Ragin Cajun
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My biggest issue right now is the service. It seems too drop the connection quite often. I also don't like that when I go back on a webpage that it doesn't put me where I was on the page previously.
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Theibault
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Great point on the battery. By now everyone should know Li-Ion batts take about 10-15 charge cycles to consistantly hold a charge.
majorcovert
Member
I think I actually have a bad battery or something with the USB port. The phone won't always charge when the phone is on. When the phone is off it always charges, but the information it tells me is different that when the phone is on.
This morning when I woke up the battery was at 17% with the phone on and it had been on the charger all night. I then shut down the phone and plugged it in. It then booted into charging mode and was suddenly at 70%. I went and took a shower and when I came back it was at 100%. I then turned it on and plugged it into my computer but it acted as if I didn't hook it up. Then I checked the battery and it was at 80% within a few minutes of it just being 100%. I then took the phone back to wall charger to see if it was an issue with my micro USB cord. It wouldn't charge. I then restarted the phone and plugged back into the computer. Now it is charging but not connecting.
About ten minutes later I head to work. On my way I had the same issue it would not charge with the phone on. I turned the phone off and it restarted into charging mode, but now with 60% charge. Within a 1 hour this phone has gone from 17% charge to 70% to 100% to 80% to 60%. When the fact of the matter is it should of been fully charged when I woke up this morning from it charging for 8 hours over night. Is anybody else having battery issues like this. Is there a way we are suppose to cycle the battery.
When I got to work I was able to plug the phone into my work computer without a hiccup. The phone connected immediately to my work computer and prompted my USB choices and this is using the micro USB from my LG Incite. I have no clue what's going on.
This morning when I woke up the battery was at 17% with the phone on and it had been on the charger all night. I then shut down the phone and plugged it in. It then booted into charging mode and was suddenly at 70%. I went and took a shower and when I came back it was at 100%. I then turned it on and plugged it into my computer but it acted as if I didn't hook it up. Then I checked the battery and it was at 80% within a few minutes of it just being 100%. I then took the phone back to wall charger to see if it was an issue with my micro USB cord. It wouldn't charge. I then restarted the phone and plugged back into the computer. Now it is charging but not connecting.
About ten minutes later I head to work. On my way I had the same issue it would not charge with the phone on. I turned the phone off and it restarted into charging mode, but now with 60% charge. Within a 1 hour this phone has gone from 17% charge to 70% to 100% to 80% to 60%. When the fact of the matter is it should of been fully charged when I woke up this morning from it charging for 8 hours over night. Is anybody else having battery issues like this. Is there a way we are suppose to cycle the battery.
When I got to work I was able to plug the phone into my work computer without a hiccup. The phone connected immediately to my work computer and prompted my USB choices and this is using the micro USB from my LG Incite. I have no clue what's going on.
OP, you should have charged it to full before playing with it. These batteries just have enough charge to turn on the phone when they are in the box and that's it. It took mine a while to charge yesterday to get up to full charge, and I proceeded to abuse it for hours in a low signal area with no issues.
Mine doesn't run hot, or at least not through the bodyglove case!
Mine froze once; battery pull and it was fine.
Mine doesn't run hot, or at least not through the bodyglove case!
Mine froze once; battery pull and it was fine.
2009m6
Android Enthusiast
zoom out. Menu.selec text. Glide your finger up to the letter on whatever line you wished to copy.
I don't see what people were complaining about. Figures
trophynuts
Extreme Android User
lol i was just about to post a link to a new egg cable myself then i saw yours...and glad i did , i forgot i have a couple of extensions here at my desk at work that will be going home with me. Score.
pauls2ndblessing
Lurker
Why?
importtooner
Newbie
Ok a lot of people are saying the stock ringtones are too quiet but custom ones are ok. Define custom ones because I loaded up all of my mp3's on this sucker and even they don't play loud. I am even using the Ringdroid app to select sections of my own mp3's as a ringtone and they are quiet as well. Same volume as the stockers in fact.
Where should I be getting my ringtones to fix this too quiet issue?
Where should I be getting my ringtones to fix this too quiet issue?
Helicrewchief
Well-Known Member
I got mine off of crackberry.com. I don't like having music as my ringtone. so I use tones from there.
So far, it's the physical buttons. I love physical buttons (came from the storm 9530). However, the buttons on the X are way too thin. Feels like it only comes in contact with about 20% of my thumb but I'm not applying the right pressure at the exact spot the button is. I'm hoping it's just something I get used to.
Other than that, and getting used to the Android OS, I'm loving it!
Other than that, and getting used to the Android OS, I'm loving it!
trophynuts
Extreme Android User
you could try using Audacity on your PC to make a custom ring tone B4 you put it on the phone. Audacity allows you to enhance the audio. for example you can actually amplify it which makes it much louder, add more treble, more bass, wah wah effect..etc...
Glad I could help! I'm fortunate enough to have several 10(ish?) foot standard USB extenders lying around too, so if I need the length, I've got it
Wolfedude88
Android Expert
I guess the only thing I could complain about is the charger cord, holy crap that is small. I will just buy another one, so no biggie. Heck I probably have one somewhere.
hahaha what
Android Enthusiast
i honestly did not know this and this is great to hear. thanks!
edit: also that crash i experienced was just the x turning off due to low power so ya i guess that'll go away soon too
Billswood
Well-Known Member
No freezing here and decent battery life so far. Are you letting it charge fully? Did you set the camera quality to maximum and turn on auto focus? Yes it's going to get warm - that's normal.
Check your apps and running services and stop all the ones you added to troubleshoot the freezing issue. Like I said I haven't had one freeze yet and I've been playing with it all day - still am
killer. If you are I'd get rid of it asap.
I'm new to android with this phone(as soon as it gets here, HURRY UP FEDEX!!!), why no task killer?
ragebot
Member
I got the DX after returning my Evo. Have to say the camera in the DX seems fine to me, love the pano software. Not sure why the Evo plays well with flicker and the DX plays well with facebook in terms of uploading pix. You have to do some bozo email pix to flicker thing, much easier with facebook uploads on the DX.
I like the DX screen better. Do not notice any slow or fast thing in terms of DX v Evo, both seem fine to me. I do agree you have to condition the battery, probably takes a week to evaluate battery life.
Probably also need to wait a while to see about rooting, and the bricking and tethering issues. I suspect it may take a while given VZ/MOTO efuse thing, but I will bet these issues get resolved.
For me the biggest thing is the VZ coverage is better in the places I use a phone than Sprint or ATT, and after all coverage is the biggest consideration.
Bottom line is a phone has to fit your life style, first in terms of coverage, and then in terms of how you use it; and so far the DX seems to fit my life style.
I like the DX screen better. Do not notice any slow or fast thing in terms of DX v Evo, both seem fine to me. I do agree you have to condition the battery, probably takes a week to evaluate battery life.
Probably also need to wait a while to see about rooting, and the bricking and tethering issues. I suspect it may take a while given VZ/MOTO efuse thing, but I will bet these issues get resolved.
For me the biggest thing is the VZ coverage is better in the places I use a phone than Sprint or ATT, and after all coverage is the biggest consideration.
Bottom line is a phone has to fit your life style, first in terms of coverage, and then in terms of how you use it; and so far the DX seems to fit my life style.
StevenSoCal
Lurker
I love the X. The quirk I'm trying to figure out is why when I push TODAY in the calendar that the calendar goes back in time by one week each time. Other than that, I haven't experienced the problems others have.
randallman
Newbie
It's really amazing after the BB8830-WE fiasco that cell phone manufacturers do not get that we want LOUD RINGERS with the ability to make them softer for those that do not need the volume.
Personally, I'm on call at my job 1/4th of the time, so when someone calls at 3:00am to fix a server, I need to actually wake up!
--Randallman
randallman
Newbie
As with other phones that had this issue, usually gaining up the MP3 just causes clipping and distortion on the device playing it
I have some installed apps that don't show up in the app drawer and my Wifi won't stay connected at my house. Sometimes it will and sometimes it won't. I have two routers one a G and one an N and it does the same on both. I've seen threads on other forums about this Wifi issue also.
I installed launcher Pro and ADW, I wasn't really using them (just had them installed) but if I hit Home key the DX kept prompting me for which home I wanted to use, said I didn't have a default on selected. The options were LP or ADW no Blur. The only way around this was installing Home Switcher (or one of those other launcher) and then I had to select Motorola.Blur. On top of that the other launchers didn't show up anywhere else and to uninstall them I had to open the market app and tell it to uninstall from there. Is this how they normally work?
There were other apps that didn't show in the app drawer and the only way I could open them was going to the market app and selected it (it says installed BTW) and then selecting OPEN.
Anyone else have this ? I did do a straight copy of my old SD card and now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have done that as there seems to be little things with apps acting buggy and I had lots of trouble trying to reinstall them.
I might factory reset and start from scratch.
I installed launcher Pro and ADW, I wasn't really using them (just had them installed) but if I hit Home key the DX kept prompting me for which home I wanted to use, said I didn't have a default on selected. The options were LP or ADW no Blur. The only way around this was installing Home Switcher (or one of those other launcher) and then I had to select Motorola.Blur. On top of that the other launchers didn't show up anywhere else and to uninstall them I had to open the market app and tell it to uninstall from there. Is this how they normally work?
There were other apps that didn't show in the app drawer and the only way I could open them was going to the market app and selected it (it says installed BTW) and then selecting OPEN.
Anyone else have this ? I did do a straight copy of my old SD card and now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have done that as there seems to be little things with apps acting buggy and I had lots of trouble trying to reinstall them.
I might factory reset and start from scratch.
On my BB storm, it was nice to know that if I decided to turn off the device, it would wake itself to activate the alarm function. Luckily I use another backup alarm clock; the DX didn't wake to ring when it was charging while off (like to charge phones when turned off after I read you can achieve a more full charge).
BlackGreekGod
Lurker
Short @ss USB cord, wtf were they thinking? Newayz, my old BB storm charger works just fine, I'm using that one.