Motorola DROID A855 update??

[*22899]

Sweet plugging in the old friend right now! My wife still use D1 as a daily driver. Time to see if this updates worth anything.

 

[johnnycool001]

Does anybody know if this update will break root like the last one? In other words should I unroot to get the update?

 

[aaf709]

Does anybody know if this update will break root like the last one?

Good question. I'm wondering if I'll have to reinstall Swype (at least get a new license).

 

[johnnycool001]

Will this method work to block it? [How-To] Prevent FRG83D OTA - Android Forums
If so, what are the new codes for 2.2.2?

 

[jntdroid]

if anybody happens to get prompted for this update and it ends up being a larger file (like 70-80 mb) please msg me!

 

[AngryHatter]

Does anybody know if this update will break root like the last one?

Good question. I'm wondering if I'll have to reinstall Swype (at least get a new license).

Your beta should have stopped by itself anyway. New beta started 03/11/2011.
uninstalling both the app and the installer and proceeding from scratch seems to be working for most people.

 

[jntdroid]

Does anybody know if this update will break root like the last one?

Good question. I'm wondering if I'll have to reinstall Swype (at least get a new license).

Your beta should have stopped by itself anyway. New beta started 03/11/2011.
uninstalling both the app and the installer and proceeding from scratch seems to be working for most people.

swype's beta is going to end up longer than gmail's at this rate

 

[UltraDroid]

You guys who are rooted are CRAZY to accept an OTA update from Motorola. Un-rooting is only the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to the damage that thing can inflict on a rooted phone.

-Mike

 

[jcinnb]

I aint tech savvy, admittedly, but when I look at android version, I see 2.2.1, but when I press update, I get "your system is currently up to date."

Seems like a disconnect. Can/should I do something to get 2.2.2?

 

[tonydelite]

The droid won't pull updates. you need to wait for the update to get pushed to your device. its a staggered release so it can take several days.

 

[ShaggyFlyer]

So, if we're rooted, just ignore the update? Will it keep trying to push it to us?

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[jr313]

Motorola Owners' Forum
Re: One more update...
created by Matt (Forums Manager) in DROID 2010 Soak Feedback - View the full discussion

Hi.
We weren't planning to use a private community since the update is only impacting one aspect of performance. The survey should do. Sorry, but it looks like the push didn't happen. X-(
I think I should close this community, though.
i got this email a couple days ago i dont have my droid anymore though

 

[djembeman]

What Damage Will It Do?

You guys who are rooted are CRAZY to accept an OTA update from Motorola. Un-rooting is only the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to the damage that thing can inflict on a rooted phone.

-Mike

You may be right! I'd only heard of people loosing root with past OTA's. I decided to try the update and after seeing a few progress bars fly by, I'm stuck at the Exclamation Point Triangle and the little green droid.

What has just happened to my phone?
Any ideas on what to do next?

UPDATE: Hitting the power button brought me to my clockwork recovery screen. The text that came up says:

"ClockworkMod Recovery v.2.5.0.1
Finding update package....
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted."

I have my Clockwork options and will reboot the phone.

So I guess if you are running rooted Stock the way I am, using ADB (not SP recovery), the update might just fail?

 

[UltraDroid]

So, if we're rooted, just ignore the update? Will it keep trying to push it to us?

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If you're rooted, with an alternate recovery like SPRecovery or Clockwork Recovery installed, and if you have a custom rom installed, then you don't have to worry - the OTA Update WILL fail. It will be looking for certain things, and when it doesn't see them the installation will simply abort. You can, under those circumstances, accept the OTA and just let it fail in the installation. My concern is for the people who've rooted, but haven't installed a custom recovery or custom rom. Those people are in danger of having Motorola's update screw with their phone and possibly prevent future re-rooting. Motorola does not take kindly to people who choose to root their phones and makes every effort to un-do what the people did.

Just be careful out there...

-Mike

 

[aaf709]

I'm wondering if I'll have to reinstall Swype (at least get a new license).

Your beta should have stopped by itself anyway. New beta started 03/11/2011.
uninstalling both the app and the installer and proceeding from scratch seems to be working for most people.

I've discovered that whenever I've had an update, Swype stops working. Well, that's not entirely true; it works by touching, but not by swiping. When I got the last update I simply deleted the data on Swype and used the installer to generate a new license.