I have an Incredible, obtained from Verizon back in May 2010. Still have service with Verizon but now it's 2+ years and so am out of contract currently.
It is not rooted and never has been rooted. For now, no plans to root.
Never have received any notification of system update from Verizon-- never. Not sure why-- is there a setting somewhere that turns system update notifications on and off?
More concerning, when I go to "About Phone" and "System Updates" I get the message "Your system is currently up to date."
But I know that is not accurate. Here is my "Software Information" from "About Phone":
Firmware- 2.1-update1
Baseband - 1.00.03.04.06
Kernel - 2.6.29-cc1c2268
Build - 1.22.605.0
So here is what I want to do-- update my Android to 2.2 (Froyo?) at a minimum and preferably 2.3 (Gingerbread?), as long as there are no bugs/problems with the update in question. I don't want to slow down my Inc or reduce its battery life, or cause other negative issues, in order to update its Android version.
I would like the 720p and 820.11n features, plus have the ability to use watchespn (when it comes to Android via Comcast) and to use Comcast VOD. As I understand it, 2.2 covers all of these bases except for Comcast VOD, which requires 2.3.
Is it even possible to choose the Android version I will update to? Or do I have no choice but to accept Verizon's latest update (June 2012) which I have seen a lot of complaints about.
I would like to do the update as simply as possible but also avoid doing it through Verizon-- worried I will get the most recent, buggy version.
I have seen links out there, for example to a "Gingerbread" update in November 2011, but the links for the downloads at google.com are all broken. It seems Google currently does not want downloads of the Android updates direct to phone users from its website-- or am I wrong?
Any advice as to which version is best for the Incredible (given what I want it to do-- see above) and how to get it onto my Inc with the least amount of pain possible (and not through Verizon to avoid the buggy most recent update) would be great.
Thanks in advance.
D.
It is not rooted and never has been rooted. For now, no plans to root.
Never have received any notification of system update from Verizon-- never. Not sure why-- is there a setting somewhere that turns system update notifications on and off?
More concerning, when I go to "About Phone" and "System Updates" I get the message "Your system is currently up to date."
But I know that is not accurate. Here is my "Software Information" from "About Phone":
Firmware- 2.1-update1
Baseband - 1.00.03.04.06
Kernel - 2.6.29-cc1c2268
Build - 1.22.605.0
So here is what I want to do-- update my Android to 2.2 (Froyo?) at a minimum and preferably 2.3 (Gingerbread?), as long as there are no bugs/problems with the update in question. I don't want to slow down my Inc or reduce its battery life, or cause other negative issues, in order to update its Android version.
I would like the 720p and 820.11n features, plus have the ability to use watchespn (when it comes to Android via Comcast) and to use Comcast VOD. As I understand it, 2.2 covers all of these bases except for Comcast VOD, which requires 2.3.
Is it even possible to choose the Android version I will update to? Or do I have no choice but to accept Verizon's latest update (June 2012) which I have seen a lot of complaints about.
I would like to do the update as simply as possible but also avoid doing it through Verizon-- worried I will get the most recent, buggy version.
I have seen links out there, for example to a "Gingerbread" update in November 2011, but the links for the downloads at google.com are all broken. It seems Google currently does not want downloads of the Android updates direct to phone users from its website-- or am I wrong?
Any advice as to which version is best for the Incredible (given what I want it to do-- see above) and how to get it onto my Inc with the least amount of pain possible (and not through Verizon to avoid the buggy most recent update) would be great.
Thanks in advance.
D.