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Final Droid X Gingerbread Build Available for the Impatient

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Well we knew that the official Gingerbread update is starting to be rolled out to a small number of lucky Droid X owners, but now the update has been made available for those of you who don’t like to wait. Naturally you’ll have to be rooted with a recovery from which you can flash the upgrade, so if you’re not you’ll have wait for Verizon to push the update OTA.

The update is the official Verizon and Motorola approved Android 2.3 upgrade for the original Droid X. The upgrade, as previous leaks have indicated, brings Droid X owners a revamped version of Motoblur, skinned over the 2.3.3 version of Gingerbread (as opposed to 2.3.4 which is currently only on the Nexus phones).

To flash this, as I mentioned before, you’ll need to be rooted and have ClockworkMod’s Droid X Recovery Bootstrap, so if you’ve been waiting for the official update because you weren’t rooted this isn’t for you. If you are rooted, and were just waiting for the official release, head over here and give it a go.

[via MyDroidWorld]

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Amazon AppStore updates to v1.14 with fixes and New two step purchase method

Posted: 28 May 2011 07:02 PM PDT

Early this morning I got an update for the Amazon AppStore on my device and it seems they’ve added a few updates worth noting. Mainly some bug fixes and things of that sort, but they have also implemented a new two-step purchase method where you must click twice. This should avoid accidental purchases for those unlucky enough to have done it by mistake. We didn’t hear anything regarding this til now, but it was a nice surprise.

This update also bring an improved compatibility check for the App of the Day amazon features, as well as some much needed improvements to the support for older devices running on Android 1.6 because apparently some still do. They also mention overall stability improvements.

It is nice to see Amazon keeping up to date with their popular new App Store, I have a feeling they will continue to improve it right up until they launch a few android devices of their own. So update your Amazon AppStore and feel free to get the latest free app of the day. Today it is Yoo Ninja.

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Motorola Droid X Gingerbread is rolling out in a “soak test”

Posted: 28 May 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Earlier this week we mentioned that the Droid X would be starting the Android Gingerbread 2.3 update Friday the 27th. It looks as if this time the date given has actually came true, sort of. According to sources the OTA update for 2.3.3 Gingerbread is rolling out in what Verizon is calling a “soak test” or a test run to put it plainly. It looks as if a few users are starting to see the updates on their devices.

From what we are seeing the update rolling out is in fact Android 2.3.3 and not 2.3.4. It is the same version as earlier leaks but obviously a higher build number and should run plenty stable, but that is what the “soak test” is for. Hopefully no issues are found that will stop the update and it will go out to everyone.

We are not sure how fast Verizon is planning to roll this update out, past updates usually hit most devices within a week but this may be different if they are only pushing it to a select few first. We will follow the update and report back if anything should arise. Start checking for updates on that Droid X of yours and you might be a lucky one and get it tonight. Oh and don’t worry the leak above as well as this new version has already been rooted so fear not, hit that update button!

[via AndroidCentral]

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