crb79, not saying mine is unwanted anymore, but the honeymoon is definitely over.
And, enough bashing azcat. He was just posting his opinion and I'm ALMOST in agreement, lest the fact that I am unwilling to spend full-price for something else.
Anyone who reads my posts knows how much I have liked this phone and my unmitigated dislike for anything Apple. I have no issues with Verizon. My dissatisfaction is towards Moto. I'm not climbing on a bash train, but I've overlooked a lot of things for too long.
The caveat being that Android apps and their conflicts with the Android O.S. smothered in MotoBlur are probably the largest culprit of issues with the X.
But, if you take away the apps, what's left? A phone with average quality. A camera with the quality of a $99 digital camera. A video recorder that records choppy, albeit HD, video.
The USB-computer interface issues:
This probably ranks second to rebooting in forums as the most frequent issue with the X (Exchange email issues notwithstanding). While my phone has always been a little flaky when connecting it to a computer, it has been intermittent.
Most of the time, there are no issues. About 25% of the time, the computer doesn't recognize the phone when the USB cable is connected (on more than one computer, no less). How do you troubleshoot that, when the issue isn't repeatable?
Rarely, but still an occurrence when connecting with USB is the phone rebooting. Also too rare to troubleshoot.
Falling asleep:
Even before GB, sometimes my phone won't "wake up". Pressing the Power or Home buttons does nothing. And, this might be only seconds after the display timed out and went dark.
The only way to wake up the phone when this happens is to pull the battery. Again, it doesn't happen frequently enough to call it an issue (though I have posted about it). This is something that can be a major problem when you are in a hurry to make a call, send an email, etc.
Video recording:
Maybe one out of ten videos recorded, for whatever reason, are corrupt. You've probably seen it when you are scrolling in the Gallery after recording a video and instead of a thumbnail of a video, there is the gray icon and you get "Cannot Open File Because It Is Corrupt" (paraphrasing).
Sometimes, this even locks up the Gallery until that file is deleted (also reported by others in this forum). Meaning, if you are recording something for work-related reasons, sentimental family events, etc., use a camcorder, not this phone.
Browser force-closing:
This rarely happened before GB. Now, it's a common occurrence. Isn't the browser one of the main phone apps that you verify is compatible with an update before you release it?
And, irony of ironies, while "participating" in the soak on the Moto forum site, the browser was force-closing constantly and repeatedly while on the MOTO SITE.
Random freeze-ups:
Pre and post-GB, and no doubt oft-blamed (and probably rightfully so) as app conflict related; there are the phone freeze-ups.
From removing the phone from the car dock, to opening a random app, to simply just scrolling through homescreens, the phone suddenly freezes. Screen is locked. No touch response.
Most of the time setting it down and letting it sit a minute is all that is required. Other times, a battery pull is required.
This is also intermittent and not something I could call CS about, or even replicate at a Verizon Store.
None of these issues are deal breakers. I haven't even read any of the USB threads, because it happens so infrequently. The rest are nuisances, but exist, nonetheless.
Soft and hard Resets, clearing cache, done them all. This isn't my first X, either. I've had these experiences across all three (two were replaced after the last update).
I'm not bitter about GB. It just nudged me over into the no-longer a Moto fanboy category.
In my unbridled exuberance for this phone I have accepted (and probably even denied to myself) it's flaws. I don't want an iphone and there hasn't been another phone I'd rather have than this one, warts and all.
Seriously doubt my next phone will be a Moto phone, though. The Bionic, or whatever it ends up named, would have to have a proven track record before I would even think about buying it.
With less than a year left before my next upgrade, I concede to keeping the X until then.
I don't get into smartphone conversations, anymore. Can't do it. When someone asks me what phone to buy, I suggest the Thunderbolt and change the subject if asked about my X.
Otherwise, I am going to use the "Emperor's New Clothes" story illustration, again. Time to stop pretending how "great" this phone is.
Folks, this phone is a buggy, glitchy phone. Period.
You can reset, clear cache and reboot in Safe Mode until the cows come home and you simply can't fix what can't be fixed.
This is a great forum and with great people. I have spent hours enjoying learning and sharing.
I'm not complaining. Not picking a fight. Not being an (self-edit).
It it what it is.
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