Bugs with Gingerbread - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering if anyone else experience bugs after updating besides the known bugs that Verizon and HTC acknowledged. My unlock screen has been unresponsive and so has the bottoms on the bottom. Sometimes when i'm using the phone and just decides to go crazy, I have a screen protector so can the unresponsiveness be due to that? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I got the GB issues so the only thing I could think of was to Root and flash with a ROM that ran GB. I don't know how much more we can do until they release something stable and not full of bugs

The screen protector can affect the on screen buttons my wife had to remove hers due to this, but having your phone act crazy could be something else.
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Which screen protector are you using? Have any issues with unresponsive screen before the update?

Not sure if this is a known bug yet but after gingerbread update the clock app doesn't show up in app list.only way to launch is is by the widget
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I'm on the GB update and haven't noticed any responsiveness issues. I'm also running a naked TB w/o a screen protector. It's hard to say if that's it -- I'd hate for you to rip it off for it to make no difference. Do you have any other apps running that might affect it?
I have to say the GB update seems really stable for me, aside from the known logging bug that is...

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[Q] Homescreen Lag

My Atrix runs nice and smoothly for the most part. Apps are smooth as butter. My only issue is lag whenever I return to the homescreen. If I wake up the device after a while, or I return to the homescreen after using an app for a while, and I try to swipe to another homescreen, there's always a 1 second delay. It's not the biggest deal in the world, but it gets annoying seeing it all the time. The same thing happens with any launcher I try to use. Live wallpapers don't really make it lag more. I do use lots of Widgets, so maybe that's causing it. I don't know. Does anyone else have any insight on this?
I have the same issue. Using Lpro. I thought if I put into memory it won't happen but it doesn't help. A bit irritating.
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yes, im experiencing this too, though I do not have a solution. Is what you're experiencing like right when you unlock the phone, and you try and swipe between homescreens, it's kind of like slow motion until like 2 seconds later, then it becomes full speed and buttery smooth?
ethantarheels123 said:
yes, im experiencing this too, though I do not have a solution. Is what you're experiencing like right when you unlock the phone, and you try and swipe between homescreens, it's kind of like slow motion until like 2 seconds later, then it becomes full speed and buttery smooth?
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Exactly. Does it happen to you when you exit an app as well?
I wonder whether this is a result of the way Tegra 2 handles processes. Maybe it slows down ADW (or other launcher) when not in use, but doesn't speed up quickly enough.
Hopefully future Gingerbread updates help fix this.
So...
I guess this is just an unfortunate side effect of Froyo not being optimized for dual-core processors? That sucks, especially considering that I haven't seen this happening with any other Android phone, dual-core or not.
I had a homescreen lag on my N1 with stock froyo, on my Nexus S with gingerbread. My MT4g hat no lag with froyo and sense. Attic has a lag occasionally. Ithink it is bad programming in android or the graphic overlay.
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Hmm. That makes me think the upcoming Gingerbread update won't fix this.
I wonder whether there's anything I can freeze. I've already frozen the stock launcher (I use ADW) but it hasn't helped.
MdX MaxX said:
Hmm. That makes me think the upcoming Gingerbread update won't fix this.
I wonder whether there's anything I can freeze. I've already frozen the stock launcher (I use ADW) but it hasn't helped.
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I can't speak for newer gingerbread versions. I returned my Nexus S after 3 weeks and it shipped with the original, too early released version of gingerbread that was horrible buggy. Hopefully, they fixed that in later versions. Let's see what version we get for the Atrix.
Is it just a select few people having this issue? As I browse the forums, most people say that the Atrix is perfect and has no lag.
Am I going to have to remove widgets to get rid of this homescreen stutter?
Grrr. This issue is like a grape juice stain on your white carpet. It's little, but it's there.
I'll stop bumping this, I guess not enough people are having this problem.
MdX MaxX said:
Is it just a select few people having this issue? As I browse the forums, most people say that the Atrix is perfect and has no lag.
Am I going to have to remove widgets to get rid of this homescreen stutter?
Grrr. This issue is like a grape juice stain on your white carpet. It's little, but it's there.
I'll stop bumping this, I guess not enough people are having this problem.
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I have a notification bar lag that only a few people have. If I get an email and my phone is locked and I unlock it and try to swipe the notification bar down I need always 2 attempts to be successful...I have absolutely no idea what triggers this...

[Q] How is the 2.08.651.2 update working for you?

I haven't applied it yet, but I want to, just to see if it will fix the massive issues I've had with this phone. I know it supposedly breaks root, but I don't care about that. I know it also should fix the missing phone icon on the lockscreen (broken in 1.13.651.7).
Any issues?
It suck. Gps doesn't work when I really need it to, home page goes blank after hitting home from texting (sometimes), Gps symbol stays crossed out after turning off and back on, and worst of all front facing camera doesn't work...instead I get the rear image fliped upside down. I'm not rooted, nor do I need or want to. I'm going to try to take it 2 a store in the morning. I'll try to do a update when i find out more.
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Im loving it. It feels smoother than 2.3.3 IMO. Also, GPS locks faster than usual. Overall, I feel its an a great upgrade to the guts of the OS.
I'm running Synergy Nightly BTW so my results are skewed.
Why don't u just backup and flash the stock ROM with the update built in and see. U can test it out without losing root
That's what i ran before my current ROM and it ran good. Weather fix and screenshot was really nice
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blane73 said:
It suck. Gps doesn't work when I really need it to, home page goes blank after hitting home from texting (sometimes), Gps symbol stays crossed out after turning off and back on, and worst of all front facing camera doesn't work...instead I get the rear image fliped upside down. I'm not rooted, nor do I need or want to. I'm going to try to take it 2 a store in the morning. I'll try to do a update when i find out more.
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I dont know why your camera does not work because mine and about 8-13 other evo 3d's my friends own all work after the ota. Our gps locks on hella lot faster also. I have literally NO issues so far. plus, my battery life, increased by a whole day with heavy texting, bluetoothing music to my headphone for 6+ hours a day, and 3g pandora.
My only Quirk that bugs me is when unlocking the screen sometimes it goes into the camera but that is it.
I dont notice much difference other than that
akiradavis said:
Im loving it. It feels smoother than 2.3.3 IMO. Also, GPS locks faster than usual. Overall, I feel its an a great upgrade to the guts of the OS.
I'm running Synergy Nightly BTW so my results are skewed.
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Same here + the camera looks better.
Initially, I was disappointed by the performance of the ROM, but I later found that my tweaking I did to build.prop (increase dalvik vm, gui forced to run hardware acceleration) was actually causing this version to perform poorly compared to the 1.13.651.7 ROM. After not using those tweaks anymore, the 2.08.651.2 update is running smoothly. Only complaint I have is with the new CIQ spyware that is on this version However, it is easily removed with custom kernel and uninstalling the proper apks.
Love it. Camera green hue is gone for me. Built in screen caputure (power+home button). Adjusting volume no longer cause stutter when viewing videos. Everything just runs smoother. I say upgrade away.
Thanks for all your responses.
blane73 said:
It suck. Gps doesn't work when I really need it to, home page goes blank after hitting home from texting (sometimes), Gps symbol stays crossed out after turning off and back on, and worst of all front facing camera doesn't work...instead I get the rear image fliped upside down. I'm not rooted, nor do I need or want to. I'm going to try to take it 2 a store in the morning. I'll try to do a update when i find out more.
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A couple of these problems I've had before upgrading anything (GPS went out once when I was outside in the middle of LA, GPS icon stays on/off after switching it off/on). Hopefully I won't get your other issues, but everything else is going wrong with this phone, so I'll probably try the custom-rom-upgrade first.
sand1303 said:
Why don't u just backup and flash the stock ROM with the update built in and see. U can test it out without losing root
That's what i ran before my current ROM and it ran good. Weather fix and screenshot was really nice
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Haven't rooted yet because if it's this buggy when I'm using it like it supposed to be used, I fear it will be twice as bad and maybe bricked when I actually try to get tricky with it.
aznmode said:
Love it. Camera green hue is gone for me. Built in screen caputure (power+home button). Adjusting volume no longer cause stutter when viewing videos. Everything just runs smoother. I say upgrade away.
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I am really looking forward to the screen capture.
I have to say...Stock roms being buggy does not equate to custom roms being twice as buggy. I would highly recommend you root before taking the OTA and checking out some custom roms. You might be quite surprised with the performance. Just my 2 cents though. Good luck either way!
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I have to say...Stock roms being buggy does not equate to custom roms being twice as buggy. I would highly recommend you root before taking the OTA and checking out some custom roms. You might be quite surprised with the performance. Just my 2 cents though. Good luck either way!
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Thoughts on ICS OTA

Does anyone else feel like the ICS OTA was just kind of thrown together and not built very well? To me, nothing seems to be themed consistently and I feel as though ICS/Sense doesn't fit very well together. In some cases, I'll get menus with the black and blue ICS theme and then other times I'll get the Sense white and green menus. Other than having ICS (which is awesome) I don't think HTC put much time into this update. What do you guys think?
I blame Verizon...
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I see what you mean but what can we do?
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devilsadidas said:
I blame Verizon...
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Blame verizon all you want for the bad timing of the update, but the performance of ICS is 100% HTC's fault. No doubt about it
Problem is that HTC is mostly green and they want to stay green except Android is turning blue. I guess HTC needs to learn how to theme? Oh and I blame Verizon for everything as well, what a bunch of blowers..
It's kinda sh*tty but it doesn't bother most of us since we're on custom roms that are themed. Source is the only thing I care about.
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ICS OTA
I waited for the OTA to drop before I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, and installed custom roms. I don't know why, because the OTA was underwhelming for sure.
It's better than gb for sure
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I don't care much for the looks but that is not the problem. It is much slower the gb. The browser does not work well for flash videos. It also does not work when searching pictures with Google. Hancent no longer see's Facebook photos. I have several programs that don't work properly. I wish i could go back to GB!
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I was annoyed to find out on a trip this weekend that the navigation voice does not have its own volume and if you play music at the same time, you can barely hear the voice. I had to mute my music when there was a lot of directions coming up.
It is an improvement for me
I am completely stock. I don't like to root until Verizon wont cover the phone any longer.But I was getting close though because of the data drop issues. ICS is not the solution to everything, but it made my phone able to work like I expect. I don't know if I blame HTC, Verizon or the tooth fairy. I know that they all should have been bothered by the number of people running stock that were dealing with not being able to us the internet as a general rule that is a core function of a smart phone, imho.
For those of you who are developing roms, thank you. I will root this phone, probably around Christmas. Thanks for keeping a variety around. :good:
Dated version of sense when 4.0 is the norm for newer HTC phones. Custom roms ftw.
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Dated version of sense when 4.0 is the norm for newer HTC phones. Custom roms ftw.
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Honestly I am ok with most stuff on it. The only major issue I am having is battery drain. I am hoping after I reset it will be fixed. But it did fix the 4g issues I was having. The browser hasn't been slower for me but I haven't tried videos on it yet. I am annoyed handsent isn't syncing the pics but since the address book is it sounds like a handcent problem. Overall I am happy with it. It's nice I can disable the bloatware and I like how ICS is. I like the sense its not much difference then GB, 4.0 would be nice but at least my phone is working now.
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Honestly I am ok with most stuff on it. The only major issue I am having is battery drain. I am hoping after I reset it will be fixed. But it did fix the 4g issues I was having. The browser hasn't been slower for me but I haven't tried videos on it yet. I am annoyed handsent isn't syncing the pics but since the address book is it sounds like a handcent problem. Overall I am happy with it. It's nice I can disable the bloatware and I like how ICS is. I like the sense its not much difference then GB, 4.0 would be nice but at least my phone is working now.
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Nice! Glad to hear that you're happy with your phone and the update :good:. If you're having battery issues, try reducing the frequency of data synchs etc. Lower screen brightness for general use etc. Could also try a battery calibration. Good luck!
zetsumeikuro said:
Nice! Glad to hear that you're happy with your phone and the update :good:. If you're having battery issues, try reducing the frequency of data synchs etc. Lower screen brightness for general use etc. Could also try a battery calibration. Good luck!
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I kept my sync frequencies, and screen brightness the same so I could compare battery efficiency between GB and ICS. ICS is about 50% worse, in my experience. My extended battery lasts 1 day 9 hours to 0% battery, where it used to last a full 2. It's horrendous. If I reduced sync times and brightness, etc. on GB I would be approaching or exceeding the 3 day mark. Users shouldn't have to do all that just to hit 2 days on ICS. I know some users do not experience these battery issues (my wife and coworker do not), so I have to assume it's an actual defect in my handset.
I agree with OP. Nothing seemed themes consistently at all. I couldn't stand bouncing back and force between ICS and Sense themes, which were entirely different (and arguably clashing).
I spent plenty of time waiting for the OTA, and when it finally came and flashed a new ROM that night.
Screen brightness messes up after using camera (mine stays at full brightness until I lock and unlock again), landscape keyboard is severely ****ed (not so much the keyboard but the displayed content above it where my cursor is), and the themes a little but they don't bother me at all. Anyone else have those problems?
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cslingerland said:
Screen brightness messes up after using camera (mine stays at full brightness until I lock and unlock again), landscape keyboard is severely ****ed (not so much the keyboard but the displayed content above it where my cursor is), and the themes a little but they don't bother me at all. Anyone else have those problems?
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Ive always had that auto brightness problem with the camera even on the droid incredible so its not new to me but i did notice that if you try a new theme some parts of HTC's green theme turn into your color of theme. But not always.
I agree with everything said pretty much accept battery life. Mines still good even on these stock kernals.
Moral of the story... Nexus only from now on lol. The themeing issues and old sense and old version of ICS when we finally get the update is annoying to me. Why didn't they just release the source and not push an outdated update lol.
evilstewie23 said:
Ive always had that auto brightness problem with the camera even on the droid incredible so its not new to me but i did notice that if you try a new theme some parts of HTC's green theme turn into your color of theme. But not always.
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Yeah I turned on the blue skin theme and it comes up with some blue and some green. Both look fine so I don't complain but the landscape keyboard thing is super annoying. Anyone have that problem or am I the minority?
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how to strip an atrix

Hi so for starters i have looked around and tried to find a definite answer but couldn't get a real conclusive answer.
I have an atrix running NottachTrix 2.1.0 running with Ubuntop and now recently the Chroot backtrack on webtop. every thing is amazing except speed. i usually have 200-380 MB of ram and i know that other roms can boast closer to 600/800 MB. i recently replaced my digitizer and now the lack of speed is more noticeable. the touch screen is now slow to respond and kinda buggy ( i get that that's probably a hardware issue from the new digitzer) but with the slow phone it REALLY gets bogged down when i try to use basic functions.
basically i am wondering what i can do to cut out more crapware, i know i can freeze apps in titanium backup but i have no idea what's essential and what isnt. its taken a ton of work to get the webtop to work the way it does so i dont want to risk losing it with a different ROM. i can post screen grabs of anything you guys might want to see and am open to trying out. basically im wondering
1. how can i strip my atrix down to increase room/speed
2. anyone know anything about weird responsive screens ( it double presses buttons or wont pick up my touch. maybe a app can help ?)
Attached are some screen grabs so you all can see my specs and whats running
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I am 90% sure it is the faulty digitizer who is slowing your phone down...
Mainly because i had the exact same issue with mine
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VipeRUU not fixing my glitches and screen partially unresponsive

I bought a glitchy phone rooted with sense 4+ that was really glitchy. It was like a ghost in the machine. The top 2mm of the screen is almost always non responsive, just under the HTC logo. I ported a mean bean Rom and the glitching lightened up but the top of the screen was still non responsive most of the time. Then I ported a sense 5 Rom, same issues. Finally took the leap with VipeRUU. It restored my phone to the 4.1 sense 4+ Rom I bought it with, just as glitchy as when I bought it. Shouldnt VipeRUU return the phone to before the glitchy Rom was installed, to ICS 4.0 and sense 4? What am I doing wrong?
Not if it's a hardware issue. Sounds like the issue my wife had with the touch screen.
But, that's just my two cents.
Selective Screen unresponsiveness usually isn't a Rom issue (never is as far as I know but I'll say usually because I'm no tech). Sounds to me like you bought a broken phone. The glitchiness could be tied into the screen problem.
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markb629 said:
Selective Screen unresponsiveness usually isn't a Rom issue (never is as far as I know but I'll say usually because I'm no tech). Sounds to me like you bought a broken phone. The glitchiness could be tied into the screen problem.
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If the digitizer is bad or flaking out then my phone is more than I want to repair. I hope it is a software issue since new RIMs seem to make it better. I am hoping to find a ROM that would somehow repair the glitches if they are software based.
If you're having an issue with your screen and the issue persists across numerous ROM's and even a RUU, then your issue is hardware-related. Sounds like your digitizer has issues and needs to be replaced. This issue has been mentioned before on here and the digitizer almost always seems to be the culprit.
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FinZ28 said:
If you're having an issue with your screen and the issue persists across numerous ROM's and even a RUU, then your issue is hardware-related. Sounds like your digitizer has issues and needs to be replaced. This issue has been mentioned before on here and the digitizer almost always seems to be the culprit.
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The thing about the glitches is that they involve a lot more than an unresponsive screen. It constantly starts playing the HTC link video. The haptic feedback buzzes randomly during a glitch. If I'm on a web page, links get pressed sometimes and it zooms in and out without me doing anything. It got better, not perfect, but less glitchy when I flashed a new Rom.
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The thing about the glitches is that they involve a lot more than an unresponsive screen. It constantly starts playing the HTC link video. The haptic feedback buzzes randomly during a glitch. If I'm on a web page, links get pressed sometimes and it zooms in and out without me doing anything. It got better, not perfect, but less glitchy when I flashed a new Rom.
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Still sounds like an issue with your screen to me, anyhow.
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