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[Rumor] Droid Bionic Delayed to September at Sam's Club; Twitter Still Suggests Aug 4
- Thread starter dgstorm
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JerseyFirefighter
Member
It's "the End of Waiting!"
lol =P
cirtbrethren
Member
Crap! My OG Droid has just died, no screen at all. I was really hoping it would last until the Bionic came out, but it looks like that won't be until Sept.
So now what do I do? I need something non-contract to hold me over, and I need a smartphone because I'm doing a lot of traveling in the next month and a half.
Do I buy something at Verizon, and then bring it back within 14 days? But that's not enough time for the Bionic to come out. Whatever I buy, I could just sell it on eBay when the Bionic comes out. Anyone have any suggestions?
So now what do I do? I need something non-contract to hold me over, and I need a smartphone because I'm doing a lot of traveling in the next month and a half.
Do I buy something at Verizon, and then bring it back within 14 days? But that's not enough time for the Bionic to come out. Whatever I buy, I could just sell it on eBay when the Bionic comes out. Anyone have any suggestions?
Christobal
Member
HA, I was starting to wonder the same thing last night when I thought mine was dead while I NEEDED to use it as a GPS. I panicked and did 2 battery pulls on the side of the road and it FINALLY came back to life. During the reboot times, I starting convincing myself that a Droid 3 was in my immediate future instead of the Bionic.
steveninspokane
Member
First, try banging your phone on the ground a little bit, amazing what some banging might do.
You might have to buy 2 or 3 phones and use up all 14 days on each; at the rate this phone is coming out you might need to buy 20 or 30 phones.
cirtbrethren
Member
First, try banging your phone on the ground a little bit, amazing what some banging might do.
You might have to buy 2 or 3 phones and use up all 14 days on each; at the rate this phone is coming out you might need to buy 20 or 30 phones.
That would be nice, if Verizon didn't charge a $35 restocking fee... doing 2 - 3 phones like that would be like renting the phones for $75 a month!
steveninspokane
Member
I wasn't aware of a restocking fee.
cirtbrethren
Member
Yeah, it's a real pisser.
So here's my plan: I can't do ebay because I need a phone today. Pick up a TBolt at Verizon, non-contract, and use it for 14 days. In the mean time, pick out something on ebay and have it delivered. Take the TBolt back to Verizon at the end of 14 days and pay $35. Use the phone from ebay until the Bionic comes out, and then sell the one I bought on ebay.
Opinion?
cirtbrethren
Member
I may take you up on that, It's running fine?
Runs great - has a case she bought and original box. Only thing it's missing is the USB plug to the computer (which I may be able to find).
She was NOT an Android person - she loves the IPhone. Personally I am happy she got the IPhone because not I don't have to do all her android stuff for her
It's never been rooted.
She was NOT an Android person - she loves the IPhone. Personally I am happy she got the IPhone because not I don't have to do all her android stuff for her
It's never been rooted.
Does the touch screen part of the screen work? Mine did that about a month ago. Screen wouldn't turn on (no visual), but I could still complete the onscreen unlock pattern, press the on screen camera button, etc. I messed with it for a day or two, countless battery pulls, etc. I was about to do a hard reset, but that requires navigating an onscreen menu (which I couldn't do without previously memorizing where everything was). I had already taken the SD card out to do the hard reset, and decided to just try powering on without the SD card. Magically, it worked. Screen came on, everything worked. I powered off, put the SD card back in, powered on, and it still worked.