Although it seems that this problem is not entirely new, I just experienced today something really wierd. My phone is a huawei y330 with android 4.2.2. Suddenly I heard some sounds, like people speaking, coming out of my pocket and found that my phone was with display unlocked, dolphin browser was opened to a microsoft related webpage that run a video. closed the browser and discovered that my wallpaper was changed to a picture that i don't have on my phone (something with an asian woman sitting near a laptop). I checked the display settings and the live wallpaper was turned off; also in wallpaper settings there was my chosen wallpaper (that is the stock brown picture) labeled as Currrent. Could this happen because of a hijacking app or smthg?
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Hey everyone, thought I'd post up a couple problems I've had since I got the tablet. Totally new to the whole android thing so bear with me if I am clueless.
I've read through every posting and haven't seen anyone describing the symptoms I'm experiencing. I'll describe symptoms, then steps that I've taken in hopes of answering all questions ahead of time.
First off, I saw the various wallpapers that were posted and followed the directions to use Wallpaper Wizardrii in order to make them work correctly. Initially the pictures take well and work however, after some time the image cuts off on the right 1/3ish of the screen. I also set the image to "exact" to see what would happen and after a bit of time the complete image moved all the way to the left of the screen - obviously in this case nothing got cutoff but it still moved.
*I've not been able to replicate this by doing anything in particular.
*I uninstalled and reinstalled Wallpaper Wizardrii thinking maybe something got f'd with the install. This had no effect.
*I've messed with locking the tablet in both horizontal and vertical orientation and this has had no effect either.
*If the wallpaper is at the point where it is "cut," (for lack of a better word) then switching to any other wallpapers (including the ones that came with the tablet) are also cut.
*If I open wallpaper wizardrii again and reset the image, the cut goes away and everything is back to normal.
*I've currently reset everything to an image that came with the tablet and uninstalled wizardrii. I'm not sure if that will resolve the issue but as yet it hasn't gotten screwed up. My friend who showed me his tablet and ultimately was responsible for my buying one has not had any of these problems using the same settings. Wizardrii settings were 100% compression and full screen image.
The other MAJOR problem that I just discovered relates to using Adobe Acrobat as a PDF reader. My primary reason for getting this tablet is for work. I plan on creating electronic records of all the journal articles I recieve. I've run out of physical real estate to keep these articles at home and I don't know where else to put them. The same for books. I was able to transfer some files to the tablet just today using windows explorer (couldn't get Kies to work) and several PDF's work fine and look great, but this particular one locked up the system and somehow restarted it. Can someone try it on their tablet and see if you have problems? Actually the file is too large to upload to the forum for me to post although it's less than 900k. Would anyone be willing to let me email it to them? It is called the Discordant Eardrum and is written by Fay and Puria through Stanford's depart of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Mechanical Engineering.
My tablet has been rooted - don't even know what that means in reality. My friend did it for me to get rid of advertisements. That is the only thing that has been done.
I appreciate any help in resolving these issues.
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Hi
I had exactly the same problem with the wallpapers. To fix this I've removed the Wizardrii and found the wallpaper i wanted in a higher resolution.
For PDF viewing try using ezPDF Reader - the best software ever -) i'm using it to view big PDF files like 1000-1500 pages. Size wise i was able to view 100-120MB files with no problems.
Use Aldiko premium book reader to view DRM PDF files. works really good.
cheers.
Im experiencing the same wallpaper problem with my tablet, and not sure how to fix it. I'm running stock 3.1 and sometimes the homescreen gets so laggy I have to restart it, and some of that lagging is because of honeycomb horrible wallpaper options.
First off, I feel bad that with how much I have learned from the wonderful users of XDA my first post will not contribute back in that same manner.
I work at a certain wireless retailer and was excited to know that the Galaxy S II was going to be in stock which coincided nicely with an available upgrade. On Tuesday I purchased one and did the normal new Android phone process. Unbox, heed AT&T's warning to not text and drive, insert battery, etc. When it reached the home screen everything looked like an Android phone on first boot except the wallpaper. It was an Android on a skateboard encircled by an arrow made to appear to be painted on a brick wall. The same wallpaper I used on my backflip running a ROM posted by J-Rod. I will point out we have nothad any returns.
I showed it to the rep that was ringing me out and my GF who was with, then removed the wallpaper and set a default background. When I went to change it back the CM based wallpaper was not an option and no where to be found using (limited?) default file explorer.
I have not had time to look further due to school but was wondering if anyone had this happen to them (Nothing turned up with Google and XDA's search). Or know if that logo/wallpaper is not related to CM and I should just ignore the fact that it was on my phone? I started watching unboxing videos and only ever saw a SGS2 with a blue background.
I just do not like thinking that someone messed with the phone before it was even sold. Though I do like the phone and will be a nice change from the iPhone 4 that was my daily driver for the past year.
Your wallpaper was saved to your google account, and when you signed in with it in the initial setup it loaded your wallpaper.
benk016 said:
Your wallpaper was saved to your google account, and when you signed in with it in the initial setup it loaded your wallpaper.
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Lol.
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lol, I never even thought of that. Thanks for clearing it up!
I have a stock, unrooted Prime, on the current firmware (.21). Occasionally it will display this peculiar screen glitch - it reminds me of video card overheating symptoms I've seen on a few laptop monitors. The main artifacts show on the left hand side of the screen, as well as home screen icons and home bar jumping up and down a few pixels. It shows up in both applications and on the home screen. The issue is not dependent on the dock being connected - I tested with and without it. I have searched this forum as well as other sites, and have not seen anything similar.
Today I managed to take a few videos and have posted one on youtube. The link is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD6CbK6KL4Q
Has anybody encountered this problem before? Or have any suggestions?
Thanks
I've had that happen before on one of my primes, it was fixed by a quick reboot. For me it happened in the youtube app, so I also cleared the app's cache just to be sure, hasn't happened since.
I really don't mean to be a whinny *****.... but dude, there are enough threads about this exact same problem in the forums already. You really should have searched before creating another one.
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I really don't mean to be a whinny *****.... but dude, there are enough threads about this exact same problem in the forums already. You really should have searched before creating another one.
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Like I said in the OP, I did search on this forum as well as others, and have not seen anything similar. There are many reports of a tearing while opening/closing apps from the previously opened list, as well as horizontal banding across the whole screen. Also, the posts I could find were from people on previous firmware versions, who reported their issues disappearing after updating to the latest (.21).
For those two reasons (unique symptoms, and firmware), I considered this a potentially new problem, and created this question thread.
Feel free to link to similar threads you have found though. It could help me and others.
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I've had that happen before on one of my primes, it was fixed by a quick reboot. For me it happened in the youtube app, so I also cleared the app's cache just to be sure, hasn't happened since.
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Interesting. (You have multiple primes?)
The first time this happened to mine, I had not used youtube at all. But since then, watching youtube videos has been the most consistent trigger to get the problem to occur.
The most recent time it happened, I noticed that the flickering stopped while I had my finger on the screen. (Conductive problem with video chip??)
I had this happen to me also with the camera application. I powered it off and back on again and it cleared it.
I have had this happen before. Mine looks worst though and the whole screen actually changes color, sometimes inverted color. Luckily it only happens when I connect to my HDtv through HDMI and doesnt appear like that on my TV. Usually clears itself without a reboot when I touch the screen or disconnect the Prime from the TV.
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I have had this happen before. Mine looks worst though and the whole screen actually changes color, sometimes inverted color. Luckily it only happens when I connect to my HDtv through HDMI and doesnt appear like that on my TV. Usually clears itself without a reboot when I touch the screen or disconnect the Prime from the TV.
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This is the issue I have when the screen is allowed to fall asleep while watching video (YouTube included). Open a YouTube video full screen, pause it, let the screen go black and lock. Now when you turn the screen back on see if the issue happens on the lock screen
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I've had ICS installed on Desire S for the past week. I'm a bit disappointed at some features being missing. I was using standard GB with Sense 3.0 - nothing special.
Well here's my list of troubles - maybe someone can help me with them, or at least they'll be out there for the benefit of anyone taking the dive.
Browser no longer opens default app: Whenever I've installed a special purpose application (Wikipedia, IMDb, Google Play) and I search on the browser, I no longer get the option to open the page in its dedicated app - instead the page loads and I end up using the browser. Most of you might remember the browser on GB used to ask the standard which-app-would-you-like-to-use question, and whether you'd like it defaulted or just once, but it no longer does that.
The mail widget doesn't show the same as the app - I've got Mail configured to sync with Exchange on 6 folders. The widget has stopped showing the different folders - the app still shows them when I select "All Messages" and this was the default view on GB. I've looked for settings near and far, but can't find any to control this.
HTC Sense no longer has widgets to download: I miss the hourglass timer (countdown) and the battery widget.
Youtube widget now occupies 3x2 instead of the sleaker 4x1. Is it YouTube or Sense, I don't know - but I'm not completely satisfied by this change.
To be fair to ICS tho, I believe it's quicker and lighter on the battery - I haven't felt the common complaints of slower. Also, a browser issue that some people had complained about is non-existent in my case - Good for me!
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I posted this thread into the wrong forum.
Please response to the correct thread on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135731
Have contacted mods to correct this situation.
So my dock had been regulated to "plugged in all the time charging dock" for my phone for the past few months. Yesterday I needed a reminder why I stopped using the thing so I picked it up, docked it, and started to use it for a bit.
It feels snappy when using the UI to browse apps or if Im in Play News looking at articles. But once I open Chrome to browse the internet, that is when I notice the issue. Pages seem to load fine, but when I try to scroll down them, it hangs for a few seconds and insta-loads the part of the page it scrolled down to. This is really annoying. Again, this is mainly when scrolling up and down pages in Chrome.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue or know a possible fix.
Thanks
Just bought this phone today and had this issue too. The touchscreen was not responsive in chrome when I tried to scroll up/down a page. Came here to find a fix too.
So I installed Firefox yesterday and it runs like a dream compared to Chrome. It seems like it takes longer for web pages to render but once they are up, you can scroll through them fine.
Just wanted to give the heads up.
Its not going to be enough for me to be a full FF convert but I will probably use it when I'm docked. Its cool that on my phone, my Home screen can have Chrome and on the dock, it can have Firefox.