Ok, soooooo I'm switching over from the Droid Incredible 2 to the Droid 3 due to absolutely horrid reception issues. I never get higher than -100dbm anywheres, and this is the 4th one I'm on. So, Verizon is sending me a "certified like new" Droid 3. My first question is what is everyone's experience with reception. Does everyone have a rather good experience with the reception or is it kind of iffy? Secondly, what's the modding scene like? Is there like a "popular" mod out for the D3 sort of like what Cyanogenmod is for the Incredible 2?
Thanks.
I had an HTC Eris and it also had reception issues. I've had the D3 since Monday and it's much, much better. dbm seems to be a little bit better, but calls are clear, no stutters, etc.
I haven't rooted, but there is a development forum here. I'm sure that you'll find out all that you'd want to know from there.
doogald said:
I had an HTC Eris and it also had reception issues. I've had the D3 since Monday and it's much, much better. dbm seems to be a little bit better, but calls are clear, no stutters, etc.
I haven't rooted, but there is a development forum here. I'm sure that you'll find out all that you'd want to know from there.
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Seems to be an ongoing thing with HTC phones lately. I wonder who they are contracting their radio development out to lol.
digitalsynner85 said:
Ok, soooooo I'm switching over from the Droid Incredible 2 to the Droid 3 due to absolutely horrid reception issues. I never get higher than -100dbm anywheres, and this is the 4th one I'm on. So, Verizon is sending me a "certified like new" Droid 3. My first question is what is everyone's experience with reception. Does everyone have a rather good experience with the reception or is it kind of iffy? Secondly, what's the modding scene like? Is there like a "popular" mod out for the D3 sort of like what Cyanogenmod is for the Incredible 2?
Thanks.
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I had an Inc1, had my eye on the Inc2 but it just wasn't good enough for me, so I waited a while then went with the D3 in July.
As for reception on the D3, it is amazing. My Ince would be between 75-85 in Houston (bigass city), but now I'm in Waco (tiny little ****hole, lol) and get constant 60's on the D3. So reception is way better.
Also, for the modding scene, there's 4 options right now. There's Steel Droid, Monster rom, DarkDroid (mine), and an alpha build of CM7.
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I had an Inc1, had my eye on the Inc2 but it just wasn't good enough for me, so I waited a while then went with the D3 in July.
As for reception on the D3, it is amazing. My Ince would be between 75-85 in Houston (bigass city), but now I'm in Waco (tiny little ****hole, lol) and get constant 60's on the D3. So reception is way better.
Also, for the modding scene, there's 4 options right now. There's Steel Droid, Monster rom, DarkDroid (mine), and an alpha build of CM7.
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Heh, I'm in New Iberia, LA and it's just like Waco. At least the part I'm in lol. Glad to hear that in the tiny little ****holes, there is still hope for reception! Thanks for the listing of roms. I'll go have myself a little peek at them and see what's what. Hopefully the "certified like new" doesn't mean "it works, yet it's all discombobulated from people screwing with it before" lol.
Edit: I'm looking at your ROM dp and it looks pretty nice. So I'm guessing that since there is CWM recovery, that you can just flash a ROM like on the DInc and the DInc2 by going into CWM and installing from zip, correct?
Edit 2: I was also looking around, it seems there are 2 versions of the Droid 3? Or am I just losing my mind? lol
Hrm... 2 versions? There are three models: The XT883 comes from China, the XT862 is Verizon ONLY in the USA (Can never be used on any other provider in the USA even if unlocked), and the XT860 from Bell Mobility Canada, which will work on any network in North America if unlocked as far as I know (this is what I have on AT&T).
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Hrm... 2 versions? There are three models: The XT883 comes from China, the XT862 is Verizon ONLY in the USA (Can never be used on any other provider in the USA even if unlocked), and the XT860 from Bell Mobility Canada, which will work on any network in North America if unlocked as far as I know (this is what I have on AT&T).
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Glad you knew what I meant lol. That was the answer I was looking for . I was thinking models but said versions. Thanks for that answer haha.
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Glad you knew what I meant lol. That was the answer I was looking for . I was thinking models but said versions. Thanks for that answer haha.
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What he said previously, lol. Bu tyeah, Tehere are three models out there. CT862 (verizon droid 3), XT860 (bell/canada), and XT883 (i think) for china/asia. idk, im drubnk outt amy mind, lol.
But ywes, it works exactly like cwm did on our old Incs, just flash things like noraml in cwm. but makes sure to always have a currwnt bacjup just in case. And also, aftet installing a rom, ALWAYS go back into your bootstrap app and tap/click/press "bootstrap recovery" to reinstall recovery. cuz when you flash a rom, it breqaks 2nd init. So you need to reflash recovery each time you flash a rom.
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What he said previously, lol. Bu tyeah, Tehere are three models out there. CT862 (verizon droid 3), XT860 (bell/canada), and XT883 (i think) for china/asia. idk, im drubnk outt amy mind, lol.
But ywes, it works exactly like cwm did on our old Incs, just flash things like noraml in cwm. but makes sure to always have a currwnt bacjup just in case. And also, aftet installing a rom, ALWAYS go back into your bootstrap app and tap/click/press "bootstrap recovery" to reinstall recovery. cuz when you flash a rom, it breqaks 2nd init. So you need to reflash recovery each time you flash a rom.
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Ok, I guess you answered my next few questions then haha. So steps are to 1-click-root then reboot. Flash your rom like normal and then upon rebooting, I'd go into bootstrap and flash recovery again, correct? Is that bootstrap app thing included in all the roms releases or do I just keep a copy of it on my computer and just transfer it to my phone after every flash?
Also, if after flashing a ROM, my phone encounters a bootloop, what do I do? Can I still access the recovery in some fashion to flash my nandbackup or will I have to do extra things to fix it?
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Hrm... 2 versions? There are three models:
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Actually the known models are four:
Two droid 3/global phones
XT862 (verizon)
XT883 (china telecom)
And two Milestone 3/GSM only phones
XT860 (bell canada)
ME863 (Chiina Unicom)
Interesting. I guess the Chinese love knocking off a good phone lol. Has anyone had the issues of the slider mechanism either going out or going bad and it creating a really bad "grinding" feeling when you slide it up or have had it loosen up so that when you hold it horizontal it just slides down automatically w/ no effort on your part or had it loosen up so that the keyboard feels like its about to come loose from the device altogether?
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Interesting. I guess the Chinese love knocking off a good phone lol. Has anyone had the issues of the slider mechanism either going out or going bad and it creating a really bad "grinding" feeling when you slide it up or have had it loosen up so that when you hold it horizontal it just slides down automatically w/ no effort on your part or had it loosen up so that the keyboard feels like its about to come loose from the device altogether?
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I had the MS1 for almost one year, and although te mechanism was not pleasant like the ones seen on the Europeans phones (because not assisted) it was robust enough, on D3 is the same if not better: not assisted, not silky, but robust and not loose.
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Ok, I guess you answered my next few questions then haha. So steps are to 1-click-root then reboot. Flash your rom like normal and then upon rebooting, I'd go into bootstrap and flash recovery again, correct? Is that bootstrap app thing included in all the roms releases or do I just keep a copy of it on my computer and just transfer it to my phone after every flash?
Also, if after flashing a ROM, my phone encounters a bootloop, what do I do? Can I still access the recovery in some fashion to flash my nandbackup or will I have to do extra things to fix it?
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Well, the way ROMs work on the d3, you keep all your apps and data when you flash something. So you only need to install the bootstrap app once, but you still need to open the app and reinstall the recovery each time.
If you bootloop immediately after flashing a rom, you probably have to SBF (unless you're bootlooping because of a metamorph and you were able to reinstall the recovery). Check out the dev section for the SBF, im posting from my phone atm so I can't link you.
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Well, the way ROMs work on the d3, you keep all your apps and data when you flash something. So you only need to install the bootstrap app once, but you still need to open the app and reinstall the recovery each time.
If you bootloop immediately after flashing a rom, you probably have to SBF (unless you're bootlooping because of a metamorph and you were able to reinstall the recovery). Check out the dev section for the SBF, im posting from my phone atm so I can't link you.
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Thanks for clarifying. Sorry if I'm asking n00b-ish questions. I just want to cover all my bases before I get knee deep and I wind up bootlooping it or bricking it lol.
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Thanks for clarifying. Sorry if I'm asking n00b-ish questions. I just want to cover all my bases before I get knee deep and I wind up bootlooping it or bricking it lol.
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If the sbf are available (they are) is almost impossible to brick (in an unrecoverable way) a motorola phone, because the locked bootloader.
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Also, for the modding scene, there's 4 options right now. There's Steel Droid, Monster rom, DarkDroid (mine), and an alpha build of CM7.
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Don't forget narcotICS!
EDIT: There's also a link in the development section to Liberty, hosted on rootzwiki
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Don't forget narcotICS!
EDIT: There's also a link in the development section to Liberty, hosted on rootzwiki
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I was looking at the narcotICS one. I couldn't get the pic to load of it, but it sounds like a solid rom so far
Related
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/18/video-droid-incredible-actually-running-honeycomb/
WOW! What if this was possible on our milestones. Sorry to be hasty, but is this possible on our stones?
Would be great, but ...
Though I really like my Milestone but now I'm feeded with Motrola and all the things it represent knowing that this particular device brought them back a live.
Keep updating roms for Milestone is a good news for Moto and I hate that.
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Would be great, but ...
Though I really like my Milestone but now I'm feeded with Motrola and all the things it represent knowing that this particular device brought them back a live.
Keep updating roms for Milestone is a good news for Moto and I hate that.
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Personally, I think all the roms are good only for making motorola look bad. We have gingerbreag before they've even managed to bring out froyo. It's a joke, and personally, my respect for motorola is gone. I will continue happily installing custom roms onto my milestone, and motorola can go stall for another year.
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http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/18/video-droid-incredible-actually-running-honeycomb/
WOW! What if this was possible on our milestones. Sorry to be hasty, but is this possible on our stones?
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Motorola is very slow on updates. I disappoint...
that's so true moto is very slow on update
looks great but i think the missing kernel (which we cant update that easily due to locked bootloader on milestone) would prevent us from using honeycomb.
we COULD use something with a froyo-kernel that LOOKS(!) like honeycomb and has most of its features, maybe.
but -just like "Gingerbread"/2.3- we will probably NEVER get the REAL thing... only something that looks and behaves almost the same as the original (like Gingerbread).
yeah, just in case some people didn´t know that - what we have is NOT real Gingerbread.
That would be sick!!
Honestly, I'm not sure what all the *****in' for an XT860 forum is all about. Do we really need a lot of space to discuss all the dev that doesn't work on our phones? I'm sure one thread is enough. That way, maybe all the d3 users can get some peace from us constantly asking about compatibility.
Maybe, as a public service, all the d3 devs could stop in here after they've produced the next great ROM, and just let us know (without laughing) that NO, this will NOT work with your phone.
Ah...I feel better now.
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Honestly, I'm not sure what all the *****in' for an XT860 forum is all about. Do we really need a lot of space to discuss all the dev that doesn't work on our phones? I'm sure one thread is enough. That way, maybe all the d3 users can get some peace from us constantly asking about compatibility.
Maybe, as a public service, all the d3 devs could stop in here after they've produced the next great ROM, and just let us know (without laughing) that NO, this will NOT work with your phone.
Ah...I feel better now.
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Venting feels great eh? Haha I'm sorry I cant relate to your problems (XT862 user) But I wish you luck on future ROM's being developed!
*subscribe*
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Oh well. The thing is that Bell should just come with an update so devs can start. Wonder if Bell is waiting for ICS to update instead of updating now and then having to update again for ICS???
But yeah where is the freaking update. Maybe some Canadian people know more about it ????
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Venting feels great eh? Haha I'm sorry I cant relate to your problems (XT862 user) But I wish you luck on future ROM's being developed!
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...it just gets frustrating. The D3, if you include the leaked 5.7.894, is now two updates ahead of us...and we're stuck on what...er...windows 3.1?
There's also a level of frustration with myself. After all, with alternate launchers, UOT kitchen, root, debloating, its not like its a bad phone..I guess I just have the patience level of the average 3 year old.
Just to be clear, once we get an update then someone can get an sbf from that? Or am I totally out to lunch...remember, I'm the guy who has a flashing clock on his vcr. VCR....video cassette recorder? Never mind kiddies.
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...it just gets frustrating. The D3, if you include the leaked 5.7.894, is now two updates ahead of us...and we're stuck on what...er...windows 3.1?
There's also a level of frustration with myself. After all, with alternate launchers, UOT kitchen, root, debloating, its not like its a bad phone..I guess I just have the patience level of the average 3 year old.
Just to be clear, once we get an update then someone can get an sbf from that? Or am I totally out to lunch...remember, I'm the guy who has a flashing clock on his vcr. VCR....video cassette recorder? Never mind kiddies.
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It still has some major glitches in my opinion that Motorola should have already fixed for us. I asked bell and was told the updates come from the manufacturer. I'm still waiting to hear back from Motorola, despite the 24 hour for a response auto reply I got. While ROMs would be nice, the cell standby, slow camera and buggy keyboard are all issues that Motorola should have addressed already imho
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It still has some major glitches in my opinion that Motorola should have already fixed for us. I asked bell and was told the updates come from the manufacturer. I'm still waiting to hear back from Motorola, despite the 24 hour for a response auto reply I got. While ROMs would be nice, the cell standby, slow camera and buggy keyboard are all issues that Motorola should have addressed already imho
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Well I once e-mailed motorola canada with questions about the XT860 - haven't heard from them since (it's been weeks). So don't get your hopes up
I completely agree with you Endroid. I am also curious about one other thing... Lets say I wanted my phone in french, how would I be able to convert it over, or vice versa? Maybe we could get an SBF out of it???
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I completely agree with you Endroid. I am also curious about one other thing... Lets say I wanted my phone in french, how would I be able to convert it over, or vice versa? Maybe we could get an SBF out of it???
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Settings>language and keyboard>select locale.
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Weird bug I just noticed... I did that and changed to French, back to English, then to Spanish, then to English and I noticed that my message icon for my Exchange account changed colours...
Yeah my gf has the XT860 and she's not very happy with it. Part of that is because it's more complicated than her 3GS, but part of that is also because there are a number of bugs and it's laggy at times. Tons of bloatware.
At least if we had some way of loading our own ROMs I could fix some of that for her.
I know that my stock AT&T Captivate was a piece of crap. It wasn't until I installed Cyanogen Mod that I had something useful.
I truly apologize for the inconvenience that you are experiencing at this time. What issues are you experiencing with the unit? Unfortunately, there is not an update scheduled to be released at this time and we do not have any information as to when one will become available. You can check our site for future updates. I truly understand your frustration and I apologize again for the inconvenience. If you need further assistance please contact Customer Care at the following number (800) 461-4575. Thank you for your continued patience.
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/CA-EN/Home
Sincerely, Latasha Customer By Web Form (Marc Laferriere) 11/06/2011 07:40 PM I am the owner of a XT860 4G, which i am beginning to regret. The phone has numerous issues and bugs, which i'm sure Motorola is aware of, as pretty much all of these issues were fixed in the recent update to the XT862 (5.6.890). I have previously contacted Morotola about this and was told that there currently is no update and there is no information pertaining to one. Now i see that there is yet another update coming for the XT862(an unofficial leak, however that means that one will be released soon) yet still nothing for the XT860. The lack of support for this device is offensive to me. When i purchase a device i expect that it will be supported for at least a few years. As it stands i would not purchase nor recommend Motorola products. So again i ask, is an update for the XT860 forthcoming, or should i be looking for a device that will actually see some support.
Thanking you in advance Marc
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I just want a fix for the battery life, 12 hours is unacceptable ...
pfak said:
I just want a fix for the battery life, 12 hours is unacceptable ...
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Hell I don't even get that. Granted I could make some changes to improve my battery life such as turning off background data but then what's the point of having a smartphone. 6-10 depending on my usage
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Great post, Endoroid. As doom and gloom as the lettter appears, its still possible that the letter is simply holding to company policy of not releasing info until its ready to be released. That's what I'm gonna tell myself anyway.
Its been said before somewhere, but I'll re-iterate, never ever buy a country specific phone like this...unless you are happy with the stock experience.
I'm very happy I didn't actually pay for this baby, having won it in one of Mobile Syrups giveaways.
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Endroid,
Can you go to Bell and have them talk to Motorola regarding these issues? Unfortunately I'm not on their service so I don't have as much leverage as someone like you would...
Endoroid said:
Hell I don't even get that. Granted I could make some changes to improve my battery life such as turning off background data but then what's the point of having a smartphone. 6-10 depending on my usage
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Wow guys I'm sorry. My droid 3 can get almost 3 days if I use it sparingly.. I wish you guys could use our system updates..
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Endroid,
Can you go to Bell and have them talk to Motorola regarding these issues? Unfortunately I'm not on their service so I don't have as much leverage as someone like you would...
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I'm out of country the next week but when I return I plan on also contacting bell and escalating with Motorola. I have been into a bell store but the sales reps are pretty useless for this.
I mean honestly, given the similarities between the 2 phones I don't understand why we wouldn't receive updates around the same time as d3. It should be easy enough for Motorola to modify the update to apply to our device
Grrrr
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Yeah yeah, Rub it in lol.
Well sad news for the Bell users for sure.
Huh, we don't even recovery to get back to stock if things go wrong.
I heard Motorola issues updates based on phone popularity/user base. If this is true, it will be awhile before we see any updates. XT860 has the same bugs, if not even more like D3 with original release firmware. D3 is now getting second OTA while we have not even heard about first one to address these obvious bugs. If we look back at Milestone 2, to compare to Droid 2 Global which took 8 months to get GB upgrade, M2 has not yet received it.
Things don't look good with XT860 in this aspect for sure.
Lets hope Motorola will prove me wrong!
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Hello. I will be receiving a Droid 3 as a warranty replacement tomorrow. It comes with ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) pre-installed. I have been searching, and cannot find a way to root the Droid 3.
I am hoping I missed it. If someone can point me to the tutorial for rooting the Droid 3 with ICS, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
y0himba said:
Hello. I will be receiving a Droid 3 as a warranty replacement tomorrow. It comes with ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) pre-installed. I have been searching, and cannot find a way to root the Droid 3.
I am hoping I missed it. If someone can point me to the tutorial for rooting the Droid 3 with ICS, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
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Where did you hear it will come with ICS...? Because it won't.
I was told this by the Verizon rep. It is a warranty replacement. he specifically said it has ICS on it. No, I am not mistaken. Maybe he was?
Even if it doesn't, I have been unable to find a tutorial for rooting the Droid 3.
I can assure you that it will not be arriving with ICS, I'm sure he must have been mistaken. It will most likely be running Gingerbread 2.3.4 with the 5.6.890 system software.
Anywho... here is the tutorial you are looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240130
If you do get one with ics on it then I will be calling Verizon and having them replace my phone for one like that
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If you do get one with ics on it then I will be calling Verizon and having them replace my phone for one like that
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If you get a phone w/ics system dump before anything else please, if you need a hand lots of people here will help (or on irc) but since moto still has the d3 listed as "evaluating" for ics and haven't even started working on a build I would say the rep is more than likely mistaken. Hopefully not but if moto had an ics build for the d3 I imagine we would have heard about a soak or something. As for your question I would probably try the root for d4 and if that didn't work check out what they're using on the nexus etc
If you do get ICS please tweet Hash. We really could benefit from it.
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We would still have a locked bootloader and the same kernel issues though. I'd put money on the rep being wrong, but I'd like to be proven wrong.
so what version of android did you end up getting on the d3?
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You folks were right. He was wrong. It has 2.3.4.
It runs pretty fast, compares well to the DX2. I wanted CM ROM on it, but none are completely working. Camera has issues GSM FCs and so forth. I just wish my DX2 would work. Haven't used a physical keyboard in a while either.
What do you folks think of your Droid 3s?
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What do you folks think of your Droid 3s?
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I bought my D3 FOR the keyboard. I came from an enV touch and the thought of a touchscreen keyboard that wasn't 100% perfect made me shiver. Looking back, I would definitely have gone with a SGS II. I didn't know anything about the D3's bootloader being locked and the full touch screen is definitely worth the unlocked bootloader. That being said, I still love the keyboard. It's better than any I have ever used.
I don't hate my Droid 3. It runs my ICS roms rather smoothly and the only thing that I wished worked is Google Chrome. I use the camera but I found that I have not wanted to use the video recorder since switching; even if it DID work.
If you want a CM ROM that is pretty stable, I'd recommend 7.2 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308924
It's a bit more stable than CM9, though it still has some bugs. Stable enough for a daily driver in my opinion.
My d3 is alright but if I was sent one now with any option of sending back either for a different phone or terminate a contract(within 30 days or whatever and setup a new one) I would jump @ the chance, just because its a little old, 1g ram would be nice but imo it's like dual core phones, 1 core is wasted 90% of the time, upgradable to ics would be very nice too, custom kernel would be nicest though(htc,lg etc etc). I guess what I'm saying is its decent but I wouldn't buy one now.
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I'd say droid 3 is all about the keyboard. Without the keyboard, there would be many better phones. Phones with 1GB ram, unlocked bootloader and a better screen.
However, I'd rather have a keyboard than have those ^ things without a keyboard .
It seems to run faster, and more smooth than my Droid X2. It's ugly though, and it will take some getting used to a physical keyboard again. I have it rooted, radiocom hacked. I want to tweak the camera, but the thread is confusing me a bit as to which zip to use, or which edits to make to build.pro and the XML file. I would prefer to edit rather than install a zip as I don't really want a bootstrap on the phone.
App Brain is making me frustrated though, since Fast Web Installer will not log in.
So far, I am loving this.
Another heartbreak. If D3 doesn't gets ICS by July, I'll let it go.
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Anyone ever flashed a RAZR rom to a BIONIC? I was thinking about doing one of these...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1050-aokpaxi0m-ab5kang/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2405-romcdmakoa-aokp-5282012/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2366-romcdmakoa-rom-any-leak-5282012-1122pm/
From what I understand, the two phones are pretty much identical hardware, but the RAZR has an overclocking feature on the processor. I don't think I'd brick the phone, not permanently anyway, as long as I have a NAND backup right?
the razr and the bionic are pretty much cousins in terms of the hardware department, yes.
i wouldn't risk it though, then again, i am used to HTC rom precedures, so, and i know there each htc phone is different, though the HTC evo is similer to verizon's old Droid Incredible, despite being two tottally seperate sizes.
From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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it's the same way with the incredible and evo on HTC, and some other newer phones, the camera app crashes everytime and ends up resulting in a stream of force close errors.
IMHO, i'm not even going to bother with new OTA'S until the devs here cook up a de-bloated rom, same goes for ics, truth be told, Google owns a majority share of motorola mobility now, so we might see a quasi motoblur/vanila look.
Flashed RAZR AXI0M CMPLX from...just hung at black screen after Safe strap intro screen. Went into Safe strap and flashed the latest 'Bionic CM9 unofficial' and it booted. Bummer :-/
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Well, I will give you a E for effort. I have a bionic also and was going to try this too but so much for that. I will have to wait for official build in July or August. Sucks
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Sorry for replying so late, but the custom ROMs do not contain radio data, so you'll need to revert to stock, upgrade to latest stock, THEN flash the custom ROM of your choice.
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rami98 said:
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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I know this is a crazy thought.. but why not try this the other way around? The Droid 3 guys are desperate for ICS after learning that will be no official. All I can be sure of is that you will have to wipe data first. Im on my first phone,... so I cant personally do this.
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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I love my D4 You do not need to flash radios or anything like that. If it still has GB on it I would go ahead and update to ICS first and then root. That way you don't have to mess with root keeper or anything like that.
Thanks for the reply again! I will upgrade to ICS then root
It'll be here tomorrow, can't wait!
I suggest rooting stock and freezing a bunch of the garbage ICS apps that you will never use.
Fwiw, I've recently bought a used D4 for the same reason
(High 5!) And have not installed a new rom. I've just rooted, mainly so I could freeze a few things and use rom toolbox's ad blocker. Not to take anything away from the devs who do great work, but personally I'm totally happy with the (rooted) stock ICS. I know JB is supposed to be snappier, but I'm not seeing any sluggishness anyway. Welcome to the D4 world-the keyboard is AWESOME, really.
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I'd prefer to install Eclipse rom because there is no bloat to freeze and it's really fast. Also, it gets rid of a few spy tools Moto and Verizon placed on the stock roms.
Moreover, when using safestrap (which is needed to flash a rom) you don't have to worry about screwing up your system because it prevents you from messing up the stock rom.
FedEx is terrible. My phone won't be here til tomorrow
Anyway.
I think I will try and use Eclpise first. It looks like what I am after
Another vote for Eclipse here
The JB ROMs, CM10, AOKP etc. are all very nice, but missing crucial features like camera flash and the HDMI port.
Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Not noticed any bugs.
I find the (optional, flashed separately) speed tweaks to really hurt battery life, but the basic ROM (plus olegfusion's GSM patch) works just fine.
Thanks! In that case I'll probably try it out when my semester ends and I have time to tinker.
I want to tag in here, I recently purchased this phone and im from the Netherlands. I read that the Droid4 will have stock JB (4.2) support. The thing is, I am dutch and the phone isn't unlocked. Now i've been trying to understand if the update is possible for me and if the update is out allready (cant find anything about it)
Little background info:
I've had the desire Z when it intially launched and it broke down last month. Been using the desire for a month and im going nuts! Really missing a physical HD and when I started googling it seemde that the droid4 is made for me, but not being sold in stores in the NL.
It depends... what are running right now? what are you looking for? performance or battery life??????????????
I have not seen any news that this phone will get 4.2, but Motorola currently has the device listed among those that will receive 4.1 at some point (no date scheduled, though). There has not yet been an official stock release of any form of Jellybean to the Droid 4 so far.
Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
Fixed! Was blind and didnt see this post Ideal for GSM users
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Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
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I've never had much luck with GSM/UMTS data on Hashcode's ROMs. Stick with something like Eclipse ICS for now until Hashcode's ROMs mature a bit.
if I were you, I'd also go for the eclipse rom.
I had installed the jb rom at first, but somewhen it got really slow and apps began to crash, I also lost connection with my carrier more often then with the eclipse rom that I've changed to now.
captainstarbucs said:
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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I just recently got a used Droid 4 myself, and I have to agree with ECLIPSE. It was the first rom I installed (immediately after I got the phone), and I rooted/safestrapped with the ICS Utility. It was an absolute breeze, and ECLIPSE is running wonderfully.