bmxfreakrider
G33K P0W3R!!!!
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I have had this phone for a little over a year, and ever since I got it, it has been the worst phone I have ever owned. It has always been slow and drops more calls than any other phone I have ever had. The camera is terrible, and verizon mutilated the UI. I dealt with it for a whole year, then last week it started weeping... its pretty funny actually I might record what it does and put it on youtube.
It:
Freezes
BlueScreens/WhiteScreens/BlackScreens of death (yes it has a bsod, and a wsod)
Unexpectedly turns off
text messages make it do all of the above
Drops any and all calls
when ringtone plays it sounds like a DJ... very badly... it sounds like a record played on 1/2 speed then back to full speed and it alternates... pretty entertaining, first I heard it I almost fell over from laughing so hard
constantly disconnects from verizon
can not use mobile web (says device is unactivated)
will turn on whenever power button is pressed from off, but (the only way I can describe it) acts like it fails post... with only the keypad lighting up and nothing else, when this happens must connect to either charger or pc via usb cable to return functionality (for about 30s then it freezes and restarts)
freezes and restarts when you touch it
freezes and restarts when you move it
freezes and restarts when you look at it
freezes and restarts when you think about
freezes and restarts just to **** me off
says a dead battery is fully charged (tested with 2x batteries and 3x chargers, other phones report dead this one reports full)
however it works just fine when i put it in the freezer... XD I love it, it works when I do it, cools my ear (great in the summer) but the condensation is surely not good for it, my water dot is still white tho, so its all good.
I get to take it in to verizon tomorrow, I had this thing heavilly modded, loaded with the K1m firmware (this is a v3m mind you), and had any seem edit and softmod you can think of done to it. Even had a wifi antenna from an old laptop taped to the back and hooked up to the antenna port, the outside LCD had a logo that said "F*** Verizon" when open, I had all the internal verizon branding removed (all of this done when i first got the phone, about a week after I bought it) never bought warranty for it, so i never cared for voiding the waranty
however now I have changed my mind. even if I did buy the one year warranty, it would have done me no good, It would be expired by now anyways, however... I took it to a cellphone shop and discribed my problem to the guy and he said it sounded like the software on the phone is corrupted (would explain why it works so good when in the freezer, bad memory chip maybe???) so I have to take it to a verizon store for a "software update" (i already have the updated software but im going in and playing stupid so I can have them reflash my phone and hopefully fix it, I do not feel like going thru the whole run-around with those DA's on VZW support over the phone)
But, if it is a hardware issue, then my phone is toast... wouldn't suprise me, it has had a rough life, but I have never seen any electronic device malfunction like this... I have done some research and found out that even tho vz phones do not use sim cards, you can still switch phones without too much hassle, so I might have to get a cheap azz prepay phone and have my number trasfered to that until I have enough money to buy a decent phone... but therin lies a problem. I am broke, and my cell is my main communication device for employers to let me know if I have an interview, and I can not recieve calls to even know if I have one!
So here is my question: is there anyone who lives in the hollywood/LA area who has an extra verizon phone who is willing to donate it? I dont care if its a kyocera with a snapped off antenna, as long as it stays on and can make/recieve calls haha...
or unless someone is a complete motorola expert and can fix this thing :/, or maybe someone has some suggestions on how I can sweet talk the ppl at the verizon store into getting me a free phone (mind you I am broke, and the account is not mine, it is my fathers, so no contract extentions either)
advice/help/suggestions/anything greatly appreciated!
It:
Freezes
BlueScreens/WhiteScreens/BlackScreens of death (yes it has a bsod, and a wsod)
Unexpectedly turns off
text messages make it do all of the above
Drops any and all calls
when ringtone plays it sounds like a DJ... very badly... it sounds like a record played on 1/2 speed then back to full speed and it alternates... pretty entertaining, first I heard it I almost fell over from laughing so hard
constantly disconnects from verizon
can not use mobile web (says device is unactivated)
will turn on whenever power button is pressed from off, but (the only way I can describe it) acts like it fails post... with only the keypad lighting up and nothing else, when this happens must connect to either charger or pc via usb cable to return functionality (for about 30s then it freezes and restarts)
freezes and restarts when you touch it
freezes and restarts when you move it
freezes and restarts when you look at it
freezes and restarts when you think about
freezes and restarts just to **** me off
says a dead battery is fully charged (tested with 2x batteries and 3x chargers, other phones report dead this one reports full)
however it works just fine when i put it in the freezer... XD I love it, it works when I do it, cools my ear (great in the summer) but the condensation is surely not good for it, my water dot is still white tho, so its all good.
I get to take it in to verizon tomorrow, I had this thing heavilly modded, loaded with the K1m firmware (this is a v3m mind you), and had any seem edit and softmod you can think of done to it. Even had a wifi antenna from an old laptop taped to the back and hooked up to the antenna port, the outside LCD had a logo that said "F*** Verizon" when open, I had all the internal verizon branding removed (all of this done when i first got the phone, about a week after I bought it) never bought warranty for it, so i never cared for voiding the waranty
however now I have changed my mind. even if I did buy the one year warranty, it would have done me no good, It would be expired by now anyways, however... I took it to a cellphone shop and discribed my problem to the guy and he said it sounded like the software on the phone is corrupted (would explain why it works so good when in the freezer, bad memory chip maybe???) so I have to take it to a verizon store for a "software update" (i already have the updated software but im going in and playing stupid so I can have them reflash my phone and hopefully fix it, I do not feel like going thru the whole run-around with those DA's on VZW support over the phone)
But, if it is a hardware issue, then my phone is toast... wouldn't suprise me, it has had a rough life, but I have never seen any electronic device malfunction like this... I have done some research and found out that even tho vz phones do not use sim cards, you can still switch phones without too much hassle, so I might have to get a cheap azz prepay phone and have my number trasfered to that until I have enough money to buy a decent phone... but therin lies a problem. I am broke, and my cell is my main communication device for employers to let me know if I have an interview, and I can not recieve calls to even know if I have one!
So here is my question: is there anyone who lives in the hollywood/LA area who has an extra verizon phone who is willing to donate it? I dont care if its a kyocera with a snapped off antenna, as long as it stays on and can make/recieve calls haha...
or unless someone is a complete motorola expert and can fix this thing :/, or maybe someone has some suggestions on how I can sweet talk the ppl at the verizon store into getting me a free phone (mind you I am broke, and the account is not mine, it is my fathers, so no contract extentions either)
advice/help/suggestions/anything greatly appreciated!