Manually Update to 2.0.1

[synic]

My question is this:

How do you know that this is the same update that Verizon will push (has pushed) OTA?

What happens in January when they push the OTA update for 2.1, and you've got a slightly different filesystem layout as the people who waited? Will the 2.1 update apply cleanly, or completely fail?

At that point, you'll be forever stuck in a phase of having to update manually, which may not always be an option.

Unless, Verizon/Motorola/Google provide clean, *full*, firmwares that you can use to completely restore phones.

I'm not saying the update.zip didn't come from a reputable source. I'm saying it may be different than what Motorola/Verizon push out, and you'll never actually know until the next update comes out and the checksums don't match up.

This is confirmed by Motorola Support forums administrator Matt in this post: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/84490 - it's very possible that the update.zip that people are using to upgrade manually *isn't the final version*.

 

[Zippster]

I still havent received the update but will let it alone until it does.

 

[gamemaster333]

I installed the update and had trouble with the keyboard and menu button lights. After rebooting it fixed it (kinda) and now they only turn on when they feel like it. Any suggestions?

 

[greg3d]

I installed the update and had trouble with the keyboard and menu button lights. After rebooting it fixed it (kinda) and now they only turn on when they feel like it. Any suggestions?

The lights seem to now be more dependant on ambient light. I thought they were broken, but realize that even if you have auto-dim on the display off, the buttons and keyboard will come on only when there is limited ambient light.

 

[TheMagicalOne00]

For those of you considering the manual update, here's the link to a video i found on youtube:

[video=youtube;l_79JUlyq3I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_79JUlyq3I[/video]


Keep in mind, i didn't make this video. It looks like the guy was rolling down a hill while taping this. But, i figured it would give screen shots of the manual update process for those of you considering.

 

[TheMagicalOne00]

or the video lol. guess i saved you the trouble

 

[CreditGod]

they are changing the market place structure so that if you have a problem with your phone or loose it you can go to one place and you have all of you favorite apps in one nice place



i am telling you they watch this board like a hawk there are several people on here from google, motorola, and verizon, that go throught the threads and then they get to work on new and better changes

this site as far as a forum and rapid user base growth has hit record numbers not even the i phone when it first came out did not have a forum and user base this large for several months much less 5 weeks

 

[ericejs15]

Why does my browser not auto rotate????? Can someone help me!

 

[dmdj232]

"Installation aborted."

I renamed the file to update.zip and put it in the SD card (not in a folder). Anything i did wrong?

I was having the same problem and then I left off the ".exe" and left the name just as "update" and it worked

 

[ericejs15]

Okay nothing auto rtates unless I slide out the keyboard? Is this happening to everybody? Is this part of the update? Because if so... its kinda dumb.

 

[bullhonkie]

My question is this:

How do you know that this is the same update that Verizon will push (has pushed) OTA?

What happens in January when they push the OTA update for 2.1, and you've got a slightly different filesystem layout as the people who waited? Will the 2.1 update apply cleanly, or completely fail?

At that point, you'll be forever stuck in a phase of having to update manually, which may not always be an option.

Unless, Verizon/Motorola/Google provide clean, *full*, firmwares that you can use to completely restore phones.

I'm not saying the update.zip didn't come from a reputable source. I'm saying it may be different than what Motorola/Verizon push out, and you'll never actually know until the next update comes out and the checksums don't match up.

This is confirmed by Motorola Support forums administrator Matt in this post: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/84490 - it's very possible that the update.zip that people are using to upgrade manually *isn't the final version*.

Look at it from Motorola's standpoint. Of course an official Motorola representative would say that, it's basically 'cover your ass' for them. There's no way they could officially endorse something like manual updating and take on all the potential liabilities and issues from people who might not know how to do it correctly.

It's the same update that Verizon is pushing OTA because it's the exact URL that the OTA update tells the phone to update from. This URL and file is the exact same thing that your Droid would be prompted to download and install. You're just doing it manually instead of your phone being prompted by Verizon to do it.

In the end if you're uncomfortable with it, just wait a few days and wait for Verizon to push it to your phone.

 

[raven1911]

Okay nothing auto rtates unless I slide out the keyboard? Is this happening to everybody? Is this part of the update? Because if so... its kinda dumb.

This is normal for the standard operating system. You need to use one of the home replacements like pandahome, home++, openhome, etc. for this to work without sliding the keyboard out.

 

[gamemaster333]

I installed the update and had trouble with the keyboard and menu button lights. After rebooting it fixed it (kinda) and now they only turn on when they feel like it. Any suggestions?

The lights seem to now be more dependant on ambient light. I thought they were broken, but realize that even if you have auto-dim on the display off, the buttons and keyboard will come on only when there is limited ambient light.

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the info!

 

[raven1911]

In regards to updating later in the future. I believe it was explained that if another firmware update comes out, all it does is recognize that its different from the existing one on the phone and then will notify you that you have an update ready for download. I did mine manually, but don't think it will cause problems in the future. Its the same one as VZW will send out. This process happened a lot with the BB platform before the Droid and there were never any problems with updating. I am not worried, my phone has never worked better.

 

[ericejs15]

Okay nothing auto rtates unless I slide out the keyboard? Is this happening to everybody? Is this part of the update? Because if so... its kinda dumb.

This is normal for the standard operating system. You need to use one of the home replacements like pandahome, home++, openhome, etc. for this to work without sliding the keyboard out.

No i dont think its normal... even in messaging i cant use landscape virtual keyboard, this was never like this! what happened???