Guest benzo Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Thought I'd start a thread where people can post there Hermes (or whatever variant) issues/bugs. I hope there won't be many! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JezB Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) Just got a couple of minor niggles really... 1. With PIN lock on, when you turn the device on, it can take a few seconds to sort out which direction the numbers should be pointing (starts in landscape, then squashed portrait, then finally proper portrait. 2. As with my universal, the GPRS will sometimes refuse to connect after having been out of service for a few hours, requires restarting the "phone" connectivity option. 3. The speakerphone is almost too loud - even turning it down to minimum volume can cause a little distortion. 4. There's still no way to lock the owner information section on the today page, so you can end up with some very weird text there if you manage to accidentally turn the device on when it's in your pocket. and possible the most annoying issue... 5. The colours on solitaire are useless. There is also a problem I have with Windows Live Mobile, but that's one to take up with MS Betas really, in that your MSN contacts are automatically imported into your contacts on the phone. (Something of an inconvenience when you have over 600 MSN contacts! Topic> /Jez Edited August 15, 2006 by JezB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nickb23 Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 When I am sometimes adding data, the onscreen keyboard appears, even when I have the keyboard out. Is there an easy fix for this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ingvarr Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) Try to read this thread for known problems - http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=57130 Edited August 15, 2006 by Ingvarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 My battery status seems to often think it's charging when it's not when I first turn on, a short while later it stabilises. Anyone else seen that? P PS Ingvarr - not experienced most of those issues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ingvarr Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Apparently, some of these issues just results of some units being defective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JezB Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) My battery status seems to often think it's charging when it's not when I first turn on, a short while later it stabilises. Anyone else seen that? P PS Ingvarr - not experienced most of those issues! With PocketPlus installed (so you get the battery bar along the top of the screen) you can see the battery monitor always jumps to full when you turn the screen on... Same thing happened with the m5000 tho'. The clock also used to take a second to jump to the right time when you turned on the screen on the m5000, not seen this one on the m3100 yet tho'. Edited August 15, 2006 by JezB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I use 'Batti' to get that same bar. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Apparently, some of these issues just results of some units being defective. Could also be that the Herm200 (HTC TyTN/v1605) has its own bugs/issues which the Herm100 (SPV M3100/MDA Vario II) don't have and vice versa. Remember, HTC Hermes is the platform but at present there are the two products (based on model id no.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I reckon a few of those niggles over at XDA relate to the Voda rom. My observations so far: 1) "e" key on keyboard is a bit lazy - am getting used to pushing a little harder. 2) had caps lock keep turning itself on this morning - soft reset seems to have sorted it. 3) Haven't seen Edge icon yet but have only seen G twice for a couple of minutes as 3g coverage seems very good around here. 4) When starting up, the top bar icons do some crazy things for a second or two (ie wifi icon appears before being replaced by 3G. 5) Powering on from standby, screen takes about half a second to appear (which is bizarre as OMAP powered Prophet was instantaneous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ingvarr Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) Could also be that the Herm200 (HTC TyTN/v1605) has its own bugs/issues which the Herm100 (SPV M3100/MDA Vario II) don't have and vice versa. Doubt it. Factory & hardware are 100% the same, only cases differ. Different production batches, thats more likely. Edited August 15, 2006 by Ingvarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syphon Filter Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Doubt it. Factory & hardware are 100% the same, only cases differ. Different production batches, thats more likely. Are you 100% sure of that? The hardware is definitely different as the button layouts have been changed between the 100 and 200. Also I am getting the distinct feeling that there are MORE problems on the 200's than the 100's. Most of the people with major issues, ie screen alignment etc...are reporting them on TyTN's and v1605's. Most people with the M3100's seem happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ingvarr Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Button layout - this considered the casing. By "hardware" I meant electronics. Open the case, and you will see that inside they are the same. Also most of issues are on devices with lower series numbers, therefore earlier batches. Of course HTC took note of issues and fixed some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bydandie Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Are you 100% sure of that? The hardware is definitely different as the button layouts have been changed between the 100 and 200. Also I am getting the distinct feeling that there are MORE problems on the 200's than the 100's. Most of the people with major issues, ie screen alignment etc...are reporting them on TyTN's and v1605's. Most people with the M3100's seem happier. The HERM100's have only been out in any numbers for a week now. The S/N are also lower from post on XDA-Devs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Silly me! Only just worked out that mine kept defaulting to caps as I hadn't realised pushing the blue circle followed by shift turned on CAPS LOCK - and each time i then pressed shift it dropped to lower case for one letter and then reverted to upper case! So one less bug (and one more dumb user)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Slightly worried about the flimsy/bad fitting battery cover. It just doesn't feel that solid. The catch at the bottom is spring loaded but it feels as if the cover/latches are a bit loose and thus the spring isn't holding against anything. Will experiment with sticking a piece of paper in between the battery and the cover to see if it feels more of a tight fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest craighome Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 M3100 vibrate? Tried everything to get this to work, even enabling the vibrate option in sounds and notifications and putting it on vibrate only, ring and vibrate and no vibrate Could someone with a M3100 check theirs out and report back if all is well? Many thanks Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 M3100 vibrate? Tried everything to get this to work, even enabling the vibrate option in sounds and notifications and putting it on vibrate only, ring and vibrate and no vibrate Could someone with a M3100 check theirs out and report back if all is well? Many thanks Craig Vibrating just fine thanks. The m3100 vibrate is certainly less agressive than the Prophet's and seems to be set to a shorter duration. There is a reg hack to set the vibrate time etc over at xda developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest craighome Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 (edited) Vibrating just fine thanks. The m3100 vibrate is certainly less agressive than the Prophet's and seems to be set to a shorter duration. There is a reg hack to set the vibrate time etc over at xda developers. Not even a slight hum out of mine. After a hard reset with the Orange stock setup, worked perfectly so I either did something wrong (although I checked everything to do with vibrate settings) or an app or utility I installed caused an issue with it Edited August 21, 2006 by craighome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaBeeeenster Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 Not even a slight hum out of mine. After a hard reset with the Orange stock setup, worked perfectly so I either did something wrong (although I checked everything to do with vibrate settings) or an app or utility I installed caused an issue with it Odd. My Vario II is not vibrating...I dont want to do a hard reset as I just set the thing up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimbouk Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 I think my lazy "e" has been to the gym! But I have noticed that when I am in landscape mode at Today screen and I press the top Messaging button, the top bar flicks up with whichever email account I last used, then it flicks back to Today. Another press and it loads the messaging screen. Doesn't seem to have any problems if I click the messaging plugin on the screen or if I use the messaging top button when in portrait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cclboss Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 I have a TyTN and the first one I had had a couple of sticky keys (E, Space, P) so I exhcanged for another one. This seems more stable but still have one half-sticky R (need to press it harder than the others to make sure it registers). I think this is more of a hardware problem (quality control of the keyboard circuit board). On the other hand, I have noticed that the device is not as stable as my old K-Jam. There are occasions where it froze. I've turned it off (completely and not hibernate) altogether on the plance and after I landed, I took out my phone and the display is on full blast with the phone frozen at the today screen. Somehow it turned back on and drained quite a bit of battery. This happened on another occasion but is difficult to repeat. Also, there are the occasionaly freeze/hang up that requires a reset. I hope an impending firmware upgrade would solve some of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Odd. My Vario II is not vibrating...I dont want to do a hard reset as I just set the thing up! DaBeeeenster, did you install Paul's LED disabling software? If so that'll be why your virbate won't work. The LED disabler disables vibrate function as well... To all, when stating bugs/issues on your HTC Hermes can you state the Model ID (eg, HERM100/HERM200/HERM300) as well as the device name. Just for those who don't know which model is which. If you wanted to get into analysing bugs/issues between batches you could also state the prefix of your serial number... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaBeeeenster Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 DaBeeeenster, did you install Paul's LED disabling software? If so that'll be why your virbate won't work. The LED disabler disables vibrate function as well... To all, when stating bugs/issues on your HTC Hermes can you state the Model ID (eg, HERM100/HERM200/HERM300) as well as the device name. Just for those who don't know which model is which. If you wanted to get into analysing bugs/issues between batches you could also state the prefix of your serial number...Ahhh! yes I did install it. Why does it turn off the vibrate?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Apparently the led .dll that the program disables also controls the vibrate function... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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