Is 2.3.20 the latest system version for the D2? If its not is it worth upgrading and re-rooting?
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You can't upgrade until motorola decides to OTA, which you won't receive if you're rooted.
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Gotcha, thanks for answering my noob question. Now going to look up OTA.
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This is just a rumor, but I read that the DX might get 2.3 soon. IF its true, that could mean the d2 wouldn't be far behind.
Once again, THIS IS JUST A RUMOR I HEARD, so don't put too much stock in it
orkillakilla said:
This is just a rumor, but I read that the DX might get 2.3 soon. IF its true, that could mean the d2 wouldn't be far behind.
Once again, THIS IS JUST A RUMOR I HEARD, so don't put too much stock in it
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Supposing that happened...I would have to un-root to get it. Then would re-rooting from a new system version be possible? Or would we have to wait for a new root to come out.
orkillakilla said:
This is just a rumor, but I read that the DX might get 2.3 soon. IF its true, that could mean the d2 wouldn't be far behind.
Once again, THIS IS JUST A RUMOR I HEARD, so don't put too much stock in it
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True, but also rumored the d2 will not get 2.3
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arturocald said:
True, but also rumored the d2 will not get 2.3
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Well luckly I just found out I have an early upgrade available, and my new every two in 6 months, so ILL GET GINGERBREAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER!!! Lol
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yeah, P3Droid, the first person to report on this, said the D2G and DX might be seeing updates, he said that moto considers the D2 to the "red headed step-child" or something like that and wont be seeing updates, he is a very reputable person and isnt like nenelod who was trolling us, when he says it, its probably true
That's just depressing. I just got my D2 and opted for instead of D2G thinking it would have some more love. Guess I should have done more research. At least we have some good Devs. I helped my friend root his Devour and they are really hurting for ROMs.
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Hey guys, the fun with my Eris was fun while it lasted despite the bugs. slowness, freezes, trackball stopped working etc. Plus i really missed having a physical keyboard. So I ended up falling and cracking my Eris screen which really pissed me off. I called verizon cancelation department multiple times threatening to go to sprint and get the HTC Evo for 200 bucks from raido shack, it took 3 seperate calls and 2 different supervisors and finally they gave the option of any android phone they have available at the new customer rate (so DroidX, Droid2, Droid Incredible0 for 199.99 minus 100. So I went with the the Droid2 not realizing its not rooted yet, and doesnt look like it will be easily rooted. So should I keep the Droid2 which i REALLY want cause of the the physical keyboard and Froyo2.2 that isnt hacked together like it is on the Eris, and real Flash 10.1, or should i cancel and go with the DroidX. My guess is the Droid2 will be rooted and we will be able to put custom roms on soon, is this true or just a pipe dream.
Any real decent well thought out feedback would be appreciated.
droid x may be rooted but it dosen't have custom roms yet...
Well I got my Droid2 via FedEx today and I really don't care that the phone isn't rooted, this phone frickin' rocks.
Agreed. I had to exchange my LG Ally out to something faster. And I am glad I did go to the Droid 2. Its really fast.
I just upgraded my eris to a droid 2 and the droid 2 is incredible!!!
I've used the droid x a few times and the droid incredible a few more times and the droid 2 just blows them out of the water!
Also I love the new keyboard and if you use launcher-pro (with the new update) the phone feels even faster+ you still get the cool ninja-blur widgets without the annoying launcher.
it's just an awesome phone.
I don't want to be a party pooper but I was tired of the buggy Eris as well. I rooted, installed a fantastic froyo rom, and am completely satisfied now. Fast, stable and badass! I wouldn't say no if someone gave me a Droid X/2 but I certainly will not be pushing for one.
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I don't want to be a party pooper but I was tired of the buggy Eris as well. I rooted, installed a fantastic froyo rom, and am completely satisfied now. Fast, stable and badass! I wouldn't say no if someone gave me a Droid X/2 but I certainly will not be pushing for one.
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The Eris sucks ****. I have one and I hate it.
You hate your ****? You might be in the wrong forum.
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I too have an eris that is rooted running froyo but I got a text for an early upgrade so today I will be going to the store and hopefully come home with a droid 2.
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Verizon sent me a D2 to replace my Eris.
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EDIT: nvm found it. feel like a noob, lol.
Eris user coming to Droid 2 tomorrow 9/29/10
Well Veri$on is sending me a Droid2 because I have had 4....let me count them...1...2...3..4....phones. (I wanted a Droid X but no dice)
I have been reading about how to root and install Bootstrap Recovery. Can someone guide me to a FAQ and suggest a good ROM? I know that the Droid2 comes with Froyo 2.2, and I read that there is a 2.3 update for the Droid X. Is there one for the D2?
I have rooted my old Eris but it seems to me that the D2 is a little bit complicated.
Thanks!
2.3 was the Motorola version, not the android version.
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2.3 was the Motorola version, not the android version.
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Thanks....Well I am getting A Motorola D2......??? LOL
http://phandroid.com/2011/03/20/mot...ey-leaked-by-developer-custom-roms-to-follow/
I just read about this. Very exciting stuff. Maybe we can actually get a full 2.3 Gingerbread ROM.
Very exciting. Custom kernals on the way?
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Very exciting. Custom kernals on the way?
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Hopefully custom EVERYTHING on the way!!!!
This will also mean no more having to bootstrap (mad props to koush for making it though!)
I have been really getting upset about my locked bootloader lately and I REALLY hope that this is the fix!
I want customization for my D2!
Awesome news
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If this is true, would it be true for the droid 2 global as well?
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The Robot Cow said:
If this is true, would it be true for the droid 2 global as well?
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Its very possible
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Since I have another year and a half with my D2 I am so happy to see this. Especially after playing with CM7 on my Nookcolor. Not that I'm really complaining about fission and apex; they both do a nice job with the limitations in place but I miss CM from my D1.
Assuming the dev's brick their phones trying to make it work; this is nothing but the best news this year (enough to even make me register finally)
Unfortunately, it looks like it doesn't work.
Follow http://twitter.com/freemymoto.
I read it was a hoax
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Yup, nenolod finally said he was trolling everyone
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Figures. Curse motorola. I hope this made them squirm at least.
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Figures. Curse motorola. I hope this made them squirm at least.
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FillTheVoid said:
Figures. Curse motorola. I hope this made them squirm at least.
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It did make them squirm. They sent a cease and desist letter lol
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If this is true, would it be true for the droid 2 global as well?
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I think its for anything with the sholes bootloader.
Say it isn't so but I'm starting to believe that my loved phone is dead when it comes to [ROM]'s I'm using Apex and it's great best I've had but is it the "Last Unicorn"? I hope that we get some Gingerbread as a [ROM] but looks like we are SOL?
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Say it isn't so but I'm starting to believe that my loved phone is dead when it comes to [ROM]'s I'm using Apex and it's great best I've had but is it the "Last Unicorn"? I hope that we get some Gingerbread as a [ROM] but looks like we are SOL?
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P3Droid already has his hands on Gingerbread and he is going to release it sometime in the future..He has an official thread at Mydroidworld.com and he even has screenshots of it. The only thing is he can't root it yet.
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Liberty is getting updated in like a day...
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its not dead but getting close I think. Unless 2.3 comes quick I'm thinking Thunderbolt time.
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its not dead but getting close I think. Unless 2.3 comes quick I'm thinking Thunderbolt time.
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Supposedly via tweet by p3droid TBH is releasing GB today at some point.
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Follow @p3droid on twitter. Those of us with the TBH app will be getting Gingerbread within the next 15-20 minutes it seems.
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it's available for free download for those without the TBH app. someone leaked the download url so TBH just figured to release it to everyone
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...id-x-gingerbread-2-3-3-prerelease-thread.html
I'll read the entire thread tonight and decide if I'm game to try this out. My main concern is keyboard accuracy. Since I'm at work I really cant go through all 44 pages right now.
WOW, I feel like a noob. I post this then the next day POP GINGERBREAD I just put it on my phone and WOW i'm loving it, I had Liberty 1.5 then to Apex 1.4.1 and they are both nice but this rocks hard. I'm very happy and I don't think I'm going back, Ya No root but I can live without that...
Well, now that most of us have FroYo, I thought that we might be lacking something to WILDLY speculate about... sooooo GINGERBREAD ANYONE!?
Some of our friends in Europe already have gingerbread on their Galaxy S's, so the question is, when do we get ours?
Now I know that it took us over six months to get FroYo, but that was due to some sort of disagreement with Verizon and Samsung (most likely over Bing). However, since we now have 2.2, I would *assume* that they have gotten past that and that any future updates we get will most likely come in a more timely fashion.
If things go accordingly, and Samsung and Verizon play nice, then I would assume that we would be getting gingerbread around September or October (based on how long it took FroYo to be distributed to other carriers).
What do you guys think?
P.S. I'll post any major updates that appear in the media.
Penis.
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Avelnan said:
Penis.
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Grow up.
OP: I think the gingerbread update is going to take even longer than froyo because the gx2 and the charge are going to be out. Samsung is most likely going to update those before they even think about us.
Unfortunately, the truth is: we don't know when the heck Gingerbread is coming for the Fascinate. And with Samsung's somewhat random updates, its really hard to guess even a general date.
If we can get CM7 and maybe officially supported by CM. who cares about stock GB. If JT and PK's work becomes bug free, and it looks like they have done great job, I think we might see gold.
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Avelnan said:
Penis.
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You win. See also, no trolling.
Legato525 said:
If we can get CM7 and maybe officially supported by CM. who cares about stock GB. If JT and PK's work becomes bug free, and it looks like they have done great job, I think we might see gold.
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You want official gingerbread because you want source and a. 35 kernel
Legato525 said:
If we can get CM7 and maybe officially supported by CM. who cares about stock GB. If JT and PK's work becomes bug free, and it looks like they have done great job, I think we might see gold.
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Having the source code from the gingerbread specifically designed for our phone would make our build of CM even more stable.
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Grow up.
OP: I think the gingerbread update is going to take even longer than froyo because the gx2 and the charge are going to be out. Samsung is most likely going to update those before they even think about us.
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Main reason the Droid Charge will get Froyo before the Fascinate: The Droid name.
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WAT IS GINgERBREADS?
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Main reason the Droid Charge will get Froyo before the Fascinate: The Droid name.
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So... who wants to form a petition to change the name of the Fascinate to something that includes "DROID"?
My vote is the "DROID Wolfpack". Perhaps this requires another thread..
gubiguy said:
So... who wants to form a petition to change the name of the Fascinate to something that includes "DROID"?
My vote is the "DROID Wolfpack". Perhaps this requires another thread..
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How about the Droid Orphan, cuz that's what it's felt like sometimes. The only thing keeping it going has been the adoption by this community of devs.
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Main reason the Droid Charge will get Froyo before the Fascinate: The Droid name.
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Completely untrue. The droid name means nothing. Carrier and manufacturer are the same. Hardware is the exact same as a the fascinate other than the fact that it has a 4g radio. Its a last gen phone in the very beginning of a new generation... No one cares about it. If anything, its twice the orphan than the fascinate was.
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WAT IS GINgERBREADS?
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Do you live in a mountain ?
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garywojdan81 said:
How about the Droid Orphan, cuz that's what it's felt like sometimes. The only thing keeping it going has been the adoption by this community of devs.
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But you see, the large dev community is the WOLFPACK! So it makes sense ...okay maybe I should drop this subject before I get attacked by a tiny chinese man jumping out of the trunk of a car..
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Completely untrue. The droid name means nothing. Carrier and manufacturer are the same. Hardware is the exact same as a the fascinate other than the fact that it has a 4g radio. Its a last gen phone in the very beginning of a new generation... No one cares about it. If anything, its twice the orphan than the fascinate was.
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Completely wrong, sammy has a total different hardware than any phone available... they make their own parts, even the screen and i think even the cables and other things.... so never compare a sammy to a motorolla or what ever
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bosina said:
Completely wrong, sammy has a total different hardware than any phone available... they make their own parts, even the screen and i think even the cables and other things.... so never compare a sammy to a motorolla or what ever
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Isn't the Droid Charge also made by Samsung?
Just sayin..
Psh with I/o tomorrow Ice cream sandwich should be the topic of discussion
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thefunkbot said:
Completely untrue. The droid name means nothing. Carrier and manufacturer are the same. Hardware is the exact same as a the fascinate other than the fact that it has a 4g radio. Its a last gen phone in the very beginning of a new generation... No one cares about it. If anything, its twice the orphan than the fascinate was.
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How much do you want to bet the Droid Charge will see Gingerbread and more minor updates than the Fascinate just because it's in the Droid lineup? Both phones are nearly identical when it comes to software. Nearly every phone in the Droid lineup has had great support(except for the Eris and maybe the Pro).
I honestly don't think the fascinate will ever see gingerbread in any sort of official way.
After much gnashing of teeth and unbelievably patient assistance I upgraded to a stock rooted GB.
I love it. I admit it...I was wrong:GB is THAT MUCH better than froyo.
So...
Is there any reason to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous sbf-ing to pop up to 595 or 6 or 1?
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I was on .588 for a few minutes today from .340 and after upgrading to .595 it seemed a bit snappier. During my time on .588 the sync icon would not go away on my taskbar and the lockscreen took a few seconds to unlock. I'd say the upgrade to .595 is worth it just because you're set to get the OTA from it.
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After much gnashing of teeth and unbelievably patient assistance I upgraded to a stock rooted GB.
I love it. I admit it...I was wrong:GB is THAT MUCH better than froyo.
So...
Is there any reason to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous sbf-ing to pop up to 595 or 6 or 1?
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You shouldn't need to sbf at all to go from .588 to .595.
So I'm hearing that of the various 59x versions its 59FIVE that I wanna move to for compatibility with an OTA upgrade ? And there's a flash method via droid2 bootloader?
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No... You will need to be stock froyo in order to receive ota according to p3droid
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I would stay with .588. I have heard it is a little harder than sbfing back to froyo. Also the .596 ota is coming out soon and it looks like the bootloader is changing. Once you make the switch to it there will be no way back to froyo. And currently there is no root for .596. I know I can easily sbf back to froyo from .588 so when a rooted version of the ota is released then I will make the next switch. If you are stable and happy stay where you are. If there are a few bugs that are bothering you. You might think about going to .595. Just read about getting back to froyo if you choose that route.
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I would stay with .588. I have heard it is a little harder than sbfing back to froyo. Also the .596 ota is coming out soon and it looks like the bootloader is changing. Once you make the switch to it there will be no way back to froyo. And currently there is no root for .596. I know I can easily sbf back to froyo from .588 so when a rooted version of the ota is released then I will make the next switch. If you are stable and happy stay where you are. If there are a few bugs that are bothering you. You might think about going to .595. Just read about getting back to froyo if you choose that route.
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I was on. 595 for around ten minutes before I bootlooped my phone and the linux sbf worked like a charm.
Sent from my Xoom the way it should be, rooted and with SD card.
Would be nice if the new bootloader would be unencrypted...but that'll only happen in my dreams.
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Would be nice if the new bootloader would be unencrypted...
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chbennett said:
I was on. 595 for around ten minutes before I bootlooped my phone and the linux sbf worked like a charm.
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That is good to know. Thanks.
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I am staying with the apex beta on 591 because it is aosp based and there is no bloatware to slow down my phone. I will update when the roms update.
i see no reason to switch as you cannot switch back to froyo.... not that i have any intention of going back I just have no desire to switch to the new version until a deodexed + rooted version slides out... i think its silly to even consider atm but thats just my opinion.
if you want OTA fine, but this is XDA... i thought we were all here because we DIDNT want the easy way.
I am more-or-less stable and happy on 588. So I'll just sit tight . But when the OTA upgrade becomes available from Moto Ill have to be back on Froyo ? Or is the jury still out on this?
Thx for getting back
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Would be nice if the new bootloader would be unencrypted...
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The problem as I understand it is that Verizon wants that bloatware on there, it's a revenue stream for them. Especially the Verizon app store - pops up on my screen every time I plug my phone into my computer.
I have read that in the new Gingerbread release, it will be the first icon in the tray because the icons will no longer be in alphabetical order. That will make finding the correct icons so much easier in the menu.
I can't wait.
So Buttes says 595 will ota to 596, but owenbeales reports thar p3droid says unrooted froyo s necessary to OTA .... Anybody got clarification ?
Also...any opinions on ota596 with bloatware performance compared to the previously released 59x rooted stocks?
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