DROID 4 Soak Test Invites Go Out, Jelly Bean Update Likely - Motorola Droid 4

from Droid-Life
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/11/droid-4-soak-test-invites-go-out-jelly-bean-update-likely/
The DROID 4 may be the next in line to receive Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) from Motorola, if invites to a soak test for members of the Moto Feedback Network are any indication. A number of readers of ours received invites last night to test out a “early preview of a new software release,” though the words “Jelly Bean” were not necessarily mentioned in the emails.
With that said, a newish thread at Motorola’s support forums is reminding DROID 4 owners that they should be sure their accounts have correct IMEI numbers attached because Jelly Bean is indeed on the way. More members there are also chiming in with soak test invites.
Motorola has yet to define a time frame for the DROID 4 update, but we know for sure that it is expected to receive Jelly Bean. That much they have confirmed. Should it push out some time this month (Q1), they may actually be somewhat ahead of anyone’s schedule.

Nice.. soon soon my preciousssss lol
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So if I have safestrap installed, do I need to remove it before the OTA can install?

Yes. Be on your stock system, uninstall safestrap, and make sure you have all your system apps still installed to pass the OTA requirements. If you do get an OTA please share it with the community before installing. Thanks!
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Of course, right when I get CM10.1 all configured and tricked out this comes down the pipe

of course... still hoping for droid 5 16mp camera and 4gb memory lol. thats a pipe dream nowadays it seems
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jmagi said:
of course... still hoping for droid 5 16mp camera and 4gb memory lol. thats a pipe dream nowadays it seems
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Motorola X-Phone
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If the moto X phone has a qwerty keyboard I will eat my shorts.
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If the moto X phone has a qwerty keyboard I will eat my shorts.
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Happily!!!

Verizon has approved the update and has it on their web page...
http://support.verizonwireless.com/pdf/system_update/droid_4.pdf
No word though of when the SOAK will be pushed but I expect any day now with the official OTA a day later

wow, vzw with the announcement early.

Verizon says it'll start getting pushed tomorrow 3/19.... http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/08/droid-4-motorola-ice-cream-sandwich.html
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Awesome

for the last Droid X2 update, verizon put the info on their site, 2 month before it started getting pushed
but that was unusual
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OK... so let's say one does pull the update... how would one who is rooted copy the ota for you'll...
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A downloaded OTA is stored in the device's cache. If you're rooted, use a file explorer and navigate to "/cache" and you should find the zip there.
Alternately, the app provided here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188158
Will transfer the zip from the cache to your sd card. Just copy it to your pc and throw it up on a file hosting service.
Just be sure to nab it before you install it.
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Thank you... they may be launching the soak tonight or in the morning... I'll be sure to drop it off here to give you'll an early preview...
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Second emails went out to SOAK invitee's stating that the update (SOAK) would start being pushed out today (3/19).
Hopefully we'll see it soon....

I just put mine back to stock with a new 4G sim card and bypassed activation (as I don't have Verizon) doing a full NVDump before the OTA for comparison (to see the supposed GSM Improvements, also to eliminate variables in our efforts to get this and the RAZR working on US GSM). Rooted, Updated Binaries, Installed VooDoo, Protected Root, Temp Unroot, Hurry up and wait.......

Push out has started......

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New 5.5.891 update (root users do not update)

I've had a few people I know get this update. Its supposed to be updated in november. Guess they are rolling out early.
Go here for more information on the forever root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312555
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Is this the one that fixes everything?!
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This is not an Ota update right? I am enjoying [R3]BLURR3D V1.8 way to much to loose root.
P3droid released a mod to keep root on any updates.
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and I hope that works, I did the exact same thing..
So, I am fearless.. Where can we get the update?
Have they actually gotten the update with a stock Bionic or did they find it online and decide to install it?
As far as I've seen, the current leaked OTA is 5.5.893....5.5.892 was being tested by the Motorola Field Testers and today a small update to 5.5.893 was released so I assume the Motorola Field Testers are now testing 5.5.893.
I wouldn't install anything till we at least have confirmation that it is the actual OTA...otherwise you might not be able to get future updates.
dpw2atox said:
I wouldn't install anything till we at least have confirmation that it is the actual OTA...otherwise you might not be able to get future updates.
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I'm gonna go look at his phone tomorrow and check the numbers myself.
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Has anyone updated to 891-893 after applying the "forever root" technique? If so experience?
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Well i tried and. . . I still have root. 5.5.893 with root
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I did the forever root along with the update and everything turned out fine.
Glad it worked
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Are you guys getting OTA updates or installing something?
Both lol
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Has anyone ripped the update? I am REALLY sick of the 4g failures.
minmongoblin said:
Are you guys getting OTA updates or installing something?
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Im wondering this too, Ive looked all over for a file since when I check for updates it says my software is up to date 5.5.886
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312555
Go to this thread.
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Which will we get: JB or $100?

http://androinica.com/2012/09/motor...ers/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
The most interesting part of this for me was the upgrade promise... "If your device cannot be updated because it degrades the user's experience, Motorola will give you $100 to purchase one of their newer devices"...
Which do you think we'll get?
I chose the red pill... Now I'm in the mAtrix and I know Kung Fu... in HD!
http://android-gz.com
This phone will get JB.
It's up to AT&T, for me at least, to release it promptly.
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Update soak sent out today, not jb but everything is much smoother...not much lag if any anymore.
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Haven't gotten my update yet... dang.
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Any way to get this update on the unlocked Atrix HD? When I try to initiate update it prompts me to create Motorola account and then just hand when "trying to connect to server". I am using this phone on T-mobile.
dumon said:
Any way to get this update on the unlocked Atrix HD? When I try to initiate update it prompts me to create Motorola account and then just hand when "trying to connect to server". I am using this phone on T-mobile.
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See: ATRIX HD kernel changer in original Android development section... it's for AT&T phones, so no promises it won't screw something up, although it shouldn't.
EDIT: After a second look, it looks like it will only update the kernel, but not the system. :/
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Jellybean. Not $100.
davezaff said:
Update soak sent out today, not jb but everything is much smoother...not much lag if any anymore.
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Nice! Hopefully the soak will go out to everyone else in a few days as it did back when the Atrix 2 got its own bug fix update within 3 days of the soak test having started.
No real issues were reported so I'm sure itll roll our soon enough.
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davezaff said:
Update soak sent out today, not jb but everything is much smoother...not much lag if any anymore.
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Whats a soak?
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Markyzz said:
Whats a soak?
Sent from my phone.
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Soak tests are kind of a test phase for updates that may (or may not, depending on bug reports) be sent out OTA for everyone else. A few (hundred) people sign up to get the pre-release, and report bugs if any. If very few, or no bugs are reported, the software update is pushed to all users of the device.
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
Soak tests are pre release tests of future official software updates.
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Soak tests often end up being the final release that goes out over the air, so I like to think of them as release candidate testing.
The current update soak is limited to specific IMEI numbers for people who signed up and were selected to test and provide feedback to Motorola.
Is it still possible to sign up to be a tester? I somehow got into the samsung dev channel when I was researching phones but that doesn't do me any good now...
Also I would bet we see Jellybean before most other phones, but as it's focused more twards tablets it might be a while. Still nice to see updates coming via the soaks though so maybe they are more on the ball than most so maybe this year. But then again AT&T has to have their hand in it too...
I'm sure well get JB. Problem is I'm sure we wouldn't see it for at least a year or so....
I'm for one hoping you guys get jellybean but wouldn't hold your breath with anything Motorola says after what they did to us og Atrix users. Just wrong.
pre4speed said:
I'm for one hoping you guys get jellybean but wouldn't hold your breath with anything Motorola says after what they did to us og Atrix users. Just wrong.
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From what I am hearing, the OG Atrix has issues with the specific NVidia chipset. NVidia is not providing ICS compatible drivers. (hence when there are issues with ICS/JB even with the Cyanogenmod build for OG Atrix)
mandrsn1 said:
From what I am hearing, the OG Atrix has issues with the specific NVidia chipset. NVidia is not providing ICS compatible drivers. (hence when there are issues with ICS/JB even with the Cyanogenmod build for OG Atrix)
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I'd find that suspect as the Motorola Xoom uses the same Tegra2 chipset as the original Atrix.
Sorry to get off topic.
turboman93 said:
I'd find that suspect as the Motorola Xoom uses the same Tegra2 chipset as the original Atrix.
Sorry to get off topic.
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That actually isn't true. The Atrix used the AP20H variant while the Xoom used T20. Different types of Tegra 2.

ICS

Official ICS where are you????? Still Waiting u come to my lovely bionic, oooh bionic...where's your official ICS?
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My opinion is that official talk about giving more consideration to Bionic owners is mostly talk. Sure ICS will roll out someday, but what about JB?
One step at a time.
ronaldheld said:
My opinion is that official talk about giving more consideration to Bionic owners is mostly talk. Sure ICS will roll out someday, but what about JB?
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Dont talk about JB first i think, ICS still not roll out till this time. Its my opinion
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We're in line after the atrix 2. That started ota today. So now anywhere from a week to three weeks and we'll get our ota. JB is being worked on already and it will be an update to the ota ics build.
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SamuriHL said:
We're in line after the atrix 2. That started ota today. So now anywhere from a week to three weeks and we'll get our ota. JB is being worked on already and it will be an update to the ota ics build.
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If after that, bionic still doesnt get an ota ics update, bionic users will sell this fantastic phone because the developers of motorola cant make the best ics for its own phone IMHO
#JB is Still like a dream
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I have to disagree. Moto put in a LOT of wrench time on ICS for Bionic. It's the BEST ICS build out there for any Moto phone IMO. 11 builds to get it right for us.
SamuriHL said:
I have to disagree. Moto put in a LOT of wrench time on ICS for Bionic. It's the BEST ICS build out there for any Moto phone IMO. 11 builds to get it right for us.
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.247 is on QA1, QA2 and Staging SDC200 and SDC100... I think it's coming along
I'm willing to bet it is the final version.
Once it hits qa4 it's time to celebrate.
I wouldn't get your guy's hopes up too high, given what has happened with the photon/Atrix.
But with any luck since you guys are on the big red, moto will throw at least someone a bone
That situation was just stupid. Moto should perhaps be a little more careful. That's all I'm gonna say about that. Doesn't affect the Bionic in any way.
Former Bionic owner here--I just received an email from Motorola with a soak test invite for the Bionic.
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Confirmed the soak test has started. About damn time.
when they say you have to be stock and not rooted, will that really fail the update? if the ICS build is later than the current ICS build you're running (.232) do I really have to go back to GB or should it update? I'm also planning on pulling the /cache incase it doesn't work 1st time
Updates are designed to *UPDATE* one build and one build only. If you are not on 905, your phone won't even see it on the update server, let alone install it. Rooted doesn't matter.
SamuriHL said:
Updates are designed to *UPDATE* one build and one build only. If you are not on 905, your phone won't even see it on the update server, let alone install it. Rooted doesn't matter.
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Thanks, guess I'll have to revert.
when ics is officially released, i hope we can get the fastboot files (fxz)
un1ocked said:
when ics is officially released, i hope we can get the fastboot files (fxz)
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I'm on top of that. Don't worry about it.
Oooh it will be released soon, right?
This october, or this week?:thumbup:
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Bock Abrams said:
I wouldn't get your guy's hopes up too high, given what has happened with the photon/Atrix.
But with any luck since you guys are on the big red, moto will throw at least someone a bone
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Our hopes are justified. Why would Moto have this many ICS builds cooking up just to scrap it all?
The Photon never even got an ICS build. Motorola said to abandon hope on it. It didn't even get a leak. However, someone found a leak for the Atrix. Who knows if that'll ever see the light of day? What's even more puzzling is that the Atrix/Photon are both Tegra2 devices.
The best and brightest Android devs have picked apart these Bionic ICS leaks and, not only are these leaks legit but they indicate a Jellybean release is being worked on too. The Bionic will get what it deserves, for once.

Official ICS for the bionic

Motorola just announced on their Facebook page about 10-15 minutes ago that ICS for the Bionic begins rolling out today in phases.
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they also stated that the Bionic will be getting JB in the coming months. This is the official statement on their facebook page:
We're happy to announce that DROID BIONIC by Motorola is getting Android ICS in phases starting today. But that's the not only sweet treat we're planning, DROID BIONIC will also receive Jelly Bean in the coming months. Keep up to date about software upgrade news with the Motorola Android Software Upgrade News site: http://moto.ly/bionicics
lemonoid said:
they also stated that the Bionic will be getting JB in the coming months. This is the official statement on their facebook page:
We're happy to announce that DROID BIONIC by Motorola is getting Android ICS in phases starting today. But that's the not only sweet treat we're planning, DROID BIONIC will also receive Jelly Bean in the coming months. Keep up to date about software upgrade news with the Motorola Android Software Upgrade News site: http://moto.ly/bionicics
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Fantastic! Loving the ICS already and looking forward to JB.
No update yet
Just FXZ back to 2.3.4. I dont have the OTA update yet.
No update love for me...so far. I expect to be one of the last to get the ota (just because).....so when I get ICS, everyone should be more happier.
SC-Claim said:
No update love for me...so far. I expect to be one of the last to get the ota (just because).....so when I get ICS, everyone should be more happier.
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The ICS Verizon is using is the 246 leak. The MD 5 matches so you can pull the leak put it into your external SD card . Boot into recovery and flash it yourself. Instead of waiting for the OTA.
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I got my soak test OTA yesterday they should release the push for everyone in a couple of days. I was on GB for a week and it sucked. It gave me a whole new appreciation for for ICS.
You can also download and manually load the 246 leak in stock recovery. It's the same file.
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SCFirefighter said:
I got my soak test OTA yesterday they should release the push for everyone in a couple of days. I was on GB for a week and it sucked. It gave me a whole new appreciation for for ICS.
You can also download and manually load the 246 leak in stock recovery. It's the same file.
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Oh yeah GB for a day was rough on me. A whole week? Well, in the words of my pappy, " that aint no way to be"
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SCFirefighter said:
I got my soak test OTA yesterday they should release the push for everyone in a couple of days. I was on GB for a week and it sucked. It gave me a whole new appreciation for for ICS.
You can also download and manually load the 246 leak in stock recovery. It's the same file.
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Hey where can I find the .246 leak? Do you have a link?
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Nevermind I found the link http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-news/227116-ics-update-rolling-out-motorola-droid-bionic.html
I used these instructions to flash my update
http://youtu.be/kQNUNLgb9Qs
aflansburg said:
Oh yeah GB for a day was rough on me. A whole week? Well, in the words of my pappy, " that aint no way to be"
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Yeah it was rough. The data drops were horrible. Part of the way the soak test goes is that you cannot flash to stock or factory reset your phone after your phone id has been added to the recipient list of the OTA. I wasn't sure when that would happen so I went back to GB the day I got the invitation to join.
Now I know there will be a second announcement the day before the soak, after which you should not flash-to-stock or reset your phone anymore. Good to know for the next soak!
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ICS push for everyone starts today
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I was on .905 for a week too... YUCK. Glad to be back on ICS but I CAN NOT wait to get JB! So glad I got the Bionic.
Yeah! My phone is getting the update now. Can't wait for JB! So glad they made that announcement. One got "stuck" on 905 for about a 3 days.
Got the OTA this morning. Phone is very sluggish. Doesn't seem to be any way to switch between 4G and 3g. My imap email is now blank and I am unable to download Chrome from the play store.
Switching from 4g/3g is a must for me as 4G causes static in my Tritton headset. I I use the native mail app for work, so basically this update was a bust.
Also I had chrome on one of the earlier leaks, why can't we download it now?
Finally got the OTA this morning. Happier now.
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Just got pushed the OTA. We'll see how this goes. From Durham, NC
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Samus4145 said:
Got the OTA this morning. Phone is very sluggish. Doesn't seem to be any way to switch between 4G and 3g. My imap email is now blank and I am unable to download Chrome from the play store.
Switching from 4g/3g is a must for me as 4G causes static in my Tritton headset. I I use the native mail app for work, so basically this update was a bust.
Also I had chrome on one of the earlier leaks, why can't we download it now?
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Mine phone was useless for about an hour or two after the update. After about an hour it finally settled in and runs great now.
specmac said:
Mine phone was useless for about an hour or two after the update. After about an hour it finally settled in and runs great now.
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You are right, I take back the sluggish part. It is now running pretty well, besides the issues that I mentioned. I swear I was able to download Chrome on .232, and not being about to toggle 4g/3g is HUGE for me.
Woke up and checked for updates. Got official OTA ICS this morning! Installed and now doing a Factory Data Reset as many have suggested doing. I'm in Vermont.
I can download the OTA update but it will not install. Please help! I am rooted but have done a factory reset. Do I need to remove Bionic Bootstrap. If so I can't find the .apk anywhere in my system files.

Updates?

So I just got this phone yesterday and I love it so far... My only question or concern is will it still get the updates as quick as the nexus... I noticed it was still on 4.2.2 and my Nexus tablet is on 4.3... That was my main selling point to buy the phone...
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cables2590 said:
So I just got this phone yesterday and I love it so far... My only question or concern is will it still get the updates as quick as the nexus... I noticed it was still on 4.2.2 and my Nexus tablet is on 4.3... That was my main selling point to buy the phone...
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Not as quick as a Nexus. No phones or tablets get updates as quick as the Nexus line.
If that was the main selling point for you, I suggest you return it and wait for the Nexus 5.
cables2590 said:
So I just got this phone yesterday and I love it so far... My only question or concern is will it still get the updates as quick as the nexus... I noticed it was still on 4.2.2 and my Nexus tablet is on 4.3... That was my main selling point to buy the phone...
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Many people believe, since Google owns Motorola, that Motorola phone will get updates faster... Google has already stated that this is not true, they get no preferential treatment in regards to updates.
That being said, due to the limited bastardization of android on the moto x, it is fair to believe that this device has the potential to get updates quicker, whether that will play out as such, will be better known in the future.
But, the quick answer to your question is"no" this will not get updates as fast as a nexus device... Its not a nexus device. But it is understandable to believe that we will get updates more quickly than most other manufacturers devices on the market.
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Many people believe, since Google owns Motorola, that Motorola phone will get updates faster... Google has already stated that this is not true, they get no preferential treatment in regards to updates.
That being said, due to the limited bastardization of android on the moto x, it is fair to believe that this device has the potential to get updates quicker, whether that will play out as such, will be better known in the future.
But, the quick answer to your question is"no" this will not get updates as fast as a nexus device... Its not a nexus device. But it is understandable to believe that we will get updates more quickly than most other manufacturers devices on the market.
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I will be happy if we hey an update in a reasonable amount of time... I guess that's a matter of opinion on what's a reasonable amount of time... I just traded in my HTC One XL for this phone so as long as I would get the updates faster than I did on that phone I will be happy... Also I was hoping to get support for this device for a longer period of time and keep receiving the updates... I just figured since it does not have a heavy ui like sense or touch wiz I would get updates quicker and supported longer... But I'm happy with the phone so I think I'm just going to keep it...
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This is the first phone I've had that I don't want to root... I actually want the ability to get the ota updates, seems like Motorola is actively listening to consumers and pushing updates... I don't want to miss out on what they have coming. Plus, this phone is simply amazing, just the way it is.
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theraffman said:
This is the first phone I've had that I don't want to root... I actually want the ability to get the ota updates, seems like Motorola is actively listening to consumers and pushing updates... I don't want to miss out on what they have coming. Plus, this phone is simply amazing, just the way it is.
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I completely agree...
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Just curious to see how Rogers folks without a rooted phone have received the update?looks like a rooted phone won't receive any updates from Motorola, I'm rooted with a unlocked bootloader, hope I'm wrong, guess I'll have to manually update
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I got my update this morning. Not rooted.
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Eclypz said:
I got my update this morning. Not rooted.
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So the update is for the camera? I flashed the engineering 4.3 ROM from dhacker
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Eclypz said:
I got my update this morning. Not rooted.
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Which versions?
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