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[Q] Gingerbread update is here!

Info Can be found here, http://support.vzw.com/system_update/droid_2_global.html
Confirmed on Verizons Twitter feed that the Gingerbread release has been rolling out since the end of August.
Do a 'checkin' (*#*#checkin#*#*) on your phone then Settings > About Phone > System updates. Keep trying if none is found.
System Version: 4.5.607.A956.Verizon.en.US
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: N_01.79.00R
Kernal Version: 2.6.32.9-gb092e69 [email protected] #2
Build Numbe: 4.5.1_57_D2G-37
ERI Version: 5
PRL Version: 52341
3G signal has been improved with this radio and speeds are more constant and faster.

You will have to go back to stock before you will even be notified of the update. When I had my droid 1 it took a week after the release before I received the update to 2.2
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Whats the best way to revert back to original rom?

Try this
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=153973
D2G

60lpsdf250 said:
Try this
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=153973
D2G
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A great write up, but darn my windows machine and Linux in-experiences

http://technology.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979452576
here is another news story on it.

Anyone updated yet
I have tried on 2 stock roms (rooted) and neither say there is an update available - before going back to stock via the 11 step process, has anyone actually updated their device yet - or am I just not patient enough and the update is actually rolling out slowly and not available manually? Any help is appreciated, since I would hate to blast phones to get the update (i would rather wait on a rooted version, but would love to get a better experience than the current ROM provides!)

davrodg said:
I have tried on 2 stock roms (rooted) and neither say there is an update available - before going back to stock via the 11 step process, has anyone actually updated their device yet - or am I just not patient enough and the update is actually rolling out slowly and not available manually? Any help is appreciated, since I would hate to blast phones to get the update (i would rather wait on a rooted version, but would love to get a better experience than the current ROM provides!)
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I too would rather wait for a rooted version but I'm too excited to use Gingerbread. I will roll back my rom to the original tonight via Moto RSD Lite and then try the update, I will report back if all goes well... or not, hehe.

davrodg said:
I have tried on 2 stock roms (rooted) and neither say there is an update available - before going back to stock via the 11 step process, has anyone actually updated their device yet - or am I just not patient enough and the update is actually rolling out slowly and not available manually? Any help is appreciated, since I would hate to blast phones to get the update (i would rather wait on a rooted version, but would love to get a better experience than the current ROM provides!)
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No one that I know of has updated their device...
Unknown when it will roll out, but check this http://support.vzw.com/system_update/droid_2_global.html

60lpsdf250 said:
No one that I know of has updated their device...
Unknown when it will roll out, but check this http://support.vzw.com/system_update/droid_2_global.html
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same link as op, herp. Got Derpes?

60lpsdf250 said:
No one that I know of has updated their device...
Unknown when it will roll out, but check this http://support.vzw.com/system_update/droid_2_global.html
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try *#*#checkin#*# or the other way around, i forgot.

My wife has the D2 Global on vzw. running the orig 2.2 not rooted or bootstrapped.
No update notifications / plus the software update says the phone is up to date.

*#*#2432546#*#*
Checkin works fine, still no update atleast in the Phoenix Metro Cell System.

Just tried checkin as well and no gingerbread love here, either. In Columbus, Ohio. I believe the update is still in it's "soak-test" phase, which means only a select few will actually receive it just yet. My guess is we're sstill a week out from actual release, but don't quote me on it. Only wishful hoping at this point .

Nothing here in NC yet.
Ive tried the *#*#checkin#*#* also no go.
Anyone got it yet? I wish we can find the SBF so we can just flash it ourselves

will being rooted prevent me from getting the update?

giganticprune said:
will being rooted prevent me from getting the update?
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If you have a custom ROM on your rooted device then most defiantly. I went back to the original stock using the 11 step process without a problem, but you will most probably have to wipe/factory data to get it to work.
I'm still waiting for the new update though

Root, etc.
Just got a Droid 2 Global from Assurion (brand new) as a replacement for a stolen Droid 2. Pure stock, never been rooted; no update. So those of you with no update don't need to panic over whether you ran Z4ROOT or not; the update is NOT yet here, at least on my phone (California) and it is pure as the driven snow.

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/15/droid2-global-gingerbread-starts-rolling-out-today/
This is the latest. Its rolling out today. slowly. I wish someone would just get the SBF and we can flash it.

rhcp0112345 said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/15/droid2-global-gingerbread-starts-rolling-out-today/
This is the latest. Its rolling out today. slowly. I wish someone would just get the SBF and we can flash it.
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I'm pretty sure it would be an update.zip file, not an sbf file, but all the same it would be nice if someone would just copy it to their pc before updating so we could all have it already.

Has the OTA update 2.3.6 pulled back

Been trying it for two days, says no software update available..Does anyone know if this has been pulled back?

When I called AT&T about the update, I was told that the new update was only for selected devices that needed it based on the IMEI. Don't know if true but doesn't sound far fetched. Seems like only certain people have it while others do not.

Ive been trying for weeks with no luck, when i called att the rep told me that i had to wait for the notification from att to show up, going to settings and update software wont work at all. So i was told. I wish we could get some solid information about what happened to our update.
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Yes, unfortunately or fortunately I had the update bugging me for 2 days, back in Nov. I had CWM recovery then, so the update failed, now of course it says that no updates are available. So I am not sure about the IMEI theory as I cannot get it anymore, as I went back to Stock recovery hoping I could do it.

When I was on the Samsung Moment they pushed an OTA update that was only for the first 1000 phones that downloaded it. They were using their customers as beta testers.

Izmir Stinger said:
When I was on the Samsung Moment they pushed an OTA update that was only for the first 1000 phones that downloaded it. They were using their customers as beta testers.
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Sounds likely, esp with CIQ installed!
I got it about 2 days after getting my phone, then I had to flash back to stock with ODIN to 2.3.5, it now says no update aval. Not sure it's IMEI based...
Were there any noticeable changes anyhow?

If you want 2.3.6 and you can't get the 2.3.6 OTA update, why don't you flash the stock 2.3.6 zip in the Development section using CWM? (posted by silver03wrx).

When we called into Samsung last week about some browser questions (pinch reflow) we also asked about the update. We were informed it was pulled because of issues and to watch for further updates.
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I received the update on day one...can't tell if there is any actual change in the device...other than the one-click riot methods NOT working. Which is really frustrating. Lesson learned: don't be quick to update.
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Checking for Update and ROM version

Hello all,
I've read that there is a 2.3.6 update for the AT&T Skyrocket. I don't have this latest update and still have Android version 2.3.5. I also hate the check for update on this phone. Unlike other phones I've had like HTC and on other carriers, I can check for updates anytime I want. Here, I can only check once and it will tell me to check again in 24hrs. WTF???
I keep running it every day but it does not find the OTA update.
My phone is rooted...
Thanks,
--mike

have you read around on the forums? the update was pulled and/or only available to select IMEIs...
there is no OTA update as of this moment. if you want to move to 2.3.6, flash a rom. otherwise, sit tight

wont allow update

im already on ice cream but it said there was another update out there for it but it wont allow me to update or even check for an update

bjballar41 said:
im already on ice cream but it said there was another update out there for it but it wont allow me to update or even check for an update
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Who or what is IT? Your TF is telling you there's an update or the internet?

sorry guess that would help lol androidcentral said while back there was an update to fix some bugs and i havent been able to get it to update

ok now i see there is another update and mine is not allowing me to check for the update

Hmm.. Pretty similar problem here; running.. 21, us_epad version (ota, which is a bit strange to me as I live in the Netherlands), unrooted; and however I know 24 is out there, if I push check update button, all I get is spinning wheel and than no connection fault report.. Anybody any ideas/ help, plz?

Mine epad is us too and i also live in the netherlands! I bought it on vacation in california!
Mine experience once was that it wouldn't update from honeycomb too ics. Weird cause of the fact that us -software versions are quicker released then european. Sad too say mine never updated normally and i rooted it and flashed a custom rom offcourse with ics support.

i ended up just resetting it and clearing everything once it loads back up and u set it back up it will ask to update takes about 5 mins or so and u will be on the latest one

Verizon trying to update Custom ROM- TW Eclipse 1.0

Hi, as the title states, yesterday I received a notification from Verizon that a new update is ready to be installed. I can only defer it for 5 days, which I did. I'm running TouchWiz Eclipse ROM 1.0. I went ahead and renamed SMD.apk to SMD.bak, because I read somewhere that's what I needed to do to prevent Verizon from pushing updates.
What I wanted to do is confirm that what I did would work (as in prevent Verizon from updating my awesome ROM and thus bricking my device). Also, I think the update is already downloaded and just ready to be installed. Will that affect anything? Would renaming SMD.apk still prevent it from being installed, or is that only to prevent it from being downloaded?? Please halp!!
Cheers,
ED

ExcludedDroid said:
Hi, as the title states, yesterday I received a notification from Verizon that a new update is ready to be installed. I can only defer it for 5 days, which I did. I'm running TouchWiz Eclipse ROM 1.0. I went ahead and renamed SMD.apk to SMD.bak, because I read somewhere that's what I needed to do to prevent Verizon from pushing updates.
What I wanted to do is confirm that what I did would work (as in prevent Verizon from updating my awesome ROM and thus bricking my device). Also, I think the update is already downloaded and just ready to be installed. Will that affect anything? Would renaming SMD.apk still prevent it from being installed, or is that only to prevent it from being downloaded?? Please halp!!
Cheers,
ED
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Best way to check is to go into Settings/About Phone/Software Update. If it force closes then you're all set. Renaming or uninstalling "smd 1.0" causes the phone to not actively poll for future OTAs from that moment on. Using a file explorer, check in /cache and delete the update.zip for VRBMF1 cuz you deferred the OTA which means it saved to your phone already.

I checked Settings>About device but there's no Check for upgrade option. I assume it was taken out as part of the ROM. I went ahead and deleted some sort of fupgrade in /cache. Then went and wiped cache in recovery and fixed permissions just to top it off. I think I'm good!! Thanks

ExcludedDroid said:
I checked Settings>About device but there's no Check for upgrade option. I assume it was taken out as part of the ROM. I went ahead and deleted some sort of fupgrade in /cache. Then went and wiped cache in recovery and fixed permissions just to top it off. I think I'm good!! Thanks
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i think eclipse is aosp not touchwiz , iam running the same thing but its aosp eclispe here the link to verified
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142267 if it is you will never have problems of verizon trying to push ota updates

xavierxxx2p said:
i think eclipse is aosp not touchwiz , iam running the same thing but its aosp eclispe here the link to verified
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142267 if it is you will never have problems of verizon trying to push ota updates
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There is a touchwiz version, it just wasn't updated in awhile and it's pretty buried in the development section.
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