Does anyone know if the Droid X will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich?

[DroidXMax]

I know the X is getting old but I was hoping that it would get a final update to Ice Cream Sandwich before they stop the updates. I believe ICS will be released next week... Since the X and the X2 are similar it would be nice to get the newer OS on the phone...

[vereyezuhn]

I doubt it. Especially since now the X2 is out

[DroidXMax]

Agreed... However if Moto-Google will only support these phones for 18 - 20 months of updates and features then I will have to consider another platform. As much as I like this phone and its features Apple at least supports there phones for 2-3 generations. The iPhone 3GS can be updated to iOS 5 and it was released in 2009, granted the phone is a bit slow but...

I hope Moto-Google is listening!

[mdram4x4]

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DroidXMax wrote:

Agreed... However if Moto-Google will only support these phones for 18 - 20 months of updates and features then I will have to consider another platform. As much as I like this phone and its features Apple at least supports there phones for 2-3 generations. The iPhone 3GS can be updated to iOS 5 and it was released in 2009, granted the phone is a bit slow but...

I hope Moto-Google is listening!

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2 -3 generations on apple is @ 24 months

so it sould be the same

putting ics on the droid x would be the same as putting ios5 on the 3 or 3gs

[keiffers]

If the debacle with gingerbread on the Droid X is any indication, then I would flat out say NO it won't be coming to the Droid X. I love my Droid X, but I don't need anymore problems than what it already has and with ICS, i think those would drastically increase

[Wildman]

I have to agree with others, I do not see ICS coming to Droid X....  Boy I wish they would come up with some better names for these OS because these names are just getting to silly.. .  

[B33]

Bad thing for " ol " Birtha Wildman   But as cheap as the X 2 is now i can upgrade an an get some ICE CREAM maybee!.  with some wip cream a Banana split O i here LTE is coming your way.!

[atmdevoted7]

they say that ice cream sandwich is suppose to be modified to transform all android devices to run on the same OS so that they can minimize all the versions out now. it will be customized to fit each device to bring up to the same OS all across the board.

[DroidXMax]

I did not have major issues with my Froyo or Gingerbread updates. I had the gallery stop working in Froyo and I had the Power Off Power On by itself issue for a couple weeks and then it stopped. I just dont think ICS will rquire a dual core phone and hopefully it's min requirement would be 1GHz processor and that is all... I am gonna hang onto the Droid X for a while longer either way.

We will see whats in store next year

[sunybeaches]

I'd throw any of them in a lake and scalp that Indy one

[sunybeaches]

No...  dont like ice cream treat...  but wish the BB could get one with a better view on the droid screen... I'd pay for that

[gerio]

Unless the Galaxy Nexus turns out to be exceptional, holding on to your Droid Xs and X2s is a really good idea.

Geri O

[curtterp]

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gerio wrote:
Unless the Galaxy Nexus turns out to be exceptional, holding on to your Droid Xs and X2s is a really good idea.

Geri O

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What???

No evangelistic rah rah for the Droid Bionic from Geri????

[gerio]

Okay, I'll play along...

No.

Geri O

[curtterp]

Sorry to hear that it was not as good as you thought it would be.

I almost bought one, but the delay into September caused me to delay a purchase because of a shortage of money (Property taxes due).... and by the time I am back into looking into phones, I will be looking at the Nexus and the possible Droid Razr now... Bionic is off my radar

[gerio · Accepted solution]

It's a great piece of hardware, but I don't know out of the three culprits here (Verizon, Moto, the Android devs) how the software could be so screwed up.

The data connections loss, the activation issues, the app issue between the internal memory and SD card, the noisy headphone jack...and these are just the issues I've dealt with.

And I don't see the Moto Razr competing well against the Galaxy Nexus. Even if it's right coming out of the gate.

At least I have this new iPad to take my mind off of my Bionic troubles for a while. I will say one good thing about the Bionic...today, I bought the wifi-only version of the iPad and activated the Bionic's hotspot. And the hotspot worked perfectly all afternoon, at least when I was connected to it....

Geri O

[curtterp]

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gerio wrote:
It's a great piece of hardware, but I don't know out of the three culprits here (Verizon, Moto, the Android devs) how the software could be so screwed up.

The data connections loss, the activation issues, the app issue between the internal memory and SD card, the noisy headphone jack...and these are just the issues I've dealt with.

And I don't see the Moto Razr competing well against the Galaxy Nexus. Even if it's right coming out of the gate.

At least I have this new iPad to take my mind off of my Bionic troubles for a while. I will say one good thing about the Bionic...today, I bought the wifi-only version of the iPad and activated the Bionic's hotspot. And the hotspot worked perfectly all afternoon, at least when I was connected to it....

Geri O

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My guess's on who has screwed up what on this peice of excellent hardware.

Data connection Loss - Moto Devs & Hardware Dev's - The should have provided a switch for 3g/4g, 3g only, and 4g only in the software.I have a feeling that they have the radios too close to each other which the frequencies are close enough to cancel each other out. By providing a way to do 3g or 4g by itself would solve that problem.

Internal/SD card problem - Moto Dev's - This one mystifies me to how they screwed this up. I think that they tried to make it a little faster on boot, but there is a fine line on saving some cycles of CPU on boot, and not allowing the software to fully scan for everything.

Noisy Headphone Jack - Hardware Dev's - Bad grounding

I think the Rzr will stack up pretty close to the Nexus, from what I see on the runored specs. Same processor, same amount of RAM, I think that they have the same amount of storage, Razr has more mp in the back camera, Nexus has a bigger screen. Of course, the specs are rumors until the phones are officially launched. The downfall of the Razr could be the new 'Blur', unless they have that as an addon, where you can use it or not, but more than likely it will be built into the OS. But then again, Google and Moto Dev's might have gotten together to make blur run cleaner/better/more reliable for this launch. Time will tell.

[droidsw]

Interesting comments about the Bionic, Gerio. I too, watched the Bionic section of the forum and balked on it after reading the initial issues.

Back to the OP's question, I completely agree with those that want no part of another software update. Froyo and then GB.......ICS would likely be another cluster.

The Bionic is disappointing (IMO) and the rumored iphone 5 turned out to be a 4 1/2. I think my X is taking me into 2012.

[Cody21]

Yea, +1   ....  the more I watch the battle of the phones going on, with new announcements like every 4 months, well, I'm just hanging onto my DX ...  It really has been a great phone for me with only 1 irritant - the power-up-after-shutdown. I'll just wait to see the dust settle over the next year and will jump to a 4G phone when the time comes.

[gerio]

Oh, and it's getting better...

My Bionic, the second one I've had, has decided to stop taking calls. At all.

Pulled the battery and SIM, all the usual tricks. No luck...

Geez... I just might have to repo my old X back from my daughter...

Perhaps I would have more luck with Skype on my new Ipad... )

Geri O

[dirkbonn]

My "X" has been serving me just peachy since launch day and through all the upgrades.  Since my 20th month upgrade isn't until March of 2012, it's looking more and more like it will be my phone of choice at least until then. (Maybe longer)

I'm sure there will be some sweet looking phones on the table or at least "in the works" by then to choose from.

"Here's looking at you, kid!