Advice on Droid 2 Gingerbread Update

[Mikecrb]

I've read numerous posts online about bugs and issues with upgrading the Droid 2 to Gingerbread.
Wondering if issues have been fixed since the September release, or if it's still worth avoiding the jump. Thanks!

 

[rosem119]

I'm interested in this as well. Problems I've been having are phone turns itself back on after I turn it off, and late appointment reminders.
I've seen no notice of any fixes except reverting back to froyo.

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[garrettcorn]

it really isn't worth the update in my opinion..

and no the bugs really haven't been fixed. if you do decide to upgrade get on a custom rom really quick like CM7 aren't bad, but i would stay on foyo if i was you

 

[Mikecrb]

thanks for the feedback- I'm going to be giving a droid 2 as a gift (to replace a broken phone beyond contract) and it's a floor model running Froyo. I'm not sure if I should tell the recipient ( who's not a big tech/phone person) to avoid the Gingerbread update, or whether it worth taking on. I've been running Gingerbread on a Droid 3 and it is ok except for a few wallpaper resets, a lost contact picture and an annoying phone reset now or then. But the issues with Gingerbread on the Droid 2 I've read about seem to be really varied and across the whole operating system. I read one string of article replies where there was like 60-70 people who had issues and only a couple who didn't...yikes.
I remember reading that the Droid Global 2 update was pulled back because of some bugs, maybe I'm just a few months behind
on what's been updated not for sure and some of this has been fixed....maybe not.

What would you recommened for the D2, stick with Froyo? Thanks!

 

[rosem119]

I'll be moving to an iPhone when I can.

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[lizard]

I thought Froyo was buggy when I first got my phone so I flashed a custom rom. The only reason I took the Gingerbread update was to get to the latest official version (@ the time) of CM7. The version from 10/06/2011 works flawlessly for me.

Sent from my rooted, and CM7 rommed, Droid2

 

[Mikecrb]

Thanks for the thoughts!

 

[Tim_Hall]

I used Rsd lite and sbf because I was bootlooped and inadvertently went back to froyo- love it!

 

[TDL1068]

If I had to do it over again I would for sure stay with Froyo! I like the upgrades to Gingerbread but not all the bugs, including unintended restarts.