Comments on: DROID Bionic Receives Smart Actions When Updated to Ice Cream Sandwich

By: Zachary Derr

Zachary Derr — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:57:00 +0000

So im still stuck on 2.3.5 with my bionic any idea on the update

By: Jeremy Sheehan

Jeremy Sheehan — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:12:00 +0000

That’s too bad. I never have problems with it. I relearn areas frequently (esp work). Maybe that’s the problem?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:48:00 +0000

Well that would be relevant if the forums and blogs attracted enough users to be representative of the user base of these devices as a whole. I suppose you’ve for evidence of that? If not im gonna have to respond with a “so?”
And thats before we consider that people who have phones that work don’t usually take to forums the same way that people who don’t do. So even if there were more properly functioning Bionics than there weren’t would you know about it just because you frequent some forums? I kinda doubt it.

By: brkshr

brkshr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Glad you got a good phone… Seriously guys, I’m probably a bigger
Moto fan than anyone here. I have had the Droid, Droid X, Droid Pro,
Droid 2 Global, Droid X2, Droid 3, Droid Bionic & Droid RAZR. I’m not trying to knock Moto or start crap with Bionic users. I’ve also had every high-end HTC & Samsung available on VZW. The 2 Bionics I’ve had are just not good radio wise. I use the forums heavily, especially RootzWiki & follow just about every dev for VZW phones. I can tell when a phone is not good by experience & lack of support from the Android community. It’s just not there with the Bionic.

By: Bionic

Bionic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:14:00 +0000

hmm, odd, i dunno what to tell ya then. All i know is that I love my Bionic, sure its had a few issues when first realeasd, but its still a great phone.

By: Bionic

Bionic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:13:00 +0000

If you buy a phone from google itself and you want to pay verizon for their network service, they cant say no to you

By: brkshr

brkshr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Yep Believe me, I know a lot about Android. I’ve tried every trick there is. Been on RootzWiki, Droid Forums, & My Droid World, tried every rom available. The 2 Bionics I’ve had are just bum.

By: Bionic

Bionic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:07:00 +0000

just a thought, you said you dont have LTE yet where you live. Did you turn LTE off on the bionic? Cuz if you dont it’ll just keep searching for it causing 3G drops. When I have LTE turned off on mine it never loses 3G

By: brkshr

brkshr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:05:00 +0000

You’re correct about the Galaxy Nexus having radio issues. Most of that has to do with the hand off between 3g & 4g, and most of that was fixed with the 4.0.4 update. But yes, the GNex radios are not as strong as most Motorola phones that I have enjoyed & I don’t get 4g so I’ve never had the hand off issues myself. I’m praying Moto will have a Nexus phone later this year! I would love to get back on Moto’s build quality & radios with an unlocked bootloader. However, I think there is a very fat chance that VZW will let anymore Nexus phones on their network, until the 2 year contract is up for the gnex. Just like they did from the Droid to the GNex. VZW likes to keep crap locked down I would jump ship, but they get excellent reception everywhere I go in Cali.

By: Bionic

Bionic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:58:00 +0000

The Galaxy Nexus has well documented radio issues. Im sure motorola will be one of the 5 nexus phones later this year.

By: Roland Thompson

Roland Thompson — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:41:00 +0000

My Bionic has the best radios of any Android phone I’ve owned and I travel to weak signal areas several times a week. Of course I bought mine on sale and it came with 902 on it, so I missed out on the earlier builds. But it’s rocking ICS now and life is good.

By: brkshr

brkshr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:18:00 +0000

Hmm, I may have to get rid of it now then & get her an SIII. I think all the radio problems & the upcoming RAZR & GNex announcements screwed me back then. As far as the radios now, the Bionic is completely up to date & drops data about once a week, requiring a reboot. I get to hear about it from the GF all the time. We don’t have 4g here, so maybe it’s a 3g problem, idk & I don’t care. I’ll be sticking with Nexus phones or Samsung phones with complete source code availability from now on. I’ll be back with Moto as soon as they release a Nexus model.

By: brkshr

brkshr — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:17:00 +0000

I understand some people have Bionics that work well. I’ve also had almost every Android phone that VZW has offered & followed each closely on the forums & blogs. So I know that most have had problems with the Bionic. I’m glad your phone works tho.

By: Bionic

Bionic — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:20:00 +0000

They are selling for 150 and up on ebay right now. The radios are not an issue right now and have not been since the 902 update.

By: Scott Capodice

Scott Capodice — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:35:00 +0000

I fought with llama for like a month and had my phone go off in a staff meeting with the boss….uninstalled at that point. Way too many settings that never seemed to do what I wanted them to…