Any drop test on this phone yet? - Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V

Any drop test on this phone yet? - Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V

Now that it is official on At&t as the TL I'm anxious to hear about how this phone is holding up for those of you who may have had it for a week or two.
I'm unfortunately clumsy and If anyone else happens to have the same problem as I do I'd appreciate hearing how it is holding up..

dropped it once today, from about 2 feet up so not a massive drop, but it survived

Sounds like you're ahead of a few S3 owners lol.

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[Q] Bionic Black Screen of Death

Hi guys, haven't been here since my WIN MOB days. Glad the place is hopping as usual.
Bionic users seem to be experiencing a total lockup on sleeping handsets. There is a rather extensive thread over Moto support and the mod seems to be paying attention.
Just popped in to ask your experiences and the frequency with which you guys are seeing this and any possible remedies.
I've seen a couple of very short threads here, but nothing with any follow-up.
Thanks,
RMD

I have had this happen on multiple occasions, the power/wake-up button stops working and the only way to get the phone back is pulling the battery. The last time it happened was last night, and even after the battery was pulled it wouldn't come back up. I only got my phone back after switching out the battery with my extended battery.
Does anyone have a link to the thread at Moto support?

Seems like it happens more often when the phone has been sleeping for longer than 30 mins for me. Go for a run, come back and can't wake the phone up. Or go to sleep and wake up in the morning with it blacked out.

This happened to me for the first time today, but it happened twice within about 2 hours. Pulling the battery was the only way to get it back.

This has been happening to me for the last few days, only things is Im rooted, I was considering unrooting until customer roms and kernels come out.... but seeing that you guys are having this issue with the phone stock.... quite weird, hopefully a firmware update will come out for this soon

I've got mine rooted and have never had this issue before. I have not removed or frozen any apps though.
Also I leave my system on performance mode in the battery profile.
In fact, I left it on my nightstand last night without plugging it in. Woke up a few times and checked the time each time and the phone always woke right up.

So, I want to say mine started locking up when I selected "in pocket detection."
I just now thought about it reading one of the post here talking about going for a jog. I just turned it off and will see if that makes a difference. I get a lock at least once a day.

I have been rooted since day 1 and have had Bloat removed since day 2 and "knock on wood" have never had this issue.

I've been getting this too. It only seems to happen at home where I have only 3g available. Are you guys that are having this happen in a 4g area or is it just 3g as well?

I had this issue on the second day and never since, but being how "lucky" I am as I post this I will have the issue...

Had this happen once to me today while i was severely multitasking then hit the power button by mistake. I gave up after about 5 seconds and pulled the battery

I have had this happen to me about 3 times now. Once during texting, once after breakfast, and once after movie. I think this is pretty damn unacceptable for a $600 device that was delayed so much.

Never had the black screen. However after long standby times the pattern screen doesn't register correctly the first few times. Unrooted.
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Luckily Chicago and the suburbs are 4g so im it all the time. So far inly in 4g has it happen to me
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Second day it happened but nothing since this and the huge 3G drop error is big on the moto site maybe an update soon
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mine did it once, but after i rooted i havent had it happen since.

Chbimmer said:
So, I want to say mine started locking up when I selected "in pocket detection."
I just now thought about it reading one of the post here talking about going for a jog. I just turned it off and will see if that makes a difference. I get a lock at least once a day.
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I had this same issue on Day 2 of having my blessid Bionic... Didn't realize why my screen kept going to sleep every 5 seconds. So after taking my phone to VZW to have it looked at (and the rep had no clue what was going on)--I realized that my in-pocket detection setting may have been the culprit.

Not happening to mine. However I do notice apps deleting themselves when transferred to my SD card. Rumor is they are prepping an update soon... I sure hope so. But the good news is the screen is growing on me, and I love the phone. It reminds me when I first bought My Samsung LED TV w/240 refresh rate. My eyes took forever to adjust, now I cant watch tv any other way.

Rip Syntaxx said:
I had this same issue on Day 2 of having my blessid Bionic... Didn't realize why my screen kept going to sleep every 5 seconds. So after taking my phone to VZW to have it looked at (and the rep had no clue what was going on)--I realized that my in-pocket detection setting may have been the culprit.
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So, I turned in pocket detection off and it has not had an issue since I posted last.

Chbimmer said:
So, I turned in pocket detection off and it has not had an issue since I posted last.
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Good deal... Glad to hear it. It was gonna drive me nuts. This was my first time being an "early adopter". I usually wait about 3-6 months before buying a popular phone to allow all the bugs to be worked out. So getting this phone 2 days after its debut--you can see why I was nervous to have a fully-functioning phone!

I'm on my 9th Droid 3 replacement...

Thought I'd share my story with you all in hopes that some of you may have had similar problems I've had with the Droid 3, perhaps in an effort to give me hope that one day I'll receive one that isn't shot to hell in some way shape or form.
1.) Brand-new, upgraded from the Droid 2 around the first week of August. This one lasted about a month before the slider just gave out and became so loose that it would open up by itself if I held the phone horizontally. No case was used on it prior, so I'm not sure what caused this. Never dropped it either (I baby the hell out of my phones).
2.) Replacement came in, no big deal. Attempted to slide it open right out of the box. Guess what? Wouldn't budge. Literally jammed shut. Sent it back the same day.
3.) Boot-looping from hell and 3G drop all the time in places where I should have full reception (i.e., my house). 5.6.890 was not released at this time.
4.) - 7.) Every single one had a completely jacked up sliding mechanism that would either squeek, crack, scratch, jam, or completely tear apart the left plastic portion next to the keyboard within just 5-10 slides. Unacceptable. 1 or 2 of these (lost count) also loved to boot-loop for no apparent reason. Mind you, I tried every trick in the book. Tried never installing ANY apps, tried replacing the extended battery with the stock one, tried replacing the SD-card with a different one, and hard-resetted several times. To no avail.
8.) Replacement #8. 5.6.890 is released, no more boot-looping it seems, but this one has a vibrating mechanism from hell. Whenever it would vibrate, it would sound like electricity. Haptic feedback on it felt like voltage. Unacceptable.
9.) Just received replacement #9 today. This <MAY> be a stupid thing to complain about, but wherever I press on the phone, the damn thing squeeks like it's falling apart. Press the home button ever so slightly...*squeek.* Press the back button...*rattle*. Wipe the phone down with a cloth...*rattle rattle crackle crackle squeek squeek squeeeeeeeeek*. No matter how little pressure I use, it squeeks as if its falling apart. The sliding mechanism, however, feels solid and amazing on this one. Clicks and holds tight, but OH MY GOD IS SQUEEKS AND RATTLES SO MUCH. Never had/heard this problem on the other 8 replacements.
Someone shoot me =/
Also, none of these problems arose post-root nor did I root any of the ones I owned. I have rooted my brothers and I'm currently using his to text out new ROMs and such....but it's freaking annoying. I want my own to play with and flash.
Does anyone else have weird problems? I may be a little OCD when it comes to stuff like this, but I sure as hell didn't pay 230 dollars for a boot-looping/voltage vibrating/3g dropping/SQUEEKING phone.
...does anyone else's "squeek" or "rattle" when the press down on the bottom-right or top-right corners of the phone when it's closed?

I have 2 DROID 3 have not had any issues with them. Have had them for 12 weeks now still solid
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Also on 9th Droid 3
number 10 is in the mail ...Some thing happen with these phones before we got them that all i can say i keep having screen issues with every one it like a screen on speed wiggling pixels and gives me a headache i finally got the perfect droid 3 then my phone started boot looping .... so they are sending me another one i hope this one has the perfect screen and docent boot loop ... i also go the one were it was lose like some one drop it and had a light coming threw the screen when it was off ...... weried luck ....luckly a new phone is right around the corner

Man, sounds like you got stuck getting all the bad batch phones = / I'm really rough on my phone, and I've had none of these problems. Hopefully you can get a good one, cuz this phone is quite fantastic once rooted and rom'd. The only complaint I've ever had was the weak stock battery life, but even that isn't that bad since I've modded it.
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Yea that's what I'm thinking...I just got a really bad batch. I want to finally be able to keep just one and ROM it ASAP. Ughhhh

ajhallx said:
number 10 is in the mail ...Some thing happen with these phones before we got them that all i can say i keep having screen issues with every one it like a screen on speed wiggling pixels and gives me a headache i finally got the perfect droid 3 then my phone started boot looping .... so they are sending me another one i hope this one has the perfect screen and docent boot loop ... i also go the one were it was lose like some one drop it and had a light coming threw the screen when it was off ...... weried luck ....luckly a new phone is right around the corner
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You've replaced it just as many times as well huh? That's crazy.

the same thing happened with my droid x they all sucked they acutely had to send me a brand new one still in the box ....to fix the issues i was having ... lets just say thank God Verizon not selling cars there 100 point inspection test dosent work very well .. every time i call vzw they insure me it was put to the test i say well some one must of been blind because there is a light shining throw the screen when i just put the battery in it lol

Well I'm on the 6th, satisfied with this one so far. Most of them had the vibrate problem you mentioned. Some had light bleeding out of the screen near the softkeys. One the screen would randomly get distorted, almost like the top half of the screen was twisted and flipped around. And yes I do hear some squeaking on this one it's the back cover for mine anyway, taking it on and off too many times I assume.

Yea I'm not too sure about this 100-point inspection they keep referring to. How the hell do they miss something like what you mentioned...or an insanely squeeky/loose screen? Or even a 100% jammed screen that won't slide up? 100-point my ass.
Also, just to clarify...I absolutely love the Droid 3; I just want one that isn't jacked up. Even if they offered me a brand-new Bionic or something, I'd refuse. I love the D3, I just want one that isn't insanely jacked.

eww245 said:
Well I'm on the 6th, satisfied with this one so far. Most of them had the vibrate problem you mentioned. Some had light bleeding out of the screen near the softkeys. One the screen would randomly get distorted, almost like the top half of the screen was twisted and flipped around. And yes I do hear some squeaking on this one it's the back cover for mine anyway, taking it on and off too many times I assume.
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Oh yea, I forgot to mention that I've had the light-bleeding around the softkeys as well (specifically the last one I got, number 8). It was only on the bottom-right portion. Very noticeable and very annoying.

its sad becuse the razr looks nice but seems how i have had so many issues with droid x to droid x2 to droid 3 i think i am all out of spending my money on them but there attenna design is by far the best .... oh i am so torn ... i just miss 2 years ago having my droid in my hands .. life was good back then ...

I'm on my second, no issues at all.. After a 3rd replacement I would have *****ed to the point where they were sending me a new phone not a refurbished.

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I'm on my second, no issues at all.. After a 3rd replacement I would have *****ed to the point where they were sending me a new phone not a refurbished.
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I did, after the 6th. I got a supervisor and she was a real B-word. I tore her apart and she refused to send me a new one. Don't think they ever would, because I was on the phone with her for about 15 minutes and she refused.

believe me i have but they just changed there policy you can keep getting as many refurbish phones. it used to be after 5 they would try to get you into something else ... well lets see the offered me the charge and tunderbolt i exsplaned to them that the only comparable device to this dorid 3 is the bionic and they wont offer that .. i am not going to down grade a dul core with the crap of last year test market no thank you ...

Wow, you must have the luck of an Irish to receive this many defective phones consecutively.
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I'm on my second...first one had a lotta dust under the screen
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first one and ive dropped it so many times (ruggedized case *lol*) and i havent had any 'manufacturer' problems

Defect Looping?
My D3 has had no real problems other than what is common to a new phone (mostly software related) and occasional operator error. I cannot calculate the statistical probability against randomly receiving nine consecutive bad phones. Either someone has targeted you to receive all the junk ones or you live somewhere with frequent over-the-top EMPs (or maybe hell). With similar experiences with the other phones as well, you must be living under some kind of curse!

pgzerwer said:
My D3 has had no real problems other than what is common to a new phone (mostly software related) and occasional operator error. I cannot calculate the statistical probability against randomly receiving nine consecutive bad phones. Either someone has targeted you to receive all the junk ones or you live somewhere with frequent over-the-top EMPs (or maybe hell). With similar experiences with the other phones as well, you must be living under some kind of curse!
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Lmao. Well, considering they are all pre-owned "like new" devices...there is the probability that they were returned for the same reasons I'm returning them.
I get yet another one in the mail tomorrow...

Create a sob story and they send you a different phone. Its how i went from the droid x to the droid 3 without having an upgrade :] keep complaingin on the phone and say you want a different more reliable device thats in the same range. Then say something about the bionic {or differen phone} and they will give up and give it to you for free. just have to pay for a battery

Droid 4 Shutting Off Randomly

About a week ago my D4 started to randomly shut off. Opening the keyboard, using Dolphin, or just sitting in my pocket. I am unable to turn it back on without plugging it in to a charger, like it needs a jump or something. Once it fires back up, it says I have plenty of battery. The only other thing I see is when I plug it in but don't turn it on, it says it has 0-5% battery. It is rooted with safestrap and Eclipse installed but I've been running the stock version because some things weren't working quite right in Eclipse. Iv'e seen some posts say it could be a battery problem. Others say to factory reset or SBF. I'm going to give these a try but does anyone else have any ideas? I bought it off ebay a month ago and I'm worried they might not honor the warranty being purchased second hand. Luckily I still hadn't sold my trusty D3, but I dowant to get the D4 back in operation.

I've seen this problem with a few other of my older keyboard phones and it was always a hardware issue. I bet a ribbon has pressure applied to it so that the system briefly doesn't detect a battery...

xredjokerx said:
I've seen this problem with a few other of my older keyboard phones and it was always a hardware issue. I bet a ribbon has pressure applied to it so that the system briefly doesn't detect a battery...
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I figured something like that. Weird thing is every once in a while if I plug it in to the charger it will show 5% battery, then go up to 10% after about 20 minutes, then suddenly shoot up to 100%. The phone would work fine off the charger for about a half hour then die, rinse and repeat. So it is charging but only like 5% then it will show 100%. I'm probably just going to bring it in and hopefully get a replacement.

Well I ended up calling Verizon and they are going to send a replacement, no questions asked. Apparently it doesnt matter if you bought the phone second hand, they will still honor the warranty (or I got just the right CSR). Case closed.

Really? They told me to f* off last time I called about warranty off a phone from cl... lol

I was guessing they were going to tell me to F off as well since most people were saying that's what they do when you try to get a warranty replacement on a second hand phone. It was literally the best experience I've ever had calling any customer service line. Told him my phone wouldn't stay on, he said he was going to talk to an engineer, next thing I know he's asking for my address. Win!

interesting.. will call tomorrow (my earpiece speaker crackles) >_>

Just got to get the right person to answer. My guy actually sounded like he was based in the US, not Kazakhstan. I told the person on the phone my story and that I had already gone to an authorized retailer (which I did) and that my phone wouldnt stay on. Put me on hold for a minute, came back and said were going to get a warranty replacement out. What may have helped is that I had my D3 active on my line and D4 was deactivated, so maybe they couldnt look up the info that would flag it as not from original buyer.

xredjokerx said:
interesting.. will call tomorrow (my earpiece speaker crackles) >_>
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Mine does this too. Not all the time, just enough to irritate me. I've been putting off calling in to get a replacement because I'm worried whatever they send me will have more problems than just a crackling ear piece.

kwyrt said:
Mine does this too. Not all the time, just enough to irritate me. I've been putting off calling in to get a replacement because I'm worried whatever they send me will have more problems than just a crackling ear piece.
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My old one crackles as well. I"ll let you know if the new one does, comes in tomorrow.

any update on this??
my rear speaker is clicking during certain music outputs, like when I'm playing Lane Splitter

xredjokerx said:
any update on this??
my rear speaker is clicking during certain music outputs, like when I'm playing Lane Splitter
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Whoops forgot to update. New phone definitely has less crackle. Old one was very noticeable, new one has little to no crackle. Only thing was it wasn't updated when I got it, had to manually go in and have it update to 219. I don't use the rear speaker very often but I don't remember it having a cracking sound. All in all there are no issues with it

[Q] Random crashes. death grip update

Hi All,
I don't want sound like a complete n00b, but there is no other way to describe this. Since a week or 2 my sensation XL is rebooting randomly. I'm running stock rom. First i thought it was a bad app or something. I did a factory reset, updated it to ICS 4.0 & no apps installed. But it keeps rebooting! hell! it is getting worse! i'm now rebooting countless times a day! sometimes when i Unlock, during browsing, calling, absolute RANDOM!
The phone is about 2 months old, not branded. no damages or anything.
Hope someone can help me!

If you have a warranty on it. Send it.
If not, honestly could be a million reasons for this problem.
Surely this is a problem with hardware.

Yeah what stona said. Sounds like a dodgy mobo
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Thought so, and I already intended to return it. But strange thing is that it happened after several weeks working perfectly.

This is micro electronics. A little moisture and integrated circuits are raging.

So here is an update.
I went back to the shop with my phone and they sent it back to HTC. After about 10 days i got note to pickup my repaired phone. The random reboot has been solved due a "boardswap". But the connection loss I also had frequently was still there. I googled this issue and saw the term "death grip" also known problem with the Iphone4.
Today at work i made the below video.
youtu.be/NsdT9v4NW7M
Awaiting your comments.

I've found that if you hold it round the bottom white insert on the bottom, my wife always drops a bar? Happens on every rom.
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Laue said:
So here is an update.
I went back to the shop with my phone and they sent it back to HTC. After about 10 days i got note to pickup my repaired phone. The random reboot has been solved due a "boardswap". But the connection loss I also had frequently was still there. I googled this issue and saw the term "death grip" also known problem with the Iphone4.
Today at work i made the below video.
youtu.be/NsdT9v4NW7M
Awaiting your comments.
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To avoid that, do like me. For 4 months in Hogwarts i learned to lift, unlock or take a call without touching the phone

Okay, so this means I have to accept that this phone drops 3 bars of signal when i hold it pretty normal if you ask me.
I've been an HTC fan for almost 10 years now but i'm not sure if i'm gonna accept this with my new phone...

Laue said:
Okay, so this means I have to accept that this phone drops 3 bars of signal when i hold it pretty normal if you ask me.
I've been an HTC fan for almost 10 years now but i'm not sure if i'm gonna accept this with my new phone...
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Seriously now.....i have same issue when i hold it, but i am a bit in not good covered area. When i hit downtown no matter how i hold my phone it has full reception. I don't know why that happens but it is not a biggy for me.
Nothing personal but to be a fan these days is not wise. You say you will not accept that. Well wait 1 year and you wish to have such quality like now

Death grip a fact?
I have a similar issue with my own Sensation, and mine is only 4 months old. Almost every 1 in 2-3 calls ends in an reboot during the call. I have no idea why. I thought it was due the duration of the call, and the phone overheating, but it happens sometimes as soon as I answer the phone. Does it have something to do with the apps on the phone taking up too much memory? Or is it this unproved death grip idea? I don't know.
Is there any light you can shed on my problem? Thanks!

mgar7006 said:
I have a similar issue with my own Sensation, and mine is only 4 months old. Almost every 1 in 2-3 calls ends in an reboot during the call. I have no idea why. I thought it was due the duration of the call, and the phone overheating, but it happens sometimes as soon as I answer the phone. Does it have something to do with the apps on the phone taking up too much memory? Or is it this unproved death grip idea? I don't know.
Is there any light you can shed on my problem? Thanks!
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I also experienced this kind of problems, to me it seemed that cleaning the battery contacts did the trick, you should try it and see if it works or not.
You could try to clean them with a toothpick or if the the phone is older and you don't care that much for the battery contacts with a screwdriver (i used to do this on older phones like my old and trusty Nokia N95, also had random reboots )
Other than this i don't know what to say, as for the ROM, it did this kind of things on stock ICS, modded ICS, sense 3.6, sene 4.0, sensless, it didn't matter what rom or kernel i used, so this what i believe was the problem.
Hope this helps

I had my phone flashed since I experience this so called death grip - random crash. does rooting help to resolve this? my phone is now 1 year old since I bought it.

OP3 Major Failure

I will start by being blunt. I HATE this phone.
I have had two OPO's. I bought one when it came out, liked it so much that I bought another for my wife. Sure, it had its quirks, but overall a great phone! I skipped the OP2 as I felt it was an incremental step from the OPO. By the time 3 came out, 1 felt sufficiently dated and was in the market anyway; so I jumped on it. I've had it for one month now, and I can't stand it. The phone is completely stock, haven't even rooted it yet.
The POSITIVES:
LOVE DASH charging! Charges wicked fast.
Battery life is more than sufficient
Camera is significantly improved since OPO. Definitely "good enough" now.
Now the bad:
Feel without a case is AWFUL. I dropped it 5 days after owning it. I don't usually drop phones. I knew by the feel of it that I wasn't comfortable with it on day 2 and promptly ordered a case and tempered glass cover. I dropped it a day or two before it arrived. My own fault, yes, but the phone does not hold well.
No bezel around the screen. I'm by no means overweight, but the skin on my hand where my thumb connects to my hand registers as a touch more often than not. ANNOYING. The case resolved both of the above problems. The phone is at least usable after putting it on.
Calls... I had to get a new Nano SIM as the OPO is a micro. Put it in, and have had nothing but problems. I only receive an estimated 33% of the calls made to me. Outgoing calls take a LONG time to initiate (upwards of 30 secs). Also, sometimes, I cannot use the phone like normal... the person can only hear me if I'm on speaker phone with the SCREEN ON!!!! If the screen times out and turns off, they can't hear me. I am on TMO, and spent hours on the phone with support with multiple different people and they swear it is not on their end. I cannot test the Nano SIM in another phone (none of my others accept it).
Random calls. It randomly calls people sometimes. This seems to have subsided recently, maybe one of the updates?
It recently decided to start randomly rebooting. This was what put me over the edge. I was using navigation out of town heading to the airport, and it decides it wants to reboot. Well, I missed my exit and nearly missed my flight. It has since rebooted itself at least daily. Seems to be mostly when the screen is left on, as it rebooted during a phone call (on speaker with screen on).
Priority / Silent mode: Seems after a recent update, it decides to go on silent for no reason. I have to slide the switch up then back to normal to get it off.
SMS: Occasionally it doesn't register that an SMS was sent and continues to try sending; and the recipient receives sometimes DOZENS of the same message.
This is all I can think of at the moment, but I think there is something else. I cannot say it enough... I HATE this phone. Hello Nexus, here i come.

I thought it felt great without a case.. As for the touchscreen thing, it's happened to me, but only when using it above my face while in bed. The priority thing has been fixed in the last update.
As for the rest, that sounds like a bad board. I can promise you that for the rest of those, people who have a non-faulty board don't experience.

IcedZ said:
I will start by being blunt. I HATE this phone.
I have had two OPO's. I bought one when it came out, liked it so much that I bought another for my wife. Sure, it had its quirks, but overall a great phone! I skipped the OP2 as I felt it was an incremental step from the OPO. By the time 3 came out, 1 felt sufficiently dated and was in the market anyway; so I jumped on it. I've had it for one month now, and I can't stand it. The phone is completely stock, haven't even rooted it yet.
The POSITIVES:
LOVE DASH charging! Charges wicked fast.
Battery life is more than sufficient
Camera is significantly improved since OPO. Definitely "good enough" now.
Now the bad:
Feel without a case is AWFUL. I dropped it 5 days after owning it. I don't usually drop phones. I knew by the feel of it that I wasn't comfortable with it on day 2 and promptly ordered a case and tempered glass cover. I dropped it a day or two before it arrived. My own fault, yes, but the phone does not hold well.
No bezel around the screen. I'm by no means overweight, but the skin on my hand where my thumb connects to my hand registers as a touch more often than not. ANNOYING. The case resolved both of the above problems. The phone is at least usable after putting it on.
Calls... I had to get a new Nano SIM as the OPO is a micro. Put it in, and have had nothing but problems. I only receive an estimated 33% of the calls made to me. Outgoing calls take a LONG time to initiate (upwards of 30 secs). Also, sometimes, I cannot use the phone like normal... the person can only hear me if I'm on speaker phone with the SCREEN ON!!!! If the screen times out and turns off, they can't hear me. I am on TMO, and spent hours on the phone with support with multiple different people and they swear it is not on their end. I cannot test the Nano SIM in another phone (none of my others accept it).
Random calls. It randomly calls people sometimes. This seems to have subsided recently, maybe one of the updates?
It recently decided to start randomly rebooting. This was what put me over the edge. I was using navigation out of town heading to the airport, and it decides it wants to reboot. Well, I missed my exit and nearly missed my flight. It has since rebooted itself at least daily. Seems to be mostly when the screen is left on, as it rebooted during a phone call (on speaker with screen on).
Priority / Silent mode: Seems after a recent update, it decides to go on silent for no reason. I have to slide the switch up then back to normal to get it off.
SMS: Occasionally it doesn't register that an SMS was sent and continues to try sending; and the recipient receives sometimes DOZENS of the same message.
This is all I can think of at the moment, but I think there is something else. I cannot say it enough... I HATE this phone. Hello Nexus, here i come.
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Send it back and request another one. None of the above applies to mine, i can assure you.
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Same for me. I've had a camera issue and that silent issue but both are fixed now with update and my personal hardware fix. I think it could be a bit subjective overall. I do have the 6p too and you may indeed like that better as bezels are bigger and phone is just bigger/bulkier. I've never had any if the random call issues.

Completely with you on this. I've had 2 different op3 devices so far and each has been a nightmare. Between the random dropped calls with a full Signal, weak Wi-Fi, and reboots...I'm all set.

carmello1911 said:
Send it back and request another one. None of the above applies to mine, i can assure you.
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yeah i agree, as far as the sim, that is normal between flagship phones, u r looking a 3rd generation of coarse its going to change so they can decrease in size, as far as the calling u may want to do return b/c that has never happened to me, either that try CM13 rom and see if it does it if so change it out if not then u would just need to do a factory reset.

pieman13 said:
Completely with you on this. I've had 2 different op3 devices so far and each has been a nightmare. Between the random dropped calls with a full Signal, weak Wi-Fi, and reboots...I'm all set.
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Yes, forgot dropped calls, and bad wifi! What is your course of action? Probably can't get a refund due to cracked screen... ebay as-is?

IcedZ said:
Yes, forgot dropped calls, and bad wifi! What is your course of action? Probably can't get a refund due to cracked screen... ebay as-is?
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Probably your best bet

pieman13 said:
Completely with you on this. I've had 2 different op3 devices so far and each has been a nightmare. Between the random dropped calls with a full Signal, weak Wi-Fi, and reboots...I'm all set.
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Yes, forgot dropped calls, and bad wifi! What is your course of action? Probably can't get a refund due to cracked screen... ebay as-is?

IcedZ said:
I will start by being blunt. I HATE this phone.
I have had two OPO's. I bought one when it came out, liked it so much that I bought another for my wife. Sure, it had its quirks, but overall a great phone! I skipped the OP2 as I felt it was an incremental step from the OPO. By the time 3 came out, 1 felt sufficiently dated and was in the market anyway; so I jumped on it. I've had it for one month now, and I can't stand it. The phone is completely stock, haven't even rooted it yet.
The POSITIVES:
LOVE DASH charging! Charges wicked fast.
Battery life is more than sufficient
Camera is significantly improved since OPO. Definitely "good enough" now.
Now the bad:
Feel without a case is AWFUL. I dropped it 5 days after owning it. I don't usually drop phones. I knew by the feel of it that I wasn't comfortable with it on day 2 and promptly ordered a case and tempered glass cover. I dropped it a day or two before it arrived. My own fault, yes, but the phone does not hold well.
No bezel around the screen. I'm by no means overweight, but the skin on my hand where my thumb connects to my hand registers as a touch more often than not. ANNOYING. The case resolved both of the above problems. The phone is at least usable after putting it on.
Calls... I had to get a new Nano SIM as the OPO is a micro. Put it in, and have had nothing but problems. I only receive an estimated 33% of the calls made to me. Outgoing calls take a LONG time to initiate (upwards of 30 secs). Also, sometimes, I cannot use the phone like normal... the person can only hear me if I'm on speaker phone with the SCREEN ON!!!! If the screen times out and turns off, they can't hear me. I am on TMO, and spent hours on the phone with support with multiple different people and they swear it is not on their end. I cannot test the Nano SIM in another phone (none of my others accept it).
Random calls. It randomly calls people sometimes. This seems to have subsided recently, maybe one of the updates?
It recently decided to start randomly rebooting. This was what put me over the edge. I was using navigation out of town heading to the airport, and it decides it wants to reboot. Well, I missed my exit and nearly missed my flight. It has since rebooted itself at least daily. Seems to be mostly when the screen is left on, as it rebooted during a phone call (on speaker with screen on).
Priority / Silent mode: Seems after a recent update, it decides to go on silent for no reason. I have to slide the switch up then back to normal to get it off.
SMS: Occasionally it doesn't register that an SMS was sent and continues to try sending; and the recipient receives sometimes DOZENS of the same message.
This is all I can think of at the moment, but I think there is something else. I cannot say it enough... I HATE this phone. Hello Nexus, here i come.
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Nope other than the "feel" without the case. I agree that it's slippery AF. But that's how these aluminum phones are. See HTC 10, iPhone 6/6S
No call issues. SMS is fine for me. Perhaps a carrier issue. I'm in Canada on TELUS on LTE.

GeneralDisaray2 said:
Nope other than the "feel" without the case. I agree that it's slippery AF. But that's how these aluminum phones are. See HTC 10, iPhone 6/6S
No call issues. SMS is fine for me. Perhaps a carrier issue. I'm in Canada on TELUS on LTE.
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I got a SIM adapter and put the NanoSIM into my OPO, and it works fine. Definitely phone issue. Waiting to see if OP will do anything.

IcedZ said:
I got a SIM adapter and put the NanoSIM into my OPO, and it works fine. Definitely phone issue. Waiting to see if OP will do anything.
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Well, they should do something... You got bad luck with the phone but me on the other hand, only have good thing to say about this phone. Great wifi (better than any of my previous phone, no call drops, any issue with sms, used a case since day 1 but agree that it's better put one or it will be slipping. Slider issue was fixed, in one month i have 1 reboot, great reception,but yes, it's not perfect. Try to have a new unit. Will work better for sure.

Coming from a Nexus 5, and have my op3 from 2 weeks now, and i love it. Had The slider bug, but with latest oxygen it has been fixed. Audio is good enough, camera is too. Now i am on latest freedom os and latest elemental x kernel. I am overclocked to 2.2ghz too, but despite that, with The right settings and greenify+xposed combo, battery life is still great. Dash charging works great with elementalx. I advise you to completetly wipe your device, unlock its bootloader and install latest oxygen os full zip file through recovery. If your problems still perxist send your device back, it may be a faulty one...
PS: actually The only "issue" this phone has is the auto brightness one. Its slow and unprecise. So i disabled auto brightness and its ok. You can use an app called Lux, with its auto mode is all ok, so its just a software bug and OP will fix it with future updates i guess.

IcedZ said:
I will start by being blunt. I HATE this phone.
I have had two OPO's. I bought one when it came out, liked it so much that I bought another for my wife. Sure, it had its quirks, but overall a great phone! I skipped the OP2 as I felt it was an incremental step from the OPO. By the time 3 came out, 1 felt sufficiently dated and was in the market anyway; so I jumped on it. I've had it for one month now, and I can't stand it. The phone is completely stock, haven't even rooted it yet.
The POSITIVES:
LOVE DASH charging! Charges wicked fast.
Battery life is more than sufficient
Camera is significantly improved since OPO. Definitely "good enough" now.
Now the bad:
Feel without a case is AWFUL. I dropped it 5 days after owning it. I don't usually drop phones. I knew by the feel of it that I wasn't comfortable with it on day 2 and promptly ordered a case and tempered glass cover. I dropped it a day or two before it arrived. My own fault, yes, but the phone does not hold well.
No bezel around the screen. I'm by no means overweight, but the skin on my hand where my thumb connects to my hand registers as a touch more often than not. ANNOYING. The case resolved both of the above problems. The phone is at least usable after putting it on.
Calls... I had to get a new Nano SIM as the OPO is a micro. Put it in, and have had nothing but problems. I only receive an estimated 33% of the calls made to me. Outgoing calls take a LONG time to initiate (upwards of 30 secs). Also, sometimes, I cannot use the phone like normal... the person can only hear me if I'm on speaker phone with the SCREEN ON!!!! If the screen times out and turns off, they can't hear me. I am on TMO, and spent hours on the phone with support with multiple different people and they swear it is not on their end. I cannot test the Nano SIM in another phone (none of my others accept it).
Random calls. It randomly calls people sometimes. This seems to have subsided recently, maybe one of the updates?
It recently decided to start randomly rebooting. This was what put me over the edge. I was using navigation out of town heading to the airport, and it decides it wants to reboot. Well, I missed my exit and nearly missed my flight. It has since rebooted itself at least daily. Seems to be mostly when the screen is left on, as it rebooted during a phone call (on speaker with screen on).
Priority / Silent mode: Seems after a recent update, it decides to go on silent for no reason. I have to slide the switch up then back to normal to get it off.
SMS: Occasionally it doesn't register that an SMS was sent and continues to try sending; and the recipient receives sometimes DOZENS of the same message.
This is all I can think of at the moment, but I think there is something else. I cannot say it enough... I HATE this phone. Hello Nexus, here i come.
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I feel your pain dude. So I am pretty sure 75% of the devices problems are hardware quality control issues. The first OP3 I received I ordered on US release day. It was buggy as hell, random reboots, laggy, bad call quality, phone got super hot, dropped calls, took a long time to make calls just like you mentioned. I tried to warranty return it and they wanted me to sit through 2 tech support calls, flash stock firmware blah blah their tech support missed one of our scheduled calls it was a mess, I got pissed and cancelled the support ticket and did a refund RMA.
About a week after they credited my account for the purchase price I was reading the forums and couldn't get over how much love this phone was getting. Everyone was gushing over it. So I ordered another one. I am really glad I did. The second phone I got has been flawless. Sounds great, call quality is good, I receive every phone call. zero random reboots, runs really cool, zero overheating.
That won't fix some of your complaints...like zero bezel etc...but I put the sandstone case on it on day one and the only time it comes off is when I am moving the SIM card to another device. Sorry you're having such a bad experience but I think it is just poor quality control at the assembly line. Maybe they are sourcing parts from multiple places so there is a lot of variation in the quality...no idea just glad I got a good one the 2nd time around.

IcedZ said:
I will start by being blunt. I HATE this phone.
I have had two OPO's. I bought one when it came out, liked it so much that I bought another for my wife. Sure, it had its quirks, but overall a great phone! I skipped the OP2 as I felt it was an incremental step from the OPO. By the time 3 came out, 1 felt sufficiently dated and was in the market anyway; so I jumped on it. I've had it for one month now, and I can't stand it. The phone is completely stock, haven't even rooted it yet.
The POSITIVES:
LOVE DASH charging! Charges wicked fast.
Battery life is more than sufficient
Camera is significantly improved since OPO. Definitely "good enough" now.
Now the bad:
Feel without a case is AWFUL. I dropped it 5 days after owning it. I don't usually drop phones. I knew by the feel of it that I wasn't comfortable with it on day 2 and promptly ordered a case and tempered glass cover. I dropped it a day or two before it arrived. My own fault, yes, but the phone does not hold well.
No bezel around the screen. I'm by no means overweight, but the skin on my hand where my thumb connects to my hand registers as a touch more often than not. ANNOYING. The case resolved both of the above problems. The phone is at least usable after putting it on.
Calls... I had to get a new Nano SIM as the OPO is a micro. Put it in, and have had nothing but problems. I only receive an estimated 33% of the calls made to me. Outgoing calls take a LONG time to initiate (upwards of 30 secs). Also, sometimes, I cannot use the phone like normal... the person can only hear me if I'm on speaker phone with the SCREEN ON!!!! If the screen times out and turns off, they can't hear me. I am on TMO, and spent hours on the phone with support with multiple different people and they swear it is not on their end. I cannot test the Nano SIM in another phone (none of my others accept it).
Random calls. It randomly calls people sometimes. This seems to have subsided recently, maybe one of the updates?
It recently decided to start randomly rebooting. This was what put me over the edge. I was using navigation out of town heading to the airport, and it decides it wants to reboot. Well, I missed my exit and nearly missed my flight. It has since rebooted itself at least daily. Seems to be mostly when the screen is left on, as it rebooted during a phone call (on speaker with screen on).
Priority / Silent mode: Seems after a recent update, it decides to go on silent for no reason. I have to slide the switch up then back to normal to get it off.
SMS: Occasionally it doesn't register that an SMS was sent and continues to try sending; and the recipient receives sometimes DOZENS of the same message.
This is all I can think of at the moment, but I think there is something else. I cannot say it enough... I HATE this phone. Hello Nexus, here i come.
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its funny how experience differs from person to person. i had a nexus 6p which had this http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/1...o-noise-cancellation-google-is-investigating/ microphone problem where no one could hear me if i didnt keep the mic right (almost) in my mouth. i got so frustrated with it that i threw and broke the phone in a fit of rage. i bought a op3 and i am quite satisfied though i hate the alert slider implementation, i use tasker to make the alert slider function as all/vibrate/silent.

kennonk said:
I feel your pain dude. So I am pretty sure 75% of the devices problems are hardware quality control issues. The first OP3 I received I ordered on US release day. It was buggy as hell, random reboots, laggy, bad call quality, phone got super hot, dropped calls, took a long time to make calls just like you mentioned. I tried to warranty return it and they wanted me to sit through 2 tech support calls, flash stock firmware blah blah their tech support missed one of our scheduled calls it was a mess, I got pissed and cancelled the support ticket and did a refund RMA.
About a week after they credited my account for the purchase price I was reading the forums and couldn't get over how much love this phone was getting. Everyone was gushing over it. So I ordered another one. I am really glad I did. The second phone I got has been flawless. Sounds great, call quality is good, I receive every phone call. zero random reboots, runs really cool, zero overheating.
That won't fix some of your complaints...like zero bezel etc...but I put the sandstone case on it on day one and the only time it comes off is when I am moving the SIM card to another device. Sorry you're having such a bad experience but I think it is just poor quality control at the assembly line. Maybe they are sourcing parts from multiple places so there is a lot of variation in the quality...no idea just glad I got a good one the 2nd time around.
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Thanks for the hope. I am teetering on the fence of whether to go to the 6p, or stick with OP3 (even tougher decision with the recent price drop of the 6p). I'm going to wait and see what support does, since I'm past the 15 day window (and cracked the screen). I'm hoping for a compromise; maybe I can pay the cost to fix a screen, but they send me an entirely new unit.

IcedZ said:
Thanks for the hope. I am teetering on the fence of whether to go to the 6p, or stick with OP3 (even tougher decision with the recent price drop of the 6p). I'm going to wait and see what support does, since I'm past the 15 day window (and cracked the screen). I'm hoping for a compromise; maybe I can pay the cost to fix a screen, but they send me an entirely new unit.
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Given the timing, unless you are in dire need of a new phone today, and if you're not going to try another OP3, I would say hold off a couple months. We are close to the HTC Nexus launch. Also, if you retry OP3, the soft gold version was just released, I really liked my gold S6, kind of wish OP had made gold an option on launch day.

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