Gingerbread Update for HTC Droid Incredible

[dabubbakin]

Here we go it's the Official thread for the upcoming "Gingerbread 3.0" update for the Droid Incredible. 

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Here is some basic info regarding the new upcoming update. If you have any new information PLEASE update this thread and attach some links for all of us to follow.  

• Android 3.0 Gingerbread will be released in mid- October (around 15 -16th), 2010. First handsets shipping in November/December – for the Holiday Season.
• Minimum hardware requirements for Android 3.0 devices are: 1GHZ CPU, 512MB or RAM, displays from 3.5” and higher.  (We all, of course, heard that Android handsets with 2GHz CPU’s are coming)
• New 1280×760 resolution available for the devices with displays of 4” and higher. (Anyone thinking about Android tablets now? )
• Completely revamped user interface. If you want to get a feeling of what Android 3.0 Gingerbread UX is like, check out the Gallery app on Nexus One. The same overall feel, light animated transitions,etc. Natively, through all the UI.
• Android’s split into 2 branches becomes official. 3.0 for top of the line/high end devices. Cheap, low-end mass market handsets will keep Android 2.1/2.2

Just a few jabs to get the fire started. Keep it nice here please, and lets help each other be the highest informed forum on the net!                                            GO GINGERBREAD!!!!!

[B33]

I guess mine thinks its the market its nice that Eq app is now available for the D inc. an my 70's on winamp is Rockin alott better some three dog night right now. Smooooooth!    B33 

[B33]

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B33 wrote:

I guess mine thinks its the market its nice that Eq app is now available for the D inc. an my 70's on winamp is Rockin alott better some three dog night right now. Smooooooth!    B33 

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Before i could fix my last post time expired an would'nt let me post it.  but my Question is an i dont want to sound as i got my foot in my mouth. But i'm not seeing sprint in the Market on my Incredible   . just the market as it was before gingerbread. So can the Contributors that are seeing this point out were it is. or how its showing up Thanks . B33

@ jtoatoktoe:  if you have the regular incredible like i do you don't have a Sim card just an Sd Card.

[jtoatoktoe]

if you go into the market and apps., scroll down and below editors choice it shows Sprint...click in there and it has some sprint apps. thanks, I did mean sd card and not the sim card.

[B33]

Thanks for helpin a old man out.   sometimes even i've got to learn something new. B33

Update: found the issue in Hand now what i wonder is how is it going to be Fixed because if says sprint an made for sprint phones it may work for Verizon phones an then again it may not. So i would say an email needs to be sent to Google or contact CS at Verizon if they can help at all.  i'll do some checking around an see if i can come up with something.

B33

[jtoatoktoe]

Its out all over, and I have notified Verizon on twitter and had responses back that they were sending it to their team that works on this stuff. Pretty embarrassing to have the competitor given free press even if they are a lower tier competitor in terms of size.

[JMKosmo]

Glad you geniuses took two weeks to work out the bugs......If you want, I can go get a real Sprint phone, since you are so willing to change me over anyway.  What kills me is that the developers caught this in May....Shaking my head. 

[#8]

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jtoatoktoe wrote:
if you go into the market and apps., scroll down and below editors choice it shows Sprint...click in there and it has some sprint apps. thanks, I did mean sd card and not the sim card.

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Thank you, we are aware of this issue and it has been reported to our product team. They are currently investigating and once a fix is implemented you will receive another update to your device. 

[ryugoa]

I'm glad to hear that they are working on this, it not just in the market, also in hardware information. I figured something was very wrong after the update when my Hardware version changed from 0002 (AMOLED screen) to 0003 (slcd screen). Now when I use the camera it has a lot of "noise" that was never there before the update. Has anyone else noticed this using the camera? This was the one of the main reasons why I choose to get this phone with the Amoled screen when it was first released.

[jtoatoktoe]

well last fall they did change to the SLCD screen from Sony because Samsung gobbled up all the AMOLED screens for its Galaxy series of phones...I got a first batch of Incredibles with the SLCD. That could just be a generic thing as the update might not know the differences between the phones except they have different screens.

[Hankster42]

Under "About Phone"  "Hardware Version"... I see version 0002 on my Dinc.  Are you saying that Hardware Version 0002 solely equates to the AMOLED screen and nothing else?   How would that effect the camera?  Haven't recieved my update yet, but now you have me concerned. 

[wanttofish]

Got the update this morning in ny city. So far so good. We will see how it goes. If I notice any big difference, I'll post it. My apps are fine although the desk clock widget thing is gone from my home screen. Just touch the clock on the home screen to get to it now.

[johnt519]

Oh, and still waiting for my update here in Mass. Looks like updates are pushed in the early AM, from reports I've seen, so I guess I have to wait until tomorrow morning for the next check. (If anyone got theirs in the middle of the day, speak up )

[mannyace]

My phone was ready to update this morning but I've been delaying it.  What should I know about before diving into this?

Some folks are saying apps may stop working (especially if they are on the SD).  Would re-downloading and re-installing fix any broken apps?

What else can break?  Is there any risk of losing contacts?  Texts?  Photos/vids?  App data?  Are there any good methods of backing stuff up?

[jtoatoktoe]

a lot of people are solving the sim card problems with removing and putting it back in.

[jmancil1972]

Well, you could try a factory reset... That might do the trick...

[Ann154]

Factory reset? Provides a clean install of the update.

[DahDee]

Thank you for the suggestion, folks.

I may have to try that, even though it looks like it will wipe my phone clean

[marcracc]

So, I've got a Dinc, with no service plan, or data plan... Just Wifi. Will I be getting the OTA or do I have to activate the phone in order to receive it?

[kentman]

I was in the same boat.  I had to download it manually from the Internet via wifi.  Worked for me.  I assume that verizon would not be pushing it to a phone that is no longer on a voice or data plan.

[marcracc]

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kentman wrote:

I was in the same boat.  I had to download it manually from the Internet via wifi.  Worked for me.  I assume that verizon would not be pushing it to a phone that is no longer on a voice or data plan.

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Where did you download the official update from? Could you provide a link?

[kentman]

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