well, I still havent been able to update but ive been in contact with "tech support". after an eternity listening to some of the worst hold music on this planet i spoke with a tech. He asked the basic questions, said lots of peeps were having issues and that i needed to call back on a land line so they could access my phone... So I did. Actually got the same guy 1 min. later and he had no clue he spoke with me moments ago. Once i explained the situation, again, he asked if the 2.1 version still worked. I said yes. He then told me to just keep using it because the M900 wasnt supported! I told him i have two of them and the other one updated without a problem. He went on and on about how there wasnt any difference between 2.1 and 2.8 and i should just use what i have. Somewhere in the conversation I hung up on him.
My gut feeling is IF is were to do a factory reset all would be fine with the exception of me having to redo all the setup ive done thus far. Ill just wait out the 2.1 update and see what happens.