EF17 is here!

[jasonacg]

Just received a Twitter announcement from Sprint...Android 2.3 is now available for the Galaxy Tab!

I haven't yet received it on my phone, but I'm hoping to see it today. Reading through to community postings at Sprint, it's being phased-in as an OTA update over the next few days, and they are recommending that WiFi be switched off.

If I find a way to expedite the process, I'll post it here. If someone else beats me to it, please share.

 

[L8AGIN]

Just posted in another thread, but here you go. File is in post 138.

Sprint Galaxy Tab getting Stock Gingerbread on JULY 5th! - Page 3 - xda-developers

Edit - I've got gingerbread running on my tab.

 

[jasonacg]

Thanks! I now have EF17 installed on my tablet. So far, so good. Using the update process, I didn't lose any of my applications or settings.

 

[L8AGIN]

Thanks! I now have EF17 installed on my tablet. So far, so good. Using the update process, I didn't lose any of my applications or settings.

Neither did I, it was pretty seamless.

 

[jasonacg]

I even got Netflix working. Now it was really worth it!

 

[Jore]

I'm trying to install but when I boot into recovery and select update.zip.....all I get on teh screen is a triangle with a exclamation point and the android icon.

Any ideas??

 

[jasonacg]

Are you holding the volume UP or DOWN button during power-on? You should be using the UP button.

It's also possible you don't have a good copy of update.zip, or it's not in the right folder.

Let us know if any of that helps.

 

[Jore]

Are you holding the volume UP or DOWN button during power-on? You should be using the UP button.

It's also possible you don't have a good copy of update.zip, or it's not in the right folder.

Let us know if any of that helps.

I'm holding the volume up + Power button to get to the recovery menu. Renamed it to Update.zip.

I placed the file right on the SD card (not in any folders). I'll try and redownload it again.

 

[jasonacg]

One other question...

What version are you currently at? Are you rooted?

I upgraded from stock. If someone else has made a successful upgrade from an older version, or a custom ROM, maybe they'll chime in.

 

[Jore]

One other question...

What version are you currently at? Are you rooted?

I upgraded from stock. If someone else has made a successful upgrade from an older version, or a custom ROM, maybe they'll chime in.

I'm not rooted....I'm currently stock.

 

[Jore]

I got it uploading now....I'll see how it turns out.

 

[Rathamar]

Just posted in another thread, but here you go. File is in post 138.

Sprint Galaxy Tab getting Stock Gingerbread on JULY 5th! - Page 3 - xda-developers

Edit - I've got gingerbread running on my tab.

I even got Netflix working. Now it was really worth it!

Just got the notification this morning while I was at work. Problem is I do not have data hooked up to my Sprint Tab so I will have to wait until I get home to update it

Its good to know that Netfix is working Thanks jasonacg

Has anyone seen any issue with it? Anything new?

 

[A.Nonymous]

Apparently there is (currently) no way to root the 2.3.4 update. Extremely disappointing to me, but I know it'll change. I'm not upgrading until it does though. It can nag me all day long. I will pretend it's a woman and just tune it out.

 

[jasonacg]

Well, I did find a minor issue that Gingerbread broke on my Tab:

In Settings/Applications/Development, the option to keep the device on when plugged into external power, no longer works. The phone will power-off after the idle time is exceeded, whether the option is checked or not.

Apps that are set to keep the device awake, will still do so.

Not a big deal, but a minor annoyance. My Epic is doing the same thing on Froyo, but only intermittently. On the Tab, it appears to be a 100% failure of this function.

No other problems discovered yet.

 

[L8AGIN]

Well, I did find a minor issue that Gingerbread broke on my Tab:

In Settings/Applications/Development, the option to keep the device on when plugged into external power, no longer works. The phone will power-off after the idle time is exceeded, whether the option is checked or not.

Apps that are set to keep the device awake, will still do so.

Not a big deal, but a minor annoyance. My Epic is doing the same thing on Froyo, but only intermittently. On the Tab, it appears to be a 100% failure of this function.

No other problems discovered yet.

Yeah, I had noticed that as well, but as you said it's a minor annoyance. One thing that's been bugging me is I can't pair my motorola t501 to the tab. I couldn't do when I was rooted and can't do it now on stock gingerbread. I think the update was supposed to fix hid bluetooth pairing, but I still can't get it paired.

 

[L8AGIN]

Apparently there is (currently) no way to root the 2.3.4 update. Extremely disappointing to me, but I know it'll change. I'm not upgrading until it does though. It can nag me all day long. I will pretend it's a woman and just tune it out.

Just an fyi, 2.3.4 has been rooted now over at xda

 

[A.Nonymous]

Just an fyi, 2.3.4 has been rooted now over at xda

Yeah, I saw that late yesterday and updated. I'm now running GB and I can truly and honestly say that for me I have not noticed a single difference.

 

[NOMster]

I thought 2.3.4 was supposed to have video via gtalk. What gives?