Motorola Droid [Archive] - GRRRR8.net

MANOFSTEEL69

11-15-2009, 11:56 AM

So, who has gotten one of these? I'm thinking real seriously about "losing" my Storm and going this route. Give me some input fellas. Pros and Cons over the Storm. Thanks!
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GeoffA

11-15-2009, 12:02 PM

Who's your carrier?

My father just got one last week. He's a verizon customer. He wanted the iphone (ATT) but didn't want to switch carriers. Not as many apps, I'll talk to him more about it and see what he says.

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-15-2009, 12:58 PM

The Droid has FREE Navigation, and all of the apps are free. This is new to the market, so more apps will follow. One down side is it does not have have the touch screen that allows you to zoom in with two fingers as the iPhone does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9YGvLHvUxQ

Video with side by side comparison of the Droid and iPhone. 3G Coverage by Verizon is just about everywhere, where for AT&T, you need to be in a big city, DFW, Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, etc. If you live out in the boons, the AT&T uses the other technology called Edge which is not 3G.

MANOFSTEEL69

11-15-2009, 01:05 PM

I'm Verizon.
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gATE

11-15-2009, 01:30 PM

I thought the whole unit felt cheap, and the keyboard felt like it was built out of recycled egg cartons. I wish someone would come up with a well designed and built Android phone, but the Motorola isn't it.

gATE

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-15-2009, 02:03 PM

There is a Droid unit from HTC, but I have only seen ads and not the handset itself.

G8GT721

11-15-2009, 02:15 PM

im thinking about getting it aswell.

bubblyjock

11-15-2009, 02:17 PM

Using it right now I will say it is nothing short of amazing it has definitely lived up to the hype!

GeoffA

11-15-2009, 02:31 PM

But you can double tap the screen to zoom in...

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-15-2009, 02:33 PM

But you can double tap the screen to zoom in...

Yes, you can.

MANOFSTEEL69

11-15-2009, 02:48 PM

I was so hyped and then so disappointed with the Storm. Even with the 5.0 download, which is way better, it manages to piss me off at least once a day. Its a shame the Droid can't play flash (Storm has same drawback) but it might be worth it just for the 5mp camera and the DVD quality video camera. My Storm tells me it can't even play its own videos lol.
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bubblyjock

11-15-2009, 03:04 PM

I played with this and the storm 2 and ended up picking te Droid for the android system which i felt was much faster and smoother. Didn't get to play with the Droid Eris by HTC but it also looked pretty good. I have fat fingers and the sliding QWERTY keyboard just takes some time to get used to.

Steve

11-15-2009, 03:10 PM

Almost did.. but after playing with it and reading 200000 reviews I will probably go with a WinMo phone instead like the HTC Imagio or so.. as much as I WANTED to like the droid , like motorola phones and am a sucker for a qwerty keyboard there's just something about the droid that doesn't click with me.. not sure if it's Look/Feel of the phone, the OS, or what....

UGotSmkd

11-15-2009, 07:03 PM

I am looking to buy right now. It is between LG Chocolate Touch, LG EnV Touch, and the Droid. All 3 have great reviews. They were all rated high per a million reviews I read.

The Commodore

11-15-2009, 10:56 PM

Welcome to the party guys.

I have had the G1 Android phone for almost a year now.

Devilish34

11-16-2009, 04:56 AM

AusTXGT

11-16-2009, 07:50 AM

I bought mine first day it was available. I love it. The screen resolution and brightness is fantastic. The call quality is great. I have heard of some people having issue with phones that power themselves off. I have not seen this issue. The app selection covers the basic stuff, weather, sports, games and most are free. This is probably has close as you can get to an Iphone on the verison network. I am sure the selection will grow dramatically over the next year since several phone makers are releasing android phones. This is probably has close as you can get to an Iphone on the verison network.

vic2186

11-16-2009, 08:05 AM

the droid is cool but it will never catch up with the iphone..what mac or apple does is waits till a new phone drops see what consumers like about it and try a way to adapt it to a iphone..like navigation..the camera on the iphone is untouchable even at 3mp...they iphon eis not with the best provider but if it was to break free of ATT and get global with all provider this phone will be in everyone pocket...

i love my 3gs
i just dont love my phone bill!!!

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-16-2009, 09:26 AM

LTE (Long-Term Evolution) is coming, maybe some cities by end of March '10. This would be consider as 4G for the devices. Then it will migrate to the other metropolitans around country. I don't know how they came up with the name, but it is what it is.

cwhite

11-16-2009, 09:40 AM

Played around with my wife's friend's HTC 'Droid Eris' phone over the weekend and I liked it quite a bit. My wife has had an iPhone for ~2 years while I've suffered through some basic Verizon razr / krazr style phones. I've been thinking I would make the switch soon to an iPhone, or at least wait until next year when the next gen comes out, but now I'm seriously thinking of going with the droid (HTC that is, not the new motorola). At least now I can stick with the better Verizon network.

cwhite

11-16-2009, 09:43 AM

Oh... and the HTC phone has the 'pinch to zoom' touchscreen feature.

GT-610

11-16-2009, 03:20 PM

my buddy worked for motorola...he said most of their stuff is built very cheap-he had a hard time comvinicing vp's to spend the $ to make stuff better

UGotSmkd

11-17-2009, 10:42 AM

Almost bought the HTC Eris Droid, but couldn't justify spending that much extra for data plan. I bought the EnV Touch instead.

GeoffA

11-22-2009, 04:17 PM

I'm on my fathers Motorola Droid right now, it's pretty sweet.

Bretz56

11-23-2009, 11:16 AM

Got mine 3 days ago and it is amazing!!!

dandragonrage

11-23-2009, 11:35 AM

I have the Motorola Droid. Got it the day it was released. Awesome phone, much better than the Droid Eris (AKA HTC Hero on Sprint). WAY nicer screen - higher resolution. MUCH faster processor. Physical keyboard. The Hero/Eris sucks. The Droid rules.

Compared to iPhone: Better network by FAR, much nicer screen - higher resolution. Same processor (spec-wise - 600MHz ARM Cortex A8 based - but with different manufacturers - Texas Instruments in the Droid and Samsung in the 3GS) as the 3GS. Physical keyboard. Multitasking. Open platform - no need for apps to be approved by Apple, and no need for jailbreaking. Google Voice for free text messages and other nifty features. Google Navigation. Lots more free applications, though fewer overall since Android is newer.

thecowboy

11-23-2009, 02:39 PM

Like some of the others, I got it on release and love it. Maybe not love it, but like it a lot. There is some room for improvement and the phone will only get better with firmware updates(first one in a few weeks to fix the camera). Flash 10 is coming early 2010 so that will be great and more apps are added by the day. The Google Navigation is killer with the street view and it being free and all.

Rumor has it Apple may release their 4G(LTE) iPhone on Verizon sometime this summer, but take that with a grain of salt.

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-23-2009, 02:46 PM

I have heard of battery drain, that it goes down quickly, but mostly due to the navigation app not being stopped, or some other app. So watch out.

dandragonrage

11-23-2009, 02:52 PM

I have heard of battery drain, that it goes down quickly, but mostly due to the navigation app not being stopped, or some other app. So watch out.

Battery life on all smartphones sucks, but I can get through the day with plenty of juice left on the Droid. I play games on it and browse the web and such but not heavily.

MANOFSTEEL69

11-23-2009, 03:21 PM

So far I love it. :)

bubblyjock

11-23-2009, 06:11 PM

Downloaded the aDyno app from the marketplace now just need some daylight to try it out.

MANOFSTEEL69

11-24-2009, 06:35 AM

The keyboard takes a little getting used to but its not to bad. I say over the latest updated Storm its a 100% improvement. I'm looking forward to the long weekend to get better aquainted with it.

Chewy

11-24-2009, 06:51 AM

I'm surprised you didn't look at the new Storm II. From what I've seen it's a 200% improvement over the Storm I.

If I didn't have an iPhone I would probably have a BB or something with Android. I have had 2 MS OS phones and they SUCK!! Enough so that I'll never look at another one.

Chris

MANOFSTEEL69

11-24-2009, 07:10 AM

The latest firmware update for the original Storm makes it like the Storm II. This Droid is way more internet friendly and way faster. The screen is a lot better for web page viewing as well.

dandragonrage

11-24-2009, 09:22 AM

UGotSmkd

11-24-2009, 01:29 PM

dandragonrage

11-24-2009, 01:41 PM

Trading in my EnV Touch tomorrow for the Eris Droid. Every review I read has the the Eris in favor of the Motorola. Plus, can't beat $99.

I'm just going to have to suck it up and pay for data.

Every review? Which ones are those? Because the Moto Droid specs better in every single way. The Eris/Hero uses the same CPU that I had on my Sprint Mogul, which I got 2.5 years ago. The Moto Droid has 2.67x the amount of pixels that the Eris has. The Droid has both virtual and pysical keyboards. It looks better, too, because it doesn't have that huge section of uselessness at the bottom.

Only thing worse is the price.... But, hey, it's up to you.

Chewy

11-24-2009, 02:24 PM

And the Droid is a 2000% improvement over the Storm I, and is better than the iPhone.

LOL

Time will tell...

dandragonrage

11-24-2009, 03:47 PM

LOL

Time will tell...

Already listed the reasons and they're all major. Only thing the Droid doesn't have is Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.

UGotSmkd

11-24-2009, 06:20 PM

Every review? Which ones are those? Because the Moto Droid specs better in every single way. The Eris/Hero uses the same CPU that I had on my Sprint Mogul, which I got 2.5 years ago. The Moto Droid has 2.67x the amount of pixels that the Eris has. The Droid has both virtual and pysical keyboards. It looks better, too, because it doesn't have that huge section of uselessness at the bottom.

Only thing worse is the price.... But, hey, it's up to you.

I know the specs are better, but after reading reviews, the sleekness and functions, for whatever reason, seem to be better with the Eris.

http://www.diffen.com/difference/HTC_Droid_Eris_vs_Motorola_Droid

http://www.cio.com.au/article/325503/surprise_droid_eris_better_smartphone_than_droid?f p=4&fpid=9

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/11/10/urnidgns852573C4006938800025766A006821F4.DTL

IMO, they are both rather equal in pros and cons, but I like the look of the Eris Droid better. In the next few months, the Eris will be getting the 2.0 upgrade.

bubblyjock

11-24-2009, 06:37 PM

I got my Moto Droid for $99!

Chewy

11-25-2009, 06:29 AM

Already listed the reasons and they're all major. Only thing the Droid doesn't have is Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.

It's easy to make something better than something when you have it to work off of... You can't dismiss the fact that the iPhone took phones to a completely different level and left others behind for a while. IMO the iPhone made the other phone manufacturers step up to the plate and make a better phone. It will always have that going for it. The 4th gen is in the works... Wait for it. Apple WILL NOT be left behind. Count on that.

dandragonrage

11-25-2009, 06:40 AM

I, for one, WANT the 4g to be a better phone. Competition is good! I certainly won't buy one unless it becomes more open AND comes to Verizon, though.

OV5-G8OrgGT

11-25-2009, 08:27 AM

4th Gen is scheduled to come up by end of 1st Quarter of the year coming, unless there are some delays, and I cannot release or be more specific, sorry. There are a few cities that will be coming up, with more to follow in the following months. I don't the schedule of cities, but if I do find out, I will share, but you did not hear that from me....

In 2011, there will be more cities or areas bringing 4G up as well.

izayn

11-25-2009, 11:03 AM

I'd say get it

I have a G1....I thought by now I would be tired of it but with the open source software I'd think it was as customizable as a computer!

Not to mention the Navigation which is probably one of the best I'd ever seen...rooting the phone opens up all types of possibilities, and there is not 3 dyno apps on the market you can download.

I'd thought I would have upgraded to another phone by now but I am still with it. Cant say that about a lot of Iphone users...they have to scrap their phones to get the latests updates.

Chewy

11-25-2009, 11:23 AM

Cant say that about a lot of Iphone users...they have to scrap their phones to get the latests updates.

No they don't... They just have to re-do the hacks they did to the phone.

gtxgp

11-26-2009, 07:17 AM

I got my Moto Droid for $99!

OK I will bite, where and how?

bubblyjock

11-26-2009, 07:39 PM

I got the $100 online discount then the extra $100 for a 2 year plan extension. Then got Verizon to throw in the Droid car mount for free! Could have gotten the Droid Eris for free, but had to go with the Moto, due the the fact that some people are thinking that the 1.5 Android devices may never be able to upgrade to 2.0.

WickedMom

11-26-2009, 08:32 PM

just because I have an iPhone3Gs that has been jailbroken and unjailbroken many times... that does not mean I have to understand all this stuff...
My husband has a unlocked Rogers HTC Magic. He is a hacker and a coder and a programmer and probably a lot of other things I dont understand....

He wrote this article, I though some of you guys might like it...

What the hell google? (http://www.publicstatic.net/2009/11/what-the-hell-google/?awesm=fbshare.me_IBoq)

PUGS

11-27-2009, 07:27 AM

Picked up my Moto Droid a week ago and love it. Wanted to get an Iphone but didnt want to switch to AT&T.I am glad I didnt switch this is the best phone available on Verizon' s network.

dandragonrage

11-27-2009, 10:25 AM

Whiny article, even though I understand all of that stuff and am a programmer (P.S. a coder is a programmer).

vic2186

11-27-2009, 12:41 PM

IPHONE its just the best..you can now start your g8 or whatever car with the viper start smart from your phone!!!cmon give it its props!! lol..the droid is cool looking though

zepcom

11-27-2009, 05:49 PM

I've had a G1 phone for just over a year as my personal cell. Loving it as much now as the first day I got it.

I also just got (forced) upgraded to the latest Blackberry 9630 for work, but I don't really like it. After a bit of 'discussion' with my boss, it looks like I'll be able to 'trade up' the blackberry for one of the 2-3 droids that our company will be evaluating for a few months.

I'm really looking forward to comparing the droid rev 1 to the droid rev 2. :secret:

Sorry, I guess this doesn't really align well with the discussion on this thread... I apologize.

dandragonrage

11-27-2009, 08:11 PM

UGotSmkd

11-28-2009, 09:52 AM

Update: Battery life has improved on my Droid since getting it. I can go 2 full days on it no problem. For those of you not used to smartphones, that's pretty good - my last phone was a Sprint Mogul (HTC Titan) and I couldn't go more than a day on the stock battery. And the phone wasn't nearly as fast/good.

Is that with heavy data use, etc?

I think with my Eris, I can get about 1-2 days with moderate use. If I use GPS or Wi-Fi for an extended period, then different story.

dandragonrage

11-28-2009, 09:54 AM

Fair 1xEV-DO use but I haven't bothered with Wi-Fi.

UGotSmkd

11-28-2009, 10:01 AM

Fair 1xEV-DO use but I haven't bothered with Wi-Fi.

I accidentally had hit something and apparently turned on Wi-Fi. It has since been turned off, but I love the GPS. Once I get my car charger, I will use the GPS more often. It is really accurate as well......love the street view.

Oh and there are tips and tricks for extending battery life. If you search through the Android forums, they have some good info.

fastg8mi

11-28-2009, 10:09 AM

i really want one, but my gf wont let me buy one... lol hopefully for christmas

r33pwrd

11-28-2009, 11:08 AM

Is that with heavy data use, etc?

I think with my Eris, I can get about 1-2 days with moderate use. If I use GPS or Wi-Fi for an extended period, then different story.

Im lucky to get a full day from my Fuze... but than again it is connected to my e-mail 24/7... not this every 15 minute stuff.

pha|anx

11-28-2009, 03:08 PM

can't wait for mine :brock:

dandragonrage

11-28-2009, 03:55 PM

i really want one, but my gf wont let me buy one... lol hopefully for christmas

uhhhh... is it her money?

bubblyjock

11-28-2009, 05:40 PM

I can go about a day and a half on battery with heavy data, music and navigation use. But when you get a flashing battery signal game's over no couple more phone calls, you unlock it and it dies. I charge it every night anyways so its no big deal.

MANOFSTEEL69

11-29-2009, 03:31 AM

So far 40% is the lowest mine has gotten with a lot of all around use. I love it.

99-LS1-SS

11-29-2009, 06:37 AM

fastg8mi

11-29-2009, 10:44 AM

uhhhh... is it her money?

Lol no she wants to buy it for me for christmas

BigV8

11-29-2009, 10:49 AM

bigtreepu

11-29-2009, 12:14 PM

MANOFSTEEL69

11-29-2009, 01:59 PM

Jay, is it THAT much better than the Storm? I've heard rumors that Verizon was getting the iPhone next year. I have an iPod touch and I really like it and I really want an iPhone.
In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of the Droid?

Pros: Way better camera
DVD Quality video recorder
Turn by Turn navigation
Loads Web pages at about 2.5x faster than a Storm
Better battery life.
Less dropped calls
Better speaker phone
Voice recognition for contacts, google search, and turn by turn nav. (even gets it right in my Semi)
A shit load of apps (Mostly all free)
A 16GB SD Card (upgradable to a 32GB), Storm is 8GB

Cons: Some apps don't flip with screen
Screen doesn't flip until you open keyboard
Keyboard takes a little getting used to (Android touch keyboard is the way to go)
Forwarding texts and messages is a pain (still haven't found an easier way)
No flash player capabilities (but Adobe is coming out with an App for this)
Cant play .wmp but neither can Storm and I doubt Microsoft will ever give that up.

dandragonrage

11-29-2009, 03:07 PM

Cons: Screen doesn't flip until you open keyboard

um, wrong in general. Only true for the home screen, sort of.

UGotSmkd

11-30-2009, 06:18 AM

I know the Eris Droid has Flash.

Chewy

11-30-2009, 07:05 AM

iphones suck. nuff said. it's like buying a car that you're not allowed to mod, cause steve fucking jobs thinks it's best if it's locked down. Then everytime there is a simple light upgrade, you have to re-jail break the piece of shit.

Everyone needs to get with it and go open source for their next phone.

~Matt

So you base you're review on ONE criteria? ONE? You can't hack it so it sucks? WTFE! MOST, probably 99% of people don't WANT to hack a phone.

Chris

dandragonrage

11-30-2009, 07:11 AM

So you base you're review on ONE criteria? ONE? You can't hack it so it sucks? WTFE! MOST, probably 99% of people don't WANT to hack a phone.

Chris

No, he says that the iPhone sucks because you HAVE to hack it in order to use applications that Apple doesn't have to approve. (e.g. Google Voice, PDAnet, etc.) He's right, though there are plenty of other reasons why the iPhone sucks that I've already mentioned.

Devilish34

11-30-2009, 07:15 AM

Anyone using the droid as a gateway for their laptop? I have a curve which sometimes pisses me off but it's as good or better than some of the internet cards I have had. I was thinking of getting the Storm2 but if the Droid will do the job I'd get that.

dandragonrage

11-30-2009, 07:26 AM

You can do it with PDAnet.

Devilish34

11-30-2009, 07:33 AM

You can do it with PDAnet.

Any idea if it's as fast as the broadband access with the Black Berry?

dandragonrage

11-30-2009, 07:57 AM

Any idea if it's as fast as the broadband access with the Black Berry?

It'll be the same if you're comparing them on the same network and they're both using the same protocol (in the Droid's case, and currently the best on Verizon, that'll be 1xEV-DO Rev. A).

Devilish34

11-30-2009, 08:32 AM

It'll be the same if you're comparing them on the same network and they're both using the same protocol (in the Droid's case, and currently the best on Verizon, that'll be 1xEV-DO Rev. A).

according to the sales rep(which I know they don't know everything) you cannot tether the droid and use it as a gateway.

bubblyjock

11-30-2009, 08:54 AM

They LIE!! Ha, Then I guess this magical Internet that I am getting through Bluetooth isn't running through my phone!

dandragonrage

11-30-2009, 09:18 AM

according to the sales rep(which I know they don't know everything) you cannot tether the droid and use it as a gateway.

Do you always believe sales reps? I told you the name of the application that will do it and you didn't even look into it.

OV5-G8OrgGT

12-01-2009, 02:58 PM

Consumer Reports Jan 2010 states that Verizon is Tops overall, and the information that I am hearing here that we have been selling the hell out of the Droids, either of them.

http://forum.grrrr8.net/picture.php?albumid=140&pictureid=797

OmahaGTP

12-05-2009, 09:51 AM

I just picked up the droid. If AT&T didn't suck so badly, I'd have gone with the iPhone. The iPhone is still the phone to beat, in my opinion.

This is a strong, strong runner-up though. I'm very pleased with it and I think it will even shock some die hard Apple fans I know.

Was probably going to go Blackberry before the droid came out, and that was only by default. Because working on WinMo phones (even the latest 6.5 release) is nothing short of nightmarish. I have to work with other people's WinMo phones on a daily basis, and it just feels like going back in time 2 years every time I do.

The most important aspect of a phone to me is touch response and over all responsiveness. Windows Mobile fails in that category, even on the HTC Touch Pro 2, at least to me. Blackberry is alright. The Droid is damn impressive, but still nothing beats the feel of the iPhone.

fastg8mi

12-05-2009, 11:49 AM

Just got the droid, what apps do you guys use the most?

JAM

12-05-2009, 06:52 PM

Task Killer, aDyno....

JAM

dandragonrage

12-05-2009, 09:16 PM

Just got the droid, what apps do you guys use the most?

Locale, Google Voice, PDANet, and some games, mainly.

Omaha: What exactly about the iPhone is better? The fact that it's Apple and automatically so innovative and awesome?

OmahaGTP

12-05-2009, 09:19 PM

So far I recommend -

backgrounds
battery widget
mabilo ringtones
shazam
task panel

Task panel is so far my favorite task managing application. Tried 3 or so others.

Battery widget is also very helpful, you can view the percentage right on the home screen, and tap it to enable/disable WiFi/GPS/Blutooth instead of digging in the menus.

bubblyjock

12-05-2009, 11:48 PM

Barcode Scanner, Advanced Task Killer, Bubble, MotoTorch LED, Pandora, PdaNet, Ringdroid, WeatherBug, and SportsTap!

PUGS

12-06-2009, 07:23 AM

Sports Tap ,Pandora, aDyno, DroidESPN

G8GT721

12-06-2009, 10:08 AM

probably going to buy it today, the battery on my current phone dead or the phones busted

UGotSmkd

12-06-2009, 11:09 AM

Task Killer, aDyno....

JAM

Hmmm. I must have overlooked the aDyno app.

G8GT594

12-08-2009, 06:38 AM

probably going to buy it today, the battery on my current phone dead or the phones busted

Did you get it? The battery seriously sucks on this phone. Make sure you have a car charger with you. And just to think MOTO underclocks the processor on this phone by 50mhz and the battery life is still horrible. Make sure you keep WIFI and BT off. Display brightness from auto to 0. Just some suggestions.

99-LS1-SS

12-08-2009, 06:45 AM

I got mine and my first impression is that it's a lot different that the Blackberrys. It was a steep learning curve but I've gotten used to it and I like it a lot now. The battery does run down really fast though. All I did was take it off the charger and drive to work and by the time I got to work it was down to 90%. I went and bought a second wall charger for work just to be safe.

cwhite

12-08-2009, 07:42 AM

The HTC Droid Eris has surprised me with how quickly the battery power plummets. I'm yet to have it ever run out of juice (not for a lack of trying), but I've had it get as low as 30% by the end of a day. I guess I'm just used to my old flip phone that could literally go days without charging.

Like someone already said, WiFi devours battery power. Only use it if you need to.

There are some good battery widgets that you can download that give you a more accurate power status (versus the little battery indicator). I've also disabled the tactile feedback on the virtual keyboard... if you do alot of typing, that will end up wasting alot of power as well.

Chewy

12-08-2009, 09:06 AM

Things I do to save power on my iPhone.

#1 reduce brightness to as low as you can stand. The iPhone automatically brightens and darkens in different light levels so that makes it nice.

#2 turn off WiFi

#3 turn off Bluetooth

#4 turn off 3G (it pulls more power)

I only do all these things when I have no power available.

However I have a couple of external batteries that work great when away from an outlet.

Chris

MANOFSTEEL69

12-08-2009, 09:10 AM

It would be nice if we could adjust the screen sensitivity.

OV5-G8OrgGT

12-08-2009, 10:47 AM

Some news about some updates coming....

http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2009/12/Verizon-First-OTA-Droid-Update/

News about AT&T

http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2009/12/ATT-Apps-Measure-Network-Performance/

Alot of money being spent to improve their network, but aren't they saying that THEY ARE EVERYWHERE....Why spend those type of dollars, if you are everywhere....

Chewy

12-08-2009, 11:00 AM

I KNEW AT&T wouldn't take this lying down... They are a HUGE ass company... Deep pockets. I can guarantee you they want to be #1 and will probably do just about anything to make it happen.

Chris

dandragonrage

12-08-2009, 12:40 PM

Of course they want to be #1, but it's going to take a lot of time and Verizon will have to start slacking off. I love competition, though AT&T is much worse as a company in general, anyway. They treat their customers worse. And Verizon isn't exactly stellar at that, either.

The battery life will improve a bit in a few days. Or maybe it's just the battery life METER that will improve - it could be underestimating it at first.

Andy@SquashPerformance

12-08-2009, 05:25 PM

I played with a Droid and while it's very good, I wasn't compelled to ditch my ATT Fuze for a couple reasons. Tethering and a 5GB data limit. Your plan says unlimited but it's not. ATT isn't perfect but tethering is important to me. I'm sure they will find a way to cripple PDAnet when their own plans come out. It's like paying to use an Exchange server for email, too. WTF?

Andy

bubblyjock

12-08-2009, 06:01 PM

Well my Droid broke last night, the dumb thing has three hard buttons, the up and down on the rocker switch and the Power/Lock key and the Power/Lock key no longer works on mine. Ever since it had been new I had to hit it 3-4 times until it would lock which I knew wasn't right since my friends would lock the first time. Well last night I shut the phone off and when I went to click the power button I didn't even feel a click, luckily when you hook it up to a charger it turns on. But now I am having to slide the keyboard out every time I need to unlock it. Called Verizon this morning and they got a new Droid sent out to me and will be here on Thursday. Just hope none of you with it have the same problems.

G8GT721

12-08-2009, 07:10 PM

Did you get it? The battery seriously sucks on this phone. Make sure you have a car charger with you. And just to think MOTO underclocks the processor on this phone by 50mhz and the battery life is still horrible. Make sure you keep WIFI and BT off. Display brightness from auto to 0. Just some suggestions.

no, i went monday and got a new battery. I don't get a discount on an upgrades until february.

OmahaGTP

12-08-2009, 09:09 PM

I drained the battery in 4 hours by pretty much constantly fiddling with it.

Conversely, today I had unplugged it for work at 7 AM. I used it to talk on the phone for probably 30-40 minutes today, check weather a few times, check ESPN and some other websites. It's 11 PM right now, and it still says 30 % battery life.

Bluetooth disabled, GPS disabled, WiFi enabled.

I have no complaints.

G8GT594

12-09-2009, 07:14 AM

Just force updated 2.0 software. Now this is the way its supposed to be. You guys should be getting the OTA update on friday.

MANOFSTEEL69

12-13-2009, 08:35 PM

UGotSmkd

12-14-2009, 05:55 AM

Just force updated 2.0 software. Now this is the way its supposed to be. You guys should be getting the OTA update on friday.

Unfortunately not 2.0 or 2.01. That will be 1st quarter 2010. The update I just received is basically a patch to 1.5.

IcePickFreak

12-14-2009, 06:03 AM

My Droid completely fell off the Verizon grid tonight. Nothing makes you feel better than being in BFE Wisconsin in single digit temps and no phone. Soon as I know why I will fill you guys in.
BlackBerry8703e/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104

Yeah that's more likely a Verizon network thing as there are still some backwoods places in WI that don't get any service. But it's basically BFE as you said, which is about 100 miles past the middle-of-nowhere.

MANOFSTEEL69

12-14-2009, 06:29 AM

I woke up this morning and poof I have service. It was weird because I kept 3G service all the way up then nothing on the way back.

firstdue

01-31-2010, 03:11 AM

dllb

01-31-2010, 05:31 AM

Droid don't do slingbox.

No thanks. LOL

AusTXGT

01-31-2010, 10:29 AM

Anyone have the Droid and a G8 with bluetooth? Just wondering how well they work together. I am about to get a Droid today, but if it doesn't work well with my G8's bluetooth then I may go to a diff phone. Thanks in adance!! :) firstdue

I do not have bluetooth in my G8 but my understanding is the bluetooth works. However their are some quirks with the droid bluetooth that will not allow you to voice dial without activating voice dial on the screen of the phone.

G8GT594

01-31-2010, 10:52 AM

That can be fixed by uswing your vehicle bluetooh and store the numbers on the cars bluetooth.

JPEGXP

01-31-2010, 11:02 AM

I have the droid and bluetooth in my car, seems to work fine, but I haven't used it much. The numbers I frequently dial I have stored in the car.

firstdue

02-02-2010, 09:36 AM

Thanks for the Droid info!! I got one the other day. What kind of car mounts to you guys use? I'm looking for something other than the windshield mount. Pics would be great too! :) Thanks in advance!!

fastg8mi

02-02-2010, 09:41 AM

i have the windshield mount and i like it a lot, i just wish when it was in the mount i could set it to stay awake. pressing power then swiping to skip songs in pandora is annoying!!

JPEGXP

02-02-2010, 09:50 AM

I have the windshield mount as well, but I actually stuck it to the top of the dash.

firstdue

02-02-2010, 10:50 AM

http://www.panavise.com/pdf_indash/751141009.pdf

This mount/bracket looks good.

firstdue

02-16-2010, 10:48 AM

Anyone use this mount? ^^^^^^^^

OV5-G8OrgGT

02-16-2010, 12:37 PM

I have used a PanaVise on a few vehicles, even the '02 Grand Prix, but not on the G8. I had no issues installing and using their mounts. Clear instructions come with the bracket.

firstdue

02-16-2010, 01:05 PM

Thanks OV5-G8Org-GT,

Looking for something of a more permanent mount and this looks good. Gonna have to see how I can mount the Droid OEM car holder to the panavise.

I like the GPS capability of the Droid as well as Pandora radio, and Trapster....all great apps.

familycaronROIDS!

02-16-2010, 01:29 PM

Looks cool and havent heard anything about it..

Rusty

02-18-2010, 04:22 AM

FYI - Verizon has a sale on their Droid accessories right now if you put DROID35 in as your coupon code (www.verizonwireless.com). Makes the standard windshield mount and desktop cradle about $19 each. Also works for most of the chargers and other stuff they sell on there (though most are overpriced to begin with)

96Prix

02-18-2010, 05:26 AM

I just picked up the droid. If AT&T didn't suck so badly, I'd have gone with the iPhone. The iPhone is still the phone to beat, in my opinion.

I still feel like this is the case IMO. Now with the Nexus One on the market, and the talk of the iPhone headed to Verizon in the future too, I'm not sure what to do. I'm able to upgrade now if I want, and I've almost pulled the trigger on the Droid a few times, but my current phone is still in excellent shape and it's a shame to just get rid of it.

firstdue

02-18-2010, 09:35 AM

Thanks Rusty, That code saved me $17 on a Droid package with the car charger, car mount and desk cradle. $34 shipped

G8GT721

03-14-2010, 12:45 PM

any of you guys have songs from itunes on your droid, what app? I used the double twist app and transferred a bunch of songs to the phone, they worked afterwards. But a day or so later they stoppedthe phone says "sorry the player, does not support this audio file"

MANOFSTEEL69

03-14-2010, 01:31 PM

Playing with the Dolphin Browser atm. I will be glad when they cut 2.1 loose and we get the flash player. That will definately level the playing field with the I-Phone.

Steve

03-14-2010, 04:41 PM

Any of you guys with the droid have issues with bad reception, call quality (both ways, hard to hear others and people saying you sound really muffled etc) and dropped calls? This is worse than my crappy at&t we used to have and already tried changing the voice , the *228 thing but no dice and still having issues

MANOFSTEEL69

03-14-2010, 05:14 PM

Far less issues with call quality than my Storm, Steve. Only time I have issues or complaints is calling my wife who has my Storm. Lol.

WickedMom

03-14-2010, 05:42 PM

hmmmmm

fastg8mi

03-14-2010, 07:09 PM

anyone rooted?

i just put koush's cyanogen mod rom on and its amazing

Tjay74

03-15-2010, 12:49 PM

I just picked up the att motorola backflip, so far i really like it.

G8GT594

03-15-2010, 02:56 PM

anyone rooted?

i just put koush's cyanogen mod rom on and its amazing

Bugless beast for me, overclocked to 1ghz.

DetTigers

03-15-2010, 04:07 PM

fastg8mi

03-16-2010, 03:42 AM

Bugless beast for me, overclocked to 1ghz.

give cyanogen mod a chance, it is built from scratch unlike pete and adamz stuff

i went from sholesmod/droidmod to bb to CM and it is sooo much faster. with 5.0.4.1 oc'd @1.0 i had mflops in the 12's, short benches around 150 and long bench at 300 with jit enabled.

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?

check it out :)

o ya he has a Perfectly running launcher2 which is amazing, he modded it to have 4 apps on it.

heres my home screen

G8GT594

03-16-2010, 06:47 AM

I might give that a try. I have nothing else to do sitting here at work. Is that the default background with the ROM? I like it!

fastg8mi

03-16-2010, 07:08 AM

not the default, but on the forum they have a ton of nice ones:)

seriously its real easy, download 5.0.4.2 to your sdcard, download rom manager from market which lets you flash clockwork recovery with a tap, made by koush(he ported the cm to droid), then pick install from sd card and THATS IT. i suggest using the nextheme theme, it is very complete, leaves nothing out and is very nice looking

MANOFSTEEL69

03-18-2010, 05:17 AM

Patiently waiting for 2.1 update. Anyone have it yet?

JPEGXP

03-18-2010, 05:31 AM

The browser on my droid recently stopped opening completely. I had to D/L Dolphin just to get through the day, but my phone ended up needing a complete reset. Works fine again after reset, but of course had to reconfigure my phone again.

fastg8mi

03-18-2010, 05:54 AM

no one has posted on the android forums about getting it yet. I wont get it because my ota's are already disabled from the rom im running.

im going to wait until devs get there hands on it and can gain root access to it, supposedly it breaks root which sucks

Chewy

03-18-2010, 06:19 AM

Check out the radiation results from cnet... May want to use a hands free device... lol

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-6454_7-10002813-6.html?s=0&o=10002813&tag=mncol;thum

Tjay74

03-18-2010, 07:20 AM

I am waiting to see how the att back-flip is hacked. I would love to get rid of the bloatware on the phone, overclock the processor, and just make it run smoother and faster.

G8GT594

03-18-2010, 10:00 AM

Check out the radiation results from cnet... May want to use a hands free device... lol

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-6454_7-10002813-6.html?s=0&o=10002813&tag=mncol;thum

Brain Tumors are overrated!

Chewy

03-18-2010, 10:42 AM

Brain Tumors are overrated!

Yeah... Tell my 35 year old friend that... He just had 1/4 of his brain removed... :facepalm2:

Not cell phone related mind you...

dandragonrage

03-19-2010, 12:18 PM

Check out the radiation results from cnet... May want to use a hands free device... lol

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-6454_7-10002813-6.html?s=0&o=10002813&tag=mncol;thum

That just means that it's got a strong radio and has good reception.

Chewy

03-19-2010, 12:58 PM

That just means that it's got a strong radio and has good reception.

lol at what expense?

Steve

03-19-2010, 01:05 PM

That just means that it's got a strong radio and has good reception.

I wish... mine is 'decent' but my wife's drops calls left & right and sounds like you're underwater (both ways) a lot of the time ... 'nothing wrong' with the phone supposedly :uhm:

MANOFSTEEL69

03-24-2010, 04:09 AM

I highly recommend the Tapatalk app. It costs $2.99 and really makes keeping up with the forum a breeze. It doesn't allow for our chat, that i have found, lol, but other than that I'm digging it. to find our site just search grrrr8.net. Peace!

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fastg8mi

03-24-2010, 04:20 AM

i use tapatalk also, there is a bunch of forums on there and it works really well. Good way to keep up with forums on the go

MANOFSTEEL69

03-24-2010, 05:35 AM

Makes it a lot easier for me on the road, thats for sure. :)

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Steve

03-24-2010, 06:47 AM

good to hear Jay!

PUGS

03-24-2010, 02:39 PM

Just downloaded it it seems to work well i just have to get using to it
.Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk

MANOFSTEEL69

04-02-2010, 03:58 AM

Got my 2.1 today. Pinch and zoom FTW! Now I can get rid of this dolphin browser! Woot! Still trying to figure out what else is new and how to work it! Lol!

bubblyjock

04-02-2010, 10:14 AM

Loving Pinch to Zoom!! I didn't even know about the update, my friend said he got it OTA and right when I got home for lunch I went ahead and updated manually.

Steve

04-02-2010, 11:37 AM

hmm no notice for me and hwen I check for updates in the about phone screen it says i'm up to date...
where'd you get the manual update from?

99-LS1-SS

04-02-2010, 11:48 AM

Me too Steve....:(

PUGS

04-02-2010, 01:49 PM

Nothing for me yet either wondering if doing it manually is hard any info appreciated

fastg8mi

04-02-2010, 02:48 PM

http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/58150-how-force-official-android-2-1-update-motrola-droid-ese81.html

super easy

barr1340

04-02-2010, 02:50 PM

question is the droid better than the Iphone 3g?

fastg8mi

04-02-2010, 03:25 PM

yes.

PUGS

04-02-2010, 04:42 PM

Thanks going to give it a try

99-LS1-SS

04-02-2010, 05:28 PM

question is the droid better than the Iphone 3g?

NO!

bubblyjock

04-02-2010, 11:11 PM

Yup really easy took about 5 min tops! This is the link to do it without mounting to your computer. http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-droid-android-21

G8GT721

04-03-2010, 03:28 AM

Yup really easy took about 5 min tops! This is the link to do it without mounting to your computer. http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-droid-android-21
very easy. pinch zoom is so much better

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