I think that we are past the delivery issues with the Droid X. As far as I know, anyway.
I respectfully submit to the Mods that the following information (copied and pasted from a response to a past by Wildman) be posted at the top as a sticky, named possibly as "2.2 Froyo issues and solutions" or something to that effect
"This has been verified as being the best way to stop a number of the issues that has developed after doing Froyo update, the system seem to keep the 2.1 app and settings during installation process and this seems to cause a number of incompatible issues with a number of devices.... Follow this process after completing Froyo Update to avoid problems..
Follow these settings during restore to avoid issues being restored automatically.
1. Uncheck "Back up my data" under Settings/Privacy
2. Click Factory Data Reset/Reset Phone
3. After reset is complete only Active Phone but do not input Google Email information
4. Once phone is at homepage go back into Settings/Privacy and make sure the Automatic Restore option is unchecked, even if grayed out, activate "Back up my data" and quickly disable "Automatic Restore"
5. After being sure that the Automatic Restore option is off it will be safe to log into Google and you can continue installing preferred apps and custom settings.
This process will stop all applications and settings from restoring automatically and restoring original issues that usually resolve a number of issues."
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Or possibly, just post this entire thread by Wildman..
And finally, it would be helpful to add this info from the Moto employee regarding updates from Moto to address other issues with Froyo..
"If you have already upgraded to 2.2 for Droid X, you have certainly found some great new capabilities. Most owners appear to be having untroubled operation, but a few owners also found new issues. While the incidence of these these issues is low, we want to provide some positive news for those who might be experiencing them.
Here are some of the known issues raised by forums members, with some information about each. It is not intended to be a complete list at this time -- there are many more improvements in the works. I’ll update this list as information becomes available.
I second this proposition. Especially the first one, save me from getting a Fascinate.
I too agree. The blog by Wildman is great and should replace the outdated Sticky that's on there now.
I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.
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Glad to hear that this suggestion has work out for everyone.
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I absoultely loathe by droid x since the update.
gerio wrote:
What issues are you having? We would love to see yer phone in an un-loathed state again.
Geri O
All of the aforementioned Froyo update problems except for boot freeze. I have done the full factory reset and to no avail. More specifically the issues that I hate the most are the music player not acknowledging files. The ringtone not working if music is selected. The same issue with the alarm. The kicker was when I was at a memorial for my grandfather in law it deleted the video of the service. So until I can get a new phone I shall loathe this piece of junk known as Droid X.
Zac
Wow.
I hate to offer ideas or suggestions when a family passing is involved. The deed is done. And I understand EXACTLY your feelings. Been there, done that with some of my late Father's music files on an external hard drive. Priceless and irretrievable files of his last few performances. Gone.
With all that going on, I'd get another warranty replacement phone. It would be (nearly) free, and if nothing was any better, then you'll know where to go from there.
If you haven't done this yet, check your SD card on a computer to see if that video file might still be there.
Good luck, whatever you decide.
Take care, Geri O
Usually the reset option will work, but it isn't guaranteed to work for everything. Question, when you reset did you try running device for a couples of days with no apps installed but stock apps to make sure your issue isn't a incompatible app? I recently noted a bug in a app that I always used but since the recent update the app was causing my freezing issue I been having
Also the problem with the video vanishing or being corrupted usually happens when you mount the device as Mass Storage and system wants to do error check, I can not express this more that this usually isn't the device issue but windows
Wildman wrote:Usually the reset option will work, but it isn't guaranteed to work for everything. Question, when you reset did you try running device for a couples of days with no apps installed but stock apps to make sure your issue isn't a incompatible app? I recently noted a bug in a app that I always used but since the recent update the app was causing my freezing issue I been having
Also the problem with the video vanishing or being corrupted usually happens when you mount the device as Mass Storage and system wants to do error check, I can not express this more that this usually isn't the device issue but windows
I did run my phone app free for a while, the music, alarm, ringtone issue started immediatey. The camera is just plain unstable. The phone wasn't connected to a computer before it corrupted the file. I know these are all motorola UI issues as they have stated on their forums, but the phone worked fine before 2.2 and now all the issues arise. I basically just use my phone as a phone now and have no issues, but its a waste having a smart phone when I could easily just have the freebie fone that does the same thing.
I totally understand your frustration and 2.2 does have a number of issues that can be worked through but there is a few situations that does become a pain. I hope they decide to release a bug fix soon myself because I am starting to experiance a issues that I am starting to get tired of figuring out.
The most frustrating thing I've experienced so far is the random rebooting, and it seems to be getting worse. Today, it rebooted at least 10 times. Thankfully, it only takes a minute or so to come back to full functionality, but it is troubling to wonder if it will reboot every time I pick it up. I removed some apps - including the one non-market app - and I've heard that "Weather Bug" and "The Weather Channel" apps might be culprits, so I uninstalled them, but the phone rebooted three times since then.
I've read that Motorola is aware of this and a fix should be out "soon". Any idea when "soon" is??
Since Motorola allegedy validated the existence of this problem, I'm hoping that it will be fixed. However, dependability and reliability are very important to me, and if these reboots continue it could make me consider another smartphone (although I really like all that the Droid X has to offer.) Other than a 'factory reset', any other ideas that I could try?
BTW, while typing this post, my phone - which is just sitting face up on the desk here - randomly rebooted.
The rebooting issue usually always goes back to a incompatible application installed, the developers are working to make the apps more and more compatible but some have not got there yet, this is one of the issues that can come from a major OS upgrade, the more the changing of the codes, the more the incompatible issues..
I would suggest removing everything that isn't stock from device and then slowly install apps and test for a few days because you are not just working with one app compatible issues, sometime other apps causes other apps to malfunction. I love iHeartRadio but I have been forced to stop using it since the 2.2 update and Verizon deciding to release there own version of the app, the app causes my device to crash alot, after uninstalling all my lockup and reboot issue stopped.
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