[dr benway]

well, just [about] got my new bold 9700 [tmo] working

some observations

9700 crashed 4 times, just with putting the sim in, before any set up.

once running, I made some test calls, and it dropped every one of them [and crashed once].

speakerphone is horribly weak/rattles c/f 8800

voice call audio is muffled c/f 8800

screen is smaller than 8800

webpage font is microscopically small-- tried changing the min font size etc but has no effect.

desktop manager [w/o roxio mm] crashes w error dxtrans.dll 000027b3 trying to use the transfer wizard. [even after clean install]

so I just backed up the 8800 and restored it to the 9700 which seems to have worked

I had not realised how much smaller the 9700 is, than the 8800. [my fault] I had held a 9000, which iirc was about the same size as 8800.

any tips/comments/fixes welcome

thanks

PS - I lurved my 8800 but it is on its last legs/disintegrating, so i really want the 9700 to work out.

[ur0fficialboy]

yes, this phone crashes routinely. its nothing new. -_-

[hitman52]

mine has never crashed and ive had it since before january

[syb0rg]

mine has never crashed and ive had it since before january

+1

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[stallions35]

I had the 8820 world edition before my Bold 9700. Wouldn't trade by bold for anything....accept maybe a few hot babes and a large amount of money, but I'd probably want my bold 9700 back after all the money's gone and the babes left...

[xseri]

My bold has never crashed at all, it must be a defective phone or you might wanna change the OS.

[dbone15]

Think you got a lemon. Bring it back to the store and get another.

[gots2beme]

yes, this phone crashes routinely. its nothing new. -_-

Really? I haven't had crash issues. Bought mine in November the first week it was released.

[enotar]

9700 is perfect
No crash at all ever

[onyxblack]

No issues here! Sounds like have got a faulty phone.

[johnling]

9700 is rock solid!

If it is not 100% out of the box return it.

[jflexe99]

Im on my 4th 9700..but I got them within the 30day period..so I had mine since January...no problems! Only had one dropped call.

[pilsbury]

9700 is perfect
No crash at all ever

my 9700 has been almost perfect, with the exception of the sms issues

[Xpimp]

One thing I do notice is the speakerphone is weak compared to my other berries.

[dr benway]

well, its now crashed [literally] twenty times, so its going back.

sometimes it stays on for an hour, but 3G is terrible/intermittent-- I compared it with my 8800 on 2G-- and its quicker

then it just gets its knickers in a twist and crashes/reboots/crashes /reboots half a dozen times. without me even touching it!

all I can remember about my 8800 when I got it, was that I put the battery in and it worked

a long frustrating day

[dr benway]

just wanted to update, in case any others experience something similar

all is working okay now [touch wood!]

I [security] wiped the handset and started over.

I couldnt get the change device/transfer wizard to run before [following the DM instructions] However I got it to run this time by running it before I connected the BB, and then it didnt crash] [XP]

this time it asked to allow various apps to change permissions [sheetstogo47, wordtogo, slideshow] and I allowed all.

only glitch was adding another gmail account thru TMO. I checked " sync contacts" and it wiped nearly all the other contacts in my BB address book, somewhat randomly]

deleted new gmail account, reinstalled backed up address book and re-added gmail w/o sync.

hasnt crashed or dropped a call for 2 days now.

hope that helps someone

[weblou]

Good to hear. Enjoy your phone the 9700 is a great device. I had mine since November and 0 problems with it.

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[JuslisenLX]

I'm on my third 9700, RIM must have rushed this phone.

[Kaushal]

9700 does not crash. It's pretty stable. **touch wood**