So my wife’s Motorola Droid got the OTA 2.1 OS upgrade (over the air upgrade, and within 24 hours died). I don’t know if these things are related, but she was treated horrible at the Verizon store. Sorry Verizon in Bangor ME, were not stupid, I know your manager is cheap and didn’t want to deal with replacing a droid. I was so mad I almost canceled her phone. They tried to tell her that light scratches around the screen were abuse or neglect. The water indicator was not red, so it was never wet, and the screen has no scratches because it had a screen protector. Its called wear and tear, the screen moves back and forth, its going to get light scratches, especially with keys and change in pockets.

Some of the cool features that were added were.

Motorola Droid users will get multitouch pinch-to-zoom capabilities (using the built-in browser), the Gallery feature (for viewing images), and a Google Maps app. The Gallery app also brings the 3D layout found on the Nexus one, live wallpapers.

Also on the Android 2.1 feature list for the Droid are new Weather and News applications and widgets, and support for voice-to-text entry from within the virtual keyboard (by tapping the microphone icon).

Android 2.1 on the Motorola Droid you will also bring better handset audio when disconnecting a wired headset, an “improved” pattern-lock functionality and automatic night-mode switch in Google Maps.

One thing that the Motorola Droid won’t get in the Android 2.1 software update is the new 3D application launcher found on the Nexus One, though despite this, most of the new features have made their way to the Droid.

So I thought this was crazy, until my wife kept telling me her droid hangs up for no reason. After poking around for a while online, I saw all kinds of posts saying, women with long hair are losing phone calls on the droid because of the sensor on the ear piece.

The sensor is very strange. If you get a piece of paper around it, it also turns the backlighing off. I have come to the answer of, “YES” people with long hair are the ones being affected.

So my Motorola Droid update went well. I do not hear the echo anymore and I do not have people saying, are you talking to me in a stairwell. New updates have been added also. I was happily surprised to see the unlock slider change from curved to straight. Gets back to the feel of my iPhone I had but hate the damn curve.

Droid Upgrade Instructions

I have got the auto update on my phone but not on my wife’s phone. Well hope for later tonight. I dont see any way to force the update on it. I’m sure its random also, I have probably more apps on mine, but she uses her phone more then me.

Heres a quote off there page.

camera autofocus fixed and time between shots reduced, enhancements for 3-way calling, audio for incoming calls improved, speakerphone remains on when using call-waiting, Bluetooth echo is removed and improved phonebook transfers, GPS, messaging, Google contact merging, Visual Voice Mail, and corporate calendar widget updated