Why I took back my AT&T One X

**mgfjd12** · 05-16-2012, 12:53 PM

Thank you for taking the time to reply. You made very good points that there are some apps that still have to be programmed to take advantage of android 4.0 and some apps are designed to reload every time, but there is definitely still a problem with the One X's multitasking. When you compare the One X side-by-side with a Galaxy Nexus (which also has Android 4.0) switching/multitasking to another app loads it fine on the Nexus but on the One X it will force it to totally reload the app. Here is an excellent youtube video that demonstrates exactly what I'm talking about: The video shows a One X and Galaxy Nexus, both with android 4.0 and both with the same apps running. Switching between the browser and the Pulse app (which is made by Google and designed for android 4.0) works great on the Nexus but the One X will keep reloading everything. This should not happen because the One X has superior hardware in every way including 1 GB of ram. I am not being nitpicking and I would try to just live with this issue but this problem has huge effects on daily use of the phone. Many times, streaming radio apps will stop playing after some time because the background task is killed. Some times alarm clock apps will not go off because they are killed. I load up my banking app, switch to the calculator and stocks app, go back and I am logged out of the bank app. I start typing an email, switch over to the browser and calendar, go back and the email app reloads, losing my entire email that I started typing. I put a game on pause to answer a phone call, go back it reloads from the beginning, losing all of my progress. All of these scenarios work fine on other android phones even though they have less memory then the One X! This is not an issue just because apps have to be reprogrammed for android 4.0 as demonstrated in the video with the Galaxy Nexus. I think this is a beautiful phone and a really hope this issue can be fixed with a future update, looking forward to your response. Thank you

**sniffs** · 05-16-2012, 01:14 PM

PS. that's not a Galaxy Nexus, that's a Windows Phone in that video.

**Droid800** · 05-16-2012, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by TroyBoy30

interesting cause my completely stock gnex doesn't do that!

Pay closer attention, because it most certainly does. (Especially in the browser)

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**sniffs** · 05-16-2012, 03:33 PM

Does anyone know how exactly this "bug" affects background services?

Does it kill Skype? Voxer? Steam? I see it signs out of Google Talk for some people, so does this mean that it's effectively killing pretty much anything it wants?

Is this killing the push notification service for these apps?

**freebird2k** · 07-12-2012, 10:24 PM

Seems like I'm reviving an old thread but FYI Samsung's Galaxy S3 is experiencing the same symptoms... I haven't run through the gamut of scenarios but games certainly reload when switching between apps..

My ancient 2yr old blackberry did a better job multitasking... What gives?!?!?\

ps. Same happens if the screen locks, let's say you get busy on the phone for a few minutes while having a game open - unlocking the screen reloads the game.

**gravage** · 07-13-2012, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by freebird2k

Seems like I'm reviving an old thread but FYI Samsung's Galaxy S3 is experiencing the same symptoms... I haven't run through the gamut of scenarios but games certainly reload when switching between apps..

My ancient 2yr old blackberry did a better job multitasking... What gives?!?!?\

ps. Same happens if the screen locks, let's say you get busy on the phone for a few minutes while having a game open - unlocking the screen reloads the game.

I'm using the AT&T GS3 and I definitely don't have multitasking issues. The browser doesn't even refresh with multiple tabs open. It's 100X better than the One X in this regard.

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**corydorcutt** · 07-13-2012, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by greyhulk

I'm using the AT&T GS3 and I definitely don't have multitasking issues. The browser doesn't even refresh with multiple tabs open. It's 100X better than the One X in this regard.

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I've had games refresh which is something people were bemoaning the One X for.

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