Mizmimi
Well-Known Member
Your probably right. I know I would blow a gasket if I bought an Incredible and it was advertised with 2.2 and didn't have it. I'm blowing one as it is waiting for the update. lol
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I have recieved 2.2 FROYO
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Your probably right. I know I would blow a gasket if I bought an Incredible and it was advertised with 2.2 and didn't have it. I'm blowing one as it is waiting for the update. lol
JC poeple! Chill out. I have had the phone since the day before release and while I want froyo, I can wait for it. Some of what I'm seeing on this thread is one of the problems with this country, instant gratification. It's gotta come to ME right NOW! Do I think that people who bought the phone in the last few days should wait to get froyo after the people who have been waiting, sure. But it's going out random.
Everyone's trying to crack the pattern for how they're going out. Do you understand what random is? By definition it means there is NO pattern. Get over trying to find a pattern in something that has none.
As far as how smooth the iphone's update goes out, that's a different beast entirely. You plug your phone into a computer and update it that way, and many times they advise you to do a reset to the phone. Call me crazy but that sounds like the RUU floating around. If you're so jealous of how the iphone updates, go the RUU route.
Back to the OTA. Let's say they sent out the update to all Incredibles last Friday. There would be network issues and if there was a bug in the software they would have a support nightmare on their hands, not to mention a truckload of angry customers. If the csr mentioned earlier was right, the 700 people who voted in the pole is a drop in the bucket compared to 1 million sold.
Look at the Droid1 froyo rollout. There were still people getting updated right to the last minute of the 2-3 weeks it was out. Granted there are a lot more Droids out there, but that update was already halted once.
As far as when the update was expected, there are only two dates that matter. HTC said Q3/Q4, Verizon said nothing until the day before the update started. Everything else was rumor. If someone says I will be somewhere at a certain time (other than my parents or a spouse) that means absolutely nothing unless I corroborate it.
As far as how long they've had froyo, maybe verizon should've put it out at the same time as the Evo's rollout, and then we could've had the issues many had with it's rollout. If you'd be fine with a buggy rollout rather than wait for a finished one, you have every right to be angry. Otherwise, zip it.
Everyone's trying to crack the pattern for how they're going out. Do you understand what random is? By definition it means there is NO pattern. Get over trying to find a pattern in something that has none.
As far as how smooth the iphone's update goes out, that's a different beast entirely. You plug your phone into a computer and update it that way, and many times they advise you to do a reset to the phone. Call me crazy but that sounds like the RUU floating around. If you're so jealous of how the iphone updates, go the RUU route.
Back to the OTA. Let's say they sent out the update to all Incredibles last Friday. There would be network issues and if there was a bug in the software they would have a support nightmare on their hands, not to mention a truckload of angry customers. If the csr mentioned earlier was right, the 700 people who voted in the pole is a drop in the bucket compared to 1 million sold.
Look at the Droid1 froyo rollout. There were still people getting updated right to the last minute of the 2-3 weeks it was out. Granted there are a lot more Droids out there, but that update was already halted once.
As far as when the update was expected, there are only two dates that matter. HTC said Q3/Q4, Verizon said nothing until the day before the update started. Everything else was rumor. If someone says I will be somewhere at a certain time (other than my parents or a spouse) that means absolutely nothing unless I corroborate it.
As far as how long they've had froyo, maybe verizon should've put it out at the same time as the Evo's rollout, and then we could've had the issues many had with it's rollout. If you'd be fine with a buggy rollout rather than wait for a finished one, you have every right to be angry. Otherwise, zip it.
Mizmimi
Well-Known Member
it's funny how you tell others to chill out, then launch into the most non chilled rant I have seen today. Zip it? What are you 5? If this thread bothers you so much, then please feel free to exit stage left.
campuscop2003
Newbie
All HTC Incredible Owners, Current News on 2.2 Update - Verizon Wireless Community
Someone on the verizon forums stated they talked to someone at vzw that said it could take 3 to 4 weeks. I was really hoping no more than two weeks . If you dont have it by the end of Sept to call VZW. I dont think I will be sane if I have to wait 4 weeks for this. I'm losing my mind now, waking up every morning like its Christmas only to look at my phone and be like the kid who just got socks for Christmas.
Someone on the verizon forums stated they talked to someone at vzw that said it could take 3 to 4 weeks. I was really hoping no more than two weeks . If you dont have it by the end of Sept to call VZW. I dont think I will be sane if I have to wait 4 weeks for this. I'm losing my mind now, waking up every morning like its Christmas only to look at my phone and be like the kid who just got socks for Christmas.
Mizmimi
Well-Known Member
All HTC Incredible Owners, Current News on 2.2 Update - Verizon Wireless Community
Someone on the verizon forums stated they talked to someone at vzw that said it could take 3 to 4 weeks. I was really hoping no more than two weeks . If you dont have it by the end of Sept to call VZW. I dont think I will be sane if I have to wait 4 weeks for this. I'm losing my mind now, waking up every morning like its Christmas only to look at my phone and be like the kid who just got socks for Christmas.
I hear ya! I think what gets everyone is knowing that there is no pattern, there is nothing to figure out and it comes to your phone when it gets there.
it's funny how you tell others to chill out, then launch into the most non chilled rant I have seen today. Zip it? What are you 5? If this thread bothers you so much, then please feel free to exit stage left.
The reason my post went that way was because of the way this thread has been going since the announcement was made. It's very simple, if you can't wait, use the RUU, otherwise deal with the fact that Verizon is doing this on their timetable, not ours. And zip it was better than what I first typed.
Mizmimi
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I guess my whole point was that if this thread upsets you, and people whining and posting about their dire need for froyo annoys you, why do you keep coming back here? I'm sure zip it was better, but still a rather juvenile way to voice your discontent.
I keep coming back here to see how the update is going.
Is it more juvenile to rant about how I don't have what I want now, or to call for patience?
I can't imagine anything I will say here will change your mind so I'll leave it at that.
Thanks, but as I said, I'm ok with waiting. Maybe after another week or two I might give in and go that route, but I'm ok for the time being. Thanks though.
Mizmimi
Well-Known Member
It's not about changing my mind, it's about the fact that no one here is listening to your DEMAND for patience. In all honesty, people will continue to rant and rave about wanting froyo until they get it. Nothing you say, demand or holler from the rooftops will change that. Good luck though.
jayjay1122
Android Expert
Goat, you are not far off!
Every update I have seen with VZW has started with several thousand test cases and then ramped up from there should there prove to be no overwhelming issues reported.
Now my thinking is that since this began pushing late in the week, we saw smaller than expected initial numbers.
But from 3 Blackberrys to my Eris up to the Incredible, they have all taken at least 2 weeks!
Actually, I have never been one of the first to receive an OTA and this time is no different. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever gotten an update in the first week of a rollout!
jayjay1122
Android Expert
I have been hearing the same thing!!
As a matter of fact, talking to my friend that got it (and did a hard reset), it actually is not as crisp as 2.1 either.
TheLurg1687
Well-Known Member
If you factory reset after you get it installed, I hear that helps A LOT!
Eshyn
Well-Known Member
I really don't understand why some of you are making such a big deal out of this. Comparing it to Christmas morning and such - take a step back and appreciate the great phone you have. FroYo is not going to be some earth shattering change in the way the phone performs; there's not that much of a difference.
Once you receive it you'll be excited for a day while you explore the new features but after that it's just going to be back to business as usual.
Seriously, calm down. It's a software update, not a device from the heavens.
Once you receive it you'll be excited for a day while you explore the new features but after that it's just going to be back to business as usual.
Seriously, calm down. It's a software update, not a device from the heavens.
jayjay1122
Android Expert
Yes it helped, but still not as smooth as 2.1
SeattleYanksFan
Android Expert
I have been hearing the same thing!!
As a matter of fact, talking my friend that got it (and did a hard reset), it actually is not as crisp as 2.1 either.
WHAT?! I thought this update was going to transform my Incredible into the Incredible 2 with a 4" screen, HDMI out, front-facing camera, and 476 hours of battery life! I've had it. I'm selling this sucker and getting myself an iPhone 4.
No offense to your friend, but I hope that's an isolated incident. From what I have gathered from the posts of people who have received the OTA, any sluggish performance is rectified with a factory reset.
If you do a factory reset, do you lose all your apps and settings? Can you back those things up before hand?
Twiz
Android Enthusiast
So if you install the RUU or get the OTA update and THEN factory reset... it goes back to 2.2 NOT 2.1. Correct?? Too many posts. My mind is boggled.
TheLurg1687
Well-Known Member
From what I have READ (keyword read, since I havent received the OTA), when you reset, it wipes everything off and restores your phone to what it was when you got it out of the box. It WILL be on 2.2.
I already updated my contacts using backup assist and google
for apps I used AppBrain, and for my other stuff (SMS, MMS), I paid for MyBackUp PRO.
So it all works out.
Though, with the news of the bloatware we have, and what newer phones are coming with (namely u cant uninstall Bing without a root), I am sensing that Verizon's grip of doom is back. Sad day..