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Phones HTC One X

blairh

blairh

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LSUtigers03 said:
I've had an unfinished text stay for a couple days. I forgot about it and I didn't notice it until the next time I went to text that person.
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Seems like some of you are having this issue while others aren't. All I can say is that it would be a huge deal if that happened with my device. There have been many instances where I've needed to copy and paste info from a browser or email into a text while exiting mid-script to gather the info.
 
Cloudane

Cloudane

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Sweet Apple Acres
1.29 now in the UK
Same bugs still present :p

At least the screen flicker's not obvious ALL the time
I'm a bit frustrated that bluetooth still isn't working properly with my Sony car unit though.

All in all definitely not the smooth "just works" experience of Apple - then again, they have things like Antennagate.
 
blairh

blairh

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I've done a little research on some forums and it appears even the AT&T model is affected by this multitasking issue. Hilariously there is someone at Androidcentral who wrote a piece about how this isn't an issue. It's just a 'different' way of multitasking.

I hope this doesn't affect all the One X users in this thread. It would definitely cause me to return my One X had I made the jump.

Also it appears that Apple has a big issue with the One X.
 
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coldmack

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Android is getting a bit boring for me, and while the One X hardware is nice, the OS is stale and old. Can't wait to see what Tizen could bring. Now only if they can get HTC on board.
 
Vegastouch

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blairh said:
I've done a little research on some forums and it appears even the AT&T model is affected by this multitasking issue. Hilariously there is someone at Androidcentral who wrote a piece about how this isn't an issue. It's just a 'different' way of multitasking.

I hope this doesn't affect all the One X users in this thread. It would definitely cause me to return my One X had I made the jump.

Also it appears that Apple has a big issue with the One X.
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I think Apple has a problem with competition. Particularly when it is taking away a lot of customers. Just make your screens bigger and that should take care of it.
 
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cynics

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blairh said:
The Verge has now picked up this multitasking story.
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Looks like HTC is trying to maintain battery life at the expense of multitasking. IMO this is an apple approach but VERY poorly planned out as Android and iOS approach this from different directions.

You need to prioritize some apps like music from pandora if it's in the background. HTC will fix this by running android the way it was supposed to be run and battery life will take a major hit to power users. But they will get what they want.

I never understood why HTC doesn't use larger batteries in any of their devices.
 
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baltoyyz

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cynics said:
Looks like HTC is trying to maintain battery life at the expense of multitasking. IMO this is an apple approach but VERY poorly planned out as Android and iOS approach this from different directions.

You need to prioritize some apps like music from pandora if it's in the background. HTC will fix this by running android the way it was supposed to be run and battery life will take a major hit to power users. But they will get what they want.

I never understood why HTC doesn't use larger batteries in any of their devices.
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Has nothing to do with battery life. It is an issue with how they are managing the memory on the device. They are keeping sense in ram which doesn't leave a that much more for apps. When an app gets closest the system prematurely kills the app to free memory. The reason why it is more prevalent on the us version over the international version is because the us version has less usable ram since it allocates more to the gpu than the int version.
 
ChrisTX

ChrisTX

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cynics said:
I never understood why HTC doesn't use larger batteries in any of their devices.
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There was recently a report by HTC stating that they prefer thinness to battery life. So basically form over function. I think most of us agree that we'd rather have a device that is a few millimeters thicker with a larger battery.
 
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cynics

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baltoyyz said:
Has nothing to do with battery life. It is an issue with how they are managing the memory on the device. They are keeping sense in ram which doesn't leave a that much more for apps. When an app gets closest the system prematurely kills the app to free memory. The reason why it is more prevalent on the us version over the international version is because the us version has less usable ram since it allocates more to the gpu than the int version.
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That make sense but I was just quoting the article.

"The change presumably contributes to the stellar battery life we've seen on the One X, but it has been frustrating for power users."
 
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rojo99

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Let another Android phone user jump in here.

I had an iPhone 4, then switched to a Samsung Galaxy II using Android 2.3. I thought it was going to afford me much more configurability, and it does, but it's a little too open, and definitely unstable. Your looking at an OS that has to support multiple pieces of phone technology, and now with ICS, tablets too. Some of the problems I've encountered:

1 - at maximum setting, screen is very dim when outside during the day.

2 - occasionally the phone will just power off for no reason, sometimes powering right back on, sometimes it must be manually powered on.

3 - a couple times I've plugged the phone in to the charger, it indicates its charging, only to pick it up an hour later and it's lost power instead of gained charge.

4 - when leaving the house and disabling wifi, sometimes apps such as mail and browser no longer have a network connection. Turning wifi on and off or switching to airplane mode on and off sometimes works. Other times its necessary to power phone off and on to get it working.

5 - battery life is very poor and I've even ensured to occasionally allow battery to lose all power before recharging.

6 - find the gps in the device to be somewhat slow to respond.

Stick with your iPhone....I'm definitely going back to a phone and an OS which were meant for each other, and DEPENDABILITY and STABILITY!

Feel free to PM me.
 
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Lindenhurst

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ChrisTX said:
There was recently a report by HTC stating that they prefer thinness to battery life. So basically form over function. I think most of us agree that we'd rather have a device that is a few millimeters thicker with a larger battery.
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I'd like to see that report, if it even exists. Can you provide a link to it?

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rojo99 said:
Let another Android phone user jump in here.

I had an iPhone 4, then switched to a Samsung Galaxy II using Android 2.3. I thought it was going to afford me much more configurability, and it does, but it's a little too open, and definitely unstable. Your looking at an OS that has to support multiple pieces of phone technology, and now with ICS, tablets too. Some of the problems I've encountered:

1 - at maximum setting, screen is very dim when outside during the day.

2 - occasionally the phone will just power off for no reason, sometimes powering right back on, sometimes it must be manually powered on.

3 - a couple times I've plugged the phone in to the charger, it indicates its charging, only to pick it up an hour later and it's lost power instead of gained charge.

4 - when leaving the house and disabling wifi, sometimes apps such as mail and browser no longer have a network connection. Turning wifi on and off or switching to airplane mode on and off sometimes works. Other times its necessary to power phone off and on to get it working.

5 - battery life is very poor and I've even ensured to occasionally allow battery to lose all power before recharging.

6 - find the gps in the device to be somewhat slow to respond.

Stick with your iPhone....I'm definitely going back to a phone and an OS which were meant for each other, and DEPENDABILITY and STABILITY!


Does that make you feel better?
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UCLAKoolman

macrumors 6502a
Jun 21, 2010
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blairh said:
I've done a little research on some forums and it appears even the AT&T model is affected by this multitasking issue. Hilariously there is someone at Androidcentral who wrote a piece about how this isn't an issue. It's just a 'different' way of multitasking.

I hope this doesn't affect all the One X users in this thread. It would definitely cause me to return my One X had I made the jump.

Also it appears that Apple has a big issue with the One X.
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The "issue" is that HTC was found guilty of infringing on two patents last fall. The injunction was finalized in April. HTC has already removed the infringing behavior from their US One X devices, however they are still subjected to a MANDATORY review by the ITC. This fiasco is HTC's fault in the end. Worst case scenario is that people will have to wait a few days for their shiny new toy.

It's so silly that people who hear about the ITC review of HTC's shipment immediately blame Apple. HTC knew that its shipments were subject to review, and should have adjusted delivery estimates accordingly.
 
Vegastouch

Vegastouch

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Jul 12, 2008
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rojo99 said:
Let another Android phone user jump in here.

I had an iPhone 4, then switched to a Samsung Galaxy II using Android 2.3. I thought it was going to afford me much more configurability, and it does, but it's a little too open, and definitely unstable. Your looking at an OS that has to support multiple pieces of phone technology, and now with ICS, tablets too. Some of the problems I've encountered:

1 - at maximum setting, screen is very dim when outside during the day.

2 - occasionally the phone will just power off for no reason, sometimes powering right back on, sometimes it must be manually powered on.

3 - a couple times I've plugged the phone in to the charger, it indicates its charging, only to pick it up an hour later and it's lost power instead of gained charge.

4 - when leaving the house and disabling wifi, sometimes apps such as mail and browser no longer have a network connection. Turning wifi on and off or switching to airplane mode on and off sometimes works. Other times its necessary to power phone off and on to get it working.

5 - battery life is very poor and I've even ensured to occasionally allow battery to lose all power before recharging.

6 - find the gps in the device to be somewhat slow to respond.

Stick with your iPhone....I'm definitely going back to a phone and an OS which were meant for each other, and DEPENDABILITY and STABILITY!

Feel free to PM me.
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I d say you obviously had a bad one. Should of exchanged it.
 
tkwolf

tkwolf

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Apr 11, 2012
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i heard that the skin on the ONE X uses a lot of resources that it causes lag? its from comments ive read from reviews though, maybe u should try to look into that before switching
 
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bigjim83

macrumors 6502
Dec 14, 2011
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rojo99 said:
Let another Android phone user jump in here.

I had an iPhone 4, then switched to a Samsung Galaxy II using Android 2.3. I thought it was going to afford me much more configurability, and it does, but it's a little too open, and definitely unstable. Your looking at an OS that has to support multiple pieces of phone technology, and now with ICS, tablets too. Some of the problems I've encountered:

1 - at maximum setting, screen is very dim when outside during the day.

2 - occasionally the phone will just power off for no reason, sometimes powering right back on, sometimes it must be manually powered on.

3 - a couple times I've plugged the phone in to the charger, it indicates its charging, only to pick it up an hour later and it's lost power instead of gained charge.

4 - when leaving the house and disabling wifi, sometimes apps such as mail and browser no longer have a network connection. Turning wifi on and off or switching to airplane mode on and off sometimes works. Other times its necessary to power phone off and on to get it working.

5 - battery life is very poor and I've even ensured to occasionally allow battery to lose all power before recharging.

6 - find the gps in the device to be somewhat slow to respond.

Stick with your iPhone....I'm definitely going back to a phone and an OS which were meant for each other, and DEPENDABILITY and STABILITY!

Feel free to PM me.
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I've had none of these issues. Apparently your phone was faulty. Don't know why you didn't get it replaced. Sad :rolleyes:
 
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