Home Screen Tranistions / Motion

cordevil95 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-12-2009, 08:32 PM

OK, so the Droid seems like a pretty kick butt phone, but what's the deal with the screen transitions when flipping from one home screen to another?? Am I the only person that this bothers? I'm talking about the little jitter that happens while the screen is scrolling left or right. I have the Hero which is less of a phone (as far as hardware specs and CPU) and the screen transitions are smooth as can be.

Maybe I'm being nit-picky, but this would totally make me pause before buying the phone. Especially now with the rumors of Passion/Dragon/Bravo (or whatever they are calling it/them these days) coming to VZW soon.

**breakmyfootoff** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-12-2009, 09:59 PM

Yes, you are being nitpicky, but your thinking of spending a couple hundred of your hard earned dollars, so you're entitled to be nitpicky

. The little home screen glitch seems to be something about how they coded the transition. I'm not sure if its intentional or not, but lots of people definitely don't like it. Personally, it doesn't bother me. The phone is super fastand has tons of capabilities and that one thing isn't going to keep me from enjoying it. I'm also using a home replacement app and the transitions in it are really smooth. I think they will probably address the home screen transitions in a future update, but not until they fix a few other things first. I also thought about waiting to see the Bravo, but it could easily be 6 months or more before it's release and I renew every year anyway so I went ahead with the Droid hoping for a Droid 2 in about a year

nerdherd · #3 (**permalink**) 12-12-2009, 11:00 PM

Yes, the poorly coded transitions bother me a little too, but they are by no means a deal breaker. It isn't a lack of processing power, it's a lack of coding optimization. It'll get fixed eventually (either through an official update, or a custom ROM).

goonygugle · #4 (**permalink**) 12-13-2009, 12:05 AM

It really bothered me also for the first day, but after reading your post i had to make sure it was still there because i dont even notice it anymore. it sure is still there but like i said i dont even notice it anymore. Dont let that be a deal breaker for ya this is one badass phone

JDown24 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-13-2009, 06:43 AM

I noticed the little jitter also when i first got the droid, however since the update that was pushed to the phone i have not seen this, my droid is running a lot smoother and faster then before. Compared to the tp i had before this phone is amazing in all aspects. Also i understand what your saying about waiting for the new HTC with the 1ghz processor, however in my experience and knowledge from selling phones before, new tech is not always what its cracked up to be. It always has its issues and its usually the first run of phones and the people that buy them that are the ones that have to deal with it. A faster processor is all fine and good but i think HTC needs to improve on some other things also, such as sound quaity. Personally this is a big thing for me and the Droid in my opinion has unmatched sound in both call quality and media. I admit that Motorola could have done some things better with the droid, however i still think they hit a homerun with this phone. And ill take a proven tech over a new tech anyday, sometimes the hassle just isnt worth it to me, but thats just my opinion

**breakmyfootoff** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-13-2009, 08:58 AM

I really hope they dont fix the few tiny problems with this phone. I have heard from a pretty reliable source that if a phone manufacturer ever actually produces a phone that doesnt have at least one tiny flaw that it will cause a tiny black hole that will swallow the planet ending life as we know it, and the Droid is already dangerously close