Firmware update for Milestone?

[diazamet]

Do anybody have any information about firmware updates for the Milestone?

All the Droid users seems to be very happy with the speedups and fixed camera in version 2.0.1.
However, I have not seen any information at all on firmware updates for the Milestone. If I use to the phone to check for updates, I just get a message saying unable to connect to server.

Does this mean Milestone users are going to be left out in the cold when the clock rolls over to a date which will cause the camera bug to re-materialise?

Thanks

 

[colnago]

Does the "Euro Milestone" have the same issues that the "US Droid" has? The update was not for adding features as much as it was for "fixing bugs". You may want to check the first 2-3 pages in the huge "Update thread" over on the Droid forum to check the software revision(s), and see if they are the same.

 

[deadite66]

isn't the 24.5 day bug due to hit again soon, i hope an update is out before then.

 

[celios]

isn't the 24.5 day bug due to hit again soon, i hope an update is out before then.

The 24.5 day bug cycle started again on Friday, so we are now in a bad auto focus period. I think they rushed to get 2.01 out the door for the Droid to avoid running into this again. I hope they can get a Milestone update out very soon.

 

[diazamet]

Well just tried my camera and it is useless.

Tried doing the 'System updates' and still get the unable to connect to server.

As I bought my phone outright from Amazon, who is responsible for putting out the update? Motorola or google??

 

[colnago]

Well just tried my camera and it is useless.

Tried doing the 'System updates' and still get the unable to connect to server.

As I bought my phone outright from Amazon, who is responsible for putting out the update? Motorola or google??

The Milestone and Droid are (2) different phones. They most likely don't have the same firmware, so the same updates may not apply. You may want to use some of the "GOOGLE" search capabilities to determine what the software revisions are.

 

[lonesomefolly]

I was wondering just the same, and when trying to update it I also get the unable to connect to server and I'm far from happy with the indoor quality.
My camera also does a pretty noticeable noise when accessing it, and I think that it was sign on the droids of a bugged camera? I'm not sure of this. Could someone care to shed some light?

 

[Golgo]

This camera bug must be the most r etarded bug of all time. I mean, how the hell did that happen!

 

[JPedro]

This camera bug must be the most r etarded bug of all time. I mean, how the hell did that happen!

You can read the fun stuff here

Slashdot IT Story | Bizarre Droid Auto-Focus Bug Revealed

 

[diazamet]

This camera bug must be the most r etarded bug of all time. I mean, how the hell did that happen!

To be fair, a bug like this can be a nightmare to find. What I think is more of a ballache is that Motorola obviously have a fix now (as seen on the Droid phones) and yet there is still no sign of it being pushed out in europe.

I'm guessing the delay is so they can close the hole used to root the Droid phones.

 

[Golgo]

You can read the fun stuff here

Slashdot IT Story | Bizarre Droid Auto-Focus Bug Revealed

Haha wow, turns out it's as simple as some engineer using an int instead of a long
Thanks for the link!

 

[JPedro]

To be fair, a bug like this can be a nightmare to find. What I think is more of a ballache is that Motorola obviously have a fix now (as seen on the Droid phones) and yet there is still no sign of it being pushed out in europe.

I'm guessing the delay is so they can close the hole used to root the Droid phones.

The Droid was released end of October beginning of November and the Milestone was released about a month later?

Would it not be likely that they also are able to release the Milestone fw with about 1 month delay?

 

[JPedro]

Haha wow, turns out it's as simple as some engineer using an int instead of a long
Thanks for the link!

Well compared to misplacing a . with a , and loosing a space craft, its not so bad

 

[diazamet]

The Droid was released end of October beginning of November and the Milestone was released about a month later?

Would it not be likely that they also are able to release the Milestone fw with about 1 month delay?

I don't see the reason to delay a small update to fix the camera. The hardware is the same, so I would think the driver would be the same also.

I know there are difference between the software on the Droid and the Milestone but surely this is just at the app level, not the underlying OS.

 

[celios]

I don't see the reason to delay a small update to fix the camera. The hardware is the same, so I would think the driver would be the same also.

I know there are difference between the software on the Droid and the Milestone but surely this is just at the app level, not the underlying OS.

The Droid uses different hardware for the radio part, so will have different firmware to the Milestone. I think they will want to fix the problems with 2.01 related to web browsing before they do the Milestone update, I think we'll skip 2.01 and go to 2.02 or 2.1 directly.

Personally I would rather have bad autofocus than a bad web browser on this phone...

 

[diazamet]

The Droid uses different hardware for the radio part, so will have different firmware to the Milestone. I think they will want to fix the problems with 2.01 related to web browsing before they do the Milestone update, I think we'll skip 2.01 and go to 2.02 or 2.1 directly.

Ok fair enough, different radio but this is Android (ie Linux) so the radio will be a kernel driver. Likewise with the camera, so I would imagine it would just be a case of rebuilding the kernel with the updated driver. Also, looking at the 'update.zip' file used to root the Droid, it would appear that it is possible to selectively update certain parts of the OS without affecting others

Personally I would rather have bad autofocus than a bad web browser on this phone...

Personally, I would prefer to keep using Dolphin for browsing and have the autofocus fixed.

 

[celios]

Personally, I would prefer to keep using Dolphin for browsing and have the autofocus fixed.

Dolphin is also jerky on 2.01 - it uses the built in Android HTML rendering which is apparently where the problem lies.

I can live with no camera for a few weeks, if every web browser/ HTML page was jerky it would drive me crazy.

 

[epuiatti]

Im getting a Milestone in a few weeks and want to know if the Milestone is a "Google Experience" phone like the droid and whether or not i will get OTA updates... Is it?

 

[azraiyan]

i just hope the updates can change or add the missing voice search. Hope the update comes soon. January is like a long wait.

 

[deadite66]

what do you mean by voice search? or is it some countries don't have it.

youtube video i made.

 

[azraiyan]

what do you mean by voice search? or is it some countries don't have it.

youtube video i made.

just saw this vid an hour ago and yes its not available in my phone.

 

[deadite66]

:<

 

[domborideh]

sorry if question is stupid but newbee
how can i check if i have the firmware update i want to root my evo and not sure if the update is installed? thank you

 

[Szadzik]

sorry if question is stupid but newbee
how can i check if i have the firmware update i want to root my evo and not sure if the update is installed? thank you

You might want to post this in the Evo forum if you have an Evo and not a Moto Milestone.