Release Date On Gingerbread???

[Haiasi]

I don't think the x2 will get gingerbread. It can barely handle froyo. It has less AVAILABLE RAM than the droid 1

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Well I know for a fact that the D1 had a total of 256mb of ram available for the phone. The X and X2 both have a total of 512mb of ram. How much ram remaining isn't as big of a deal if the OS is properly managing processes and activities within those processes. Having more ram on a device is definitely good, but if you're not using a task killer or anything that forces a certain amount of ram to remain free, you shouldn't be experiencing any real performance issues.

Personally I think once we get a couple of roms (hopefully a CM7 port) the phone will scream.

And since rooting, freezing all the unneeded bloat, replacing the launcher and running the android supercharger script, my X2 is absolutely Screaming fast with no issues whatsoever. Quadrant score on the device before any mods and without root was between 2800-2850. Now it's hitting about 3350-3400.


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[Mavic]

Yeah. The phone definitely has potential to open up and scream, limited memory or not. With it having the same amount of memory as X1 and people saying the Gingerbread update was a huge improvement of speed, the X2 with the Tegra should take GB without question.

 

[Haiasi]

Yeah. The phone definitely has potential to open up and scream, limited memory or not. With it having the same amount of memory as X1 and people saying the Gingerbread update was a huge improvement of speed, the X2 with the Tegra should take GB without question.

I'm still on the fence about GB. I already froze all the updater files on my X2 so an OTA wont push (unless its a bootloader unlock lol) because GB feels slow and looks kinda fugly to me. I mean this is a DROID. Its always been presented as a badass black and red device on commercials. And having this light airy theme with blue just doesn't fit with the device IMO.

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[Mavic]

I'm still on the fence about GB. I already froze all the updater files on my X2 so an OTA wont push (unless its a bootloader unlock lol) because GB feels slow and looks kinda fugly to me. I mean this is a DROID. Its always been presented as a badass black and red device on commercials. And having this light airy theme with blue just doesn't fit with the device IMO.

While I agree, it seems the cosmetics of GB are already there. I use Launcher Pro anyways, so the look and feel won't change a bit. However, I also have my updater frozen. I want to see the changelog and hear user reviews before any updating takes place. If it is receiving praise, then I will surely update.

 

[whodidthis]

I don't think the x2 will get gingerbread. It can barely handle froyo. It has less AVAILABLE RAM than the droid 1

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Well I know for a fact that the D1 had a total of 256mb of ram available for the phone. The X and X2 both have a total of 512mb of ram. How much ram remaining isn't as big of a deal if the OS is properly managing processes and activities within those processes. Having more ram on a device is definitely good, but if you're not using a task killer or anything that forces a certain amount of ram to remain free, you shouldn't be experiencing any real performance issues.

Personally I think once we get a couple of roms (hopefully a CM7 port) the phone will scream.

And since rooting, freezing all the unneeded bloat, replacing the launcher and running the android supercharger script, my X2 is absolutely Screaming fast with no issues whatsoever. Quadrant score on the device before any mods and without root was between 2800-2850. Now it's hitting about 3350-3400.


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Dude what did u freeze? because I did the same (root, froze, supercharge, replaced launcher) but my score is still 25-2600...

 

[turboteal]

Dude im with you, I've done root, charge & sd card speed& my quadrant score is 2780. What did u freeze or is it the new loader

 

[turboteal]

Tell me what u did to get a 3400toyota score

 

[winjaylearning]

I for one will be glad when gingerbread update shows up. Interested to see what options it will have available before rooting.

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[kingsway8605]

I don't think the x2 will get gingerbread. It can barely handle froyo. It has less AVAILABLE RAM than the droid 1

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Well I know for a fact that the D1 had a total of 256mb of ram available for the phone. The X and X2 both have a total of 512mb of ram. How much ram remaining isn't as big of a deal if the OS is properly managing processes and activities within those processes. Having more ram on a device is definitely good, but if you're not using a task killer or anything that forces a certain amount of ram to remain free, you shouldn't be experiencing any real performance issues.

Personally I think once we get a couple of roms (hopefully a CM7 port) the phone will scream.

And since rooting, freezing all the unneeded bloat, replacing the launcher and running the android supercharger script, my X2 is absolutely Screaming fast with no issues whatsoever. Quadrant score on the device before any mods and without root was between 2800-2850. Now it's hitting about 3350-3400.


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You are wrong. RAM in phone does not equal RAM available to phone.

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[discfanatic]

Ok. I'm a complete noob to DROIDX2 and android os. I've recently upgraded and gotten the X2 and I'm very impressed. I'm wondering though about these benchmark scores. I've recently posted a 2759 on Quadrant and I think that's phenomenal considering it has had not software changes or performance tweaks. With overclocking wont that decrease battery and quipment life? Also, what are some of the most common "safe" and simple performance tweaks that are being done with this device? By the way...when the Bionic first debuted it was only posting between 2200-2400 benchmarks. That's with ddr ram, not flash. I'd to say the X2 is doing just fine right out of the box. And is GB is all its been for the X then dual core optimization should trully make this monster scream.

 

[kingsway8605]

Ok. I'm a complete noob to DROIDX2 and android os. I've recently upgraded and gotten the X2 and I'm very impressed. I'm wondering though about these benchmark scores. I've recently posted a 2759 on Quadrant and I think that's phenomenal considering it has had not software changes or performance tweaks. With overclocking wont that decrease battery and quipment life? Also, what are some of the most common "safe" and simple performance tweaks that are being done with this device? By the way...when the Bionic first debuted it was only posting between 2200-2400 benchmarks. That's with ddr ram, not flash. I'd to say the X2 is doing just fine right out of the box. And is GB is all its been for the X then dual core optimization should trully make this monster scream.

We have become obsessed with hardware, probably because the tech blogs that drive sales don't understand computer electronics. Software is extremely important and nobody ever takes this into account. For instance, iOS can run better on a phone than Windows runs on a netbook. Memory leaks, bloatware wasting the phones power, etc are all detrimental to hardware.

Motoblur eats through hardware specs like its candy.

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[Erock13]

Ok. I'm a complete noob to DROIDX2 and android os. I've recently upgraded and gotten the X2 and I'm very impressed. I'm wondering though about these benchmark scores. I've recently posted a 2759 on Quadrant and I think that's phenomenal considering it has had not software changes or performance tweaks. With overclocking wont that decrease battery and quipment life? Also, what are some of the most common "safe" and simple performance tweaks that are being done with this device? By the way...when the Bionic first debuted it was only posting between 2200-2400 benchmarks. That's with ddr ram, not flash. I'd to say the X2 is doing just fine right out of the box. And is GB is all its been for the X then dual core optimization should trully make this monster scream.

We have become obsessed with hardware, probably because the tech blogs that drive sales don't understand computer electronics. Software is extremely important and nobody ever takes this into account. For instance, iOS can run better on a phone than Windows runs on a netbook. Memory leaks, bloatware wasting the phones power, etc are all detrimental to hardware.

Motoblur eats through hardware specs like its candy.

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Pathetically true.. but thats what drives sales.. "droid x2 with nvidia tegra 2 dual core" sounds alot "cooler" than, "droid x2 with optimized motoblur and gingerbread"

 

[captain howdy]

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/0...-pro-gingerbread-updates-rejected-by-verizon/
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[p1ngputts]

Droid 2 And Droid Pro Gingerbread Updates Rejected by Verizon?
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this is enough reason why we shouldn't be in a hurry. 2.2 is plenty for the time being until the bugs can get worked out.

 

[k1ngr4t]

Droid 2 And Droid Pro Gingerbread Updates Rejected by Verizon?
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Well at least they said something and we have a ballpark timeframe...instead of just blowing us off until we randomly see the "updates available" notification.