Lollipop Watch

[Chasvs]

Not as in a wearable, but when will the Turbo get the Android 5.0 Upgrade?

 

[kmf]

There's been no official announcements, but I would not want the update until it's free of the many bugs that it currently has.

 

[Chasvs]

Well I agree that it needs to be debugged before release. Just want to get the community on the same page as to when that may be going to happen. let the insiders tell us what they know as soon as they know it!

 

[coulterjosh]

im hoping soon it looks great

 

[Skipdawg]

No hurry just want it bug free when we get it.

 

[Chasvs]

With the Moto X fron Verizon getting lollipop, I would think the DT would be close!

 

[Skipdawg]

I saw mention elsewhere that 5.0.1 has been seen. So already working on some of the discovered issues it would seem.

 

[Chasvs]

I saw mention elsewhere that 5.0.1 has been seen. So already working on some of the discovered issues it would seem.

I guess I can wait until they get it wrung out on other devices before they release it for the Turbo. Just don't take too long!!

 

[Dagr]

It's sort of silly to me that the Moto X 2013 version is seeing lollipop already but not the Turbo. Kind of worrisome for our long term update prospects / status. (Heck, the HTC M7 & M8 are rolling out as well as some Sony phones). The point is, the Turbo is supposedly fairly stock like the X, and one of the newest devices out there... and still no word on Lollipop. I have 5.0 on my tablet (N10), and it is very nice (though not a HUGE change). Many of the best features are under the covers... and I think our phone will really fly with them (like the fact that it uses the new art runtime as opposed to dalvik, etc).

 

[doogald]

It's sort of silly to me that the Moto X 2013 version is seeing lollipop already but not the Turbo. Kind of worrisome for our long term update prospects / status.

Is that the unlocked 2013 Moto X or the Verizon version? While I'd be a *little* surprised if the 2013 Verizon Moto X receives Lollipop before the Turbo, I wouldn't be *terribly* surprised. The Moto X is Moto's branded phone, while the Droids are Verizon's brand, and I can certainly understand Motorola wanting to upgrade their phones before they work on Verizon's. Ultimately, though, the upgrade schedule for Verizon phones is up to Verizon. They may insist on a Turbo update before they allow Moto to update the 2013 X. I guess we'll see when we see.

As for long-term update prospects, stop worrying. Motorola has made it clear that their phones will be upgraded so long as they can support the updates (though I bet they only update them through two named version updates.) We already know that the Turbo is getting Lollipop. The 2012 Droids (the Razr HD and Razr M) received Jellybean and KitKat upgrades, the 2013 Droids received KitKat and will be getting Lollipop. Motorola has been excellent recently about keeping their phones updated, and Verizon as well for their Droids, and usually pretty quickly.

 

[Dagr]

Great points! Thanks.

 

[OhBe1]

On a whim I checked for updates, and got this message: "System update available"

I'm downloading it now. Could it be Lollipop?!

 

[coulterjosh]

Probably not....sorry to spoil your enthusiasm

 

[coulterjosh]

I just checked and have an update. A couple minutes will tell

 

[OhBe1]

Update installed, and.....

"Your DROID TURBO has been successfully updated to version: 21.44.8.en.US
Congratulations! Your Motorola DROID Turbo has been enhanced and is ready for Advanced Calling 1.0"

 

[coulterjosh]

+1 no 5.0 but still an update

 

[decraig2000]

Update is downloading to my phone. I figure that since I am still in my 14 day window, I ought to download it that way if something goes wrong I can walk in to Verizon and demand another one.

Honestly, (knock on wood) so far my Turbo has been the most rock solid phone that I've had to date.

 

[Skipdawg]

Thanks for the heads up getting the system update too.

 

[Skipdawg]

This update will update the DROID Turbo system version up to build 21.44.8, and while it is not Android 5.0, the inclusion of Advanced Calling 1.0 is a great add. Added some other fixes and tweaks in this update too. Note system update not OS update!

 

[Skipdawg]

Just in case anyone else is twiddling their thumbs on this I thought I'd share this. One of the best write ups I have seen in the last oh 6 to 8 weeks.
http://www.loadthegame.com/2015/01/13/motorola-droid-turbo-android-update-lollipop/

 

[Willtrvl]

I'm not an excerpt on why android takes so long for updates especially on Verizon. My first droid was the droid incredible and it seems things haven't really changed much. It was difficult getting updates then.. I think the turbo is fine the way it is at this time but having the latest version would be nice. I went to Iphone after my first droid and then back to the Samsung s4 ansd now the turbo. Samsung was very quick with gupdates and of course the iPhone. Well I'm not sure what my next phone will be but I've been enjoying my Turbo.. Disappointing is how updates take so long on Verizons exclusive phones are never taken care of...

 

[coulterjosh]

any new info????????????? THIS IS CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[doogald]

The only updated info is that Motorola announced a couple of weeks ago that the Turbo would be updated directly to version 5.1. Neither Motorola nor Verizon ever give timing. You'll know when you start seeing stories about Motorola inviting members to soak tests. As soon as those invites go out, within hours there will be a post here about it, if the past is an accurate predictor of the future (which I think it is in this case.)

Hold tight, it's coming. We don't know when, but it's coming. (Followed inevitably by the people complaining about the update, who they want the old version back, etc.)

 

[hansangb]

LOL. rinse and repeat.
1) Where is it??? I can't stand the wait. Why can't we have it when phone _INSERT_NAME_HERE already got it?
2) What's the big deal, I don't see *any* difference
3) My battery life is shorter
4) My battery life is longer
5) After the update _INSERT_FUNCTION_HERE broke...WTF???
6) Did you do factory data reset?
7) Why do I have to reset...it takes 99 hours to recover everything.
8) goto 1.

hsb

 

[doogald]

Honestly, the set of people desperately wanting the update and the set of people who will complain about it when it comes are almost always disjoint.