Android 2.2 Froyo

[curtterp]

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taskellusaf wrote:

whats really getting on the nerves of people and me... is i like many others paid for this device at the cost of a few benjamins with the promises of it being the top of the line phone... well now its behind pretty much all of them..  I shelled out over 500 dollars on this thing within the first month... Purchase, activation fee, and first months bill... I switched to Verizon because of the service from ATT... Sure I could I got an ipone that didn't support flash.. but i wanted the driod because of this... And well now that a month has come and gone i'm stuck with the phone BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR THE UPDATE!!!!!  Now i can't do anything that i was intending to do.. Could have just got an iphone and been just as happy.

Now don't get me wrong this is a great phone.. Problem is.. I bought it on release day, shelled out a lot of money, and feel as tho im not getting my money's worth and all i'm getting is you'll have to wait. 

One of the things i really really wish they would add to the feature of 2.2 is the ability to zoom while in video mode.  Other than that i think they are on the right track with this update.

But the question remains... Exactly WHEN will i see the investment i made into this phone come to life. 

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Show me another phone out there right now that has a better processor or a better screen. The Droid X is a top of the line phone, and paired with the best network in the US, its a combination that cannot be beat. Just because it doesn't have Froyo yet, doesn't mean anything, its still the best phone out there. One of my wifes friends has the HTC evo4, and when we seen them a couple of weeks ago, I put her HTC side by side with my Droid X, and asked her husband which phone has a better looking screen. He picked the Droid X.

If you bought the phone on release day thinking that the Froyo update was coming within a month, that is your fault. All the media outlets and Verizon itself said that it would be late summer. There was never a date released, just the vague 'late summer' statement. The testing that has to be done to make sure that Froyo will not brick the phone is extensive, both with Motorola and Verizon. The testing for the original Droid is not quite as extensive because there is no flavor of Motoblur on that phone. So it doesn't need as much testing as the Motoblur lite that is on the Droid. So yes, Froyo is out on the original Droid, and soon will be out on the Droid X. Verizon also has to make sure that most of the original Droids are updated before they load up Froyo for the X. They have to make sure that the update servers are not overloaded, which could cause incomplete download and possibly brick some phones.

We all shelled out a LOT of money for the Droid X. Not only did I buy the X, I also bought the car dock, and plan on purchasing the home dock sometime soon. The investment we all have made is not just the OS, its the phone, the screen, the memory and the Verizon network. But most of us KNEW that it would be a few months before Froyo came out. There has been no question about the general time-frame in my mind.

Yes the X will run faster on Froyo, but I would rather that Motorola and Verizon take their time testing to make sure that Froyo will not give us bad experience. Verizon will release Froyo when they are satisfied it will be good for the masses. At that point, all will be happy.

in other words, Patience is the key, grasshopper.

[gerio]

I would NEVER expect a firmware update to be a remedy for a phone that randomly reboots. Not to say that a firmware update wouldn't fix that problem, I don't know. But I'd have taken it back for an exchange when that started (which would suck because of the big shortage issues with the Droid X).

I'm kinda curious, in the first post, you make a case for not having the update because of Exchange, then you say you have no use for it? Say what?? 

I guess if expecting an update on a phone wrecks yer day, then this is the place to express it. 

The worry I have is that the 2.2 update won't solve the low ringer volume issue. I have read, but can't confirm that there might be a second update directly from Motorola for a remedy. but if not, then what? I'm able to live with it as it is, but it would be nice if it rang louder. I got one of the very first ones available and I understand that the subsequent phones had louder ring volume. So what can I do?

Makes one go "Hmmm..."

Geri O

[taskellusaf]

Get missed call app... Works like a champ... Plus its got louder notifications I believe... I currently have music search and got a acdc back in black intro that's pretty loud

[Soundvessel]

My Droid X only rebooted once while using Tasker and unexpectedly quit Google Navigation twice while driving. Other than that it has been working flawlessly for me. Ringer isn't as loud as my old BB Curve but I rarely keep it far away from me.

Can't wait until Otterbox finishes their defender case for it.

I also highly recommend K9mail if you need an email client that is more advanced than the stock. I have 10 folders spread across a Gmail and Google Apps account that receive email instantly due to IMAP IDLE support. I almost always get the notifications first on my phone even though my desktop notifier checks every 15 seconds.

I am excited for the speed boost 2.2 will offer along with the better voice search features.

[lotusmaster]

I'm just annoyed that the devices that people bought with out expecting to have Froyo i.e. Droid users got their update before us who bought our Droid X with the expectation of having Froyo. Then to add insult to injury they release another hand set that came preloaded with Froyo and it was like it was an HTC hand set and they could blame the delay on say Sense UI being easy to port the upgrade to, no the release it on another Motorola hand set! Not to mention that the HTC hand set now also has it before us! I personally am **bleep** off because I upgraded from Droid to Incredible and then these SOB's talked me into the X based on Froyo and gave it to my old devices first! I'm offended by this and highly unhappy with Verizon.

[GeekGuy]

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lotusmaster wrote:

I'm just annoyed that the devices that people bought with out expecting to have Froyo i.e. Droid users got their update before us who bought our Droid X with the expectation of having Froyo. Then to add insult to injury they release another hand set that came preloaded with Froyo and it was like it was an HTC hand set and they could blame the delay on say Sense UI being easy to port the upgrade to, no the release it on another Motorola hand set! Not to mention that the HTC hand set now also has it before us! I personally am **bleep** off because I upgraded from Droid to Incredible and then these SOB's talked me into the X based on Froyo and gave it to my old devices first! I'm offended by this and highly unhappy with Verizon.

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Perhaps you should have done your homework before you chose the Droid X.

It was a well known fact - before the Droid X actually was even sold - that the update would not be given until late summer.   It was also a known fact that the Droid 2 would have the 2.2 system on it.  No one insulted me, and I was not injured.   I knew these things before I bought my Droid X on July 15.

[Wildman]

This topic is really being driven to death, I was wondering a few things for those that are complaining....

1. HAVE YOU NOT REALIZE THIS IS A PHONE?????

2. Whats this infatuation with more power from a device but then complain about battery life?

3. Those that complain about a device rebooting, have you gave thought that one of the possible hundreds of apps installed may be causing your issue (Don't be so quick to blame the device)

4. Like said before (DROID, DROID 2 and DROID X ARE NOT THE SAME DEVICE) why do so many place them in the same category when dealing with the Froyo update, there is differences also do not forget that the Droid X was the first device to be stocked with the revised MotoBlur, so this can cause a major programming coding issue there, Droid 2 may have looked like it had same version of MotoBlur but what should be clear that Droid 2 was built around 2.2 revised codes, so they are not the same version codes to start off with, where our device was built around 2.1 and everything has to be totally revised to guarantee compatibility.

5. Most important...... If you think coding and debugging is so simple, why not move Verizon and Motorola aside and show them how its done, I would love to see when we would see the update then..... IF AT ALL.

[curtterp]

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lotusmaster wrote:

I'm just annoyed that the devices that people bought with out expecting to have Froyo i.e. Droid users got their update before us who bought our Droid X with the expectation of having Froyo. Then to add insult to injury they release another hand set that came preloaded with Froyo and it was like it was an HTC hand set and they could blame the delay on say Sense UI being easy to port the upgrade to, no the release it on another Motorola hand set! Not to mention that the HTC hand set now also has it before us! I personally am **bleep** off because I upgraded from Droid to Incredible and then these SOB's talked me into the X based on Froyo and gave it to my old devices first! I'm offended by this and highly unhappy with Verizon.

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Actualkly you should be ********* off at yourself for not doing your research. If you had done your research, you would have known that the X upgrade to Froyo would have been late summer. Fall doesn't start until September 23rd, so if they are delayed past that, then they will be late. Personally, I never listen to what a salesman says. I do my own research on the web before I decide on anything. The X is the first device that I did not put on hands on it first, but when I found the specs online, I actually cut out a piece of paper to see how much bigger the device was compared to my env touch, and would it fit into my shirt pocket. Then is when I decided to get the X, and I knew that Froyo would not come out until late summer, because that is when Motorola said it would come out in the initlal announcement a month before it was available.

Also, when you upgraded from Droid to Incredible, then X, you got better hardware each time (Incredible has a better processor/screen than the Original Droid, X has a bigger screen than the Incredible.) But I guess bigger/better/faster hardware doesn't mean a thing to you. Just because other devices have upgraded to Froyo first, doesn't mean anything other than the manufacturer was able to get everything working and tested out before Motorola could get it tested out for the X.

Froyo for X will come out when Motorola and Verizon are satisfied that they have good code to push out. When the code is  golden, we will get it. You will be happy.

[Tidbits]

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taskellusaf wrote:
well I'm no internet junkie first of all... And allow me to clarify... my verizon rep told me soon.. The guy on the phone also said soon.. And yes I have some bugs... Random reboots... Sorry battery life.... Etc.. Being told the update should fix your problems... So I held on the phone....IT just boggles the mind how I spend all this money and can't get an update... its like getting a raw deal... kinda curious if the people that bought older phones at the time even knew 2.2 would be out...

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Soon could mean 1 second later, or after the end of the world.  You could fit anything to the word soon and it would be correct or wrong based on the actual release of Froyo for the Droid X.

A lot of older devices are not even updated to 2.1, let alone 2.2.  Most of them are stuck at 1.5/1.6.  Just be patient and let them do it right.  Do you want to end up like the Incredible users crying about how 2.2 botched their devices...  What about the Droid owners saying the same thing.  At least they are spending more time for the Droid X and it could turn out to be a good thing.

[scottb8888]

This chatter looks like a bunch of kids on line.  If only Verizon/ Motorol would release a statement as to th delay and new expected delivery, they could be alot more helpful to their customers.