What is Wrong with Android ‘Froyo’ on the Motorola Droid X?
Something is horribly wrong with the new Motorola Droid X. What the constant commercials Verizon Wireless and Motorola keep throwing onto the televisions won’t tell you is that the recent Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ operating system update has caused numerous problems. In fact, enough problems that Motorola has been forced to post some of the known problems to its support forum.
Just a few things not working right with the Droid X running Froyo:
- Freezing on reboots
- Random rebooting
- Poor Wi-Fi connection
- Battery manager crashes
- Sometimes media refuses to play
- Playing music cuts off the last few seconds
What the heck is up here Motorola? Froyo is supposed to make Android powered devices better, not Microsoft products. Sorry, couldn’t resist the jab there. While Motorola says that it is aware of the issues, wants you to report any you have and is working on software fixes for all of them, the question has to be asked: did anyone beta test this thing?
Besides just the problems that Motorola is admitting, some Droid X users are also reporting frozen SMS messages that do not scroll when new ones are received. Oh, and the phone slows down when using the keyboard. Oh! And new notifications do not always appear in the notification bar. Who knows how many other bugs are floating around that haven’t gotten enough attention yet to hit the blogsphere? I love the way the Droid X looks and feels but what good is a smartphone if it is always crashing? I am sure that Motorola will be trying to get the software updates out to fix these problems as quickly as it can, but stuff like this does not help the Android brand.
When was the last time you heard of an OS update that was supposed to improve the user’s experience wreak so much havoc? I feel bad for the Droid X owners out there suffering through this. The biggest problem with one company making the operating system for a smartphone and then different companies actually making the phones the operating system runs is that there is so much that can go wrong. Like this.
So how about it? Anyone out there experiencing any of these issues? Some of them? All of them? Wish you could just go back to Android 2.1? Was it worth the trouble? Let me know how things are going for you. I’ll keep you all up to date when the fix for all this finally arrives.
Tags: android froyo, bugs, update, motorola droid x, motorola
I’m so sick of the droid x and all the bugs then having to remove the battery! Had the 1st gen and 3gs iphone and maybe had the 1st gen freeze on me once or twice, the only reason I switched switched was the dropped call problem I had when the new iphone 4 came out I should have just bought the ip4 now I’m stock with verizon for 2 years
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I also have problems with Droid X-
Pandora quits halfway through all songs,
Certain windows on Browser won’t scroll, in particular my work email won’t scroll.
Also had reboot ot of nowhere!
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im wanting to kill someone after getting the froyo update. just typing this was a chore. used to really like this phone now I’m just pissed off.
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4-5 battery pulls just this week…I’m to the point when I don’t want to have the phone ever shut down.
Yes, I enjoy using it more than the 3yr old LG Chocolate that it replaced two weeks ago. But I routinely suffer from:
-Boot freeze at /\/\ logo;
-Battery manager crashes;
-Poor Wifi, even 1-4ft from the router…
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phones awesome other than that I have to do a battery pull almost every time I try to listen to music! fix it!
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Problems with:
Text msg sorting out of order
Battery level indicator incorrect when replacing with backup battery
Text message window doesn’t scroll
Search function doesn’t stay on searched item in contact list unless contact is only search area selected
Battery usage seems worse
Rebooting gets stuck on M logo
Wi-Fi doesn’t auto register to existing WiFi connection
Bluetooth problems with certain autos and after market bluetooth devices
I had none of these problems using an iPhone. Verizon is not very helpful either. They just push you off to Motorola who doesn’t tell you anything either. Frustrating.
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My droid x freezes alot more now I find myself taking my battery out like 3-5 times a day! I used to love this phone now I hate it!! My battery life used to be awsome but now its horrible won’t even last me a school day!!
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Yes… The reboot issue and, I often get the stuck boot M logo issue. I found that if I wait about 5 or 10 min before powering back on, the phone will boot past the M logo. Also removing battery and pressing the power button seems to clean out any of the floating electrons. The SMS seemed a bit quirky until I loaded Handsent and that works great. Too bad Moto can buy Handsent and use as the SMS app. Overall the phone is great, but quirky if you start playing around with too many of the settings. Battery is horrible with some apps running. Perhaps Google can show some of these developers how to manage battery use better. To me that should be the foremost thought for a developer of mobile apps. I was hoping that 2.2 would give better battery life, but not sure it did. Maybe even a little less life.
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You’re quite right: I meant to say the standard keyboard, not the Swype is having slowdown issues for some users. My mistake.
DX: Motorola has been working on fixing this stuff but no ETA yet for patches. Was the update worth it for you?
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You guys know what he meant…..f@#king flamers
i have experienced some reboot problems, as well as staying connected to wifi….idk, still love the phone though
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Dingo Reply:
October 14th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
@DX users are flamers…lol,
Pointing out an inaccuracy on a technical article does not make one a flamer, in my opinion.
And no, I don’t know what he meant since he’s talking about hardware that doesn’t exist on my phone.
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“Oh, and the phone slows down when using the physical keyboard.” – Umm… the Droid X doesn’t have a physical keyboard.
I’ve had no problems at all with Froyo on my Droid X.
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I’m not sure about all the recent news on this. I certainly haven’t found that 2.2 is so bad I need to go back to 2.1. I do have a problem when I try to look at the running applications in battery monitor. Other than that I have not experienced the mentioned problems. I don’t have a physical keyboard on my Droid X (lol) so I’m not sure about the slow down.
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i think i can fix the pysh keybord slowing it down prob. it dosent have one;) dont you proof read
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