DROID X Android 2.2 Update is Ready

[chippy]

Is there anything that Verizon Navigator does that Google Maps doesn't?

It can do stuff like post location to social networking sites, gas prices and some other marginally usful things. Overall though its just more bloatware.

 

[novemberwhiskey]

I have been getting "software update check not available at this time, please check later" for roughly a month now.

I am rooted.

Do I need to unroot to be able to get OTA?

 

[_Aardvark]

Breaking: DROID X Android 2.2 Update Starting Tomorrow At 12PM EST

Src: Breaking: DROID X Android 2.2 Update Starting Tomorrow at 12PM EST - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[LaZeR]

Breaking: DROID X Android 2.2 Update Starting Tomorrow At 12PM EST

Src: Breaking: DROID X Android 2.2 Update Starting Tomorrow at 12PM EST - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Whew, thanks. I can give my fingers a break now for the next 24 hrs aprox....

 

[pEktaS]

woooo i know what im doing at noon tomorrow

 

[RichSz]

Since we're still in daylight-savings does that mean it'll be ready at 11:00am?

 

[_Aardvark]

Since we're still in daylight-savings does that mean it'll be ready at 11:00am?

Verizon time zone fail...

 

[Paznos]

So tomorrow at 9AM PST nice.

 

[Deleted User]

So at noon tomorrow we are ALL going to totally crash the system at once.

NICE!

 

[mazz0310]

So tomorrow at 9AM PST nice.

You're lucky, I have to wait until 12:00 EST That's 7 hours of being awake waiting in the morning (Alarm goes off at 5 AM)!!!

 

[dimitri407]

For all users that say the check for update just checks and checks, you need to make sure that under Data Manager then data delivery then social applications that sync over wifi only is turned off. Then reboot and you can then check for updates.

 

[Martimus]

Verizon: Adding all of their own "Branded" bloatware (some for an additional cost) that do exactly what Android, or Android apps, can already do...much of the time better and most of the time free.

With all due respect Verizon has been doing this for years... GET IT NOW isn't a recent addition to Verizon's product line. They've had it on their feature phones and are migrating the functionality to their Smartphones.

Motorola: Locking the X's bootloader, Android is supposed to be an open platform, and the C&D letters to anyone hosting the 2.2 leak.

They have a lot leveraged with their Android smartphones. While I don't agree with what they are doing I understand perfectly that if their Android line of phones faulters there's a good chance that this new spin-off will end up closing it's doors forever.

One of the unfortunate side effects of a healthy cottage industry of flashed and rooted Android images is that when some flash these images onto their phones, they brick them. And without adequate knowledge to restore the phones they cheat and return them to Verizon claiming that the phone simply failed. Verizon's tech's have only limited skill in repairing Smartphones so many, most likely, are simply returned to the manufacturer for repair.

And this brings up the 64 million dollar question... Why is Motorola (in this particular instance) responsible for repairing what someone does to a Motorola phone without Motorola's consent? As I've said many times before, re-imaging one phone isn't terribly expensive to do. Re-imaging 10000 phones, on the other hand, is another matter entirely. In my mind this simply looks like an attempt by Motorola to protect their bottom line in lean economic times.

 

[simollie]

how many DX are there in the field? some 200K+? Verizon better get some real muscle behind their servers, we WILL all be pulling tomorrow, 12pm EST sharp!

 

[tannere]

It says manage contact history. Hopefully that means you can delete the sms history from the contacts list..........something i feel shouldn't be there anyhow. If i delete the text in my text messaging, it should delete under contact history as well

 

[ECFfighter7232]

It says manage contact history. Hopefully that means you can delete the sms history from the contacts list..........something i feel shouldn't be there anyhow. If i delete the text in my text messaging, it should delete under contact history as well

yes, in 2.2 you can delete the history from txts. when you delete a text its still in the history, but before you weren't able to go to the history and delete it, it was stuck there (from what I remember) but in 2.2 you can go to history and actually delete it all

 

[thephased]

quick question, should I uninstall launcher pro plus before i install this froyo OTA?

 

[tannere]

yes, in 2.2 you can delete the history from txts. when you delete a text its still in the history, but before you weren't able to go to the history and delete it, it was stuck there (from what I remember) but in 2.2 you can go to history and actually delete it all

Thats good to hear. Not like i'm super concerned about it, really only DX'ers know about it. I understand the history idea, but if i delete all recent calls, texts or whatever else, it should delete it in contact history. Just space being wasted for no reason imo

 

[MacII]

I find comfort in the fact that so many believe that Verizon won't be trying to block Google Nav anytime soon. I suspect that there is a population of users out there that subscribe to the idea that paying for something means that you're getting more comparatively (or they just don't know any better) and these are the folks that Verizon is aiming for.

I honestly just don't like it on my phone. If I wanted it (or anything else for that matter), I would download it from the Verizon section of the market. I honestly can't wait to be able to root and remove bloat after the 2.2 OTA whenever someone much more adept at such things is able to figure out how. I've held out doing so long enough...

 

[ECFfighter7232]

quick question, should I uninstall launcher pro plus before i install this froyo OTA?

I see no reason to uninstall LPP

 

[Ninja Monkey]

Semi-NSFW response!

Spoiler

Jizz in my pants.

 

[mazz0310]

quick question, should I uninstall launcher pro plus before i install this froyo OTA?

Nope, 3rd party launchers work absolutely fine with the updates.

 

[nj02vette]

Since we're still in daylight-savings does that mean it'll be ready at 11:00am?

Actually you'd have that backwards.
If it's 12:00pm EST, that would be 1pm EDT.

 

[shadowangel]

Going to wait and see what the official update does as far as rooting and the like before I install it.

 

[eibook]

With all due respect Verizon has been doing this for years... GET IT NOW isn't a recent addition to Verizon's product line. They've had it on their feature phones and are migrating the functionality to their Smartphones.

They have a lot leveraged with their Android smartphones. While I don't agree with what they are doing I understand perfectly that if their Android line of phones faulters there's a good chance that this new spin-off will end up closing it's doors forever.

One of the unfortunate side effects of a healthy cottage industry of flashed and rooted Android images is that when some flash these images onto their phones, they brick them. And without adequate knowledge to restore the phones they cheat and return them to Verizon claiming that the phone simply failed. Verizon's tech's have only limited skill in repairing Smartphones so many, most likely, are simply returned to the manufacturer for repair.

And this brings up the 64 million dollar question... Why is Motorola (in this particular instance) responsible for repairing what someone does to a Motorola phone without Motorola's consent? As I've said many times before, re-imaging one phone isn't terribly expensive to do. Re-imaging 10000 phones, on the other hand, is another matter entirely. In my mind this simply looks like an attempt by Motorola to protect their bottom line in lean economic times.

While I understand "Get it Now" has been around for a long time, it is just simply not necessary on today's smartphones. We all pay $29.99 a month to be able to utilize the abilities of a smartphone, Verizon adding their garbage, and charging us more to use it, is just Big Red trying to nickel and dime "uninformed" users. Not only does it try to exploit consumer ignorance, it adds unnecessary apps that "informed" users don't want and can't remove.

Where you see Motorola protecting their bottom line, I see them alienating Android users and causing more casual users to brick their phones. No matter what technique Motorola uses to "lock-down" their phones, there are people out there that will always find a way to root. But the more protection from customizing Motorola builds into their phones, the more difficult the rooting process becomes, which leads to more casual users bricking their phone.

I would be really interested in the number of bricked original Droids that got sent back to Motorola as opposed to bricked Droid Xs. Does locking the bootloader really deter that many people from rooting?

I don't think Motorola will be going out of business any time soon if they continue to put out quality Android handsets, there are a lot of people out there who want the "latest and greatest" hardware.

 

[t0adman]

It should be noted, that there is speculation that the update won't actually go live until sometime tomorrow (22nd) or Thursday (23rd).

I can't wait to see the 100+ identical threads that will be popping up in the next few days, asking if the user needs to revert back to 2.1, and if so, how they can actually can do it...

Do I need to revert back to 2.1? How do I do it?