Upgraded from a Sony Ericsson P1i which was a great phone but I wanted something with good internet access, ability to install apps, a good camera with flash and GPS to save on number of devices, so I upgraded to the Desire.
Any help is appreciated. This phone has great potential but at the moment I am not overly impressed for the money.
Camera
Really disappointed with it. Finding it very 'hazy'.
Here are a few pictures - not impressed for a 5mpx camera. My P1i produced more sharpness than this.
Cloudy, unfocused, blured etc etc
Also finding that you have to be very very still to prevent blur
Q. Are there any settings to use to get the best pictures? Are there any good apps to use to improve the camera?
Bluetooth AD2P music streaming
Annoyed with this too. My P1i would connect to my car bluetooth stereo and stream MP3s with no problems. The Desire keeps cutting out for a second or two then continuing to play the music. At first I thought it was because of an incompatability between the stereo and the phone, but yesterday for some reason it was perfect and really good quality. Coming to work this morning I paired it all again then tried listening to a few tracks but it was back to cutting out every 10 seconds or so for about 1 or 2 seconds then continues.
I tried using app.killer to shut down apps running that I didn't need incase it was a resource issue. I also tried tuning GPS / wireless etc off if I didn't need it. However, on a phone like this, you shouldn't NEED to turn stuff off to run others.
Q. Any ideas of what is going on and how to fix?
Notification LED
Weird one this. I thought the idea of the LED is so you can look at your phone and tell if you have any new messages / calls missed etc without powering up the screen.
Quite a few times now I have looked at the LED and it has not been flashing but I have picked my phone up anyway to do something else - when I power up the screen to unlock I see there are unread texts???? So why no LED??
I have also turned the LED OFF for emails as it was getting annoying I thought I had a text but it was the 100th email of the day so I turned that notification off, but sometimes it still flashes for emails.
Q. Any help or suggestions with this?
LED as a torch
With the P1i I could turn the camera on, then half press the focus button which would turn the camera LED on. I used to use this alot when I needed some light on something - it was great, really quick and accessible.
Q. Can you do this with the desire?
Internet Browsing
Again, a bit annoyed with this. Thought for an internet device, the internet isn't as good as I would expect. Mainly the load time of pages and some pages do not load at all. I have mobile-browser turned off so I can see the full page and a good signal on HSPA - but one of the forums I go on loads about 80% on the load bar then just stops - even after re-loading.
Q. Any suggestions?
Any help is appreciated. This phone has great potential but at the moment I am not overly impressed for the money.
Camera
Really disappointed with it. Finding it very 'hazy'.
Here are a few pictures - not impressed for a 5mpx camera. My P1i produced more sharpness than this.
Cloudy, unfocused, blured etc etc
Also finding that you have to be very very still to prevent blur
Q. Are there any settings to use to get the best pictures? Are there any good apps to use to improve the camera?
Bluetooth AD2P music streaming
Annoyed with this too. My P1i would connect to my car bluetooth stereo and stream MP3s with no problems. The Desire keeps cutting out for a second or two then continuing to play the music. At first I thought it was because of an incompatability between the stereo and the phone, but yesterday for some reason it was perfect and really good quality. Coming to work this morning I paired it all again then tried listening to a few tracks but it was back to cutting out every 10 seconds or so for about 1 or 2 seconds then continues.
I tried using app.killer to shut down apps running that I didn't need incase it was a resource issue. I also tried tuning GPS / wireless etc off if I didn't need it. However, on a phone like this, you shouldn't NEED to turn stuff off to run others.
Q. Any ideas of what is going on and how to fix?
Notification LED
Weird one this. I thought the idea of the LED is so you can look at your phone and tell if you have any new messages / calls missed etc without powering up the screen.
Quite a few times now I have looked at the LED and it has not been flashing but I have picked my phone up anyway to do something else - when I power up the screen to unlock I see there are unread texts???? So why no LED??
I have also turned the LED OFF for emails as it was getting annoying I thought I had a text but it was the 100th email of the day so I turned that notification off, but sometimes it still flashes for emails.
Q. Any help or suggestions with this?
LED as a torch
With the P1i I could turn the camera on, then half press the focus button which would turn the camera LED on. I used to use this alot when I needed some light on something - it was great, really quick and accessible.
Q. Can you do this with the desire?
Internet Browsing
Again, a bit annoyed with this. Thought for an internet device, the internet isn't as good as I would expect. Mainly the load time of pages and some pages do not load at all. I have mobile-browser turned off so I can see the full page and a good signal on HSPA - but one of the forums I go on loads about 80% on the load bar then just stops - even after re-loading.
Q. Any suggestions?