Verizon Rolls Out Gingerbread for Droid 2 Global and Droid Pro
Verizon has begun to roll out Android Gingerbread for both the Droid 2 Global and the Droid Pro with both OTA and manual updates available. Both the Droid Pro and Droid 2 Global have multi-touch keyboard support enabled with the update as well as a task manager and full encryption for the SD card and […]
Verizon Launches Motorola Droid 2 Global Edition
Verizon has launched the Motorola Droid 2 Global Edition after months of leaks for $299.99 after a new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $199.99. The smartphone features a 1.2GHz processor, 3.7-inch, 854 x 480 resolution touchscreen display, support for remote wipe of device and SD card, QuickOffice, […]
Verizon Launches Droid2 R2-D2 Edition
Verizon has launched the limited edition R2-D2 edition Droid 2 online and via select retail stores. The device is functionally identical to the Droid 2 with the exception of the bodyshell design molded to resemble the famous droid from the Star Wars film franchise along with custom media on the phone and a bundled custom […]
FM Radio Hack for Droid 2 Available
A new hack to enable the disabled FM radio hardware in the Motorola Droid 2 is now available and is taken from the files that enable the hardware by default on the Droid X. As the the Droid X and Droid 2 are based off of near identical hardware, the hack is straightforward and requires […]
Verizon Rolls Out Minor Droid 2 Update
Verizon has begun to stage a minor update to the Droid 2 designed to fix various issues and make slight improvements to device functionality. Of note are the following fixes: text and picture message scrolling are enabled, streamlined Visual Voice Mail setup, improved contact sync with Corporate Exchange categories and groups as well as a […]
Motorola Droid 2 to Ship with Android 2.2 At Launch
Image courtesy of Phandroid/AndroidForums Verizon internal documentation has confirmed that the Motorola Droid 2 will be the first Android device on a US carrier shipping with Android 2.2 when it launches in August. The successor to the ever popular Droid will feature a 1Ghz TI OMAP processor and improved QWERTY keyboard. The latest information now […]
Motorola DROID 2 and X Locked Out from Custom ROMs
The forthcoming Droid 2 and X Android devices on Verizon will be the first Motorola Android devices sold in the US from the manufacturer sold with digitally signed bootloaders in order to prevent flashing to customized builds of Android developed by the modification community. While the locked bootloader does not completely prevent ROM flashing, it […]