Anyone receive the gingerbread (2.3) OTA update yet?

[JerryF]

DC5_K20Z1

Try my instructions.  Look at my post, "FINALLY, I did the update to Gingerbread 2.3.6....."

If you can pull down your own copy of the update file you can use that or just use the one I used.

It went great.

JerryF

[tstover]

Thanks jerryf i will give it a try tonight if i don't see the ota. Im am a little concerned about this process primarily because I've never done anything like this before. I am running a stock droid charge on frozen yogurt 2.2.1. I have never rooted the device. On a scale from 1-10 how safe is the manual way? Is this considered rooting? Void warranty? Should i just wait?

[jduncan4]

considered rooting and can void warranty

[JerryF]

tstover,

They said it is the same one as VZ is releasing OTA.  As I saw when I did the manual update, my phone was NOT rooted either before or after the update.

As a precaution, and this is just a little paranoid overkill, I downloaded the file 3 times and compared the file sizes just to help ensure myself that I received a good file.  I say this is overkill because the file probably has its own internal checks to ensure completeness and prevent lost bits.

By the way a little bit of being paranoid is really good for you!  Andy Grove the long time and very successful CEO at Intel said in his book and I quote, "Only the Paranoid Survive."

 JerryF

PS,  I recently saw one bit of very bad news for all of us folks that own a Samsung Charge phone.  The news is that Samsung has NOT included the Charge phone in the future update plans for the next OS version called Ice Cream Sandwich.  Gingerbread 2.3.6 may be our first and final update for the life of this phone and that is to bad.

[UMFootball1989]

I'm being told that the more populated areas are getting the update first.

[rav5479]

for those of you who want ICS for droid charge, you may want to look into getting a different device as the charge may not even be able to run it at all, the Galaxy Nexus may not even be the best phone out there when running ICS:

http://android community.com/galaxy-nexus-benchmarks-good-not-great-20111118/

P.S. no gingerbread yet. 

[rav5479]

@UMFootball1989

I live in Chicago and no GB yet

[UMFootball1989]

yeah go figure lol

[shuddle13]

The pictures aren't linked to Facebook anymore because I believe you have to redownload Facebook due to the update. I can't remember where I saw that information, but I have read in quite a few places that Facebook would have to be redownloaded once the you did the Gingerbread update on your phone. Once you download it and sync it, you should get your contact pictures back. Hope that helps!

[bluevolume]

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JerryF wrote:

PS,  I recently saw one bit of very bad news for all of us folks that own a Samsung Charge phone.  The news is that Samsung has NOT included the Charge phone in the future update plans for the next OS version called Ice Cream Sandwich.  Gingerbread 2.3.6 may be our first and final update for the life of this phone and that is to bad.

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I wouldn't call it "very bad news", honestly its an "oh well" at best.  The Charge, and all other devices in its class, we designed to run Android v. 2.0.  The hardware is definitely going to be an issue when jumping to a new operating system, and this is to be expected. When an OS is revved a full version, it should incorporate the latest advancements in hardware, even shooting towards what is coming down the pipe.  Multi-core processors, 1GB+ of RAM with faster timings, extended GPU instruction sets, etc.

What ends up happening in this situation, is that for compatibity sake there will be software-based modules that it will fall back on when the hardware isn't up to snuff.  Now, not only is your device already overburdened by the demands of the new OS, it has to process a bunch of code that would normally be offloaded to a hardware component.  Long story short, "Why is my device SO SLOW on this new OS?"

If Verizon gets us to a good, stable release of Gingerbread that will be the best thing until we get our next phones.