New guy looking for advise

[luded1]

Hello all....

New guy here with no experience with anything phone related. Can you guys recommend any must do's for my DroidX?

Please talk to me like I am dumb....cause with all this phone stuff I am lol

Thanks for any help

Chris

 

[El Jefe]

More info would help. What are you looking for it to do?

 

[johncihak]

Yes. Go back to Verizon and get a different phone. The DX'es out now with Gingerbread are very buggy. The last thing you want as a new user is a phone that can't make calls and reboots randomly.

 

[luded1]

Sorry.... I have had the phone for about 6 months, so its not new. Not sure of version of software or anything like that. I have had a few issues with it rebooting by itself for the past week or two. Just looking what you guys recommend for performance and more stablity. Browsing seems to be dreadfully slow at times..... as well as email functions, facebook, some apps, etc.

Any help or recommendations would be appreciated.

 

[KJoFan]

Yes. Go back to Verizon and get a different phone. The DX'es out now with Gingerbread are very buggy. The last thing you want as a new user is a phone that can't make calls and reboots randomly.

Relax dude. Stop spreading the negativity. The DX is still a solid phone.

 

[greydarrah]

Sorry.... I have had the phone for about 6 months, so its not new. Not sure of version of software or anything like that. I have had a few issues with it rebooting by itself for the past week or two. Just looking what you guys recommend for performance and more stablity. Browsing seems to be dreadfully slow at times..... as well as email functions, facebook, some apps, etc.

Any help or recommendations would be appreciated.

Download an app called 1-Click Clear from the market. Then (after launching the app) click in the center of the screen where it says 1-Click Clear and that will clear out all your cache's. That's probably why your phone is sluggish...the phones memory is hanging on to references of all the stuff you've looked at and done. I'd reboot the phone after doing this.

 

[luded1]

Download an app called 1-Click Clear from the market. Then (after launching the app) click in the center of the screen where it says 1-Click Clear and that will clear out all your cache's. That's probably why your phone is sluggish...the phones memory is hanging on to references of all the stuff you've looked at and done. I'd reboot the phone after doing this.

Thanks for the info..... I am downloading it now.

 

[gordol]

Yes. Go back to Verizon and get a different phone. The DX'es out now with Gingerbread are very buggy. The last thing you want as a new user is a phone that can't make calls and reboots randomly.

Once again, this is not true. Just because YOU are having problems with GB does not mean its an endemic issue. I've been running GB since it was released for the DX on June 1, and I have had exactly one real issue caused by it, which has since been resolved. And that issue apparently wasn't so much the fact that I upgraded to GB, but rather that I had upgraded at all - IOW, it was the upgrade process that caused the problem, not the firmware being upgraded to.

 

[mhans311]

Yes. Go back to Verizon and get a different phone. The DX'es out now with Gingerbread are very buggy. The last thing you want as a new user is a phone that can't make calls and reboots randomly.

Quit spreading that crap all over man. You have trolled almost every thread with anyone asking for help. The vast majority of us aren't having any issues with GB. These are the only posts you are making anymore.

 

[markstanco#CB]

Quit spreading that crap all over man. You have trolled almost every thread with anyone asking for help. The vast majority of us aren't having any issues with GB. These are the only posts you are making anymore.

c.hack is just being honest. I just dont get why the DX fanboy base is sticking up for this OS when even Moto has acknowledged their issues. As has VZW with not letting new OS upgrades released.

I am thinking you guys are worried some Iphone users read here and laugh. Who cares? Really?

 

[WAldenIV]

c.hack is just being honest. I just dont get why the DX fanboy base is sticking up for this OS when even Moto has acknowledged their issues. As has VZW with not letting new OS upgrades released.

I am thinking you guys are worried some Iphone users read here and laugh. Who cares? Really?

This is FUD. That's why people are taking the opposite side. People are mistaking Moto's acknowledgement that some users are having problems as an acknowledgment that that the GB update itself is the problem. No one has proven that a single bug related to GB is caused by anything other than user error and/or application conflicts. The fact that many users have zero issues with the GB update proves that it isn't defective in and of itself.

I don't care what individual users think. I don't want to see users pushing extremes on people seeking advice or opinions. It's one thing to offer personal experience, good or bad, but another altogether to state opinion as fact.

I strongly believe that far, far too many Droid X (and Android in general) owners have rooted their phones. Too many users are too inexperienced or uneducated on the subject but proceed anyway. The community has made it too easy for users to root. As a result, there are far more problems than would otherwise be expected.

The Droid X is a well made phone with very good internals, still near top-of-the line. The software, and modifications to the software, are what differentiate the user experience. Every slice of Android, from Eclair to Gingerbread has been a good experience for many users. The problem with online forums is that people are more likely to take the time and effort to report problems than successes and good things.

 

[PensHockey]

Agree! Stock phone updated to GB. Not a single problem. 99% of all problems are user error. It's easy to root (z4root) every single person who knows little to nothing about android kernels or apks can root. Then get upset at the device or OS for there problems. Know your limitations and stick to stock until you can fix any problem you cause.

 

[markstanco#CB]

Re: New guy looking for adviseLets all sit in a circle and sing K

This is FUD. That's why people are taking the opposite side. People are mistaking Moto's acknowledgement that some users are having problems as an acknowledgment that that the GB update itself is the problem. No one has proven that a single bug related to GB is caused by anything other than user error and/or application conflicts. The fact that many users have zero issues with the GB update proves that it isn't defective in and of itself.

I don't care what individual users think. I don't want to see users pushing extremes on people seeking advice or opinions. It's one thing to offer personal experience, good or bad, but another altogether to state opinion as fact.

I strongly believe that far, far too many Droid X (and Android in general) owners have rooted their phones. Too many users are too inexperienced or uneducated on the subject but proceed anyway. The community has made it too easy for users to root. As a result, there are far more problems than would otherwise be expected.

The Droid X is a well made phone with very good internals, still near top-of-the line. The software, and modifications to the software, are what differentiate the user experience. Every slice of Android, from Eclair to Gingerbread has been a good experience for many users. The problem with online forums is that people are more likely to take the time and effort to report problems than successes and good things.

The problem with forums is that people report issues? Rather than title threads "My phone works perfectly". Why dont we all sit in a fanboy circle and sing Kumbaya.

My phone is not rooted. Neither is a co-workers nor my brother in law.WE ALL HAVE ISSUES. Re-booting on its own, losing 3G, screen non-responsive, etc.

As for me...I only had to pull my battery twice yesterday and I call that a success. It is sad when you have an issue and you learn to live with it.

 

[mhans311]

Re: New guy looking for adviseLets all sit in a circle and sing K

The problem with forums is that people report issues? Rather than title threads "My phone works perfectly". Why dont we all sit in a fanboy circle and sing Kumbaya.

My phone is not rooted. Neither is a co-workers nor my brother in law.WE ALL HAVE ISSUES. Re-booting on its own, losing 3G, screen non-responsive, etc.

As for me...I only had to pull my battery twice yesterday and I call that a success. It is sad when you have an issue and you learn to live with it.

All he was saying is that in forums you hear a lot more of the bad than the good. Yes, that is the nature of forums for the most part, but it doesn't make it untrue. My wife and I both have a DX on Gingerbread and neither of us have had any problems at all since the update (mine is rooted and hers is all official). In fact, we have experienced fewer problems than we did on Froyo. I used to have a random reboot about once a week. Since I've upgraded to Gingerbread, I have had 1. I don't think my wife has had any.

 

[gordol]

Re: New guy looking for adviseLets all sit in a circle and sing K

The problem with forums is that people report issues? Rather than title threads "My phone works perfectly". Why dont we all sit in a fanboy circle and sing Kumbaya.

My phone is not rooted. Neither is a co-workers nor my brother in law.WE ALL HAVE ISSUES. Re-booting on its own, losing 3G, screen non-responsive, etc.

As for me...I only had to pull my battery twice yesterday and I call that a success. It is sad when you have an issue and you learn to live with it.

No one is saying that you do not have problems. What we are saying is that those with problems are a minority. A vocal minority, sure, but still a minority. And that it's the nature of forums, especially support forums, that issues and problems get reported way more often then reports of no problems.

I've been running GB on my X since June 1. The only times I've seen it lose 3G is when I'm in an area with poor reception (towers too far away, inside a semi-shielded structure, etc). Sure, WiFi on seems to reduce my 3G signal, but so what? It's not effecting my ability to use the phone as a phone and with WiFi on I don't need the 3G data. I had occasional spontaneous reboots with Froyo, but none with Gingerbread. I have not noticed any screen responsive issues either.

 

[WAldenIV]

Re: New guy looking for adviseLets all sit in a circle and sing K

The problem with forums is that people report issues? Rather than title threads "My phone works perfectly". Why dont we all sit in a fanboy circle and sing Kumbaya.

My phone is not rooted. Neither is a co-workers nor my brother in law.WE ALL HAVE ISSUES. Re-booting on its own, losing 3G, screen non-responsive, etc.

As for me...I only had to pull my battery twice yesterday and I call that a success. It is sad when you have an issue and you learn to live with it.

If you, your co-workers, and your brother-in-law all SBF back to Froyo and then update to GB, I can almost guarantee you won't have issues. It's application conflicts. You can deny it all you want, but that's the truth.

 

[markstanco#CB]

Re: New guy looking for adviseLets all sit in a circle and sing K

If you, your co-workers, and your brother-in-law all SBF back to Froyo and then update to GB, I can almost guarantee you won't have issues. It's application conflicts. You can deny it all you want, but that's the truth.

i am game. I dont know what the acronym SBF means, but I will certainly try it. The hardware is great on this phone. I hate the software.

Link for this SBF thing?

 

[Buffalo]

Agree! Stock phone updated to GB. Not a single problem. 99% of all problems are user error. It's easy to root (z4root) every single person who knows little to nothing about android kernels or apks can root. Then get upset at the device or OS for there problems. Know your limitations and stick to stock until you can fix any problem you cause.

You are wrong about your user error comment!

 

[El Jefe]

Link for this SBF thing?

It's one of the stickies in the Rooting, ROMs, & Hacks section.

 

[markstanco#CB]

It's one of the stickies in the Rooting, ROMs, & Hacks section.

i see two 'sbf' stickies. I would guess its the GB one?

nd again.. what does SBF stand for?