LG KS20 directdraw and other bugs

[nstamoul]

So this is my first post in this forum so I 'll start with some naggin :p .
I am a proud owner of the lg ks20 which I absolutelly love.But its buggs are killing me.

First of all there is the free memory issue.I find it quite strange that a WM6 device with 128MB ram has only about 30MB free memory left.I mean cmon Vodafone and LG,we are talking about a huge 45 MB memory hole here.Any ideas on how to get rid of that?

Second serious issue with the is the lack of proper directdraw drivers.I hate the fact that I can not run any applications (with the exception of S2U2 whick works quite well) that use directdraw.Thats a great limitation to what one can do with this phone.

The hardware is all good,big enough ram,rom etc,top class CPU but the software sucks.

I know this is mainly an HTC forum,but I also know this is the right place to talk about WM phones when hacking and software development is concerned ;) .

So is there any possibility to get things moving and resolve some of the phones bugs?

[MTM]

I have a KS20 too and would like to see some of that solved, too. But I guess we have to wait for the KS20 to be more common before there will be enough attention to get someone with enough knowledge to do something about it. I hope the English version of KS20 will come out soon and that it will get more people interested in this issue.

[Burro]

the bluetooth stack is poor the A2DP quality is so poor like a cheap headphones from the 1euro shop hmmm :(

[ekin101]

I list down software not working well with ks20
1) Vito Goodwin
2) Vito SMS Chat

[wcsunny]

Hi all, another newbie to WinMo and and hence ofcourse the KS20.... alright... so i love my phone and everything .... things annoying me though... how do I set the phone to go into sleep as soon as the call is connected or when I receive it..... I had s2u2 installed but that applications works on its convinience... so just wanted to know if there is a way i can reconfig some .ini file or wateva....
second issue is.... when im on a call and have an incoming call is there no notification sound ??? I don't hear anything and when im done with the call i see like 13 missed calls from someone whose tryin to get in touch with me frantically.....
please help....
oh also the biggest issue .... my battery always shows 100% but then dies out well when the battery drains out.... but is not showing the actually used... any way how that can be corrected?

[wieg86]

Hi all, another newbie to WinMo and and hence ofcourse the KS20.... alright... so i love my phone and everything .... things annoying me though... how do I set the phone to go into sleep as soon as the call is connected or when I receive it..... I had s2u2 installed but that applications works on its convinience... so just wanted to know if there is a way i can reconfig some .ini file or wateva....
second issue is.... when im on a call and have an incoming call is there no notification sound ??? I don't hear anything and when im done with the call i see like 13 missed calls from someone whose tryin to get in touch with me frantically.....
please help....
oh also the biggest issue .... my battery always shows 100% but then dies out well when the battery drains out.... but is not showing the actually used... any way how that can be corrected?

Did you install some strange software? OTherwise you should send your phone back to LG.

[jeffy2010]

Hi All,

I am new to the LG KS20.
It was working fine for 2 weeks, and now suddenly i find the battery status always showing 100%, and it just dies after a day of usage. Even worse, is that since it shows 100% always, it does not charge. When i try connecting the charger, it says battery is full, and the green LED light glows.
Can someone please help me out in resolving this issue.

Thanks you,
Jefferey Rayan

[keoki-lg]

I have exactly the same problem - the 100% issue happend from one day to the other after about two weeks of use. The phone can then only be turned on by connecting it to the charger ( ac-adapter).
Some people in other forums claim it to a damaged battery, some to the 10a-ROM-version. It does not seem to be charged according to the message on the display and the greed led, but I am now about to check out if it really doesn't charge the phone. It turned it self off after about 1 minute of use yesterday, I connected it to the charger over night - today it functions properly so far...
So maybe it's "just" a matter of a wrong display message - in this case one would have to connect it to the charger every 2 - 3 days (guess the battery status) - not a very satisfactory solution, but maybe a solution until a new ROM arrives for non-branding devices.

[eriche]

I also have the 100% full loaded Problem!
It enoys me :mad:

LG has big Problems with their Batteries!
When you have that problem discribed above - your battery is the faulty crap.
Hardreset doesn`t help :eek:

So send your phone to LG to get a new battery,...

I am from Austria - LG Austria is not willed to help me - because LG Austria isn`t selling the KS20 :mad:

The say like fuck off - it`s not our problem :eek:
So I don`t know how I get a new battery.

My German Reseller told me that LG also has problems with delivering new batteries.

So a pice of crap - with Nokia they would never tell you - you don`t get support because you bought the mobile in Germany and not in Austria,...

Can anybody help me?
Shouldn`t LG Austria have to help me with my warranty?

GreeT`s Erich

[keoki-lg]

I am also from Austria, bought the branding-free version at redcoon.at - they offer 2-year warranty, so I sent it back at the end of May. They probably sent it to LG Germany and it's still sitting there. I hope that according to my descriptions they will exchange the battery, otherwise I will be really pissed off. The repair takes 4 - 6 weeks they say. So I've bought a 400 EUR phone and have to stick with my old K750i for weeks, maybe for months.

I would not recommend anyone to buy this phone. It's on the market for 8 months now, no support, no drivers, no official updates. pure sh*t.

Anyone who wants a stylish mobile should go for the new HTC Diamond.
It's really worth the extra 100 EUR.

For those who have no warranty, I would recommend to plug it to the charger every 2 - 3 days until there are batteries available to buy directly from LG. Since everybody who got it's battery exchanged seems to be happy now, this should be the solution. IT DOES RECHARGE although it shows 100% full and the green led is on. I plugged it to the charger overnight and then it worked for about 3 days of extensive use without any shutdowns. So it's just the indicator that does not work.

Good luck!

[eriche]

The repair takes 4 - 6 weeks they say

Thats why I will not send my phone to LG!
I will try to get a new Battery.

LG- Service sucks damn hard,...

Greet`s Erich

[brunoargenton]

i've got a MS25 Genius (american KS20 just without 3g, wifi, and VGA cam) from VIVO here in Brazil, and my battery stay always on 99%..
My clock is bugged too, always turns to the "Praga" clock when i sincronize with ativesync..

I'll not send my phone to LG Brasil! if they suyck in Europe they will suck a pretty much more in my fucked up contry.. i don't want to stay 2 months without my phone..

Anyone's got a solution?
thank's!

[eriche]

I bought a new Battery - but not original LG.
Maybe a failure - because when I charge it - my phone turns off,...

The only advantage is it was half the price :D

I don`t knoe if LG has fixed the new batteries - because buying an original with the fuxing problem is sick

greet`s

[sempixel]

back to initial thread, I also have a KS20 and got some 34/37MB after soft reset with default LG app disabled...

it doesn't appear to be that much and normal...

like nstamoul said: "we have to think about this issue!" ;)

[WhiteRussianBC]

Im using the KS20, And sure, Sometimes you stumble upon some buggs, But its not that bad. Best wm phone I've ever had atleast