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

Hightech · Nov 21, 2011

Wifi should work just fine.....did you try going ahead SEVERAL months?

This method seems to work for most people.

euph_22 · Nov 21, 2011

Hightech said:
Wifi should work just fine.....did you try going ahead SEVERAL months?

This method seems to work for most people.

You should also restart the phone after you advance the clock. That should initiate a checkin.

replica9000 · Nov 21, 2011

I didn't update my phone to 4.06.605.3, this morning my phone told me an update is available, 4.08.605.2, they are about the same size, so I'm guessing I can skip over the first update.

yenduc · Nov 21, 2011

finally gave up on the clock forward backward date, and waiting for verizon to fix it. did a full reset of my phone, then the 4.08 update popped up right after activation. Installed no problem. Phone now working 100%. finally, my alarm clock works again.

chuckhead · Nov 21, 2011

I tried moving the date and I see that the update loads. I click to reboot and install and it stays on the rebooting screen for as long as I will let it. Tried this 10x and still have not had it reboot. Anybody else at this stage.
Thanks

Tedred1339 · Nov 21, 2011

Hightech said:
Wifi should work just fine.....did you try going ahead SEVERAL months?

This method seems to work for most people.

Yes, I have tried that as well with no luck!

I wish I could download the update myself.

Has anyone else NOT recieved the update yet?

I feel like I am the only one!

shortarc · Nov 21, 2011

I just received it this morning after missing it several weeks ago.

Downloaded and installed with no problems. That I've found so far. My wifes phone received it yesterday, first time she has any notification of the update of any kind. It went well also.

f5_again · Nov 21, 2011

Update successful!!

I purchased my Incredible one day after they released. I was on vacation or I would have had one the day of release. I posted on the original mega thread and read every one of the posts there. Good times

dcbuckeye · Nov 21, 2011

chuckhead said:
I tried moving the date and I see that the update loads. I click to reboot and install and it stays on the rebooting screen for as long as I will let it. Tried this 10x and still have not had it reboot. Anybody else at this stage.
Thanks

I am having this same issue. I have downloaded the update about 6 times now and it does nothing except idle at the "Rebooting" screen. Any resolution tips would be much appreciated.

Verizon/HTC/Android management of updates is awful (understatement). I have an iPhone for work, no issues installing updates.

Podivin · Nov 21, 2011

geojr said:
Anyone else thinking that rooting seems to be the much easier route?

Just saying...

+1
I'm SO glad that my phone was already rooted when this came around, it was way easier just to flash the new rom.
My wife's got the update message a couple of weeks ago, the update failed and she hasn't seen it since. However it would be hard for her to care less than she does. The phone works as it is, she doesn't care at all what version of the OS is on it. I've long time ago given up on showing her the cool stuff that various roms can do, she's like "that's nice dear, now you run along and play..."

CincyGT2009 · Nov 21, 2011

I also ignored the 4.06 update multiple times, until it went away. Last night, the phone began offering 4.08. I installed it this morning and I can verify that my SD card apps function seamlessly and that the app store lists Verizon apps, rather than Sprint.

Hope this helps you all. If not, and it's old-news, then flame-on!

Holydoc · Nov 21, 2011

I followed the directions here of going into HBoot and clearing the cache. I then advanced my date by 1 year and immediately started downloading the update. Updated with no problem (took 5 min at the droid eye to finish reboot) and I now have 4.08 after having it not install two other times.

Thanks again for all the advice on these boards.

nytroutbum · Nov 21, 2011

dcbuckeye said:
I am having this same issue. I have downloaded the update about 6 times now and it does nothing except idle at the "Rebooting" screen. Any resolution tips would be much appreciated.

Verizon/HTC/Android management of updates is awful (understatement). I have an iPhone for work, no issues installing updates.

You might look at this.....
Second GB Update/Patch Won't Reboot Issue - SOLVED! - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Sorbert · Nov 21, 2011

Gatman said:
Well, I hate to tell you this, but the exact same thing happened to me, except my phone number was (and still is) stuck at 0000001265. I've tried reactivating it about 10 times. Spent about a half an hour on the phone with Verizon yesterday and they finally pronounced it dead and offered to send me either a Droid Incredible or Droid Incredible 2. I didn't even have to complain to get them to offer this. I was quite clear with them that this problem started immediately after the OTA update. You probably realize this, but you can no longer make or receive calls on that phone since it can't be activated. If it's important he has a working phone, I'd get on the phone to Verizon. They are overnighting mine, but since I did this on the weekend I won't see it until some time on Tuesday. :-(

Take care,

Gary

My dad had to do the same thing be here tomorrow. nothing they did or i could solve it tried everything on here and a few other places but hopefully the phone he gets works they are sending him another inc

jiggs49us · Nov 21, 2011

Now I'm really flipping - I can run the whole way up to starting the 4.08 update install - it runs up 1/3 way - the phone just restarts and I'm still on version 4.06. The only thing I can think of is that I have AVG antivirus on the phone and it runs an automatic scan whenever I date change to download the 4.08 update. I repeated the hboot clear cache, recovery boot sequence followed by the update download / date change / tried to install at least 3 times.
This is really starting to get on my nerves. Otherwise phone is working OK.

Gatman · Nov 21, 2011

Sorbert said:
My dad had to do the same thing be here tomorrow. nothing they did or i could solve it tried everything on here and a few other places but hopefully the phone he gets works they are sending him another inc

What a pain. I use two-step sign-in for my Gmail, and of course my laptop hit 30 days today and wanted a code I couldn't provide since I didn't bother trying to load Google Authenticator on it. I will need to dig out the alternative codes when I get home tonight. One the plus side, the battery in my Incredible lasts freakin' FOREVER now that there is no 3g or phone calls going on!

~Gary

FramCire · Nov 21, 2011

Unclick auto time
Change date to 1 month in advance
Change time to 12:30
Do checkin in dialer *#*#checkin#*#*
Wait 5 miniutes

If this doesn't push it and you already had got it, try a few more times.

I.would clean cache before trying it.

shortarc · Nov 21, 2011

Just an update this morning. I have had my phone going all day and no problems at all.

One thing I was hoping for was improved signal strength, but I guess that was too much to ask.

I sure hate it when the people with the free Verizon cheapy phones can walk around WalMart and talk on their phones and my or my Wife"s phone can only get a good enough signal to make a call at two places in the store. :mad:

jiggs49us · Nov 21, 2011

No luck - green bar download after reboot just simply stops at 1/3, phone reboots and no 4.08,

I'll keep trying. I'm getting pretty good at it now.

thanks for the help

Unclick auto time
Change date to 1 month in advance
Change time to 12:30
Do checkin in dialer *#*#checkin#*#*
Wait 5 miniutes

If this doesn't push it and you already had got it, try a few more times.

I.would clean cache before trying it.

cdmoran · Nov 21, 2011

jiggs49us said:
No luck - green bar download after reboot just simply stops at 1/3, phone reboots and no 4.08,

Exact issue I had, also at 1/3 download. Had to do a factory reset to get the download and update.

Holydoc · Nov 21, 2011

Holydoc said:
I followed the directions here of going into HBoot and clearing the cache. I then advanced my date by 1 year and immediately started downloading the update. Updated with no problem (took 5 min at the droid eye to finish reboot) and I now have 4.08 after having it not install two other times.

Thanks again for all the advice on these boards.

I forgot one detail I had to add to the above. Though I would set my clock ahead a year, the phone would start syncing and set itself back to the correct time. To stop that from happening, I went into Menu- Settings- Accounts & Sync and unchecked "Background Data". That kept the phone from resetting its date and allowed me to keep the phone on its new date and time inorder for the upgrade to take notice.

AeolianReflex · Nov 21, 2011

Did the Incredible get an upgrade to Sense 2.0 or whatever the latest version is when the Gingerbread updates came out? I'm using LPP+ and don't want to go through the hassle of testing Sense if it's not a full upgrade. Yeah, I'm lazy like that ...

euph_22 · Nov 21, 2011

AeolianReflex said:
Did the Incredible get an upgrade to Sense 2.0 or whatever the latest version is when the Gingerbread updates came out? I'm using LPP+ and don't want to go through the hassle of testing Sense if it's not a full upgrade. Yeah, I'm lazy like that ...

It did not. As far as I know there were no changes in sense.

mitchellpaul · Nov 21, 2011

I noticed a glitch or something new/annoying after the update. Every picture I view or click on, it saves it to my photo gallery, which after a while could take up a lot of memory.

Anyone else notice or having this issue?

replica9000 · Nov 21, 2011

What bloatware does the 4.08 update bring?

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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