Froyo FRG22D Hitting Verizon's DROID By Sept. 4
A revised Froyo should be available for Verizon's DROID owners by Friday
Motorola DROID owners still waiting for the latest Android update--build FRG22D--should see the over-the-air notification from Verizon by September 4, 2010.
Android v2.2 (aka Froyo)--build FRG01B-- originally began to roll out to subscribers during the first week of August. However the update was quickly halted due to unspecified problems with the current build. DROID owners who already installed Froyo would eventually receive a "patch" to update the firmware while Android 2.1 users would receive the full revised firmware.
As reported earlier, Froyo build FRG01B did not provide the promised Flash 10.1 support. Those who installed the update saw that Adobe's Flash Player was not available on the Market. A non-Market release can be found elsewhere on the Internet, however the .APK file is rather large and doesn't provide App2SD support (meaning it hogs the phone's internal memory).
Other Froyo-related problems include a noticeable slowdown while rendering the home screen despite the build's overall performance improvement. Froyo also brought a huge improvement to the camera, however it is currently prone to taking fake pictures--meaning users can take several shots with no resulting images. Residue files will appear on the SD card showing 0 bytes, but will then disappear after reboot.
Impatient DROID owners not willing to wait for Verizon can manually update to FRG22D by following the instructions found here. This is only meant for non-rooted, stock 2.2 users running the previous build, FRG01B. However once updated, Flash should appear on the Market.
UPDATE: the latest patch does not fix the camera issue.
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Awesome, still no fix on the camera. grrrrr... Well, at least they're working on it. Can't complain too much.
Looking forward to this. My DROID has been pretty sluggish since I got my 2.2 update...hopefully this fixes it. Also can't wait to actually have flash support.
Since I got my phone my biggest complaint is poor picture quality, I am embarassed to send photos to my Iphone friends!
I also have the home page slowdown as well as some other slow app responses which is frustrating, especially after working on a PC with an SSD drive installed.
We are so spoiled.. I remember when DOS on a 386dx was so much faster than on a 286!
Kevin,
I believe you have some misinformation. FRG01B rolled out to everybody. It was halted initially and delayed a week, but eventually Verizon rolled it out to everyone. Now they are rolling out FRG22D to everyone that has received FRG01B. So all Droids should be at 2.2 at this time, and FRG22D is just a patch for 2.2, not 2.2 itself.
I'm rooted, running CyanogenMod 6.0 (BlackGlass) Stable release... love it!! I really like the 2.2 voice commands, but starting to realize that, Flash isn't all its cracked up to be.. runs sluggish.. is this just me?? I'm gonna stay rooted for another week or so (rumor says Sept 4th... we know how this goes!!), then un-root and play around with the OFFICIAL OTA release, just to see...
I'm still holding on to my windows mobile devices for dear life (and compatibility), but this android software progression looks very promising. Especially with how fast it has evolved. Oh and one last thing...
HTC all the way!! [flame on]
I'll stick to my non-verizon FRF84B thank you
First off I'm a Droid user. I really hope this release smooths things out because as of right now froyo sucks. Btw if this were a buggy iOS release you guys would be ripping Steve a new one.
I thought the 2.2 update was a big help for my Droid - the browser loaded pages quicker and the gallery app wasn't so incredibly painful to use. I got the update patch around 12AM today but I haven't had enough free time to see what's changed. My new water-cooled HPTC/Gaming build is taking priority
I got prompted to do a system update late September 1, early September 2nd and now I can no longer receive my work email from outlook. Before this update, my outlook emails were successfully pushed to my phone. Anyone else with this problem?
I have had problems with my droid so far after the update. kinda ticked. my battery life is more than cut in half. and when i use the app killer, some apps go away...but then come right back to life again. also, how do i get rid of amazon mp3 and vz navigator and...and...and... my droid is always warm now too...to the touch, like it is furiously working (even while "asleep") help! suggestions?
Ever since the 2.2 update, my droid has turned into an unreliable piece of crap. For the first 8 months, I've loved this phone but my email used to push reliably. Now, about twice a day it just stops receiving mail from the push account. I'll check outlook on my computer only to find important emails but nothing on the droid. When I hit refresh, it says "security error". I hit refresh again and the droid starts spitting out all of the backlogged emails. Verizon had me at hello with the original software...but if it's undependable then goodbye! Now anxiously awaiting Iphone's move to Verizon...Way to go Android.