That's total B.S.! We already have pre release versions on the Droid for rooted droids. Now, wether it'll go higher than 2.2(froyo) is another story. Do you have a link to the article?
I got one up date about two months after I got my Droid, is this a second update? I'm not sure what version I'm running right now. How can you tell? And if this is something new, how does one download it on the phone? Thanks.
I got one up date about two months after I got my Droid, is this a second update? I'm not sure what version I'm running right now. How can you tell? And if this is something new, how does one download it on the phone? Thanks.
Go to menu> settings> about phone. If. Your running stock, your more than likely running 2.1update1. And the phone will automatically download it..
Thank you. Root is not for everyone and not everyone roots so for about 95% of all droid owners root means nothing. Also the grammar in that article is beyond poor. I would not trust it lol. Although if Verizon said sorry no 2.2 for droid but we will give you a new Droid x lol then maybe! (Never happening lol)
Even if VZW said they'll give me an X for my DROID, I'd look at them, laugh in their faces...and then, quietly ask "Do I get to keep my DROID?"
If they said yes, I'd laugh maniacally as I sold the X on eBay and continued to use my DROID....
If they said no, I'd look them right in the eyes and say "You can take my DROID from my cold, stiff fingers, tyvm!" Oh, and then I'd (of course) laugh maniacally.
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Since most 2.2 ROMs for the Droid are based on leaked software from Motorola specifically designed for the Droid, I think you can safely say that whatever you read is wrong.
Droid will get at least 2.2. Rooted Droids will probably get whatever latest Android release there is for a long time to come.
The 1ghz is a suggested minimum not a true minimum. It won't matter anyway; with custom roms, the Droid will probably have 3.0 before most phones. The Droid had 2.2 before the official release on the Nexus 1.
Even if VZW said they'll give me an X for my DROID, I'd look at them, laugh in their faces...and then, quietly ask "Do I get to keep my DROID?"
If they said yes, I'd laugh maniacally as I sold the X on eBay and continued to use my DROID....
If they said no, I'd look them right in the eyes and say "You can take my DROID from my cold, stiff fingers, tyvm!" Oh, and then I'd (of course) laugh maniacally.
Laughing maniacally with your maniacal laughter!!!!!!!
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHHAAAAA
sorry I'm not supposed to do that anymore!
watch the movies!! Whenever maniacal laughter is proceded with, bad things happen. So I will laugh maniacally with you, but on the inside.
DROID RULES!!!! Everything else is just trying to imitate the delicious droidy goodness!
Last edited by corbinator; July 19th, 2010 at 05:50 PM.
I was debating whether or not to root for a long time. About two months ago, I decided I would root after 2.2 came out. Well, I got sick of waiting on Verizon to get off their butt and send us the OTA and I rooted and went to 2.2 last week. The whole process took about 30 mins, (counting time for apps to automatically redownload). I can honestly say, in hindsight, why did I wait. It's a simple process, everything works, and you get what they have been promising.
As far as overclocking goes, this processor is rated for 1Ghz from the factory. Motorola is underclocking it for better battery life and to run a little cooler. If I use it for a while, it gets a little warm, but nothing that even comes close to warranting a concern. Just root and be done with it. Run and 800Mhz to 1Ghz kernel on it, install flash, and fall in love with your phone all over again.
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I can;t decide. Looks like I have to root first so following those directions I have to download some silly windows app and drivers so I need to download a trial or windows and setup a virtual machine to run it under. All I really need is adobe flash.
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Ok, I didn;t see rooting from linux instructions in the forum and did a google search and found one that had steps to go back to a 2.01 rooted then upgrade to 2.1, then 2.2, seemed like a lot of steps to me. I'll search some more.
I followed the 3rd post down. If you use that .sbf, you will stay at 2.1, there is absolutely NO reason to go back to 2.01 first, unless you like doing extra work.
Head over to the root section of the forums to get more clear answers, but you shouldn't have too. If you are flashing an .sbf file you can use that same 2.1 file in that thread I listed.
Even if VZW said they'll give me an X for my DROID, I'd look at them, laugh in their faces...and then, quietly ask "Do I get to keep my DROID?"
If they said yes, I'd laugh maniacally as I sold the X on eBay and continued to use my DROID....
If they said no, I'd look them right in the eyes and say "You can take my DROID from my cold, stiff fingers, tyvm!" Oh, and then I'd (of course) laugh maniacally.
even if vzw said they'll give me an x for my droid, i'd look at them, laugh in their faces...and then, quietly ask "do i get to keep my droid?"
if they said yes, i'd laugh maniacally as i sold the x on ebay and continued to use my droid....
If they said no, i'd look them right in the eyes and say "you can take my droid from my cold, stiff fingers, tyvm!" oh, and then i'd (of course) laugh maniacally.
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Originally Posted by Legacystar
Can we change the name of this thread its very misleading because the is most deifinately getting 2.2
I've been thinking the same thing for several days, pretty much since it was first posted. All the current 2.2 ROMs are based on builds made at Motorola for the Droid so it's ridiculous to think it won't get 2.2. Blame everyone who keeps bumping it to the first page
i've been thinking the same thing for several days, pretty much since it was first posted. All the current 2.2 roms are based on builds made at motorola for the droid so it's ridiculous to think it won't get 2.2. Blame everyone who keeps bumping it to the first page
You must be rooted AND running a 2.2 Froyo ROM to run flash. Flash will not run on anything but 2.2 and higher. If you are running a 2.2 Foryo ROM, you will be able to find flash in the market.
I've been thinking the same thing for several days, pretty much since it was first posted. All the current 2.2 ROMs are based on builds made at Motorola for the Droid so it's ridiculous to think it won't get 2.2. Blame everyone who keeps bumping it to the first page
You must be rooted AND running a 2.2 Froyo ROM to run flash. Flash will not run on anything but 2.2 and higher. If you are running a 2.2 Foryo ROM, you will be able to find flash in the market.
I was on the phone two days ago with a verizon tech working out an issue with my email and - for what it is worht ?? - he said the moto droid will get 2.2 probably sometime in August but that the droid x would get it first.
Even when Gingerbread is released, I bet even money that a dev out there is going to take the AOSP and compile it specifically for the DROID, including an OC kernel so that Gingerbread will work.
Have patience, young grasshoppers - FroYo is coming to the DROID.
Yes, it is. If it wasn't, there wouldn't be any of the 4-5 different RC releases for rooted users. Having said that, I'm not worried about it since I've had it for almost 2 months now .
If you are rooted, you shouldn't be worried about anything. The G1, which is almost two years old now, has 2.2. Go look up the specs on the G1 and, again, remember it has 2.2. A ROM, of course, but 2.2 nonetheless.
By owning a Droid, you own a "tier-one" Google phone which means updates should be out, lickety-split and with no delay on Google's behalf. VZW is run by morons so they constantly bring own their infrastructure when they push out 10MB updates to 10 million people at once.
What I'm saying is the Droid has another year of being able to handle newer firmware. It probably won't be the official release, since the specs of 3.0 kinda cut off before the Droid can get in, but if the ROM is modified to allow the non-1Ghz CPU to use 3.0, I think the Droid will be fine.
If not, there will always be the ROM scene to help out.
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moto droid to not get 2.2??????
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