It's official - no ICS for X2 from Motorola and Verizon

iBolski · May 18, 2012

Well, it's official now per the Motorola Android Software Upgrade page: the X2 will STAY on the GB kernel (v2.3). No ICS for us.

https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

This, coupled with Verizon's attempts to shoo me away what with killing the "New Every Two" program, charging a $30 fee for "free" upgrades, and now taking away the grandfathered unlimited data plan and you can bet once ALL the contracts are up on my Verizon plan, I'm switching to Sprint.

Verizon and Moto can flounder for all I care. I'm going either HTC or Nexus. Luckily, the Nexus is on Sprint so I can get an unlocked bootloader which will be nice.

RyanThaDude · May 18, 2012

Honestly, who saw this coming? Typical Motorola. Yet more reasons not to buy Motorola. F'em!

If Sprint would cover our area like VZW does I'd switch in a heartbeat. Living in the sticks sucks.

jsgraphicart · May 18, 2012

"Droid X2 - Will remain on Android 2.3" That is until Dragonzkiller gets done with it. lol

Thats why I feel nothing good will ever come from carriers and manufacturers. They give us the device and service and it is the GREAT DEVELOPERS that give us the good stuff.

ztotherad · May 18, 2012

jsgraphicart said:
"Droid X2 - Will remain on Android 2.3" That is until Dragonzkiller gets done with it. lol

Thats why I feel nothing good will ever come from carriers and manufacturers. They give us the device and service and it is the GREAT DEVELOPERS that give us the good stuff.

+1bajillion million [:

DigitalMD · May 18, 2012

iBolski said:
Well, it's official now per the Motorola Android Software Upgrade page: the X2 will STAY on the GB kernel (v2.3). No ICS for us.

https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

Verizon and Moto can flounder for all I care. I'm going either HTC or Nexus. Luckily, the Nexus is on Sprint so I can get an unlocked bootloader which will be nice.

Stay away from HTC. I have had two of their devices. never got an update beyond a minor maintenance. Locked bootloaders and all the baggage from Sense tagging along in the kernels and framework usually keeps them from getting useful updates or custom work even from 3rd party. ANd they are bleeding red ink and going down in quality as well as customer support. Notice their flagship phones no longer even have SD card slots.

Jayydude_SGP · May 18, 2012

DigitalMD said:
Stay away from HTC. I have had two of their devices. never got an update beyond a minor maintenance. Locked bootloaders and all the baggage from Sense tagging along in the kernels and framework usually keeps them from getting useful updates or custom work even from 3rd party. ANd they are bleeding red ink and going down in quality as well as customer support. Notice their flagship phones no longer even have SD card slots.

I'm guessing you've never heard of an HTC ONE X, or the HTC EVO 4G LTE??? Beats Audio, 4G, huge screens, amazing cameras, AND the SD card slots are under the battery genius -_-

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Omega360 · May 18, 2012

Not surprised at all, I knew this phone was doomed when it took so long to get it up to 2.3.4.
Oh well, now we wait for CM9 (and I wait for another upgrade)

Cameron1337 · May 18, 2012

jsgraphicart said:
"Droid X2 - Will remain on Android 2.3" That is until Dragonzkiller gets done with it. lol

Thats why I feel nothing good will ever come from carriers and manufacturers. They give us the device and service and it is the GREAT DEVELOPERS that give us the good stuff.

As I said before, it's sad that a single hobbyist can do what an entire development team cannot. They're doing this solely so that people upgrade to their new phones.

The Droid X2 isn't even a year old. This is completely ridiculous. I am never buying another Motorola phone again.

Stuckinabox · May 19, 2012

It'd be nice if they'd be honest and just put "Lazy/can't handle the bloatware."

Also, Q3 for everything except the newest phones...disgraceful.

Cameron1337 · May 19, 2012

Stuckinabox said:
It'd be nice if they'd be honest and just put "Lazy/can't handle the bloatware."

Also, Q3 for everything except the newest phones...disgraceful.

Yep. As said, I'm just pissed that the X2 isn't getting ICS even though it's ONLY ELEVEN MONTHS OLD.

Any recommendations for a good phone company that unlocks their bootloaders and supports their phones?

754boy · May 19, 2012

I'm not too upset I suppose. This confirmation just means that this X2 is the last Motorola phone I'll ever buy.

ztotherad · May 19, 2012

Cameron1337 said:
Yep. As said, I'm just pissed that the X2 isn't getting ICS even though it's ONLY ELEVEN MONTHS OLD.

Any recommendations for a good phone company that unlocks their bootloaders and supports their phones?

SAMSUNGG

DigitalMD · May 19, 2012

Jayydude_SGP said:
I'm guessing you've never heard of an HTC ONE X, or the HTC EVO 4G LTE??? Beats Audio, 4G, huge screens, amazing cameras, AND the SD card slots are under the battery genius -_-

Sent from my YP-G70 using XDA Premium App

Beats audio .....LMAO, that sak-o-$ht that HTC spent $300 mil on? That 's one of the reasons they are losing money and their stock is tanking... genie...

Guessing that you have never seen this?
HTC One x and One S specs.
No MicroSD card slot and non-removable battery. Is that cheapo or what?
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-series-comparison

Citizen_Snips · May 19, 2012

ztotherad said:
SAMSUNGG

Hopefully they stepped there game up. When I got the brand new Samsung Eternity, we NEVER got any support for our phone lol. Samsung practically forgot about us. That WAS probably over 2 years ago now, so.....

litetaker · May 19, 2012

It is now time for you guys to flip off Verizon and Motorola by showing what a single dude accomplished which several of their so called software engineers failed to accomplish or are unwilling to accomplish!!! Off to Verizon and Motorola twitter feeds!!!

RyanThaDude · May 19, 2012

DigitalMD said:
Beats audio .....LMAO, that sak-o-$ht that HTC spent $300 mil on? That 's one of the reasons they are losing money and their stock is tanking... genie...

Guessing that you have never seen this?
HTC One x and One S specs.
No MicroSD card slot and non-removable battery. Is that cheapo or what?
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-series-comparison

The GNex doesn't have an SD slot either. A lot of phones seem to be doing away with them.

litetaker · May 19, 2012

RyanThaDude said:
The GNex doesn't have an SD slot either. A lot of phones seem to be doing away with them.

A key reason for doing away with them is so as to avoid lags due to the sd card... that is what google themselves said...

Triscuit · May 19, 2012

This thread can be closed (jk) we have ICS now thanks to DzK!!!

Sent from my MB870 using XDA

LaserChicken · May 19, 2012

droidzika · May 19, 2012

LaserChicken said:

You should put that on twitter..dragonzkiller would get a kick out of that one

It's official - no ICS for X2 from Motorola and Verizon

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