Does sound like a better error message is needed for faulty widgets. I've a download issue like that about a week or two before getting 1.5 so I'm guessing it's not a new bug.
On May 12, 12:54 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm becoming concerned at the stability of the Cupcake update for the G1. Let > me give you today's experiences > > First off it looks like widgets can cause the Home screen to go ANR. Twice > this morning I unlocked my G1 from a sleep only to be told "Activity Home (in > process android.process.acore) is not responding. Last night I updated the > Retro-clock widget and my main home screen contains 8 shortcuts, the Google > search bar, the retro-clock and retro-calendar (both from the retro clock > app), which is the only change I've made for a few days. This isn't a low > memory problem because the settings screen is reporting 44MB of free storage > on the 'phone. > > So, my next step, was to get the logs off the G1 and try to install Astro > File Manager to get the ANR traces, and, guess what, I'm now looking at a > Market screen that says "Starting Download..." with the progress bar empty > and nothing happening (JBQ there is no icon or message in the notification > tray so I think you're safe :)). This is reproducible because I can cancel > the download and restart it and the same thing happens. > > This isn't customised firmware, this is the stock T-Mobile UK firmware which > has gone out to the 100,000 G1s they've shipped. > > This is what consumers are experiencing. > > This is what how Android will be seen by the public. > > To me, This is very worrying. > > Al. > > P.S. Yes, I can hear many people saying "This might just be a thing with the > T-Mobile UK build", but at the moment that's what's on a majority of Android > devices in the UK, and so it's what's being shown to others. > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
