New Findings and Fixes thread for Droid 2.0.1 OTA updates

[droidreajoh]

After update I noticed new folders on the sd card, my_music, my_pix, my_flix, and a couple others.

 

[Martin030908]

Overall I am dissapointed with this update. I have done a few battery pulls to try to speed the phone up and nothing seems to work. I hope another update will follow soon.

rogue app would be my guess too. something it's jiving with the rest of your phone.

 

[mitchb2]

Maybe try to untick your sync on your droid and then retick it.... same with your notifications.

That did it...thanks!

 

[Dream]

Overall I am dissapointed with this update. I have done a few battery pulls to try to speed the phone up and nothing seems to work. I hope another update will follow soon.

rogue app would be my guess too. something it's jiving with the rest of your phone.

Forgive me but what is a rogue app? I dont have many apps on my phone at all.

 

[shugknight]

rogue app would be my guess too. something it's jiving with the rest of your phone.

Forgive me but what is a rogue app? I dont have many apps on my phone at all.

I would think just an app that's might not be compatible yet with the Droid, hence it gives it problems like the ones you described. Like they've said, if you've had to do many batt pulls, you need to get your device replaced. Either that, or uninstall everything, and install one by one till you find the culprit app.

 

[khelek]

The issue about acting funny while charging - if you are referring to the virtual keyboard while plugged in and trying to text and getting multiple characters when you tap, is NOT related to the 2.0.1 update. It has been happening with me for the past 3 weeks when I got my Droid. I simply just unplug it when I need to text then plug it back in. I've often thought about maybe its because I'm using my old Blackberry Storm charger. Are you doing the same?

Awesome! I'm glad I found someone else who had that same problem!

A couple of weeks back I noticed that very thing. I had it plugged in by my bed, and for whatever reason I needed to text something. When I did, I saw what you did -- duplicate letters, or sometimes I would hit a key on one side of the keyboard and have something on the complete opposite side print to the screen. I was terrified, and came to post about it. Didn't hear anything from anyone else, so I thought it was just me.

I don't know if it was later that night or the next morning, but at some point I took the phone off the charger and typed out a message. No problem at all! I put two and two together and figured that it had to do with the fact it was plugged in (and i was using the charger that actually belongs to my wife's LG phone). I've since bought a cheapy micro-usb data cable and coupled with the original usb-ac adapter that came with the phone, no problems texting while plugged in.

That made me happy. I just don't understand what about the other charger caused that to happen....

 

[Martin030908]

Forgive me but what is a rogue app? I dont have many apps on my phone at all.

I would think just an app that's might not be compatible yet with the Droid, hence it gives it problems like the ones you described. Like they've said, if you've had to do many batt pulls, you need to get your device replaced. Either that, or uninstall everything, and install one by one till you find the culprit app.

pretty much what he described. a rogue app is just a term being kicked around to refer to an app that causes issues with the phone. Some have to do with poor compatibility, poor code writing etc... just something to be aware if you run into any 'bugs'

generally i don't think you need to uninstall everything then reinstall one by one. I would first try to uninstall the most recent apps you've installed since your problems begin and working from there. complete wipe would be a last resort IMO.

 

[sapo916]

Are you may just not being realistic? You said an app took a second or two to open, this is nothing unusual. However if you stating that you pressed an icon and the phone took 2 seconds to pop up something then yeah that is laggy. Animations are not always fluid and the fastest way an app will load is if its already running somehow and you just bring it up again.

 

[Martin030908]

Are you may just not being realistic? You said an app took a second or two to open, this is nothing unusual. However if you stating that you pressed an icon and the phone took 2 seconds to pop up something then yeah that is laggy. Animations are not always fluid and the fastest way an app will load is if its already running somehow and you just bring it up again.

absolutely. this is still just a smartphone, it's not a super computer. things unfortunately aren't 'instant'. there is such a thing as normal load up time and true lag... be sure you're being fair in your judgment of these issues.

It's a first gen device, out for 5 weeks having just had it's first update... sure things won't be perfect but this is on the fast track to greatness!

 

[BzB]

scrolling on the internet isn't as smooth as it was previously. Has anybody had the internet lock up on them? Happened to me, maybe just a freak occurrence.

Typing seems much better.

Browser scrolling is choppier, like 5~10 fps lost (does fps even apply here?)
Anyway I compared my 2.0.1 and wife's 2.0.0 using the same browser side-by-side, the difference in fluidity is there, especially on long pages with a lot of vertical scrolling.

It's a minor setback but other enhancements makes up for it.

I've noticed this too. Wondering if there's a setting that changed causing browser scrolling to not be as smooth as before. It's not a huge difference but if you're paying attention it is noticeab le.

If there was something they put in that knowingly affected smoothness as a trade off, I'm fine with that...just curious to know what it was.

 

[greg3d]

Market App

If you got the OTA update (not a manual update), does the top right tab in the Market App still say "Verizon" and take you to apps suggested by VZ?

Or

Does it now say "Downloads" and take you to your downloaded apps?

I did a manual update, and no longer have the Verizon tab. So I am wondering if there is a difference between the OTA update and the manual update.

 

[Vancelot]

If you got the OTA update (not a manual update), does the top right tab in the Market App still say "Verizon" and take you to apps suggested by VZ?

Or

Does it now say "Downloads" and take you to your downloaded apps?

I did a manual update, and no longer have the Verizon tab. So I am wondering if there is a difference between the OTA update and the manual update.

How did you get the manual update? I have am still waiting for the OTA update!

 

[cisco0910]

I notice ed with the new droid that it definitly is a lot faster and switching from home screen to home screen is less choppy. Also when I pull down the notification bar it is as smooth as it was suppose ti be in the beginning.

My question is, how just by doing an update it'll give us longer battery life? Anybody obviously who's a lot smarter then me have any clue?

 

[greg3d]

How did you get the manual update? I have am still waiting for the OTA update!

Here on the forum, a direct link to the update:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/7522-manually-update-2-0-1-a.html

 

[jkayner]

I did the manual update and mine still has the verizon tab on the right.

The market scrolling is really great BTW, I don't get how the browser is so bad