Android OS 2.1 available for the Droid, use at your own risk!

I believe your phone is asking you to upgrade to 2.0.1. As 2.1 is not out yet. So yes, it is ok to upgrade to 2.0.1. For me the only downside to 2.0.1 is the browser lag. Otherwise its running great.

 

Thanks I'd Rather not screw up a costly phone on day 1

 

Got ya there buddy! I still feel the need to hold mine with 2 hands... the phone that is .

 

I'm still at that point to. Lol when the bill comes I think ill break out the super glue

 

My 2 cents on 2.1 after installing tonight-

Not Worth it..

The upgrade is a bit of a hassle and takes a good amount of time.

Not all apps are compatible (phonemypc not working was a dealbreaker)

While the transition animations are new, it's really not any smoother- The frame-rate unfortunately still skips around. I thought i'd get the Eris butter smooth look but that's not the case.

Force Close doesn't seem to work in many situations now leaving you with a hanging phone. I found myself doing the dreaded battery pull a couple of times.

The new animations are nice but many of them take way too much time..

There seems to be some new lag introduced with basic phone functionality.

Live Wallpapers are a cool idea but ultimately a distraction --


I hate to be a negative nancy about this, but 2.0.1 is SUCH a strong solid stable build with my experience. There's no real unique selling point for 2.1 for me as of yet..

If you do check it out, make sure to backup your current nandroid system directory so you can get back home.. I already did.

best,
$Matt

 

Will there be a legal/supported update to version 2.1 at some point? I can wait if there will be since the phone is just so new and that whole warranty thing this time around.

 

Yes...Another update will be in Jan sometime....

 

Cool. I'll wait then. I have this tendency to get excited then brick techie things.

 

Not saying the Jan update will be 2.1, it could be 2.0.2 or something else...No one really knows...

 

oh..... well hell.

 

At first I was a little leary on upgrading, figured I just wait a month but the geek in me decided to upgrade to 2.1 last night and I'm loving it, no issues so far!! :icon_ banana:

 

Does the 2.1 firmware fix the browser lag?