It looks like Motorola is prepping a few updates to soon roll out to the DROID 3. For starters, no this is not Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and merely just maintenance updates. So far we haven’t heard reports of an update or a soak (beta) test for these updates but they have leaked and are available now for those interested.
Both of the leaked builds (linked below) can be flashed with the stock recovery and on unrooted devices, and are officially signed from Motorola and all. Basically these are beta builds that are pretty final and have been leaked. Good times! Obviously these are nothing official so users should still use caution while flashing, and there is no way to revert back to your previous state so keep that in mind.
So while non-rooted users can flash this, we’d recommend you know what you are doing before you proceed. We are however hearing reports of a better camera, more stable connection, and even increased battery life with the new build and ratios included in these leaks. All the information and downloads are available over at this XDA thread.
Story Timeline
- Motorola Droid 3 Review on Jul 28th 2011
- Motorola Droid 3 Receives Root Access [Updated with 1-click] on Aug 25th 2011
- Motorola Droid 3 Update “Soak Test” Started, Brings tons of bug fixes on Sep 9th 2011
- Motorola DROID 3 Update rolling out now on Sep 29th 2011
- CyanogenMod 7 for DROID 3 coming soon to a custom recovery near you on Oct 4th 2011
- Motorola DROID 3 now only $99 from Verizon on Jan 16th 2012
- Device Name : Droid 3
- Manufactuer : Motorola
- Carrier : Verizon
- Announced Date : July 07, 2011
- Release Date : July 07, 2011
- Also Known As :
- Screen Size : 4 Inch
- Resolution : 540×960
- Screen Type : qHD
- Height : 4.90 Inch
- Width : 2.50 Inch
- Depth : 0.50 Inch
- Weight : 184 Grams
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1540 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : 300 hours
- Android OS:
- 2.3.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- AMR
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- WMV
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- CPU : OMAP4
- CPU Clock Speed : 1000 Mhz
- Core : 2
- Ram : 512 MB
- Internal Storage : 16.384 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
- Camera Resolution : 8 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- MicroSDHC
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- 1080p Video Recording
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- QWERTY :
- Network Technology:
- CDMA
- GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
- CDMA Band:
- 800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
- FM Radio :
- NFC :
[via Droid-Life]
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