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Originally Posted by mcmilliron
Wogenst, it looks like we are in the same boat. My Omnia is useless with the new Rom installed. I've had some battery drain issues with the old Rom, and I think it has to do with my Omnia constantly switching from Verizon's EVO network to 1X, but the new Rom is even worse. It goes from 4 bars down to nothing about every 20 seconds when I'm driving. I live in Cleveland so if any of you live in Cleveland, could you please post your signal strength?
Issues with the new Rom:
1. touch scrolling in Phonebook and Programs still completely sucks. How did they not fix this???
2. Texting bug drives me nuts! Having to go back into the text thread multiple times to clear the text alert is rediculous! How did they not fix this!
3. I don't use the Omnia keyboard (TouchPal rules) but I can't believe they didn't fix the t9 keypad issue where using the I/U key pulls up U instead of I! That's rediculous!
4. Battery drain seems to be worse but I could be wrong. It was bad enough before.
5. GPS rarely locks and I've tried everything in this forum! I am tempted to flash back to the original Rom (is it available somewhere?) but I really want Google Maps and Bing to recognize my location. This is upsetting me more than anything else. Maybe it is a Cleveland/Ohio issue? I thought it might have been my MS3 that was causing the issue but I wiped my phone and left it set to the base settings and it still rarely gets a lock. I may take my phone back and see if they will replace it. There must be something wrong with it.
Maybye I'm just getting old but I'm getting tired of having to "tweak" my phone to get it working properly. Samsung and Microsoft both really need to stop releasing half ***** products. Between my Omnia and Windows Vista, I think I'm beginning to understand why people love Apple.
I am a diehard Microsoft user but I have just about had it with their half ***** products. Have any of you tried their Facebook app? What a joke! The touch scrolling is terrible. Windows 7 and Windows mobile 7 better be amazing or Microsoft may as well forget about their home users and just focus on their business customers.
Anyone have any advice on my Omnia issues? I won't flash to a custom rom because I can't afford a new phone if I brick it.
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I haven't reconditioned my battery since I got mine 2 months ago but I have and still get 2 days on battery easily with normal use, 3 days with very light use. My signal strength at home really isn't great (usually 1-2 bars) and I use a bit of WiFi and BT but quite a bit of web browsing and games. Running Adrynalyne's CC20 6.5 version 4.2 (my USB cable STILL doesn't work and I haven't gotten around to calling tech support) which has been a fantastic experience from the first day I flashed an Adryn ROM (thanks again). I guess I'm just lucky.
OP, have you tried backing up everything and doing a hard reset and format of My Storage? Another user posted a thread saying that solved their problems.
@mcmilliron, unfortunately WM6 is a dinosaur and no amount of tack-ons by Samsung, HTC et al will make up for it's inherent s**tiness. Using a custom ROM with some 3rd party programs will significantly improve your experience. I've been using the trial of PhonEx for a few days and it's great but I think it's too expensive for just a new dialer/call log manager and contact manager. iContact is free and works well. Also FingerKeyboard2 is a good replacement for the Omnia's stock keyboard. If you still have trouble with the CF03 ROM's even after a complete hard reset, why not try out the CC20 beta ROM to see if it works out any better? (The original rom isn't available). Also do a *22899 to update to the latest PRL if you don't have it.
The rom I'm using listed above seems to fix the terrible scrolling in the Facebook app and most others and now it's smooth as butter.
I understand what you mean about having to tweak the phone to get it working properly, and it's the fault of both Samsung and Microsoft. Still, Samsung has to work with what Microsoft gives them, and in the case of Windows Mobile, it has failed miserably to keep up with the times and has been quickly surpassed in the mainstream by Apple, Google and Palm. Just be thankful that a community exists where very good custom ROMs are available and hope that the Andromnia project advances further so that the Omnia's excellent hardware can be paired with a modern and competent OS (android).
ps - I agree with you about MS dropping the ball on WM but Vista is a different story- I tested it back in the beta/RC days and loved it, and it's fifty times better on my new laptop. Faster, stable, more secure than XP and it looks a hell of a lot better too. My customers also have had dramatically less problems with Vista than XP (besides the manufacturer's bloatware, easily removed). That's a rant for another thread though.