The "Got my D3"/ first impressions thread

[jimikeys]

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

just b/c moto stopped calling it motoblur doesn't mean it's not motoblur, it has all the blur elements... in stock u can resize your widgets in this u can only resize motoblur widgets.

it's motoblur without the name.

 

[BleedingPurist]

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

just b/c moto stopped calling it motoblur doesn't mean it's not motoblur, it has all the blur elements... in stock u can resize your widgets in this u can only resize motoblur widgets.

it's motoblur without the name.

What are all the Blur elements?

You could resize your widgets in stock? I only got that on custom roms or launchers.

 

[dancingcrab]

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

just b/c moto stopped calling it motoblur doesn't mean it's not motoblur, it has all the blur elements... in stock u can resize your widgets in this u can only resize motoblur widgets.

it's motoblur without the name.

I think what you're implying is wrong. You can't resize widgets in stock (yet, at least). Maybe you mean in LauncherPro - a lot of people treat LP as stock these days.

 

[spacecasespiff]

So I've decided to get this phone based on what you guys have said. I would be paying full pop ( 459) for it so I need to be sure. this is what I've gotten from you guys.

Build quality is great

Keyboard good/great

Pentile screen wich was a concern for my seems to be either the best or not bad at all.

Camera is good but not great. Some hate it and most like it. I've seen some good and really good pics taken with only a few bad ones.

512mb of ram don't care about, my droid x has the same and I've had no issues with it. So I don't think that is a problem.

Speed of the phone with the duel core seems to be very good. I have not read anything that says it's lagging or slow like I've heard about the atrix and dx2.

And I've not read about any real issues with phone as of now.

So its a go for me if I have the money. Hopefully soon.

I forgot about the blur. Most if not all hate it but I like it enough that I don't use launchers and roms. I have in the past. But I like it so its all good with me.

 

[jimikeys]

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

just b/c moto stopped calling it motoblur doesn't mean it's not motoblur, it has all the blur elements... in stock u can resize your widgets in this u can only resize motoblur widgets.

it's motoblur without the name.

I think what you're implying is wrong. You can't resize widgets in stock (yet, at least). Maybe you mean in LauncherPro - a lot of people treat LP as stock these days.

yeah i was wrong... i used LP so long on D1 i forgot it was LP...

 

[jimikeys]

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

just b/c moto stopped calling it motoblur doesn't mean it's not motoblur, it has all the blur elements... in stock u can resize your widgets in this u can only resize motoblur widgets.

it's motoblur without the name.

What are all the Blur elements?

You could resize your widgets in stock? I only got that on custom roms or launchers.

Its skinned and comes with the motoblur widgets by default.... motorola application platform = motoblur.

 

[woodyman]

To end all the debate before anything gets out of hand....

Blur is in fact installed, whether or not Motorola says it is or isn't some directions on how to see it for yourself.

> open the phone app/dialer
> type

*#*#info#*#*

> click Motorola services the last menu option
> it in fact says

"Blur Version: Blur_Version.5.5.959.XT862.Verizon.en.US"

along with several other references of Blur, so that along with all the blur elements in deeds says that it is Moto blur, they just aren't calling it that for whatever reason, either way if it is clearly not stock Android because we all I think know what that would look like, and no re-sizable widgets or the quick contact widget that everyone enjoys.

People, specifically the ones that persist in referring to "MotoBlur" or "Blur' in regards to the Droid 3....

Motoblur is not installed on the Droid 3. You are not using Blur on the Droid 3. Here is a listing of Droid phones with MotoBlur installed: Mobile Phones - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA. On the same site, there is a demonstration of Motoblur for you to view. This should clearly illustrate to those who have been slow on this detail that the Droid 3 is not using this interface.

This is not news. We've known this prior to the Droid 3 being released. Persisting in referring to the user inteface as Motoblur is showing and promoting ignorance.

 

[Opiemitsu]

Was able to install a Netflix APK for it and actually start an episode of firefly. The screen was all fritzed and I heard a second or two of the voices and then my phone crashed and rebooted. Will have to wait for people who know something to tell me how to do it, assuming it can be done.

Same issue here and good choice of test material

 

[MECHANO]

Is anyone having issues with their keyboard backlight? When I am typing on stock browser, it goes on and off every 5 seconds or so... not staying on while I type. The strange thing is, as I type this on my droid forums app, i'm not having any issues... it is staying on the entire time I type... suggestions?

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[haproot]

Is anyone having issues with their keyboard backlight? When I am typing on stock browser, it goes on and off every 5 seconds or so... not staying on while I type. The strange thing is, as I type this on my droid forums app, i'm not having any issues... it is staying on the entire time I type... suggestions?

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I know mine doesn't come on unless the ambient light is so low. It seems a little under sensitive to me but probably to help with battery life. Go into a dark room and see if it stays on for you.

Well, I got up this morning, had the phone at 100% when I went to sleep, battery profile at "Performance Mode" and the battery was at around 90% when I got up.

So Idk what the deal was with it going dead on "Nighttime Saver".. Maybe some app or process got hung up trying to sync with the radios off?

 

[HokieDroid]

Well, I got up this morning, had the phone at 100% when I went to sleep, battery profile at "Performance Mode" and the battery was at around 90% when I got up.

So Idk what the deal was with it going dead on "Nighttime Saver".. Maybe some app or process got hung up trying to sync with the radios off?

Did you put a SD card in it the first day? If so, maybe it burned through the battery that first night indexing music, etc?

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[haproot]

Well, I got up this morning, had the phone at 100% when I went to sleep, battery profile at "Performance Mode" and the battery was at around 90% when I got up.

So Idk what the deal was with it going dead on "Nighttime Saver".. Maybe some app or process got hung up trying to sync with the radios off?

Did you put a SD card in it the first day? If so, maybe it burned through the battery that first night indexing music, etc?

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You know that very well could have been the problem. I had put the card in from my Droid 1 that had CyanogenMod on it. When the Droid 3 would boot with it I would get an error accessing root permissions. I just wanted to see how it worked, so far I didn't want to mess with it. I took it out the morning it killed the battery. Didn't really consider it would've been the problem.

 

[metalspring]

Well, I got up this morning, had the phone at 100% when I went to sleep, battery profile at "Performance Mode" and the battery was at around 90% when I got up.

So Idk what the deal was with it going dead on "Nighttime Saver".. Maybe some app or process got hung up trying to sync with the radios off?

Did you put a SD card in it the first day? If so, maybe it burned through the battery that first night indexing music, etc?

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You know that very well could have been the problem. I had put the card in from my Droid 1 that had CyanogenMod on it. When the Droid 3 would boot with it I would get an error accessing root permissions. I just wanted to see how it worked, so far I didn't want to mess with it. I took it out the morning it killed the battery. Didn't really consider it would've been the problem.

When transferring sdcards delete the .android_secure and
LOST.DIR and lazylist and the picture folders thumbnails (DICM ?)

That should make it ONLY search for media on the sdcard without much issue

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[JesterMX6]

well after 2 days with the D3 i've switched back to my DX. i gave the d3 to my fiance (previously on an OG Droid) and will test drive the bionic before committing to the droid 3

 

[AdamPA1006]

well after 2 days with the D3 i've switched back to my DX. i gave the d3 to my fiance (previously on an OG Droid) and will test drive the bionic before committing to the droid 3

Reasons for switching back?