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It’s not often that you get to merge personal passions into a professional life, but that’s what Kellen did when he launched Droid Life in 2009. After working years of unsatisfying jobs in the medical and property management fields, he took a risk to try and create an online community while playing with the coolest gadgets on the planet each day, a risk that has turned out to be incredibly rewarding. Outside of Droid Life, Kellen is your typical Portlander who drinks way too much good beer, complains often about the Trail Blazers, and can be found out on the streets for a run, rain or shine.

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  • I see on Craigslist there are people selling 2.1 installs to people that don't know how to do it themselves. They right out state that the software is free and that they could do it themselves. But the service is offered for those that want it, but are too afraid to do it themselves.

    I was one of those that said I would not return to stock since I already had the update, but the excitement got the best of me the other day. Only to find a delay once again… 🙂 It's been awhile since I've been stock, and I had forgotten that it's not that bad. However there are features that I miss such as voice to text (which works very well). Anyway, no worries, I will sit on stock for a short bit, and if this delay extends too long I will simply go back to 2.1 on my own. But in the meantime stock isn't “as bad” as I remembered… 🙂

  • Wow, I think Verizon reps are Droids themselves. Everyone one of them say exactly the same thing, almost word for word. Maybe they are actually theatre actors because they all have their scripts down pat, and they drop their lines like Broadway actors appearing 5 nights a week. I wonder if they have a dress rehersal just to ensure that they got their lines right when they tell us the update once again isn't coming?

  • I don't know how true this is but one of the posters on the motorola facebook page said that they received the OTA. I think hesaid ge's from California. His name is Daniel Newell…his post is at the bottom of the comments. Again, I don't know how accurate this is.

    http://www.facebook.com/motorola?ref=mf#!/motor…

  • I know its kinda late for me to be saying this but Notthing here in Pittsburgh yet!

    I just had to get that out of me, been reading this blog alllll day lol

  • Damn I guess I'm just 1 of 200,000
    My mommy was wrong, I'm not “special” after all….

    Can't stand waiting for this update anymore

  • This is Verizon and Motorola not givin a sh** about the people paying their salary. Thank You Both for caring about the people. This update should have been tested long ago. Not the day before.

  • EPIC FAIL…According to boygeniusreport.com the OTA has been delayed yet again due to a last minute bug found last night and there is no new roll out date. Kellex can you confirm this through your sources.

    • not delayed a little when it says ” a new DATE will be communicated” meaning it could be days or months..

    • Just saw that and was about to post too!! This is HORRIBLE… We should just give up that's the second site that has posted that picture. Not looking good at all

    • Im beginning to get the feeling that either:
      1) HR @ verizon and moto are hiring N00Bs; OR
      2) someone got a latenight call from the Apple legal team and wet themselves.

  • Just got this from Boy Genius on my Twitter feed.
    http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/03/18/motor…

    Motorola DROID update delayed?

    by Boy Genius on March 18th, 2010 at 12:57pm
    Filed under: Android, Breaking News, Exclusives, Handsets, Motorola, Verizon, Whisper Leave a Comment

    We have heard from multiple sources that the much-awaited Android 2.1 OS upgrade due to start today, has been delayed. We’re told a last minute bug late last night was found. There is no new ETA. We’ve reached out to Verizon for confirmation.

    Tags: 2.1, Android, droid, exclusive, google, Motorola, ota, verizon wireless, Whisper

  • “Motorola – Hi Everyone – We are looking into this new update and will definitely share with you what we find. Please patient with us! Thank you!”

    Well Thank Heavens Dectective incompetent is on the f****** case. I'm sure we'll get this resolved 3 years from now when the Droid 16 goes on sale running android 45. Everything's fine now. Disperse people, nothing to see here…..

  • Los(t) Angel(e)s CA here. Power source connected…check. Wi-Fi…check. Sanity…questionable. Everyone already thinks im nuts for checking the site like 20 times a day. Now, i get to stare at my phone all day, cause im checking in 20 TIMES AN HOUR. And they called me crazy o_0

      • Same, Central PA 814 Area code, still nothing. Though last update I wasn't part of the first wave either.

  • Moto again had my hopes high thanks motorola 4 letting us down your doing a good job at it keep up the good work

  • you know… i'm not one to Root/Mod but i think i've had about enough of this… i think come next week i'm going to give it a shot. no sense in wasting my time anymore. i can have all of 2.1 plus more by doing so…. aarrgghh but then i void my phone's warranty… but then again in i can restore it back to stock… DAMN YOU Verizon!

    • I have rooted and had to return my phone for other reasons and they did not know. I used droidmod to return back to stock and erased everything that indicated a root. They aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, if this whole update bullshit hasnt already showed you that.

  • yea, had a bunch of app updates yesterday…

    another delay… so lame….. how does a company get by with these kind of mistakes?

    • ps, doubt they make any sort of announcement when to expect it now. They're better off just releasing it unanounced.

      • I totally agree. People were skeptical about this update as it was after what they did back in February. Its been reported that Motorola's distribution vendor Bitfone (now owned by HP) was the reason for the original delay but now I have no idea whats delaying it now. With all the angry Droid owners now I totally agree they probably should just release it unannounced then to get everybody's hopes up again. Who's gonna believe another Official date they post now?

  • Did anyone have alot of their apps get updates yesterday??? Is this because of update was supposed to get released??

    • Does anyone know if there is any truth to this. Or could somebody of maybe just posted this bullshiznit report to mess with us loyal Droiders. Some won't be so loyal if this is true. I am one

  • Sorry guys. If I catch anything else regarding this nonexistent OTA update on twitter, I'll post it here. In the meantime, guess I'll check to see if my bracket has blown up yet. lol

  • Glad I stayed on Blackdroid's ROM. Really no reason to unroot until an update.zip file is out there anyways guys and gals.

  • If I'm running Cynagen, will I still get the update? Do I need to go back to stock to get the alert?

  • Rooting on Monday to Cyanogen if Moto doesn't pull their heads out of their a## this weekend

  • I swore up and down in 2008 that I would NEVER buy a Moto product again… but when the Droid came out it was too good to pass up so I jumped with Moto again with high hopes. Well as we can all see Moto is still the same crap company who loves to mess with updates and support for their phones. My Droid WILL be my LAST Moto product… this is just ridiculous

  • If this wasn't so funny I'd be crying right now. In fact, I think I may anyway. Nothing to do now but wait fort he actual update and not the “news” of the update. In the words of Peggy Bundy “Thank your father kids”

    “Thanks (VERIZON) dad!!!!”

  • i bet VZW iPhone will be available before 2.1 upgrade. Wonder how many Droid owners will jump ship and switch to iPhone? hmmm… I know I am!!!

  • WOOOOOOOW…..ANOTHER DELAY ON 2.1!?!?!? What the hell is going on Android…step up your game…been waiting for months!

    • Looks like Im going to root AGAIN, and this time stay rooted. Im not counting on these morons anymore.

      • Sorry if that was a lil too harsh for anyone but it is obviously the truth. If this delay is real and not fake to get peoples blood rising, it is ridiculous. You think that after the last snafu that they were check and double check everything before anouncing the much anticipated update.

  • I was in the Verizon store yesterday. The rep had no idea that there was a update today.. Before I left the store a second rep said tomorrow is the day you get your update. She said and I quote ” You will get the touchy zoomie thingy on you phone” “I had no reaction” I had to leave the store and nod my head. I do wonder how much the store employees are actually told about this stuff.. Meanwhile I'm still waiting for mine.

  • I hope this isn't true but Android Central heard there maybe a problem with the servers sending out the updates!!! NOOOOOOO…..

    The Motorola Droid's Android 2.1 update should be pushed out to the first 1,000 guinea pigs lucky users anytime now. Sing out if you've got it (we'll know if you're lying!) and be sure to post your thoughts in our Official 2.1 Findings thread.

    Update: Not to panic anyone, but we're getting whispers of server problems or some other sort of delay, or may it's just the smartphone gods toying with us yet again. Stay tuned.

  • So the mad Droid refresh starts in about an hour? nice, If I get it I'll be in touch about how to share it. 🙂

  • nothing in DE yet. i got the droid a few hours after if came out. i dont think that matters. i dont know how they chose these first few 1k. maybe its just random.

  • Please stop commenting that you don't have it. No one cares if you don't have it, only if you do. It's just filling the page with useless comments.

    • and why does that bother you? being a bit arrogant aren't you? I actually do want to know how many people and in what areas people has or has not received it yet. who are you to tell people what to do?

  • nothing in Brooklyn, i have my phone charging, connected to WIFI and waiting… i did read that you have to be connected to wifi, and have a good charge right?

      • gotcha, thanks. i've also rebooted my phone… twice… just in case… On another note, i'm trying to figure out how I got to this point in my life where i'm excited about a friggen phone update that may take 3 days to come. I believe Beck made a song about me in the early 90's.

    • kickin it in Chi-town and nothing here. It will probably go west to east to midwest and we will be the last to get it. 😀

  • Only 1000 people were slated to get it at noon. I was willing to bet at least one of them reads this blog. Apparently they have not logged on yet 🙂

    9,000 more go out tonight. We will see then I suppose.

  • well they did say at noon only 1,000 will be distributed. how do they decide who these lucky 1,000 people are? guess it's a random distribution? so gay! just make it available to all Droid owners for crying out loud!!!

  • Nothing In Ohio yet (know six people in ohio not including myself that still have not gotten it)

  • Nothing here in Northwestern Pennsylvania area code 814…Im patiently waiting.lol…Well as patient as I can.

  • New to site and love it. what does installing it manually mean? dumb question but wanted to ask.

  • Just a suggestion, let's only comment when we have actually received it, not that we haven't yet…

    • i think its cool people are commenting that they haven't got it… especially from where they are in the country… keep it up folks!

  • Just to clarify: Manual upgrade is still an official upgrade and doesn't void the warrantee like rooting it does, right?

    Also, past noon in Boston. Nothing here.

  • What is this everybody is repping their side, that's cool. Well I haven't seen anybody represent the BAY AREA!!. Well here's my repp, this site is hella tight, and kellex thanks for the help.The BAY loves this site as well, peace and love to my homie just north of the bay. Oh and I'm also curious if they're going to block the root on the droid with this new update, running Cyanogen and over-clocked would hate to lose this. So if the update is worth it then I would seriously think about it.BTW sorry for asking this question but how do you get the tethering to work on this ROM(Cyanogen).

    thanks.
    Keep it HYPHY

  • hope this helps

    A reliable source has just let us in on how Verizon Wireless will be rolling out the Android 2.1 update to your Motorola DROID, and it looks like quite a few of us will be waiting for quite a while for our update. Our source details the following:
    At noon EDT on 3/18, 1,000 users will receive notification of the update
    At 11:59 PM EDT on 3/18, 9,000 more users will receive the update notification
    After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 3/18, there will be a 24-hour period when no additional upgrades will be delivered
    On Day 3 (3/20), 200,000 users will receive the update notification at 11:59 PM EDT
    This schedule will continue each day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users
    And here are a few conditions needed for the update to be applied:
    An OTA download requires 40% or more power availability
    If the device is not connected to an external power source or 20% or more power if it is connected to an external source
    If roaming, the customer will not receive the update
    For those who are actually going to wait for the OTA version

  • Ready and waiting here in North Carolina. I'll let you know when the OTA reaches here.

  • Kellex,

    When the comments section is loading, a long comment appears for a few seconds and then disappears. Any idea what that is?

  • So. Cal likes the site too. There you go. Coast to coast Kellex you da man! Strong Work.

  • Quick question, I understand why Verizon would roll out the update in waves to make sure everything runs smooth and such, but do they assume that someone is going to post the update file online and everyone is just going to download it manually? If they are taking a 24 hour period (Friday) and not rolling out the update during that time to make sure its rolling out smoothly, aren't most people gonna have it manually updated before they begin rolling it back out on saturday? Just curious.

    • “Most people” have no idea an update is coming… you are in the enthusiast bubble, and we are less than 10%, trust me. 🙂

  • i wonder what market their “test users” are in….

    on a side note, kellex, nyc loves your site big homie! keep up the good work!

  • I have never waited this long….this patiently for anything, let alone a software update!!

    • Yes you got the golden ticket…
      You didn't, by chance, happen to backup the file before updating?

  • i got my DROID the 2nd wk of December…what are the chances i'll be getting this update by saturday? still waiting impatiently….

  • Thanks for all you do kellex! This Is my first post but I read this site multiple i mean very multiple times a day im truly addicted!

    Feels like election day again who is going to be the winners?!

  • Chances of receiving the 2.1 update today- roughly than 1 in 2100 (1.05 mil handsets as of 1/18).
    Chances of getting any work done after update is received- about the same.

  • i read that the update is starting at noon for 1k people. then 9k at midnight. then 200k on the 3rd day. then repeat

    • There is a timeline on the front page detailing the way things are probably going to roll out.

  • Will be interested to hear if they put some sort of block on rooting. Doubt it but just holding out to be sure.

    • 2.1 has already been rooted, and there's a rooted 2.1 sbf that you can use to get root. I believe the process for that is actually in one of the blog posts here.

      • He's just wondering if they made some final tweak. I've heard the Canadian Milestone has locks on the bootloader making it almost impossible to root. So we'll see.

        • Isnt it true that the Milestone and the Droid were released on two different mindsets? I mean, i read that the Milestone isnt a “with Google” device and that motorola locked it down from rooting. When it came to the Droid, they made it almost as poruous as could be for us geeks in the US. Am i talking out of my hoooha here?

      • I am rooted with blackdroid 7.8. I was talking about if the official VZ 2.1 has somethign in it to block root access. Don't think it will but just in case…

  • A manual update, occurs after someone captures the OTA and shares it with the world at large.

  • I'm glad you're on it. Hopefully you'll get the update file today and share it with us.

    I can't wait to get my hands on it.

  • Anxiously waiting, hopefully I will be one of the lucky few today, if not I will be looking for the manual update option.

    • Is the manual update the same thing as the OTA update? Like, is it stored the same exact place and your still considered stock and blah blah blah???

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