No internet during calls AFTER 2.2 update!?

This update is a joke! I just update last night/this morning and that alone was a nightmare. (My phone completely crashed and I had to take it into a Verizon store for them to do a factory reset.)

Now with the 2.2 update I can't do anything while I'm on a call OTHER THAN BE ON A CALL!

Isn't this supposed to be an amazing phone that DOES what others can't? And wasn't this update supposed to make it even better?

I never had this issue on 2.1.

I tried turning the phone on/off, taking the battery in/out but I still connect to the internet during a call. Can't connect in the browser, the market, facebook---ANYTHING.

Has anyone had this issue and have they found a way to fix it?

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crb79

mrl43281 wrote:
No... I've definitely been doing it ever since I bought the DROID X in August. Three days ago I was on the phone and my friend needed a number to a restaurant and I Goolgled it in the middle of our call. I could always use the internet and make calls at the same time, until I updated to 2.2

I am going to say that you are mistaken unless it was a wifi data connection. Both Voice and Data on VZW run on the same frequency and towers prioritize Voice connections over data. So if you are on a voice call, you cannot connect to data. This has to do with the way CDMA service works, once the LTE/4G roll-out hits Voice and data are supposed to work simultaneously as there is a wider available frequency to use.

If you do not believe us, you are more than welcome to google: Verizon voice and data simultaneous use

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mrl43281

mrl43281 wrote:
This update is a joke! I just update last night/this morning and that alone was a nightmare. (My phone completely crashed and I had to take it into a Verizon store for them to do a factory reset.)

Now with the 2.2 update I can't do anything while I'm on a call OTHER THAN BE ON A CALL!
Isn't this supposed to be an amazing phone that DOES what others can't? And wasn't this update supposed to make it even better?
I never had this issue on 2.1.
I tried turning the phone on/off, taking the battery in/out but I still ****CAN'T****connect to the internet during a call. Can't connect in the browser, the market, facebook---ANYTHING.

Has anyone had this issue and have they found a way to fix it?

crb79

Verizon does not have internet available while on a phone call unless it's wifi. It was the same with 2.1 and still same with 2.2. This may be something they go with during their upgrade with the LTE rollout.

NYsMissingStar

yeah.. Verizon has had this for a while now... you can't send MMS messages.. browse internet...basically anything that may need 3g while on the phone... hopefully this will change soon..

mrl43281

No... I've definitely been doing it ever since I bought the DROID X in August. Three days ago I was on the phone and my friend needed a number to a restaurant and I Goolgled it in the middle of our call. I could always use the internet and make calls at the same time, until I updated to 2.2

crb79

mrl43281 wrote:
No... I've definitely been doing it ever since I bought the DROID X in August. Three days ago I was on the phone and my friend needed a number to a restaurant and I Goolgled it in the middle of our call. I could always use the internet and make calls at the same time, until I updated to 2.2

If you do not believe us, you are more than welcome to google: Verizon voice and data simultaneous use