2.1 ESE53 will be Official Release on the VZW Motorola Droid

[christim]

Oh and by the way - this is the official 2.1 OTA thread. For those who keep throwing ROOTING in our faces place take it to another thread. This is for those who are not interested in ROOTING.

If you're bringing up that you already have it all it's BRAGGING and it's not welcome.

I didn't see the sign out front that said rooted phone type peeps not allowed.

I don't have a tattoo. If you show me yours I'm not going to get upset about it. It won't make me want one either. Bragging implies having something someone else can't have.

This thread is a thread. Threads are for making comments. If you are not rooted and have not unlocked your phone to allow untrusted sources and installed various 2.1 apps then this update will get you some cool stuff.

If you're rooted it appears it won't give you more functionality.

I think it's just as fair for someone with a stock phone to say "cool, about time, I'm psyched" as it is for someone with an tweaked phone to say, "wish it had more than what I've already got".

The reason a rooted person doesn't get more is they got it early, that's all. I also think the statement that a rooted phone has these features has been said already. Like Nate, I don't think that was said to offend those with stock phones, folks were just posting their opinion.

Some people drive a car. Others tweak the heck out of them, spend tons of hours modifying them. The same is true of this phone.

To add something new to the mix: Why can't the cousin to the Droid, the Milestone, be rooted? I read it was a key thing. Would that be hardware or software? If it is software and you want to be rooted, I'd be just a tiny bit worried there may be a surprise in this update.

Also, while I have a rooted phone I'm also excited for this release. I think the plan is to eventually get all phones on 2.1 and this will be good for the android community. It would lead to more developer's willing to commit more resources to bigger better apps for us all.....and it paves the way for a possible 2.2 OTA

all in all... 2 thumbs up for the announcement, thanks CK

[mikes]

Sweeeeet, except yeah too bad devs have been better then the actual engineers at Motorola

Isn't that the truth......

Doing a mashup of applications/software you didn't write hardly qualifies as "development," yet alone "better."

[wuyanks]

yawn ESE53 was so two-weeks-ago...

[christim]

quick question...when i installed helix, when i would tap the home button, it would give me the option to use helix or stock as my default. I can't play some of the games on helix and want to switch back and forth. How do i get that option again?

Go into settings.apps/helix, clear defaults

I was hoping to see more home screens so I could get Home++ off the phone. Oh well maybe next time.

Search the market for Helix, give it a try as your launcher

[refuzeandrezizt]

quick question...when i installed helix, when i would tap the home button, it would give me the option to use helix or stock as my default. I can't play some of the games on helix and want to switch back and forth. How do i get that option again?

I believe you go to settings, applications, click on Helix, then click on restore defaults.

[JCo352]

Ok, here's my question: I just flashed ese53 the leaked version, onto my phone like 2 days ago. Is this OTA the same exact one? And I'm also wondering, if it is, should I flash 2.0.1 back to get the official update?

[p1ngputts]

quick question...when i installed helix, when i would tap the home button, it would give me the option to use helix or stock as my default. I can't play some of the games on helix and want to switch back and forth. How do i get that option again?

Go into settings.apps/helix, clear defaults

Thank you x10000

[refuzeandrezizt]

Ok, here's my question: I just flashed ese53 the leaked version, onto my phone like 2 days ago. Is this OTA the same exact one? And I'm also wondering, if it is, should I flash 2.0.1 back to get the official update?

I'm wondering the same thing. May flash back to 2.0 just in case.

[pnickinson]

I read the PDF, I read this thread, so is 3/18 some kind of insider information? I didn't see a source for that date. Pardon me if I missed something.

Here's your source for 3-18.

Motorola Droid's Android 2.1 update to be rolled out OTA starting Thursday | Android Central

[swallman]

Sweeeeet, except yeah too bad devs have been better then the actual engineers at Motorola

Isn't that the truth......

Doing a mashup of applications/software you didn't write hardly qualifies as "development," yet alone "better."

I agree completely with you on this...not meaning to bash the people who build the custom ROM's at all, but its one thing to put a ROM together that maybe gets installed on a few thousand phones (would be interesting to know the actual numbers) vs. supporting a ROM that gets installed on over a million phones.

The support structure, testing, etc. are much more important and stringent.