Verizon is pushing out an update to the Droid Bionic with glitch fixes and improvements. The version of the upddate is 5.9.902.
Some of the most desirable updates will be better battery life, more stable connectivity and more stable software.
It is always a good idea to backup your data before loading the update. The update won't download if you are roaming.
You can check for the update manually at Menu > Settings > About phone > System updates.
It will take you approximately 10-30 minutes to download the software, depending on network conditions.Once you download the software, the next step is to install it onto the device. Installation should take up to 5-10 additional minutes.
You will be unable to make or receive calls, including emergency calls.
Device Features
- Added support for National Plus Code Dialing.
- Added support for Bluetooth® Personal Area Networks (PAN).
- Receive text message alerts while on voice calls without voice call interruption.
- Improved audio while streaming video to a TV using the HDMI connection.
- Improved Bluetooth audio when paired and connected to the device.
- Improvements in device stability prevent black screen lockups, camera multi-shot lockups, idle resets,multimedia dock lockups.
- Device is enabled with the Wireless Alerting System.
- Improvements in battery life. Data Connectivity.
- Data connectivity and stability improvements.
- Improvements in Wi-Fi Mobile Hotspot download performance. Application Improvements .
- YouTube videos will resume play from their previous location after pausing to access the Notification Panel.
- Composing a Visual Voice Mail message no longer mutes the voice call.
- Messages saved with Visual Voice Mail will store to the SD card target shown on the user interface.
- Visual Voice Mail improvements for message storage and deletion.
- Play WAV audio files.
- The following apps are now preloaded: • Amazon MP3 • VCAST Apps Store