Droid Updates 2Day: Verizon Pushes out OTA Update 2.01 for Droid by Motorola

11 Dec
2009
droid_upgrade3.jpgThe Verizon Droid by Motorola Over-the-Air (OTA) update is beaming to Driods in the United States. We received our notification for the Droid system update  around noon Eastern Time  We completed the update process in about 5 minutes without a glitch.

The Droid was turned on with a app window open when we got this notice:

"A system update is ready to Install. Your phone will restart and Install the update. You not be able to make any calls including emergency calls during installation.

Install now, Install later, More info buttons.

After tapping the Install now button a screen appeared that looked like box with arrow into phone symbol for about 2-3 minutes.

Our Droid rebooted and the red eye blinked for about a minute. The opening screen instead of having a round wheel to lock/unlock and sound on/off is now two separate functions with the lock on the left and sound on the right.

The unlocking required a bit more of a grab than before and the sound off required a full drag which suggests that even though the Droid has been well-reviewed, it may have been unlocking or sounding off by mistake, previously.

There has been a  camera problem with the Droid that was helped by cleaning the lens while an auto focus bug was on a  24.5-day cycle.  The camera now works faster and appears to take better photos. The greater improvement was the cleaning of the lens.

The update fixes the auto focus cycling problem along with other glitches with 3-Way calling, speaker phone glitches, Bluetooth echos, Bluetooth contact transfer, GPS icon, SMS/MMS and instant voicemail notifications. Most updaters have noticed overall faster speeds.

The Droid 2.01 system update requires 40% or more power availability if not connected to an external power source and 20% power availability if connected to a power source. If you are roaming you will not receive a system update notice. You will need to enable Wi-Fi and wait for the update notice to appear or as mentioned above you can manually update by by selecting "Home" > "Menu" > "Settings" > "About phone" > "System updates".

Detailed instructions on how to upgrade and update your Droid by Motorola are available online at Verizon Support.

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Here are the features of the 2.01 upgrade for Droid by Motorola:
  • OS stability is improved.
  • Battery life is improved.
  • Camera auto focus functionality is improved, and time between shots reduced.
  • Enhancements for three-way calling.
  • Audio for incoming calls is improved.
  • When receiving a call on call waiting, the speakerphone now remains on.
  • Bluetooth functionality is improved; background echo is eliminated.
  • Improved Bluetooth phone book transfer of contacts to in-vehicle Bluetooth solutions.
  • After closing a GPS application, the GPS icon will now automatically be removed from the notification panel.
  • Users can now receive SMS and MMS messages after an EMSmessage is received.
  • SMS and MMS may now be sent to seven-digit addresses.
  • Google contact merging has been updated to accommodate seven-digit numbers.
  • Visual Voice Mail notices now arrive instantaneously.
  • The corporate calendar widget user interface is updated.

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