DroidXDoes4G
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Will it ever get rooted? Surprised it it taking this long...i.e, 2 weeks already? LOL LOL
The Droid X took over 2 weeks, and that probably had more people working on it...
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Biggest disappointments with the D3
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The Droid X took over 2 weeks, and that probably had more people working on it...
Will it ever get rooted? Surprised it it taking this long...i.e, 2 weeks already? LOL LOL
remember no one's bothered rooting 2.3.4 because none of the phones had that stock. its taking time because of the OS. not the phone.
Skurvy_Pirate
Member
Loving the Droid 3, but I might as well pitch in my disappointments:
And obviously the bloatware. But hopefully most if not all of these can be fixed when it gets rooted. Also I think the ?/ key was done that way because it's the first real "QWERTY" keyboard on Verizon, so it was done to match exactly.
- Headphone control button is bound to voice controls so I can no longer play/pause my audio playback. Pretty annoying right now since walk to and from work and used the headphone control daily. Also, no lockscreen media controls
- Email app: Can't switch between email accounts. Seems like they really dropped the ball on that
- Gallery app: as others have said, it sucks. Why put pictures into folders if it just lumps them all together with no way to organize them based on folders?
And obviously the bloatware. But hopefully most if not all of these can be fixed when it gets rooted. Also I think the ?/ key was done that way because it's the first real "QWERTY" keyboard on Verizon, so it was done to match exactly.
spacecasespiff
Member
There is lockscreen controls at lest when using the stock music player.
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Tillyswilly
Active Member
random reboots!!!!!!! happens way to much about ready to get another 1 bc of it
Get a new one. I've had 1 reboot in 2 weeks, and I believe that was because of the keyboard not being closed when I sent something and it flipped to portrait.
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NoBloatware
Member
I just want to know what to look for so I can tell if I can live with it or not.
Seems like some of these things are not big issues. I bet I could get used to the lack of a ? button, power button could loosen up if tight, the LTE antenna would be physically large and a power hog, bloatware is stupid but can be ignored, random reboots & bad battery seem to only effect some people. The quiet speaker is worrisome but that could probably get fixed with an OTA or root.
Well I mean the speaker isn't bad.. just weak when compared to the OG Droid. The power button must be personal preference.. I think it's fine. It took some getting used to due to the new placement, but I like it.
spacecasespiff
Member
I think that the speaker is plenty loud and I've had no reboots. I also think that the power button is perfect. Better tight the loose. Bloat ware will forever be on all phones. The ? Takes me all a millasecond to do. Its a new phone and will get an update to fix some of the software issues. I thinks its a very very small amount of people that are having these issues. But its how we all deal with them, some go to a different phone and some stick it out. Tomorrow im doing a video review of this and will post it.
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Agreed. I think the "problems" are more of small nitpick things. And as for hearing my ringtone.. ya, it's not the best at all.. but I hate using my ringtone in public anyways. Seems rude and you always, usually, get stares like, "really dude?". So I have mine on vibrate.
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My disappointments are
-Speaker is too quiet, I can't hear my phone ring when I have it in the holster on my belt. I could with my D1.
-The signal strength bars are hard to tell the difference between strength bars and non bars. Not enough contrast between the two colors, hard to see.
-The screen is larger than my original D1, so I was hoping things on the screen would be bigger, and therefore easier to see without putting on my "cheaters", nope. Does anyone know how to make the fonts of apps bigger? To make the contact quick dial photos larger?
-To get the battery to last all day (yes, I paid extra for the extended battery), I have to turn off the WiFi. That stinks, since it does not have 4G.
-I just can't seem to get used to the switching around of the Home/back/menu buttons on the bottom of the phone. Why did they switch them around?
-I think it was not smart to get rid of the "?" key. Most of the time I text, I am asking a question. Never ever have I used the "/" key.
-Speaker is too quiet, I can't hear my phone ring when I have it in the holster on my belt. I could with my D1.
-The signal strength bars are hard to tell the difference between strength bars and non bars. Not enough contrast between the two colors, hard to see.
-The screen is larger than my original D1, so I was hoping things on the screen would be bigger, and therefore easier to see without putting on my "cheaters", nope. Does anyone know how to make the fonts of apps bigger? To make the contact quick dial photos larger?
-To get the battery to last all day (yes, I paid extra for the extended battery), I have to turn off the WiFi. That stinks, since it does not have 4G.
-I just can't seem to get used to the switching around of the Home/back/menu buttons on the bottom of the phone. Why did they switch them around?
-I think it was not smart to get rid of the "?" key. Most of the time I text, I am asking a question. Never ever have I used the "/" key.
With the switching the home and menu button, I believe like all phones are like that now.. I didn't like it at first either. Finally after 2 weeks I am used to it.
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spacecasespiff
Member
We dont know why they change things but to the people that did not own the outher droids dont know about the changes. I love the screen
Its so much better them my droid x. But thats an opinion. What i like is going to be different then what you like.
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Its so much better them my droid x. But thats an opinion. What i like is going to be different then what you like.
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cloudstrife05
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For me the speaker is meh..i also dislike the blue-ish statusbar.
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