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When will VZW push a fixed GB OTA

  • 10/11/11

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 10/17/11

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 10/24/11

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 10/31/11

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • 11/07/11

    Votes: 2 1.9%

  • 11/14/111

    Votes: 22 20.6%

  • 11/21/11

    Votes: 6 5.6%

  • Don't care (rooted already, etc)

    Votes: 23 21.5%

  • Before Christmas

    Votes: 12 11.2%

  • Never, the lobsters ate all the testers so it got cancelled

    Votes: 11 10.3%

  • It isn't coming at all now

    Votes: 13 12.1%

  • Any minute now

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Immediately after Jimmy Hoffa's body is found

    Votes: 4 3.7%

  • The day after the apocalypse

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • Sometime after the sun goes supernova

    Votes: 9 8.4%
  • Total voters
    107
  • Poll closed .
droidian1441 said:
It wouldnt work just installing a custom recovery so I used a different and uncommon method to install unrevoked and get it fully rooted. I do see what your saying considering I was only able to get it with s-off. When i installed the custom recovery ROM Manager wouldnt pick it up and etc... so as I said above i used a different method to use unrevoked to get it fully rooted.
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with s-off, all you have to do is install a custom recovery using the PB31IMG.zip method in hboot, then flash superuser.

Rom manager won't work without superuser being installed, hence the problems you had with it not recognizing the recovery.
 
I thought i would share my experience. GB for me has been buggy and laggy. to the point that i wanted 2.2 back. I have always liked Sense, but right now it isn't that good. I have had Launcherpro for a long time, and decided to switch over to that to see how it does with GB. Holy Smokes is it fast! ANd so far none of the bugs i was having using Sense. Nothing has stuck, froze, or lagged. Maybe i will keep GB after all.
 
sdrawkcab25 said:
with s-off, all you have to do is install a custom recovery using the PB31IMG.zip method in hboot, then flash superuser.

Rom manager won't work without superuser being installed, hence the problems you had with it not recognizing the recovery.
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I had superuser installed...
 
Mr. Boom said:
I thought i would share my experience. GB for me has been buggy and laggy. to the point that i wanted 2.2 back. I have always liked Sense, but right now it isn't that good. I have had Launcherpro for a long time, and decided to switch over to that to see how it does with GB. Holy Smokes is it fast! ANd so far none of the bugs i was having using Sense. Nothing has stuck, froze, or lagged. Maybe i will keep GB after all.
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GB in itself is an overall better OS than Froyo is/was. That being said though, it seems like Verizon/HTC kind of borked it for this release. There should definitely be a patch coming that will hopefully fix the relatively minor bugs that some users are reporting.
 
sdrawkcab25 said:
GB in itself is an overall better OS than Froyo is/was. That being said though, it seems like Verizon/HTC kind of borked it for this release. There should definitely be a patch coming that will hopefully fix the relatively minor bugs that some users are reporting.
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That would be nice, but as is, LP is a better UI than Sense on GB, IMO, LOL
 
GrungyNA said:
I can tell you with certainty that the "low space" notification is not fixed in this update. In fact, I ended up getting two of those notifications after the update. I cleared several app data files to get rid of them.
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Agreed, never been worse.
 
Guys the ota update had nothing to do with your low on storage space issue. Its because the data/data folder/partition of the phone only holds 150MB of data. Some apps (like Google Earth take up about 17MB on their own) just move a couple of your bigger apps over to the sd card.

If anything this update helps with the low storage space issue as it adds the .lib to the sd card.
 
Being one of the "lucky" ones who got the ota last week, I almost wish I hadn't. There are a couple nice features, like easier text highlighting, but nothing to really write home about. I haven't noticed anything terribly buggy, but the longer boot time is frustrating, as is the fact that it takes a bit for my theme to appear. Frankly, the fact that my Incredible now has an identity crisis is just funny, and plane embarrassing for Verizon.
 
cmybliss said:
Being one of the "lucky" ones who got the ota last week, I almost wish I hadn't. There are a couple nice features, like easier text highlighting, but nothing to really write home about. I haven't noticed anything terribly buggy, but the longer boot time is frustrating, as is the fact that it takes a bit for my theme to appear. Frankly, the fact that my Incredible now has an identity crisis is just funny, and plane embarrassing for Verizon.
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Identity Crisis? Please explain...I haven't received the update yet.
 
Identity Crisis? Please explain...I haven't received the update yet.
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mmolitor87: Incredible thinks it's an Evo. Hardware info on phone says it has the larger 4.3 screen, and it's running Sprint's market. If I were Verizon, I'd be pretty embarrassed.
 
mitchellpaul said:
Every single app except got pandora is ok my sd card and I still get the notification. I've deleted several large unused apps, but still no luck.
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Move all the apps back to the phone and then back off again to SD. By doing this my data/data directory went from 17 mb free to 41 mb free.
 
mitchellpaul said:
Every single app except got pandora is ok my sd card and I still get the notification. I've deleted several large unused apps, but still no luck.
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Clear the cache for Facebook. Make sure your email settings (if available) are set to cache to SD Card. Those are two pretty big contributors to the problem.
 
mitchellpaul said:
Every single app except got pandora is ok my sd card and I still get the notification. I've deleted several large unused apps, but still no luck.
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Go into settings>manage applications>all, hit the menu button and click sort by size (might have to wait a bit or resort it to actually get it to sort it by size). Then go down the list of applications clearing cache and/or data (clearing data erases all the saved data for an app). So clearing data on the phandroid app (for example) just means you'll have to sign in again, while clearing data on angry birds kills all your progress.

I'd also start out with htc's apps. If it is worse from the update, then an app that was update might be the problem.
 
I'm in the same position of stock 2.2 rooted and CWM.

Sorry if this seems a little too pedantic, but to flash the stock recovery, did you rename the stock recovery from dougpiston.com to PB31IMG on the SDCARD, go into HBOOT, and then accept the update? After that I'm assuming you had no issues with the OTA? I'm not planning on re-rooting right away, because my phone may have some issues that might require service. Thanks!

Scrops said:
I've read conflicting info around the webs regarding this exact question. Posted and didn't get any bites, so I decided to donate my phone and a few hours to the cause. To make a long story slightly shorter:

I had a rooted stock 2.2 phone with S-off Cwm 5.0.2.0.

I downloaded the stock recovery from dougpiston.com and flashed it.

Rebooted the phone with stock recovery, noting I still had S-off.

I applied the OTA file someone captured from their phone and uploaded to xda.

Rebooted. Success! Running 2.3.4 with the new kernel, radio, etc.

Flashed Cwm 3.0.0.8 from dougpiston.com

Revolted into Cwm and applied the su-efgh file from dougpiston.com and got back root.

The HTC calendar had to be frozen (with ti backup) because it kept my phone awake after the update, but I didn't clean caches or do a wipe or anything before applying it. I suspect if I had, or do a wipe now and reinstall, that problem might disappear.

As many said, the build.prop is screwed because it reports a 4.3 inch screen. I saw a patch on xda I'm going to apply.

The phone IS faster, scoring better on linpack as well as feeling snappier in use. Haven't used it enough to determine battery life changes.

Anyway, if you absolutely cannot wait, I can attest it will work, if you reflash that stock recovery to apply the update, and that you can get root back if you're S-off before the update sink its teeth into your phone.

Probably old news at this point, but hope it helps someone.
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might have to do with the off topic posts of rooting. there's a whole forum dedicated to that.
 
FramCire said:
Its ok for mods around here to post about lobsters or gargoyles but when others have a.little fun with an autocorrect irony, they got to get rid of it.

When they delete, there is usually no.message, it usually makes sense as to why.
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yeah. I left this place for about a year because of the over moderation. This thread is probably 50% off-topic at this point yet the posts stay. I know the rules of the sandbox, I just don't like them.
 
euph_22 said:
Go into settings>manage applications>all, hit the menu button and click sort by size (might have to wait a bit or resort it to actually get it to sort it by size). Then go down the list of applications clearing cache and/or data (clearing data erases all the saved data for an app). So clearing data on the phandroid app (for example) just means you'll have to sign in again, while clearing data on angry birds kills all your progress.

I'd also start out with htc's apps. If it is worse from the update, then an app that was update might be the problem.
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I've got App2Sd pro to clear all my app cache, which I do just about every other day, yet I still get it. I haven't tried sending mail cache to my sd, so I'll do that and see what changes. It's really frustrating, especially after already deleting many apps and constantly clearing cache with no success. This is privacy the ONLY complaint I have about this phone.

On topic of the update, once you skip it once, does it keep constantly nagging you? I.e. if I'm going to end up rooting. It won't automatically update after a while, will it?
 
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