So because my old razr wouldn't update I was sent a replacement
So for a few days I'll have a GB and ICS razr so if anyone would like any side by side tests ran let me know.
1234567188 said:
So because my old razr wouldn't update I was sent a replacement
So for a few days I'll have a GB and ICS razr so if anyone would like any side by side tests ran let me know.
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Ics rocks. Case closed! Next....
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So because my old razr wouldn't update I was sent a replacement
So for a few days I'll have a GB and ICS razr so if anyone would like any side by side tests ran let me know.
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Any way you could do a battery test?
I would be very interested in such a test. It seems that battery life might be shorter on ics and that would be a deal breaker for me, as the only reason I got my razr maxx is battery. If I have a better understanding of the differences between ics and gb I might choose to stay with gb
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I would be very interested in such a test. It seems that battery life might be shorter on ics and that would be a deal breaker for me, as the only reason I got my razr maxx is battery. If I have a better understanding of the differences between ics and gb I might choose to stay with gb
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I would be most interested in side by side call quality tests, both incoming and outgoing. If you only have one SIM, a way to do this would be to record yourself speaking to voicemail reading the same paragraph with each phone, and then listening to the readings with a high quality landline.
I would also like to see a comparison of signal strength (max distance to tower before dropout), as well as wifi range.
Thirdly, a comparison of music playback through a high end audio system would prove excellent.
All of these tests are almost never seen in phone reviews (except briefly in passing sometimes), and yet they are arguably the most fundamental, and most important qualities of any phone.
Just my 3 cents...
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Current sprint user here using the photon 4g. Not a bad phone by any means but Sprint coverage sucks. I'm not interested in the galaxy nexus as every Samsung phone I've ever owned has had major issues. I see the threads in the nexus forum. And see the nexus still suffers from poor GPS and android is bugs.
The only other phone Verizon has I'd consider is the razr Mainly because I have the photon and they are somewhat similar software and hardware wise. But I listen to music a lot on my phone and the resound just seems like a good choice.
Few questions, hows the GPS? Hows the performance? Any lag on sense? Speakerpbone loud?? I had a EVO 3d aand returned it the day the photon came out. It had a horrible camera, GPS was spotty, speaker phone wasn't loud at all and sense just lagged from time to time.
I have had great success from HTC in the past except for the EVO 3d....
So help me make the jump.lol
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Razr is a POS, lol.
On a serious note, the Rezound is a solid choice if you are coming to Verizon. No one has stated any issues with GPS accept the device has gotten hot for some users. Performance is on par for best device w/o perm root. The speakerphone is decently loud. It is as loud as my X2 was at least.
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Agreed ... I have done my fair share of reading these forums and GPS lock and Speaker Volume are not on the complaint list. Heat if you get a bad unit and possible dead pixels (which would the same for every phone) are the common complaints.
Razr screen.. OMFG HORRIBLE Pentile!!
If you go to a Verizon Store to get the Rezound make sure you stay there if you can and test it out... Like that if any of the common issues show up your right there for a replacement.
Sense runs perfectly no lag (that've noticed)
I don't use the camera but other Rezound users love it
GPS locks in pretty fast
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Agreed ... I have done my fair share of reading these forums and GPS lock and Speaker Volume are not on the complaint list. Heat if you get a bad unit and possible dead pixels (which would the same for every phone) are the common complaints.
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And pink LEDs but someone said he found how to fix them. Just not sure how cuz mine are like that to and I want red not pink
sent from my sexy HTC Rezound. Bata ba ba bum, Im loving it.
I'm loving mine. It's everything I could want in a phone. GPS locks on faster than my droid charge. I do wish the speakerphone speaker was a little louder. Other than that I really like the phone.
I've never had a sence phone, always had touch wiz, so I'm actually enjoying my lag free sence.
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I might get it from Costco if I do get one. Heard they had a 90 day window and its only $199
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You'll be welcomed with open arms here, provided you start by spelling the name of the phone correctly...
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You'll be welcomed with open arms here, provided you start by spelling the name of the phone correctly...
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Lmao!! I just saw that. Auto correct is good when it works like u want it to lol
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So is the over heating issue a hardware problem? My photon can get up to 110 degrees under normal usage
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Anyone know of any good deals going on to get this phone?
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So is the over heating issue a hardware problem? My photon can get up to 110 degrees under normal usage
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Only over heating issues I have is after a game but cools down afterwards
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Wow, is this a fun, beautiful phone.
Curious to who I know around here. Any x2/bionic peeps around? Curious to all of your thoughts on this phone and if any of you here are cheesecaking.
I must admit, I think I like this better than the Nex. Additionally, Moto made some very nice improvements to their interface (*blur*) on a lot of different levels.
Anyways, just saying hello to all of you. Let's keep this forum alive.
Cheers.
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Hey 'Wolfe. Glad to see you here. I made the jump from the x2 (wife needed a working phone & I needed a new toy) the day this came out. So far, it's been a great experience & I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Glad you're on board.
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I like this phone just jump from bionic but the only think is the hotspot is turn off by then self after few minutes lol just saying
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I like this phone just jump from bionic but the only think is the hotspot is turn off by then self after few minutes lol just saying
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I don't use hotspots so I haven't experienced this, but I do know I don't lose apps after a reboot
So far mobile connection seems far superior, as does performance. Also, huge fan of the screen, although I do get kind of a greenish tint at times where I feel it should be white - market hang screen for example.
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It is great mobile. Am coming from nexus s after i broker the glass :'(.. So o designed to take this mobile over samsung s2
I really like it except the the larg body
BUT i noticed the wifi range is weak!! And there is no video calls option
Rather than that every thing is great
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you can use viber or Skype for video call
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I don't use hotspots so I haven't experienced this, but I do know I don't lose apps after a reboot
So far mobile connection seems far superior, as does performance. Also, huge fan of the screen, although I do get kind of a greenish tint at times where I feel it should be white - market hang screen for example.
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That is my fear...and one of the reasons I still haven't made the jump(not to mention the cost ) A colleague has a SGSII and the screen looks anything but white...especially as compared to (my) HD7...
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That is my fear...and one of the reasons I still haven't made the jump(not to mention the cost ) A colleague has a SGSII and the screen looks anything but white...especially as compared to (my) HD7...
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You get used to it. Lol. It's not horrible.
I'll take the trade off, as the screen doesn't look as gradiented <--- is that a word?
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mistawolfe said:
You get used to it. Lol. It's not horrible.
I'll take the trade off, as the screen doesn't look as gradiented <--- is that a word?
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hello Wolfe... Welcome.. I know the name over on wikki
mistawolfe said:
You get used to it. Lol. It's not horrible.
I'll take the trade off, as the screen doesn't look as gradiented <--- is that a word?
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I'm sorry I didn't quite understand the trade-off bit...apologies...but when I saw it once, I was looking for a faaaaar brighter screen, considering the fact that its a sAMOLED...but I found it a little dark...but was told in some forum its because of some ambient setting...will make sure to check it next time properly...
But am surely buying it for sure...in a while... Congrats on your phone BTW.
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I'm sorry I didn't quite understand the trade-off bit...apologies...but when I saw it once, I was looking for a faaaaar brighter screen, considering the fact that its a sAMOLED...but I found it a little dark...but was told in some forum its because of some ambient setting...will make sure to check it next time properly...
But am surely buying it for sure...in a while... Congrats on your phone BTW.
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Hope to see you here soon, this really has been an impressive improvement on Motorola's part. As far as the screen goes there's an additional option to allow the os to manage auto brightness to conserve battery. Net effect: it's about 25% dimmer at times than just "normal" auto brightness.
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I believe the dimmer look is attributed to the AMOLED screen. What I was saying as far as a "trade-off" is that I'll take a slightly dimmer screen to get a less pentile effect. This screen looks much nicer than the Bionic in my opinion...
I just "upgraded " from the nexus to the razr and I am absolutely loving it. The nexus' radio was awful. This phone is just so much more solid overall.
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Got this phone a week back! Totally loving it. My old Xperia X8 was almost driving me nuts! Already rooted and safestrapped!
So how's your RAZR experience?
hi all, I'm considering getting the Motorola Droid Razr M. I currently have a Samsung Droid Charge (rooted, but still stuck on GB). My main reason for getting the Razr is for better battery life and a smaller device. My Charge drains at 5% per hour on 4G in idle mode (1% per hour on WiFi in idle mode). Thus, I need Juice Defender just to make it from morning to night.
Curious to see how easy root/unroot is, and what the benefits are (aside from removing bloatware)? I've been somewhat spoiled with my Charge, as the phone is unbrickable. Is the Razr just as user-friendly?
thanks!
I had the Charge as well, and while I prefer Odin and the Charge in terms of flashing kernels, ROMs, radios, etc., the RAZR is just as easy.
The RAZR has locked boot loaders. The release of kexec should allow better development but it's gonna take a few months. You should wait and get the RAZR HD or Maxx HD. Those two will give you better battery than the RAZR M and they have better displays. Same as the GS3 I believe, Super Amoled HD.
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The RAZR has locked boot loaders. The release of kexec should allow better development but it's gonna take a few months. You should wait and get the RAZR HD or Maxx HD. Those two will give you better battery than the RAZR M and they have better displays. Same as the GS3 I believe, Super Amoled HD.
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Pretty much what he said... but the razr m seems like a better fit if you want all around smaller.. we have booting kexec roms with everything working but camera due to ril... lol.. im sure your familiar hearing that coming from the charge.. im personally gonna pick up the maxx hd on battery life alone...
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thanks for the responses y'all.... I'm not a developer, so I'm new to the "kexec" terminology. I did some google searching, and from what I gathered (briefly), is that kexec is needed to install custom kernels (hence the K part)?
I don't mind waiting for development to develop for the Razr, as it looks like the M has some "smartaction" features that help with battery conservation.
just getting sick and tired of my charge dropping down to 85% after just 2 hours (even though I'm running JD).
Be aware that likely most development will happy with the developer edition of the M. deves have chimed in on that pretty loudly. at least on the twitters.
Did anyone notice this?
In countries outside the U.S., the device will ship with an unlockable bootloader where operators allow.
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http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Pre...Smartphone-Additions-to-RAZR-Family-3b99.aspx
It will be tough to resist, that HD Maxx.
Hopefully the ergonomics are better than current maxx. The current maxx, even with same screen size as my Charge, just feels clumsy in comparison.
Odd considering it is thinner than the Samsung.
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Did anyone notice this?
http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Pre...Smartphone-Additions-to-RAZR-Family-3b99.aspx
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I will belive it when I see it.
If the bootloader is unlocked in the EU version I might get a HD MAXX.
Ofcourse, I will wait until it is confirmed. I will never trust motorola's word again.
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I will belive it when I see it.
If the bootloader is unlocked in the EU version I might get a HD MAXX.
Ofcourse, I will wait until it is confirmed. I will never trust motorola's word again.
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Yes of course same thing with me, I really don't believe it until I see it. It's still interesting thou
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Hi has anyone had a problem with the screen on there RAZR where in a dark black room and you watch a video for example and you get to a black screen there are black spots all over the display and screen leakage on top of where the capacitive buttons are.
I have had two razrs because of this in a week I can't stand it and I just called verizon today and they said that there is nothing wrong with the phone like they don't believe me but I don't think they went into a dark room to really test this issue.
Just want to see if anybody has had this issue and what can be done to possibly show verizon proof that I am not lying about the screen on the phones they have given me.
Thanks
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I've heard of this on the forums, it is adhesive that is holding the glass in place and is not exclusive to razors I've noticed it on my phone but it's not a major issue for me
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Just as djerk said. I have these spots on my razr maxx as well.
ALSO, just as the noob video said use the search function. I know for a fact that there are threads about this already.
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Just as djerk said. I have these spots on my razr maxx as well.
ALSO, just as the noob video said use the search function. I know for a fact that there are threads about this already.
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Thanks for the response it is appreciated but for the newbie stuff I am not a newbie to xda and searched what I could but as I am on a phone with no computer available the search function sucks and I didn't find one answer so again thanks for your help this issues annoys me it might not be big to others but for me it is I came from a sensation never had this issue I have also had a evo 4g, a desire, a Samsung intercept no such issue and screen quality is a big deal for me I just needed an answer
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I posted the same question thread and it got locked down because it is a known quantity however I find it to be sloppy craftsmanship.
That being said, I accepted it and it does not bother me one bit.
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I have noticed it on my Maxx too, but I have only ever seen it while playing one particular game when the screen is really dark. Other than that, you can't see it at all, so it doesn't bother me.
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It is on mine too.
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It's a minor issue and imo not worth making a big fuss over. Overall the razr is a very high quality device. Great hardware, and software (although updates can be slow to push) we will be receiving JB.
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To me it is unacceptable I got a new phone worth a defect would you buy a laptop with screen issues I wouldn't so this isn't good to me at all.
So I went into Verizon told them about my issue talked to someone on the phone found out I was in my 14 days still and Gabe it back can't have this problem but one good thing came from it I now game a RAZR M and it is beautiful without the screen issue also thanks for everybody helping and enjoy your RAZR it is a good phone but not for me with the screen issue on two different new phones.
By the easy RAZR M is a great step up in my opinion same size screen better quality screen though (even though technically it is the same) and fast.
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You will probably have the same.issues with the RAZR M. It's not a defect per say, it's just something that happens with this type of screen, which the RAZR M also uses.
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You will probably have the same.issues with the RAZR M. It's not a defect per say, it's just something that happens with this type of screen, which the RAZR M also uses.
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I don't think the M or the HD's will have this issue. They are using different screens.
I really am surprised Motorola released the RAZR with this issue.
Running my mind ragged whether I should get the S4, the HTC One or the Moto X (or Droid Maxxx) (I know I know, camera. I know.)
What I was wondering was, since the S4 is Super AMOLED, does it have the ability to incorporate the active display that the Moto X has or is Super AMOLED a totally different beast?
Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Ehh it can.. But it doesn't have the Motos low power chip to handle the notifications and pulse the screen, so any 3rd party app you install to do it, will kill your battery.
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Now that you mentioned that, I remembered reading that somewhere else.
It's crazy that in this day and age we haven't yet a phone that can provide 3 things: 1)amazing build quality with loud calls 2) a great camera 3)extremely long battery life/battery saving processing
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Agreed, I do like the s4 more than I figured I would tho, signal reception is just as good as the razr hd it replaced, (was worried as every sammy I had before had horrible reception), Battery life really isnt bad and I regularly get 24 hrs with normal use, the screen is absolutely beautiful, performance is great, and the camera just blows the razr hd's away. I miss being unlocked sometimes, but I thought id be returning this and ended up keeping it.
I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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I live in a rear apartment. Reception I believe will always btw horrible bit o believe that build can decrease reception, rendering awful reception non-existent, so I think that may be my number one priority. I have two kids and I love the S3 camera... maybe I'll get the S4 and put a GE Rom on.
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Check to make sure you get a non updated phone if you wanna do that, mine came pre updated so I couldn't do roms.
Good tip
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Good tip
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It hasn't mattered to me that much since usually when I get to flashing roms on a phone it's because the stock rom is god awful slow, but this phone is so fast it doesn't bother me. I can imagine a nice rom on this runs pretty sweet though.
I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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I just hate hate hate touchwiz. Also.I can do without the gazillion extras they added.... I really don't need so many tricks for the camera. Just hood hardware and snapseed
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I hear you, I dont use any of the extras with this phone, and nova went on before the end of the first day, already froze most of the TW stuff, I do like all the stuff the camera can do, but as long as the AOSP cam can take good pics Id be ok with that too, the TW cam does take some pretty nice pictures though Been quite impressed actually.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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I think the hardware is solid... so any software lumped on to pilot it will do well. I tend to like the uncluttered look and feel of the stock camera. I am going by today to check out the s4 again. If the X is really out one the 29th, it would give me one day to make a decision in order to take advantage of the $50 + $10 off coupons.
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Really don't think you can go wrong between the two, I had actually picked this up because I sold my Razr HD, and could not stand using the LG Ally backup phone I had any longer, knowing I had 14 days to decide I grabbed the S4, and its what im gonna keep. Good luck with whatever you choose!