Atrix Gingerbread Initial Thoughts and Issues

[CDG]

Thank you so much!
I will say that my lag just improved a bit after I did something.
You see, before the update to GB, one of my homescreens was dedicated to simply photos (I think it was the main photo widget). After the GB update, all of those photo widgets on that homescreen (maybe 8-10) said "Problem loading widget". I figured I'd just have to redo them, but didn't touch them for awhile at first. Then, frustrated with my lag, just for kicks I tried removing those widgets that no longer loaded/worked, creating a blank homescreen again. I noticed immediately that the lag was slightly reduced, although still not 100% better. Do you happen to have any widgets on your homescreens that are in a similar situation?

Thanks very much. My signal strength widget did not work and I had already deleted it.

I ended up by doing a battery pull and that did appear to help. Did you do a factory reset?

Thanks.

 

[tigerpierre]

- Battery life is much better
- Social Networking doesn't show updates for Facebook or Twitter on a timely basis (hours later!)
- Picture folders disappeared but ability to make folders now
- Much faster changing screens

 

[ccpooch]

- Battery life is much better
- Social Networking doesn't show updates for Facebook or Twitter on a timely basis (hours later!)
- Picture folders disappeared but ability to make folders now
- Much faster changing screens

How do you make folders....can't figure it out

 

[eawortman]

The last time Motorola made a good phone was the RAZR.

There were a lot of RAZR issues as well. That was the phone that has kept me from bringing myself to buy anything of theirs since. I have come pretty close on the Atrix though.

 

[Jonneh]

Thanks very much. My signal strength widget did not work and I had already deleted it.

I ended up by doing a battery pull and that did appear to help. Did you do a factory reset?

Thanks.

I didn't factory reset, I'm really hesitant to do that because I've had to restore my phone twice in the past already and I remember how incredibly frustrating and time-consuming it was to get my homescreen config back up to how it was previously. It was the biggest headache. However, after I fixed my photo widgets, and the phone has now been rebooted a couple more times (although that's not to say I didn't try rebooting yesterday when I updated. rebooted 3 or 4 times then with no progress in terms of lag leaving). Now, though, the lag is much more bearable. At times, it's completely vanished! I can swipe screen after screen after screen and it's damn near instantaneous. However, minutes later I will try it again and it will have a slight lag to it again. Not nearly as bad as in the beginning though, and it doesn't last too terribly long. I think I'm content now. Hope you are too.

 

[tigerpierre]

How do you make folders....can't figure it out

- touch a picture
- touch the MENU key
- touch ADD TO ALBUM
- you can creat a new album/folder.

 

[zmagrini]

My Atrix is very slow changing screens and opening applications... lags for a couple seconds. Anyone have suggestions on what to do?

 

[CDG]

My Atrix is very slow changing screens and opening applications... lags for a couple seconds. Anyone have suggestions on what to do?

I posted about this as well. I do not understand how so many people are saying it is smooth and fast while some us are finding the home screen switching so slow.

 

[sniffs]

Why are all the GB releases missing the screen on animation? It's got the cool screen off animation, but no screen on! wtf!

Besides that, my Atrix is great now, this is what the Atrix should have been shipped with. Still, not a fan of AT&T.. I wish this was on Verizon as a dualcore 4G phone..

 

[jd914]

I have been on this update for a few days and I'm loving it. Battery life is excellent, everything runs smooth and I have had no reason to use a third party launcher.

 

[velvetelvis]

Why are all the GB releases missing the screen on animation? It's got the cool screen off animation, but no screen on! wtf!

Besides that, my Atrix is great now, this is what the Atrix should have been shipped with. Still, not a fan of AT&T.. I wish this was on Verizon as a dualcore 4G phone..

i love the screen off animation and the screen on would be great. its the little touches like that, that make this update really great and not just great. but, is that a gb feature or motoblur?

 

[sniffs]

i love the screen off animation and the screen on would be great. its the little touches like that, that make this update really great and not just great. but, is that a gb feature or motoblur?

Nope, it's actually a feature of Gingerbread. Stock GB has both the screen on and screen off animations.. however it seems that Motorola keeps removing the screen on from it's firmware.

 

[tigerpierre]

Is anyone (other than me) having issues with Social Networking not updating? I added the Social Networking widget for Facebook and Twitter but it doesn't update. It worked fine with Froyo but not at all with GB.

 

[SteveMW]

Nope, it's actually a feature of Gingerbread. Stock GB has both the screen on and screen off animations.. however it seems that Motorola keeps removing the screen on from it's firmware.

Actually, Froyo on Atrix had three options for animation: All, some and none. Gingerbread only provides 2 options - on or off.

 

[sniffs]

Actually, Froyo on Atrix had three options for animation: All, some and none. Gingerbread only provides 2 options - on or off.

I'm referring to the screen on and off animations, ONLY Gingerbread provides that because it's a kernel mod. ‪G2 Gingerbread Screen ON and OFF animations! (Android 2.3)‬‏ - YouTube

and you're referring to "fancy windows" animations. FroYo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb have this, it's shown if you have the Spare Parts app.

FroYo does not provide the screen on and off animation.

 

[Jonneh]

I'm referring to the screen on and off animations, ONLY Gingerbread provides that because it's a kernel mod. ‪G2 Gingerbread Screen ON and OFF animations! (Android 2.3)‬‏ - YouTube

and you're referring to "fancy windows" animations. FroYo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb have this, it's shown if you have the Spare Parts app.

FroYo does not provide the screen on and off animation.

Man why on earth would Motorola get rid of the screen on animation but keep the screen off animation? Could it have been a mistake? lol I just don't understand. I love the off animation and I think having the on animation would really make it a complete set. I feel like my atrix is missing things now :-(

Between this and Moto removing the battery percentage thing, I'm really starting to wonder what they were smoking.

 

[anon(301129)]

All around, I think the phone is much nicer to use. No problems at all other than relearning how to get at and do some things.
I wish I had root so I could WiFi Tether, but that will come I am sure. I loved my old Barnacle.

 

[sniffs]

Man why on earth would Motorola get rid of the screen on animation but keep the screen off animation? Could it have been a mistake? lol I just don't understand. I love the off animation and I think having the on animation would really make it a complete set. I feel like my atrix is missing things now :-(

Between this and Moto removing the battery percentage thing, I'm really starting to wonder what they were smoking.

I really don't know.. I dont think they stripped it out, it's most likely there, just disabled. I wish we could find a way to enable it, maybe it's in build.prop? who knows.. I'll poke around the system files and see what I can come up with.

The DroidX's GB rom's(even the one from Moto themselves) have the screen on animation disabled also.. =/

My OG Droid 1 with Cm7 has both on/off animations! it rocks!

 

[Jonneh]

I really don't know.. I dont think they stripped it out, it's most likely there, just disabled. I wish we could find a way to enable it, maybe it's in build.prop? who knows.. I'll poke around the system files and see what I can come up with.

The DroidX's GB rom's(even the one from Moto themselves) have the screen on animation disabled also.. =/

My OG Droid 1 with Cm7 has both on/off animations! it rocks!

If you find a solution, let us know! It's such a tiny thing but really it makes a difference to the end user, you know? Thanks!

 

[Knvsmom]

I am happy with most of the GB upgrade. Some of my contacts weren't saved though, and it seems to be interfering with one of my phone apps that blocks certain numbers.
Maybe I just haven't found the right setting, but my auto form fill in text is now so light I can't read it. I would like the ability to change my text messaging colors too.
Overall, it seems to have sped my Atrix up, which is great!