{"id":28,"date":"2010-08-06T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T20:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulbegley.com\/2010\/08\/droid-2-2-firmware-update-froyo\/"},"modified":"2010-08-06T15:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T20:28:39","slug":"droid-2-2-firmware-update-froyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Droid 2.2 firmware update (Froyo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I waited until the official firmware release, but I\u2019m impatient, and I have concerns about Verizon bastardizing some features (USB tethering, etc).&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The install was smooth, but I had to remove the battery after the restart when the system appeared to hang during initialization (eye of Sauron animation), then all was well.&#160; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor interface changes to Google Mail and other apps. Home page interface updated. Performance and battery life at least as good as 2.1 build. <\/li>\n<li>All existing apps work fine, the only difference I have noted to date is that the right scroll bar is not visible when some apps (Twitdroid, others) initialize. <\/li>\n<li>Handcent SMS is much faster when initializing. <\/li>\n<li>Google Mail interface \u2013 supports multiple selects and operations, flagging SPAM takes fewer keystrokes<\/li>\n<li>Android Marketplace now has an Update All button \u2013 so you don\u2019t have to select individual packages, download and OK install.&#160; <\/li>\n<li>Data entry \u2013 when you\u2019re entering text using the screen, frequently used symbols are available (comma, apostrophe, etc). This is probably my favorite feature so far.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m using Touchdown, so I can&#8217;t comment on Exchange ActiveSync. <\/li>\n<li>I need to test Bluetooth dial-by-voice and tethering my laptop for Internet access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will post a comprehensive review after using the update for a full work week.<\/p>\n<p>Firmware and instructions &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexeo.net\/?p=488\">http:\/\/www.nexeo.net\/?p=488<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Motorola Droid support site &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorola.com\/Support\/US-EN\/Consumer-Support\/Mobile-Phones\/Droid+-+USA_Default+US_Loc%253AUS-EN\">http:\/\/www.motorola.com\/Support\/US-EN\/Consumer-Support\/Mobile-Phones\/Droid+-+USA_Default+US_Loc%253AUS-EN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I waited until the official firmware release, but I\u2019m impatient, and I have concerns about Verizon bastardizing some features (USB tethering, etc).&#160; The install was smooth, but I had to remove the battery after the restart when the system appeared &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/?p=28\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,39,49],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android-2","tag-android","tag-firmware","tag-mobile"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YWFc-s","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulbegley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}