Any Nexus one owners get Gingerbread OTA yet ?

zod

nuthin here yet

ro2

Tried it a few minutes ago, no sign yet.

Sherifu

According to latest twits;

i.e. an android dev on twitter

An update is a few weeks off. Someone jumped the gun reporting it was being released...

lord lucan

December 16th seems to be a favourite date that's been mentioned.

C-Shore

It'd be great if it was released then.
But since the Nexus S is the first phone to have it, I'd say an OTA update won't happen til after the Nexus S is launched.

Hopefully I'm wrong, but it'd make sense that the Nexus S has it first; creates a reason to upgrade for market innovators & early adopters.

zod

anyone yet?

Ample Free ...?

Nope, Nada, Zilch!:(

long_b

Don't worry, there'll be lots of noise when it comes

zod

long_b wrote: »

Don't worry, there'll be lots of noise when it comes

Hear anything ?

lord lucan

Still waiting,hopefully soon!

http://www.androidguys.com/2011/01/19/nexus-gingerbread-update-due-day/

Ample Free ...?

I'm really not that fussed anymore. The only thing that seems impressive is the improved copy/paste functionality. To be honest I'm more impressed with todays update for LauncherPro. Really liking the new homescreen transition effects.:D

zod

apparently theres another update first before gingerbread

zing

Did a manual update to 2.2.2 & a few things stopped working - e.g. could set a pattern lock screen but it never enabled when I'd hit power button, long hold on power button would only give the option to power off (i.e. no airplane mode, etc..). Ended up going back into the recovery menu and wiping cache partition & data/factory reset. Every thing back to normal again but had to install/setup everything on phone again. A bit of a pita but I had been considering wiping it and starting afresh anyway as I had a few other small issues with it - occassionally forgot wifi keys after a reboot, occassionally uninstalled apps after a reboot all by itself. Will see now if those issues have gone away too.

Brian

CM7 nightly is great on my N1.

BeardyFunzo

just got notified of and installed an update. Build number is still 2.2.2 though. oh well... was just about to post ad on ebay!

Brian

That's a bugfix for the SMS incorrect recipient issue.

long_b

In fairness, for Nexus One owners, the whole Gingerbread build up has been WAY too long and badly managed PR-wise IMHO.

OK I can see how Google wanted to build hype about the Nexus S but it's been lousy for us.

zod

has to be in feb ? :pac:

SoulRock

Reason i have this phone is that i wanted the 'Pure' Android Experience and was led to believe that OS updates would come to this handset first or pretty close to Release.. the only reason i can see for the delay is Google are having Problems with the update.. bugs etc.. the lack of communication from Google in this matter is dreadfull their customer support is Sh!te... coming in a few weeks since November is just Ridiculous.. selling my Nexus one in next week or two but wont be getting the Nexus S the Nexus one when it came out had the WoW factor the Nexus S just simply is not that much of a leap forward.. Bad move Google choosing samsung as your Device Manufacturer..

lord lucan

More rumours!

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/02/16/rumor-nexus-one-gingerbread-ota-by-end-of-this-week-or-early-next-well-believe-it-when-we-see-it/

Ample Free ...?

Android Police wrote:

Mobile Crunch reports that multiple sources, including Googlers on location at MWC in Barcelona, claim the 2.3 OTA is coming to our precious N1s by the week’s end or early next week at the latest.

I love how it's sounds so certain up until it says "or early next week at the latest". Which could easily turn into "next few weeks" again. Pretty much implies it'll be out whenever Google decide to get the finger out??

BeardyFunzo

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2028308/google-update-nexus-nexus-android-233-gingerbread

If you believe the inquirer:

SMARTPHONE DEVELOPER Google has announced that it will be sending Nexus One and Nexus S owners Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread.
Google had been promising Nexus One owners Android 2.3 Gingerbread for months but with every passing week it's been pushing back the update, so 'in a few weeks' has started to carry less weight. Now it seems both Nexus One and Nexus S users will be getting Android 2.3.3, with Google saying that it will release over-the-air updates over the coming weeks.
For Nexus One owners the update will be the first taste of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Last week popular third-party Android distribution Cyanogenmod released a beta that ran Android 2.3.1 on a number of handsets including the Nexus One. While Cyanogenmod 7 is still very much in beta, Google's decision to keep version parity between Nexus One and Nexus S users should mean that developers can continue to use either device for development work.
Last week Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that the next version of Android for smartphones will be Android 2.4, codenamed Ice Cream, which Viewsonic claims its upcoming Viewpad 4 will be running when it tips up in April. For those who haven't got Android 2.3 yet, there is hope that device manufacturers might bump to Android 2.4, thus skipping Android 2.3 altogether.
Google warned that the over-the-air update process might take weeks to complete. At least Nexus One and Nexus S owners have a timeline, while for the majority of Android users there is little to no information on when their device will be upgraded to Android 2.3. µ

zing

Not going getting my hopes up. Seen too many similar stories so far

srsly78

Why are you all so excited? The only practical thing you will notice from 2.3 is a glow effect when you hit top/bottom of scrollbar. It has many under-the-hood things that allow developers to do stuff, but nothing for normal users.

It will take a few months for developers to use these new features and release new toys for you to play with, there is basically no advantage for you right now. You are NOT missing anything.

Andrew76

Just got the Gingerbread OTA update message now, 43.6MB. Says it will upgrade to 2.3.3.

h57xiucj2z946q

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-nexus-one-android-23-gingerbread


Looks pretty god. UI has changed a nice bit.

srsly78

Eh no it hasn't? There is a glow effect on slider, that's all I have noticed.

h57xiucj2z946q

Looks more slick than the 2.2.2 in my opinion.

srsly78

Don't be vague, say exactly what is different. I can only see the small glowy effect, nothing else has changed. As stated before, the major features are new developer features, not something you will notice until people release apps that take advantage.

h57xiucj2z946q

-Bar at top there your network, battery icons are black now, the icons are also changed, look similar to those on sense.
-Notification drop down menu is no longer white
-browser/phone icons are coloured on bottom beside menu icon
-pressing power button shows screen switching off like old tv
-keyboard looks to be completely re-done
-menu's in general are darker, controls like radio buttons, tick boxes, progress spinners changed. looks more sharper.
-battery usage shows graphs
-copy and paste functionality is more user friendly

srsly78

Ok fair enough, but most of that is cosmetic stuff that custom roms offered before. It's not really any change to android's internals.

The keyboard anyone could install on 2.2.

I find the buttons on the pulldown menu pretty useless so far, I still use power widget on screen instead.

h57xiucj2z946q

srsly78 wrote: »

Ok fair enough, but most of that is cosmetic stuff that custom roms offered before. It's not really any change to android's internals.

The keyboard anyone could install on 2.2.

I find the buttons on the pulldown menu pretty useless so far, I still use power widget on screen instead.

Like I said UI. Not really any point in comparing it to custom roms. This thread is about OTA, so most here would most likely be on stock. Doesn't matter if all this is in custom roms already. off topic in my opinion. Same goes for the keyboard.

Andrew76

As Damo lists, a fair few things have changed on the UI side of things. Really like the black notification bar, shame they didn't have that at the start to stop the burn in. The screen lock pattern is slightly different too, minor change that though. Seems a bit snappier too.

/Edit: Actually another cool UI change is when you press the power button to turn off the screen, the display collapses to a white line and disappears kind of like an old tv set. Probably not describing that very well. Looks nice though.

srsly78

Bit of a gimmick really, I have that animation disabled now (along with all the others).

edit: Ok ok I'll stop posting I've had it a few weeks now so novelty has worn off, enjoy your new shinies.

h57xiucj2z946q

Looks like the 'on SD card' tab in manage apps shows apps That can move to SD but are currently residing on phone memory.

mik_da_man

So who actually got it OTA?
Still waiting on mine...

SoulRock

srsly78 wrote: »

Why are you all so excited? The only practical thing you will notice from 2.3 is a glow effect when you hit top/bottom of scrollbar. It has many under-the-hood things that allow developers to do stuff, but nothing for normal users.

It will take a few months for developers to use these new features and release new toys for you to play with, there is basically no advantage for you right now. You are NOT missing anything.

your statement is very misleading, this update has fixed some bugs most noticablely so far, the Out Of Memory warnings etc which is of a Hugh Advantage to me, considering i lost loads of incoming txt messages because of this, also the UI is a lot smoother and from what i can gather so Far Battery life is a lot better.. still discovering

SoulRock

mik_da_man wrote: »

So who actually got it OTA?
Still waiting on mine...

didnt bother waiting for the OTA, did the manual update instead..

wonder why they didnt include 720p video recording in the camera though, and also the stock music player is crap

lord lucan

SoulRock wrote: »

didnt bother waiting for the OTA, did the manual update instead..

Same here,impatient man that i am.:D

mik_da_man

Will prob do the same soon tbh - I did the last time too...

Ample Free ...?

Just did the manual update.
So far I like the new keyboard, certainly seems better than the last one. Copy and paste is far more intuitive and easier to use too. It's also nice to have an overhaul of the aesthetics.
Only issue I've encountered so far is an issue with the 3G toggle in SwitchPro, quickly solved though by changing the APN setting in SwitchPro.

zing

Another one who didn't bother waiting for the ota - upgraded on Friday

smackyB

did manual update as well - really like it so far. keyboard is so much better, overall feels snappier and looks better. Great update.

ceejay

Another manual updater here

To be honest, if you're even remotely tech-savvy I don't see any reason that you wouldn't do the manual update at this stage, it's not hard in any way

I'm liking the new aesthetics so far - and I wonder how much battery life will be saved by the darker theme? All those full-on white pixels in the notification bar must have been very draining

I like the way now in the Application settings app you can see all apps that can potentially be moved to SD card. I saw a mention somewhere that if you move any apps already on the SD card back to the phone, and then back to the SD card you'll free up even more space, and having done that it looks like I now have an extra 30MB free memory - though some of that may also be space freed up by the Gingerbread update.

The Market app seems to have reverted to the old style though, I was getting used to the new style. Oh well, there's always the web version - it's pretty cool being able to hit install on my PC's browser and then see the app install on my phone

smackyB

ceejay wrote: »

Another manual updater here

To be honest, if you're even remotely tech-savvy I don't see any reason that you wouldn't do the manual update at this stage, it's not hard in any way

I'm liking the new aesthetics so far - and I wonder how much battery life will be saved by the darker theme? All those full-on white pixels in the notification bar must have been very draining

I like the way now in the Application settings app you can see all apps that can potentially be moved to SD card. I saw a mention somewhere that if you move any apps already on the SD card back to the phone, and then back to the SD card you'll free up even more space, and having done that it looks like I now have an extra 30MB free memory - though some of that may also be space freed up by the Gingerbread update.

The Market app seems to have reverted to the old style though, I was getting used to the new style. Oh well, there's always the web version - it's pretty cool being able to hit install on my PC's browser and then see the app install on my phone

Yeh the market app in that update is an old version. It should update itself in the background fairly quickly. Same goes for gmail.

Ample Free ...?

Just noticed an addition to Google maps. When you enter street view there's the street view icon in the corner which allows you to quickly travel without going back to the map. Nice little addition, makes it much easier to navigate in street view.

JohnK

Finally got Gingerbread on my N1, came in overnight.

KoolKid

Offered and installed last night.
No issues.
I like the green added to the icons.

Brian

KoolKid wrote: »

I like the green added to the icons.

Except the Gmail icon. It's so conspicuously red compared to all newly-green system icons. I wonder if there were a few arguments about that!

zod

finally got mine the other day also .. happy days

Was hoping that it would cure the intermittent issue I have where the screen input starts going wonky .. any press on the screen is interpreted as a press on whatever is at the bottom of the screen ?

similar to these vids : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nexus+one+screen+problem&aq=f

didnt fix it though pity. Restart gives me a few more days before it happens again.

Anyone else have the same issue ?

Andrew76

Yep I've had that issue for a while now, I think it only happens for me when I have the phone in landscape mode and titled, it's like the phone gets confused. Usually sorts itself out once I flip back to portrait.

But speaking of issues, I somehow managed to botch up the stock keyboard, long pressing on the full stop key would pop up extra characters like comma etc. Well all of a sudden the popup screen wasn't appearing but the keyboard would dim, letting go of the long press would select the comma (the first option on the pop up) - needed a reboot to fix it.

Anyone notice any drop in wifi reception since the update? I'm convinced mine has got worse, only get full bars sitting right beside the router, outside of that room and it drops to a single bar and is slow as hell to load anything now.