New Findings and Fixes thread for Droid 2.0.1 OTA updates

[Deano2423]

I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who manually updated and the people who experienced problems. Could it be that manually updating caused unforeseen things to happen?

 

[Martin030908]

I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who manually updated and the people who experienced problems. Could it be that manually updating caused unforeseen things to happen?

not out of the realm of possibility but there are many of us that manually updated and experienced no problems.

 

[dannydoes]

Things I have noticed after 24 hours (manual update):

Voice calls via bluetooth to my Pioneer AVIC-D3 still dont work well. It worked at first then after a few hours it connects, but no sound comes through and the phone then does a hard reset. Battery pulls have not fixed the problem.

Wi-Fi seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt.

Going from screen to screen was nice and fast right after the update, now its back to how it was before, a little "jittery" at times.

Opening up my sms app seems to lag. I touch the app icon and it takes a second or two to open.

Voice call quality seems to have improved, but its not what it should be.

The drag down bar at the top is fast, much better than before.

Overall I am dissapointed with this update. I have done a few battery pulls to try to speed the phone up and nothing seems to work. I hope another update will follow soon.

Sorry to hear that... didn't have any of the problems prior to the update and now everything is still running well and even smoother
3g browsing speed seems to be faster for me noticeably. !!! :icon_ banana:

I agree, overall, I feel like there are more issues with this version than the last. Again, some testing, and documentation, is that too much to ask?

Here's my experiences...

Love the new lock screen, looks much nicer with a more elegant composition.

Internet seems to load faster which is great, but scrolling is 2 or 3 frames a second at best on non-phone or full sites. This got much worse than it used to be and IMO, this is terrible. One, why would they send out the update with such an obvious bug, and two, why can't they get as good as the iphone with this? Their tech is 2 or 3 years older, and works much much better.

Lock screen goes to black far to quickly.

Home screen and notifications bar are much smoother, but still hitch often. Again, Iphone has you beat.

Contacts, on the flip side, scrolls perfectly without a hitch, and I have 500 of them. So why here and not there?

Power management widget is bigger, blacker, and uglier IMO.

Beautiful Widgets has some trouble and may need an update. Weather isn't working well, and the temp Icon at the top is hit or miss as to whether it shows up or not.

Battery life seems to be better, but in general, the battery life on this phone seems to have gotten better with age.

Labyrinth Lite force closes every time now. Prolly lots of apps are gonna be broken. Robo Defense seems to run slower (choppier).

App page (bottom arrow on home) scrolls here is terrible and feels clunky but this was always the case.

If the camera is faster I can't tell. I dont use it that much, but it still seems really slow both to take a picture, and to get ready to take again. Even at the 3 mp setting.

Sound quality is the same, but it's always been very good on my droid. Must be a problems with certain phones.

Don't get me wrong, I still love the phone, and I'm not a complainer. These are just the facts, and I'm only stating them for the hope that someone from Google or Motorola gets this info so they can make the necessary improvements to make it better, more elegant, and glitch free.

 

[dannydoes]

I have read alot of people that say they love the GPS on the Droid. I and many others are very frustrated because it lacks one feature that all GPS have in common except for the Droid's. The problem I am talking about is being able to save your current location or add waypoints. I also have a Garmin Nuvi but Droid doesn't come close to it if you can't save locations. This would be a real simple fix, simply touch your current location and have it bring up a screen asking if you would like to save your current location. From there all you would need to add is a folder to save your favorites in. Until then I have to rely on my Garmin.

I totally agree. They really need to add this. As well as a way to just have navigation running without having to tell it a destination.

 

[Jordie]

I still got problems with my menu and keyboard back light. It doesn't turn on at all until I turn on the automatic brightness and turn it off. But that's only a temporary fix. When I turn off my phone and turn it back on it stops working again. Is there a fix to this? I started getting this problem after the OTA update by air last night. I tried taking out of the batteries several times and its still not fixed.

 

[dannydoes]

Are you may just not being realistic? You said an app took a second or two to open, this is nothing unusual. However if you stating that you pressed an icon and the phone took 2 seconds to pop up something then yeah that is laggy. Animations are not always fluid and the fastest way an app will load is if its already running somehow and you just bring it up again.

absolutely. this is still just a smartphone, it's not a super computer. things unfortunately aren't 'instant'. there is such a thing as normal load up time and true lag... be sure you're being fair in your judgment of these issues.

It's a first gen device, out for 5 weeks having just had it's first update... sure things won't be perfect but this is on the fast track to greatness!

however, they are "instant" or more responsive on the iPhone. 2 or 3 years old. It shouldn't be a problem.

 

[jahtv98]

I have read alot of people that say they love the GPS on the Droid. I and many others are very frustrated because it lacks one feature that all GPS have in common except for the Droid's. The problem I am talking about is being able to save your current location or add waypoints. I also have a Garmin Nuvi but Droid doesn't come close to it if you can't save locations. This would be a real simple fix, simply touch your current location and have it bring up a screen asking if you would like to save your current location. From there all you would need to add is a folder to save your favorites in. Until then I have to rely on my Garmin.

I totally agree. They really need to add this. As well as a way to just have navigation running without having to tell it a destination.

Good point there! Sorta like a "Follow me map" but in navigation. Like a real GPS

 

[HEMItude]

Has the menu button and keyboard backlight (not screen) always been sensative to the surround light? For example, mine automatically turn on when the room light goes dark, or I cover the light sensor. Never really noticed that before.

 

[Martin030908]

dannydoes...
have you removed and replaced your Beautiful Widgets widget(s) you have on your home screen? It was recommended by the developer to do this with the new updates yesterday.

 

[ericwiz]

I have read alot of people that say they love the GPS on the Droid. I and many others are very frustrated because it lacks one feature that all GPS have in common except for the Droid's. The problem I am talking about is being able to save your current location or add waypoints. I also have a Garmin Nuvi but Droid doesn't come close to it if you can't save locations. This would be a real simple fix, simply touch your current location and have it bring up a screen asking if you would like to save your current location. From there all you would need to add is a folder to save your favorites in. Until then I have to rely on my Garmin.

I totally agree. They really need to add this. As well as a way to just have navigation running without having to tell it a destination.

If you go to google maps then menu -> my location it will keep you centered and is like having the navigation running without a destination

 

[jfm741]

Camera settings

Didn't see this posted yet so sorry if it was already...I went into camera "scene mode" and i think there are some new ones. I don't remember seeing: Theater, beach, snow, sunset and Steady Photo before....

 

[OcHo tHreE Uno]

I'm having a contact 'issue' now too. I posted in another area, but now I'm thinking this may have come about because of the upgrade?

I sent myself some pictures I wanted to use for contacts. I saved the pix to the SD card, then went there to attach them to contacts. All was well until I went to check them out in the contacts - and I can't find those contacts anywhere! What's up with that?

I had the same problem. Log in to your gmail account and all your contacts should be there. Go to "contacts", then "all contacts", now look through your contacts and check contacts you want on your phone, now move them to "My contacts" group. This worked for me!

 

[dannydoes]

GREAT improvements on the virtual KB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSI8ZBk8NOk

(yes, I'm aware that I still misspelled some words... i was in a hurry)
The lag seems to be gone quite a bit from before

How did you get those sounds on the keyboard? I turned on sound in the settings but it doesn't sound as nice as yours as the spacebar and a few other key's sounds are much different than the others as if you mimic a typewriter, where yours all sound the same and I would prefer that on mine as well.

 

[windstrings]

Can anyone confirm that they can still connect to a Cisco based corporate wifi network after the update. I tried to connect to two separate sites, and I can't after the 2.0.1 update. All other wifi connections work (if not better) with the update. The corporate networks use WPA2 security as do the networks I was trying.

I don't have your problem as I don't connect to cisco stuff, but have you tried totally deleting that connection and re-establishing it again?

It may need to renegotiate settings with the new firmware on the driod as those connections are a bit more complicated than simple non-corporate connections.

 

[dannydoes]

hmmm...for some reason, I cannot delete a contact from my contact list. Anyone else have problems with this?

Dang. so the only way that I can delete it is to go to that contact and edit the contact by deleting the name and other contact info.

I just tried it and it deleted normally without a problem.