Yea the car dock has the removable adapter for cases also...
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★★★ The "Official" I got my DROID BIONIC Thread ★★★
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Yea the car dock has the removable adapter for cases also...
I had my Bionic for 1 day and returned it. Very disappointing after such a long wait. I had an issue with downloading apps from the Market place. After being on the phone with Verizon tech support they recommended I return the phone. Besides that the camera really was aweful with super slow auto focusing and alot of noise in the photo. Also the internal memory is supposed to be 16 gb. It showed I had 3.57 gb of storage to work with. In all honesty I didn't see a big difference in speed between the Bionic and my 1st gen Droid. I'm still pissed Verizon decided to skip the Galaxy SII. Guess I'll have to wait for the nexus droid or any phone that's not a Motorola.
End of Waiting. This has to be the worst quote in advertising history.
End of Waiting. This has to be the worst quote in advertising history.
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Frankiebonez
Member
Got mine today! Walked right into Costco and got the deal AND the last one they had! like 4 people came right after me too. 
I got the hip holster, car charger, extra battery, battery charging dock, Multimedia Dock, Car Dock, and of course the phone! Freakin pumped now I gotta root it lol
I got the hip holster, car charger, extra battery, battery charging dock, Multimedia Dock, Car Dock, and of course the phone! Freakin pumped now I gotta root it lol
Got mine yesterday, pretty happy with it so far, EXCEPT after asking the Verizon people ( why do I bother, they are all sales people ) various questions to make sure I could access my apps and info from my original Droid, I could not. That is a big drawback for me, since I have 2 years’ worth of data in some of those apps. I cannot believe that Motorola would update the OS and not have it backward compatible?? I can access my photos and bookmarks but that’s about it. Maybe I am missing something? will check the boards, I hope I’m not the only one with that problem, and the Verizon people in the store are worthless, I feel like I’m at a used car lot, all they want to do is load me up with every dang accessory the have and will tell me anything to make a sale. I do like the capacity and speed, very impressive compared to the original.
CyberWorld
New Member
Got mine from Costco friday. Got the deal with the accessories. Nice deal. Upgrade from OG Droid. Loving the speed of this phone. The camera is my only complaint. Focus has issues. Maybe a upgrade will fix that issue. Speed is great, but then like I said I came from the OG droid so big upgrade.
GadgetRick
Member
I mentioned the screen could be better but it's not horrible like others have proclaimed.
I agree they could have put newer tech into the screen with all of the delays. But I'm not unhappy with the screen they put in it.
Well I can always take the case off to use in car dock, do you have a link? Does the Commuter onehave a kickstand?
Thanks!
sorry for the slow reply. yesterday was yard work day whee, lol
Droid Bionic Cases, Droid Bionic Defender Series // OtterBox.com
this is the Defender series case
DROID BIONIC Cases, DROID BIONIC by Motorola Commuter Series Case // OtterBox.com
this is the Communter series
you can really tell the difference in thickness from the opening around the camera
DessoThumbs
Member
Just got mine. Fedex dropped it off at my wife's office, she called and I was there 3 minutes later. It's only a 16 mile drive.
Two tries at bringing it online. Went thru the Google registration, set up a contact, surfed a graphically intense site (bam, bam the HD pics were blazing). Installed speetest.net app from the market and checked out my speed ~10/5. Not to bad for a 1 bar 4g signal.
Screen is OK to my old eyes. Very snappy moving around screens/loading stuff. Battery turned red so it's on the charger.
Nice. Pleased.
Two tries at bringing it online. Went thru the Google registration, set up a contact, surfed a graphically intense site (bam, bam the HD pics were blazing). Installed speetest.net app from the market and checked out my speed ~10/5. Not to bad for a 1 bar 4g signal.
Screen is OK to my old eyes. Very snappy moving around screens/loading stuff. Battery turned red so it's on the charger.
Nice. Pleased.
Well...
I was looking forward to a nice piece of hardware from Motorola, however this phone is disappointing. I tried it out at a Verizon store, and it didn't seem responsive to finger flicking. Trying to see the pull down screen was very difficult. Going from one screen to another...difficult. Pulling out my OG Droid and doing the same gestures, worked perfectly and easy. Also the display is...well.. it's a dead horse now, but still my OG Droid looks so clear compared to the Bionic. What are those small boxes I see scattered throughout the screen when I shine the screen into a light source? I did very much like the boot animation and sound (wow). I did like the size of the display, it's huge! But I guess I will have to keep the OG as it hobbles along another few months until something with a 4.3 / 4.5inch amoled screen is available.
I was looking forward to a nice piece of hardware from Motorola, however this phone is disappointing. I tried it out at a Verizon store, and it didn't seem responsive to finger flicking. Trying to see the pull down screen was very difficult. Going from one screen to another...difficult. Pulling out my OG Droid and doing the same gestures, worked perfectly and easy. Also the display is...well.. it's a dead horse now, but still my OG Droid looks so clear compared to the Bionic. What are those small boxes I see scattered throughout the screen when I shine the screen into a light source? I did very much like the boot animation and sound (wow). I did like the size of the display, it's huge! But I guess I will have to keep the OG as it hobbles along another few months until something with a 4.3 / 4.5inch amoled screen is available.
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BLeClair12
Member
Had my Bionic for three days now, and it's still sitting in the box. Not by choice, of course, but because Verizon has proved to be nothing but an issue this time around.
Let me preface this by saying that I've been a loyal Verizon customer for four years now and have never had a single issue with them. In fact, I've always found their customer service to be exemplary, especially when compared to my previous carrier.
So, with that said, I'm probably not quite as upset or angry about this as I might be otherwise. They've built up a certain level of trust in me over the years, and though this situation is annoying, it's not going to break it.
Here's the story...
I received my Bionic Friday afternoon. I got home late, had plans that night, so I decided to hold off and activate it on Saturday. Fired it up early Saturday afternoon, went through the activation process online, couldn't get the Bionic to budge from the "Please wait while your device is activated and restarted". Called Verizon, they couldn't explain it. Told me to hold off for about an hour and call back.
I did just that, to which I was told they still didn't know what was going on. The girl I spoke with told me she was going to forward the issue immediately to the tech department. I asked her if there was anyway they could temporarily restore service to me original Droid so that I'd have a working device. She said she was pretty sure that she could. I asked her to confirm that it wouldn't cause any issues with my activation and she assured me it was fine. She reactivated my Droid and told me to call back in the morning.
I called back Sunday morning and the guy I spoke with couldn't figure anything out. He forwarded me to the tech department where I spoke with a guy who finally seemed to get it. He informed me that there was nothing wrong with the activation process, it was simply bogged down because of the amount of Bionics being activated. He said the people I spoke with should have known that. Then, the bad news. When the girl I spoke with reactivated my Droid, she "retired" the 4G sim card in my Bionic, rendering it useless. Awesome. Guy sent out a priority overnight package containing a new SIM card, and now I have to wait until tomorrow to receive that, and (hopefully) get this thing activated.
Thankfully, the tech guy I spoke with gave me his contact information and told me that I am to go through him exclusively for this issue from here on out. He wasn't very impressed with the whole situation.
Let me preface this by saying that I've been a loyal Verizon customer for four years now and have never had a single issue with them. In fact, I've always found their customer service to be exemplary, especially when compared to my previous carrier.
So, with that said, I'm probably not quite as upset or angry about this as I might be otherwise. They've built up a certain level of trust in me over the years, and though this situation is annoying, it's not going to break it.
Here's the story...
I received my Bionic Friday afternoon. I got home late, had plans that night, so I decided to hold off and activate it on Saturday. Fired it up early Saturday afternoon, went through the activation process online, couldn't get the Bionic to budge from the "Please wait while your device is activated and restarted". Called Verizon, they couldn't explain it. Told me to hold off for about an hour and call back.
I did just that, to which I was told they still didn't know what was going on. The girl I spoke with told me she was going to forward the issue immediately to the tech department. I asked her if there was anyway they could temporarily restore service to me original Droid so that I'd have a working device. She said she was pretty sure that she could. I asked her to confirm that it wouldn't cause any issues with my activation and she assured me it was fine. She reactivated my Droid and told me to call back in the morning.
I called back Sunday morning and the guy I spoke with couldn't figure anything out. He forwarded me to the tech department where I spoke with a guy who finally seemed to get it. He informed me that there was nothing wrong with the activation process, it was simply bogged down because of the amount of Bionics being activated. He said the people I spoke with should have known that. Then, the bad news. When the girl I spoke with reactivated my Droid, she "retired" the 4G sim card in my Bionic, rendering it useless. Awesome. Guy sent out a priority overnight package containing a new SIM card, and now I have to wait until tomorrow to receive that, and (hopefully) get this thing activated.
Thankfully, the tech guy I spoke with gave me his contact information and told me that I am to go through him exclusively for this issue from here on out. He wasn't very impressed with the whole situation.
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Speeding Wheels
Senior Member
BLeClair -
It's a shame the person who activated your Droid didnt know that she was burning the sim card. Hopefully that'll be a training point for reps from now on. Glad to hear that it at least got partially worked out with the tech guy shipping you out a sim overnight. At least that part worked out best as could be hoped all things considered.
Best of luck with the phone once you get the new card. If you get stuck on that activation screen again I found that a battery pull/reboot seemed to nudge it out of being stuck.. might've been a fluke or it might be something that works. I dont know for sure.
It's a shame the person who activated your Droid didnt know that she was burning the sim card. Hopefully that'll be a training point for reps from now on. Glad to hear that it at least got partially worked out with the tech guy shipping you out a sim overnight. At least that part worked out best as could be hoped all things considered.
Best of luck with the phone once you get the new card. If you get stuck on that activation screen again I found that a battery pull/reboot seemed to nudge it out of being stuck.. might've been a fluke or it might be something that works. I dont know for sure.