Motorola: No Official Android 2.2 Upgrade From Leaked ROM For Droid X

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With just about every device on the market, it isn’t long before the community gets their hands on it and manages to undo all of the security precautions put forth by the respective manufacturers. However, some devices prove themselves to be more resilient to hacking than other with Sony’s Playsation 3 video game console and Motorola’s Droid X smart phone for Verizon being perfect examples.

Make note that I said resilient and not completely prone as just like every other device, the community eventually manages to break their way into the under workings of these devices as well. Not too long ago we first told you of the PS Jailbreak for the PS3 that promised to let consumers play bootleg games and more. The Droid X, on the other hand, only just got flashed to a custom ROM community earlier today, which we also told you about.

While doing such a thing to any device obviously has its benefits (just look at the iPhone), the hardware manufacturers are about as unsupportive of these doings as can be. However, if you’ll remember, HTC released an update for their EVO 4G that would allow consumers with the leaked firmware to update to the official release.

Unfortunately, it seems that Motorola isn’t going to be so nice about the matter. While the custom ROM for the Droid X brought with it all of the highly sought after features in Android 2.2, those who upgraded to the ROM better start researching how to downgrade to the official Android 2.1 release.

The reason I say this is because Motorola has released a statement today saying that their official Android 2.2 release will not work with those who have already installed the leaked ROM. Below is their official statment:

WARNING: Do NOT load the leaked 2.2 upgrade that has been floating around on the Internets. There is currently no upgrade path from that load to the official 2.2 load that will be released by early September. Unless you have some plan to flash your phone back to the current official load, you could be stuck on the leaked version.

So, like I’ve said in the past, while upgrading early obviously gives you all of the latest features ahead of everyone else, it isn’t always the best idea as hardware manufacturers are none too fond of doing such a thing. Sometimes it’s best just to wait.