Stopwatch continues to Run in the background
Took awhile for this to develop, but the stopwatch resets itself to zero now after just a half hour of running. That's what alerted me to the underlying problem. I've left the stopwatch running for several days in the past. I don't know if that's the trigger for this bug or not.
Basically when i start the stopwatch it runs now for 30 mins, maybe an hour or two, but when I go back in to view it, flashes a VERY long number like "233:13:45" and then flashes to zero. While it should be showing a few hours of work, it shows this extremely long number and then zero's out.
The second time it happened I had the idea of hitting "Lap" instead of "Start" to restart it. In the lap area I saw an extremely long number. Its clear the stopwatch system is continuing to run in the background, possibly from a previous date where I left it running, months ago. It seems to be doing this in the background, as the front end always ultimately goes to zero, even when it should still be running for that particular day. Clear as mud?
Definitely a bug, and Im not sure how you'd duplicate it, but here would be my suggestion:
1) Start the stopwatch and let it run for like 5 to 10 days without stopping.
2) Navigate around the phone and use its other features in the meantime.
3) Stop the stopwatch and reset it to zero, and restart it.
4) Do the same thing. Run it for 5 days maybe.
5) Stop it and reset it to zero.
Eventually it may start zeroing out when it is supposed to be counting upwards. It may also flash a long number, prior to zeroing out. You may also be able to hit "LAP" when it incorrectly zero's out and you may then see the very long number. If so, you've duplicated the bug.
Basically when i start the stopwatch it runs now for 30 mins, maybe an hour or two, but when I go back in to view it, flashes a VERY long number like "233:13:45" and then flashes to zero. While it should be showing a few hours of work, it shows this extremely long number and then zero's out.
The second time it happened I had the idea of hitting "Lap" instead of "Start" to restart it. In the lap area I saw an extremely long number. Its clear the stopwatch system is continuing to run in the background, possibly from a previous date where I left it running, months ago. It seems to be doing this in the background, as the front end always ultimately goes to zero, even when it should still be running for that particular day. Clear as mud?
Definitely a bug, and Im not sure how you'd duplicate it, but here would be my suggestion:
1) Start the stopwatch and let it run for like 5 to 10 days without stopping.
2) Navigate around the phone and use its other features in the meantime.
3) Stop the stopwatch and reset it to zero, and restart it.
4) Do the same thing. Run it for 5 days maybe.
5) Stop it and reset it to zero.
Eventually it may start zeroing out when it is supposed to be counting upwards. It may also flash a long number, prior to zeroing out. You may also be able to hit "LAP" when it incorrectly zero's out and you may then see the very long number. If so, you've duplicated the bug.
VAIO, Windows XP Pro