Why is the update taking so long to roll out?

[jessesmith8888]

It's monday and stll no update whats going on here??? I want the OTA not the update.zip

 

[davidnc]

its vzw they want to piss you off ,, maybe today or tomorrow or wednesday , or maybe someone will post the update.zip ? suppose to be this week anyhoo

 

[mikestorm]

Verizon deliberately pushes the update out to a certain # of phones per day. Easier on them and easier for them to fix things on the fly if something goes awry on their end.

If they pushed the OTA out simultaneously to everybody and there was a previously undetected issue with the build that bricked everyone's phones, they'd be screwed. This gives them the ability to monitor results as they push.

Also, while I'm not an expert, I think that from a bandwidth point of view that would have to be taxing for them.

tl;dr: it's for your safety and CYA on their part

 

[PvilleComp]

It's monday and stll no update whats going on here??? I want the OTA not the update.zip

Don't forget that it's also personal. They are deliberately not sending it to any forum posters who might capture the update.zip and thus remove the power and the glory of the OTA!

 

[dirtbiker0025]

This was submitted by patches152 who is pretty reliable, i dunno if this has changed or not but,

"10k users will get Froyo Friday, then 100k on Monday, and another 200k every day after that until 9/3"

 

[mikestorm]

This was submitted by patches152 who is pretty reliable, i dunno if this has changed or not but,

"10k users will get Froyo Friday, then 100k on Monday, and another 200k every day after that until 9/3"

He's reliable. From what I can tell he's got many friends 'in the know' over at VZW. He was equally spot on over in CB regarding BB updates/phone launches, and the fact that (as far as I can tell) he has more than one friend in the know, he can corroborate the things he hears.

More importantly he's a ninja...so there's that.

That aside, the above schedule: employees first then 10K, 100K, 200K, 200K, etc. makes absolute perfect sense and is exactly how I would go about it.

 

[rohdawgeleven]

"More importantly he's a ninja...so there's that."

I KNEW being a ninja had something to do with it!

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Verizon deliberately pushes the update out to a certain # of phones per day. Easier on them and easier for them to fix things on the fly if something goes awry on their end.

If they pushed the OTA out simultaneously to everybody and there was a previously undetected issue with the build that bricked everyone's phones, they'd be screwed. This gives them the ability to monitor results as they push.

Also, while I'm not an expert, I think that from a bandwidth point of view that would have to be taxing for them.

tl;dr: it's for your safety and CYA on their part

100% accurate.

 

[tony bag o donuts]

"More importantly he's a ninja...so there's that."

I KNEW being a ninja had something to do with it!

Well I saw him in vegas....trying to be all coy:

 

[Todd M]

There have been some rumors flying about that the Froyo update has some bugs and has been causing issues on those phones that got them, possibly causing a pull back of the OTA by Verizon. At this point, they appear to be rumors. Has anyone else 'in the know' heard about this from over the weekend?

 

[mikestorm]

There have been some rumors flying about that the Froyo update has some bugs and has been causing issues on those phones that got them, possibly causing a pull back of the OTA by Verizon. At this point, they appear to be rumors. Has anyone else 'in the know' heard about this from over the weekend?

I had not, but if true that would be a debacle of the highest proportions. Pulling back suggests they don't know what the problem is. Sending an OTA patch suggests they do...

 

[Todd M]

I had not, but if true that would be a debacle of the highest proportions. Pulling back suggests they don't know what the problem is. Sending an OTA patch suggests they do...

Thx. I am hoping it's just the rumor mill working OT on this one. There were conflicting reports about the flow of the OTA. Patches (believe) stated 10,000 on Friday, nothing over the weekend, then 100K, 200K, etc. The @VZWSupport twitter (don't believe) stated it was being pushed over the weekend. I think that's what might have led to some rumors surfacing that if no one was getting it over the weekend that VZW might have stopped it.

I am sure we will see more getting it today, although it might not be until this evening.

 

[drclayton]

So i have a dumb question.....
is the daily rollouts all done in the morning or just randomly sent throughout the day? In other words, if i dont get the update when i wake up, should i not even bother worrying about it the rest of the day?

 

[msm_portata]

drlayton - I have wondered that too. Is anyone getting notifications in the middle of the day? For that matter, what is the form of the notification? a pop-up? an icon on the top bar?

 

[mclarryjr]

Well I saw him in vegas....trying to be all coy:

LMAO, that was good

 

[Legobricke]

Personally,

and it is only rumor.....

But, if I understand correctly....

Verizon is sending a rep out to each one of us individually to install the 2.2 upgrade...

so it could be a while...

Lego!

 

[doc 7]

There is no update we've been duped imho

 

[finanandroid]

He's reliable. From what I can tell he's got many friends 'in the know' over at VZW. He was equally spot on over in CB regarding BB updates/phone launches, and the fact that (as far as I can tell) he has more than one friend in the know, he can corroborate the things he hears.

More importantly he's a ninja...so there's that.

That aside, the above schedule: employees first then 10K, 100K, 200K, 200K, etc. makes absolute perfect sense and is exactly how I would go about it.

The update is being rolled out the 2 weeks to a month was as to how long it can take to complete. *AN /VZW Support on Twitter

 

[silentbobdrummer]

Personally,

and it is only rumor.....

But, if I understand correctly....

Verizon is sending a rep out to each one of us individually to install the 2.2 upgrade...

so it could be a while...

Lego!

That would be true if Bright House ran Verizon. it was a pain waiting for them so I can get HD Channels on my TiVo...

 

[Kyle Gibb]

Verizon loves taking forever. Remember, we only need one person to link the update.zip URL and all of us hardcore fans are in business. The Froyo business, that is