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[Official] R2-D2 [D2] Owners Thread

GeekWife said:
and the new font on my clock when it's docked... there HAS to be a way to change that, right?
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I have to say - the new font does bother me. Did you ever figure this out? I can't find anything to customize this and restore the original "r2d2" font that showed up on the clock when it was docked. Yeah, I'm really that anal-retentive that I want my phone's display to match the font on the dock. :) I just love this little guy....

In case anyone is confused what I'm talking about, the phone used to look like this when it was docked:

http://gizmodo.com/5629489/r2+d2-droid-2-comes-with-themed-dock

And now the phone looks... ordinary, with a plain old sans-serif font for the clock. So sad!!
 
The mystery has been solved reboot your phone in safe mode by turning it on while holding ok until R2 goes away it should say safe mode in a corner and start downloading. fyi when it restarts after installing r2 stays on for an extremely long amount of time let him sit and spin if it takes longer than an hour than go ahead and restart. it should start up on its own
-dashadow5808 on Android Central
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Saw this on Android Central and haven't been able to try it yet, let me know if anyone gets it too work...
 
Yeah, I'd found that. It doesn't work. I almost wonder if it'd be easier to find an already updated GB rom and get a CW backup of that.


Ben
 
This might be drastic, but has anyone tried Hard Resetting back to factory?

https://motorola-global-portal.cust...ail/a_id/51160/~/droid-2---factory-data-reset

I'm seriously considering it if I can't get this update. Damn thing just about killed my battery this morning downloading the update (for the umpteenth time) and, as usual, reset itself on failure at 4am ! ! ! :angry:

Since nobody has been able to figure out a way around the update/root issue, can anyone tell me how to stop the OTA download until an answer is found?

Thanks!
 
jjq224 said:
This might be drastic, but has anyone tried Hard Resetting back to factory?

https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/51160/~/droid-2---factory-data-reset

I'm seriously considering it if I can't get this update. Damn thing just about killed my battery this morning downloading the update (for the umpteenth time) and, as usual, reset itself on failure at 4am ! ! ! :angry:

Since nobody has been able to figure out a way around the update/root issue, can anyone tell me how to stop the OTA download until an answer is found?

Thanks!
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Yes, that was one of the first things I tried. I even unrooted my phone, did a factory reset, and then tried the update. Same issue...it fails.
 
chasehammer said:
wouldnt that just be the same as clearing data/cache from recovery?
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I wasn't sure - that's why I asked. My assumption (and we all know what that word stands for) was that a Hard Reset would make the phone like it came out of the box - remove all of your installed software (including rooting) and replace all the original software. I guess I was wrong.

I may still try it though - the reason being, all I've done to my phone is root it. I have not removed any of the bloatware, nor changed the rom in anyway. I simply did it to get wireless tether access. Not sure if that will make a difference.

Anxiously waiting for an answer from the Droid Jedi Masters that I respect so much.

Thanks for all the help guys.
 
The R2D2 phone didn't get a lot of love from the hackers. Many saw it as a joke and more still just figured you'd root it and make it a regular D2 and maybe pepper some of the Star Wars bits back on... though most saw all that as bloat.

The issue seems to be the logwrapper file isn't checking out. Rooting messes with it and I don't know as replacing the original is enough. At least so far I keep getting an assert error on that file.


Ben
 
jjq224 said:
I wasn't sure - that's why I asked. My assumption (and we all know what that word stands for) was that a Hard Reset would make the phone like it came out of the box - remove all of your installed software (including rooting) and replace all the original software. I guess I was wrong.

I may still try it though - the reason being, all I've done to my phone is root it. I have not removed any of the bloatware, nor changed the rom in anyway. I simply did it to get wireless tether access. Not sure if that will make a difference.

Anxiously waiting for an answer from the Droid Jedi Masters that I respect so much.

Thanks for all the help guys.
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The first time I did a factory reset, it did not remove the root files. I had to manually unroot the phone to remove the root files, and then do the factory reset before it returned to the out of the box state. However, while rooted, I did remove some bloatware (blockbuster & nfs apps) which I no longer have a backup, so that could be something the update is looking for and the reason for failure. But that's just a guess.
 
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