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[Epic 4G General] murso74:
when i first updated i had the terrible lag when switching orientation and the bad compass. since then i deleted the yamaha cfg file... reran the test in terminal, cleared the data with gps status, and recalibrated the phone upside down. this fixed my orientation and compass problems for the most part. however last night i had to reboot the phone do to the phone not orienting in the origional landscape mode (with the buttons on the right) it would only go to the other side (buttons to the left). the compass seems to work fairly well except for the occasional turn around in google maps. seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.

google sky maps has an issue on my phone wiht not being able to go above the horizon line. i can look down but not up. once i hit the horizon it stops.
[Epic 4G General] hybridsix:
Update Method

update.zip from the Google download

Issue:

Accelerometer is being more jittery than normal. I experience it most when trying to play "Words with friends" as the letters keep jumping around like i'm shaking the phone.
[Epic 4G General] ultra78721:
Update via samsung:(

3g data =Internet browsing is slow most of the times regardless of good signal...AND IT TIMES OUT

4g =Almost useless..Connects but speed is slow regardless of good signal...AND IT TIMES OUT

WiFi= Slow speed regardless of good signal...AND IT TIMES OUT

(30mbps down..1.5 up..is my internet speed)

2 to 3 times a day, I have no data speed wifi,3g,4g regardless of good signal

I restart the phone and it works again,for a while though:confused:

After a time ,websites only load halfway and I have to reboot:mad:

Checkerboard on browser

Camera lags in low light

And only 2 times in a couple of days I dropped a call, and the phone dialer is unresponsive and have to reboot.(Everything else works though when that happens)
[Epic 4G General] victorhuang20:
for some reason I can't send out emails on my gmail. I have to go through the browser =(
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
Update method - update.zip downloaded from web and copied to root of SD card. Ran stock recovery. Came from DI18 stock but rooted (never ever loaded any other roms)

- All data stayed intact and did not have to do a clear cache

- Did not rotate at first, but a reboot fixed that. Has worked flawlessly ever since

- GPS did not connect right away at first but the same reboot also fixed that. Now works flawlessly and even connects indoors (never did that on DI18). Consistently connects in seconds with 10+ satellites locked and as good as 6 feet in accuracy.

- At first I thought 3G was f'ed, but I tested on my wife's EVO (speedtest.net app) and she was getting miserable speeds as well. Must be my area. When I went to another location, it was working fine again (as high as almost 2 Mbps).

- Video Camera lags in low light, and having the flash on does not help much

- Force close in still camera when selecting Sport mode

- Some checkerboarding in browser, but not a deal breaker. I rather have the camera issues fixed more than the checkerboarding

- Can only have 4 windows open in the stock browser? Sux

- Everything else works as well as far as I know. Battery life seems improved. Seems faster.
[Epic 4G General] danielseeksGod:
regarding that 5th one, i think you can swipe to the right on the contact to dial on the call log, and swipe to the left to send a message
[Epic 4G General] Firon:
I used the Samsung tool to update.

1) Keyboard drops presses at random.

2) Touchscreen fails to operate correctly on waking the phone up sometimes, so you can't use your lockscreen. Have to put it to sleep and wake it up again to fix it.
[Epic 4G General] ae69ae:
Text Messages

Updated from Eclair to Froyo =

--Text Messages say "Sending" and never send.

Re-updated using Samsung Tool from Froyo to Froyo =

--Text Messages say "Sending" and dont send until I turn off the phone [sometimes it takes 2 restarts for the text messages to finally send.]

Text Messages were perfect on Eclair.

Can we say Text Messages are a problem? or do I return this phone?
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
Ummmm Sounds like a data problem. Check to see if youtube work.
[Epic 4G General] InhumanElmo:
Update method: update.zip direct from samsung

Bugs:

Camera: low light recording is super laggy. Eclair was butter smooth. (Worst)

Gps: its not terrible, but its not what it should be. 1500 meter lock, google maps never gets location. Sprint navi is the one that works better for me.

Physical Keyboard: wasnt bad in eclair, but now it is soooo much worse.

Browser: Checkerboard (not that it bothers me much, ipod touch did it all the time.)

No force closes or anything major like txts not sending. None of those issues that the update was pulled for, or atleast nothing I've noticed. I can't believe that samsung has had this many issues with functionality that the previous release had for the most part working. The browser, camera, and keyboard used to work great for me and now have been crippled. I have such a love hate relationship with this phone. Samsung needs to come out and publicly say that there is an issue and atleast state that they are working on the problems, and which problems are being addressed. They need to be more active with the public.
[Epic 4G General] dvdee:
I'm not sure why people are going back to DI18 with Odin and then using the update zip to upgrade when you can just use the tarball file provided in the samsung update to go directly to EB13. I used this method and don't really have any problems.
[Epic 4G General] PythonFanTN:
I agree, did the same thing after a few quirks with update.zip from stock update and only have 1-2 minor complaints now that are simply inherent to EB13 in general & not related to update method problems.
[Epic 4G General] ae69ae:
Wifi, 4g, 3g, all work fine. I get incoming text messages--mostly of people saying "Why aren't you texting back," thats when I notice All my sent text messages have a little text at the bottom says "sending."

I updated the PRL and everything in that list prior to this.
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
Reapplied the update using your method....

Problems STILL present..

Thanks anyway.
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
the .exe reverts you back the stock and wipes everything. So if your phone is still have issues after that, revert back to stock. If your phone still has problems after that, its a hardware problem or you didnt follow the instructions. One or the other.
[Epic 4G General] InhumanElmo:
I didn't ODIN down to DI18. I was stock never been rooted at DI18, then applied the update with the update.zip so I didn't have to redo all my contacts and stuff. Again I am not noticing that many problems except for the ones I have listed, which are ones that have persisted from DI18 to EB13. (except the camera which is honestly ridiculous, and the messaging app which... well lets just say I almost had to use the insurance for physical damage on my phone when I saw that.) I'm sure that the OTW update using ODIN or the Samsung EXE would have eliminated many of the more strange issues that are occuring. Like I have never had the TWS issue. (Although I am for most of my day roaming, but I am working with sprint to get this one sorted out.)

Lets just put it this way. The update itself was delayed for so long that we expected to see no issues. I expected some, but not the same ones that we have experienced before. The Checkerboarding and the amount of windows being able to have opened in the web browser is something new and something that quite frankly I don't care that much about. I have had the same things happen to me on my ipod touch which the epic replaced that and my blackberry.

The keyboard skipping issue is unacceptable. That has been a problem since day one, and they have had ample time to repair the issue but it seems (for me atleast) to have gotten worse. Why is it that other companies can manage to have their keyboards work well (Moto Droid, HTC Evo Shift) but Samsung cant. The GPS is another thing that is unacceptable like the keyboard. Granted there are alot of other things that go into the GPS than just the software and it may very well be a hardware issue. If that is the case though they should have issued a recall on the device and had them serviced. The camera is one of those things that seems like another change somewhere else messed that one up.

I feel like Samsung is the Toyota of the cell phone world. They make a great product, but are having alot of issues. Samsung needs to investigate these issues more not only with the epic but the entire galaxy S line and start figuring out what they are going to do to fix the problem and ensure that it doesn't happen again. On the update side, they need to be more timely and more precise with their repairs. I would rather have an annoyance that can be solved with another app (SMS app) than a feature i bought the phone for, that now is essentially useless to me (keyboard).

/OT rant
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
Dude....WTF is wrong with you?! Why are you trying to make it seem like I dont know WTF I am donig?

Its NOT a hardware problem....

I KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS

Went back to Stock...

Did all the wipes...

Its just a bad update....
[Epic 4G General] carrera997:
++++ 1: Couldn't agree with you more.

I have probably had far fewer issues than most becasue I did a factorty reset but I find this low light video situation amazing. Who the hell writes their test plans. This is so basic that you can only conclude that Samsung has no idea what they are doing....
[Epic 4G General] stud_muffler:
Method: OTA from stock DI18 no root

Issues:

Camera FC on switching to Sport

Battery life went down from 14 hrs average (record was 3 days) on DI18 to 8 hrs on EB13 with exactly same services running.

Compass upsidown

TWS 50% switching to Airplane mode fixes it

Checkboarding in the browser (do not use stock browser so it's not important for me)

Sometimes takes a very long time (up to 20 sec) to render/redraw all widgets and shortcuts on the home screens after closing applications specially when running life wallpaper. Never happened on DI18.

Once had a black screen after pushing power button (no wake up). Had to restart to fix.

Once had complete data connection disappear (wi-fi and 3g) and nothing helped except restart.

Generally I like it more than DI18.

:cool:
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
both of these happened to me all the time with eclair
[Epic 4G General] mooshubob:
Anyone else having issues with the WiFi toggle from the drop-down notification bar? It keeps throwing an error after a long time of trying to connect, but then connects perfectly other times. So strange, never had it in DI18.

Thankfully, I haven't had any of the issues y'all have been facing w.r.t. the camera..
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
which of these "bugs" are repeatable with everyones phone? i know the GPS is fixable on alot of peoples phones.. the compass to some extent, and the SD card issues. the checkerboard and lowlight camera issues seem to be a univeral problem. i dont think i have the sport setting camera problem

edit.. nevermind i found the sport setting and it does indeed FC

edit 2.. what is this firmware updater in the camera app? i click check version and it tells me that its an extra fee.. i click ok and it tells me to update my firmware. i click update firmware and it tells me theres another fee. i click ok and it tells me no service
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
I was just wondering if SamsungJohn has commented on the bugs (in private) that we have listed everywhere on this forum, including this thread. Does a mod know what the stance of Samsung (via SamsungJohn) is on the issues and if there is a time frame stipulation for fixing the issues?
[Epic 4G General] Tgrable:
Well let me get started...

Camera- Extremely laggy in low/mid light.

Wakeup- A pretty big delay on waking up this device with the sleep button.

3g speeds- Extremely slow... .08kbps doesn't cut it for download, but my upload is .18 kbps still low, but always higher than my download... Doesn't make sense.

Browser- Checkerboards on zoom in/out

Allshare- for most people this isn't a big one, but allshare is broke.. Has a huge problem connecting to media centers and then when it does connect, is unable to play any files... mp3,3gp doesn't matter says unable to play.

Gps- Works fine for a few hours then once again goes to crap.

Signal- Still getting the Time without sync issue until you airplane mode the phone.

Screen rotate- Seems to be a little out of whack.. It switches from 0' 90' 180' With even the slightest movement.

I think thats about all the issue I have encountered so far..

I went from stock di18-eb13 via the samsung exe that wipes the phone and installs fresh.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
allshare never worked for me. i forgot it was even there. well that's not completely true... but i've never found a file that was compatable with my phone. including jpegs. so basically i can browse my server but i can't play anythign from it
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
John hasn't commented to my knowledge, but he is aware of the thread and monitoring it.
[Epic 4G General] KiloJKilo:
I updated with the samsung tool and the screen rotation was so touchy I disabled it via auto-rotate option under display. It will not stay disabled. I will be using any app and all of a sudden the screen rotates. I'll go back to the display settings and the check box is active again so I have to disable it again. Annoying to say the least.
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
That's good to know.

I experienced this tonight. I have never experienced this ever before either. I will allow it to repeat itself before I begin to call it an issue.
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
I had this problem with DK28
[Epic 4G General] clubbj:
call issues

anyone else having problems while calling or getting a call?

Ive had the mic mute on me 3 times, had to flip to speaker and then back so they could hear me and today when I called someone it kept ringing even after they picked up, had to power off to get it to stop ringing.
[Epic 4G General] ae69ae:
Text Messages BUG

I think I found out what causes the

--Text message bug.

When using WiFi, along with a couple games apps, and one or two web browsers open.

If you go to the the Samsung Task Manager* [its there by default] and click on "Level 2" --the radio resets.

You can receive texts, surf the web--but you CANNOT SEND Text Messages.

There's a bug that causes all your text messages to not send until you reboot your phone.

Can someone replicate this bug and tell me if its only me?

Thanks in advance.

**This application was updated from Eclair to Froyo, in Eclair it didn't have an option for levels of memory clearing. The Bug only occurs on Level 2, Level 1 seems to work just fine, it just doesn't clear a lot of unused memory.

This should be update by excluding any memory space the radio is using.
[Epic 4G General] dalewr:
Handcent

I used the update.zip file to update and it kept all my apps installed. it seemed a little sluggish and I think i had to update my PRL list to get data working. The biggest pain was handcent was acting weird. The popup box would pop up even if i was already in handcent and if you clicked on the name of the person messaging you it wouldn't open handcent and take you to the threaded conversation like it normally did on eclair. So, I did a clean install with odin and wiped everything clean. Everything seemed to work much better no more problems other then the video blurr. But now after a few days handcent is doing the same thing again. I have to turn off the popup messages. Does anybody else have that problem or know of a fix?
[Epic 4G General] MoCoTerp:
Updated from stock 2.1 rom (rooted by OneClick) to 2.2 using Samsung Update EXE. Rooted again with OneClick.

Noted bugs include checkerboard browser, sport mode camera FCs, some 3G issues (minor). Also note that WiFi tether and Barnacle don't seem to work anymore. EasyTether does, but I would like to do it wirelessly.
[Epic 4G General] Omniren:
Updated OTA on February 23.

Problems:

Excessive battery drain (down to 20% from 100% in 4-5 hours).

After sending a text message and then clicking the home button, it would lag for a split second. DI18 never had that problem.

Screen rotates to the side where there the keyboard doesn't slide out. It use to never do that and now it gets really annoying.

Hardware keyboard still glitchy (not all the letters will type if you type fast).

Software keyboard (Android Stock keyboard) does not auto-correct.

Bluetooth connection will not stay constant. Constant disconnections.

Solved problems from DI18:

GPS fix is very fast!!! Within seconds of opening the Map or Browser, it locks on.

That's about it... I'd rather have DI18 and have the GPS problem than all the problems mentioned above...
[Epic 4G General] Jesse Buck:
The auto rotate in the opposite direction is a feature of the autorotate setting in froyo. Its not a glitch it just rotates to whatever direction the accelerometer defines.
[Epic 4G General] Omniren:
That's annoying. Why would I want it to rotate in a direction where the keyboard doesn't slide out? It doesn't make sense. Hopefully they have a setting where we can change that.
[Epic 4G General] MrJymm:
Well, the one place I appreciate the clockwise rotation is in my car dock. The OEM dock has a little clip that pushes into the USB port, and I find it makes the most sense to have that on the right side. And obviously there's no use for the keyboard in that situation.

Only problem is, not all apps seem to work with the new rotation option, so if I try to listen to the sprint radio app in my car, for example, it's upside down. :^(
[Epic 4G General] Omniren:
Since you are looking for people who received their OTA (I did), I will confirm all the problems that is listed here. I will mark my answers in RED. I have already posted some of my problems earlier but I will add as I go along.
[Epic 4G General] Mutiny32:
I find it highly amusing that Samsung/Sprint didn't fix the accelerometer/magnetometer being completely reversed in between at least DK28 in November and EB13 in February...around 3 months and they didn't even bother to fix such a glaringly obvious bug that it shows that they did hardly ANY testing on these builds. Really instills confidence in your QA guys, especially when you are 8 months late to the game under the pretense of intensive testing to ensure every customer has a quality upgrade experience.

Seriously, you people at Samsung/Sprint need to pull your heads out of your asses and realize that even the average Joe isn't going to put up with your paper-thin excuses for delays because they are nothing but bad lies. I'm putting this on Samsung because the Nexus S is having its OS handled by Google, not Samsung, yet it's so close to the Galaxy S line of phones it actually could be considered part of that family. But lookie! Google is churning out build-after-build of Gingerbread for virtually the same hardware we are using while not letting retardedly stupid bugs like inversed magnetometer/accelerometer get past them.
[Epic 4G General] smashedixnay:
The day I updated to Froyo my camera won't work at all. I tried to push the button on the phone and the app button, but no luck. This really sucks!
[Epic 4G General] squshy 7:
I just wanted to let everyone know the compiled list is done, I'm just waiting on incisivekeith to check his PM box so he can update the OP :p

But if youre impatient, you can download the doc http://db.tt/ybtjjR9

Cheers!

Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
I did check your PMs and thank you.:) As I mentioned in the first post here and PMed you back, I have PMed a mod to insert a second post to this thread so I can paste the list in that post, so that it appears on search engine results, too. For now, I have updated the OP with the information about the list so we can at least get the conversation going.
[Epic 4G General] stud_muffler:
Could you please set [SOLVED] tag as a link to the thread/post/site containing a solution.

Also I think you have missed battery life is shorter vs. 2.1

Thanks

:cool:
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
Let's keep the list as is, as it is a comprehensive piece of information about purely the issues. Deeming an issue as solved would mean everyone knows about the solution, understands it and knows how to execute it, which is not the case.
[Epic 4G General] squshy 7:
This was a point of contention with me when I was making this list.

Im not deeming battery life an issue since it is not a specific problem...rather it is a condition that is derived from other issues. So the solution to improving battery life would be to solve other, non-related problems. basically, work out the bugs, and the battery problem will sort itself out. And it is certainly not a software bug. (Unless it can be proven the module designed to control the flow of electricity from the battery is indeed flawed)

Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] k0nane:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14486906/bugs.txt

Just to note, these are the items that still need fixes (N), or that I and ACS's testers need to verify (V), in SyndicateROM Frozen (and its accompanying kernel). I've gone through the complete list - everything else is fixed or working properly in SRF (including some exclusives!). :)

On the SD apps issue: that's a bit of a nonstarter. Your SD card is several times slower than the OneNAND internal storage your device uses, and every time you power on the system, Media Scanner runs. Media Scanner monopolizes your SD card - so anything else that needs to show up is going to be delayed because of it.

EDIT: And the keyboard lag is not a lag. The hardware keyboard skips keys, and always has - that's about it. If users are experiencing any other kind of lag with the keyboard, it is fixed in SRF.

EDIT2: And note that turning off GPS and AGPS (wireless networks, etc. in location settings) results in "location unknown" for photos.
[Epic 4G General] socos25:
I disagree about the hardware keyboard.. I am using EB13 now, and it is a step above DI18 or DK28. I killed swype to get the hardware keyboard working better in DK28, with EB13, I can still have swype running and use the keyboard without any issues.. Maybe I am not typing fast enough, but I can tell you with a desktop keyboard I've been clocked at 72WPM.
[Epic 4G General] wto605:
GPS

NOTE: If your GPS works on EB13 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the last part.

Hi, I'm having an issue with GPS that isn't necessarily related to EB13. I cannot get ANY satellite reception on my phone. I did once when I Odined back to DI18 and used lbstestmode, but this isn't availiable in EB13.

I've updated through update.zip as well as odin (which is essentially the same as Samsung's downloaded tool). However I'm not sure this is EB13 related since:

1) It also happens in DI18 (except for the one time I got it to work) and

2) I had not confirmed the GPS was working after getting it back from repair on DI18 before updating to EB13.

I've created a separate thread for this issue here, but I wanted to note it here since it might be relevant. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11708546

Thank You
[Epic 4G General] monk1210:
I'm not having FC issues with my camera since the update, but I am having issues with the macro focus mode. It won't lock onto the subject and blurs out. Anyone else have this problem?
[Epic 4G General] Solandri:
Yeah, had that happen. If you go to the main wifi settings (menu -> settings -> wireless -> wifi) it will say "Error". Toggling it there seems to fix it immediately, rather than having to wait for a timeout.