****Official FroYo Rollout Thread-Version2!****

[warrenianbarr]

Updating to 2.2 manually

I still have not recieved an option for an OTA update. How can I do it manually?

Warren

 

[INSANENEIVIESIS]

just be patient it might take up to 2 weeks to get it. no sense in rushing your self

 

[jerroedr]

Any stock people that added flash notice lag? I get it browsing and just playing around

UnInstalled and lag is gone

 

[furbearingmammal]

Any stock people that added flash notice lag? I get it browsing and just playing around

UnInstalled and lag is gone

Go to your browser settings and scroll down to plugins -- set it to "on demand" and you can load any flash item that you want and not have to deal with ten thousand idiotic banner ads asking you to buy their toothpaste, get laid fast, sign up for their credit card, or use their mobile banking app.

 

[renlo]

man i still have not got the update up in northern california

 

[furbearingmammal]

So, now that this ran without incident, I'm ready to start being a bit more aggressive to root and overclock, etc. But this raises a new set of questions (that I'm not sure was clearly described in this forum):

- It's expected that a second upgrade is coming, to support Flash 10.1, correct? If I understand the threads here, Flash needs to clock at 800Mhz, and the FRG01B update only moves the Droid from 550 to 600Mhz. And do I have this right that this was going to be the FRG22 update, but apparently there are some reports of funnies with that. So, is current recommendation to wait for Verizon to send out that second OTA update, or manually load FRG22, or root my current unrooted FRG01B and load an application to allow for overclocking (is 800MHZ the limit with the Droid1?) and then download Flash separately when Adobe believes it's stable? (or is there a different solution here?)

At least I can have some relief now that I can play with 2.2 for a while before I get impatient again!!

This forum rocks!! Thanks to all who have contributed.

A few things - the stock FroYo kernel can be overclocked to 800MHz from within SetCPU on a bare-bones rooted Droid. Flash has been running fine via the betas for months and a final version for the Nexus 1 dropped very recently; a final build for the Droid is dropping the 18th to the Market. In order to install FRG22 you have to be rooted and running an alternate recovery image. Each Droid is different for overclocking. Some can run 1.3GHz, some can't push 800MHz without crapping out. How you want to proceed is up to you, but keep in mind that every time a new build is pushed out it increases the chances of an easy root method being blocked. At the moment the best method for rooting is to flash an SBF onto the phone, and some people have had to flash Android 2.0.1 on -- essentially wiping their phone clean -- in order to root.

FB - thanks also for your comments here -- here's where I get lost in the weeds

1) Could you define 'alternate recovery image'? Is this the same as a third party ROM, or is this a different recovery boot tool (different from the 'stock' recovery boot tool in a standard drop OS)?

2) Can't seem to find a definition for 'SBF' - could you define that as well?

3) If I'm on SRG01B, are you suggesting I need to backup to 2.0.1 in order to root? My goal is to have a superset of 2.2 - I like the features it provides, but would also like to tether and of course get Flash when it's available. Can I get there from here?

Tennis;

1, SPRecovery (preferred) or ClockworkMOD Recovery (excellent choice). You'll have to use RSD Lite or ROM Manager to install these. ROM Manager is available for download in the Market to any phone, but it only works when rooted. It's a great idea and works very well for a lot (probably most) of users, but it's potentially glitchy and has had more issues than I care to think about for some users -- including losing the all important backups and borking the recovery image after an update. If you do not have an alternate/custom recovery image, you cannot install ROMs, O/C kernels, themes without Metamorph (which is a bear to use if you're not experienced with XML), or make super backups often referred to as nandroids.

2, An SBF is a programming image used by RSD Lite and the official Motorola tool (I doubt that's the Lite version ) to push software onto Motorola phones. It overwrites part of the ROM, in particular the recovery image, or the entire ROM. Using RSD Lite you can completely overwrite your phone and take it back to 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, or even 2.2 and have it completely stock.

3, I'm suggesting no such thing, though it may take that in order to root successfully. I'm suggesting if you're going to root that you need to understand that there's a lot involved -- even if you use the Easy Root program, which may not do a great job of rooting your phone in the first place. You can install Flash now, though it's not the final Droid version, and you can USB tether without rooting by using a program like Proxoid or Easy Tether or the old standby PDANet. If you are going to WiFi tether, however, you have no choice but to root the Droid 1. Verizon is probably never going to approve a WiFi hotspot tethering feature in the Droid 1, even if and when Gingerbread hits our little friends.

 

[JePiNaY]

You're not along on that. I still haven't got the update either. D:
I'm thinking of manually doing the update, but I'll wait till tomorrow's over just in case.

 

[renlo]

yeah ive been holding off on doing it manually but if i dont get it soon im gonna do it myself

 

[ben360923]

I ran into an old school brother the other day, he was playing basketball. I said, nice froyo! He got one, but I don't! Still waiting in South Carolina! I think I saw something about the update being halted again! Any truth to this?

 

[maidmarianiii]

OMG, everytime I finish reading a page here, a new page has already arrived. At this rate, not only will I NOT have my upgrade, I won't have any of my work done here at work. I'll give it until tomorrow too, then attempt manual.

 

[CityLightsOZ]

How-to: Get Android 2.2 Froyo on the Verizon Motorola Droid

thats everything you need to know, the download link and instructions are on that page.

 

[gspmmafan]

Holy edited by moderator still no ota update for me!

 

[jgiannettict]

yeh no froyo for me yet....how long til this thing is rolled out?

 

[PhoenixGTR]

I got my replacement Droid Monday, activated, checked for system update and there it was.

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[madooch]

tired of waiting did manual update now have froyo