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I listen to music on my device a LOT, & forgot that Media Room isn't an Android thing, it's a MT4G/Sense thing. The stock music player blows, & there's no widget for the lock screen. I downloaded Winamp, which is better...but there's still no lock screen widget. Yikes.
There are other things I'm not digging about the phone, like the calendar app. I like the MT4G one better. I like the combined email app on the MT4G. It's sort of combined on the G2X, but I have to put each individual account on my home screen, instead of one app that lets me choose which email account I want to look at. Also, I don't know what's to blame for this...but my SD card got damaged transferring between devices. I thought "No worries, I'll format. I have everything backed up on my computer." Well...I can't find a bunch of pics & videos I swore I had backed up. I really hope I didn't lose those for good.
The experience so far has left a bad taste in my mouth, & I'm about 98% sure I'll be returning it tomorrow. It's funny that there can be SO much difference between Android devices. I was foaming at the bit for a new phone, but actually this experience makes me appreciate my MT4G. Different strokes for different folks, I guess! Olliegrl, I'm glad you're enjoying your new phone .04-21-11 11:55 AMLike 0 - i haven't really messed with it that much...but i'm finding it more appealing than MT4G...i appreciate the vanilla android better than MT4G.
i do have some questions though...my Fb app won't sync with my contacts...as in put their photos into my contacts list from their fb profiles.
also, in the txting app, i have a contact card set up for "me" so that when i txt people i have a photo on that slot. for some reason my photo doesn't come up.
???04-21-11 12:16 PMLike 0 - The browser is a lot different, which I wasn't expecting. It's more like it was on my old Vibrant. It's not as easy to open & switch between pages. Also, it doesn't seem to have long-press/drag copy & paste, which is a huge deal. It also doesn't have auto-wrap after I zoom. For as much browsing I do, this is kind of a deal-breaker. I've tried other 3rd party browsers while on my MT4G, & I always ended up going back to the stock browser after a few days.
My friend is getting this phone. He's super stoked. I can't wait to check it out. Congrats olliegirl! :-)
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com04-21-11 12:20 PMLike 0 - i haven't really messed with it that much...but i'm finding it more appealing than MT4G...i appreciate the vanilla android better than MT4G.
i do have some questions though...my Fb app won't sync with my contacts...as in put their photos into my contacts list from their fb profiles.
also, in the txting app, i have a contact card set up for "me" so that when i txt people i have a photo on that slot. for some reason my photo doesn't come up.
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I would recommend Handcent SMS for texting, it has tons of features and way better than the stock SMS app. You can display pictures on individual messages or thread view. If fully customizable.04-21-11 12:58 PMLike 0 - I'm actually having the opposite experience . The device seems buggy, which may just be a handset issue & would rectify itself if I exchanged handsets. But, it's missing a ton of functionality that I guess I just took for granted on my MT4G. The browser is a lot different, which I wasn't expecting. It's more like it was on my old Vibrant. It's not as easy to open & switch between pages. Also, it doesn't seem to have long-press/drag copy & paste, which is a huge deal. It also doesn't have auto-wrap after I zoom. For as much browsing I do, this is kind of a deal-breaker. I've tried other 3rd party browsers while on my MT4G, & I always ended up going back to the stock browser after a few days.
I listen to music on my device a LOT, & forgot that Media Room isn't an Android thing, it's a MT4G/Sense thing. The stock music player blows, & there's no widget for the lock screen. I downloaded Winamp, which is better...but there's still no lock screen widget. Yikes.
There are other things I'm not digging about the phone, like the calendar app. I like the MT4G one better. I like the combined email app on the MT4G. It's sort of combined on the G2X, but I have to put each individual account on my home screen, instead of one app that lets me choose which email account I want to look at. Also, I don't know what's to blame for this...but my SD card got damaged transferring between devices. I thought "No worries, I'll format. I have everything backed up on my computer." Well...I can't find a bunch of pics & videos I swore I had backed up. I really hope I didn't lose those for good.
The experience so far has left a bad taste in my mouth, & I'm about 98% sure I'll be returning it tomorrow. It's funny that there can be SO much difference between Android devices. I was foaming at the bit for a new phone, but actually this experience makes me appreciate my MT4G. Different strokes for different folks, I guess! Olliegrl, I'm glad you're enjoying your new phone .Last edited by JD914; 04-21-11 at 01:32 PM.
04-21-11 01:02 PMLike 0 - I WOULD like it a lot if it had some of the same functions I'm used to. For me, the speed & simpleness doesn't make up for the lack of functionality. I know everyone's different, but this is just what I prefer.04-21-11 01:15 PMLike 0
- I still don't understand why the browser is so different, though. I would think that that would be an OS thing, not a skin thing. The browser on the MT4G is very intuitive with the way it handles copy/paste, text wrap, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not totally hating the G2X, it's just very different than what I've been using.04-21-11 01:22 PMLike 0 - avt123O.G.I still don't understand why the browser is so different, though. I would think that that would be an OS thing, not a skin thing. The browser on the MT4G is very intuitive with the way it handles copy/paste, text wrap, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not totally hating the G2X, it's just very different than what I've been using.04-21-11 01:37 PMLike 0 - If I could somehow download the MT4G browser, media room, & calendar app, as well as some of the Sense widgets, I'd have a much different opinion of this phone.04-21-11 01:41 PMLike 0
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on 3:30 of this video Aaron of Phonedog says this is the best Android device on the market. I have to agree.
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One of the bugs I'm experiencing is that it's hard to get the phone out of standby mode. I'll press the power button & nothing will happen. I'll try a few more times, & nothing. Then when it decides to come on, the screen will flicker through all the times I had pressed the button. Some folk @ XDA are reporting the same issue, so it must not be that isolated:
[Q] Phone doesn't come out of standby - xda-developers
Tonight I'm going to give it a factory reset. I'm going to have more time to play w/ it tonight than I did last night. I haven't really gotten to look @ it today since I've been working. I'm really trying to give this phone a fair shot because I was so excited for it.04-21-11 02:30 PMLike 0 -
on FB app
open app > on the upper left click on "Facebook" > hit menu button > select settings >
scroll down where it says "Sync Contacts" > make sure "Sync with existing contacts" is enabled.04-21-11 02:36 PMLike 0 - Oh! Btw Olliegrl, hit the home button & power button @ the same time & you'll get screenshot abilities!04-21-11 02:48 PMLike 0
- It seems the factory reset worked. All of my issues with bugs seem to have disappeared. Another big one I discovered was that the device wouldn't pick up voice and sound. Then the media player stopped working. After the reset, everything worked. I had a 45 minute call with my parents and a 10 minute call booking a hotel. Sound quality was great.
One thing this phone is reminding me is that 4" screens are my sweet spot. I loved that on my old I don't think my tiny girly hands could go much bigger. I'm struggling to make the typing adjustments. I wish they could have condensed the space at the bottom. And I wish they would've added a friggin trackpad. That made it ridiculously easy to edit text.
I'm trying to overlook this phone's shortcomings and focus on what it does well.04-22-11 07:35 AMLike 0
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