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So I just signed up in this forum just so I can post my findings. I would like everyone to be aware of the issue. I spent and hour and a half with tech support (supprisingly the best I have ever had and usually never call tech support) making sure there wasn't something I was missing, Or yet hopefully here someone could chime in and help. I have a Motorola Elecrify from us cellular which I take it as basically the same as the photon 4g. Which I also have rooted. I have access to a non rooted phone and same thing is occuring. What is going on is When you use a emulator lets say john nes light and playing a nes game like super mario bros and hold the dpad left or right button for about 8 secs it stops you have to release the button for a good sec and than you can press it again. If you do it to quick you press the button go forward and than stop. Any app or game that you hold the button down for a few seconds it stops. A great free game to test is called zombie village. Just press and hold forwar and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Like I said any game will do this. Its just not this game. I had the Galaxy S and none of this happens. Only with the Electrfies. Any ideas? Thanks and sorry for the long post.
Yep I see this frequently with on screen controls that require you to continue to hold the screen. Galaxy on fire comes to mind, pacman too. But I've learned to tap quickly instead of hold lol. Its a nuisance.
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I don't believe that this is a Photon/Electrify-specific issue. Can someone confirm?
Also, seeing as you are the only Electrify user on here, is there any way that you can upload a full system dump of your phone? That way we can compare internals...
Thanks!
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So I just signed up in this forum just so I can post my findings. I would like everyone to be aware of the issue. I spent and hour and a half with tech support (supprisingly the best I have ever had and usually never call tech support) making sure there wasn't something I was missing, Or yet hopefully here someone could chime in and help. I have a Motorola Elecrify from us cellular which I take it as basically the same as the photon 4g. Which I also have rooted. I have access to a non rooted phone and same thing is occuring. What is going on is When you use a emulator lets say john nes light and playing a nes game like super mario bros and hold the dpad left or right button for about 8 secs it stops you have to release the button for a good sec and than you can press it again. If you do it to quick you press the button go forward and than stop. Any app or game that you hold the button down for a few seconds it stops. A great free game to test is called zombie village. Just press and hold forwar and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Like I said any game will do this. Its just not this game. I had the Galaxy S and none of this happens. Only with the Electrfies. Any ideas? Thanks and sorry for the long post.
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I can confirm that this glitch is present when playing Racing Moto.
It's not bug, it's a feature -- water drop detection, very annoying but officially confirmed on atrix and now on photon.
This "feature" was not throughly thought out. Who gets more water droplets than their finger on the screen?
i have this problem too!
I can confirm I have this problem. Happened while playing Mario kart on snes emulator. Unable to accelerate due to this "feature"
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I play galaxy on fire and Asphalt 6 all the time. Use emulators like it is my job. I have never noticed this problem. I can confirm that I do have it. Now I know why I suck at my games.
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How the hell the screen have somthing to do with the water?!
Sux feature
Yeah happens to me playing Mario kart sucks, is there a way to fix our turn off that water detection, or what ever is causing it.
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The ATRIX has the same problem.
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(USC) Motorola Electrify MB853
(1st post - short time lurker)
I also have the Electrify from USC and have it rooted using the AIO method - thanks to shabbypenguin and others involved. The only issue I have run across since doing this was webtop would not load when inserting the device into HD Dock, but clearing cache in the Webtop Connector app and reboot seems to have fixed that for now.
More on topic, I can confirm the screen issue being discussed as evidenced in the "Sprinkle" game that is promoted on the Nvidia Tegra Zone. The game involves pressing an on screen button to shoot water to put out fires. The need to constantly hold the button is a given (at least for me.) I was beginning to think it was a problem with the program, but it may just as well be the glitch described here.
this isn't a photon specific issue, i've had this happen with the hp touchpad when playing asphalt 6, i think it just has somethin to do with touch screens in general
I experience this on yays deodexed rom....
ATRIX, bionic, droix3 ....all have this protocol for security reasons
Moto says its for prevent hold touch with water
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So I just signed up in this forum just so I can post my findings. I would like everyone to be aware of the issue. I spent and hour and a half with tech support (supprisingly the best I have ever had and usually never call tech support) making sure there wasn't something I was missing, Or yet hopefully here someone could chime in and help. I have a Motorola Elecrify from us cellular which I take it as basically the same as the photon 4g. Which I also have rooted. I have access to a non rooted phone and same thing is occuring. What is going on is When you use a emulator lets say john nes light and playing a nes game like super mario bros and hold the dpad left or right button for about 8 secs it stops you have to release the button for a good sec and than you can press it again. If you do it to quick you press the button go forward and than stop. Any app or game that you hold the button down for a few seconds it stops. A great free game to test is called zombie village. Just press and hold forwar and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Like I said any game will do this. Its just not this game. I had the Galaxy S and none of this happens. Only with the Electrfies. Any ideas? Thanks and sorry for the long post.
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This game probably doesnt have any patches to support the photon hardware, much like a computer game issues can arise when using a different operating system or from various video cards, android games are not optimized for each and every android phone out there, I suggest talking to the software company releasing this game, see if you can find out if there are game patches or notify them regarding your issues and perhaps browsing theough tegra 2 forums to find a solution? I do know there is some kind of tegra2 zone where you can find games optimized for the tegra2 processor
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This game probably doesnt have any patches to support the photon hardware, much like a computer game issues can arise when using a different operating system or from various video cards, android games are not optimized for each and every android phone out there, I suggest talking to the software company releasing this game, see if you can find out if there are game patches or notify them regarding your issues and perhaps browsing theough tegra 2 forums to find a solution? I do know there is some kind of tegra2 zone where you can find games optimized for the tegra2 processor
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I don't think processor optimization has anything to do with it. This behavior its easily verified without playing a game. Download any of the free multitouch test apps. Hold a finger down anywhere for a while (for me it takes about 12 seconds), and the circle, or crosshairs, or whatever whatever will disappear. Worse yet, if you move your finger around after that, the indicator will jump and skitter around a bit, then disappear immediately again.
According to some of the other posts in this thread, this isn't a bug, it's a "feature", but it's one feature I could do without. I'm hoping that, if we get CM7 (or 8?!), we can turn this little feature off.
Im Sorry i haven't posted since I opened this thread. But I have pretty much gotten used to it. I just have to change the way I play games and roms. Still sucks but what can I do? Thanks for all the posts. Is there anyway to edit this behavior or anything?
So i just read an article stating NBA Jam is in the market(i know its called the "play store" but im going to continue to call it the market) but its not compatible with the note. Unbelievable...........
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Purchased on another device and sideloaded the apk on my note. It works but the controls are shifted a few pixels up and right. Also I'd say about 75-100 pixel wide area on the left side of the screen is a clipped blur.
Still through 10-12 teams on the campaign. Controls are shifted but super smooth. Worth the cash and sideloading lol.
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Purchased on another device and sideloaded the apk on my note. It works but the controls are shifted a few pixels up and right. Also I'd say about 75-100 pixel wide area on the left side of the screen is a clipped blur.
Still through 10-12 teams on the campaign. Controls are shifted but super smooth. Worth the cash and sideloading lol.
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I would do that but this is my only phone, i came from t-mobile to get the note so I sold all my t-mobile phones.
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Sorry then, I emailed the dev link from the desktop market and asked them to add compatibility for the note. I'd suggest anybody interested do the same.
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sedracer said:
Sorry then, I emailed the dev link from the desktop market and asked them to add compatibility for the note. I'd suggest anybody interested do the same.
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I tried that but i just got some automatic email telling me to go to EA's website.
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Eazie757 said:
I tried that but i just got some automatic email telling me to go to EA's website.
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Didn't even check my email for the automated reply. That sucks, really no way to complain or ask to get a compatible version. just posted to twitter. guess we'll see if anything happens with that. playing with the screwy screen isn't too bad but the controls are much more fluid on even my friends evo so i know how amazing this would be fully functional on the note.
Change your build.prop! It will give you compatibility
change my build prop to what i want that game!
Had it installed on my previous phone, the Desire HD. Used Titanium Backup to restore it on my Roger's Note. No issues what so ever. Plays great! Sounds great! Looks great! If it matters it is version 1.00.38. You could try Samsung Nexus or Galaxy S2.
Hey guys NBA Jam works with CM9!!!
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So what do I change my prop build to so this game works on my Note? Also, if I change it back afterwards will the game still work?
help? I changed my prop.build to GT-I91000, rebooted and tried to reinstall the game with no luck. Also tried Nexus S, what should I change it to?
wish the controls were smoother...i bring my ipod touch to work every day just so i have that game to play on the crapper....id much rather play it on my note but because its not setup for our screen the buttons lack functionality. i find myself clicking over and over before one works
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wish the controls were smoother...i bring my ipod touch to work every day just so i have that game to play on the crapper....id much rather play it on my note but because its not setup for our screen the buttons lack functionality. i find myself clicking over and over before one works
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how did you get it to install on the Note? I read if you use the gesture controls it controls almost perfectly.
just downloaded and installed the apk from the internet
why would you ever wanna play this with gestures, takes all the fun out of it and now ur stuck swiping all around the screen
im rooted so downloading and installing straight from the phone is super easy but i cant play this in this current state to frustrating
so gave the game another shot, and couldnt put it down, yes the button pressing could be a bit cleaner/smoother but the updated graphics and roster had me hooked. plus going from a small iphone/ipodtouch this game is awsome on such a big beautiful screen.
So I got my DNA on Sunday. So far, I'm pretty happy with it except for one issue. My multitouch seems messed up. If I'm trying to play a game that requires both thumbs, basically the two of them tapping the screen interfere with one another. For example, if I'm playing something like shadowgun, or GTA III, or max payne, or even the preinstalled diablo clone, if I'm moving a character and try to press an attack button at the same time(or in the case of GTA trying to actually steer while driving) the character movement "stick" resets to neutral. and sometimes the reverse will happen. Trying to move will cause the attack button to stop registering. The issue has been "confirmed" by me with multitouch visible test found in the play store. In the test, moving my thumbs around and making them cross axis screws up the touch registering. could anyone confirm or deny that this is happening on their device? Games are basically unplayable. I went into a VZW store today(the only one in my are with the phone in stock) and tried their demo unit and it exhibited the same problem. I was then promptly told by the sales rep that the one device they had was being held for a paid order. Nevermind the fact that I was told over the phone minutes before that the one phone was available and that they DO NOT hold devices for customers. A call to corporate may be in order... Anyway, any thoughts on the multitouch "issue" would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried turning off HTC gestures in Settings -> Display & Gestures? I think the 3 finger swipe for HTC Media Link messes with multi touch
Generally speaking any issues with multitouch are software related. The sensors should be fine its a matter of callibration based on the software. Like the previous poster said it may be due to sense's gesture features. New kernels when they are released will likely fix this but I have never experiencedit. Gonna have to try and reproduce this today.
I've also noticed plenty of issues with multi touch. I've noticed while browsing, if I'm holding the phone with two hands and any portion of my one hand is touching the screen and I'm trying to scroll it won't respond till I remove that skin that is making contact.
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I've also noticed plenty of issues with multi touch. I've noticed while browsing, if I'm holding the phone with two hands and any portion of my one hand is touching the screen and I'm trying to scroll it won't respond till I remove that skin that is making contact.
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I'm pretty sure every phone is like that.
I believe it is the game/app software related. I don't think a lot of them are set up to recognize the larger 5.0"+ screens running resolutions over 720p. We are kinda treading new territory here. I have heard of a few games that don't display correctly on our phones so I don't doubt controls/multi-touch could need some tweaking as well.
I may be wrong but that is my opinion.
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I believe it is the game/app software related. I don't think a lot of them are set up to recognize the larger 5.0"+ screens running resolutions over 720p. We are kinda treading new territory here. I have heard of a few games that don't display correctly on our phones so I don't doubt controls/multi-touch could need some tweaking as well.
I may be wrong but that is my opinion.
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More than a few games simply do not work. Its annoying and I may return the DNA for that reason.
The early bird catches catches the worm has never been more true.
adrynalyne said:
More than a few games simply do not work. Its annoying and I may return the DNA for that reason.
The early bird catches catches the worm has never been more true.
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Are you becoming part of the "Now" generation that I saw you complain about in another thread?
Games will begin working once app developers start updating for 1080p screens.
Swifty31703 said:
Are you becoming part of the "Now" generation that I saw you complain about in another thread?
Games will begin working once app developers start updating for 1080p screens.
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No, LOL.
But I have seen these things before, where developers catch up 6 months later. A lot of the games I want to play are Gameloft or EA, and they both are terrible at updating. Horn hasn't been updated since September.
In that case, I can come back in 6 months with a newer device and will be content.
I am definitely patient, and can live with the Gnex a bit longer if I decide to go that route.
Thanks for the replies. I did try turning off HTC gestures last night with no success. I'll have to figure out a way to post a video of it. Basically, in the multitouch test app, If i hold the phone in landscape, as if I'm playing a game, then place both thumbs in the lower corners, it registers fine. However, if I slowly move my left thumb up and down then repeatedly tap the right corner(an action commonly performed in 3D action games) it trips it up and starts reversing the thumb inputs and occasionally introducing a third input even though I only have two fingers on screen. I can't believe that it's just an issue with software, or I'd assume reviews would have pointed to it. It makes games basically unplayable. And I've seen video online of people playing those types of games on the phone without the issue. A video would help. I'll try to figure something out.
Its been like that for some time the phones capability is more than the multi tasking allows I got 7 apps at once any load after that it won't show in recent. Though its slightly better with the app refresh upon switch its much better than my previous HTC the EVO LTE . Still when we got aosp based roms it was much better but with no limit or more on that device it slowed a lot but two gigs in this is great.
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So I've "solved" the issue. I actually swapped it out for another phone and then it worked fine and I was happy. Then I re installed holo locker from the play store and started having the same issue. So holo locker WILL break the multi touch capabilities of the DNA. I just e-mailed the dev and hopefully get a response. So again, for anyone using the phone, DO NOT INSTALL HOLO LOCKER. At least not until it's updated.
So I was trying to play Avadon: The Black Fortress that I got from Humble Bundle on my One, and it all runs great except that it only takes up about 60% of the screen, right in the middle. I told me it's not technically compatible with phones and only tablets, but like I said it does all run fine..
Is there anything I can do to bring back the whole 'Screen Compatibility Mode' thing?
I'm all rooted and rom'd, so if there are any mods I'm all for trying.
I also saw something about editing the apk, but I don't wanna screw around with it much unless I really know what I'm doing there or someone can tell me what to change ha..
Thanks much!
Any thoughts?
whos the blind person at google who thought this ugly green is desirable and glaring in ones face to make calls?
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how do I change it or get a super simple clean white dialer?
rocketman122 said:
whos the blind person at google who thought this ugly green is desirable and glaring in ones face to make calls?
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how do I change it or get a super simple clean white dialer?
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I have two dialers. I'm on stock rooted last Oreo. Here's a screenshot of one I use the most.
yours is rooted so ill need to do that on mine
also you use a non LG rom. ill need to do that also
looking to change the hideous green to white. same with the colored clown show of 7.1.
any way to install a stock nougat version on v30+? ill have to do some research.
I hate the long press menus popping up on moving apps, I hate the nonstop intrusive messages from the os nonstop. every fecking thing it needs to mention it posts to my notification window. horrible. If I have no choice ill get sn older phone that has android 7.
I have no patience for software thats intrusive and constantly pushing you to interact and also that it hides things levels deep to get to. its inneficient and annoying to click forever. nonstop pushing OS update in my face. I cant disable it.
I see galaxy s8 is nougat. unless the person upgraded. ill look into that. either change my menu settings back to SEPARATE section list (not grouped) and let me do monochromatic color. the clown colors looks immature and ridiculous.
rocketman122 said:
yours is rooted so ill need to do that on mine
also you use a non LG rom. ill need to do that also
looking to change the hideous green to white. same with the colored clown show of 7.1. .
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I do not use a non LG ROM. You didn't read. I said I use STOCK ROOTED LG OREO. I use last Oreo US998 20h:
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I have two dialers. I'm on stock rooted last Oreo. Here's a screenshot of one I use the most.
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You only need early Oreo (or even Nougat for Frankenstein) temporarily for rooting purposes. But for features, stability, you need at least last Oreo.
I have never used a custom ROM on this phone.
you need at LEAST last Oreo.
and there is the problem.
I hate the window that pops up when you move an icon. I hate the way the menu system looks, settings are grouped (you have to go a few levels deep vs nougat) I hate the dialer green color. I hate the way the system blasts notification for every little thing. I hate the clock. try for yourself..when you run a timer and it finishes and you stop it, to get out of it, you swipe up to get the hidden buttons, but the put the start at the edge, so you will press start again. there are so many bad decisions graphics and aesthetics and ux wise they got wrong
im trying to find a nougat 7.0 phone. not even 7.1 where changes were made.
my mom had a heart attack. I lost work. im stressed as feck and this os just pisses me off too much. I already broke the screen from punching it. no one will a phone cause me stress.
I dont even surf on it anymore as there are no browsers that block ads AND stay in desktop agent mode for ALL sites. opera is a chinese compnay, so no thanks. adblock keeps reverting back to mobile site mode. brave is crap. chrome is chrome. on your phone you have no control of anything. its why I dont surf anymore on the phone. I bought a cheap laptop to surf so i can use script blockers and ad blockers and not be bombarded with nonsense they shove down your throat. if you only saw what each site loads youd be shocked. its no wonder why google is being sued by the govt.
yea, will just find an old phone like the galaxy s8 and use v7.
I cant stand the way v7.1+ looks. visually it ruins my eyes. im already with massive stress. I even hate touching my phone now. ive blocked everything I can on it. not installing any apps on it. I lost my career job, my moms sick on the way to her grave and I cant stand when companies push you like a horse with blinkers on. you have no customization control even for colors?, feck you google.
I have to find a solution for a phone only for whatsapp and camera, nothing else. no apps. no gps or anything.
Sounds to me like you have enough going on in your life, and your phone is the last thing you should be worrying about. If that means getting another phone with an older OS, then so be it.
Good luck to you. With everything. I hope things turn around