I'd like to know whether you think the processor actually feels slow, does it seem like it's trying to keep up with the awesome software on the device?
When 2.0 comes, will the processor strain more, or work better?
I need to know that it will last 18 months and keep up to speed before signing anything.
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I've only had my Hero for just over a week and am more convinced now that I made the right choice for my mobile upgrade. It's fantastic. I just thought I'd add my 2p worth to the posts about the Hero and my (relatively) short time with it.
My last two mobiles, both on contract, were Symbian. I had the E61 first and just upgraded to the Hero from a Nokia E71. The E71 was a great phone, but the OS is looking old and tired now. I like Symbian very much as a mobile OS, but it hasn't been updated enough to keep up with the times and it is increasingly becoming a frustration to use. After nearly three years, I really needed a change and Android was the obvious choice.
The biggest gripe almost all reviewers have with the Hero is the laggy performance. Well, yes it does start to stutter if you have a lot of apps running and I suspect this is as much to do with the processor as with Android. It's a relatively new OS and will take time to get things working properly. As for the frustration of the lag, I have to disagree with the reviewers, but for different reasons.
If you want to experience a slow OS with constant lag, no matter how many apps are running, you should spend some time with Symbian. It is painfully slow compared to the Hero, even on a bad day. There really is no contest. So, it really does depend on what you're used to and what you expect. I expected similar performance from the Hero, based on the complaints in many reviews, to my Symbian running E71. Yet, in reality, the two are poles apart! I'd never go back to the Symbian we currently have after spending eight days with Android on the Hero. Everything is much faster and looks absolutely amazing.
The features of the Hero as a mobile phone are astounding and I think Android does well in its current incarnation to take advantage of them. I am very, very happy with my choice of mobile. I spent a number of weeks deciding on which mobile to go with as I took out a new 18mth contract and knew I could be stuck with a poor choice for the duration. My fears about the poor OS performance weren't borne out because of what I'm used to using on the E71 and that was a relief.
Like or hate Google, they have a lot of resources to throw at their OS and that can only mean good things for us fans of innovation. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Symbian shapes up over the next few years and whether it can become a real contender for the open OS crown. In the meantime, I am having a blast with my new best friend. I also take my hat off to HTC, they certainly know how to produce excellent phones.
I want to port Android on the device with ARM9 200Mhz and no-fpu support, Is this possible, Has google revealed all code of android or it is just available to partners?
if ANDROID_PORT_POSSIBLE
Is there any tutorial available for porting?
I've heard that theae 2 processers are very similar but obviously there must be a few differences. Does anyone know where I can find a comparison between the 2 or can someone compare them for me here?I'm just curious really. Both are really good I hear.
View 16 Replies View RelatedSo I've been looking at some videos on YouTube of the new HTC Desire and Legends. I've been paying attention mostly to the Legend, because it was more similiar specs to the Hero than the Desire does. I've noticed that the new Sense seems to run very smoothly on the Legend with its 600MHz processor. Now, we all know that the Hero can be quite laggy at times, and we all want some performance increase from the update. But how much better really is the 600MHz processor than the Hero's 529MHz? Are the videos of the Legend a good portrayal of how Sense will perform on our Hero's?
View 21 Replies View Relatedapplications on my G1 device are very slow when GPS is ON. is there any solution for this. all the applications responds with force close messsage.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHas anyone else noticed that the Desire seems to power off VERY VERY slowly, or is it just me? Literally, and with no exaggeration, I hit the power button on the phone to power it down at 10:38am, and as of 10:56am the thing is STILL trying to power off.
I don't turn the phone off very often, but every now and then it's worth it, but it's taking far too long and I keep having to pull the battery. Anyone got any thoughts?
I'm assuming theres an app that is causing all the bother, but I can't think what. Anyone know of any apps that have this sort of problem? If noone knows, I'm going to have to factory-reset the phone, and I really don't want to have to set it all up again.
today i bought Point of View ProTab 25 Tablet. last night i read this thread "[ROM] Point Of View Protab 25 with root" and today i brought it home and every thing were working just fine. so i decided to root it by following the steps in the previous thread, so i flash it with the uploaded firmware, and after it finished, the device become very slow and the "auto rotate" didn't work.. so i flash it back with a firmware that i installed from: Point of View official website and now camera stop working..
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat does the back of the phone feel like? Texture? Is is plastic like the Incredible? Is it a cheap plastic feel? Is it more of a metal like the HD2? What kind of phone does the back feel most like?
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhenever my phone is on vibrate I can never feel it. Even if it's sitting there on my lap...I hear it vibrate, but I feel nothing. I had the same problem with my Hero. Does anyone else thing the vibration is too weak?
View 4 Replies View RelatedTell me how can I customize android button's look and feel? e.g. by default, it uses a grey round rectangle as the border and it has 'orange' background when it has focus. Can you please tell me how can i configure that in my application?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am wondering if I can disable sense and get a feel how the stock launcher looks and go back if I don't like. I did a google search and I was sifting through a bunch of hero posts.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to change the context menu look and feel? I want to add my own background, list item seperator and maybe the selector as well. I want to change it in famework so that i will get the customised menu every where i will use it.
Can someone point me in the right direction? As far as I could make out - Context menu is just an alert dialog with a list. Am I right? How can i change the look and feel and from where?
It's like a springy echoey feeling as opposed to the dpad, menu and answer buttons that feel quite firm by comparison? Is it just my phone?
View 7 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know what this program is? What does it do? i launch it, it goes into preparing device and then I am back at home screen.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have some questions concerning importing contacts to the device, which is extremely slow.
First of all, if you delete all your contacts, google sync will restore it very quickly. However, when my app is adding contacts to the device, it's very slow (a few contacts per second). Even if I add almost empty contacts (with name only), it is a time-consuming process.
If I turn google sync off, importing 5000 contacts can take 1-2 hours (on HTC Magic). When google sync is on it can take up to 24hours. And this happens despite the fact, that application for the whole time is in the foreground, device is connected to charger and screen is on. I checked the logcat to make sure my app is adding the contacts the whole time, and it is.
I tried different methods and different devices. The results differ of course, yet manually adding contacts is always significantly slower that google sync. Is there any way that I can speed up the process? So that importing 5000 contacts will take less than an hour.
I am new to The incredible but not to android. I previously had the Eris. And no I did not just abandon ship and get the incredible it was given to me as a gift and I decided not to open it until today because someone stole my eris with the leaked 2.1 v1 and a passcode on it and im pretty sure I will get it back on Monday but I just have to say: This Phone is Awesome.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am a new rooter on 2.2. I want something easy to install without getting into new kernals, hopefully the least amount of fiddling around. I want something that is awesome with battery life. that is my #1 concern. Speed is not so important to me. Something that is close to Sense is virtuous for me?
View 12 Replies View RelatedThis is a great thread to read on tips for saving power http://androidforums.com/samsung-vibrant/138944-how-save-power.html But this is something that people over look, its mentioned in a few places but I think it needs to be promoted more. I'm talking about, well I guess the word for it is conditioning the battery. Basically you drain the battery down till its dead(though in my case I went down to only 5%), turn the phone off and charge back up to full. One thing I noticed right away was how long it took for the phone to recharge. I have not hard data, but my experience up to that point was charging before didn't take that long. But now that I've done this, battery life is great. I've been listening to music for a couple of hours, some light browsing, viewed a youtube video, took a few pictures, and I have background sync on and I have both twitter and facebook installed with notifications set to their shortest time span(15min and 30min respectively). Currently at 8hrs since unplugged and at 61%. Not bad I'd say. I also have rooted my phone and installed the lag fix. I'm not running BH_MAN's cut down rom, I am still running stock.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHere is a great site for live wallpapers enjoy
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New fennec a.k.a firefox for android is launched. And it has an awesome UI. It's speedy and it prompts for auto updates.
View 15 Replies View RelatedSo far so great with the new Droid X!! I have not had any of the lag problems or battery life issues that I have seen posted. My X is fast and smooth, I love it so far. Having said that, I can see a potential problem with the physical buttons on the device. When I first started using the X, the buttons were tight and had a crisp feel when pressed.
Now after 1 day of use, the" back" button is getting loose and is not nearly as crisp as it was. I don't think it will last much longer. I wish there was a way to back out of a screen or app via a screen button as opposed to the physical one. If anyone knows a way to avoid using the physical button to go back a web screen, please let me know. Other than that, this thing rules.
Sorry if this has already been said, but while I was typing on the keyboard I noticed something cool. If you type a text or sentence and you look back and notice that a word you tried to type got switched to a different word because of a missed key or just because of the predictive text, instead of moving the cursor back and erasing, you can just click on that word. This brings up the original suggestions along with what you actually typed even if you've moved past this word. Maybe the original Droid had this? I came from an HTC Droid Eris.
View 21 Replies View RelatedIt's a racing game , I tried it and I have to say I am amazed. On my HTC Magic it has perfect control's and very good graphics. I would seriously recommend this game. I tried the Free version but am Now going to purchase the full version.
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I just found a live wallpaper that instantly blew my mind and it's called VR Tunnel "Free Edition". Yep, this bad boy is free and so much mind-boggling fun that you would probably pay $1.99 for it. It's so simple, yet so complex and entertaining that I think I just stared at it for 15 minutes straight before pulling away to write this post.
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I read somewhere about people wishing they could organize apps etc better and this puts all the shortcuts in a carousel (3d wheel thing) that you can spin round and select the app, shortcut, contact etc. You can have 2 carousels which you can flick up and down through, I wish there were more but I think there's a pro version for more.I don't work for the company or anything like that I just thought I'd share it with all you X10 people with cluttered screens.
View 3 Replies View RelatedHowever my sms inbox is filling up and I never delete my texts, however, the sms app is beginning to run slow... and when I receive texts it marks them as read even though I have not read them. Any one know how to fix this, or do I just need to delete texts.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI rebooted the phone, opened up task panel and it showed over 100mb RAM on the top bar, after a couple of days, whenever I kill all apps, the total cleared RAM went down slowly and now it goes to max 70mb. What happened to the 30mb of RAM I was getting before?
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