That's a tough one! I don't think there's ANY phone out there now that can come close to the Maxx in terms of battery life. Maybe your quesiton should be what's the next best thing to the Maxx out there today?
Maxx Data Drops
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If you can try and hold out until the Maxx gets the ICS update it might be worth a shot. It's possible that the new software code will have a high priority on dealing with the "re-authentication" process. I can guarantee that VZW is highly aware of their SIM card authentication issues they just haven't found the final fix yet or the devices would no longer have these issues.
I was promised by a Verizon Tech person that the last update would solve this issue back in April so I don't have much faith in them figuring this out.
Spent two hours with a high level tech trying to diagnose it. Got a new razr maxx in for another line this morning and straight out of the box it didn't have data connection. Seems to be connected in some way to just that line. Two Sim cards and 3 different phones later and Still no answers...
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I'd like to preface this by saying that I, in no way, consider myself to be an expert on this type of thing. What follows is simply my own personal experience.
Just got a Razr Maxx last month. Moved from a Dinc, which I had rooted and was running CM7 on, so I'm somewhat familiar with the whole flashing routine.
So, when I got my Maxx, naturally the first step was to root and try to find a good rom, which I quickly discovered is far more difficult with Motorola devices than HTC.
Anyway, long story short, I rooted, installed Safe Strap and flashed Eclipse, which I like, but that's when I started getting the data drops. Just like everybody else, I live in an area with solid 4G coverage, but my connection dropped constantly and never did the 3G handshake. I will point out that I also work in a neighboring county where I can only get a 3G connection and that never dropped. Only the 4G LTE.
Rebooting, clearing dalvik cache and turning the data link on and off worked temporarily, but it would always drop again within an hour or less.
So yesterday, I used Safe Strap to switch back to the stock rom and kept the root. Ever since then, my 4G connection has been solid with no problems.
Again. I'm not claiming that I have any clue as to what's going on, but for me, it seems like the custom rom was causing it.
As much as I hate the stock rom, looks like I'll be sticking with it until ICS or a good variation comes out.
Just got a Razr Maxx last month. Moved from a Dinc, which I had rooted and was running CM7 on, so I'm somewhat familiar with the whole flashing routine.
So, when I got my Maxx, naturally the first step was to root and try to find a good rom, which I quickly discovered is far more difficult with Motorola devices than HTC.
Anyway, long story short, I rooted, installed Safe Strap and flashed Eclipse, which I like, but that's when I started getting the data drops. Just like everybody else, I live in an area with solid 4G coverage, but my connection dropped constantly and never did the 3G handshake. I will point out that I also work in a neighboring county where I can only get a 3G connection and that never dropped. Only the 4G LTE.
Rebooting, clearing dalvik cache and turning the data link on and off worked temporarily, but it would always drop again within an hour or less.
So yesterday, I used Safe Strap to switch back to the stock rom and kept the root. Ever since then, my 4G connection has been solid with no problems.
Again. I'm not claiming that I have any clue as to what's going on, but for me, it seems like the custom rom was causing it.
As much as I hate the stock rom, looks like I'll be sticking with it until ICS or a good variation comes out.
Somebody needs to delete this post, because I either don't have the option to do it, or it's not obvious enough for me to find.
Otherwise, you should completely ignore this post. I had to type something.
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I have been getting it a bit here lately. Seems like it happens when I have a good STRONG signal. My phone almost had a gun shot wound when it had 5 white bars of 4g today and couldn't upload a set of GPS directions. Yup, I was that pissed. When I have a data drop, there are usually 3-5 bars, and they go from blue to white.
Since there's been a few reports of rooted phones with ICS not having the data drops and also skrotnik's post this further points to the fact that the software in the phone can be adjusted to the point for a permanent fix. I am placing my bet that ICS will permanently fix this issue but only time will tell on that one.
i can tell you, unlike others, when i was running the Eclipse ROM i never dropped data, only when i am running stock and no root do i have issues. YMMV
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As I said in an earlier post, my phone was fine. But within the last 2 weeks I too have been experiencing the 4G data drops. Happens when I have at least 3 bars, and I've noticed it happens quite a bit while on Facebook.
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ah yes, when i was a Facebook user it would ALWAYS drop. also when using Tapatalk it has a habit of dropping.
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