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[Nexus 7 General] hoponpop:
Does anyone else have an issue trying to get into chrome settings? The app force closes for me every time I try to open settings. This never happened before the update
[Nexus 7 General] coversnail:
There was an amusing bug posted on Android Police a while ago.

Open 'People' app

Add new contact

Try and add birthday to contact

DECEMBER DOES NOT EXIST!

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39692

#conspiracytheory #MayanCalendar
[Nexus 7 General] DonMolina:
Reporting back after a factory reset through they settings (not recovery, as I'm stock).

The performane is much improved and even better than 4.1.2.

However, there is the occasional hicup with no apparent reason. Sometimes its not just a ree random lag or something, but the tablet will go reaaaaly slow for a few seconds before it goes back to normal.

Since they also forgot the December, hopefully there will be a 4.2.1 soon enough that would also include some performance optimisations.
[Nexus 7 General] veeman:
I can access settings fine. No force closes.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] Omar04:
Clear chrome cache and data.
[Nexus 7 General] scootle74:
I noticed this too... it's really bad after 4.2. I hope they hotdog this stuff sooner than later. My battery life had also gone to crap since the update... Will need to collect more data on that to be sure.
[Nexus 7 General] :
I don't know if this is already said or not, but it seems if you have a lockscreen Pattern enabled, Titanium Backup can't write to the memory.

Disable the pattern unlock and it instantly started working. :confused:
[Nexus 7 General] szymon247:
Oh. I just found this thread just after making a new one about autobrightness issues. So yes, I do have major problems with autobrightness after the latest update.

Also, the UI performance remains smooth but in app performance dropped for me (responsiveness, it takes significantly longer between action and reaction, for example choosing an option in a menu takes a longer time for a proper screen to pop up/close).

If it comes to the lockscreen widgets I think Google missed the point what the lockscreen is about. It's cool to have an easily accessible camera shortcut on a lockscreen but it takes about a second to unlock the screen and access "real deal widgets", so I don't like the idea but oh well. The only thing that I consider "broken" there is the clock design - bolded font for hours and casual one for minutes. I know it was left like that on purpose but it introduces long-term confusion and "it's just not right" thoughts. Friends who see me unlocking my tablet point fingers at a "haha, an IT guy with a broken clock on his tablet".

I really liked 4.1.x, I don't see any positives about this 4.2 update, only negatives but to be honest apart from the autobrightness one and the fact that I don't really want lock screen widgets they aren't big. The performance drop, while worrying, isn't significant.

edit: I wish "the new toggle pane" was solved in some different way as well. I usually just use my thumb to scroll down the notification area and pull down the toggles instead, and my thumb's reach isn't long enough to reach to the left. Obviously I use my notification area way more often than toggles.
[Nexus 7 General] jonmorris:
The lack of December should mean an update (which could fix other issues) might now come quicker than expected.

I'm used to the rather 'beta' like lock screen and its quirks, but could really do with them fixing Bluetooth. I hope we'll get an update rolling out in a matter of days now, as the calendar issue is a big one! Clearly it's going to get Google a lot of attention in the week ahead too, once more tech sites pick up on it (and the anti-Android fanboys).
[Nexus 7 General] nyijedi:
This really is annoying. I don't understand how Google can screw something like this up after it was working fine in the last version. It's minor league.
[Nexus 7 General] veeman:
I'm betting that almost everyone that's having problems didn't do a clean install.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 General] robyr:
Untrue. I have tried full on scorched earth installs, the Bluetooth issues, the random assed issues with lag, etc are real, and has nothing to do with the install process. It isn't being made up.
[Nexus 7 General] hoponpop:
Didn't help. That's odd that I'm the only one with this issue. Could it be something I changed or did when I sideloaded the AOSP browser?
[Nexus 7 General] nyijedi:
It's ridiculous to expect people to do a clean install for a "dot" upgrade when running a stock rom.
[Nexus 7 General] 2urtle:
Browser close

Hi my wife just had the 4.2 update yesterday. she is now complaining that the browser is closing when she clicks on a link. on both stock and firefox. I have not seen this issue reported anywhere else.

link from an email opens the browser fine but when an item (in this case shopping) is pressed the screen just returns to the email page.
[Nexus 7 General] SkepTones:
Alright so.... I noticed something with the new update. The magnification feature is cool and all but causes the screen to become horribly unresponsive. Lock screen pin number becomes very laggy and general swiping among the menus and such is buggy when the magnification feature is enabled. I just found this and was wondering if anyone else noticed the same.
[Nexus 7 General] taitony:
I do not think that is the bug but the new file system for developer to tune the code to meet with requirements.
[Nexus 7 General] bolagnaise:
Don't know if they s has been mentioned, but Google navigation cannot pick up GPS lock anymore. No problem with maps, just the navigation part. Sits on waiting for location then times out.
[Nexus 7 General] khaytsus:
Nope, works just fine here.
[Nexus 7 General] phillip1953:
4.1 didn't work for me. 4.2 works great with Navigator.
[Nexus 7 General] styckx:
Hope you don't frequent Vegas
[Nexus 7 General] Chronix3010:
Not sure if it helps but I had similar problem with firefox, it stopped after they released an update though.

I think it was browser issue not the android. Try updating the browser and see if it helps.
[Nexus 7 General] 2urtle:
sorted

Thanks it is fixed just unistalled firefox and re-installed seems to be working fine now....

well at least she has stopped moaning about it. :D:good:
[Nexus 7 General] starfighter1948:
wrong forum -- sorry

starfighter1948
[Nexus 7 General] NYCBest:
I didn't see this mentioned and don't know if it's a feature. My recent apps clear out when my 7 goes to sleep. Not and issues really just annoying. Then again maybe this was done to the and save on battery life, which it doesn't.

I have the auto brightness flickering, poor battery life, and long charge times too.

Stock Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 General] garpunkal:
anyone had the media server battery drain since installing 4.2? I never had it before, but now I can't seem to get rid of it... I don't have any music or video stored on my device, my sd card is pretty clean....
[Nexus 7 General] mikaoul:
My Nexus 7 has a weird issue : Every hour (9:00, 10:00, etc...), the screen turns on a few seconds.... Is it an option that I've turned on or just a bug?
[Nexus 7 General] ericcostes:
N7 : wakeup only by pushing right button ? really ?

Hi,

I juste received my N7

I wonder why, after a 30s timeout, screen goes off, and then I cannnot wakeup by touching screen as on my phone ???

I am obliged top ush right button to get my session ?

is it normal ?

do you a have a solution ?

thanks a lot in adavance

Eric:confused:
[Nexus 7 General] khaytsus:
It's some app doing it.
[HTC One S] gszabi:
I just want to know if you satisfied with the One S pentile matrix screen. I have a Sam S2 and recently bought a One S (S3 chipset) and i noticed the lcd is very pixelated (if its a real word, sry for my English) compared with the S2's screen. Its not too bad but noticeable and a bit disappointing. How you live with this? :)
[HTC One S] Hgaara:
By not being incredibly picky. The phone wasn't cheap, so before I signed a contract, I made sure I was happy with every aspect of the phone. While I do agree it's pixelated, and that my Sensation had slightly better quality, I am incredibly happy with the screen. I'm rarely centimeters away from the screen so I can live with it especially because the color reproduction is amazing.
[HTC One S] theguitarman94:
I think you just get used to it after a while. I couldn't stand the screen when I first got the phone, It stopped me using it regularly because I just used to get annoyed at the screen! (sad I know) But now I don't even think about the screen because I'm so used to it. I came from the Desire S which had a S-LCD display and a 480x800 display so that was a very good screen considering it was only 3.7 inches! I found the amoled colours of the one s to be extremely saturated. I didn't like the yellowish/blueish whites and the fact that every time you slightly changed the angle of the screen the colours would turn slightly blue. Text looked pixelated especially on a white background, that doesn't help considering a key part of sense 4 settings is all white background. It took me a good month to get used to the screen and 3 months in, I'm used to it :) Possibly getting the Nexus 4 soon so doubt I'll have much longer with this phone anyway.
[HTC One S] shahkam:
Sorry for the little off topic might pickup a one s didn't want to start a new thread...

I saw the one s at my local fido store and damn its so snappy even whit sense !! But i tried the one x and it was somewhat slower is this normal ? Flicking through homescreens just werent the same..
[HTC One S] Janderson88:
I did notice it some when I first got it, but I really don't anymore at all, and like was said above, I'm never close enough to my display to really notice it. I think the screen is incredible, as is every other aspect of the phone. I LOVE my One S.
[HTC One S] bgii2000:
I thought it would annoy me, but the phone was free so I decided to bite the bullet. I've had the phone 6 months now, and I really don't notice it at this point.
[HTC One S] Terminator19:
I love the one S display, sure the screen isn't as sharp as the GN, GS 3 and one X etc. and you don't get as much screen real estate but everything else is just as good, if not better:

- one of the best screens in sun light, don't even have to put my screen above 70% brightness in direct sun light in order to be able to make stuff out easily and this is on a darkish background too, MUCH better than the GN and GS 2 in this area

- colour reproduction is superb, my screen is pretty much perfect, whites are super white, brighter white than my dell u2311h, iirc a review site stated that the screen is better calibrated than the GS 3 SAMOLED screen

- no tinting at all on mine, usually with AMOLED screens you get a blue or yellow tint, which is noticeable at angles on whites but not on mine (this varies with every single screen though)

- of course blacks are black and the viewing angles are superb

- high contrast ratio etc. so games and videos look great

I only notice the pentile when looking at white text on black backgrounds and a few icons, but only when I really look for it and have my face pretty close to the screen. I find the one S screen to be sharper overall compared to the GS 2 screen.

I have had the one S beside the GS 2, GN and GS 3 and personally I didn't like the GS 2 screen at all, res. is too low so things are huge (felt like an old man using a phone designed for people with poor eye sight :p), colours are far too saturated/warm. The GN screen is nice and sharp but the colours aren't saturated enough, rather dull over all and plus both phones are poor in comparison to the S for view ability in the sunshine. The GS 3 screen is great, better than the GN, however, I think the one S screen looks better for colours.

Anandtech more or less summed up my thoughts:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5868/htc-one-s-review-international-and-tmobile/6
[HTC One S] el_smurfo:
My solution: Get old. You probably can't see all the minute issues you guys think matter, and you don't really care if you do. Every phone I've ever had has had a better screen than the previous and I think that's pretty nice.
[HTC One S] mbh87:
I hate the screen, drives me nuts. I found that using a theme that mostly uses blacks and whites makes it more bearable though.
[HTC One S] theguitarman94:
Have to agree. Thing is apart from the screen it's a fantastic phone. It's so fast, battery life is great and the camera is great. I don't even think the screen would be that bad if it wasn't pentile it's just the fact that it's a pentile display it makes the phone look way more pixelated than it should be
[HTC One S] Troute:
I think I need to go to specsavers, I've never noticed a problem with the screen.
[HTC One S] usaff22:
The screen on this is amazing. Don't notice any pixellation whilst on it . It's quite an improvement over my old Wildfires QVGA 3.5 inch 240x320 TFT display.
[HTC One S] gszabi:
If you switched from Wildfire you cant see this but if you had any phone in the alike pixel density and resolution you can see the difference. According to others opinion its not bad, the perfect color saturation, contrast etc will eliminate the bad feeling about those subpixels.
[HTC One S] usaff22:
HTC does calibrate their screens nicely
[HTC One S] Yves88:
I suppose it depends on what you're used to. When you come from an iPhone or high-end LCD-screen you probably will get annoyed with this display. However, when this is your first touchscreen smartphone or when you had a smartphone with a low-end display before this one, you will probably be able to cope with the slight pixilation.

Personally, even with this being my first touchscreen smartphone and coming from an E72 with a PPI of about 170, the display of this device would be the only reason for me to buy a One X or Nexus 4. That being said; you don't buy a smartphone solely for its display, you buy it for the complete package (price, battery, design, display, size, cpu/gpu, storage, support, OS, cloud integration etc.). And for me, the package the One S offers is more compelling than that of most other smartphones one the market.
[HTC One S] ChrisAG:
I compared the One S screen to that of my Galaxy Nexus and honestly, when it comes to clarity, there isn't much of a difference. If you are in your twenties with near perfect eyesight and able to hold the phone less than a foot from your face then you will probably see pixelation but at normal distances it isn't an issue. For me it seems that anything above 250ppi is fine - my original Galaxy S was less (I think 233ppi) and that display was pixelated to me, but then again it was an earlier generation screen, I'm sure there have been other refinements besides resolution since then.
[HTC One S] gszabi:
One S 256 PPI

Sam Galaxy S2 217 PPI but looks sharper.

Its all about the pixel placement, pentile matrix is a pattern. This matrix gives us better colors because more subpixels. Google for it there are many info i cant explain it in english :(
[HTC One S] kurtxcobain:
I come from an LG Optimus 2x, 4'' ips display, 800x480, and I feel this display better IMHO.
[HTC One S] ChrisAG:
I said Galaxy S, not S2.

Yes the S2 was/is superior despite the lower resolution thanks to the RGB arrangement (not pentile). The original Galaxy S was pentile, and not that great by today's standards.
[HTC One S] Habarug:
It's okay, but I'm actually kind of unsatisfied with the blacks. I thought it would be completely black, but when I have a black picture shown on the phone in a completely dark room, the screen still lights up
[HTC One S] gszabi:
Im not mentioned to your statement im only used an example. Btw you're right.
[HTC One S] :
I agree with a couple other posters--I see no pixels--smooth and sharp

Maybe old eyes--as i am itching for the N4 or Note2's bigger screens--:)
[HTC One S] touch of jobo:
It's normal. The OneS is just faster in the real world.

Part of this is because it has fewer pixels to render. QHD vs. 720HD.
[HTC One S] TheEndHK:
I'll say the screen part is the main reason for me to consider buy a new phone in the next one or two months, other than that I still very love my One S until this moment. My previously owned Sony XS 720P SLCD got much clear screen and better colour. However, it's just too hot, slow, battery run quick, ICS buggy, and the most important part to me is One S camera is definitely better(after flashed ZeroCamera).

Actually, I'm considering to get the international ver of HTC Droid DNA/J-Butterfly, it will on sales worldwide before xmas. It's very slim, pretty, light weight with the same camera on One S. It looks exactly an One S Bigger 5" ver, I'm thinking to get it later. However, I will probably still keep my One S though because the HTC Droid DNA/J-Butterfly battery isn't switchable with a 2020mah but it uses SLCD3 and consumes only half way the battery as advertised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0kFiHsnIaQ

HTC Droid DNA unboxed
[HTC One S] sandwichmasta:
It isnt the best display in the world, I can notice a bit of pixelation from time to time. But I think its great for the size of the phone. I've never had a moment it took me aback because it looked bad, if anything I notice how nice it looks from time to time (when brightness is up all the way anyway)
[HTC One S] 00cojo:
I like the screen, unless its an inch from my face and I am looking for imperfection I have no complaints.
[HTC One S] Chris95X8:
I gotta admit I was kind of let down at first but I couldn't even notice it after a week. I'm really really satisfied with this screen.
[HTC One S] maek_it_happen:
I love the greens and blues .....sense and amoled are awesomo

Sent from my One S while ducking the xda police.
[HTC One S] lonoguge:
The worst thing about it isn't that it's pentile but its knowing that the one s' brothers the one x and evo 4g lte have some of the best screens of their generation and we got the short end of the stick. But if the pentile's the reason we have amazing battery life I can learn to live with it.
[HTC One S] Fredfly:
I came from the sensation that has a stunning display and was not a fan of

pen tile screens but the one s surprised me. Its quite sharp and the blacks are so black (thank you LEDs). Also the one s specs sealed the deal. Its much snappier than any other phone out there.
[HTC One S] Mekuso:
The screen is definitely good enough. It's not the best screen in the world, mostly due to pentile, but it has really nice colors and contrast. Three size is perfect for me, and it's sharp enough that the slight pixelation doesn't bother you. Pictures and videos look absolutely amazing, text is perfectly readable in reasonable sizes.
[HTC One S] mo976:
Coming from the Sensation its like night and day. The black is actually black not grey and colors are vivid if not a bit overblown, I can also see the screen outdoors in sunlight. And from a normal distance I don't experience the pixelation of the pentile display, though text on the sensation was slightly crisper, but movies and pictures look overall better.
[HTC One S] yacbos:
i got an eye problem can't see anything too close, so basically i cant see the pixelation lol :D got a +1 for my eyes
[HTC One S] Kamilr97:
I came from a Motorola Cliq XT so I can't really complain :p
[HTC One S] Macanakin:
it's true. i can see the pixels very well.
[HTC One S] theguitarman94:
As others have mentioned the main factors that affect your perception of the One S screen is either eyesight or previous phones displays. My eyesight is definitely not great and I can see the pixels of the screen. I also love how some people say they've come from the htc wildfire and they like this phones display! The wildfire was my daily driver about 18 months ago and phones now are in a completely different league. Some old nokias have a higher ppi than the wildfire it's a truely terrible display and even at that time it was still pretty terrible. The pros of the One S heavily outweigh the cons and the only real con on this device is the screen!
[HTC One S] dskater411:
my trick:

i kept the screen overlay protection that came with the phone on it for a week until my screen protectors were shipped to me. Bam. Looks 1000x better than it used to
[HTC One S] eneka:
my screen is starting to show burn in of the status bar...
[HTC One S] _kevn_:
my wife and I picked up the black t-mobile version that was just on sale for free after $50 mir, and I have to say that I was worried about the pentile screen especially after reading just about every review saying something about it and how it's not that great and blah blah blah. I couldn't be happier. I was trying to hold out and get a nexus 4 because i just couldn't fathom the thought of going with anything other than "latest gen. tech" but couldn't pass up FREE. So I've been using it for the past week and it's been amazing!

As far as the pentile screen, I really can't see it much. Granted, this may be because I haven't been staring at anything comparable to the relative screen size/resolution but I really don't see what the major fuss is about. It seems from the other comments that there maybe be a variation from screen to screen which could play a part in everyone's opinion on it. I've got mine set to just a black background on the homescreens currently with brightness to 0% in the evening and most of the time indoors, outdoors set to auto (though i'm going to play around with 50% and 75% to find a sweet spot) and it's gorgeous to me.

The colors are wonderful. I tried to describe it to my wife as it feels sometimes like it's all just melting under my fingertip or like wet paint, it's just got a drippy goodness to it.

I usually have it about 1 1/2 ft from my face sometimes more so the only time i'm really noticing pixels it when it's less than 6 inches from my face.

If I'm LOOKING for the pentile and the pixels, then I'll see them, otherwise, the screen is tops for me right now.

Coming from a Palm Pre- (RIP webOS) it's a considerable upgrade.

kevin

p.s. thanks for having me xda and the One S forum specifically, I hope I have many positive things to contribute in the future!
[HTC One S] Troute:
Turn your brightness down and let the screen switch off earlier.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkuni:
I'm totally hooked on using CIFS on my local network at home ...

Anyone working on even a stock kernel replacement with CIFS built in?

Thanks! :)
[Nexus 4 General] agabe:
finally I got my nexus 4 :good:

It looks very good:

The browsing is good and fast, the pages looks really good, and I like the chrome browser

The colours are pretty good, especially the white:

But!!

after some browsing, or benchmark (when the phone is warming a bit)

It gets yellow tint the left side on the screen (maybe not only there, but there is the most recognisable):

I don't find this is a good product from LG.

I hope this is not usual...but personally I'm disappointed :crying:
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Looks like the glue spot issues the One X had/still has...

It's to do with how the screen is glued to the LCD.

I really cba going through issues similar to the One X's launch again, that device had a horrendous hardware launch.
[Nexus 4 General] mke1973:
Are you in Europe and did you buy this from an EU carrier? If so, it would seem that LG diverted units from Google to go to other vendors. Google actually had to cancel announced plans to sell the Nexus 4 via Playstore in the Netherlands and Belgium at the very last minute because LG couldn't deliver units. I suspect LG's reputation isn't going to be helped by the disastrous launch of this phone. Google deserves to share the criticism too. (There's a rumor that LG delivered only 5,000 units to Google, but then rumors aren't substantiated and it may well be false. However, the UK Playstore sold out in under an hour and the US Playstore was sold out in under a half and hour so it sounds like there weren't a lot of phones available.)
[Nexus 4 General] Cusa:
Yeah this definitely looks like the issue that one x had with their launch. Not good!
[Nexus 4 General] gideonMorrison:
Christ almighty, this phone is Frankenstein resurrected. How many things went wrong/are wrong again!? I can't keep track anymore. Worst f-cking phone EVER. Sucks it looks so good though.