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[How-To] Force Motorola Droid 2.1 OTA Update (ESE81)

that is weird. mine says the same and it used to say droid. any ideas?

here's something weird that happened to me. install was perfect. phone is great. only difference is, before when i went to facebook. my facebook is touch.facebook.com, at the bottom it always said, Download facebook for your android. now it says download facebook for your hero. any reason why facebook now thinks my droid is a hero?


Mine says Hero, it has ping pong between saying Sholes and Droid before. So who knows. (Snatched update from Google servers.)
 
It worked perfectly for me, very easy. Download to pc. Rename the file and make sure it's done correctly. Reboot holding x key down. select apply update.zip. Reboot when done.

For those of you who can't seem to get it done, it's not really a big deal this whole update except for what appears to be better power management. There might be bug fixes under the hood, time will tell. Visually, all I can see the following for those of you waiting for practical effects:

(1) Goggles is now preinstalled bloatware
(2) A lame News/weather app is preinstalled bloatware far better done by people who cared an iota about creating it (no status bar option for weather either)
(3) If you're desperate for live wallpapers, this has it
(4) The media gallery is much more improved and finally usable. Media player is still manure.
(5) Many of my apps now crash, especially X-Scope (it's the latest)

This might be the last update we get, though, if this is any indication what 7 months of progress brings. My guess is all the efforts are going into the upcoming Droid. I'm guessing the real benefit will come from those making new ROMs out of this update and we'll have a whole new set of them coming out, which will take the place of updates that usually would come out, as they did every month with the Storms, the Pres, etc. That's something to look forward to.
 
Yes, I notice slight lag when I use live wallpapers. I just imagine all the extra battery power going into the cool wallpaper. I don't use them.
 
Yes, I notice slight lag when I use live wallpapers. I just imagine all the extra battery power going into the cool wallpaper. I don't use them.

I'm using the Neural Droid thingy for now. At first it would only lag when transitioning to new windows, but eventually it smoothed it self out and isn't really noticeable anymore.

And, TBH it only really uses battery when you touch the screen and get a "ping" from where you touched.
 
cant get it to work using a rooted droid on nandroid i put it on the root of the phone then goto install update.zip from sd card it just stops with some 25 error
 
Hey Everyone, I did the force update and it was successful. I have a quick question i have to return this phone due to a loose screen. Do I need to revert back to the stock OS on the Droid or am I good leaving this one on there. Will they know that I put the software on the phone or would they assume I got the update?
 
Works GREAT!! Thanks guys!!!!:icon_ banana:


The live wallpapers are addicting!

Live Earth is AMAZING!!!!:rating10:
 
Ok i successfully updated to 2.1 but i have one prob. When i click on gallery app is says the apps is not installed...did I do something wrong? Thanld for the updated pinch zoom works fine but im unable to use live wallpapers id really apreciate the help. I tried dloading and apk for the new gallery but i still cant click the install button to activate a live wall once dloaded..thnx again
 
Ok i successfully updated to 2.1 but i have one prob. When i click on gallery app is says the apps is not installed...did I do something wrong? Thanld for the updated pinch zoom works fine but im unable to use live wallpapers id really apreciate the help. I tried dloading and apk for the new gallery but i still cant click the install button to activate a live wall once dloaded..thnx again
Just drag the one you have on your screen into the trash and bring up the one in your app drawer. It should work.
 
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