New Motorola Droid Update Available

[necronomican]

they made gingerbread run on the droid eris at xda dev. and thats alot slower then the droid so i dont see why it wouldnt run on the droid.

[pilot25]

can someone post the zip file because the page is no longer available on the vz website?

[necronomican]

Google says there is no min. requirement for gingerbread. google said they expect it to be ported from the nexus 1 before they can release it for the droid. from there twitter account from a few monthes ago responding to rumors about gingerbread.

[UltraDroid]

Also, anyone who is rooted and running a custom rom should not take these updates. For one, the developers will most likely include the fixes in their roms (through proprietary files). But the big thing is that they like to try to plug exploits and put in new methods of stopping custom rom users, which makes it tougher to root.

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Amen, Brother Tank - Amen! OTA updates need to be avoided like the plague for just those reasons. Trust the forum members - not Verizon and NEVER Motorola...the nice folks who brought us the locked, encrypted and booby-trapped boot loader on the Droid X.

-Mike

[necronomican]

yea google is and wants to always be open source but other companies want to restrict for profit.

[necronomican]

Google has a chrome event tomorrow i know its for the new chrome os but they said they would also be releasing news about google all round so maybe some android news is possible...

[Freezetron]

This is a perfect example of why id rather not do or deal.with rooting my DX, I prefer having officially developed.and tested updates for my first droid. I can see the clamor and reason for rooting, but it does nothing for my basic smartphone needs.

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[BlueSami]

This is a perfect example of why id rather not do or deal.with rooting my DX, I prefer having officially developed.and tested updates for my first droid. I can see the clamor and reason for rooting, but it does nothing for my basic smartphone needs.

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I am pretty sure we (the rooted people) get most of these updates before you do?

[UltraDroid]

This is a perfect example of why id rather not do or deal.with rooting my DX, I prefer having officially developed.and tested updates for my first droid. I can see the clamor and reason for rooting, but it does nothing for my basic smartphone needs.

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I am pretty sure we (the rooted people) get most of these updates before you do?

That's usually the case. The leaks are quickly incorporated into the custom roms, and gotten out quickly. Why wait until Verizon and Motorola feel like throwing you a bone?

-Mike

[necronomican]

People say the droid is outdated but i wouldnt give it up for any of the new phones yet.can anyone confirm if 2.2.1 increases battery life cause i have a rom thats 2.2.1 and its battery life is worse then 2.2.