Gingerbread coming in September via HTC

**z71kris** · 08-31-2011, 02:23 PM

We're pleased to announce that both DROID Incredible and ThunderBolt at Verizon will be receiving an
update to Gingerbread in September. Thanks for your support!

**Kronko** · 08-31-2011, 02:25 PM

Shut, I was going to post it. Good news.

Sent from out of space.

**SpaceHippie** · 08-31-2011, 02:28 PM

September 30th lol. Yea they will be making you wait the entire month i bet. lol

**Kronko** · 08-31-2011, 04:46 PM

Or maybe tomorrow?

**soccerfon711** · 08-31-2011, 05:04 PM

I can't wait for October 1st!

**dpham00** · 08-31-2011, 05:23 PM

this is not really news since they said q3 some time ago. Of course they said q2 before that as well.

**pjd71** · 08-31-2011, 06:17 PM

I think this is the real deal this time. I have a strong feeling it will be prior to the release of the Bionic. Got to try and keep the revenue coming in, even though this phone is basically outdated. How about a big nice surprise: Ice Cream!

**tkong** · 09-06-2011, 02:37 PM

My money's on the 8th or 15th.

**recDNA** · 09-06-2011, 06:00 PM

When will they announce the "fix" update for everything this update screws up?

**FrankXS** · 09-06-2011, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by recDNA

When will they announce the "fix" update for everything this update screws up?

Probably. That's the way software/firmware works. Personaly I'm glad that they keep up on the fixes, rather than ignoring them, a'la iPhone.

-Frank

**recDNA** · 09-06-2011, 06:54 PM

I have absolutely no interest in iphones because I hate how they lock everything up. I just wish all the android phone makers would remember the point of android - OPEN ACCESS. The trouble is they're all obsessed with adding complex ui's of their own (sense, motoblur, etc.). I wish they'd leave em vanilla and let us install skins or ui's or launchers from the marketplace rather than adding one launcher to cover their launcher and totally using up the processor before we even start!

OT Rant over.

**whiteshadow001** · 09-06-2011, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by recDNA

I have absolutely no interest in iphones because I hate how they lock everything up. I just wish all the android phone makers would remember the point of android - OPEN ACCESS. The trouble is they're all obsessed with adding complex ui's of their own (sense, motoblur, etc.). I wish they'd leave em vanilla and let us install skins or ui's or launchers from the marketplace rather than adding one launcher to cover their launcher and totally using up the processor before we even start!

When an iPhone freezes it freezes bad. I work at UPS and we ship more frozen iPhone back than any Android phone. I'll never buy another ipod or iPhone.... Maybe an iPad if they ever change the look of the OS.

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**LAKingsDru** · 09-06-2011, 07:06 PM

Does the gb update include sense 3.0?

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**FrankXS** · 09-06-2011, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by LAKingsDru

Does the gb update include sense 3.0?

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No.

-Frank

**whiteshadow001** · 09-06-2011, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by FrankXS

No.

-Frank

You think they'll give us 3.5?

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**tcapote** · 09-06-2011, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by whiteshadow001

You think they'll give us 3.5?

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Nope.

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**Mortiel** · 09-07-2011, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by tcapote

Nope.

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That conversation was hilarious...

"WIll it have Sense 3.0"

"No."

"Will it have Sense 3.5"

"Nope."

"Will it clean my damn house?"

"Of course it will... not."

**Mortiel** · 09-07-2011, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by recDNA

I have absolutely no interest in iphones because I hate how they lock everything up. I just wish all the android phone makers would remember the point of android - OPEN ACCESS. The trouble is they're all obsessed with adding complex ui's of their own (sense, motoblur, etc.). I wish they'd leave em vanilla and let us install skins or ui's or launchers from the marketplace rather than adding one launcher to cover their launcher and totally using up the processor before we even start!

OT Rant over.

I personally kinda like how LG did things with the Ally (well, as far as the UI is concerned... everything else not so much). It had stock Android, but you could throw on LG's skin if you wanted.

I think all manufacturers should make it an option to run vanilla to save on resources if you so choose. Like running Windows 7 on the Classic theme.

Addendum: Sense is not comparable to MotoBLUR. MotoBLUR is a cancerous plague that Motorola should have let die with the Devour. Sense actually has redeeming qualities to balance it being a resource hog.

**Mike_is_Mike** · 09-07-2011, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by recDNA

I have absolutely no interest in iphones because I hate how they lock everything up. I just wish all the android phone makers would remember the point of android - OPEN ACCESS. The trouble is they're all obsessed with adding complex ui's of their own (sense, motoblur, etc.). I wish they'd leave em vanilla and let us install skins or ui's or launchers from the marketplace rather than adding one launcher to cover their launcher and totally using up the processor before we even start!

OT Rant over.

If they didn't have their own UI's they wouldn't enjoy the huge market share they do now. As hard as it is for many here to believe, MOST people don't root their phones.....nor do they WANT too.

**Dilpickle1** · 09-07-2011, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Mortiel

I personally kinda like how LG did things with the Ally (well, as far as the UI is concerned... everything else not so much). It had stock Android, but you could throw on LG's skin if you wanted.

YES YES YES this sooooo much. I actually looked at the Revolution hoping it would have that as well.

**willis936** · 09-07-2011, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Mortiel

I personally kinda like how LG did things with the Ally (well, as far as the UI is concerned... everything else not so much). It had stock Android, but you could throw on LG's skin if you wanted.

I think all manufacturers should make it an option to run vanilla to save on resources if you so choose. Like running Windows 7 on the Classic theme.

Addendum: Sense is not comparable to MotoBLUR. MotoBLUR is a cancerous plague that Motorola should have let die with the Devour. Sense actually has redeeming qualities to balance it being a resource hog.

Protip: windows 7 uses less resources in aero than classic in almost every case.

Also google bought motorola so expect moto phones to have vanilla android from now on.

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**Synycalwon** · 09-07-2011, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by willis936

Protip: windows 7 uses less resources in aero than classic in almost every case.

Also google bought motorola so expect moto phones to have vanilla android from now on.

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Not to get off topic, but I've NEVER heard that before about Windows 7. It's pretty screwed up if that's what Microsoft did as turning off Aero should increase performance as the system has LESS to do regardless of hardware specs/capability. My biggest problem with Windows 7 is that they took away choice in that there is NO true classic mode anymore (a way to truly revert to how things were done in past OS's). That and along with various other reasons, I'm still using Windows XP and will continue to do so until it is no longer supported in 2014 (then I'll see what else is out there Microsoft or other). IMHO, the Windows 7 UI (User Interface) feels dumbed down and throws us old power users out to pasture. No thanks!

As to Google making Motorola phones vanilla Android: it's just pure speculation at this point. Although vanilla is certainly better than Blur or whatever it's called now!

**recDNA** · 09-07-2011, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_is_Mike_is

If they didn't have their own UI's they wouldn't enjoy the huge market share they do now. As hard as it is for many here to believe, MOST people don't root their phones.....nor do they WANT too.

If all the manufacturers produced vanilla android the developers would produce apps, skins, and launchers that could do anything we want without rooting. Rooting becomes.necessary only when vzw and htc bloat up android beyond all recognition!

**z71kris** · 09-07-2011, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by recDNA

If all the manufacturers produced vanilla android the developers would produce apps, skins, and launchers that could do anything we want without rooting. Rooting becomes.necessary only when vzw and htc bloat up android beyond all recognition!

Quoted for truth....