ICS update - on 2nd Factory Reset - Google sign-in process taking forever. Normal?

OK, cool.
Thanks again.

How should I expect the conversation to go....I mean, generally speaking........I call up and they immediately send me a replacement (of course, that part all depends on my situation with Best Buy and all, and I know I will have to sort that out, but...), or will I need to argue with them, or will they make me go through some 'troubleshooting' BS first, or what?

Hey brunla,
wow, man. Thanks again for snapping me out of it. Holy crap.
I finally called them this weekend, and here's the story...

* When I first told them the deal, they said I'm past warranty and they can't do anything
* I told them that I got screwed because they promised that the ICS update would fix all the bugs. So, I waited, and that's why I'm now past warranty replacement time
* With that, they agreed to send out a replacement.
* The replacement they said they'd send was a Razr (regular), which I knew would be better than the freakin Bionic, but I wanted to check in to see what the deal would be at Best Buy where I actually bought mine.
* At Best Buy, I got in touch with how much 'credit' I have now from their 'buy back' program that I'm paying for and an estimate of where it would be in June when my time is up for an upgrade.
* As it turns out, if I were to wait till June, the buy-back credit will probably be enough to pay for whatever upgrade I want, whereas, if I were to take the replacement Razr from Verizon now, I would lose out on the buy back thing, because it goes with the specific phone that I bought from Best Buy.
* Then, I found out that, since my current Bionic (which has already been replaced like twice for other glitchy issues) Best Buy would do another replacement.
* I'm now holding off on the replacement Razr from Verizon......if the replacement Bionic does in fact fix things enough so that I can live with it till next June, I would rather be able to take advantage of the fact that I've been paying for the buy back thing this whole time, and get a much better phone then.
* If the replacement Bionic (comes this Tuesday or Wednesday) doesn't fix most of the issues, I will just forefit the buy back and take the replacement Razr from Verizon.

Sorry for continuing to peg this thread, but I just had to share with someone.

OH!!...get this....
Since I had to turn in my broken Bionic to Best Buy so they could send it in, they gave me another phone as a loaner. Holy crap! It's a very low end Android.....Samsung Galaxy S......but OMG! So, this is what it's like to have an Android phone? Even this lowly little tweak is leaps and bounds beyond anythign I ever experienced on my Bionic. Man, talk about feeling violated.....I've put up with that POS for over a year. :angry:

Well, thanks again for the does of reality, bud. One way or another (even if I have to hold this Galaxy S hostage :lol: ) I think I'm finally on the right track.

Make a trail and document everything. When u get the replacement bionic if there is any issues at all, call them right away. I got the Maxx because I bought the extended battery and said I should get something comparable. They will give you a Maxx if you press them. (Not the new HD, but the even the plain Maxx is incredible with two days battery life.) The key is documenting a trail. If they have to replace this bionic then you should demand a maxx. However even a razr is a giant step above the bionic.

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Originally Posted by BIrONIC

Hey brunla,
wow, man. Thanks again for snapping me out of it. Holy crap.
I finally called them this weekend, and here's the story...

* When I first told them the deal, they said I'm past warranty and they can't do anything
* I told them that I got screwed because they promised that the ICS update would fix all the bugs. So, I waited, and that's why I'm now past warranty replacement time
* With that, they agreed to send out a replacement.
* The replacement they said they'd send was a Razr (regular), which I knew would be better than the freakin Bionic, but I wanted to check in to see what the deal would be at Best Buy where I actually bought mine.
* At Best Buy, I got in touch with how much 'credit' I have now from their 'buy back' program that I'm paying for and an estimate of where it would be in June when my time is up for an upgrade.
* As it turns out, if I were to wait till June, the buy-back credit will probably be enough to pay for whatever upgrade I want, whereas, if I were to take the replacement Razr from Verizon now, I would lose out on the buy back thing, because it goes with the specific phone that I bought from Best Buy.
* Then, I found out that, since my current Bionic (which has already been replaced like twice for other glitchy issues) Best Buy would do another replacement.
* I'm now holding off on the replacement Razr from Verizon......if the replacement Bionic does in fact fix things enough so that I can live with it till next June, I would rather be able to take advantage of the fact that I've been paying for the buy back thing this whole time, and get a much better phone then.
* If the replacement Bionic (comes this Tuesday or Wednesday) doesn't fix most of the issues, I will just forefit the buy back and take the replacement Razr from Verizon.

Sorry for continuing to peg this thread, but I just had to share with someone.

OH!!...get this....
Since I had to turn in my broken Bionic to Best Buy so they could send it in, they gave me another phone as a loaner. Holy crap! It's a very low end Android.....Samsung Galaxy S......but OMG! So, this is what it's like to have an Android phone? Even this lowly little tweak is leaps and bounds beyond anythign I ever experienced on my Bionic. Man, talk about feeling violated.....I've put up with that POS for over a year. :angry:

Well, thanks again for the does of reality, bud. One way or another (even if I have to hold this Galaxy S hostage :lol: ) I think I'm finally on the right track.

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Do you have 2-step verification turned on on your Google Account?

I noticed that 2-step can cause it to get stuck like that. My wife's did that and I turned of 2-step and signed her in and it worked fine. Mine also lagged but instead of turning off 2-step I skipped signing in until after setup then added the account manually and it worked, but for some reason didn't download any of the apps and stuff I had before the reset.

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Originally Posted by Scribble

Do you have 2-step verification turned on on your Google Account?

I noticed that 2-step can cause it to get stuck like that. My wife's did that and I turned of 2-step and signed her in and it worked fine. Mine also lagged but instead of turning off 2-step I skipped signing in until after setup then added the account manually and it worked, but for some reason didn't download any of the apps and stuff I had before the reset.

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Ya, I think I might have seen your post about that elsewhere, and checked on it, but I didn't have 2-step turned on. So, it was something else.

After that, my experience was pretty much like yours.

Now, I have a replacement on the way. Hopefully it will be unbroken-enough to last me till next June...