14 DAY TRIAL // DROID X by Motorola is one of the high-end mobile phones that landed on shelves during the ongoing year with Android 2.1 on board, and got an update for Android 2.2 Froyo not too long ago. While the software solution brought a wide range of enhancements on the device, a series of issues with it were also spotted, and some of them are detailed below.
Motorola themselves acknowledged the existence of these issues, as they were posted on the company’s support forums, where some info on the measures that would be taken was also published.
One of the main problems with the Android 2.2 Froyo update is that the device remains stuck on the Moto logo after a reboot.
More than one Motorola DROID X owner reported this issue, and Motorola says that a fix aimed at eliminating it has been already developed, and that it should be delivered to handsets with the next software update.
However, in case there are users who are still experiencing this problem on their devices, they should head over to this thread on the Motorola support forums to learn more on what they should do while waiting for the said fix to arrive.
Other known issues with the Android 2.2 Froyo solution on DROID X include:
- Random rebooting – while there always seem to be new conditions that can cause an electronic device to panic, we do have improvements coming that address and eliminate identified panic states. - WiFi connection and stability – improvements in WiFi have been developed, to address several problem areas. - Battery Manager “force close” errors – under some circumstances, pressing the battery icon under Menu > Settings > Battery Manager results in a forced close error. - Media won’t play – includes “sorry the player does not support this type of audio file," custom ringtone stop working, video won’t play, etc. A reboot will restore full media function, but not permanently. We believe we have identified the cause of these errors. - Music files cutting off the final four seconds or so – a solution has been developed.
While presenting these issues, Motorola also announced that it is working on / has developed fixes for them, and that the solutions would be delivered with the first software update for the handset.
However, chances are that other problems with the Android 2.2 Froyo software update for the DROID X also emerged, and that they too would need fixes in the near future.