Since updating I constantly loose 4G. It shows i'm connected to the network, but it doesn't connect. I have to go in & out of airplane mode to reconnect. I run Go Launcher so most of the other changes don't apply to me. Bottom line is data is screwed up BIG time since update. I downloaded the "restore connectivity settings" app but all I get is APN failed. Thanx for nothing Verizon
Whoever is responsible for this sorry excuse for an "update" really <keep it clean, please> and ought to be fired for this crime against paying customers.
I can get used to the change in the lock screen, although I don't like it, but I'm annoyed by the fact that background scrolling has disappeared. What really annoys me is that certain video formats played from my SD card, namely WMV, no longer work. I get the audio, but the video is replaced by a blank green screen. I tried viewing in three or four different player apps, and I always get the same result. These same videos played fine with no problem the other night before I was chivied into this update. (And please don't tell me to convert the videos to a different format. Video conversion is a time consuming hassle which I don't want to bother with, especially since I never had to bother with it for the WMV format before this update.)
Meanwhile, bugs which came up from the previous Gingerbread update, namely the ringtone bug, have still not been fixed. This is a total disgrace! As someone said earlier in this thread, it's my phone. I'm paying good money for it, and I demand satisfaction! Sure, they may have fixed a few minor issues which I never even noticed, but they've take away functions I've become used to, and all in all this update make this a worse phone than what I bought last summer, not better. I just wonder what other problems I'll be finding with this new update in the days to come.
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While you are a legitimate customer, I think you should have spent some time researching about the update before you clicked the install button. Consumers who spend a lot of money on electronics should stem away from the norm and stop following rules.
You say they limited your data? Were you on the unlimited data plan and they didn't grandfather you in? I find that hard to believe.
Leaving Verizon isn't going to do you justice.
It makes me wonder that a lot of people who are complaining about the update might be ignorant to Google's Android OS. Every manufacture who incorporate their own UI with Android has some kind of bug. Even the famed iPhone isn't safe from random reboots, buggy cell reception, and a random force close here or there. No phone is perfect. Neither are the carriers. But I have to believe they do try really hard to make consumers happy about their product. Whether we choose to like it or not...nothing is perfect...stop complaining like the world is going to end and stop thinking "ignorance is bliss" when it comes to smart phones.
Do you really want to opt out and spend 350 bones on each phone to break contract? Even a smart business man wouldn't do that.
<content deleted per the TOS>. my wife's ReZound gets 4G where I couldn't before...now I do...woot!
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RomsRfun,
How did you install ONLY the FP1 modem???
Also, what is the "leak RUU" that you mentioned?
JerryF
Zeam launcher includes scrolling backgrounds & is faster than the stock launcher. Go launcher is pretty & more customizable but much slower. The question is what you want out of the phone. After having my Charge for a year, I'm over wanting a bunch of widgets & apps, live wallpapers, fancy icons & animations. I want speed, & have changed to Zeam, switched from stock browser to Opera Mini, and switched from stock messaging to Pansi (touted as the fastest messaging app). I've cut back to 2 screens, gotten rid of task killer apps, deleted as many other apps as I could deem unnecessary, & have only 4 widgets: ClockQ, Todayist calendar, Silent Toggle Widget & a shortcut to the app I use to connect to my son's school's website. Zeam allows an unlimited number of icons in the dock (and more screens than I am using), & icons in the dock are faster than widgets & use less RAM. Even before I made these changes, my battery has always lasted a full day, and I am in a 4G area most of the day.
Anyway the main thing I wanted to point out is the scrolling background fix. I love the speed of the new unlock screen. My only complaint about the update is that I still have the clicking during phone calls.
And by the way, NoLed is a necessity since there isn't an LED notification light on this phone.
+ Complete calls without experiencing choppy audio, clicking noises and/or
one-way audio noises.
I am still experiencing the clicking and static noises... Which is a major annoyance.
The rest of this versions updates are fine.
Well, I've been playing with it and the only thing I've noticed is that it's more or less ruined my ability to use Wi-Fi AND mobile data at the same time. The connection keeps switching between the two back and forth and nothing loads. I had to turn off mobile data to be able to use my Wi-Fi, which now means I probably need to reinstall Llama in order to handle my connections for me (otherwise, I have to manually switch everything when I want to do stuff). What a huge pain.
I haven't seen any positives just yet so they're probably really small changes. It does seem a bit snappier but that could just have to do with me having reset the phone recently. Really disappointed with this one. I basically traded out Wi-Fi connection for a Wi-Fi arrow picture . . . << Content deleted to comply with Verizon Community ToS >> The more Verizon gets involved with the phone itself, the more worthless it becomes.
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VTA,
Hey guy don't do it. First go outside and yell and scream and then punch something SOFT until your arms and hands hurt.
Then, my friend, ask your employees how they feel. It's may be important how they feel than how you feel.
Finally, stay with what you have for a while and see if it can be fixed to meet your company's needs which may be more important than your personal needs.
Most important: Never make a decision when you are extremely upset.
Hope this helps but if you fell like it, just tell me to BUZZ OFF.
Best regards,
JerryF
I have not received the FP1 update as of 3/28 - 9:30am.
JerryF
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