Can I downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1.1?

[Modeverything]

I have a Motorola Droid 2 on Verizon. It is not rooted, just a basic phone with a few apps. I'm currently running Froyo 2.2 and I would like to get back to 2.1.1, or frankly any version other than 2.2.

I got my phone last year in November and it was running version 2.0. Since then I have upgraded to 2.1 and 2.1.1. Around a month ago, the 2.2 update was pushed to my phone, and after reading great reviews about it, I was excited to upgrade. I allowed the update to my phone and since then I have experienced constant problems with it. Another "update" was pushed to my phone a week or so ago, but I checked the version after the update and it was still 2.2, so I'm not sure if it actually did anything, and I still have the same problems.

Since updating, my web browser freezes up regularly making it unable to use. Some of the applications I use frequently crash or freeze up (such as Pandora). The phone is much less responsive; I sometimes have to just put it down and wait for it to start responding to input again. When I try to select a text message to read, most of the time it enters a different thread than the one I selected. I'll then have to back out and try to select the text message I want to read again, and it always works the second time. The phone often misses calls; it doesn't ring or anything. I'll just get a voicemail, which is the only way I know I missed the call; no other notification or anything. It no longer plays WAV files. About half the time I try to load a YouTube video, or even launch the YouTube application, I receive a message that there is no internet connection, even though I'm using the web browser and I know I have an internet connection. Before upgrading, I almost never rebooted my phone, but now I have to rebooted multiple times a week because of the freezing and crashing of apps.

Basically it has went from a smartphone, to just a phone. I am so frustrated. If I can't downgrade, I think I'm just going to have to get a different phone.

I have found posts on how to downgrade other phones from 2.2 to 2.1, but I'm not sure if they work on the Motorola Droid 2, and I don't want to risk being completely without a phone, since I use it for work and personal use. The other guides I have found for the downgrade seem to specify they are for phones other than the Motorola Droid 2.

[sdy284]

if you got it last november, you've got a Droid & not a droid 2

I don't have a droid so I can't really help you on that one. enough people here do tho, so we'll see what they have to say

[lovtrain]

It appears that you are having a problem with other applications running in the background that are eating up the phones resources. You might want to try a few things first before you go out and get a new phone.

1. Uninstall any applications you have download from the Android market or installed manually.
2. Backup your personal data (pictures, music, etc..) to your computer
3. Reformat the external memory card from the phones settings.
4. perform a factory reset (this will reset and delete all personal data so make sure to backup it to your computer)

Use the phone for a day or two without installing any other applications or updates to see if the phone is slow or non-responsive. If the phone is working good? then you can start installing your favorite applications back into your Droid and keep track of the last change you make so that if the phone starts to become slow again, you will have an idea as to what might be causing the problem.

Hope this information helps you with troubleshooting the issue.

[robotSixteen]

I've had a Droid since last year, too. At first 2.2 felt sluggish to me. This may sound silly, but have you rebooted your phone a couple of times? For some reason this made a real difference for me.

[Modeverything]

My apologies. I remember the marketing when I got it that they were saying it was a Droid 2 because it was running Android 2.x, however it may be a Droid 1. I thought I was giving the correct information.

I have rebooted the phone several times; I even reboot it a couple of times per week just to get it to behave properly.

Thanks for the tips lovtrain, I'll try those before more drastic measures such as changing out phones. It's just been driving me crazy lately. I hope it does have something to do with the apps and something I can fix.


Thanks for the feedback everyone. Hopefully I'll have time to try this in the next day or so.