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What's vlingo? I did a search in the market but came up with nothing...
Peaser
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No, I love this phone too! Relatively few issues. Didn't do a factory reset. I find it snappier and love the new features. I am having the weather widget issue which is annoying, but that's really the only thing bothering me so far.
FIX FOR WEATHER WIDGET: Go to settings>applications>weather provider> and then clear data and put the widget back on a clean home screen and it will work!
My Swype does not have speech-to-text. What version do you have? And where can I find it? I have searched for it
bjf88
Android Enthusiast
That's your opinion and I'm sorry you aren't having a good experience... mine is running very smooth and quick. I'm going to guess that you haven't done a factory reset. If you really want your phone to run smoothly you really need to do one. If it still doesn't fix your issues, you need a new phone.
Issues I've had...
1) POP e-mail doesn't show up in std mail tool. Files are still on card, but new mail isn't getting stored there. Can't figure out how to tell the mail tool to put stuff on the SD card
2) Standard browser tends to crash, mostly after a re-boot of the phone. After a couple crashes, it seems OK. Reset it to stock (browser only), and crossing my fingers.
It does delete you contacts, but to be fair, it does tell you that! So just synch them. Also had to rebuild the screens, but who cares. Except for the two issues above, I've had no other problems yet. All apps are there and working. Phone is noticeably snappier compared to 1.5. Navigation works VERY well! Tried it this past weekend, and it was spot on. I've been waiting since day one for that, so I'm happy now. That's one of the things I wanted on the phone, so no way will I go back to 1.5.
Don't want to do a full factory reset, because some have reported problems with that.
1) POP e-mail doesn't show up in std mail tool. Files are still on card, but new mail isn't getting stored there. Can't figure out how to tell the mail tool to put stuff on the SD card
2) Standard browser tends to crash, mostly after a re-boot of the phone. After a couple crashes, it seems OK. Reset it to stock (browser only), and crossing my fingers.
It does delete you contacts, but to be fair, it does tell you that! So just synch them. Also had to rebuild the screens, but who cares. Except for the two issues above, I've had no other problems yet. All apps are there and working. Phone is noticeably snappier compared to 1.5. Navigation works VERY well! Tried it this past weekend, and it was spot on. I've been waiting since day one for that, so I'm happy now. That's one of the things I wanted on the phone, so no way will I go back to 1.5.
Don't want to do a full factory reset, because some have reported problems with that.
I NEVER could go more than 6 hours on a charge, even before the 2.1. I just have to keep a charger at work and I charge all night. I figure I just have a bad battery maybe. Now, at work, there's a very poor signal for calls or mobile and no WiFi, so if not charging, it spends a lot of energy trying to get a signal. but even if I'm not at work, it's very iffy. It helps to turn off mobile and wifi but I still can't go all day, if at some point I use the browser or cool features....
Yeah, it was there on 1.5, but no longer there in 2.1.
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I found a solution to this issue, I had the same problem after the 2.1 ota update. Press a blank spot on the screen or press "+". Go to "Shortcuts- Mail Inbox". When you press "Mail Inbox" it should give you a popup window asking you to choose which mail client you want to connect to with that shortcut. I did this process twice, once for each of my email accounts. I now have one on my homepage labeled "Exchange" and another labeled with my college's email username.
Here is where I still am stumped. If anyone knows a solution to this (besides the hard reset) please let me know. When I had 1.5 I was able to make one tone for incoming SMS, and a different tone for when I received emails. After 2.1 I cannot make a change that doesnt change all the alert tones. I am able to turn off the notification tones, vibrate, etc for email seperately from SMS, but there is no way for me to change the actual email tone. Any ideas?
PokerMunkee
Newbie
Wifes Eris had all kinds of issues after I manually updated to 2.1. Speed dial wouldn't work, weather app crashed and some other things. Did a factory reset and all issues were fixed.
My Incredible is quite a bit faster...
My Incredible is quite a bit faster...
I know there were two posts about this topic, but I am still having problems. I am no longer able to "sync" my outlook (contacts, calendar) on the PC. This all after OTA upgrade.
It took me a few minutes to understand that i must manually tell the phone it should be syncing instead of simply charging.
The phone and the PC do a handshake. The HTC Sync gets activated. I open the application and click "synchronize now." I get two bars on the progress and nothing else happens. After a while I get a message that signal is lost.
Any help would be appreciated.
It took me a few minutes to understand that i must manually tell the phone it should be syncing instead of simply charging.
The phone and the PC do a handshake. The HTC Sync gets activated. I open the application and click "synchronize now." I get two bars on the progress and nothing else happens. After a while I get a message that signal is lost.
Any help would be appreciated.
Exactly the same for me! I don't make or receive a lot of calls, but the ones I do are pretty important, so a phone that has a problem with the phone function is a major issue. Got the OTA on Monday and by Tuesday night I had 3 missed calls because it never rang, and I had to make 4 calls from a landline (isn't that a blast to the past). Not sure whether I should visit the Verizon Store today. I don't want to have to redo all my home pages, etc.
My Droid Eris 1.5 was working fine with no operating problems beyond not being able to sync with MS Outlook on my laptop. After I received an update notice and applying the update two days ago, my Eris is misbehaving with many of the same issues that I've read about from other posts. Since I live in middle Tennessee and relied heavily on the weather app during the recent floods that we experienced here, the worst problem for me is the forced close that keeps occurring when attempting to update the weather.
My battery also drains very quickly now and I get occasional screen flicker on several apps that I use. I am constantly accessing
My battery also drains very quickly now and I get occasional screen flicker on several apps that I use. I am constantly accessing
Arcond
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Beris I'm curious, do you by any chance have the AudioManager widget?
No AudioManager Widget -- Don't use for audio except for unique ringtones for some contacts that I have downloaded from my mp3s. Some other post seemed to imply that music and/or non-native ringtones may be related to this problem.
I had the dreaded "no audio during call" bug yesterday. I am on the official 2.1 OTA. 
I did a battery pull and it went away and I would be able to deal with it occasionally happening if it didn't take forever for the Eris to restart.
If it happens again I'll try a hard reset.
I did a battery pull and it went away and I would be able to deal with it occasionally happening if it didn't take forever for the Eris to restart.
If it happens again I'll try a hard reset.
My Droid Eris 1.5 was working fine with no operating problems beyond not being able to sync with MS Outlook on my laptop. After I received an update notice and applying the update two days ago, my Eris is misbehaving with many of the same issues that I've read about from other posts. Since I live in middle Tennessee and relied heavily on the weather app during the recent floods that we experienced here, the worst problem for me is the forced close that keeps occurring when attempting to update the weather.
My battery also drains very quickly now and I get occasional screen flicker on several apps that I use. I am constantly accessing
My battery also drains very quickly now and I get occasional screen flicker on several apps that I use. I am constantly accessing
abn75
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suspiria777
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oaklane
Android Enthusiast
Before the upgrade to 2.1, both my husband and I have not experienced any of the problems I have read on the forum so I was curious what would happen after I did the upgrade on Saturday morning.
I have only noticed a couple of things - my earpiece volume while on a call sounds different - not sure if I would call it lower but different.
Also when I use the keypad - I use the phone keypad to text it keeps going back to the XT9 choice for text input. On 1.5 I had disabled that and I can't find where I can do that in the settings. I use handcent and have looked everywhere in there when I change it back it reverts back to the XT9. That's a little frustrating when I don't notice it right off.
It seems a little laggy or laggyer (if that's even a word) than it was before.
The weather widget was a problem at first but I went into manage applications and cleared the cache and then brought it back up ok.
Im not sure if this warrants doing a hard reset or not. My husband got his notification Monday or Tuesday and hasn't had a chance yet to do it so it's a good thing I got mine first so I can help him if he has anything weird with his.
Thanks. The verdict is still out 2.1 since we had no problems before. But the XT9 is bugging me.
I have only noticed a couple of things - my earpiece volume while on a call sounds different - not sure if I would call it lower but different.
Also when I use the keypad - I use the phone keypad to text it keeps going back to the XT9 choice for text input. On 1.5 I had disabled that and I can't find where I can do that in the settings. I use handcent and have looked everywhere in there when I change it back it reverts back to the XT9. That's a little frustrating when I don't notice it right off.
It seems a little laggy or laggyer (if that's even a word) than it was before.
The weather widget was a problem at first but I went into manage applications and cleared the cache and then brought it back up ok.
Im not sure if this warrants doing a hard reset or not. My husband got his notification Monday or Tuesday and hasn't had a chance yet to do it so it's a good thing I got mine first so I can help him if he has anything weird with his.
Thanks. The verdict is still out 2.1 since we had no problems before. But the XT9 is bugging me.
Frisco
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The reset helps with those and other perceived issues.
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/80233-factory-data-reset-option.html