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Done with Motorola - Returning Droid

I've owned 3 Motorola phones, 1 Samsung and 1 Kyocera, the 3 Motorola phones were head and shoulders better than the other 2 as well as my parents Samsung phones, and of the 3 Motorola phones I've had the Droid is far and away the best in terms of reception. I don't know whats wrong with yours but anyone I have talked to that has a Droid says it has the best reception of any cell phone they have ever used.
 
I've had 3 Motorola phones, the Droid being my 3rd; I've never had any trouble with reception or with call quality.
Good luck on your search for a phone that works for you.
 
When I first got my phone, I had that issue, it last about 1 - 2 weeks, and now it is crystal clear and no drop calls, it is perfect. My friend had a similar experience, and his now works perfectly as well. Not sure it was an update, or the device had to get warmed up, but they are both perfect. I would not trade it for the world.
 
This is my first Motorola. The reception on my Droid is good especially for voice. I have been noticing that it fluctuates to EV1x data alot lately. If it becomes an issue, I'll work it out with Verizon.

I own 1 Samsung and it has serious hardware issues. They must be design flaws because Verizon ditched it pretty quick (probably because things steadily got worse as they tried to fix them with new firmware from Samsung...)
 
My Droid is my 3rd straight Motorola phone, and the reason I got it is simply because I've had nothing but excellent signal strength and reliablity with all of my Motoroloa phones. Every so often this type of thread pops up and I never understand it. My experiences with my 3 motorola phones has been the complete opposite of the OP's.
 
Coming from an iPhone, this thing is a godsend. Reception is always better and voice quality is crystal clear. Some of that may be att's crappy network though.
 
edub said:
As much as I love all the gadgetry of the Droid, the reception is beyond awful much like it was with my RAZR. My last phone, a Samsung performed flawlessly - all phones using Verison.

It is painfully obvious at this point that Motorola has serious issues with the call reception of their phones. Perhaps some people are willing to tolerate this in order to get all the bells and whistles - I am not one of them.

There will always be people who will swear by their purchase come hell or high water - I expect many responses from them. But, if you search the internet you will find numerous accounts of horrendous reception with these phones. It seems poor reception is the norm for Motorola.

If your main reason for purchasing a phone is to make phone calls, and you do not want to hear garbled voices, static and people constantly telling you they can't hear you, avoid Motorola phones.
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This may be an odd question, but have you tried getting a replacement phone? I mean, to claim that Motorola has a reception problem and returning the phone seems a bit of an extreme reaction. Its possible that you have a defective phone....either a bad antenna or bad speaker. I had an exchanged refurb with a bad speaker.

I also find it hard to believe you had the same problems with your Razr....I had one, and so do millions of other people on just about every network in the world. I think it was one of the most popular phones ever. Motorola never had a problem with their phones technically....it was the fact that they rested on the Razr's laurels instead of moving forward that got them in trouble.
 
I live in a rural area of PA and never had reception problems -- until I got the Droid.
After that I couldn't keep a call going for more than 5 minutes. This was only a problem at home, since in the city I don't have an issue. This is my second Droid. End result was I picked up one of those Verizon network extenders for cheap on eBay. My reception improved, though oddly enough even when sitting next to the extender I still only have 3 bars...

Suffice it to say there is some combination of location and hardware that works for some and fails for others. I found something that works and enjoy my Droid too much to look elsewhere. Good luck.
 
Well if it's one thing I can depend on my droid for, it's making reliable calls. Not for once have I even questioned its reliability in that regard.
 
Yea weird no phone problems here. But I did get complaints that other side can't hear me, but usually it's because where phone located, after adjusting then no complaints.
 
Quake1028 said:
The fiancee and I have gone through a set of new Droids and about to try another set. LOVE the tech side of the phone, but when people can't hear you, constantly tell you you sound like a robot, nasally, etc., something is wrong.
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I just read about the location of the second mic recently, which probably helps with noise isolation. Make sure you are not covering it or you will sound horrible to the person on the receiving end.

Look on the back of the phone on that top rubber piece. Just to the right of the headphone jack on this rubber piece (just to the left of centered) you'll notice a little rectangular notch. Don't cover that and you'll be fine.
 
binglejellsx2 said:
I just read about the location of the second mic recently, which probably helps with noise isolation. Make sure you are not covering it or you will sound horrible to the person on the receiving end.

Look on the back of the phone on that top rubber piece. Just to the right of the headphone jack on this rubber piece (just to the left of centered) you'll notice a little rectangular notch. Don't cover that and you'll be fine.
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I have no notch!!! :eek:

I am blind rofl I found it. It is tiny. So how exactly does this work. If it hears noise it lowers your main mic to help block it out. How is covering it bad since I would think that would make it think it is quite?
 
I get some static calls and a dropped call in my apt. But it's rare. Compared to my iPhone, the droid does. So happy with verizon & droid.
 
edub said:
As much as I love all the gadgetry of the Droid, the reception is beyond awful much like it was with my RAZR. My last phone, a Samsung performed flawlessly - all phones using Verison.

It is painfully obvious at this point that Motorola has serious issues with the call reception of their phones. Perhaps some people are willing to tolerate this in order to get all the bells and whistles - I am not one of them.

There will always be people who will swear by their purchase come hell or high water - I expect many responses from them. But, if you search the internet you will find numerous accounts of horrendous reception with these phones. It seems poor reception is the norm for Motorola.

If your main reason for purchasing a phone is to make phone calls, and you do not want to hear garbled voices, static and people constantly telling you they can't hear you, avoid Motorola phones.
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I am going to stick up for you on how bad the Droid is for phone reception in rural areas. Those that claim to have perfect reception just haven't experienced this. I live in Montana, reception sucks, but on the Droid it is beyond dismal unless you are living in a populated area. Traveling with the Droid as your only phone is miserable to say the least.

I am going to disagreee with blaming it entirely on Motorolla phones, every company makes good and bad models for reception. Living in rural areas like we do makes us seek out the good ones. I do carry an old Motorolla dumb phone that works quite well, not the best I have ever had but better than most. It only added 10 bucks a month on my bill, so now I have the best of both worlds.

The Droid is a great gadget and a handy tool, but as a phone it fails miserably in our applications. For that matter, I have never seen any pda type phone that does have good reception in our area.

Good luck on your next phone.
 
I travel extensively across USA and Canada. I have used several phones and I have used AT&T in the past. My conclusion is the Motorola droid offers the best reception in making calls and receiving calls to date. People on the other end of my line usually compliments the clarity of reception as well.
Apparently the issue here could be limited to a "few" phones or some locations or both.
 
Any phone you google you're gonna find people have "reception" issues (or just issues with anything in general, hah). I took a 800 mile trip from NY to KY in December and streamed Pandora the whole trip without losing 3G for more than a min or so at once and I doubt my phone is an exception. If you're having reception problems its most like the network coverage or a dud phone because my droid gets the same or better reception than my last few LG phones. I would at least switch it out with another Droid to verify the phones reception issues.
 
Well although it appears as if you are not alone, you are certainly a minority...but like a few other people stated, if I was having your issues I would be looking for a replacement as well...what good is a phone that fails as a phone?? Personally, I have no complaints about service or call quality at all; let's just hope it stays that way. :-)
 
I just got a droid about 2 weeks ago and Im having the same problem. Even when I have 3 or 4 bars, I still sometimes have receptions problems (dropped calls, static, etc.). I live in the San Francisco bay area and reception has never been too much of a problem. I am having more problems with my droid on verizon than I did with tmobile using a bottom of the basket phone. Everything else with the phone works great, but how can a phone this advanced have trouble being a phone?
 
I think the OP is lucky to live in a very affluent community, since my obseervations in MA reveal that the quality of reception is inversely proportional to the median income and home prices; the rich don't like the towers, be they owned by VZ or T-Molbile. The worst reception in my area is in Weston, Lincoln, Wayland and Belmont... Haven't tried too often in Wellesley (W for 'wealth', as the RE agents say.) :-)
 
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