Sorry but that's not correct. You register your device say motorola because there awesome. They send out a email asking you to fill out a survey then they go through and pick out testers. And the os we are testing is pretty much final. You test it a few days report to there private forums with any bugs once testing is complete they look over the results if there isn't a major snafu then in a couple days the os is released to the masses. This how I've been testing new os for my motorola droids all the way back to the original droid. Sorry but no way would vzw release a update in a uncontrolled environment the risk are to high.
Yes, Motorola does do their own testing, I know because I too was invited to be included numerous times 'back in the day' - but couldn't participate b/c I was rooted and running custom ROMs. But I don't see how the fact that manufacturers do their own testing leads you to believe the carriers aren't testing as well?
Its OK for Motorola to roll out a test to an "uncontrolled environment" but not Verizon? What are the risks? Someone's phone doesn't work? They send them a new one or have them roll back the update. Same as Moto would do.
Quite frankly, rolling out a soak test makes sense. As a carrier, testing an update on a few dozen devices internally doesn't compare to testing it on several thousand consumer devices. Obviously, they aren't rolling out a beta test, they are fairly confident its solid or they wouldn't roll it to customers. You really think a company like Verizon would just roll the dice and push an update to a million phones based solely on tests of a few dozen internal devices?
Anyway, you can argue all you want, but the fact that there are VZW screenshots showing test periods being posted on Reddit by a VZW employee.... granted its an anonymous poster on reddit - but his info has been legit so far.... and who specifically explains what a VZW 'soak test' entails.... I'm going to stick with my story.
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