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[Official] R2-D2 [D2] Owners Thread

Sorry, just found this forum. I bought mine the day it was released. LOVE IT ! I also bought the Star Wars Empire Strikes Back App and finished the Bounty Hunt. And, like so many before me, I rooted mine with no problem - although I have noticed that I can no longer get the compass to calibrate (it won't turn green anymore, only red).

I switched from a BlackBerry Storm - got tired of resetting the phone daily to get back memory.
 
Sorry, just found this forum. I bought mine the day it was released. LOVE IT !

I switched from a BlackBerry Storm - got tired of resetting the phone daily to get back memory.
Welcome to the Forum - Glad you joined us



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Can someone tell me what they use to make a backup of their R2D2 Droid? I've been reading that some people are having issues with Recovery Bootstrap not running properly. A buddy of mine uses ROM Manager, but he has an original Droid - not sure if it'll work on the R2 unit.

Thanks!
 
Another R2D2 owner checking in. I bought mine online around 7am Sept. 30th. I feared they'd sell out quick, but I guess not. Anyway, it's a great phone. The Star Wars added stuff is pretty cool and some of it is pretty cheesy. Happy I have it though.

I'm using a clear case so R2's colors shine through. I also originally bought the Verizon anti-glare screen protector, but didn't like that it didn't cover all the glass, and made the screen look washed out. I replaced with a full cover which covers all the glass and is crystal clear. I also bought the vehicle mount, which works well.

My only issue is occasional random reboot. Otherwise it's been flawless.

I wonder if Verizon will release an update for the R2D2 similar to the one they are releasing for the similar Droid 2. I would think they should, since we paid more for what is essentially the same phone.
 
My only issue is occasional random reboot. Otherwise it's been flawless.

I've seen quite a few posts about this - I've only had it happen once and that was before I rooted mine. Guess I shouldn't talk that up - huh?

:heart: Love my R2 Droid...
 
I just did something unbelievably stupid and I'm hoping there is some way to fix it. I'm posting this here because it is potentially R2-specific.

I was trying to go about undoing all the things I did root-wise, and one of the last things was removing koush's bootstrap. I followed some instructions online that, after uninstalling the bootstrap app and rebooting, basically just replaced (through terminal) the bootstrapped /system/bin/logwrapper with the original (which was backed-up as /system/bin/logwrapper.bin). I rebooted and that worked fine. Then I read somewhere else about how /system/bin/hijack should be deleted, then further instructed to (through Root Explorer) delete /system/bin/logwrapper and rename /system/bin/logwrapper.bin to /system/bin/logwrapper ...so, I stupidly thought "well, I did all that in terminal except deleting hijack. It worked fine this time, but I shouldn't leave anything to chance" so I deleted /system/bin/hijack and spelled my own doom. I rebooted my R2 and was caught in an infinite bootloop.

I can get into android system recovery just fine. I also have a backup made from clockwork recovery (both on my sd card and backed up on my external hard drive), but of course clockwork recovery is no longer on my phone, and regular android recovery doesn't have "backup and restore". I tried "wipe data/factory reset" because that sounded promising, but that just wiped my data...no "factory reset" at all.

I've been frantically googling to see how to either a) push that "hijack" file (which I could hopefully find somewhere or another online, perhaps from the D2 system dump) to the proper place on my phone via adb or b) recover from my nandroid backup via adb. I'm not even remotely sure how I would do either of those things from recovery mode.

Is there any hope? Even if I could, perhaps, flash any sbf that will work (however shoddily) on R2, then re-root, rebootstrap and recover from my beloved backup. Or any solution, really.

UPDATE: VZW is gonna trade it back for another one. I haven't the slightest clue why they couldn't flash the firmware. Presumably, they have it. It's like they didn't even know what that meant. Anyway, I don't need help anymore, but let this be a cautionary tale for excitable young Droid-users.
 
Droid R2D2 Rooted!

How did you guys root your r2???

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...ial-how-hack-your-droid-2-all-one-thread.html

I went the no pc required route.

Also, the Green ROM Super Clean BS VA Pro from AngDroid installed without a hitch. Just make sure you follow the directions closely.


I did the exact same thing; "the no pc required" option and it worked like a champ!!! Now I have a droid that do anything I tell it to! Woohoo!!!
dancedroid
 
Hello fellow R2D2 users,

I got it the day after it came out and have been loving it, used to be on the LG Dare. The only problems I have been having are the occasional restarting, which rarely bothers me, and my mp3s not working, which I am considered about. I was wondering if anyone else has been having this problem.

Also, with all this talk of the droid 2 update, I just want to be sure and know if it effects R2D2 users as well.

Thanks

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This update does not affect R2 users. We are already a version ahead of what the update brings regular D2 users up to. The update is 2.3.something and we are 2.4.5

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This update does not affect R2 users. We are already a version ahead of what the update brings regular D2 users up to. The update is 2.3.something and we are 2.4.5

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Are you sure this is accurate? After reading the things the update to 2.3.20 provides D2 users. We don't have all of this stuff......... I called verizon tech support and they told me that the R2D2 phones will get the update AFTER the regular D2 users get it. So in my opionion there is still hope that our phones will still be updated to all of the below features/improvements.

THOUGHTS?





Improvements:
  • Improved battery life
  • Heightened proximity sensor accuracy to enable faster screen response
  • View the Weather widget in both landscape and portrait orientation,Simpler setup
  • improved user interactions and better notifications for Visual Voice Mail.
  • Background Email Sync during display inactivity for better user experience.
  • Support for email domain suffixes containing more than three characters.
  • Keep text messages organized with chronological in-box screen.
  • Edit text messages after you’ve inserted a video file. Improved audio sound during recorded video playbacks.
  • Stream Guided Tour videos on device in Help Center application with ease.
  • Faster location tracking during GPS navigation.
  • Faster transitions between Wi-Fi and 3G in data connection.
  • Enhancements:

  • New ability to add pictures from your Gallery to a contact.
  • Export all your contacts to the SD card.
  • View details of Social Networking contacts.
  • VZ Navigator is now preloaded on device.
 
That's so odd. What is with the versioning on this thing? Leave it to Verizon to make things as needlessly complicated as possible. Either way, ours is a separate update, meaning the current update in question doesn't apply to us.

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Any Idea on How to Get R2-D2 sounds for the Alarm?

I picked up an R2D2 phone last week and I'm really starting to enjoy it except for one thing - the alarms! I can't choose an R2-D2 sound for my alarm noise and it really sucks. I know how to set my own music as the alarm sound; the trouble is that the R2-D2 sounds aren't on the SD card, they're built in with the phone.

If anyone has any idea how I can access them for my alarm sounds, definitely let me know. I imagine I have to root the phone, but something makes me wonder if there's an easier work around.

Oh, and if there is a message thread somewhere else that talks about this exact issue, my apologies! I swear I looked!
 
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