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[Droid X General] smyers1012:
Word on Droid X getting Gingerbread?

Anyone hear anything recently about gingerbread on the droid x...its been rumored for a while now any idea if and when we are supposed to get the update??
[Droid X General] Maratu:
I just went around today looking for just that news, and found a few sites over just the past two days.

First, they say VZW has gotten moto's GB build, and that seems to be confirmed over the various sites. Soooo super exciting!

Not so exciting part? The very next day, many of these sites say it was denied, as VZW is wont to do it seems, and we are looking at another 4 weeks or so.

Let's hope for April! I have been waiting to root, but it seems every time I am about to do it, moto comes with the official next version, so I continue waiting!
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Ive heard its as far away as 6 weeks but who knows
[Droid X General] xxDriveNxx:
Sounds like P3Droid got his hands on the final build of GB for the X, D2, and D2G tonight. Also sounds like maybe this weekend/week rollout rumor was correct!
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
he got his hands on 3.4.2 blur....not gingerbread i am running on my phone right now and if thats all were getting prepare to be disappointed..dont get me wrong there are improvements but not enough to really wow you..everything just runs faster, a couple apps have been edited, and you can have a work, weekend, and home profile kinda like the droid pro..nothing major oh and longer battery life but nothing really excites u that much
[Droid X General] phoenixus:
Incorrect.

From Twitter earlier tonight:

CellZealot

Kerry Britton

TBH strikes again! DX/D2 devotees get hot pan of delicious Gingerbread fresh out of the oven. Mmmmm....good!
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
do u think that u could send me the zip file to their leak of GB????
[Droid X General] Onlyunless:
It hasn't been released yet, even in the TBH app. Be patient.

(Can't post outside links yet, so just see p3droid's latest tweet for the link described below.)

The above link was tweeted by P3droid as the prerelease thread until it's gone public.
[Droid X General] madAdam6LOVE:
Here's the link to P3Droid's prerelease thread at MDW:

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-x-discussion/6684-droid-x-gingerbread-2-3-3-prerelease-thread.html

If you want DroidX gingerbread hot out of the oven, get the TBH app. The release will be exclusive to paying supporters for a few days, at least.
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
do i have to update the tbh appp to get it?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
P3droid's latest tweet said there will be a GB release today
[Droid X General] joebob296:
Have they been able to root it yet?
[Droid X General] eastwood1:
Sounds exciting :D
[Droid X General] ram130:
lol i just bricked my DX thinking about it..time to get my battery charge at VZW..I hope the release is tomorrow, perfect way to end a busy Monday :D ..
[Droid X General] ram130:
Just curious..in the pictures I see a Froyo kernel, isn't gingerbread suppose to have a more updated kernel? like 2.6.35 or something??
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
u have to remember this isnt the actual gingerbread its a lkeaed version im sure motorola's final version will have an updated kernal and I really hope they decide to drop the bootlaoder!
[Droid X General] ram130:
lol oh ok... I hope so too..usually these leaks are a sign, never the less it already has a new kernel, but based on 2.2 if I'm correct..
[Droid X General] blueis300:
No new bootloader. That would only come from VZW in an official update.zip file.

No root yet for consumer hardware either...we are hoping that getting this out may help find a solution.
[Droid X General] smyers1012:
i really really want p3droid to release this thing onto TBH!
[Droid X General] ram130:
im here trying to recover my DX via ghetto charging..lol,,dont know if its working..phone still off..anyone kno where i could get some instructions for this?
[Droid X General] mtlons:
Gingerbread out - mirrored!

Get it while it's hot.

He tweeted at one point there were 3140 people downloading through the paid app ($1.99) . That's $6248.6.

I bought the app and was waiting for 2.3.3 to download through my phone. The megaupload mirror took ~5 mins. Backing up, then installing.
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
Can you post the URL of the megaupload mirror? I'd like to get this but I don't have the app
[Droid X General] DroidTh3ory:
http://www.multiupload.com/MU_34Q1IPM9B2

Its a HUGE UI overhaul... Not sure I am feeling the colors Moto decided on but it is very smoooth.
[Droid X General] marculous:
Does anyone have any idea if this would be compatible to everything I've done already to my phone running 2.2.1 ? Z4 root, apex 1.4.1, sbp mobile shell beta, custom boot animation, etc.? I don't want to give all that up. Please advise. Thanks.
[Droid X General] davidukfl:
as of now no one has been able to root this new update, so none of that stuff will be possible.

and as far as apex goes, once root is had then I'm sure fabulous and other devs will begin making custom roms

I'm going to be waiting for some custom roms to show up before i update
[Droid X General] lthomas926:
Can someone post a few screenshots
[Droid X General] marculous:
I might just wait then, I enjoy my customizations too much right now to trade it for stock, even if it is gingerbread.
[Droid X General] ridnlow:
I got the leak up and running on my phone.. I am VERY impressed at the performance even coming from Overclocked Liberty 1.5.. Will be even more fun once root is aquired.. The new blur is actually not that bad either, but all this bloatware is already getting on my nerves..
[Droid X General] peurifoyd:
I'm running liberty 1.5 and z4 root how do I get back to stock to try this? But I guess I'll be stuck till they find root huh.? Might be a dumb question but I am new to this
[Droid X General] ridnlow:
Just download the zip to your sd card.. reboot into recovery and install it like you did liberty "install zip from sdcard" once you install it though there is no easy way back to liberty until root is aquired..
[Droid X General] ram130:
Well if you've been living under a rock for the weekend I can understand. Anyway Gingerbread was leaked yesterday and I must say it's crazy good so far. Though I spent the entire night recovering my bricked DX(battery low, code corrupt) ..So far I like everything about it except the fact we have no root :D ..

Anyway I'm gonna play around with it today. So, let me know your thoughts and opinions so far on the Gingerbread leak. If you can, comment on the battery life as well. :cool:

official leak thread here.
[Droid X General] DroidTh3ory:
I have to say I am 98% pleased... Its smooth, fast, and the overhaul on the Blur is a great step. Plus, I love the things I was missing on my DC that I had on my other phones ie (long press copy and paste in Gmail and the browser). There are a lot of great nuances in the build also, like the fact there is a dedicated key to jump right to market in the app drawer, customizing the launcher apps and the fact to can close individual tasks in the notification as opposed to clearing all only.

As for root... until there are hacks and themes to play with, I don't miss it. It would however be nice to remove some bloat but hey... its quick even with it.

The 2% I'm not happy with???? The color scheme. Motor has always pushed the black, grey and red.... Now we have a light blue??? Other than that, I would say they banged out a well deserved update for the X.

Thanks to TBH for the early preview.

:)
[Droid X General] the_rev:
Oops.

So, I was running Liberty 1.5, I d/l'ed the release, rebooted into recovery, installed the zip, rebooted, and now I'm bricked. It brings up the Liberty logo and flashes. I tried to boot into recovery (power+home button) and I get the Exclamation Point and little 'Droid, but now nothing else works - can't actually access the menu via the search button, or by hitting the up volume + camera.

Any ideas?
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
It is my understanding that you should still he able to sbf with the 2.3.340 release
[Droid X General] mtlons:
I came from liberty as well and had the same issue, but I was able to get into stock recovery. Once I was, wiped data/factory reset fixed it.

Try to get into recovery a few more times. Worst case scenario, use rsd lite to sbf back to stock.
[Droid X General] the_rev:
I figured I should be able to get into the stock recovery, but I have to be missing something here.

I did the following:

1) Pulled the battery for 30 seconds

2) Put in the battery

3) Held Power + Home until the M appeared

4) Released Power, held home

5) The exclamation point in the triangle and the droid appear

6) Pressed Search - nothing

7) Repeated Steps 1-5

8) Tried Volume Up + Camera - nothing (Also tried Volume Down + Camera)

What am I missing?
[Droid X General] mtlons:
When the exclamation/droid comes up. Push both volume buttons instead of the search.
[Droid X General] the_rev:
Ding!Ding!Ding!

That's what I was missing. Wiping and rebooting now! Whew! This is a company phone... wasn't sure how I was going to explain that one. ;)
[Droid X General] mtlons:
And use power to select.
[Droid X General] the_rev:
Aside from Bloatware 2: The Reckoning (the return of all the frakkin' bloatware on my phone), it seems really snappy, responsive, and all-around solid. The colors aren't terrible but I agree with DroidTh3ory, the light blue/slate is kinda bland.

I am looking forward to skins and ROMs, testing the battery life, and seeing how durable the OS is over the course of a few days. I will say that I played around with a plain stock X yesterday afternoon and it was significantly slower than my X with GB.
[Droid X General] iamrobk:
This is about as good a stock ROM as I could ever want, I love it. Very fast, and the new blur is actually really good. I'll still never use the social networking stuff they include (since I use Tweetdeck), and hate the bloatware apps, but it doesn't really bother me much. Hope we can get it rooted so I can use Wifi tether though!
[Droid X General] 420Man:
So I DL'd the zip and went bootstrap to "install zip for sdcard" after hitting yes it aborts and doesn't install. I'm on Liberty 1.5, do I need to SBF back to stok .340 first or should I wiping data before I try to install the zip?

Any help is appreciated.
[Droid X General] MaceBewley:
Been playing with GB half the night and all morning. Really liking it, but can't wait to see what some of the dev's can do with it!
[Droid X General] torikorocks:
GB is on tbh app. Any guesses on when official ota download will be?

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[Droid X General] raziel36:
Even though it's a step forward, I couldn't help but feel like I took I step back when I had GB running last night. If you use 180/190 LCD density, like I always do, going back to stock just feels icky. Once root is gained I will definitely be loving it, but I can't live with the "Grandpa has trouble seeing anything above 800x600 resolution" look.
[Droid X General] echew:
They've done something with the Blur Facebook app. Now it doesn't bring in pictures at all like it used to. Tried uninstalling the FB and reinstalling (wiping the data and cache as well) and the FB app still doesn't allow syncing with contacts like on other devices. Still gonna mess around with it tho.
[Droid X General] raziel36:
You probably need to download the file again, sounds like an incomplete/corrupt zip. It should have no problem flashing from Liberty if the download was good.
[Droid X General] ram130:
So far I like the fact that they got rid of their contacts app! and used the stock one instead, finally. Also I'm missing TB backing right now! I have some data I need to restore :D ..is there any good alternative that doesn't need root and can restore app data?

Really? I was about to try it. Did you try adding it in the account section from settings?

If the official app won't sync pictures then I'll just go back to using T-Mobile Social Buzz which sync with existing pics(you can find it in the market:cool:):D
[Droid X General] echew:
So far I've done the following:

1). Removed the Blur FB account

2). Cleared the FB cache and data under Applications

3). Removed the FB app

4). Restarted phone

5). Reinstalled FB app and connected. Still no Sync contacts upder settings - like .340.

Prior to this, I did remove and re-add the Blur FB account, but it never updated or linc'ed the accounts together. One thing I did notice, the Linc accounts is burried under the Edit contact and not the main pop up screen like before.
[Droid X General] ram130:
I just tried as well, same results. Use T-Mobile Buzz from the market to get things sync..I believe it's two apps that go with it. Once they are installed just go to account in settings and add the t-mobile one, then select it and add you facebook account. The app it self seems to FC on GB now..
[Droid X General] mrkite38:
I've just merged two other threads into this one. It's messy but that's what you get when 5 people open threads for the same thing. Which is to say, once again:

1. please search BEFORE posting

2. DON'T post in the development forum unless you're sure it's dev. If there's any question in your mind, post it in general and pm me for review. I'm always happy to move legit dev threads to dev. (10 post rule still applies, of course.)
[Droid X General] blueis300:
I loaded like the directions say and tried several other ways but my battery life sucks like never before. 50% in less than 30 minutes. I dont have widgets running, turned brightness down, emails checks every 4 hours. Not sure what else to try. Any ideas on what I can do or Im going back to liberty 1.5
[Droid X General] ram130:
No problem, thanks..keep up the work.

funny :D .. I have over 90apps installed with widgets on 3 home screens, email going, fb/twitter syncing and I just hit 90% after 30mins of setting things up..I'd say reflash or recondition your battery..

Also you MIGHT have a rogue app using alot of cpu.
[Droid X General] blueis300:
I checked what was using battery on display was the most. I since have lowered the brightness. My battery was pretty hot so Im charging with the normal ac charger instead of the usb with computer. Its almost charged so Ill see what happens soon. If not Ill reflash again. Nothing better to do on a stormy day.
[Droid X General] ram130:
I just realize I'm no longer the OP ..kinda weird having the Thread Title with a different OP post..
[Droid X General] ram130:
do a restart lol..it's nice and sunny in NYC.
[Droid X General] Oddity:
Any timeline on a gingerbread system dump?
[Droid X General] babydollcg:
GB

Gingerbread is out, adn from what I can tell it looks well, and performance is a plus, but I'm still going to wait, I"m way into being rooted, and just can't give up that right yet...So far so good, let's see more :-)
[Droid X General] tidixon:
no sip.

It appears as though the SIP features of GB are not in this release.
[Droid X General] ram130:
Doesn't look like it will ever be included..

SO let's see.

Missing gingerbread features, so far:

1. LCD screen off animation.

2. No SIP (Probably Motorola doing).
[Droid X General] tlarm:
So far 2.3 is great. Crazy smooth compared to the other stock roms. Has anyone else noticed that some of the Battery Widget apps (i.e., Minimalist Text) have lost their 1% increment readings with this? They're back to the 10% increments.
[Droid X General] PsychicRefugee:
My only annoyance right now is getting a notification widget going that actually works like a notification toggle, and doesn't just leave me stuck with the pop-up option. I've tried both Widgetsoid and Power Control Plus with no avail. Anyone find a way around this yet?
[Droid X General] rocko73:
It has some bugs. Back lit hard keys are very bright and go on and off at will while using the phone. Sync icon won't go away. Seems to eat the battery faster.
[Droid X General] Tim-H:
@rocko73

Chances are you didn't wipe data/cache before installing. Those are both common problems if you don't.
[Droid X General] kennydied23:
It's a decent rom. RealHDMI doesn't work though, but I'm not sure if it truly requires root to work.
[Droid X General] ram130:
My sync icon is fine, all 90 apps installed, gmail sync up with 1000email perfectly and all is go..you should factory reset or flash again or do both.

I agree though about the back lit keys being bright and go on and off at will..annoying sometimes..but I rather the brightness turned down than have them on all the time.
[Droid X General] illcat2000:
Gb is awesome so worth losing root. I thought gb would just be a few cosmetic. Fixes but I was supposed as to how much the ui. Was tweaked love it so far looking forward. To what the future has. This is where motor blur should have started much improved and polished.
[Droid X General] ram130:
I think some animations need work but it's great so far.. I just realized there are two "battery use" under Applications and another under Battery & data manager..oh well..had a few wifi issues so far ...but otherwise is great..tho blur kinda bogs the system down sometimes..
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
I will flash Gingerbread when there's a root method, can't wait =D

Also P3Droid stated on his twitter, if I understand correctly, that he will be releasing a root method for Gingerbread tomorrow.

Beamed from my DroidX
[Droid X General] thejamhole:
Kinda sounds like the update makes the phone almost run like a device that's costs this much should. I used to wait to root but I got sick of the blur lag. Did my first root and custom rom and overclocked to 1.1ghz. My dx runs faster with zero lag and for some weird reason gets better battery life on 1.1ghz low voltage than it did running at the 1.0ghz stock medium voltage. Also seemed to fix the random liberty reboots. Word to the devs!

Droid X - Liberty 1.5 | Revolution Remix [ xda premium ] thejamhole.com
[Droid X General] Avelnan:
.......This...this launcher...IS ACTUALLY SMOOTH!!
[Droid X General] michaelrango:
After a day with it my only complaint would be battery life. It's inconsistent and runs out pretty quickly it seems.
[Droid X General] arraworld:
p3droid released a pre-rooted leak!
[Droid X General] infazzdar:
Link? =D

Beamed from my DroidX
[Droid X General] BBJohnnyT:
Can anyone running it tell me if it has the latest Swype beta incorporated into it? Thanks.
[Droid X General] hanone:
It's using version 2.25, if that's the latest then yes
[Droid X General] Tim-H:
I actually like it, except the fact that you can't remove some of the home screens. I don't want more than 5.
[Droid X General] arraworld:
Can't link, sorry not enough posts..
[Droid X General] ram130:
here u go http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...x-gingerbread-2-3-3-prerelease-thread-39.html
[Droid X General] Scottbg1:
I was really getting fed up with my droid. I came from a Samsung Captivate and they had some very classy looking roms cooked up.

Moving to the droid, (changed carriers) I was a little disappointed.

But now, I'm a happy camper. Gingerbread was just what the DX needed. I'm even digging the blur stuff. Adds a little elegance to a once tired looking phone.

Now, to get it rooted and lose some VZW bloat. ;)
[Droid X General] Joe92T:
I'm on the rooted gingerbread leak with build prop changes and debloated and I couldn't be happier...this is a significant upgrade even moreso ide say then going from the original 2.1 to 2.2 was

I'm never going back to froyo, ill happily wait right where I am for some custom gingerbread roms

Sent from my DROIDX
[Droid X General] luigi90210:
its fast

i havent even removed the bloat yet and i am getting really high quadrant scores and really great performance
[Droid X General] torikorocks:
Since gingerbread is rooted is it possible to flash the 2.3.340 froyo sbf in update.zip format to get back to froyo and then flash a backup from froyo.

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[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
I believe if you do the FULL SBF it will work, but dont quote me on this.
[Droid X General] jeck77:
Anyone else notice that the keyboard seems very sluggish in the stock text messaging app? I downloaded Handscent SMS, and the keyboard seems much faster in that app, and I haven't been able to find anywhere else that the keyboard seems sluggish. Unfortunately I like the stock text messaging app and just wish the keyboard didn't feel so sluggish.

Other than that, this update is very nice and I have new found respect for Motorola Blur.
[Droid X General] jf4888:
Gingerbread is fast everything seems cleaned up

but this Blue color scheme is killing me!

I miss the redd from Blur

no wonder why this S@#T got rejected it looks retarded having a phone with a RED camera button & eveything internally is Blue w t f
[Droid X General] Tim-H:
I will quote you because it is true. SBF back to 2.3.34 Froyo and your nandroid(assuming you made it with Froyo 2.3.34) backup will work. I don't believe "updates" work in reverse.
[Droid X General] marvelous7325:
i love gingerbread. the only problem im having is linking my facebook contacts to my phone contacts. any ideas?
[Droid X General] raziel36:
The other answers aren't clear, so let me say it simply: No, it doesn't work that way. You must use SBF and RSDLite to downgrade. The Update.zip SBF versions are only for upgrading or a fresh start on the same version you're running.
[Droid X General] thewanton:
Has anyone successfully got the rooted leak running directly from Liberty 1.5? I've tried to install it a few times but it always aborts with an error. Help please?
[Droid X General] kn0itall:
It just means you have a bad copy. re download it!:cool:
[Droid X General] angryjello:
I have it running. I was running RubiX 1.9.5...When I first did it I got stuck in bootloop for a good while. I did a restore wipe and then I was in 2.3.3. For the first 10min of using it I wasn't able to connect to the internet. That seems to be okay now. Also, there a some graphical glitches. Like when i try to remove stuff from the screen, the red parts are kinda glitchy.

Other than those few issues...It's awesome!! It moves very quickly. The parts that used to lag are not lagging anymore. Really diggen some of the features like the app folders and the new camera app.

I threw launcher pro on it and it is working much faster for whatever reason.

Has anyone gotten Titanium Backup to work? I was able to download it but not open it D:
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Loving new gingerbread can't wait till jrummy gets his hands on the source code!!
[Droid X General] KevTN:
Ok...now what happens when the ota comes out? Would I have to sbf back to get it? I will gave my pgone for at least another year...lol thx
[Droid X General] MahaVoodoo:
No, it's not. The copy is O.K, but you have to flash 2.3.340 Official SBF file first with RSD Lite. I had the same problem, coming from Liberty.
[Droid X General] MahaVoodoo:
So what is the problem? Just join contacts like you always did.

I have some other questions:

1. How can I turn off mobile data for battery save? My utilities don't work, and the option is not available in settings menu. I can just switch off sync but is it as effective as mobile data switching?

2. Droid 2 bootstrapper seems NOT to wipe batt stats. I guess we should wait for DX bootstrapper update.
[Droid X General] typo13:
Came from liberty1.5 and GB is kicking ass didn't have any problems getting it loaded. I made a backup of liberty 1.5 then did a factory wipe and then loaded the pre rooted GB .zip and it worked like a charm.
[Droid X General] BBalz:
Is anyone else having the issue where it keeps showing the sync icon on the top?

Typically I wouldn't care but it's been since yesterday and the sync arrows in the notification bar are still displaying.

I've went into the accounts and nothing shows that it's syncing. I only have Groupme, Google, Facebook and Twitter as my accounts.

Anyone else experiencing this or have suggestions?
[Droid X General] forsaken82:
anyone having issues with sound volume? id say there is a 50 decrease between 2.2 and 2.3 on ringer volume. I thought i had fixed it by reinstalling gb but i was just imagining it. any idea on how to fix this before i sbf back to 2.2?
[Droid X General] forsaken82:
boot into recovery and wipe data and cache. its caused by not wiping it when installing gb