting my money back or Ebay it if that is not possible.
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Normally I would write something like "The user don't know anything about Prophet versions - he/she only uses it". But I have an XDA NEO - G4 and this one doesn't have a front speaker (only a really silent ear speaker).
I also think you should start reading my replies more carefully to understand that not everyone has the time or the geek factor to flash "or want to flash" his Prophet to use it.
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Silent but loud, slow but fast ?!
I share all comments claiming weakness of Prophet speakers and slowness of its processor and i'd read too much about these before buying one.
Anyways, many claims about the OMAP come from users who did not overclock. At 286mhz the baby is fast enough for me and no serious standby time shortening.
Coming to the speakers, using the oldphone ring, i find it loud enough. Of course there's always individual tastes and feelings. Mines are not so negative.
Finally, don't forget to set sound level to maximum for alarms and disable program sounds. This prevents boring sounds when you use menus.
slow or fast its in your hands only
well in my eyes , i had took the S200 (qtek) or whtever name he have, as base for smartphone app. for security usage. like you i had to choose between the stability , quality and speed. the hardware base had all i need, battery and SD, wifi and BT, and all very steady. yes speed stunt me slow at begining, but with the help of jesterz and one of his coocked Roms, i got it fatser, and for the final battery status gave me real overclock of 247-260 which is more than i need. when i load it with streamin video (mpg-2) no it dose not gag nor crash nor hang. thats more than i had with HP/ASUS/ etc pda on the same level. have more trust in your littel device. remember rule 1.
garbadge in-garbadge out. set it correctly and you'll have only fun.
Not loud enough to wake up?
Although the sound quality is not the best I found my old JAMin loud and strong as an alarm, especially with the LB sound file. In fact I am using the same file on my new SE P990i. I sold the JAMin as a trade-in and bought a P990i a month ago and although I am very happy with the new phone as it improves in all areas where I found the Prophet not so good (built-in support for A2DP, camera, sound quality and so on), sometimes I miss my old phone. What I don't miss though is the SCREEN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM. I am amazed how well the touch screen on the P990i works and how it even lacks an Align Screen function.
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Although the sound quality is not the best I found my old JAMin loud and strong as an alarm, especially with the LB sound file.
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I don't know what a LB sound file is. May you post it please ?
What I don't miss though is the SCREEN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM.
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I never had a Screen Alignment problem with my HTC Prophet but I keep reading about these issues on plenty of other news sites and forums.
So to sum it up these are the most known hardware related problems that come along with the HTC Prophet.
* Backside speaker useless and totally misplaced if the phone is placed on the table.
* Ear speaker quite silent, if you are in a noisy area or street then you need to plug a finger in the other ear to hear the other participant clearly.
* Microphone quite silent, the other part is permanently asking to repeat what's said.
* Headphone plug is causing problems when unpluging there's no sound sometimes (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
* Backside speaker is dying at times (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
* Backside speaker is applied at the backside.
* Misalignment of the touchscreen (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
* Battery life ends with 28% and needs recharging (I have the same problem. The device needs to be recharged).
These are the common problems, that I came along so far. Windows Mobile itself is operating normally so far, but the hardware is causing problems. Every company with name by now would have started a call back to replace the faulty systems. My next device will be from an manufacturer with name, who has skills in doing proper devices - no no-name branding.
* Backside speaker useless and totally misplaced if the phone is placed on the table.
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Not much of a problem for me.
* Ear speaker quite silent, if you are in a noisy area or street then you need to plug a finger in the other ear to hear the other participant clearly.
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Not a problem for me.
* Microphone quite silent, the other part is permanently asking to repeat what's said.
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Not a problem for me.
* Headphone plug is causing problems when unpluging there's no sound sometimes (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
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NOt a problem for me.
* Backside speaker is dying at times (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
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Yes this has happened to me twice not. First time it went for a repair - second time I used a workaround - see my first post in this thread. Has anyone had this on a G4 - maybe it's fixed in that version.
* Backside speaker is applied at the backside.
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Same as first issue on this list.
* Misalignment of the touchscreen (not confirmed by me but found on various places).
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Not been a problem for me.
* Battery life ends with 28% and needs recharging (I have the same problem. The device needs to be recharged).
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Not been a problem for me.
I'm sure some people have problems with the phone, which is in fact not really surprising because it's a stuffed up little machine with lots of sensitive electronics in it (made as cheap as possible to position it in the market for a certain price obviously).
But I must say that when looking at forums and people with problems there, you might not get a good idea of what's really going on with a device.
Forums are usually filled with questions and complaints instead of people searching for the forums to say "Hey! My device is working just properly! cheerios!".
It would be much more interesting to know how many devices have been sold and what % of those had faults/problems. Mind you, the prophet is sold world-wide and is a very popular device, which would increase the number of people with complaints on a forum considerably.
I wouldn't exactly call HTC a no-name manufacturer too. It's just that they are not well known because they have always made their hardware for other companies who put on their own brand and name on the device. Yet still it is a HTC product.
I haven't had a single problem with my device and know a lot of people who don't have problems with the thing too. I know someone who works in a store selling them and he says they don't see loads of the devices coming back with the complaints/problems you write.
For example, I have none of the problems you list up there. If the phones would have been so bad, don't you think I should at least have one of the problems here? Or do you think I'm the exception of having a error free phone and faulty devices are the standard?
So perhaps a somewhat more subtle approach on the subject might not hurt. I could be reading you the wrong way, but it almost seems like because of your dissapointment of your device you are on a small crusade stating the prophet is a very bad device. A device that only works for geeks with too much time on their hands changing roms, editting the registry and repairing the device themselves.
Which is, ofcourse, not the case at all.
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Not much of a problem for me.
Not a problem for me.
Not a problem for me.
NOt a problem for me.
Same as first issue on this list.
Not been a problem for me.
Not been a problem for me.
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Yes, but it has been a problem for many others. It's as simple as that. If there are a few geeks really happy with it then be it that way. This thing simply isn't the right device for serious people who simply want to do their work. It's that simple.
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I don't know what a LB sound file is. May you post it please ?
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If you the open the Clock settings and choose the Alarms tab then you can choose the sound file to be played by tapping the bell icon. LB is one of the provided sound files. In case it's missing on your phone then here it is.
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Yes, but it has been a problem for many others. It's as simple as that. If there are a few geeks really happy with it then be it that way. This thing simply isn't the right device for serious people who simply want to do their work. It's that simple.
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What is quite funny is the fact that you just called everyone who likes their device (or do not agree with you) a geek and apperantly not a serious person.
Like I said in my other post, it might not be a bad idea to take a somewhat more subtle approach to the whole subject, instead of just reading the forums fast and sum up the first 8 problems you come across and state them as facts.
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What is quite funny is the fact that you just called everyone who likes their device (or do not agree with you) a geek and apperantly not a serious person.
Like I said in my other post, it might not be a bad idea to take a somewhat more subtle approach to the whole subject, instead of just reading the forums fast and sum up the first 8 problems you come across and state them as facts.
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Hello,
This wasn't meant as insult or offense. I was just quite fed up with the device when I replied. The thing is that everyone has a right to like his / her device.
For my personal impression this thing is more a geeks toy rather than something for people like me who are deep into all kind of works and need a serious companion.
One that doesn't need tweaking, fixing or worrying. Something that simply works and does its tasks. I depend on connections with other people, it's my work, my business. I can not offend people by telling them to repeat themselves 20 times just because my cell is failing.
No problems with that but we also need to keep an eye on those people who have serious issues with it and the list is getting longer.
You said (or wrote) that people do not agree with me but I already received replies within this thread from people who confirmed parts of the issues raised.
I think it's just fair to light both sides of the medal. It's not fair to only hype this device and ignore or speak all issues it has to death.
So, just because YOUR Prophet is fine, doesn't mean that other peoples Prophet is as well. You are just the lucky one or your service provider bought working branches rather than getting the monday devices.
I don't ask for much and simply hope that some people from HTC are spending some time reading the contents of this forum and get uphold of these issues.
Thailand and probably most other asian countries are known to not supply the same quality standards that europe requires or that we are used too.
Just my opinion and I believe that I speak many people out of their heart here.
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So, just because YOUR Prophet is fine, doesn't mean that other peoples Prophet is as well. You are just the lucky one or your service provider bought working branches rather than getting the monday devices.
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Well, we can turn this around and talk about how your device is the bad one and how that doesn't mean all the others suck too. I just don't think this is very productive. You don't like it, but others like it.
I for one am very happy with my Prophet, and guess what: I am from Germany too and I also got my phone from o2. I never had to change ROMs or overclock the processor. The only "geek" thing I've done is to abort the installation of the extended ROM.
My device is working just fine and I've never had any problems. No broken speaker, battery working fine, no screen alignment problems. It's fast, it's smooth, it's loud.
And oh yeah (and I really don't mean this in a smartass way), if I'm in a loud environment and can't hear the phone, the vibration massaging my leg lets me know someone is calling. Not a solution for the earpiece problem but at least for the incoming SMS and organizer alarms.
Well, to sum it up: you're not happy, others are. Simple as that. I don't know if it's very smart to keep discussing this.
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What is quite funny is the fact that you just called everyone who likes their device (or do not agree with you) a geek and apperantly not a serious person.
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So...I'm a Geek!
I'm also a serious user. I use the Diary, Contacts, phone, TomTom etc etc. Bubble-Breaker when on the t.....never mind. Syncing the Diary and Contacts with both my home PC and my work PC a great bonus - so simple and so very useful.
Im now torn on whether to keep it or send it back. I got a brown sim free one delivered on friday morning after.much delibration and hesitation.
The hardware is very nice and solidly built...at least mine was. No gaps or anything of the sort.
Android and sense are both great...love them and I love the market place, which in my opinion is superior to the app store since.most apps are free and policy is less...draconian
I want to keep the device I really do.but its just not polished.enough and i know once the novelty wears off and reality sets in i'll most likely be frustrated when using it daily
I've noticed several issues:
-The keyboard works well for the most part with little lag but the spacebar sensitivity/responsiveness could be better. I still make more errors than I do on my iPhone as it loves giving me a period instead of a space
-During calls there's this annoying hiss that gives me a headache.
-Also during calls, sound gets distorted.if you raise the.volume beyond a.certain point and it makesit impossible to hear the other party properly
-Lags/stutters although mine doesn't seem as bad as others have pointed out. Just 1-2sec lags/jerkiness. However it becomes slightly more apparent when browsing the web and viewing photo albums.
-Finally music playback (which is very important to me) kinda sucks. It stutters even when you're not doing anything at all and sound quality is inferiorto the iPhone, very 'closed', poor 'dynamics', relatively weak max volume and no EQ whichis a big setback as mytracks are all EQ encoded> Now i could get revert to an iPod but that defeats the purpose of.an all-in-one smartphone
Anyway like I said I really wantto.keepthe phone but I wantedto know how HTC handles their updates. Apple is very.much on the ball when it.comes to updates in my experience,they optimize, fix bugs and.add.features so you know you're well covered. Does HTC do.the.same.or doyou have to.suck it up and.live with what is shipped to you
If HTC do it like Apple then i'll keep the phone. Otherwise, it means my switch to Android will haveto wait a while yet
Ps the reason my post reads.funny is because.I'm.typing this from.the device and.going back to fix every error.is a.PITA
Regarding the keyboard, have you tried calibrating it? Press the settings button on the keyboard, -> Text Input -> Calibration tool.
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Regarding the keyboard, have you tried calibrating it? Press the settings button on the keyboard, -> Text Input -> Calibration tool.
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Yeah i have done the keyboard calibration which is why i'm surprised its still finicky. *Shrug*
-Finally music playback (which is very important to me) kinda sucks. It stutters even when you're not doing anything at all and sound quality is inferiorto the iPhone, very 'closed', poor 'dynamics', relatively weak max volume and no EQ whichis a big setback as mytracks are all EQ encoded> Now i could get revert to an iPod but that defeats the purpose of.an all-in-one smartphone
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That is a breaker for me. The purpose of my looking into android phone is to replace my iphone because I'm sick of the proprietary media expience ala itunes and the ipod player. I want to just plug my phone via usb into a puter (or copy to SDcard) and play the music or radio show directly from some file manager. Android does this well for, at least it did on the g1 I tested with no lag. An all in one device should be that...the iphone is that, if you can stand going thru the hoops to do what should be simple tasks.
The hero seems like a decent machine but there are one of two things (maybe both) that make it seem like an unfinished product: the interface shouldn't be laggy as it is and we shouldn't have to be fussing with standard widgets to get it to function smoothly as it should. I can see tweaking to make it run better than normal, but "normal" being laggy and "smooth" being tweaked isn't a good start. I don't know if this is the hardware limitation or a coding issue. HTC should have either done more testing on the software side or should have including better hardware specs than the magic since the hero is suppose to be an "upgrade" from the magic. I was about to get a hero, but there are too many mixed reviews to make it worth $600. I wanna ditch my iphone 2G for android and still have a 3.5mm jack at the top of the device...is that so hard to accomplish? Guess I'm holding out till later this year to see what else is placed on the table. I almost got a 288 magic but for that money, I might as well save for a better phone that has the 3.5mm jack.
If you are really that annoyed by it now and know yourself well enough to know that you'll be really pissed later after daily use, I would just sell it now on ebay or in the XDA market place while the selling is good. Sure, you could hold out to see what the software update is gonna do...but without more details on that update you're still risking afore mentioned buyers remorse.
El Droid said:
sound quality is inferiorto the iPhone, very 'closed', poor 'dynamics', relatively weak max volume
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Fair enough if you don't like the phone, get rid of it but if you want your music louder than Hero gives you you're gonna have to start thinking about a hearing aid in the future! At least based on my Hero, which is loud!
PS, I trust you'll change your user name to El Pod once you've gone back?
Have you tried typing in landscape mode with 2 thumbs I find it really quick. the portrait mode does suck a bit. also remember there are new updates coming.
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That is a breaker for me. The purpose of my looking into android phone is to replace my iphone because I'm sick of the proprietary media expience ala itunes and the ipod player. I want to just plug my phone via usb into a puter (or copy to SDcard) and play the music or radio show directly from some file manager. Android does this well for, at least it did on the g1 I tested with no lag. An all in one device should be that...the iphone is that, if you can stand going thru the hoops to do what should be simple tasks.
The hero seems like a decent machine but there are one of two things (maybe both) that make it seem like an unfinished product: the interface shouldn't be laggy as it is and we shouldn't have to be fussing with standard widgets to get it to function smoothly as it should. I can see tweaking to make it run better than normal, but "normal" being laggy and "smooth" being tweaked isn't a good start. I don't know if this is the hardware limitation or a coding issue. HTC should have either done more testing on the software side or should have including better hardware specs than the magic since the hero is suppose to be an "upgrade" from the magic. I was about to get a hero, but there are too many mixed reviews to make it worth $600. I wanna ditch my iphone 2G for android and still have a 3.5mm jack at the top of the device...is that so hard to accomplish? Guess I'm holding out till later this year to see what else is placed on the table. I almost got a 288 magic but for that money, I might as well save for a better phone that has the 3.5mm jack.
If you are really that annoyed by it now and know yourself well enough to know that you'll be really pissed later after daily use, I would just sell it now on ebay or in the XDA market place while the selling is good. Sure, you could hold out to see what the software update is gonna do...but without more details on that update you're still risking afore mentioned buyers remorse.
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Agreed and yeah...i'm starting to think this might be the way things end up unfortunately
tatwamasi said:
Fair enough if you don't like the phone, get rid of it but if you want your music louder than Hero gives you you're gonna have to start thinking about a hearing aid in the future! At least based on my Hero, which is loud!
PS, I trust you'll change your user name to El Pod once you've gone back?
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Its not my hearing i've never reached the max volume on my iPods/iPhones but frequently have to do so with the Hero. Maybe its specific to my unit.
robboy said:
Have you tried typing in landscape mode with 2 thumbs I find it really quick. the portrait mode does suck a bit. also remember there are new updates coming.
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I typed my post exclusively in landscape mode. I wouldn't even try portrait...unless for short text messages
I will admit that I'm quite confused regarding the lag issues. It does not seem to effect everyone and the ones it does effect consider a problem that if it were solved, the phone would be a fantastic upgrade from an iphone 3g or 2g. At times I hear it is just the live widgets, other times I hear it is just the software in general during media playback and browsing. I honestly don't know what to think and would love to have a means to test a hero as it is now. I'm not gonna upgrade to a 3gs...I'm still considering the hero but I'm going to wait for the software update and to see how things process for it on xda. I really see the potential in android and that is where I would like to stay if all works out..but I'm not so clear about the hero. Given my options and my needs, the the lag can be address with code optimization, then I think the hero is the best choice for me at this point. we'll see. if you're interested in selling it, let know price via PM. If you're any where near south central PA, perhaps I could give the thing a test run first if you don't mind.
I had the Hero, I could wait to get it. I was like a five year old waiting for santa! Anyway, bit dissapointed in it so reluctantly took it back and bought a PAYG iphone 3GS from O2.
Installed redSnow to jailbreak, then ultrasn0w to unlock and now i'm using it on Vodafone. Thank god for the iphone dev team.
The iphone just kicks the ass of the Hero all over the place. Music playback, Video Playback.. signal strength... battery....multitasking...everything. And if you think you might miss out on sense UI check this out:
http://justflikwalk.deviantart.com/art/iVillain-Beta-128791945
http://modmyi.com/forums/attachment...1247179088-beta-release-ivillain-img_0053.png
Jailbroken iphone with 3rd party apps is just unbeatable....game over. iphone wins again! Maybe Android next year?
I agree crappy music playback is terrible. speed is OK, quite laggy compared to an iphone 3G but bearable. Apparantly a rom update will arrive soon.
I'm thinking of returning to an iphone as well. No equalizer is like it's 1999.
mwatson said:
Jailbroken iphone with 3rd party apps is just unbeatable....game over. iphone wins again! Maybe Android next year?
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Maybe so but its also piracy
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Maybe so but its also piracy
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....and you have a problem with this?
The iphone just kicks the ass of the Hero all over the place. Music playback, Video Playback.. signal strength... battery....multitasking...everything. And if you think you might miss out on sense UI check this out:
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I'll concede that a JB and unlocked iphone is pretty nice as far as apps and ease of us is concerned but the one thing it needs that it won't ever have is the ability to directly transfer files to the phone and manipulate easily. IE, copy a plain MP3 to the phone and play it in itunes or some 3rd party player without having to sync to itunes. the iphone is meant to appeal to folks that just want it to work and the iphone dev team has designed their stuff to match that philosphy. Unfortunately, the linux on iphone project, which was the great hope of getting android on the device isn't going anywhere fast due to lack of drivers for the hardware and what not. The Hero COULD have been a match but it isn't because it isn't consistently a postitive experience. This is why I'm waiting and am a little disappointed that the hero is in the state it is.
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I'll concede that a JB and unlocked iphone is pretty nice as far as apps and ease of us is concerned but the one thing it needs that it won't ever have is the ability to directly transfer files to the phone and manipulate easily. IE, copy a plain MP3 to the phone and play it in itunes or some 3rd party player without having to sync to itunes. the iphone is meant to appeal to folks that just want it to work and the iphone dev team has designed their stuff to match that philosphy. Unfortunately, the linux on iphone project, which was the great hope of getting android on the device isn't going anywhere fast due to lack of drivers for the hardware and what not. The Hero COULD have been a match but it isn't because it isn't consistently a postitive experience. This is why I'm waiting and am a little disappointed that the hero is in the state it is.
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you can transfer all sorts of files uising wifi discover. It turns the iphone into a wireless usb stick. If you transfer an mp3 it'll play it on the phone. Thats what i do. There is al alternative to itunes on Cydia. Even if you couldn't do that, the sacrifice is a small price to pay when you concider the iphone 3GS is just so slick.
Why can't other manufactures achieve what Apple has done here? Did they back engineer the iphone from a UFO wreck in Navada? BTW i'm no iphone fanboy. I've had HTC devices from the first orange SPV in 2003 right up to The Hero. There is no getting away from it, Palm, Samsung, HTC whoever just can't get close to Apple right now.
Have you tried using some better quality headphones? The ones supplied are rubbish and the ipod head phones are well......appalling (sound leakage to annoy everyone aroundyou and poor bass reproduction)!. Get some phones with a high sensitivity and no sound leakage you'll be surprised The biggest thing is that you don't need to crank up the volume for them to sound great and your ears will thank you for it
Noise isolation headphones are recommended (Sennheiser, Shure, Ultimate Ears) for the hero and for all mp3 players.
I'm using a pair of Ultimate Ears Metro Fi 220s
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Have you tried using some better quality headphones? The ones supplied are rubbish and the ipod head phones are well......appalling (sound leakage to annoy everyone aroundyou and poor bass reproduction)!. Get some phones with a high sensitivity and no sound leakage you'll be surprised The biggest thing is that you don't need to crank up the volume for them to sound great and your ears will thank you for it
Noise isolation headphones are recommended (Sennheiser, Shure, Ultimate Ears) for the hero and for all mp3 players.
I'm using a pair of Ultimate Ears Metro Fi 220s
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I never even took the stock earbuds out of the box. Been alternating between V-Moda Vibe Duos and Bose Quiet Comforts
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The iphone just kicks the ass of the Hero all over the place.....multitasking...
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Multitasking? Are you kidding? That's the reason I never got an iPhone, it doesn't multitask at all.
Plus, music playback is crap on all handsets. I'll always have a stand-alone media player because I care how my music sounds so yes, music playback is crap on the Hero but it's crap on the iPod (and iPhone) too.
And sense UI on the iPhone? Not quite. A few icons copied from the Hero but they aint no widgets.
Each to their own I guess though. I used an iPhone and it just wasn't good enough, too simplified for me. I'm quite techy tho so I like the open source of Android and the customisation etc.
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Multitasking? Are you kidding? That's the reason I never got an iPhone, it doesn't multitask at all.
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If you don't count playing music whilst browsing the web or any other task, and background checking your email / calendar sync... but it sure sounds like multitasking to me
And all because you can't choose other apps to have open in the background dosn't mean it can't multitask 'at all'. And lord just look at the Hero (slowwww/laggggg) as a case point why multitasking might not always be the best way to go about a mobile phone operating system.
I don't know if talking about lag is a valid point as I, and many others have experienced no lag at all, even during intense useage.
Personally, I understand that many people are experiencing lag issues but I'm keen to see what happens with this update coming out soon.
And background processing/multitasking is absoultely vital for a smartphone OS.
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Multitasking? Are you kidding? That's the reason I never got an iPhone, it doesn't multitask at all.
Plus, music playback is crap on all handsets. I'll always have a stand-alone media player because I care how my music sounds so yes, music playback is crap on the Hero but it's crap on the iPod (and iPhone) too.
And sense UI on the iPhone? Not quite. A few icons copied from the Hero but they aint no widgets.
Each to their own I guess though. I used an iPhone and it just wasn't good enough, too simplified for me. I'm quite techy tho so I like the open source of Android and the customisation etc.
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Goto Cydia > download "Backgrounder" and multitask as much as you want!
I'm a techy too, but the Hero just doesn't impress. Jailbreak an iphone and become a geeky as you want. Widgets on lock screen and the springboard.
The iphone apps are like a 100 years ahead of android! one day android will be great. Just not today.
Long time lurker here and I have migrated from Winmo back in the day to Symbian and then to HTC's N1. Have also tried many other deivces along the way but thought this could have been it!
Unfortunately, I have been spoiled by the Nokia 5800. The sound quality from this thing is superb both for music playback and for speakerphone and I use it for both these purposes a lot. I had read about the N1 sound quality but thought the other bells and whistles would make me forget about it, sadly not.
The N1 I am sure is a great device but for now I am back to the Nokia. Perhaps with a little more time and patience I would learn to love the operating system of Android 2.1 but the hardware limitations (speaker and camera in the main) have led me to place my 2 day old Nexus One on the market.
For anyone interested, it's in the marketplace HERE for £449.99.
I will keep a close eye on Android and with MWC just around the corner, perhaps I will be tempted back when the hardware is available to match the O/S!
That's $707.25... I can buy a new on and have it sent overnight for ~$600.
Not trying to troll or anything, just a tip if you plan on selling it to anybody in the US.
I would troll.. thats a ripoff and he knows it
To bad it did not work out for U...mine keeps getting better by the day! Well best of luck to ya selling it at that price...
I am going to bite my tongue... your logic is very flawed in many ways.
It may not be a rip off when you include the VAT he would have had to pay. We can get it cheaper here in the U.S. sure, but what is the total bill (including VAT) for someone in the U.K.?
IRT sound quality the speaker phone is utter crap but music is not bad if you have a decent set of headphones attached.
It sounds about right. My total came up about £441 after the VAT.
I agree re speaker sound but I'm saving up for QC 15 and I hope it will sound good enough not to buy an dedicated player.
I have been using my Nexus one since the day after it was announced. I also have an HD2, iPhone 3Gs and we just got a new Palm Pre Plus to play around with testing for our users. Overall, my favorite is the N1 for customization, but there is one thing with the N1 that keeps pulling me back to my jailbroke iPhone and that is they keyboard. The iPhone keyboard is just so much easier to use. The only reason I can understand why is that it has multitouch. I often miss letters while keying on the N1 and best I can tell its when I hit the next letter before I lift my other thumb off the previous one. So I can type so much quicker on the iPhone over the N1. Why can't the keyboard be multitouch on the N1?
Why use speaker phone, and the external speaker to listen to music anyway? Get a decent set of headphones and a BT ear peace and be done. The former were never intended to be used in such a way for longer than when you have nothing better available and need to set the phone down. Its like expecting your netbook to game like your desktop, you set your self up to be disappointed.
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I have been using my Nexus one since the day after it was announced. I also have an HD2, iPhone 3Gs and we just got a new Palm Pre Plus to play around with testing for our users. Overall, my favorite is the N1 for customization, but there is one thing with the N1 that keeps pulling me back to my jailbroke iPhone and that is they keyboard. The iPhone keyboard is just so much easier to use. The only reason I can understand why is that it has multitouch. I often miss letters while keying on the N1 and best I can tell its when I hit the next letter before I lift my other thumb off the previous one. So I can type so much quicker on the iPhone over the N1. Why can't the keyboard be multitouch on the N1?
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Try smart keyboard pro from the market
I will admit, the speaker on the N1 is not that great.
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Why use speaker phone, and the external speaker to listen to music anyway? Get a decent set of headphones and a BT ear peace and be done. The former were never intended to be used in such a way for longer than when you have nothing better available and need to set the phone down. Its like expecting your netbook to game like your desktop, you set your self up to be disappointed.
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I agree with this so much, I honestly do not know what you were expecting from a mere cellphone - even though some may have superb sound playback, I honestly never have "high expectations" for the quality of the speaker. Honestly, I never knew people so extensively used the speakerphone on a device enough to actually make them completely regret the phone.
I also thought that having a 5 megapixel camera (with flash) would make the phone an awesome device to take pictures with, it seems to me you simply wanted to complain, then sell the device - and this seemed to be the correct place to do it. I know that I'm wrong, but thats my 2 cents on the matter..
I use my N1 for music all the time, and think it sounds great. In the dock over bluetooth to my computer's speakers it sounds great. With my QC2's plugged in it sounds like I'm in da club.
The speakerphone is a speakerphone...I don't expect 5.1 out of it. What's with people???
I hate the standard OSK, so I installed the HTC-IME, and love it! Why do people quit so easily these days when we have SO many options?
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Long time lurker here and I have migrated from Winmo back in the day to Symbian and then to HTC's N1. Have also tried many other deivces along the way but thought this could have been it!
Unfortunately, I have been spoiled by the Nokia 5800. The sound quality from this thing is superb both for music playback and for speakerphone and I use it for both these purposes a lot. I had read about the N1 sound quality but thought the other bells and whistles would make me forget about it, sadly not.
The N1 I am sure is a great device but for now I am back to the Nokia. Perhaps with a little more time and patience I would learn to love the operating system of Android 2.1 but the hardware limitations (speaker and camera in the main) have led me to place my 2 day old Nexus One on the market.
For anyone interested, it's in the marketplace HERE for £449.99.
I will keep a close eye on Android and with MWC just around the corner, perhaps I will be tempted back when the hardware is available to match the O/S!
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Wow, what an idiot.
From the other thread:
I have listed my brand new Nexus One on eBay, simply because the speaker is not loud enough for me having come from the Nokia 5800.
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So your only reason, let me rephrase, the ***ONLY*** reason you are returning it is because the speaker is not loud enough?
A) There is an audio hack in the works that will make the N1 MUCH louder than your Nokia, guaranteed. Here are the links for the N1 (in production) and G1 hacks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618058
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517745
B) Why don't you try using the rest of the phone???
C) You're selling it for $175 more than the unsubsidized cost. WTF????
This has to be one of the dumbest threads I've seen in a long time.
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He's right in that the phone's speaker does leave something to be desired--Nokia phones generally have higher-equality speakers, what with them taking their "music phones" awfully seriously (I came to the N1 from the 5730 Xpressmusic: ****ty phone in every way but playback quality). It's a shame their devices aren't good for much else. Well, except durability. Those little buggers can withstand a lot of abuse.
I find it amazing that just because of the speaker he's prepared to loose all the other fantastic benefits of this amazing device... but still, different people, different priorities I guess. Myself I bought an £8 Veho360, very small and makes the music/podcasts sound like they're coming from a Hi Fi (Well, not quite... )
On the price, it is a bit cheeky he's trying to then make a profit. Mine cost £355 shipped and I may get a £60 VAT receipt soon. Having said that, there are peope on eBay asking £500 for it... I assume some idiots pay that.
Yeah, I wish my speaker was louder too (because I prefer to carry only one device to act as phone, tiny computer, media player and all) but it's far from a dealbreaker. Listening to music on it while out in public places is obnoxious, anyway, so I use the headphone.
Speaking of which, many people in countries other than the US/UK/Singapore/Hong Kong are quite willing to pay in the region of $600-800 for the phone. Makes me wish I'd ordered a few extra. Would've made a tidy profit.
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Long time lurker here and I have migrated from Winmo back in the day to Symbian and then to HTC's N1. Have also tried many other deivces along the way but thought this could have been it!
Unfortunately, I have been spoiled by the Nokia 5800. The sound quality from this thing is superb both for music playback and for speakerphone and I use it for both these purposes a lot. I had read about the N1 sound quality but thought the other bells and whistles would make me forget about it, sadly not.
The N1 I am sure is a great device but for now I am back to the Nokia. Perhaps with a little more time and patience I would learn to love the operating system of Android 2.1 but the hardware limitations (speaker and camera in the main) have led me to place my 2 day old Nexus One on the market.
For anyone interested, it's in the marketplace HERE for £449.99.
I will keep a close eye on Android and with MWC just around the corner, perhaps I will be tempted back when the hardware is available to match the O/S!
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I have to say this is way off the mark.
firstly the 5800 is rubbish. I had one and the earphone volume was ultra low until you pushed the case. Faulty connection in 90% of 5800's made. the OS is a nasty mess of s60v3 and touch. Sometimes you need single touch, sometimes you need double touch.
The contruction quality is poor, to be charitable.
You might be right about the sound quality, I gave my 5800 back within 2 days so never really tried it. but HTC devices normally have pretty good sound, perhaps a third party player with different codec might improve, or further roms might improve in the future.
On every other stat I wouldn't even bother to compare the 5800 to the N1
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I would troll.. thats a ripoff and he knows it
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Not a ripoff if he sell it in the UK, and he will know there is no way a US citizen is gonna buy it, why would they?
They are selling on eBay for more than that over here.
Kev
Eclair~ said:
I agree with this so much, I honestly do not know what you were expecting from a mere cellphone - even though some may have superb sound playback, I honestly never have "high expectations" for the quality of the speaker. Honestly, I never knew people so extensively used the speakerphone on a device enough to actually make them completely regret the phone.
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A bit unfair on the guy, I agree the speaker is silly bad, and why? Nokia can and do put some nice speakers in some phones, 5800 and N95's come to mind as brilliant, and some stinkers a bad as the N1, like the E72, N97, N97 mini.
Even the iPhone speaker from flipping 3 years ago sounds quite nice when you have no choice but to use it instead of headphones.
Kev
Hi,
I have had choppy music playback from day one with my Droid Pro. Every single song skips / chops at least 5 times during its meager 4 minute playtime. Every 20 seconds, chhhip, it just chopped up.
Anyone else experiencing this? Screen off or on, app in foreground or background, doesn't matter.
Please post here with your music playback experiences.
i get a cracking or popping sound a couple times per song. its so fing annoying.
warranty exchange is not the answer. happens on two that ive tested.
so far i have tried:
multiple headphones.
multiple music apps.
hard reset (waste of time)
hopefully it will be fixed in a software fix (along with the HORRIBLE HORRIBLE battery life)
I love the form factor of this phone but it has some serious flaws. all fixable i hope.
rotaterecords said:
i get a cracking or popping sound a couple times per song. its so fing annoying.
warranty exchange is not the answer. happens on two that ive tested.
so far i have tried:
multiple headphones.
multiple music apps.
hard reset (waste of time)
hopefully it will be fixed in a software fix (along with the HORRIBLE HORRIBLE battery life)
I love the form factor of this phone but it has some serious flaws. all fixable i hope.
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Thank you so much for your reply. At least I now know its not just me.
I suspect other music players simply use the decoding library or the problem is somewhere deeper in the OS layering. Pray for a fix soon or some chef's to cook 2.3 into this amazing device. Touch screen and physical keyboard! Hallelujah!
Verizon better post up a fix soon... Its so annoying.... :'(
I have cut-outs when I'm listening and the phone gets a bit unresponsive.
I remember now why I left Verizon years ago - dumb things like shipping an inadequate battery and software fixes never arrived.
Sad too since the form-factor is perfect and the Torch is such a piece of junk.
Haven't had a single playback issue.... I use my DP as an mp3 player in my car all the time.
kjjb0204 said:
Haven't had a single playback issue.... I use my DP as an mp3 player in my car all the time.
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Over your car speakers you might not notice or you might be playing it back over A2D.
Try with headphones or the internal speaker.
As I said in another thread, I just tried playing music with the Pro, and it works fine for me. I used the stock music app and PowerAmp, and I tried it with both headphones and the internal speaker. No skips or anything.
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Over your car speakers you might not notice or you might be playing it back over A2D.
Try with headphones or the internal speaker.
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Still works fine over a headset, over internal speaker, with doubletwist or the native music app. No issues on playback whatsoever.
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I have cut-outs when I'm listening and the phone gets a bit unresponsive.
I remember now why I left Verizon years ago - dumb things like shipping an inadequate battery and software fixes never arrived.
Sad too since the form-factor is perfect and the Torch is such a piece of junk.
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It just came out - I wouldn't bash them just yet for not releasing any software fixes. The battery is from moto, not verizon by the way.
Its definitely a software problem. Hate to say anything bad about this phone because I do love it, but if you convert the songs to ogg instead of MP3 the crackling goes away (at least for me anyway). I seen someone say something about bad sd card so I moved an MP3 onto the phone's internal memory and still had the same crackling.
I've converted all of my music on the phone to OGG though and haven't had an issue since.
Sent from my DROID PRO using Tapatalk
Not bashing, just funny how history rhymes - the T720i and the V710 both came from Motorola as well
But Verizon was the one that lost the class action suit on the V710, not Motorola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless
And let's not forget the XV6600 battery fiasco
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=570
I think those three phones in rapid succession were sufficient to get me to swear off VZW
PS
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/10/verizon-mystery-fees/
Getting off topic here, but every major carrier has faced lawsuits over stuff like this. ETF, incoming texts cost, all sorts of stuff. If you leave a company because they get sued about a lousy battery, you're going to have trouble finding a carrier with a halo and wings.
And your Audiovox link shows just as many people that loved that phone as did hate it.
Back on topic - I know about 5 people already with the dp and none have music playback issues of any sort.
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It just came out - I wouldn't bash them just yet for not releasing any software fixes. The battery is from moto, not verizon by the way.
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Agree. The hardware and software is both from Motorola, it's just that since Verizon is selling it, Motorola modifies the OS according to their requirement and pre-including Verizon apps and settings.
i second that the sd card is not the problem. i switched to a new card last night and formated it in ther DP. same FING crackling. LOVE the phone and want to keep it. do you guys think a software fix is in the works? is there an official place to file a complaint or report a bug?
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Its definitely a software problem. Hate to say anything bad about this phone because I do love it, but if you convert the songs to ogg instead of MP3 the crackling goes away (at least for me anyway). I seen someone say something about bad sd card so I moved an MP3 onto the phone's internal memory and still had the same crackling.
I've converted all of my music on the phone to OGG though and haven't had an issue since.
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There is no way that this is an acceptable work around. The software bug needs to be fixed along with a nice 2.3 update asap.
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Back on topic - I know about 5 people already with the dp and none have music playback issues of any sort.
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And I know someone who tried several handsets and they all exhibit the same problem. Please spew the verizon cover up somewhere else.
Jibreil said:
Agree. The hardware and software is both from Motorola, it's just that since Verizon is selling it, Motorola modifies the OS according to their requirement and pre-including Verizon apps and settings.
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I work here for Virgin mobile and it depends how hard we push manufacturers to fix software bugs. The ball is clearly in Verizon's court with respect to when this problem will be fixed.
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i second that the sd card is not the problem. i switched to a new card last night and formated it in ther DP. same FING crackling. LOVE the phone and want to keep it. do you guys think a software fix is in the works? is there an official place to file a complaint or report a bug?
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Who knows... PS my music just skipped while typing this message.
I started out loving this device, but am increasingly so disappointed in it. At this point I would certainly not recommend it to anyone who wants to use it as a media device.
First there is the volume issue, which I have found inexcusable. If you want to use this to watch Google Play Movies when traveling, its basically useless. The volume through headsets is so low that I cant follow the dialogue of a movie when I am sitting on an airplane, and thats WITH good quality noise cancelling headphones.
I have basically been able to address this problem by buying an external amplifier for my headphone that gets me to an acceptable volume, but in my opinion its ridiculous that you would need to do this in order to get to a basic level of usability in that scenario. Certainly not an issue with iPads (not that I own one!).
Now the KitKat update. Ever since then the video playback is poor. It stutters frequently, and while its still consumable, its not a very good experience. Ive also had two crashes while watching videos over the last few days It noticeably stutters and jumps - I think this has been reported on and it seems it has not yet been fixed. I am looking for a way to downgrade back to JellyBean in the meantime.
Has anyone done this yet?
Thanks. Sorry for the rant, but Im so disillusioned in what I initially thought was such a great device.
That's odd, because I'm not experiencing any of those issues. I use a Bluetooth headset (Plantronics), and the volumes are great - I can't turn it up all the way without it hurting. I stream to ChromeCast with my 7 and there are zero issues with Google Movies, NetFlix, YouTube, etc. Sorry to hear you're having problems, but maybe it's a hardware issue?
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That's odd, because I'm not experiencing any of those issues. I use a Bluetooth headset (Plantronics), and the volumes are great - I can't turn it up all the way without it hurting. I stream to ChromeCast with my 7 and there are zero issues with Google Movies, NetFlix, YouTube, etc. Sorry to hear you're having problems, but maybe it's a hardware issue?
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Me too - no issues from my side. Really does sound like the hardware is at fault.
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Me too - no issues from my side. Really does sound like the hardware is at fault.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Im glad to hear you arent having those issues...however they are pretty well documented.
If you google something like "nexus 7 movie playback volume low" you will see many, many people with this issue. So I dont know if its a hardware issue thats somewhat widespread, or maybe you have better hearing and are less affected...but for me and those other users, if you try to watch a Google Play Movie through headsets and there is any ambient noise, the volume is not usable.
For a while people were fixing this with volume booster apps, but those dont work on recent updates to the OS...
The video playback issue has also been very well documented since the KitKat upgrade.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Im glad to hear you arent having those issues...however they are pretty well documented.
If you google something like "nexus 7 movie playback volume low" you will see many, many people with this issue. So I dont know if its a hardware issue thats somewhat widespread, or maybe you have better hearing and are less affected...but for me and those other users, if you try to watch a Google Play Movie through headsets and there is any ambient noise, the volume is not usable.
For a while people were fixing this with volume booster apps, but those dont work on recent updates to the OS...
The video playback issue has also been very well documented since the KitKat upgrade.
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I just get little pixelations on the screen mostly when changing the orientation.
What about the volume through other media apps? Crackle is free if you dont have netflix or HULU.
An issue I have is that the screen never rotates, but when it magically does it gets stuck in whichever orientation it landed in. I also notice graphical glitches but only during the boot sequence just before the animation.
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lirong said:
I started out loving this device, but am increasingly so disappointed in it. At this point I would certainly not recommend it to anyone who wants to use it as a media device.
First there is the volume issue, which I have found inexcusable. If you want to use this to watch Google Play Movies when traveling, its basically useless. The volume through headsets is so low that I cant follow the dialogue of a movie when I am sitting on an airplane, and thats WITH good quality noise cancelling headphones.
I have basically been able to address this problem by buying an external amplifier for my headphone that gets me to an acceptable volume, but in my opinion its ridiculous that you would need to do this in order to get to a basic level of usability in that scenario. Certainly not an issue with iPads (not that I own one!).
Now the KitKat update. Ever since then the video playback is poor. It stutters frequently, and while its still consumable, its not a very good experience. Ive also had two crashes while watching videos over the last few days It noticeably stutters and jumps - I think this has been reported on and it seems it has not yet been fixed. I am looking for a way to downgrade back to JellyBean in the meantime.
Has anyone done this yet?
Thanks. Sorry for the rant, but Im so disillusioned in what I initially thought was such a great device.
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Be sure you plug in headphones very firmly. Took me a week to figure out they went in further. Known issue.
lirong said:
I started out loving this device, but am increasingly so disappointed in it. At this point I would certainly not recommend it to anyone who wants to use it as a media device.
First there is the volume issue, which I have found inexcusable. If you want to use this to watch Google Play Movies when traveling, its basically useless. The volume through headsets is so low that I cant follow the dialogue of a movie when I am sitting on an airplane, and thats WITH good quality noise cancelling headphones.
I have basically been able to address this problem by buying an external amplifier for my headphone that gets me to an acceptable volume, but in my opinion its ridiculous that you would need to do this in order to get to a basic level of usability in that scenario. Certainly not an issue with iPads (not that I own one!).
Now the KitKat update. Ever since then the video playback is poor. It stutters frequently, and while its still consumable, its not a very good experience. Ive also had two crashes while watching videos over the last few days It noticeably stutters and jumps - I think this has been reported on and it seems it has not yet been fixed. I am looking for a way to downgrade back to JellyBean in the meantime.
Has anyone done this yet?
Thanks. Sorry for the rant, but Im so disillusioned in what I initially thought was such a great device.
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Have you tried viper4android sound mod??....Iklutz post a link to it on his thread...THE best sound mod out there. Coupled with a good headset. Win! However, N7 must be rooted to apply settings.
Go and search for Volume Control+ on Google Market. This will give you full control on your volume settings, as some apps change the volume to a low level and you'll not be able to restore it to the full level with the device's hardware buttons.
And when you are busy at Google's Market Place, don't forget to search for an alternate video player like VLC player or MX player. Forget about the preinstalled players, it's crap in my opinion.
The volume seems OK to me although to be honest I haven't experienced it in an environment such as a plane. Have you tried another set of headphones as a test?
The issues I have noticed myself are quite minor is the glitch in the boot animation, which had been mentioned and also when hitting back to come out of an app it will go back to another app and then to the desktop rather than straight to the desktop. I think this is multi tasking related but it isn't as if I am opening a link from one app to another which can happen normally sometimes.
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Go and search for Volume Control+ on Google Market. This will give you full control on your volume settings, as some apps change the volume to a low level and you'll not be able to restore it to the full level with the device's hardware buttons.
And when you are busy at Google's Market Place, don't forget to search for an alternate video player like VLC player or MX player. Forget about the preinstalled players, it's crap in my opinion.
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I believe that apps like Volume Control+ no longer work with the new versions of Android (not just KitKat, even the last 4.2.2 version).
Regarding alternative video players...they cant play movies I download from Google Play can they?
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I believe that apps like Volume Control+ no longer work with the new versions of Android (not just KitKat, even the last 4.2.2 version).
Regarding alternative video players...they cant play movies I download from Google Play can they?
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Volume Control+ Pro does work very well with Kitkat and the previous Android versions installed on my N7.
Google Play Videos? I don't know, frankly spoken, cause I never ever downloaded one. Give it a try and you'll see, VLC is for free.
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Volume Control+ Pro does work very well with Kitkat and the previous Android versions installed on my N7.
Google Play Videos? I don't know, frankly spoken, cause I never ever downloaded one. Give it a try and you'll see, VLC is for free.
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Thanks I will try it.
I am most interested in something that can boost the volume through headsets when I watch downloaded videos from Play store on Google Play Video. Its currently atrocious and my understanding is that the volume booster apps arent effective for this.
I Know there are some mods I can make if I root and install custom kernel...sadly I dont have the time to start mucking about there!
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Volume Control+ Pro does work very well with Kitkat and the previous Android versions installed on my N7.
Google Play Videos? I don't know, frankly spoken, cause I never ever downloaded one. Give it a try and you'll see, VLC is for free.
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Am I trying the correct app? I tried Volume Control + by Coffeebreak Apps (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cb.volumePlus).
This doesnt seem to be a volume booster app at all, just a way to control the volume settings of your device without using the hard buttons, and setting default profiles when you do something like plug in a headset.
Am I missing something? It doesnt seem like ti will increase the volume beyond the highest level I can manually set it to with the buttons.
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Am I trying the correct app? I tried Volume Control + by Coffeebreak Apps (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cb.volumePlus).
This doesnt seem to be a volume booster app at all, just a way to control the volume settings of your device without using the hard buttons, and setting default profiles when you do something like plug in a headset.
Am I missing something? It doesnt seem like ti will increase the volume beyond the highest level I can manually set it to with the buttons.
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This is the correct App. It´s not a booster, but gives you control of the settings, another app may have left on a lower volume level.
Check out every app running on your device, especially those having "equalizer" settings. Try to turn them off and see what happens.
If the problem still persists, this may be a general issue of either the volume of Google´s videos, of your earphones or even your ears. Have you been trying other earphones, resp. in-earphones before? I assure, the volume level is ear-splitting high on my device.
Some apps like MX-Player and VLC will ask you, if it shall boost volume above the recommended level. Did you see this prompt? Did you deny or agree?
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Thanks I will try it.
I am most interested in something that can boost the volume through headsets when I watch downloaded videos from Play store on Google Play Video. Its currently atrocious and my understanding is that the volume booster apps arent effective for this.
I Know there are some mods I can make if I root and install custom kernel...sadly I dont have the time to start mucking about there!
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Ok first I just want to say that this little rant that I'm about to have is not meant to slap you or anything, so try not to take too much offense if possible.. Seriously though I just hate to see someone talk about how a device is disappointing and that they wouldn't recommend it, when really what they should be saying is that the factory software for the device is disappointing. I know you said that you don't have time to "muck" around with rooting and such, and in my opinion the problems you are having are basically "what you get" whenever you just settle for what is handed to you. It's almost like taking the "free" phone because you don't want to spend the money to get a better one, and then getting upset because it can't play the newest games or run the newest apps. I definitely understand that when you buy something it should basically work, but with Android you're dealing with one operating system and thousands of different devices. So because of that if you go into it expecting perfection right out of the gate, more than likely you're probably going to be disappointed. The trade off however (which unfortunately is the part that you don't have time to mess with), is that you're most certainly not "stuck" with what you are handed. You can make this thing so loud that you can't stand it if you wanted to, and because of that the fact that it doesn't just come that way out of the box is technically irrelevant imo. I'd be willing to bet the time it would take you to get the basics down so you can have full control over your device, would actually be less than the time you spend being frustrated because it's not working the way you expect it to. Anyway that's just my two cents because I think you are missing out on the very best part of Android.. which is that it can be whatever you want it to be.
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Ok first I just want to say that this little rant that I'm about to have is not meant to slap you or anything, so try not to take too much offense if possible.. Seriously though I just hate to see someone talk about how a device is disappointing and that they wouldn't recommend it, when really what they should be saying is that the factory software for the device is disappointing. I know you said that you don't have time to "muck" around with rooting and such, and in my opinion the problems you are having are basically "what you get" whenever you just settle for what is handed to you. It's almost like taking the "free" phone because you don't want to spend the money to get a better one, and then getting upset because it can't play the newest games or run the newest apps. I definitely understand that when you buy something it should basically work, but with Android you're dealing with one operating system and thousands of different devices. So because of that if you go into it expecting perfection right out of the gate, more than likely you're probably going to be disappointed. The trade off however (which unfortunately is the part that you don't have time to mess with), is that you're most certainly not "stuck" with what you are handed. You can make this thing so loud that you can't stand it if you wanted to, and because of that the fact that it doesn't just come that way out of the box is technically irrelevant imo. I'd be willing to bet the time it would take you to get the basics down so you can have full control over your device, would actually be less than the time you spend being frustrated because it's not working the way you expect it to. Anyway that's just my two cents because I think you are missing out on the very best part of Android.. which is that it can be whatever you want it to be.
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I dont take offense, however I also dont agree with a couple of your assertions.
First of all, clearly with any device (especially Android) a lot of it is what you do with your device after unpacking it. That said, certain basic use cases should be functional out of the box. Using this device as a media player while on the road is CLEARLY a primary anticipated use case. And the fact that there are volume challenges here is not isolated. It may be the case that not everyone has this issue, but certainly a quick google search reveals that many, many people are having issues with being able to hear Google Play movies when in a travel environment with any ambient noise. You can point out that someone who wants to root and mod their device can solve this problem...nevertheless, this is a product flaw. Period.
Second, I dont agree with your point of view on rooting and modding the device. Yes you can apply yourself to it and accomplish things. I have rooted all of my devices and have put custom ROMs on some of them. And the community here is very helpful in making this accessible and supporting people through the process. However, its not a straightforward thing to do. I have yet to install a custom ROM that hasnt had some "side effects" that then take a lot of time trying to diagnose. For every improvement, even when you get everything technically right (and there is a time consuming learning curve), there are quirky behaviors that are hard to diagnose, even for the experts on this site, as every phone is different.
So yes you can achieve some really cool things and its part of the allure of Android. But it comes with real costs, and those costs (in my opinion) may be worthwhile in some instances, but are not something you should have to bear just to get basic, minimally acceptable functionality for a primary use case of the device.
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I dont take offense, however I also dont agree with a couple of your assertions.
First of all, clearly with any device (especially Android) a lot of it is what you do with your device after unpacking it. That said, certain basic use cases should be functional out of the box. Using this device as a media player while on the road is CLEARLY a primary anticipated use case. And the fact that there are volume challenges here is not isolated. It may be the case that not everyone has this issue, but certainly a quick google search reveals that many, many people are having issues with being able to hear Google Play movies when in a travel environment with any ambient noise. You can point out that someone who wants to root and mod their device can solve this problem...nevertheless, this is a product flaw. Period.
Second, I dont agree with your point of view on rooting and modding the device. Yes you can apply yourself to it and accomplish things. I have rooted all of my devices and have put custom ROMs on some of them. And the community here is very helpful in making this accessible and supporting people through the process. However, its not a straightforward thing to do. I have yet to install a custom ROM that hasnt had some "side effects" that then take a lot of time trying to diagnose. For every improvement, even when you get everything technically right (and there is a time consuming learning curve), there are quirky behaviors that are hard to diagnose, even for the experts on this site, as every phone is different.
So yes you can achieve some really cool things and its part of the allure of Android. But it comes with real costs, and those costs (in my opinion) may be worthwhile in some instances, but are not something you should have to bear just to get basic, minimally acceptable functionality for a primary use case of the device.
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I respect that you're entitled to your own opinion, but I still think it's ridiculous to say it's a product flaw "period" (as if you are holding your breath and stomping your feet while you say it lol) when it's caused by nothing more than software, so I guess you're just missing my point. Imo going into anything and expecting it to be perfect is pretty silly especially when you have complete control over the device, but it's just that.. my opinion. If you have yet to install a custom rom and or kernel "that hasn't had some kind of side effects", I would venture to say that you haven't done very many. I just find it funny that the "very cool things" you say can be achieved are actually things like fixing all of the problems you are having, so I'll just never understand how that's a product failure, but again though, that's just me. Clearly we're different considering you download movies from Google Play, because that's something (as someone else also mentioned) you'd never catch me doing. That combined with the fact that you're expecting some sort of cookie cutter, straight forward solution when it comes to having complete control over your device, tells me you're a wildly different consumer that I am. Carriers and manufacturers actually want people to have that exact "cookie cutter" experience, because it allows them to stear people into spending more money. Ultimately it's your device yet somehow they feel as if they have the right to tell you what you can and cannot do with it, and frankly it surprises me how many people don't even get that. What's funny about that though is that I can guarantee if they tried doing the exact same thing except with people's cars, there would probably be a riot in the streets. Imagine if you bought a car outright from a dealer for cash and then decide to put an aftermarket stereo in it, only to find out they put a lock on the factory radio so it cannot be removed unless you pay extra for it. If it sounds pretty ridiculous then why can they do the exact same thing with the cell phones that people own, yet hardly anyone seems to be bothered by it? Imo (again) it's because a lot of people expect that same "cookie cutter experience" where they don't have to "muck" around with anything, so as far as I'm concerned they deserve what they (you) get, especially when they're willing to just let it happen. This also isn't meant to be a slap (even though I honestly believe it's designed for a certain type of person), but maybe you should consider looking into getting an iPhone. The reason I say that is because that software has been designed for literally one device instead of thousands, and since you seem more concerned about how something runs out of the box rather than how it could run, it might just be a better "cookie cutter experience" for you (I don't know why but I just like saying "cookie cutter" a lot today! Blahaha). Anyway like I said that's just my opinion though and maybe I'm just not as critical about things when it comes to my devices, but that could also be because I have them set up exactly they way I want them.. Which is exactly why I'm such a fan of Android to begin with!
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I respect that you're entitled to your own opinion, but I still think it's ridiculous to say it's a product flaw "period" (as if you are holding your breath and stomping your feet while you say it lol) when it's caused by nothing more than software, so I guess you're just missing my point. Imo going into anything and expecting it to be perfect is pretty silly especially when you have complete control over the device, but it's just that.. my opinion. If you have yet to install a custom rom and or kernel "that hasn't had some kind of side effects", I would venture to say that you haven't done very many. I just find it funny that the "very cool things" you say can be achieved are actually things like fixing all of the problems you are having, so I'll just never understand how that's a product failure, but again though, that's just me. Clearly we're different considering you download movies from Google Play, because that's something (as someone else also mentioned) you'd never catch me doing. That combined with the fact that you're expecting some sort of cookie cutter, straight forward solution when it comes to having complete control over your device, tells me you're a wildly different consumer that I am. Carriers and manufacturers actually want people to have that exact "cookie cutter" experience, because it allows them to stear people into spending more money. Ultimately it's your device yet somehow they feel as if they have the right to tell you what you can and cannot do with it, and frankly it surprises me how many people don't even get that. What's funny about that though is that I can guarantee if they tried doing the exact same thing except with people's cars, there would probably be a riot in the streets. Imagine if you bought a car outright from a dealer for cash and then decide to put an aftermarket stereo in it, only to find out they put a lock on the factory radio so it cannot be removed unless you pay extra for it. If it sounds pretty ridiculous then why can they do the exact same thing with the cell phones that people own, yet hardly anyone seems to be bothered by it? Imo (again) it's because a lot of people expect that same "cookie cutter experience" where they don't have to "muck" around with anything, so as far as I'm concerned they deserve what they (you) get, especially when they're willing to just let it happen. This also isn't meant to be a slap (even though I honestly believe it's designed for a certain type of person), but maybe you should consider looking into getting an iPhone. The reason I say that is because that software has been designed for literally one device instead of thousands, and since you seem more concerned about how something runs out of the box rather than how it could run, it might just be a better "cookie cutter experience" for you (I don't know why but I just like saying "cookie cutter" a lot today! Blahaha). Anyway like I said that's just my opinion though and maybe I'm just not as critical about things when it comes to my devices, but that could also be because I have them set up exactly they way I want them.. Which is exactly why I'm such a fan of Android to begin with!
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The N7 was heavily marketed as a media consumption device and a solid gamer (including a game(s) designed specifically to showcase the Tegra 3's 4 (and 1/2) cores and GPU horsepower... On a chip made by Nvidia... which implies an enhanced level of credibility and expectation from a company that is synonymous with Graphics.
You should not have to root a device with four 1.3Ghz cores, nor be concerned about obsolescence for playback of local or steamed video on a 7-inch screen @ 1280x800 max resolution. I root every device I own, but it shouldn't be a requirement for the primary use-cases for which the device is designed and marketed. Additionally, over-clocking the CPU as high as 1.7Ghz doesn't yield improvement, nor does GPU OC, different governors, etc... As a bonus, performance craters with age due to the cheap NAND. I can under clock my 1080p LG e980 to 1Ghz, disable two-cores and it still runs laps around my N7...
For the price, the N7 was a good value. However, it falls short of the marketed high-performance (which, BTW, didn't include any disclaimer(s) that device must be rooted and running an unofficial AOSPA kang/kennel combo). It's one thing to suggest root/ROM/kernel solutions for problems which require such a solution, but there's no need to condescend to someone for not voiding their warranty to solve a problem that shouldn't exist.
P.S. Netflix doesn't stream aka mirror to Chromecast- The N7 just informs the Chromecast of the workload it's handing off.