Gingerbread: A Crap Update

[PiperCrab]

I recently installed the Gingerbread update on my Droid X and now my once beautiful phone is a piece of crap. It lags constantly, the SD card fails to read, some of my apps don't work, the news widget is broken, the camera fails, and the BT radio works when it feels like.

All this update really did was to destroy my phone and change the colours of various menus and options. Is this what you all were clamouring for? Is this the great update everyone was yammering on about that was supposedly oh so great? This update is totally useless as all it does is make your phone obsolete.

This will be my first and last Android device. The only thing this has that the iPhone doesn't is a huge screen, but I'm sure the iPhone will come along with a bigger screen soon enough. Now I will sell this piece of crap and buy a white iPhone.

[fastback64]

Agreed. My phone crash/boots when receiving text messages. 6 crashed today alone. "But...but....but you should do a factory reset", that is an absolute ridiculous option for a $600 device. Android fanboys just get their feelings hurt when Apple can release timely updates that don't require a factory reset. 5 months of Droid X 11 factory resets vs. 3 years of iPhone 0.

[Cody21]

.. and you guys are expecting HELP with your problems?   just sayin'

[vereyezuhn]

Wow. I'm glad I didn't even get the update on mine. Now I definitely know not to install it.

[Cody21]

Seriously, there were a huge amount of test group recipents that did NOT encounter any serious issues. Most of the problems are more of a cosmetic issue - or THIRD PARTY APP ISSUE. Yes, there are NEW issues that cropped up.  I will say that I fall into the "minimal/no" category - easy install. No major issues at all. Really like the update. Some cool features.

I would suggest that if peeps have any actual problems or CONFUSION or QUESTIONS, submit the problem/issue in a single thread - or search the forum to see if it was already addressed.  Software is what softwatre does. Yes, there are bugs in any release; even iPhone.

(and I do NOT work for Verizon or Moto - so please don't suggest that. Just a happy Droid X customer.)

[charlier180]

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Cody21 wrote:

Seriously, there were a huge amount of test group recipient that did NOT encounter any serious issues. Most of the problems are more of a cosmetic issue - or THIRD PARTY APP ISSUE. Yes, there are NEW issues that cropped up.  I will say that I fall into the "minimal/no" category - easy install. No major issues at all. Really like the update. Some cool features.

I would suggest that if peeps have any actual problems or CONFUSION or QUESTIONS, submit the problem/issue in a single thread - or search the forum to see if it was already addressed.  Software is what software does. Yes, there are bugs in any release; even iPhone.

(and I do NOT work for Verizon or Moto - so please don't suggest that. Just a happy Droid X customer.)

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Sorry to see that some DX owners are having problems after the GB update.
Like Cody21 said, the test group of real world, non-Moto/Verizon employee DX owners did not encounter serious issues with the GB update. I too fall into the "minimal/no" problem category. The best source of help for issues are the on-line forums (especially Moto's DX Forum). I know for a fact that a number of the DX owners who participated in the Soak Test over the weekend are active posters there. These people have been passing on what they learned over the weekend

BTW, BEFORE doing a Factory Reset I suggest that you clear your DX's cache. Not as much work as a reset and doing this has been known to help with GB related issues.

Those that are experiencing more battery drain I suggest you check your display brightness and timeout settings. The GB update may have changed your settings. A Battery pull and a full charge using a Motorola Charger (ie not cheap, 3rd party one) are other things to consider.

I too do not work for Moto or Verizon. Just a Happy DX Owner Running GB.

[crb79]

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fastback64 wrote:

Agreed. My phone crash/boots when receiving text messages. 6 crashed today alone. "But...but....but you should do a factory reset", that is an absolute ridiculous option for a $600 device. Android fanboys just get their feelings hurt when Apple can release timely updates that don't require a factory reset. 5 months of Droid X 11 factory resets vs. 3 years of iPhone 0.

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Go back to your Iphone forum please.

If you do actually own a Droid X,(highly unlikely) the problems are YOU, not the phone.  

[Wildman]

That is a false statement anyway, the iphone does format the device when it does its update and then sync all apps and data back to device after updates completes...   So the false concept that iPhone doesnt need to be formatted for a update is so false...

[crb79]

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Wildman wrote:

That is a false statement anyway, the iphone does format the device when it does its update and then sync all apps and data back to device after updates completes...   So the false concept that iPhone doesnt need to be formatted for a update is so false...

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Wildman, these Iphone lovers are saying Android is horrid.  We must at once throw our perfectly functioning devices into the street and run out and buy an Iphone because they are having problems!  And we were called Android fan-boys!  Which I find quite offensive as I haven't been a "boy" in many moons.

You can call a grown man many names, but if you want to guarantee a fight, call him a boy....

I suspect these are the same kids who go around bragging that their parent has a Chevy so all Fords are crap.... 

[Wildman]

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crb79 wrote:

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Wildman wrote:

That is a false statement anyway, the iphone does format the device when it does its update and then sync all apps and data back to device after updates completes...   So the false concept that iPhone doesnt need to be formatted for a update is so false...

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Wildman, these Iphone lovers are saying Android is horrid.  We must at once throw our perfectly functioning devices into the street and run out and buy an Iphone because they are having problems!  And we were called Android fan-boys!  Which I find quite offensive as I haven't been a "boy" in many moons.

You can call a grown man many names, but if you want to guarantee a fight, call him a boy....

I suspect these are the same kids who go around bragging that their parent has a Chevy so all Fords are crap.... 

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Yeah it can get funny at times....  I own a iPhone, 3 Android, Windows 6.5 and a WIndows 7 device and I can openly say that I perfer the android devices myself..

[pool_shark]

To be fair, this is not the first complaint or the first site I've read that states someone is having issues with the update. I always wait for feedback before updating or buying a new device. My X is ready to take the update but I don't want it yet.

[Wildman]

I agree but I have ran the update without issues for a bit and I havent notice and major issues... 

But the one thing I notice is once one user report a issue there is always cases that others now want reports the same thing as a issue when it wasnt concidered a issue before...  Some of the items pointed out as issues is design not bugs but just becuse its not the way they think it should be it is reported at a bug and the demanding a fix situatution happens..  Thats all I am saying.

I am in no way saying anything is perfect but this is a on going patteren with every device or update that gets released...

[droidsw]

Man, I am on the fence with this one.

For everyone that ASKED and ASKED and COULDN'T WAIT and STAYED UP ALL NIGHT WAITING for the update......was it worth it? The endless threads, posts, questions, suppositions, theories, etc., were a beat down.

NOW, you want to throw the update out the window?  Again, wildman called it. He said this would happen.

The update is nice. Doesn't make me amorous and breath hard. It has some nice updates. It ISN'T going radically change anything.

I didn't do a Reset and my phone works fine. If you didn't and have problems, sorry. A Reset should help. App developers catching up and updating their apps will help, too.

For the Kool-Aid drinkers..........EVEN your golden ipod you call a cell phone recommends you do a factory reset before an update.

[artj]

Wildman definitely call it. It did not take even half a day. The Motorola X forum has an annoucement that tells it could be a full day before everything syncs so be patient.

I have been running for almpost a full day and it is running fine.

[fastback64]

These are the "help" options:

1. Factory reset

             - then run with no apps

2. Replace SD card

3. Replace Battery

4. Replace phone

5. Repeat

[galaxie500fb]

lol fastback64. 

[Wildman]

HERE WE GO AGAIN....   I know the users giving praise to a update wouldnt take long before the blaming started...

[stevenet99]

Mine works perfectly...been using it almost nonstop for the past 8 hours and haven't found one problem using most of the features and apps. I did do a factory reset before and then after the update I cleared the cache and factory reset. The phone is more enjoyable, love the new UI...it's like a new phone. I was getting bored before with stock froyo, tho I had no issues with that either. Just {word filter avoidance} verizon reception where I live and surrounding spots. Yay Gingerbread!

[Jeffrey_Rabin]

The update totally killed my phone.  The phone never fully boots up.  It freezes about a minute after first displaying, partially, the home screen.  If I then touch anything, it goes blank, except for the Notification Bar, which is just frozen.  I've done numerous battery pulls, to no avail.  I can't even do a reset.  (Note: I had never modified or rooted my phone. And, I wasn't running any obscure programs.)

I went to my local Verizon store last Sunday, and they couldn't fix or reset the phone, either.  A refurbished phone is supposed on its way, but I haven't received it yet.

This is the last time I'll ever be part of a trial group.

[hallcp1019]

frankly sir i do not believe you completely if the update killed your phone for the test group why wait all weekend to go i also had issues with my phone not gb and recieved everything tuesday to replace it.....why are we seeing so many newbies in here come every update? i call **bleep** im tired of seeing posters with 1 or 2 posts saying how long they have had the phones where have you been the forums havent moved why show up to cry ? im sick of it you pop up drop a few negative posts and dissapear....we try to help each other here and work things out what does total negativity do???? sometimes software and devices fail just because the playstation network got hacked i didnt go on and on about the piece of junk no i know ive owned something great for a while and a bump in the road is all it was if this update killed your phones or ruined something get it replaced its easy to do and not hard to put the apps back on your phone. 

[yellowcanary73]

Man hope that last ranting wasn't towards Jeffery-Rabin maybe he's never had a problem doesn't mean we should crucify him.
Oh I updated 3 X phones without a problem love it so far.I've also had IPhones that I never had problems with.Crap happens there is 360 million people in the USA. •¿•