Qtec 1.11 & slow screen response

[marcyspark]

Folks,

I have noticed a problem with the screen sensitivity since upgrading my imate with the qtec 1.11 rom:

The screen sensitivity appears to drop very considerably at times. More often in areas of poor reception. It renders the device virtually unusable at times.

I am minded to think that the new rom allocates more time to keeping the signal strong rather than having the screen retain its sensitivity. The reason for me thinking this is that I never have any problems when I go into flight mode.

Hardware keys do not suffer from any sensitivity problems and I know the unit is fine in that regard - ie, I have started using the up/down hardkey instead of the stylus when the unit is playing up.

Has anybody seen similar & more importantly does anybody know how this could be tweaked?

This is the only problem I have encountered with 1.11! Other than that, everything is great - especially the battery life!

Cheers
Marc

[marcyspark]

The problem seems to occur irrespective of the signal strength. I am about to downgrade but am wondering which element to downgrade: Radio or System?

Anybody else have this problem or can anybody give some advice.

Is there any way to change the priorities on the JAM so that it commits more time to the screen touches and less to other elements?

I cant be the only person with this problem.... surely!

[zenkinz]

did you install any software after the upgrade?

do you have the same problem even after a hard reset w/o insstalling any other software?

[bomberbyte]

I don't have any problems with screen sensitivity.
Do you use any different software before and after upgrade?

[marcyspark]

I have managed to prove that the screen problem I am suffering has nothing to do with the ROM version - I have had the problem occur with 1.03, 1.06, 1.11.

It looks like a hardware problem. Good news in one way but bad news for me.

There are others that have mentioned slow screen response.... my problems started off like this about 2 months ago. Now the unit can go days without getting any response from the touch screen. Hard and Soft resets make no difference at all.

I think we need to get more people to comment on this...... anybody?

[marcyspark]

I have managed to prove that the screen problem I am suffering has nothing to do with the ROM version - I have had the problem occur with 1.03, 1.06, 1.11.

It looks like a hardware problem. Good news in one way but bad news for me.

There are others that have mentioned slow screen response.... my problems started off like this about 2 months ago. Now the unit can go days without getting any response from the touch screen. Hard and Soft resets make no difference at all.

I think we need to get more people to comment on this...... anybody?

[LeSkip]

My immediate reaction after installing 1.11 rom/radio and then the 27 MB storage rom was that my magician felt sluggish compared to before.

I haven't had too much time to play with it, but yes, it definitely feels slower with 1.11.

[bomberbyte]

@LeSkip: I use QTEK 1.11 ROM and my mini runs faster (compared to the original O2 mini ROM). I don't have any experience with BigStorage ROM so I can't compare.

@marcyspark: I hope you're still under warranty. Downgrade the ROM so you can have it repaired under warranty (Upgrading the ROM can void your warranty).

[marcyspark]

Cheers for the warning - I already took care of that side - thanks for the thoughts though. Much appreciated.

I now have to deal with the Imate UK service centre which, so far, has not been good:

1. After explaining that I had upgraded to the latest Official Imate ROM I was told to go to the website and install the latest ROM !!!
2. I was told to list all third party applications that are installed!!! There arent any cos the damn thing has had a new ROM installed and I cant get it to do anything!!!
3. The most recent advice was to hard reset and everything would be fine!!! Aaagggh!
4. Finally, I was told that a firmware update will be available to fix my problem which, as I told them previously, occurred with Firmware 1.03 and 1.06.

Bizarrely, the imate has come back to life after a few days without use AND I have noticed that if you press onto the battery from the back you can get it to respond for a while.... but only a while. Could this be a design issue rather than a hardware fault???

I have never pressed hard on the unit (for fear of damaging or marking the beautiful screen) but could it be that the chassis flexes over time?

Any thoughts folks - surely this stuff is for beta testers not paying consumers..... dont start me off on this one.

(I sound like a Lawyer cos I am one)

:)

[topcat]

I have a MDA Compact running 1.0.1 rom, so I just upgraded to 1.11. All went fine, everythings seems to be speedy and nice.

The next thing I did was use my sprite backup to restore teh apps to the MDA. Once I had done this, the screen became very unusable and needed a big press to get anything to happen.

I have just hard reset again, and all is fine. Im now going to try reinstalling everything from scratch and see how it goes.

Its a software thing guys, must be.