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Gingerbread impressions/tips/problems NON ROOTED STOCK ONLY
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Connectz
Android Enthusiast
Ive been having a LOT of problems since I've upgraded to Gingerbread. Launcher Pro is messing up, Widget Locker is not respecting my pattern lock screen properly, the display gets all weird and flickers, plus, it loses all my lockscreen widgets (battstatt, beautiful widgets, and typoclock).
Then, in Launcher Pro, I lose ALL my widgets at least once a day. I have to set them ALL up again including AtomaRSS which is a pain in the keister.
Also, sometimes when I leave the internet, it takes a LOOOOOOONG time to display my home.
Then, in Launcher Pro, I lose ALL my widgets at least once a day. I have to set them ALL up again including AtomaRSS which is a pain in the keister.
Also, sometimes when I leave the internet, it takes a LOOOOOOONG time to display my home.
kchitown1977
Newbie
Exited an app this morning. And the all app, phone, + were landscape but apps were still portrait view
i did the factory reset and followed the procedure outlined in the stick thread
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...how-fix-froyo-gingerbread-any-rom-update.html
but the phone wouldn't update the PRL? its been 01115 for as long as i can remember
i did it mainly because my battery life went from moderately OK to flippin HORABLE after the update, and because i was getting some of the other glitchy stuff here and there, phone is less glitchy now after the reset, but the battery life is still horrible! i was using green power free before but now the app says it can only control the wi-fi? because of the update? PS i am not a very phone/ tech savvy guy so don't beat me up too bad if I'm missing something, thx
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...how-fix-froyo-gingerbread-any-rom-update.html
but the phone wouldn't update the PRL? its been 01115 for as long as i can remember
i did it mainly because my battery life went from moderately OK to flippin HORABLE after the update, and because i was getting some of the other glitchy stuff here and there, phone is less glitchy now after the reset, but the battery life is still horrible! i was using green power free before but now the app says it can only control the wi-fi? because of the update? PS i am not a very phone/ tech savvy guy so don't beat me up too bad if I'm missing something, thx
wolf_walker
Well-Known Member
Man Google voice recognition is all jacked up now, it used to work surprisingly well. Is just about go back to froyo for that and the compass. 
I sorta did mine like that link you posted except I reset to factory like this:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-tips-tricks/280082-major-solution-fix-your-slow-3g-speeds-evo4g.html
& things are going well for me post reset.
I interpreted the direction as follows & you may want to give it a try to fix all of your ills not just speed:
1) Hard reset
2) Update Profile
3) Cancel out & DO NOT update PRL
4) Pull Battery
5) Restart
or
Reset > Update Profile >Cancel PRL update > pull battery > Reboot
Has anyone using live wallpaper had any issues? (i'm using shake them all - where androids fly around the screen). Sometimes now when i turn my screen back on, it's like it's trying to go horizontal, but instead the background image is horizontal and just starts shaking. I have also had internet browser shut down (I think someone else had that happen on here) Sprint chat support advised that the live wallpaper app was using too much memory, and that was what caused internet to crash...
He wasn't very helpful to say the least, BUT he did give me a $50 credit. I'm really not sure why, since he said the only problem was the apps i'm using...
*Edit: also, he stated that Sprint doesn't have any known problems with this update and therefore does not have another update slated to be issued at any time in the near future.
He wasn't very helpful to say the least, BUT he did give me a $50 credit. I'm really not sure why, since he said the only problem was the apps i'm using...
*Edit: also, he stated that Sprint doesn't have any known problems with this update and therefore does not have another update slated to be issued at any time in the near future.
sparky7474
Member
LOL,Funny I was just about to post mine too, so here goes... So after doing some research and making sure I backed up all my apps and data. (Using Mybackup pro, works really well and simplistic), I went ahead and did it, and did a factory/hard reset to my EVO phone.
Now after reading a lot of the other post of the problems people were having I have to say I was pretty fortunate not to have all those problems. I got the Netflix one( Netflix has to fix), I also had the dreaded voicemail, and I never really seem to see a boost in battery life. So those where really my only complaints I had after I updated my phone to GB.
After I did the SCAREY hard reset, I reinstalled Mybackup Pro and restored all my data and my apps... I also did an update on my PRL and Profile, and cleared my internet cache as well. So far the phone seems to be running smoother and I am no longer getting the dreaded voice mail alert, I am now charging my phone and I'll report back to see if my phone is getting better battery life. Now mind you I do use my phone a lot and I browse the internet and play games, so I know I will drain my battery faster than most of you, but hopefully it will get a little better, but I am not to concened about battery life since I have as changer at home and at work and in my car. : )
I'll let you guys know how it went!
EDIT: Ok just started to download a 30 meg file on 3G, and it seems to be going a lot faster prior to the hard reset. So, so far the hard reset worked out great for me.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
I've gotten that a lot lately, even before Gingerbread, but once I deleted all my text messages and cleared out some of the cache that had been stored, it's been fine.
seanpr2004
Lurker
I'm ok with everything in the update, except i feel that my evo reception has been changed and the new stock browser is slower than my old instinct which stinks, plus the music player has had some changes which it didn't need they fixed a bug with the album arts if they had the same album name but different artist for example "greatest hits" it shows the correct album it is supposed to go with. I new head ache is that they put the same search method that they had on my Hero example I would be in the now playing section than hit the search button when i wanted to hear a certain song while i had all 1853 songs on my phone playing than search for one song my phone would get rid of all the other songs in the now playing section instead of leaving the playlist the way it was.
ToxicToastKatz
Android Enthusiast
Just curious, does MyBackup Pro maintain all settings and app data/game progress? The only time I've ever used MyBackup Pro was when I had a rooted Hero and the restore NEVER worked because I was always going from one ROM to another. That being said, a perfect restore was never expected, but I was curious as to whether or not it will actually back up and restore EVERYTHING if you are stock and will remain stock.
If i missed this in an earlier post i am sorry. Anyone know how to fix the fact that a bunch of web pages will not work on my stock browser. Including Google which is kind of Ironic. Also whenever i answer my phone now it almost always turns speaker phone on immediatly. Pretty cool that it does this when you lay it face down but i really never use this and would love to turn this off if anyone can help me. Thanks
stainlessray
Android Enthusiast
Yes. That and sd card issues i've yet to find a fix for. Gallery doesn't work at all, even when astro and ES can read all folders of the sd. Smh
vgsantiago
Well-Known Member
just for the record for me personally MyBackup Pro, all it did was perform a backup. as for restoring settings etc... nada. I basically started from scratch with all my settings.
Tried restoring all my apps at one time and that didn't happen, so I basically did them 3-4 at a time. Then tried restoring settings again, arghhh.
Anyways my personal experience with MyBackup Pro after performing a factory reset. All that said I think I'm getting better battery life now
Tried restoring all my apps at one time and that didn't happen, so I basically did them 3-4 at a time. Then tried restoring settings again, arghhh.
Anyways my personal experience with MyBackup Pro after performing a factory reset. All that said I think I'm getting better battery life now
sparky7474
Member
No Mybackup Pro doesn't save your game settings or game data but it does saves your sence pages and Icons... Mostly what it does is back up any settings you might have such as calendar appointment and contacts and back ups your apk file as well as your playlist and also you pictures. So once I did a hard reset, I re downloaded mybackup pro and restorered all my apps and my calendar appointments back to the way they were before the hard reset, but you will lose any saved game data that was sitting on your internal memory.
Now for a quick update...
Since the hardreset my phone is still running smooth, and it looks that I am getting a little bit better battery life. My phone was sitting on my charger at work until 5pm, and then when I left work until I got back to work this morning it has been off the charger. I did some texting and internet browsing and also played a few games on and off yesterday, until I went to bed.
When i woke up this morning, (the phone still not being on a charger, I was at 50% batter life, so it does seem that the hard reset did help with battery life. Oh and one other thing... The voice mail icon still hasn't come back since the hard reset, so I think that got fixed to. So I am VERY pleased that I did the hard reset/ factory reset.
I would like to thank EARLYMON for the info and the instruction on doing a factory reset.
Thanks!
stainlessray
Android Enthusiast
USE astro to back up your apps. (I also moved as many as possible to to phone)
COPY contents of sd card to PC
Erase contents of sd card.
Restart phone After this you can reinstall items all at once from PC... Or only selectively.
This worked for me.
After getting everything back to order, you may need to uninstalled an reinstall an app or two. But so far I haven't had to unmount/remount or reload media once. And my stock gallery is working flawlessly.
drexappeal
Extreme Android User
Does Astro just back up apps that can be moved to the SD, or can it back up all of them (including the ones downloaded, but not able to move to SD)?
I have a couple apps that are no longer in the market, but didn't want to lose them (and they can't be moved to the SD).
I haven't seen anyone mention this but after the GB update Mobile Defense keeps force closing and is no longer available in the market. Anyone know what's going on? Although I have never had to use it, I like knowing that if my phone gets lost/stolen I can erase all my data remotely.
ToxicToastKatz
Android Enthusiast
Well, the game data doesn't really concern me, personally, as much as actual settings of the phone and applications. There is nothing worse than having to go into each app and set up settings the way you had them.
I guess that is my biggest question. Does My Backup Pro restore those settings in applications, as well as on the phone? For instance, will it restore the frequency I want "News and Weather" and "Stocks" to update? Will it restore the ringtone I have set for my wife? Etc.....
Also, after restoring apps, do they show in the Market under the "My Apps" label?
sparky7474
Member
To answer your questions... Yes and NO, Will it keep the settings on your apps... No, will it restore the ringtone for your wife... I don't think so, Will your apps be there in the market place under "My Apps"... Yes
What Mybackup Pro does is only keeps the APK files, so when you restore you apps, it going to restore a clean app of the program you had, so it will only do that, not keep settings within the app. In regards to a specific ring tones I don't think so, because I think thats an internal memory function, so when you do a factory reset, it's going to wipe all ring tones that are specific to your contact.... Hmmm yet it does back up your contacts, and in your contacts you can add a specific ringtone, so maybe it might save the ring tone.
If you decide to do a hard reset let me know if the ring tones stay when you do a restore.
What you posted is what I observed with MybackupPro experience.
You get the apps & contacts back but not the setting or history associated with those apps (nor pass words).