OFFICIAL FRG22D OTA patch is here. DOWNLOAD NOW!

[jameyhowell73]

also, because I updated manually to 2.2 about a month ago... does that mean my phone is now rooted ? It's the only thing I have done to my phone besides downloading apps from market. Thanks !

 

[aaf709]

I manually updated to 2.2 about a month ago. Now verizon is sending me that same update I believe. Should I update or will that mess my phone up at all? James
--moto droid

The recent OTA is a patch for you to get Flash from the Market. The size of this is only 1.6mb (vs the 48mb or 79mb you used in the manual update).

also, because I updated manually to 2.2 about a month ago... does that mean my phone is now rooted ? It's the only thing I have done to my phone besides downloading apps from market. Thanks !

If all you did was the manual update, your phone is not rooted.

 

[jameyhowell73]

forgot to mention, yes I downloaded and installed flash about a month ago too.

OK, so is it fine to install the update then ?

Thanks !

 

[aaf709]

forgot to mention, yes I downloaded and installed flash about a month ago too.

OK, so is it fine to install the update then ?

Thanks !

Yes it is. I did the same, although I'm waiting for the 1.6mb patch to arrive OTA. When it does I'll uninstall Flash and get it from the Market.

 

[PhoenixGTR]

If you want to put on SPRecovery, but not root your OS, but disable FRS, you can do that like this:

1. Install ADB on your machine if you don't already have it.
2. Flash on my SPRecovery SBF per the instructions.
3. As per the instructions, after the SBF, boot into SPRecovery without booting the OS first.
4. In SPRecovery, mount /system.
5. ADB shell (you will be root because SPRecovery is always root).
6. cd /system
7. mv recovery-from-boot.p recovery-from-boot.p.not
8. exit
9. Reboot into OS
10. Reboot into recovery and make sure SPRecovery is still there

You might have to do this command (to mount system read+write) between step 6 and 7 - I don't remember:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

Doing the above will not root your main OS, but you can still use the features of SPRecovery, and do some rootish things (like renaming recovery-from-boot.p) via SPRecovery.

If you want to simplify the above quite a bit, just take my update.zip that's in the rooting topic, and modify it so it only renames the recovery-from-boot.p file but doesn't copy the su files on or install busybox.

When/if I can understand that command stuff, that's when I'll know I'm ready to root/install recovery.

sent via subspace radio

 

[MotoCache1]

When/if I can understand that command stuff, that's when I'll know I'm ready to root/install recovery.

Well, you don't have to understand it in order to root and install recovery -- but understanding it is a great thing in my opinion.

If you just want to root and install recovery you don't need any of "that command stuff" -- you just go do my "root any OS" procedure without deviation and you're good. The above was only for if you want to do something similar to, but a little different than, my "root any OS" procedure.

 

[jntdroid]

FRG22D Full System OTA - not the patch

Myself and a few others have been wondering if there would be a full FRG22D OTA file, as we couldn't imagine Verizon would forever push out two OTA files to those phones not running Froyo, just to get them up to FRG22D.

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

First, below is the link. Second are screenshots just to show what I was looking at and that it is not the FRG01B file.

Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4033527/a5e329b00288.signed-voles-ota-50454.zip

Screenshots:

2.0.1 - ESD56

2.2 - FRG22D after changing the name to update.zip and running the file through stock recovery

 

[MotoCache1]

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4033527/a5e329b00288.signed-voles-ota-50454.zip

Great work Jntdroid! All it takes is one person to be on the ball and grab these little gems when they come down and it benefits everybody. The build.prop is right and as you already know from installing it, it is indeed the FRG22D "master OTA".

I guess they are only pushing this one to activated phones because my DEV Droid has been sitting on ESE81 waiting for it for days. That makes sense, but before they actually did push the FRG01B update to my DEV Droid even though it has no service.

I didn't want to fool with flashing my "live" Droid back to ESE81 because I have it all happy the way I want it and I didn't want to have to bet on a nandroid restore. Thanks for "taking one for the team" and getting the file.

 

[tedZilla99]

Just installed the patch and Flash Player - working great! Stock phone here...

 

[dodgerbulls]

just got the update. too bad I have to wait till I charge my fone since I didn't do anything today but sleep coming from school+work.

 

[jntdroid]

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4033527/a5e329b00288.signed-voles-ota-50454.zip

Great work Jntdroid! All it takes is one person to be on the ball and grab these little gems when they come down and it benefits everybody. The build.prop is right and as you already know from installing it, it is indeed the FRG22D "master OTA".

I guess they are only pushing this one to activated phones because my DEV Droid has been sitting on ESE81 waiting for it for days. That makes sense, but before they actually did push the FRG01B update to my DEV Droid even though it has no service.

I didn't want to fool with flashing my "live" Droid back to ESE81 because I have it all happy the way I want it and I didn't want to have to bet on a nandroid restore. Thanks for "taking one for the team" and getting the file.

"Taking one for the team" might be a bit much, but no problem! I've been wanting this for awhile as well, so there were selfish motivations involved, too.

 

[carol1348]

NC here. Just got FRG22D ota. runs great, seems quicker than FRGO1B. I was rooted on FRGO1b stock just enabled 2 files that rebuild boot back 2 stock when you reboot let ota FRG22D update

 

[dwoid]

Wow, thanks for taking the time to test this theory and to post everything, this is pretty groundbreaking news...

So we do know for sure now that there are at least two forms that the actual OTA can arrive in from VZW's servers, just as it happened with FRG01B.

It would be interesting to know how this particular release compares to the Google FRG22 patch over FRG01B that metiCkOne rooted for us...

Very very good testing, thanks again!!!

dancedroid

Myself and a few others have been wondering if there would be a full FRG22D OTA file, as we couldn't imagine Verizon would forever push out two OTA files to those phones not running Froyo, just to get them up to FRG22D.

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

First, below is the link. Second are screenshots just to show what I was looking at and that it is not the FRG01B file.
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[phydx2]

I went ahead with this... loaded it up and forced the update... shows

Android version 2.2
Baseband version C_01.43.01P
Kernel version 2.6.32.9-g874c292 android-build@apa26 #1
Build number FRG22D

(please excuse any finger fumbles)

Fresh off the reboot, the icon redraw issue was still and issue, so I took the step someone else suggested about pulling the battery while it was still on and lo and behold, the icon redraw and the screen swipes from desktop to desktop are fast again!

However... when I hold the phone and tip it to landscape, the desktop will not reorient. If I load an app (browser, settings, whatever) and tip it to landscape, it reorients fine. If I put it in the cradle while it's displaying my desktop, it reorients fine... weird...

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4033527/a5e329b00288.signed-voles-ota-50454.zip

Great work Jntdroid! All it takes is one person to be on the ball and grab these little gems when they come down and it benefits everybody. The build.prop is right and as you already know from installing it, it is indeed the FRG22D "master OTA".

I guess they are only pushing this one to activated phones because my DEV Droid has been sitting on ESE81 waiting for it for days. That makes sense, but before they actually did push the FRG01B update to my DEV Droid even though it has no service.

I didn't want to fool with flashing my "live" Droid back to ESE81 because I have it all happy the way I want it and I didn't want to have to bet on a nandroid restore. Thanks for "taking one for the team" and getting the file.

 

[dwoid]

Worth mentioning, notice this OTA release of FRG22D also includes the baseband. That tells us a lot.

Very very interesting.

Wow, thanks for taking the time to test this theory and to post everything, this is pretty groundbreaking news...
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dancedroid

Myself and a few others have been wondering if there would be a full FRG22D OTA file, as we couldn't imagine Verizon would forever push out two OTA files to those phones not running Froyo, just to get them up to FRG22D.

I noticed a lot of people reporting the FRG22D OTA hitting their phones tonight, so I flashed back to 2.0.1 to see. As soon as I activated, it began downloading the FRG22D update, but the full file (77+mb), not just the patch. I thought some people might find it useful. This should eliminate the need for updating to FRG01B, and then using the 1.6mb FRG22D patch, as this should take you from any previous stock OS to FRG22D.

First, below is the link. Second are screenshots just to show what I was looking at and that it is not the FRG01B file.
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