Some DROID 2 Users Experiencing Signal Issue
Is this going to be antennagate 2.0?
When Apple launched the iPhone 4, a number of customers complained that when they held the phone a certain way, their reception was greatly diminished. In a press conference held a few weeks after the phone's launch, Jobs demonstrated that the problem could be reproduced on a number of other smartphones. This was a problem that was present in any phone with an internal antenna, he said. If you cover the portion of the phone with the antenna, you're going to get the same result. Though the makers of the phones user in the demo were quick to criticize Apple for dragging other's into its mess, it seems Motorola could be faced with its own 'antennagate.'
The DROID 2 hit Verizon late last week, and according to MobileCrunch, early reports suggest some users are experiencing signal issues. Greg Kumparak writes that four out of four of Engadget's review units show endlessly fluctuating bar counts. Throw in one of the two units MobileCrunch received and the unit that Phonescoop received and you've got half a dozen problem units in the hands of the press alone. The comments on the story show a mix of DROID 2 owners with signal issues and without. Those experiencing problems appear to be scattered throughout the country, with complaints coming from Ohio, Los Angeles, and North Carolina.
Are you having problems with your DROID 2? Let us know in the comments below!
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Got mine a few days ago. I haven't been able to produce a signal problem similar to the iPhone 4...but then again I don't own Apple products so I wouldn't know how to about recreating the issue.
It's been a great phone so far.
"Your holding it wrong!"
Ohh my... and you can't even provide info on how to hold it yet...
That depends on Motorolla's response. If there is a problem, and they admit it in a press release (and not some self glorifying promotional event), and they don't mention Apple's problems, then NO, there will be no second antennagate.
If, instead, they respond like petulant children, blaming customers and reviewers for holding it wrong, tattle on all their friends because they do it to (with sketchy YouTube videos), and in the end, give away $1 worth of plastic cases that they, mysteriously, never bothered selling BEFORE they released the Droid 2, but that magically correct the problem and initially retailed for $29.99, then yes, this will be every bit as bad.
Somehow though, I don't see Motorolla responding like Apple. They just don't have someone with the same messiah complex that allowed Steve Jobs to pull it off with such conviction in the eyes of the apple fans. Motorolla customers would drop them in a heartbeat.
They better consult the iPhone 4 engineering department for a proper fix. [/sarcasm]
The smaller/thinner these devices get the more signal issues they are going to have. I'll stick with RIM.
sounds to me like the inverse of apples "software" issue, their leveling system is probably too sensitive hence the noticable fluxuations in the signal strength. This article doesnt really say anything about people getting zero signal like what happens with the iphone.
You do know Verizon is moving their towers to LTE compatible ones right now. I experienced extremely low signal a week or two ago for a day or two and then it went back to normal. They are probably relying on the minimum amount of towers they can so that they can roll out LTE as quickly as possible.
I had a Droid X that would not work at all with WiFi. Had to take it back. Maybe the Droid 2 has a similar problem.
That depends on Motorolla's response. If there is a problem, and they admit it in a press release (and not some self glorifying promotional event), and they don't mention Apple's problems, then NO, there will be no second antennagate.If, instead, they respond like petulant children, blaming customers and reviewers for holding it wrong, tattle on all their friends because they do it to (with sketchy YouTube videos), and in the end, give away $1 worth of plastic cases that they, mysteriously, never bothered selling BEFORE they released the Droid 2, but that magically correct the problem and initially retailed for $29.99, then yes, this will be every bit as bad.Somehow though, I don't see Motorolla responding like Apple. They just don't have someone with the same messiah complex that allowed Steve Jobs to pull it off with such conviction in the eyes of the apple fans. Motorolla customers would drop them in a heartbeat.
Motorola will most likely do nothing, say nothing and take the returns like they did with all their defective products in the past (I'm not saying all their products were defective but there was too many to enumerate in the cell phone department alone circa 2004-2008), they are just not the type to show off and draw attention to their failures, even more so that they are just recovering from an "almost bankrupt experience".(remember those phones from 2004-2008?)
sounds to me like the inverse of apples "software" issue, their leveling system is probably too sensitive hence the noticable fluxuations in the signal strength. This article doesnt really say anything about people getting zero signal like what happens with the iphone.
I second this, if they aren't showing the calls actually getting interrupted or dropped then it's a simple software issue. People are suspicious after the first "Antennagate" and willing to jump to conclusions. Most of the "signal bars" are made to manipulate consumer opinion of the signal to begin with.
Where's the antenna on the phone actually located, near where the user's hand usually is?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HTC FTW!
So Apple was right when they stated that all phones suffer this loss of signal issue. Cracks me up the shills that write anti Apple propoganda. Now the faggots get a taste of their own medicines. Lemmings suck.
Yup I'm here in Northeast Ohio. and the Signal Sucks on my D2 and the battery really sucks..... Time to pull back out my HTC Eris
"They better consult the iPhone 4 engineering department for a proper fix."
Those guys *are* looking for work.
"They better consult the iPhone 4 engineering department for a proper fix."
Those guys *are* looking for work.
This is only Apple's crappy iPhone issue. Our phones don't suck like the crappy iPhones.
OOPS
Famous last words
hahahahahahha. I recall these forums dripping with condescension when Apple's issues were at the forefront. Now, it's rather muted here. Hmmm...the hypocrisy of it all.
What problems?
Fix inc.
There is no problem.
no problem still but heres a rubber band to stretch around your phone for free!
I'm really good at acting like steve jobs!
OMG!!! apple's disease is contagious!!!
A put up job by Apple. "OK guys... go out and buy some Droid 2 phones and complain that there is a signal problem. That will get them off our back for a while".
How are "endlessly fluctuating bar counts" an issue? Is is possible the signal is fluctuating and the bar count is more sensitive then others? If the phones are dropping calls because you are touching a certain section of them, that is one thing. But bars changing hardly seems like an issue at all.
...not to mention the unintended acceleration issues, right?
Wait, which forums were these again?
Not forums.frenzy.hyperbole.com?
i am getting wildly fluctuation bars while it just sits on my desk. this can be a problem on battery life. i have not had it drop a call but i have got static for a period during some calls. i hate apple so i am not posting this trying to make them look better.
nope works perfectly, just wish the battery lasted longer, im considering just gettin an extended battery, but i have enough chargers at home, in my car, and at work, so its really not that big of a problem
Not a problem at all. The phone works quite well. Clarity on both ends is good. I never look at the bars until I drop a call or someone is having trouble hearing me. Neither has happened as of yet.
Thanks for that gripping piece on a cell phone reading varying numbers of bars, mobilecrunch..
In other news, bears still defecating in woods. More on that story at 11.
Is anyone ever going to develop a quantitative test, some sort of index, to compare antennas? This hand-wavy, qualitative analysis of antenna performance needs to stop, this is ridiculous.
WTF Droid 2 Also ?!
Probably just another problem with Verizon's network. Everyone bashed AT&T's network when the iPhone dropped calls and now we know it was the handset.