2.1 ESE53 will be Official Release on the VZW Motorola Droid

[blitzburgh39]

Verizon is the only source that matters. The only PUBLICLY released information is the PDF on their website that is in the OP of this thread. If you look closely - NO DATES!!! The dates that we received were from LEAKED photos of Verizon's internal computer system - so while that may have been the INTENDED release schedule the 1,000 test user updates did not apparently go very well, so that schedule was delayed.

While many dates have been thrown about and there have seemingly been several official announcements of the impending update, there has NEVER been a firm PUBLIC release date provided by Verizon.

That is not to say that the confusion around this update is not mostly to blame on the players involved (mostly Motorola and VZW via facebook/twitter posts). IMHO Motorola should not say a single word about any update and refer everyone to VZW for information on timing of updates. VZW should not let any of their facebook/twitter posters publish any dates whatsoever. It should all come from corporate on their own web site. Of course, they can do nothing to stop employees that choose to leak company confidential information (except fire them if they get caught). This last reason is why the store employees never know about an update until it is actually rolling out. My company never informs field personnel of software updates until the disks are actually shipping to try and limit this kind of stuff from happening.

i agree 10000000%

 

[cereal killer]

April 1st VZW will announce 2.1 will begin rolling out in a few hours.

After the news has spread like wildfire around the web and every major tech blog has reported it they will then announce...... APRIL FOOLS!!!!

What will probably happen is that once the next bit of leaked information comes in and has been verified as legit we all will still not believe it lol

We will have moments of excitement quickly doused with doubt.

I can see it now.....

"I don't believe it, I'll believe it when I see it"

"People remember what happened last time? Don't get too excited"

"Yeah right. 2.1 is not coming people"

"That pic was photshopped. Look at the 3rd sentence 2nd word. It looks off."

"I'm still going to root I don't care"

"I'm rooted you guys are STILL waiting for it? LOL"

"Who cares I'm rooted"

"Cryogenics V3.5 The blackhole ROM is the way to go. Don't count on getting 2.1"

"How do I install CK's Buggy Beast ROM."

"Root or go home"

 

[JCo352]

April 1st VZW will announce 2.1 will begin rolling out in a few hours.

After the news has spread like wildfire around the web and every major tech blog has reported it they will then announce...... APRIL FOOLS!!!!

What will probably happen is that once the next bit of leaked information comes in and has been verified as legit we all will still not believe it lol

We will have moments of excitement quickly doused with doubt.

I can see it now.....

"I don't believe it, I'll believe it when I see it"

"People remember what happened last time? Don't get too excited"

"Yeah right. 2.1 is not coming people"

"That pic was photshopped. Look at the 3rd sentence 2nd word. It looks off."

"I'm still going to root I don't care"

"I'm rooted you guys are STILL waiting for it? LOL"

"Who cares I'm rooted"

"Cryogenics V3.5 The blackhole ROM is the way to go. Don't count on getting 2.1"

"How do I install CK's Buggy Beast ROM."

"Root or go home"

Lol, this is so true.

 

[LostRedneck]

April 1st VZW will announce 2.1 will begin rolling out in a few hours.

After the news has spread like wildfire around the web and every major tech blog has reported it they will then announce...... APRIL FOOLS!!!!

What will probably happen is that once the next bit of leaked information comes in and has been verified as legit we all will still not believe it lol

We will have moments of excitement quickly doused with doubt.

I can see it now.....

"I don't believe it, I'll believe it when I see it"

"People remember what happened last time? Don't get too excited"

"Yeah right. 2.1 is not coming people"

"That pic was photshopped. Look at the 3rd sentence 2nd word. It looks off."

"I'm still going to root I don't care"

"I'm rooted you guys are STILL waiting for it? LOL"

"Who cares I'm rooted"

"Cryogenics V3.5 The blackhole ROM is the way to go. Don't count on getting 2.1"

"How do I install CK's Buggy Beast ROM."

"Root or go home"

that made me chuckle

 

[TimChgo9]

I'll wait until I see the triangle.....

 

[Zippster]

With the tons of app updates rolling out lately, something has to be in the wind.:icon_eek:

 

[rkeller62]

Remember CK - no one is allowed to discuss rooting in here anymore - we can no only discuss milking the cow!!!

 

[Anomander]

Remember CK - no one is allowed to discuss rooting in here anymore - we can no only discuss milking the cow!!!

What about beating a dead horse?

 

[SnoDrtRider]

Typical Droid user... most likely.

I was at a buddys house today replacing some shingles that had blown off and I see him constantly on the phone... I though he was texting. I was 30ft up so I couldn't tell what kind of phone it was. When I came down I asked him what it was and he said "The Droid" he was not texting he was playing on-line poker...
I told him there was an update to the OS coming out and he looked at me with a blank on his face... I told him about the update and that Flash was also rumored to be coming... "oh cool! Maybe I'll be able to get on (some porn site) that I haven't been able to get on"...

This my friends is probably what 90% of users out there know or care about their phones or updates...

 

[steveflyersfan]

I dont see why they are making an announcement in the first place. if all they are going to do is test it out anyway. Why not make an announcement when its actually ready?
Cause if they are making another announcement, first thing you think about is..is this the real deal? Is this the actual update? or are we going to be delayed again?. I think they should just wait..till its going to be pushed as the actual one, then announce it.
I am not rooted..so i am waiting and have been waiting patiently..but damn..enough is enough.

They may not had intended to announce it until they was ready. But if an employee leaked it; and it is all on the web. Then they are now having to answer why it was not released when scheduled; when the reality was they were on schedule and that the initial release the entire time was to check for issues.

yeah except the whole 3/18 then nothing for a day and everything from 3/20 and on WAS official. you are trying to take the blame off of verizon lol. they f'ed up. pretty bad.

they are just trying to hide it. and your being gullable. Lol we will get it soon.

SOOOOOOOOOoooOOooOooon

F ing up really bad would have been sending it to 200,000 droids

 

[blitzburgh39]

They may not had intended to announce it until they was ready. But if an employee leaked it; and it is all on the web. Then they are now having to answer why it was not released when scheduled; when the reality was they were on schedule and that the initial release the entire time was to check for issues.

yeah except the whole 3/18 then nothing for a day and everything from 3/20 and on WAS official. you are trying to take the blame off of verizon lol. they f'ed up. pretty bad.

they are just trying to hide it. and your being gullable. Lol we will get it soon.

SOOOOOOOOOoooOOooOooon

F ing up really bad would have been sending it to 200,000 droids

lol yes it would have. REALLY bad. like wow. BAD.

and its unfortunate that flash on the droid will lead to a lot. a lot of porn. lol

or is it?

 

[steveflyersfan]

Typical Droid user... most likely.

I was at a buddys house today replacing some shingles that had blown off and I see him constantly on the phone... I though he was texting. I was 30ft up so I couldn't tell what kind of phone it was. When I came down I asked him what it was and he said "The Droid" he was not texting he was playing on-line poker...
I told him there was an update to the OS coming out and he looked at me with a blank on his face... I told him about the update and that Flash was also rumored to be coming... "oh cool! Maybe I'll be able to get on (some porn site) that I haven't been able to get on"...

This my friends is probably what 90% of users out there know or care about their phones or updates...

I bet the number is closer to 97. i know about 10 others with the droid and i am the only 1 that has any clue about any of this. VZW reps are no help at all.

 

[zmeflyby]

didnt get it yet

 

[steveflyersfan]

yeah except the whole 3/18 then nothing for a day and everything from 3/20 and on WAS official. you are trying to take the blame off of verizon lol. they f'ed up. pretty bad.

they are just trying to hide it. and your being gullable. Lol we will get it soon.

SOOOOOOOOOoooOOooOooon

F ing up really bad would have been sending it to 200,000 droids

lol yes it would have. REALLY bad. like wow. BAD.

and its unfortunate that flash on the droid will lead to a lot. a lot of porn. lol

or is it?

Imagine the bandwith problems when all the porn is available WOW

 

[steveflyersfan]

didnt get it yet

Bueller, Bueller ? anyone ?