I was one of the early adapters who paid full price for it. Been waiting for 3 months for the promised bootloader unlock solution but instead of solution, motorola just made me feel stupid with my money. Check out the following thread for the words of treachery.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/df4c8f0cd7
Honestly, whenever i take my xt910 outta my pocket, i remember i was cheated. I will probably buy used atrix or photon.
Happy days to everyone with their Razrs.
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Why don't you just root & download & flash 2.3.6?
It's not that hard. 2.3.6 is visually different but I don't see a grat improvment over 2.3.5.
Stop fretting, Your not missing much.
Enjoy the Razr
Semseddin said:
I was one of the early adapters who paid full price for it. Been waiting for 3 months for the promised bootloader unlock solution but instead of solution, motorola just made me feel stupid with my money. Check out the following thread for the words of treachery.
https://forums.motorola.com/posts/df4c8f0cd7
Honestly, whenever i take my xt910 outta my pocket, i remember i was cheated. I will probably buy used atrix or photon.
Happy days to everyone with their Razrs.
Cut this post with my shiny RAZR XT910 using XDA Premium
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I understand your anger, but you should not sell, kholh just owned motorola and bypass bootloader, wait few days or a week, you'll see
plus frasertag is coming back, gsm razr development rebirth!!
well, thats a sad story.
im totally agree with you and good luck with buying new phone <=]
Hello guys, i want your opinion about this.
I have a Photon 4g that i buy from ebay - i am in Europe . The phone its great but i like to trick it with roms and stuff so my greatest concern is that there is not Warranty coverage in EU (i bricked it once so i have to send to some friends in USA - it took 3 months to take it back)
So i was thinking to sell it and put some more money (not very much) and to buy the Razr xt910 (EU warranty, Amoled, ICS ect) .
My problem is that when i go to one store to compare them i saw that the Razr is not better than Photon - but not at all !
So i want your opinion on this issue, what to do ?
Thank you, Johnny !
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Hello guys, i want your opinion about this. I have a Photon 4g that i buy from ebay - i am in Europe . The phone its great but i like to trick it with roms and stuff so my greatest concern is that there is not Warranty coverage in EU (i bricked it once so i have to send to some friends in USA - it took 3 months to take it back)
So i was thinking to sell it and put some more money (not very much) and to buy the Razr xt910 (EU warranty, Amoled, ICS ect) .
My problem is that when i go to one store to compare them i saw that the Razr is not better than Photon - but not at all !
So i want your opinion on this issue, what to do ?
Thank you, Johnny !
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Get the Razr dude.
Beautiful screen, a bit faster processor, ICS (we're getting ours in Q4 which is so far away), it's WAY thinner.
I don't see why are hesitating.
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MailenJokerbell said:
Get the Razr dude.
Beautiful screen, a bit faster processor, ICS (we're getting ours in Q4 which is so far away), it's WAY thinner.
I don't see why are hesitating.
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The screen sucks. Amoled is horrible in my opinion! Haha. The razr is probably better with everything else though!
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I don't understand what it is you're seeing about the Razr Developer Edition that isn't better than the Photon. It's everything the Photon is and then some. Better CPU, battery, lighter, thinner, stronger (Kevlar), AND has an unlocked bootloader!
The RAZR is so awful that I bought a Photon to get away from it. Loved the Photon.
RAZR MAXX could be worthwhile for the brute force approach to battery life, otherwise avoid. Screen is hideous, battery on regular flavour is atrociously poor, bootloader is locked down tight and the ICS upgrade is a long time coming. Aside from the gorgeous industrial design, there is nothing to recommend about the RAZR.
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fester30 said:
I don't understand what it is you're seeing about the Razr Developer Edition that isn't better than the Photon. It's everything the Photon is and then some. Better CPU, battery, lighter, thinner, stronger (Kevlar), AND has an unlocked bootloader!
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You might want to check motodev on that unlocked bootloader. A number of folks there have complained about getting the Dev Edition with locked bootloaders.
Hello guys, i want your opinion about this. I have a Photon 4g that i buy from ebay - i am in Europe . The phone its great but i like to trick it with roms and stuff so my greatest concern is that there is not Warranty coverage in EU (i bricked it once so i have to send to some friends in USA - it took 3 months to take it back)
So i was thinking to sell it and put some more money (not very much) and to buy the Razr xt910 (EU warranty, Amoled, ICS ect) .
My problem is that when i go to one store to compare them i saw that the Razr is not better than Photon - but not at all !
So i want your opinion on this issue, what to do ?
Thank you, Johnny !
Sent from my MB855 using xda premium
Hey guys, I am a Nexus S 4G user looking to buy a new (used) phone. I've been researching phones for about a month now, and it eventually came down to the Droid RAZR and the HTC EVO 4G LTE/HTC ONE X. I've decided to go with the RAZR simply because I'm really liking the slimness of it. Now I'm here to ask you guys what issues do I need to know about the RAZR and what should I be wary of when buying it. Also, if there are any ex-Nexus S users in the RAZR community, could you please let me know what you found lacking in the phone compared to the Nexus S? As far as I can see, NFC is the only let down, but I only used it once or twice. Thanks in advance!:good:
Edit: Sorry, just realized I posted in the wrong section. Please forgive my noon self, and move this to the Q&A mods please?
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Hey guys, I am a Nexus S 4G user looking to buy a new (used) phone. I've been researching phones for about a month now, and it eventually came down to the Droid RAZR and the HTC EVO 4G LTE/HTC ONE X. I've decided to go with the RAZR simply because I'm really liking the slimness of it. Now I'm here to ask you guys what issues do I need to know about the RAZR and what should I be wary of when buying it. Also, if there are any ex-Nexus S users in the RAZR community, could you please let me know what you found lacking in the phone compared to the Nexus S? As far as I can see, NFC is the only let down, but I only used it once or twice. Thanks in advance!:good:
Edit: Sorry, just realized I posted in the wrong section. Please forgive my noon self, and move this to the Q&A mods please?
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Since you are coming from the nexus s, if you are used to flash roms kernel etc, forget them. The razr have a lockedbootloader and few dev so is a bit a let down from this point of view.
If you don't care about modding then is a really good phone, is slim, very well build with a good reception. Someone say that the wifi is not that great i find it normal. The camera is not as good as many other phone.
Compared to the newest phone (like the htc one x or the galaxy s3) is slower but if you don't play game is still a fast phone.
So to sum up, if you can find it at a good price then is worth buying it (considering it you don't care modding, if you are buying android for modding then i suggest you to forget motorola)
BakaPhoenix said:
Since you are coming from the nexus s, if you are used to flash roms kernel etc, forget them. The razr have a lockedbootloader and few dev so is a bit a let down from this point of view.
If you don't care about modding then is a really good phone, is slim, very well build with a good reception. Someone say that the wifi is not that great i find it normal. The camera is not as good as many other phone.
Compared to the newest phone (like the htc one x or the galaxy s3) is slower but if you don't play game is still a fast phone.
So to sum up, if you can find it at a good price then is worth buying it (considering it you don't care modding, if you are buying android for modding then i suggest you to forget motorola)
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Ow, is it really that bad? I feel so stupid now for not checking the development for the RAZR. Guess I'm just a spoiled Nexus user When you say the camera isn't as good as some phones, how would you compare it to baseline phones such as the iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus/S2? Also if you've had any experience with the Nexus S camera, can you please tell me how the RAZR's camera compares to that? Thank you soo much for the help especially for warning me about the boot loader issue though! :banghead:
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no the camera is decent and is like/or better than IP4S,sgs2 etc...specially with ICS
eyriiii said:
no the camera is decent and is like/or better than IP4S,sgs2 etc...specially with ICS
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How is the video recording and image stabilization? I was watching some camera test videos on Youtube, and the RAZR's camera looked really shaky?
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Talal916 said:
How is the video recording and image stabilization? I was watching some camera test videos on Youtube, and the RAZR's camera looked really shaky?
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I guess u are seing reviews when RAZR had GB? They have improved the camera a lot with ICS update imo
There IS development for the RAZR. Yes, it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader, but KEXEC is in development which will allow loading of new kernels. Currently, it's main issue is that CPU1 stays offline for some reason when booting up modified kernels.
Otherwise, there is a pretty good development community out there. CM9 is out for the RAZR as is MIUI. There are other ROMs as well. Again, it's not like the Galaxy which has an unlocked bootloader, but quality-wise, the phone is awesome. Excellent radios, fast and responsive and just thin like a razor!
If you can, you might want to look at getting the RAZR MAXX. Much better battery life than the Original (OG) RAZR. I have the OG RAZR and I can get pretty good battery life IF I don't play games. But, with some tweaking, I've been able to keep it going all day at work if I limit my use to texting, checking emails and some web surfing.
I suggest you spent a little more to get a Maxx. The extra battery really worth it because LTE is much, much more power hungry than 3G. Here in NJ I saw several listing for Maxx asking 350, and Razr for 275.
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Thank you guys for the help! I'll definitely take the MAXX into consideration as battery life is a big point for me. As for the lack of development on the RAZR, I'll keep my Nexus around as a backup phone in case the development gets too slow.
By the way, does the RAZR/MAXX have any known defects or issues that I should check out when buying used?
Thanks again for all the help!:thumbup:
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Talal916 said:
Thank you guys for the help! I'll definitely take the MAXX into consideration as battery life is a big point for me. As for the lack of development on the RAZR, I'll keep my Nexus around as a backup phone in case the development gets too slow.
By the way, does the RAZR/MAXX have any known defects or issues that I should check out when buying used?
Thanks again for all the help!:thumbup:
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I just bought one used and should have tested the speaker as it was faulty. Swapped it out of my OG Razr though and ordered one on ebay. I got a mint maxx off craigslist for 300 yesterday.
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I agree also there is lots of development for the razr locked bootloader or not.
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mkarps said:
I just bought one used and should have tested the speaker as it was faulty. Swapped it out of my OG Razr though and ordered one on ebay. I got a mint maxx off craigslist for 300 yesterday.
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I read your post after buying the phone but your right, I should've tested the speaker. Thank God though everything seems to work perfectly. The closest Maxx was about an hour away , so I settled on the base RAZR in white, mint condition for $250.
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mkarps said:
I agree also there is lots of development for the razr locked bootloader or not.
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Is rooting easy on this phone compared to the Nexus phones? I think I'll play with it for a few days before I root it and flash it to metropcs.
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Talal916 said:
Is rooting easy on this phone compared to the Nexus phones? I think I'll play with it for a few days before I root it and flash it to metropcs.
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very easy, check out the development section
The RAZR camera isn't that good. It comes out blurry sometimes. Pictures only come out decent in sunlight. And from time to time I experience lag. It's very annoying.
But going to a Motorola I knew I was sacrificing things. Now I got a reliable wireless radio phone and great battery in the RAZR Maxx and ICS, closest to stock ICS that isn't a google phone or a custom rom!
I had a Galaxy S2 on Sprint before this phone. That phone's camera kills the RAZR in video recording and taking still pictures. And I never EVER had lag on the GS2. My big beef with that phone was it had the worst wireless radio on it combined with Sprint's network, sucks.
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