Gingerbread Test Build? Real or Fake?

[ben7337]

Some people might have seen that there is a thread on the motorola support forums about a test build of gingerbread on the d2g. I was wondering if anyone thinks it is fake. I don't know much about android, but I do know that the linux kernel changes and that the phone can easily be made to show any android version desired. In the picture the linux kernel is 2.6.32.9 with some random strings after which I don't know how to decipher. This kernel is the same as my phone for those initial numbers, and a quick google search tells me that android 2.3.4 the most recent gingerbread uses kernel 2.6.35 not 32, so is it safe to assume that this picture and likely the whole thread and information are fake? I'm just curious.


EDIT: Here's the forum link with pic, I forgot to add it

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/374933

 

[Asphyx]

EVery other Moto phone seems to be getting Gingerbread so I'm sure it is real especially considering if it was fake Moto probably would have squashed the post.

CellZealot has confirmed that the D2G Gingerbread is currently in development at Moto and the TBH guys have always been reliable and in the know.

It will get to us in time so yes we will have Gingerbread.

Will anyone bother to figure out how to root it is the question because the developers have all seemed to shy away from developing for the D2G.

 

[patfactorx]

I hope z4 root still works when it gets Gingerbread or else I rather just stay on 2.2

 

[leobg]

Judging by what happened with Droid X updates - you can kiss root goodbye at least for now. Not that it matters since there is no update at all released.

 

[keolawills]

I thought I read somewhere GB is prerooted? Could be mistaken though.

Sent from a black angel d2g

 

[DroidSquared]

Gingerbread eh?
I always thought that d2g would be stuck in froyo
It's good to hear the news (assuming that it's true)
But like the other guys said, if it cannot be rooted, I'd rather stay in froyo

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using XDA App

 

[cellzealot]

Official releases are never "pre rooted" and the new GB releases will likely be more difficult and may block established exploits...BUT, we will almost certainly be able to root the new build despite whatever blocks are in place. They may require loading a rooted system image from an already rooted device as we have done with other GB leaks but there will be a way to run this build on rooted phones until a new stand alone exploit is developed.

 

[60lpsdf250]

Gingerbread eh?
I always thought that d2g would be stuck in froyo
It's good to hear the news (assuming that it's true)
But like the other guys said, if it cannot be rooted, I'd rather stay in froyo

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using XDA App

Agreed. I'm OK with what I've got. What's the big deal about this push? My position is to" ...leave well enough alone..." I really like the phone I have created (nothing special, D2G: root, bootstrap, Fission 2.4.3, etc.) I'm afeared that we'll be jacked-up by something from moto or verizon so this device is fk'd. "Open-source" my ass... it's all about $. Look at what is happening to the HTC group... I'm sure they "got a talkin' to..." by Amazon, Blockbuster, etc. and they succumbed. Whatever, Google/Android is sucking "the Man's" wang. We're hosed though; the "alternative" is a monster (crapple) much like Google/Android is becoming. Fk it.

D2G

 

[DroidSquared]

Official releases are never "pre rooted" and the new GB releases will likely be more difficult and may block established exploits...BUT, we will almost certainly be able to root the new build despite whatever blocks are in place. They may require loading a rooted system image from an already rooted device as we have done with other GB leaks but there will be a way to run this build on rooted phones until a new stand alone exploit is developed.

yay for XDA developers! lol

 

[rusty815]

Agreed. I'm OK with what I've got. What's the big deal about this push? My position is to" ...leave well enough alone..." I really like the phone I have created (nothing special, D2G: root, bootstrap, Fission 2.4.3, etc.) I'm afeared that we'll be jacked-up by something from moto or verizon so this device is fk'd. "Open-source" my ass... it's all about $. Look at what is happening to the HTC group... I'm sure they "got a talkin' to..." by Amazon, Blockbuster, etc. and they succumbed. Whatever, Google/Android is sucking "the Man's" wang. We're hosed though; the "alternative" is a monster (crapple) much like Google/Android is becoming. Fk it.

D2G

android is still open source, but your misinterpreting the actions of the manufacturers as being androids fault. google makes android, when they make it they release the source, so its open source, so developers do what they want to it, that IS open source, although the android market isnt open source so anything market related is directly controlled by google. the manufacturers take this android open source project, and they add their own junk to it, then they put it on a machine with a locked bootloader. so even though the OS is still open source, the manufacturers lock it down their own way and have every right to for now, but google is looking to change that with ice cream.

 

[Gasai Yuno]

iirc, Motorola has already announced that their new phones will have their bootloaders unlocked (except for Verizon stuff, or, rather, all models for the US market).

And last I heard Milestone 3 will be unlocked.

 

[ben7337]

iirc, Motorola has already announced that their new phones will have their bootloaders unlocked (except for Verizon stuff, or, rather, all models for the US market).

And last I heard Milestone 3 will be unlocked.

They did? I thought it was just that they were considering the idea of making their phones more open and unlocked, but no guarantees that they will, and even if they make the non US phones unlocked, they still said they will take the Carriers into consideration, so Verizon could just as easily demand full and complete lockdown and keep that going for a while, unless/until enough people complain to them too.

 

[Gasai Yuno]

I mentioned that Verizon models won't be unlocked in the post you quoted.

Also, to be honest, I don't really care about VZW exclusive models as long as Milestone 3 comes out and is the same as Droid 3 (save for being GSM instead of CDMA).

I can't really remember the exact source for “no lock on new non-US models”, though. I guess I can just ask them via certain channels.

 

[ben7337]

I mentioned that Verizon models won't be unlocked in the post you quoted.

Also, to be honest, I don't really care about VZW exclusive models as long as Milestone 3 comes out and is the same as Droid 3 (save for being GSM instead of CDMA).

I can't really remember the exact source for “no lock on new non-US models”, though. I guess I can just ask them via certain channels.

Sorry, I guess I had a brain fart there.