Froyo OTA: First Impressions

Joelist

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Hi,

I got my Froyo at about 1pm (CST) this afternoon. These are my first impressions. If anyone can guide me to taking screenshots without rooting I will post some as well.

First, the new bootup is nice. It's pretty quick, and resembles the old one except that there is a Droid eye screen with the robot "Droid" voice. I liked it.

Second, everything looks subtly different. What I mean is all the fonts appear a touch sharper and a very little touch smaller. It's almost like Sense also received an update to a more granular font package.

Third, speed. Everything is noticable faster and there are no lags anywhere. The Browser is especially fast, and an occasional tendency I noted in the past of lines of text being piled on top of each other is gone. Flash works very well, and only slows the Browser down slightly.

The increaed speed even extends to visuals. I use a Live Wallpaper (the leaves in the pond) and both the rippling water effect and the leaf movements are quicker. The HTC Mail app is likewise quicker - it looks the same except again the fonts are a tiny bit smaller and a bit crisper.

The market is the new one, with the Comments in a separate tab and also a listing of all your downloads. It also implements automatic updating.

And in a big HOORAY!, Bluetooth voice command functionality is fully operational. It can be used without touching the phone at all, which is a major safety enhancement.

More as I explore my "new" phone more.
 
You pull the update zip fit every one?... Cause I know there are a lot that want it... I don't but others do.
 
I might as well sticky this. If anyone else gets the update, please add your first impressions here.
 
So is this an upgrade or a wipe and install? I've got all my stuff backed up anyways, so I'm not worried about losing anything. Just curious.
 
It wiped and installed. However getting things back up took only a few minutes.
 
Its an over the air upgrade. Could you imagine an upgrade wiping the data of the typical users phone? That uproar would make people think Microsoft Windows Vista upgrades!

Steve in CT

Sent from my Incredible using Tapatalk
 
Well, all my apps were gone and I had to reinstall them. I suppose wipe is not correct because the contents of the SD card and built in storage were not deleted.
 
More:

Camcorder works just fine, offering a range of resolutions ranging from 720p to QVGA. Camera likewise looking good.

This is a very smmoth upgrade. No bugs found yet.
 
More:

Camcorder works just fine, offering a range of resolutions ranging from 720p to QVGA. Camera likewise looking good.

This is a very smmoth upgrade. No bugs found yet.

Would you mind going into your /cache/ and giving us the update.zip file?
 
Just searched using ASTRO. No file by that name.

Perhaps the reboot at the end of the update flushed the cache?
 

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