Problems with the hero.
I will list a problem with the Hero. I think a phone should be able to make and receive calls, it's a cell PHONE!. That should be basic. Text messages should also be a basic feature of a phone.
1. Text messages
A lot of my text messages go into ONE thread. It's VERY frustrating because when i try to reply, it reply's to what ever number it chooses. I have to always enter compose to reply, and when they reply, it goes into a thread with about 30 different numbers.
2. Huge lag all the time.
When I enter a number to call, It takes 3 to 5 seconds to place the call. I sometimes think I didn't press the "call" button and press it again and when it actually dials out, it kept my 2nd press of the call button and hangs up my call after 1 second after it dials.
3. apps , most fore close.
Almost every app that I have used has proven to be unreliable. That's one of the reason's I got the phone. I was thinking, calls and txt are basic features of the phone. that will not be a problem, well i have problems with both. So anyway, i try some apps, a FEW work fine, but most fore close or they cause problems to the phone. One app would hang up on calls after 60 seconds of talk time. I of course removed it.
4. Audio issues
it's very frustrating to listen to music and suddenly the song just stops and start and stops and start and stops.. It is very annoing. I am no "gold ear" or anything that really can tell a difference between a good and bad sounding audio, but I guess I can tell that listening to music sucks.. Also as I listen to music with my koss spark plugs and there is a calender notice - WHAT WAS THAT?!? Damn the sound is so loud that I am afraid I will drop some heavy weights on me some day when listening to music at the gym... Other than that audio is fine.. Umm yep...
5. The phone dimm's the light.
When I'm ready to use my phone, I slide the screen down to unlock the phone, it does but all of a sudden, it will dimm. I understand it should dimm after 30 seconds if not being used, but this happens after i slide the bar down to use it. I have to lock the screen and reactivate just to see the numbers or letters.
I will stop here. There are a lot more problems but I will stop.
OVERALL: i'm returning the phone. I will get the PRE or PIXI. I really wanted this phone, I wanted it to work. I was really hoping this phone would work out. I think the phone could be a good phone after they get all the bugs out. Right now, there is just too many problems. Like I said, I will be returning it and wait a year before I consider another droid phone.
Here is a post from another user:
Hi,
Please do let me moan in my grief as Android (atleast HERO) has so far let me down..
Issues that I have encountered so far:
1. As I press "home"-button it might crash and say "loading" with black(/transparent) background and a circle that loads ooon and ooon and ooon. For the first two days it crashed so I had to boot the entire device. In that point there was no additional apps installed
2. Exhcange capability is there but it ain't that good. Using folders (as I use with my email) is very stupid as it shows ALL the folders in one list even though many of the folders are sub folders
3. Huge lag all the time. Like when I call some number and it goes back to the "made calls"(or whatever its supposed to be called) it might take more than 5 seconds to refresh the list and after the looong wait the last made call appears on the top of the screen. Other types of lags that are really frustrating are also appearing. If you wanna know more about my bad days with it please let me know
4. Audio issues. I mean how frustrating it is to listen to music and suddenly the song just stops and start and stops and start and stops.. It is very annoing. I am no "gold ear" or anything that really can tell a difference between a good and bad sounding audio, but I guess I can tell that listening to music sucks.. Also as I listen to music with my koss spark plugs and there is a calender notice - WHAT WAS THAT?!? Damn the sound is so loud that I am afraid I will drop some heavy weights on me some day when listening to music at the gym... Other than that audio is fine.. Umm yep...
5. No MS Office edit capability.. I just cant understand why..
6. No skype or anyother EASY (dont start talking about sip for android or what ever the name is called) VOIP app. Most of the mobile platforms has app that can do this - why not android?? And yeah I have read about VOIP apps but: skype lite= no use for me, google voice= uuuuh.. Great software but why hell they wont let me register or what ever was needed to get it to work.
7. Overall Google issues.. Google docs - whats the current story? Google Voice - hopefully they can provide it at some time..
8. IM apps. I just wanna use MSN ok? how hard that can be? Every app that I have used has proven to be unreliable. Why god?u why?
9. Latest issue is with home screen.. One day suddenly calendar, favorites and media player (didnt notice others - would not be suprised if there were more..) lost their text. Meaning that my calendar, favorites and media player showed the graphics but no text. I mean how could that even happen? It was removed by rebooting.. NICE!
So heres my "short" list of things that annoy me - there might be more but I dont remember at the moment.
I was really hoping this phone would substitue my old WM phone. Too many problems at the moment that I have considered destroying hero..
PLEASE HEAR MY STORY! Let me have still hope that android MIGHT be a great platform for mobile phones.. And also please let me know how to fix these issues
I registered just to complain - how cool is this!
And hopefully some one will find joy when reading this
At least some sadomasochist might enjoy when I am truly in pain
I will list a problem with the Hero. I think a phone should be able to make and receive calls, it's a cell PHONE!. That should be basic. Text messages should also be a basic feature of a phone.
1. Text messages
A lot of my text messages go into ONE thread. It's VERY frustrating because when i try to reply, it reply's to what ever number it chooses. I have to always enter compose to reply, and when they reply, it goes into a thread with about 30 different numbers.
2. Huge lag all the time.
When I enter a number to call, It takes 3 to 5 seconds to place the call. I sometimes think I didn't press the "call" button and press it again and when it actually dials out, it kept my 2nd press of the call button and hangs up my call after 1 second after it dials.
3. apps , most fore close.
Almost every app that I have used has proven to be unreliable. That's one of the reason's I got the phone. I was thinking, calls and txt are basic features of the phone. that will not be a problem, well i have problems with both. So anyway, i try some apps, a FEW work fine, but most fore close or they cause problems to the phone. One app would hang up on calls after 60 seconds of talk time. I of course removed it.
4. Audio issues
it's very frustrating to listen to music and suddenly the song just stops and start and stops and start and stops.. It is very annoing. I am no "gold ear" or anything that really can tell a difference between a good and bad sounding audio, but I guess I can tell that listening to music sucks.. Also as I listen to music with my koss spark plugs and there is a calender notice - WHAT WAS THAT?!? Damn the sound is so loud that I am afraid I will drop some heavy weights on me some day when listening to music at the gym... Other than that audio is fine.. Umm yep...
5. The phone dimm's the light.
When I'm ready to use my phone, I slide the screen down to unlock the phone, it does but all of a sudden, it will dimm. I understand it should dimm after 30 seconds if not being used, but this happens after i slide the bar down to use it. I have to lock the screen and reactivate just to see the numbers or letters.
I will stop here. There are a lot more problems but I will stop.
OVERALL: i'm returning the phone. I will get the PRE or PIXI. I really wanted this phone, I wanted it to work. I was really hoping this phone would work out. I think the phone could be a good phone after they get all the bugs out. Right now, there is just too many problems. Like I said, I will be returning it and wait a year before I consider another droid phone.
Here is a post from another user:
Hi,
Please do let me moan in my grief as Android (atleast HERO) has so far let me down..
Issues that I have encountered so far:
1. As I press "home"-button it might crash and say "loading" with black(/transparent) background and a circle that loads ooon and ooon and ooon. For the first two days it crashed so I had to boot the entire device. In that point there was no additional apps installed
2. Exhcange capability is there but it ain't that good. Using folders (as I use with my email) is very stupid as it shows ALL the folders in one list even though many of the folders are sub folders
3. Huge lag all the time. Like when I call some number and it goes back to the "made calls"(or whatever its supposed to be called) it might take more than 5 seconds to refresh the list and after the looong wait the last made call appears on the top of the screen. Other types of lags that are really frustrating are also appearing. If you wanna know more about my bad days with it please let me know

4. Audio issues. I mean how frustrating it is to listen to music and suddenly the song just stops and start and stops and start and stops.. It is very annoing. I am no "gold ear" or anything that really can tell a difference between a good and bad sounding audio, but I guess I can tell that listening to music sucks.. Also as I listen to music with my koss spark plugs and there is a calender notice - WHAT WAS THAT?!? Damn the sound is so loud that I am afraid I will drop some heavy weights on me some day when listening to music at the gym... Other than that audio is fine.. Umm yep...
5. No MS Office edit capability.. I just cant understand why..
6. No skype or anyother EASY (dont start talking about sip for android or what ever the name is called) VOIP app. Most of the mobile platforms has app that can do this - why not android?? And yeah I have read about VOIP apps but: skype lite= no use for me, google voice= uuuuh.. Great software but why hell they wont let me register or what ever was needed to get it to work.
7. Overall Google issues.. Google docs - whats the current story? Google Voice - hopefully they can provide it at some time..
8. IM apps. I just wanna use MSN ok? how hard that can be? Every app that I have used has proven to be unreliable. Why god?u why?
9. Latest issue is with home screen.. One day suddenly calendar, favorites and media player (didnt notice others - would not be suprised if there were more..) lost their text. Meaning that my calendar, favorites and media player showed the graphics but no text. I mean how could that even happen? It was removed by rebooting.. NICE!
So heres my "short" list of things that annoy me - there might be more but I dont remember at the moment.
I was really hoping this phone would substitue my old WM phone. Too many problems at the moment that I have considered destroying hero..
PLEASE HEAR MY STORY! Let me have still hope that android MIGHT be a great platform for mobile phones.. And also please let me know how to fix these issues

And hopefully some one will find joy when reading this

