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. 

Float this thread to the top of your page to always see whats new and never stay out of the loop! 

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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!!!!!

[RacerGurl11]

@ShoalsRebel...I did the factory reset also and it was on the 4.06 build. Before installing any apps(email included) I updated to the 4.08 and it updated just fine. I haven't had any issues.

[B33]

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RacerGurl11 wrote:
@ShoalsRebel...I did the factory reset also and it was on the 4.06 build. Before installing any apps(email included) I updated to the 4.08 and it updated just fine. I haven't had any issues.

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Now that's what i want'd to see you faced the Fr monster took it on! did a clean install an it's working as it should Congratts RacerGurl11 An by doing this update it'll  give you also a fresh update on the Google Market. B33

[incredible4me]

Well I updated manually to 4.06 and went great, and then after that got the 4.08 right away, updated to that and now I'm running fine. )

I posted a walk thru for it but it got deleted. 

[Phategod1]

This quick boot-up is rediculous!  Now if there was only and update to make my screen bigger.

[B33]

@Phategod1 You asked for options Well lets see if i can Deliver Go to Settins > Applications Then look all the way down to the bottom of the applications Colum to were it says Fast Boot un check it. Then hit the home button shut the phone off then turn it back on to see if it goes away.  An if my answer works drop this ol man a Kudo.! B33 

[huskerseth]

i am about ready to pull my hair out!! i have tried everything listed on this forum many different time.  I just did a factory reset and i still can not get any of the updates to show up.  i am still stuck on 3.26.  any one have any new ideas how to get the updates to show?  {edited to comply with Terms of Service}

@incredible4me: did you manualy install 4.06? {edited to comply with Terms of Service}

[peakcomp]

I did a factory reset, and the update took fine.  

K

[nimiaj]

@incredible4me like huskerseth I have tried everything but the update does not show for me. I'm still stuck on 3.26. Canyou share the pm'ed info with me too?

[webadass]

I got the update last week. Does anyone come across the issue of delayed call pickup?

When I get a call, I pick it up, there is probably a 2 second delay before the mic goes full duplex. Meaning I can't hear the other end and the other end can't hear me for the initial 2 seconds.

This is driving me nuts. Any idea?

[newdb79]

I am still on the 4.06 update but my DINC does the exact same thing. Not sure what heck is going on with these OTA updates but I hope they get this fixed ASAP!!!

[webadass]

this was NOT an issue for me before the update. this is crazy.

[peakcomp]

I have a friend who has the Incredible...and hasn't even updated to GB yet...and, he is constantly complaining about the laggy call connect.  It's weird.  I can actually hear it kick in after answering..

Hello, Hello?  lol

K

[incredible4me]

Well me and few others are up to date finally, if you like to know how please pm me, I'm not allowed to talk about manual update,  apparently its against the tos of the forums.

[peakcomp]

I have had the delay in call pickup since I owned the device. I would say its gotten worse since gingerbread tho

[incredible4me]

I have a fix for those of us who are stuck but I 'm not allowed to talk about it, or my post will get deleted, according to the terms of this site we are not allowed to talk about mod actions on these threads, and I can't talk about my fix even tho it does not involve rooting or hacking, yet I'm told it is.



For those of you that are stuck, search android central for manual update to 4.06.



I hope this post does not get deleted, as all I did was dicsuss the terms of the board and not any mod actions.



I'm so happy that this board has no answers and they quiet those of us that do have answers.

[winnisailor]

I searched and don't seem to be coming up with the manual update.

[huskerseth]

Just did a manual update and it worked

[winnisailor]

Stuck on Froyo 2.2, Build 3.26? Thanks to another community member, I successfully updated from Froyo (2.2), Build 3.26 to Gingerbread (2.3.4), Build 4.08 by first installing a manual update to Build 4.06. Then the 4.08 OTA immediately downloaded and installed. Thank you!!

[winnisailor]

If anyone has the "Get The Most Out Of Your Droid Incredible By HTC" PDF for Build Number: 4.06.605.3, please forward it to me by private message.  Thanks

[sueno]

I first got notice for GB update on Nov 15 morning, thought I would wait until I had at least half hour to download the update then the notice dissappeared and I couldn't get it back. Tried the checkin thing but no luck. Then Nov 18 evening, I was messing with the phone, powered it off then on and then did the checkin again, there it was the download started, it was the 4.08 build. I quickly plugged the phone to charger and let it do its thing. It took about 20 minutes, rebooted couple of times and now I have 2.3.4 with 4.08 build no. Didn't lose any app or files, went smooth no problem whatsoever. For those who's been waiting to update, it's still out there. Just keep trying the checkin every now and then or just wait until the notice shows up. Just make sure you can plug in your phone when it starts the download. On the side note, there really isn't a whole lot of changes with gingerbread on this phone.

[chbherrin]

So I finally managed to get my wife's and my phones updated last night. Below are the steps I used.

First I set the date and time manually to 11/23/11 and the time to 12:23 pm. You can then go to the check for updated screen and see if your download has been queued. You may need to pop in and out a couple of times before you see the download running.

From here you may get a successful download and be done (good luck). If you are like me you will then get hung on the reboot process that installs the update. If so go through the below process to clear the cache partition.

1.Boot into recovery

   1a.Press and hold Power, Choose "Restart" option (you may need to power down and restart depending on the OS version)

   2a.When screen turns off, press and hold Volume Down

2.When the white HBOOT screen appears, use the volume button to move down to “RECOVERY.”

3.Press the Power button to select “RECOVERY.”

4.When the triangle and exclamation appears, hold the Volume Up and Power button at the same time.

5.Using the volume button, scroll down to “Wipe cache partition” and select it.

6.Select "Reboot system now"

You will then need to reset your clock to the above in order to re-queue the download. If the process errors in any way you will need to start over with clearing out the cache partition. It is a tedious and ridiculous process that I had to do several times for each phone, but I was finally successful in the end.

Good luck to all and hopelly this solves a lot of peoples update issues. I also hope that the process is added to tech supports resolution list as the calls I made while friendly and curtious were pretty fruitless.