How To Update My Firmware

**LayzieBone075** · 10-13-2010, 07:05 PM

Hey guys! My name is Nick (: So I'm an Android Noob, I'm in to BlackBerry's, I basically know everything you need to know about them, maybe even more. But right now my BB is messed up, so I'm using an old myTouch 3G until my contract expires. So I was reading a lot about my phone here, and I saw that there's an "Android 2.1" for the myTouch 3G. I'm not really familiar with updating the Android OS. So can anyone help me update mine? Right now I have version 1.6

PS: I found out about this site from CrackBerry. Just incare anybody wanted to know (:

**weirdkid** · 10-13-2010, 09:55 PM

The original Mytouch 3G is getting Froyo, which is 2.2, today and slowly being pushed out til the 26th. It'll be coming via OTA(Over the Air) to your phone, you'll see it when it comes

If you have any of the other Mytouch 3Gs (3.5mm jack and Slide) it'll come a bit later.

**LayzieBone075** · 10-13-2010, 10:32 PM

Ohh okay, thanks! So it's gonna come out on the 26th? And where do I hafta download it?

**weirdkid** · 10-14-2010, 04:01 AM

It's supposedly already coming out slowly. They're pushing it in batches and some will get it before others. They said everyone should get it by the 26th. You'll know you got it when it pops up on your phone and asks you to download it (more like forces because it'll remind you every half hour.) It'll also be a two part update, the second half coming roughly half an hour after the first part is complete.

**LayzieBone075** · 10-15-2010, 08:39 PM

Ohh okay. Once again thanks everyone! So far I'm loving my myTouch lol

**xs11e** · 10-20-2010, 12:03 PM

Minor correction, the update seems to be rolling out a bit slower than expected, I received a text message yesterday that said October 13 to October 31.

I have not received the update yet.

**Moke0043** · 10-20-2010, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by xs11e

Minor correction, the update seems to be rolling out a bit slower than expected, I received a text message yesterday that said October 13 to October 31.

I have not received the update yet.

I just now received the same text message from T-Mobile....

**weirdkid** · 10-20-2010, 02:55 PM

I just got a text earlier this morning about it, not date specified though.

"Free T-Mobile MSG: Over the next two weeks, a 2 part Froyo Android OS upgrade will be sent to your myTouch 3G. Details: www.tmobile.com/myTouch-MR"

**kjay2559** · 10-20-2010, 10:17 PM

I have had my touch 3G about a month now and I have not received any notification at all, it came with 1.6, and i am also hearing horror stories bout the update. So what i am getting to do i have to accept the update or do i have the option to deny the upgrade ?

**Moke0043** · 10-21-2010, 07:40 AM

I just received the update this morning. The update process was very smooth and only took about 15 - 20 minutes to complete.

**weirdkid** · 10-22-2010, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by kjay2559

I have had my touch 3G about a month now and I have not received any notification at all, it came with 1.6, and i am also hearing horror stories bout the update. So what i am getting to do i have to accept the update or do i have the option to deny the upgrade ?

You can deny it but it will remind you every half hour. It's a mandatory update.

Originally Posted by Moke0043

I just received the update this morning. The update process was very smooth and only took about 15 - 20 minutes to complete.

Was that just for the first part of it? Did you receive the second part?

**Moke0043** · 10-22-2010, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by weirdkid

Was that just for the first part of it? Did you receive the second part?

Both parts. There was not much of a lag in between them.

**weirdkid** · 10-23-2010, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by Moke0043

Both parts. There was not much of a lag in between them.

Good to know, thanks. Still waiting on my update

**Moke0043** · 10-23-2010, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by weirdkid

Good to know, thanks. Still waiting on my update

Not a fan so far. Just saying.....

**Remo_253** · 10-23-2010, 01:31 PM

I have a Mytouch 3G without a data plan, will I still get the update? Or do I need to do it manually? If so where do I find the update, and instructions on how to do the manual update?

**weirdkid** · 10-23-2010, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Moke0043

Not a fan so far. Just saying.....

It can't be any worse than Donut.

**xs11e** · 10-23-2010, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Remo_253

I have a Mytouch 3G without a data plan, will I still get the update? Or do I need to do it manually? If so where do I find the update, and instructions on how to do the manual update?

**Remo_253** · 10-24-2010, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by xs11e

Thanks!!

**xs11e** · 10-24-2010, 11:24 AM

You're welcome, everything went smoothly I hope?
When I did it, I was surprised how easily it went. It seemed to preserve most of my settings but I did the wipe as recommended and then re-installed everything, better safe than to have a problem show up later...

**weirdkid** · 10-24-2010, 02:31 PM

I did it as well, everything went smoothly. Did the reset a few times but even then it still restored some stuff I had when my other mytouch was rooted with CM (some setting and apps.)

**ItsMeMandi** · 10-26-2010, 11:18 AM

I want mine now!!!!

**ItsMeMandi** · 10-31-2010, 04:44 PM

I didn't get an update today so I went onto the site... BY DECEMBER 15 now?!?!?!

**weirdkid** · 11-04-2010, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by ItsMeMandi

I didn't get an update today so I went onto the site... BY DECEMBER 15 now?!?!?!

You could always go ahead and do it manually. I got tired of waiting and did it immediately. It's really simple.

**ItsMeMandi** · 11-08-2010, 09:42 PM

I'm worried about doing that because right now I can't download anything. The market says there's an error whenever I try. I just asked on the Market Help board, but I think I'm going to bring it into T-Mobile.

**weirdkid** · 11-18-2010, 03:04 AM

After messing around with it for a while, I was starting to get annoyed. It was pretty slow and laggy. I decided to root and install SetCPU and boy has that changed everything! I'm rooted but I didn't flash any roms over so I'm currently rooted on Tmo's 2.2 release. The phone works a lot faster than it did previously.