OFFICIAL Droid X Issues/Problem Thread

[MrsTokyo]

why does my brand new phone keep rebooting itself

^btw that was all in caps bcuz i wanted to portray the urgency, but droidforums edited it out, FYI i'm still going crazy over here inside.

 

[sephtin]

why does my brand new phone keep rebooting itself

^btw that was all in caps bcuz i wanted to portray the urgency, but droidforums edited it out, FYI i'm still going crazy over here inside.

The more info you can provide, the better:
--What changes have been made to the phone since you got it?
--List of apps/mods/etc. ? (Example: Lookout, weatherbug, task killers.. all bad! Get rid of them NOW).
--Does the phone get EXTREMELY hot? (in a very airtight case, or anything weird?)
--Tried cleaning the contacts on the battery?
--When does it most often reboot? when unlocking? When listening to music, downloading your favorite anime, and texting in traffic? ??

The more info you can provide, the easier it would be for someone to help!

 

[MrsTokyo]

The more info you can provide, the better:
--What changes have been made to the phone since you got it?
--List of apps/mods/etc. ? (Example: Lookout, weatherbug, task killers.. all bad! Get rid of them NOW).
--Does the phone get EXTREMELY hot? (in a very airtight case, or anything weird?)
--Tried cleaning the contacts on the battery?
--When does it most often reboot? when unlocking? When listening to music, downloading your favorite anime, and texting in traffic? ??

The more info you can provide, the easier it would be for someone to help!

Thank You for replying!
When I first turned it on after charging it (after taking it out of the box) it rebooted a few times. Rebooted while activating it, and rebooted here and there.

Then I downloaded a few apps and it continued to reboot. NOTE: The phone had already been rebooting like crazy BEFORE any 3rd party apps were installed.

- No, it does not get hot.
- Reboots when going on idle mode mostly, or just when it wants to.
- I believe I fixed the problem (knockonwood) by STOPPING the weather app from running < The one that was already installed in the phone, I did not download a weather app myself.
^ I want to UNINSTALL this app, but the phone won't let me! ??

 

[MrsTokyo]

Nope, stopping the weather app from running did not fix the problem.

EDIT: Taking the phone to a verizon store mañana.

 

[sephtin]

Nope, stopping the weather app from running did not fix the problem.

EDIT: Taking the phone to a verizon store mañana.

Ya.. if it did it before making any changes to the phone, it's likely that you got a dud. It's NOT unusual for some CPU's to just not be as stable as others (thus some people that can overclock their phones to 1.45, and others that can't break 1.1 without becoming unstable...
It's very likely that it's just a bad phone.

My best suggestion to you... is to fight the rep for a BRAND NEW phone, You'd much rather get another new one, than a "certified like new" or whatever...
Remember that if you're within your first 30 days... you have the right to return the phone outright... (a little leverage to help)...

GL!

 

[MrsTokyo]

Nope, stopping the weather app from running did not fix the problem.

EDIT: Taking the phone to a verizon store mañana.

Ya.. if it did it before making any changes to the phone, it's likely that you got a dud. It's NOT unusual for some CPU's to just not be as stable as others (thus some people that can overclock their phones to 1.45, and others that can't break 1.1 without becoming unstable...
It's very likely that it's just a bad phone.

My best suggestion to you... is to fight the rep for a BRAND NEW phone, You'd much rather get another new one, than a "certified like new" or whatever...
Remember that if you're within your first 30 days... you have the right to return the phone outright... (a little leverage to help)...

GL!

MY PHONE HAS REBOOTED FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE PAST HOUR!!!

Once when I was talking to someone on the phone!
And Ohh, you bet I will fight to the death for a brand new phone.. THAT WORKS!! People, I just opened this phone fresh out the box not even four hours ago~ sigh.

Thank you for the luck will update you tomorrow.
OH THE AGONY

edit: it decided to crash last night.

 

[Alive]

Task Killer

No Problem you just need a task kill
There two one is System panel or android Task Manger.

Some folks think this give you other Problem With incoming call volume

But it has nothing to do with it but that different subject.
Good luck my friend

dancedroid

 

[Alive]

Nope, stopping the weather app from running did not fix the problem.

EDIT: Taking the phone to a verizon store mañana.

Ya.. if it did it before making any changes to the phone, it's likely that you got a dud. It's NOT unusual for some CPU's to just not be as stable as others (thus some people that can overclock their phones to 1.45, and others that can't break 1.1 without becoming unstable...
It's very likely that it's just a bad phone.

My best suggestion to you... is to fight the rep for a BRAND NEW phone, You'd much rather get another new one, than a "certified like new" or whatever...
Remember that if you're within your first 30 days... you have the right to return the phone outright... (a little leverage to help)...

GL!

MY PHONE HAS REBOOTED FIVE TIMES WITHIN THE PAST HOUR!!!

Once when I was talking to someone on the phone!
And Ohh, you bet I will fight to the death for a brand new phone.. THAT WORKS!! People, I just opened this phone fresh out the box not even four hours ago~ sigh.

Thank you for the luck will update you tomorrow.
OH THE AGONY

edit: it decided to crash last night.

I have not had any problems I have a new Droid X for about 6 months and
Works great if your in Long BeachCalifornia and go to Version on Atlantic and San Antonio they have one guy there who is great you will know by his knowledge
I don’t know his name put him the guy who is always busy
Good luck hope some of you have the same good fortune I have had with DX
:heart:

 

[clayrebel]

Gmail not syncing in my DroidX

Hi guys,

I've had my X for about 2 weeks now and everything was working fine until the weekend.
For some reason my gmail stopped being pushed automatically. I'd end up having to hit "refresh" to receive emails now.
I don't knnow what happend.

I tried clearing data, uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, battery pulls, etc., but nothing is working.
I have 2 gmail accounts and both have seperate hotmail accounts being forwarded into them. (didn't know if that made a difference)
Can anyone help?
If it helps, I have Gmail Version 2.3.2 and using Gmail notifier Version 1.72

Thanks,

Ted

 

[Gearpump]

Swype will not delete word from dictionary

When I swype a word I don't want, I highlight it and hit the swype key. It should pop up a display to allow me to delete it from the dictionary but it doesn't pop up.

 

[casasf]

Kindle app no longer syncing

My Kindle app has quit syncing - none of the books I send are appearing although Amazon says they were sent. All software up to date and no error codes appear. What's with this?

 

[mikehal38]

The gallery closes every time I try to open it. Is there a fix?

Sent from my DROIDX using DroidForums App

 

[sephtin]

The gallery closes every time I try to open it. Is there a fix?
Sent from my DROIDX using DroidForums App

My Kindle app has quit syncing - none of the books I send are appearing although Amazon says they were sent. All software up to date and no error codes appear. What's with this?

First thing I would try, is confirm that the problem exists after a reboot.. sounds stupid, but sometimes the app gets hung up on something, and this fixes it.

Next thing I would try... is to clear cache/data for the app that's giving you troubles:

Menu> Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> all tab> (the app)
force stop, clear data, clear cache.. then try again. GL!!

 

[Wefler]

I have zero reception on this joke of a phone. I can't believe I'm saying I want my Storm 1 back. My house has bad reception to begin with (I live 15 miles out of NYC go figure), but my storm 1 and even my fathers 5+ year old razor work like a charm compared to this overpriced brick. What gives?

I called Verizon they tried every work around they could think of, and nothing. I had to drive 5 miles away just to get any reception whatsoever. Do I escalate it now to the point to ask them to check the antennas in the area?

Do you live in the BUFU?

 

[sephtin]

I have zero reception on this joke of a phone. I can't believe I'm saying I want my Storm 1 back. My house has bad reception to begin with (I live 15 miles out of NYC go figure), but my storm 1 and even my fathers 5+ year old razor work like a charm compared to this overpriced brick. What gives?

I called Verizon they tried every work around they could think of, and nothing. I had to drive 5 miles away just to get any reception whatsoever. Do I escalate it now to the point to ask them to check the antennas in the area?

Do you live in the BUFU?

Weird, dont' remember seeing his post.. but honestly, for that, I'd recommend something like this:
Network Extender

Tell VZW that you're leaving them if they don't give you one..
never know. At least you'd get good signal in your house!!!