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

[johnnieeve]

Don’t misunderstand my rant here folks. There has been an overwhelming amount of support from a lot of dedicated Droid users spending a great amount of their personal time assisting those of us who are jumping in over our heads and trying to manually update our Droid 1 to the 2.2 os. To all of you, I tip my hat in thanks. You are our Hero’s. Unfortunately, I am well aware of my skills and realize any effort to do a manual could be fatal to my phone so, just like so many other Droid 1 owners, I have patiently been waiting for the OTA. Today the 18th still nothing. I will continue to resist doing a manual update.

I have checked with the Verizon store I bought my D1 from (November 9, 2009) to see if they could help by performing a manual for me. No can do! I asked if they could provide me an accurate time frame for distribution to be completed. No can do. I’ve read in this forum many different responses to the same questions from various “Official” Verizon representatives. All Verizon outlets and personnel should be ON THE SAME PAGE with what is going on. We should all be hearing the same information.

If Verizon had been doing their job correctly, you and I would have been provided reliable information weeks (Months) ago, along with regular updates. Had Verizon been on top of this mess, many of the problems and issues we’re all working through with the upgrade would have been eliminated. Our Hero's could finally get a good nights sleep. The handling of this entire process by Verizon makes me feel embarrassed for them. It also brings into question how they will address future updates with other phones.

I have been a Verizon customer in good standing for many years. Android is a good platform and I am satisfied with my D1. But, I strongly encourage Verizon (Google) to step up and show some respect to their customers.

 

[hookbill]

The only problem and issue you seem to have with this update is patience.

I can't talk you into a manual update, but I will tell you that there is less chance of something going wrong with a manual update as opposed to an OTA update.

So just be patient. It's not the 19th yet.

 

[furbearingmammal]

Unfortunately, I am well aware of my skills and realize any effort to do a manual could be fatal to my phone.

Far less so than receiving the OTA update as evidenced by the posts on this forum alone. However, it's your choice to wait and we support your choice in doing so, despite what some of us (myself included) have said. We just get a little tired of people complaining that they don't have their update when all we can do is offer support in installing the update manually so they will have it. It's not our fault they don't have it yet, we have no control over it, and if we were doing it there's no guarantee there wouldn't have been the same problems. I for one would have insisted that all stores had a trained tech that could and would be doing updates free of charge, but that's me.

Yes, Verizon has poor customer service for a lot of folks. It's their number one complaint amongst people asked what Verizon was like as a carrier. A good part of that is their business model; if you look, you'll see that the majority of their stores are franchises (authorized resellers) or independent merchants (who proudly proclaim themselves so), and a such are generally either out of the loop entirely except for what Verizon deigns to tell them or what they pick up online and from people walking into the store. Training is minimal or non-existent, and other than providing software and stock, Verizon basically lets the swing. The official Verizon Wireless stores are little better, as Verizon is mostly interested in keeping customers paying and their network from going down. The updates are PR stunts or to avoid lawsuits, little more. We all agree with you in that Verizon needs to treat their customers better, and we all agree that they should do a better job with their reps and CS agents. Unfortunately, it is what it is and there's no real way to change it. With luck Verizon will have learned from its mistakes and future rollouts will go better than this one. Of course, this update was based on promises from Adobe, so there's a strong possibility that Adobe was as, if not more so, responsible for some of the problems.

So, I for one thank you for the vote of thanks. We're all underpaid here (volunteers usually are ) and it's the thanks that make it worthwhile. I hope your update comes soon and goes without a hitch so you can enjoy it like everyone who got it already.

P.S. I was up till 4:30 last night. I hear you on the sleep, but I just can't seem to find the time. I've already spent over 3 hours on here today.

 

[jerroedr]

I'm in Dillon, SC, and I got the update on my phone around 7:30 this morning. It didn't take long at all (maybe 5 minutes), but I realized once I got to work that the vibration function doesn't seem to be working at all. It goes from the lowest volume setting to the vibrate icon, with no setting for silent. So now vibrate = silent? It's already been quite annoying...it's "Droid"'d about a dozen times already this morning, but I can't turn the sound off without worrying about missing a call!

Any else having this problem or have any advice?

The sound>vibrate>silent feature was disabled due to the complaints of too many users accidentaly putting their phone on silent. The only way to do this now is either manually go into the settings everytime you put it on silent, or you can just disable notifications in the sound setting and the droiding will stop.

super wrong!
its in sound settings. vibrate only when not in silent is silent and the other option vibrates

 

[FunN4Lo]

I just stopped by my VZW to ask about the update schedule. One of the folks working had a D1 with no Froyo wondering the same thing with no answer.

I checked the display D1 no Froyo. I played with the X and the D2 on display. I went back to the D1 and it had the update notification! I started the dl and install. I played with it for a few. I looked at my D1 no update!

 

[hookbill]

I just stopped by my VZW to ask about the update schedule. One of the folks working had a D1 with no Froyo wondering the same thing with no answer.

I checked the display D1 no Froyo. I played with the X and the D2 on display. I went back to the D1 and it had the update notification! I started the dl and install. I played with it for a few. I looked at my D1 no update!

That's kind of sad, but it goes to show how random the updates are. Hang in there, you should get it soon.

My wife, who never even mounted her Droid got impatient and did the manual install. There is an alternative to waiting.

 

[kevison]

ppppft I still havent seen my droid being updated and just checked Im still 2.1. :icon_evil:

 

[Regulator]

I'm in Dillon, SC, and I got the update on my phone around 7:30 this morning. It didn't take long at all (maybe 5 minutes), but I realized once I got to work that the vibration function doesn't seem to be working at all. It goes from the lowest volume setting to the vibrate icon, with no setting for silent. So now vibrate = silent? It's already been quite annoying...it's "Droid"'d about a dozen times already this morning, but I can't turn the sound off without worrying about missing a call!

Any else having this problem or have any advice?

The sound>vibrate>silent feature was disabled due to the complaints of too many users accidentaly putting their phone on silent. The only way to do this now is either manually go into the settings everytime you put it on silent, or you can just disable notifications in the sound setting and the droiding will stop.

super wrong!
its in sound settings. vibrate only when not in silent is silent and the other option vibrates

Not wrong, I know you can go to sound settings and do it but I was trying to explain that you can no longer go from ringer to vibrate to silent using the volume buttons anymore

 

[jntdroid]

The sound>vibrate>silent feature was disabled due to the complaints of too many users accidentaly putting their phone on silent. The only way to do this now is either manually go into the settings everytime you put it on silent, or you can just disable notifications in the sound setting and the droiding will stop.

super wrong!
its in sound settings. vibrate only when not in silent is silent and the other option vibrates

Not wrong, I know you can go to sound settings and do it but I was trying to explain that you can no longer go from ringer to vibrate to silent using the volume buttons anymore

that is a nuisance, i believe the easiest solution is the beautiful widgets silent toggle widget (or whatever it is)

 

[aldaudio]

someone who is 30 minutes away from me got the update last night but i didn't

i think i'm going to manually update tonight if i don't get it by the time i get home from work. i'm just a lil skeptical because people seem to point to 5 different files to download for it.



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[re747]

ok I've decided to take the plunge and do it manually now that I know verizon is pushing the crappy smaller version of the update. I have never done anything like this so I would really appreciate some help! I have a couple questions (and don't worry, none of the questions involve the droid x )

1) right now I am looking at the thread http://androidforums.com/motorola-d...update-motrola-droid-frg01b-update-1-2-a.html
I saw someone posted a link to this a few days ago and said it was helpful for someone who is inexperienced. Is there any reason not to use this? I haven't found instructions on droidforums that are as dumbed-down (and illustrated lol) as this one, though there are so many search results that I easily could have missed one.

2) how do I do a "complete" back up? a different thread said to do this before doing the install...but I have no clue how to do a complete back up.

3) the instructions I'm looking at now have instructions to do it either via USB or right on your droid. Is there a difference in success rate between the two installation methods?

4) these instructions don't specify if it's the smaller version or the larger "clean" version. I want the larger one. Can I use these same instructions to install from somewhere linked in this thread as being a bigger version?

thank you in advance! without this forum I would have no clue who to ask!

 

[droid958]

its August 18th

Where is my update? Did it get lost in space some where? Anyone else still waiting?

 

[Regulator]

ok I've decided to take the plunge and do it manually now that I know verizon is pushing the crappy smaller version of the update. I have never done anything like this so I would really appreciate some help! I have a couple questions (and don't worry, none of the questions involve the droid x )

1) right now I am looking at the thread [How-To] Force the Official Android 2.2 Froyo Update for the Motrola Droid (FRG01B | Update 1 of 2) - Android Forums
I saw someone posted a link to this a few days ago and said it was helpful for someone who is inexperienced. Is there any reason not to use this? I haven't found instructions on droidforums that are as dumbed-down (and illustrated lol) as this one, though there are so many search results that I easily could have missed one.

2) how do I do a "complete" back up? a different thread said to do this before doing the install...but I have no clue how to do a complete back up.

3) the instructions I'm looking at now have instructions to do it either via USB or right on your droid. Is there a difference in success rate between the two installation methods?

4) these instructions don't specify if it's the smaller version or the larger "clean" version. I want the larger one. Can I use these same instructions to install from somewhere linked in this thread as being a bigger version?

thank you in advance! without this forum I would have no clue who to ask!

YOU DONT NEED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES THE DIRECTIONS BELOW! FOLLOW THEM TO A T AND YOULL BE FINE! IF LESS THEN 40% BATTERY REMAINING PLUG PHONE TO CHARGER

Ok first off download astro file manager from the market then in the preferences check the enable browser download. Now go to the link below. Thats the only file you need. As soon as its downloaded go back to astro and rename the file as update NOTHING ELSE! then turn your phone off and turn back on holding both ther power and x button. When the little exclamation point comes up release the buttons then push up on the volume control and push the camera button at the same time. It will give you options use the d-pad to navigate to apply update.zip and hit x. It will install then ask you if you want to reboot then hit x and your done! Froyo galore!

https://android.clients.google.com/updates/voles/signed-voles-FRG01B-from-ESE81.e48e48ff.zip

 

[hookbill]

ok I've decided to take the plunge and do it manually now that I know verizon is pushing the crappy smaller version of the update. I have never done anything like this so I would really appreciate some help! I have a couple questions (and don't worry, none of the questions involve the droid x )

1) right now I am looking at the thread [How-To] Force the Official Android 2.2 Froyo Update for the Motrola Droid (FRG01B | Update 1 of 2) - Android Forums
I saw someone posted a link to this a few days ago and said it was helpful for someone who is inexperienced. Is there any reason not to use this? I haven't found instructions on droidforums that are as dumbed-down (and illustrated lol) as this one, though there are so many search results that I easily could have missed one.

2) how do I do a "complete" back up? a different thread said to do this before doing the install...but I have no clue how to do a complete back up.

3) the instructions I'm looking at now have instructions to do it either via USB or right on your droid. Is there a difference in success rate between the two installation methods?

4) these instructions don't specify if it's the smaller version or the larger "clean" version. I want the larger one. Can I use these same instructions to install from somewhere linked in this thread as being a bigger version?

thank you in advance! without this forum I would have no clue who to ask!

I don''t know what you could be looking at. Use these instructions instead.

Manual Android 2.2 Update for Motorola DROID | Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

There is no difference to the best of my knowledge between the two updates. Other then size they are still the same.

 

[hookbill]

Where is my update? Did it get lost in space some where? Anyone else still waiting?

No you are not alone. But there was no reason to start a new thread for it so you are merged here, in the proper area.