Bought a used Motorola droid x

[Naer]

Should be here next week. Thoughts on the phone?

 

[vshah]

I suppose it depends how much you paid. A coworker had one until recently and it was a laggy mess.

 

[bearxor]

That's a pretty old phone.

Do you mean Moto X instead of Droid X? They're two VERY different devices.

 

[podspi]

What's the use-case?

Honestly, if you're just going to use it as a phone, no apps, etc it should be fine.

Or if you want to use it as an MP3 player.

Keep in Mind the Droid X is a phone with 512mb memory and a single-core A8 (OMAP 3).

 

[sweenish]

The Droid X was the beginning of Moto's downfall. The Moto X is them rising from their ashes.

If it's a Droid X, it's pretty darn old, and doesn't have the greatest support for root/ROM, and is hopefully running Gingerbread. You'll probably hate it.

If it's a Moto X, don't listen to the spec(dick?)-measurers. It's smooth, and the additioins they've added to Android are useful and update-able from Play. It gets updates fast and is root/ROM friendly. You'll probably enjoy it.

 

[dguy6789]

Droid X is no less usable than an iPhone 4.

 

[shabby]

1 GHz Cortex-A8, same cpu on the galaxy captivate. It'll make a great door stop.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Good MP3 player.

 

[tdawg]

A droid x is durable as hell. I threw mine against pretty much everything and it just kept going (and it stayed in surprisingly good cosmetic shape). You couldn't pay me to use a droid x again.

 

[Naer]

I'm just gonna use it as a phone, MP3 player and notebook. Should be good? It was $70

 

[corkyg]

Should be OK for that. Maybe you could have saved $20.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/360871773740?lpid=82

 

[Lyfer]

As a former owner of a droid x it's fine for mp3's and calling. But for anything else it's laggy as fudge. Texting was slow and buggy, browsing the web was god awfull. I would recommend rooting it if you wanted any usability.

 

[Darknite39]

Treat the headphone jack with great care. My X developed a lot of static and would frequently register disconnected headsets toward the end.

 

[Mai72]

I had my Droid X for 3 years. It was my very first smart phone. Loved loved loved that phone. I was amazed that it was like holding a mini computer in my hand. It finally died on me, so I got rid if it while I was in South Korea.

 

[gmaster456]

I had one a while back and thought it was a good phone. Still know a few people who have them. They're like tanks. They still run Gingerbread but motoblur isn't too bad.

 

[gmaster456]

I'm just gonna use it as a phone, MP3 player and notebook. Should be good? It was $70

For those tasks it should be fine.

 

[Naer]

Just got the DROID x. Thanks to this thread the DRoid x by far exceeded my expectations

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i remember when i got mine i felt like a total pimp with a huge screen, but its total crap now. its stuck on an old version of android, when i messed with my old x a few months ago it couldnt even render some web pages. 70 isnt a bargain i it means u arent getting lte, u should have gotten like a razr, they are about 100 now or a razr m for 150 or best of all motox x for 300

 

[mnewsham]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50826771

Droid X CM11 (android 4.4)

with 4.4 came a lowered specs requirement and the D-X while not really a new phone had a large enough following that a few guys attempted to port CM11 to the D-X and were successful just these past few days.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50826771

Droid X CM11 (android 4.4)

with 4.4 came a lowered specs requirement and the D-X while not really a new phone had a large enough following that a few guys attempted to port CM11 to the D-X and were successful just these past few days.

he had much better hardware options for not that much more munnie. dx at 70 in 2014 is a major fail

 

[mnewsham]

he had much better hardware options for not that much more munnie. dx at 70 in 2014 is a major fail

never claimed it was a good deal or the best option, I would have never suggested he get that phone, I had a DX for 3 years I know how shitty it is.


However, since he does have it, might as well offer him options for android 4.4 since they are (surprisingly) available.

 

[Bateluer]

For a phone, I think the OP might have been better with a Lumia 52x phone on a prepaid plan from Walmart/TMO or Straight Talk and saving his money for something more modern.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Pre-Jelly Bean Android on a A8 and 512MB RAM? I think pulling my hair out by the bundle would be a less painful experience.

 

[gmaster456]

Just got the DROID x. Thanks to this thread the DRoid x by far exceeded my expectations

Keep us updated. For phone calls, messaging, MP3, light social networking and the like it should be fine. I know plenty of people still using the X/X2.