2.1 Bugs and Questions - Post em here

[OutlawFirebird]

It seems like the pictures got worse when veiwing them. i changed the homescreen picture and it seemed much more blurry than before.

 

[wallstreet123456]

I just received my 2.1 update and wanted to know what you need to do in order to speak words into a search field that you would normally only be able to type in? I forgot what this feature is called but I am not sure how to do it.

 

[bemenaker]

@wallstreet, hit the microphone button next to the text box. It's called Speech to Text.

 

[wallstreet123456]

How come I do not see a microphone next to text boxes. I went to google and I do not see one next to the box. Is it only available on some text boxes?

 

[GMANLIVE]

I just got 2.1 and went to the gallery found some pics I wanted to delete and there is no option to delete. Am I missing something??? Is there some documentation on how to use the gallery now?

 

[fantor]

Hello,

So I just updated my Moto Droid to 2.1 last Sat A.M., works great except for the fact that the green notification light does NOT work when my droid is in the docking station or the gps holder. Obviously this has to do with the magnets, as when I remove the phone from the holder, the green light does start to blink, and when I return the phone to the holder, it disappears. I tried restarting the phone but no luck.

Help?

 

[gcstang]

I and a few of my friends have gotten the 2.1 update and I've had no issues, however when they try the Speech to text they get an unavailable message.

Is the service over burdened or is there another reason for this?

Thank you,

 

[bemenaker]

@wallstreet, did you click in the text field to bring up the keyboard? It should be next to the space bar on the onscreen keyboard

 

[jerksmile]

I just got 2.1 and went to the gallery found some pics I wanted to delete and there is no option to delete. Am I missing something??? Is there some documentation on how to use the gallery now?

I've not seen documentation but you should be able to delete images from your gallery w/o much trouble.

If you're looking at the "folder" view (a bunch of thumbnails of your pics), click and hold on one and it will place a checkmark on it. You can then check as many pics as you like and you should have an option to delete.

If you're looking at a single picture, clicking on either "more" or your general 4-lines menu button should give you an option to delete as well.

 

[GMANLIVE]

I can select them but there is no option to delete. I tried holding down and I tried the menu button but nothing. real weird.

 

[ne0lyfeism]

A couple things I've noticed on my Droid after the 2.1 update..

(Note: I was rooted and overclocked on 2.0.1. Went back to stock 2.0.1 via sbf file using RSDLite and got 2.1 to install)

- Live Wallpapers make the phone chug along. This thing was not designed to run Live Wallpapers plus n widgets at just 550Mhz. Switched back to using a non-live wallpaper and the performance improvement is significant.

- Using HelixLauncher, but sometimes the widgets on the screen will randomly refresh (e.g., after a call, coming back from standby, after hitting "Home" button, etc.). It doesn't happen enough to be annoying, but it's a bit puzzling that it's doing that at all.

- Some general lag and choppiness when using different programs.

Haven't done a battery pull since installing (last Friday, 4/2), so that may fix some of the issues, but this is what I've been seeing so far.

 

[delco714]

just got my 2.1 ota this morning, still no flash eh? BOO!! However, I LOVE the new picture viewer and the pinch zoom function of pix and websites!

 

[Rev. Po-Jay]

I just got the update and i really want the live wallpapers but i have home++... does anyone know of a home app that allows live wallpaper?

HelixLauncher works pretty well with Live Wallpapers.

 

[fizgig]

Anyone notice improvements to exchange support?

 

[delco714]

i downloaded a few live wallpapers.. they installed and stuff, but i have no idea where they are and how to use them! any ideas or help?

 

[Trident]

i downloaded a few live wallpapers.. they installed and stuff, but i have no idea where they are and how to use them! any ideas or help?

You can likely find them here:
From your homescreen, press the menu button > press "Wallpapers" > press "Live Wallpapers"
From there, you will see a list of LWP's including the ones that were included in the update and the ones that you downloaded.
Hope that helps...

 

[jmt9779]

Add to the list of bugs:

Yahoo email accounts are still buggered. I'm still getting multiple copies of sent emails in my "sent items" folder.

 

[MikeFalcor]

The ONLY issue I am having after updating to 2.1 is with my email. I have to manually sync it. I have unchecked and rechecked the sync setting many times. This does not help. Quite a few times now I have gotten email over 5 hours to a full 24 hours after receiving in Gmail. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[delco714]

gotcha, worked. thanks!

 

[dougwilson2000]

@Delco
From the home screen, menu-wallpaper-live wallpaper.
That is where your downloaded wallpaper hangs out

 

[tbb1226]

I updated on Saturday, and had no issue with GMail push -- up until last night. I wondered why I had no new email since 8pm yesterday, and found that there were many that hadn't been pushed to my Droid. I could retrieve them by selecting "refresh" from the menu, but the automatic sync appears broken today. Could this be related to the phone OS, or is there a system problem at Google?

 

[skrikorian]

Apparently the new gallery does not do very well if you have a whole lot of pictures and videos on the phone. I transferred all my stuff from to my PC and then formated the SD card. The gallery now loads right away instead of trying to load for 10 or 20 minutes. It works fine now but I'm a bit annoyed that I can't have all my pics and vids on the phone like I want to.

 

[eric16l]

How come I do not see a microphone next to text boxes. I went to google and I do not see one next to the box. Is it only available on some text boxes?

@Wallstreet: to turn on/off Speech to Text, follow the below from your homescreen:

Click your Menu button
Click Settings
Click Language and Keyboard
Click Android Keyboard Onscreen Keyboard settings
Check Voice Input

This replaces the comma on your onscreen keyboard with a microphone that initates Speech to Text. Personally, I use the comma way more than Speech to Text, so although the comma is then in the ALT screen, it's not worth the extra click for me. I did test it out and it worked pretty well tho.

Hope this helps.

E

 

[jmt9779]

@Wallstreet: to turn on/off Speech to Text, follow the below from your homescreen:

Click your Menu button
Click Settings
Click Language and Keyboard
Click Android Keyboard Onscreen Keyboard settings
Check Voice Input

This replaces the comma on your onscreen keyboard with a microphone that initates Speech to Text. Personally, I use the comma way more than Speech to Text, so although the comma is then in the ALT screen, it's not worth the extra click for me. I did test it out and it worked pretty well tho.

Hope this helps.

E

Aha! So I'm not losing my mind!... I just got my OTA update this morning and I thought I was imagining things every time I tried to type a comma!

 

[guinnessboy77]

Question - I was just helping a co-worker find the live wallpapers and noticed that she has two extra live wallpapers that I do not have: Terra Time and Earth Time (can't remember the full name of the earth one). Both of our phones are stock. Anyone have any ideas where those other ones came from? They look pretty cool.