Tweet from P3Droid update imminent - Motorola Droid X2

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P3Droid
Good Morning, and hang on to that DX2 folks: It will get an update and looks like its going to be 2.3.4 - no eta though.

Great news!!!
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Umm.. Not to pee on the parade or anything, but this is hardly earth shattering breaking news.. We KNOW its getting 2.3.4 from the Morotola post i put in the other day...
This is almost like "HEY, The Sun MAY come up tommorow"...
I say we don't make any more "Were getting GB" posts, until, well, we get GB
Just playin people (for those with a low sense of humor threshold)
All news is good news.

SuBDivisions said:
Umm.. Not to pee on the parade or anything, but this is hardly earth shattering breaking news.. We KNOW its getting 2.3.4 from the Morotola post i put in the other day...
This is almost like "HEY, The Sun MAY come up tommorow"...
I say we don't make any more "Were getting GB" posts, until, well, we get GB
Just playin people (for those with a low sense of humor threshold)
All news is good news.
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Completely true, however he has insider sources at Moto - according to popular rumor. This news made my day.

OS 2.3.4
The X2 will go from a good phone to GREAT!

This could be huge for us!!!
A few weeks ago he started talking about 2.3.4 for the Droid Charge and then released a leak for the charge that was GB 2.3.4 a few days after he had acquired a charge to test it on.
For those of you that dont know, a donated X2 is in the process of being sent to him.

Move to proper forum.

The end of the world is coming, but no ETA...

Where is the link to donate?

Great and stuff but unless I can still have this bloatware off, and it runs better without Supercharge Script I'm not updating right away.

Am I understanding correctly that we will lose root with the GB update?
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Without a doubt yes. Especially if all of the other OTA updates on other verizon phones held true to the same. I don't know if I'd rather lose root and get GB or wait until there is a confirmed root access.

I don't care if I lose root because it'll be back besides gingerbread is amazing
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spr0k3t said:
Without a doubt yes. Especially if all of the other OTA updates on other verizon phones held true to the same. I don't know if I'd rather lose root and get GB or wait until there is a confirmed root access.
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+1 I'm gonna wait too
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Ok cool, but no custom roms still disappoints me. Everyday it comes closer for the Bionic release, I get more and more sure that I want to sell this and get the TB or Bionic

slagar said:
I don't care if I lose root because it'll be back besides gingerbread is amazing
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Gingerbread 2.3.4 on the Droid 3 is really something else. Got one for my girlfriend and the UI along with the animations are ultra crisp and super quick. I've always been against Blur, but after seeing the Droid 3- I really hope the DX2 grabs that same Blur with the update.

I am more looking forward to the speed and knowing we are finally going to be able to take full advantage of the hardware we were blessed with..
Dual Core baby.

onemotodroid said:
Where is the link to donate?
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Right here apparently.

I have my phone rooted and a lot of bloat frozen with TBP so should I defrost those before doing the update and also undo root?

I'm new to android, so silly question, but if you upgrade to GB will your phone be factory reset / loose apk's / contacts / etc?
Or is it much like using the system only SBF?
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Droidx2 THEORY and Explanation

Ok so p3 said "Good Morning, and hang on to that DX2 folks: It will get an update and looks like its going to be 2.3.4 - no eta though." in theory what this means is that it might have an unlocked boot loader, if so, we just have to be patient this is only a guess and credit to finding this post goes to "quadjacks" again this is true speculation on my part...
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and for everyone wondering why the cwm for dx2 hasn't been released by me is because the restore feature can't mount the sd card, after this issue is fixed it will be released, if not i'll still probably release it soon if the dev of this app doesn't get back to me
Have a good one
--- EricErK
Not sure if it's a truly unlocked bootloader or a work-around to custom Rom's from what I've been reading. I could be wrong. I think the only way to get a true unlocked Bootloader is from Motorola and it looks like that's never going to happen..
coolpoete said:
Not sure if it's a truly unlocked bootloader or a work-around to custom Rom's from what I've been reading. I could be wrong. I think the only way to get a true unlocked Bootloader is from Motorola and it looks like that's never going to happen..
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Except... That's exactly what people are saying WILL happen when Gingerbread comes. OR at least I'm pretty sure that's how the Atrix got it's unlock. It even had the "Warning" from Moto about the warranty violation.
We'll just have to wait and see
Hopefully it happens soon so that I can keep this and not spend 200 on the bionic or tbolt
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Moved to proper forum.
I doubt this means unlocked bootloader. It just means that a lot of the glitches/problems with the X2 will be resolved with this update, as well as the system utilizing both cores effectively. It should resolve the majority of issues X2 users have been suffering from. Now, considering p3 mentioned it, it does lead me to develop the idea that p3 has obtained a leak of the update and will be releasing within the next 2 weeks. The IT'S update is speculated to be here by the end of August.
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2 weeks! Thats awesome!! And what is that "IT'S" release u mentioned??
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it isnt august yet....
They it starts rolling out next week... legitly so unless p3 obtainted a dev version with an unlocked bl we are out of luck
DAG425 said:
2 weeks! Thats awesome!! And what is that "IT'S" release u mentioned?
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I was wondering the same thing. Guess no one knows ;-) .
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staying with froyo or upgrading to gingerbread?

which are you doing?
Definitely Staying For Now. Sounds Like P3 Wants To Root Gingerbread The Second It Drops Then I'll Upgrade.
MikeJ92YJ said:
Definitely Staying For Now. Sounds Like P3 Wants To Root Gingerbread The Second It Drops Then I'll Upgrade.
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same here, i think
I'm having reboots every day on froyo. I don't think I have much to lose by upgrading.
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Im gonna take the update. I sbf'd last night. Im gonna try to save the update and install later. Im gonna see if the xda community can root it and I can go back to being bloat free
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Im not rommed but im rooted, but i hear lots of people talk about SBFing to stock so they can get the update, but if your just rooted doesnt it not matter?
EDIT, never owned a Droid and have always used phones with easily unlocked bootloaders so this whole SBF thing is new to me
My experience with other droids, You will get the update still but it might fail installing if you are rooted. Some custom roms remove the ota ability.
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Also theres a good chance the sbf will not work if you take the OTA update just ask the atrix users
No root, no upgrade. I've got my Honeycomb tablet rooted, rom'd, and OC'd faster than the phone, I can hold out until Verizon allows a full unlock if I have to.
How would the abc not work after the ota? DROID x users can sbf from .496 back to 2.3.340 .then again I understand this is a new phone .... and ATRIX users can't sbf back to 2.2? Wow.
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andrewp3481 said:
How would the abc not work after the ota? DROID x users can sbf from .496 back to 2.3.340 .then again I understand this is a new phone .... and ATRIX users can't sbf back to 2.2? Wow.
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abc? I'm assuming you mean sbf.
The x did lose their sbf ability, then they got a new one. Any time a OTA updates the bootloader, the current sbf becomes worthless. New bootloader needs a new sbf.
BTW so far this isn't 100% confirmed but it *looks* like the x2 gingerbread update contains a new bootloader, meaning it probably will hard brick your phone if you try to sbf. So if you already updated, have fun waiting for the dev team to find an exploit to root 2.3.4. You basically updated to a D3 minus the keyboard.
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Im gonna wait and see what happens with the updaters... Let them deal with what may come... I have downloaded the update from the link in another thread for when everything does get sorted out...
juhde said:
abc? I'm assuming you mean sbf.
The x did lose their sbf ability, then they got a new one. Any time a OTA updates the bootloader, the current sbf becomes worthless. New bootloader needs a new sbf.
BTW so far this isn't 100% confirmed but it *looks* like the x2 gingerbread update contains a new bootloader, meaning it probably will hard brick your phone if you try to sbf. So if you already updated, have fun waiting for the dev team to find an exploit to root 2.3.4. You basically updated to a D3 minus the keyboard.
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+1 on that. I have NO plans to apply this update. I'm rooted and need to stay that way.
juhde said:
abc? I'm assuming you mean sbf.
The x did lose their sbf ability, then they got a new one. Any time a OTA updates the bootloader, the current sbf becomes worthless. New bootloader needs a new sbf.
BTW so far this isn't 100% confirmed but it *looks* like the x2 gingerbread update contains a new bootloader, meaning it probably will hard brick your phone if you try to sbf. So if you already updated, have fun waiting for the dev team to find an exploit to root 2.3.4. You basically updated to a D3 minus the keyboard.
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Yep just ask the attic users which tried to sbf from 2.3.4 they all got a hard brick
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I don't plan on updating until GB is rooted.
Seems like a lot of people around the net upgraded not knowing it can't be rooted, or are disappointed in the update (for trivial reasons). I will wait to see what P3 is doing today with it via his Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/P3Droid
I am waiting. In cases like this I suspend my usual early adopter mentality. I'd like to be able to root and sbf. I bought the phone after I saw the sbf (and days before Verizon implemented tiered data) so I feel no need to cripple myself.
That said, I am envious of those playing with their "new" phones today.
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well i voted i was going to stay (rooted and affinity rom), but i broke down and upgraded... havent regretted it yet
To bad this isn't 2.3.4 its 2.3.3 one reason I haven't upgraded yet I want all the new blur features or im keeping root.
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Moto Root has been patched

Hey guys, this is from P3Droid's Twitter, don't jump on any new moto updates!
P3Droid
Service Announcement: Don't take any moto updates the root path has been patched !!! You've been warned.
... Motorola wants businesses to buy their phones. I bought a phone with a freaking Tegra2 for freaking games and power. Not business. Besides, if they wanted to be business friendly they would have faster, better updates.
What The****
Moto there you go again.
I wish they would spend their time working on things that matter instead of this kind of crap. It'll eventually be root-able again but in the meantime, it's a pain in the ass.
From what I hear, Zergrush root method will root 2.3.5 devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
iBolski said:
From what I hear, Zergrush root method will root 2.3.5 devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
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true. but I wonder if any newer 2.3.5 leaks will have it patched.
I wonder if the forever root mod will hold up tho?
Motorola is pissin me off wit this junk for real
I am sure P3 would have tried Zergrush before he posted that.
reaktorblue said:
I wish they would spend their time working on things that matter instead of this kind of crap. It'll eventually be root-able again but in the meantime, it's a pain in the ass.
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Your right, if moto was putting their resources towards better development, they would have better/faster updates for all their devices. But they want to control how people use their devices
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happily the x2 is my last moto phone.
h_10 said:
happily the x2 is my last moto phone.
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+1
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HTC doesn't look like they are going to be as user friendly for much longer. There is no permanent root for the Rezound yet.
h_10 said:
happily the x2 is my last moto phone.
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you and me both. This has gotten ridiculous.
atrohde said:
+1
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Same here. Looks like my next phone will be the Samsung nexus prime. Unlocked and not Motorola!
I tried zr for 235 and it kept failing w/ win7 so I sbf'ed to 234 and used voodoo rootkeeper and it worked to keep root on the latest (1.3.413).
atrohde said:
+1
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skwoodwiva said:
I tried zr for 235 and it kept failing w/ win7 so I sbf'ed to 234 and used voodoo rootkeeper and it worked to keep root on the latest (1.3.413).
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I installed roots keeper after reading another post. How do you restore your root with the app if you loose it? The app does not really say how to regain your root.
Travisdroidx2 said:
Same here. Looks like my next phone will be the Samsung nexus prime. Unlocked and not Motorola!
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I'd jump ship too, but I'm already 6 months into the contract. I'd rather not spend the full price on a device. I'm sure some good brand new open device will be available in a year from now. Maybe the next nexus?
There is already a huge bug with the nexus that ****s with the volume. Apparently the shielding on the inside is bad. My Rezound is a solid phone, and after comparing it with a Galaxy Nexus, the Rezound is absolutely the better phone. I don't give a **** about NFC.
AtLemacks said:
There is already a huge bug with the nexus that ****s with the volume. Apparently the shielding on the inside is bad. My Rezound is a solid phone, and after comparing it with a Galaxy Nexus, the Rezound is absolutely the better phone. I don't give a **** about NFC.
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How's that whining noise in audio treating you? Sounds annoying from what I've been reading?
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Travisdroidx2 said:
Same here. Looks like my next phone will be the Samsung nexus prime. Unlocked and not Motorola!
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I hope u know that Verizon has locked down the bootloader on nexus.
hopefully it doesn't stay that way too long.
sorry
I don't have the issue. Not everyone is having it. Most people with that issue are having other issues like overheating.

Soak test

I just got the email the soak test will be pushed out tomorrow
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Tomorrow will be the day. It is not ICS.
more 23:44 hours? why?
Same here. Can't wait!
I assume only for CDMA?
MOTOROLA, Y U NO SOAK TEST GSM VERSION?!
Apparently not going to be ics just a bug fix
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According to Droid Life, it's not ICS, it's 6.12.181
Did the email specifically state that it is ICS?
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it's not ICS, it's 6.12.181. Have fun.
WOW, how much of an epic fail is this?... rhetorical question..
Does not surprise me given what some people are saying about leak.
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poisonousjuice said:
it's not ICS, it's 6.12.181. Have fun.
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So Janker5050 could not have received ICS OTA? And so many insisted on believing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577476
Haha that sucks too bad no ics oh well. Any update is good for me. Ics will be here soon enough
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Lets say we're rooted and was selected to do the soak test....can we use voodoo rootkeep to temp unroot to download soak test or do we have to SBF back to last update to download it? I'm just asking as a way to help others that were selected and rooted with stock ROM
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kimo91 said:
Lets say we're rooted and was selected to do the soak test....can we use voodoo rootkeep to temp unroot to download soak test or do we have to SBF back to last update to download it? I'm just asking as a way to help others that were selected and rooted with stock ROM
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My (?) is that if they signed up for a soak test why would you root the Razr knowing you could be potentially chosen?
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bullswife98 said:
My (?) is that if they signed up for a soak test why would you root the Razr knowing you could be potentially chosen?
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because you can undo it in 5 minutes or less?
fliptwister said:
Does not surprise me given what some people are saying about leak.
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What are people saying? I think the leaks is stable and works great.
Son uhv uh.... This just gives me more reason to root, and run the leak(as much as I didn't want to)...
My Tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread, then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
ghoticov said:
What are people saying? I think the leaks is stable and works great.
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I'm also curious, what are people complaining about? I've had my screen on for the last 4 hours customizing, playing with and generally enjoying ICS. I've yet to experience any issues whatsoever...? Genuinely wondering what problems people are having? Why would they put the ICS release candidate on their staging/soak server if it was riddled with bugs?
Hummmm
Have you people really used ICS I think its horrible even if they do get it working on these phones it still sucks! Just make the battery last a month on one charge and connect to any wi-fi without having to log in, and make apps shut off when you exit out of them. That's all we want out of our phones right??? We can only dream about having phones that work right there will always be someone with an issue with their phone as long as we are getting phones that do all these great things!! Sorry my little rant i'm just done hearing everyone saying when is ICS coming to our phones!! Everyone knows when they do release it thousands will install and instantly start having issues so then another update and another it will never end! How many phones that are out work perfectly? I probably wont even update to ICS when it comes I like the way my phone works now and know where everything is! If you want ICS just install a different launcher done!!
Back in February, everyone was screaming for ICS on their Asus Transformer. Now, the majority of people wished they never got it because it has caused nothing but grief for many (not all) owners. (lockups, random reboots, and general instability).

on the rezound verizon page it says UPDATE COMING SOON.... ics?

go see for yourself
Awesome!
Lol
It still says that from the last update...
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For those that need the link:
http://support.verizonwireless.com/system_update/rezound.html
EDIT: And like RED ZMAN stated, I don't think they've actually changed the site from the last update. I may be wrong though.
If you look at the pdf it shows the update at about 52.5mb. I do believe that ICS will be much bigger. Also if you look at the pdf it shows Dec 2011 in all the pictures. So NO this is not about the ICS update but was for the Jan update.
hmmm damn. i kinda got excited. im tired of this buggy leak and battery drain -__-
vcmstone said:
For those that need the link:
http://support.verizonwireless.com/system_update/rezound.html
EDIT: And like RED ZMAN stated, I don't think they've actually changed the site from the last update. I may be wrong though.
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I have to say I went to that page yesterday looking for an update and that coming soon banner was not there. When it comes to vzw I really dont wait with much anticipation for anything they offer.
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ram911 said:
I have to say I went to that page yesterday looking for an update and that coming soon banner was not there. When it comes to vzw I really dont wait with much anticipation for anything they offer.
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Pretty sure you are wrong. I've been looking at it most every day since last week, and it hasn't changed.
See this post from April 2nd for proof...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24357599#post24357599
sogone209 said:
hmmm damn. i kinda got excited. im tired of this buggy leak and battery drain -__-
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of course it's a bit buggy it was a leaked rom, not final. give htc time, i hope they fix some of the issues before releasing.
mighty_markus12 said:
i hope they fix some of the issues before releasing.
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I'm sure they will, they certainly can't release it with the way it is such a battery killer.
By the way, before somebody posts that my battery life went up to three weeks with the latest leak, save your breath -I don't believe it.
Been a frequent visitor to the Verizon page and this is the first time I seen that article. Could be wrong but I have a very good feeling that ICS is coming sooner then many on this forum thinks. I sure hope it does, coming from the Thunderbolt just a few weeks ago I have been holding off Unlocking the Bootloader and rooting this thing. This is the first phone I have bought that I have not rooted and flashed a Rom within just a few hours of buying it. This phone is a beast, love it.
Vinny
jmorton10 said:
I'm sure they will, they certainly can't release it with the way it is such a battery killer.
By the way, before somebody posts that my battery life went up to three weeks with the latest leak, save your breath -I don't believe it.
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Haha, exactly. Have seen several posts by what I would call fanboys talking about how awesome the ICS leak is and how they can go forever on their batteries, longer than on GB. Everytime I read one of those, I cringe. I think batt life with the display off is better but when display is on, the battery meter is a countdown timer, it flies!!
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bkhorn said:
If you look at the pdf it shows the update at about 52.5mb. I do believe that ICS will be much bigger. Also if you look at the pdf it shows Dec 2011 in all the pictures. So NO this is not about the ICS update but was for the Jan update.
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Yes, the Jan OTA update was 52.5 MB so that is definitely the update they are talking about.
I am running this software on my new replaced unit... nothing really to write home about.
Still waiting for ICS, then we will see changes.
Anyone know how to keep the software up to date if I am not with Verizon? With Motorola there is option for update software over WiFi,not ota, but with resound it appears that I need an active Verizon account to do so
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PUTALE said:
Anyone know how to keep the software up to date if I am not with Verizon? With Motorola there is option for update software over WiFi,not ota, but with resound it appears that I need an active Verizon account to do so
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Wait until the OTA is pushed and then someone will post a link to download the ruu tool to update it from a computer.
I'd be ironic if the "update" is that they are dropping the Rezound price to FREE with a new contract. With the way its been going recently, that announcement is probably not far off..
a.mcdear said:
I'd be ironic if the "update" is that they are dropping the Rezound price to FREE with a new contract. With the way its been going recently, that announcement is probably not far off..
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Sadly i agree. They sure want to shrug this device off, not good business practice.
I waited till April 6th and when I did not see any ICS OTA, I flashed Clean Rom ICS and I am happy with it. I don't know what difference the official upgrade will offer but I am not really excited about it anymore given that I am already running ICS with maybe more than what will be in the upgrade. I don't really care about sense 4.0 because I am running the DEV version of clean Rom with Apex launcher, which in my opinion is even better than Nova.
Was this what the page said before or is it like an updated page.
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PUTALE said:
Anyone know how to keep the software up to date if I am not with Verizon? With Motorola there is option for update software over WiFi,not ota, but with resound it appears that I need an active Verizon account to do so
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I was wondering the same thing. My other phones(Samsung Droid Charge, Moto RAZR) update just fine over Wi-Fi. The Rezound is my first HTC phone. It always wants to switch to 4G/3G when checking for updates. I assume this means it will not update to ICS over Wi-Fi. I'm not sure why they designed it this way.
My Rezound is currently being used as a Wi-Fi-only device. (i.e. no Verizon service) I do still have my Galaxy Nexus active on my VZW acct. I figured I can just pop the 4G LTE SIM card into the Rezound when they release the ICS. After it updates, I'll just take the SIM card out and put it back into the Galaxy Nexus. I have a SIM card adapter for this. (Rezound uses standard SIM and Galaxy Nexus uses micro-SIM cards)
Since I have both the Galaxy Nexus and Rezound.... I can't honestly say that I prefer ICS over Gingerbread. ICS has some cool features, but that's about it.... most of the stuff that I do on my Galaxy Nexus doesn't involve ICS-only features. Having said that, I wouldn't mind seeing my Rezound updated to ICS, just so both phones can operate in a similar fashion.
ICS Update Delay
Maybe HTC & Verizon had a change of heart (I tried not to choke while thinking that) and the have decided to include Sense 4.0 with the ICS OTA. Of Course I could win the lottery if I actually bought tickets too!

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