OTA Update Starting today?

[bigbill25]

BGR (or boygenuisreports) just posted a article saying that according to verizon only 10,000 people will get the update by midnight tonight and then on Dec 10th they will roll out 200,00 more updates a day until every droid owner has been updated! Thats VERY ANNOYING VERIZON!

BGR Post here:
Motorola DROID OTA schedule Boy Genius Report

So, I guess these first 10,000 are guinea pigs to make sure the update doesn't brick or do other bad things...

--Bill

 

[syntrix]

BGR (or boygenuisreports) just posted a article saying that according to verizon only 10,000 people will get the update by midnight tonight and then on Dec 10th they will roll out 200,00 more updates a day until every droid owner has been updated! Thats VERY ANNOYING VERIZON!

Motorola DROID OTA schedule Boy Genius Report

At that rate, it will take 4 days to hit the 800,000 handsets that are out there already.

 

[barry99705]

Where the hell is our apt-get dist-upgrade!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gunner]

So, I guess these first 10,000 are guinea pigs to make sure the update doesn't brick or do other bad things...

--Bill

Yep, pretty much S.O.P.

At that rate, it will take 4 days to hit the 800,000 handsets that are out there already.

Which makes perfect sense, since this is 12/7 and it's the "Dec 11th update".

 

[ChrisK15]

Somehow I don't think this is true. That would be incredibly disrespectful of people who bought the Droid from them, and since this actually improves useful features, they shouldn't have to wait, especially since it's what, 10MB?

 

[MicroNix]

i got my update!!!!


ok, ok, im full of crap. im jealous.. Tmobile doesnt care bout us

You know you are in the "Motorola Droid" forum, right?

 

[TheGr81]

They should let everyone update over WiFi and roll it out slowly over 3G.

 

[eltzsch]

This is something I just found out that is pretty cool. Download the latest Google Maps. Open it, select menu, layers, more layers, my maps...and select DROID 1st OTA Update. This lets you view the progress of updates via your phone.

Sounds cool, but I updated G Maps and don't see the option under "My Maps"- No maps found. Did I miss something?

 

[MicroNix]

Somehow I don't think this is true. That would be incredibly disrespectful of people who bought the Droid from them, and since this actually improves useful features, they shouldn't have to wait, especially since it's what, 10MB?

A 10MB update, reboots reconnecting to the network, people IMMEDIATELY playing after getting the update. All these things need to be taken into consideration. As one who has rolled out updates in an enterprise before, you know the impact that can occur if you try to nail all at once. Staged rollouts are the *smart* thing to do.

I like everyone else wants to see the upgrade, but please, give VZW a break.

 

[sooper_droid12]

And reports are coming in from London, Brisbane, Tokyo, and Lima. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

LOL It's like waiting for the end of the world.

Nice, Ghostbusters, Bill Murphy.

 

[dakoop]

This is something I just found out that is pretty cool. Download the latest Google Maps. Open it, select menu, layers, more layers, my maps...and select DROID 1st OTA Update. This lets you view the progress of updates via your phone.

 

[ChrisK15]

That isn't BS, it was there for me since I viewed the progress map on my computer beforehand.

Also, I'm not saying they shouldn't stagger the rollout, but if they can handle 200,000 a day on Wednesday, why can't they handle that many now? If they just want to make the early adopters guinea pigs that would be rather unfair.

 

[jmims]

Sounds cool, but I updated G Maps and don't see the option under "My Maps"- No maps found. Did I miss something?

You have to add it to My Maps of Google via the web.

 

[Jon Nale]

In Soviet Russia, Droid updates you!

Hahahahaha.

+1.

I am in Western NY, and no update as of yet.

 

[DA717]

Ain't B.S. I just tried it and it's there. I updated the map today though.

 

[dakoop]

And how do you add that map via the web?

 

[rjoudrey]

I wonder if we get the update in the order we bought the Droid!

 

[rjoudrey]

To get the map you must first click on the OTA map link above.

 

[rawness]

I wonder if we get the update in the order we bought the Droid!

I doubt that, since it seems to be mostly West Coast Droids, and with a 3 hour headstart, I'd guess most of the first purchased Droids are on the East Coast.

 

[Gunner]

That isn't BS, it was there for me since I viewed the progress map on my computer beforehand.

Also, I'm not saying they shouldn't stagger the rollout, but if they can handle 200,000 a day on Wednesday, why can't they handle that many now? If they just want to make the early adopters guinea pigs that would be rather unfair.

As has already been explained, this is SOP for any big software rollout to a massive customer base. Same type of thing cable companies do. You test the waters 1st, see if anything blows up, then keep going if all is smooth. I highly doubt they are only sending the update to early adopters. The smart thing would be a completely random distribution so that it hits phones w/ diff't manuf. dates, and hits randomly all across the country (which sounds like what they're doing).

 

[Phases]

All things considered - 10MB being sent to 200k phones a day - while having to worry about network performance AND possible upgrade problems (that's a fair amount of traffic!) - is reasonable. And doing 1000, then 10,000 first - is completely understandable.

You know how much money is at stake, should things go bad?

Side note: Heh, remember when you had to go to a store and wait in line for an hour just to convince them there even *was* an update.. then have to wait another hour to get the phone back, and half the time you've lost your contacts and/or apps and ringtones?

Ah, those were the days!

 

[barry99705]

Works for me.

 

[colnago]

Everything I have read it the Droid isn't capable of such a thing. There is no option anywhere I have found for transferring a phone book. I have a brand new Sony stereo and the firmware is updated, I already verified

...and a lot of people were trying to initiate transfer from the phone, instead of from the head unit. Many of "those" people couldn't even get the (2) devices to pair directly. Its possible.

 

[cjthebest]

Lost post

 

[eltzsch]

To get the map you must first click on the OTA map link above.

I see, it's working for me now. Ah, good old Google.

No update for me
(iPhone convert to Droid, day 5)