Motorola Droid X & Droid 2 Gingerbread Updates Out in the Wild, Unofficially

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We expected the Motorola Droid X to receive its official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update last Sunday but that didn’t happen. The word on the street was that Verizon isn’t happy with the current Gingerbread build, although we have no confirmation on that rumor. What we do have for Droid X and Droid 2 owners is an unofficial Gingerbread ROM that is available to install on your favorite phone right now.

Like always we’d advise against going for an unofficial update, even if you’re entitled to do whatever your heart desires to your device. We doubly advise against going for an unofficial Gingerbread upgrade if you’re not completely comfortable with going through the necessary steps yourself. The race for upgrading current Android phones, especially the flagship devices, to Android 2.3 is on and we can only expect Verizon to offer the update in the very near future.

My Droid World has all the instructions for the installation of your unofficial Android 2.3 build, so follow them closely.

Here are the Droid X Android 2.3 Gingerbread update steps you need to follow:

Installing Firmware

1. Download this file from the TBH app or one of the mirrors below
2. Use Bootstrap to get your phone into recovery.
3. Create a backup (This is not compatible with new firmware)
4. Install the Firmware using recovery
1. select install zip from sdcard
2. choose zip from sdcard
3. navigate to teamblackhat folder
4. select the file you downloaded
5. Restart phone

If your phone bootloops you need to enter recovery and wipe data:

1. hold down power and home.
2. when you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. select wipe data/factory reset —press power button to select
4. reboot system

Download Mirrors

MD5 Sum – bccdcb1b3436c72c311f2df3077dcb10

And here are the Droid 2 Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade instructions:

Installing Firmware

1. Download this file from the TBH app or download below
2. Use Bootstrap to get your phone into recovery.
3. Create a backup (This is not compatible with new firmware)
4. Install the Firmware using recovery
1. select install zip from sdcard
2. choose zip from sdcard
3. navigate to teamblackhat folder
4. select the file you downloaded
5. Restart phone
6. Re-activate your phone
1. dial *228
2. select 1

If your phone bootloops you need to wipe data to enter recovery:

1. hold down x and power button
2. when you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. select wipe data/factory reset —press power button to select
4, reboot system

If your phone asks you to select/create an account

1. press the home button
2. go to accounts (you may be sent there automatically)
3. select done

Download Mirrors

md5sum = 66bed1c9d358d29ade3df2d4d37910c0

Again, you’ll have to make sure you follow the steps above as described and that you know what you’re doing before going through with any manual Gingerbread update. And if you do go through with the upgrade then let us know about how it went in the comments section bellow!