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irishpride

irishpride

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Here are a couple tweets by P3, looks like we have something big coming very soon!!!



  1. P3Droid
    TONITE: with you shall be the force, friends of mine.......hehe 12 minutes ago via web



  1. P3Droid
    We start the count down, DroidX ppl, GET TBH and get 2.3.15 deodexed loaded, something new...moved up 1 day..35 mins left 16 minutes ago via web
 
cvpcs isn't working on the same thing as P3Droid

So those tweets aren't really related just so people know.

I am curious to see what P3Droid has cooking and hope it really is something big like hes saying and not just a small hack or tweak. He's making it out to be a huge massive update or something but I don't want to get my hopes up too much
 
egut125 said:
cvpcs isn't working on the same thing as P3Droid

So those tweets aren't really related just so people know.

I am curious to see what P3Droid has cooking and hope it really is something big like hes saying and not just a small hack or tweak. He's making it out to be a huge massive update or something but I don't want to get my hopes up too much
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Removed cvpcs's tweet.
 
P3Droid: Okay this is a large file 162MB, you need to clear cache, mount system, install zip, you need to redo bootstrap but keep root...

What is this, exactly?
 
Still nothing. I'm curious to see what it is...maybe it's a major update to Tranquility...I'm looking forward to it, whatever it is.
 
dmiller2007 said:
It's the r2 d2 theme. He talks to beastly about it on Twitter.
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I don't see him talking about the r2 theme specifically and beasly talks to people that have the r2d2 theme. They seem like separate things .162 meg would bea very big theme but beasly says whatever it is has a d2 build.prop so who knows. I guess p3 fell asleep or there was a problem. oh well.
Twitter really sux
 
Yeah I guess I did kind of jump to conclusions there lol I assumed it was r2 d2 then saw he said about p3droid's r2 d2 leak.
 
he asks @TheRealBeesley, @_Mycahya_, and @Shinta4e to all email him (to be guinea pigs), then all of a sudden they are talking to each other about "P3Droids R2D2 leak," and "Star Wars Binoculars app," and it just all seems to fit with the star wars lingo he was using previously.
 
I got my hopes up for a freaking R2 D2 theme? Seriously? Glad I went to bed, and wasted the two bucks.
 
sund0wn said:
he asks @TheRealBeesley, @_Mycahya_, and @Shinta4e to all email him (to be guinea pigs), then all of a sudden they are talking to each other about "P3Droids R2D2 leak," and "Star Wars Binoculars app," and it just all seems to fit with the star wars lingo he was using previously.
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If that's it Then "something big" isn't going to excite me anymore. I'll wait for something REALLY REALLY super colossal big from now on ;-) Don't hate me p3 I'm just kidding. :D
 
So it looks like we are still a ways off from getting a vanilla android 2.2 rom for the Droid X? I haven't seen anything from birdman or anybody else.

Just so I have the facts straight, there is no way to revert back to leaked 2.2 with access to "engineering mode" if you have installed the 2.2 OTA update?:confused: If this is the case, not many people will be able to install future custom roms, kernals, ect?:(


If you walked into a Verizon store and bought a Droid X in the next few days, which version of Android will it be running?
 
vanilla_android_fan said:
So it looks like we are still a ways off from getting a vanilla android 2.2 rom for the Droid X? I haven't seen anything from birdman or anybody else.

Just so I have the facts straight, there is no way to revert back to leaked 2.2 with access to "engineering mode" if you have installed the 2.2 OTA update?:confused: If this is the case, not many people will be able to install future custom roms, kernals, ect?:(


If you walked into a Verizon store and bought a Droid X in the next few days, which version of Android will it be running?
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As of right now there doesn't appear to be a SBF for 2.2, which is delaying just about everything else custom that may be able to happen, as without that then you're SOL if you screw up your phone. So, yes, right now there isn't a way (that I've seen or read) to go from OTA 2.2 back to 2.1 and then update yourself with the leaked 2.2.

I would be willing to bet that most DX phones in Verizon stores are still running 2.1, but if the stores actually have them on hand (most in my area still don't have stock on hand), then I'd wager that a tech would do the update for you before leaving the store.

And, last I read, Birdman is working on his own thing which is still based on the leaked versions because as best we could all tell he's working under the hood to see what else he can remove, or should I say de-fuse.
 
Piiman said:
If that's it Then "something big" isn't going to excite me anymore. I'll wait for something REALLY REALLY super colossal big from now on ;-) Don't hate me p3 I'm just kidding. :D
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I'll admit, if it's just an R2D2 leak I'll be disappointed.
 
MrJohnnySpot said:
As of right now there doesn't appear to be a SBF for 2.2, which is delaying just about everything else custom that may be able to happen, as without that then you're SOL if you screw up your phone. So, yes, right now there isn't a way (that I've seen or read) to go from OTA 2.2 back to 2.1 and then update yourself with the leaked 2.2.

I would be willing to bet that most DX phones in Verizon stores are still running 2.1, but if the stores actually have them on hand (most in my area still don't have stock on hand), then I'd wager that a tech would do the update for you before leaving the store.

And, last I read, Birdman is working on his own thing which is still based on the leaked versions because as best we could all tell he's working under the hood to see what else he can remove, or should I say de-fuse.
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I have been waiting to purchase a Droid X in order to see if it would get custom roms, kernals, ect or if the Droid Incredible's battery life would improve (since that phone seems to be the most customizable smartphone Verizon is selling, excluding the original Droid of coarse). It sounds like if I can *find* a Droid X in the store, I can avoid this whole 2.2 OTA debacle and install the leaked 2.2 and potentially install custom roms, etc?
 
You could probably ask them not to do the update and I'm sure they wouldn't. I sure am glad that Motorola didn't give the ppl with the leaked froyo an upgrade path.
 
vanilla_android_fan said:
So it looks like we are still a ways off from getting a vanilla android 2.2 rom for the Droid X? I haven't seen anything from birdman or anybody else.

Just so I have the facts straight, there is no way to revert back to leaked 2.2 with access to "engineering mode" if you have installed the 2.2 OTA update?:confused: If this is the case, not many people will be able to install future custom roms, kernals, ect?:(


If you walked into a Verizon store and bought a Droid X in the next few days, which version of Android will it be running?
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Birdman as said there is a way to roll the bootloader back so we are good and if they ever unlock it every one that wants to should be able to do it.

He hasn't released details and that's probably good knowing Moto's mad dog tactics to try and stop it.
 
Piiman said:
Birdman as said there is a way to roll the bootloader back so we are good and if they ever unlock it every one that wants to should be able to do it.

He hasn't released details and that's probably good knowing Moto's mad dog tactics to try and stop it.
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Not that I don't believe you, I just don't want to get my hopes up about the bootloader. I don't remember Birdman saying anything about being able to roll back the bootloader. The message that I've been reading has been warning people not to install the OTA because Moto changed the keys, which effectively puts the kibosh on us from truely hacking the phone.
 
vanilla_android_fan said:
Not that I don't believe you, I just don't want to get my hopes up about the bootloader. I don't remember Birdman saying anything about being able to roll back the bootloader. The message that I've been reading has been warning people not to install the OTA because Moto changed the keys, which effectively puts the kibosh on us from truely hacking the phone.
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Why do you think changing the keys stops anyone from hacking the phone?

The keys that were in place before weren't broken.

They're just different keys. So what? If you are trying to break into my computer and I tell you that the current admin password was 8 alpha-characters, but I just changed it to another password that's 8 alpha-characters, how does this affect your attempts? It doesn't.

All that happened was the old SBF can't be used.
 
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