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[How-To] Force the Official Android 2.2 Froyo Update for the Motrola Droid (FRG01B | Update 1 of 2)

Side note:
AWESOME FIX!!!!!!!!!

So I've had problems with my droid (2.1) randomly deleting my texts into oblivion. Sometimes there are many MMS messages in my texts when this happens.

After a long period of time, I found "dialer storage" taking up 170MB of space, which was cramping me badly but I couldn't do anything about it.
It appears that all of those MMS's that "disappeared" were still hogging space.

In 2.2, I just went and found dialer storage (170mb) and deleted data. I now have 200MB free on the phone!! w00t!

awesome.

Hopefully it'll stop randomly deleting messages, too. One can only hope.
 
OMJ said:
Looks to me like you have clockworkmod recovery. It most likely wont install this. You need to get back to the stock recovery.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/136508-guide-all-things-root-related.html

Halfway down that thread is a guide for reverting to stock. It will wipe all your data though
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I had always used SPRecovery before, never clockworkmod.

I reverted back to stock (I had done that after I un-rooted) and was still having the same problems. So I checked my Firmware and it was 2.0.1 so I downloaded the 2.1 update.zip and installed that. After which I copied the Froyo update.zip back onto my SDcard and it worked like a charm.
 
Trident said:
Try it once more...

Also, which download location did you use?
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I used two both from this site. Downloaded from a mac so the file automatically unzips but I compress the folder into a update.zip file...

My sd card comes up as "SD CARD" when I mount it to my computer (I believe I changed it from the default), would that effect it from running correctly?
 
Just downloaded and installed!! dock screen is different and much awsome!!!
Trident is the MAN and deserves a golden droid for this one!!:D:):cool::eek:
 
Installed it and it works. I have a few questions though.

1. I no longer hear the DROID notification sound on startup, and when I plug in the USB cable.

2. Is is safe to delete the update.zip from the root of the SD card?

Thanks.

BTW, here's a screenshot:

joes_droid_update.png
 
Just finished updating. Reboot went blazing fast for me, but they may be because I just had to wipe and reboot 2.1 yesterday due to a problem with my Droid.

Thank you guys for putting this out there!
 
corbinator said:
Just downloaded and installed!! dock screen is different and much awsome!!!
Trident is the MAN
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Yeah, he is!

jbharwood said:
How do you make it vibrate when you are typing a message (vibrate when you are pressing the keys)
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Settings --> Sound --> Haptic Feedback

wonbin said:
i try on my Milestone..it not work！！
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This is for the Motorola DROID only - CDMA, not GSM

Josefius said:
Installed it and it works. I have a few questions though.

1. I no longer hear the DROID notification sound on startup, and when I plug in the USB cable.

2. Is is safe to delete the update.zip from the root of the SD card?

Thanks.
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1: Known issue - been running leaked FroYo for a couple of months now and it is the same for me.

2: Now that you are updated, yes, although it won't hurt to keep it around just in case.

nprill said:
Any idea why flash is not available in the market?
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Not sure on that, but I haven't been seeing it on my BB 0.4 FroYo either - you'll have to manually download it and add it, ir my best guess.

Sparky977 said:
Just finished updating. Reboot went blazing fast for me, but they may be because I just had to wipe and reboot 2.1 yesterday due to a problem with my Droid.

Thank you guys for putting this out there!
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:D
 
peezwizz said:
I used two both from this site. Downloaded from a mac so the file automatically unzips but I compress the folder into a update.zip file...

My sd card comes up as "SD CARD" when I mount it to my computer (I believe I changed it from the default), would that effect it from running correctly?
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You can not re-zip the file yourself, it will lose the digital signature. Do the following and then download the update.zip again and continue from there.

- Open Safari
- Navigate to "Safari" and then choose "Preferences"
- Choose the "General" tab
- Uncheck "Open Safe Files After Downloading"
 
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