Droid Doesn’t – Android 2.1 Delayed A-G-A-I-N
Posted on 18 March 2010 by androidfever
Motorola Droid owners were already promised and refused Android 2.1 once before and now it has happened again. Yesterday we saw Verizon announce Droid 2.1 update information and heard Motorola say that at 12 noon a limited number of people would get the update before rolling it out to the masses shortly after. Well, noon has passed and zero people have gotten the update with an expected zero people to have gotten it by the end of the day.
This internal screenshot leaked at Engadget explains it all:
To summarize in Shakespearean form:
Verizon/Moto: Art thou hungry?
Droid Owners: Starving!
Verizon/Moto: We hath brought edible delights to quench thy deepest hungers!
Droid Owners: Thank you!
Verizon/Moto: Just kidding
Droid Owners: ?
Verizon/Moto: Go away
Excuse me but I’m trying to distract myself from depressing reality of the situation.
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They are really letting Android down for Droid users.
Hell, they released the phone with bugs. Who would be bent out of shape if the update has a few?
They should have upped the framework to 2.1 without adding any live wallpapers/gallery/other 2.1 goodies so we could at least lower some of the OS fragmentation. Then around now they could be hot on a 2.1.1 with all the goodies running perfect.
That’s why the do a limited rollout, people. Sometimes, there are problems. We don’t know where these problems are. They could be Motorola, they could be Verizon. I suspect the latter since I had no data at all on my phone earlier this morning, but anything is possible.
@fupadroid: That’s a fallacious argument. Did you buy your computer from Comcast?
The OTA update comes from Motorola over Verizon’s network.
A phone isn’t exactly like your Windows machine. This is specialized to each device’s individual specs. You just can’t use general specs for a phone. It has to tested & tailored for a high degree of quality. I’d rather see all the carriers take their time & get a high quality build of Android 2.1, then to release a bad update that bricks phones left & right.
The problem is instant gratification. I’ve been with phones that got bad updates & it was a nightmare. You don’t want to go through this much in the way Samsung Instinct users did on Sprint’s network. Let them do it right instead of rushing 2.1 out the door.
Rooting isn’t the option for all of us. When I first installed droidmod it was great. But overtime it began to bog down and the force closes became more and more frequent.
people just root (while you can)….
more options and you’ll have all of the things this update is promising and more….
as many problems as Moto/Verizon has had with this update release, I would bet this will be the last update Droid owners see….
… and the serpent said “eat of the fruit of knowledge” and… aww crap… son of a b…..
i dont understand why you have to wait for a cellular provider for an OS update. that would be like me having to ask comcast everytime my windows XP needed an update…
google needs to release this shit themselves. come on people. a phone is the same fucking thing as a computer. stop with this nonsense
Yes, ROOT FTW!
Root ftw.
it seems that the best android to get is a tmobile stock android phone. updates are always on time.
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we’ve reached a new milestone in waiting for this Droid update (pun intentional).
I’m thinking that my next android phone is going to be supported directly by Google. Good lord.
grrr