***Official "I will have my Droid X in my hands at such and such date" thread***

[Vihzel]

At least the lag is a software issue and not hardware. Motorola can simply bring out a fix for it.

 

[jroc]

I live in a very poor reception area (read "sticks") as my service on the dinc in my office was always switching between 1x and 3g. it did not do that once today. The call quality is superior from the 10 or so calls i have made. on the dinc the caller on the other end sounded muddled, not so at all on the DX.

The speaker for incomming calls is EXTREMELY LOUD, like i posted earlier, it is near the volume of old Nextel Phones, you will not miss a call with this speaker.

The vibration during a incoming call is not that great, i do have it set to vibrate for texts and calls but the vibration is only so-so

I stand corrected, i thought the pages resized when zoomed but it appears they do not. i used my own website as an example and it did not resize to fit the screen after i zoomed in.. but when i did zoom in it was very clear

just loaded launcher pro and it is completely smooth now. probably will keep it loaded, there have been some nice changes since i last had it.

edit: just uninstalled, can not stand how touchy the app tray is. it kept trying to launch apps when i was scrolling. not a problem with stock app

Good to know another launcher helps. So the lag must be software related. No biggie. Launcher Pro or ADW will be the first thing I install.

Thank u for living in a bad reception area....lol This helps alot. This is all I wanted to know. Everything else is ...whatever. Diversity Antennas ftw.....

I'm getting this phone. No doubt about it now.

 

[dookie1]

WOW, the only other droid x on ebay went for over 1300 and the buyer had over 600 feedback, i got lucky as hell i guess.

People are ridiculous to spend 1300 on a cell phone IMO I mean that is crazy i would never see myself spending that to have something a few weeks early.

+1.

half that is still crazy.

 

[rootedEris]

That sux cause i couldnt stand the droids choppy while flipping screens, the inc. was smooth as silk....bummer this may be a 30 day trial for me,,

fascinate right around the corner..... summer showdown

its awesome to appreciate smartphones right now

 

[rootedEris]

haha. just like i had originally said.

" adw or lp would fix the lag thats in shadowblur. the lag is not in the X."

awesome.
that was easy to figure out because it was only when shadowblur was present. Never did it happen during all the other activities shown on video, naturally making it a software glitch.

So no lag, and reading text is clear.

 

[Roadblock]

Pictures or it didn't happen!

OK I know you got it but I would still like to see your OWN personal pictures if you have time to post some.

 

[Wolfedude88]

Yeah I agree with that, you should take some pics of your new phones. I like seeing as many pics of this phone as I can see until I get one.

 

[Vihzel]

Also throw up some HD sample videos and sample camera pictures.

 

[tats_06]

I am so jealous...lol...15th is still far away. Now, I know people have asked you about lag and all...are you running any kind of task killers? Or spare parts? Just wondering if that would help with lag...and lastly, try loading either ADW launcher or LauncherPro and let us know if that turns off the moto skin. Thank you!!!

P.S. I am a girl and hope this phone is not too big for me

 

[Syco54645]

Did you happen to figure out if the bootloader is locked? I saw that someone asked you but then it was quickly swept to the side by other posts.

 

[dima]

Any chance you could load up LauncherPro and see how it runs. Curious to see if it runs smooth. Might be better than the stock launcher.

edit: disregard, questions already answered.

Thanks so much what29!!!

 

[rootedEris]

Hello what29, congratulations on your purchase and thank you for your feedback.

Whenever you get a chance, can you please post your software info?

 

[rushmore]

Nice. Sounds like it has potential. I'd be interested to find out more about the "washed out" screen thing... I was wondering if that's just because we're coming from our super-saturated Incredible AMOLEDs, or whether it was genuinely like that. I think the EVO had a similar look, but I was hoping for better color saturation from the Droid X, however, I must admit I probably wouldn't have even noticed the slightly more washed-out look of LCD screens if it wasn't for the Incredible!

All LCD screens will look washed out compared to a AMOLED. The EVO screen looks awful next to the Inc, but if you do not have them side by side, your eyes will adjust and "accept" the LCD screen after about 30 minutes.

If you then place the Inc next to the EVO, the EVO looks washed out again. It is the tech and how the pixels are activated by the light. AMOLED is more direct and LCD is indirect. The contrast also is part of the issue. LCD blacks are really more of a gray and AMOLED is a truer black, since the pixel is turned off. Can not turn the pixel off with LCD

 

[rushmore]

what29,

Please check / consider the following:

1. Could you try the Flash 2.1 apk that is at XDA and see if it works?
2. Dolphin HD will take care of the lack of pages not fitting to screen.
3. What is the free app storage space out of the box?
4. Free media storage space out of the box?
5. Could you try task killer and see if that helps kill the lag?

My Inc also now has the muddy sound and voices dropping out (not the actual call), so I may take the plunge with X, unless an OTA fixes the call quality on the Inc.

 

[what29]

Not sure how to check if the bootloader is signed as i stated before.

Can not check free space out of the box as i already have apps loaded and am not undoing.

Loaded ADW and love it much more than launcherpro, very stable and fluid.

My goal today is to charge to 100% and test the battery. it was charging overnight but the laptop shut off and it quit charging at 70%. HOpefully we dont have to do the ole charge till green, unplug turn off and plug back in to get a full 100% like the Dinc. I will say this thing takes forever to charge, due to a larger battery i assume. I hade the sedio 1750 and HD2 1500 batteries in the Dinc and they did not take this long so who kows.

as far as pictures, i think i have a photobucket account, if so i will try and post some, not a huge forum picture poster but will try to figure out.

I will say i am pretty picky on phones and i have NO REGRETS and to anyone debating about switching from Dinc, it is a no brainer, as long as you can handle the size, which is great.

Rooted eris....firmware 1.2 update 1
model DROIDX
basebannd BP_C_01.09.01P
kernel 2.6.29 w30471@il93lnxdroid08 #1

anything else anyone wondering about?

 

[mountainlover]

Another female here wondering about size... Have you let any women hold it yet? I would like to know if they found it too large to handle comfortably.

 

[what29]

My wife picked it up a couple times, she did dnot say anything about it in particular. she has the Dinc she does not care for the DX's looks, said it is too boxy but nothing about size......leaving it wide open with that comment

 

[what29]

another small thing, there are 17 different volume settings when you include vibrate and off. this is important to me because i could never find the exact right setting on my Dinc and this gives more volume levels than i remember. again small stuff but positives none the less

 

[nevergonnauseth]

another female here wondering about size... Have you let any women hold it yet? I would like to know if they found it too large to handle comfortably.

thats what she said!:d:d:d:d:d

 

[what29]

phone is off the charger at 10:06

wifi, bluetooth are on, lets see how she does. 3g was always the killer for my Dinc as i am in a poor area in ohio near the lake but we will see if Mr X does any better. will toggle wifi on and off to see about 3g speeds

 

[Syco54645]

Not sure how to check if the bootloader is signed as i stated before.

Nor do I. I assume that you would have to try to flash an unsigned recovery image to find out. I will try to bring some people over here. I am sure that people would be willing to help out with this.

 

[JhankG]

Just signed up to thank what29 for being such a good sport and answering so many questions. I am trying to find someone who could explain how to tell if the bootloader is signed as well. Even if it turns out to be signed, your write up here has made me feel a lot better about the pre order I made at Best Buy last week. Thanks again!

 

[jreed2560]

anybody figure out how to check the bootloader on this thing??? I really feel like thats being pushed to the background here

 

[heavychevy]

thats what she said!:d:d:d:d:d

HAHAHAH, perfect set up for that!!!!

 

[what29]

so should we quit posting info and asking questions until that ONE question gets answered? It has been asked and replied to three times. that is not pushing it to the background, that is being repetitive. when someone has an answer i am sure they will post it.