The latest update came down to enable flash support and now Droid owners with custom ROMs are once again dealing with the annoying system update message. The way to end this annoyance and prevent the FRG22D OTA update is fairly straightforward. Start up Root Explorer or Astro and navigate to /system/build.prop Open this file in [...]

Update: These instruction are for the FRG01B build, if you are looking to prevent September’s FRG22D update go here. If you are running a custom ROM and don’t want to update to the latest OTA Froyo then you are probably being bothered a regular basis with the notification to update. Unfortunately there is no “No [...]

So you have the powerful Motorola Droid with a great open source Android OS. Unfortunately the openness stops there. You are at the mercy of the carriers who ultimately decide what version you will run and when and if you will receive updates. If a device doesn’t allow access the bootloader and root without resorting [...]