My Bionic

[LNJKD]

Hi all. I'm a long time lurker/new member. I've been thinking about getting this phone for a few months now(my NE2 was in July). I think this thread and forum along with my crappy phone(env3, no not the env touch. i have the env3) are gonna make me jump the gun and buy the bionic on the first day. I've been buying older model feature phones for a while, but now that I have a good job again I'm gonna splurge a bit.
Thank you bworley for all the info.

 

[bplewis24]

I'm not even touching the pentile topic let someone else...

Here's a quick note for everyone though... you can change in your user settings for the forum to show more posts per page. Max is 40 thats what i have mine set at, makes it a bit easier for me, like this thread is only 22 pages with it set that way....

The search button is also their friend.

Brandon

 

[greydarrah]

Speed test. TB v Bionic 4g - YouTube

That was amazing. You'd think 2 4G Verizon phones would be pretty close, but I guess the moto radio is just built better/faster.

 

[2defmouze]

The search button is also their friend.

Brandon

Lol good luck teaching them to use it

 

[bworley50]

BATTERY LIFE

Phone just died (battery). 100% brightness all day. Using it all day. Only used 4g (did not turn on wifi). Got about 6hrs 15 minutes. The battery is very, very good. For those of you expecting a "miracle" battery, you will be disappointed. For those of you who are like me (home charger, work charger, car charger), it's business as usual. Very pleased so far.

 

[SnazZ]

Speed test. TB v Bionic 4g - YouTube

Wow!! That wasn't even close, imo. Thanks, B-Dub!

 

[2defmouze]

BATTERY LIFE

Phone just died (battery). 100% brightness all day. Using it all day. Only used 4g (did not turn on wifi). Got about 6hrs 15 minutes. The battery is very, very good. For those of you expecting a "miracle" battery, you will be disappointed. For those of you who are like me (home charger, work charger, car charger), it's business as usual. Very pleased so far.

These bolded are all KEY statements before anyone starts wiling out about "ONLY 6 HRS?!?!"

Thanks for the millionth time, bworley. I think for the majority of people's normal use this battery is going to impress very much.

 

[LNJKD]

was there any heat issues with the battery?

 

[bworley50]

was there any heat issues with the battery?

Not much. Running live wallpapers will do it. There's a "cool down mode" found in applications. Don't know how it works, maybe it kicks in on its own.

 

[JoJoCal19]

BATTERY LIFE

Phone just died (battery). 100% brightness all day. Using it all day. Only used 4g (did not turn on wifi). Got about 6hrs 15 minutes. The battery is very, very good. For those of you expecting a "miracle" battery, you will be disappointed. For those of you who are like me (home charger, work charger, car charger), it's business as usual. Very pleased so far.

So for someone who keeps brightness at 30% and would turn off 4G when I don't need it, the battery would last all day and then some. Sweet.

 

[anon(392870)]

Thanks for the battery update. Sounds like my normal routine won't have to be changed a ton.

 

[Sippykipnip]

I wonder what the results be if adding Juice defender to this phone?

 

[Rlarson_mn]

100% brightness, 4g all of the time! 6 hours is out of this world. 20-30% brightness should mean great battery length.

 

[tivoking]

Brandon,
Thanks for all the great info. Have you used the Webtop Application yet? I would like to find out if proxoid works for using the Firefox browser without a tethering plan. Not a lot of talk about webtop but I think its one of the best features of the Motorola phones. Except that it requires tethering. Proxoid was mentioned on some Atrix and Photon websites, so I expect it to work on the Droid.
Thanks !!!

 

[kindrudekid]

okay battery's awesome

i dont need 4g the entire time
will switch it off wen not needed

i can always turn it on when needed man...



and i always keep battery at 70%


so its a win win for me

 

[dcgore]

I think that's pretty good, should be better than the tbolt's.

 

[bworley50]

Brandon,
Thanks for all the great info. Have you used the Webtop Application yet? I would like to find out if proxoid works for using the Firefox browser without a tethering plan. Not a lot of talk about webtop but I think its one of the best features of the Motorola phones. Except that it requires tethering. Proxoid was mentioned on some Atrix and Photon websites, so I expect it to work on the Droid.
Thanks !!!

I have not.

 

[tivoking]

I guess accessories are a factor, bluetooth keyboard/mouse and then the dock...guess I will have to wait for thursday and hope verizon has the dock in stock...
Thanks anyway...

 

[minniemouse27]

I guess accessories are a factor, bluetooth keyboard/mouse and then the dock...guess I will have to wait for thursday and hope verizon has the dock in stock...
Thanks anyway...

When I was at my local Verizon store this afternoon the guy there said that they had the standard dock and the lapdock. When I asked about the HDMI dock, he said he would have to order it or it may come in before Thursday which said to me that the other two docks were already in the store!

 

[herbz]

looks like a lot of bloat/crap-ware installed on the bionic...is the root process easy or going to be easy? i'm picking it up thurs morning regardless, time to pass on my og droid...thanks for all the posts y'all..awesome thread!