Anyone receive the gingerbread (2.3) OTA update yet?

I feel neglected lol

unimpressed

Wait'll you install the update and still can't use Google Video Chat. . . :smileyhappy: (yes, I realize that most people really don't use video chat and I'm in the minority - but, I think it's *so stupid* to push that update out to a device with a front-facing camera and not include support for Google Video Chat. It would be different if that update could be downloaded/installed via Android Market at a later date, but it can't). OK. . . done crying for the moment.

Yea, this is a slowwwwww process....i wonder how many batches they will push today?

jduncan4

I got gingerbread this morning.. quick and painless..

It would be really nice to have video with gtalk, I'm right there with ya on that matter, I don't want to have to put on a 3rd party app, it should be enabled with gingerbread!

Jduncan, did you just wake up your phone and the pop up was already there? Our did you check for the update? Did you do it over 3g, 4g, our wifi?

unimpressed

When I got mine this morning, the popup was already there. I didn't have to do "SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > SYSTEM UPDATE" or anything to get it. It was on the screen and I just had to hit "Install". I feel your anticipation pain. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do to get the update any quicker. And, once you have gotten the update, you'll know it.

Ok, cool. Yea, its just a waiting game now :smileyhappy:

Mean_Streak

I don't like waiting games.......

Yea, I'm not wild about this either, would be nice to be able to manually pull it down since it had been pushing out now over the past few days.

xsvenom

NJ / NY here and still nothing. Perhaps tonight or maybe the weekend? If they do it over the weekend, if not then sometime next week......hopefully. Fingers are still crossed for sometime today. :smileyhappy:

Yea I wonder if they will push anymore today or not. Seems like the push was early in the am. Maybe more tomorrow?

DC5_K20Z1 wrote:
Yea I wonder if they will push anymore today or not. Seems like the push was early in the am. Maybe more tomorrow?

If some of those claims of having an authoritative schedule for the rollout are accurate and they are pushing notices to 100K "after 11:59pm EST" last night, and then implying it increases to "more later on Friday", I'd expect some continued notices through the day today. Maybe not until after peak utilization hours, though...

Peak utilization hours?

UMFootball1989 wrote:
Peak utilization hours?

Probably times when you don't get free nights and weekend calling. Standard business hours at least.

OdeonD

This is odd considering how long it took to get Froyo on my Fascinate, but I got Gingerbread yesterday afternoon with a random update check. My phone went from 2.2.3 (possibly 2.2.2) to 2.3.5 in one update.

I was initially having a problem with frequent and very annoying "soft reboots" about every 60 seconds or so until I powered off my phone and took out my microSD card. By "soft reboot" I mean that roughly every 60 seconds my screen would go blank and the short power-on music from both Samsung and Verizon would play and after a total of about 20 seconds the screen would turn back on and I'd have to unlock my phone again. Once I removed the microSD card that problem stopped and hasn't come back after putting the card back in.

Anyway, I hope this means that the Charge and other newer phones will get the update very soon as well.

Griever_2112

Still nothing... I HATE YOU SAMSUNG!!!

Nothing here either, we've been left out in the cold...Bbbbrrrrrr

DC5_K20Z1 wrote:
Nothing here either, we've been left out in the cold...Bbbbrrrrrr

You're in AZ, what do you know about cold? :smileywink:

Hey, another bit of progress this afternoon, though... a VZW rep here on the boards actually acknowledging the rollout we've seen for the past few days.

Lol yea...well it is 'colder' here than usual....the folks up north in flagstaff are getting pounded with snow though. Yes, it is nice to get acknowledge ment from someone with verizon! Good news!

I would love to when future pushes of the update will be and the quantity!

My Cousin just got his about 20 minutes ago at my house.

It's probably randomly generated by IMEI going around.

Hopefully another push tonight then more tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed!

Oh nice maybe they are pushing it all day, what time is it there where you are?

You haven't gotten the update, just your cousin?

DC5_K20Z1 wrote:
You haven't gotten the update, just your cousin?

I don't have a charge. He does...

Chances are the update is randomly generated by IMEI numbers and pushed. It won't go by region. Doing it regionally increases server load in that area which may cause problems.

We are in Hawaii, and he just got it not long ago and right now he's playing with it while my daughter is whacking him in the head with a foam hammer I wish it was a real hammer though haha

Hahahaah im talking to a verizon rep and he just told me it goes out by regions

UMFootball1989 wrote:
Hahahaah im talking to a verizon rep and he just told me it goes out by regions

Regions of what, exactly? :smileytongue:

fredj4

I received the update this morning about 6:30am pst (SF Bay area) when I woke up.

I got the big pop-up box, clicked yes to install, system rebooted and the install started. Over wifi it took about 15 minutes no issues.

So far I have seen some cosmetic changes to pull-down menu (colors, icons).

It may be too early to tell but it "seems" like my battery life is a bit better. I am at 8 hours and still at 45% which I haven't seen in quite a while. Really haven't noticed any change in speed yet.

Haven't played with it much further.

Griever_2112

i'm thinking Samsung is monitoring this thread and we who complain the most are being forced to wait longer.... that's my theory cause it's 8:00pm EST and i still ain't got it. and i got mine in july... i think they should go by activation dates.

Griever_2112 wrote:
i'm thinking Samsung is monitoring this thread and we who complain the most are being forced to wait longer.... that's my theory cause it's 8:00pm EST and i still ain't got it. and i got mine in july... i think they should go by activation dates.

I'm glad you feel that way. You can get in line behind me now. :smileytongue:

natgtr

Someone please tell me they're gonna keep releasing it over the weekend. I need me some gingerbread.

The updates won't stop... it'll keep rolling out.

you mean they're gonna keep getting pushed out all night?

natgtr

I hope I get it soon. I'm getting jealous of all the people saying they have it.

So if they go by the last four digits of the IMEI, my last four are like...8985 I think, does that mean I am number 8,985 to get it? If so shouldn't I have it by now then if they have rolled it out to about 120k people? I hope I get it tomorrow morning!! That would be just super!

Also, I've tried bypassing the list by only using wifi.....data off and still get nothing :smileysad:

No you wouldn't be 8985 person to get it. You could end up being the last or the first. Have to remember things are sent in a package based on your region. 5-25,000 could be your region and if they sent the update all at once in that area the update could take longer to download or people may have a corrupted download. It is randomly generated and then sent out based on what the IMEI of the device. for example i have 0001 and you have 8985 and the random generator hit 8985 you'd get the update and i would still be in the list of queues.

fibercoug2

Still nothing. Tacoma, Wa. Verizon customer for 16 years, one of the first to buy the Charge. The way it seems to be going I will be the last to get updated as I was the first to buy the phone. Seems to be going in reverse order of purchase date.

natgtr

I just let my phone die for the first time in days. The second I put it on the charger the update came to me after waiting anxiously since Tuesday. Once. My battrlery is charged enough I'm gonna sit back and enjoy some gingerbread.

shuddle13

As I was sitting here impatiently waiting for my Gingerbread update, reading all the threads, I picked up my phone to activate WiFi in the hopes that somehow it would help me find the update. When I unlocked my screen, it said I have an update waiting. Downloading now, FINALLY. Will let you guys know how it went. Seems to be downloading over WiFi pretty quickly. So far, so good. I'm sooo excited after waiting patiently for my turn. Updates for everyone to come.

shuddle13

Just finished the update over WiFi, took about 10 minutes or so total. Went from Froyo 2.2.1 to Gingerbread 2.3.6. Haven't played with it much yet, but the color scheme seems the same so far. I see that the notification bar is gray/green, but everything else still seems to be poop brown and orange. Overall response time of the phone seems to be much quicker. New download manager on the screen as what looks like an additional app. Screens loop now instead of stopping.Google books was automatically installed as well. Screen redraws seem VERY fast. That's just initial reviews.

dirge80

Got the notification at 12:58am PDT. Took about 20 minutes to install, flawlessly, I might add.

Everything seems alright... 'cept that GPS isn't working like it should!!! Grrrr! I'll play with it when I wake up in the morning.

Overall, I am pleased.

sirluke99

4:51 am just got update in Maryland About to start update now

Ok guys I just got the push.....I will give a report as soon as its done!

richs1000@gmail.com

I got my update overnight. Installed smoothly in about 20 minutes with only one reboot at the end.

The phone is much faster with no lag (I had developed a big lag problem that was getting worse with froyo). Minor cosmetic changes noticed so far. I like that you can scroll through your homepages in a continuous loop now.

Although I'm not sure what it means, my Quadrant score has increase from the 950's with froyo to the 1320's with this update. Can someone tell me what that means? (It sure sounds impressive!)

Rich

richs1000@gmail.com

Hmmm,

that Quadrant score keeps going up with each test this morning. 1320, then 1580. Last test was 1686!

It was consistently in the 950's with Froyo.

Not sure what it means, but I like it! Anyone know what it means?

Rich

DAFISHER

:smileysurprised: got a suprised visit from the gingerbread man this morning so far all is good

speed is noticeable GPS almost instant

PJBtheBull17

I turned on my DC this morning to check for updates, as I do every morning, assuming I will see the very quick response of 'No new updates available, you are already up to date with Froyo ... live with it!" But, this morning it was already half way through the download. I helped it along by turning on WiFi. The rest of the download and install was flawless. I now have Gingerbread 2.3.6! Mystic CT is on Verizon's delivery schedule!

Griever_2112

ok at 1:00am EST i had nothing. i turned my phone off.... up at 7:30am EST i got the promised screen... i am running Gingergread!!!! so far the Samsung interface seems the same. but the Android parts changed. like the notification is now blueisn with the highligts green. my menu is now reversed (black color with white writing) there are 4 new apps something called books and 3 from Verizon i have no plans on using. also you can now swipe screens from first to last. also my notifications changed.

myg187

just got it. installing now. Minnesota.

loudclutch

Received the coveted system update notice at 07:45 AM in the Chicago burbs...

rav5479

Got it at 6:45 am this morning and it looks like more and more people are waking up to some delicious gingerbread. It took about 10 minutes to install but 45 minutes to fully scan my media card. I am hoping this is just because it hasn't scanned it yet with the new OS and not something that is going to happen everytime I turn off/on my phone.

The camera has less shutter lag which is what I mostly wanted with this update since I have a 7 month old son and its hard to take good clear pictures with out him moving. Now it is easier. I have a dslr for great photos but my phone is for spare of the moment ones.

As for switching from page to page in apps it is a little bit laggy not as clean as I was reading from previous posts.

Browser is a lot faster with responding to requests than before.

These are just little things cuz I am picky and could be because the phone has just started running the new OS, but overall I am very happy Samsung and Google took their time with this update. They saw all the major issues people were having and fixed them.

freefl

Finally it's my turn. When I wake up this morning, saw the update popup I dreamed of (seriously, I had dream about it). Now installing....

I am in NYC, bought my charge on the first day- May 12.

Davidoo

Still nothing here in Phoenix AZ. I must be last on the list.

Ok, switched to WiFi and got the update screen. Downloading now!

averagejane

The tasty snack cake was ready to install when I booted up my phone this morning. Wish me luck with this install because I love, love, love my phone and am going to be an unhappy girl if it hoses it up and I have to get someone's nasty return as a replacement.

It will be worth the wait Jane...question to all...what the heck is a Quadrant score?

averagejane

Well, this isn't going well. It has been about 30 min and all I have this the big ole red DROID eyeball staring at me. Any suggestions???