First Droid Eris update makes the slow OTA rollout starting tonight

[ttran97]

Mobile network and "Always On Mobile" are two DIFFERENT things!!! I have the "Always on Mobile" off, and I get calls, texts, emails etc. It's located under Settings > Wireless Controls > MOBILE NETWORK SETTINGS > "Enable always-on mobile"

Please don't confuse those 2

Even if you disable or turn off Mobile Network, you can still make/receive phone calls and texts. By unchecking "Enable always-on mobile", you're essentially letting the phone automatically turn off Mobile Network when your phone goes to sleep.

 

[jaykap]

no update here on long island either. is it a sit and wait thing?

 

[mcbtrain929]

someone might have asked this, but, can't you just check for updates on your phone? settings, about phone, check for updates? or does that only let you find an update and you need to be connected to a computer to do the actual updating?

 

[Needsdecaf]

no update here on long island either. is it a sit and wait thing?

It's not supposed to be out until TOMORROW.

 

[jaykap]

thanks for the info needsdecaf.

 

[JrzDroid]

no update wayy up in north NJ yet

 

[swe3t23]

ok got the update. When i text upright on the phone. the freaking character counter is in the way in the box where it is showing up.

anyone got this problem.

 

[willdogs]

Anyone know if it matters whether or not you are connected to Wifi or 3G in order to get the update?

 

[onion]

no update wayy up in north NJ yet

Yes there is. You missed it. I got mine 2:30am today.

 

[davbak]

Bump on the signal fix issue with the update, anyone know if stabilizes the antenna?

Seems better for me. It seems like my Eris was dropping back and forth between 3G and 1X at my house, but now seems to be stable on 3G.

Also, battery life does seem better. I've been using the phone nearly non-stop since I've been home, including downloading a 150 MB file from via wifi and then copying that file up to my home NAS over wifi. The phone has been off the charger since 6:00 this morning and it just now dropped to orange. It was also off the charger the whole time during the upgrade, which seems like it would be fairly CPU/battery intensive. I can honestly say this is the best I've seen the battery hold up on my device.

Edit: Also, embedded pictures now are visible in GMail e-mails. I don't think that was available before the update.

 

[joeyray15]

Thank you for the signal reply! I have been wanting to know how that is all day!

 

[mcbtrain929]

someone might have asked this, but, can't you just check for updates on your phone? settings, about phone, system updates? or does that only let you find an update and you need to be connected to a computer to do the actual updating?

anyone?

 

[xmonkey]

ok got the update. When i text upright on the phone. the freaking character counter is in the way in the box where it is showing up.

anyone got this problem.

Ya I noticed this after the update too. No idea how it got past even a simple QC pass... it's plain as day

 

[swe3t23]

i hope there is a fix for it cus it is bugging me.

 

[rubinscube]

I don't understand what about the battery there is to fix. The battery life is what it is, I get a full days use out of mine as long as I'm not using multimedia type apps nonstop.

PS Part of the reason for the small update opposed to the Droids big update is our phone doesn't have nearly as many issues.

I read a post somewhere that said to do this. Each night I would charge full, and then run it down to 10%, then repeated for 10 days. my battery got better each day after day 4 and now goes almost 2 days without hitting the 10% level, and I use the !@#$% out of it all day long. hope this helps.

 

[DroidDO]

someone might have asked this, but, can't you just check for updates on your phone? settings, about phone, check for updates? or does that only let you find an update and you need to be connected to a computer to do the actual updating?

Going into the update menu in the settings doesn't scan for updates, it only list those that have already been made available to your phone. I called about this today, and the tech referred me to an online document

http://support.vzw.com/how_to_use/droid_eris_upgrade.html

 

[lpurocker55]

Just to let you guys know the OTA update is already out. I just got it for my wife's phone. Also it's only coming out to a few owners at a time so srry. But yea...the update really helps. here is a link of a list of the full update http://learning.verizonwireless.com/learning/Droid_Eris_Sofware_Update.pdf

 

[snorge]

WOW thanks hadn't seen that posted anywhere here.

 

[dequardo]

ok got the update. When i text upright on the phone. the freaking character counter is in the way in the box where it is showing up.

anyone got this problem.

Use Handcent

 

[Podivin]

'My Downloads' is the bottom option when you first run the Market app.

 

[Needsdecaf]

anyone?

No, someone checked this.

 

[Caddyman]

yeah, lets say you get the upgrade popup and dismiss it. if you go there (settings>about>system updates) the update will be there, but not before it is pushed to you


fwiw, i still have not got the update in DE

 

[droidhiker]

Received my wife's phone last night and her update came through while I was setting it up. Still waiting on my update though.

 

[Evil Sports]

Will I be prompted when the update arrives

 

[weihl165]

Still nothing in CT either