Motorola CLIQ updated, Android 2.1 still MIA
By Chris Ziegler 
posted February 23rd 2010 10:39AM
posted February 23rd 2010 10:39AM
Sitting somewhere between that accidental update from a few weeks back and an honest-to-goodness cut of Android 2.1 lies this puppy, a new official build for Motorola's CLIQ versioned 1.3.18. By all appearances, this is basically a smoothed-out, refined version of the first CLIQ upgrade from early December, featuring further improvements to battery life and both touchscreen and accelerometer accuracy, but they've also managed to squeeze in QuickOffice 2 and better support for corporate email accounts. Though we'd prefer Eclair, of course, we'll take what we can get -- and technically, we're not even due for 2.1 yet anyhow. The upgrade's being pushed as a phased rollout -- as virtually all Android updates seem to be -- so if you haven't gotten it yet, keep checking every ten seconds or so (and if people think you're acting strangely, just claim that you're getting a ton of text messages -- it usually works for us).[Thanks, Juan R.]
Maybe one day we will all be on the same version! Just hoping anyway
I got the "click here to update", i clicked, then it said it was recalled. wtf over.
Well that sucks, I may have get to get a N1 sooner than later.
@grydlok
I don't want an N1 I want an HTC Bravo, or Supersonic, or Incredible, or Yomama, or whatever they gonna call it.
My Hero is amazingly good but the screen is too small for my taste (and for sat nav, video watchin' , etc) and the lack of a functional voice dialing app means that I always need to keep my HD2 at the ready in my car or briefcase.
Why can't HTC heed this cry rising from the disillusioned geek masses of the world and finally give us the HD2 with android 2.1 for which we have been begging for so long ?
Are my euros suddenly not good enough for you?
I still want to know when I'm getting 2.1 for my Droid...
@hxczuner
Basicailly, My Droid is cursing out Verizon as we speak. Droid Voice: DROID WANTS UPDATE NOW!
- so if you haven't gotten it yet, keep checking every ten seconds or so (and if people think you're acting strangely, just claim that you're getting a ton of text messages -- it usually works for us
the advantages android users have over us poor iPhone sops. (actually i dothink that android is better then iOS, just saying)
mmmm, when will DROID get 2.1??
im really desperate!!!
*BEEP*
"Uhh, hey HTC, it's Dafrety. Remember us? We bought the G1 when it came out, to show you that there was demand in the market. Anyway, we haven't really heard anything from you guys lately. I read that the G1 didn't have that much memory, but maybe if you could get Google to allow apps to be installed to the SD card then maybe it wouldn't be an issue. Ah, well, I hope I hear from you soon, okay?
*MESSAGE LIBRARY FULL. MESSAGE DELETED*
@Dafrety your call wouldn't get that far
"Uhh, hey HTC, it's Dafrety. Remember us? We bought the G"..click
@Dafrety your call wouldn't get that far,
""Uhh, hey HTC, it's Dafrety. Remember us? We bought the G"..click
@grydlok
You're right. Now I'm sad... sadder, I mean.
Wait a minute, you're contravening your own style guide: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/30/editorial-the-engadget-style-guide-reaches-a-milestone/
@falz3tta Rule 2.
An e-mail has been sent to confirm your e-mail address, as well as a password for you to use if you comment regularly. Click on the link within the e-mail to activate your comment and password.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/motorola-cliq-gets-rooted-by-the-dude/
I'm wrong, aren't I? Ugh.
*SIGH*
I look at my watch and I notice it's turning
While my Cliq gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my Cliq gently weeps
Question for android owners of the world: is there a decent chromatic tuner app available for android? How about voice recording?
I received a notice to download 1.3.18 this morning on my Cliq only to receive a message minutes later informing me that the update had been pulled and was no longer available. My Cliq now says it's up-to-date, despite never receiving the new update.
Quite happy with this update even though I was hoping it was 2.1.. Still great performance improvement and the touch is MUCH better.
Google's got to step up and starting forcing the manufacturers' hand. Penalize them on the next handset license if they don't upgrade their phones to the newest version of Android after 3 or 4 months of release.
@matthewp It would be nice for google to build something into the licensing... but it would also probably make Android less palatable to the vendors.
Plus, it's a free license. They don't have the biggest stick to work with ($$)
I got my update, but my update was retracted.
Anyone else having this issue?
Mines was recalled also and now it says that my device is up to date can anyone help me get this update please?
Update notwithstanding, how do all you Cliq owners like the phone?
@mpv
Being my first Android device I can't compare it to any other devices but I think it's a very nice device. It has a solid feel and the keyboard works well. I think the top row of keys is too close to the bezel. Overall a thumbs up experience.
The phone is nice. It's not without a few bugs here and there. (The worst of all is the touch screen not working in certain areas of the screen. Occasionally when in the dialer the spots on the screen where the 1 and 3 are do not respond to your touch. You have to go to the home screen, or slide the phone open and shut to fix it. It's very annoying. Other than that, it's a solid phone.
fragmentation will be the death of android.
my sister got the update around 2am it fu@cked up her phone motoblur stopped working the clock was wrong showing 1968 and 5 pm at 2am in the morning there going to express ship her a new one in the mean time she's stuck with whats left of her beloved phone
Considering my Samsung Galaxy l7500 just got 1.6 today I don't think any of you Cliq owners can complain.
@Hark
cliq owners are currently run 1.5 with the motoblur skin even after the update
updated my cliq just fine, no retracting or anything
I wish i had a dollar every time my piece of $hit cliq gets buggy... worst touch sensitivity ever... i wish i wouldve waited for an iphone on t-mobile... cliq is slow as hell and doesn't even answer calls sometimes (that slider gets stuck, making the phone USELESS when wanting to answer a call).
motorola pwned me with this phone as it was a complete waste of money.
I just got my update and I think iy bricked my phone. The date is 12/31/1969 and it's stuck at 3:00pm. Then I have been on hold for tmobile and when I finally get thru and talk to someone that may know what they are talking about I get cut off. Arrrghh I want an Iphone.
Be glad if you haven't gotten the update. It's almost pointless, if not total shite.
Pros
- Imeem: Gone.
- Touchscreen bug (where an area would become unresponsive, solved with two Menu clicks): (Apparently) Fixed.
- GPS faster: Kinda? Maybe? (On a related note, the "Red Hole" on maps now has a proper Google logo.)
Cons
- The remaining "permanent" apps? Ya, still effing permanent. =|
- Whatever adjustments were made to the touchscreen software have made it horribly slow responding (my "workaround" was turning on haptic feedback so I know what key presses are registering)
- SD card has been reported as "damaged" twice (mounting card via USB/inserting into card reader solves that. Could be bad card but the timing makes that possibility suspect.)
- SMS-related performance has tanked.
The only thing I can offer is that the claimed improvement in battery life came by way of adding/tweaking some demand-based CPU feature that has back-fired and undermined overall performance of an already handicapped device (since MOTOBLUR creates permanent overhead that cannot be turned off.)
As other commenters have noted, some people are getting a time issue that may be unrecoverable. Fortunately, I have not experienced that... Yet.
I'm really beginning to wonder if this isn't becoming a class action level clusterf**k of issues. Or at least a well-deserved place in the Hall Of Shame between the Ford Pinto and New Coke.
Wanted to add another "Con"
- CAN'T FCKNG TURN OFF MY PHONE! (It powers down then immediately begins the power up sequence...)
motorola is officially the worst phone company ever...
even chinese knockoffs run better than these shitty ass motorola crapgadgets
Well it's mid March here, the 16th to be exact. The last I heard, the Cliq was supposed to get 2.1 mid too late March. Is that that same date everyone else heard too? Well I Hope it's true, if it is us Cliq users will have 2.1 very soon. I'm crossing my fingers but not holding my breath. lol
Just realised, I got a cliq for my 18th birthday (22nd February 2010). I updated it right there in the store, got 2 updates, must have been the one here, couldn't have turned 18 at a better time! Got 2 G1's, a Cliq and a Tattoo. Me and my girlfriend are both android fans :D
I'm so surprised that the hacking community can't get 1.6 or 2.0/2.1 on the cliq! I know there are driver issues, but there were/are with the G1 (especially with 2.1), and they seemed to get solved pretty quickly. I'd help myself if I had an idea of where to start!