anyone regret switching to 2.1 early?

[aleis]

my co-worker with a hero is mad he cant upgrade!
nba league past with live games FTW!!
this will def hold me over until the incredible comes

 

[iAndroiid]

I don't have any problems. Even the google sign in i think i got past unless the past 3 times I restarted the phone it didn't show up magically. Could be the applications I have or the fact that when the phone starts I push the menu up really quick before things start to load. no freezes or glitches. Was about to make a video I am that happy. Only had it on the phone for almost a full day but have been using it a lot.

 

[goofdad]

I regret not removing my WOW authenticator from my account before doing it, which locked me out of my online game for a weekend ...

Other than that ... NO ...

I like the feel better, I like the Nav, I like the home zoom function ...

It has it's bugs, but they're liveable, so I'm not stressing over them.

 

[Pitamakan]

No regrets at all about upgrading ... my phone is now substantially faster and more capable, and the few issues I've encountered have all been quite minor.

I honestly think that the leaked 2.1 is extremely solid. Though there are a few OS-caused issues, most of reported problems are are almost certainly from apps that simply haven't been written for compatibility with this version of 2.1. They're things that every upgrader -- OTA or not -- is going to potentially encounter, at least until the s/w developers get some updates out.

 

[zantopad]

With the exception of the few bugs (like no embedded images in gmail, which appears to be an issue on all 2.X phones, not just the eris) I love 2.1 and won't look back... I'm confident that the "official" ota will not fix all bugs either... software this complicated just doesn't get "bug free" without nearly infinite resources and time thrown at it...

 

[EricB]

I used to live in BFE Kansas. Out along the blue river outside Marysville.

LMAO! I used to date a girl from Marysville about 15 or so years ago! Can't remember her name, but she had a lazy eye...

 

[BoulderAndroidFan]

This morning I had a bad issue with the phone not working properly (no sound incoming or outgoing after dialing or answering) that others have posted about which is almost a deal-breaker. But the increased speed of operation and much wider app selection (including Google Navi) still makes me happy I made the switch.

 

[refthemc]

Love all the new features, hate having to wait so long just to get a call....

 

[pkopalek]

I upgraded my girlfriend's Cricket Eris. Big mistake. Facebook contacts syncing are a HUGE deal to her. That's a dealbreaker right there, not having facebook contact pictures automatically.

The t9 keyboard keeps coming up by default, no matter how many times she changes it to 'ABC'. As soon as she closes the keyboard and opens it, it's right back to t9, which she doesn't use. 1.5 remembered the 'Abc' preference. 2.1 does not.

Google's log in error is a slight annoyance. But the biggest thing is that 2.1 doesn't seem to want to *228 on Cricket, and 1.5 did, just fine.

Really lame, since I can't find a Buffalo .prl file for her.

So 2.1 = Fail for her. Deal breakers with the keyboard and facebook.

My phone rocks now. The only thing bothering me is my inability to sync facebook contacts. Other than that, boosh.

Also, to the one with the jealous coworker with the Hero,

For the record, there is a Hero version of our ROM that has been adapted.

My friend has it installed, and the only problem seems to be that they can't get the Camera to work.

I assume you have to root it, and flash it. But it works great.

 

[tarponbeach]

I regret updating due to my pictures not showing up in gmail, the browser crashing randomly, losing all sound when making some phone calls, and a host of other issues. That being said, I do love some aspects of the leak. The speed is awesome, navigation is amazing....and I like being able to use the new market. It's a mixed bag...but I feel the things I lost were used more valuable to me than what I gained.

If the OTA fixes my bugs, I'll be in Heaven.

I'm very happy with the upgrade, and would not go back to 1.5, even if that were possible.

I work around the gmail problem by going to gmail on the Dolphin browser, if I need to see embedded pics. Dolphin also works better than the stock browser for me.

 

[Haxcid]

LMAO! I used to date a girl from Marysville about 15 or so years ago! Can't remember her name, but she had a lazy eye...

ROFL sounds about right.

 

[EricB]

ROFL sounds about right.

Other than that, she was hot. I still can't think of her name, but it's on the tip of my tongue...

EDIT: Cindy, never knew her last name.

 

[wpetering]

I'm happy with the leaked upgrade to 1.2. Had it now for 1 week +
Buggy-ness I've seen.... In Favorites, I have to hit the persons name/face a couple of times to connect the call.
No problems with Facebook picts syncing up. Battery seems to last longer than before. No problems with calls (in/out).
Had success with FRING (making cell to cell calls over 3G)
So.... Its all good.

 

[alexhendershott]

100% regret. I loved it at first, but the dialer bug has driven me up a wall.

I timed it last night, it took 12 seconds after I hit send to connect to a phone number. Not to mention, when someone calls me and it starts to ring, it'll ring about 4 times before the screen changes to the incoming call screen. It just rings, rings, rings, on whatever screen it was last on.

I really wish I did not update now, and was able to get root like everyone else. The dialer bug is nasty.

 

[Caddyman]

try running home for a while alex, its dirty, but it works.

 

[natsu]

I sometimes wish i still had 1.5. I only had my eris for about 2 weeks before i got 2.1. I now see a lot of apps crashing (including just the default messaging system since any others crash) and when i pull the phone away from my ear the screen won't light back up. So if i need the keyboard, i have to hang up and re-dial.

 

[TheBr0ken]

hopefully since 2.1 for the droid is rolling out anytime we will soon see the official for the Eris. PDF's have already begain to show up on Big Reds website

Droid info: http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/moto_droid.pdf

 

[davros]

Only cuz I want root, but that will come soon, right? Lol

Sent from my Eris using Tapatalk

 

[Le0_Br4zUc4]

I do and wish I could go back to 1.5 but i dont knwo how

 

[E.two.one]

no regrets

 

[smittythepig]

too many little bugs for me, and some bigger ones. 2.1 made my no-audio problem more than twice as bad. the phone also restarts a couple times a day for no reason. so when my replacement arrives i will be sticking with 1.5 until the official release comes out. i'm really glad i was able to test it out, though. so much faster and so many nice little features. but it needs work. certain good features were actually lost and are a step back and i hope they address those (seems you can't simply fill your phone book with just the phone contacts now, for example). and now that i've gotten a taste i can wait until the official release.

 

[Pitamakan]

too many little bugs for me, and some bigger ones. 2.1 made my no-audio problem more than twice as bad. the phone also restarts a couple times a day for no reason. so when my replacement arrives i will be sticking with 1.5 until the official release comes out. i'm really glad i was able to test it out, though. so much faster and so many nice little features. but it needs work. certain good features were actually lost and are a step back and i hope they address those (seems you can't simply fill your phone book with just the phone contacts now, for example). and now that i've gotten a taste i can wait until the official release.

It's interesting ... my phone restarted randomly once a day or so when I was running 1.5, but it hasn't done it once since upgrading to 2.1.

The variety of responses to this and a dozen other issues is puzzling in a way, since we're all basically running the same hardware here. It suggests to me that most of the problems people perceive with both 1.5 and 2.1 actually aren't the fault of the OS, but rather are caused by badly-written apps. But that's something we just have to accept when we use a platform as open as Android is.

 

[Caddyman]

It suggests to me that most of the problems people perceive with both 1.5 and 2.1 actually aren't the fault of the OS, but rather are caused by badly-written apps. But that's something we just have to accept when we use a platform as open as Android is.

it suggests that to me as well.

 

[eghill1125]

My wife had the random restarts about 2 times a day with 1.5 also, but none since I put 2.1 on her Eris. She only has the dead silence on the phone problem now. Happens to her almost everyday now and did not happen with 1.5 at all. Hoping everything gets worked out with the OTA too. Not regretting it though. Like 2.1 just fine.

 

[bjanow]

My wife had the random restarts about 2 times a day with 1.5 also, but none since I put 2.1 on her Eris. She only has the dead silence on the phone problem now. Happens to her almost everyday now and did not happen with 1.5 at all. Hoping everything gets worked out with the OTA too. Not regretting it though. Like 2.1 just fine.

Very interesting. I had the restart on my 1.5 way back when, got a brand new phone from VZW and never had it again. So it wasn't the OS right? Some have had this phone dead problem, some haven't such as I. Same leaked version of the OS, so what can we deduce? It has to be the hardware or something installed on the phone other than the OS. One thing to try is to reflash your wife's phone and put nothing on it for a couple of days. If it still happens, it's the hardware for sure. Right?? (Way early for me to be thinking like this.)