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[Q] I hate my Droid X, want a Droid Incredible instead....

so here is the situation. at first, i wanted to buy a Droid X but they were all out of stock at the verizon store near me, so i left with a droid incredible instead. but surprisingly for me i liked the incredible a lot more then i expected that i would. and i used my incredible for a few weeks but then i started noticing the speaker on the front wasnt working right, it would make a static noise during a phone call. and i have not even reached the 30 day limit with this phone so i returned the incredible back to the vzw store again but instead of getting a new incredible i decided to get a droid x instead like i originally planned to get. and i have been using this droid x for about a few weeks now and i must say, i liked my Droid Incredible MUCH better. the incredible was much faster, and sexier. so now i am wondering if verizon will let me take back my Droid x and once again get a Droid incredible instead, i really miss my incredible and im really starting to hate this phone.
so if you didnt get that the first time in short. i had a droid incredible, i loved it, but it broke. so i got a droid x and hated it. now i want to return it and get an incredible again, but i want to know if verizon will actually let me do that.
and on an unrelated not if verizon DOES let me get an incredible again will i have one of the newer models with the SLCD displays? does any one know if this screen looks any better then the older screens? just wondering

xmetl said:
so here is the situation. at first, i wanted to buy a Droid X but they were all out of stock at the verizon store near me, so i left with a droid incredible instead. but surprisingly for me i liked the incredible a lot more then i expected that i would. and i used my incredible for a few weeks but then i started noticing the speaker on the front wasnt working right, it would make a static noise during a phone call. and i have not even reached the 30 day limit with this phone so i returned the incredible back to the vzw store again but instead of getting a new incredible i decided to get a droid x instead like i originally planned to get. and i have been using this droid x for about a few weeks now and i must say, i liked my Droid Incredible MUCH better. the incredible was much faster, and sexier. so now i am wondering if verizon will let me take back my Droid x and once again get a Droid incredible instead, i really miss my incredible and im really starting to hate this phone.
so if you didn't get that the first time in short. i had a droid incredible, i loved it, but it broke. so i got a droid x and hated it. now i want to return it and get an incredible again, but i want to know if verizon will actually let me do that.
and on an unrelated not if verizon DOES let me get an incredible again will i have one of the newer models with the SLCD displays? does any one know if this screen looks any better then the older screens? just wondering
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That depends on.............mood of store manager. They can do pretty much everything there, however they could tell you you cannot make a second exchange. That happened to me once, but the manager was nice enough a let me do the exchange 3 times. So, my suggestion is - make up a little story and give it a try. Good luck.

HTC seems to always bring the greatest and latest. But in my experience their phones just don't last. Serious...NOT trying to troll. I've literally gone through 20+ HTC Recertified Like New devices in the past few years. Most common was the Oil Slick LCD problem, where Verizon eventually started blaming the customer as user affected abuse even though the LCD wasn't cracked.
Great specs encased with cheap plastic and cheap parts.

xmetl;8787065
so if you didnt get that the first time in short. i had a droid incredible said:
Thats been my experience with HTC devices. Loved them all until they broke in the first 3 months. I went through 13 HTC devices (from the Vogue all the way up to the Rhodium) in about a year and a half. Personally, I will never own another HTC device unless that company does something AMAZING.
As far as your question goes, if the store manager is unwilling to do anything for you, I'm sure you could find someone that would be willing to trade their Incredible for your DX.
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I can't even believe people are bashing HTC all I can say is **** you I can't wait to be done with my X great hardware ****ty software moto can kiss my ass my last 14 phones we're HTC and im sorry I didn't stick with them they are the superior phone maker
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For one, this is a Droid x forum. If you're a Droid x hater, go ***** somewhere else. If you loved htc so much, you shoulda never switched. YOU chose to get a Droid x, no one in this forum made you. I say good day sir. I SAY GOOD DAY! (btw, there are several HTC forums. If you can't find the, pm me and ill walk ya through it!)
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c0uRtJe$t3r said:
For one, this is a Droid x forum. If you're a Droid x hater, go ***** somewhere else. If you loved htc so much, you shoulda never switched. YOU chose to get a Droid x, no one in this forum made you. I say good day sir. I SAY GOOD DAY! (btw, there are several HTC forums. If you can't find the, pm me and ill walk ya through it!)
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first of all calm down, dont be such a troll

Hmmm, troll. You post in a Droid x forum that you hate it and want an incredible. Why not post it in the incredible forum with the hopes someone would want to trade you?? And my comments were more directed to the post above mine, but if the shoe fits...
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c0uRtJe$t3r said:
Hmmm, troll. You post in a Droid x forum that you hate it and want an incredible. Why not post it in the incredible forum with the hopes someone would want to trade you?? And my comments were more directed to the post above mine, but if the shoe fits...
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im not looking for some one to trade with. im wondering if verizon will let me trade in my phone for an incredible.

I have a Droid incredible oled screen. Ill be willing to trade. Has zagg screen protector and in a case so if your willing pm me.

If its the software you hate so much then why don't you flash one of the amazing roms on this forum. By now software should not be an issue.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
If its the software you hate so much then why don't you flash one of the amazing roms on this forum. By now software should not be an issue.
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yup, hated the software, flashed the new rubix. now im in love with the x again.

Just an observation fttb: This thread is teetering on the brink. Any more trolling will cause lock/troll warnings. Keep it civil plz.

Gingerbread??

Any Cooks/Dev's working on a build of the sdk for the droid/droid2/droidx....?
just curious.

If I have read correctly around the net, I think devs need to wait until Motorola releases their own version of Gingerbread for the D2 and DX since they use Blur. Could be different for the Droid 1 though since its stock.

Master_Tak said:
If I have read correctly around the net, I think devs need to wait until Motorola releases their own version of Gingerbread for the D2 and DX since they use Blur. Could be different for the Droid 1 though since its stock.
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Exactly the reason why I plan on switching to the samsung fascinate. This locked bootloader mess is making the droid2 root experience suck bad. While other phones get roms as soon as the freakin sdk is released for gingerbread, we are stuck waiting on moto bcuz we are locked down and unable to get ealry gb roms.
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Real funny how you want to switch to a fascinate because of Motorola being slow on rom updates. The sgs fascinate is still in 2.1 eclair bro. If you want most upto date than stay away from Sammy. That's why I'm replacing my fascinate tomorrow.
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I just wish motorola would confirm which phones are going to get 2.3. Samsung and lg have announced some phones are going to get it, and I think htc has too I believe. I assume the d2 will get it, I don't know why it wouldn't. I'm just anxious cause of my luck with phones I picked the eris first and of course it didn't see froyo until the devs made it.
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orkillakilla said:
I just wish motorola would confirm which phones are going to get 2.3. Samsung and lg have announced some phones are going to get it, and I think htc has too I believe. I assume the d2 will get it, I don't know why it wouldn't. I'm just anxious cause of my luck with phones I picked the eris first and of course it didn't see froyo until the devs made it.
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Funny thing is..we don't know which D2 is going to get it. I have the original one but they just came out with the Global version...

Do you really think they might only release it for Global and leave the original D2 in the dust?

silverfang77 said:
Do you really think they might only release it for Global and leave the original D2 in the dust?
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Doubt it, they are almost identical and would release it shortly after one another
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Yeah I mean its not like the d2 has met its end life yet either
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Looks like verizon will be announcing which phones are getting 2.3
http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbread-being-assessed-on-verizon-phones-20101215/
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rowbaretow said:
Real funny how you want to switch to a fascinate because of Motorola being slow on rom updates. The sgs fascinate is still in 2.1 eclair bro. If you want most upto date than stay away from Sammy. That's why I'm replacing my fascinate tomorrow.
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I would agree with you normally but this is XDA.. the vast majority of people here are looking to customize their phones, and are not like the general public. I'd rather a fully unlocked bootloader with zero OEM support than lots of OEM support and a completely locked down system. That is one of the main reasons android is so much better than the iphone.. but here i am feeling stupid with locked phone. Although, the most locked down android is nowhere near as restrictive as a fruit device, but stil...

Bootloaders not actually unlocked

The Droid X, Milestone etc bootloaders were not actually unlocked. It was a hoax. http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-bootloader-still-encrypted-developer-comes-clean
I don't see why so many are willing to put up with this. There are plenty of other good android phones out there. As long as Motorola is going to fight this, there will never be a truly safe way to flash custom roms/kernels on droid phones, and devs simply aren't going to invest the time necessary to develop much.

::: Sigh :::

I've learned an important lesson, don't get hopes up so quickly :'(

snwboard333 said:
I've learned an important lesson, don't get hopes up so quickly :'(
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Motorola is too committed to their bootloaders not being crackable. Just pick another phone for your next one.

disappointing, and we all know now not to ever trust nenolod again. thunderbolt here i come...

I think its horrible that some one thought it was funny that this happened. I know I am a no body to the android community but I for sure did an "unfollow" on twitter today.

QuarkGluonSoup said:
Motorola is too committed to their bootloaders not being crackable. Just pick another phone for your next one.
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That's my thought. I'm due for a new phone here shortly; it certainly won't be a Motorola.

@nenolod purposefully lied to us. http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg614/scaled.php?tn=0&server=614&filename=l8sp.png&xsize=480&ysize=480
This is ridiculous. He cannot be doing this @&#( to us. I have lost all respect for this guy

And the thing is he said it was because people kept bothering him about the stuff. Well I never even heard of this guy until all this came out as im sure the case with most people, so why play this stupid "trick" on all of us?

Again, lets throw all of out locked droid x's at him. He shoukd be banned from android period
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1tonyj said:
That's my thought. I'm due for a new phone here shortly; it certainly won't be a Motorola.
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I would recommend a Galaxy S. The bootloaders are unlocked and it now has a functional CM7 version. Plus, nothing beats the Super AMOLED screen.

Yeah this was pretty lame, got my hopes up, so I just got a dinc for now until I can afford a new phone or get my upgrade.
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I loved my Droid X when I first got it. Rooted it and had leaked Froyo running on it before OTA was available. After that there was not much more I could do with it. Bought a used Captivate on ebay. There are lots of custom ROMs and kernels to choose from. When September rolls around I hope there is a new Samsung phone available. No more Moto's for me.
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Galaxy S phones are very solid, with a few mods, it will fly. Plus the bootloader is unlocked, if u are coming from the x, you will greatly appreciate this. I just picked up a thunderbolt and so far, i love it. Its crazy fast, LTE or not, and having the 256mb of extra ram really makes for a phone that never slows down, no matter what you are doing. My only complaint other than the battery being undersized, as HTC ALWAYS does, is the adreno 205, people with the mytouch or G2 will tell you its good. When voming from a galaxy s the GPU is the only thing that i dont think is better.
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faber78 said:
and the next phone wont be locked.
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Yes, yes it will.

This Phone Won't Die

I am returning to the Incredible after dabbling with a Fascinate for a while. It just seems this thing will never die out. Developments has actually boomed since I was last here and that is great.
Much respect to the devs, you guys are awesome.
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The original Incredible, the N1, and the Evo in my mind are the three pure Android phones that have cult status IMO.

Just got mine a couple weeks ago so hopefully it won't die out anytime soon!
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I test drove the fanny too, and have to say it. The dinc crushes that phone. The dinc is like a Midwestern farmgirl, and the Fanny is like a Russian model. The dinc isn't quite as pretty, but when you need some heavy labor done, she goes like crazy until the task is done. While the Russian model looks at you with that pretty screen, and has no idea what you just asked her. ; )
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JeramyEggs said:
I test drove the fanny too, and have to say it. The dinc crushes that phone. The dinc is like a Midwestern farmgirl, and the Fanny is like a Russian model. The dinc isn't quite as pretty, but when you need some heavy labor done, she goes like crazy until the task is done. While the Russian model looks at you with that pretty screen, and has no idea what you just asked her. ; )
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Quite the comparison, haha.

i'm definitely not bored with it yet!! the only thing i think would improve it is 4G. other than that, i'll ride it to the end..

I have the Inc now (upgraded from the droid back in late March) and its a nice phone, but I definitely wish I had something more current (which I will come November). From a hardware standpoint its a nice phone with moderate hardware but from a modding standpoint it's not the top of the list since its still locked (and can be bricked, like my original one which I had for a week) and the hardware is showing its age when it comes to new software like Sense 3.
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The original Incredible, the N1, and the Evo in my mind are the three pure Android phones that have cult status IMO.
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I believe you forgot the one that started it all: The Moto Droid.

What do you mean its locked? The inc1? Its easy as hell to root/s-off.
Hardware may be showing some age but the dev support is pretty good still.
And I'd second that about the OG Droid.

brando56894 said:
...and the hardware is showing its age when it comes to new software like Sense 3.
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JoelZ has a Sense 3.0 ROM that runs beautifully on my dinc. No lagging, lots of free memory, its a solid daily.

The Dinc was and is my first android phone, got it when it came out last April.
Whenever I do move on, if its in December when I'm up for a new one, or later, its gonna be tough to move on. I've definitely been spoiled with the solidity of the phone and the ferocity of the dev community for it.

Im gettin a second for my gf. Anyone thay doesnt want thier dinc, im makin a stockpile to make mine last forever.
Youre looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD

sure at the right price ;-)

brando56894 said:
I believe you forgot the one that started it all: The Moto Droid.
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How could I.
-Sent from my Droid Incredible-

IMO the G1 is the alpha of android phones. Hopefully we never see the omega.
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I just got my incredible yesterday, I haven't picked up my tbolt since. I'm glad to finally be back on miui.
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ddgarcia05 said:
I just got my incredible yesterday, I haven't picked up my tbolt since. I'm glad to finally be back on miui.
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I'm contemplating moving to the Tbolt or Inc2 but lack of Dual Core and CM7 is definitely stopping me. CM7 is keeping me nice and cozy with the Inc.

Im contemplating getting the Droid 3 but man oh man is it hard. $450 for it? Idk. The incredible has served me very well, and it still has a ton of life in it. All I need to do is give it some body work... like a new chassis. I abused this thing way too much haha.
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Where did you hear $450?
Or is that assuming you can get $150 for your Inc and the Droid3 is $600?
I want that phone too. XD

Hahaha well the Droid x 2 is only 450... just a guess ha. But I've been reading and looking at the Sensation... oh so tempting. The Droid 3 just isn't as pretty and polished... but it has a keyboard... and Motorola is unlocking handsets now. I hate decisions.
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Don't count on the Droid 3 to have anything less than an encrypted bootloader.

January 2012 SOAK Test for Atrix

Did anyone else get this email. In it the Atrix 4g was specifically mentioned for SOAK test registration for January 2012.

Got it about 10 min ago. I hope its ICS!
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So I get this and registered...awaiting response.....now should I flash fruitcake or try to flash the SBF? Wondering what will get me the least likely hood of hard bricking my phone.

Hmm.
Is that meen that we will get ICS soon?

island-guy said:
So I get this and registered...awaiting response.....now should I flash fruitcake or try to flash the SBF? Wondering what will get me the least likely hood of hard bricking my phone.
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I am wondering the same thing...should I get back on stock?

I think it is just 2.3.7

I got it too, too little too late from moto for me, not a chance in hell it's ics but it's good they haven't forgotten about the phone
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what's SOAK Test???

I doubt moto would waste time doing a soak test for a higher version of gingerbread -- especially since they've got a whole host of other phones for which they need to provide support. Rejoice people, this is ICS!!
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IUH1991 said:
I doubt moto would waste time doing a soak test for a higher version of gingerbread -- especially since they've got a whole host of other phones for which they need to provide support. Rejoice people, this is ICS!!
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It's hard to believe but you have a good point... I'm so disappointed with Motorola that I don't doubt it could be a fail update to fix something that just make our life a little worse (like ripping off root/HDMI mirroring and stuff)
This will be my last Motorola phone for sure.
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It's hard to believe but you have a good point... I'm so disappointed with Motorola that I don't doubt it could be a fail update to fix something that just make our life a little worse (like ripping off root/HDMI mirroring and stuff)
This will be my last Motorola phone for sure.
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I feel the same way. However, if this is ICS, I may reconsider my stance
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I'm not bothering this time around (deleted my Blur backup by mistake).
If it is ICS, I'll just wait till the fine folks in development get CM9 working right.

MacAlert said:
I'm not bothering this time around (deleted my Blur backup by mistake).
If it is ICS, I'll just wait till the fine folks in development get CM9 working right.
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+1
And this won't be my last Moto phone for sure. Imo, Moto makes the best looking phones. If you want updates - pick a Moto phone that has the biggest developer community.
Community ROMs ALWAYS beat the official crap that Motorola releases.

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I'm not bothering this time around (deleted my Blur backup by mistake).
If it is ICS, I'll just wait till the fine folks in development get CM9 working right.
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if it is it'll at least mean we can enjoy a blur free ics 100% working rom a lot quicker. but i just refuse to believe that the atrix is going to be the 2nd ics phone behind gnex.

Got it this morning around 2am central time. Signed up and hoping its ICS.
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I joined how I get approved will this mean I get ICS? Also what will happen to my root status?

I think this will be exciting to see how the new motoblur looks, they have said that they want to make less phones and more support for phones, and with google behind them and the pressure on from samsung, my eyes and ears are looking to moto to put up a fight. another point is that google is hard on about using the ICS halo theme and google owns moto, maybe the order came from the top, ICS with less blur out faster please.

xploited said:
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And this won't be my last Moto phone for sure. Imo, Moto makes the best looking phones. If you want updates - pick a Moto phone that has the biggest developer community.
Community ROMs ALWAYS beat the official crap that Motorola releases.
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I've no doubt that the community makes the difference I also saw someone else post saying that even if Motorola release a ICS he will still use CM9 instead... I just feel abandoned by Motorola in a lot of ways such improvements in the entertainment center, no FM radio (no subtitles) and other stuffs that they never ever reply.. They could at least provide the libs as they will not care....
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The only reason I use moto blur roms is because I really like the lapdock, that's why am I really hoping that they bring out an ics ROM.

Who the hell wants Blur ICS?
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