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Help 2.3 Gingerbread Update soon?

LG's Twitter feed has apparently given up a May date for the first 2.3 upgrades in select worldwide markets. The US and its carriers' Optimus equivalents certainly aren't guaranteed to get an upgrade first, and VM's firmware will be one of the last (if not the last altogether) to get updated.

If the U.S. time frame is in June, VM will announce a date at the end of Q3 for release anytime in Q4. Don't get your hopes up for a carrier-supported post-2.3 upgrade either. Despite that, I'm sure CyanogenMod will support the Optimus line for a good long while.
 
Leslie Ann said:
Rooted phones can already get it.
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true with a beta version wich might give the user more issue's then it's worth,remember the phones firmware still dictates everything on the hardware end,until your provider offers theses os's upgrades,you are basically a beta tester.i for one feel it is not worth the chance of screwing up the functions of the phone by installing these custom Roms,linux is great at it's core seeing it is open source,but also leaves these providers who offer Android phones with a dilemma,clearly by rooting these phones you are giving up your warranty rights,i wonder how many users have bricked their phones and where able to return them not working.and where issued replacements by foolish sales people who cannot tell what caused it.
 
There is very little beta left in the 2.3 roms, they run great.
The people doing them are quite skilled.

That being said, I still use a 2.2 rom. The 2.3 roms, do have their quirks but it won't be long before they have the 2.3's working perfect, development is moving very fast, but none of this is to be taken lightly as you said. There have been a few bricks made, but not many that couldn't be saved. If it was, it was probably a chain of events that did it, not just a simple rom flash. These phones are pretty resilient, people have flashed entirely wrong roms and recovered.

It's hard to explain how much the default Virgin rom strangles this device, it's like a new, high end phone. As for my warranty, if my phone dies, I can't wait for a warranty replacement anyway so I effectively had none as soon as I could no longer return it to the store (30 days). Most electronics either fail right away, or last a long time, there is very little in between.
 
Leslie Ann said:
There is very little beta left in the 2.3 roms, they run great.
The people doing them are quite skilled.

That being said, I still use a 2.2 rom. The 2.3 roms, do have their quirks but it won't be long before they have the 2.3's working perfect, development is moving very fast, but none of this is to be taken lightly as you said.

There have been a few bricks made, but not many that couldn't be saved. If it was, it was probably a chain of events that did it, not just a simple rom flash (I.E. messed up recovery and rom at the same time, not an easy thing to do). These phones are pretty resilient, people have flashed entirely wrong roms and recovered. It's hard to explain how much the default Virgin rom strangles this device, it's like a new, high end phone.
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True to a sense because all your doing by rooting a phone is giving the user the admin command in linux SU, which allows them to unlock contol the OS has over the device,making it easy to recover providing you imaged the orginal stock ROM,but it is not easy to reverse or even scew with the firmware without consequences,in the end of the day the firmware is still the superior being over the OS.
 
pff1029 said:
LG's Twitter feed has apparently given up a May date for the first 2.3 upgrades in select worldwide markets. The US and its carriers' Optimus equivalents certainly aren't guaranteed to get an upgrade first, and VM's firmware will be one of the last (if not the last altogether) to get updated.

If the U.S. time frame is in June, VM will announce a date at the end of Q3 for release anytime in Q4. Don't get your hopes up for a carrier-supported post-2.3 upgrade either. Despite that, I'm sure CyanogenMod will support the Optimus line for a good long while.
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so when you say a carrier supported post upgrade do you mean it wont be available through the "update sw" in my phone settings?
 
just letting people know, i emailed virgin mobile and they did confirm the gingerbread is coming to the vm optimus. although they wouldnt specify a date. just to check the vm site for updates...
im sure a bunch of you already knew this but i felt the need to post lol
 
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