[ultraspaz]

I'm currently waiting for my 3rd t-mobile 8900. My last two have both been returned for the same problem. While talking on the phone the sound would begin to intermitently cut out about twice a second with a loud click. It was like someone was had a switch and was shutting the speaker on and off just to annoy me. Both times this happened I contacted T-Mobile Blackberry support and they had me do the following both times: Pull battery - check, try Sim card in another phone (worked fine)- check, wipe phone - check. Nothing worked. I suspect it's a software issue but T-Mobile says a wipe would fix a software problem so it must be a hardware problem so "have another phone and sorry for the inconveinience". I'm going to be more careful with what Apps I put on the phone. Except I MUST have Slacker, Slingbox, Podtrapper. Has anyone else had this problem.

[NJBlackBerry]

Well, you've eliminated hardware, as this is now three.

[ultraspaz]

I haven't received the third one yet to "break it in" but I agree. It seems like a pretty unusual problem to happen to the same person on two different units. Guess I should be glad the TMO rep gave up and just decided to send a replacement. I did a backup of the first phone and restored the backup files to it's replacement. I wont do that on the coming replacement in case the software glitch is somewhere in a restored file.

[NJBlackBerry]

I'd also suggest loading apps one at a time; if the problem doesn't occur, add the next one.

[John Clark]

Have you ruled out the battery? I've seen some strange battery issues lately on the 8320 Curve and the Bold.

[ultraspaz]

I've tried two different batteries without any change. As for loading Apps one at a time, it's worth a try but the problem started almost a month after I loaded any new apps. Between the the phone problems and a 3 month ongoing issue with auto pay problems, I may be heading to Verizon after this contract. Paying extra for a one year contract may be a godsend

[Dubdub]

Could it also be a carrier/tower issue? Do you have a strong signal? T-Mo service in fringe areas isn't the best. plus their network isn't as large as the other US carriers.