OTA Updates Possible Before The 11th?

[Shel]

FYI, I've had the G1 and the myTouch, and updates were totally random.

Husbands who purchased their phones weeks after their wives got them (or the other way around) would get the update, while the spouse was still waiting a couple of days later.

At least with T Mobile, and I'd guess with Verizon as well, there is NO rhythm or reason as to who gets it when... simply because some people in California have gotten it does NOT mean it's rolling out in California specifically... it's totally random.

I believe they also do it this way so that if they begin to get a LOT of calls to customer service, with problems, they can halt the update release, and see what's going wrong with it, or fix it before it goes out to hundreds of thousands of people.

Just a guess on the last comment, but I'm sure if they wanted to, they could certainly release all one million (or whatever) updates at the same time!

 

[darreno1]

FYI, I've had the G1 and the myTouch, and updates were totally random.

Husbands who purchased their phones weeks after their wives got them (or the other way around) would get the update, while the spouse was still waiting a couple of days later.

At least with T Mobile, and I'd guess with Verizon as well, there is NO rhythm or reason as to who gets it when... simply because some people in California have gotten it does NOT mean it's rolling out in California specifically... it's totally random.

I believe they also do it this way so that if they begin to get a LOT of calls to customer service, with problems, they can halt the update release, and see what's going wrong with it, or fix it before it goes out to hundreds of thousands of people.

Just a guess on the last comment, but I'm sure if they wanted to, they could certainly release all one million (or whatever) updates at the same time!

Are you trying to say that even the updates are sexist?




LOL, J/K


Personally, I'm always excited about updates (constantly checking and rechecking), brings back memories of my Pre days.

 

[windstrings]

I believe they also do it this way so that if they begin to get a LOT of calls to customer service, with problems, they can halt the update release, and see what's going wrong with it, or fix it before it goes out to hundreds of thousands of people.

With that in mind, they should also spread out the punishment... if they start in geographical sections, it would overload tech support in those ares, but I suppose they can route the calls to anywhere they want.

 

[Martin030908]

any pattern these updates are going out as or just to small random groups? impatience...

 

[windstrings]

Anyone know if the new upgrade will allow documents rec'd vie email to be saved to the card. I still haven't figured out how to send pic's to the SD card from in the phone...will that be addressed ?:icon_ devil:

I think we have what we have... just read the updates involved and I assume thats all we get with this update.

There is supposed to be another in Jan.

but when they use the general term "improvements" that could be anything.. so you can hope!

 

[Shel]

Here's a video from someone who had gotten the update:

Motorola Droid Firmware Update 2.01 GFQ Network

It confirms what I posted above. He purchased two Droids, from the same store, same day, same time, they even have the same plan, and one has gotten the update, the other hasn't.

There is NO pattern... just be patient.

 

[Martin030908]

Here's a video from someone who had gotten the update:

Motorola Droid Firmware Update 2.01 GFQ Network

It confirms what I posted above. He purchased two Droids, from the same store, same day, same time, they even have the same plan, and one has gotten the update, the other hasn't.

There is NO pattern... just be patient.

I was just wondering...

 

[cgunn82]

Just saw this on another forum:

Droid update schedule.
Just got this in my internal VZW e-mail:

All times are EST.

At noon on 12/7, 1,000 users will receive notification of the update.

At 11:59 pm on 12/7, 9,000 more users will receive the update notification.
After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 12/7, there will be a 48-hour period when no additional upgrades will be delivered.

On Day 3 (12/9), 200,000 users will receive the update notification at 11:59 pm. This schedule will continue each day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

 

[928Droid]

Nice pic posted by Spbeyond on the Andropid Forum showing some of the new "black" widgets from the update...me likey!

 

[cgunn82]

Just saw this on another forum:

Droid update schedule.
Just got this in my internal VZW e-mail:

All times are EST.

At noon on 12/7, 1,000 users will receive notification of the update.

At 11:59 pm on 12/7, 9,000 more users will receive the update notification.
After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 12/7, there will be a 48-hour period when no additional upgrades will be delivered.

On Day 3 (12/9), 200,000 users will receive the update notification at 11:59 pm. This schedule will continue each day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

 

[Vanilla Tarantino]

Just saw this on another forum:

Droid update schedule.
Just got this in my internal VZW e-mail:

All times are EST.

At noon on 12/7, 1,000 users will receive notification of the update.

At 11:59 pm on 12/7, 9,000 more users will receive the update notification.
After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 12/7, there will be a 48-hour period when no additional upgrades will be delivered.

On Day 3 (12/9), 200,000 users will receive the update notification at 11:59 pm. This schedule will continue each day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

Guess they're making sure they don't end up bricking phones before pushing the majority of the updates.

 

[Stigy]

Hopefully someone can find the update.zip by tonight.

 

[Backnblack]

Just saw this on another forum:

Droid update schedule.
Just got this in my internal VZW e-mail:

All times are EST.

At noon on 12/7, 1,000 users will receive notification of the update.

At 11:59 pm on 12/7, 9,000 more users will receive the update notification.
After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 12/7, there will be a 48-hour period when no additional upgrades will be delivered.

On Day 3 (12/9), 200,000 users will receive the update notification at 11:59 pm. This schedule will continue each day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

Nice...Looks like they have a plan if it's FUBAR...

 

[pattib]

There was no sound. I turned on the phone and got a popup.

Thus far I've noticed no dramatic differences other than the unlock screen, but I haven't used the phone extensively. I have a 415 area code, and my number ends in 01.

The one thing that's possibly of interest is that I contacted Verizon's tech support about an inability to send a text message to one particular number. The update seems to have fixed that bug. Yay!

 

[Flowah]

Why ..... this is such a tease! I WANT MY UPDATE!