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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
Dunno. In some regards, it probably makes sense. I use a Garmin for normal GPS navigation, and really, i'm terribly annoyed every time it has to talk. Especially when it repeats itself over and over (such as "recalculating"). The fact that I simply tap the screen and the phone will tell me directions when I need to hear it is rather useful to me. Also the phone doesn't automatically recalculate, which I think makes the most sense. When I drive, and I accidentally go off course, I dont need my GPS to recalculate every 5 seconds. I need to slow down, get my bearings, and then have it recalculate. Because I tell the phone when it recalculate, its not yelling at me every 5 seconds that its recalculating. In other words, I have more control over the GPS this way.

At the same time, I do see the value in automatic direction narration and automatic recalculation. It would have been nice to be able to choose between the two.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wyn6:
Ah. My only real beef with Mango. While not too terribly offputting, I'm wondering if MS was trying to be too different here.

I don't use GPS at all as I'm mostly in Dallas and know my way around the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. But, I do travel from time to time and GPS can come in handy. That being said, the design choices here seem a wee bit weird.

You tap it to get voice and it only notifies you if you've made a correct or incorrect turn. By that time, it's too late. And, you have to turn around. Now, you don't have to look at he screen as you can tap while watching the road. So, it's not as if it's any less safe but... really?

Edit: Reading prjk's post above, I guess if MS revealed the reason behind this particular design choice, it might more sense for all of us.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ycode90:
Yea it still kinda sucks compared to....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDad:
It is very weak, compared to every real navigation system in existence. Not having the option to have the instructions automatically read to you, and not providing any kind of audible warning when you approach a turn, and not automatically rerouting you when you miss a turn, all combine to make the system almost useless.

I'll either be keeping AT&T Navigator, or switching to T-B-T from GPS Tuner if they ever get all of the kinks worked out of their system.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiyaFleye:
Most people use this thing called a radio when they're driving, or they're having conversations in the car, and I think this approach works perfect during those situations. My car has a built in navigation which automatically lowers the radio and then gives my the direction, but the phone, unfortunatelly, can't do that... So it's best if, when you need the direction, you put the radio down, just randomly tap, and have the kind woman give you the information rather than missing it or it interrupting you... Just my opinion though.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
Another great example. I always have my music blasting in the car so I can't hear the directions anyway. With this method, I can pause the music, tap the screen to hear my directions, and resume my music. I'm not trying to hear directions over my music, or having to bend to the will of the GPS and have it tell me what to do when it wants to.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiyaFleye:
I'm definitely not trying to rain on anybody's parade here, but there isn't a person here (unless they're a complete weirdo) who can tell me they haven't been annoyed at the GPS interrupting them. Or at missing the directions, and having to struggle to find them. The phone DOES make a noise when a correct turn was taken, and a different one for an incorrect turn, so it does alert you to some degree, but I like the power being in your hands...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDad:
I'm sorry guys, but you're really reaching here, and I don't see why you are being so zealous about it.

First of all, the app telling you that you made a correct or incorrect turn after the fact serves no purpose at all. If you are in an unfamiliar area, you need the app to alert you that the turn is coming up, or you are very likely to miss it.

Second, it's kind of insulting to imply that anyone who has a different opinion is a "weirdo".

Third, most people prefer to keep their eyes on the road when they're driving, not fish around for their phone so they can check to see if they are still on course. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the anti-texting laws in some areas might also cover the kind of distracted driving that Microsoft's implementation might cause.

And fourth, we're talking about an option here, not forcing you to join our weirdo brigade. You want to be forced to find your phone, unlock it, and tap the screen to get your next instruction (while potentially driving in congested traffic in an area you don't know)? Fine. I don't. I want the Mango app to behave the same way every other professionally designed GPS navigation system currently available does.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FiyaFleye:
Uh... Do you know what an opinion is? A navigation device interrupting isn't an opinion, but nice try though... I really apologize that my actual opinion is "reaching" for you... I like it, if you don't, sucks, never told you that you should feel the way I do

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
Not being zealous, but seeing it from both perspectives. They both make sense just fine. Course some people prefer one over the other, and that's perfectly fine too.

IMO, any device whether its your regular Garmin GPS or your Windows Phone device is possible cause for distracted driving. And obviously not understanding or knowing how to use said devices is even more cause for distracted driving.

I'm not sure how you use your GPS devices, but I certainly don't fumble around in my car so it can tell me directions. That sounds like a cause for distracted driving no matter what device you are using. Haha. I would have my phone mounted and already set to navigate. Then when directions are necessary, you just tap on the screen. You tap anywhere on the screen. So you don't even have to look at your phone to hunt for a specific repeat button or something, and that eliminates the need to turn away from the road as well. You would be no more distracted than if you were to have to look at your map on your good old Garmin GPS, or have to tap your Garmin to have it repeat directions that you missed because your music was too loud or because you just weren't paying attention to it. The sounds indicate whether I made my turn or not, then I just tap anywhere on my phone again when I'm ready for the next set of directions. If I go off course, my phone also won't repeatedly yell "recalculating" at me every couple seconds while I try to get back on the right track. I can tell it to recalculate and resume when I'm ready to get back on course.

Its not perfect, and certainly its not for everyone, but for those who like a little more control over their GPS experience, and a little less annoyance, it makes sense.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fishbowlhead:
Has a propper driving 3d mode been implemented yet? kida seems pointless what they have implemented here to be honest. Hopefully the nokia driving app will be available on the store once they sort themselves out and release a phone for wp7.

edit. Acording to an article i read earlier nokia apps will be available for every wp7 phone, but most likely not ovi maps or navigation, those are being reserved for the nokia handsets.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken52787:
I think we can all agree that having the directions automatically read to you would be a good *option*, even if it's not enabled by default. I only use the GPS when I have no idea where I'm going, so I need something that tells me how far a turn is, then reminds me as I'm approaching, then tells me that I need to turn now.

The old bing app on WM6.5 worked remarkably well. I wish the WP7 navigation could be configured to function like that. Yes it did talk A LOT and got annoying at times if someone else is in the car, but to have tapping the screen constantly be your only choice for being read directions is even more annoying especially if you are in unfamiliar territory.

Aside from that, I'd also like the option to have it automatically recalculate directions when you make a wrong turn. I can't think of an instance of where I'd miss a turn, then not want it to tell me how to get back on track.

To give the navigation some credit though, I use the Zune software for my music when I'm in the car, and it does pause the music when saying something and then resume it after, which is nice.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elitemikes:
I used the gps nav for the first time last night and I must say they have some work to do.

I get what some are saying about it's nice not to be interrupted, but last night I needed to know my directions as they were coming up. Make it an option to not automatically read aloud for those that like that. Currently I wouldnt call this turn by turn voice navigation. Most gps units have the ability of getting details or just the bare minimum as far as guidance goes.

Second thing that really annoys me is the layout of buttons. when you are in the directions mode, and then go to the large map, it's annoying to go back to the directions view. Clicking the directions button brings up the new directions field. Also when in large mode, why can't i get voice guidance.

Lack of landscape mode is annoying as well and seems more like a forgotten feature than anything, there's no reason not to have it since metro isn't in use
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elitemikes:
There also needs to be the option to allow gps to track you if you have to leave the application to do something else. It takes to long, even though it's pretty fast, to re-aquire the satelites.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
I can. If you are driving in a city or very populated area with tiny blocks and roads everywhere. If you miss just one turn, then your GPS starts recalculating for you. It'll tell you to take the next right, but it doesn't recalculate in time because the blocks are so small and the next turn is so close, so by the time its telling you to make the next turn to get back on track, you've missed it. Then GPS has to recalculate again, and you miss your next turn again, and this repeats over and over, along with your GPS yelling "recalculate" "take the next right" over and over again.

This is where I think I'll enjoy the manual recalculation the most. If I miss the turn, I simply wait until I know I can respond properly to the next turn direction, maybe on a longer stretch of road, or maybe I can simply stop or slow down somewhere, then have the phone recalculate once, and get right back on track.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmian:
I don't understand how tapping the screen is a good feature? If your voice navigation doesn't tell you to make a turn ahead of time, then that makes the navigation useless...If you're in an unfamiliar area, how are you supposed to know when to tap?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
That'e easy. Anytime is a good time to tap if you are in an unfamiliar area. That's the point of manually controlling when you need (or do not) need directions. You choose when you want your phone to tell you where to go. Then once you've started, the phone makes a sound when you are on track, just tap again right after the sound when you are ready for the next set of directions.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek21:
Has anyone been able to get the HBO Go app to work on a 7 inch WiFi only Galaxy Tab (GT-P1010/W16). The app installs and runs fine until I click sign-in. I then get an error and have to force close. I have Comcast Xfinity tv and I assume the error comes in when it has to switch the the Xfinity sign in screen.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorRuss:
I am also interested in this, anyone have any thoughts?

My wifi only GT7 does the exact same thing as described above.

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
I have found at least two different threads where some of us are experiencing texts that disappear right in front of us. And even worse....texts that are sent to use but we never get them! I've seen my friend's sms record that shows a text was sent, but I did not get it.

I don't think it is rom related, because I've seen the issue presented in an Evo rom thread and a Xoom thread (user has an Evo).

I have completely wiped my phone - twice- and it still happens. Another user trying to trouble shoot the same problem, wiped and reformatted his sd card. This is happening on stock sms and 3rd party sms apps.

AND.. some of us experiencing this are ALSO missing calls. I have seen friend's call history that shows they have called me and I have NO record of a missed call.

Anyway - if you are experiencing this, or thought you were going crazy, I'm trying to troubleshoot and find out wtf is going on. Any ideas would be appreciated. If you are experiencing this, and can join or comment on this discussion maybe we can figure out what the common denominator is.

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] marcusva79:
What up slug. I also can agree with you to. I have missed texts and calls myself. Everytime I was on CM7 or Decks Aosp roms my phone never missed anything. I did miss alot of calls off of MikG. What I do now is upgrade my PRL and Profile every other day.
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
Hey there, I know you :)

So by this are we potentially at least narrowing it down to Sense?

Seems like this adds to not being rom related, but maybe sense or sprint? Have you found that updating prl and profile is helping?

Are you sure it was not randomly ok?

Really, as far as I know, I've not missed any texts or phone calls since I did two full wipes. I DO know I've had texts disappear b/c I saw them disappear.
[EVO 4G General] marcusva79:
I have had texts disappear once. But that was on one of the nightlies. I was like WTF!! But havent yet since yesterday. :)
[EVO 4G General] firegeek:
I just posted this in evokings thread... I've been having same issues...
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
bumping in case others are experiencing this, trying to find what we have in common or if it is a random sprint issue
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
copy of chat transcript with Sprint agent - apparently this might be a known issue and it might be hardware related.
[EVO 4G General] gamblor01:
I know there was a problem with SMS messages appearing in the wrong thread or being sent to the wrong person with Froyo. That was one of the things that was supposed to be fixed in the Gingerbread update.

I think I have always received all of my texts though. Missing calls? That has happened on my Evo and several of my previous phones. Sometimes the phone never rings and then suddenly I have a voicemail from someone. It's something wonky with the Sprint network and has happened to me and other members of my family on various phones. I don't think it's specific to the Evo or any ROM on the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
Yea, that sms going to the wrong person thing is supposed to have been fixed.

But this is different. Way different. And I've only seen the combination of things mentioned by evo or 3d evo owners. Texts that show as being sent by a friend that never show up on your phone, same thing with phone calls, and also watching texts within a sms thread literally disappear.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Texts not arriving is sprints network failing. Same with missed calls not showing up
[EVO 4G General] Ragster:
I receive a notification for having a text via the light blinking but there are no texts! This only happens to me when I play plants vs zombies though. Not sure if its the same issue lol
[EVO 4G General] madaaron:
Welcome to the now network, now you wish you chose someone else :)

I too have had these same problems on cm7, mikfroyo, mikg, mikz,and stock froyo. Definately not a rom related problem
[EVO 4G General] nautalis:
I have been having this same problem on MIUI and Fresh Rom, before and after flashing radios. I live in Florida, if it could be a region/network thing. My wife's Evo is running an old 2.2 rom and she misses calls all day long, simply gets a GVoice notification.
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
Ok, this is ridiculous then.

Thank you all soooo much for reporting in.

I like Sprint and love my Evo and have no intention of changing carriers or phones (unless I get the 3d or 4g+).

When our phones quit functioning reliably as a PHONE, that is a big problem.
[EVO 4G General] bxphantom:
Hey slug, we spoke about this but I want to chime in. I too get the the light indicator go off and never get any messages, I've also seen messages disappear after a few minutes in the thread. I know I've definitely missed calls and only get voicemail.

I've never had a problem with Sprint or my evo until the new sense which I think is the culprit.

I've done a test on a theory I had. I deleted one of my text threads from a friend, sent him a text and asked him to reply (i was ok the phone with him too). When he replied, I got the indicator flashing but no message. Hung up the phone and still no message. I'm starting to think its new threads started by us that it won't show, but also current threads r being effected because I always get a daily message and today never received it.

I'm going to switch back to warm 2.2 and see if it stops and if I receive all of the missing texts but I highly doubt that.
[EVO 4G General] bxphantom:
So update on my text dilemma. I switched back to 2.2 and I get texts but now most of my apps doesn't work. Lol I tell ya I can't win. Gonna switch back to synergy later, too tired this to do it now.
[EVO 4G General] papaslacker:
I also miss lot of calles that never Come and most of it is started sense they merged with google voice I think it as something to do with it. Also the time stamp in sms is crazy and it is only on sense sms app i have tried other apps and there all fine.. its hard to keep up with a chat using sense app the text is all over the place.
[EVO 4G General] slugbug2010:
I use Handcent, not the stock sms, and I still have the problem.

I've been wondering what "touches" all of these aspects - texts, phone calls, etc. And while I've thought of Spring, Sense and roms....I had not thought of Google Voice because I don't use it. But you are right, there has been some sort of integration made with that.
[EVO 4G General] papaslacker:
i used Handcent and didnt have a problem all texts came in order not sure about time stamp but i now the texts came in order not all over the place
[EVO 4G General] Ragster:
Well the problem that I'm having is due to minfree's I think. I think what happens is that the messaging service gets closed to free up RAM and thus the notification light blinks to wake the service up, but it just never decides to read and write the text. The reason why I think it's a memory issue is because when I play PvZ, that's 80 MB of RAM. On the 2.1/3.0 ROM's, I have about 110 free (on Mik's) and 85 on Synergy or Kingdom. When I play PvZ, in order to get that much RAM, it needs to close things, usually launchers are locked in memory so they don't close. But if I'm playing and someone texts me, WiMax notifier goes off when a text is there, but there are no texts and people get mad cuz I don't reply.

It has however, never stopped a phone call for me. Only texts. The other thing I noticed is that if I'm constantly checking my messaging app i.e. keeping it awake, the problem never occurs. So I believe it might be a memory issue with the newer sense. At least for me lol so unless there is a way to lock the messaging app, I don't think it will be solved for people experiencing the issue I am. And I'm not sure if this could also be the phone culprit for not receiving calls.

Edit: Just edited my minfree's and it happened without pvz hmm I think its a memory issue for me then
[LG Optimus 2x] SnipeySnake:
I just bought this phone from wind (called optimus 2x but is LG-p999) and when i plug in the my phone to the wall charger, it does this wierd whistling noise that is kinda annoying. When i charged it with the computer there isnt that noise so i know its the wall charger. Does this happen to anyone else and is there anyway to fix it?
[LG Optimus 2x] MillyMoo106:
lol no, somethingg has got to be wrong
[LG Optimus 2x] SnipeySnake:
The one thing i didnt want to hear :( I guess i should return it.

Edit: Also, is charging faster with the wall charger or is it the same thing with PC?
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Wall charger is faster, 1000mah as opposed to 500mah.

Definitely faulty though. Any old USB charger will do to tide you over.
[LG Optimus 2x] SnipeySnake:
I don't have any usb chargers, just the phone's. Also do you guys think it could damage the phone in anyway?
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
I wouldn't have thought so, noisy transformers aren't exactly uncommon, but they are annoying.
[LG Optimus 2x] jimmybonsaville:
i wouldnt worry mine does this with no ill issues. A few of my chargers over the years have also done it. Some people are just more suseptable to noise than others lol.
[LG Optimus 2x] Bebob_NL:
My charger is whistling as well. But I wouldn't be too worried about it...
[LG Optimus 2x] punyategar:
mine whistles when its almost full. like 90%
[LG Optimus 2x] waynefox:
It's a Characteristic of Switched Mode power supplies

All of my later Nokia chargers did it, And My HTC

It can be annoying but nothing to worry about
[LG Optimus 2x] Neefy:
Mine makes a weird clicking noise.. When it's been charging for a while (the charger, not the phone), it even continues after I pull it out of the wall socket!
[LG Optimus 2x] unfugor:
the lg charger is ****, get an iphone charger from ebay or dealextreme, at least thats what i did
[LG Optimus 2x] nencak:
mine whilsted, but when i hit it few times, now it doesent, it also seems it charging better now...i'm not kidding...
[LG Optimus 2x] neovdr:
Keep an eye on it though. Usually the difference between a piece of equipment that is exhibiting high performance and one that is about to explode, is slight.
[General Questions and Answers] loganm1881:
Hey all, I installed chainfire 3d to my rooted CM7 running Thunderbolt, and I was playing around with night mode and drug the sliders all the way down...

My screen is now black and I can't find a way to reset it!

Many thanks,

Logan
[General Questions and Answers] loganm1881:
Tried to remove app through ADB shell, but to no avail, screen is still black after reset!! :(
[General Questions and Answers] k_nivesout:
Restore a backup? Screen should work in recovery right?
[General Questions and Answers] loganm1881:
I was silly and didn't have a backup of CM7 to flash yet.

What I did was go through adb and went into system>lib> and ran the cf3d_uninstall.sh script. It rebooted the phone and fixed the issue, but every time I reinstall chainfire 3d driver through the application, the screen is black again! I tried going through manage applications>chainfire 3d>clear data, and then trying to install, but to no avail. :mad::confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Fox-Warrior:
The color file for the nightmode are stored in /data/property/persist.cf3d.nightmode

I used that method to fix the problem

adb pull /data/property/persist.cf3d.nightmode

now edit that file and change [COLOR="Blue"]custom:0:0:0[/COLOR] to [COLOR="Blue"]custom:255:255:255[/COLOR]

adb push persist.cf3d.nightmode /data/property/

Reboot!

Done!
[General Questions and Answers] Bart_1:
Sorry for bumping, but how do I access the filesystem without turning it on?

EDIT:

Have no idea how to do it on another way, but I did it. I guessed where all the buttons were (even my pin code!) and the dropdown menu and everything to be able to get access to my phone. From there on I used the post above for instructions. Thanks a LOT!
[General Questions and Answers] bbsrailfan:
Old post, but saved my day nevertheless. Thanks!!!