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Gingerbread is in testing for the HTC Desire,
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I think that site has it a little bit wrong, the quote is from HERE where HTC later updated several times stating that 2.3 is coming.
deanshep85
Android Expert
I would say the article is wrong, as one of my sources for tech news is Cnet and it hasn't shown up on there so I think its wrong, someone just trying to stir up lol
Gingerbread has been released OTA.
Official Gingerbread With Sense 2.1 For HTC Desire OTA Rolling Out Now
Official Gingerbread With Sense 2.1 For HTC Desire OTA Rolling Out Now
cunning plan
Member
I have an unbranded sim-free on the O2 network, just checked and no OTA update available for me....... Yet. 
Chemical Al
Newbie
I saw this a day or 2 ago, if you read the thread on xda i think it was decided to be a troll thread
until HTC say on FB or Twitter then its BS as far as im conserned
Unfortunately that article is taking third hand info. The forum at XDA is having a row over it as people keep being told different stories. Fingers crossed though! Anyone know how long after the OTA is released the RUU will appear. My handset is debranded and folk reckon it won't update OTA.
fletchem
Member
Wasn't this why they were stripping elements of Sense out out of the build so it would fit... or am I getting my softwares mixed up?
SUroot
Extreme Android User
I thought they couldn't get sense 1.0 to fit, but maybe...
Who cares anyway, its all available now custom and its loads better than official release will ever be
deanshep85
Android Expert
I honestly dunno why HTC were complaining bout it not fitting if Leedroid manages to fit Sense with 2.3....and I dont think he uses EXT as there is both an A2SD version and non A2SD version of GB roms...least there was anyway...im still on 3.6 right now... lil bit behind lol
Pinmac1
Android Enthusiast
I'm with Virgin Mobile (UK) and 2.2 was already out when I got it. Are there any other Virgin users who can tell me how long after the initial OTA release it was before it came to Virgin-branded phones?
Also, what can I do if I install Gingerbread and find that I don't like it? Is there a way to go back to Froyo? Thanks.
Also, what can I do if I install Gingerbread and find that I don't like it? Is there a way to go back to Froyo? Thanks.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
i'm on o2... and it took ages for me to get the 2.2 update, so will probably be waiting another month for 2.3
The O2 release of 2.2 was more than a month after the unbranded one. It took ages.
If you root and install a custom GB ROM it is easy - you just install a Froyo ROM instead.
If you are unrooted and accept an official update, there is no "undo" option. You could download a ROM Update Utility for your network's Froyo ROM and run that (except for those on Orange UK, where this is not available), but it will wipe your phone (i.e. do a factory reset) in the process.
(Edit: as posted below, it may not be quite that simple).
Anyone who is rooted should not accept an over the air update - I know that's been said before, but it's worth repeating.
deanshep85
Android Expert
isn't Leedroid now on 3.8 or 3.9 version now? I mean I'd assumed that his latest version would use the 2.3.4 version of GB like gingervillian does etc..
I think its just HTC pulling a fast one on people saying memory issues etc really, as apart from active sync (which others have mentioned) Sense on Leedroid is identical to factory Sense...so I doubt they would add anything as well
Pinmac1
Android Enthusiast
Thanks for the info. Not sure that I understood the bit about downloading a Froyo ROM utility - is that a way to try Gingerbread with a way to revert to Froyo if I wanted? But my phone would be wiped and I'd have to start from scratch?
It looks as though I might have to wait a while anyway until GB comes to Virgin so I guess there'll be plenty of comments from those who are not rooted when GB comes out.
It looks as though I might have to wait a while anyway until GB comes to Virgin so I guess there'll be plenty of comments from those who are not rooted when GB comes out.
Why is that?
The over the air updates are designed to be applied to unmodified phones. Experience tells us that accepting them on a rooted phone generally breaks something - precisely what will depend on the update and the state of the phone it's applied to, but it's asking for trouble.
An RUU is a Windows program that HTC use to reflash a phone with stock software. Many of these have been leaked and are available on the web. People use them to debrand branded phones without rooting (by loading unbranded software onto the phone), and they are also used to unroot a phone if required.
What I had been thinking was that if you ran one of these you could revert to stock Froyo. However, thinking about it a bit more, it may not be that simple! These are update utilities, and are not supposed to let you downgrade. There are tricks that have been used to get round this in the past, but since we don't know what will be in the update there is no guarantee that it will be possible in this case - and if it is, it's likely to require some jiggery-pokery to do it.
So it's probably best to assume that if you accept an OTA gingerbread update you are stuck with it.
The good news is that in general Gingerbread is better than Froyo. It's not as dramatic a change as Eclair to Froyo was, but I doubt the demand for downgrade would be large. But as you say, if in doubt see what others make of it before accepting the update
Cheers. So if I want the official Gingerbread ROM when it comes, how should I install it?
Are you rooted? If not, then just accept it when your phone notifies you that the update is available.
If you are, then you need to unroot first (using an RUU). See the rooting guides in the root subforum (the red link in my sig will take you there).
However, if you are rooted then there's little point - not only is it unlikely to contain anything that's not already available to rooted users, but almost certainly the update ROM itself will be rooted and made available via XDA-developers very shortly after it is released.
If you are, then you need to unroot first (using an RUU). See the rooting guides in the root subforum (the red link in my sig will take you there).
However, if you are rooted then there's little point - not only is it unlikely to contain anything that's not already available to rooted users, but almost certainly the update ROM itself will be rooted and made available via XDA-developers very shortly after it is released.
I rooted last week, and installed CM7. Wasn't happy with it, so restored the phone to the official ROM. Think I'll just unroot, and live with the internal memory issue etc until I buy myself a new android phone soon.
Thanks for your help!