New to droid life have ?

[thrasher6143]

So my wife just got the droid eris and I have been reading up on rooting? So which version of 2.1 does she have? I woiuld assume it's not leaked since it came out of the box that way.

 

[wyzzerdd]

Her Eris has the standard 2.1, the only way she would have something different is if you flashed a new rom onto it manually.

 

[him]

Hurry and get something else before its too late. Maybe incredible.

 

[wyzzerdd]

Hurry and get something else before its too late. Maybe incredible.

:greendroid::greendroid::greendroid::greendroid:
why?

 

[him]

Just more horsepower. No need to get into the game on an outdated phone. I think they can be had for what you paid for the eris or they may even have a buy one get one.

 

[wyzzerdd]

I don't think the average user cares about "horsepower" I got the Eris because it was cheaper then the moto droid lol

 

[him]

yeah my boss was the same way...bought the droid cause it was cheap vs getting the X. didnt know incredibles were still selling for 200 bucks. Just wanted you to be able to get the new stuff like froyo and flash when they come out. Dont know if eris is slated for the upgrade.

 

[wyzzerdd]

I've heard that it isn't however there are a few roms out already that run Froyo.

 

[christim]

I don't think the average user cares about "horsepower" I got the Eris because it was cheaper then the moto droid lol

I don't want to come across as someone knocking someone else's purchase, but because purchase price came up I felt compelled to write. The Eris is a fine phone, lots of people have them. Everyone has their own needs and preferences. If you compared phones and the main reason was price then visit Amazon. At the time I am writing this the droid can be had for a $0.01 (a penny) if you get a 2 year contract.

Amazon.com: Motorola DROID A855 Android Phone (Verizon Wireless): Cell Phones &…

The phone is highly customizable with numerous developers creating alternative roms, themes, and kernels for the phone.

I believe the restocking fee for your purchase would be 35 bucks.

Either way, welcome to the forums here. Plenty of good information and help here.


edit: And the person I responded to...wasn't the op. doh.

 

[him]

Yeah but how's the performance on those roms? I figure if its working for you though than its kool. I know i'm very impatient when it comes to my gadgets. After play with an incredible my droid started to frustrate me. But that's just me.

I just got my wife onto android and she likes it. Just have to sell her iphone to put her all in.

 

[wyzzerdd]

Yeah but how's the performance on those roms? I figure if its working for you though than its kool. I know i'm very impatient when it comes to my gadgets. After play with an incredible my droid started to frustrate me. But that's just me.

I just got my wife onto android and she likes it. Just have to sell her iphone to put her all in.

I havn't used them myself but from what I've read they are still very buggy and are working out the bugs. Right now I run Sense-able 2.1 and it runs very smooth and is rock solid. (no FC) I'm not really interested in Froya except flash would be nice.

 

[christim]

Yeah but how's the performance on those roms? I figure if its working for you though than its kool. I know i'm very impatient when it comes to my gadgets. After play with an incredible my droid started to frustrate me. But that's just me.

I just got my wife onto android and she likes it. Just have to sell her iphone to put her all in.

ahh, there's the original poster

My phone is overclocked from the stock 550 mhz. It is running at 1gz and has been for months. I'm running Android 2.2 on the phone, prior to the official release for the moto-droid. I do not know the release schedule of 2.2 for your phone, nor which roms are out for it but I am sure someone here does. But even stock, the droid does have more horsepower. Some don't care for the size and physical keyboard. For me I seldom use the keyboard and the phone fits in my pocket so that is no bother.

Either way, she's got plenty of cool apps to try out and play with. She should have no problem falling in love with Android.

 

[him]

Not the original poster, but she is liking how tied in and and functional the phone is. Its on froyo but not overclocked. I kept having issues while over clocking so i left it alone.

 

[christim]

Not the original poster, but she is liking how tied in and and functional the phone is. Its on froyo but not overclocked. I kept having issues while over clocking so i left it alone.

Mot all chips are the same, so while someone else might be able to overclock others might not be able to. You could try a slower clockspeed, but if it works then sometimes it isn't worth the hassle.

 

[thrasher6143]

hey Im the op actually and she likes it so far!! was gonna use unrevoked but cant get it to work right now. so here is the million (or billion) dollar question today. I am going from crapple to droid on the 29th and well it's either the incredible or the X? It was the X for sure but now with all this stuff with the lockdown Im not sure i want it BTW not new to this unlocking/roting/jailbreaking just unfamiliar with the android system.

and thank you everyone for your replys