blackberry 10

[CruisnGrrl]

Sorry to hear this. Given that BB has only been out for what, a week and half now? and is an entirely new from the ground up OS attached to a brand new from the ground up device, there is bound to be issues that will crop up. This is the nature of the beast and is typical of many new product launches from electronics, to cars, to motorcycles. Unfortunately, its the early adopters that get "punished" the most.

BB is aware and working hard, we know that there are at least 1 if not 2 updates in the pipeline in the next month or two. Most of the issues I've seen seem to be of the software related type. We also know that the Q10 will launch with OS 10.1 software.

If its any consolation, even Apple with a 6th generation iPhone and an ancient operation system still can't their system working properly when releasing an update.


iPhone Software Update Seems To Be Killing Battery Life and Overheating
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/appl...ling-iphone-battery-life-2013-2#ixzz2KVHRkkzL

How many years did bb work on this platform/hardware. You would think they would be able to get that right, At least apple's bug doesn't lock up the phone rendering it literally a brick. Short battery? Can deal with that.and because apple has a minor bug doesn't mean it's ok for bb to have a critical crash that requires a hard reset

 

[SunnY S]

How many years did bb work on this platform/hardware. You would think they would be able to get that right, At least apple's bug doesn't lock up the phone rendering it literally a brick. Short battery? Can deal with that.and because apple has a minor bug doesn't mean it's ok for bb to have a critical crash that requires a hard reset

As I said, tech problems plague every company from time to time :

re: Apple

12 pages of complaints on the official Apple website. 27 pages on another Apple fanboy site.

Evidently it is a big deal.

You would think a company like Apple with massive resources, an established phone and OS, engineers highly familiar with the inner workings of the OS after many years, would be able to release a bug free version.


re: Samsung

Also, the incredibly successful Samsung G3 has its issues too, so this is acceptable then?

[h=1]SAMSUNG IS REPLACING FAULTY GALAXY S IIIS THAT ARE SUDDENLY DYING FOR NO REASON[/h]
http://bgr.com/2012/12/21/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-hardware-failure-262887/

 

[crankcall]

Lots of manufacturers have launch problems, the early adopters can help them sort it out but it takes smarter guys then me to help.

I have no apps installed beyond what was it the device when I got it. If they will swap it out for a new one, I'll give them a go. I've been to crackberry.com and posted my issues, there are others with frozen keyboards but its a minor problem (unless its you)

I'll see what the braintrust at Telus have to say tomorrow. The pains of being first to the party......

 

[awyala]

Its officially being rebooted out the door on Monday am, its been rebooted 6 times and unlocks for one message then freezes. BB tech says it may need replacing, could be an internal processor issue.
Given it took three days to set up company forwarding of email, contact transfer was a PITA and now it locks up on a friday and I'm with Telus corporate so no help till Monday, I'm out.
My business lives and dies by these electronic turdboxes and I dont have time to fool around.

Welcome to my world. I went through 3 bb white screens of death. Luckily I was corporate backed and the simple as a toothless alabama hick curve took 2 mins from IT to set up and 1 min from me to swap mem cards, but the principe is still screaming at you! UNRELIABLE!!!!!

If your bb is private and locked in a 3 year contract that's a damn nasty shame and if you are corporate no downtime is acceptable!

Typical bb reliability. I wonder if the dreaded ticking clock as the phone inexplicablely slows and bogs down will make a cameo!

Sorry to hear about your frustration. You weren't even a blind annoying fanboi. Loyal, patient and sensible and this is what you get.

 

[RandomHero]

Welcome to my world. I went through 3 bb white screens of death. Luckily I was corporate backed and the simple as a toothless alabama hick curve took 2 mins from IT to set up and 1 min from me to swap mem cards, but the principe is still screaming at you! UNRELIABLE!!!!!

If your bb is private and locked in a 3 year contract that's a damn nasty shame and if you are corporate no downtime is acceptable!

Typical bb reliability. I wonder if the dreaded ticking clock as the phone inexplicablely slows and bogs down will make a cameo!

Sorry to hear about your frustration. You weren't even a blind annoying fanboi. Loyal, patient and sensible and this is what you get.

So them slowing down over time was a thing? ****, I thought I was going crazy when My bb'w would run like **** after a few months.

It's also laughable how sunny can compare an apparent shortened battery life with phones becoming completely useless....... It's even funnier how he justifies the bb being nothing but a headache with the fact that it's new. Last time I checked you don't get a price break for it being new and inevitably unreliable.

 

[SunnY S]

It's also laughable how sunny can compare an apparent shortened battery life with phones becoming completely useless.....It's even funnier how he justifies the bb being nothing but a headache with the fact that it's new. Last time I checked you don't get a price break for it being new and inevitably unreliable.

Whats Samsungs excuse then with their sudden death G3's?

 

[awyala]

Possible you got a lemon.. mine has been problem free. Have you installed any 3rd party apps that might be causing the problem, not limited too, but especially side loaded android apps? Anything side loaded hasn't been tested for compatibility, so while many are fine Blackberry or the hardware cannot be blamed for a bad interaction with unapproved software.. approved apps from blackberry world go through various steps of interference testing, but the apps have still been written by a 3rd party so occasionally errors can still occur. With problems like this I always recommend a full device wipe.. try to run it for a few days with NO APPS installed other then the core services that come on the device.. if the problem persists, you have a faulty device, or if you want to blame blackberry for the whole line being a mess that's your right.. but if the problem is not present, then slowly add your apps one at a time, a day or so in between.. when the problem pops up you know the last app you added is causing the problem..

Yeah, wait 2 years for the bb app world to catch up. Forget that side loading hack that bb conceded to a year ago to save their dying app store, nah wipe your phone....you dont have a right to enjoy stable functioning productive apps

 

[just_luc]

How many years did bb work on this platform/hardware. You would think they would be able to get that right, At least apple's bug doesn't lock up the phone rendering it literally a brick. Short battery? Can deal with that.and because apple has a minor bug doesn't mean it's ok for bb to have a critical crash that requires a hard reset

So them slowing down over time was a thing? ****, I thought I was going crazy when My bb'w would run like **** after a few months.

It's also laughable how sunny can compare an apparent shortened battery life with phones becoming completely useless....... It's even funnier how he justifies the bb being nothing but a headache with the fact that it's new. Last time I checked you don't get a price break for it being new and inevitably unreliable.

Typical ifan responses.. there's half a dozen people that own the new blackberry in this thread ALONE and only one person is experiencing an issue.. what does that have to do with how many years BB took to develop the platform, or how does it translate to BB being nothing but a headache? I'm not saying it's ok by any means that he's having that trouble.. but one bad device does not a faulty product line make.. the OP will be issued a replacement, and will go on his merry way.

Lots of manufacturers have launch problems, the early adopters can help them sort it out but it takes smarter guys then me to help.

I have no apps installed beyond what was it the device when I got it. If they will swap it out for a new one, I'll give them a go. I've been to crackberry.com and posted my issues, there are others with frozen keyboards but its a minor problem (unless its you)

I'll see what the braintrust at Telus have to say tomorrow. The pains of being first to the party......

Since you have nothing 3rd party installed that's a good plan.. you are WELL within the warranty period and even within the return period so Telus should have no problem swapping it out for a new one. I know Rogers wouldn't have a problem swapping it.

 

[awyala]

Whats Samsungs excuse then with their sudden death G3's?

I haven't heard anything about that but let's take it at face value...as much as every company will have their bugs, bb has run out of lifelines and excuses. This isn't a fresh start, this is a last chance at redemption with a lot of bad blood and baggage! They don't have the luxury or wiggle room to F up. Wait until the new enterprise runs in to glitches!!!!!! There is no tolerence to experience the black outs of a year ago!!!!!! Corporate accounts will be even more ruthless. My IT dep is taking 6 weeks to swtich over to the new bb10 enterprise; imagine the frustration if that goes down for even half a day! We are on the verge of a BYOP system. I have already run into 3 corp clients this week who are not happy the switch over to bb10 ent is so involved and since they now have to face a major change they might as well review other options and open up to the BYOP concept. If news of outtages or glitches start surfacing that won't bode well at all.

 

[SunnY S]

Forget that side loading hack that bb conceded to a year ago to save their dying app store, nah wipe your phone....you dont have a right to enjoy stable functioning productive apps

The sideloading works quite well.

http://forums.crackberry.com/android-app-sideloading-f279/list-sideloaded-apps-working-z10-766594/

 

[awyala]

Typical ifan responses.. there's half a dozen people that own the new blackberry in this thread ALONE and only one person is experiencing an issue.. what does that have to do with how many years BB took to develop the platform, or how does it translate to BB being nothing but a headache? I'm not saying it's ok by any means that he's having that trouble.. but one bad device does not a faulty product line make.. the OP will be issued a replacement, and will go on his merry way.




Since you have nothing 3rd party installed that's a good plan.. you are WELL within the warranty period and even within the return period so Telus should have no problem swapping it out for a new one. I know Rogers wouldn't.

1) doesn't sound like he is too merry.
2) Rogers wont swap?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WAAAAARNING BELLS
3) BB is known for slowing down and white screen phone deaths. As I say this is not a fresh start for them, this is a last chance and yet we are seeing consistent failings!
4) 1 vocal guy out of a possible 10 other vocal guys on this forum is a bad failure ratio! What about the silent fails? He says Crackberry is host to a number of similar complaints. I SMELL A RECALL! $100 says BB doesn't have the balls to announce a recall publicly.

 

[awyala]

The sideloading works quite well.

http://forums.crackberry.com/android-app-sideloading-f279/list-sideloaded-apps-working-z10-766594/

My experience with sideloading comes from using it on QNX on the PB. It was unstable, 70% of the apps didnt work properly anyways, and was and still is only caught up to android 2.3 apps. Android is currently on 4.1.2.

So why am I supposed to be impressed with a mooch capitulation hack that doesn't even work properly? Why noy just get an Android?

 

[awyala]

Instead of working out the problem of supporting non-latin based languages, bb has decided to pull out of those markets!!!!!!! Including Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!!!!!!

How confidence inspiring they will sort out the little guy's issues.

The BlackBerry Z10, the first BB without a keyboard, is reportedly selling well in North America.A BlackBerry spokeswoman said Friday morning that the company is indeed pulling out of the Japanese market - at least for the time being."We are in the process of launching BlackBerry 10 globally in key markets, and we are seeing positive demand for the BlackBerry Z10 in countries where it has already launched," spokeswoman Amy McDowell said."Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry, and we have no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices there at this time," she said. "However, we will continue to support BlackBerry customers in Japan."She declined to comment on its plans for other non-critical markets including Thailand

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/334939/will-blackberry-sell-in-thailand

 

[sonnythebull]

Instead of working out the problem of supporting non-latin based languages, bb has decided to pull out of those markets!!!!!!! Including Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow!!!!!!

How confidence inspiring they will sort out the little guy's issues.

The BlackBerry Z10, the first BB without a keyboard, is reportedly selling well in North America.A BlackBerry spokeswoman said Friday morning that the company is indeed pulling out of the Japanese market - at least for the time being."We are in the process of launching BlackBerry 10 globally in key markets, and we are seeing positive demand for the BlackBerry Z10 in countries where it has already launched," spokeswoman Amy McDowell said."Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry, and we have no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices there at this time," she said. "However, we will continue to support BlackBerry customers in Japan."She declined to comment on its plans for other non-critical markets including Thailand

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/334939/will-blackberry-sell-in-thailand

how is it the first bb without a keyboard? Storm anyone?

 

[SunnY S]

Instead of working out the problem of supporting non-latin based languages, bb has decided to pull out of those markets!!!!!!! Including Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!

The BlackBerry Z10, the first BB without a keyboard, is reportedly selling well in North America.A BlackBerry spokeswoman said Friday morning that the company is indeed pulling out of the Japanese market - at least for the time being."We are in the process of launching BlackBerry 10 globally in key markets, and we are seeing positive demand for the BlackBerry Z10 in countries where it has already launched," spokeswoman Amy McDowell said."Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry, and we have no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 devices there at this time," she said. "However, we will continue to support BlackBerry customers in Japan."She declined to comment on its plans for other non-critical markets including Thailand

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/334939/will-blackberry-sell-in-thailand

Shrewd move. They have less then 0.4% market share in Japan. Why bother at this time?

 

[awyala]

how is it the first bb without a keyboard? Storm anyone?

That's how successful the storm was. It doesn't serve anyone well to bring up the forgettable Storm.

 

[awyala]

Shrewd move. They have less then 0.4% market share in Japan. Why bother at this time?

And why are they doing so badly there?

And what of all the talk of their developing world market reservoir of support?!?! What then about China and India and the Middle East? They are only supported or targeted as long as they employ the Latin script?

 

[killerkeith]

One phone is having issues...ABANDON SHIP!!!!!!!

 

[SunnY S]

And why are they doing so badly there?

And what of all the talk of their developing world market reservoir of support?!?! What then about China and India and the Middle East? They are only supported or targeted as long as they employ the Latin script?

Im not sure why you are so concerned about BBs marketing efforts?

Formula 1 provides global brand coverage to BlackBerry’s target markets:
"Formula 1 will provide BlackBerry with a common platform to communicate with over 515 million unique individuals in 187 countries."

http://f1-confidential.com/

 

[CruisnGrrl]

Typical ifan responses.. there's half a dozen people that own the new blackberry in this thread ALONE and only one person is experiencing an issue.. what does that have to do with how many years BB took to develop the platform, or how does it translate to BB being nothing but a headache? I'm not saying it's ok by any means that he's having that trouble.. but one bad device does not a faulty product line make.. the OP will be issued a replacement, and will go on his merry way.




Since you have nothing 3rd party installed that's a good plan.. you are WELL within the warranty period and even within the return period so Telus should have no problem swapping it out for a new one. I know Rogers wouldn't have a problem swapping it.

1 out of 6 is is a pretty high failure rate... 17%. You would think after 2 years they would be a little more reliable.