Android 2.3 User Guide

[cephas486]

Just got the Gingerbread update on my Droid 2, and saw the new feature of "three swappable icons" and the App launcher on the dock, but cannot figure out how to swap icons. I can find an "add" menu, but am I stuck with the three that are already there?
Next question - how can I create custom app groups from the app menu?
Thanks to all

 

[wrambler]

Just did the update on my mesmorize on Friday and have had no problems doing the download onto a windows 7 machine. You have to make 100% sure your antivirus and firewalls are OFF. The download will appear to work on the computer if they are on, but it is corrupted at some level. I tried 5 times on my computer at work that would not let me disable Norton. The laptop I have does and the update worked perfectly from it.

I took the SD card out and backed it up, charged the battery etc,

I did not lose one single item, ringtones everything carried over. I have better signal strength and longer battery life to boot.

 

[ajonesma]

awesome!

 

[Matts787]

I must say, I'm not a fan of gingerbread

 

[rem_kujawa]

I love it.

 

[UncleVanya]

I must say, I'm not a fan of gingerbread

This is hard to respond to. What is it you don't like?

 

[cmcandrew]

I just got 2.3.5 on my fascinate (Verizon) but can't root it for the life of me. Can anyone help? Thank you!

 

[Khushifairy]

i think Android Froyo is still the best and easy to use OS, from developing point of view.

 

[Missymud]

Hi Everyone, I am a new tablet user. Just rec'd in mail, I have the Superpad3/Flytouch Android 2.3. Is it necessary to root my tablet? I am having a problem connecting to the internet. Using RCN Cable internet with wireless router. I called the cable company and that got we connected but today the tablet will not connect to the internet. Thank you.

 

[slykozy]

Sticky/Chris, new to the Android Rooting world. Any guidance and info would greatly be appreciated.

 

[Rukbat]

Sticky/Chris, new to the Android Rooting world. Any guidance and info would greatly be appreciated.

Rooting allows apps that need root access to get it. (It's a Linux thing.) Most of the apps you'll be running won't need it, so it won't make any difference. But rooting is pretty simple - there are files (like rtto.zip and kms.zip) that will root your phone by running one batch file. (Read the readme first - you have to do a couple of things first.)

 

[Leo6973_2]

Hey all, I've had the sprint droid evo 4G for about 6 months now. Up until about 6 days ago, I had no idea that "rooting" it was a common practice. I purchased an app to improve performance of my phone, in the hopes of improving battery life and because why not? Anyway, I have tried to use the gingerbread program to update my droid, but.....I'm running version 2.3.5 HBOOT 2.18.001 and I have tried, with no success, to find a program to do it. I do not have enough expertise to solely just read and start pushing buttons, so my question is.....Is there a youtube video, or a video tutorial period, for this update, that can walk me through rooting my droid, so I can use the app that started me on this quest 6 days ago now! I'm getting frustrated, please help! I would be very grateful!! Thanks! Leo.....

 

[izzardahamad]

i am new to android. and new to this forum too

 

[Tulie43]

WHY DOES GOOGLE HAVE ALL LINKS TO THE OLD GINGERBREAD 2.3 PDF manual down or distroyed. As a new user of this version I would appreciate not having miss leading links to down load some tool bar that no one wants or sign up for fourty different web sites trying to find the manual that has been out more than a year and most do not need it except us new 2.3.6 people trying to learn all the little unknows in the OEM manual that is very lacking on most cell phone!
If you know of an open link that has not been distroyed please send me an email <email removed>
Thanks in advance...........AL

 

[mariadm]

I just upgraded my Infuse from Froyo to Gingerbread but I can't figure out how to customize my screens/apps now...is that even possible with this upgrade? :/ Is there a user guide for Gingerbread somewhere that I am missing out on?

 

[Jochen K.]

Hi,

can anyone point me to a download link for the Gingerbread manual that still works?

All the links that I found lead to "Page not found" or similar.

Regards,

Jochen

 

[Blair1058]

Great News!

 

[Ocean1820]

New to the android world.

 

[smithclarke3]

Here is the Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread user manual straight from Google for whoever needs it. These manuals are an outstanding source of information in case your not very familiar with Android.

 

[isdaako]

Sure doesn't look very much like a guide to me. Trying to get page count up?