Android 2.2 (Froyo) on the Motorola Droid

This isn’t really an App but should definitely be mentioned due to the resulting excitement this weekend. P3driod over at MyDroidWorld has managed to get a build of Froyo working on the Motorola Droid and has decided to share it with everyone. It is available as a Clockwork backup or a SPRecovery backup along with overclocked kernels. There are a few kinks but it is a nice preview of what 2.2 will have to offer until the source drops. When I talked to him yesterday, he said there were over 8Million page hits Saturday alone accompanied by over 300,000 downloads. It managed to shut the site down for a short while but it wasn’t long before it was back up. If you have a Motorola Droid and you have joined the root community (or would like to), you may want to check it out to see what all the fuss is about. Rooted users likely won’t see a better Froyo based ROM until the source drops and non-rooted/stock droid owners would have to wait until Verizon rolls out the OTA (months from now). I’ve personally flashed it a couple times and you should not have any problems using ClockworkMod Recovery to go back and forth between Froyo and your current backup.

Froyo on the Motorola Droid
A Quick Guide to Rooting 2.1OTA and Installing Froyo

Great work P3!