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I'm predicting july 15 gingerbread update!

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rankman

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The droid x got gingerbread on june 1st... Droid 2 global is getting gingerbread on june 15th... The next motorola phone in line would be the x2.. Just speculation but it seems like motorola is on the ball and if they keep it up we should get it in july!
 
Possible, but I was under the impression the Gingerbread and dual core phones were not working well with each other yet. Anyone know if this has been worked out?
 
I believe version 2.3.4 that google is working on should fix any issues they have with dual core processors.
 
Hello, noob here. I've done a very high level search and could not find this topic being discussed. So, I apologize if it's already been discussed and I am rehashing...

I've been running 2.3.3 on my Droid X for about a week and a half now. While I loved my phone before, this update has made everything about it so... "clunky". The GUI seems like a 8-bit throw back to the 90's and all around I am really not impressed. I have a sever lag in the keyboard keeping up and I have a couple Apps that I normally keep on my home screen that get removed whenever my phone reboots (yes, even after moving them back... time after time), although for now, that problem seems to gone. Anyone else having issues?
 
jemason said:
Hello, noob here. I've done a very high level search and could not find this topic being discussed. So, I apologize if it's already been discussed and I am rehashing...

I've been running 2.3.3 on my Droid X for about a week and a half now. While I loved my phone before, this update has made everything about it so... "clunky". The GUI seems like a 8-bit throw back to the 90's and all around I am really not impressed. I have a sever lag in the keyboard keeping up and I have a couple Apps that I normally keep on my home screen that get removed whenever my phone reboots (yes, even after moving them back... time after time), although for now, that problem seems to gone. Anyone else having issues?
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You're in the wrong forum (this is the X2 forum).

Suggest you post your questions/issues in the X forum for best results....
 
In light of all the problems DX users are discussing regarding their GB update, I would prefer to hold off on any updates for X2.
 
Dude, just test your shit Motorola. If GB isn't working well with the DX2, don't release it yet. Moto is the n00b of the cell phone industry, I swear...
 
esmith818 said:
In light of all the problems DX users are discussing regarding their GB update, I would prefer to hold off on any updates for X2.
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Problems? GB on my DX ran smooth as silk and I loved it! I miss the tweaks of it on my X2 now, but I'm patiently waiting for a version that plays well with the Tegra 2.
 
I fell and smashed the screen on my X yesterday and just filled out my insurance claim and will receive an X2 in it's place. Gingerbread worked beautifully on my X, couldn't have been any happier with it, sort of bummed to hear that I'll have to play the waiting game again for my X2... such is life :)
 
i think that 2.3.4 is supposed to give support to dual core phones (i thought i read that somewhere) but i could really care less i rooted and took bloatware away and this phone is better than any other verizon out there easy.
 
moz90 said:
i think that 2.3.4 is supposed to give support to dual core phones (i thought i read that somewhere) but i could really care less i rooted and took bloatware away and this phone is better than any other verizon out there easy.
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No dual-core support is a misnomer. You have full dual-core support now in all apps, as well as Android OS. The OS itself (GUI etc) just isn't "optimized" for dual-core.. i.e. the backend code could be written to better use multi-threading. The OS uses both cores, too, just not quite as well as it could. Someone took what a Google dev said completely out of context and started this rumor that the second core was just sitting there idly right now, which is just flat out not true. If it was true, benchmark tests on the DX2 would be getting the same scores as the DX1, since they'd both be effectively a 1Ghz single-core phone.
 
I honestly dont think we are going to see much of a difference in the core OS itself between froyo and gingerbread.. The only thing i would like to see is more proper memory management on the device, but i don't think GB is gonna correct that..

Few tweaks here and there.. I have zero complaints about this device.. since i have had it since release date it has been the best phone i have ever had, not even close.
 
subdivisions said:
The only thing i would like to see is more proper memory management on the device, but i don't think GB is gonna correct that..
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This. And don't forget that Moto's official Gingerbread release still hasn't been rooted, so you'll lose the ability to fix the memory problems that are in the Froyo release if they persist to GB. I have my otacerts.zip commented out specifically so I don't get the GB release when it pops up, so that I can be sure there is a root solution before taking it. I refuse to not have root, especially on a device that I've had to customize this much just to make it run as it should have out of the box.
 
aostang said:
This. And don't forget that Moto's official Gingerbread release still hasn't been rooted, so you'll lose the ability to fix the memory problems that are in the Froyo release if they persist to GB. I have my otacerts.zip commented out specifically so I don't get the GB release when it pops up, so that I can be sure there is a root solution before taking it. I refuse to not have root, especially on a device that I've had to customize this much just to make it run as it should have out of the box.
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Moto's Gingerbread on the X has been rooted since before it was officially released to the public...going all the way back to the original leak...

its just not a 1-click solution...requires you to be on Froyo and install GB in two parts through clockwork...
 
That's because it already had root prior to the update. If you start with .596, you can't have root. You need to start pre-.596 gingerbread to gain root. Moto's official Gingerbread does not have a root hack unless your phone is on .595 or under. The way that .596 got root was through a hacked update file. That method will not work on a phone that comes with Gingerbread already installed. P3 has already stated this numerous times, and as of now they still have no method to root a pre-installed Gingerbread.
 
I am confused here... I just got a DX2 and it sure looks like it has GB on it.. Has all the colors, icons etc... Is it just a pretty version of FROYO and not a true a GB build??
 
longball10 said:
Yeah,, thats what I am on.. The way its setup looks just like my old DX did with GB
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That's the new Blur, not Gingerbread. A lot of people think the Gingerbread look of the DX1 is what Gingerbread actually looks like. Vanilla Gingerbread looks nothing like that.

Stock Gingerbread looks like:

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aostang said:
I have my otacerts.zip commented out specifically so I don't get the GB release when it pops up, so that I can be sure there is a root solution before taking it.
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We may need to take this to a new thread in the rooting sub-forum, but could you explain how you did this? I would like to do the same thing on my rooted X2.
 
esmith818 said:
We may need to take this to a new thread in the rooting sub-forum, but could you explain how you did this? I would like to do the same thing on my rooted X2.
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Very straightforward. Just need root (obviously) and use Root Explorer or your other favorite file browser, just browse to /etc/secturity/ and the file is right in there. I rename mine to otacerts_.zip. DO NOT DELETE IT. In order to receive an OTA update in the future you'll need to rename it back to otacerts.zip. This file contains the certificates that are used to verify that the OTA update is signed and legit. That's how renaming the file and rebooting the phone prevent the OTA update from being accepted.
 
aostang said:
That's because it already had root prior to the update. If you start with .596, you can't have root. You need to start pre-.596 gingerbread to gain root. Moto's official Gingerbread does not have a root hack unless your phone is on .595 or under. The way that .596 got root was through a hacked update file. That method will not work on a phone that comes with Gingerbread already installed. P3 has already stated this numerous times, and as of now they still have no method to root a pre-installed Gingerbread.
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No, you can go straight from rooted Froyo to rooted .596 as well...

you currently have root for your devices...which means that P3's method for rooting Gingerbread would work as soon as you have a bootstrap for your recovery...

your phone doesn't have Gingerbread pre-installed...so its a moot point...

longball10 said:
Yeah,, thats what I am on.. The way its setup looks just like my old DX did with GB
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just the new Blur skin...it will be on all Moto phones from now on regardless of OS version...

aostang said:
That's the new Blur, not Gingerbread. A lot of people think the Gingerbread look of the DX1 is what Gingerbread actually looks like. Vanilla Gingerbread looks nothing like that.

Stock Gingerbread looks like:

Android-gingerbread-home.png
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correct
 
Metfanant said:
No, you can go straight from rooted Froyo to rooted .596 as well...

you currently have root for your devices...which means that P3's method for rooting Gingerbread would work as soon as you have a bootstrap for your recovery...

your phone doesn't have Gingerbread pre-installed...so its a moot point...
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On too many threads lol. Thought I was posting that to the Droid 3 forum (which comes stock with GB). Oops!
 
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