2.3.340 Findings/Fixes....

[stereoeclectic]

My wifi seems to be working now. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will continue.

 

[ekyle]

You need to get z4root.1.1.0.apk and use it. I tried z4root.1.3.0.apk and it did not root my DX. Also, the process may take 10-15 minutes and make sure your DX is not connected to your PC. Wait until your phone reboots and you're good to go.

Camera now has a movable focus window.
Phone dialer app allows you to type the contact's name to find the number.
Better battery life.

still doesn't work...

 

[Deleted User]

Can someone with the update check if the free wifi hotspot trick still works? (Turn on hotspot, toggle data off then on)

Thanks

This is news to me!! Where do I toggle data off?

 

[wxman2003]

This is news to me!! Where do I toggle data off?

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off, wait a few seconds, and then turn back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

 

[dookie1]

If anyone had the slide lock screen activated before the update, are you now able to deactivate after the update? Or is it still a bug?

still cannot be completely turned off, no.

a serious pet peeve of mine was that the app drawer always returned to the top, and i always hit things when trying to scroll. it used to be that when you'd pull the drawer open again it would be where you left it, but something changed that and now it sticks again. yay!

can also confirm all around smoothness.

voice command still takes 5 days to open.

 

[_Aardvark]

I had an issue where if the screen rotated to horizontal in the stock media player (while playing) the phone would lockup (either temporarily or until a battery pull).

This seems to have been fixed.

This was pretty consistent, and I did find some reports in forums with others with the same issue (mostly Droid 2 users, however).

 

[Deleted User]

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off, wait a few seconds, and then turn back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

Like I give a crap about Vzw TOS!

Thanks for this!

 

[Fabolous]

You guys that are having issues with z4root, you do have usb debugging enabled right? Just checking.

 

[dookie1]

i have been playing around with things over here and it seems much improved. handshake is quick and seemingly reliable in all cases...have used wpa-psk/tkip, wpa2-psk in both aes and aes/tkip combo. this is on a trendnet access point in mixed g/n mode.

the real test will be to go back to 802.1x/radius authentication, which i have not done yet.

 

[stereoeclectic]

using netgear wireless n set on wpa / wpa2 psk. working so far today. very happy about this.

 

[Ron H]

I really haven't noticed any differences. Some have mentioned less of a lag with the stock lock screen, but mine still lags about the same.

 

[rdyazzie]

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off, wait a few seconds, and then turn back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

Do you still get charged for it?

 

[G.Armour]

No, hence the last part of his statement. Lol. You can also use the tbh hack to make it to where u don't have to do the turning data off and on step.

 

[wxman2003]

Do you still get charged for it?

I havent been charged for it, but there is no guarantee you wont.

 

[Outlaw71]

EKyle, the first time I used Z4 (1.3.0) after the update it took it like an hour and a half to root. The second time I did it (accidentally reupdated the phone) it took about 15 seconds. I had to do a battery pull each time before it would work, it just hung the first time I tried it. And like Fabulous pointed out, I was in USB Debugging mode.

 

[Rockaholic]

Madden seems to take eons to download, so it's a good thing I guess lol.

 

[G.Armour]

I just noticed that if you don't have album art and you play a song it has grapics there instead.
edit: even if you do, just press where the album art is and watch.

 

[lexluthor]

Looks like they didn't fix the issue where the first time you start voice command (like holding down the button on your BT headset), it takes a good 30 seconds or more to start up.

 

[tannere]

So, to stay on the main posters topic......theslight few things I have noticed

Loads faster when doing a soft or hard reset, symbols like the $, ", etc no loer delete te sac ou placed prior. WiFi sems to be a bit more stable. Love the look and feel of the new dialer
Still seems like my Visual Voicemail has issues connecting to get latest voicemails received

 

[cmalberto]

There is a simple way without an app. Turn on 3G Mobile hotspot. Then in settings, data manager, data delivery, toggle "Data Enabled" off, wait a few seconds, and then turn back on. You now have a mobile hotspot. It does violate TOS with verizon, but you don't get charged for it.

Holy Smokes...and this was gonna be the only reason I would root for is to get the WiFi Hotspot...and now I don't have to. This is way cool.

So other than the spike in data usage - any other draw backs to using this workaround/flaw? Don't care about battery life as I would plug in as needed. VZ has to know about that bug yet they didn't plug it with .340 update(as I am running that too now).

.340 didn't resolve my Bluetooth issues either that I can tell...ie...listening to podcasts start back from the beginning when I reconnect in my vehicle. Major annoyance...My X gets so confused between the Stock Music Player(or Double Twist) when I use Google Listen(it remembers where I left off) as the music player starts regardless of the last app being Google Listen. Poop is all I can say.

Hoping the SD card issues are resolved as I am tired of rebooting to fix.

--Mickey

 

[wxman2003]

I havent found any flaws using the hotspot trick. Some people experience disconnects when using it, but I havent. It is a battery hog, but thats a given with any wifi hotspot app.

 

[androidb]

As mentioned before, I noticed the phone vibrates differently now. Overall more responsive. I like the new dialer too. Gallery seems to work better.

 

[PhilD]

If i delete the market updater how will i get it back? Will the market still automatically update?

it will automaticaly download again next time you start the market app, you don't need to do anything special

 

[foo]

FYI to those getting Failed Update (even after you put back all the original bloatware you removed), make sure you put back the original(stock) framework-res.apk. So if you did a custom name instead of your carrier name, it has to be back to what it originally was in order for the update to go through successfully.

 

[Rockaholic]

As mentioned before, I noticed the phone vibrates differently now. Overall more responsive. I like the new dialer too. Gallery seems to work better.

Ok so I wasn't crazy when it seemed to rev up when it vibrated *phew*

Oh and I've been getting some random reboots but I'll give it benefit of the doubt and say the update is "settling in"