Stock Android Gingerbread ROM appears for Droid

By Edwin Kee on 02/11/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

Stock Android Gingerbread ROM appears for Droid If you happen to own the original Motorola Droid and have yet to make an upgrade of your smartphone, you would be mighty pleased to know that there is a stock Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM available from Peter Alfonso (also known as Bugless Beast). While there are tons of ROMs having rolled out that claim to be Gingerbread, most of them are just Froyo with a Gingerbread launcher as well as icons. This new ROM, however, was built right from 2.3.2, and will offer an actual Android 2.3 Gingerbread experience. Hopefully your Droid is still up to the task though, and will it prevent you from making a phone upgrade?

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