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Hello again guys,
Lately I've noticed the green light for the front facing camera going on randomly, as if the camera is being activated, even when not using an app that requires it. Only apps that I need it for are Yahoo! messenger, Skype, & Google Talk.
It usually comes on while I'm surfing the net or playing a game, as I said randomly. I recently updated Yahoo! to v1.5.0. Has anyone else experienced this? My biggest worry is if someone is spying on me.
Let me know...
Sorry no one has got back to you sooner. I have noticed this too. It is supposed to indicate the front camera is being used. Comes on at start up with me - just for 1-2 seconds. Rarely, it will POP on randomly during general browsing. It is a little concerning, I agree. Would be grateful if someone could please offer explanation. Should we be worried?
Don't be too worried about this. It's just a Russian crime syndicate taking your picture so they can put it on a fake ID that they'll use to open a series of bank accounts in your name for the purposes of laundering drug and arms trafficking profits. Nothing to be too concerned about.
hmm... I thought as much
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dsf3g said:
Don't be too worried about this. It's just a Russian crime syndicate taking your picture so they can put it on a fake ID that they'll use to open a series of bank accounts in your name for the purposes of laundering drug and arms trafficking profits. Nothing to be too concerned about.
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Thanks. I feel a lot better now.....
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MrS600L said:
Hello again guys,
Lately I've noticed the green light for the front facing camera going on randomly, as if the camera is being activated, even when not using an app that requires it. Only apps that I need it for are Yahoo! messenger, Skype, & Google Talk.
It usually comes on while I'm surfing the net or playing a game, as I said randomly. I recently updated Yahoo! to v1.5.0. Has anyone else experienced this? My biggest worry is if someone is spying on me.
Let me know...
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It’s most likely Skype logging you in and out. A lot of users are having that problem.
Not sure if anyone else has this problem but after turning off the screen it seems that receiving texts and other forms of messaging takes a very long time compared to my OG evo. This only seems to happen if I am connected to a wifi network.
So it is just me i guess....
I have always had text issues with Sprint since I started using smartphones 5 years ago. I get them hours late, out of order, and twice I received texts from the future!
Talk has, on the other hand, been wonderfully reliable for me. My husband and I rarely text anymore.
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i have this problem too. i feel like when on wifi and the screen is off that it periodically shuts wifi off and on, maybe to save battery????? dont know, but some things, especially emails, notify later that my other devices.
Yes see the thread in QA about wifi. There are also similar threads indicating wifi problems with the one x. Hopefully HTC resolves these soon.
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Hey guys, the notification light is pretty unnoticeable on my desk and I think it would be nice to have the option to have the screen briefly light up with a small notification in the lock screen. Would be nice for those that have to keep on silent but still know what's coming in without constantly picking up the phone, or looking for that tiny light to flash when your expecting a text or email. Thanks!
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ChompSMS offers that for texting
It also has a quick reply setting.
For some reason, the Play Store says it is not compatible with our phone. I downloaded it from their site here and it works fine. http://chompsms.com/main/install_chomp
I know I know but the IPhone notifications app from the play store is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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From the reviews, it sounds like the last update made the app not work for a lot of current users.
superchaos said:
From the reviews, it sounds like the last update made the app not work for a lot of current users.
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Its working fine for me. I just took the wife's phone and blasted it with various messages and emails both screen off and on. Worked great. I take market reviews with a grain of salt as their usually from spoiled 12 year olds that only post when "something doesn't work " . If I can unlock a bootloader than by god I can set up an app properly lol
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So I've had my DNA for about 3 hours. Messing with camera screen went black and phone froze had to reboot. Now messing with Netflix same thing only didn't have to reboot. Anyone else seeing any issues like this?
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I've had my phone since release day and it hasn't had a single hiccup, let alone any kind of freeze or blank screen. This is definitely not normal.
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Can't say I've seen that. What all do you have installed?
Not much installed. Just what came on it right now plus about 3-4 more apps mostly forum apps. If it continues I am going to return it.
I should add the camera lockup was using the front facing camera with the smile detection option enabled. It acted like it was going to shoot and I moved it then it just went black and I had to reboot.
Just did Netflix again and black screen like it just doesn't want to load.
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Mine does freeze quite often when I am using the stock Sense photo editor...and when it doesn't freeze, it just lags constantly.
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Mine does freeze quite often when I am using the stock Sense photo editor...and when it doesn't freeze, it just lags constantly.
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me too..
Had mine since launch and have only seen this once - yesterday while using Handcent.
Haven't been able to reproduce camera freezing however Netflix still shows just a black screen quite often. Force stopping through settings fixes it. Tempted to think its an app problem not a phone problem.
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guys, this camera screen freeze.. does the screen fade out to black? i get that problem when clicking the gallery icon after taking a picture sometimes... but I just shut the screen off and turn it back on and it's fine.
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In the instance I had, no. And the issue has never repeated so I figure I just had a hiccup.
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been using like hell for the last few days, no issues here
I've been using mine pretty heavily for the past few weeks and have had no lockups/ blackscreens/freezes
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Hi,
my wife got the DNA, since I'm very happy with my GNex and all the fine ROM's I was able to test drive.
Now I was not planning to do anything to the DNA, since it becomes my issue at that very moment, when anything weird is happening to the wife's DNA. Some may relate...
For the past week or so she has been complaining that the phones hangs for 10-30 seconds in various applications.
- Words with Friends, in app, just dragging a letter onto the board
- Messages, just opening a particular thread
- Settings, opening different menus within settings, like apps or even About
- Home Screen, swiping to the left or right... you have to wait until it moves, sometimes you see it kind of inching to the left or right...
- other places throughout the phone
Now the phone is operating mainly in Wifi mode when she is around the house, due to the preservation of data in my share everything plan.
When she operates the phone from the kitchen, she is borderline reception, even so the DNA shows 1-2 bars of wifi. By the way a lot better then any other phone I have had, even my old trusty DroidX, which I thought had the best reception (wifi) of all.
This behavior is not 100% reproducible and I can't really get the exact analysis data from my wife, when she is already frustrated... Also I don't know a lot about Sense and wonder if that might be the issue.
Just now reading a little here to see if there are already custom ROM's out there either addressing the issue or getting rid of Sense all together and making the DNA more a natural Android 4.2 phone.
Help!
Thanks
broons said:
So I've had my DNA for about 3 hours. Messing with camera screen went black and phone froze had to reboot. Now messing with Netflix same thing only didn't have to reboot. Anyone else seeing any issues like this?
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Sounds like a lemon, I would take it back and exchange it for a new one.
dnargsiefil said:
Hi,
my wife got the DNA, since I'm very happy with my GNex and all the fine ROM's I was able to test drive.
Now I was not planning to do anything to the DNA, since it becomes my issue at that very moment, when anything weird is happening to the wife's DNA. Some may relate...
For the past week or so she has been complaining that the phones hangs for 10-30 seconds in various applications.
- Words with Friends, in app, just dragging a letter onto the board
- Messages, just opening a particular thread
- Settings, opening different menus within settings, like apps or even About
- Home Screen, swiping to the left or right... you have to wait until it moves, sometimes you see it kind of inching to the left or right...
- other places throughout the phone
Now the phone is operating mainly in Wifi mode when she is around the house, due to the preservation of data in my share everything plan.
When she operates the phone from the kitchen, she is borderline reception, even so the DNA shows 1-2 bars of wifi. By the way a lot better then any other phone I have had, even my old trusty DroidX, which I thought had the best reception (wifi) of all.
This behavior is not 100% reproducible and I can't really get the exact analysis data from my wife, when she is already frustrated... Also I don't know a lot about Sense and wonder if that might be the issue.
Just now reading a little here to see if there are already custom ROM's out there either addressing the issue or getting rid of Sense all together and making the DNA more a natural Android 4.2 phone.
Help!
Thanks
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If I were you I'd take that phone back to Verizon. None of that should be happening.
It maybe there is a rogue app causing it. But I've never had it hang, ever.
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dnargsiefil said:
Hi,
my wife got the DNA, since I'm very happy with my GNex and all the fine ROM's I was able to test drive.
Now I was not planning to do anything to the DNA, since it becomes my issue at that very moment, when anything weird is happening to the wife's DNA. Some may relate...
For the past week or so she has been complaining that the phones hangs for 10-30 seconds in various applications.
- Words with Friends, in app, just dragging a letter onto the board
- Messages, just opening a particular thread
- Settings, opening different menus within settings, like apps or even About
- Home Screen, swiping to the left or right... you have to wait until it moves, sometimes you see it kind of inching to the left or right...
- other places throughout the phone
Now the phone is operating mainly in Wifi mode when she is around the house, due to the preservation of data in my share everything plan.
When she operates the phone from the kitchen, she is borderline reception, even so the DNA shows 1-2 bars of wifi. By the way a lot better then any other phone I have had, even my old trusty DroidX, which I thought had the best reception (wifi) of all.
This behavior is not 100% reproducible and I can't really get the exact analysis data from my wife, when she is already frustrated... Also I don't know a lot about Sense and wonder if that might be the issue.
Just now reading a little here to see if there are already custom ROM's out there either addressing the issue or getting rid of Sense all together and making the DNA more a natural Android 4.2 phone.
Help!
Thanks
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Ya I would definitely return it. Possibly try a factory reset and see if that solves it.
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Hello all,
Long term lurker, decided to finally register and just give a few points about my experience for those that are still on the fence about the LG Optimus G.
I personally love this phone, I've had the iPhone for a while moving from the 3g to 3gs to the 4 and handled the 4s plenty (wifes phone) and the iPhone 5 did not impress me much. I won't go into what I felt was lacking in the iPhone but mention my hesitation(s) on coming to android and specifically this phone.
The biggest reason I was hesitant was that the phone came with ICS with a "planned upgrade" in the future. This is a not an issue IMO- if you are thinking of coming from iPhone to android ICS is more than sufficient and you will be more than happy with it. The phone is very snappy and smooth, no hesitation. If you want Jelly bean just to have Jelly bean you can either be patient with it (like i will be) or root your phone so I really think both parties can be satisfied with this issue. The ICS issue is definitely a non issue for me after playing with the phone and seeing how snappy it is.
The screen is great, I get compliments all the time but sunlight visibility is an issue (it's an issue with the iPhone as well) so that is just something to think about if you are out in the sun a lot etc.It's a minor issues for me but can be a bigger problem for others. Going to the issue where it gives the error regarding its inability to brighten any further due to temperature it rarely happens for me-even when it does most of the time it goes to 87% which is still pretty bright. It is a little annoying sometimes that while on the phone you see it dim as the brightness level lowers automatically without you wanting it too. It is what it is.
LTE is great (my fastest speed in Atl area was 57 download 21 upload!!!), my average speeds have been about 20 download 13 upload. I also love google maps and its navigation feature where it literally is a GPS-even better IMO as it shows a picture of your destination on your phone as you arrive (from google street view-it even shows my home as i pull up if i select to give me directions to my place), I thought that was pretty neat and very handy when you head to a restaurant or a friends home etc you haven't been to.
I knew an issue going in would be accessories, and it sucks that many waited for the Otter box to come out but it only fits Sprint. I went ahead and purchased the body glove from the ATT store and I'm pretty happy with it. Thank God I haven't "tested" its protection yet but it seems like it would do well from a fall.
Battery life was pretty bad at first and took time to adjust, especially coming from an iPhone. After numerous full charge and discharge cycles (about 5 days worth) the battery life greatly improved! I use my phone a lot, mainly texting (minimum 40 outgoing texts a day i'd say), maybe 30 minutes of phone calls a day and a lot of browsing/checking my email and it lasts a whole day. I keep my phone on the quad core setting (i rarely go to "eco mode") and its highest brightest setting with gps on and sync feature off and by midnight my phone would be around 35-40%.
I was on gsmarena, phone arena etc religiously seeing if I should pull the trigger on this phone as I was eligible for an upgrade and wanted to get a phone that would last 2 years. I thought about waiting till the next samsung flagship phone comes but that would have been at least 6 months I believe and with ATT it seems I can get an upgrade every 18 or so months so I feel it is best for me to upgrade my line ASAP whenever possible. Bestbuy had the phone at 99 bucks thanksgiving week and that was when I pulled the trigger.
Overall I'm very very happy with my phone :good: and my first android experience on a phone (i have a tablet)
For those that are hesitant like i was, you will not be disappointed.
A side note for those that may be able to answer two questions for me: can I put my contacts facebook profile pic as their pic in my contacts? I have everything synced to "on" from my sync settings on my system settings to my contacts to facebook saying to sync but it only loads a couple to my contacts (about 5%)
Also for group messages I send out, can I receive texts in that same group message I sent?
Welcome to Android. Enjoy
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Search the play store for an app called "haxsync." It'll do what you want regarding contact pictures.
As for group messages, I don't use those so I cannot comment.
DeathmonkeyGTX said:
First off, questions go in the Q/A section. However, since this is your first post I'll answer your question anyway, but please use the Q/A section for any other questions you might have.
Search the play store for an app called "haxsync." It'll do what you want regarding contact pictures.
As for group messages, I don't use those so I cannot comment.
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Lol what... He wrote a very long general post and tagged two small questions to the end. This isn't a question thread is perfectly acceptable where it he posted it.
That said uninstall Facebook clear contact data. Give Google a couple minutes to do is thing after manually syncing. Then reinstall Facebook manually create the account in accounts and sync and then sync it and your contact pictures should update just fine.
To answer your question about group text messages (a la iPhone,) the stock Android Messages app doesn't do that. However, Go SMS Pro or Handcent are two SMS/MMS replacement apps and work great. I use Go SMS Pro and there's an option to enable the group texting/MMSing.
That's one great example of the power of Android... Don't like a stock app? Replace it!
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whiteguypl said:
Lol what... He wrote a very long general post and tagged two small questions to the end. This isn't a question thread is perfectly acceptable where it he posted it.
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Lol I was thinking the exact same thing.
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lol tough crowd! Didn't think bout putting the questions in Q n A at the time. Post was meant to be geared towards those still thinking bout the LG. Thanks to those that answered.
Cheers
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