If you need some hand-holding (and there's nothing wrong with that), watch our video how-to here.
The Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.1 update! Finally! It's finally here! Only, it's not here for everybody. Such is the way over-the-air updates go. A few people get them at first, and then the rest of us. Fortunately, you can now update manually. (Note: This method does not -- repeat: NOT -- require root access, deals with the devil or any sort of Pagan sacrifice.) Here's how.
- Download the update from any of these links. [Official Location 1 | Location 2 | Location 4] (Note to Mac users: Don't use Safari as it may try to extract the files rather than just download them.)
- Rename the file to "update.zip" if it isn't already. (Note that if you're using Windows, just change the name to "update" -- without the quotes.
- Put the file in the root (aka main folder) of your microSD card. (You can pull the card from the phone, or use our method here.)
- With your Droid turned off, hold down the letter "x" on the keyboard and then hold down the power button. You should soon see a triangle with an exclamation point inside.
- Now for the tricky part. Press the volume up button and the camera button at the same time. (This usually takes me a few tries.) Erm, though it's much easier if you let go of the power button first.
- You should now be in the bootloader. Use the D-pad to choose "update from .zip file" and choose the update. Let things run their course.
That's it! You should now be updated to Android 2.1. Congrats! We're in the midst up updating our own phones, so let us know in the comments how it's going. (But do remember that you're doing this manual update at your own risk.) [via Android Central Forums; Download links via AndroidForums and AllDroid]
Update: Killed Location 3, and renamed Location 1 to make it clear it's the official download from Google.
Update 2: OK, to answer a few of your questions:
- This *is* the official update. The only difference is that you're installing it yourself instead of waiting for it to be pushed out to your phone. Otherwise, all is Kosher.
- Technically, this is "Android 2.1-update1," same as what was sent to the Nexus One a month or so ago. The "-update1" part has nothing to do with installing it manually.
- Yeah, you'll probably lose root when you apply this update. But anything worth rooting once is worth rooting twice.
- Yes, you can do this entire process on your phone. Just download the file to the microSD card, make sure it's named "update.zip," and other wise follow the same instructions.
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F#CKING FINALLY!
I F#CKING second that!
Anyone else getting an apply_patch_check error? I removed the stock AlarmClock.apk, but I've since readded it and it still throws this...
"assert_failed: apply_patch_check" and then mentions AlarmClock.apk and a bunch of numbers.
Any help is appreciated.
I give. My phone errors when it tries to patch AlarmClock.apk, why? I have no idea!
So I'm having the same problem except the error has to do with Browser.apk. Now, I removed the default browser from my droid and put the Milestone browser on there. Maybe thats the issue. I don't know. But let me know if you find a fix for yours.
I had to download update-stock.zip (which I renamed to update.zip and placed on my SDCard, then I installed the app "ROM Manager" and within ROM Manager: "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery", then "Flash Alternate Recovery", and finally Reboot into Recovery, went to Install, and then selected something about allowing to use update.zip (its a menu item, you'll see it), and finally then scrolled down to install update.zip
I'm finally on 2.1 after 4 and a half hours of messing around, but I've lost Root Access and am now running at stock CPU speed, versus 1Ghz. Was it worth it? No. Hopefully 2.1 gets rooted very soon!
This article on DroidLife is what got me to 2.1: http://bit.ly/d8dlQr
I F*CKING LOVE YOU GUYS!
press both at the same time but, press the volume up button first.
Got to the exclamation point screen, but pressing the cama button and the volume up at the same time isn't doing anything. Any tips?
AND I JUST HAD F&@KIN THIRD IT BECAUSE I CAN'T RESIST!
so for the rest of us are we just too little too late? cause i did everything an it says failed...
It worked great. My boyfriend got the update by push on his phone and he doesn't seem to have a lag but I do. I hope that I can get this fixed..
Morning. Just saw this thread. Hope this isn't a newbie question, but, will this update work on an Eris?????
No this update is for the Motorola Droid, the Eris of course is made by HTC and uses Sense UI so it is a completely different brand / software build. Keep your fingers crossed and wait for HTC to push 2.1.
I think update only for moto Droid atm. we Eris users do have an unofficial 2.1 update. do a quick search here.
now do i update, or wait for a droidmod update?
decisions, decisions...
Thanks for the tip.
I did the 2.1 unofficial update on my previous Eris, and it worked great. A big improvement over 1.5. Then there was a hardware failure, and V. replaced it. I will wait a couple weeks for the ota update, before I do the unofficial update again.
Where's the Telus Milestone update? :(
Installed perfectly; runs great.
Just updated mine and it rocks... what's new other than live wallpapers, pinch zoom, andan awesome gallery?
The update worked perfectly. Downloaded the file directly to my phone, then used ASTRO File Manager to move the update.zip file from the downloads folder to the SD card root. No problems at all. The live wallpapers are pretty sweet.
another succesfull update using this method. I don't know if it was just because I was nervous, but it did seem to stay longer on the droid eye during the first boot-up after installing the update.
I had a false start, but I think it was because the file I downloaded (choice #2 above) was faulty, or it was just a bad download. I tried again with choice #3 and it worked. Although I had to hold down the x-power keys and the volume-camera key for a while to get the Droid to respond. The actual update takes a couple of minutes. Do you need to disconnect the phone from the computer while you perform the update?
When it's done, do we need "reboot system now" from the bootloader menu?
Yes, reboot.
did anyone else do it and not have additional home screens?
Motorola did not add additional home screens to the 2.1 update. Must be a Nexus One thing...
Worked Great. Testing it out now. First boot was kinda long, but that expected.
It did take awhile for it to boot. But it got there eventually.
Mirror 4 file did not seem to work for me. Mirror 1 file installed without error.
Yeah, I still only have 3 screens. what else was this update supposed to do?
does this works with the milestone update that's available on the internet?
Worked great for me! Thanks.
Instead of fighting with trying to push volume up and camera at the same time, after about 6 failed attempts I tried other things, pushing and holding volume up THEN pushing camera worked immediately.
This may save some of you some hassle.
Updating now.....will report back when done.
Thanks
Good point... a lot of people don't realize you don't HAVE to push these 2 or 3 buttons exactly simultaneously on these phones. Same on the HTC made phones... you can hold one down and push the other one and it works great.
I second this question
What a time saver!! Thank you... That took me about 20 minutes before I saw your easy to fix issue :p
If running droidmod do I need to unroot first?
Updated! DL'd the file and xfer'd to card via windows. No problems whatsoever!
thanks for the tip! im a newbie to this phone, a BB convert, and loving it! the first mirror file worked great! no probs. even got the "tricky part" on the first try. i wish the update was more signifigant though. more homescreens would have been nice. but hey, at least motorola gave the masses SOMETHING to chew on.
if i do this and not wait on ota will it void the 1year factory warrenty
I don't mean to sound like a noob, but what is the ROOT file on the SD called (if anything)?
When your completly updated do you need to keep the update.zip file anymore?
I believe you're referring to the 3d launcher. It's been known for a while now that it wouldn't be in the update. Not sure why, but perhaps the droid couldn't handle it. Still only 3 screens, but I'm using Helix with no issues (7 screens).
To the poster about the battery, how can you be sure it hasn't improved the battery if you just installed?
only the OTA update get the 9 home screens
If you do this will you still get an ota notification is this the same update Verizon will push out
I don't have any new screens or the new toolbar whatever you call it where the apps fade up.... WTF
That isn't part of 2.1 for the Droid. There is no additional screens or the 3D app drawer.
Worked flawlessly and was very easy to do.
I think the anticipation and hype ruined it for some people. It's still a good update.
I dont think this was worth all this wait! I was planning on getting the Palm Pre + and I figured, why not wait for the update for the Droid, seeing as it is so anticipated. So I waited...and waited....and patiently, WAITED! Finally this morning I get this update and I can not believe what a waste it was. It fixed nothing! Did nothing! Nothing special...Wow, live wallpapers....who cares...I dont want another product on my phone to burn through my battery...Fix my battery, give me something that I can use, not a live wallpaper...
Motorola, after waiting 2 months from the date of your supposed execution of this update, I am 110% Dissapointed.
I am going Palm Pre.
Anyone who feels the same way, email me
Jsperber635@gmail.com
Your an idiot and palm is a joke. Enjoy:P
If you want a smaller screen, an even crappies keyboard, way worse battery life, a non existent app store, fragile hardware and GPS that flat out doesn't work (no matter what they say about worarounds... Then congratulations! The pre will be a great phone for you.
I have had both phones the whole time, and waiting for the exact same thing... what his 2.1 going to do? will it be great? BUST? or will it ever happend.... Well finally it did, and I have to say BLAH.... during this whole time, the PRE gets better, and better, and better.... and now I am selling the Droid on Craigs list?
Anyone interested? $325... to the first one who wants it.. I am tired of this, some one else can have this, and I will still with the PRE...
Palm Pre, all the way... or at least until Verizon gets the iphone. Sorry - I really like the Droid, but its just lacking that something? The Pre and the iphone provides, the smooth, working of a device... I really like the APPS for the Droid, but I will have to suffer on that end for a little while, while the WebOS contiues to move at GOOD speed may I add... Sorry - But I have to do what I have to do, and I will miss the Droid....
Contact me, dontera at gmail
Are you sure about that? Have you ever actually used a palm pre?? They are slow as fuck compared to the droid. Not to mention lacking in the app department. Enjoy getting frustrated with the gesture only navigation too.
Well if you were disappointed by the lack of features in this update you're not going to be happy with a Pre. I had a Pre (as did many here) and left for Android, because the only true benefit that webOS has over Android is the card / multi-tasking interface and guess what, that shit gets old as you find it bitches at you for having too many cards open but you have NONE open sometimes even on fresh restarts! The app selection is way worse, the speed isn't that great and the hardware is pure junk. I'm sorry but that BS slider idea needs to go back to the drawing board because it is faulty as hell. Anyway, good luck with that.
I have the pre now.. and I have rooted and overclocked it to 800mhz... and this thing is faster than my droid... its amazing.. I am not unhappy... I have been using them both, and I do like the droid very much... dont get me wrong... but the Pre is just super fast with the new Overclock that I have, and installing all patches from the HomeBrew Team - at PreCentral... they are great... Just like Androidcentral..... Dont get me wrong.. the Droid is Great... but i just see a bit more future -- ie depending on when Google buys them, and i think WEBOS is wild.... I dont know.. I am just getting tired of all the promises you know... it gets old... Dont you guys?
Ive had the droid since day 1. I switched to palm pre + when it came out. I really enjoyed it, the form factor, but all in all, I returned it after 3 weeks and went back to my droid. I do miss some things about it, but it lagged compared to the droid. the gesture concept was awesome and it is truely a multitasking machine and swtching between apps was som much easier. I just wish it had a better screen (like the droid) and was faster and had the support by the developers out there like the droid. It is not a joke. I say give it a try and see for yourself.
used link 4, no problems.
Note: reboot takes longer then usual the first time.
DON'T PANIC. ;-)
Thanks!
Thanks for the links. I had been running a DroidMod but was looking to get the real thing and was going to be traveling and didn't want to wait for the ota update. Ran the update and it appears to have worked. Thanks again.
BLUETOOTH!!!!
I Called my phone, and use the "answer phone" function on the Blueant Z9i, and it FREAKING WORKED!!!! No phone touch required.
can anybody else confirm?
Not in a car, no external help, just my blueant and the droid.
Kaufkin
I downloaded the update and now my phone is stuck cycling between the droid and red eye boot animations. Anyone else have this problem or have any suggestions on how to fix it?
Installed from Mirror 1 with no problems at all. THANKS A MILLION!!!
Now all we need is Flash
For what? Ads while we surf the web?
So I can listen to Sirius/XM via the web since there is currently no app.
I'm having a problem moving the .zip file to the SD root folder via Astro (I'm at work and can't use the computer) - I can only find the root folder on what appears to be not on my SD card - I can't even find a folder named root on my sd card - any suggestions??
The root folder isn't a folder called root--it's the base folder on your SD card. Go up in the file structure of the card as far as you can, and that's root.
Using Astro, put the file in the /sdcard folder, thats the root of the SD card. I was accidentally trying to put it in the "/" directory which is the root directory of the phone, not the SD card.
Google Earth + multi-touch + My Droid = HOLY S**T.
I did the manual install and everything works perfectly, with the exception that I can't seem to install Google Earth. It does not appear in the Market on my phone, nor can I use the link at http://www.google.com/mobile/earth/ to have it install. What I get is an error message that flashes so briefly I can't make out what it says.
Worked like a charm. Downloaded from Location 1..
Took about 5 minutes.. All good. Live wallpapers.. so far so good..
Thanks!
My Firmware version says "2.1-update1"...is this what the OTA people see?
update was easy, but why no extra screens?? I'd rather not use a third party app to get extra screens. ya know? other than that all is well!
Worked well. Red eye does stake a long time on first reboot. Don't be alarmed.
Is it true the OVA update changes the number of screens to 9? If so, if you use the manual way will you still get the OVA at some point to get the additional screens?
Thank you!
NO, this is not true.
The root isn't a folder persay..its the main directory where the folders reside.
Do I need to be rooted to update
Nope.
The update worked great for me! Thanks guys! Both my wife's and mine are now 2.1 inside of 10 minutes! :-)
Im gonna just wait for the ota i waited this long whats a few more days
How do I move file to root area
I'm noticing a "News and Weather" app that wasn't there before as well.
updated and testing, not a fan of the new basic keyboard set up, i'm kind of in tune with my comma button and not have to hit two keys rather than one. Sure, i can drop the speech to text but can't the button be someplace less common than the comma area. lol get it...nm. groan. Still testing, hope to see some good points here :D
First time poster, be gentle - I bruise easily.
So is this the update that Verizon promised will be rolled out Thursday? (tomorrow?) If I wait a day at a minimum, can I save myself from having to follow these steps? Or should I just go ahead and update?
It is not hard at all to do. Takes at most 2 or 3 minutes. Go ahead.
Same here...no multi touch in the browser at all
Just updated - totally worth it. Took about 5 minutes. The Live Wallpaper alone makes the update worth it. I was pinch zoom worked in the onboard Office app though. Plus, the comma key getting the boot for the speech-to-text key is kinda annoying. Other than that, awesome update.
I did the update, however I can't get multi-touch to work in the browser. Is there something that needs to be turned on???
yay it worked now what has changed?
Not exactly the greatest thing in the world. Always a letdown when the update is actually available. It is good but can never live up to the expectations and hope. Plus, HTC has now made me lust for the new 4G phone on Sprint, so I can't quite be totally happy now no matter how great 2.1 is on the Droid.
HOLY CRAP I LOVE THIS PHONE!
I bet you the nexus one is going to have 2.2 in a week and we are all going to be pissed as all hell. I WANT 2.2 NOW!
Live Wallpapers
Speech to Text - SMS and email tested, similar to the navigation. Enunciate fools.
Gallery is very nice. Where did I miss that it would sync with your Picassa account. Simply sick.
Pinch zoom on the native browser. Uninstalled the Dolphin browser, returning to the stock browser.
Worth waiting for the update. Simple to install via the instructions provided by Phil, or using Astro (as mentioned earlier in the thread) to move to root.
Have upped the brightness timeout and haven't killed any apps to informally and unscientifically look at the battery life.
Well done Android Central and Phil.
Installed perfectly on my. You're right, the "volume up" + "camera" button combo and take a couple of tries but it works. Thanks for posting this. Loving the live wallpapers. Is the pinch zoom and option somewhere or should it be enabled for all applications or just certain applications?
HELP!! Anyone have any suggestions? After choosing to reboot after the installing the update, my Moto Droid has been cycling through the red eye and droid logo for now over an hour!! My phone was stock and didn't have any rooting or software versions prior. What should I do? Pull the battery? Very worried about bricking my phone here.
Do I need to extract the files to the main folder? I downloaded directly to my phone, but ASTRO won't let me move it.
Long hold, select move. Go up one folder (i.e root), menu button, Paste. And no, don't extract.
Long-press, FOOL!
Tomatoe, Tomato Foool
Thanks I was going up two folders.
Been working great for me, initial reboot did take some time as others are reporting. I used mirror one.
Used the link straight from Google at https://android.clients.google.com/updates/voles/signed-voles-ESE81-from...
to make sure it was legit. Advantages:
1) Got the download on my OWN schedule
2) Installed much faster than the Verizon-predicted 40 minute phone OTA update
3) Painless
-Problems noted so far:
1) I can't download Google Earth (download unsuccessful), but there could just be a download-overload going on
2) My DockAwake App swapped the "lighting" and "Home" icons around.. wierd
**When you all get a chance, let's create a 2.1 "Bug List" forum for all of the Apps that didn't make the transition.**
-Cheers
re "Used the link straight from Google at ... to make sure it was legit".. that's a good point.
What's the vetting process like for these unofficial official updates? How do we know that they are the same update as the OTA update?
Worked like a charm
Everything seems to be working great with the exception of the multi-touch on the native browser and I can't download anything from the market...every time I try it says there's an error....
Scratch that, multi touch working on browser, still can dl from market.
Marketplace downloads working fine for me after update.
Worked Like a charm. Thanks to the community for getting this out there since I was too anxious to wait. With both the original homescreens and the 7 available with the helix launcher I we now have up to 10 homescreens available to customize. As much as I travel I am interested to see how much the maps live wallpaper will suck the battery. It's a cool Idea but we'll have to see how efficient it is. I already had the maps update as well as google earth, but it is nice to get multitouch in the browser.
I just watched my coworker apply the update and it worked flawlessly. He used Location 4.
thanks for the update! now that i did that, whats going to happen when the OTA update rolls out?
well... I got it from Mirror 3, and it said everything was unpacked and worked, and then when I rebooted it, I can't see any differences. How can I verify that it worked? any suggestions, I'm not overly phone savvy.
I dont have any folder named Root or anything I can figure would be Root. There is a folder names Android, but not sure of thats it or not. I am too chicken I will wait for the official update......
When they say the Root folder, they are referring to the very first folder on your SD card. As soon as you plug it in and select "Removable Disk" on Windows, that's the root folder.
Don't worry about being chicken; I downloaded and installed the update in all of five minutes. Works like a charm.
Ummm...I had no idea the gallery app would automatically start pulling in my Picasa web albums!!!! THAT IS EPIC! Makes me glad I've been a Picasa user for so long...
Update worked flawless. Just a couple of things that might help. The easiest way to transfer the Update.zip file to the phone is with a USB cord for those of you that have one. If not, download Astro File Manager and move it into the Root(main) directory. I had trouble trying to press the volume and camera buttons at the same. This IS NOT necessary. Press and hold the volume up button THEN press the camera button....worked great for me. Reboot takes a long time as others have pointed out. I also noticed massive lag when switching between home screens right after boot but that has gone away now and everything runs smooth.
Running Neural Network as wallpaper and new gallery kicks ass. Don't forget to d/l Google Earth from the market.
THE 2ND LOCATION DOESN'T WORK. I used that one the first time, and a different bootloader launched...I downloaded it again from location 3, and everything went fine!
I just had the same problem, I am not sure which download I did originally, but i went back and downloaded from the first "Official 1" update. Then I renamed it and put it in the root directory. I had tried it in the "dcim" directory, since that is where most of my stuff is, but it came up with the same error you had. Try getting the "official 1" update and put it in the "main root directory" which means if you plug in your droid and it comes up as Drive E, just drop the update.zip into E and go through the process. I did that and mine just popped up as I was typing this out. Good luck.
Umm. everything went fine until I went to apply sdcard:update.zip
(I downloaded from first site)
It says:
E:Can't open/cache/recovery/command
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package..
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
What do I do know? i followed every step but now this comes up. Can I turn off the power and restart the phone or do i have to do something else now? I dont want to ruin/brick the phone. Any help? My phone is not rooted or anything.
I should have just waited...
nick
Can you select reboot at the top?
Yes, i can select "reboot system now"
Is it ok to do that and the phone will return to how it was? Thanks,
Press Restart... you will be fine
Rename the file to UPDATE. Don't add the .zip, and it should work. Took me 4 times to figure that one out. Damn Vista.
I think you bricked the phone.
If I have my phone currently on silent and do this update, when it gets done and comes back on, will it still be one silent or is it going do say "DROID!!!" really loud? I need to know, because I can't have it going off at work.
I haven't done the update yet, about to, but after reading all these comments, I need to speak up...
I switched from a Blackberry Curve to the Droid the day it came out. I am a business owner and get about 200-250 emails per day that I have to reply to. My productivity has gone down about 10-15% going from Blackberry to Droid. The keyboard is a complete waste, I never open it, it just makes my phone bigger than it should be. But the most frustrating thing about the phone, is the constant lag, bugs, crashes, and just lack of response to various COMMON phone functions.
That's what I want fixed. I really could care less about any new feature. F pinch/zoom, F the new gallery, F live wallpapers, why would I want more new things to slow down my phone? I want the PHONE to work as a phone!
I'm tired of often typing ahead of the onscreen keyboard only to realize that when the words come up, half are misspelled because the onscreen keyboard sensitivity on this phone is crap. My fiance has a Droid Eris with 1.6 and that onscreen keyboard is 100x more accurate in both modes (horizontal/vertical) then the Droid's. Is that fixed in the update?
I'm tired of the WAIT / FORCE CLOSE on CORE APPS! Messaging, Gmail, Maps, Browser! I just want to use the phone for 90% phone. The apps are great and that's the reason I'm still with the phone, but I actually need to use this phone for productivity, not just as a toy.
My buddy has one of the first android phones, the HTC (white one, can't remember the name) and its running 1.6 - also truly makes my phone look so much worse than his. His flies. It never hangs up. Never crashes. Keyboard is accurate. Switching from horizontal to vertical modes, is pretty much instantaneous, while I have to shake my phone half the time for it to realize I turned it.
Even the common things like pushing the home button or back button, is hit or miss. Sometimes its instant, other times it take 3-4 seconds, and other times it just won't go and tell me to WAIT / FORCE CLOSE and after finally go when it decides to.
Now I know this isn't the hardware. I know other Droid owners like my brother who experience the same thing. This is my second one, as my first one did this and I exchanged it thinking it was a lemon, its not.
Of course the critics here will start dissecting my apps, and why my phone lags. I dont have many apps, as I said, I use the phone mostly for common things.
I have Gesture - because unlike Blackberry where you can type a few letters of a name on the homescreen and find them subcutaneously among the 1000+ contacts, on this phone, scrolling is a bitch. So I had to get an app that would shortcut to a name quickly - still about 30x longer than blackberry if you ask me.
Twitdroid, My Verizon, Movies, Yelp, Got To Do, Google Maps, visual voice mail, places directory, tuner - gstrings (for guitar tuning).
That's it. I don't think that's a lot of apps and as you can tell they are mostly productive apps, for me being on the go.
So I guess I'm reaching out to everyone, and asking, am I really the only one who is hoping that this update just makes the phone work as it works... with the core features it came with out of the box, and could care less about the 'new' features?
Here goes nothing...
I bet your down 20% now after typing all that.
My advice would be to head back to your local Verizon store to look into getting your particular unit exchanged. We have two Droids in my family, and we are very heavy business users as well. And I can honestly say that neither of us has EVER experienced what you are reporting. My experience has been that the core apps are absolutely bulletproof. Since late December, I've never experienced the crash of a core app. And the performance of both of our phones is very snappy. I've never experienced any kind of lag, or the ability to type ahead of the display.
The only time I've ever experienced any unstable apps is with some buggy third party apps purchased from the Marketplace. But for 99 cents, I figure I get what I get.
Seriously, your experience is 180 degrees counter to mine.
Thanks - last time I went and exchanged for this one, it was a big ordeal - took 2 hours to get them to do it - but if this update doesn't fix it I will.
One thing - I run multiple gmail accounts, one is a google apps (company email account) the other is a gmail...
I dont know if that matters, but I'm trying to list any possible differences that may be causing this for me. Thanks DDancer.
I also have two Gmail accounts, one personal and one from business G-Apps account. My Droid has had none of the problems you describe. It has had very few force closes, mostly on third party apps, one or twice in Google Maps. However I do hate the email handling compared to BB.
I just did the update and am now going to see if it is now able to handle my exchange server account, etc. I have lost my non-Gmail accounts 3 times (before update for no apparent reason) and have had to reenter them. Then the mail headers and bodies are sometimes mismatched. I really hope that this is fixed. The fact that the accounts are still there after the update bodes well. Everything else is fine. No lags as has been reported. Don't know about battery yet.
I used the official first link - downloaded on phone - renamed to "update" moved to root of SDCard with Astro... slick.
Glad I don't have to wait for verizon and their crap OTA update... Lame way to do it.
It did take a while for my system to fully reboot - stuck on that "droid eye" for several minutes.
Firmware is now: 2.1-update1
Yes, me too! It sucks. It says"Download unsuccessful, please try again"
Anyone else having issues with market downloads?
Works like a charm. First boot takes forever. Wish I could implant it in my brain.
Ok so my buddy who didnt update says he cant get on the market either right now. So overload looks like this is the issue.
If you hit the volume up key first then the camera button it seems to work better..did it a few times..:)
Yes I am having the app store problem too.. Can't download anything.
Can you still root your Droid after updating? I heard mumblings not too far back that the official update may remove the ability to root your Droid and I'd prefer to have that option.
I am having an issue... i rebooted it after loading the update successfully... and it doing from DROID to the loading eye over and over again... anyone else having this issue?
yes, but having that issue after downloading system updates directly from phone/OS menu. How do I get my phone back!!! keeps looping the "DROID" icon but never boots....help!
WORKS LIKE A CHARM. LOVE THE LIVE WALLPAPER AND PINCH ZOOM. SWEET
"I am having an issue... i rebooted it after loading the update successfully... and it doing from DROID to the loading eye over and over again... anyone else having this issue?" YES IT WILL STAY ON THE DROID EYE FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. THEN IT WILL LOAD UP.
actually no it won't. mine has been going between the eye and the droid word for a long time and it has yet to start up so instead of answering like that try and understand we have been waiting for longer than a minute or two and it WILL NOT START UP, JUST KEEPS CYCLING. HELP US!!!
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This blows. I tried Location 1 first, then Location 2 with the same result. Update seems to go fine, but it will not boot. Any suggestions?
did you ever figure this out? i updated system directly from phone/OS and now it won't boot...stuck in the "DROID" icon screen. help! i've pulled battery a million times, let it work overnight...for hours and it won't boot.