Help 2.1 Problems - Issues - Quirks

[Sheldonrichman]

You make good sense.

 

[alex51]

Are any of these problems known to occur when the Hero comes preloaded with 2.1? I have one that I bought last month, and I'm not noticing any serious problems. I have seen the HTC screen once or twice but it took little time to recover. The web is fast, etc.

My Sprint Hero came preloaded with 2.1,purchased new in June.It did have dial lag for about 3 wks.then it went into a force close cycle and couldn't hard reset it,so I took it to Sprint repair center,tech did a network reset and something else I don't recall what he called it.It now works great,no lags of any kind.
I recall reading somewhere that some on 2.1 were getting rid of their dial lag after hard reset.Hard reset does not delete 2.1 but it does take it back to factory default settings.Just remember to backup.

 

[alex51]

Are any of these problems known to occur when the Hero comes preloaded with 2.1? I have one that I bought last month, and I'm not noticing any serious problems. I have seen the HTC screen once or twice but it took little time to recover. The web is fast, etc.

My Sprint Hero came preloaded with 2.1,purchased new in June.It did have dial lag for about 3 wks.then it went into a force close cycle and couldn't hard reset it,so I took it to Sprint repair center,tech did a network reset and something else I don't recall what he called it.It now works great,no lags of any kind.
I recall reading somewhere that some on 2.1 were getting rid of their dial lag after hard reset.For those that don't already know, hard reset does not delete 2.1 but it does take it back to factory default settings.Just remember to backup.

 

[godsdragon]

I've had my hero now for about 4 days. I love it. However I just noticed today the clock display got spaller displaying only 3 out of 4 time digits: ie 1:34 as opposed to 11:34... How can I fix it?
thanks in advance for an answer.

 

[godsdragon]

I've had my hero now for about 4 days. I love it. However I just noticed today the clock display got spaller displaying only 3 out of 4 time digits: ie 1:34 as opposed to 11:34... How can I fix it?
thanks in advance for an answer.

I figured it out. I deleted the widget and reposted it. Problem solved.
Thanks.

 

[rnld941]

Sorry if this has been addressed already:
I'm using the stock text messaging app and sometimes, even after I've read new texts I still have a little green "1" or "2" showing on the icon. Sometimes it stays there for hours. How do I force it to go away or how do I fix this?
Thanks

 

[MahaloCat]

You need to Open the App and Actually Click on/open the message in question.
OR - you can turn of that notification....

 

[ifloydian]

Hard to sell new phones if everyone was happy with the one they had, isn't it?

Ooops, sorry, was that too cynical?

I like 2.1, all in all. It's not perfect, but then I never expected it to be. The problem came from the expectations, I think. I noticed it running up to the release. For some reason, a lot of people got it into their heads that 2.1 was going to fix every problem that they had with 1.5 and/or their phone.

But, 2.1 was a new OS release, not a patch or a bug fix. It was as much about new features, OS capbilities, enhancements, if not more, as much as it was about fixing any problems. 2.1 was never intended to fix the problems people were having with their Hero's. It was to lay the foundation of support for the next go round of phones, the EVOs and the Incredibles.

But people got expectations, and those expectations weren't realized. People who had problems still have problems. People who were happy with 1.5, but were excited about new "features" were disappointed that things weren't spectacular. So, basically, it's business as usual.

I think it's always going to be like this. New releases are for new phones, and there will always be something better, since by the time the new release comes out, the phone you have won't be new anymore. The only way to be happy is to lower your expectations. I know that sounds worse than it is, but I'm happy with the Hero & 2.1. It does more than any other phone I've ever had, and the technology is freaking amazing.

Seriously, if someone had told you in 2005 that you'd be holding something like the Hero in your hand in 5 years, and that you could afford to buy it, you'd have called them crazy. And yet, here we are now complaining about it.

Maybe it's an old guy thing, but seriously, this phone is amazing. It's just that our expectations are so high, and new sh*t comes out so fast, we're bound to be disappointed. That's too bad, really.

Seriously?!? Me expecting to be able to answer my phone when it rings instead of getting a minute worth of lag and missing the call; me trying to make a call and having to wait up to a minute and a half, sometimes dialing the person twice because I can't tell if the phone is actually trying to dial. Is that really to high of an expectation for a "phone"?

I'm glad *your not having problems, but others are and this expectations rant is ridiculous!

 

[PattiCakeUS]

Seriously?!? Me expecting to be able to answer my phone when it rings instead of getting a minute worth of lag and missing the call; me trying to make a call and having to wait up to a minute and a half, sometimes dialing the person twice because I can't tell if the phone is actually trying to dial. Is that really to high of an expectation for a "phone"?

I'm glad *your not having problems, but others are and this expectations rant is ridiculous!

If you haven't already, get the HTC software update, many are reporting it's eliminated or greatly reduced the dialer lag.

 

[memphis9489]

I had a bunch of ringtones on my sdcard and they worked fine when assigned to individual contacts.

Since I upgraded to 2.1, even though the ringtones have been assigned to the contacts and display on their contact card, only the default ringtone rings.

I am using the same sdcard and all the ringtones are in the correct folder. The ringtones even properly play when they are selected.

The only difference from my previous set-up (with version 1.5) is that I now have all my contacts on gmail. None are actually loaded onto my phone. But that shouldn't matter.

Is anybody else having this problem with ringtones?