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Gingerbread

frr
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‎06-14-2011 05:54 PM

I've read about gingerbread but don't know what it is? 

 

What is it and what does it do?

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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 08:05 PM
June 16th it will be coming.
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Dnakaman
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‎06-14-2011 08:12 PM
gina7289 wrote:
June 16th it will be coming.


And where are you getting this information from?

 

From everything that i've read and heard, the next OTA will be to fix the issue with the radio and the random reboots.  Gingerbread is still a ways off.

 

Can you tell me your sources for this information?

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frr
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‎06-15-2011 01:34 AM

I read about it in the forums and did a search for it in the Android Market.

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Dnakaman
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‎06-15-2011 12:02 PM
frr wrote:

I read about it in the forums and did a search for it in the Android Market.


I'm sorry I probably made this thread go in the wrong direction with my initial post.

 

To answer your original question, Gingerbread is the next software upgrade slated to be available for the Thunderbolt. (Google decided to use dessert names that started with the first letter of the build -  Ie Donut was D, Eclair was for E, and Froyo is for F - which is what you  are currently running on your Thunderbolt).

 

Gingerbread (Build 2.3.3) I believe first was made available on the Nexus S (Google phone) late last year.  Some phones coming out currently will be shipping with it and as said eariler, the Thunderbolt will be updated at sometime via an OTA (over the air) update.

 

The reason for my first post was that the person who responded to your inquiry first stated that it was going to be available today.  That is why I was questioning where this info came from, since there is no indication from any sources that Gingerbread was going to be released today.

 

I have heard that there will be an update soon (possibly starting today), of an OTA that was going to be pushed to fix the reboot issues (which was a result of the first OTA pushed just after the Thunderbolt was released).

 

Gingerbread will basically give you some new "eye candy" with sense 3.0 elements (they are really cool looking).  So at some point (hopefully soon), they will push the OTA out for the Thunderbolt.

 

Hope that helps answer your question.

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frr
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‎06-15-2011 01:19 PM

Thank you.  I guess where I got confused is that there is an app in the android market called gingerbread.

 

I updated my thunderbolt with new firmware on Sunday, June 12.  I take it that that wasn't Gingerbread?

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PJNC284
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‎06-15-2011 01:27 PM
frr wrote:

Thank you.  I guess where I got confused is that there is an app in the android market called gingerbread.

 

I updated my thunderbolt with new firmware on Sunday, June 12.  I take it that that wasn't Gingerbread?


Unlikely unless you got it from channels other than Verizon.  And there's pretty much a 0% chance that the next update (whenever it may be) will be Gingerbread. 

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Dnakaman
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‎06-15-2011 01:36 PM
frr wrote:

Thank you.  I guess where I got confused is that there is an app in the android market called gingerbread.

 

I updated my thunderbolt with new firmware on Sunday, June 12.  I take it that that wasn't Gingerbread?


Understandable...all this dessert talk just makes me hungry, LOL.

 

Anyways, the June 12th OTA was to fix some problem at the release of the phone.  Unfortunately, it seems to have possibly caused some other issues to pop up.

 

So from what I understand, this next OTA (and you will get a notification like you did on the first OTA), is supposed to fix the issues that the first OTA may have caused.

 

Again, don't quote me on this, as I have no way of knowing, but I don't believe this next OTA will be the long awaited update to gingerbread.

 

So you won't find a Gingerbread update in the market (unless your maybe looking for a recipe), you will be notified via an OTA.

 

Hope that helps.

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AZSALUKI
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‎06-15-2011 02:03 PM
frr wrote:

Thank you.  I guess where I got confused is that there is an app in the android market called gingerbread.

 

I updated my thunderbolt with new firmware on Sunday, June 12.  I take it that that wasn't Gingerbread?

there are theme's and dashboard apps called gingerbread in the market. they are simple apps to make your phone look like it is running gingerbread. my advice is to not worry about what it is and when we'll get it, too much. you'll drive yourself crazy every week when someone else hints that we are getting it on a particular date. verizon isn't going to officially announce it or anything like that. one day, you will just look at your phone, and it will tell you that there is an update to download and istall. that's when we will know when we are getting gingerbread...lol.

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Karuk
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‎06-14-2011 10:39 PM

Does anyone really believe that Gingerbread will be released in 2 days? 

 

The dev community will have a working version of Gingerbread long before it is released. At this point they are working with an Alpha release. I believe we are a few weeks/months out.

 

 

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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 08:15 PM
Tech support Verizon wireless
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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 08:26 PM
All I heard was that the update will be more then just the fixes listed. He said it would be gingerbread. The hot spot won't be removed as mentioned in update.
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Ann154
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‎06-14-2011 08:42 PM
Disbeliever, I am.

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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 09:37 PM
Should I ask a few people? I know there doing 4g network adding more cities ad well as a Google update aka gingerbread. Doesnt gingerbread fix the rebooting as well as the 3g switch.
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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 09:38 PM
Don't u think we deserve gingerbread?
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Ann154
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‎06-14-2011 09:52 PM
Verizon turning on the 4G LTE network in several cities on June 16 is in no way related to any system updates for the Thunderbolt phone.

Personally, I think it would be ridiculous to push a system update on the same day/time as lighting up towers. Remember the LTEpocalypse...

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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 10:17 PM
I am just saying what they said.
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gina7289
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‎06-14-2011 10:20 PM
Even if it ain't this week when the EVO 3d comes out HTC will have the gingerbread. Isent it coming out soon for Sprint. Just a thought.
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Ann154
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‎06-14-2011 10:52 PM
Nope, in two days... Nope still don't think so.

The support page for the last update is still on the VZW website. I will believe that something is coming when that changes.

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Ann154
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‎06-15-2011 01:29 PM
The most recent update to the Thunderbolt was a maintenance release (MR1) and was not Gingerbread. It updated to radio and a few other things.

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Ann154
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‎06-15-2011 01:33 PM
@frr
Here is a pretty good article explains what improvements were made from FroYo to Gingerbread. It goes into the development community too, but the first part explain the differences well.

http://m.androidcentral.com/ask-ac-why-was-htc-desire-gingerbread-update-cancelled-and-what-can-user...

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