Droid X Update 1.13.604 – Does Droid X Faster & Better with Kindle Coming Soon

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The Droid X has landed and sold-out online and in many Verizon stores. If you buy the Droid X from Verizon Wireless online it will not ship until July 27.  This super popular well- reviewed Motorola Droid X does have have a few glitches that will be  fixed in a software update, that is coming very soon.

The fixes in the Droid X update 1.13.604 affect the battery charger indicator, camera, weather widgets, ActiveSync, app downloading, contacts, Bluetooth, date/time, GPS, 3G mobile hotspots, and visual vocie mail. The update will although users to take advantage of the enhanced, preloaded My Verizon application and loads the Amazon Kindle application for Kindle book reading.

According to the Verizon support page, you will be notified that a system update is available on your Droid X. Press "Install now" and your Droid  will power off and back on and the installation process will begin.
Note: If you choose "Install later" this will delay installation and you will be taken back to the home screen. The system update message will appear every 60 minutes until you install the update.

If you are roaming, you will not receive a system update notice. You will need to enable Wi-Fi and wait for the update notice to appear or, you can manually update by going to "Home" > "Menu" > "Settings" > "About phone" > "System updates". Press "Install Now".

Droid X  firmware 1.13.604 fixed does the following.

  • Improved battery charging status indicator.
  • Smoother transition for camera and camcorder functions.
  • Redesign of weather widget icons.
  • Faster Exchange ActiveSync email loading.
  • Streamlined organization of newly downloaded appliations.
  • Organized favorite contacts by call count.
  • Updated Bluetooth connection for enhanced video sharing experience.
  • Coordinated date and time across phone displays.
  • Cleaner looking status bar for GPS symbol.
  • Improved sync capabilities for 3G Mobile Hotspot.
  • Faster Visual Voice Mail loading.
The Verizon support page shows the details. If it already posted on the Verizon website we assume it will be coming soon.

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One Response to “Droid X Update 1.13.604 – Does Droid X Faster & Better with Kindle Coming Soon”

  1. Bob says:

    My Droid X was just updated to 1.13.604 and it started updating without any action on my part. There were several messages on the screen and then it stopped with something like “Restart your phone now” being highlighted. I let it sit for about 15 minutes and it didn’t restart automatically so I pushed the camera button. The restart started immediately and then took somewhat longer than normal, maybe 5 minutes. Then I received the popup that 1.13.604 had been successfully installed. It’s not the way the update is described above but it seems to be satisfactory.