It had to be less than 3 days ago I said I would go back to the Motorola Droid if they got Android 2.2 (Froyo) faster than I got root access to my HTC Incredible. Let me just say my wife just got her HTC Eris upgraded to the HTC Incredible and I am rocking the Motorola Droid Froyo style.
This is not the offical Android 2.2 release. I for one believe in the rooting community. This build does not support WiFi directly, so if this is a deal breaker turn back now (but there is a fix included in the instructions). I cannot wait to have Quick Boot again as this app requires root access. Motorola has said the official update is “coming soon” but I can switch back later if desired. For not root me baby.
Installation instructions
(Courtesy of My Droid World)
These files are nandroid backups. You must download them, extract them, and then place in the appropriate folder.
ROM is already rooted with new SuperUser installed.
Install Instructions Clockwork Recovery:
- Download file ( Download 1 / Mirror 1 / Mirror 2 )
- Extract folder named 2010-06-05.06.15.32
- Place folder 2010-06-05.06.15.32 in the /sdcard/clockwork/backup folder on your sdcard
- Restart phone in recovery (using ROM Manager)
- Go to nandroid, select restore, select the above folder and press the camera button.
Install Instructions SP Recovery:
- Download file ( Download 1 / Mirror 1 / Mirror 2 )
- Extract folder named froyo-BS-20100605-0547
- Place BS-20100605-0547 in the /sdcard/nandroid folder on your sdcard
- Restart phone in recovery
- Go to Backup/Restore, select advanced restore, select the above folder and press the camera button.
WiFi Fix
Now that you have Froyo up and running download the overclocked kernel which should get WiFi up and running. Make sure that you rename this to Update.zip and put it in the root of your SD Card to load. You will see an option to load an ‘Update’ file in the Recovery menu.