htc going to help us fix our "unofficial" updated phones

[Rdot9]

welp. this is what i get for not waiting, i manually downloaded 2.2 lastnight, probably almost exactly 24 hours ago. Just my luck i guess....

 

[Shawnz]

I just updated my fiance's via the OTA update. It is indeed .6.

Aside from the version number, I can see no difference between my two phones. I'm going to put 'em though their paces and see if I can find anything different between them.

 

[teky]

I just updated my fiance's via the OTA update. It is indeed .6.

Aside from the version number, I can see no difference between my two phones. I'm going to put 'em though their paces and see if I can find anything different between them.

Cool, that's what I'm curious about. Let us know. The file sizes between the 2 versions of the updates were very close.

 

[blkhwkz]

Yeah i am for real. I have read well over 300+ posts over the weekend about problems people are having. Non working camera, no flash and on and on. The front page was full of stickys and threads all weekend about 2.2 bugs.

So are you serious?

You keep on amusing me. After saying how you were not going to a "busted up 2.2" you are in another thread talking about how you installed it already and everything is working fine for you....

 

[BigAinCA]

You keep on amusing me. After saying how you were not going to a "busted up 2.2" you are in another thread talking about how you installed it already and everything is working fine for you....

I believe he installed the .6 version and his comment was in regards to the .3 version of 2.2.

 

[squint0241]

Well Gents,

I was one of the early adopters of the leaked version. And sadly, it has been causing my phone to act sluggish. What I mean... when I press the previous screen arrow (bottom of the phone) sometimes I get a sec or two lag before it responds. Also noticed during a phone call that when I pressed the end call button, it would not respond until I pressed it several times. Basically, a lot of menu lag and slow response from pressing the keys on the phone. It was my call to download it though... The new capabilities are awesome... just the small bugs in screen response are making it a bummer. Never saw this behavior in 2.1. Hope it doesn't raise it's head in the official OTA release.

 

[squint0241]

Edit: Seems that a reboot fixed the issues. Not sure how stable the leaked OS is in the long term...hmmh...

 

[Shawnz]

So far, so good on my leaked 2.2 79 hours and change up time.

 

[IXIShogunR1]

well i had to take the pluge and do a full reboot....... 3 hours later i'm back up and setup just like before

that flash problem i had just kept coming back really makes me sad that i had to do all this >.<

 

[Shawnz]

FWIW, I downloaded and tried to install .6 via recovery and as expected it failed.

I guess we wait on HTC or try to revert to a 2.1 ROM if possible and OTA our way to current.

 

[EarlyMon]

Edit: Seems that a reboot fixed the issues. Not sure how stable the leaked OS is in the long term...hmmh...

FWIW - a lot of us recommended the factory reset as the sure cure to many evils.

A pain in the neck, but it worked with benefits.

I'd strongly advise it if you're getting flaky results.

Follow that with the Network app cdma->gsm; back out; re-enter gsm-> CDMA auto (PRL), exit; System updates->update PRL.

 

[rjjr2531]

ive downloaded the file but havent done anything yet...

 

[EarlyMon]

ive downloaded the file but havent done anything yet...

Unless someone tells you it works - I wouldn't.

On Monday, HTC said:

If you applied the unofficial EVO update, we are working to get you back on the official track. We will get back to you in the coming days

From HTC (htc) on Twitter

 

[stainlessray]

Well Gents,

I was one of the early adopters of the leaked version. And sadly, it has been causing my phone to act sluggish. What I mean... when I press the previous screen arrow (bottom of the phone) sometimes I get a sec or two lag before it responds. Also noticed during a phone call that when I pressed the end call button, it would not respond until I pressed it several times. Basically, a lot of menu lag and slow response from pressing the keys on the phone. It was my call to download it though... The new capabilities are awesome... just the small bugs in screen response are making it a bummer. Never saw this behavior in 2.1. Hope it doesn't raise it's head in the official OTA release.

this post struck me. i had behavior issues like that *on occasion* with 2.1

i wonder what the real culprit is. probably not the OS... at least maybe not.

possibly an app or widget? i'm seeing evidence of other improvements (prior to non official update) while trying to solve battery issues, i was removing 1 app at a time to find what might be draining my battery needlessly fast.

and discovered improved menu and home screen performance as a result as well.
...do you have many installed apps? i did. now i have fewer, and with 2.2 moved a dozen out of memory.

let me know if you try anything as a result of my suggestion that would either debunk or validate the hypothesis .

hmm...

 

[Putty]

I am fine with the unofficial. Especially after all my paid apps showed back up in the market today. I'll wait for "coming days" to get the fix.

 

[zombdroid]

I am suprised that HTC does not have the original shipped OS install file that can be used to overwrite the "unofficial" update and then allow these phones to get thier updates OTA.

I don't think people of the "unofficial" update are missing much. I am not sweating it.

 

[GiftedPlacebo]

Sprint/HTC: Don't worry, if you've rooted your phone to install the 'unofficial' update we'll put out an OTA update that will break your root and install the 'official' update. This is so we can go back to charging you for wifi tethering and other nonsense.

****Sprint is still 100 billion times better than other carriers that don't offer unlimited data/text****

You didn't have to root to install .3 - You just install the image from HTC's website.

My problem with HTC is them calling it unofficial. Call it non-final or whatever, but it is an official build from HTC.

Just release the complete .6 ROM for us to install and everyone is happy. I honestly don't care if I have to wipe or not, it takes like 10 minutes to reinstall apps.

 

[heavychevy]

Personally I'm fine with what I got, I'd rather keep the .3 than have to update to a .6 and not really change anything. That's a bigger risk than the "unofficial" build IMO. I guess maybe in the long run, if we get 3.0 for the EVO it may require that I have the .6 build but other than that I'm good.

If I can get an unrevoked with FPS, Wifi tethering and some more camer goodies, I'm golden.

 

[IXIShogunR1]

im assuming there is still no new news about this yet?

 

[Droidone]

Unfortunately not yet. I'm hoping within the next few days we will get some good news

 

[IXIShogunR1]

Unfortunately not yet. I'm hoping within the next few days we will get some good news

would be nice

even though i see no diffrences yet

they even have all the same problems lol

i'm just intereseted to see what HTC has to say about this whole thing in the end really

 

[VGPOP]

I'd like to know why people are even waiting for this after all reports from people downloading the "official" one yesterday.

What exactly is the difference?

Does .6 have something .3 does NOT have?

I'm not in a rush.

As of now, the only logical explanation is that this official update for future reference, you will be able to receive OTA from HTC.

 

[IXIShogunR1]

I'd like to know why people are even waiting for this after all reports from people downloading the "official" one yesterday.

What exactly is the difference?

Does .6 have something .3 does NOT have?

I'm not in a rush.

As of now, the only logical explanation is that this official update is that for future reference, you're all set to receive OTA from HTC.

oh i'm not in a rush i'm just interested to see what they say
i can't even tell why they changed the build number at all

 

[cooper1010]

my phone is .3, my wife's is .6 (she don't care about this stuff), and i'm unable to find a single difference.

 

[teky]

my phone is .3, my wife's is .6 (she don't care about this stuff), and i'm unable to find a single difference.

Exactly. Based on what I'm seeing here, there are zero user detectable differences between .3 and .6. In fact, people are getting the same common upgrade glitches that we had with .3. The only thing we early adopters are going to get from the upcoming .3 to .6 upgrade OTA is the corrected build number so we can upgrade going forward. That's it.