http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/better late than never]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
Can anyone (coming from a custom rom) comment on the performance/stability? I've been on BB and/or cyanogen since I purchased my Droid and I'm not sure I want to head down this official road just yet.. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Have used 2.1 for about 3 hours now...works like a dream...cept swype doesn't want to place nice...and vzwsupport on twitter doesn't like the idea
http://twitter.com/VZWSupport]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
Just curious, what file browser did you use? Mine won't let me access the very root of the SD card. It says its read only.]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
Huh, I thought the milestone got the update like last week?]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Yeah, but only in the European variety.
The US will get theirs soon enough. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
That's not soon enough]]>Mar 31st 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/I'm worried it might clash with the kernel update I had to do for wifi tethering.]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Wi-Fi tethering? What device would you need to tether if you had Wi-Fi available? (just curuious).]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
BTW, here is a tether app for Android that doesn't require a rooted phone. Just DL and install from your SD card. Works great.

PdaNet
http://bit.ly/9CdH8n]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
PdaNet doesn't have wi-fi tethering. The rooted app is miles better.]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/I fell in love with the wifi tether app back on my G1. It works flawlessly and its just like having a MiFi.]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/The free version of PdaNet doesn't allow access to https sites. And its a bit more of a hassle than the wifi tethering. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Wifi Tethering is when you tether your computer to your phone over wifi. It turns your phone into a wifi hotspot while using your phones radio to get on the internet.]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/You tether your own and others laptops to the 3g on your phone, creates a wifi hotspot.]]>Apr 1st 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Apr 1st 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/So you're saying it's for when there is no Wi-Fi available. I would have called that "3G tethering" since you're tethering your computer to a 3G connected device. That's where I got confused.

And PdaNet works perfectly for me. It's Bluetooth or USB, not WiFi, but for my purposes it works great. I guess it just depends on whether or not you want to root your phone.]]>Apr 1st 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
only 3 homescreens, live wallpapers are cool, new weather/news widget is nice,gallery is SO much better and pinch and zoom works well.


]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Me too... root shall set you free..lol
I am waiting for the new bugless beast..]]>Mar 31st 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
assert failed: apply_patch_check("system/app/email.apk",
"00c4d1167e54a6af19c2c6cf6e691116b65b8688", "908f4d4763f1fd04378481c353a76f6207ec0790")
E:error in /sdcard/update.zip
(status 7)
installation aborted

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The problem is that when you rename the file, don't put the .zip at the end. I think its different depending on the OS you're using--I'm using XP pro at work.]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.thedroidgeek.com/2010/03/manually-update-droid-to-21.html I have a way to fix the issue]]>Apr 1st 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
Why do you always have to try to start an iPhone OS vs Android discussion/argument/flame war? Can't you just enjoy a nice new feature/discovery?]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/
Dude, thank you. Thank you so much. I wished someone would say something like this.]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/You are supposed to rename it "update.zip"

make sure you just call it "update" if you are on win7 because it will show up as "update.zip.zip" if you do it incorrectly]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/update.zip]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/droid-mercifully-gets-a-manual-2-1-update-option/Mar 31st 2010 4:23PM