Verizon Motorola HTC Android QWERTY Touch

OTA upgrade for Motorola DROID and HTC DROID Eris on December 11th?

posted by Alan F. / Nov 10, 2009, 12:26 PM

OTA upgrade for Motorola DROID and HTC DROID Eris on December 11th?

No sooner has Verizon launched its' first two Android powered devices, the Motorola DROID and the HTC DROID Eris, than the handsets need to have an upgrade to fix some issues. Instead of letting the problems fester, Big Red is doing the right thing and is sending an OTA update for both handsets. According to BGR, the expected date of the update is December 11th. Meanwhile, an internal Technical Bulletin was leaked that shows the known problems with the DROID.

Motorola DROID Specifications | Review
HTC DROID Eris Specifications

source: BGR

FEATURED VIDEO

Options

14 Comments

1. BrokenImaege

Posts: 173; Member since: Jul 27, 2009

Minor glitches althought it seems that coporate uses aren't in good shape at the moment. I don't see that phone for corporate use anyways though. I figured this would happen since Androi 2.0 was only approved by google 2 days before release. All in all, I was playing with it last night at my kiosk and I really can't find faults that were noticable on my end. I ordered it as my personal phone. Get it today by 3pm!!!! :-)

posted on Oct 20, 2010, 1:44 AM 0

2. vzw fanman

Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

I don't notice any faults either. Nothing has froze and everything seems smooth. The google maps is awesome.

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 2:09 PM 0

5. vzwman

Posts: 385; Member since: Oct 26, 2009

damn your lucky my droid crashes or it will freez constantly the battery heats up so much that im scared it might fry. i stoped byb my vzw store and they did a hard reset on it but before i went i did a reset my self and the damn thing still reboots on its own i just came back form the vzwstore about an hour ago and it already crashed twice

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 2:37 PM 0

6. vzw fanman

Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

You must have a lemon.

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 3:12 PM 0

7. vzwman

Posts: 385; Member since: Oct 26, 2009

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. i just came back from vzw and they wouldnt help me they said theres nothing wrong with the phone

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 4:51 PM 0

8. vzw fanman

Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

go to a different verizon store or call cs. :-)

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 5:20 PM 0

14. vzwtechbill

Posts: 175; Member since: Mar 16, 2009

Don't call cs, speak to manager at store. No battery should get that hot, ever.

posted on Nov 11, 2009, 4:16 PM 0

3. Sethdras

Posts: 61; Member since: Jul 22, 2009

some of my contacts dont show up when i try to type their name creating a text message, i have to go in through contacts and then press the smiley face text button which i find strange. i have had at least 4 apps freeze and tell me to force them closed. i have had the text messaging app freeze also. They pause for a few seconds, i close them, then they work fine. just minor glitches. Anyone know how to save favorit addresses in google maps? or do i have to create a contact labeled "home" and input the address just so i can say "navigate to home"?

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 2:16 PM 0

9. vzw fanman

Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

thats what i've been trying to figure out. it would be nice if there was a designated home location.

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 5:24 PM 0

4. Sethdras

Posts: 61; Member since: Jul 22, 2009

so i just realized that if the number in the contact is saved as "work" and not "mobile" that will cause the text message to not recognize the contact (see my prior note)

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 2:22 PM 0

10. Phullofphil

Posts: 1762; Member since: Feb 10, 2009

update is September 11th.........thats i am sure a mistake because thats a long tim from now

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 9:35 PM 0

11. friendlyfisher

Posts: 3; Member since: Oct 28, 2009

Went to vzw the day it was released to mess with it and while I was in the camera mode it froze and said, "unexpected error" and brought me back to the home screen. It terrible that i had that happen and i don't even own one yet. Hopefully they'll have a fix soon. Thinking about picking up two by the end of the year. Unless something better comes out from vzw.

posted on Nov 10, 2009, 11:03 PM 0

12. vzw fanman

Posts: 1977; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

never happened to me. mine has no flaws. i'm not use to owning such a perfect phone, i mean after owning the storm.

posted on Nov 11, 2009, 2:53 PM 0

13. YouLostTheGame

Posts: 441; Member since: Dec 11, 2008

This is exactly why I'm not an early adopter anymore. I understand that problems are intermitent and vary from phone to phone, but I don't want to take that chance again of being one of those with the phone that has the issues. I'm just gonna see how it plays out, and/or wait to see what's released next year, say oh, around June/July-ish;)

posted on Nov 11, 2009, 3:53 PM 0

view all comments

Latest Stories

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. You can order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers at https://www.parsintl.com/phonearena or use the Reprints & Permissions tool that appears at the bottom of each web page. Visit https://www.parsintl.com/ for samples and additional information.