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DROID X Android 2.2 Update is Ready

tannere said:
Thats good to hear. Not like i'm super concerned about it, really only DX'ers know about it. I understand the history idea, but if i delete all recent calls, texts or whatever else, it should delete it in contact history. Just space being wasted for no reason imo
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Where is this history located you're talking about? I can't find it (on 2.1).
 
MacII said:
I find comfort in the fact that so many believe that Verizon won't be trying to block Google Nav anytime soon. I suspect that there is a population of users out there that subscribe to the idea that paying for something means that you're getting more comparatively (or they just don't know any better) and these are the folks that Verizon is aiming for.

I honestly just don't like it on my phone. If I wanted it (or anything else for that matter), I would download it from the Verizon section of the market. I honestly can't wait to be able to root and remove bloat after the 2.2 OTA whenever someone much more adept at such things is able to figure out how. I've held out doing so long enough...
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They couldn't block google nav. Microsoft has gotten in a lot of trouble for doing a lot less. I swear to god if Verizon EVER does anything like that I'll find a lawyer and start a class.
 
rrwantr said:
Where is this history located you're talking about? I can't find it (on 2.1).
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Find someone you recently texted in your contacts, click on that person to see all their contact info, then swype from left to right. It'll show you like the 10 most recent activities with that person. Currently you can't delete any of that on 2.1. Even if you deleted the textsin the text app
 
tannere said:
Find someone you recently texted in your contacts, click on that person to see all their contact info, then swype from left to right. It'll show you like the 10 most recent activities with that person. Currently you can't delete any of that on 2.1. Even if you deleted the textsin the text app
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thanks. didn't see that...the other way is your social network pms etc...wow.
 
Don't you like finding out new things about a phone you thought you knew!!

I love it!
 
bgillyjcu said:
Don't you like finding out new things about a phone you thought you knew!!

I love it!
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OMG i know. For the longest time i didn't know when you clicked into your contacts, that you could have it show JUST phone contacts. I was so annoyed having my phone and FB contacts show up. Love these forums
 
eibook said:
While I understand "Get it Now" has been around for a long time, it is just simply not necessary on today's smartphones.
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You are preaching to the choir dude! :rolleyes:

Verizon is what it is... they are highly capitalistic and will try whatever it takes to bring in more monthly recurring revenue. This is not much different now than it was 10 years ago. Sadly it took two freaken years to get Verizon to unlock GPS navigation on my old Samsung Omnia... the Droid X has only been out for a couple of months. Verizon isn't in any hurry to change.

eibook said:
Where you see Motorola protecting their bottom line, I see them alienating Android users and causing more casual users to brick their phones. No matter what technique Motorola uses to "lock-down" their phones, there are people out there that will always find a way to root. But the more protection from customizing Motorola builds into their phones, the more difficult the rooting process becomes, which leads to more casual users bricking their phone.
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Sadly this isn't a whole lot different than with other industries. Buy a brand new Ford Mustang. Buy a loaded SCT Livewire tuner and drop a racing tune on the car's PCM. Now take the Mustang to a Ford dealer for maintenance and watch their reaction... :eek: The moment the dealership determines that you messed with the programming in the cars PCM (Engine Management Computer) your cars engine warranty becomes null and void. SCT, the programmer vendor, states on their web site that owners are protected by the Federal Magnussen Moss act. The problem is that to successfully fight this and win will require litigation... and Ford (in this case) can win simply by keeping the case stuck in litigation. Lawyers happily charge through the nose for litigation fees since they know that litigation can drag out for years...

I don't know about anyone else but I think Motorola locking the bootloader has potential to be a good thing! :cool: It gives our Android brain trust a grand puzzle to figure out (which I have faith that they will figure out!). Lets face it... as most of the security consultants I work with tell me, "The unfortunate reality is that it almost doesn't matter what level of security you implement. If the guy trying to bust your security has enough time and CPU cycles, he'll find a way to defeat it. Security is there mostly to keep the amateurs out...".

Our Android brain trust are very definitely Pro's!!! :cool:
 
What's the upgrade path for someone on rooted 2.2 with that original update.zip?

I don't want to go back to 2.1 and don't want a full rom (or even that deodexed rom as that's effectively a full rom).

I just want exact stock 2.2, preferably rooted.

Seems to me that if a signed update.zip was made available for the leak that the same should be easily available for this.

I just want to update from the standard recovery screen not from a 3rd party bootloader.

Does that make sense?

My only concern is that so many people have moved on to full roms that there is no demand for this.
 
So for a first time Android user upgrading for the first time, do I need to back everything up first like all my 3rd party apps? That's what I had to do on my BB whenever I upgraded, it was pretty annoying getting everything back the way it was. Is it as easy as hitting update? Or is there a walkthrough for updating? Thanks a bunch.
 
I can't speak for Android OS, but with Windows there are approved upgrade paths, like XP > Vista > Win7. Upgrades like Win7 RC1 (release candidate) to Win7 RTM (final) isn't supported nor is it recommended.

It sounds like upgrading the leaked version directly to 2.3 also has the same risk and isn't supported by Motorola. Although you might be able to upgrade to 2.3, IMHO, if you want to keep your current apps and settings, your best results would be obtained by flashing back to 2.1 and doing it the right way.
 
I am just wondering if the wizards of the Android community will even try to figure out how to root the Froyo OTA so that we don't have to use one of the leaked versions?
 
So if I am on the stock unrooted 2.1 but am planning to root, should I do it before or after getting the 2.2 update?
 
abadgti said:
Motorolas facebook page says the update is only going out to a small number of test users.
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Guess that confirms Bancroft's post here:
http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid-x/181869-tomorrow-big-day-froyo-2-2-a.html#post1625967

Hopefully the test run will go smoothly and distribution will be expanded to more users faster than they expect. I know this is going to make a lot of people angry though. I mean, that post on facebook was about an hour ago. Whoever is in their communications department (if anyone) just has no idea what they're doing.
 
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