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..should we be seeing gingerbread soon, or can we update from the DX update?
magicriggs said:
..should we be seeing gingerbread soon, or can we update from the DX update?
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Rumor has it we will get the gingerbread update in Q3. Bad things will happen if you flash the DX gingerbread update.
a 2.3 update would be beneficial to both verizon and moto... with other droids getting the update recently/soon it would make sense to expect it at least within the next couple months. the best news is that they already have motoblur working on 2.3, so this should make the update alot easier for the DX2... we sit and wait, as always.
It's rather asinine that the DROID X2 this late in the game did not include Android 2.3.3/4 any high-end(ish) phone that comes out this late with 2.2 is just stupid, Thunderbolt, Charge etc. etc. These carriers are always B*t*hing about there networks and data but they just gotta push all that data to thousands of the said updates to the phones. makes no sense.
The X2 does not have GB because GB is having problems on the dual-core Tegra 2 chipset. I talked with a rep this evening that was pretty knowledgable on the situation and she stated that we most likely won't be seeing GB on the X2 in the foreseeable future, a few months at the least.
magicriggs said:
..should we be seeing gingerbread soon, or can we update from the DX update?
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I am also very curious about this. I've been harassing P3Droid on Twitter. Since he has inside sources at Moto (or so I've heard) someone should ask him what he thinks...
TBH plans to develop for this as soon as they get their hands on one...
I just wish this phone were more stable to start with. Swapping between wifi and 3G is a lag fest, pulling the phone from either the car dock or multimedia dock is a crap shoot. Often times it'll get confused and just give a blank screen when swapping between apps, and it'll require a reboot before the whole thing runs smoothly again.
I'm hoping a clean GB install will fix these problems because I really want to keep the device.
Do any UK Atrix owners know whether this update is ever going to happen for our phones? The only mod i've made to my Atrix is to root it, but i'm seriously tempted to unlock my bootloader and start to enjoy the custom roms available for this great phone.
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I've just checked OTA update on my sons Atrix & still no update available yet.............
Funny you mention that I just did the same after reading the OP
This is garbage to be honest....how hard is it to send it out...it isnt like there is a huge amount of branding (unlike the old WinMo phones)
deech said:
Funny you mention that I just did the same after reading the OP
This is garbage to be honest....how hard is it to send it out...it isnt like there is a huge amount of branding (unlike the old WinMo phones)
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My thoughts entirely deech
I've heard that there is a phone called the Atrix2 MB865 and is being shipped with OS 2.3 gingerbread as of october 2011 in the usa. So trying not to be too negative i personally don't think orange will update my MB860 before summer next year. I am giving it till the end of january and then i'll unlock my bootloader. http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_atrix_2-4199.php
I doubt there will ever be an GB update for the UK out-of-datrix.
Killed any passion I had for motorola - BOS if you ask me - I'll never buy another one of there ****ty phones ever again & will recommend to everyone they aviod them like the plague.
Motokak
arrow276 said:
I've heard that there is a phone called the Atrix2 MB865 and is being shipped with OS 2.3 gingerbread as of october 2011 in the usa. So trying not to be too negative i personally don't think orange will update my MB860 before summer next year. I am giving it till the end of january and then i'll unlock my bootloader.
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Yeah i've read that too, i also read somewhere that the Atrix is now EOL and isn't even 12 months old yet!! I can't believe this personally as this is still one of the fastest phones out there, and probably has the hardware to run ICS let alone Gingerbread.
I wish I could just "give" you my GB OTA. I have the Bell Atrix and am staying on Froyo. I've come close of pulling the trigger on my GB OTA, but I keep hearing the horror stories about battery life not being as good and others wishing they could go back to Froyo that I'm staying put.
I've used Gingerbread on my SGS and SGSII, and IMO GB doesn't have anything that I want anyway.
Now ICS is a completely different story. You should check out the ICS Launchers or ICS themes (some are in the market) and you won't even think about GB.
Hopefully we all get ICS (or go the CM9 route) because GB can easily be skipped over and left forgotten IMO...
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Feel the same way, wont get a Moto Phone again, but I have a Xoom and that is nice
I'll give it till Feb (as I'm away for several months soon) and see if we have CM9 or else wack CM7 on and be done with it.....Going to go back to HTC or maybe a Sammy next time....
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Feel the same way, wont get a Moto Phone again, but I have a Xoom and that is nice
I'll give it till Feb (as I'm away for several months soon) and see if we have CM9 or else wack CM7 on and be done with it.....Going to go back to HTC or maybe a Sammy next time....
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Go Sammy, HTC's battery life on their phones is more frustrating than anything Moto has ever done...
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Released to Germany Voda TODAY, and unbranded too, aledgedly rolling for the rest of the eu over the next week / fortnight.........
http://www.eurodroid.com/2011/11/15/motorola-atrix-android-2-3-4-update-begins-in-europe/
Cheers for the update I'll keep an eye out
I was rooted and had CM7 installed, but SBF'ed back to 2.3.4 this weekend because of the WIFI and GPS issues. Coincidentally the phone did work better with CM7, but I needed my GPS and WIFI and couldn't stick with it. SBF'ed back to stock 2.3.4 and same issues as before (bad phone lag, multiple daily reboots, etc.) Called Verizon and they are sending me a replacement Droid X2... (blah, nut if it works correctly, I will be fine with it till later this year)
So, I am just wondering if I am going to have any issues with my return. Is there any way they can tell we were rooted? She said if they find anything or if there was damage (which there isnt, been in otterbox case since day 1) that it would cost me $299.00... Theres no way I want to pay that for another Droid X2, and was just worrying myself. Any other rooted useres who SBF have any issues with returns to Verizon?
Nah, you're good. I've returned two SBF'd phones that had CM7.
Stuckinabox said:
Nah, you're good. I've returned two SBF'd phones that had CM7.
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Okay cool... I was just worrying that there would be some way they could tell
I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
Sandso9 said:
I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
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Haha, wow... 5 of them? Thats crazy. You ever get something else or even try? This will be my second X2, also had an original X and originally two Fascinates. Ill get something else next time. If then new one is doing the same thing I am asking for something else.
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I returned 5 sbf x2s lol you should be good !
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Oh, I see you have an iPhone 4S... How do you like it? Our upgrades are up in November, but they offered to upgrade my wifes DX for an iPhone last night... Strange so early. But we had already decided to get iPhones next go around, but wanted to wait and see what the iPhone 5 will be... I love Android, but have been really let down with every phone I have owned so far...
I sent a Droid x and 2 Droid x2 all rooted and sent back after sbf. No issues. If I was you I would activate the new one wait about 6 hours and call back with the same complaint and ask for possibly a different deivice like maybe a incredible 2. Worked for me you would not be sorry! Unlocked!!
Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
jsgraphicart said:
Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
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Yeah, but it's confirmed you can SBF back to 2.3.4, so its not really a big problem.
cheesebeard said:
Yeah, but it's confirmed you can SBF back to 2.3.4, so its not really a big problem.
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Oh. I thought it bricked your phone if you tried to SBF back from the latest OTA update. Thats cool then.
Travisdroidx2 said:
I sent a Droid x and 2 Droid x2 all rooted and sent back after sbf. No issues. If I was you I would activate the new one wait about 6 hours and call back with the same complaint and ask for possibly a different deivice like maybe a incredible 2. Worked for me you would not be sorry! Unlocked!!
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Oh yeah, I know this game Honestly probably wont even have to lie... damn blur is terrible...
jsgraphicart said:
Its going to suck if your new DX2 comes back with Android 2.3.5 (or whatever their latest version is) on it. Apparently it can't be rooted.
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Hrmm, hadn't heard about this. I'll keep you all updated and let you know what comes on it. Like the other guy said, if I get it and it has any issues, im calling and getting something else. I should have demanded Samsung back when I had the Fascinate replaced. Its what I bought and generally liked Samsung over Motoblur.
I'm sure it will have the new junk on it. No root. Can sbf. No big deal.
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kalojado said:
Oh yeah, I know this game Honestly probably wont even have to lie... damn blur is terrible...
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Oh ya no lie. It will for sure have the battery bug and music still skip!
Travisdroidx2 said:
Oh ya no lie. It will for sure have the battery bug and music still skip!
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Oohh, whats the battery bug? Just how the battery life is horrible? I have definitely experienced that. To be honest though, I never listen to music on my phone, gonna have to check that out...
kalojado said:
Oh, I see you have an iPhone 4S... How do you like it? Our upgrades are up in November, but they offered to upgrade my wifes DX for an iPhone last night... Strange so early. But we had already decided to get iPhones next go around, but wanted to wait and see what the iPhone 5 will be... I love Android, but have been really let down with every phone I have owned so far...
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Yea i got sick of verizon giving me another x2 so i said screw it and upgraded. None of the android phones currently out i wasn't interested in so i decided to try something new temporarily.
Battery bug is false reportint of the battery most noticeable after a reboot.
from my X2 roaming the north
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Battery bug is false reportint of the battery most noticeable after a reboot.
from my X2 roaming the north
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Wow, I have had that issue... I never thought about it being a bug... most of the time I just ignored it but did think it was odd after a reboot how it would change! Most of the time it was as it I had charged my phone but I hadnt... Thanks for the info!
The ultimate joke would be if OP got a new DX2 with the updated 2.3.4 thats should be out in a bit and if it got rid of rooting or bricked SBF's.
Thats why you guys gotta complain to them so you can get an early upgrade to something better. Like the Rezound or S3 like I'm currently waiting for.
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The ultimate joke would be if OP got a new DX2 with the updated 2.3.4 thats should be out in a bit and if it got rid of rooting or bricked SBF's.
Thats why you guys gotta complain to them so you can get an early upgrade to something better. Like the Rezound or S3 like I'm currently waiting for.[/Q]
Honestly, I am not worried about it. Funny thing was I called about my phone and they offered an early upgrade to my wife... who also got her phone the same time as me and wasn't due till November. Not quite sure why. They said I could use her upgrade.. yada yada... but I am waiting right now. Want to see what the next iphone is gonna be and make my decisions then. I have been thru 5 or 6 phones now and three different models and I am willing to check out an iphone. That is, if it is 4G. Not wanting to be stuck with 3G for another 2 years...
But I am not worried about rooting this new phone. Gonna leave it on stock and let it screw up and I am sure they will offer me something else...
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So I keep reading about people getting 2.3.5 update for their Photons. When did it happen? Because I'm using my Photon here on local GSM network (outside of the US), don't have a Sprint account and right now my phone have 2.3.4 installed and it's fully updated (according to System Updates --> Update Motorola Software)
I remember getting one update since I bought it and that's it.
Where this 2.3.5 came from, Sprint or Moto themself?
Please enlighten me. Thanks.
I'm wondering too. I have Sprint, with a rooted Photon, on stock ROM. When am I going to get an update? I've checked manually and nothing.
This update is a part of the soak test, to the limited number of users.
It will be the same with the ICS update ?
Koala Kid said:
It will be the same with the ICS update ?
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It's allways the same with software updates. But who knows
Thank you
soak test is basically letting a number of users test the upgrade before letting it to public...
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we want the ICS soak test!! this GB crap is lame.
na7q said:
we want the ICS soak test!! this GB crap is lame.
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Probably not gonna happen until Oct and final release sometime in Nov. This is just purely my guess.
You're not missing anything major with 2.3.5, so don't worry. Better camera resolution, I think. I have 2.3.5, and also the update to it as of a few days ago. I honestly see no changes from 2.3.4.
Not sure why they are even spending effort on a minor GB update with ICS (Q4)and (hopefully) JB coming.
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You're not missing anything major with 2.3.5, so don't worry. Better camera resolution, I think. I have 2.3.5, and also the update to it as of a few days ago. I honestly see no changes from 2.3.4.
Not sure why they are even spending effort on a minor GB update with ICS (Q4)and (hopefully) JB coming.
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It's not that, just it got me worried for a minute about not getting that promised ICS upgrade too :cyclops:
willysp said:
You're not missing anything major with 2.3.5, so don't worry. Better camera resolution, I think. I have 2.3.5, and also the update to it as of a few days ago. I honestly see no changes from 2.3.4.
Not sure why they are even spending effort on a minor GB update with ICS (Q4)and (hopefully) JB coming.
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Don'T know if it's just me but front camera seemed clearer on .5...
I'm back on .4 and front camera just seems awful.... But it could be my mind
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http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/2...dds-global-roaming-support-is-not-jelly-bean/
yup, it might also have new radios. i can't wait to take it apart. ^_^
Wow! That took forever for global abilities become official. At least it's a newer version than the current global ruu.
Here's hoping everyone takes the upcoming update and some roms are re-based (if needed). now that this global ota is receiving a full release it should make things a bit easier. I still cant believe in the threads there are people still running gingerbread firmware.
Does that mean we'll be seeing better data support when on other networks?
It'll be better when they drop kernel source for the global update. I can't believe this OTA is coming nearly 10 months after the leak. Completely ridiculous. What incredibly valuable piece of crap did Big Red have to add to the mix to delay this?
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It'll be better when they drop kernel source for the global update. I can't believe this OTA is coming nearly 10 months after the leak. Completely ridiculous. What incredibly valuable piece of crap did Big Red have to add to the mix to delay this?
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Support for Skynet.
That's a really bad joke, isn't it?
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Finally
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hgoldner said:
It'll be better when they drop kernel source for the global update. I can't believe this OTA is coming nearly 10 months after the leak. Completely ridiculous. What incredibly valuable piece of crap did Big Red have to add to the mix to delay this?
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Lets Golf 2 was probably the culprit
Got my update about an hour ago. It was over 200 megs.
What all was updated? Still no clear list online anywhere.
Any one know where to manually download the update as I no longer have Verizon service.
Were any of you who got the update running the global leak? I'm running it and not sure if I should expect to receive the OTA.
I have the Global leak and haven't seen the update yet...
My gut tells me I won't, so I will have to wait until it gets release here somewhere.
Lego
I noticed a weird new keyboard installed called "DioPen IME" after I did the update. I think it has handwriting recognition and some Asian language integrated (no offence).
Also just noticed that my screen dims after 15 seconds of not touching it no matter what my display settings are..kind of like during long moments of inactivity during navigation, weird...ok figured it out, it's only when the battery is under 20%.
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I'd be very curious to hear from anyone trying out GSM support after this update. Will a tmobile sim work in the phone (give voice, txt, data without special mods to the rom)?
Anyone that took the update would be so kind to share the dump please
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Well.. I rebooted my phone and when it restarted it started an Android Update.. I freaked out and pulled the battery cause I'm running ViperRez right now.. Started the phone and it didnt try to update again.. somewhere I should look for the file? Or is it gone?
Snuzzo said:
Anyone that took the update would be so kind to share the dump please
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Here ya go OTAPkg.zip
http://db.tt/keMdFzn7
UgXvibe said:
Well.. I rebooted my phone and when it restarted it started an Android Update.. I freaked out and pulled the battery cause I'm running ViperRez right now.. Started the phone and it didnt try to update again.. somewhere I should look for the file? Or is it gone?
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Interesting, I too am on ViperRez(last version released) and I didn't see any update, at least not yet. Are you also on the global leak?
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Here ya go OTAPkg.zip
http://db.tt/keMdFzn7
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I can just flash this in recovery and not worry about losing any data or anything if I am on the leak, or do I have to do something special? I'm S-off as a note,