Ok, I have a buddy that works at Verizon and they have an offer to upgrade your phone to 4G even if you still have time on your old phone contract. I take it they're trying to get people to move up to 4G.
Whatever the case, my wife's Dinc2 bricked on her and needs a replacement, Should fork over the the 199 for a Maxx? She basically wants the battery time (don't we all?) Im not a fan of Motorola phones, but the Maxx does have the best battery life out there.
What do you guys think??
I have a moto atrix and looove it. Its been great to me.
But the reason. I would NEVER get a razor is because it has a built in battery. You cant pull it if something freezes or if you get a bootloop. Too scary for me.
I also work at a rogers store and we've seen about 7 or 8 of these come back with hairline cracks in the screen, from either a really small.fall, or literally NOTHING at all.
Personally I'd steer clear, and I'm a moto fan!!
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Moto designed the phone knowing that it might freeze. Holding volume down and power resets it. You can swap the battery really easy. Not like on iPhone. I can admit that even though it has gorilla glass cracks can happen and often on this phone. But the razr maxx is one of the best Android phones out there. I would strongly suggest maxx.
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I went from the Incredible 2 to a Maxx. I don't regret it Its super durable, battery is just amazing. In the unlikely event it freezes, holding the power and volume up (or down I can't remember) will restart it. It worked for me.
tl;dr : Get the Maxx you won't regret it
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I love my maxx...I used to have the original Razr and probably would be using it still if I didn't get a chance to pick up this maxx for cheap. Battery life is top notch on it, especially if she doesn't use it much she will love it. By far this is the most stable android phone I've ever used. Haven't had a problem with slows downs or freeze ups and I'm still rolling the stock GB OS, once ICS comes out officially it will be even better.
I say go for it, my wife wasn't at all interested in the Razr til I got her one and now she loves it. Sound quality on it is great...
motorola voice quality on some of their models (the RAZR & Defy are two of them) blows everything else away. if you care about voice quality, RAZR is the one to get. Atrix and iPhone 4 are almost, but not quite as good for voice. LG makes one decent phone for voice but i can't remember the model no. right now. Samsung phones are HORRIBLE for voice, stay far away if you like to use phones as phones.
I left the gnex for the maxx, no regrets here. Great phone. ICS real soon. Don't worry about the non removable battery, its not an issue. Hard resets (simulated battery pull) can be done as stated above.
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Love my maxx. Don't fall for the hype of it not being good or just about the battery. Go to your local store and just play w one. I am running an ics leak on mine and if its any inclination of how official will be then the RAZR maxx w ics is going to be one of the top phones. Battery life is obviously the selling point...but there are so many more great points about this phone. I have never had a freeze or a restart on gbread on 2 different ics leaks.
Ya I've never had a freeze on the stock OS, plus my wife has never complained about any problems
Guys, watch this then tell me what you think
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sourc...lcjwCg&usg=AFQjCNEfp-XBoLAY8CqvjPjTZsFaUV8BZQ
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Guys, watch this then tell me what you think
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sourc...lcjwCg&usg=AFQjCNEfp-XBoLAY8CqvjPjTZsFaUV8BZQ
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That's interesting, been waiting to upgrade and the 2 choices is the maxx and the nexus. Getting mixed reviews and i just don't know what i want.
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That's interesting, been waiting to upgrade and the 2 choices is the maxx and the nexus. Getting mixed reviews and i just don't know what i want.
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Hmm, thats an interesting video but let me tell you something that if you drop your phone into the water, be it any phone, a normal person cannot do it in a techy way like shown in the video and i m sure your wife would not like it, taking apart the parts of any phone to avoid damage due to water. the changes of dropping the phone into the water are minimal unless we dont care. If you really want her to be happy with any phone in the market then it is only MAXX. I have been using razr and i m in love with it to the core. Its slick, very powerful, the best beautiful design phone in the market ever made after original razr and THE DEADLY BATTERY LIFE. That video is actually for those who wants to play with their phone. And with ICS on this, it would be icing the cake. She well love it, buy it. You will not regret it.
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Guys, watch this then tell me what you think
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&sourc...lcjwCg&usg=AFQjCNEfp-XBoLAY8CqvjPjTZsFaUV8BZQ
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The points in this video are only relevant if you are a guy who takes your phone apart to repair. For 99% of smartphone users, the points made in this video are irrelevant. If you have an extended warrantee; phones are not repaired. They are replaced.
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Ya I've never had a freeze on the stock OS, plus my wife has never complained about any problems
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I had it get real hot and glitch up once when I was using google NAV screen on for over an hour, had to turn the screen off let it cool and then power cycle it, but then again that was 3 weeks after I got my phone and my phone hadn't been shut off since I got it, now I make it a rule to "power cycle" my phone every other charge and I haven't had a problem since.
At this point, I would wait. The next two months should see some interesting options.
Maxx is tops though for now, if can not. If waiting for the assumed Razr HD, that will probably be end of summer.
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At this point, I would wait. The next two months should see some interesting options.
Maxx is tops though for now, if can not. If waiting for the assumed Razr HD, that will probably be end of summer.
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Well i am wondering if i should wait or go ahead and get this maxx? Hearing they are going to try to get us ones that are grandfathered in to the unlimited plans to get us out with the upgrade at discounted prices makes me want to go ahead now so i can get locked in. I just hate that their is not many dev support for the maxx due to the locked boot loader. I like the dev support for the Nexus but don't want to take the gamble with the reception issues and data loss issues.
Get the RAZR Maxx no question about it.
I think the dev support will get better once we get ICS officially and dig into bit and get somewhere
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The points in this video are only relevant if you are a guy who takes your phone apart to repair. For 99% of smartphone users, the points made in this video are irrelevant. If you have an extended warrantee; phones are not repaired. They are replaced.
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No, the points in this video are for anyone interested in build quality and design. This phone was DESIGNED to be unrepairable. It was meant to be tossed and replaced, yet its one of the most expensive phones going. And MOST people (or at least I thought) here on xda were interested in modifying their phones, whether its, rooting, custom firmware etc... and the guy in the video is an elite xda member who knows these phones inside and out, programming, hardware, tthe works. Plus I work at a rogers store, have only been there since January, and have had 7 of them come back with cracked screens. And we've probably only sold about 15. Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUUUGE motor fan. But the lockind down of boot loaders, and phones like the razor, I'm slowly, and sadly, losing faith.
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Well i am wondering if i should wait or go ahead and get this maxx? Hearing they are going to try to get us ones that are grandfathered in to the unlimited plans to get us out with the upgrade at discounted prices makes me want to go ahead now so i can get locked in. I just hate that their is not many dev support for the maxx due to the locked boot loader. I like the dev support for the Nexus but don't want to take the gamble with the reception issues and data loss issues.
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Razr Maxx is a fine device, if wanting to avoid soon paying full price to keep unlimited..... for now....
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I have been having some issues with my fascinate ever since I had to swap out ESN'S to get my signal back. It seems like I've been missing alot of calls. I have been dealing with the issues without much complaint.
Today my wife called me 3X and my phone didnt even ring 1X. I decided it was time to call verizon.
The rep I spoke to gave me 2 choices for a replacement. The choices are a DROID X2 and DROID INCREDIBLE 2 or another fascinate.
My question is which phone should I take Droid X2, Droid Incredible 2 or another fascinate. Thanks all!
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I think either would be good choices to be honest. I am curious though, how did you convince the rep to give you one of the newer phones? I would like to take advantage of this.
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I think either would be good choices to be honest. I am curious though, how did you convince the rep to give you one of the newer phones? I would like to take advantage of this.
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I didnt, I simply told her what was going on with my phone and those were my choices for replacement. I told her I wanted another samsung phone in hopes that she would spit back the charge but she spit back a refurbished fascinate. She said the choices were not hers. The computer gives her choices based on the type of phone you currently have.
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I was given the option of Droid X2, Incredible 2, or Charge.
Although I would like charge due to 4G, it doesnt seem like there are a lot of devs there. (At least compared to Fascinate)
I would only think of taking the Charge, the Fascinate beats out the Dinc2 and X2 IMO... went into a vz store today and the guy there told me that they know about the Fascinate issues and there is a big "update" coming at the end of the month, whether this is gingerbread or a froyo patch he didn't know... as for a new phone he said they are absolutely not supposed to offer anything but another Fascinate or MAYBE a Dinc2
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GrainOsand said:
I have been having some issues with my fascinate ever since I had to swap out ESN'S to get my signal back. It seems like I've been missing alot of calls. I have been dealing with the issues without much complaint.
Today my wife called me 3X and my phone didnt even ring 1X. I decided it was time to call verizon.
The rep I spoke to gave me 2 choices for a replacement. The choices are a DROID X2 and DROID INCREDIBLE 2 or another fascinate.
My question is which phone should I take Droid X2, Droid Incredible 2 or another fascinate. Thanks all!
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i 100% wouldnt take a droidx2...but i hate motorola with a passion and its locked down
im not really up on the dinc2, i think its a device that should have launched last thanksgiving...but thats w/e
either the dinc2 or fascinate replacement i guess would be ok
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i 100% wouldnt take a droidx2...but i hate motorola with a passion and its locked down
im not really up on the dinc2, i think its a device that should have launched last thanksgiving...but thats w/e
either the dinc2 or fascinate replacement i guess would be ok
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Would you recommend a Charge instead of a Fascinate?
Also to people having trouble with getting verizon store employee to change your phone, here is something from their forum.
On 7-8-11, Verizon Wireless implemented a POLICY on the Fascinate. Whenever a new policy comes along, all 80,000+ employees are not going to be aware of it immediately. Not that it's excusable, but it happens from time to time.
If you go to a Verizon Wireless CORPORATE store, and they are unfamiliar with the process, I will post info to guide them on the new policy. I cannot post the policy because I could get canned, but I can post how to get to the policy.
Where is this policy? There are 2 ways to get there:
1) Open up InfoManager. In the search box, type in: "Samsung Fascinate Not Receiving Calls." This will bring up several search results. It's the first result that shows up.
2) There is an OST article number for this information. The OST that can also be typed in the Infomanager search box is 70946. This will bring up several search results as well. It's the first option.
Things to note: This missed call issue is intermittent.
**There is no fix for it. It can't be master reset, updated with new software (at this time), battery pulled, *228 update, or network troubleshot. It does NOT need to be duplicated in-store for a replacement as it is intermittent. Sometimes it happens. Sometimes it doesn't. When it's a known intermittent issue, we should NOT need to duplicate it in the store. **
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Would you recommend a Charge instead of a Fascinate?
Also to people having trouble with getting verizon store employee to change your phone, here is something from their forum.
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as for the charge as a replacement...if you live in a 4g area or are soon to get 4g, then yes
if not, then from a development stand point, no i wouldnt
I just got my device replaced with a Dinc 2. I feel that 4" is the perfect screen size. I am just really hoping I don't get one that has Gingerbread on it, because the S-Off exploit has been patched with the update.
The nice thing is that this doesn't renew your contract. So when it is up, you are still able to upgrade. I am actually able to upgrade right now (main line on a family share plan) but am holding off until some more phones (and hopefully the new Nexus, but I'm not holding my breath) come out
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I just got my device replaced with a Dinc 2. I feel that 4" is the perfect screen size. I am just really hoping I don't get one that has Gingerbread on it, because the S-Off exploit has been patched with the update.
The nice thing is that this doesn't renew your contract. So when it is up, you are still able to upgrade. I am actually able to upgrade right now (main line on a family share plan) but am holding off until some more phones (and hopefully the new Nexus, but I'm not holding my breath) come out
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i actually have to try and take my fascinate in this weekend as the speaker is sporadically not working...hopefully i can just replace it with another as im not in the mood to deal with a different phone (amongst the choices for replacements)
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i actually have to try and take my fascinate in this weekend as the speaker is sporadically not working...hopefully i can just replace it with another as im not in the mood to deal with a different phone (amongst the choices for replacements)
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They still sell them, so I wouldn't think you will have a problem getting another Fascinate. It's good to hear that you will be keeping it for awhile longer (or at least until/if the Galaxy S II comes to VZW), as you and only a handful of other people are huge assets to the Fascinate community
Same dilemma for me. My account has notes allowing me to get Charge, DX2 or DI2 without any arguing (thanks to Mike from vzw forums) but yesterday I played a little bit with Charge and I didn't like it. It's too bulky and physical buttons instead of touch keys is no go for me. 4G speeds are tempting though. I think I will wait some more for fix.
Does anyone have the number I could call to get this replacement? My fascinate has been rebooting constantly, locking up, and not ringing during calls.
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i actually have to try and take my fascinate in this weekend as the speaker is sporadically not working...hopefully i can just replace it with another as im not in the mood to deal with a different phone (amongst the choices for replacements)
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We do need a Dinc2 themer! Im telling ya, its not a bad phone. Not better than a sf, but no worse either. Come to the Dinc2 nitsuj!
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i actually have to try and take my fascinate in this weekend as the speaker is sporadically not working...hopefully i can just replace it with another as im not in the mood to deal with a different phone (amongst the choices for replacements)
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Hey Justin, just to give you a little update. I just left the VZW. No more fascinates for exchange, so I was told either a dinc2 or a X2 after a little bit of belly aching I am getting a refurbished Charge. I didnt even have to change my data plan im still at $30 unlimited. Should be here next week. Thanks for your advice....
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Hey Justin, just to give you a little update. I just left the VZW. No more fascinates for exchange, so I was told either a dinc2 or a X2 after a little bit of belly aching I am getting a refurbished Charge. I didnt even have to change my data plan im still at $30 unlimited. Should be here next week. Thanks for your advice....
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seems to be its hit or miss on whether they have fascinates or not for replacement
my concern is i know im going to get the sgs2 (or equavilent) when it launches (hopefully within 2 months) so i dont feel the need or desire to get something radically different....as i cant own a device and not work on it
and the charge doesnt appeal to me for a few reasons as i dont have 4g and i really doubt i lack the ability to port all of the com rom stuff to it on my own w/o way too much effort (just to ultimately fail)...and dont want to use anyone elses roms (unless aosp was more imminent)
the dx2 isnt happening either (locked phone, no development)
the dinc2 would be appealing only for the use of aosp in the meantime and id be able to resell it and cover the cost of my next on contract phone easily
honestly the only phone id really take as a replacement besides another i500 would be the thunderbolt...despite my misgivings about the phone and its issues i could at least use bamf roms or aosp and still (probably) cover next phone with resale
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GrainOsand said:
Hey Justin, just to give you a little update. I just left the VZW. No more fascinates for exchange, so I was told either a dinc2 or a X2 after a little bit of belly aching I am getting a refurbished Charge. I didnt even have to change my data plan im still at $30 unlimited. Should be here next week. Thanks for your advice....
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So did you bring your Fascinate back to stock before you went in the store? i usually try to not go in to the store b/c most of them people are morons.
If it helps,
My wife has the Dinc2 and LOVES it. She is not in to modding at all, so the fact that limited dev support is not a big deal. She went from a D2G to the Dinc2 so she's never really had a dev supported phone.
A friend of mine has a Dx2 and says the dual core processor doesnt quite make up for having stock running.. While quadrant doesnt mean jack for the most part, he gets around 1600 and my fascinate breaks 2k on CM7.
The charge is a phone i wouldn't mind having.. i would consider trading my fascinate for a charge, but the phone im really waiting for (and hoping actually comes to the US) is Galaxy S II.
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seems to be its hit or miss on whether they have fascinates or not for replacement
my concern is i know im going to get the sgs2 (or equavilent) when it launches (hopefully within 2 months) so i dont feel the need or desire to get something radically different....as i cant own a device and not work on it
and the charge doesnt appeal to me for a few reasons as i dont have 4g and i really doubt i lack the ability to port all of the com rom stuff to it on my own w/o way too much effort (just to ultimately fail)...and dont want to use anyone elses roms (unless aosp was more imminent)
the dx2 isnt happening either (locked phone, no development)
the dinc2 would be appealing only for the use of aosp in the meantime and id be able to resell it and cover the cost of my next on contract phone easily
honestly the only phone id really take as a replacement besides another i500 would be the thunderbolt...despite my misgivings about the phone and its issues i could at least use bamf roms or aosp and still (probably) cover next phone with resale
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Yeah, at first they told me I could get anothet fassy, then when I went to store they said it was no longer available for warranty replacement. Not sure what happened in the 4 hours between. I chose the charge for a few reasons but in the end It really doesnt matter my contact is up in 5months so at the very least I got a new toy to play with til then. Im sure ill be able to sell it and recoup more than my fascinate would fetch when the time comes especially to someone who doesnt want to lose their unlimited data plan... Thanks again
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Hey Justin, just to give you a little update. I just left the VZW. No more fascinates for exchange, so I was told either a dinc2 or a X2 after a little bit of belly aching I am getting a refurbished Charge.
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I went on Tuesday to our corporate store with mine (flashed unrooted stock Froyo Odin first) and they overnighted me a replacement.
I wonder if this one has problems if they will offer a different model. I really like my fassy...
Hi everyone,
I was the very first at the Verizon store to pick up this bad boy!! I'm concerned though and actually thinking of returning it and waiting on the G-Nex but I love it!! Oh my problem is it gets hot I mean glass and the back are actually hot after a bit of continual use and I'm no gamer or have not watched or download anything to caused such a reaction: 0(
Also the bottom buttons lose light as it is actually gone out as I type. Not minding that much bcuz it actually looks sweet just black but I'm concerned I may have a bad seed. My question would be is the heat something to expect due to the thinnest or should I just swap it out as defective?
Thanks!
Was it plugged it? Every phone I have had gets hot when it stays plugged in.
But really I have yet to have mine get hot. Thunderbolt got warmer even. Also mine is in the defender case so if it gets hot it will get really hot...
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I was at a football game yesterday and it got a little toasty there, but every phone I've ever had does it in highly populated areas.
I exchanged it...
Called Verizon and they said to bring it back for a new one. She was so cute, she messed up and said let me swap out the battery then she said oops none to swap out. They still aren't use to that phone.
No it wasn't on the charge plus battery was like gone by the time I left house and entered the store so it was just plain bad. If the heat is a problem with these phone I will diff trade it in for G-Nex if not I have found my new phone )
Thanks for the help!
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Called Verizon and they said to bring it back for a new one. She was so cute, she messed up and said let me swap out the battery then she said oops none to swap out. They still aren't use to that phone.
No it wasn't on the charge plus battery was like gone by the time I left house and entered the store so it was just plain bad. If the heat is a problem with these phone I will diff trade it in for G-Nex if not I have found my new phone )
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so IF the g-nex is released on the 21st.. we'll be able to swap if we like, correct? i'm loving the razr but cannot wait to play w/ ics.. w/ verizon it's a 14 day exchange, right?
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so IF the g-nex is released on the 21st.. we'll be able to swap if we like, correct? i'm loving the razr but cannot wait to play w/ ics.. w/ verizon it's a 14 day exchange, right?
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Yes you have 14 days, and if the Gnex is in stores on the 21st, you can exchange it -$35 restocking fee of course. If it's not in stores you can return it and they probably can direct fulfill it for you. If its web orders only then I'd suggest returning it a few days ahead of time, then your upgrade date will be reset in time.
Edit: You haven't swapped out another device for the RAZR correct? Cause you're only allowed one swap to a different model (ie say bionic to razr, bionic to rezound etc).
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Yes you have 14 days, and if the Gnex is in stores on the 21st, you can exchange it -$35 restocking fee of course. If it's not in stores you can return it and they probably can direct fulfill it for you. If its web orders only then I'd suggest returning it a few days ahead of time, then your upgrade date will be reset in time.
Edit: You haven't swapped out another device for the RAZR correct? Cause you're only allowed one swap to a different model (ie say bionic to razr, bionic to rezound etc).
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Thanks man, but no the razr is my first phone on Verizon.. i'm really thinking of swapping if the g-nex drops soon, i'm loving the razr but ics has me thinking..
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Thanks man, but no the razr is my first phone on Verizon.. i'm really thinking of swapping if the g-nex drops soon, i'm loving the razr but ics has me thinking..
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No problem man. The RAZR will get ICS as well next year I believe. I can understand wanting it out of the box for sure! Benches are pretty similar from what I've seen so far, and I'm pretty sure every day usage is pretty similar. I just enjoy the physical build of this phone so much that I don't mind waiting for a software update. With 2nd init we should have some have some AOSP loving hopefully! But again even on stock, this phone delivers an enjoyable experience.
The buttons light up ehen it is dark. There is a light sensor at the top left. Cover it and you'll see the buttons light up.
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Cool as a cucumber now!!
Just wanted to report received new phone and its cool as cool can be...no heat now at all. So the phone is thin and can handle itself just fine!!
VERY HAPPPPY!!
Well it continues (
Tomorrow I will take back my Razr because it is simple HOT!!! 3g cool, 4g wicked hot, my 2 finger tips still hurt!!! I'm very mad just the thought of them knowingly selling this phone with this defect!! I'm also mad because I actually fell for this phone, I fell hard but now I'll go back to my Fascinate and wait :O(
Too bad because its a smooth fast lil phone the problem seems to be its thinness.
I'm sad!
and bought another Motorola phone. I really didn't want to but I had purchased a HTC Rezound and while it was a really nice phone, it wasn't a Moto. I really wanted to keep it but the bottom line is, when I got home with it, I couldn't receive any calls. Well, not really ANY calls but in the couple days I had it I probably got 1 out of every 4 calls. I realized this when a friend called me on my land line and asked why I didn't answer my cell. He said he'd called me 4 times and, even though my phone was always close at that time, and it was on, it never rang once. I started experimenting by calling it using my land line phone and the result wasn't pretty. Like I said, about 1 out of every 4 calls. I think I missed more phone calls in the 2 days I had that phone than in the entire time I owned my DX and DX2 (yeah, it rings a lot ).
Anyway, when I purchased the Rezound, the guy at the store tried to talk me out of it. He said he had sold 3 of them to people who live in the town I live in and they all came back because they didn't work very well where I'm at. He tried to talk me into a Razr or Razr Maxx. Said they had the best radios of the bunch. I wasn't going to let him talk me into that though so I took the Rezound. Well, bottom line is I've had all Motos up until now and never had one bit of trouble at home. The cell tower is a mile out of town so that shouldn't be a problem. I looked at the signal on my X2 and the signal on the Rezound and the Rezound's signal was always 15-20 dbm higher than my X2. I thought about returning it for a Nexus but I've read to much negative stuff about the radios in them. So, I decided I wasn't going to fight it. Once again, bottom line is that it is a phone, first and foremost and if it doesn't do that, well, it's worthless to me.
So, I just decided to live with the locked bootloader and ordered a Razr Maxx. There's a few roms available for it and some good devs working on it. Nitro, Hashcode, kholk and more. kholk is working on kexec for it and I see he posted today that he's had it up and running on another kernel using kexec so it probably isn't far away. Just that it isn't using both cpu cores at the moment and he wanted to get that working. Anyway, like I said, I did what I said I'd never do again and bought another Moto. The Rezound was nice but I hate to say it, but, it wasn't a Moto. Didn't feel as solid, let alone it not working like any of the Motos I've owned. I found the old saying isn't always true. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Well I've been looking at phones too and the razr and maxx are really nice. They look and feel high quality. Isnt it sad that we can't have the best of both worlds and have the nice hardware with Motorola and have an unlocked bootloader as well? The radio, battery, and speaker volume on the nexus scares me. I have a promo upgrade I've been itching to pull the trigger on. I too looked at the rezound, but never bought one. HTC sense has way too much going on. And I'm embarrassed to say I'm back to stock in my phone and actually like the simplicity of blur, just not the speed.
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Welcome back. "Moto sucks but it's still the best phone"
I've run across a couple of folks with the Razr and would agree it is a well built phone that feels very nice in the hand. I'm about 6 months out from my next upgrade but if I had to do it now the raxr would likely be my choice. And it sounds like its getting some dev love so I think you made a good choice.
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My friend has a razor and yes it does look nice I just dont know about a phone that you can not take out the battery.
Gongrats on the phone and good job showing moto where u stand as far as there continued service..
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We gotta stand firm guys...
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I shall not waiver...come 2013, when I can get an upgrade
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We gotta stand firm guys...
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I get what you're saying, but if he can't make phone calls, what should he do? Doubt a new device justifies how good the games look on it.
It is a pickle, I hope I don't have this issue. I'd be crabby.
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Just wondering what phones X2 owners were looking at for when their upgrade rolls around. I was thinking about the nexus or the S2. Not sure yet. I'm eligible for an early upgrade and I have no idea what phone I should get. I like rooting my device and playing around with it, so probably something that doesn't have a locked bootloader. I like the X2 because it's completely touchscreen, I hate the slideout keyboards. Then again I might wait to see what comes out in the next 3 months I have left on my contract. What are your thoughts? What do you guys want next?
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Just wondering what phones X2 owners were looking at for when their upgrade rolls around. I was thinking about the nexus or the S2. Not sure yet. I'm eligible for an early upgrade and I have no idea what phone I should get. I like rooting my device and playing around with it, so probably something that doesn't have a locked bootloader. I like the X2 because it's completely touchscreen, I hate the slideout keyboards. Then again I might wait to see what comes out in the next 3 months I have left on my contract. What are your thoughts? What do you guys want next?
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Wait. 3 months is like a year in our world. I'd go with the Nexus ifi were you.
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I have a year on my contract, so hopefully whatever will be out at the time will be beastly
I might look at getting an HTC, maybe a samsung.
Samsung Galaxy SIII. It'll be well worth the wait. As long as you can wait till July/August...
I will be getting the latest Google/Galaxy phone when June 2013 rolls around. *cries*
Hopefully Verizon has the Galaxy 3 or as Samsung puts it"The next Galaxy"
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I hope the new galaxy is carried by Verizon. Its gonna be awesome
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Its rumored to come out in London in a few days from what I read online, but who knows. If Verizon doesn't carry it I might look at a razr even though I really don't want another moto phone
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I wish the had the note. They were talking about calling it the journal but as far as I know that never happened
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I wish the had the note. They were talking about calling it the journal but as far as I know that never happened
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Im glad they didn't. The Galaxy Journal just doesn't roll off the tougue.
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Samsung Galaxy SIII. It'll be well worth the wait. As long as you can wait till July/August...
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Wait. 3 months is like a year in our world. I'd go with the Nexus ifi were you.
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^ Agree with these guys. If you upgrade now, I would go with either the HTC Rezound or Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I just traded my iPhone (wasn't using it) for a Nexus, then gave the Nexus to my friend. I must admit... it is gorgeous. But if you decide to wait, I think the Galaxy SIII or the HTC One X would be aaaaahhhhmazing.
S3 looks like it may not be all that hot. Some say its a little upgrade, who knows. I can upgrade whenever thanks to my BBB complaint. Ill wait to see how that phone comes out then ill upgrade to Rezound or that. Nexus looks great but battery is terrible even the extended is crap. I'll take a 13nm phone with a 2750 battery over one that doesnt do much.
Verizon was dumb for not grabbing the note... Journal is a horrible name but I would have loved to switch for one, played with one for about half an hour... Its amazing even on stock and this screen is now way way to small, the note comes close to being the right size for my hand its barely to small bit if it comes to verizon its gonna be to late, A 5.6in screen with a trident style case is now my hope for the future. Im wanting a quad core with 2gb ram a massive battery and a big screen i dont care if it's heavy and fat... I want power to go
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Verizon was dumb for not grabbing the note... Journal is a horrible name but I would have loved to switch for one, played with one for about half an hour... Its amazing even on stock and this screen is now way way to small, the note comes close to being the right size for my hand its barely to small bit if it comes to verizon its gonna be to late, A 5.6in screen with a trident style case is now my hope for the future. Im wanting a quad core with 2gb ram a massive battery and a big screen i dont care if it's heavy and fat... I want power to go
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I would have to take a real hard look at the note if we got it. If not I may leave Verizon to get one.
I got a Dinc2 as a replacement for the X2 3 weeks ago. I will not go back to a locked phone again, I love this thing and I love HTC's build quality. If I stick with Verizon I'll be looking at a rezound this fall, should be cheap to upgrade to by then.
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Not sure what i'll get but I'm hoping there will be more architecture similar to the 3 in 1 Asus Padphone.
Yea I'm waiting for May 3rd to see GS3 and then go from their. To me its ALL about the battery, here's to something that's over 2200 or whatever they think it is. A non removable phone that has THST LOW of a battery is laughable for those specs. I don't think many would deny that.
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S3 looks like it may not be all that hot. Some say its a little upgrade, who knows. I can upgrade whenever thanks to my BBB complaint. Ill wait to see how that phone comes out then ill upgrade to Rezound or that. Nexus looks great but battery is terrible even the extended is crap. I'll take a 13nm phone with a 2750 battery over one that doesnt do much.
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What happened with your BBB complaint that allows you to upgrade whenever you want? And a 13nm phone!!! @[email protected] (I know u meant 13mm! )
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Yea I'm waiting for May 3rd to see GS3 and then go from their. To me its ALL about the battery, here's to something that's over 2200 or whatever they think it is. A non removable phone that has THST LOW of a battery is laughable for those specs. I don't think many would deny that.
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What is the likelihood of we getting a S3 this summer? I was (and still am a little) skeptical of the Big Red getting the SIII... But the rumor mill is cranking out stories like the SIII is slated for release on Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T... So may be I don't hafta kill a kitty this summer... Verizon, you may have just saved the lives of 1.1 Kitties... And you may have not effed me in the ass! Seriously, Big R's mobile lineup is an orgy of fugly looking Motorola phones and oh no-good-excuse-of-a-smartphones from Sammy (except the Gnex) and I believe just 1 good'ne from HTC... So basically 2 phones worth buying... Appalling stuff, Red.. Same story with AT&T... We are being bombarded by mediocre phones, man!
Lol yea I accidentally misstyped that on this crappy phone. My BBB complaint, is over and they're letting me upgrade anytime so deff. waiting to at least May 3rd. Also theirs a rumor VZW will be getting it first before anyone in the U.S so we shall see. Then we have the Razr HD... ok. Yea maybe... prolly not.
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What happened with your BBB complaint that allows you to upgrade whenever you want? And a 13nm phone!!! @[email protected] (I know u meant 13mm! )
What is the likelihood of we getting a S3 this summer? I was (and still am a little) skeptical of the Big Red getting the SIII... But the rumor mill is cranking out stories like the SIII is slated for release on Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T... So may be I don't hafta kill a kitty this summer... Verizon, you may have just saved the lives of 1.1 Kitties... And you may have not effed me in the ass! Seriously, Big R's mobile lineup is an orgy of fugly looking Motorola phones and oh no-good-excuse-of-a-smartphones from Sammy (except the Gnex) and I believe just 1 good'ne from HTC... So basically 2 phones worth buying... Appalling stuff, Red.. Same story with AT&T... We are being bombarded by mediocre phones, man!
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Yep, it's getting to the point that I don't care how good they're damn network is if the phones are so overloaded with crap and bugs that they won't run right the network is useless.
I got a pair of Dinc2's as a replacement for mine and my wife's X2's. She wanted to run stock for awhile. She doesn't use many apps, mostly FB, words with friends, couple of games. But she's on the phone constantly. Well the one thing that should work is the damn phone, and while it does its just not laid out well. However she is constantly getting force closes, has to manually sync her email, stuff like that.
I'm done with big red when this contract is up I think. The network is great and they're customer service has been great, but every phone has been ****. I shouldn't have to hack a phone and load a custom Rom just to make it operate correctly and reliably, it should do that out of the box. Only reason I should have to hack it is because I want to play with it, customize it to my liking. NOT TO MAKE IT JUST WORK THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO.
Verizon can kiss my ass.
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I needed a replacement device due to heating and finally my third device is spot on except it had pink keys... grrrrrr.. what's the general consensus, should I deal with it or ask for yet another one?
Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Took me three tries this week. They also have warranty replacements that are new. They get them from htc to build stock when phone initialy released. It's not new in a box but its new. Way to tell is ##778# call, then press view then display. Look at life counter, it never resets even after ruu, wipe, etc.
First two I got had 100+ hrs usage, my third was a new one. No usage perfect keys
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Both of the replacements are new but the one with perfect keys overheats batteries on a dangerous level. This one just has fugly keys... like really really pink, almost white pink. Think it's worth harassing them again? I'm slightly worried they will stop sending me phones.
They won't stop sending you phones (I've never reached that point) I went through 4 Rezounds for dead pixels. My keys were a bit pink, and I didn't want to deal with it again. Just think of it as you're not afraid to show your feminine side . Seriously if the phone isn't over heating at all, just deal with it. if it bothers you that much you can open the phone and use a red sharpie on the leds. Or if you know how to do it, you can remove the white leds and add red ones. Just search it and the thread will pop up.
Personally for the money I'd bug em until I get one that works. Mine is red with no temp issues so they do exist.
Eventually they will start offering other phones. Many have gone from the rezound to the gnex or vice.versa that way.
I would be completely happy with a great piece of hardware that had slightly pinkish buttons. As android hobbyists, we require better hardware for a few reasons. One reason is because we know enough to notice imperfections. The other is we are pushing them harder to utilize such powerful hardware. If you have a perfectly running phone that you're happy with performance wise, I would rather keep that than trade in the device for something with a bigger imperfection such as overheating.
As a sidenote I noticed the capacitive buttons were extremely bright. When I changed the capacitive button lighting from bright mode to dim mode they didn't only look better when turned down, they looked very red and lost the slight pinkish tone.
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I don't get why anyone cares about pink keys. It's such a non-issue that I didn't really understand what people were talking about when they said they were sending their phones back for it.
i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
I don't. I would absolutely tell them your keys are pink and you bought a phone that's supposed to have red ones... If the keys are defective. I wonder what else would be.
I paid full price for mine... My first was (i thought was messed up and so did the reps) good, this one is the 2nd I've had and its perfect (it was also brand new).
I was in the store and over heard them telling someone that they might be charged for a defect because they had sent in two before (not this phone, I think it was the nex). I just thought to myself. I'd send a million in until they get it right for the price I paid for this thing. It's ridiculous for anyone to think they have to accept defective devices they spent 800 dollars on. Now if it was given to me i wouldn't care in the slightest.
Maybe HTC will make the next one better because they get so many exchanges.
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Id ask for a new rezound, not refurbished. It just depends on what rep you speak to. They actually are offering me a razr maxx becuase of the battery issues ive been having. My first rezound too. Just be firm but polite as well.
I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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they most certainly will offer you a gnexus or a razr maxx as they did for me tonight. don't know if im going to take it but still.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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I'm going to wait for official ics to see if it corrects some of the issues. If not I'm probably going to the nexus no matter how much I'll regret it.
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yeah verizon corp is sending me a gnexus as a replacement for my rezound, they didn't say if it's the 32gb or 16gb model. they offered me a maxx but i passed because of the locked bootloader and no removable battery.
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i really think you people are ridiculous for sending a phone in just bc the buttons are pink...
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I'd have to agree.
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I've gone from fascinate to droid charge to rezound by just asking for a different device after the 3rd refurb. You should be able to get anything but a razr maxx.
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That's my exact track as well lol. Keep getting refurbs leading to new devices. I'm not sure if I would want anything else honestly, I meant the galaxy nexus has MIUI and CM9 but the hardware on the rezound is so much nicer >.< Also it ended up having a bad front speaker and I couldn't make phone calls. New device is here with a life of 316 and time of 16 hours lol. I couldn't live with a lesser camera after being spoiled by this one.
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Andro X said:
I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Same here.
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I really like this phone. The battery just sucks though. It's the only thing I can really complain about.
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Yeah... I didn't think anything could get worse than my Droid charge.... I was proven wrong.
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If your battery life is that bad, you are doing something wrong