Android 2.1 to be released to Moto Droid Owners Today

• OneBuckeye

  

  Well that was fast. Soon after we posted the official Android 2.1 change log for the DROID did the folks over at Android Central get their hands on an internal Verizon memo that mentions update ESE53 will be “rolled out in stages via OTA starting 3/18 at 12PM EST” (obviously someone at Verizon didn’t get the EDT vs EST memo). The update will supposedly be sent out in groups of 250,000 meaning the vast majority of DROID users will have to sit tight until they’re randomly selected, but we have to imagine the lucky few will be eternally grateful for being selected first, if only because it gives them something to do other than focus on their raging St. Patrick’s Day hangover.
  UPDATE: Verizon hit us up to confirm that the Android 2.1 OS update will roll out to a “select small group” of users Thursday and expand to everyone soon enough.

  I wonder who the select group is.... post an update if you get it!
  
  http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/17/motorola-droid-2-1-update-said-to-start-rolling-out-thursday/
• Glory Days

  

  nothing yet here.
• dlazz

  I don't have it yet. Although I have a Nokia phone running Symbian. That's probably why.
• Glory Days

  

  i think people over at Droidforum.net started freaking out over this news, the website is down.
• OneBuckeye

  

  I don't have anything yet but my phone is about to die here at work.
• imex99

  

  Update delayed http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/18/motorola-droid-update-delayed/
• Glory Days

  

  ^^^^ haha i was just about to post that. although it is not from an official source.
• gut

  Been running this for a few weeks
• Glory Days

  

  looks like it is finally starting to go out. shouldnt start to reach the majority of the population until the 1st though from what i hear.
  
  and gut, from what it sounds like, its a slightly different version that you may be running.
• Jawbreaker

  If you don't want to wait, you can apply the ESE81 update on your phone using this link:
  http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/58133-how-force-motorola-droid-2-1-ota-update-ese81.html
  
  2.1 has been a nice update on my Eris.
• bases_loaded

  

  Im not sure I wanna risk blowing my phone up...just gonna wait for the OTA...
• Jawbreaker

  bases_loaded wrote: Im not sure I wanna risk blowing my phone up...just gonna wait for the OTA...

  I don't think it would blow up your phone but there is always a chance it might turn it into a paper weight.
• Glory Days

  

  haha yeah i am just gonna wait. could be some kind of conspiracy to get rid of all the hackers or whatever who manually install the update. when the real update comes, BOOM, phone explodes.
• bases_loaded

  

  Glory Days wrote: haha yeah i am just gonna wait. could be some kind of conspiracy to get rid of all the hackers or whatever who manually install the update. when the real update comes, BOOM, phone explodes.

  THIS