I've had this phone since shortly after launch, and while I was initially very happy with it, I recently started having some major problems. Before I wipe this thing (which, a la the title above, I REALLY don't want to do, since reorganizing everything is not something I relish), I figured I'd check with you guys to see if there are any existing solutions out there to the problems I'm having. I'm currently running stock 4.0.4, unrooted, Sense 4.1 and experiencing the following:
1) Universal search is kaput. I'm unable to search for installed apps using the Google search widget, and Vlingo doesn't recognize the names of my apps either. I assumed this was something HTC removed for fear of Apple litigation, but I'm reading around the web that the most recent update did not break universal search. Is there an official verdict on this?
2) Buggy...well, everything. Opening Messages sometimes works, sometimes lags for a LONG time before opening a conversation, and when sending a message, it does not always show in the thread until a minute later or longer. Phonecalls do the same thing--I can open the phone dialer, but when I enter a number and hit send, it either lags, or does nothing except return me to the dialer screen. Once I get a phonecall or message to go through the first time, usually behavior returns to normal after that...for a little while.
3) Opening the camera from the lock screen freezes the phone, necessitating a re-boot. Ironically, this was one of the bugs HTC was purportedly "fixing" with the last update, but I'd never had the problem in the first place. And now I do. Thanks, HTC.
4) Search is also acting funny in the People and Mail apps--i.e., when typing in a contact's name in composing an email or searching for a contact, the phone does not auto-suggest contacts reliably. Sometimes it will highlight the first letter of a contact's name in People after I have typed in the WHOLE of another contact's name, but other than that...nothing. Again, once I manually type an email address or number, the phone will usually auto-suggest the next time, but never the first.
5) Battery life is nowhere near what it was prior to the recent update. I have a Tasker profile set up to emulate my old Evo 3D's power saving mode, and the battery STILL tanks throughout the day with moderate use. I know Tasker eats up battery too, but the change is pretty dramatic post-update.
6) Overheating. This thing gets majorly hot while running either Waze or Google Maps and running any of my music apps, and I start getting the dreaded multi-color flash about 30 minutes into my commute. Is it so unreasonable to expect my phone to actually CHARGE reliably when it's plugged in? Admittedly, my EVO 3D wasn't doing anything more than maintaining the current battery level under the same circumstances, but at least I could depend on it not draining the battery completely.
I really WANT to love this phone, but these bugs are driving me nuts. Help!:-\:-\
1) Universal search is kaput. I'm unable to search for installed apps using the Google search widget, and Vlingo doesn't recognize the names of my apps either. I assumed this was something HTC removed for fear of Apple litigation, but I'm reading around the web that the most recent update did not break universal search. Is there an official verdict on this?
2) Buggy...well, everything. Opening Messages sometimes works, sometimes lags for a LONG time before opening a conversation, and when sending a message, it does not always show in the thread until a minute later or longer. Phonecalls do the same thing--I can open the phone dialer, but when I enter a number and hit send, it either lags, or does nothing except return me to the dialer screen. Once I get a phonecall or message to go through the first time, usually behavior returns to normal after that...for a little while.
3) Opening the camera from the lock screen freezes the phone, necessitating a re-boot. Ironically, this was one of the bugs HTC was purportedly "fixing" with the last update, but I'd never had the problem in the first place. And now I do. Thanks, HTC.
4) Search is also acting funny in the People and Mail apps--i.e., when typing in a contact's name in composing an email or searching for a contact, the phone does not auto-suggest contacts reliably. Sometimes it will highlight the first letter of a contact's name in People after I have typed in the WHOLE of another contact's name, but other than that...nothing. Again, once I manually type an email address or number, the phone will usually auto-suggest the next time, but never the first.
5) Battery life is nowhere near what it was prior to the recent update. I have a Tasker profile set up to emulate my old Evo 3D's power saving mode, and the battery STILL tanks throughout the day with moderate use. I know Tasker eats up battery too, but the change is pretty dramatic post-update.
6) Overheating. This thing gets majorly hot while running either Waze or Google Maps and running any of my music apps, and I start getting the dreaded multi-color flash about 30 minutes into my commute. Is it so unreasonable to expect my phone to actually CHARGE reliably when it's plugged in? Admittedly, my EVO 3D wasn't doing anything more than maintaining the current battery level under the same circumstances, but at least I could depend on it not draining the battery completely.
I really WANT to love this phone, but these bugs are driving me nuts. Help!:-\:-\
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