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Motorola Droid Bionic Update 5.9.904 Soak Begins
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Motorola is ready to test the software update to version 5.9.904 on their Droid Bionic. The emails have already been sent to members of the Motorola Feedback Network using the Droid Bionic. The update will likely be only a collection of bug fixes with added stability to the device. Not taking lightly the stability aspect since the Droid Bionic has been plagued with issues since its release.
There will not be Android 4.0.3 in this update which is a bummer but the changelog does prove to be nice for Bionic owners. The update will officially be pushed out as version 5.9.904.XT875.Verizon.en.US.
Droid Bionic 5.9.904 Update Features:
- Updated Visual Voicemail access URL
- Preload Google R10 GMS apps
- Visual Voicemails are sent to a device but no notification is given to the user
- Bluetooth call tones are too loud
- The APN table can be overwritten by 3 rd party applications,resulting in an inability to camp on the LTE network
- DNS cache is not refreshed when moving from EHRPD to LTE
- IPv6 default route is left over after LTE to EHRPD handoff
- Added support for IPv6 over eHRPD
- Reduce blank screen lock ups with inability to power up
- Device may show a white 4G icon but the user is unable to connect to Internet
The Droid Bionic is in Verizon’s list of devices to receive the Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich updates this year so don’t stress the fact that its not now. If your in soak tests please let us know how the update is running on your Bionic.
I had great success with the upgrade soak testing. My wife was not as happy though. She had little or no problem with phone before the soak but had hoped for the Soak to smooth things out. For her it changed the reception on the phone. I can be in full 4g with great speed and she will have nothing or 3G signal. Camera function is definitely better and the battery was better for a while. I had ordered extended batteries that never came to try and over come that during my 12-14 hr work day.
Otherwise I am good.
Bob, you are saying you already got the 904 update via a soak test? I am of the feedback network and have not gotten a thing about it. And I don’t see a single reference to a soak test on any of the usual droid message boards. Usually they are on fire with posts about soak tests.