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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Jul 28, 2011 4:49 PM
wes_mantooth;844782 wrote:I am holding out for a quad core processor and 6g.

I highly suggest you check out the HTC Uranus then :P
Jul 28, 2011 4:49pm
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karen lotz

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Jul 29, 2011 12:55 AM
yeah I saw that earlier. :(
Jul 29, 2011 12:55am
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OneBuckeye

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Jul 29, 2011 7:58 AM
BGR gave the droid 3 a terrible review. I am now holding out for a Bionic or a Iphone next gen.
Jul 29, 2011 7:58am
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Jul 29, 2011 8:02 AM
Also, no google turn by turn on the Iphone may be a deal breaker for me, but I am getting to the point where I am getting a lot of "force close" messeges on my droid and some slow ass speed. How do I speed it up? Keep it maintained? I am too lazy to do too much to it. Also a lot of apps that are free on droid you have to pay for with apple. I am still not sure which way to go.
Jul 29, 2011 8:02am
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Jul 29, 2011 8:39 AM
OneBuckeye;845384 wrote:Also, no google turn by turn on the Iphone may be a deal breaker for me, but I am getting to the point where I am getting a lot of "force close" messeges on my droid and some slow ass speed. How do I speed it up? Keep it maintained? I am too lazy to do too much to it. Also a lot of apps that are free on droid you have to pay for with apple. I am still not sure which way to go.

Really, no google turn by turn on the iPhone, never knew that....
Jul 29, 2011 8:39am
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 29, 2011 11:44 AM
OneBuckeye;845384 wrote:How do I speed it up? Keep it maintained? I am too lazy to do too much to it. Also a lot of apps that are free on droid you have to pay for with apple. I am still not sure which way to go.

You're holding a mini computer in your pocket. It will get bogged down and slow after awhile, regardless of how you take care of it. iPhones are guilty of this as well.

You could always do a factory restore. It'll be exactly how it was when you bought it.

What phone do you have?
Jul 29, 2011 11:44am
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Jul 29, 2011 11:54 AM
Evo3d might get root today...

http://revolutionary.io/
Jul 29, 2011 11:54am
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Jul 29, 2011 1:03 PM
dlazz;845561 wrote:You're holding a mini computer in your pocket. It will get bogged down and slow after awhile, regardless of how you take care of it. iPhones are guilty of this as well.

You could always do a factory restore. It'll be exactly how it was when you bought it.

What phone do you have?

Original moto droid.
Jul 29, 2011 1:03pm
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 29, 2011 6:25 PM
OneBuckeye;845629 wrote:Original moto droid.

Is it rooted? You could try an aftermarket firmware on it. Cyanogenmod runs like a dream on the OG droid:

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
Jul 29, 2011 6:25pm
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Jul 29, 2011 7:33 PM
dlazz;845561 wrote:You're holding a mini computer in your pocket. It will get bogged down and slow after awhile, regardless of how you take care of it. iPhones are guilty of this as well.

You could always do a factory restore. It'll be exactly how it was when you bought it.

What phone do you have?
factory resets are useless.
Jul 29, 2011 7:33pm
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 30, 2011 1:06 AM
Glory Days;846078 wrote:factory resets are useless.

No, they aren't.
Jul 30, 2011 1:06am
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Jul 30, 2011 6:58 AM
dlazz;846388 wrote:No, they aren't.

sorry, they are effective for about a day, until you begin to use your phone like normal again.
Jul 30, 2011 6:58am
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Jul 30, 2011 9:09 AM
Factory resets on the Original Droid aren't very effective. The problem is, the phone sports a 550mhz processor, and is updated to software designed for much faster processors. You can't just keep putting the new version of Windows on your laptop that you've had for years and expect it to run smoothly. From everything I've heard, the original Droid performs well after it's been rooted. But if you don't want to do that, you have to be close to upgrading. Maybe it's time for a new device.
Jul 30, 2011 9:09am
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Jul 30, 2011 9:13 AM
sherm03;846447 wrote:Factory resets on the Original Droid aren't very effective. The problem is, the phone sports a 550mhz processor, and is updated to software designed for much faster processors. You can't just keep putting the new version of Windows on your laptop that you've had for years and expect it to run smoothly. From everything I've heard, the original Droid performs well after it's been rooted. But if you don't want to do that, you have to be close to upgrading. Maybe it's time for a new device.

original droid here.
Jul 30, 2011 9:13am
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MontyBrunswick

Jul 30, 2011 2:11 PM
Glory Days;846449 wrote:original droid here.

Oh, then that is probably your problem. You should try CM7 too
Jul 30, 2011 2:11pm
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Aug 1, 2011 9:32 AM
August 1st is here and finally eligible for an upgrade! any new phones coming out in the near future i should hold out for?

Right now its between the Droid 3 or Droid Charge.
Aug 1, 2011 9:32am
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Aug 1, 2011 10:03 AM
Glory Days;848130 wrote:August 1st is here and finally eligible for an upgrade! any new phones coming out in the near future i should hold out for?

Right now its between the Droid 3 or Droid Charge.

If you can wait another month or so, at least wait to see if you like the Bionic.

If you can't wait, it depends on what is more important to you. Do you want a 4G phone? Go with the Charge. Do you need that keyboard like the original Droid? Go Droid 3 (and buy it now because there aren't any 4G phones with a keyboard I've heard about coming soon). Don't need a keyboard OR 4G? Go X2 or Incredible 2.
Aug 1, 2011 10:03am
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Aug 1, 2011 10:35 AM
Between the charge and Droid 3 I would go charge because of the 4g. However the Droid 3 is probably the nicest 3g phone Verizon has. So if speed is not an issue the Droid 3 is pretty sweet

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Aug 1, 2011 10:35am
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Aug 1, 2011 11:28 AM
haha yeah that is the debate. i like the slide out keyboard with the Droid 3, especially the directional arrows which help when trying to select tiny links on webpages, but that seems to be about the only advantage. The Charge has 4G and what seems to be a lot more built in programs etc.

You think the Bionic will be a step up from the Charge?
Aug 1, 2011 11:28am
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 1, 2011 11:57 AM
I have the Charge and it's awesome. I will never buy a Motorola phone again after the experience I had with my Droid 2.
Aug 1, 2011 11:57am
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Aug 1, 2011 2:37 PM
Glory Days;848209 wrote:haha yeah that is the debate. i like the slide out keyboard with the Droid 3, especially the directional arrows which help when trying to select tiny links on webpages, but that seems to be about the only advantage. The Charge has 4G and what seems to be a lot more built in programs etc.

You think the Bionic will be a step up from the Charge?

The Bionic will be a big step up from the Charge. 4G speeds along with a dual core processor is going to make for a really nice phone.

What exactly are you doing on your phone? Are you doing a lot of video streaming (ala Netflix) and using your device as a mobile hotspot? IMO, those are really the only MAJOR advantages to the 4G speed. Basic web browsing/emailing/etc. on a phone is fine on 3G speeds. The difference pulling up a website like ESPN on the Droid 3 and the Charge is so minimal that it's hardly worth the extra money. But when you fire up a 4G hotspot...it's ridiculously faster than it's 3G counterpart. So it all depends on how you plan to use your phone and what features are more important to you.
Aug 1, 2011 2:37pm
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Aug 1, 2011 2:39 PM
dlazz;848232 wrote:I have the Charge and it's awesome. I will never buy a Motorola phone again after the experience I had with my Droid 2.

I don't believe this at all. If you had an issue with the Droid 2, I'm sure you would have mentioned by now that you hated it and will never buy a Motorola phone again.


Oh wait.....
Aug 1, 2011 2:39pm
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Aug 1, 2011 3:05 PM
sherm03;846447 wrote:Factory resets on the Original Droid aren't very effective. The problem is, the phone sports a 550mhz processor, and is updated to software designed for much faster processors. You can't just keep putting the new version of Windows on your laptop that you've had for years and expect it to run smoothly. From everything I've heard, the original Droid performs well after it's been rooted. But if you don't want to do that, you have to be close to upgrading. Maybe it's time for a new device.

Still have my original droid. After every update I feel it getting slower and slower. I've been trying to hold off for the Bionic. If it gets pushed from September I don't know what I'm going to do!
Aug 1, 2011 3:05pm
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MontyBrunswick

Aug 1, 2011 4:56 PM
sherm03;848359 wrote:I don't believe this at all. If you had an issue with the Droid 2, I'm sure you would have mentioned by now that you hated it and will never buy a Motorola phone again.


Oh wait.....



OH U....

Seriously though... its like night and day between the two. 4G is nice, though i dont use the mobile hotspot as it now costs extra.
Aug 1, 2011 4:56pm