Having noticed a few bugs with the 710, I decided to start a bugs list, to see what others are experiencing.
Currently, I see the following bugs:
- NO SERVICE BUG
Killer for me, my network has inconsistent signal in place, and thus sometimes loses it for a split-second, or in a certain place. On my TP2, I move slightly, or sometimes not even move, and the signal is back within a second or so. No hassle. On the 710, it will not regain signal for at least 20 seconds, even when you move outside and "know" there is a signal present (and a strong one at that). It will usually return, though on one occasion, it required a restart before it could get back on the mobile network - which means potentially, you could lose signal, and then for as long as you don't look at the phone, the device becomes nigh-on-useless, unable to receive calls, texts, emails etc...
- PROXIMITY SENSOR DURING CALLS
On longer calls, it takes a while to re-light the screen, it's not instant as you'd expect. Sometimes it's faster to press the power button manually, however sometimes you do that and as you do it comes back on and you knock it back off lol. It just makes the device annoying to use more than anything. You can't end a call, until the screen comes back alive,, unlike the TP2 with its dedicated call end button... so Nokia needs to get this right tbh.
- NOKIA MUSIC INSTABILITIES
Not a big problem, but sometimes Nokia music can be a bit slow/buggy. It has gotten better for me since I re-installed it, though it's still not perfect. Before the re-install, it was causing the phone to crash after I'd run it, BSOD errors and sometimes I was unable to end a call I'd made.
- STRANGE SCREEN/GRAPHIC ISSUES
This has only happened once or twice in 2 months, but the graphics have failed, though for only a split second. Sort of like a graphics card when it overheats or the memory is bad/overloaded, but it literally lasts a split second. No great deal, could actually be more related to 3rd party apps.
- LOCK SCREEN / SLOWDOWN
Yesterday, my lock screen went very strange to open, it was moving very slow, no acceleration etc. I guess this could possibly be caused by a dirty screen/grease etc, but once I pressed power button on and off, it came back. Sometimes the OS can lag, but its not very often. I would hope it doesn't happen during the Smoked by Windows Phone challenge though, else it could be embarrassing.
I think there is more, but will add them as and when I think of them. Overall, the phone is solid and reliable, but anyone who says they are bug-free, is simply lying. The smartphone BETA test may be over, but the 710 seems more like a release candidate than a commercial product (maybe that's Nokia are selling them off so cheap).
Currently, I see the following bugs:
- NO SERVICE BUG
Killer for me, my network has inconsistent signal in place, and thus sometimes loses it for a split-second, or in a certain place. On my TP2, I move slightly, or sometimes not even move, and the signal is back within a second or so. No hassle. On the 710, it will not regain signal for at least 20 seconds, even when you move outside and "know" there is a signal present (and a strong one at that). It will usually return, though on one occasion, it required a restart before it could get back on the mobile network - which means potentially, you could lose signal, and then for as long as you don't look at the phone, the device becomes nigh-on-useless, unable to receive calls, texts, emails etc...
- PROXIMITY SENSOR DURING CALLS
On longer calls, it takes a while to re-light the screen, it's not instant as you'd expect. Sometimes it's faster to press the power button manually, however sometimes you do that and as you do it comes back on and you knock it back off lol. It just makes the device annoying to use more than anything. You can't end a call, until the screen comes back alive,, unlike the TP2 with its dedicated call end button... so Nokia needs to get this right tbh.
- NOKIA MUSIC INSTABILITIES
Not a big problem, but sometimes Nokia music can be a bit slow/buggy. It has gotten better for me since I re-installed it, though it's still not perfect. Before the re-install, it was causing the phone to crash after I'd run it, BSOD errors and sometimes I was unable to end a call I'd made.
- STRANGE SCREEN/GRAPHIC ISSUES
This has only happened once or twice in 2 months, but the graphics have failed, though for only a split second. Sort of like a graphics card when it overheats or the memory is bad/overloaded, but it literally lasts a split second. No great deal, could actually be more related to 3rd party apps.
- LOCK SCREEN / SLOWDOWN
Yesterday, my lock screen went very strange to open, it was moving very slow, no acceleration etc. I guess this could possibly be caused by a dirty screen/grease etc, but once I pressed power button on and off, it came back. Sometimes the OS can lag, but its not very often. I would hope it doesn't happen during the Smoked by Windows Phone challenge though, else it could be embarrassing.
I think there is more, but will add them as and when I think of them. Overall, the phone is solid and reliable, but anyone who says they are bug-free, is simply lying. The smartphone BETA test may be over, but the 710 seems more like a release candidate than a commercial product (maybe that's Nokia are selling them off so cheap).
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