Gingerbread

[papa54]

I had issues when I first bought the phone from Verizon in July, but then I reverted to 2.2.1 and rooted it, and have since had no issues. As some others have said, the GPS takes a little longer to lock on to satellites than other phones, but can be helped along by third party GPS assist apps. Unfortunately, it appears there are no plans for the Charge to ever get ICS, which is perhaps its greatest downfall. I guess the greedy bastards are gambling that we will buy new phones just to get ICS. PS VZW 4G LTE is 3X faster than my home cable broadband connection.

I have no complaints about my Charge.. It has proven to be well worth my trade up from a useless Fascinate.i live in a fringe area and my charge has never failed to get calls in/out...
gps work fast than i can make the turns on a trip.. the Charge even works in places my Fascinate wouldnt do anything.
i read the spec sheet on Nexus and theres some essentuals i cant do with out...
from all the readings of all other phones ..i think everyone should remember that the Droid Charge is a hard working stable cpu/phone.

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

I have no complaints about my Charge.. It has proven to be well worth my trade up from a useless Fascinate.i live in a fringe area and my charge has never failed to get calls in/out...

If you can still make calls easy, you don't live in a fringe area. I still find my self walking around holding the phone in strange positions to get a good connection, and that's not even a 3G connection! Battery drain is growing faster and faster, and it's life sucks when you can't get a 3G signal (or no signal at all).

 

[barrycinti]

I have no complaints about my Charge.. It has proven to be well worth my trade up from a useless Fascinate.i live in a fringe area and my charge has never failed to get calls in/out...
gps work fast than i can make the turns on a trip.. the Charge even works in places my Fascinate wouldnt do anything.
i read the spec sheet on Nexus and theres some essentuals i cant do with out...
from all the readings of all other phones ..i think everyone should remember that the Droid Charge is a hard working stable cpu/phone.

Things I noticed after going to GB
- much longer a battery life
- runs cooler
- can leave data connection on without draining battery quickly, before had to use WIFI at home
- GPS somewhat quicker
- on a trip no longer have the overheating problem

 

[rmcray08]

The most recent gingerbread leak has completely changed my perspective on this phone. Mostly due to battery life...I'm now able to run JuiceDefender with no troubles and can go from 5am to 10pm without even getting into yellow (granted, I'm not generally doing a lot of screen-intensive stuff like watching Netflix or playing Fruit Ninja).

I haven't had a chance to put the GPS to the test, but with Gingerbread + 4G service, the Charge is a phone worth owning.

 

[Clak]

It's funny that the one update that might make this phone worth owning is one that, if it ever shows up, will be pushed out after most people have probably given up on the Charge. I don't think I'll ever understand Samsung.

 

[Jim101]

Our VZ cel phone rep. told us VZ has been testing GB for the past week, we could get it as early as next week.....

 

[kraisydave]

If you can still make calls easy, you don't live in a fringe area. I still find my self walking around holding the phone in strange positions to get a good connection, and that's not even a 3G connection! Battery drain is growing faster and faster, and it's life sucks when you can't get a 3G signal (or no signal at all).

I hear ya! About 70% of the area I live has no coverage at all. In my home I have to stand on the south side and lean into an upstairs window if I want to make a traditional call. Yet in this same house I have high speed internet...

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[dubge]

It's funny that the one update that might make this phone worth owning is one that, if it ever shows up, will be pushed out after most people have probably given up on the Charge. I don't think I'll ever understand Samsung.

I think they do this to sell more phones

Our VZ cel phone rep. told us VZ has been testing GB for the past week, we could get it as early as next week.....

Eventually someone will say this and be right seeing as people have been saying it since June or July

 

[Dnoravian]

The most recent gingerbread leak has completely changed my perspective on this phone. Mostly due to battery life...I'm now able to run JuiceDefender with no troubles and can go from 5am to 10pm without even getting into yellow (granted, I'm not generally doing a lot of screen-intensive stuff like watching Netflix or playing Fruit Ninja).

I haven't had a chance to put the GPS to the test, but with Gingerbread + 4G service, the Charge is a phone worth owning.

the new GB was a God sent. the GPS lock is instant, much less lag, and i get a couple hours more on the battery and i use screen intensive apps like fruit ninja and netflix ha

 

[rixpre2010]

I'm looking forward to the improved GPS, although it has been tolerable for me. I'm wondering about Bluetoooth. Is it any more stable? About once every couple of days I have to turn it off and on again to get the charge to connect with my car's head unit. Is Bluetooth any more reliable on the Charge with the Gingerbread update?

 

[Dnoravian]

its been a little better to be honest, but still has issues.

 

[daThomas#AC]

My Wife is still on her original Verizon Motorolla Droid and got the Gingerbread update last night. :-\

 

[Hammy813]

I've been checking on the Verizon forums and somebody dropped this news today:

We just got source code! I repeat, we just got source code! Source code for Samsung SCH-I510 Gingerbread internal build number EP4D has been posted to the Samsung Open Source Web Site! Usually when source code is released, that means that the update isn't too far behind it. Usually it's days away. Samsung doesn't release source code, especially kernel source code, unless the version that the code is being released for is intended to be released as an update to the actual phones. That is Samsung policy.

He says for proof just go to https: //opensource.samsung.com and search for SCH-I510.

 

[W_A_Watson_II]

Yep, EP4D is there. Hope this is good news!

 

[gregba]

so can we download the source code and upgrade our phones to GM manually?

Sorry, im not to tech savvy.

 

[mkoronka]

I've been checking on the Verizon forums and somebody dropped this news today:

We just got source code! I repeat, we just got source code! Source code for Samsung SCH-I510 Gingerbread internal build number EP4D has been posted to the Samsung Open Source Web Site! Usually when source code is released, that means that the update isn't too far behind it. Usually it's days away. Samsung doesn't release source code, especially kernel source code, unless the version that the code is being released for is intended to be released as an update to the actual phones. That is Samsung policy.

He says for proof just go to https: //opensource.samsung.com and search for SCH-I510.

Sorry...... I don't have time to comment. With news like this I am on my way out the door to buy some lotto tickets. It almost feels like I won. (maybe it should be buy some cookie doe)

 

[aleroguy]

It's going to be available on the 29th. Verizon has confirmed. They have even posted the support .pdf.

 

[Bob61]

See this thread, has link to pdf with info

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=135925

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk

 

[dubge]

I'm looking forward to the improved GPS, although it has been tolerable for me. I'm wondering about Bluetoooth. Is it any more stable? About once every couple of days I have to turn it off and on again to get the charge to connect with my car's head unit. Is Bluetooth any more reliable on the Charge with the Gingerbread update?

For me the latest gb build the Bluetooth is much worse then the prior build. I am not happy at all!!!
The last one would drop connection once and a while. Maybe 2-3 times in 3 weeks. This build I can not get the connection to work. When I do get it to work it cuts out here and there a few times during every song.

 

[Landshark]

so can we download the source code and upgrade our phones to GM manually?

Sorry, im not to tech savvy.

If you are not too tech savvy then I guess it's safe to say you are not a developer. The source code is only good for developers who can take that source code and use it to make a working ROM. If you are not a developer, the source code is useless for you to download. You cannot download it and update your phone. Developers use the source code to make the custom ROMs and kernels we all enjoy so much when we root our phones. If you are not a developer you will have to wait and choose one of two options: 1) If you are not rooted, do nothing and wait for the OTA to download to your phone, or if you are rooted, put your phone back to stock EE4 and wait to receive the OTA or; 2) If you are rooted, leave your phone rooted on the custom ROM you are running and wait for the developers to work their magic with the source code, then flash the custom ROM, kernel, etc. of you choosing.