Gingerbread 2.3 was here, then gone, now it's back

StevenZ · Oct 20, 2011

zm15 said:
any chance the Incredible will get ICS?

Ask Evan.

euph_22 · Oct 20, 2011

BabyBlues said:
Or at least parts of it. I know our phones are little powerhouses but I think at some point the updates will be too much for them to handle in full. Just my opinion !

Google's software design philosophy has been to reduce the footprint needed to run their software, so it will run on the wide range of hardware as possible. With Linux's (on which android is based) natural scalibility, and low minimum hardware requirements I'd be shocked if it wouldn't run just fine on our phones, aside from driver/firmware issues. Especially since we have about the same specs as the last/first 2 Nexus phones, I'd be quite surprised if there was anything that wouldn't run great on the Incredible (again, ignoring driver issues).

And with any driver issues, things will probably work, they'd just be slow and possibly unstable.

BabyBlues · Oct 20, 2011

It's instability that would kill me. Glad to hear it would all probably work though.

euph_22 · Oct 20, 2011

BabyBlues said:
It's instability that would kill me. Glad to hear it would all probably work though.

It SHOULD work about as well as the AOSP Gingerbread roms (CM7, MIUI, etc), but we'll have to wait for it to actually show up to know for sure.

DroidDave · Oct 23, 2011

I saw an article that HTC was going to push 4.0 to as many phones as possible including the Nexus 1. If this is the case, then the OG DInc should be able to handle the upgrade and I'll hold on to my phone just a little longer to help me decide what my next upgrade will be (HTC VIGOR?) Has anyone else seen or heard about this info? Chime in.

FramCire · Oct 23, 2011

DroidDave said:
I saw an article that HTC was going to push 4.0 to as many phones as possible including the Nexus 1. If this is the case, then the OG DInc should be able to handle the upgrade and I'll hold on to my phone just a little longer to help me decide what my next upgrade will be (HTC VIGOR?) Has anyone else seen or heard about this info? Chime in.

I doubt they would pull it in favor of 4.0. Ics on incredible is likely rom only.

alarson83 · Oct 23, 2011

Oh VZW support.... i got this from a friend today that i'd told a long time ago the incredible was getting the incredible update..

"did you ever get the Gingerbread update? I never did and my dad didn't either, and when he called Verizon they apparently had him read off a ton of numbers, then when everything checked out they said "good, we were making sure you're not rooted." Have I missed something as far as tracking rooted phones goes?"

BabyBlues · Oct 23, 2011

Wow. Did they finally get smart or just happen to have one smart csr?! The only way to tell by numbers would be build numbers and such but that's interesting to know. Although if you root and don't flash a rom then i think the numbers stay the same. I am not positive about that though.

sdrawkcab25 · Oct 23, 2011

DroidDave said:
I saw an article that HTC was going to push 4.0 to as many phones as possible including the Nexus 1. If this is the case, then the OG DInc should be able to handle the upgrade and I'll hold on to my phone just a little longer to help me decide what my next upgrade will be (HTC VIGOR?) Has anyone else seen or heard about this info? Chime in.

nexus one is updated by google, not HTC. The thunderbolt will be lucky if it sees ICS.

FramCire · Oct 23, 2011

alarson83 said:
Oh VZW support.... i got this from a friend today that i'd told a long time ago the incredible was getting the incredible update..

"did you ever get the Gingerbread update? I never did and my dad didn't either, and when he called Verizon they apparently had him read off a ton of numbers, then when everything checked out they said "good, we were making sure you're not rooted." Have I missed something as far as tracking rooted phones goes?"

Lol at this. Who would be rooted and then call Verizon to ask why they didn't get update?

Also, it doesn't matter to Verizon if you are root or not unless you are tethering (without paying) or trying for replacement because of something you did while rooted.

The only other reason Verizon might hate rooters is that they might hold on to phone longer.

As for update, why wouldn't they just tell the person that the update was pulled for now? I should call about my wife's phone to see if they try that to me! Lol.

Deleted User · Oct 23, 2011

DroidDave said:
I saw an article that HTC was going to push 4.0 to as many phones as possible including the Nexus 1. If this is the case, then the OG DInc should be able to handle the upgrade and I'll hold on to my phone just a little longer to help me decide what my next upgrade will be (HTC VIGOR?) Has anyone else seen or heard about this info? Chime in.

Unlikely.

DroidDave · Oct 24, 2011

Here is the article from Droid-life.com:
HTC Says They Will Upgrade As Many Phones As Possible To Ice Cream Sandwich - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

BabyBlues · Oct 24, 2011

DroidDave said:
Here is the article from Droid-life.com:
HTC Says They Will Upgrade As Many Phones As Possible To Ice Cream Sandwich - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Believe it when you get a fully functioning update to a device. Until then they can 'say' it all they want.

iowabowtech · Oct 24, 2011

If you want ICS buy a Gnex @ release. Don't hold your breath for older devices, they can't even get the Inc updated to GB for God's sake.

airjordan223 · Oct 25, 2011

i close, my, eyes.

only for a moment, and the moments gone.

Jimb0 · Oct 25, 2011

Take it with a grain of salt, blah blah, but at least they still sorta respond via Twitter

@VZWSupport - Any reason why my Incredible never recevied the latest update of Gingerbread?

VZWSupport
@cfornal There was a bug with the update that needed to be fixed.We are working with the developer to correct it.Thanks for your patience^TH
3 hours ago

johnt519 · Oct 25, 2011

MMeh. Same old, same old. They've been playing that song for over a month now. I sent yet another email to HTC, and got the same old song too - "we are working on it and it will be ready soon".

Stormcenter · Oct 25, 2011

Here is what I got from HTC:

the Android 2.3 update for the Incredible is due to launched again soon. We, however, do not have an exact time frame available.

That's like saying, it could happen or hell could freeze over first.

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah

Time to stick this phone in a bucket of Vanilla Ice Cream and move on...

johnt519 · Oct 25, 2011

Sounds close to my last reply from them (Yesterday, 10/24):

"While we certainly understand the need for the most updated software, unfortunately at this time we have no information available other than our official release which reads as follows:

"It has come to the attention of Verizon Wireless and HTC that customers using the Droid Incredible by HTC have experienced a voicemail notification error with the recent software update. As a result, the update has been temporarily suspended while the companies work together to resolve the issue. Verizon Wireless and HTC anticipate the update being available soon; customers will be notified directly on their devices when it is ready for download."
"

Blah Blah. Christmas is coming soon too. So is the apocalypse...

Mungus · Oct 25, 2011

If your DInc is working great, if you don't want to drop another 300 bone, would you definitely upgrade to one of the big 2 or 3 upcoming ?

Jimb0 · Oct 25, 2011

I guess I'm an optimist, but judging by the frequency of the responses, I believe it may actually come in the near future. It's probably more or less ready to go.

BabyBlues · Oct 25, 2011

Jimb0 said:
I guess I'm an optimist, but judging by the frequency of the responses, I believe it may actually come in the near future. It's probably more or less ready to go.

I think they would look very very bad (or worse) in their customers' eyes if they don't at least give this a try. Especially because of their statement about evaluating ICS.

alarson83 · Oct 25, 2011

HTC should just save the time theyre spending on getting gingerbread on the incredible and resume work when ICS is ready.

Stormcenter · Oct 25, 2011

Mungus said:
If your DInc is working great, if you don't want to drop another 300 bone, would you definitely upgrade to one of the big 2 or 3 upcoming ?

I think that it is one of the Constitutional Amendments: The Right to Free Speech and the Right to an Upgrade...

euph_22 · Oct 25, 2011

alarson83 said:
HTC should just save the time theyre spending on getting gingerbread on the incredible and resume work when ICS is ready.

By that logic, they'd never release any software whatsoever. The gingerbread SDK was released in early December, while OTA updates didn't start hitting phones till June (that's the date I found for the Droid X).

Gingerbread 2.3 was here, then gone, now it's back

When will VZW push a fixed GB OTA

10/11/11

10/17/11

10/24/11

10/31/11

11/07/11

11/14/111

11/21/11

Don't care (rooted already, etc)

Before Christmas

Never, the lobsters ate all the testers so it got cancelled

It isn't coming at all now

Any minute now

Immediately after Jimmy Hoffa's body is found

The day after the apocalypse

Sometime after the sun goes supernova

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