Battery, GPS, Heat, Vibrate issues - common or bad phone?

[adam.bean]

Hey all,

Have had my v10 for a bit over a week now. Concerned that I'm having a few too many problems.

1) The battery appears to be draining at a very fast rate. Relatively light to moderate use is lasting ~8-12 hours. Nothing out of the ordinary app or utilization wise.

2) Even though I turn Location settings to battery saving (network only), every now and then it reverts back to high accuracy (gps and network). Assume some stupid app is doing this?

3) Seems like just after a few minutes of use, I can feel the back of the phone (near the power/volume buttons) getting quite warm.

4) When haptic feedback is enabled (using the home button or just typing on the keyboard), the vibrate feels/sounds ... off. Coming from a Note 3 anyway, this reminds me of a dying motor. Just has a buzzy noise to it.

5) Picasa album sync - Why isn't this working anymore (to see albums in gallery)? I don't even see it as an option under Google account settings.

Any feedback would be most appreciated. only have a few days left to return under the 14 day VZW policy. Thinking at the least to swap for a new V10, but if these are known/common issues, I question If this was the right purchase.

Thanks

 

[adam.bean]

Oh yeah, also ... I have a 2.1a 5.2v charger (that I got from my nVidia shield tablet) that I commonly use. When I use this charger on the v10, it makes my phone go berserk. In that, any typing or touch I do, the phone becomes ultra sensitive and double/triple clicks a key and just other random oddities occur. I use this charger on all other phones/tablets without issue.

I love this phone, but getting really nervous that there are some QC issues here.

 

[CountryDevil]

Oh yeah, also ... I have a 2.1a 5.2v charger (that I got from my nVidia shield tablet) that I commonly use. When I use this charger on the v10, it makes my phone go berserk. In that, any typing or touch I do, the phone becomes ultra sensitive and double/triple clicks a key and just other random oddities occur. I use this charger on all other phones/tablets without issue.

I love this phone, but getting really nervous that there are some QC issues here.

Do you have this problem with the provided charger? It may just be something with that particular charger that is causing an issue with the V10,

As for overall "QC" issues, this would not be the case unless all or a good majority V10's exhibit these issues. I have heard of some heat issues, but not a whole lot and they do seem very minimal as far as reports so far. If you are kn doubt and think you have a bad phone, I would get it traded in before your 14 day period has expired ad the window of opportunity had closed.

 

[adam.bean]

Do you have this problem with the provided charger? It may just be something with that particular charger that is causing an issue with the V10,

As for overall "QC" issues, this would not be the case unless all or a good majority V10's exhibit these issues. I have heard of some heat issues, but not a whole lot and they do seem very minimal as far as reports so far. If you are kn doubt and think you have a bad phone, I would get it traded in before your 14 day period has expired ad the window of opportunity had closed.

Nah, haven't seen it with other chargers, just stinks as it's one of the best I've owned, oh well.

Agreed, at this rate I'm just going to see if VZW will let me exchange. There are simply too many issues with the phone and I have to assume I simply got a bad one. Oh yeah, another issue ... twice today, people said I was coming through very garbled and couldn't hear me on the phone. Definitely had to be a bad unit.

 

[stan23]

1-4 is normal. I have experienced the same thing on my phone - still love it.

5, I have no idea. I don't use picasa.