One Year with the Droid Eris

[Site D]

Its been exactly one year since I received my shiny new Droid Eris with stock android 1.5. I was happy, new smartphone, a major upgrade from my Windows Mobile OS Verizon SMT5800 that I had been carrying. Then came Eclair, some said the two month old Eris could never receive such a powerful update and be stable. Naysayers warned of bricks and paperweights for all users trying to push eclair. The first leak showed up, I jumped on it, no regrets, then #2 came out, why not load it? Install #2 and still a great phone. Finally got my courage up to root and installed KaosFroyo. Went through a few updates then changed my ROM to Nonsensikal. Still loving my phone. Then last month, working in my shed and dropped the beloved Eris onto concrete slab, glass shatters. No problem, get a replacement screen from ebay. Installed the screen but cracked corner of glass during the install. No big deal but not as happy any more. Called Verizon the other day and it turns out I can get a new phone under my contract with Big Red. Hello Moto DX, goodbye Eris!
My point is, the Eris was a great phone for me, maybe not for others but I really enjoyed it. So many people on this forum have said the Eris was not powerful enough but all was accomplished by clever guys over at XDA. I'll miss my Eris but the DX is on it's way.

 

[tropper]

Well said ! The eris is my first smart phone, but i still love it sure ive played with droids, evo's and samsungs but all in all my eris is fine. No complaints, I paid 79.99 for two great phones. The GF loves hers too!
Sure ill upgrade to bigger an better but my eris will still be around and never forgotten!

 

[DroidDev]

The standard replacement for the Eris right now is a Droid1. If you are lucky they will give you a Droid X or a DINC.

 

[56K]

The standard replacement for the Eris right now is a Droid1. If you are lucky they will give you a Droid X or a DINC.

Most of the people on XDA are getting DX, DINC or D2s, not D1s.....

I have had my Eris from launch day. Chose it over the D1. It has had Froyo on it for longer than most other phones. Runs like a champ, most of the time. It has been a great phone for me, and the first smart phone that i have owned.

The time has come for me to upgrade it. She is just a little slow for me to run the apps i want. I am looking at the new LG Revolution, looks nice and I am a fan of LG products. Owned or own an eNV1 and eNV2 my 46" inch plasma and my wireless bluray player are all LG.

 

[Tarpit_Carnivore]

After one year of use I will be attempting to get granted early upgrade in favor of the Thunderbolt.

Rooting has helped but it can only do so much.

 

[Huskee]

I've had an Eris for nearly a year now too, and like many of you, it was my first smartphone too. I'd had Vzn send me a replacement once because my phone would occasionally freeze. The replacement worked fine for a month, then it started to freeze. I had a couple family members with the same issues, they all got Incredibles after their 3rd replacement due to the supposed 'lemon law' (whether or not that's the reason I don't really know) I recently called to complain just to see if I could get an DInc, every rep I talked to said they'd only EVER send and Eris to replace an Eris, since that was HTC's warranty. "An Incredible is a vastly superior device, we could never send one of those to replace an Eris" was an actual line that a rep told me.

Anyway, I only complained because of minor issues, and to see if I could upgrade with a little complaining. I actually was very happy with my Eris. It did everything the others do (except live wallpapers), just a bit laggy sometimes. The biggest issue is that when it drops a call, and I attempt to redial that person, the phone just sits there doing nothing with me pressing the button. Nothing. Nothing. Then after 30 sec it dials, and then dials the same number again on call waiting or hold, it's really weird.

Aside from that, the Eris has been a great entry-level smartphone. Voice-guided GPS (free, and very accurate thanks to Android 2.1), great camera, and small enough to fit in my carpenter pants' side pocket.

On a 1-10 scale, I'd rate my overall at an 8.

 

[tropper]

I've had an Eris for nearly a year now too, and like many of you, it was my first smartphone too. I'd had Vzn send me a replacement once because my phone would occasionally freeze. The replacement worked fine for a month, then it started to freeze. I had a couple family members with the same issues, they all got Incredibles after their 3rd replacement due to the supposed 'lemon law' (whether or not that's the reason I don't really know) I recently called to complain just to see if I could get an DInc, every rep I talked to said they'd only EVER send and Eris to replace an Eris, since that was HTC's warranty. "An Incredible is a vastly superior device, we could never send one of those to replace an Eris" was an actual line that a rep told me.

Anyway, I only complained because of minor issues, and to see if I could upgrade with a little complaining. I actually was very happy with my Eris. It did everything the others do (except live wallpapers), just a bit laggy sometimes. The biggest issue is that when it drops a call, and I attempt to redial that person, the phone just sits there doing nothing with me pressing the button. Nothing. Nothing. Then after 30 sec it dials, and then dials the same number again on call waiting or hold, it's really weird.

Aside from that, the Eris has been a great entry-level smartphone. Voice-guided GPS (free, and very accurate thanks to Android 2.1), great camera, and small enough to fit in my carpenter pants' side pocket.

On a 1-10 scale, I'd rate my overall at an 8.

Well said !! If I were you Id go to Settings>Applications>Manage application, then find dialer and dialer storage clear data and or clear cache then clear any unneeded text, restart your phone and you should see that dialer issue disapeer for awhile. Then clear the data again. Problem is there is so little onboard memory to hold all info.

 

[judasmachine]

I had a Touch Pro 1 with WinMo (total POS) and got my Eris the day it came out (Nov.6th) and loved it. I did about everything you can do it to make it snappier with some success and several failures. But the little Droid that could kept trucking. I got a DX in July of '10, and this is really the first time I've looked back. It was a great phone, but I had a case of upgradeitis. My G/F has it now, and it suits her just fine. Especially since I just put Gingerbread/Shed on it.

Oops, time to update the sig...

 

[chassum]

So what will Eris owners move to - ThunderBird, Incredible 2, or a MOT phone?

 

[tropper]

Well for me I chose the thuderbird, You?