Gad. As an engineer, I am a little reluctant to post this question or observation ... but if trained active astronaughts reported seeing UFOs, then I can report this problem. Here it goes:
My upgrade to 6.1 on my T-Mobile Dash coincided, unfortunately, to the day, with a new job that requires me to commute to Phoenix, AZ each week (as well as other brief US travels).
The evening I installed 6.1 (RUU_Excalibur_WM61_Kavana_080408_WWE)
I was in my home in the Silicon Valley area of CA. No problems.
Then
1. I shuttle off to Phoenix. From the moment I landed - email was just broken all over the place - mainly SMTP - which is well documented on these boards. A replacement Dash, 30 hours of tech support etc .. the problem has seemed to go away - perhaps it was a bizzare temporary incompatability between the 6.1 upgrade and tmobile's proxy servers.
now then ....
2. When I am in CA - my appointment reminders, and the overall behavior of the Dash is OK. I tend to use Tasks, Outlook, and text and pop emails quite often, browser and playing solitaire when i get bored. and lots of bluetooth use. Usually no problems with any of this while in CA.
3. I've traveled recently to Orlando, LA, St. Louis, San Fran, Indiana ... no problems at all - or rather no changes in behavior.
4. The SECOND I land in Phoenix and turn on my phone, the poltergeists start:
a. I turn on the phone - and all the reminders appear (no surprise) - but the "dismiss/menu" options don't appear for maybe 5 mins. I cannot do anything during this time except click on the Celetask button (@)... but this won't allow me to terminate anything. Only the back button and home key work - returning me to the frozen reminders list.
b. After 5 mins of freezing ... I either dismiss the reminder/appointments (or snooze them for 1 hour - ... one hour). Then I try to look at emails etc ... I find the button responses sluggish but working. THEN within about a min - the damn reminders appear again. When I dismiss them all, they reappear in about a min - this time with a duplicate of each active reminder (calender appts) ... yes, 2 of each. This keeps interrupting email reading until I cant stand it.
c. so I take out the battery, wait, and reboot. perhaps after 5 trys of this - the behavior still persists, but stable enough for me to work on the dash (perhaps it is not the reboots - but that the appointment reminder cycle has expired)
d. Even so ... during the next few hours -
i. Major problems talking on the phone. Reminders interrupt; cannot access phone menus (toggle handsfree, or to type touchtone numbers)
ii. When navigating other apps - keyboard does not always respond ... sometimes it appears to stuff in erroneous keystrokes
iii. freezes (unresponsive) for long periods 3-4 mins at a time then all the backlog of keypresses are excuted.
Yes, I have replaced the Dash twice already! That's not the problem
Taking out the battery, or otherwise rebooting actually seems to make the problem worse (the reminders trip over themselves and take forever to clear)
These problems only seem to occur when I stay in Phoenix (I know, a UFO sighting in more pausable).
The problems seem to subside within a day or two but I am not certain.
These problems don't seem to happen in any other city ! Took 4-5 months of traveling to realize this!
gulp ...
Has anyone else experienced anything close to this?
Try a new SIM card, especially if it is older. Sounds funny, but there's a lot of datafill in the HLR/MSC that are tied to specific SIM card ranges. I've seen switching SIMs fix all kinds of issues. Give it a shot... worth a try
It may be tied to the stupid t-mobile Arizona time zone problem. If the phone is set to sync with the time servers to keep accurate, then it will mess with everything else that relies on time. I have to keep mine unchecked for time synchro because otherwise it is an hour off and that changes everything in the calendar.
Next time you head towards Phoenix, try unchecking the automatic time/time zone option in your clock. You may need to reset the clock, but hopefully, it won't screw everything else up.
im in phoenix and nothing like this has happened to me lol. as stated above could very well be because of the timezone issues.
Why is it that it logs me out automatically constantly? Does this happen to anyone else?
I never get logged out. The next time you signon, Check the little 'box' to keep you signed on.
sorry if this was asked before, but in the past 24 hours i think something changed. i keep getting logged out automatically. before a day ago (as in all the previous months ) i would always stay logged in 24/7. now if i leave for an hour or so, i come back and have to log back in.
edit. ok i just noticed i'm not alone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979353
i didnt scroll down far enough past all the pinned topics
x000x said:
sorry if this was asked before, but in the past 24 hours i think something changed. i keep getting logged out automatically. before a day ago (as in all the previous months ) i would always stay logged in 24/7. now if i leave for an hour or so, i come back and have to log back in.
edit. ok i just noticed i'm not alone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979353
i didnt scroll down far enough past all the pinned topics
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see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979353
I got my G4 from BestBuy the first week of launch. I came from the G3, so I was able to move a lot over and it downloaded a lot of apps right off the back due to that. Anyway, pretty much from the beginning, I have had one major annoyance. While the G4 boots quickly (which is good), it seems to take a very long time to sync Gmail after it starts up. During the day, it is fine. It notifies of new Gmail messages instanteously. It is the initial boot where it takes it 5-10 minutes before it notifies me of Gmail, text messages, etc. The phone is booted up and running very quickly. It just seems like the first sync of the day takes a very long time.
Any ideas on what may be causing this? Maybe a rogue app that is tying up the the phone in some way?
Excuse me for this being quite long. I am monitoring a rifle scope video through WiFi to my S22. When I first load the app for the scope, movement in the scope appears after about one second on my phone. However, if I wait for several minutes after starting the app, movement in the scope doesn't appear on the phone for 3 to 8 seconds. If I exit the app and then reload it, I get the exact same result - quick response at first and then after a few minutes, delayed response.
I get the exact same results on a Samsung tablet. Bear with me now. If I have the app running for a while on my S22 and it is in the slow response stage and I start the app on my tablet, response on the table is initially quick but after a few minutes slows down. With the s22 and table sitting side beside, the delays will not be the same on both devices. ie. the phone image might be delayed by 3 seconds and the tablet by 5 seconds or vice versa. Also, the delay times are not constant from one scope movement to the next and they are not in sync on the phone/tablet.
Fortunately or unfortunately, this issue DOES NOT occur on an Iphone - the delay always stays about 1 second. I have tried deleting apps, resetting my phone, etc. to no avail.
If anyone can help resolve this issue, I will be so very grateful.