Ddifulio31
Newbie
Two of my friend have the droid x and they love it.
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I have gone through 9 Replacement Droids!!!
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Tim K
Android Expert
It amazes me that people automatically accuse someone of "doing something wrong" just because your phone has been fine. I'm on my 5th Droid, each of which had a different problem from the power button not working, to the speaker not working, to the proximity sensor not working and so on. If you actually read through Droid forums you will find that the problem is not that uncommon and many of us have come to realize that the problem is with Moto's refurb Quality Control. Once you get into the "refurb loop" you are more likely to get defective units.
jetsfan420
Newbie
I am soon to be on my 4th phone
Original Phone: Stopped getting service entirely
2nd Phone: Part of the touchscreen stopped working
3rd Phone: External Speaker stopped working
I'm starting to get fed up and am going to ask for an early upgrade.. I'll see what they say.
Original Phone: Stopped getting service entirely
2nd Phone: Part of the touchscreen stopped working
3rd Phone: External Speaker stopped working
I'm starting to get fed up and am going to ask for an early upgrade.. I'll see what they say.
DolphinDroid
Newbie
I can easily believe that somebody would get nine smartphones in a row that were defective. There are so many things that go into one between the software and intricate hardware. I do not believe there are any produced that are 100% perfect. It all comes down to one simple question: Can you live with the quirk or defect you encountered?
I am on my second Droid and could easily be on my third or maybe even fourth or fifth. I bought my Droid on launch day. It was wonderful except one problem: it would not play any video. That was a dealbreaker for me.
So, I got a second phone. This one worked well for a couple of weeks until the 2.0.1 update. Then my proximity sensor started to go haywire. When I was talking with the phone up to my face it would turn the screen off, but the screen would not wake. I had to do battery pulls to deal with it. I was hoping the problem would go away so I kept it for a couple more weeks to investigate further. During that time I taught myself some new habits to avoid the problem (like pulling the phone away from my face just before hanging up).
The day I was going to return it my wife got me thinking. She asked me what I would do if the next phone had a problem. I thought about it. Granted the proximity sensor problem was annoying, but I had learned a few workarounds. Chances were high that I would have gotten a replacement with a problem. What kind of problem? A problem I know and can handle is better than an unknown problem.
So, I stuck it out. When 2.1 came out my proximity sensor was "fixed". It now only gives me grief once every couple of weeks, but will wake up when I open the keyboard (would not do that before after 2.0.1 and before 2.1).
Everyone has their own level of expectations for their smartphones and amount of problems they are willing to tolerate. This is why there may be a person who is on his/her tenth Droid while another person is still on the same one bought on launch date. And sometimes it is a total lemon!
I am on my second Droid and could easily be on my third or maybe even fourth or fifth. I bought my Droid on launch day. It was wonderful except one problem: it would not play any video. That was a dealbreaker for me.
So, I got a second phone. This one worked well for a couple of weeks until the 2.0.1 update. Then my proximity sensor started to go haywire. When I was talking with the phone up to my face it would turn the screen off, but the screen would not wake. I had to do battery pulls to deal with it. I was hoping the problem would go away so I kept it for a couple more weeks to investigate further. During that time I taught myself some new habits to avoid the problem (like pulling the phone away from my face just before hanging up).
The day I was going to return it my wife got me thinking. She asked me what I would do if the next phone had a problem. I thought about it. Granted the proximity sensor problem was annoying, but I had learned a few workarounds. Chances were high that I would have gotten a replacement with a problem. What kind of problem? A problem I know and can handle is better than an unknown problem.
So, I stuck it out. When 2.1 came out my proximity sensor was "fixed". It now only gives me grief once every couple of weeks, but will wake up when I open the keyboard (would not do that before after 2.0.1 and before 2.1).
Everyone has their own level of expectations for their smartphones and amount of problems they are willing to tolerate. This is why there may be a person who is on his/her tenth Droid while another person is still on the same one bought on launch date. And sometimes it is a total lemon!
My husband just replaced his Droid under warranty (got a new one from Verizon). He had many problems -- the phone would randomly dial people when it was just sitting on the desk, untouched and unbumped. That was annoying enough. Then it started sucking battery juice for no reason -- would go from 100% to zero sometimes, just sitting there, in an hour. I have had my Droid since December with no major troubles. He and I swapped batteries several times -- it was not the battery, but his phone. Finally his phone died and would not come back, period (could not charge it). I'm guessing there are just some lemons out there. I guess I'm lucky (knock wood) -- I've even dropped my phone 3 feet to pavement, twice (!), and it still works fine.