HTC

[07900902383]

got the notification, i accepted then it rebooted but nothing so far

[zzubnik]

Will we get 2.3?

Ha ha ha ha.

[NeoBlade]

2.3 would be pushing it! The Magic just about handles 2.2 well enough with Stock. Will be interesting to hear of people's thoughts of the official 2.2 update though. Half tempted to install it myself...

[darrenrmiller]

Will the update files make their way onto the XDA website? So we don't need to wait for the updates to arrive OTA

[zzubnik]

Thanks, Neo. I wondered if that would be the case. I hope I get the update soon. Shame the Hotspot, live wallpaper and Flash aren't part of it. but that would be asking too much of the hardware.

Apparently the T-Mobile 2.2 has the live wallpapers, but I'm not sure I'd even want that. I never sit there and stare at the phone!

[Nabs]

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zzubnik wrote:
Thanks, Neo. I wondered if that would be the case. I hope I get the update soon. Shame the Hotspot, live wallpaper and Flash aren't part of it. but that would be asking too much of the hardware.

Apparently the T-Mobile 2.2 has the live wallpapers, but I'm not sure I'd even want that. I never sit there and stare at the phone!

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Live wallpapers would destroy the already dwindling battery life of the magic.

[zzubnik]

Ha ha, I am sure it would slaughter what little oomph my battery has!

[brainiacsystems]

Actually Google have already said that phones able to run Android 2.2.1 Froyo would run faster with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. You might want to do quite a bit of reading regarding Google's code and how It works before making any more false statements.

[JDE1990]

Well I'm glad I wasted my Saturday evening trying and failing to root my phone! Just got to see how many weeks, months or years it takes to roll the update out now!

[stephen_craig]

So do any of the mods or anyone from vodafone know when part 2 is getting released???? Tomorrow... Next week... In a year or two lol, just looking for a time scale here xD

[Trev]

Hi all

This is a two step update. As far as I am aware all devices will need to have received the 1st step, before the 2nd part will start to be pushed out. The same system was used on the Nexus updates, and the 2nd part was around 2-3 days after the initial update. So there's no need to panic.

Regards

Trev

eForum Team

[crappyvodafone]

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Trev wrote:

Hi all

This is a two step update. As far as I am aware all devices will need to have received the 1st step, before the 2nd part will start to be pushed out. The same system was used on the Nexus updates, and the 2nd part was around 2-3 days after the initial update. So there's no need to panic.

Regards

Trev

eForum Team

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Can you explain why "Tom" said the 2nd stage would complete after a reboot and not after a few days?

[Trev]

Hi

I'm unable to confirm this, but my statement is based on the Nexus, that was updated in the same way, with all the 1st stage updates being completed, before the 2nd stages were pushed out.  I'd doubt it would be possible to send out 2 separate updates at the same time, for every device.

Tom's statement wouldn't be incorrect as such. The second stage would be updated after the 1st stage has installed and the handset restarted, just not immediately.

Regards

Trev

eForum Team

[brainiacsystems]

That's a clown shoes answer. If I get charged for being on hold for 20 minutes to Vodafone customer support because of the original poor description given by Tom about the update process, there will be trouble.

[crappyvodafone]

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Trev wrote:

Tom's statement wouldn't be incorrect as such. The second stage would be updated after the 1st stage has installed and the handset restarted, just not immediately.

Regards

Trev

eForum Team

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I will quote "Tom" for you:

"The update is a two step download which will be triggered by automatic notification to the customer's handset. The first step will change the bootloader. The second step will install FroYo after the phone has rebooted."

It seems you're suggesting that "Tom" forgot to include the words "within a few days" at the end of that statement. So it seems that the Community Manager doesn't know what he is talking about.

[NeoBlade]

Rooting the Magic has been made extremely easy thesedays (same goes for many Android phones too). Its certainly nothing like it was back when I first started with the phones. Now you can just install 1 app, root, go to the Market and download ROM Manager, flash the Clockwork Recovery from within that app, make a Nandroid (which is a 100% backup of your phone), keep that safe, wipe, then flash your chosen ROM!

Also not sure who that comment by Brain was aimed at regarding 2.3 running faster than 2.2.1... It certainly will run that little bit faster for those phones that fully support it. Most will know that Gingerbread isn't a massive UX overhaul (that is reserved for HoneyComb aka 3.0) but it just adds loads of powerful APIs for developers to use under the hood.

The fact that it took this long, far beyond the Vodafone Magic's lifespan to officially get Froyo, then you could imagine how long it would take to support Gingerbread! Of course it would be nice but by the time that comes around there will be many budget handsets that offer more RAM and processing power already.

If you are rooted though then you can expect some 2.3 support from Cyanogen & other developers I'm sure. Officially though, well that's down to the carriers. Google's ultimate aim is to get all budget/low end Android phones on Android 2.x asap so it creates API parity between them and the mid-range. For more powerful phones they can expect 3.0 support as there is a minimum hardware specification to officially run it.

[android]

Well I havent recieved any updates as of yet...

On clicking ... Settings / About phone / System updates ... mine tells me "Your system is currently up to date."

Is there a way of knowing whether I've already received to boot loader update already ?

My phone's info is as follows:

Firmware version

1.6

Baseband version

62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I

Kernel version

2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37

android-build@apa26#19

Build number

DRC92

[ukrad]

@android, I have just recived the first part not to sure what it has done but before and after my setting say the same as yours.

Firmware version

1.6

Baseband version

62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I

Kernel version

2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37

android-build@apa26#19

Build number

DRC92

[Robmac74]

run checkin:

type the following into your dialer *#*#checkin#*#*

That should do the trick.....

Rob.

[zzubnik]

What does that do, Robmac74?