Help Bugs on JB2 (Android 1.6)

[eatsleeprepeat]

Phone doesn't like to sleep it seems.. spare parts reports 100% usage. hmm

 

[RellikZephyr]

Phone doesn't like to sleep it seems.. spare parts reports 100% usage. hmm

do you have Advanced Task Manger installed?

only apps i have in common with Xenon is ... Advanced Task Manger

and... i have Glowing Pear (similar to Flashlight)

RellikZephyr

 

[eatsleeprepeat]

Advanced Task Killer is installed, ill have a look with adb. Otherwise ill do a wipe and see what happens. Settings also appears to run after wake up lol.

 

[master darko]

I just noticed that when I receive a call or sms from a contact that I have registered in Contacts without the International prefix, the phone just shows the number with the prefix and not the contact name or pic.

I can confirm this too. I received a phone call from parents this evening and no contact name popped up. The number displayed on the caller ID had the 08 prefix (South Australia), while its saved in my phone without it.

A very strange issue. The phone does not connect to my WiFi router when it is connected via USB to my computer

For me it doesnt auto (re)connect while plugged into USB. I can still navigate to WiFi in the menu and connect manually.

For one I noticed :

1) Disabling Sound for SD Card Notifications does not work

Can anyone else confirm ? Has anyone else faced any other issues ?

Yes, phone is making sounds each time I connect or disconnect the USB, despite changing the setting.

The worst of all, I had none of the above issues with 1.5. Grrr.. In a sense I feel like this is step backwards.

My problems so far:

-Voice search is non responsive. After updating Maps to 4.0 I haven't managed to complete a single voice search. App doesn't start or registers my voice but does nothing or simply freezes.

-Navigation part of Google Maps does work in Australia. Firstly, there is no easy way of launching it as Maps keeps giving me direction same way as version 3 did. Even after installing Nav Launcher I couldn't get it working as it kept telling something along the lines route not possible after which app exits.

The only thing I gained by the upgrade (that works) is the contact suggestion in the Messaging app when adding recipient. I can type first couple of characters of contacts name and get suggestions underneath.

Other than that, its been pretty annoying...

 

[rhayun]

I dont know if only in my device but Waze (GPS Software) is so slow now with the 1.6 version..

 

[damuffinman]

I dont know if only in my device but Waze (GPS Software) is so slow now with the 1.6 version..

I second that. It's so slow it's beyond the point of being usable at all. My waze ranking is gonna fall....

 

[inFECT]

Just noticed: if you disable the auto sync via power widget, it also disable the background Data settings.

It's kinda annoying since i have this always on for the market. Dunno if its a bug or intended, but its strange having always the sync icon activated at the homescreen, even that you dont have the autosync on.

Edit:

Wifi is spamming my Log. (while enabled) (It works, so also not really bug. just annyoing too *g*)

E/wpa_supplicant( 1538): wpa_driver_priv_driver_cmd LINKSPEED len = 4096
E/wpa_supplicant( 1538): wpa_driver_priv_driver_cmd LinkSpeed 54 len = 1
E/wpa_supplicant( 1538): wpa_driver_priv_driver_cmd RSSI len = 4096
E/wpa_supplicant( 1538): wpa_driver_priv_driver_cmd C3P0 rssi -50 len = 34, 34

...

 

[Nexus6]

Hi All,

for me the worst problem on 1.6 is that after some time the phone doesn't stay in a sleep mode. I assume it happens after handsfree usage in my car. Can someone confirm similar problem after handsfree usage ?

Also I have a feeling that firmware leaks are made by purpose by samsung. So we are unofficial beta (alfa?) testers. I feel SamsungFirmware account is made for this purpose.

 

[ryko]

I notice the whole phone slowing down gradually from instalation ,opening settings the page now takes 3/4 seconds to show and scrolling is a nightmare either it sticks or runs all the way down to the bottom of the page,have tried the usual fixes freeing memory etc... I get the feeling Samsung has dropped this firmware on us to beta test before they make it official
Sorry Nexus6 I was slow writting my post and I see you thought the same thing almost at the same time

 

[Hark]

Samsung probably started this thread to pull together bugs to fix as well.

Still, we can't complain at least they're working on it; that's better than being stuck on 1.5 forever.

 

[abesh]

@ryko @Nexus6 I too see a slowdown after use. Just after installing the firmware the phone was very responsive, but after 2 days of use I cannot say the same. Freaking opening the SMS app takes a couple of seconds !!! Same story with settings or any other thing that I open ! I am really beginning to get irritated of this !

What exactly did we get extra with 1.6 that we could not do without ? I just just might go back to IK5

 

[Nexus6]

@ryko @Nexus6 I too see a slowdown after use. Just after installing the firmware the phone was very responsive, but after 2 days of use I cannot say the same. Freaking opening the SMS app takes a couple of seconds !!! Same story with settings or any other thing that I open ! I am really beginning to get irritated of this !

What exactly did we get extra with 1.6 that we could not do without ? I just just might go back to IK5

It's not slow for me yet But I didn't notice any speed improvements after 1.5 as well.

I made an upgrade to 1.6 because of human nature - curiosity I would like to see new G.maps and goggles

Let's stop arguing but continue to troubleshoot and to test Samsung products for free

 

[Xenon]

@ryko @Nexus6 I too see a slowdown after use. Just after installing the firmware the phone was very responsive, but after 2 days of use I cannot say the same. Freaking opening the SMS app takes a couple of seconds !!! Same story with settings or any other thing that I open ! I am really beginning to get irritated of this !

Same here. I'd add that the music player also got noticeably slower, taking longer to start up and to respond to play command than on my previous firmware (IK5).

Pretty much everything slowed down after one day of use, in my case with
literally no apps installed (I did a factory reset after first experiencing the "no
sleep" bug and didn't install anything since).

I'll keep this firmware for a bit longer because I want to test the new Google
Maps (which I haven't been able to acquire yet) but afterwards I'm switching
to IL3 until they release a fast 1.6 firmware.

 

[biggdaniell]

You are right guys...I have the same problems.
After factory reset it was indeed quite snappy but after just a few hours things got noticeably slower. Just try to scroll in the market while a program is being installed. You will not be able to but you could do that with any firmware until now.

Google goggles not working, voice search not working, power control widget is nice but buggy, battery life is poor (worse than ik5) and there are so many other bugs reported in this thread...

This is the slowest and buggiest firmware yet. They have no shame.

I just hope samsung will release soon the damn source code so the GAOSP team could use it to build a REAL firmware (not just an alfa like JB2)

 

[MichaelW]

Just try to scroll in the market while a program is being installed. You will not be able to but you could do that with any firmware until now.

Not in ii5 you can't (well GalaxHero), when the app is being installed the phone briefly hangs until it is installed.

 

[inFECT]

on stock II5 i could install simultaneous 3-4 apps while browsing to get more apps. no chance doing this on the new market.

 

[davyu]

I tend to reboot now and then, helps when your phone is rooted and you can just use root manager to do so. When I check the memory usage, with no apps open, when the phone has just booted, there is about 33mb free. Eventually, it becomes 20 something mb. Rebooting frees that up again and it's responsive again.

 

[mrqs]

on stock II5 i could install simultaneous 3-4 apps while browsing to get more apps. no chance doing this on the new market.

same here for k4 and g9 before that - this donut is really rather sluggish

 

[shalafi]

I dont know if only in my device but Waze (GPS Software) is so slow now with the 1.6 version..

I second that. It's so slow it's beyond the point of being usable at all. My waze ranking is gonna fall....

Waze runs well until you click a button or anything that makes a sound - this starts to generate so much errors per second that it kills the phone until waze is closed (via 'exit', home button won't help)

i submitted a bug report for this on the Waze forums
waze.com • View topic - Samsung Galaxy 1.6

could you please bump it up a bit? maybe it's something that can be remedied by the waze team ..

 

[MichaelW]

Waze runs well until you click a button or anything that makes a sound - this starts to generate so much errors per second that it kills the phone until waze is closed (via 'exit', home button won't help)

i submitted a bug report for this on the Waze forums
waze.com • View topic - Samsung Galaxy 1.6

could you please bump it up a bit? maybe it's something that can be remedied by the waze team ..

It'll be the issues with the notification service http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/48099-i7500xefjb2-phone-never-sleeps.html#post381639

I doubt it's anything to do with Waze.

 

[Djolle]

Hi guys (watching you for a long time but registered just today)...

You have very good forum here, and without your knowledge base I would be moron about Android OS (in general, after that in flashing firmware ).

Anyway, to stop being OT - here is my two cents about phone slowness after 1.6 update:

If you experience that phone gradually over time of being used, then you have checked in Settings under Security & Location -> Use wireless networks and Share with Google. So, uncheck them!

p.s- I have the same issue before unchecking that options, now the OS flying!!! Ahh, yes... excuse me if my english is wrong - I am SERBIAN.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

welcome to the forums

 

[ryko]

Hi Djolle, good to hear that works for you, but I never had these options ticked and the phone has got so slow I am going to change firmware

 

[Xenon]

This is the slowest and buggiest firmware yet. They have no shame.

As a programmer, I'm quite tolerant of mistakes. They can and do happen to
the best of us. However, building a firmware for a phone is not like building a
generic operating system (think Windows) which has to run on millions of
combinations of hardware.

Samsung are building software (firmware) for a known hardware device, their
own to boot. They should really be able to do it properly.

 

[Xenon]

Anyway, to stop being OT - here is my two cents about phone slowness after 1.6 update:

If you experience that phone gradually over time of being used, then you have checked in Settings under Security & Location -> Use wireless networks and Share with Google. So, uncheck them!

p.s- I have the same issue before unchecking that options, now the OS flying!!! Ahh, yes... excuse me if my english is wrong - I am SERBIAN.

Unless I've gone crazy after working for 12 hours today (it's 1 AM here now),
this really seems to work. Thanks!

I suspect that one of those services (or both) is filling some log with errors or
something. Perhaps a memory leak? If someone finds another setting that
improves performance, be sure to let us know!

P.S. Dobrodošao!