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Any news on 2.2

Hi bought my milestone this week and wanted to know about 2.2 update wen it is coming out i checked the phone spec on gsm arena and it said upgradable to 2.2 ? Thanks

delayed again..
suppose to be early Q1 2011 now it Q1 2011.
originally it was Sep 2010.
so, root & install gingerbread from Milestone Development section.

alijs said:
delayed again..
suppose to be early Q1 2011 now it Q1 2011.
originally it was Sep 2010.
so, root & install gingerbread from Milestone Development section.
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thats the way to go instead of waiting on motorola's lazy ass

byaco said:
thats the way to go instead of waiting on motorola's lazy ass
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Problem is thanks to locked bootloader we still have to rely on them for a kernel
Hopefully they'll provide us with a good Froyo kernel with the official release, but we'll never get a true Gingerbread kernel

chambo622 said:
Problem is thanks to locked bootloader we still have to rely on them for a kernel
Hopefully they'll provide us with a good Froyo kernel with the official release, but we'll never get a true Gingerbread kernel
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It doesnt matter anyways. I'm running gingerbread for several days now and it runs flawless. The speed is amazing and the improvement compared to 2.2 is noticeable. You wont be needing a 2.3 kernel. I think the milestone can stay with this. Installing an AOSP Gingerbread + some memory tweaks in open recovery juices the most from this phone. Flash works perfectly! Can it get better than this?
I believe when the minor bugs(mostly unnoticeable) in Gingerbread will be fixed everything is going to be great.
So who cares about motorola anyways?!

may someone kindly explain how is this possible to "run" gingerbread on froyo kernel (as same as it was with froyo running on eclair kernel)?
What exactly do we get by running new OS without new kernel?
What will be better if we would have gingerbread kernel for the gingebread roms?
It would be nice to know why is this, not just how it manifests.

With the froyo leak, a new kernel was released, so there are a lot of ROMs that can replicate froyo performance for real now... and please correct me if i'm wrong but gingerbread is based on the froyo kernel right? so thats why we've already got froyo as well as GB roms for milestone...

if we are lucky end of February, early March official release is to be expected

Yeah froyo will be one your er.. our phone in two weeks.
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carthikv12 said:
gingerbread is based on the froyo kernel right?
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no, there is some difference in version number
btw people writing things like
"in two weeks"
"at the end of the march"
are wild guesses, right? or do you have any background info you can share with us?

MuF123 said:
no, there is some difference in version number
btw people writing things like
"in two weeks"
"at the end of the march"
are wild guesses, right? or do you have any background info you can share with us?
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Official statements are still in the form of Q1 2011...the rest is guessing. I suggest you root your phone and learn how to flash ROMs. Froyo (2.2) is the end of the line for our phone from Mot...but the community already has 2.3 working.
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Caz666 said:
Official statements are still in the form of Q1 2011...the rest is guessing. I suggest you root your phone and learn how to flash ROMs. Froyo (2.2) is the end of the line for our phone from Mot...but the community already has 2.3 working.
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I've already had tried almost every rom available for milestone, I just hope that the official froyo release will bring the devs some better ground to build their roms on, isn't that right? Won't be the official froyo release any better?

MuF123 said:
I've already had tried almost every rom available for milestone, I just hope that the official froyo release will bring the devs some better ground to build their roms on, isn't that right? Won't be the official froyo release any better?
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You are probably right to a certain extent...the kernel and motor drivers are not release/final. But for all we know, the latest leak is final.
What problems remain for you?
The latest android leak has excellent battery life and performance in CM7 is through the roof...
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[Q] Ice Cream Sandwich?

What are the chances ICS will come to the BIONIC via an update?
How about custom roms, e.g., Cyanogenmod? I understand ICS is GPU accelerated... will it even be possible for ICS to be custom ported w/o (writing) hardware drivers for the graphics acceleration? At least before Motorola provides an update...

okashira said:
What are the chances ICS will come to the BIONIC via an update?
How about custom roms, e.g., Cyanogenmod? I understand ICS is GPU accelerated... will it even be possible for ICS to be custom ported w/o (writing) hardware drivers for the graphics acceleration? At least before Motorola provides an update...
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Well, its hard to say but ICS was written around OMAP processors and Moto Mobility will soon be ran by Google so its a good chance we will see it on the Bionic hopefully.
We just have to pray that Google open-sources ICS unlike Honeycomb. If not, i forsee CM branching off into its own Distro for future builds kind of Linux has done on desktop computers.
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Schmidt already said ICS will be open-sourced, so no worries there. As for custom ROMs, I saw an alpha version of CM7 being worked on & UNL3ASH3D is great right now in its infancy. I say no worries...

Question about Ice Cream Sandwich?

If we are rooted, will we be able to install ICS roms? The reason I ask is because I am kinda hazy about the whole locked bootloader thing. I am used to my Droid and Galaxy Tab 10.1 that I can put anything on because they are unlocked, but I do not know about the Bionic.

Rooted and bootloader are pretty different friend.
You can root anything, for the most part. Bootloader, not so much. We wont be able to truly run it unless we get an OTA, or ICS FXZ. I'm basing this off kernel - could be wrong.
So root, yeah, we'll be able to run the majority of it when the code is released. Won't be the kernel built for it though...
I may be wrong, but I think that's pretty close.
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even if you don't get an official ICS update, there'll most likely be ICS ROMs popping up here & there as things progress.
on a side note, what flavour is ICS anyway? vanilla?... chocolate?...

[Q] Captivate decision: Stock Gingerbread or CM7

Hello all-
This is my first post here, so go easy on me
Well, I am Samsung captivate user on AT&T. I am currently running 2.2 rooted. My question: Should I upgrade to AT&T's gingerbread and try to root in there, or should I just pull the trigger and go to Cyanogenmod?
It seems rooting in 2.3 is not the simple SuperOneClick that it was for 2.2, and rooting with odin actually seems MORE complicated that flashing CM7 (And I guess more risky with multiple kernel flashes, yada yada yada). I am just thinking the less steps, the safer it probably is.
I am also liking all of the features of Cyanogenmod, epically the gesture app launching from the unlock screen.
In this How-to, the guy says to download the latest nightly build. Will it work the same if I choose the 7.1 stable release (I'm going for having whatever option I choose to be my daily use (I'm not gonna be flashing ROMs every month or week)):
I'd like to post it as a link, but xda is hating me and thinks I want to spam them D) so it is youtube at watch?v=iBPu-GqM9RE
What do you guys think?
PS I'm pretty sure you can, but using Titanium backup you can just "restore" all your apps just like that, correct?

If you are still on 2.2 you are way behind the curve.
There are some things you need to know. CM7 is a great ROM but is going to be replaced eventually by CM9 as everything is progressing towards Ice Cream Sandwich based ROMs. Gingerbread is an easy upgrade done through kies even with your rooted phone. It will flash the gingerbread bootloaders that are necessary to flash all gingerbread and some Ice Cream Sandwich based ROMs. Also, if you do choose to go to gingerbread, the kernel flashing process to root is very safe and very straight forward.
Lastly, I highly suggest getting away from a stock rom and flashing a custom ROM. It will make your phone feel like a new device compared to a stock ROM of any build. And yes, you can restore with Titanium Backup but remember to only restore the apps not the data.

Ive seen multiple guides for the stock gingerbread on captivate rooting.
Could you please point me towards the right one? I wanna make sure I dont try something outdated, wrong, ect.
Also, even if I choose to go to CM9 in the near future, should I still upgrade to the stock gingerbread right now and root? Will staying on 2.2 rooted make the CM9 flash easier ( I don't have clockworkmod recovery yet, if that matters ) or will having the 2.3 stock on it make the entire process easier?
Thanks!

From 2.2 Stock you can flash directly to CM9 without changing your boot loader to Gingerbread. That will put you straight to ICS 4.0.3. However your first step is to install CWM. But yes definitely get away from stock!
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So there is no advantage to going to stock 2.3 in terms of flashing CM9 (start to finish)?

Here is the thread on how to root gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21375771
Cm9 as well as most all ice cream sandwich roms are still in beta phases so keep that in mind. If you absolutely have to have 100 percent reliability then a beta ROM is not for you.
Sent from my Captivate running Android 4.0.3 ICS

capocaccia said:
Here is the thread on how to root gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21375771
Cm9 as well as most all ice cream sandwich roms are still in beta phases so keep that in mind. If you absolutely have to have 100 percent reliability then a beta ROM is not for you.
Sent from my Captivate running Android 4.0.3 ICS
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+1 to everything they said in posts above.
The only thing I would add is that while the CM9 build is beta (alpha actually) it is VERY stable. Many folks, myself included, use it a our daily driver with no real issues.
In any event, by all means, get off of stock and onto CM. You'll love it.
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Heres another thought, what is the chance that I will brick my phone, honestly, so bad it really stays just a brick?
I am just scared, as I have another 10 months till I could even consider a phone upgrade and I like the fancy android phone I have now!

If you follow the instructions then chances are pretty low. Just make sure to read and read again. Ask before you go too far. The safest way I say is to use kies to upgrade to gingerbread because that flashes the bootloaders for you. Then you can go anywhere you want from there. That is if you want to go the gingerbread route.
Sent from my Captivate running Android 4.0.3 ICS

dellagd said:
Heres another thought, what is the chance that I will brick my phone, honestly, so bad it really stays just a brick?
I am just scared, as I have another 10 months till I could even consider a phone upgrade and I like the fancy android phone I have now!
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You will only get a true brick if you fail during a bootloader flash. Most other "bricks" aren't really bricks at all, and can be easily recovered if you can get into download or recovery, which is usually the case.

[Q] Upgrading Ice Cream Sandwich To Jellybean.

Hello all !!
I am a noob to this site, as well as how to root a phone period. I have a Motorola Droid 4 and I have read reviews that say that Jellybean is alot faster/better than Ice Cream Sandwich. I talked to another friend that told me to download SDK Tools, and download all the pack to my computer. my question is this-WHAT THE **** GOOD DOES IT DO MY PHONE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THESE PACKS TO MY COMPUTER IF THERE IS NO INTERFACE OR WAY TO PUT THEM ON MY PHONE ??!! I would really like to know how to put Jellybean on my phone, anyone that can help me out I would appreciate it. Thanks !!

Jelly bean isn't officially available on the Droid4 yet (by Motorola). You will probably find a thread on here once it is though.
If you want to put a custom ROM on check out CM10, but there are some known bugs using it now. Check in the android development forum for further details on CM10
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Just curious.......
danifunker,
I was told that even though it isnt officially out on The Droid 4, that you can still put it on the phone anyways. My friend who is into these things just put it on his Galaxy Tab and he told me that you can do it-I would just have him help me, but I am all the way across the United States from him and I dont go back to California for a while. He tried to tell me to download SDK Tools. Can you please explain to me the function of the SDK Tools ??!! I can download all of these packs, and even the Jelly Bean 4.1 Version, but then how do I get it onto my phone ??!! Or how does that work ??!! Anything you can help me out with with knowledge would be great. Thanks !!
PhuckYUU
danifunker said:
Jelly bean isn't officially available on the Droid4 yet (by Motorola). You will probably find a thread on here once it is though.
If you want to put a custom ROM on check out CM10, but there are some known bugs using it now. Check in the android development forum for further details on CM10
Sent from my XT894 running ICS
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To everyone reading this:
I just wanted to apologize to everyone for swearing on my post-Im just getting really frustrated when I keep doing searches and cannot get any results, especially when all of the Youtube Videos of performing this function show you how to do it, then tell you the links for the software that you need are in the description and they arent. Thanks, and again, sorry everybody !!
PhuckYUU
PhuckYUU said:
Hello all !!
I am a noob to this site, as well as how to root a phone period. I have a Motorola Droid 4 and I have read reviews that say that Jellybean is alot faster/better than Ice Cream Sandwich. I talked to another friend that told me to download SDK Tools, and download all the pack to my computer. my question is this-WHAT THE **** GOOD DOES IT DO MY PHONE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THESE PACKS TO MY COMPUTER IF THERE IS NO INTERFACE OR WAY TO PUT THEM ON MY PHONE ??!! I would really like to know how to put Jellybean on my phone, anyone that can help me out I would appreciate it. Thanks !!
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First off, welcome to the forums!
Now, there is a piece of software called CyanogenMod10 right now, but as previously stated by danifunker, there are bugs. Since the Droid 4 was just recently updated by motorola to Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0), it will be quite a while for the official Jelly Bean update to get here (we are at the will of the carriers). If you go to the CM10 thread, you can find instructions on how to put it on your phone. If you don't want to deal with all the bugs it has right now, I strongly suggest to check out myfishbear's Eclipse rom, based on Ice Cream Sandwich. It is my daily driver on my Droid 4 right now, and it has some added goodies.

Just so we're all clear, you cannot use the SDK to flash Jellybean to your D4. Trying to do so (whatever instructions you might think you are following) will result in your phone becoming an expensive paperweight. Yes, you can download all the Android software, but none of that includes the code necessary for Android and the phone to communicate (the drivers).
There are ROMs you can download from the development section (myfishbear has a great port of eclipse), but the only Jellybean build I am aware of are hash codes or based off of his builds, and those are not ready for daily driver use just yet (though it is coming along awesome).
OP, you should read as much as you can from the development section. A good afternoon or two perusing those threads should give you a better understanding of what you can do. Don't rush in and follow instructions you don't fully understand, trust me that is an expensive way to spend an evening
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