2.1 OTA Beginning 5/11/2010

[paleodust]

i have a question about GPS..if i turn it on, does it stay idle if i dont use it? will it use battery if its idle?

You can leave it on all the time unless you happen to have an app that is constantly pinging it. Most just turn it on occasionally (if at all) to update their position and then turn it back off (idle).

 

[Alice_in_LALAland]

I'M still waiting...

Los Angeles.

 

[szymchack]

i got the update...live wallpapers?

 

[Greydon]

Wow...I just bought my droid eris yesterday, went to bed and this morning i received 2.1 when i woke up!!!

 

[Human]

^ not fair

still waiting for me.

 

[rick311]

I'M still waiting...

Los Angeles.

me too! GO LAKERS!!!

 

[idonthaveaclue]

Not sure its all that much better than 1.5. Seems a little laggy STILL. Anyone know how to keep the XT9/ABC option on the keyboard to stay on ABC? Everytime i exit keyboard it goes back to XT9. On 1.5 i would only have to change it one time, after phone was restarted then it would stay on ABC.

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[Snerch]

My wife got the OTA yesterday morning and I am still waiting for mine. Does the amount of available memory on the phone have anything to do with being able to receive it?

 

[jlrosell]

My wife got the OTA yesterday morning and I am still waiting for mine. Does the amount of available memory on the phone have anything to do with being able to receive it?

From what I understand it has nothing to do with receiving it. It will still come to your phone. Just when you try to install it it will tell you you need to make space.

 

[HMHB]

It has been close to 8hrs since I got the OTA running here is a quick summary of what I think!

1. Love the Sat / Nav - as good as any I've used before, used it twice today and was precise each time.

2. Phone is deffo running faster and smoother, i had no issues with 1.5 but must say 2.1 feels better.

3. being able to access the 7 screens is brilliant, just like using expose on my imac.

4. Had call lag only on one call, i saw the # come up by chance, it rang about 1 sec later & then the name of who was calling showed, this was a contact from Fave's as well.

Gonna play more and see what else I can learn. Does anyone know where I can find toggles for BT, GPS, WIFI etc? I had them before and don't remember how I got them. Another thing I'd like to know is how to turn off the sms alert after I've sent one??? I will browse and try and find the answers as well.

Cheers.

 

[xketchupx]

Im sorta new but not completely new to this...um...i still have the v3 leak, no complatnts....but can soneone instruct me how to change the boot screen , the whole process is a lil confusing...idk if this is the right forum but would appreciate the help..

 

[jlrosell]

It has been close to 8hrs since I got the OTA running here is a quick summary of what I think!

1. Love the Sat / Nav - as good as any I've used before, used it twice today and was precise each time.

2. Phone is deffo running faster and smoother, i had no issues with 1.5 but must say 2.1 feels better.

3. being able to access the 7 screens is brilliant, just like using expose on my imac.

4. Had call lag only on one call, i saw the # come up by chance, it rang about 1 sec later & then the name of who was calling showed, this was a contact from Fave's as well.

Gonna play more and see what else I can learn. Does anyone know where I can find toggles for BT, GPS, WIFI etc? I had them before and don't remember how I got them. Another thing I'd like to know is how to turn off the sms alert after I've sent one??? I will browse and try and find the answers as well.

Cheers.

the toggles are when you click the add button (+)> Android Widget>Power Control
The annoying message when you send a message can be turned off by going to messages>menu>settings>scroll down to sent messages> un-check "sent notification"

 

[thenestor]

Wife got the OTA this morning. Had to recreate her home screens, reassign ringtones, log into Facebook, and it deleted her "phone" contacts but successfully re-synced her "google" contacts.

 

[marshall1084]

Tampa, FL. My wife got it. Installed it today. Works like a charm!! Looking forward to using the navigation.

 

[ebrperk]

where is the live wallpapers and pinch to zoom in Google maps????????????
The Incredible had these. do we have them and have to enable them or were they left out of this version of 2.1

 

[xAusTiN]

where is the live wallpapers and pinch to zoom in Google maps????????????
The Incredible had these. do we have them and have to enable them or were they left out of this version of 2.1

Stated numerous times, the Eris does not have live wallpapers (processor not big enough) and pinch to zoom maps.

 

[paleodust]

where is the live wallpapers and pinch to zoom in Google maps????????????
The Incredible had these. do we have them and have to enable them or were they left out of this version of 2.1

They were left out.

 

[deslovedroid]

Ok, I am getting nervos!!! I am on leak v1 and I have not gotten the update yet. Can someone who is also on v1 please let me know if you got it??????????? Im in VA and I have heard that some others have gotten it here already.

 

[HMHB]

the toggles are when you click the add button (+)> Android Widget>Power Control
The annoying message when you send a message can be turned off by going to messages>menu>settings>scroll down to sent messages> un-check "sent notification"

Done and done

I did see the power control earlier was just looking for the older one, it did not occur to me about the new widgets.

Again, thank you!

 

[SirEagle]

Does anyone know where I can find toggles for BT, GPS, WIFI etc? I had them before and don't remember how I got them.

the toggles are when you click the add button (+)> Android Widget>Power Control

I did see the power control earlier was just looking for the older one, it did not occur to me about the new widgets.

The old ones are: click the +, the HTC Widgets/Settings/ then there are five of them, Airplane mode, BT, GPS, Mobile network, and Wi-Fi. Took me a week to find the GPS one.

 

[iandroidian]

Ok, I am getting nervos!!! I am on leak v1 and I have not gotten the update yet. Can someone who is also on v1 please let me know if you got it??????????? Im in VA and I have heard that some others have gotten it here already.

Just be patient. My wife got hers two days ago and I am still waiting for my update. If you did not get the update within a week then download the update manually.

[UPDATE] How to Manually Update Your Droid Eris to Android 2.1 | Android Phone Fans

 

[FredNitz]

the toggles are when you click the add button (+)> Android Widget>Power Control
The annoying message when you send a message can be turned off by going to messages>menu>settings>scroll down to sent messages> un-check "sent notification"

I agree. I think Google Maps is a better navigation GPS than any others that I have and I have two in my cars (both German) as well as two Garmins.

 

[laurentypo]

Ok, I am getting nervos!!! I am on leak v1 and I have not gotten the update yet. Can someone who is also on v1 please let me know if you got it??????????? Im in VA and I have heard that some others have gotten it here already.

I'm not on the leaked version, but I'm in VA and have *not* gotten the update yet.

 

[ScOuTzErO]

Pretty cool running 2.1 but entering the password in order to get into the phone sucks. Just because of the damn work email.

 

[MisawaCraig]

Wife got the OTA this morning. Had to recreate her home screens, reassign ringtones, log into Facebook, and it deleted her "phone" contacts but successfully re-synced her "google" contacts.

Us too. We just got he update on the Eris. I'm glad her eris caught up to my Incredible. Still slower overall due to the processor but it's much less laggy than before. Very happy they finally came up with the upgrade. It seems to be working well. Had to re-sync all the info and works. 77.7 megabyte upload took forever.