7 days and this EVO LTE is going back!

[Starfleet Captain]

To everyone complaining about multitasking
if yall got what you wanted then yall would then be complaining about the battery life.
At the end of the day, this is still a "cell phone". if you want to multitask that bad then buy a tablet

Or, I could....(.....wait for it.......) return this phone and purchase one that will give me great battery life AND multitasking (WHOA!!)

Look, When the OG Evo came out, many of us gave HTC a pass on the horrible battery life. It was a sacrifice we all mad eto have a state of the art, cutting edge high tech phone that blew away all others on the market, including the iphone 4. But HTC has had 2 years to get the battery life issue figured out. Other OEM's have done it without sacrificing feature set. If HTC cannot figure out how to make a competitive high end Android phone with good battery life without stripping away features as other Manufactures have done, then we need to look elsewhere.

 

[midmofan]

Come on everyone, "sense reloading" is just indicative of their multitasking miscues. What happens to your browser, android central, your game, twitter, etc., etc. if your are away from it too long? That's right - it reloads. You just don't see a message that says "browser reloading".

So, the only way HTC can fix the "sense reloading" issue is to fix the multitasking issue.

Well the "sense reloading" has been happening for a year or so on the OG evo and other HTC devices that do not have the same multitasking issues that LTE has.

Its not the multitasking issue that is causing the reloading. Rather, they are both being caused by the same thing -- sense taking up too much of the available space. HTC could, theoretically, figure out a way to keep the Sense launcher from reloading (giving it higher priority for example) without "helping" the multitasking issue for other apps.

 

[Starfleet Captain]

Well the "sense reloading" has been happening for a year or so on the OG evo and other HTC devices that do not have the same multitasking issues that LTE has.

Its not the multitasking issue that is causing the reloading. Rather, they are both being caused by the same thing -- sense taking up too much of the available space. HTC could, theoretically, figure out a way to keep the Sense launcher from reloading (giving it higher priority for example) without "helping" the multitasking issue for other apps.

I've thought about that. But wouldn't doing this affect the phone's performance in apps where Ram and CPU is needed? It would affect benchmark scores across the board. HTC Probably has Sense set as the last app to close out when resources demand it inside of a certain app. I'm actually fine with that, which is why I never complained on the rare occasion I ran across this problem on my previous phones. But this situation is ridiculous. If Sense is causing so much of a problem, I can't do normal multitasking, then it has to be tweaked or just let go completely.

 

[shadowhawk2020]

Well running Nova Launcher has given me an extra 100Mb free Ram (bringing it to 200Mb). If this works better I may keep the phone, but most likely mine is going back to Best Buy as well.

 

[calvin35]

Or, I could....(.....wait for it.......) return this phone and purchase one that will give me great battery life AND multitasking (WHOA!!)

Look, When the OG Evo came out, many of us gave HTC a pass on the horrible battery life. It was a sacrifice we all mad eto have a state of the art, cutting edge high tech phone that blew away all others on the market, including the iphone 4. But HTC has had 2 years to get the battery life issue figured out. Other OEM's have done it without sacrificing feature set. If HTC cannot figure out how to make a competitive high end Android phone with good battery life without stripping away features as other Manufactures have done, then we need to look elsewhere.

This is exactly what I feel about my experience with the One X. HTC decided that instead of shipping this phone with enough RAM they would rather take features away from the customer. I think the fact that the SIII is coming with 2Gigs of RAM while using the same gpu and cpu speaks volumes about how HTC values giving its customers options.

 

[gdbjr]

Y are u complaining about having to root? Y did u even buy an android phone in the first place? It's based on linux which is what... Open Source software? Which means that developers will often make the best implementations and that will require u to root.

I've rooted every phone that can be rooted and never had an issue with Sprint, best buy, returns, trade-ins, nothing.

I guarantee the GS3 will have at least as many issues as the LTEVO. And guess what? If u don't root the GS3 you're gonna have to wait until Samsung updates it because u won't root. That means the LTEVO will have a fix before Samsung.

So, just go buy an iPhone already. Crying about silly Facebook pics. Facebook is a dieing trend as well as the iPhone. Android will always have a following because it allows u to decide what u want. Rooting is just a part of it all.

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Sorry to break this to you but the percentage of people that root their phones are very, very small. The vast majority of people just want the phone to work out of the box and not have to root, tweak and hack it to be usable.

 

[geauxlsutigers]

I'm sorry to hear that. Have you tried using a WIFI connection while setting it up? Unfortunately, it won't work by relying on the network only. It seems to need speed.

I am having the same issue with Google Wallet, WiFi or 3G, it sownt work. It keeps cycling in the adding prepaid card screen.

 

[Starfleet Captain]

I am having the same issue with Google Wallet, WiFi or 3G, it sownt work. It keeps cycling in the adding prepaid card screen.

I called Google wallet about this issue yesterday after i could not get it to work, no matter what I tried. They said it was an issue with their servers. he said he did NOT have an ETA on a fix and would email me when it was fixed.

 

[Anthonicia]

I feel like a parent telling their kids to be patient and they will get what they want for Christmas. U don't like the phone take it back and deal with whatever problems the gs3 has.

I'm trying to help u out by saying u should root to take full advantage of the phone. I like it and I know all the problems with it will be fixed sooner (by rooting) or later (by HTC). So u can whine about it or be apart of the solution.

Which sadly for u is to just take it back and get a sg3.

Better?

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[jroc]

I feel like a parent telling their kids to be patient and they will get what they want for Christmas. U don't like the phone take it back and deal with whatever problems the gs3 has.

I'm trying to help u out by saying u should root to take full advantage of the phone. I like it and I know all the problems with it will be fixed sooner (by rooting) or later (by HTC). So u can whine about it or be apart of the solution.

Which sadly for u is to just take it back bc u don't have the balls to be a man and fix something yourself.

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Like with most things in life....its not what you say...its how you say it....IMO that last sentence all but kills the advice you are trying to give. Again...rooting is a solution. But the way you make it....every Android phone ever created or one gets should be rooted to fix whatever issues it has.

Just like Android gives us so much choice in phones....we also have the choice to root or not to fix a problem.

Some examples:

Lag issues with the GS1 due to the file system Samsung used. Solution? Root and apply lag fixes.
Issues with the G Nex on Verizon. Solutions? Root and install custom ROMs or get root apps.
Screen issues with phones with an Amoled screen. Solution? Not root apps, but get apps to lessen the problem.
Battery life issues with some phones. Solution? Root and install custom kernels, underclock the phone.

If the issues are serious enough and you like the phone enough...root is a solution. I dont think it makes one ...less of a man...to not root tho. Thats a choice....

 

[Judynnnn]

I honestly don't have a problem with the multi tasking, I pressed home while using an emulator and pressed the multi tasking button, swiped it off and it was gone, even went to the actual multi tasking app and it wasn't there. I mean, Internet pages need to be refreshed for. Updates. I don't do crazy gaming on my phone, I have my xbox for that.

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[shadowhawk2020]

I honestly don't have a problem with the multi tasking, I pressed home while using an emulator and pressed the multi tasking button, swiped it off and it was gone, even went to the actual multi tasking app and it wasn't there. I mean, Internet pages need to be refreshed for. Updates. I don't do crazy gaming on my phone, I have my xbox for that.

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It isn't just gaming though. Try to export a file in dropbox to your phone. Unless you leave dropbox in the foreground the export automatically stops.

 

[solo1]

Those who think the Multitasking is ok have NEVER had a multitasking device ... WebOS .

 

[Judynnnn]

It isn't just gaming though. Try to export a file in dropbox to your phone. Unless you leave dropbox in the foreground the export automatically stops.

I can sit there a couple of minutes and watch it export...

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[Starfleet Captain]

Those who think the Multitasking is ok have NEVER had a multitasking device ... WebOS .

This!! WebOS taught the industry what multitasking was supposed to be.Yes,I'm completely aware that Windows Mobile also multitasked. WebOS was very slick though. Too bad the hardware was not up to par. It did however, spoil us with this feature.

 

[gdbjr]

But if you are sitting watching it, you aren't multitasking.

I had this issue trying to sync evernote to my phone. It took about 2 hours because the app would get killed in the background and I would have to relaunch it again and again and again.

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[Saneless]

At this point I'm convinced it's just that HTC has no idea what it's doing with the core Android OS and NOT having to do with RAM.

Looking at my free RAM, it's usually around 150MB or so. Seems ok, nothing wonderful, but enough to run a few apps fresh.

But if I go to update apps from the play store, leave the store and browse or something, NOTHING happens in the background. Maybe a single app will finish updating, but if I go back 30 minutes later, the same 5 apps that were updating before still are. Hours later, same thing. Often I have to hit Stop, then redo it. It even happens when the screen shuts off.

Looking at RAM as the culprit.. there's PLENTY of apps in there that Android SHOULD kill off first that it doesn't. Slacker? Youtube? Google +? Facebook? All are apps that I didn't even load on my own and haven't used yet, so Android would normally shut those down if it needed the RAM.

And considering I have well over 100MB left, I have plenty to browse will downloading files.

I think this is just a serious fundamental "kill off processes" flaw that HTC introduced that's not present in android normally. And I think most importantly this doesn't have that much to do with RAM either, since there's still Free RAM and apps that would be killed off first.

HTC just doesn't know what the hell they're doing and they need to stop destroying core functionality to try to preserve their horrible bloated launcher. Still tempted to try to take this back.. on the fence really

 

[kronosqq]

Those who think the Multitasking is ok have NEVER had a multitasking device ... WebOS .

People on this thread have said the background closes are inconsistent, when it happens it's still unclear what exactly pushed it over the edge to start closing things. Personally I haven't had any problems with it yet. I'll acknowledge that it is a problem (for some more than others). But it doesn't do any good to make it sound like multitasking is totally broken for everyone all the time.

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[jroc]

Those who think the Multitasking is ok have NEVER had a multitasking device ... WebOS .

I would also say they have either never multi tasked on previous Android phones or did and didnt realize it.

I really didnt realize I was until I saw these One X issues pop up. And the more I think about it...I do it alot. Cant really speak on the One X as I never used one...but if the issues are like some say...it would irritate me.

 

[shadowhawk2020]

I can sit there a couple of minutes and watch it export...

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If you sit and watch it you are not multitasking. Export a file, go to the browser and come back.