New upgrades soon

[bullswife98]

My (?) is this... do you need to be on 173 build to get the official ota 174 upgrade cuz if thats the case I'm not on that,I'm at 748 like the poster above^^... should I flash the 173 first or what?. I'm kinda confused. O_0



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[FoxKat]

My (?) is this... do you need to be on 173 build to get the official ota 174 upgrade cuz if thats the case I'm not on that,I'm at 748 like the poster above^^... should I flash the 173 first or what?. I'm kinda confused. O_0



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If you want the OTA update you shouldn't flash the .173. For you to get OTA updates you must be stock with stock updates or at least the most recent OTA update version.

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[bullswife98]

Ok, so staying stock/rooted all unfroze nothing changed and still on 748 build(as of Verizon's latest) just sit and wait. Alright,has anyone got this and is it worth it?



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[ltcalex]

The first major update is proving to be valuable.

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[ltcalex]

This upgrade provides better speed and fluidity between apps. Inow waiting for that next Major upgrade coming either next month or a little later. It should do wonders.

[ltcalex]

New upgrade for RAZR in the works. Read this posting.

Upgrade Droid Razr to Stock Ice Cream Sandwich via IC3RAZR Alpha

[ltcalex]

The lastest news on the earliest we'll see an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade to the RAZR! Looks like July. I'll keep you posted.

Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Motorola Droid Razr Confirmed for July - International Business Times

[ltcalex]

The lastest news on the earliest we'll see an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade to the RAZR! Looks like July. I'll keep you posted.

Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Motorola Droid Razr Confirmed for July - International Business Times

Built within this posting are the following quotes on the expectation of when the ICS "may be coming".

In fact, no Motorola products will get Android 4.0 until April at the earliest, and even then, the only device getting it is the Xoom Family Edition tablet. Other devices confirmed to get the upgrade starting in July are the Photon 4G on Sprint, Atrix 2 on AT&T and Droid Xyboard 10.1 and 8.9 tablets from Verizon. All other smartphones and tablets, including the brand new Droid 4 and still new Droid Razr, are categorized by Motorola as being in the evaluation and planning stage. That means Motorola hasn't even made up their minds about whether those devices will get the update, despite the fact Motorola has been approved for purchase by Google itself.
The news will come as a surprise to many because the Droid Razr is the flagship device from Motorola.

It appears they keep us anticipating this new arrival and pushing out the update. Anyone know why?

[ltcalex]

This posting will be a bit long, please have patience. I have been anticipating the ICS since its first being mentioned as an updated OS. It appears the below info on its coming in May will be delayed even further, however, what it should bring to us follows.

Ice Cream Sandwich
Probably the biggest attraction of the day, Ice Cream Sandwich was also announced at the event. I’m mentioning the highlights here -

1. Google Beam – Basically, NFC technology, ala Nokia Just Tap. Pair two NFC devices just by touching them and send across files wirelessly.
2. Works on both tablets and phones. That was the basic premise for Ice Cream Sandwich
3. Roboto Font – Made specially for HD displays, the Roboto font enhances readability, obviously.
4. Resizable widgets, better Notifications and KeyboardNew People app. Ala People Hub on Windows Phone, just not as good, though New Data Usage app, so you know how much data you’ve used and have control over it
5. New Homescreen. Open Camera and Phone right from the shortcuts here. Roboto font definitely looks sweet here
6. Zero shutter lag in Camera, and response time of just 0.01 ms (the touchscreen/UI)
7. Native Screenshots capability
8. Face Unlock = More security
9. New Browser – Incognito Mode, offline page viewing etc
10. New Gmail and Calendar apps

This info was copied from the following web site: All About Ice Cream Sandwich And Samsung Galaxy Nexus | Androsym

[jpcalhoun]

All this sounds great, but ICS bringing NFC won't mean much for us Razr users...we don't have the hardware to make NFC a reality. The rest is OK...but nothing to get me all excited. It's always nice to get an up to date OS with new capability, UI and functions. I hope when we do get ICS that we don't get a bunch of bugs with it. At the rate Motorola releases updates, at least 30 days apart in an emergency, it takes forever to get a newly released OS operating in a manner that the user doesn't have to download third party apps to achieve the most routine functions or have to create numerous workarounds to have a functioning phone.