No Froyo for Droid X Early Adopters

Companies are recognizing that most users are impatient and are installing leaks and updates from sources other than OTA (e.g. recent EVO 4G Froyo update).  Motorola, has chosen operate differently, stating the following on their support site: (via Droid Life)

WARNING: Do NOT load the leaked 2.2 upgrade that has been floating around on the Internets. There is currently no upgrade path from that load to the official 2.2 load that will be released by early September. Unless [...]

How to Manually Update the Droid Incredible to Froyo

The Froyo update is hitting Incredible phones, but is being released in batches (similar to historical Verizon updates).  If you just can’t wait for the OTA and would like to manually update your Droid Incredible, follow the instructions below to manually update your device.

Download the file from HERE

Save the file to your SD Card (top-level, no folders) and rename as update.zip
Power off your phone
Hold volume down and turn on your phone to access the bootloader screen
Select recovery from the list
Press [...]

How to Manually Install Motorola Droid FRG22D Update

For those of you who still haven’t received the official Froyo OTA and cannot wait any longer, you can now manually install the update to your phone.  Just follow these simple steps and you will be running Froyo in no time.

Download FRG22D HERE, save to your SD card, and rename to “update.zip”
Restart the phone in recovery mode (hold X while turning on)
When the alert icon appears, release X
Press volume up + camera button
Select “apply update.zip” and reboot when finished

Google’s Tools for Online Success

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) and Google have teamed up to provide resources and tools that “help small businesses learn how to succeed online.”  Below is a sample video description of the features directly from Google. Be sure to checkout this new resource today at http://www.google.com/help/places/partners/sba/index.html!  (via Google)

Establish an online presence: As more and more people get online to find information and local searches grow, an online presence is increasingly important for a small business. For [...]