I've tested the official builds (not leaked) and it is past 1Y and already on the EP2X build which are pretty final. Probably still Early fall however till it offcially goes out to everyone.
Yes it performs better the device was made for it. Yes it fixes major issues. Yes 4g (thank God) is stable. The official still has bloatware even if not as much. Verizon needs to remove that garbage and leave it an option. P.S> Netflix also performs better. As well as camera use.
I am really tempted to put this on my phone but I don't want to void the warranty. Hopefully Samsung/Verizon will get this rolled out soon.
DC5_K20Z1 wrote:especially since just about every other phone on verizon has it now minus the thunderbolt revolution and charge, hopefully in the next few days we hear something from verizon.
Dear DC5,
Not really, I am afraid. Verizon lists 21 new and refurbished phones running the Android platform. Of these only two (Bionic and Xperia) are available today with Android 2.3, and the Droid 3 will be availabe September 16 with 2.3.
Having said that, I hope that the next OTA will be for 2.3.x for the Charge and will come soon. There are a lot of other Android Verizon phone users out there who are also waiting for this update, and many of them bought their phones well before the Charge was even available on Verizon. If they take these user groups in order of phone release, we may have to wait a little longer than a few days.
I thought that the Droid X, Droid X2, Droid 2, Droid 2 R2-D2, Droid 2 Global (got it, but now backing out w/ exchange encryption issues, should be back soon OTA), Droid Pro, Droid 3 (Soak test), Droid Incredible, Droid Incredible 2 all either have 2.3 Gingerbread or are getting it this month OTA??? I could be way off...but I thought all of these phones either currently have 2.3...or are getting it OTA within this month..or you can manually pull it down and not wait? This is most of their lineup for smartphones....only others smartphones I can think of are the Charge, Revolution, and Thunderbolt all running 2.2. I haven't seen any real rhyme or reason in their OTA updates to Gingerbread....maybe the different vendors go in order, but I have seen newer phones getting GB before older phones and some older phones getting it before newer. Verizon only seems to have the Samsung Continuum(EOL I believe), Samsung Fascinate (EOL), and the Samsung Droid Charge, so I would hope, especially since there have been well over 4 leaks of GB for the Charge, that we don't have to wait to much longer.
I have it on my phone right now and it's a lot better than EE4 firmware. It transitions cleanly from 3G<->4G unlike EE4.
There is still an area where I am that still having signal issues where it drops out but Verizon has told me that the area is in bad need of getting a cell tower. The closest cell tower is about five miles away.
It did drop all service once today but that could be from them working in the area, they say that they are expanding 4g coverage in my area to cover more parts of the city so who knows if they have to take their towers offline to do so. The news states that by the 15th of this month I should be seeing 4g in more areas.
I test many of the beta's. Droid 2 and Droid 2 Global are in fact getting 2.3, however they have not outside of test forms. The charge is actually ahead of them on builds.
Droid 3 has it.
is it likely then that Samsung has passed it on to Verizon..and now Verizon is adding to it and putting the finishing touches on it? You gotten any word from anyone?
DC5_K20Z1 wrote: is it likely then that Samsung has passed it on to Verizon..and now Verizon is adding to it and putting the finishing touches on it? You gotten any word from anyone?
Verizon does not modify the ROM builds. It provides the manufacturer with requirements and then tests what its given. If something wrong, it goes back to the manufacturer.
VCast, the Verizon boot-up logos, etc.; are all put there by Samsung (in this case) per Verizon's specs.
HoustonHeart wrote: I've tested the official builds (not leaked) and it is past 1Y and already on the EP2X build which are pretty final. Probably still Early fall however till it offcially goes out to everyone. Yes it performs better the device was made for it. Yes it fixes major issues. Yes 4g (thank God) is stable. The official still has bloatware even if not as much. Verizon needs to remove that garbage and leave it an option. P.S> Netflix also performs better. As well as camera use.
I'm not sure who "HoustonHeart" really is... but he or she is a good resource. This info is hard to get but it is accurate.
I don't know about the entire EP1W but I have put just the radios in and it is much improved.
I am still basically on stock EE4
WCMack wrote: DC5_K20Z1 wrote:especially since just about every other phone on verizon has it now minus the thunderbolt revolution and charge, hopefully in the next few days we hear something from verizon.Dear DC5, Not really, I am afraid. Verizon lists 21 new and refurbished phones running the Android platform. Of these only two (Bionic and Xperia) are available today with Android 2.3, and the Droid 3 will be availabe September 16 with 2.3. Having said that, I hope that the next OTA will be for 2.3.x for the Charge and will come soon. There are a lot of other Android Verizon phone users out there who are also waiting for this update, and many of them bought their phones well before the Charge was even available on Verizon. If they take these user groups in order of phone release, we may have to wait a little longer than a few days.
Plenty of phones have a version of GB
Samsung is now prepping testers (external) for another update for 3 phones. Looks like 2.3.5 presumed , 2.3.4 will still be released prior, sicne the later is actually an update to it.
THey won't be doign IC since it isn't ready fully on google's side, and the early SDK's are not impressive enough.
THat would be a future thing probably by a 4.1 build.
There was a leaked version with the code EP3H that was released by Team Black Hat a couple of days ago.
So far the kernel has been shown to be very stable and very fast. Quadrant scores are much improved over stock EE4. A new baseband version was also released with that build and it has been stable too.
I personally haven't tested the EP3H radios too much but I was on 4G the whole time I was at a sporting event last night and it stayed on 4G without any hesitation. Not sure about how it handles 3G yet but I will be testing that today since I live primarily in a 4G fringe area where my phone is primarily connected to 3G. I won't know how it transitions from 3G<->4G while driving until Monday.
Got some testing in on 3G with the EP3H modems. 3G is definitely a lot more stable with this version of the baseband. Not once did it drop to 1X or drop the signal altogether. It still has issues with very low signal levels but I don't think that there's anything that can be done about that.
I was in a room where the walls are covered with a sort of metal cover, basically one huge faraday cage. Went by a window and got data back though it didn't drop the 3G icon it just didn't want to download anything.
