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Software Update for the DROID Pro by Motorola
Introduction
We are pleased to announce the new software update for DROID 2 Pro by Motorola. The software update by Motorola (Version.2.26.60.XT610.Verizon.en.US) includes numerous enhancements. Upgrade today for peak performance.
For more information on Motorola updates and product support, visit us at DROID PRO - Motorola, Inc. USA.
Who Can Use This Release
ALL Motorola DROID Pro users.
After downloading and installing the software release, you will notice:
Enhancements:
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o Improved audio on voice calls.
o Improved stability and performance.
o User interface display now refreshes when user switches from GSM/UMTS communication to Global Mode.
o Device now prepends 011 to Country Code to send SMS messages.
o Global Mode no longer resets when connecting to a USB charger.
o Visual Voice Mail now detects airplane mode while Wi-Fi is active.
o Prompt return to full screen brightness after wake-up.
o Upgraded Bluetooth firmware.
o Improved interoperability with Microsoft Internet Application Gateway (IAG) configurations.
o Device string format for Exchange changed to include device name and version number.
o Upgrade to Google applications Release 7.
Other Improvements:
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o Improved audio during voice calls.
o Reduced user interface lock-ups.
Will I need to unroot (or at least unfreeze stock apps) before applying the update?
kcowling said:
Will I need to unroot (or at least unfreeze stock apps) before applying the update?
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Some users have reported that they were able to do the update without un-rooting, others couldn't. You'll have to go ahead and try it.
Hey, any feedback on this update yet?
Thanks .
I have 2 Droid Pros in my household, both rooted, both running Droid 2 boostrapper for clockworkmod recovery. One updated perfectly; the other not. Still can't update. Not sure if it's the CWM recovery that's causing the issue.
My phone was rooted with the app Z4 and I was also unable to update. I have now unrooted and I will do a 2nd attempt in a minute .
Edit: No luck
The update was successful on my rooted, unlocked droid pro.
Does anyone know if this fixes the choppy music?
I am seeing a much more responsive unlock screen. No more do I have to drag multiple times to get it unlocked. That's the first thing I noticed
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having issues as well.
First try: forgot to unroot, update failed.
Second try: unrooted, update failed.
Third try: unrooted, update failed
I'm considering resetting the phone then trying again, but someone over on droid forums mentioned that the update failed even after a reset.
FWIW, after rooting I've only deleted a few of the apk's that I didn't use (amazon mp3, city id, social networking, a few others).
Thoughts?
This update did NOT fix this skipping / choppy / stuttering music issue.
Music playback still skips, chops or stutters during playback. Better luck next time Verizon
jonkranked said:
having issues as well.
FWIW, after rooting I've only deleted a few of the apk's that I didn't use (amazon mp3, city id, social networking, a few others).
Thoughts?
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The deleted apps may be causing the problem. Try doing a factory reset, app update, then system update.
cool thanks for the input. i'll give it a shot.
ok so just a factory reset didn't work. it didn't restore the bloatware apks that I removed. I found them in another thread (another user was kind enough to post a zip file containing ALL the stock factory apks from the app folder).
when i get home from work tonight i'll reinstall them then try updating again. (don't have admin privs on my work PC, so can't copy things onto my phone from it)
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ok so just a factory reset didn't work. it didn't restore the bloatware apks that I removed. I found them in another thread (another user was kind enough to post a zip file containing ALL the stock factory apks from the app folder).
when i get home from work tonight i'll reinstall them then try updating again. (don't have admin privs on my work PC, so can't copy things onto my phone from it)
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Can you post a link for us? I thought Titanium backup, actually backed up the apps but I guess not. TIA.
David F.
newevery2 said:
Can you post a link for us? I thought Titanium backup, actually backed up the apps but I guess not. TIA.
David F.
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Post #20, user: jwgraves
www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-pro-discussions/108310-update-invite-motorola-2.html
edit: couldn't make it an actual link, the forum software prevents users with <8 posts from posting links
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Post #20, user: jwgraves
www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-pro-discussions/108310-update-invite-motorola-2.html
edit: couldn't make it an actual link, the forum software prevents users with <8 posts from posting links
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I made it a link for you
theimpaler747 said:
I made it a link for you
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thanks.
one thing i guess i should point out, the user who posted those files hadn't deleted/uninstalled the apps... he just renamed them from .apk to .bak and reverted them back to .apk to get the update to work.
another user who had actually deleted the apps and then copied them back in to the sys/apps folder can't get his device to reboot now.
i actually deleted the files, so I'm a little nervous now. Proceed with caution?
I'm still a noob to all this, would i benefit from installing something like bootstrap in the event my phone won't boot after i replace the apps?
Well I'm also having problems updating. I have all the system apps installed and running, I've tried updating rooted and unrooted, and just no luck. It's quite aggravating, I'm hoping someone or me figures out what the deal is with the Failed attempts
Solution for those unable to update!
So I've figured out a solution for those of you unable to do the update directly. I've posted a walk through in my original post for the Pro. It only updates the System.img - I've been running my Pro all day with it installed in this fashion with no issues what-so-ever. To quote my post in the other forum:
For those of you unable to get the new Droid Pro OTA working I have found a solution! You will need:
1)Root
2)Clockwork Recovery
3)System.img from update
4)Current Nandroid backup of your phone
5)ADB drivers and ASDK
So lets begin.
1)Boot into Clockwork recovery and create a backup of your phone.
2)Once complete, mount the phone as USB storage and pull the system.img file from the nandroid backup folder, as well as the nandroid.md5 (KEEP THESE FILES SAFE!!!!!)
3)Obtain the system.img file from here (Compliments of whoopsiedaisy).
4)Replace the system.img file in the Nandroid backup folder on your PHONE.
5)ADB into your phone (preferably still in recovery) and do the following:
Code:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-xx-xx.xx.xx.xx
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
6)If all goes will it should create a new MD5 checksum file utilizing the new system.img
7)Go to the 'backup and restore' menu in Clockwork, and select 'Advanced Restore'
8)Select the correct nandroid backup folder where the new system.img file is located, and then select 'Restore System'
9)Assuming all goes well, go to Settings, About and check your new system version!
Excellent. Wish I would've seen this before I went home from work, no ADB on the home computer, (and it's too late to mess with it). It will have to wait until after Christmas now, but at least there's a fix now....
Just wanted to pass this along as I asked the question but no one answered it...
I was one of the people selected to test the 4.1.57 update. I had added several notification sounds to my /system file, as well as changed to the beta version of Swype.
For Swype, I used RootExplorer and changed the names of the stock Swype files to .bak. This allowed me to install the beta version of Swype (that I was also signed up to test previously).
Anyway, I got sick of the update notification popping up on my phone so I just ran the update. I did lose root, as everyone knows. However, the custom sounds I added to the /system folder, and the beta version of Swype, are still there and still work, and had no affect on the update. My version in the About Phone page reads "Version.4.1.57.MB860.ATT.en.US" so I did get the update successfully.
Yes, it sucks that root is lost (hopefully temporarily) but it is good to know that you can install sounds and Swype and other apps that need root (to install but not to use) prior to updating and they'll still work after.
Since there's been some interest in comparing the 2.2 ROMs with the 2.1, here are some stock eclair nandroid images based on the Cincinnati Bell 2.1 ROM that can be used in OpenRecovery without flashing SBFs. You can use these to switch between 2.1 and other 2.2 ROMs without bothering with RSD Lite/sbf_flash.
Of course gallery key, camera and FM radio work well on these. Although, I've been having market problems (paid apps fail to download). Hopefully that will resolve itself if/when market decides to self-update... In the interim, I recommend using something like Titanium Backup to migrate your paid apps.
Eclair Strikes Back v2 (2011.06.23)
This is a tweaked version of CBW_eclair_STR_U2_04_1E_1.zip with some tricks we've been using in 2.2 (expanded apns-conf.xml, JIT from FrozenEclair, memhack to move dalvik-cache to /cache, egl.cfg hack to disable software rendering).
eclair-strikes-back-v2-beta.zip (the beta is now final )
Changes since v1:
ext-partition support compatible with the stock221-derived ROMs*
Automatic swap support for fjfalcon's fastboot kernel
Automatic support for link2sd (either FAT extra partition or stock221's /sd-ext/link2sd method)
Additional cpu governors (conservative, interactive)
Market upgraded to 2.2.7
*dalvik-cache on /sd-ext is not supported by default on this ROM.
Previous release: Eclair Strikes Back v1
eclair-strikes-back.zip
2011-06-16 Update to fix market on ESB v1 (upgrades market to 2.2.7)
Stock 2.1 (Cincinnati Bell)
This is a rooted version of Cincinnati Bell's STR_U2_04.1E.1 with OpenRecovery support pre-installed.
CBW_eclair_STR_U2_04_1E_1.zip
Hey Mioze do you have the app2ext script that is in the Bluesteel rom? Might try your eclair nands with it and see what i get.
I've finally successfully downloaded and installed a paid app from the market now on Eclair Strikes Back. Market is still old one though... not sure why it's taking so long to update to new one. When I did a factory reset on stock 2.1 soon after I bought the phone the market updated itself pretty quickly IIRC.
Still, this feels so smooth and fast....
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And don't seem to be having downloading issues with any apps, be it paid or free anymore. Maybe you'll have to manually replace the market.apk with the new one though, since I'm not sure it's ever going to self-update.
syrenz said:
I've finally successfully downloaded and installed a paid app from the market now on Eclair Strikes Back. Market is still old one though... not sure why it's taking so long to update to new one. When I did a factory reset on stock 2.1 soon after I bought the phone the market updated itself pretty quickly IIRC.
Still, this feels so smooth and fast....
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And don't seem to be having downloading issues with any apps, be it paid or free anymore. Maybe you'll have to manually replace the market.apk with the new one though, since I'm not sure it's ever going to self-update.
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And what about moving applications to the sd? available or will be applied app2sd?. Open recovery will still work? I have some applications that are supported only from 2.2, they can no longer be installed .... of course there will have to sacrifice something.
I at the continuing problems of delay in opening and closing apps, malfunction of the camera, out of trouble and delay an application to load the launcher and would return to around 2.1, but I also like the space for application installation and open recovery.
PS: It's easy to return to 2.1?
download on process
kinda miss the haptic feedback hahaha..
thx a lot Mioze..
I'm pretty sure you can only move apps to SD for 2.2... since I never used it (I never have so many apps installed at once that it's neccesary) I don't mind losing that functionality.
There are a few apps from 2.2 that I like, most notably the new gmail and youtube apps, but those are minor sacrifices for me really.
Open recovery is installed in both those links. I find the camera works much better on 2.1, seems much faster in taking and processing pictures.
In any case, it is indeed very easy to return to 2.1 and then return back to a 2.2 ROM if you don't like it. You take one of those links (I'm using eclair strikes back) and flash it through nandroid just as you would any other ROM that we have here. And you can flash back the same way if you don't like it.
Be advised, there are currently some issues around the android market for some reason (just see the posts above)... I'm thinking we might have to replace the market apk.
Anyways, I personally am loving it.
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Oh, you might have to setup the APN's as well.
Tavinsky said:
And what about moving applications to the sd? available or will be applied app2sd?. Open recovery will still work? I have some applications that are supported only from 2.2, they can no longer be installed .... of course there will have to sacrifice something.
I at the continuing problems of delay in opening and closing apps, malfunction of the camera, out of trouble and delay an application to load the launcher and would return to around 2.1, but I also like the space for application installation and open recovery.
PS: It's easy to return to 2.1?
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I intend to make an updated eclair-strikes-back to add app2ext support and additional governors but I probably won't have time until later in the week. I view link2sd as the eclair equivalent of froyo's native app2sd, though. Link2sd may already work with fat as the second partition, but I haven't tested it yet because of the market problem. The market problem is #1 on my list when I get time.
And yes, these 2.1 ROMs will keep OpenRecovery intact and you can just flash between 2.1 and 2.2 ROMs the same way you would switch between 2.2 ROMs.
Thanks for the work Mioze7Ae! Let's try it, you know, always gives a bit of fear making a mistake, but gradually removes the fear. I do not know that flashing. It's like applying an Update? I apply a copy nandroid?
Tavinsky said:
Thanks for the work Mioze7Ae! Let's try it, you know, always gives a bit of fear making a mistake, but gradually removes the fear. I do not know that flashing. It's like applying an Update? I apply a copy nandroid?
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I know how you feel. I always used to have fear/apprehension when flashing a ROM. I've done it enough times now that it's all gone by now though.
Anyways:
Download the ROM. Unzip it. Copy and paste the folder (should contain 4 things in it boot.img etc...) into your SD card under OpenRecovery/Nandroid/ (if you've gone to a 2.2 ROM you should see that ROM in the same place where you're putting this). Anyways, launch open recovery and do recovery boot or hold volume up while pressing power on (if your phone is off). If you get an image and nothing happens, you may have to go into open recovery and select install recovery system before doing this - if you have a bunch of weird pictures in your gallery including Darth Maul then you don't have to worry about this. Then navigate - using the volume keys to move up and down and the camera button to select - to Nandroid, select restore, select Eclair strikes back, select restore all. Once that's done, make sure to wipe data/factory reset and then wipe/clear dalvik cache and cache. Then reboot and it should work. (First reboots are long).
You may have to setup your APN's also.
Excellent. Thanks, sounds simple ... downloading ..... then tell how it worked.
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it boot.img etc...) into your SD card under OpenRecovery/Nandroid/ (if you've
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They actually go in nandroid/openrecovery/, it's the updates.zip that go in OpenRecovery/updates/ so it's easy to remember that wrong. I'm always adb push'ing to them so I only noticed the mistake because I've got the muscle memory from typing them all the time. Gotta love the consistency
hey mioze7ae, using it right now btw, is it possible to change the read_ahead settings to 2048 instead of 128? i can manually replace the file but once reboot, it changes back.
thanks!
Manual market update
I replaced /system/app/Vending.apk with the 2.2.7 com.android.vending.apk found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875067
After doing this and rebuilding dalvik-cache I have the new market and I am able to install paid apps! I'll make an update for it tomorrow, I have to crash.
Two things you can get from market before you flash. APN backup/ restore and SD speed Increase. You can backup your APNs and then once you get to the eclairs, restore them. SD Speed Increase will kick up your SD cache to 2048, instead of 128. Both are free.
Woodrube said:
Two things you can get from market before you flash. APN backup/ restore
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Much appreciated... Didn't know there was such an app and it's a pain to re-enter all that stuff...
syrenz said:
I know how you feel. I always used to have fear/apprehension when flashing a ROM. I've done it enough times now that it's all gone by now though.
Anyways:
Download the ROM. Unzip it. Copy and paste the folder (should contain 4 things in it boot.img etc...) into your SD card under OpenRecovery/Nandroid/ (if you've gone to a 2.2 ROM you should see that ROM in the same place where you're putting this). Anyways, launch open recovery and do recovery boot or hold volume up while pressing power on (if your phone is off). If you get an image and nothing happens, you may have to go into open recovery and select install recovery system before doing this - if you have a bunch of weird pictures in your gallery including Darth Maul then you don't have to worry about this. Then navigate - using the volume keys to move up and down and the camera button to select - to Nandroid, select restore, select Eclair strikes back, select restore all. Once that's done, make sure to wipe data/factory reset and then wipe/clear dalvik cache and cache. Then reboot and it should work. (First reboots are long).
You may have to setup your APN's also.
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I just want to check; is it completely safe to remove those wierd pics in the gallery?
androidlover123 said:
I just want to check; is it completely safe to remove those wierd pics in the gallery?
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Yes. But if you have to use open recovery for whatever reason, you'll need them. You can either click install recovery as needed (which creates the pics) and delete them after, or the best thing to do is get an app that just hides the pics from gallery - so they are there when you need them, but don't interfere. I saw an app "Gallery Excluder" or something floating around in the XDA Android Apps section - that would work. Or a gallery like QuickPic let's you hide things as well.
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Nevermind, Gallery Excluder hides folders only. There are other apps though, I believe.
Just an update on progress with ESB
I've done some testing and Link2SD already works with the released eclair-strikes-back but currently only when using FAT for the second partition.
To get ext support in, I'm trying to get the darktremor a2sd scripts to work. They look high quality and robust and should handle swap gracefully when booting the custom kernel as well (current status--some rare hung boots with a flaky SD card when using the latest beta scripts, will try the stable release next). There's also a GUI in the market for managing the SD card (currently only Froyo+, I'm inquiring whether the developer can add eclair support).
Mioze7Ae said:
Just an update on progress with ESB
I've done some testing and Link2SD already works with the released eclair-strikes-back but currently only when using FAT for the second partition.
To get ext support in, I'm trying to get the darktremor a2sd scripts to work. They look high quality and robust and should handle swap gracefully when booting the custom kernel as well (current status--some rare hung boots with a flaky SD card when using the latest beta scripts, will try the stable release next). There's also a GUI in the market for managing the SD card (currently only Froyo+, I'm inquiring whether the developer can add eclair support).
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I am hoping that the ext will come through. If I am using the sd-ext/app folder on the Steelblue ROM, can I leave all my apps in there and flash your eclair with ext support (when ready) or will I have to use Titanium-migrate? I would think that it really wouldn't matter for most of the apps, except FroYo specific ones like Flash 10.3 but not sure.
p.s. Are you going to call your next version "Return of the Eclair"?
MD5 Check failed. Does this have something to do with the fact that I bought my phone in the middle east?
3G Xoom, rooted, running 3.1, custom kernel, theme, etc. I like it the way it is and don't see any benefit to updating to 3.2. I'm constantly being prompted to install 3.2, and it's getting annoying.
Can I change the build prop file or something to stop the reminders?
Thanks, all.
I haven't tried it on the xoom, but can you freeze the updater with titanium backup?
I'm thinking just an edit to the build.prop file will do it, but I don't know what to edit.
Perhaps someone could copy theirs in text format?...
I will be looking for this tomorrow myself. If I figure it out I will let you know. Should be easy, just have to isolate the correct line in build.prop
I'm planning on moving to the 3.2 Tiamat ROM, but until I make that jump, I would LOVE to never see that notification again!
Update
Sure you don't have the update.zip file on your zoom. Mine was doing the same thing and I found that in the root directory. I deleted it and all is well now.
I haven't looked at exactly how it worked on the Xoom so maybe what I'm saying doesn't make any sense (if so, maybe a kernel dev might correct me), but if you were to know the hostname used when looking for available updates, you could edit /etc/hosts to point that update server to 127.0.0.1, so your tablet won't be able to contact it?
That is how we intercept some outbound connection to WD's servers on the WDTV homebrew firmware project I'm involved with, so that technique might work under Android, provided your device is rooted.
Ok so this is my first post just wanna say hi to everyone.
Last night around 1:00 am i noticed my phone had some kind of prompt asking me to install gingerbread, the phone had already downloaded it.
I decided i wanted to stay on Froyo for several reasons, the biggest being that i like my phone the way it is and i don't wanna lose my root or my ability to tether.
That and i have put a lot of time and effort into getting my phone to look a certain way using go launcher ex and i just don't wanna change at this point in time.
Ok so i did a tiny bit of research and found a way to disable the blurupdater.apk by renaming it to blurupdater.apk to .bak which stops the update prompt.
I did this using super manager and i also noticed in my cache file a file named Blur_version.2.3.20.a955.verizon.en.Us.zip which is around 105.72 megs.
Is this the gingerbread update and can i delete it from the cache file using super manager?
If not where can i find the update file and how do i delete it as i do not want gingerbread and am perfectly happy with Froyo as it is now.
I also read somewhere online that doing a hard reset will take my device off the soak listings, what i'm wondering is does verizon plan to force the update to all devices at some point?
If so can i simply do a hard reset and get my device off the list.
Can i stop them from forcing me to upgrade to gingerbread if i don't want to, is really what i'm wondering.
Thank you in advance for any help you guys can give
B4 you delete it, can I have it? Please? I have seen in other forums mention that the soak has started coming through. I'm just not sure about the file name. 2.3.20 is Froyo.
I'm on the Leak from June and it was 4.5.153.A955....
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He's not on the soak test, he thinks blur version 2.3.20 is gingerbread, its the newest version of blur for froyo. Gingerbread hasn't been officially released.
You should go ahead and update to the newest version of froyo, make sure to unfreeze everything first, afterwards all you have to do is root again via z4root and your good to go
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL running Leaked Rooted Gingerbread!
No i am on the soak test i just renamed the updater and the update message says 4.5.601.en.US has been downloaded and is ready to install. Anyone know where can i find the downloaded file so i can delete it. I seriously do not wanna jump to gingerbread.
@d2user you can have it if i can find it and get it off my phone
I am not a soak tester(thus wanting the file) but am told it is just in /cache
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Ok well the only file of any size in my root cache folder is the one i mentioned above, im viewing the file with super manager, is it possible that super manager just isn't reading the file correctly?
When i renamed blur_updater.apk super just sees it as updater.apk?
So maybe its just not reading the file name correctly?
I dunno but its 105.72 megs.
Wish I could be more help. All I can say for sure is that my cache is empty except for 2 empty sub folders.
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I got the update and let's just say it's got roots
Does wireless tether work on gingerbread and how did you root it. I used z4root to root froyo. It was pretty much childs play, Is there a one click root for gb. I wouldnt mind upgrading but dont wanna lose functionality. Im on verizon and lately they have been trying to stop tethering.
Update has been pushed to my device, all loaded up.
Downloading now, gonna see what it is and or does.
UPDATE:
Here are the specs: Sys Ver 4.5.601.A955.Verison.en.US, Android Ver. 2.3.3, Baseband Ver. BP_C_01.09.13P, Kernel Ver. [email protected]#1, Build Number 4.5.1_57_DR-31, ER Ver. 5, PRL ver. 65226.
Also I have posted a SS over @ MyDroidWorld.