Guest Aton Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 An employee of Big In Japan also said, that about 50 percent of the pulse users have issues with the app. 50 percent work and 50 percent wont work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyrazol Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Interesting. In my forum I'd say it's more like 30:70. 30 % work, 70 don't. Plus I've only recently gotten reports of working barcode scanners, but that might all be subjective of course. Anyway, I'm really hoping for a software update now that Huawei has acknowledged the problem. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -Yaya- Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 On my first Pulse no Barcode-Scanners were working. But with the new device (the old one had an display issue) every Barcode Scanner works out fine. strange... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest twe Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Same here. I sent them some T Mobile contact details to help out. Whats your Kernel? Mine is 2.6.27-perf huawei@AndroidDev #1 I'm wondering if we've got an early version of the phone. Hi, would it be an idea to email those contacts about the external speaker switching on when using bluetooth stereo headphones? http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...er-switches-on/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helikopter Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hi, would it be an idea to email those contacts about the external speaker switching on when using bluetooth stereo headphones? http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...er-switches-on/ and there's also the headphone adapter issue discussed in another topic. it would be great if with a software update they could fix all these bugs. then this would be the perfect device for me. by the way, barcode scanner apps not working for me either. i tried both beetagg and barcode scanner from zxing team. i haven't tried shopsavvy but i'm quite shure that the outcome would be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aton Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 There are definitely different models with different revision numbers out there on the market. I got my replacement pulse today from t-mobile germany after I gave my old pulse back cause of an camera issue. I had lines throughout taken pictures. The replacement works well. Very interesting is, that the Barcodescanner and Shop Savvy work now. By the way, the quality of the speaker is far better too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyrazol Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 By the way, the quality of the speaker is far better too. Interesting, but also a bit disappointing. In what way is the speaker better now? Oh, and did you get an entirely new handset or is it a refurbished kind of thing? I heard that they do that sometimes with exchanged handsets, I've had a lot of G1 owners tell me that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest demusss Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I gave the details of my phone (IMEI & stuff) to the Shop Savvy guys who passed it onto the Huawei people. Apparently I have an old version of the phone. I'm going to try and get it swapped tonight. I've noticed something else thats a bit weird aswell that also could have been fixed on the new versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joners Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I gave the details of my phone (IMEI & stuff) to the Shop Savvy guys who passed it onto the Huawei people. Apparently I have an old version of the phone. I'm going to try and get it swapped tonight. I've noticed something else thats a bit weird aswell that also could have been fixed on the new versions. Hmmm interesting, wonder if there is any markings/serial numbers that would show a difference in hardware builds. If anyone changes them over would be interesting to see if we can find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aton Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 @Pyrazol I described the speaker issue in this posting: http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...ition-on-phone/ The sound was squawking and clashy. With the replacement pulse the conversational partner sounds far better than before. I dont know if it was a problem with the speaker itself or an issue with software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kristijan_mk Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Hi all, I bought my Pulse from T-Mobile Macedonia and at the beginning the Bar code scanner didn't work, but after the update (of the app) works just fine. The phone is not rooted. Anyway I have another, lets called it a problem... twice in the last 5 days my phone shuts down during night. Battery is not empty, actually the second time it was on charger. Both times the phone didn't wanted to start the normal way (i had to pull out the battery). After that everything is normal. Does anyone else have the same problem? Is this actually a problem? (besides getting me late twice for work :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest racingclub Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 received my Pulse today (ordered from T-Mobile UK website), no barcode app works for me either. Little disappointed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest demusss Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 received my Pulse today (ordered from T-Mobile UK website), no barcode app works for me either. Little disappointed... Send the phone back and ask for another one. Shop Savvy should work. Its on T Mobiles adverts for the Pulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest racingclub Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Send the phone back and ask for another one. Shop Savvy should work. Its on T Mobiles adverts for the Pulse. I probably should, but thats a lot of hassle. Everything else seems to be ok at the moment. Anyway, it sounds almost as likely as I would get another non-ShopS one back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyrazol Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I probably should, but thats a lot of hassle. Everything else seems to be ok at the moment. Anyway, it sounds almost as likely as I would get another non-ShopS one back? Kinda, yeah. If you'll get a working one is anyones guess. I'm thinking about switching to another phone. At least I'm sure I won't get a branded phone again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blue-e Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Mine also doesnt work and im in contact with the shop savvy team to find out why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest demusss Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Latest news from Shop Savvy "Great news! The manufacturer has been working to determine what this issue was. It looks like a software issue that can be fixed with an update. They are working on it now, but we have confirmation that there WILL be a fix soon. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eastldn Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 this phone needs to to fixed before i buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soren90 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) Here's an interim fix for the barcode app glitch using a "high-tech jump start" approach: - start your barcode app - take a flashlight and shine the light directly into the camera lens until you hear the focus mechanics work Voila! You should now see a picture on the display and the barcode app should work! Unfortunately you might have to repeat this jump start each time you start the barcode app. Edited November 20, 2009 by soren90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest racingclub Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 just been trying new apps in the Market. 'Layar' works well and accesses my camera fine. This surprised me, as I expected it to have an issue a la ShopS. I'm sure this should be able to be fixed in software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest McSpoon Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 I'm sure this should be able to be fixed in software. I hope so. It would be much more reassuring if T-Mobile could confirm there will be software fix. I don't want to have to return it for another unless it really is broken. The camera API seems to be ok and the CameraPreview example in the Android SDK ApiDemos runs fine but Barcode Scanner and Shop Savvy doesn't. I can't get the flashlight trick to work for me. Has anybody had any success with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyrazol Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I hope so. It would be much more reassuring if T-Mobile could confirm there will be software fix. I don't want to have to return it for another unless it really is broken. The camera API seems to be ok and the CameraPreview example in the Android SDK ApiDemos runs fine but Barcode Scanner and Shop Savvy doesn't. I can't get the flashlight trick to work for me. Has anybody had any success with that? I can't think of anyone so far for whom this solution hasn't been working. Is the flashlight bright enough? I have to almost touch the camera with the flashlight AND wait a few seconds for the camera to activate. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest McSpoon Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I can't think of anyone so far for whom this solution hasn't been working. Is the flashlight bright enough? I have to almost touch the camera with the flashlight AND wait a few seconds for the camera to activate. :) Ah, you're correct, it does work!! My flashlight wasn't bright enough. I just tried with a desk lamp and that worked! Cool. I'm intrigued as to why that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest edwardblum Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 any one noticed that their phone rings, but the screen remains blank and doesnt tell you whose ringing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Evil Kaz Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 any one noticed that their phone rings, but the screen remains blank and doesnt tell you whose ringing? Mine doesn't do that, even if its a withheld number it will still state Unknown Caller. Im using the Modaco custom ROM, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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