Wait 4 Orange to sort things out or Root??

[Mozzer x10]

What do you guys think Waiting for Orange 2.3.3 is like the X10 update fiasco... totally frustrating.

Really Tempted to Root via Gingerbreak but cannot find a Idiots guide to do this. the XDA one is not clear enough for a Noob like me. Any one seen a decent all singing step by step??

really dont know where to start.

 

[Mozzer x10]

Looks like Orange got there act together and released 2.3.3 so i updated last night no bother.

Still thinknig of rooting to get rid of the bloatware. Wouldnt mind finding a Dummies guide to do this.

 

[MamTor]

I didn't think the Android OS update was anything to do with the network carrier, so what why did you have to wait ?

On my recently purchased Tesco PAYG Xperia Arc (bought a month ago) I was prompted to upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3.3 via Android Market/Google and I did this via a Wifi connection. And I was automatically upgraded to the latst phone Build (4.0.A.2.368) via my Sony Ericsson PC Companion, which prompted me to upgrade when I connected to my home PC via USB.

The phone was locked to Tesco mobile when I did the 2.3.3 upgrade and then unlocked and using my Orange account when I did the phone version upgrade. In both cases, the network provider had nothing to do with these upgrades, and doesn't know anything about my phone. Orange doesn't even know I moved the SIM from my old Samsung phone into this new Arc.