Motorola Droid X
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Motorola Droid X (United States - Verizon Wireless)
Manufacturer	Motorola Mobility, Inc.
Series	Droid
Carriers	Verizon Wireless
Compatible networks	CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO Rev. A
First released	United States July 15, 2010; 22 months ago  (2010-07-15) (Verizon Wireless)
Introductory price	US$199
Availability by country	Mexico November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16) (Iusacell)
Successor	Motorola Droid X2
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	127.5 mm (5.02 in) H 65.5 mm (2.58 in) W 9.9 mm (0.39 in) D
Weight	155 g (5.5 oz)
Operating system	Android 2.3 Gingerbread 2.3.3 starting September 2011 Android 2.1 Eclair before September 22, 2010
CPU	1 GHz TI OMAP3630-1000
GPU	PowerVR SGX530
Memory	512 MB Mobile DDR SDRAM
Storage	8 GB flash memory
Removable storage	2 GB microSDHC class 6, supports up to 32 GB
Battery	1540 mAh Internal Rechargeable Li-ion User replaceable
Data inputs	Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen Push buttons A-GPS S-GPS Microphone Accelerometer Proximity sensor
Display	TFT LCD, 4.3 in (110 mm) diagonal 854×480 px FWVGA at 228 ppi
Rear camera	8.0 megapixel with 4X digital zoom Autofocus Dual LED flash 1/1000 mechanical shutter 720×1280 (720P) video capture at 20 fps
Compatible media formats	Audio AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA v10 Video H.263, H.264, MPEG-4
Connectivity	3.5 mm TRRS Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR with A2DP & AVRCP DLNA micro-HDMI (type D)[1] micro-USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
SAR	Head 1.43 W/kg Body 1.41 W/kg
Hearing aid compatibility	M4, T3
References	[2][3][4]

This section may be confusing or unclear to readers. Please help clarify the section; suggestions may be found on the talk page. (June 2011)

The Motorola Droid X is a smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility, Inc. that runs the Android 2.3 software. A version of the hardware was also released in Mexico, and is called the Motorola Motoroi X. The Droid X has been distributed since July, 2010 by Verizon Wireless in the United States and Iusacell in Mexico. According to reports, the planned end of life for the Droid X, along with a related device, the Droid Incredible, was scheduled for March 31, but was not taken off Verizon's website; which means they intend to keep selling the phone. On May 19, 2011, Motorola released the Droid X2, an upgraded version that runs on the Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor.^[7]

First Generation Droid X[link]

Description[link]

The Droid X features a 1.0 GHz TI OMAP3630-1000 SoC, a 4.3 in (110 mm) FWVGA (854 x 480) TFT LCD display, 8 GB of internal flash memory and a 16 GB microSDHC card, and is compatible with microSDHC cards up to 32 GB. When the Droid X was first released it came standard with a microSDHC card of 16 GB, but Motorola reduced the size to 2 GB. Users input data to the phone via a multi-touch capacitive touchscreen. The Droid X includes an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and can record video at 720p resolution up to 24 fps also.^[4]

History[link]

Verizon Wireless began selling the Droid X on July 15, 2010 at an initial price of US$569 or $199 with a two-year contract commitment.^[8][3]

Iusacell released the device in Mexico as the Motorola Motoroi X on November 16, 2010.

Root Access[link]

Rooting allows the user to gain root access to the operating system, enabling full control over the phone. Common use cases for rooting are the ability to remove unwanted software that came with the phone, and to install a different Android distribution, such as CyanogenMod, which provides additional features. Root access can be gained through the use of 'one-click' apps on Android 2.2, which only require that the app be installed on the phone and do not require a connection to a PC. An update to Android 2.3 prevents root access from being obtained with 'one-click' apps, with this newer version a connection to a PC is required to obtain root access.

Although root access is available on the Droid X, the bootloader is secured and uses PKI to check the signature of the kernel. Many manufacturers use this method to prevent modification of operating system files but while bootloaders from other manufacturers have been either cracked or unlocked upon customer request, the former has proven difficult to do on Motorola's implentation of bootloader security, and the latter impossible. Motorola is unwilling to remove this security from phones, even at the behest of their own customers. In addition, Motorola has means to modify the hardware to prevent older versions of bootloaders from running on the Droid X. If a vulnerability is found and a bootloader is cracked, Motorola has the option of updating the phone with a new bootloader in an OTA update that would prevent the phone from running the older software. This is done using a technology called eFUSE which physically modifies the SoC to prevent cracked versions of Motorola's bootloader from running. This combination of software and hardware security makes running third-party Android distributions difficult and limits them to using the kernel that Motorola provides with the phone.

Reception and Sales[link]

Reviews of the Droid X have been favorable. CNET gave the phone an 8.3/10^[9] and praised the 8-megapixel camera as well as the HDMI output capability. PC Magazine gave the phone 8.7/10 and said that the Droid X was a true iPhone 4 competitor.^[10] The phone was an immense success, becoming the second highest-selling phone of August 2010, right behind the iPhone 4.

Droid X2[link]

Description[link]

The second generation Droid X2 is physically similar in every respect, even sharing the same battery, except that it lacks a physical camera button. Motorola's decision to drop the camera button has been met with both praise and ridicule, some say it lends the phone a sleeker look, while other say that the lack of a physical button makes taking steady pictures more difficult especially if the person taking the picture does not have a clear view of the screen. Internally, it is built around the Nvidia Tegra 2 chip with two ARM Cortex-A9 cores running at 1GHz; this SoC provides greatly enhanced graphics power. The other significant change for the X2 is the switch to a RGBW PenTile display with qHD resolution. The X2 comes standard from Verizon with an 8 GB SD card and 8 GB of internal memory. Although the major specifications of the 8 megapixel camera and 720p HD video recorder are unchanged, image quality has been improved and video is now recorded at 30 fps thanks to a revised camera sensor.^[11][12]

While the Droid X had already been upgraded to Android 2.3 at the X2's launch, the X2 was released with 2.2 and a promise for an update to 2.3.^[13] 2.3.3 was released in batches starting on July 28, 2011, and available to pull over-the-air on August 1, 2011.^[14] Android 2.3.4 was soak tested to most users on October 12th to fix various bugs. Android 2.3.5 soak was started early may to some users(verizon 1.3.418. As of May 2012 the US Verizon version has been updated to 2.3.5 which is now rootable. The Non-Verizon and International version, the Milestone X2 has been updated by Motorola Mobility to 2.3.6 which has not been able to be rooted yet. Verizon promises a 2.3.6 update but Motorola Mobility has confirmed it will never see Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Droid X2 was a disappointment to fans of Official Motorola Droid devices and was met with equally lackluster sales. For Droid X owners it lacked significant improvements enough for people who had just upgraded less than a year earlier to the Droid X and has been plagued with performance issues. It was not the spiritual successor to the Droid and the Droid X that Verizon and Motorola Mobility had hoped it would be whereas the DroidRAZR has since assumed it's position as top dog in the Droid ecosystem. The bootloader is super locked down and since it was not the sales success of the OG Droid and Droid X(1) there has been little incentive for programmers to write custom ROMS for the device. So far only Liberty Rom and Eclipse Rom have been ported for this difficult to root device. Only in April 2012 did the Android custom rom leader Cyanogenmod release their Rom for the X2.

Test Menu[link]

Like many other Android devices, a testing menu can be accessed by dialing *#*#4636#*#* from the dialer application. Five options are accessible from within this menu: phone information, battery information, battery history, use statistics, and Wi-Fi information.

See Also[link]

• HTC Droid Incredible released on April 29, 2010.
• Motorola Droid (models A853, A854, A855, XT702^[15]) released November 6, 2009 with 600 MHz Arm Cortex A8 & TI OMAP 3430 CPUs, and PowerVR SGX 530 GPU.
• Motorola Droid Pro (model XPRT) optimized for business users, released November 18, 2010.
• Motorola Droid 2 (model A955) released August 12, 2010, with 1 GHz OMAP 3620 CPUs, and PowerVR SGX 530 GPU.
• Motorola Droid 3 (models XT860, XT883) released July 7, 2011 shipping with Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), with 1 GHz Arm Cortex A9 & TI OMAP 4430 CPUs, and PowerVR SGX 530 GPU.
• Galaxy Nexus
• List of Android devices

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• droiddoes.com Motorla Droid Does marketing site
• List of Motorola cellphones and the software versions they have

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Motorola Droid/Milestone

Manufacturer	Motorola
Series	Droid
Carriers	Verizon Wireless
Compatible networks	US Version: dual band CDMA2000/EV-DO Rev. A 800/1900 MHz European version quad band GSM, UMTS @ 900/2100MHz N.A. GSM version quad band GSM, UMTS @ 850/1900 MHz
Availability by country	US October 17, 2009; 2 years ago  (2009-10-17)
Successor	Motorola Droid 2 Motorola Droid 3 Droid 4
Type	Slate slider smartphone
Dimensions	115.8 mm (4.56 in) H 60 mm (2.4 in) W 13.7 mm (0.54 in) D
Weight	169 g (6.0 oz)
Operating system	Android 2.0[1] 2.0.1 with over-air update (Droid, Milestone) December 2009 2.1 with over-air update (Droid, Milestone) March 2010 2.2 with over-air update September 2010 2.2.1 (FRG83D) 6 December 2010 2.2.2 (FRG83G) 14 March 2011 2.2.3 (FRK76) 21 November 2011
CPU	TI OMAP 3430:[2] Arm Cortex A8 600 MHz underclocked to 550 MHz [1] 430MHz TMS320 C64x DSP (digital signal processor) + ISP (image signal processor)
GPU	PowerVR SGX 530
Memory	256 MB Mobile DDR SDRAM
Storage	512 MB flash memory
Removable storage	16 GB Class2 microSDHC included (8 GB Milestone); expandable up to 32 GB[1][3]
Battery	1400 mAh Internal rechargeable removable lithium-ion polymer battery, talk time 385 minutes, standby time: 270 hours
Data inputs	Capacitive touchscreen display, multitouch, proximity and ambient light sensors, QWERTY keyboard, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass, dual microphone
Display	854 × 480 px FWVGA, (0.41 megapixels) TFT LCD, 3.7 in (94 mm), 16:9 aspect ratio, 265 pixels per inch (ppi)
Rear camera	5.0 megapixel with video (720 × 480 px at 30 fps or higher), geotagging, dual LED flash, autofocus
Compatible media formats	Audio AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM / WAV, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA Video MPEG-4, H263, H264, WMV
Connectivity	3.5 mm TRRS USB Micro-B Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, A-GPS
Hearing aid compatibility	M3/T3 [1]

The Motorola Droid (stylized as DROID; GSM/UMTS version: Motorola Milestone) is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system. The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao^[4][5] and the model number A855.^[6] In Latin America and Europe, the model number is A853 (Milestone), and in Mexico, the model number is A854 (Motoroi).^{[citation needed]} Due to the ambiguity with newer phones with similar names, it is also commonly known as the DROID 1.^[7][8] The brand name Droid is a trademark of Lucasfilm licensed to Verizon Wireless.^[9]

Features of the phone include Wi-Fi networking, a 5-megapixel low light capable digital camera, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.7-inch 854×480 touchscreen display. It also includes microSDHC support with bundled 16 GB card,^[3] free turn-by-turn navigation from Google Maps, sliding QWERTY keyboard, and Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor.^[2] The Motorola Droid runs Android version 2.2.^[10]

The phone does not, however, run the re-branded Motoblur interface for Android, instead providing the Google Experience skin and application stack.^[4][11]

The Droid has a hearing aid compatibility (hac) rating of M3/T3.^[1] The phone was the first to ship with free Google Maps Navigation (beta) installed.^[12]

Motorola Droid[link]

Launch[link]

United States[link]

Verizon explicitly promoted the Droid as an Apple iPhone-alternative. Launched on October 17, 2009, TV spots and an associated website made "entertainingly combative" claims^[13] listing features then lacking on the iPhone, e.g. "iDon't multitask", only mentioning the name of the Droid in the final frame, reading "Droid Does".^[5] At the official launch event on October 28, 2009, Verizon's Chief Marketing Officer John Stratton described the campaign as a spoof of Apple's iPhone ads, intended to "wake up the market."^[14]

The marketing for the American launch included "Droid Does Times Square."^[15] This was a program (billed as an "interactive experience") in which Verizon connected the Nasdaq and Reuters electronic billboards in Times Square to its systems such that people were able to control the electronic displays by using voice commands (illustrating the voice search function that is a primary Android feature). Control of the billboards was available in Times Square or via the "Droid Does" website.^[16]

The November 6, 2009, release date of the Droid came just under a month after Verizon and Google announced that they had entered into an agreement^[17] to jointly develop wireless devices based on the Android mobile platform. Verizon said at the time that it planned to have two Android-based handsets on the market by year-end with more to come in 2010. The other handset is the HTC Droid Eris, a modification to the HTC Hero, seen in shots of Google CEO Eric Schmidt holding one in a Verizon/Google press conference.^[18]

American exclusive software for the Droid includes Google Maps Navigation, an Amazon MP3 Store applet, and Verizon Wireless Visual Voice Mail management.^[19]

Analytics firm Flurry estimated that 250,000 Motorola Droid phones were sold in the United States during the phone's first week in stores.^[20] Flurry also estimated that 1.05 million Motorola Droids were sold in first 74 days of the launch. This number is greater than that of the original iPhone which sold one million units through day 74.^[21]

Software[link]

This section applies to the Verizon-branded Motorola device in the US. Droid versions in foreign markets (Milestone) may be crippled or have some features disabled due to restrictions enforced by retailer agreements, carrier agreements, manufacturer agreements, or local laws and should be addressed in the appropriate section above.

The Linux kernel used in the 2.0.1 OTA release is 2.6.29, Android build.^[22]

Android 2.1 update[link]

On February 8, 2010, Motorola announced via Facebook that the Droid update would begin rolling out later that same week.^[23] Details were later released via Motorola's official forums.^[24] However, the details about the update were later retracted, and unclear information from Motorola and Verizon Wireless caused confusion among many, and technology news websites speculated the update would happen even later in 2010.^[25] As an attempt to clear confusion, Motorola released a chart of dates stating when each of their Android devices would be updated to Android 2.1, but this only added to the issues because they said the update would happen "soon", rather than offering a concrete time frame.

However, on March 17, 2010, Verizon Wireless announced that they would issue the Android 2.1 "ESE53" update over-the-air, beginning March 18 to a small test group, and more users would see the update later, into the following week. But screenshots from Verizon Wireless documents showed that a last minute software bug was found, and the update was delayed once again, with no new roll out date determined.

The new news from Verizon Wireless provided official information about the update and what it entailed, including "Pinch-to-zoom...available when using the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps", a weather and news app/widget including "information you want from the Web...weekly and hourly weather forecasts based on your location, and news headlines", voice-to-text wherever there are text boxes, "New Gallery application with 3D layout", and Live Wallpapers "offer[ing] richer animated, interactive backgrounds on the home screen", as well as other, more minor upgrades. However, the update did not include the addition of two more home screens currently available on the Nexus One, another Android 2.1 device.

The 2.1 update roll out began on March 30, 2010.^[26]

Android 2.2 update[link]

After some apparent discussion by Motorola over whether they would provide an Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade for the Droid and Milestone, it was confirmed that the Droid would get the upgrade, and a staggered roll out began.^[27] This roll out began on August 3, 2010 and updates the phone to Android 2.2 build number FRG01B. Another update for the Droid began on August 24, 2010, and it included some minor bug fixes. This update's build number is FRG22D.^[28] A third update was released on December 6, 2010, with a version number of 2.2.1 and a build of FRG83D. A fourth update was released on March 9, 2011, with a version number of 2.2.2 and a build of FRG83G.^[29] The Motorola support page reported the Milestone version would get an update to Android 2.2 in the Q1 2011, and indeed on March 15 an update was made available.^[30]

[edit] Root access and unsupported Android releases

The Motorola Droid was successfully "rooted" (manipulated to provide superuser access) on December 8, 2009.^[31] This allowed removing sponsored/pay-to-use applets (Amazon, Verizon Visual Voice Mail, etc.), installing and launching custom software, and root access on the phone using a terminal emulator. There is also a separate unofficial Android Market that allows easy installation of software solely for rooted Droids. The unofficial market is accessed and searched through the regular Market interface, after further modding, alongside official Market apps.^[32]

On June 5, 2010, a leaked Android 2.2 ROM was given to the public for those with superuser access. It includes a new home launcher, Flash 10.1 support, new homescreen widgets, an updated Market, a JIT compiler for a faster system, as well as new aesthetic changes.^[33]

As of July 13, 2011, the DROID is able to be updated to the Android 2.3.4 ROM, but with many small updates and edits to the root code in order to properly run.^[34]

On July 26, 2011, an Android 2.3.5 ROM was made available for the DROID^[35] that, like the Android 2.3.4 ROM, has been modified to improve performance on the smart phone.

Work is currently underway at xda-developers to bring Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, to the Motorola Droid/Milestone,^[36] although CyanogenMod has stated it will drop support for the Droid/Milestone in ICS-based CyanogenMod 9.^[37]

[edit] Motorola Milestone

The quad-band^[38] GSM/UMTS version of the Droid is the Motorola A853 (Milestone).^[39] While the phone's internal hardware (besides cellular) is the same, differences include out-of-the-box multi-touch support enabled, a trial version of Motorola's MOTONAV service (instead of Droid's US-only^[40] Google Maps Navigation) and an 8 GB microSDHC Card, instead of the Droid's 16 GB microSDHC card.^[41]

Geographic launch information[link]

The launch countries for the Motorola Milestone included Germany, Italy and Argentina on November 9, 2009.^[42] Other European countries soon followed.

Joining this trend, a new, North American, version of the Motorola Milestone was released in Canada in February 2010. This new version supports 3G bands II and V instead of bands I and VIII so it is compatible with Rogers, Bell, and Telus in Canada, and with AT&T and T-Mobile (2G Only) in the US. At this time, Motorola Milestone is only available from Telus.^[43] The Milestone is also available in the U.S. from several regional GSM carriers, like Cincinnati Bell.

United Kingdom[link]

The phone was launched in the United Kingdom on Thursday December 10, 2009, as the Motorola Milestone. The exclusive sales outlet for the phone, eXpansys, reported that all stocks of the phone had completely sold out within 3 hours of its debut. The sell-out was considered a major victory for Motorola, which has had little success with its prior Windows Mobile-based phones, and had been counting on Android-based phones for future growth.^[44]

Middle East[link]

The phone was launched in the Middle East in 2010, however it included a serious limitation as Google prohibited access to its Android Market application for most of Middle Eastern countries. No reasonable alternative was provided by Google.

Asia, India[link]

The Milestone was launched in Hong Kong on December 21, 2009^[45] as the sixth Android device in the region for HKD 4,680 with an 8 GB microSDHC card included. This version is in English but supports Chinese hand writing that originated from the Motorola MING and pinyin input method. While MOTONAV is included, it does not work and is not officially supported. The phone can be updated to Android 2.1 since Q1 2010, the update features a Chinese user interface and more Chinese input methods such as Changjie. The Milestone launched in India on 30 March 2010, priced at 32,000 INR, approximately US$680.

Locked bootloader[link]

Unlike the DROID, the Milestone has a bootloader that only allows signed firmware to load. This creates difficulties for users who wish to boot custom ROM images not signed by Motorola that have become popular in the Droid modding community. This has caused discontent in the Droid community in markets foreign to the US, with numerous petitions being created.^[46][47][48] Whether the disabling of custom boot loaders is due to retailer, carrier, manufacturer, or legal restrictions is unknown.

Early in 2011 the community around Milestone ROM-Development and the Polish National BOINC Team initiated AndrOINC^[49] to decipher the RSA 1024-bit signature and make customizing possible. The project has been down since April 2011 because the German police confiscated the server on suspicion it was involved with an illegal P2P service.^[50]

In June 2011, Motorola committed to delivering an unlockable/relockable bootloader solution for phones receiving updates later that year.^[51] This will likely not include the Milestone as Motorola has not indicated it will update the Milestone past Android 2.2/Froyo.

Root access[link]

Despite the locked bootloader, the Motorola Milestone has been successfully rooted. Several step-by-step guides are available on the web.^[52][53]

[edit] Software releases

2.0.1 update[link]

The 2.0.1 Update, that fixed the well known camera autofocus^[54] bug, that appeared every 24.5 days, was finally released, 2 months^[55] after Motorola Droid received the update.^[56]

2.1 update[link]

The Motorola Milestone update rolled out in the beginning of May 2010, five months after the introduction of Android 2.1.^[57] After the update several problems were discovered,^[58] but since then firmware 2.1 update 1 has been released,^[59] which fixes some of the issues. Although Motorola claimed,^[60] that they have fixed the random MP3 player start problems, they still occur.^{[citation needed]} It is worth noting that these problems affect only some users.

2.2 update[link]

The official Android 2.2 Froyo update was released on 16 March 2011 for UK users with a slow roll out to the rest of Europe. As of 20 March, the update was still being rolled out was not available in all countries. Community created ROMs of Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) have existed for some time, typically based on kernels from leaked updates.

The continued postponing of Milestone updates has become known under the term "Motofail" in Central and South America.^{[citation needed]}

Motorola Motoroi[link]

In July 2010, Motorola launched the phone for Mexico as the Motorola A854 (MOTOROI) and became exclusive to CDMA network carrier Iusacell. Its history is similar to the Motorola Droid and Motorola Milestone.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

• HTC Droid Eris – Released on November 6, 2009.
• HTC Droid Incredible – Released on April 29, 2010.
• Motorola Droid Pro – Optimized for business users, released November 18, 2010.
• Motorola Droid X – Released July 15, 2010.
• Motorola Milestone XT720 – Released July, 2010.
• Motorola Droid 2 – Released August 12, 2010.
• Motorola Droid X2 – Released May 19, 2011.
• Motorola Droid 3 – Released July 7, 2011, shipping with Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread).
• Motorola Droid 4 – Released February 10, 2012
• HTC Incredible S – Released February 26, 2011.
• Motorola Droid Razr Maxx – Shipping January 26, 2012.
• List of Android devices
• Galaxy Nexus

References[link]