does anyone like ICS on Razr?

[applemac]

If so, why? After all the negative comments, I'm thinking about not installing it.

 

[geeman002]

No, I hate it. The colors are awful and make the notification bar almost unreadable. The keyboard is smaller (IMO) and worse than the old one. The browser - can't sort bookmarks or see them as a list. I don't like the forced bottom bar with TEXT, PHONE, PEOPLE, CAMERA and APPS. I wish I never upgraded, IMHO it made the DROID RAZR a poorer experience.:angry:

 

[The_Chupacabra]

You can change what is on the bottom bar, just long press it and move it...


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[DocsDad]

For the most part I like it but its certainly not night and day over GB . The change from the long press for the "copy" function is annoying though. I also used to keep my display at 25% brightness which is too low now due to the color difference. This results in slightly more battery usage. Other than that, the browser "seems" faster and over all its genrally a nice upgrade.

 

[cfaber]

I like it, I think it looks a lot better than the original GB theme that was on these phones before. It does have it's annoyences and irritations though, and you will have to learn to re-use parts of the phone, however some of the refinements are worth the trouble.

I never used totally stock setup on my phone either, I can't speak to issues people have with the browser as I always use Opera. That said, the email is better, texting is nearly the same, camera same, etc. If you don't like it you can always downgrade since matts fastboot reflash kit back to 2.3.5 is available.

 

[smalltowngirl13]

I have been pleased with the ICS upgrade - I do think the initial leak .75 that I ran was more stable than the official OTA of .211.

I like the blue base of ICS and the quick access to settings in the pulldown notification area. I do not use the stock launcher, so I cannot comment on that part of it.

 

[Xfactorx316]

I like the upgrade. My issue was just getting used to some of the different settings. Once I was comfortable with that it has all been good. I've heard lots of people complain about the notification bar, mine seems easy to read and isn't dim.

 

[Sal R.]

I just don't like the blur implementation. Its an eye sore and clashes with the basic ICS framework. And the copy function IS annoying at times.

 

[bsweetness]

I suggest reading through some of the already existing threads where other users have asked the same question, like this one: Update or wait? If you search through the forums, you'll find that pretty much everyone who had reservations about the update were happy after they updated.

In short, the people who have problems will be the most vocal, but they are not a true representation of everyone who has the update. This post from the thread I linked to sums it up pretty well:

Don't use the forums of a measure of how happy people are with something. People are here to talk about problems and issues often, and if they are happy, they are out playing with their phone and not posting about it.

Moto wouldn't have released it if the testing surveys were all negative. ICS is awesome. Upgrade. You are wasting brain power even thinking about it. Hit the button.

"GB" is just as "flawed" (well, moreso, imo)...but those flaws - people have been dealing with for the past 8 months - so the fervor has died down in these parts or people have learned to live with them or adjust to them. This is just a different set of usage adjustments.

In that thread, I also added a bit to that to further explain why you see a lot of negative comments:

People who have issues will be far more vocal than those who don't. Also, keep in mind that many of the complaints you're seeing come from people who aren't as knowledgeable about Android. That's not a knock against them in any way, because knowing the ins and outs of the system isn't something that everyone wants to do. But when there's a big update like this, you'll see a large influx of new users on the site who don't exactly know how everything works, and so they talk about bugs, problems, or missing features when the bugs/problems are often user error (completely unknown to the user), are due to a botched installation, or that the features have simply moved somewhere else. People don't like change, especially when change involves completely revamping what they're used to. That doesn't make it a bad update, it just means that not everyone is going to know how to take the proper steps to ensure a clean update along with being able to address issues that might come up. Now, if you were to see many long time forum members talking about major problems with the update, then you might want to take a closer look at things. But so far with ICS, that hasn't been the case.

I haven't had a single problem with ICS. Everything works the same as it did on Gingerbread or better. Is that to say that the update is perfect? No, because no update ever is. But it's an extremely stable build that's devoid of any major problems. Personally, I don't think there's any reason to wait for the update. Unless you root and make some changes, you're going to have to accept the update eventually. I say go ahead and do it now while there's a lot of people active on the site who can help if problems do come up.

Most people are happy with ICS, even if it took some getting used to.

 

[jtpowell]

If so, why? After all the negative comments, I'm thinking about not installing it.

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I really like it. The things I like
How bluetooth just reconnects to my last source without me going into the settings
Notification handling
The last used programs list
My chrome bookmarks being sync'd
Better group handling
WebTop 3.0 is tits.

 

[applemac]

Thanks everyone! A lot of useful info. Will do a little more research. And bsweetness, thanks for the link. I did look at some previous threads and they mostly were negative. That is why I was asking for positives! :biggrin: Will make up my mind soon, hopefully!

 

[TisMyDroid]

I did a fdr before and after ICS... I wanted a clean slate and if there were to be any problems, I wanted to be certain it was an ICS problem and not a gb conflict problem.

I have had no problems with ICS. Little things like a dimmer notification area, which is insignificant, imho but nothing to complain about. I get better signal and the same battery life with doing less than I did to preserve battery than I did with gb. I like the look and feel. I use to keep it in 3g only because I live in a 3g only area and it would drain battery big time on gb. Now I don't bother with putting it on 3g only because the battery seems to handle 4g/3g fine.

I love being able to disable bloat and I love that settings are only a notification bar pull away.

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[applemac]

I did go ahead and update. And I really like the look and the function of it. Love being able to set swipe commands on emails. Like the lock screen. My camera seems better and faster. And if there has been a change in battery life; it has been for the good. I'm sure there are more things I will discover that I will like/not like. But I am happy. Thanks everyone. :biggrin:

 

[JohnnytheK]

I really like ICS, for I now have the phone they should have shipped! Yeah it's different but I've found all the features I normally use. Battery usage is the same, and the phone is faster. I'd give it a try, and don't worry about the nay sayers. Your opinion is what's important.

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[bsweetness]

I did go ahead and update. And I really like the look and the function of it. Love being able to set swipe commands on emails. Like the lock screen. My camera seems better and faster. And if there has been a change in battery life; it has been for the good. I'm sure there are more things I will discover that I will like/not like. But I am happy. Thanks everyone.

Awesome. I'd glad you're happy with the update so far.

Also, for anyone who might be having some of the same questions, take a look at the poll here: Are you happy with your phone and ICS? At the time of this post, out of 53 total votes, only 8 people have said that they think Gingerbread was better than ICS.