OTA Gingerbread!

[kstoutdog]

Any idea if those of us who are rooted will be able to regain our root privileges after the update, or if we'll have to wait a month or two for a verified and safe root method? I'd really like the update, as my phone is quite visibly in need of some software and firmware repair, but I love my wireless tethering and lack of bloatware far too much to lose that for the time it takes to develop a new rooting method.

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will I lose root, if I OTA update?

 

[rickap7]

I have have nothing but trouble with this update
phone reboots by itself,bluetooth doesn't turn off then locks up phone and reboots
in coming calls do not ring just vibs
notication sound dont work
terrible battery life ever since update to 4.06.605.3
i've had this for over 3 months maybe nothing but problem

is there anyway to uninstall an update?

 

[PvilleComp]

I am rooted and do not want the update. I just started getting the notification last night. I renamed the file but keep getting the notification. Any ideas?

Directions for turning off the Update notification for ROOTED users are here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/in...id-incredible-gingerbread-ota.html#post980657

Has anyone managed to run alogcat before updating to capture the URL of the download?

zxora - can you send me the file you renamed?

If you are rooted, do not accept the update, be patient, there will be a rooted version of the update out shortly.

 

[kyos33]

No major problems that I can tell yet. Did loose 3 apps though.

 

[Keldog]

Just finished the update a few minutes ago, no issues.

 

[Admodieus]

I downloaded the update last night, but it hanged at the "Rebooting now" message for an hour. I could back out to my home screen and do whatever I wanted, so I rebooted the phone. My phone info still says I'm on 2.2, and everytime I go check for updates it says my phone is up to date.

Any idea how I can get prompted for the update again? Tried the *#*#CHECKIN#*#* and pulling the battery for a minute to no avail.

 

[zrxoa1]

Directions for turning off the Update notification for ROOTED users are here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/in...id-incredible-gingerbread-ota.html#post980657

Has anyone managed to run alogcat before updating to capture the URL of the download?

zxora - can you send me the file you renamed?

If you are rooted, do not accept the update, be patient, there will be a rooted version of the update out shortly.

I followed those instructions and renamed the file using Root Explorer, but I keep getting the notification.

I can try to send the file....where do you want me to send it?

 

[live311]

So far, so good. I got the 87 MB update since I didn't get it in September. I found one app that needed updating and my phone thinks it's an EVO 4G but otherwise seems smooth and a bit snappier than before. The clock is animated and there's a cool fade transition when closing apps. Only time and normal use will tell if battery life has been affected or other functionality has been broken.

BTW, any cool Sprint apps I should grab before they fix it?

 

[CRKhead]

I asked @VZWSupport on Twitter if I need to download the 87MB update first in order for the 8MB patch to come down with 4.08... They said they recommend doing that... FWIW

Also, they responded to someone else about the apps not working. They said to move the apps back to the phone and then run them, then move them back to the SD card. Not sure if that will work for anyone.

I'm moving all my apps back to the phone storage before I do the update.

 

[hail2thelion]

Anyone have Sense issues with the OTA? My wife downloaded it to her phone this morning and Sense is on a continuous FC loop. I wish she had just let me root the damn thing...

 

[jimbl]

I didn't get the first update 2 months ago. Updated last night. Instantly got the "Low phone storage" error message, causing email and text messages to stop coming in. All my SD card apps were not working. After an unmount and mount they came back, but any restart of the phone just borked them again. Uninstalled all apps on the SD card plus about 5 more on the phone storage just to get the low space error to go away and to get my email / messages working.

Phone says it has a 4.3" display and have the sprint market, both minor issues in comparison to all the crap above. And to think they pulled the update 2 months ago to resolve issues. Guess not.

 

[TBolt]

when the 8mb patch is actually received, please...someone post a comment here. thank you.

 

[alope441]

Do you have to be unrooted to be able to get GB to download and install?

 

[Keldog]

I asked @VZWSupport on Twitter if I need to download the 87MB update first in order for the 8MB patch to come down with 4.08... They said they recommend doing that... FWIW

Also, they responded to someone else about the apps not working. They said to move the apps back to the phone and then run them, then move them back to the SD card. Not sure if that will work for anyone.

I'm moving all my apps back to the phone storage before I do the update.

I moved all my apps to my phone (from the SD card) before I ran the update, and all my apps seem to have survived the update. I just sent them back to the SD card a few minutes ago.

 

[TBolt]

Do you have to be unrooted to be able to get GB to download and install?

someone reported that their rooted DInc received the update by doing this:

"Typing *#*#2432546#*#* into my phone (without hitting send) started the update (source)"

expect to lose root, though.

 

[jimed43]

What does GB offer? I downloaded the update and do not see much difference?

 

[alope441]

someone reported that their rooted DInc received the update by doing this:

"Typing *#*#2432546#*#* into my phone (without hitting send) started the update (source)"

expect to lose root, though.

thanks, just wanted to make sure, the notification is there, but didnt know if it will still download with any problems...

 

[cheeseman057]

Lost most of my games that were on my SD card :/, already tried too mount and unmount my SD card but it didn't work.

 

[CRKhead]

@VZWSupport just posted that the 8MB patch is currently rolling out... I'll expect it to hit on the 2 year anniversary date for the DINC... 4/29/12... :-\

 

[CRKhead]

Lost most of my games that were on my SD card :/, already tried too mount and unmount my SD card but it didn't work.

If you lost the games on your SD card, do what VZW suggested... Go into the application management, move them to the phone storage, run them once, then move them back... It may be time consuming, but you have nothing to lose.