Screen Freezing/Shutting down

[snorin72]

I went from the 2 to the Razr today and I like it but have three questions.
1. The screen seems to keep freezing up as I'm trying to set up accounts, etc. Is anyone else seeing this or am I doing something wrong?
2. It seems like when it goes to sleep, it's shutting all the way down(based on the time it takes to come back up).
3. I had the problem with my 2 that messages I sent were not going to the sent folder, still having this trouble. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[arthurW]

Freezing & SentFolder

I installed yesterday without any troubles. I do note that the screen went 'dark' a couple of times as I was reading off my 'records' of what the particular email accounts settings (Server settings etc) were. For me, this was simply the phone going into the energy-saving mode of turning off the screen because I hadn't interacted with the phone lately. I simply depressed the upper right-side power button for a second, making the slide-bar entry unlock/camera option come up on the screen. Swiped the from the lock-icon left side of the screen to thr right side and the phone re-opens right back where I left it.

As far as not finding messages in your sentfolder. I assume you are not talking about a synching problem..ie, the email can be found in your sentfolder on your computer but not on your Android device. My limited understanding is that Gmail only holds one actual 'placement/record' of any email. So while you may see it in more than one place in your email reader- for example, your inbox and sentfolder, if you deleted this email from say the inbox, I think it also will delete it from the sentfolder. This may also happen if you use the 'threads' mode of storing/sorting your emails. WHen you delete the thread, I think all record of the email is removed (including the sentfolder).

ART

 

[snorin72]

Art-
Thanks for the response. It seems that just tapping the power button (like on my 2) won't make it respond, instead I have to hold the button down which is more like a reset.

As for the folders, I'm referring specifically to ones written and sent from the razr, I don't see a copy of those anywhere (including the sent folder).
It's a mystery....

 

[bjamars]

screeing freezing, rebooting on its own, and locking up inadvertantly

I just got my phone yesterday and it has been freezing/locking up, rebooting and will not allow me to add any google accounts.

Is there a way to fix these bugs or will I have to send this phone back. Verizon says phones are on backorder so the chance to get a replacement will be slim or significantly delayed

 

[arthurW]

Have you tried the special reset... You hold the volume button in and depress the power button, and hold there for ~ ten seconds... The phone will shut down. Probably won't help, but can't hurt (its supposed to be like taking your battery out). I don't know how long one has wrt warranty and getting a NEW phone as apposed to a refurbished one. But I would call Verizon up sooner rather than later and get in the Q for a new replacement phone. And tell them that you will ship your phone back AFTER they ship you a replacement.

 

[bjamars]

I will try this and see what happens

 

[bjamars]

I did the hard reset. I could not create a new google account, but it would let me sign into an existing account. it still freezes/locks up and as I was typing this post, I thought it was not rebooting on its own, but it did self-reboot before I could finish the post.

Between the phone and accessories, I am out just under $500. Thus, the phone has to work. I don't want anything refurbished - particular a new phone. Because I was interested in all the new features, i went looking for answers for the bugs that I was encountering. I was hoping that I would find a quick fix and all would be well. But it does not look like I am going to find a fix for these issues.

 

[snorin72]

I'm still struggling with mine. It shuts itself down and reboot when I try to do much of anything. I've tried the reboot to no avail. Unfortunately, the guy at the store had never seen one before....

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[Olmanrivah]

I ordered mine on-line and after I activated it, it wouldn't boot. I did the reset and no help. Took it to the Verizon Store and he did something and it's been OK since. So there is something other than a reset that can be done. The salesman didn't know what, one of the Techs did it.

So take it to a store.

 

[arthurW]

Suggest a full Reset

Hey

I would suggest a full phone reset. I just posted a lengthy description of the resolution of all of my encountered problems (you might take a look).

So while you might have a hardware problem that you won't be able to fix, it could be a configuration problem that is unlikely to be resolved within the current configuration.

Settings -> Privacy -> Factory Data Reset. This of course wipes everything off the phone.

When the phone was in the process of rebuilding, I decided NOT to go with any form of the Motorola's Backup Assistant. I then proceeded to enter in my Gmail accounts. With the original phone/ first time through I had indicated a Gmail account, but had clicked on the Droid's "EMail Accounts" icon in the Set Up Accounts window. This time I thought about it more and realized (duh) that Gmail is a Google type of account. So this time I clicked on the 'Google" icon in the Set Up Accounts window. I did this for Gmai1, Gmail2, and Gmail3 accounts without any problem. And all three Gmail accounts got entered under the Droids Gmail application (so when I click on the Gmail app, and list the accounts, it shows all three Gmail addresses as I wanted. I next downloaded the K9 email app (which I highly rec over the Droid's Email app). I next added my work email address to the K9 application. I NEVER opened or used the Droid's "Email" application. My phone now works flawlessly, and no more com.motorola.service.main error/shut down messages. Boy this phone is fast/nice!


good luck

ART

 

[jmaverick]

Two Factory Resets and still a no go, went to Verizon Store they gave me a new phone, all is well now. They said that some of those phones have been doing this and their Motorola rep is aware of it.