#4 on it's way....

[Cyder]

Got mine a couple weeks ago. NO real big issues, a couple force closes with apps, but no rebooting or anything. Sorry to hear about yours though.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

eh, my luck this year.....had 6 berries last year, but 4 came from the factory with stuff like no lighted keyboards, etc.


Gave me lots of practice putting on invisible shields.

 

[F34R]

Alltel is Verizon. You will have the same "service" with them. Verizon is the mothership in that relationship. They share the same towers etc etc etc. Have you tried using one of the hybrid prls, or *228 your phone yet? 3G is 3G, if the tower you are connecting to doesn't have it you won't have it. A prl update should fix the priority list for you phone and give you 3G if it's available.

Just to make sure I'm clear, I am alltel, that isn't being purchased by verizon or At&t. Not sure if that has anything do to with this.

I have 3g(evdo rev a) signals for all my alltel gear. Thats two smartphones and two datacards. It's definitely available.

I've done the 228, even loaded a hybrid prl, none of that worked. I'll periodically see my phone switch to 3g, but it will be short lived, and as soon as that 3g notices me looking, it switches to 1x lol.

Talking with tech support, we went through battery pull, 228'ing, system reset and reactivating the phone. One rep even had me change the Home SID from 299, to 30508, which didn't help either. I'm at a loss here.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Just to make sure I'm clear, I am alltel, that isn't being purchased by verizon or At&t. Not sure if that has anything do to with this.

I have 3g(evdo rev a) signals for all my alltel gear. Thats two smartphones and two datacards. It's definitely available.

I've done the 228, even loaded a hybrid prl, none of that worked. I'll periodically see my phone switch to 3g, but it will be short lived, and as soon as that 3g notices me looking, it switches to 1x lol.

Talking with tech support, we went through battery pull, 228'ing, system reset and reactivating the phone. One rep even had me change the Home SID from 299, to 30508, which didn't help either. I'm at a loss here.

Are you the only one? or maybe your market hasn't turned over billing, etc. to verizon yet?

 

[F34R]

No no, we aren't being bought by Verizon here. Verizon and Alltel were the only two providers to my area, so it would have been a monopoly.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

No no, we aren't being bought by Verizon here. Verizon and Alltel were the only two providers to my area, so it would have been a monopoly.

Gotcha....

 

[Qazme]

Ah ok, well may I suggest swapping to Verizon lol. Just kidding, if you have tried the hybrid prl, resetting, swapping SIDs etc. the only other thing I could think of is a hardware issue. I know my phone if it sleeps for awhile turns off the 3G until I use it again. Maybe it's that? Does it go back to 3G if you open the browser etc. or it's totally off? I mean obviously it's getting some type of 3G signal in that area or it wouldn't be flip flopping. Of course it could still be faulty hardware. How does it do in other areas of town does it have 3G there?

 

[jeff1974w]

i am currently on my 5th Dinc. and i have had the same problems as everyone else here. poor signal, call quality, dropped calls, random reboots, screen issues, optic mouse issues and memory issues.

my 1st one lasted about 1 1/2 months, the second about 3 weeks, the 3rd 1 1/2 weeks, the fourth 1 day, and my 5th one though it is still working began showing all the same problems on day 3 of use.

i left VZW last year after going thru 7 BB storm 9530's. I paid my etf and got the iphone 3gs. The iphone is great and had zero issues, but att network blows chunks!

so i came back to verizon for a more dependable network and what was to be a awsome phone, and now i have a undependable phone on a great network.

 

[F34R]

Ah ok, well may I suggest swapping to Verizon lol. Just kidding, if you have tried the hybrid prl, resetting, swapping SIDs etc. the only other thing I could think of is a hardware issue. I know my phone if it sleeps for awhile turns off the 3G until I use it again. Maybe it's that? Does it go back to 3G if you open the browser etc. or it's totally off? I mean obviously it's getting some type of 3G signal in that area or it wouldn't be flip flopping. Of course it could still be faulty hardware. How does it do in other areas of town does it have 3G there?

It's iffy elsewhere too sometimes. If I drive within a mile of the nearest tower, it seems to do really well. So I dunno really what to do. Try another phone, and if it's the exact same way? Just seems that the coverage should equal that of the Alltel phone in this area.

For comparison, I just picked up a Hero on Alltel: -90 EvDO Rev A signal. Same place, on the IncredibleA: -97 1xRTT

 

[Fahrenheit]

No wonder Verizon doesn't promote the Incredible anymore. HTC's got serious manufacturing issues! I'm on my 3rd phone. 4th phone, and I would have gone back to Motorola. It's like the Incredible is proving Einsteins definition of insanity, "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." It's all very strange since the Nexus 1, being nearly the same phone, hasn't had nearly as many problems.

When the phone is manufactured properly, it completely rocks...but I've never had to deal with so many defective phones. Maybe other people are used to it, but it should NOT be the norm to have to return the same model of phone multiple times.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

No wonder Verizon doesn't promote the Incredible anymore. HTC's got serious manufacturing issues! I'm on my 3rd phone. 4th phone, and I would have gone back to Motorola. It's like the Incredible is proving Einsteins definition of insanity, "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." It's all very strange since the Nexus 1, being nearly the same phone, hasn't had nearly as many problems.

When the phone is manufactured properly, it completely rocks...but I've never had to deal with so many defective phones. Maybe other people are used to it, but it should NOT be the norm to have to return the same model of phone multiple times.

I think demand was beyond what they thought and samsung? dropped the ball with screen manufacturing.....

Did they ever promote it? LOL

 

[fillossofer]

I'm still on my first Incredible and having no problems whatsoever. Love it!

 

[jimbl]

eh, my luck this year.....had 6 berries last year, but 4 came from the factory with stuff like no lighted keyboards, etc.


Gave me lots of practice putting on invisible shields.

Dang, 10 phones (so far) in 2 years. Maybe you're doing something wrong? haha.

I've had 2 phones in the last 5 years, both worked fine. Just decided I wanted something new and moved on. Maybe I should count my blessings.

 

[Falconfree]

Maybe other people are used to it, but it should NOT be the norm to have to return the same model of phone multiple times.

I don't believe it is the norm for people to go through multiple Dincs. If it was the norm I think there would be many more threads about it rather than the relatively few there are. These aren't Storms after all.
I know it doesn't make going through phone after phone any less awful though.

 

[ShannonDavis]

I'm on my first. No case, no screen protector, I shove it in my pocket with my keys, I work in a hot environment (100 plus with high humidity) and I have not seen one glitch or problem. I'm so happy. "I love him so much" "I know you do honey. I know you do" (quote courtesy of Rising Arizona)

 

[tony bag o donuts]

well #5 is being shipped after going nuts on the phone because they wanted me to pay shipping. activated the replacement. did nothing else and it has been in a constant reboot since first trying to access the market. got it to stop and tried resetting the phone.....nope.

The berries were just doa on arrival. I have the worst luck......I guess *228 is too complicated for me

so they waived shipping and #5 will be here tomorrow

 

[msm_portata]

Yo Tony, they are not dishwasher safe. Just saying.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

lol....
maybe it's the battery? if these are all having the same rebooting issues with nothing installed....

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Yo Tony, they are not dishwasher safe. Just saying.

I washed an lg once as well as a treo and they still worked lol

 

[davidnc]

I think demand was beyond what they thought and samsung? dropped the ball with screen manufacturing.....

Did they ever promote it? LOL

idk , im starting to think the shortage was because of them having to resend phones to you , lol , hopefully your all set now tho