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Getting my Bionic on Thursday!

So I just made the switch from T-Mobile from my beloveded Sensation today. I was in my 30 day trial still (coming from Sprint to T-Mobile) so im returning it. Both horrible service where I live. So that's why I have chosen Verizon. I have the LG revolution for now until Thursday when my Bionic comes in I will make the swap.
Coming from two HTC phones (sensation and evo) I'm excited to check out the Bionic. Especially on Verizons lte network. Anyone else getting one on launch day or making the switch from another carrier?
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getting mine on friday probably!!!!!!!

What is the best option!? I've heard Amazon, Best Buy, Costco? Any SOLID suggestions on where I should get mine on Thursday!??!

I will be switching from ATT. I have dropped so many calls the last couple of weeks it has been unbearable. The only bad thing is that Verizon is not officially in my county, but they have better reception here than ATT. The best part is that we have a huge corporate account with Verizon and I still get unlimited data.

Im getting mine from one of my local Verizon stores. Can't wait. Although I'm an HTC fan I think I'm gonna like using something different.
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I will most likely get it from Costco on Thursday, because the have it bundled with a bunch of accessories for $299.

Gonna try costo myself...if it holds to be true with the included acc pack...crossing my fingers
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I didn't even think of that... but since I purchased the LG revolution today to get me started I get to return it without the re stocking fee Thursday and purchase my bionic. I'm just hoping I'm gonna like it coming from the evo and the sensation.
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If I don't buy mine from a verizon store, can I still use my new every 2 discount..at let's say...costco??

My Bionic will be here in the morning. I had the D1,D2,DX,Fascinate, and currently the Thunderbolt. The cool thing is i have not come out of pocket for any of my phones since the D1 lol. I hope something can be done about the bootloader if not of well Ill give Bionic to the wife and take her Thunderbolt

4g down in akron ohio?

Can anyone confirm this? My bionic will not pick up 4g.
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Try calling Verizon?
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I did they said they would look into it since I was the first to report.
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They always tell me there is no problem and to reset my phone lol
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Probably the worst place the ask this question. Drill down how many bionic owners live in Akron, then drill down how many actually know what xda-developers is...May want to try the vzw support forum, but since you already called, pull the battery, if it doesn't come back, see about bringing the handset in.

I live in akron but will not be home until tomorow.
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I am home now and 4g is working great on my phone here in akron.
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I live near canton and 4G works every day for me in Canton and worked fine in Akron this weekend.

They had to send me a new sim. Idk why but they turned my original sim off? Even tho it picked up 3g
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Hopefully the SIM card worked. I took my bionic into vzw with complaints about the phone losing data, and when changing from 4g to 3g, it would loose data connection also, and it wouldnt pick up 4g when it should have. first they gave me a new SIM and sent me on my way.
That didn't help, and two days later, went back into vzw. After a factory data wipe and telling the vzw rep that a wipe wouldnt help, luckily the phone wouldnt go into 4G in the store, and they finally realized that the phone had a problem.
The new phone seems to be much better, but occasionally it will take a while to switch from 4g to 3g or 1g.

Lsdozer said:
Hopefully the SIM card worked. I took my bionic into vzw with complaints about the phone losing data, and when changing from 4g to 3g, it would loose data connection also, and it wouldnt pick up 4g when it should have. first they gave me a new SIM and sent me on my way.
That didn't help, and two days later, went back into vzw. After a factory data wipe and telling the vzw rep that a wipe wouldnt help, luckily the phone wouldnt go into 4G in the store, and they finally realized that the phone had a problem.
The new phone seems to be much better, but occasionally it will take a while to switch from 4g to 3g or 1g.
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The switch from 4g or 1x to 3g is a problem that all verizon 4g phones have. It is a problem with the 1st generation 4g chips. The only debate Is whether it is a hardware problem or a firmware problem. Unfortunately for all of us, verizon is skirting the issue and seriously procrastinating about fixing it.
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How to get the Droid 4 for FREE!!

Ok you guys are not going to believe this. Since my wife is a data hog doing 40 gigabytes a month they gave her a Droid 4. She was using a 3G LG Ally
They said they want to get the heavy users off of the 3G network. So as an incentive they are giving discounts to people that are heavy users with 3g phones to upgrade to 4G usually 100 off. My wife was an extreme case so they gave her the droid 4 for free. How backwards and awesome is that? So moral of the story.... be a data hog and get yourself a free 4G device. LOL
I am hearing rumors that they want to clear 3g for I phone users because Iphone will not be receiving 4g!! Yikes Stinks to be an apple lover!!

Ha! So that's why my account got flagged for $100 off with an early upgrade!

I got no such deal. I got mine for the $200
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twizzles said:
I got no such deal. I got mine for the $200
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guess you didnt use enough data! just leave pandora open 24/7 and tether so you might get a deal too

Great idea. I wanna get a droid maxx. Lmao
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Good Bye Bionic

After two replacement Bionics and a new SIM card, Verzion and I decided that it was time for a new phone. Hello Galaxy Nexus! Before leaving the Bionic though I was wondering if anyone else had an issue with data drops or was it just my area?

t3chi3 said:
After two replacement Bionics and a new SIM card, Verzion and I decided that it was time for a new phone. Hello Galaxy Nexus! Before leaving the Bionic though I was wondering if anyone else had an issue with data drops or was it just my area?
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I have the same issues, in fact i was going to send mine back but they offered me a referb bionic...needless to say i held off but well see if they will eventually switch. Im on ICS leak (.232) with AOKP and its way better that on stock .905 GB (at times it was completely unuseable).
I see we are from teh same area though, so i dont know if its a bionic thing or 4g in detroit area. How is the nexus connection? Any drops?

After getting the Nexus and flashing the CM10 ROM it works flawlessly. Not a single data issue to be found.

im going on my 4th bionic!! ( first was data drops, second was bad speaker, third has a bad screen, fourth is on its way) next bad phone and im going to start pushign for a galaxy nexus also....

I didn't have to push very hard to get the Nexus. Just make sure you tell them you are a loyal customer and threaten to go to another carrier.

Did you have to sign on for a 2 year contract to get it?
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Nope. Just complain enough and they'll give it to you for free.
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I'm from the metro Detroit area myself.had data drops so bad the phone was nearly unuseable during certain times for the past couple months. Don't know why but it was the Facebook app. Uninstalled it and tada, no more data drops.
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I will definitely have to try that tomorrow. I'm so few up with these phones. I've had 3 phones and 2 Sim cards, and still problems. I was under the impression you'd have to sign on for another contract
Update: just called in, the guy said he could only offer me the Thunderbolt (non dual core) or the Charge (no ICS). I pushed and pushed but they wouldn't bulge. The guy did say that ICS was coming very soon, and he thought it would help (I'm doubtful). But we'll see.
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I was having the same problems. I read on another forum to set the battery mode to performance, that has seemed to take care of the problem.
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tems908 said:
I was having the same problems. I read on another forum to set the battery mode to performance, that has seemed to take care of the problem.
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I read that typo. I tried it but was still getting a lot of data drops.
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Brand new replacement phone, same problem

I got a brand new, out of the box m8 replacement because of data and voice issues. The phone was fine them I took the update and now I'm back to limited data only on wifi and now getting dropped calls. I'm about done work this phone. Maybe the elevate community has some info
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I haven't seen anything like this over in those forums, I'll keep an eye out though for you.
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I was hoping that it is the network but sprint says no. Frustrating
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It appears that I'm not the only one
https://community.sprint.com/baw/mo...ssion?content=/api/core/v2/discussions/155517
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I'll hop on elevated now to see if anyone has seen anything similar, I'll get back to you.
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Nevermind, I see you have a thread over there already... Hope we can get to the bottom of this. The phone is just awesome and would hate for you to miss out
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Thank you for trying to help me. As you can see by the link that I shared this looks to be a wide spread problem. I'm not giving up yet, as the only phone I like is htc
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Might have to switch to cdma only to cure this till sprint gets their updates done. Same problem on my lg g2 on towers that are not fully updated.

I am having a similar issue, though not to the extent that you are having it. In areas where my Galaxy S3 would have strong LTE, my M8 has trouble connecting to LTE, occasionally stays on, and then drops to 3G. I often get the issue where I am on 3G or LTE and it drops to having the X over the bars, showing no signal. I bought through Best Buy, so I am thinking about going in to get it replaced (of course all of the Best Buy's around me don't seem to have it in stock...), but if even a replacement phone isn't working, then maybe it's worth it to just admit defeat and get the plastic trash GS5...

Rammv said:
Might have to switch to cdma only to cure this till sprint gets their updates done. Same problem on my lg g2 on towers that are not fully updated.
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This is what I have to do at the house. The LTE signal is not strong enough and the phone switches from LTE to 3G every few minutes. This keeps me from getting calls. I changed the network mode to CDMA only at the house under Mobile data. When I level the house I change it back to LTE/CDMA. Now if I could get Tasker to do this for me I would be set.
This issue was the same with the LG G2. That is the reason I did not keep that phone. The Note 3 did not have this issue. That is the phone I had before moving to the M8.

dragonforce11 said:
I am having a similar issue, though not to the extent that you are having it. In areas where my Galaxy S3 would have strong LTE, my M8 has trouble connecting to LTE, occasionally stays on, and then drops to 3G. I often get the issue where I am on 3G or LTE and it drops to having the X over the bars, showing no signal. I bought through Best Buy, so I am thinking about going in to get it replaced (of course all of the Best Buy's around me don't seem to have it in stock...), but if even a replacement phone isn't working, then maybe it's worth it to just admit defeat and get the plastic trash GS5...
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Let me ask you this. Data issues aside what device do you like better
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tommason1968 said:
Let me ask you this. Data issues aside what device do you like better
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Compared to GS3 or GS5? Either way, I greatly prefer this one aside from the data issues. I just can't do Samsung's plastic!

I just got my replacement. No more call drops/data drops. Get another replacement?

mattrb said:
I just got my replacement. No more call drops/data drops. Get another replacement?
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No I opened the dialer and hit ##72786# went to the menu and hit reset. After the phone rebooted I updated my profile. It's working pretty good now.
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