You could silence phone on old screen by moving the arch counterclockwise. It took a while for me to discover that, which is probably why they changed it. More visible feature now with two arrows. I find it takes more finger/thumb pressure to lock/unlock now. Odd.
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New Findings and Fixes thread for Droid 2.0.1 OTA updates
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scratchiti
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My gallery shortcut wasn't working after the update (the shortcut would show, but when I selected it, it would say the gallery was not installed on this phone). I never used a galler replacement or anything. I removed it from the homescreen and put it back on, now it's fine. Just sharing in case anyone has had similar issues.
Otherwise, I'd say the notification panel pull-down is a little smoother. Camera has less lag, although quality is just as poor as its been. I've had odd lag on other things (opening aps, creating shortcuts) but nothing persistant. Otherwise, besides the widgets looking different and the lock screen, no real changes for the better or worse.
Otherwise, I'd say the notification panel pull-down is a little smoother. Camera has less lag, although quality is just as poor as its been. I've had odd lag on other things (opening aps, creating shortcuts) but nothing persistant. Otherwise, besides the widgets looking different and the lock screen, no real changes for the better or worse.
Got the update this am. Like the new lock screen, does seem faster over all. No settings changes that I can see, everything jsut as it was before the update, other than the gallery short cut, which has been mentioned numerous times already. But, I just had the phone lock up on me when trying to answer a call. Screen went blank, and it jsut kept ringing and vibrating, with no way to answer. First time this has ever happened to me. Anyone else seeing this?
Whew....I went through all pages just i didn't post a repost.
FINDING:
Battery charge time is MUCH longer. But this is OK. Maybe its more fully charging the battery...maybe its doing a slower but better charge. Who knows. One thing for sure. My phone has basically been on the dock all morning..from 8:30am till now..11:45am. It was in the "yellow" zone when I put it on..so what...20%-ish. Now its at 70%.
It NEVER took this long to charge. Again..this is OK by me since everyone is posting about better life.
Is the battery just being better charged? OR...is it using its power more effectively?
Or both...
Either way..new finding.
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Mike S.
FINDING:
Battery charge time is MUCH longer. But this is OK. Maybe its more fully charging the battery...maybe its doing a slower but better charge. Who knows. One thing for sure. My phone has basically been on the dock all morning..from 8:30am till now..11:45am. It was in the "yellow" zone when I put it on..so what...20%-ish. Now its at 70%.
It NEVER took this long to charge. Again..this is OK by me since everyone is posting about better life.
Is the battery just being better charged? OR...is it using its power more effectively?
Or both...
Either way..new finding.
Comments?
Mike S.
I haven't had an issue with the browser yet. To me, it actually seems to be a little faster. I have no lag what so ever for Dolphin as well. I don't have the little stutter scroll issue either. Maybe it's only with certain devices? I'm on mine all day and the battery lasts 10x longer. So, I'm glad with the update so far.
Further observations -
It is now over 27 hours since I unplugged the phone yesterday at 6:30ish AM PST time and with me doing some mail checking, a little web browsing and the way I have the phone setup at this time, I managed to only go from 100% to 70% battery power.
The 2.0.1 update seems to have improved battery usage.
Looking into what people are having issues with the Web browser seeming 'choppier'... Given I didn't really scroll things zippy before, or really noticed, I see maybe slight choppiness in it, but to me, this is not a breaking deal. Again, perhaps this is a perception issue, but from my personal view, I don't feel it is something worth having issues with it.
It is now over 27 hours since I unplugged the phone yesterday at 6:30ish AM PST time and with me doing some mail checking, a little web browsing and the way I have the phone setup at this time, I managed to only go from 100% to 70% battery power.
The 2.0.1 update seems to have improved battery usage.
Looking into what people are having issues with the Web browser seeming 'choppier'... Given I didn't really scroll things zippy before, or really noticed, I see maybe slight choppiness in it, but to me, this is not a breaking deal. Again, perhaps this is a perception issue, but from my personal view, I don't feel it is something worth having issues with it.
Got my update around 6:30am this morning. The only issue I have had so far is my Facebook contacts has tripled profile links. I removed the account and re-added the account and that fixed it. I have no problem with the lock screen or the clock. all my programs are working fine (the one's I have checked so far)....
Everything is faster and more responsive. The virtual keyboard is so much more accurate (as accurate as my typing skills anyway!) and everything just seems better...
Everything is faster and more responsive. The virtual keyboard is so much more accurate (as accurate as my typing skills anyway!) and everything just seems better...
windstrings
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Unless I'm mistaken.. before, I thought the "uptime" gave a reading of how long its been since you were plugged in, now I think it gives a reading of how long its been since the phone has been rebooted or turned off.... that would actually make more since.... Mines showing 47 hours right now.
My update arrived at 5:30 this morning.
My FB contacts were doubled & some trippled. The suggested delete/reinstall FB acct synch did the trick.
So far I like it. The only exception is the soft key lighting. In 2.0 the backlight would shut off after a few seconds of non use. Now it stays on all the time (in a dark room). This is a problem since I've been using the droid as a clock, in the media dock, on my nightstand. Now it's too bright and lights up the whole room at night. There should be a way to toggle this feature. I hope this is addressed in the next update.
My FB contacts were doubled & some trippled. The suggested delete/reinstall FB acct synch did the trick.
So far I like it. The only exception is the soft key lighting. In 2.0 the backlight would shut off after a few seconds of non use. Now it stays on all the time (in a dark room). This is a problem since I've been using the droid as a clock, in the media dock, on my nightstand. Now it's too bright and lights up the whole room at night. There should be a way to toggle this feature. I hope this is addressed in the next update.
battery usage gives you the "since last unplugged" time. uptime should be since the last boot.
fattmonster
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Update Failed: Frozen on the motorola icon
After the update installed, my droid froze on the Motorola (start) icon while re-booting. I've tried pulling the battery out (for up to 1 minute) and restarting with no luck. Any tips? I want my great phone back. Thanks to Verizon I have lost my 110 Contacts and thanks to the Best Buy sales rep. for not auto-syncing with Gmail so my contacts would be backed up...This is very frustrating!!![FONT=Myriad Pro,Myriad Pro]
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After the update installed, my droid froze on the Motorola (start) icon while re-booting. I've tried pulling the battery out (for up to 1 minute) and restarting with no luck. Any tips? I want my great phone back. Thanks to Verizon I have lost my 110 Contacts and thanks to the Best Buy sales rep. for not auto-syncing with Gmail so my contacts would be backed up...This is very frustrating!!![/FONT]
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