My battery was charged to 98%. I did NOT have the phone plugged into the charger. To do this your Charge phone MUST be running STOCK on Froyo 2.2.1 EE4.
I went here and downloaded this file to my PC: update_EE4B_to_EP4D.zip The file size was 117,613 KB in my PC but after it was copied into the root folder of my phone the file size was 114.9 MB.
HTTP://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364298 After you choose this URL you want to choose the FIRST URL that ends in HAG3RFTBY6 in order to get the "update_EE4B_to_EP4D.zip" file mentioned above.
Next, in my PC, I changed the name of the file to: update.zip
Then using the USB cable I copied the file update.zip from my PC to my phones SD Card root file. That's where all my other stuff is stored. After you copy it there you should go to the APP My Files to confirm that it is there. The file size is now 114.9 MB.
Next I pressed three buttons at the same time (this was tricky and a bit difficult). I probably tried 8-10 times before it worked. What it was doing is turning off the phone but I kept trying. The three keys are: Home Button, Power Button, and the Volume Up Button.
FINALLY, in my case the screen that came up was a RECOVERY screen. It said recovery at the top. You will see a choice of about five things you can do. On that list of choices I touched UPDATE.ZIP and then I pressed the HOME Button at the bottom of the phone. The update started and the screen that came up had an picture of an open box with an arrow coming out going down toward a Droid. Now we know there is a little Droid doing the download! There also was a BAR showing the progress which was slow at times.
It took all of 15 minutes and then the phone rebooted itself and finally just turned off. The little Droid was probably exhausted! I waited a couple more minutes after the screen went blank (black) and then pressed the power button.. The phone started and it's working very well on Gingerbread 2.3.6.
The photo I included shows my new Gingerbread setup. To see yours go to: Settings>About Phone and then go down the screen to see the new Gingerbread specs.
Thank you HoustonHeart for all the good info. It really gave me the confidence to do this.
JerryF
I got the courage to do this myself, its about 25% done I hope all goes well. In order to get the official update OTA will I have to do anything??
This is supposed to be the OFFICIAL one.
If my phone says that there is an update available I plan on refusing it.
JerryF
why is that?
A few folks at XDA developers said that it was the official VZ version for UNrooted phones running on stock Froyo 2.2.1 EE4..
By the way, if you used my set of instructions, were they easy to follow?
Best regards,
JerryF
I got my update Over The Air this morning and it has the same SPECS as shown above.
"""SAME EXACT ONE Word by word letter by letter number by number"
Yep. It did this yesterday and all went well. I'm looking forward to hearing other's impressions on whether their radio issues were resolved. Frankly, I'm not impressed. I've found the wifi to still be lousy and have had weird issues when my phone is locked on 3G.
will I get the OTA update knowing that I did the SD Card update? or doI have to revert? I will feel more comfortable withe the OTA update, and yes your directions were very simple to follow rather than messing with odin and all this other
dholbdy wrote:will I get the OTA update knowing that I did the SD Card update? or doI have to revert? I will feel more comfortable withe the OTA update, and yes your directions were very simple to follow rather than messing with odin and all this other
Considering the stock EE4 to EP4 update is done manually, having it offered to you OTA would serve no purpose other than to cause problems. Right?
Consider a team of electricians sent out to fix all of the Model X air conditioners installed for the past 6 months. The electricians work from a fixed set of plans that instruct them to exchange the wires between terminals A and B -- that's all they need to do to enable the proper function of a safety feature that was incorrectly assembled during manufacturing. If you received a copy of the plans before one of the electricians arrives and made the change yourself, do you want the electrician doing anything? IF the instructions first say check that the wire on terminal A is red and on B is blue, then maybe he looks, sees it isn't because you already changed it, and leaves. MAYBE he calls the main office to check if your system was already visited for the fix. You might be up a creek if he reverses them back without paying attention to wire colors.
Why go there if you are more comfortable with the electrician making the proper correction?
Majael,
Several folks that I know and are much more knowledgeable than I with regard to phone updates prefer the MANUAL update because it eliminates many other possibilities where the OTA update can fail be corrupted.
That's why I did it this way but everyone has to make their own choice.
JerryF
JerryF wrote:Majael,
Several folks that I know and are much more knowledgeable than I with regard to phone updates prefer the MANUAL update because it eliminates many other possibilities where the OTA update can fail be corrupted.
That's why I did it this way but everyone has to make their own choice.
JerryF
I have no problem with that. The reasons provided by them make sense based upon their concerns about corruption.
All I'm saying is that if someone feels that the OTA update is better (or necessary to apply after performing the manual update) and is concerned that doing the manual update could be deemed rooting or otherwise cause to void the warranty, they should just sit a little longer and let it come.
I have never rooted or anything on my phone (droid charge is first android) and I know computers pretty well. Phones don't seem to like me very well so i don't root, but anyways.... I installed this cuz i was SICK of waiting and it worked as far as I know, and the versions match up.
BTW, will we be able to recieve future updates (if there ever are any) if we did this method?
I would assume so since it's not considered rooting.
thanks,
eric
JerryF, Got any more screen shots showing any of the new color scheme? Looks like the brown is still there in the shot of your About phone screen. Have you seen any other good changes related to the list from the VZW software update page (
+ Audio Output + Bluetooth® + Camera + Data Connectivity + Data Usage App + Email Client + EAS Email and Calendar syncing + GPS + HDMI Output + SMS / MMS Messaging + Visual Voice Mail + Web Browser + Video on Deman
+ New User Interface and Color Scheme:New widgets, icons and screens with refreshed colors ) ?
Gary,
I did take 6 quick flash pics and it did not lock up.
All my screens with the Icons HOME and APPLICATION screens have the exact same colors as they were in Froyo.
Phone calls sound is very good.
Data Connectivity GOOD. 4g is holding well and working great. Signal was typically about -86 dBm before and now it's about -82 dBm in the same spot. I did notice that when you select in Wireless & Networks> Mobile networks>System Selection, the two choices are now either LTE/CDMA or CDMA mode.
WiFi signal is a little stronger. Typically I received -67dBm and now it's -53 dBm in the same spot for the same WIFI signal.
I did notice one possibly odd thing. It is when I go to settings>about phone and touch Status so I can see the Battery status. Here's what may be odd. When the phone is plugged in and charging it says "Charging (AC)" BUT when it is unplugged and not charging it says "Discharging." Will you please look at your phone, that is, if you are still on Froyo 2.2.1? Does yours say Discharging when the phone is not plugged in? I forget whet mine said. Please let me know what your's says?
HDMI worked great but be sure you push the plug all the way into the phone. At first it didn't work and I thought that it was not working but because my technical genius I pushed the plug in further.
New APP ICONS: VCAST TONES, Verizon Video, Downloads, Books, and (maybe) VCAST Music. Everything else is still there.
I have 5 APP pages and they roll over now. You do not have to go back and forth because screen 5 rolls over back to screen 1.
The music sound is VERY much improved. I love it.
Basically everything I have tried has the same colors.
That's all I tried so far, my friend.
Sure hope it fixes your camera problem.
Let me know about that charging(AC)/discharging thing.
Best Personal regards,
JerryF
Jerry, it just says "Not charging", when unplugged from the AC.
Oh, still on 2.2.1 Froyo 
I'm just gonna stick it out and wait for the OTA...unless 2-3 weeks has gone by, then I will update via the SD card, I have the update.zip on my PC.
alright i am having trouble with your instructions i did everything like you said and i am having problems. I downloaded the appropriate file like you said put it in my sd external file on my phone went into the recovery screen went down to update.zip because that is what i named it pressed home and the little android dude popped up with a ! in a triangle what am i doing wrong? or maybe im just a retard
tstover,
It looks to me like it could not find the file UPDATE.ZIP. You said you put update.zip in your SD "external file." Update.zip should NOT be in any FILE. It should be in the ROOT directory.
By this I mean when you connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable drag update.zip to whatever the phone's disk is named. On my PC when I connect the phone via the PC cable it shows up as "Removable Disk (G)" and there are lots of other FOLDERS in my Removable Disk G.
Drag the update.zip file over to the whatever your phones disk is named. That way when you go down through those folders that are on the phone's disk you will see a FILE called update.zip near the bottom of the list
Also, was the file you now call update.zip originally called update_EE4B_to_EP4D.zip?
You have not hurt anything because it did not start. JUst get the update.zip in the correct place.
JerryF
Already update 
2.3.6 now please tell me that video chat is an option with Gtalk??? I'm not seeing it and I am about to punch a baby....
Dropped back on to say the music really is improved, awesome in fact. I never had any problems with my phone prior to this update but I can say for me it's even better now. Alot of little tweaks is exactly what it needed.
The SD update and the OTA are the exact same thing. You will not be notified of the OTA because it will detect you have it on the check. I updated manually via Samsung to the EE2 and ee4 durign early use of the phone, in which case it did not reoffer ee2 but did offer me EE4 later. I prefered to do a sd install, which stopped the EE4 notification.
It will notify you of any newer ones in the future. Just don't root your phone if you plan for future updates.
People have been getting OTA's. My fathers phone cued for it but he didnt have time to do it becuase of work. So he's declined it twice.
Hopefully that puts someone else in the cue.
I double compared a friends OTA to the SD install and they are the same coding. Samsung must have released the SD isntall when they released the Source code to specific groups incluidign bug testers. Which then was placed on mirror sites. THis can help make it easier for everyoen to get it, and those doing OTA's not to congest things.
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