Few questions about Droid 2...

[lilbballer27]

Ok so right now I have the Droid 1 and it keeps messing up. My friend who works at verizon said he might be able to send me out a D2. I immediately told him yes! So if I get the D2 how much different is it than my D1? I know it has a 1ghz processor and thats all about the change, but is there anything else that I am missing?

Thanks

 

[jradicle11]

It's no longer going to be stock android for you.

The keyboard is much improved, camera is the same, there is no chin which is nice, there are arrow keys instead of a d-pad.

 

[lilbballer27]

I know I am really upset about it not being stock android. I have seen a few roms tho which take it back to stock. So if its still rootable I will root. I heard in the past the Droid 2 was unrootable since the update

 

[JDunc]

I know I am really upset about it not being stock android. I have seen a few roms tho which take it back to stock. So if its still rootable I will root. I heard in the past the Droid 2 was unrootable since the update

Rooting hasn't changed since the 2.2 or 2.3 update. It's even got simpler. There are Vanilla ROMs that are blurless and run smoother and quicker than the stock Droid 2.

 

[tbaker]

Battery is better because of the smaller faster cpu. I did read a rumor the global model has a slightly better camera.

 

[lilbballer27]

Rooting hasn't changed since the 2.2 or 2.3 update. It's even got simpler. There are Vanilla ROMs that are blurless and run smoother and quicker than the stock Droid 2.

Has 2.3 been officially released? My friend has a droid 2 and he is still running on 2.2

 

[JDunc]

Has 2.3 been officially released? My friend has a droid 2 and he is still running on 2.2

Yes it has for most people. When they first released it I flashed the SBF because I wasn't able to get mine to update. Most people can find the update now however.

 

[lilbballer27]

Yes it has for most people. When they first released it I flashed the SBF because I wasn't able to get mine to update. Most people can find the update now however.

IS the droid 2 the only one running gingerbread officially then?

 

[JDunc]

I didn't think gingerbread was part of the update. I don't think we would be the first ones to run it either.

 

[Super_Six_Two]

It was a system update to system version 2.3, NOT android version 2.3 aka gingerbread.

 

[lilbballer27]

It was a system update to system version 2.3, NOT android version 2.3 aka gingerbread.

Oh ok thank you for clearing that up! Well ya I hope i get the D2

 

[jradicle11]

It was a system update to system version 2.3, NOT android version 2.3 aka gingerbread.

Yes, thank you for reiterating this. You'd be surprised how many people think the Droid 2 is running Gingerbread.