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#TBT: Remember the DROID Bionic?

Kellen September 29, 2016 97

Of course you do, it was the DROID Bionic, aka the original hypebeast phone. OK, maybe not the original, but it was certainly one of those phones that had so much coverage after delays and design changes, that by the time it landed, it was doomed. And that's...

#TBT: When PenTile Displays Were King.

Kellen April 14, 2016 60

Take yourself back to 2011 for a moment and answer me this - remember PenTile displays? If you do, I'm sure you already have a headache just thinking about the years upon years of companies like Motorola using the technology in their phones, likely in an...

Jelly Bean on DROID Bionic Root Method Released, Instructions For Those Running Ubuntu

Tim April 23, 2013 26

From the same man that unlocked some of Motorola's heavily guarded bootloaders, a new root method for DROID Bionic owners running the new Jelly Bean firmware has been released. Unfortunately for most of you, it is for folks running Ubuntu because due to...

DROID Bionic Jelly Bean Update Rolling Out Now!

Kellen April 18, 2013 120

We've heard from a handful of readers this morning who were able to update their DROID Bionic devices to official Jelly Bean. The update itself was approved by Verizon last week as build 98.72.22, so the timing for a rollout seems about right. One of our...

DROID Bionic Jelly Bean Update Available for Download and Manual Install

Kellen April 15, 2013 139

On Friday, Verizon approved the much-anticipated Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.2) update for the Motorola DROID Bionic. As is typical with Motorola updates, an initial rollout of the new firmware was pushed to members of a test group to make sure that no major...

DROID Bionic Jelly Bean Update Approved by Verizon as Build 98.72.22 (Updated)

Kellen April 12, 2013 106

The Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.2) update for the DROID Bionic has been approved by Verizon as build number 98.72.22. The update will include a number of important goodies like an immensely improved voice search, smarter notifications with actionable items, a...

DROID Bionic Jelly Bean Soak Test Invites Go Out, the Time for Android 4.1 has Come

Kellen April 3, 2013 142

About a week after Motorola committed to a Q2 rollout for the Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) update of the DROID Bionic, the company has begun sending out invites for members of their Motorola Feedback Network to participate in a soak test of the new software. The...

Motorola Commits to Updating DROID Bionic to Jelly Bean in Q2

Kellen March 26, 2013 87

Motorola made a slight change to their DROID Bionic software news page today, one that signifies them finally settling in on a time frame for updating the device to Jelly Bean. Q2 is it. If you had hopes of receiving the update by the end of Q1, which is in 5...