this morning's android 2.1 ota update droid rumors
Monday, February 15, 2010what's better on a monday morning that some android 2.1 ota update rumors? our "end of the week" has come and gone and motorola has left us with nothing except this timeline which uses the buzzword of the month, "soon" in glorious fashion. many have lost hope and have also moved on from even thinking about the update, but there are still a few running wild with rumors, speculation and fuel for this fire we refuse to put out. enjoy...
droidforums.net member on flash coming with 2.1...
First time poster, long time reader. I do contract work for Verizon every so often. Today while working I asked the manager about 2.1. Was informed that the update will roll out the end of the month WITH FLASH! He said the inclusion of flash was the reason for the delay. By now I know not to get too excited but it makes sense and the guy seemed to know what he was talking about.droid life reader larry with confirmation for today...
So I went to Verizon this morning in reference to a jbl speaker that busted on me anyway I asked an employee about 2.1 for Droid and he said it will come out today and Droid Eris will be shortly after the Verizon store I went to is in Vidalia,GAand finally, a forum dweller who is living in rooted la-la land...
I'm over it and I know most of you are too. 2.1 is over rated and missing some key features that all of the custom ROM's already have. For those of you wanting 2.1, do yourself a favor and install a custom ROM. There are a few out there but I'm running sholes, and others have had good luck with BB.the few phones out there that are un-rooted? you mean the 2,499,900 that are un-rooted? anyway, this is likely our last rumor post as the speculation has gotten a little out of hand. if we have official news, we'll definitely have it for you, but at this time we'll be moving back into our regular programming.
So post up why you wont' use 2.1 even when verizon finally pushes it out to the few phones out there that are un rooted.
with that said...stay tuned!
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I rooted mine after it was clear that it wasn't coming out last week. I'm very happy with the SholesMod and would gladly stick with it and wait for Sholes to update it rather than get the official 2.1 unless it really did come with Flash.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lot of people are going that route. I just hope they all realize getting back to stock isn't always the cleanest process. Sholes has made it much easier though.
ReplyDeleteKellex, I'm glad this will be the last 2.1 update rumor mill. You've given us more info than any other site has. Thanks for all your hard work.
ReplyDeleteI love these rumors, not sure where these Verizon reps are getting their info from though. They have given us no info at the call centers other than soon.
ReplyDeleteHasn't anyone realized that Verizon is waiting to add the new Skype App to the OTA update? It'll be big news tomorrow, just wait and see.
ReplyDelete--gaswalla
This maybe a dumb Q's, but what is Skype?
ReplyDeleteA calling and video calling software that is pretty big time. Pretty sure its free if both parties are using it too.
ReplyDeleteWow, that would be nice to have on our phone. Thanks Kellex.
ReplyDeleteMy IT guy recieved an update on his Eris today that seems to be 2.1 It did not go well either. It wiped all content including apps on his phone. Why are they send the eris updates before us? I google it and have not seen any other chatter about this.
ReplyDeleteJohn: Seriously? Any chance he can send us some pictures of what the update looks like?
ReplyDeletelebasketbawl@gmail.com is my email.