replacement Incredibles

[scoder]

only Scoder KNOWS this is what it is. This phone isnt useable if It cant be left in your glove compartment or in your golf bag when you play golf then there is something wrong. I wouldnt listen to scoder( techs are just people who read out of manuals). No other phone from my blackberries on ever had an issue. This isnt my 1st smartphone.

"Techs are just people who read out of manuals?" Let me clarify. I was a Device Specialist and Technician for Verizon Wireless through a contracting company, Flextronics. My job entailed a lot more than your average tech: opening phones, diagnosing electrical, soldering and wiring problems, and correcting these issues if we had the tools to do so. We also taught classes to people who aren't too tech savvy. I suggest you give your local VZW store a call and schedule a class, maybe you'll learn a thing or too about electronic devices and what not to do with them.
First of all, a Blackberry's processing power is nowhere near a 1GHz Snapdragon, so the power to idle is much less than your Incredible. Throw out any other comparisons you're thinking of using between the 2 phones.
If you left your phone in your confined glove compartment, where the inside of the car is probably near 115 degrees, your Incredible has nowhere to vent the heat from its already hot processor, which is now building more and more heat from external conditions. You let this happen for 4 hours; would you leave your laptop running at those temperatues? I hope not, that's how thermal paste dissipates (Xbox 360s Red Ring of Death) and processors and GPUs lose their connections with the motherboard. I'd say this is probably what happened with your CPU both times.
I also think that its complete common sense that the place you had the phone stowed was the culprit of why 2 perfectly working phones just stopped working, being as how both times you went back to the car to find the phone broken.

[zMd113]

only Scoder KNOWS this is what it is. This phone isnt useable if It cant be left in your glove compartment or in your golf bag when you play golf then there is something wrong. I wouldnt listen to scoder( techs are just people who read out of manuals). No other phone from my blackberries on ever had an issue. This isnt my 1st smartphone.

"Techs are just people who read out of manuals." Let me clarify. I was a Device Specialist and Technician for Verizon Wireless through a contracting company, Flextronics. My job entailed a lot more than your average tech: opening phones, diagnosing electrical, soldering and wiring problems, and correcting these issues if we had the tools to do so. We also taught classes to people who aren't too tech savvy. I suggest you give your local VZW store a call and schedule a class, maybe you'll learn a thing or too about electronic devices and what not to do with them.
First of all, a Blackberry's processing power is nowhere near a 1GHz Snapdragon, so the power to idle is much less than your Incredible. Throw out any other comparisons you're thinking of using between the 2 phones.
If you left your phone in your confined glove compartment, where the inside of the car is probably near 115 degrees, your Incredible has nowhere to vent the heat from its already hot processor, which is now building more and more heat from external conditions. You let this happen for 4 hours; would you leave your laptop running at those temperatues? I hope not, that's how thermal paste dissipates (Xbox 360s Red Ring of Death) and processors and GPUs lose their connections with the motherboard. I'd say this is probably what happened with your CPU both times.
I also think that its complete common sense that the place you had the phone stowed was the culprit of why 2 perfectly working phones just stopped working, being as how both times you went back to the car to find the phone broken.

I just don't get why somone would leave a $600 device in their car. Golf pants have pockets right? I have my Droid with me at all times.

[qtpie]

I am on my 2nd replacement incredible. I had all kinds of problems from the get go. After threatening Verizon if they did not give me a mew phone then i was going to sell the replacement on EbaY and opt out of my contract and go to At&T. The Verizon manager all of a sudden said to me "u can pick out any phone u want" I walked away totally disgusted with the customer service. Have not had good experiences with the Verizon people only the tech guys know what they r talking about! Now my like new 2nd repalcement is a piece of doody. I do not like the phone at all. I have had way too many problems with it...to many to list! But I am stuck with Verizon and my phone for 2 more years. NO more upgrades for me. I just don't like there attitude. Terrible customer service. It is the principle for me because I bend over backwards for my customers! rant rant rant......Boo Verizon!

[wb1960]

If the heat is the culprit then the phone is not conducive to Florida. Carrying a phone on your person while golfing is a burden. I dont know anybody who would do that.I mentioned your reply to the verizon "tech" staff and they said they never heard of that issue.Anyways, good theory but no dice. I am done with the lousy Incredible. I bought a Droid X off of ebay and will sell the Incredible