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Now on Fourth phone replacement. Fed the same bull. Anyone else deal with this?

I'm just curious how many people out there are going through or have gone through the current issue I'm having with Verizon Wireless. I upgraded my cell phone to the HTC Droid Inc 2 a little while back. I had informed the in-store customer service rep that I was in need of a very reliable phone but would like to have all the "bells and whistles". I also informed him of my line of work (I work on an ambulance as an EMT) and that my phone was critical for my job, and that I was also expecting a newborn. He then proceeded to pitch this phone to me as one of the top selling and that there have been "barely any known issues reported". I bought it. That day, had to replace the phone TWICE due to (the first phone) not having any signal, and (the second phone) not having any signal AND screen not responding. Then after a couple months of use (phone has a protective case, screen protector, no water damage) the screen suddenly stopped responding again. Was assured by customer service that this is a very rare occasion and almost "unheard" of. Was sent a new phone in the mail a few days later. Was told that all new phones are "guaranteed" to work fully as expected. Now, that phone's screen has also STOPPED working. Being a dedicated Verizon Wireless customer for many years with multiple lines on my account and having always paid my bill on time and never having a complaint before, I called customer service to explain to them how I could no longer take the risks of having this cell phone due to the possibility of its malfunction either during a critical moment at work, or if anything was to happen while my newborn daughter was in my care. I was pitched the same "this is a rare occasion" and "your new phone is guaranteed to work" lines from the customer service rep. Now I understand phones malfunction. But I would rather take my chances with a new model phone, due to the fact this is the ONLY phone I'v EVER had ANY issues with. And it's not like I was asking for the newest and greatest, just something of equal value, or even less of a value, as long as it had relatively the same functions. For a bill of roughly $200 a month that I give Verizon, I honestly didn't think this was to much to ask for. Does anyone else have anything similar that has happened to them like this? I would love to hear it and find out your outcome.

Thanks and sorry if I rambled, just really frustrated and wanted to get my point across.

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JonDoh

I have tons of issues with mine too. Their customer service is all lip service and not action. As soon as my contract is up I'm going back to AT&T. I need a network with reliable coverage and a phone that doesn't have issues because my business depends on it. I had those things when I was with AT&T and I don't have them with Verizon. And I'm done with dealing with customer service and hearing all their excuses or rather denials, that nobody else in my area has problems with network coverage or that nobody else has problems with this phone. Funny, but when I go to the local store and talk to the managers and techs they admit to these problems.

Verizon_Support

Hello JohDoh,

Thanks for posting. I wouldn't want to lose you as a customer. Please advise what specific difficulties you're experiencing with your device so I can further assist. I hope to restore your faith in Verizon Wireless.

Jdunn,

It's certainly understandable why you would be frustrated with the difficulties you're experiencing with your device. I would be glad to assist you further and review the options available. Feel free to DM me with your name and number and a brief description of your issue.

Thanks,

DaisyP_VZW

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JonDoh

Daisy,

Besides hardware issues like the power button that keeps sinking further into the phone and which Verizon has told me is actually a feature of the phone there are issues with a tower that is one mile from my house. In fact I can see the tower, yet I have constant dropped calls and conversations are garbled.

Now, before you tell me to do the *228, a battery pull and hard reset, I've done all of that. This tower is defective. I've had a technical support engineer tell me that. A major interstate runs by and my exit is known as a dropped call area for Verizon. Yet, when I call to ask what could be done they were surprised I was having problems because of the close proximity of the tower. And I was told this was the first trouble report they had had, which I find amusing since I hear people all the time refer to the area I live as the "black hole."

So, what they've done is open a trouble ticket and they were supposed to have sent out technicians to run tests. I was told they would get back to me within 24-48 hours. It's been five days and I've yet to hear anything, nor do I expect to. The support team kept trying to sell me an extender, which won't work given the tower has problems.

I work out of my house several days a week and it is imperative I have a phone that works as advertised. Your coverage maps show this to be your strongest area for coverage. My phone shows 4-5 bars constantly, yet voices are garbled and calls dropped. The support rep had me mark calls and when I called back she said she saw 25 dropped calls. That's unacceptable. I never had these problems when I was with AT&T. Since Verizon's answer is to deny there is a problem and try and push me to buy a cell extender my next step would appear to be to invoke the mediation clause on my contract. I believe I have collected enough evidence to render the contract void at this point.

I appreciate you responding to my post, but I also know it's your job to monitor these sites and offer lip service to customers complaining. But you and I both know you aren't going to do anything to help rectify this problem. I am going to call them one more time and press them for a solution and if none is offered then the next step will be in the legal arena.

rcschnoor

JonDoh wrote:
The support team kept trying to sell me an extender, which won't work given the tower has problems.

Just so you know, the network extender DOES NOT go through the tower, but through your broadband internet connection. As a result, the fact the tower has problems WILL NOT have any bearing on whether the network extenter will work.

ericsprojects

JonDoh: The network extender might be just the thing. My boss had the same problem with his iPhone and Blackberry. From his office. You can see the cell tower, less than 1/4 mile away, but from he sits at his desk, the signal dies, calls drop, etc. Move 10 feet to the center of the room and you've got 4 bars, works and sounds great.

We installed a network extender in his office, now he has 5 bars all the time. His iPhone and iPad have never been happier.

ericsprojects

Jdunn:

I have this phone and have not had the same trouble. I upgraded the phone to Android 2.3.4 shortly after receiving it in December of last year. I have less trouble with the HTC than with my Blackberry Curve 2. I will admit that I am one of those people that deletes apps that I don't use and try to not run too many applications at once. That being said, I do have FaceBook, LinkedIn, GMail, Exchange sync, News reader, Accuweather, Evernote and Dropbox running.

Goog luck. I hope you find something that works.

SydneyK

Sorry to hear about these issues. We've had two Inc 2s in my house since May, and no one's had any problems on 2.3.4. Well, I had to do a factory reset a few months ago, but that's it. I hope you find a solution.

cwtrueblood

I have the Incredible 2 in red and has has recently been plagued with the boot loop issue many people have commented about with the incredible 1st gen. I went to a Verizon store yesterday and they are sending a replacement for delivery tomorrow. The best part is the gal who was helping me had this happen to her incredible, numerous times. I tried to get a different phone but was told I have to try a replacement of the same type first. So I made it clear that if the replacement incredible does this too, I will be requesting a different phone. With so many issues with this phone, you'd think Verizon or HTC would step up and do something. There are thousands of posts on various boards about the issues people have had to deal with because of this phone.

toniecal

I changed to an HTC Thunderbolt phone is great except batteries keep draining, have to charge it twice a day. I had the Droid2 and after a few months replace it twice, then after a year it kept messing up too. Now the HTC is freezing like the droid after almost $200 a month I am thinking of buying an unlocked phone and to dump Verizon.

InventingJoy

Only 4? I'm embarrassed to say how many & for how long I put up with this sh-t. I should have quit them long time ago! I refused an upgrade thereby refusing a 2 yr contract. I'm planning a trip to Walmart. HEAR THIS! I have automatic billing on my credit card. The last replacement was November. I was late returning the defective phone. They charged my credit card $560. so I return my phone. Guess what they did? You'll never guess. Give up? Instead of crediting my card, They took my 560 as an advance & applied it to my bills from Nov til March. Would you believe it? I"m tracking through the post office to find where my phone was delivered. Quite a float. I wonder how many 560's they float & how much interest they collect on our backs while us good little souls dutifully break our backs working & paying off our credit cards. Anyone else have this experience? Anyone know of a credit card where you can allow only a specific amount to be charged? I just fired Time Warner after they doubled my fee. No notification. No authorization. They shut down my internet. I had to pay them to keep my internet up but I'm watching Hulu & just got a magic jack. I wont give those criminals 1 more penny than I have to. Extortion personified. Now I understand occupy. If I wasn't so busy, I'd join Occupy & maybe write songs for them. Sheesh!!! Monopoly corporations. Us powerless peons. Thanks for letting me vent. What a way to introduce myself to the community. But I needed that! InventingJoy

InventingJoy

Yes, I've had no less than 6 promised technicians come out. Only problem is they must be invisible & mute as I never see or hear from them. I paid 250 for a network extender. Something seemed to work for awhile then NOT. Dropped calls. People can't understand me bcs the phone breaks up. A great way to do business! What I really hate is that a lot of the time the phone doesn't ring. It goes to voicemail. The voicemail doesn't show up til the next day. This combined with the dropped calls seem to be especially timed for when I'm on tech support. Not only do I have to get back into cue but when I finally get the voicemail, I have to listen to all the old ones that I want to keep. It doesn't just give me the unheard ones. I own a business. Between Time Warner & Verizon, I've wasted days.Time that I will never recover in this life! & they wonder why I don't hire & there are few jobs! How about assisting business owners, instead of undermining them? My poor dog comes running to see what's up when I yell "operator, operator, operator" into an unyielding, non hearing phone. Animal cruelty along with human cruelty LOL. InventingJoy

JonDoh

Week 3 and still nothing from Verizon regarding my open ticket. I call, give them the ticket number and they tell me to call back in a week. Meanwhile, like many others here I'm putting up with garbled calls, constant dropped calls and various other issues due to the poor quality of the phone.

I know there are a handful of people who report they have a good Inc 2. Good for you. But if you read the various boards across the internet you'll find lots of these same problems with the phone and reports of Verizon giving lip service and doing nothing - "we're sorry you're having problems. We want to make you happy and keep you as a customer. Let us look into the problem." And then weeks pass and you never hear from them again. If you call, they're still looking into the problem.

The bottom line is Verizon is a giant company who simply doesn't' care about their individual customer accounts. Were I a big corporation with lots of their phones on a corporate account then we might get the problem resolved. But we're not. We're just a wart on their rear ends and they could care less about us until it's time to renew our contracts and they want to sell us a new phone and then they all of a sudden become very interested in us.

bobch

Just got #3 and the touch screen isn't working correctly. Three phones; three different problems. A POS. I don't know whether to bother with another or just let my contract run out.

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