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[Vibrant General] MMcCraryNJ:
1. Doesn't for me, and this is the first I'm hearing of that. Perhaps you are in an area with poor reception or have a defective device.

2. I have no lag at all. Are you running any intensive widgets? Live wallpapers? A million things running in the background?

3. Again, that's a sign of being in a poor reception area which isn't the phone's fault. If you haven't already, I would try activating and swapping out the SIM card out for a new one if you are using an older one from a previous phone. That has solved some people's problems.

4. There should be a setting to sort by date. If there isn't, *shrug*. There are other good picture viewing apps in the market. I find the Gallery app to be very helpful in sharing pictures though.

5. Facebook makes an official app. Same goes for Twitter and Myspace. Some specific social networking actions, such as "liking" can't be done with the widget or in the contacts menu. I find the widget is good for a quick updating of statuses or tweeting.

6. If it gets you to the same point, then? The browser is speedy enough on this phone that you shouldn't need to worry about using it as opposed to the built-in apps that take you there.

7. Again, there are tons of other software in the market to use if you wish to not use the ones provided.

8. This is the social networks fault, not the phones. Facebook sync in particular works when it wants to for me. But it's Facebook's fault. Something awry with their server connections. Twitter always syncs for me.

9. Mine takes 4-5 hours from dry to charge fully. That's the downfall of having a bigger battery, you get more usage out of it but it takes longer to charge. Make sure you are using the wall charger and not a USB port on your computer (USB charging any device takes a lifetime as USB ports don't draw a lot of power anyway). If possible, turn the device off as it charges. It will charge much quicker this way. Perhaps leave the device off overnight and charge it up?

These seem like general smartphone complaints and really not much to do with the Vibrant specifically. Most of these phones have the same general minor annoyances or glitches. Sense is OK, nothing special. It's all personal taste but after using Sense for a month and then TouchWiz for 2 weeks, I much prefer TW. The Launcher and the Samsung specific apps really integrate services, social features, and Android very nicely. If you don't like the Launcher you can always use the other two big ones in the market, they work just as well. You can also use any messaging app you wish.

The hardware feels light for a reason. The heavier the device is, the harder it falls when you drop it. If you've seen all of the quality tests of people dropping the phone, trying to scratch it, etc, you would see that the build quality is amazing. The metal-looking plastic on the rim will take the most damage. Screen is scratch-resistant, not scratch-proof.
[Vibrant General] hurrpancakes:
I think this is a network issue, not Samsung's fault.

Once again, a network issue.

This I agree with.

I don't understand what this means. Could you elaborate?
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
@MMcCraryNJ

Ive had 3 vibrants already.. returned two for different issues.

thanks for your reply: I have been a smart phone user for a long time and im pretty intuitive when it comes to devices and their flaws.. I mention these issues because they trully exist. I have ran into many people from different sites whom experience the same things.. i just wanted to converse with the xda family about it. You advised that i use alternate applications via the market to fulfill my desires but that's not what I want to do or feel that needs to be done. Just like the iphone, don't tell me i have to get a rubber case to enjoy the phone because of bad reception/antenna build. The perks within the widgets could be added and indirectly im asking for some extra features in which would be attainable by Samsung. if you don't speak on it, things wont ever get done because people try to make this phone seem as if its flawless and it's not.. it's ok to admit to certain issues and not sugar coat them lol. The phone has treated me very well though besides the few annoyances just like everyone has their own preferences ya know?
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
My response: when i say fetch it within the app, i mean for it to load the exta pics right in the same area and allowing me to preview them instead of pushing me to the browser to look at the pics via facebook that way. I hope im clear
[Vibrant General] air2k57:
Market issue and app lag in general is easy to fix. look up vibrant stalling thread, lag is due to how slow the storage is. By moving app storage to nand, you fix the issue, there are only a few side effects which most of us wont run into anyways.

I've had nexus one and ran desire rom with sense, I've had evo4g with sense, and older android phones with sense. I skipped Samsung phone, whatever it was called on Tmobile, the first Samsung android due to touch wiz. Hated it, was super slow, retarded looking, and buggy. When I heard about the vibrant, I was hesitant as I did not want touch wiz, I hated how it was in the past. Still got the phone, and wow.... I love it! I replaced launcher with adw because I Just like the way it looks more, but everything else is great. I actually prefer touch wiz to sense, it looks more modern, has some neat features.

Although, I do agree with you that it still does have issues, so does sense, specially espresso version of it on the slide. My girl has it, omg, I'd throw that phone out of the window... lol

My biggest issue with touch wiz now is the messaging. It lags, specially if you're texting several people at once. It also refuses to scroll up in the thread sometimes, just bounces back down. Despite it, I still love it, makes an already good looking OS, look better. I do prefer the visuals of touch wiz to sense, personal preference. Sense feels like a a fancy limo to me. Over the top classy visuals, with too much bloat, and overall is rather slow. Touch wiz is like a BMW, looks superb, just enough flare to make it look modern, still runs fast.

The lag in sense is mostly graphical, just feels choppy. My guess is that it is mostly related to devices themselves, as they are not as powerful as the vibrant. Like, oncrhe nexus one, 3d gallery loads just as fast, but animations feel a little choppy, on vibrant it is very smooth. And your issue with gallery, I think it is more android related and not touch wiz. Nexus is full stock and it uses same 3d gallery as the vibrant, it does the same thing when it comes to ordering.
[Vibrant General] air2k57:
To number 9 specifically. He's right about charging, I think its mostly done by Samsung to preserve the battery. Nexus one has 1400mah battery, I also threw a 1500mah right before I sold it. I noticed slow charging immediately on the vibrant, nexus one charged way faster. I'm used to it now though, I always leave it on the charger over night anyway. So, the issue is not with higher capacity battery, but Samsung improving the battery life, at least I think.

And op, android is not like apple, very open sourced. It is very easy to customize and there are a ton of replacement apps on the market which could help. Like launchers, very useful and don't even waste memory as default launcher gets disabled if you run an alternate one. Point is, nothing wrong with voicing opinions and hoping that Samsung will fix or improve things. But, That will take ages, and it is a long shot. Why discredit aftermarket apps? They do no harm and could really help You enjoy your phone more.
[Vibrant General] talltexan:
Its a shame you are comparing a hardware issue(iphone) with software issue that you are having. The iphone fails because it is hardware and there are pretty much no other options but to fix it with a case however with your phone you can install different apps. You can use other apps than stock, i keep Twitter installed due to the integration with TW however i use Twidroid im sorry Twidroyd for my day to day twitter client. This phone is far from flawless i would relate the lock/power button to the iphones reception problem however with ours there is no case fix. I think it was a poor oversight on Samsung's part to put the button on the side of a rounded housing at that!
[Vibrant General] Shane_pcs:
This is a netowrk parameter setting. By increasing the time between scans your local T-mobile market is increasing your battery life and reducing the paging load on the network. Everytime you ping pong between 2G and 3G you have to do a location area update so the network knows where to find you. EVeryone doing that would overload the system and some calls would not be delivered. Aka, they are probably doing a good thing.
[Vibrant General] stepinmyworld:
o ok... i just wonder why alll of the other phones i've owned didn't do this.... (take such a long time to switch?)
[Vibrant General] Shane_pcs:
I can't speak for markets I don't work on, but from time to time corporate changes the recommended settings. There have been a few changes specifically to the 2G and 3G interaction lately. There are also different "release classes" of handsets and they don't always support the newest "features". So sometimes a parameter change only affects certain handsets and not others.
[Vibrant General] devcurious:
Hi XDA, longtime lurker, first time poster. Love the forum, thanks for taking my post...*laff*

I have had a smartphone back to when they weren't phones (Motorola PageWriter). I remember the bad old days of the Pocket PC phones, how good Blackberries were with email when they hit the market and a charter G1 owner.

I can say without hesitation that the Vibrant is the best smartphone I have ever owned.

My only qualm at this point is the whole phone/google contact thing in the TouchWiz contacts app, I hate that I can't set custom ring tones or use the "groups" function for Google contacts and can't sync the "phone" contacts...I hate that, with a passion.

Seems like Samsung is treating Google contacts like an LDAP server instead of the seamless integration I had with my G1.

Other than that, I really like TouchWiz.
[HD2 General] Lowndes:
businessurls.co.uk made an announcement 7-30-10.

Say it ain't so, Joe. Well....it's an option.
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
I doubt it. They have a contract with microsoft for the HD2... they couldn't do that without pissing ms off.
[HD2 General] Paten:
Did you bother to read it? Nowhere does it say that android is available for the HD2 from HTC. It's just some shop in the UK that is offering the option. They don't mention that they are voiding the factory warranty while they are doing it though.
[HD2 General] lude219:
spam. ban this guy.
[HD2 General] Lowndes:
SPAM???

Not SPAM, Mr. Lude. Read it on

Maybe it is a shop selling the phone whit a hack job install.

I saw it while playing on my new dual boot hd2 with android last night and thought it might be worth looking into by some of the xda experts. Ban me if you want, just telling you what I saw.

I'd post a pic of it here but can't even figure out how!!
[HD2 General] Lowndes:
http://www.businessurls.co.uk/?s=htc+hd2
[HD2 General] Wrathlon:
Considering it's running off an SD Card and doesn't touch the NAND I really don't see how this would void any warranty.
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
All the link says is that you can install Android. And it's got the potential to 'provide a ɡrеаt boost tο thе sale οf thеѕе HTC HD2 contracts аnԁ thе pay аѕ уου ɡο mobile phones.', nowhere does it say it comes pre-loaded or you can buy a dualboot option.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlb92:
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Also is using a fast class 6 card actually noticeable when using the nexus one? Currently I have a class 2.

For example, sometimes it takes a long time to load up the gallery. Also will the phone be able to use the extra speeds once cyanogen has this 720p video recording incorporated? Or is the speed just noticeable when transfering between devices.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tardman91:
I picked up a Class 2 16GB SanDisk card through Amazon for $28. You can probably find them cheaper on eBay, but there are a lot of frauds out there. At least I know if I have any trouble Amazon will stand behind it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
...and just to add that Class 2 is simply a MINIMUM rating. Many Sandisk Class 2's read/write faster than lesser manufacturer's Class 6 cards.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blastroid:
I'm going to mortgage the farm and do a 32 gb SanDisk from Newegg @ $75. My dream of dragging FLACs to my phone and listening is fully lucid. Goodbye little iRiver . . . I'll keep you around as a recorder backup!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlb92:
What is a FLAC? And can you report back with a speed test once you get it...at $75 I'm sure its a class 2 right..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericFuels999:
FLAC is an open source file format for audio. It stands for Free Lossless Audio Codex. Once you listen to audio in FLAC format, it's hard to go back to MP3!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saucratiz:
clockwork says that recovery is broken, when I try to boot into recovery by doing power off and down just sits at the htc evo screen I need to reflash rom and radio is there a manual way to boot into recovery
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unknownforce:
Wrong Forum.

Oh and I was going to help you but, with both being in the wrong forum and double posting: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=741225

I'm not going to now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saturn2K:
You installed the wrong Froyo, I think. Install this and you won't need to worry about recovery or rooting stuff. You can get radio updates automagically.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=740319

This breaks root, so be careful.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjmjr69:
HUH? why"?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smw6180:
Umm...you're actually TELLING him to install a ROM that will make it impossible for him to root?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnothimm:
Lol, I think his intentions aren't all that commendable...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwajr:
Just boot up and run cw then reinstall recovery if still does not work flash alternate at bottom then install cw at top
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
It only happens when I use any ROM based off the .47 OTA and now the newer froyo 2.2 versions that have been released. I realize they are not final but a final version is obviously not going to fix my problem.

I feel I am probably a very small number of people with this issue. If I run any other ROM I don't have the issue but obviously there is something either with my phone or in the kernel or something effecting my phone.

What do I mean by ghost screen touch? Randomly using the phone it will register touches at the top of my screen. Bad enough to make the screen unusuable and I have to turn the screen off and on multiple times till it goes away.

If it is happening in my app tray it will always select the first top left icon on my screen.

This is on a completely stock ROM without me adding any software or anything. I also have no screen protectors etc. I have eliminated everything I can.

The only thing I can think of is I know before the .47 OTA some people complained about a grounding issue. I never had that problem personally but whatever they changed I think may be causing this because any ROM before that is fine.

This also does happen to me more when the phone is plugged into the charger.

thanks for reading.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Valicore:
I have gotten it when I'm charging, to the extent I have to disconnect my phone to use it without the screen going crazy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
Have you tried running dotty to see if anything is registering?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Installed dotty and nothing was showing. decided to touch it and when i stopped touching it 3 points were still showing as registered(i can max at 5 points) they are still showing as i look at the phone now not evening touching it. now they are flashing as if i was touching them both!

update..it seems like its normal for there to be points after you stop touching the screen in dotty i dunno..however when my screen does start going crazy in dotty it will show two touches parallel to each other on the top left corner just down a bit. it will actually flash between the two as if i was cycling my fingers back and forth.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baiatul:
the only time I saw something like this on my phone, the screen shaking, icons moving, like delayed touches, vibrating movements, ghost screen touches, etc. etc. and unresponsive, was when I ate a "Subway" sandwich, I had mayonnaise on my fingers, and I tried to use the phone, it looked like it was experiencing a seizure. I really worried that day. I even though of pulling the battery. It went away when I wiped the screen....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deathpod:
I can confirm the odd touch behavior while charging.

This may be unrelated but I recall seeing a post saying the HTC Music widget was causing scroll lag and touch issues on the new OTA over in the dev forum.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinsLament:
So does that mean you ruled out the fps hack?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DataDork:
I woudlnt worry much.. been getting this every once in a blue moon since the first OTA (while charged to PC.. not the wall)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R4Y0:
I also have this issue, but its rare when it happens... I've seen this exact issue with my old pre as well...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Seriously? So you're what 12 then?

Correct..I am not sure what has changed since the .47 OTA but from there on up the issue is there even stock.

I'd love to not worry about it but it happens to me without it being plugged in also. Often enough to be very annoying.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SharkUW:
You should take your phone back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URABUS0924:
Are you using the stock htc USB cable? I know that certain cheap (i.e. Monoprice) chargers/cables cause people's screens to become unresponsive and just basically act weird. Though it doesn't explain why it is only doing this with Froyo. Okay nevermind, just throwing some ideas out there. =)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m03sizlak:
My screen is less responsive to touch when charging via A/C adapter sometimes. Probably a grounding issue. Doesnt bother me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvous23:
I am also having this issue, except it happens w/o it being plugged in and it is happening to the point that my phone is completely un-usable. I bought it on launch day, I am trying to get back to stock 2.2 using the OTA and take it into sprint and play dumb I dont know what to do at this point.

Update: I was able to roll back to 1.32.651.1 (initial release) and I did not have any "ghost input" issues at all, loaded up dotty (which interestingly only let me use *2* multi-touch inputs at a time, if I put three fingers down the 3rd wouldn't show) played with it for 10 minutes. Usually I encounter these symptoms within a minute or two. Then I started updating, It loaded that very small update 1.32.651.6 i think, again no problems at all. Next up was 1.47.651.1. This update is the one that is causing the problem for me. Within 45 seconds of getting into the OS after 1.47 I started encountering the issue and Dotty is showing the same symptoms that MrDSL is having (two dots flashing in the top left handish corner). For ****s I then installed the official 2.2, in hopes that it would resolve the issue, but I still have the same problems. So, at this point I can either run pre 1.47 which really isn't an options for me, or deal with the ghost input issue which also really isn't an option for me, it literally drives me insane and I can't even use my phone as it just does it's own thing, or take it back to sprint.

At this point since I purchased this phone on launch day from Radio Shack what should I do? I want to exchange it but I don't know if Sprint or Radio shack will take it back (we're coming up on two months since launch). I should not have to use Insurance for something that is their problem. Suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvous23:
Anyone else having this issue besides me and DSL ? DSL what have you done to remedy this or are you just living with the hell?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Since the offical 2.2 has come out I emailed Sprint to let them know and they created a ticket for me and told me to bring it to the nearest Sprint store who has a tech on site.

I played dumb and said the issue started at the .47 OTA and that I was hoping the 2.2 OTA would fix it but instead it actually got worse. So when I need to go to the Sprint store I'll just flash the offical 2.2 OTA.

I really don't have much of a choice other then that unfortunately :(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novanosis85:
Do you have a screen cover?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvous23:
I do not have a screen cover. Even if i did and it was causing the issue it would happen on pre 1.47...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
No screen cover! Nothing!

This is even without adding any software..Completely stock!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] |Jason8|:
Yep, got the same thing here. It's some of the most annoying stuff in the world. I'll be typing on the keyboard, and it'll give me a triple-tap, then it'll flip down the notification panel, and it just does strange stuff. And then it'll be fine for the rest of the day. And then, it'll do it again. It's such a pain. I figured it was the FPS hack, since it runs everything at 110Hz or something, but then I noticed, like you guys, that it happens on stock as well. Pretty much a total pain.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stilv:
yup, my phone is pretty much useless!

same problem, a super ghost
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvous23:
Update: Took my phone to sprint and they were highly suspect of my claims, and since it is a intermittent issue it took me about 10-15 minutes working with one of their Reps until they saw it with their own eyes. It is not a wide spread issue it looks like of the amount of users on XDA there is maybe 7-8 of us, anyways just be patient with the rep you are dealing with as they have to see the issue with their own eyes. They get a lot of non-technical people in that make claims and they can't just always take the customers word for it. After they saw the ghost input for their own eyes they were going to try to replace just the screen but they were unable to procure a new screen in a timely manner (be sure that you are going to a sprint store that has a tech on site). They ended up replacing my entire phone and they actually had one in stock. I really lucked out as it is a HW 003 w/ epson Screen and no light leak. I truly am a happy camper after a somewhat troubling experience.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
So far that has been my problem. Getting it to happen when I am in for service but they don't have any EVO's in stock.

I'm glad you got an exchange..I hope I get the same here soon.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDSL:
Got my new phone today and the problem so far is completely gone!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nvous23:
Congrats, I love my phone again. I was hating it so much I just wouldn't use it anymore...
[Droid Incredible General] stigmato:
Has anyone tried out Flickr Sense integration with the new Froyo OTA? I haven't touched it since 2.1 and that unfortunately had the horrific battery drain problem. I would like to know if anyone has experienced the same problems with it and if so any tips on mitigating it. Thanks