Can someone test Swype for me? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Hey guys!
I have a small favor to ask, and I figure this is probably the best place. I was wondering if anyone with the Note could open up a quick text message with Swype on and try something for me.
When the keyboard pops up, take your index finger and swipe back and forth very quickly on the letters. You don't have to type anything specific, just go back and forth fast.
Could you let me know which of the two scenarios occur?
1) Nothing happens until you finally stop swiping and when you do, you get one long word and/or a message saying that it wasn't recognized; or,
2) You get a bunch of small words that are being entered WHILE you're going back and forth.
One of these two have to result, and I found some inconsistencies with the touch screen today.
Thanks <33

Both occur depending on speed when I go at the speed I would have used on my Captivate it breaks it up into little words (used swype for almost two years so quickly) but when I slow down it works normally. I found this issue out when I first got my phone and sadly had to switch from swype as I cant swype near "full speed".

emcnelly said:
Both occur depending on speed when I go at the speed I would have used on my Captivate it breaks it up into little words (used swype for almost two years so quickly) but when I slow down it works normally. I found this issue out when I first got my phone and sadly had to switch from swype as I cant swype near "full speed".
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Ok, so I'm assuming that you're saying your Note is affected by this as well?
I ask because I was in the vicinity of a few other Notes today. The issue was confirmed on 2 out of the 5 devices. You could not force the Swype to break on the other 3 no matter how insanely fast you swiped. I have a feeling the issue is a little more wide-spread that I had originally thought. Swype is literally unusable for me in this state, I can't swipe nearly as fast as I'm used to, and it causes me to actually type way slower than I'm used to because of it. I have a replacement on the way, but I wanted to dig a little into the problem in the meantime.
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I wanted to add, it doesn't matter which rom I'm on, which version of Android, or which version of Swype. I've tried it all.

I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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Kirksherratt said:
I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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Swiping back and forth is just a surefire way to reproduce the problem. For someone that swipes fast, it makes the problem a real issue. A friend of mine on an unaffected Note tried using mine to swype and he instantly recognized that he wasn't able to.

Plexicle said:
Ok, so I'm assuming that you're saying your Note is affected by this as well?
I ask because I was in the vicinity of a few other Notes today. The issue was confirmed on 2 out of the 5 devices. You could not force the Swype to break on the other 3 no matter how insanely fast you swiped. I have a feeling the issue is a little more wide-spread that I had originally thought. Swype is literally unusable for me in this state, I can't swipe nearly as fast as I'm used to, and it causes me to actually type way slower than I'm used to because of it. I have a replacement on the way, but I wanted to dig a little into the problem in the meantime.
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I wanted to add, it doesn't matter which rom I'm on, which version of Android, or which version of Swype. I've tried it all.
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Yes it also affects my note making it impossible to use swype. I figured this is true for all notes. And same doesn't matter it simply doesn't work though it may be my screen protector do you have one?
Kirksherratt said:
I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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With the s-pen it works flawlessly on mine as well. XD

emcnelly said:
Yes it also affects my note making it impossible to use swype. I figured this is true for all notes. And same doesn't matter it simply doesn't work though it may be my screen protector do you have one?
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That's what I thought too until just recently. No screen protector here.

Plexicle said:
That's what I thought too until just recently. No screen protector here.
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Darn.. I hope this can be figured out as I really like swype. To bad its not the protector thatd be a simply fix.

halonote
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I've got a glas.t screen protector on and when I Swype back and forth very quickly I usually get a long word, occasionally a "please try again" message.
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I'm on DAGr8's A2 and I'm using Swype version 3.26.92D.38303.t0.8611.ENSP from the International Note forum.
Edit: I have had the short word issue in the past on GB on the Note. I hadn't tried it on ICS yet. Just out of curiosity, and only because I just did this, what happens if you boot into CWM and format cache (not dalvik). It's the option under mounts and storage -> format cache. I did it just before this because of the CWM log errors on ICS.

a3plew said:
halonote
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Ok?...
lactardjosh said:
I've got a glas.t screen protector on and when I Swype back and forth very quickly I usually get a long word, occasionally a "please try again" message.
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I'm on DAGr8's A2 and I'm using Swype version 3.26.92D.38303.t0.8611.ENSP from the International Note forum.
Edit: I have had the short word issue in the past on GB on the Note. I hadn't tried it on ICS yet. Just out of curiosity, and only because I just did this, what happens if you boot into CWM and format cache (not dalvik). It's the option under mounts and storage -> format cache. I did it just before this because of the CWM log errors on ICS.
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Sounds like you have a good Note.
I've formatted the cache partition about 40 times since I've had the Note. My problem persists through all of that. It was an issue with the stock GB, and DAG's ROM, and the ICS roms that I'm testing now. They are all the same.
I am envious of you. Hopefully my new one will work right.

Other tweaks I've made since upgrading to ICS has been to reduce my animation transitions to .5x (from 1x) and reduce VM heap from 256 to 128.
Just trying to think of any little thing that might help for some reason.
Edit: also have 2D rendering forced on in developer settings.

lactardjosh said:
Other tweaks I've made since upgrading to ICS has been to reduce my animation transitions to .5x (from 1x) and reduce VM heap from 256 to 128.
Just trying to think of any little thing that might help for some reason.
Edit: also have 2D rendering forced on in developer settings.
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Hm, that's something I haven't tried. I'll definitely give it a go as soon as I have a chance and let you know.
Thanks!

Plexicle said:
Hm, that's something I haven't tried. I'll definitely give it a go as soon as I have a chance and let you know.
Thanks!
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Hope something works out...I feel your pain; I can't type on phones without Swype at this point. If I remember any other settings tweaks I'll be sure to post them.

lactardjosh said:
Hope something works out...I feel your pain; I can't type on phones without Swype at this point. If I remember any other settings tweaks I'll be sure to post them.
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Hah, I'm glad you understand the pain. It's tough to go back after getting used to using it!
Unfortunately none of the tweaks seemed to help.. but I'll continue to play with things while I wait for the replacement device . Thanks again!

Mine will not enter words until I finish no matter how fast I go. I've never had issues with my swype. I use the s.pen and a glas.t protector. Using the swype version from the international forums. On saurom r6. haven't changed any swype settings.
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Edit: interesting. just tried the same using my finger instead. get short words a lot. sometimes none, but often it starts breaking it up. So I think someone else reported this same finding so it must lie somewhere within that. To me though I hate using swype with my finger. Unless I just washed my hands there's way too much drag to swype quickly. With the s.pen I can go twice as fast and oddly enough this issue does not appear.

cgibsong002 said:
[/COLOR]Edit: interesting. just tried the same using my finger instead. get short words a lot. sometimes none, but often it starts breaking it up. So I think someone else reported this same finding so it must lie somewhere within that. To me though I hate using swype with my finger. Unless I just washed my hands there's way too much drag to swype quickly. With the s.pen I can go twice as fast and oddly enough this issue does not appear.
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Yep, that's the issue. I dislike using the s-pen for Swype, but that's totally a preference thing. I can go as fast as I need to with my finger, most of the time.
There is a variable here somewhere. You are inflicted with the same issue with your finger that a couple of us have, where I've personally tested this on two Notes where I could confirm it wasn't a problem. I hate to just think it's some flaw in the touch screens, but I don't know what else to try.

Can you upload your build.prop? I want to compare it to mine.

lactardjosh said:
Can you upload your build.prop? I want to compare it to mine.
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I'll have to flash up again later. I'm currently testing an unannounced and unreleased ROM so I have to be careful which heavily modified files go out.
Are you on GB or ICS? I'll go stock later, confirm that the problem is still there, then I'll upload it.

I'm on ICS.
And I'm curious what you're testing...

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[REQ] Swype

Has anyone found a working version of Swype that works with qHD screens?
EDIT: Sorry I meant to post this in the HTC Vivid forum.
i have shape writer i haven't tried it yet
but its attached
Swype has support for qHD already, I believe. Not that anything involving qHD would help you with the Rezound since it's 720p lol.
Edit: Oops lol didn't notice your edit. But still, it should have qHD support.
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The current version from their website works fine on my Rezound, just has that annoying bug where you click oh the end of a sentence to put punctuation or continue typing after fixing something, and it selects the whole word.
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I am using swype from the download link i had through the beta for my incredible and it works wonderfully. First thing i did with the phone.
I too am using the beta I had with my Dinc, however I found that I can't swype as fast on the RZ as I could on the Dinc, if I do it loses the traces and uses whatever letters it ran over to guess a word. Kind of weird, so I've just learned to slow my swyping speed down a little bit, no biggie.
Just download it from the Swype website. Works great!
I am also just using the Swype beta from their website. I have also noticed slight stutter when swyping like rbobby pointed out. It seems like it loses the trace halfway through and swype thinks it is two words.
Good its not me. I kept thinking I had something on my screen or finger.
Curious, for those who are also seeing the skip and didnt before. Do you have a screen protector now? Did you on your last phone?
Its the only thing I can think of because plain glass just feels "sticky" to me.
Do any of you think the "trace" functionality of the stock HTC keyboard measures up to Swype?
Used it on my TB, spell prediction to me isnt as good as swype.
slowburnaz said:
Do any of you think the "trace" functionality of the stock HTC keyboard measures up to Swype?
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I tried it for one day and wanted to commit sepoku.
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I put a screen protector on my RZ today. Didnt help swype at all, so its definitley not an issue with skin sticking on the glass.
Which means either it cant keep up with swype ( ) or maybe the screen isnt as responsive as it should be.
Anyone know of any apps to test if there are bad areas on the screen?
I downloaded it from the Swype website and it works great! I am definitely a Swyper for life!
I noticed this as well. I don't think its the screen sensitivity since no other apps have problems scrolling. Not sure what it is, might play with the settings some in swype for sensitivity. Wonder if the screen resolution has anything to do with it.
RED ZMAN said:
I tried it for one day and wanted to commit sepoku.
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I think it works well. I have had to add a few words to the dictionary, mainly bad ones, but otherwise I think it is good. I like the OEM look. That is why I use it over swype or something.
rboddy said:
I too am using the beta I had with my Dinc, however I found that I can't swype as fast on the RZ as I could on the Dinc, if I do it loses the traces and uses whatever letters it ran over to guess a word. Kind of weird, so I've just learned to slow my swyping speed down a little bit, no biggie.
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This happens to every single rezound, around the keys in the middle of the keyboard.
It's a Swype bug.
They know about it. It's all over the Swype forums.
I'm waiting patiently, and swyping SUPER SLOW until then. really annoying!
HTC Trace is nowhere near as fast/accurate, but still works. Strangely, you can't trace in a lot of things (like website URL's, searching for things, etc etc. Only messages and a handful of other places).
Swype hasn't worked for me from there site, can someone toss a link my way thanks Davey
pkopalek said:
This happens to every single rezound, around the keys in the middle of the keyboard.
It's a Swype bug.
They know about it. It's all over the Swype forums.
I'm waiting patiently, and swyping SUPER SLOW until then. really annoying!
HTC Trace is nowhere near as fast/accurate, but still works. Strangely, you can't trace in a lot of things (like website URL's, searching for things, etc etc. Only messages and a handful of other places).
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Thanks, I hadn't heard about this. The only trouble I've had is Swyping in landscape mode. Maybe I'm just not a fast Swyper!
I'm having problems with Swype too ... sometimes losing "track" of my finger and outputting 2 words instead of my intended word.
I'm curious if the resolution is causing problems for Swype since this is the first 720 resolution phone?
And when you say it is all over the Swype forums...where? I'm looking and I haven't found one post that remotely mentions a problem like this.

[Q] Why do all keyboards seem inaccurate on the SGS II?

I've had the SGS II for about three weeks now and have continuous issues with keyboard input accuracy. From the Samsung and stock Android keyboard, to the ICS hacked version (and then the Market version) as well as Swiftkey X - I make mistake after mistake regardless of whichever one I'm using. I'm coming from a Captivate where the text input seemed a non-issue on any keyboard I used. It almost feels like the touch panel/digitizer isn't aligned with where my fingers are touching.
Does anyone else have issues with keyboard accuracy? I love this phone but this issue is really preventing me from enjoying the experience.
I'd highly recommend the ICS keyboard linked later in this thread. Much better than what I initially posted.
Swiftkey X works perfectly fine for me.
I'm using the ported ICS keyboard found on the market and it works very well. There have not been any problems for me at all.
Just installed it and I find myself making the same mistakes as any of the other ones. It's so weird...I've never had this problem on the Captivate and other phones in the past.
PatriotXT92 said:
I'm using the ported ICS keyboard found on the market and it works very well. There have not been any problems for me at all.
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+9000
Happy camper here
I see a couple ICS keyboards on the Market, can ya provide a link? I'm always up for finding something new although as I mentioned already, I like SKP.
I am using go keyboard from the market with go launcher and I noticed the button( keys) are bigger. But honestly I don't have any issues with my keyboard calibration works fine. I sometimes not a wrong key but that is my fault and not a calibration issue. Possibly you can calibrate your screen? Never have done it but I think it can be done. Maybe a bad phone also?
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I was able to eliminate this problem by loading the cognition rom. Im not sure exactly why it fixed it but i assume it because it is an international rom that was ported.
im using the swype beta 3.6 doesnt really need to be "accurate" since all you do is "swype" it. but it is fairly accurate for me if i have to type with it.
I'm using the swype keyboard on mine Galaxy S2, I am a new convert from the iPhone and can barely type on this thing. Thank God for swipe. It appears to me that i have to hit the upper portion of the key to make an accurate key press. If I hit it dead on I get the key below it, strange.
Kadin said:
I'd highly recommend Smart Keyboard Pro as it's the only keyboard app I know of that has a built in calibration tool which has helped me big time. There's a free version but honestly I never looked at it. Bought it on a recommendation and never looked back...
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardpro&feature=search_result
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I just downloaded this on your recommendation... I love the compact mode for portrait, reminds me of my blackberry keyboard, thank you
LMaui said:
I'm using the swype keyboard on mine Galaxy S2, I am a new convert from the iPhone and can barely type on this thing. Thank God for swipe. It appears to me that i have to hit the upper portion of the key to make an accurate key press. If I hit it dead on I get the key below it, strange.
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This is the exact problem I seem to be having.
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ICS keyboard form the market is awesome, fast and extremely accurate. I havent had any more keyboard problems.
I use the newest update of Swype and its definitely not as smooth and accurate as it was on my cappy. I'm On my second sgs2, and have had accuracy issues on both. It's not horrible, just not as good as my cappy. It's the only thing that was better on my cappy compared to this phone, so I'll deal with it.
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LMaui said:
I'm using the swype keyboard on mine Galaxy S2, I am a new convert from the iPhone and can barely type on this thing. Thank God for swipe. It appears to me that i have to hit the upper portion of the key to make an accurate key press. If I hit it dead on I get the key below it, strange.
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I have the exact same problem. Everytime I hit the n key In the middle I get a period.
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Well its a good thing I posted a solution to the problem and everyone chose to ignore the advice. Good night.
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seh6183 said:
Well its a good thing I posted a solution to the problem and everyone chose to ignore the advice. Good night.
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Yes.. flashing a rom and having no earthly idea why it just magically fixed is quite a solution! Let me jjust drop everything I'm doing, lose all of my time and effort of making my current rom the way i want it so I can flash the rom you are assuming fixed it without any facts or reasoning so I can make you happy.
Goodnight.
Goodnight!!!
..... I didn't want to be left out from saying goodnight
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LMaui said:
I'm using the swype keyboard on mine Galaxy S2, I am a new convert from the iPhone and can barely type on this thing. Thank God for swipe. It appears to me that i have to hit the upper portion of the key to make an accurate key press. If I hit it dead on I get the key below it, strange.
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Yes, it seems like you have to hit the letter you want about 2mm high. At first I thought it was because I was converting over from the iPhone, but two months later I still had problems. I have kind of retrained to hit the buttons on the upper half. I am going to try the ICS keyboard.
And a goodnight too.

Cleanrom 1.7 GBE

As I'm a new registered user I'm forced to make this post here.
I have been experiencing some lag with the 1.7 rom in conjunction with Slideit. When I select a text box it will take 2-3 second before the onboard keyboard shows up.
I have tested this with Swype and it doesnt suffer from this lag. I can't even get to 1. Now i know the smart thing to do is just use swype and i most likly will but i wanted to let people know that it is a problem and maybe they can correct it.
It wouldn't allow you to tag this to the existing CleanRom thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416186
That or you may want to go to Scott's site and post it there - http://scottsroms.com
major payne said:
As I'm a new registered user I'm forced to make this post here.
I have been experiencing some lag with the 1.7 rom in conjunction with Slideit. When I select a text box it will take 2-3 second before the onboard keyboard shows up.
I have tested this with Swype and it doesnt suffer from this lag. I can't even get to 1. Now i know the smart thing to do is just use swype and i most likly will but i wanted to let people know that it is a problem and maybe they can correct it.
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Are you using the free version of that keyboard? I'm on a different ROM but was using the free version and know exactly what you were talking about. It was incredibly annoying. It would take way too long for the stupid keyboard to open up. I bought the keyboard anyway just to try it and all my problems went away. I haven't noticed the lag and have had better results with my typing since buying it. Just a thought.
ghlimo had
mjones73 said:
It wouldn't allow you to tag this to the existing CleanRom thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416186
That or you may want to go to Scott's site and post it there - http://scottsroms.com
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No because I was considered a new member and didn't have permissions
WasabiWa83 said:
Are you using the free version of that keyboard? I'm on a different ROM but was using the free version and know exactly what you were talking about. It was incredibly annoying. It would take way too long for the stupid keyboard to open up. I bought the keyboard anyway just to try it and all my problems went away. I haven't noticed the lag and have had better results with my typing since buying it. Just a thought.
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No I'm using the 10 cent version that google had on sale a few months ago.
I'll just try a reinstall and see what is wrong

got the OTA ICS update. WTF..it sucks bad.. its so damn slow and crippled

Seriously, im disappointed. I loved my phone before the update, but now..after getting the update, I hate it. I want it OFF my phone. It totally fd up this phone. Pinch zoom is incredibly SLOW and CHOPPY. It freezes and lags like a SOB. And facebook...forget it. I visited the full site constantly because the mobile site caused too many problems. It used to be so fluid smooth. Now it kerps freezing and lagging. The POST/COMMENT button wont work most of the time. I have tried 2 browsers and Its the same problem on both. Also it wont stay centered when im typing. If I try to scroll it to see my text im typing, it forcfully moves back to the other location. What kind of update is this? It broke System Panel so now the cpu usage meter on the top right stays peaked out at 15xxmhz almost. Is there any way to fix these problems? 1 hour and I already cant stand it. This blows! Id rather use my Touch Pro 2 than this if I could. :/
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Seriously, im disappointed. I loved my phone before the update, but now..after getting the update, I hate it. I want it OFF my phone. It totally fd up this phone. Pinch zoom is incredibly SLOW and CHOPPY. It freezes and lags like a SOB. And facebook...forget it. I visited the full site constantly because the mobile site caused too many problems. It used to be so fluid smooth. Now it kerps freezing and lagging. The POST/COMMENT button wont work most of the time. I have tried 2 browsers and Its the same problem on both. Also it wont stay centered when im typing. If I try to scroll it to see my text im typing, it forcfully moves back to the other location. What kind of update is this? It broke System Panel so now the cpu usage meter on the top right stays peaked out at 15xxmhz almost. Is there any way to fix these problems? 1 hour and I already cant stand it. This blows! Id rather use my Touch Pro 2 than this if I could. :/
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i've found it to be sluggish for me also.
oh, are you able to get google maps working?
for some reason, every single time i load it, it causes my phone to reboot. worked fine before ics.
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i've found it to be sluggish for me also.
oh, are you able to get google maps working?
for some reason, every single time i load it, it causes my phone to reboot. worked fine before ics.
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Im sorry if I came off the wrong way, in a way certain parts are quite speedy...but others, like Facebook took a huge hit. I tried a few of my emulators. They seem to work. Nesoid even works despite what I have heard from others. But it seems to lag on frames. Like, the video frames will appear faster but it will skip many thus the motion is choppy instead of fluid. N64oid works faster. I guess thats a plus. I only tried Goldeneye. Typing seems more accurate, but this sollg and screen jumping business is making it very difficult to type..with what was once cake. It wont stay centered on your text. The text boxes in facebook nuke the cpu as soon as you click inside them. It wasnt bad at all before this. I have not tried maps, but since you asked, I might as well.
voxigenboy said:
i've found it to be sluggish for me also.
oh, are you able to get google maps working?
for some reason, every single time i load it, it causes my phone to reboot. worked fine before ics.
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Update... Just tried Maps. It works with no problems. Then again, I dont have the extreme latest version. Im 2 or 3 updates behind from newest. Street view also works.
Just tried 2 more browsers to use facebook for. Angel and Dolphin, its horribly slow and unusable...
THE-COPS said:
Seriously, im disappointed. I loved my phone before the update, but now..after getting the update, I hate it. I want it OFF my phone. It totally fd up this phone. Pinch zoom is incredibly SLOW and CHOPPY. It freezes and lags like a SOB. And facebook...forget it. I visited the full site constantly because the mobile site caused too many problems. It used to be so fluid smooth. Now it kerps freezing and lagging. The POST/COMMENT button wont work most of the time. I have tried 2 browsers and Its the same problem on both. Also it wont stay centered when im typing. If I try to scroll it to see my text im typing, it forcfully moves back to the other location. What kind of update is this? It broke System Panel so now the cpu usage meter on the top right stays peaked out at 15xxmhz almost. Is there any way to fix these problems? 1 hour and I already cant stand it. This blows! Id rather use my Touch Pro 2 than this if I could. :/
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Unlike on locked down Motorola phones, it is perfectly possible to revert to gingerbread.
1. Unlock Bootloader with HTCDev
2. S-OFF with juopunutbear
3. Run Gingerbread RUU
4. You can stay S-OFF and Unlocked, or if you want to, S-ON and relock.
Sent from my NeoMax Rezound
voxigenboy said:
i've found it to be sluggish for me also.
oh, are you able to get google maps working?
for some reason, every single time i load it, it causes my phone to reboot. worked fine before ics.
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That's a Maps issue, the latest update broke it on the Rezound.
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THE-COPS said:
Seriously, im disappointed. I loved my phone before the update, but now..after getting the update, I hate it. I want it OFF my phone. It totally fd up this phone. Pinch zoom is incredibly SLOW and CHOPPY. It freezes and lags like a SOB. And facebook...forget it. I visited the full site constantly because the mobile site caused too many problems. It used to be so fluid smooth. Now it kerps freezing and lagging. The POST/COMMENT button wont work most of the time. I have tried 2 browsers and Its the same problem on both. Also it wont stay centered when im typing. If I try to scroll it to see my text im typing, it forcfully moves back to the other location. What kind of update is this? It broke System Panel so now the cpu usage meter on the top right stays peaked out at 15xxmhz almost. Is there any way to fix these problems? 1 hour and I already cant stand it. This blows! Id rather use my Touch Pro 2 than this if I could. :/
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Sounds like the perfect time to unlock, root and install a custom ROM.
demmo86rt said:
That's a Maps issue, the latest update broke it on the Rezound.
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I've uploaded the old Google Maps to Dropbox.
http://db.tt/3tD5DpzQ
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i said ICS sucked since day one, but noooooooobody listened. the kernel is TERRIBLE for one.
jayochs said:
i said ICS sucked since day one, but noooooooobody listened. the kernel is TERRIBLE for one.
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I LOVE ICS, but, I'm also on NeoMAX 2.0.
jayochs said:
i said ICS sucked since day one, but noooooooobody listened. the kernel is TERRIBLE for one.
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Right? I was on gb until like a month or two ago and I still prefer gb firmware over ica firmware. I have yet to try the latest radios but I still love the gb radios
I found Opera Mobile to work better. But damn...and yea, its either revert back or custom ROM. I still have not ever flashed before. Guess its one of those things I worry about because if reading a few horror stories of someones phone being bricked after flashing or phone radio not working.
I have seen people in here praising ICS left and right like it was the best update ever. I dont come in here often enough so maybe I missed the posts saying ICS is slow. I wonder if it is Sense 3.6 causing the slowdown?
Most things are the same probably butvsome stuff is def faster and hardware acceleration/gpu rendering makes everything completely smooth and not choppy like GB. Things will get better with some gud kernels when they release source
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Most things are the same probably butvsome stuff is def faster and hardware acceleration/gpu rendering makes everything completely smooth and not choppy like GB. Things will get better with some gud kernels when they release source
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guda cheese kernels
jayochs said:
guda cheese kernels
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Delicious. Goez gud with ice cream sandwiches.... Oh you didn't know? Yea it's amazing....... lol
jayochs said:
guda cheese kernels
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platinumrims said:
Delicious. Goez gud with ice cream sandwiches.... Oh you didn't know? Yea it's amazing....... lol
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*om nom nom nom*
Do factory reset in Settings, storage.
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ICS is working flawless and 10x faster than GB. Sounds like you should try to factory reset and try again or somethings wrong. Any there's NOTHING wrong with the kernel....I have no idea why people are saying this, CPU tuner only works for rooted rezounds that have perflock disabled. Try uninstalling it
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Major update from gb to ics will cause problems if you don't wipe the phone.
But to each their own
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Pros, Cons, solutions, workarounds and opinions

Me and some other guys kinda highjacked another thread so I decided to open a new one here for people to share their opinions, thought and general arguments and if there are easy solutions to the matters that the DNA makes you sad, I did look through the first 10 pages of this section and didn't find anything similar so people, bash away, and bear in mind that what you say will shape my (and others) opinion and whether I should or shouldn't buy this damn amazing piece of equipment
This seems like a good idea, and I can definitely see this helping a lot of people. I'm extremely happy with my DNA thus far; stellar battery life and performance, and the build quality is superb (especially the literal edge-to-edge glass that feels like it flows off the front of the screen). It's also quite resilient - I had it sitting in the passenger seat of my car, got into a pretty serious accident, and the phone doesn't have a single scratch on it. Obviously I got very lucky, but yeah..
On another note, my only gripe is that I can't seem to delete 3 of the stock bookmarks (Google, VZW Home Page, and Your Guide Mobile). I've tried clearing the app data, but that didn't help. I'm not rooted, but I'd think there should be some sort of workaround.. any tips would be appreciated
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On another note, my only gripe is that I can't seem to delete 3 of the stock bookmarks (Google, VZW Home Page, and Your Guide Mobile). I've tried clearing the app data, but that didn't help. I'm not rooted, but I'd think there should be some sort of workaround.. any tips would be appreciated
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I don't think that without root you'll be able to delete them, not sure though and I'm not suggesting you should root cause apart from the warranty being void there's always a risk of bricking, small but is there... I guess for now you gotta live with it.
One thing that annoyed me about the DNA is that they chose to put Back, Menu, and Multitasking as the buttons. So you still have to have the 3-dot menu on screen. Luckily, if you root the device, you can change the multitasking button to Settings (which is exactly what I wanted), so I'm thrilled to have that. The bloatware remover is great as well.
If you aren't afraid to root it, there is awesome stuff out there for it. I won't be using a rom without Sense because I actually like Sense a lot. The lock screen and camera software are the best that I've seen.
The USB flap is annoying, but I will definitely be getting a wireless charger.
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I don't think that without root you'll be able to delete them, not sure though and I'm not suggesting you should root cause apart from the warranty being void there's always a risk of bricking, small but is there... I guess for now you gotta live with it.
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Ah, alright. I'm planning on rooting it eventually.. at some point.. but as you said, there's always that risk lol. Plus, beyond that small issue with the 3 bookmarks, everything else about the phone is perfect even without root, so I can live with it Thanks for your input though!
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This seems like a good idea, and I can definitely see this helping a lot of people. I'm extremely happy with my DNA thus far; stellar battery life and performance, and the build quality is superb (especially the literal edge-to-edge glass that feels like it flows off the front of the screen). It's also quite resilient - I had it sitting in the passenger seat of my car, got into a pretty serious accident, and the phone doesn't have a single scratch on it. Obviously I got very lucky, but yeah..
On another note, my only gripe is that I can't seem to delete 3 of the stock bookmarks (Google, VZW Home Page, and Your Guide Mobile). I've tried clearing the app data, but that didn't help. I'm not rooted, but I'd think there should be some sort of workaround.. any tips would be appreciated
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I don't know if you can do it with the apps you mentioned, but you can disable a lot of apps through settings without root.
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I don't know if you can do it with the apps you mentioned, but you can disable a lot of apps through settings without root.
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Yeah, I've disabled a good amount of apps through settings, but I was talking about the preset bookmarks that show up in my browser and in my bookmark widget.. it let me delete the other 7 or so, but these 3 refuse to be deleted
3 dots
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One thing that annoyed me about the DNA is that they chose to put Back, Menu, and Multitasking as the buttons. So you still have to have the 3-dot menu on screen.
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on the one X you could change it through settings where you choose what the multitasking button does, if I remember correct when you put the button to show the settings menu in single touch and multitask on long press it dissappears, not sure if it works on the dna but give it a try and report back
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Yeah, I've disabled a good amount of apps through settings, but I was talking about the preset bookmarks that show up in my browser and in my bookmark widget.. it let me delete the other 7 or so, but these 3 refuse to be deleted
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I see what you mean. I just tried it myself and couldn't delete those 3 bookmarks either. Guess root is needed to delete them. Unfortunately, currently you cannot write to the system while booted in android on the DNA. You would have to do it through recovery somehow.
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Yeah, I've disabled a good amount of apps through settings, but I was talking about the preset bookmarks that show up in my browser and in my bookmark widget.. it let me delete the other 7 or so, but these 3 refuse to be deleted
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Why not try opera or chrome for browser as a default? I personally prefer opera mobile but try a few first, like maxton and skyfire
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Why not try opera or chrome for browser as a default? I personally prefer opera mobile but try a few first, like maxton and skyfire
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That's a good idea too. I almost never use the stock browser anyway. Boat browser has been pretty good to me as well although any of these would work. What I like about 3rd party browsers probably the most (aside from features) is the fact that I can exit the browser. With the stock one it will just keep running even if you back out of it.
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That's a good idea too. I almost never use the stock browser anyway. Boat browser has been pretty good to me as well although any of these would work. What I like about 3rd party browsers probably the most (aside from features) is the fact that I can exit the browser. With the stock one it will just keep running even if you back out of it.
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true, whenever I flash a new rom and reinstall opera I always activate the exit button on options.
phones been surprisingly awsome on stock.
I rooted the phone so i could run wifi tether. No issues with disconnects and I can actually tether my phone and not have to plug it in for 6-8 hours.
Love the screen, not just how good it looks but the waterfall effect the glass has feels amazing to me. Overall, very pleased with my purchase.
the european version was just announced so I think I'm gonna be going for that cause it states a sd card slot in contrast to the dna,
all the other specs remain the same
so I guess I'll be attending another forum soon, hope you find help on this thread and pm me if I can help with anything
http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-butterfly/#specs
My biggest gripe (besides the 3 dot menu button) is the damn messaging app. Every single time I go into it, it 'refreshes.' So many times the app takes a few seconds to load and it shows everyone's phone numbers instead of the names. I just don't understand why.
I'm hesitant to switch to another messaging app because 1) I think they're ugly/love the look of the Sense app and 2) I love how I can see a new message on the Sense lock screen and swipe directly into it.
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My biggest gripe (besides the 3 dot menu button) is the damn messaging app. Every single time I go into it, it 'refreshes.' So many times the app takes a few seconds to load and it shows everyone's phone numbers instead of the names. I just don't understand why.
I'm hesitant to switch to another messaging app because 1) I think they're ugly/love the look of the Sense app and 2) I love how I can see a new message on the Sense lock screen and swipe directly into it.
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It sounds kinda weird, how many contacts and messages do you have? if it's not thousands I guess there might be something wrong
try another messaging app to see if it's persistant or just the sense messaging
I don't have that many contacts, and I definitely don't have that many messages. I limit it to 200 per thread (only a few people reach this), and I even go through and delete it down to like 10 threads that are the most important. Regardless, this shouldn't happen on a phone with 2GB of RAM. Frustrates me to no end.
I posted a thread about this in this section maybe a week or two ago, and a few users chimed in saying they were seeing similar behavior. I don't think it's just me.
Mine does the refresh on sms too. Its like 1 second though so not a big deal.
Had the phone for a week. Battery life has been excellent. This is the first time in 2 years I havent had to charge my phone at work at all. Consistently get well over 4 hours screen on time. Although I've noticed using non-sense launcher its not quite as good but still excellent.
The screen is amazing and even at 5 inches it fits comfortably in the hand. Even pushing this many pixels I have yet to notice anything id call lag.
The 3-dot menu can be annoying if you notice it. Hoping for an update somewhere to deal with that at some point. I've also had issues with Netflix not loading properly but I blame the app. Also, I've noticed when I change lockscreen style, like to productivity or something it doesn't work too smoothly. Not being able to change wallpaper on a screen longpress kinda baffles me as well.
The phone definitely has some quirks and some areas where HTC could have made the operation of things more efficient instead of adding unnecessary steps. But I would definitely recommend this phone to anyone it is really a pleasure to use.
Btw, being left handed, am I the only one that wishes the back button was on the right instead of the left?
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crossmission said:
on the one X you could change it through settings where you choose what the multitasking button does, if I remember correct when you put the button to show the settings menu in single touch and multitask on long press it dissappears, not sure if it works on the dna but give it a try and report back
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Nah, for some reason, they took that out of the DNA. Can't change it in the stock options.
broons said:
Btw, being left handed, am I the only one that wishes the back button was on the right instead of the left?
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I'm right handed and wish it was on the right because my thumb isn't long enough to reach it on the left.
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