pinkhelmets
Inactive User
I am gutted. This is a warning for phone users thinking of accepting official Android 'firmware upgrades'.
My Motorola Razr Droid XT910 4.3" smartphone has been a superb phone for almost a year. Signal gains & battery life certainly beat Samsung HTC & iPhone alternatives. My phone was without doubt the best for me and suited perfect!
Unfortunately, I upgraded last weekend to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream melted slop no good to man nor beast Sandwich... What a huge mistake!!!
Since accepting the official download and upgrading over WiFi my perfect phone has been destroyed and basically become unusable. Nobody takes responsibility or wants to solve and I'm left wondering how can this be allowed?
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First problem. My battery would easily last a full day and night, 24 hours minimum with general moderate use. It was even possible to go 2 days without charge. Now on ICS 4.0.4 it will drain to switch off within just a few hours, maybe 5 hours max if phone not used whatsoever.
Second problem. No PC or laptop can recognise the device, with Windows messages leading to "Replace the device".
Third problem. Random regular software crash & lock-ups. Never once in 10 months did it crash previously!
Fourth problem. The 3 issues above are experienced by many others but none have found a solution.
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Now I'm not an idiot with phones. I have sought expert help too from various places online, and this leads to discovering numerous people with the same issues since upgrading to Android ICS on a Motorola Razr. The final conclusion being, there is no current solution, await official Jelly Bean to be available by Motorola upgrade, with hope it will solve?! Apparently thousands of us are left with dumb-phones, which havent worked correctly for many months for some. FFS!!!
My contract is with T-Mobile. They dont give a shit. No insurance, the phone comes on and sort of functions for a while so thats good enough.
Any advice or comments from you guys please?
I dont need obvious options, as already done a million times; remove battery, reset to factory, format card, clear cache, try different PC, try different operating system, try different usb cable, different drivers, different developer options & connection options in Android menu, etc etc, all the obvious....including adding third party apps to see what drains power -it is the Android Kernel at its base level. The 3 problems above remain even with a factory-set phone and no personal stuff or apps added.
Thanks for reading & for any comments.
My Motorola Razr Droid XT910 4.3" smartphone has been a superb phone for almost a year. Signal gains & battery life certainly beat Samsung HTC & iPhone alternatives. My phone was without doubt the best for me and suited perfect!
Unfortunately, I upgraded last weekend to Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream melted slop no good to man nor beast Sandwich... What a huge mistake!!!
Since accepting the official download and upgrading over WiFi my perfect phone has been destroyed and basically become unusable. Nobody takes responsibility or wants to solve and I'm left wondering how can this be allowed?
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First problem. My battery would easily last a full day and night, 24 hours minimum with general moderate use. It was even possible to go 2 days without charge. Now on ICS 4.0.4 it will drain to switch off within just a few hours, maybe 5 hours max if phone not used whatsoever.
Second problem. No PC or laptop can recognise the device, with Windows messages leading to "Replace the device".
Third problem. Random regular software crash & lock-ups. Never once in 10 months did it crash previously!
Fourth problem. The 3 issues above are experienced by many others but none have found a solution.
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Now I'm not an idiot with phones. I have sought expert help too from various places online, and this leads to discovering numerous people with the same issues since upgrading to Android ICS on a Motorola Razr. The final conclusion being, there is no current solution, await official Jelly Bean to be available by Motorola upgrade, with hope it will solve?! Apparently thousands of us are left with dumb-phones, which havent worked correctly for many months for some. FFS!!!
My contract is with T-Mobile. They dont give a shit. No insurance, the phone comes on and sort of functions for a while so thats good enough.
Any advice or comments from you guys please?
I dont need obvious options, as already done a million times; remove battery, reset to factory, format card, clear cache, try different PC, try different operating system, try different usb cable, different drivers, different developer options & connection options in Android menu, etc etc, all the obvious....including adding third party apps to see what drains power -it is the Android Kernel at its base level. The 3 problems above remain even with a factory-set phone and no personal stuff or apps added.
Thanks for reading & for any comments.
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