Our tipster was really a tipster and not an April Fools Day prankster – the Droid 2.1 update has begun rolling out, albeit to a select few! While all the gadget sites have begun reporting the leaked internal Verizon employee E-Mail outlining the update, one member at AndroidForums has already received it:
He included his nick and everything, not to mention the pic was snapped with a co-workers Droid Eris – DOUBLE WIN! I guess that’s karma for you.
Have you gotten the update? Awaiting the update? Cursing the lack of an update appearing on your Droid this very second? Head over to our Motorola Droid Forum and vocalize all that energy!
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VZW clearly saw my milestone 2.1 comment yesterday and decided they had to update.
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You’re welcome Phandroid Nation.
@ scott- the Motorola Droid is verizons flagship android device at the moment..you will have to wait for your phones turn. I have been a droid owner since the release day so I am excited to see some improvements. For a $100 more you could have got big Papa instead of little brother lol.
GIMME!!! Wheres my manual download link?
krugger,
i contacted HTC last week, in not so many words they said 2.1 for eris is done, waiting for verizon to release.
in more words, here’s the body of the email:
“Verizon Wireless has confirmed that the Verizon Wireless DROID ERIS by HTC will receive the Android 2.1 (Éclair) update. The Update will be available within the first six months of this year, very possibly within the next few weeks. The release date is dependant upon carrier testing and certification.”
WTF!!! just asking a question…. sorry if it bothers you.. didn’t realize you take it so personally when people ask questions on YOUR message forum… My mistake
STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR OTHER PHONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good god if it took a phone already on 2.0.1 THIS LONG just to get 2.1, do you whiners really think that your 1.5 and 1.6 phones should have it instantly too???? USE YOUR DAMN BRAINS
ok… any idea when that is??
Interesting.. we WERE only on ESE53, this is ESE81! VZW was definitely working out some kinks. Coolness. I may un-root to install this.
no animosity towards Eris. Eris has SenseUI and is not Stock Android. Eris users have to wait for HTC to release 2.1 w/ Sense UI.
please let this be true.
Ok I am new to the DROID world, I just got my Eris last week. What’s up with the animosity towards Eris?
What about us eris users… when do we get ours??
Cool. Now I semi believe. When it hit’s my Droid I’ll be a total believer.
Cool, now wheres the HTC Hero update?!