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Issues with 2.1...

Sorry in advance if these have already been pointed out and/or fixed.
I'm aware that this is a leaked beta but i'm having some strange issues.
Mainly being the market not downloading apps. I can browse the internet, browse the market, but nothing will download.
Anyone know of a way to fix this?
Also, i was quite disappointed with the fact that they did next to nothing to the absolutely terrible camera. The shutter speed appears to have improved *slightly* but pictures are still far too sharp and over saturated.
On the other hand, i do like the 720p filming
Another thing i noticed is that interacting with the live wallpapers is way off. When you press the 'Nexus' live wallpaper, the actual 'hit' is almost an inch out. Not a huge deal, just something that's annoying me.
On the plus side, the live wallpapers are incredibly smooth. A lot smoother than on my Nexus, god knows how dell managed that!
But my main hate, the one that annoys me to no end, is that you can now only have 6 icons in landscape. Wtf was the point in that dell? You took the best thing about this phone and made it worse!
Apart from alllll those things, i'm absolutely loving the 2.1 update (especially the dialler) but because of the above mentioned things i'm getting tempted to go back to 1.6. I need to download things dammit!

Another 2 issues that bothered me were the crap keyboard which is VERY slow and if you rush it you get mistypes, sometimes I have to press the same button twice as it did nothing the first time and I get a spelling mistake in every word, the keyboard is messed up.
Anyway to get the superior keyboard from the previous 1.6 with the lovely numpad?
Secondly, there are some problems with the wallpaper/homescreens. There is no way to add or remove them, seems I'm stuck with 6.
I tried to set a simple wallpaper on say screen one and it stretches right outside the screen and fills all 6 screens up, why??!!
I am using the same wallpapers before that are specially for the streak and are set at 800X480 and it stretches one pic across all screeens and it looks distorted, why?
Before I upgraded, I could go to screen one, put a wallpaper, it would fit fine and only in one screen, not fill the other ones too.
Can ANYONE think why this is or even a fix to this problem?
At the moment I have more problems with 2.1 than 1.6...

Glad to see I'm not the only one with these issues. I can't stand the new keyboard, driving me mad but I'll survive. I don't like the new layout of the icons and the fact you can no longer have multiple backgrounds is a shame. Also I've noticed certain widgets just won't sit in the centre of the home screens any more.
I'm hoping because this is a leak that Dell haven't added their personal touches yet and that this will come when they go official otherwise I'll be a sad panda!

ShaunD103 said:
Glad to see I'm not the only one with these issues. I can't stand the new keyboard, driving me mad but I'll survive. I don't like the new layout of the icons and the fact you can no longer have multiple backgrounds is a shame. Also I've noticed certain widgets just won't sit in the centre of the home screens any more.
I'm hoping because this is a leak that Dell haven't added their personal touches yet and that this will come when they go official otherwise I'll be a sad panda!
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Yeah, I guess we have to stick with what we have until it's officially released.
At least we have SOME improvements...

The portions you mention I have not had. It sounds like you have a few issues with your install.
With regards to we everthing else, 2.1 ain't perfect but its a tonne better than the 1.6
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Of course by portions I mean problems....the swype keyboard although better its still far from perfect
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

These issues may go away when the final 2.1 is released

clear the dalvik cache, that sorted the marketplace for me

Hi Meltus
If your Google E-Mail account is Googlemail change it to gmail by logging in through your computer and use the option to change it to a gmail address and that has fixed the Market problems for me and some others hope it works for you.
Marc

Any one else having issues that when talking on the phone with headphones in if you press the lock button it hangs up the call? Found something that drives me even more mad than the keyboard lol.

Not sure what I am doing wrong , but I can't seem to use any 3rd party keyboards ? They install OK , I can select them , but then when I go to use them , the Dell one pops up. (Any ideas ? )
The only issue I noticed , is that the Sleep/wake button stops working properly occasionally , instead of putting the device to sleep , it dims the screen , but the screen stays on ,
Not sure what is going on here , I think the phone may "think" its asleep , as the live wallpaper stops moving , but the screen is definately still awake.
The only way out is to reboot by taking the battery cover off !

Seems an isolated problem I don't have any problem downloading just that some games wont work - more importantly launcherpro looks very strange with tiny icons! Spread a across the screen with Hugh gaps.
kenmckean

i have had EVERY issue above! its beta so im not going to complain but i just hope its much better once the ota arrives

Dogmann said:
Hi Meltus
If your Google E-Mail account is Googlemail change it to gmail by logging in through your computer and use the option to change it to a gmail address and that has fixed the Market problems for me and some others hope it works for you.
Marc
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However, I do believe if you change to Gmail from Googlemaill, any apps you bought with your Googlemail account are NOT carried over.
Hence you have to purchase again, this is why I haven't made the switch yet, until that issue is resolved I will be staying as Googlemail.

zoidster said:
Not sure what I am doing wrong , but I can't seem to use any 3rd party keyboards ? They install OK , I can select them , but then when I go to use them , the Dell one pops up. (Any ideas ? )
The only issue I noticed , is that the Sleep/wake button stops working properly occasionally , instead of putting the device to sleep , it dims the screen , but the screen stays on ,
Not sure what is going on here , I think the phone may "think" its asleep , as the live wallpaper stops moving , but the screen is definately still awake.
The only way out is to reboot by taking the battery cover off !
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Exactly the same problem here.
And to change keyboards, you select it and long press a text box (like in messages) then you pick the keyboard you want from there.
Anyway, i fixed my market problem by changing my e-mail from 'googlemail' to 'gmail' (thanks doggman) and then wiping the phone. Not sure which made it work, or whether it was a combination of both, but it's working good now

Issues I've noticed so far: (Maybe nitpicking but I'm comparing it to all my other Androids)
- Live Wallpaper could be smoother. It's pretty smooth but on such a large screen, little glitches are very noticeable.
- Though the keyboard is a lot more comfortable to use without the numpad throwing the right thumb off, the responsiveness is gone from the previous keyboard. But I'm sticking with it cause its alot better looking than 'Better Keyboard' or 'Smart Keyboard'
- No pinch-to-zoom on pictures in the gallery...very disappointing
- Pinch-to-zoom for maps is there, but responsiveness needs work. Almost as bad as Blackberry Torch's pinch-to-zoom. HAHAHA
- Photos seem more saturated than when it was running 1.6. Even affects photos when being used as 'Picture Frame' widget.
- Aside from the saturation of pictures though, the screen display overall is impressive. Quality has improved, sharpness has improved, the HD-feel is there for the home screens. I could even say that it is comparable to the iPhone 4, and better than the Galaxy S display. Theres room for improvements though... better font for icon titles, increase sharpness, less colour overflow.

Amdathlonuk said:
However, I do believe if you change to Gmail from Googlemaill, any apps you bought with your Googlemail account are NOT carried over.
Hence you have to purchase again, this is why I haven't made the switch yet, until that issue is resolved I will be staying as Googlemail.
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I can confirm that this ISN'T the case and all my apps carried over perfectly

fards said:
clear the dalvik cache, that sorted the marketplace for me
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Fards, Does this give access to missing market apps? I guess I need to be root'd to do this?
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Meltus said:
I can confirm that this ISN'T the case and all my apps carried over perfectly
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Excellent!......... *goes and finds gmail conversion*

Fazziebear said:
Fards, Does this give access to missing market apps? I guess I need to be root'd to do this?
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
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it did for me, but others claim it doesnt work..
I already signed in with a gmail account and found apps were missing, so I read up on it and several people said to clear the dalvik cache, so I did and the apps came back..
yeah you need root, the universal one click root thing is so easy to do and undo that its fairly painfree...

[Q] My Troubles So Far

HI All
Im an ex-apple Fan boy....who has had his Galaxy S4 for 3 days.
The Good.
Responsive as hell
Camera Rocks
SD card should be a standard on all cell phones no matter who makes them
Love the vivid colors.
The Bad
My first problem was with the brand new version of gmail. Every time i got mail in my notifications....instead of a list view it was a giant mother notification and then a few small ones after that. I later learned you can resize that with a swipe of your hand...then that if you uninstall the update that, that would fix it. It did....kinda. I then tried the samsung mail app...which sucked. It didnt scale to fit the content. I tried aquamail...which was ok, but not as responsive as gmail.
Second. Browsers. I know there are like a thousand of them. I started with the stock browser (which i ended up liking the best). But i had a major glitch. Every time i tried to do a google search and use search tools (time..place) it would die on me. Either freeze of would not recognize what i was trying to do. I tried them chrome...ehh, boat...ehh, next. double ehh.
I contacted a rep from samsung....and he told me to try wiping the cashe...try this try that. Even tried a factory reboot.
Nothin...
Then he tells me i might have a lemon.
Wonderful. What the ^#%#[email protected]!! are the odds that i want to try android for the first time and i get brick.
Everything else works great....but im unsure what to do. The two things i use this phone for more then anything else....email and browsing dont work.
Anyone have any helpful hints at a fix?
Thanks
CSW

Any heat Issue while gaming?
ya screens blows out all devices out there,,,so vivid
email app works fine wid me bro

CarlosSpiceyw said:
HI All
Im an ex-apple Fan boy....who has had his Galaxy S4 for 3 days.
The Good.
Responsive as hell
Camera Rocks
SD card should be a standard on all cell phones no matter who makes them
Love the vivid colors.
The Bad
My first problem was with the brand new version of gmail. Every time i got mail in my notifications....instead of a list view it was a giant mother notification and then a few small ones after that. I later learned you can resize that with a swipe of your hand...then that if you uninstall the update that, that would fix it. It did....kinda. I then tried the samsung mail app...which sucked. It didnt scale to fit the content. I tried aquamail...which was ok, but not as responsive as gmail.
Second. Browsers. I know there are like a thousand of them. I started with the stock browser (which i ended up liking the best). But i had a major glitch. Every time i tried to do a google search and use search tools (time..place) it would die on me. Either freeze of would not recognize what i was trying to do. I tried them chrome...ehh, boat...ehh, next. double ehh.
I contacted a rep from samsung....and he told me to try wiping the cashe...try this try that. Even tried a factory reboot.
Nothin...
Then he tells me i might have a lemon.
Wonderful. What the ^#%#[email protected]!! are the odds that i want to try android for the first time and i get brick.
Everything else works great....but im unsure what to do. The two things i use this phone for more then anything else....email and browsing dont work.
Anyone have any helpful hints at a fix?
Thanks
CSW
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Did you try to update to the latest firmware available? It may worth trying see if it fixes your problems.
If you only use Gmail, try Boomerang email app. They will also feature other email providers in the near future...

For the browsing issues I recommend you try dolphin browser. It's quick, stable, feature packed, has a bunch of add-ons available, and supports Adobe flash.
Sent from my GT-I9505

I was also qurious to find out if there are any heat issues while gaming.
And bro, use something from the store, now that I think of it, I'm not using a single stock app. Even the gallery.

[Q] Delay in Opening Contacts in Note 3

Hello guys,
I'm new to the forum
I notice that there's a slight delay opening Contacts (3 seconds+) and Dialer (1 second+) in my Note 3.
However after opening it once, there's no delay opening it the second time,
unless I clear the Contacts Apps in the running apps and open it again.
I'm not sure if this happens from the fist time I unbox it; I didn't really pay attention at the time.
Maybe this happens after I turn off and uninstall updates on some of the bloatwares, but I'm not sure.
ROM is stock Samsung, everything is still stock. Just some updates to some of the stock apps.
I haven't installed any new apps yet. However, I do turn off and uninstall updates on some of the bloatware.
I've also changed the 3 settings (cant remember the names, animator or something) on the Developer Options to OFF.
And I've removed the S Voice from the Home Button too.
The Note 3 is the Exynos one. Stock Samsung.
There are about 800 contacts, all google contacts. They are also synced, together with gmail. These contacts are imported from BB 10 OS, and some have pictures from the BBM.
Does anyone else have this problem, and is there a fix for this? I've searched the forum, seems like some have this issue, but I can't find any real fix for this.
Thanks!

Sounds normal to me. It has to re-launch the app, and the app then has to re-scan all your contacts. 800 contacts is a lot to scan through, so 1-5 seconds is to be expected.

No lag here. Did you try a restart with cache wipe? Usually that solves similar problems.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using xda app-developers app

I noticed the same lag. I actually noticed it on my previous phone (SGS 3). At that time, I used GoContacts/Dialer, which I thought might be the cause of that. After removing it, same lag with the stock dialer/contacts.
Besides, I was a flash-addict, and I noticed that on every ROM I tried.
And now, even if it's a bit quicker, I still notice it on my new Note 3 (@stock/rooted). But unlike on my SGS3, it's only the first time you open dialer/contacts that it appears (as long as the system doesn't kill the process).
I wonder if it might be a good idea to force keeping that process opened.

flochy said:
I noticed the same lag. I actually noticed it on my previous phone (SGS 3). At that time, I used GoContacts/Dialer, which I thought might be the cause of that. After removing it, same lag with the stock dialer/contacts.
Besides, I was a flash-addict, and I noticed that on every ROM I tried.
And now, even if it's a bit quicker, I still notice it on my new Note 3 (@stock/rooted). But unlike on my SGS3, it's only the first time you open dialer/contacts that it appears (as long as the system doesn't kill the process).
I wonder if it might be a good idea to force keeping that process opened.
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thanks for the replies guys.
Anyone else has the same problem on their Note 3 ?

surfol said:
thanks for the replies guys.
Anyone else has the same problem on their Note 3 ?
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Solved. It turned out that my issue was caused by turning off Chat ON app.
I actually turned it off when I first got the phone, and now I tried to turn it back ON.
The lag is actually reduced to 1-1.5 seconds (much more acceptable than 3 seconds).
For others with the same issue, hope this helps

surfol said:
Solved. It turned out that my issue was caused by turning off Chat ON app.
I actually turned it off when I first got the phone, and now I tried to turn it back ON.
The lag is actually reduced to 1-1.5 seconds (much more acceptable than 3 seconds).
For others with the same issue, hope this helps
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Glad to know you found resolution to your problem. Like another post suggested, when you are syncing your contacts to a device through a 3rd party application such as GMail, Exchange, Yahoo etc... The application runs an API in the background at application launch which pulls all your information onto the device. When you automatically sync, your device periodically sends a request to the server for contact details, task details, calendar details etc...
800 contacts and whatever other events you're syncing will definitely take time. If you press & hold your home button and your swiping your application out of memory and then reloading, like suggested, this is going to take a few seconds. By turning Chat On back on, this has limited the lag which is acceptable to you. This definitely is not a "problem" as I've initially stated but instead more of a communications lag between the device, your server and the API which is engaging in the communications.
Hope this helps!

surfol said:
Hello guys,
I'm new to the forum
I notice that there's a slight delay opening Contacts (3 seconds+) and Dialer (1 second+) in my Note 3.
However after opening it once, there's no delay opening it the second time,
unless I clear the Contacts Apps in the running apps and open it again.
I'm not sure if this happens from the fist time I unbox it; I didn't really pay attention at the time.
Maybe this happens after I turn off and uninstall updates on some of the bloatwares, but I'm not sure.
ROM is stock Samsung, everything is still stock. Just some updates to some of the stock apps.
I haven't installed any new apps yet. However, I do turn off and uninstall updates on some of the bloatware.
I've also changed the 3 settings (cant remember the names, animator or something) on the Developer Options to OFF.
And I've removed the S Voice from the Home Button too.
The Note 3 is the Exynos one. Stock Samsung.
There are about 800 contacts, all google contacts. They are also synced, together with gmail. These contacts are imported from BB 10 OS, and some have pictures from the BBM.
Does anyone else have this problem, and is there a fix for this? I've searched the forum, seems like some have this issue, but I can't find any real fix for this.
Thanks!
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I noticed that the lag goes off when I disable sync. Try doing that bro, do a two two finger swipe and disable sync from the notification panel and Try launching the contacts application again

Surely if that is the workaround. Its easier to wait 3 seconds! Lol
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

u r note is infected with ..contact virus

Clunky scrolling on S8 but not S7

Hi there, wondering if anyone has experienced this issue. When i access this one web site,
www.live-footballontv.com
it takes forever to scroll up or down the page. It is very stuttery.
I just assumed it was some kind of coding issue so have persevered with it.
Anyway didn't have my phone to hand tonight so used my wife's s7 to look at this same page and it worked perfectly. Could swipe my finger up or down and page scrolled smoothly.
It only seems to happen on this one page, anyone any idea why it should work so poorly on the s8 as opposed to the s7. Both phones running Chrome. Thanks for any ideas.

I've just got a s8 and noticed on apps and web pages its so jittery its horrid to the point I'm sending it back not to mention the rubbish battery life , you can change animation scale to .05 in developer setting some say helps but can't say I've noticed much improvement also reduce screen to fhd+ rather than WQHD help battery a little but why should I have to compromise full potential of the screen to help save battery 3000mah on a WQHD display is just not sufficient even though virgin are sending me a new unit I'm still cancelling and going with the mate 20 pro or p20 pro , I don't think it's just my unit its just samsung lagwiz full stop,
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Yea if you shut of all 3 of the animation scales it helps a lot and makes almost any device feel faster

Can i ask anyone that has looked at this, have you clicked on the link and if so, how does the page scroll for you. I have checked my S8 and wifes S7 and settings in chrome seem to be the same, curious if it is just on my phone or all S8's, thank you.

doc1964 said:
Can i ask anyone that has looked at this, have you clicked on the link and if so, how does the page scroll for you. I have checked my S8 and wifes S7 and settings in chrome seem to be the same, curious if it is just on my phone or all S8's, thank you.
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Have checked the link and don't have any issues with scrolling up/down.I did notice though that when data saver mode is turned on there was a slight lag ( using Chrome browser ).
Device is an S8 stock nougat 7.0

doc1964 said:
Hi there, wondering if anyone has experienced this issue. When i access this one web site,
www.live-footballontv.com
it takes forever to scroll up or down the page. It is very stuttery.
I just assumed it was some kind of coding issue so have persevered with it.
Anyway didn't have my phone to hand tonight so used my wife's s7 to look at this same page and it worked perfectly. Could swipe my finger up or down and page scrolled smoothly.
It only seems to happen on this one page, anyone any idea why it should work so poorly on the s8 as opposed to the s7. Both phones running Chrome. Thanks for any ideas.
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No scrolling issues for me on the page /link you provided on my s8. Worked well both on chrome and the Samsung Internet browser

Well, after a bit more hunting about on line, i found someone mentioning lag etc. and said it was caused by a password manager they used (last pass) with a setting in accessibility.
Well, i happen to use True key to manage all of my passwords so looked in accessibility settings and there was a setting there allowing one touch sign in using True key.
I switched it off and went back to the web page and it works perfectly, infinite scrolling when you flick your finger on screen. I have absolutely no idea why this would interfere with this one web page as it is not even one that i log in to.
My issue is fixed but it bugged me not knowing why this particular setting would cause such an issue. Anyway, quick google search for "password manager, accessibility and lag" found the following page that explains the reason for it.
Thanks again to all for their input.
https://www.xda-developers.com/andr...g-lag-issue-with-password-managers/?nocache=1

Question Choppy scrolling on Facebook web. Keyboard freezing

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing these issues:
Choppy scrolling on Facebook web.
Keyboard stuttering on Whatsapp, here on the forum, pretty much everywhere. You type a letter, nothing happens, you keep typing, then the last 4 typed pop up
I'v had this on all my stock EEA software versions including 1.1.4.

I dont have these problems. But i dont use Facebook.
Despite it happens everywhere for you i guess something is faulty with your device. I guess if you factory reset, the problem will go away. If not, maybe try installing super partition. If that also wont help, i would file a replacement.
Good luck.

Bec07 said:
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing these issues:
Choppy scrolling on Facebook web.
Keyboard stuttering on Whatsapp, here on the forum, pretty much everywhere. You type a letter, nothing happens, you keep typing, then the last 4 typed pop up
I'v had this on all my stock EEA software versions including 1.1.4.
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since nobody else reported the same problem in 2 weeks i guess its a problem on your side.
Manby some app that constantly has an overlay over other apps? Because i think this is what happen when you have an active call, the overlay sets your refresh to 60hz.

xtcislove said:
since nobody else reported the same problem in 2 weeks i guess its a problem on your side.
Manby some app that constantly has an overlay over other apps? Because i think this is what happen when you have an active call, the overlay sets your refresh to 60hz.
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The only issue I think could be AdGuard. Will have to uninstall it as some point and try. The choppyness is more than 60hz. It's like short freezes waiting for an object to load. Really really bad

Bec07 said:
The only issue I think could be AdGuard. Will have to uninstall it as some point and try. The choppyness is more than 60hz. It's like short freezes waiting for an object to load. Really really bad
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That does not sound like 60hz yes. But AdGuard is a very good guess. If you are rooted AdAway is the better choice anyway.