Roundup of Gingerbread update issues (with solutions where available)

[Asbury Juke]

I should have read this before making my thread. Same exact thing is happening to me. The freezing, the force close, the predictive text, all of it. I also turned off my predictive text. I guess I will take my phone into a Verizon and see what I can find out, or get a new one, etc.

Paradime, my advice is don't bother with the Verizon store. I had a problem with backup sync and brought it to the store twice. Twice the tech did a series of google searches (that I had already done myself) which did zero to fix the problem. Her big recommendation was to go to Radio Shack and buy a card reader to backup my photos, then do a factory reset. I then called 611 help and got to a level 2 tech who also couldn't help. Total time spent was more than 2 hours between the 3 visits/calls. I called 611 a week later and got a different tech who fixed the problem in 3 minutes. The people at 611 will tell you the "techs" at the store are really just sales people. When I first got the droid last year I had problems with the screen freezing. 3 trips to the store before I finally convinced them it must be the phone, so they gave me a replacemene and problem solved.

Unrelated to Droids, I twice have taken my son's phone in for problems and they told me to make an insurance claim, which I did, only to be advised by the insurance company that the problem was covered under warranty, not insurance. So, twice I called Verizon and got replacement phones. When I asked the rep on the phone if this could have been done in the store he told me it could. When I asked him why it wasn't, he apologized for not having an explanation.

My opinion? I like the Verizon products and coverage, but their in store people are neither knowledgeable nor helpful. It's a good thing they have decent people when you call in with a problem.

[paradime313]

Thanks for the advice all.

[Asbury Juke]

OK, so technically this isn't a solution, it's more of a report.

As of a couple of days ago, my dashboard bluetooth started working properly again. I didn't do anything, the calls just started going through the first time. Also, my personal ring tones started working, except that I had to re-assign the tones to the particular callers.

Still no solution on my slide lock that disappeared.

[fre1102]

SOLUTION to all the above issues: [NEW] Cyanogenmod 7 for the Gingerbread Kernel

Can I tether with CM? It's either that or go back to Froyo.

[jillybeanbrooks]

Kinda an update on my issue. I went to the store and advised them AGAIN that I was having problems with my text messaging....and then everything else, freezing up, yet again. They ordered me another warranty replacement. This particular phone has a pixel missing..but whatever. I think I'll try to stay with this phone until I cant stand it anymore, and just leave verizon, go to prepaid or something. I'm just frustrated, had it about 8 months and have had about 3 or 4 replacements. Here's the deal. I have heard about 2 million (sarcasm) different reasons that the texts are freezing, causing me to force close, then everything else starts freezing, causing me to force close. The first one, IMO, was the best one (an app might be corrupt and causing it to do that). SO, this phone. I did NOT put my facebook account, or email accounts, on my phone. The only thing I have going on, is text from facebook. I did not download ANY additional apps. I updated the ones it wanted me to, and I havent used it for anything but calls/texts/web browsing. And wouldnt you know...almost 2 weeks later, as with EVERY replacement phone I have had, I'm having the freezing issue again. Its always 2 weeks, approx. I can do a factory reset...and in 2 weeks, same thing. I just dont get it. And its ever since this stupid update.

[glitch335]

Hi, new to this forum and new to my Droid Pro in the UK.

The issues I am currently experiencing are;
Keyboard lights up when it feels like it.
Annoying keyboard issue when typing it often insterts 2-3 of the same character even though I pressed the key once.
The 3G signal stats in the top stays at 1 bar all the time and sometimes drops to no bars even though in the settings menu the signal is actually really good, some apps don't like this and state a network issue.

Thanks

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[babelsquirrel]

Go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks. Your Network Mode should be "CDMA", not "Global".

If you remove the SIM, shouldn't the phone stay in CDMA only mode no matter what?

[Asbury Juke]

OK, so technically this isn't a solution, it's more of a report.

As of a couple of days ago, my dashboard bluetooth started working properly again. I didn't do anything, the calls just started going through the first time. Also, my personal ring tones started working, except that I had to re-assign the tones to the particular callers.

Still no solution on my slide lock that disappeared.

He giveth and he taketh away. As strangely as the bluetooth problem righted itself, it went back to not putting the call through on the first try unless I manually open the phone to the contacts list. Sort of defeats the purpose of having a wireless option, doesn't it?

It's official, never again for a motorola product.

[bertannl]

How do I make sure mine is in CDMA Mode. Sorry but i'm new to the droid world and my battery life is not what I expected it to be.

[bertannl]

Never mind!!!! Found it!