Plan on purchasing this phone as soon as it is available in my area. Would like to know what problems to look for when purchasing the phone to make sure I do not have a lemon. Please add on and if you have found fixes to any of the problems let me know. These are some problems I have gathered from this forum and howardforums.
GPS-excessive length of time connecting(Ive heard this might be juice defender related). Possible fix-Settings--Location and security--make sure "use wireless networks and use GPS satellites" are checked off.
Buttons-light leakage at bottom of phone(not a big issue, but not standard either)
Battery-Not holding a charge(I heard draining battery completely then recharging fully helps), battery cover doesnt fit snugly. My personal issue is "cell standby" and "phone signal" are sucking up a lot of battery, could be weak antenna inside phone from what Im gathering.
Display-blue tint, flickering screen, color palette issues. I noticed blue tint in camera mode when I bought my phone. I went to settings-display and turned off auto brightness and turned brightness down to about 30%. No blue for me.
Camera-blurry, choppy video(this might be the norm)---Possible fix per hofo member:all the default settings for the regular camera and the video camera are set to low settings (kind of odd). you have to manually go into the settings of the phone and change them to 720p for recording video, and also change the camera to 5mp and autofocus. I also heard "daytime" setting works the best for camcorder.
Phone calls-static phone calls when at a louder volume(this may have been speaker phone,not positive).
GPS-excessive length of time connecting(Ive heard this might be juice defender related). Possible fix-Settings--Location and security--make sure "use wireless networks and use GPS satellites" are checked off.
Buttons-light leakage at bottom of phone(not a big issue, but not standard either)
Battery-Not holding a charge(I heard draining battery completely then recharging fully helps), battery cover doesnt fit snugly. My personal issue is "cell standby" and "phone signal" are sucking up a lot of battery, could be weak antenna inside phone from what Im gathering.
Display-blue tint, flickering screen, color palette issues. I noticed blue tint in camera mode when I bought my phone. I went to settings-display and turned off auto brightness and turned brightness down to about 30%. No blue for me.
Camera-blurry, choppy video(this might be the norm)---Possible fix per hofo member:all the default settings for the regular camera and the video camera are set to low settings (kind of odd). you have to manually go into the settings of the phone and change them to 720p for recording video, and also change the camera to 5mp and autofocus. I also heard "daytime" setting works the best for camcorder.
Phone calls-static phone calls when at a louder volume(this may have been speaker phone,not positive).