So for the past few months I have been using a Motorola Droid X2 running 2.3.3 and have been experiencing frequent and random freezes and restarts. I could be trying to lock the phone, open Google Voice, open Gmail, unlock the phone, or trying to use the camera and it may or may not actually work. If the phone rebooted, the green charge LED would stay lit even tho the charger wasn't plugged in. Also, the 3G connection started randomly dropping and the phone would have no data connection. To solve the data connection problem, I rang Verizon and she said to go into the settings and uncheck the Background Data box and wait a minute, then turn it back on. IT WORKED!!... for about 5 minutes then it would drop again. My wife's Incredible was having no problems connecting and staying connected to 3G so I knew it was the phone. Then another Verizon tech was put on the phone and said that Motorola was aware of the problem and that an update was coming, maybe that night or the next night. I was patient and dealt with it for a few days, the update never came, but a few days later the problem seemed to just go away and now the 3G/Background Data works again. That was about 2 months ago. Also, about a month ago I took out my SD card all together and left it out, and uninstalled the Weather Channel app thinking it was acting weird and could be causing the problems; didn't help. I seriously don't think the red battery pull tag is going to last much longer since they are probably designed to be used about 30 total times during the lifecycle of the phone, not 30 times a month.
I just installed 2.3.4 and HOPEFULLY this update fixes the problems I have been having, but we will see. I just wanted to put this on here so if anyone else was going nuts about their $200 ($600 retail supposedly) phone not working right, you may know that you aren't alone. Verizon coverage is the best, but I don't understand why they can't help us out by allowing either another early upgrade or our money back on phones like these that should have never been released the way they are. For 2 phones I pay $150/month, using no more than 100 minutes combined per month, so you would think Verizon would almost be willing to GIVE me a working phone that costs them $100 to keep us onboard and handing them $3,600 for every 2-year contract...
Anyway, I will post back after a few days and let you know if the 2.3.4 update has helped or caused even more problems.
Thanks and have an awesome day!
Second, I am very, very selective of my apps. Apps seem to cause more problems than any other thing I can think of. I only have installed apps I absolutely need. And even then, I read the comments very carefully. If I need an apps and it has more one stars than four or five stars, I don't download/install it. Only those apps which have four or five stars are in my drawer. I can also mention that just like with computers, apps can give you a virus. There are messages to that effect on the board. You should really check the apps that you've downloaded. One or two of them may be the cause(s) of your problems.
