Not quite the way things were supposed to go today.....

[gerio]

I suppose this is of no real importance other that to describe how my anticipation of the Gingerbread update turned against me.... Early this morning, I set about doing a factory restore on the phone, hoping to avoid any potential issues with the update should it hit my phone while I was traveling this weekend. This Droid X has been as near perfect as a phone could be ever since I bought it last July. However, much to my dismay, when the phone rebooted from the factory restore, all it did was show the blue triangle, then shut off. Ohh, noo, I'm supposed to be traveling this morning around 11am, so this ain't good. Try as I might, I can't get anything else out of the phone. Sacre' Bleu, this can't be!! Well, it was, so I gathered up my traveling stuff and headed out early to hit the Verizon store by 9am sharp in hopes of NOT having to travel without a phone. My CS buddies at the store pulled everything out of their bag o' tricks, but we couldn't get the phone to come to life. This was covered under warranty, but there were no Xs to exchange. Nor were there any in the area. I thought and thought and thought...... Then I did the only thing I could have to save the day in the manner I needed... I used an upgrade on another line to buy a Droid X2. Of course, everyone said under their breath, "just get your repaired or exchanged, take care of the X2, and return it before the 14-day return period is up". However....after having played with this phone for most of the day.... I'm gonna keep the X2. It's pretty cool, after all. Very snappy. Odd screen that I have gotten used to. Nice changes to the user interface. And other stuff that I'm sure I'll run across.... But this isn't the best part.... Around lunch time, I'm digging around in my "ditty" bag, for lack of a better term, and there sits the old X. Powered up. Screen on. And asking to be activated. And I didn't tell a soul why I was laughing so hard for the next several minutes. I activated the Droid on an un-used under-contract line and it has been working fine all day. Still is. I guess some days are like that. And yes, I'm keeping the Droid X2. Some days, ya just gotta say "What the hell" (or whatever favorite expletive one uses these days). I'm still chuckling and thankful I've had a couple of really good months of work. Geri "Ginger-WHAT?" O

[droidsw]

Gerio, maybe your X decided you deserved an X2 and was playing possum. If this isn't coincidental, it's odd. I was at a place of business and noticed an X behind the counter. I asked the person how they liked it. He said, "Fine, except it locks up". In my best Verizon forum protocol, I started quizzing him on which apps might be involved, if he's tried a factory reset, etc. I gave him some suggestions. I told him my X is near perfect. I left. Moments later, I hit the button to turn on the display and......nothing. I held down the power button and got the "white M". I pulled the battery and got nothing. I waited a while and checked it again and it was back to "normal". Maybe, today was the X's version of a full moon. Let us know how the X2 works for you.

[curtterp]

Geri....

It didnt break your heart to buy the X2.....

Or

Maybe the story about the blue triangle was just that... a story.....

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[gerio]

LOL...

Of course it's a story. It just happens to be true... )

And I gotta admit, I wasn't too broke up over it. I wanted to hold out for the Bionic. I still have the upgrade on my line coming later this fall. Maybe we will have 4G around here by then.

Geri O

[Ann154]

Oh no, now you are making me scared to factory reset this Tbolt just for the heck of it and to rule out any potential conflicts after the minor update that was pushed out a few weeks ago.

[gerio]

Yeah, that was a GREAT idea, wasn't it... ) Cody must be loving this, LOL. (Kidding, of course, all in fun)...

Geri O

[dirkbonn]

Oh nooooo...

The factory reset was done so that you wouldn't have any problems doing the gb update.... and the factory reset caused the problem???

Maybe I'll just take my chances taking the gb update....

Just goes to show you, "The best laid plans of mice and men......  "

Good luck with the X2.... lets us know how it treats you.

[gerio]

Hmm, perusing some of the geekboy sites, in the "comments" sections, there are several reports of Xs acting weird when people check for the update. Didn't see anything on weirdness while restoring, though.

My original X is still humming along. No update, though. Not on my girlfriend's original X, either, although I asked her to PLEASE not let it update until I can get home and errr, oversee the update. All I need is for her phone to screw up while I'm not around...

(So we now have OD, Droid2, Droid3 is on the way, (original) Droid X and the Droid X2. Oyy..)

Enjoying the X2,  but nothing earth-shatteringly new. And I keep seeing a pop-up notice that I'm on an international roaming network, even as know good and well I'm on Verizon.

At least I have a good spare...

Geri O

[gerio]

Oh, man, Android Police has ripped the X2 to shreds...

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/28/review-motorola-droid-x2-even-raw-horsepower-cant-save-this-...

Kinda  makes me wonder if we have the same phone. All I can see weird about the screen is, for lack of a better term, a "blue" feel to everything. Perhaps after the cataract surgery I'm having in one eye in a couple of weeks will reveal more, who knows? My biggest point of disagreement with this review is their experience with battery life. They say it's substantially improved. But I say "Nay, Nay", to the point of getting my extended battery and cover from the X and moving them into the X2. Yeah, they fit, no surprise there.

All in all, I do like using the phone and the experience it offers. However, I'm of the belief that there was no point to offering this phone before the release of the Bionic. The original X (or, shall we say, "OX"...) is still a potent phone. I could have bought a new X when I bought the X2, but why not the get the new version for the same price? And after the same phone for 11 months (a record for me), the change in the X2's look and feel made it interesting. But I would have been served just fine either way.

Having said all of that, I'm keeping both phones. A spare X, anyone? Just for grins this morning, I did a factory restore on my old X.

It went flawlessly. I'm chuckling again...

Geri O

[Wildman]

Gerio you do know that you could have recovered the device without sending it in by booting into recovery mode and did a factory reset..

Boot in Recovery Mode Wipe: - Wipes system configuration settings and loads default settings but keeps personal data saved on system, normally used to recover from a none boot status without loosing personal data.

Power Device Off First.....

1. Hold Home Button and press power

2. Screen will show a Android with a triangle with astrick

3. Let Go of Home Button and Power

4. Press Search Button (Far Left Button)

5. A blue menu will show at top of page, scroll to Format Device

6. Select Yes to verify

7. Allow format to complete (Information at bottom of page will go through a few steps)

8. Once Format is complete Blue Menu will show at top again, select Reboot

Note: Use volume up and down to select opinion and use camera button as Enter,,,

Posted from http://community.vzw.com/t5/DROID-X-by-Motorola/Looking-for-a-Sticky-describing-the-various-Resets-a...

[Ann154]

@gerio
Droid-Life.com was some differences and puzzlement with the display of the Droid X2 as well.

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/26/a-closer-look-at-the-droidx2-and-its-qhd-display-pentile-at-its...

[B33]

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