yeah, it went live about a month ago (something like that) for the thunderbolt... and those directions you linked to are the ones that i've tried multiple times since GB went live... my problem is that when i "check new" under the software update, nothing shows up

12/8/2011 9:07:06 AM

Quote :

"Meanwhile, ICS is what's rolling out elsewhere."

lol. ICS isn't rolling out anywhere atm


As for the Thunderbolt, you may need to manually flash the RUU which will wipe the phone.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/10/24/exclusive-gingerbread-build-2-11-605-5-for-the-htc-thunderbolt-fixes-several-issues-from-the-previous-leak/

12/8/2011 9:21:27 AM

I got GB on my Thunderbolt in early/mid October via the OTA update.

12/8/2011 9:28:22 AM

if i follow that, what's the best way to completely back up the phone prior to the update? i haven't read much into it, but definitely don't want to redo all apps, settings, etc

12/8/2011 12:43:56 PM

i'm closer to getting ICS on my nexus s or Kindle Fire than you guys are to getting the galaxy nexus lol

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM. Reason : .]

12/8/2011 12:51:40 PM

My money is on Galaxy Nexus Q2 2012

Verizon is going to drag their feet on releasing it until their payment system is ready, don't want Google Wallet to get a jump on them

12/8/2011 1:42:43 PM

That's a pretty dumb bet, considering the device is IN STORES already. It's just not released.

12/8/2011 1:47:42 PM

Anyone else having trouble purchasing apps through the web market?

Quote :

"An error occurred while processing your purchase. Please try again later."

https://market.android.com/details?id=apps_timed_promotion&feature=banner

New $0.10 apps today:

Shazam Encore
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Baseball Superstars® 2011
Spirit HD
Jelly Defense
Paper Camera
My Beach HD
Farm Frenzy
Toddler Spanish
Game Dev Story

The first two days were better, today is meh.

Oh, looks like Need for Speed SHIFT is available too!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eamobile.nfsshift_na_wf



[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 11:37 AM. Reason : .]

12/9/2011 11:14:26 AM

WTF

TO

HONEYCOMB

NOT

HAVING

AN

AUTO

SLEEP/HIBERNATE

FUNCTION

EVEN

F***ING

WINDOWS

HAS

THIS

12/9/2011 11:19:03 AM

I don't think there's a single mobile OS that has a sleep function...

12/9/2011 11:21:02 AM

SLEEP MODE ON MOBILE OS = TURNING SCREEN OFF, just press the power button once.

If you actually want to shutdown, press and hold the power button. Startup times aren't that bad.

Quote :

"Anyone else having trouble purchasing apps through the web market? An error occurred while processing your purchase. Please try again later."

Yes.

[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM. Reason : .]

12/9/2011 11:23:18 AM

I had no problem just now, but it was just one app.

12/9/2011 11:25:38 AM

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/9/2623162/motorola-wins-german-patent-lawsuit-apple-sales-ban-iphone-ipad

Woops, Apple's patent war against Android backfired.

12/9/2011 11:39:41 AM

Hum, still can't purchase anything ... and I would really like to get Need for Speed SHIFT, which is 10 cents and for some reason isn't showing up on the main page.

12/9/2011 11:40:01 AM

neither can i

12/9/2011 12:13:34 PM

Google Wallet has completely crapped out, I can't even see past transactions....

Quote :

"failed: Oops - the broker server was unable to process your request"

Report it:
http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/request.py?contact_type=market_phone_tablet_web

[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2011 12:19:49 PM

I guess you could say that their 10 cent app promotion celebration is a smashing crashing success!

12/9/2011 12:21:57 PM

https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/topic/android-market/YdAF6cncsoA/discussion

12/9/2011 12:34:47 PM

Yep, crashed on me just now trying to get Need For Speed also...

12/9/2011 12:45:53 PM

Quote :

"Hi XXXXXXX, Thanks for writing in. We're aware that users are having trouble purchasing using Google Checkout, and we're currently investigating. Once the outage is finished, you'll be able to try your purchase again. Thanks in advance for your patience. Regards, Allison S. The Android Market Team"

12/9/2011 12:52:25 PM

Seems to be fixed now.

12/9/2011 2:46:33 PM

Yep, works now.

12/9/2011 2:57:30 PM

So Transformer Prime is confirmed December 19th.

GNex could be Monday, or I've heard pushed back to the 19th as well.

This sucks.

12/9/2011 2:58:50 PM

Quote :

" Subject: Fraud Alert: Call ****** about Your Credit Card Dear ******, Thank you for trusting ****** with your banking needs. There's an important security issue for your credit card ending in ****** that we need to discuss with you. Please call us now at ******. If you live in an international location, call us collect at ******. Thank you, ****** "

Heh... All these $0.10 charges from "Google *APPNAME" have triggered my bank's fraud protection and blocked my card until I called them back. I explained it to them what was going on; they said from their end it appears like a whole bunch of probing charges.

Seriously Google, how about group the charges together a day at a time so I don't have dozens of these 10 cent charges? Thanks.

GG to my bank for paying attention.


[Edited on December 9, 2011 at 4:13 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2011 4:05:48 PM

Quote :

"Seriously Google, how about group the charges together a day at a time so I don't have dozens of these 10 cent charges? Thanks. "

That's what Amazon does... makes sense.

12/9/2011 4:47:44 PM

I'm about to upgrade to my first smartphone. I don't think I would use a 4G phone to its full potential, so what are the better/best 3G phones available for a Verizon plan?

12/11/2011 12:02:50 AM

Keep in mind that you don't HAVE to use 4g, and you don't pay extra for 4g. I only use 4g on my phone when i'm watching netflix or something like that. Otherwise, I have the 4g radio off to help with battery life. But generally speaking, all of the other features are going to be better on a 4g phone compared to a 3g phone simply because they're likely to be newer phones.

The iphone 4 (and 4s) is 3G, and the 4 is very reasonably priced.... but that's not android if you're sure you want an android based phone.

[Edited on December 11, 2011 at 12:12 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2011 12:10:24 PM

^^if you're using vzw, then get a 4G phone to get the 4GB/month for $30 deal. it will probably come in handy once you're really into using your phone more

12/11/2011 12:40:03 PM

the only big advantage of going with a 3G-only phone over a 4G is that they'll likely be cheaper with upfront cost

agreed that the nicer phones will be 4G, but of course you pay for "nicer"...if your budget is $200-300, go with a 4G...if it's more like $100-150, get a nicer 3G

i did forget about the verizon pay-for-2GB-get-4GB deal going on right now, but as noted, that's only with 4G

i rarely use more than 2GB myself, mostly because we have wifi at work and i have it at home, so it connects to that whenever i'm either of those two places

[Edited on December 11, 2011 at 1:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2011 1:39:52 PM

yeh, if you can be on wifi a lot, then your data usage won't be so high. my work wifi has restrictions just like our ethernet, so I don't use much wifi there.

12/11/2011 3:58:44 PM

Any recommendations for an Android-based "mp3 player" that I could set up with Google Voice, Skype, etc. to make it a wifi-only cell phone? I don't use my phone enough to justify paying for a voice+data plan and can put a cheap pre-pay phone in the glove box for emergencies, but I wouldn't mind upgrading to a new mp3 player anyway and might as well turn it into a phone. This would be my first smartphone, and I'm not too worried about budget since I would be cancelling my current cell plan.

So far, I'm looking at the Samsung Galaxy 5.0 (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-5-0-Android-Player/dp/B005P1VNDW/) but I'm down for recommendations. Looking for good sound quality, battery life and the ability to play decent games; I'm not too concerned with browsing speed, though it would be a plus.

12/11/2011 5:15:51 PM

seems like for that much money you could set up a real phone, google voip solution, AND get a better mp3 player

12/11/2011 5:24:59 PM

that's pretty much the best Android player, go with the Samsung Galaxy 5.0

12/11/2011 5:26:03 PM

^^ but could you do that with that much money if you're buying the phone off-contract? if so, what would you recommend?

12/11/2011 5:48:11 PM

well there's this, no idea how good the phone is though...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Virgin+Mobile+-+LG+Optimus+V+No-Contract+Mobile+Phone+-+Black/1879739.p?id=1218299164111&skuId=1879739&st=optimus%20v&cp=1&lp=1

12/11/2011 6:11:45 PM

Quote :

"but could you do that with that much money if you're buying the phone off-contract? if so, what would you recommend?"

i might have misunderstood you...i was thinking you wanted a phone that you could use without ANY cellular service, just something you could use with google voice over wifi

in which case, use google voice with something like the obihai OBI110 ($50), buy a "regular" phone handset ($50), and then a decent mp3 player ($100)...more functionality for your money, IMO

http://www.amazon.com/OBi110-Service-Bridge-Telephone-Adapter/dp/B0045RMEPI/

12/11/2011 8:29:45 PM

I think you understood right; that is what I want to do. But I would like a solution that's portable (contingent on other locations having a wi-fi connection), instead of it being strictly home-based with an adapter like what you linked. I didn't know products like that existed, though, so it would be a good option if I ever felt like having a "landline" in the future.

12/11/2011 8:54:21 PM

Ah, gotcha. Go with the Galaxy, then

12/11/2011 10:21:54 PM

ha, looks like some people were able to get the tards at Best Buy to sell them early

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/11/some-verizon-employees-risking-it-all-to-sell-you-a-galaxy-nexus-early/

12/12/2011 8:35:02 AM

does anyone know how to force the amazon appstore to save to phone memory instead of the SD card? I have 4 gigs free on my phone, but it keeps wanting to put everything on my 2 gig SD, which is full. there's no option under settings. getting frustrated as every google search I do returns jsut pages and pages of app store reviews and the like and no real help

12/12/2011 9:57:17 AM

get a 32GB card?

12/12/2011 10:55:31 AM

Seriously.

BTW I've been blowing up the 10 cent apps.

12/12/2011 11:05:20 AM

hmmm...

http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/galaxy-nexus-forum/10298-ask-me-galaxy-lte-related-questions-ill-try-answer-them-non-release-related-9.html#post110345

Quote :

"Jean-Baptiste Queru (JBQ), Software Engineer at Google, made some comments that sounded puzzling as to how/when releases are done for the LTE version of the Nexus, which you can find here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/Ld5FoFinN7k In response to a question I posed to him, JBQ stated: "Google is directly involved [in releases to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus], but we don't build those on our servers and we don't have all the AOSP files" My question had been prompted in part when JBQ stated in the above thread: "I only have some visibility over the builds that are prepared by Google, i.e. yakju [GSM/HSPA+]. Everything else comes from Samsung and I don't know what their schedules and release plans are." Hmmm, I don't claim to understand this issue, but from what I gather, though the Nexus LTE updates apparently will be released by Google, they come to Google from Samsung and will hinge upon Samsung's "schedules and release plans." And then could VZW meddle with what Samsung sends to Google? "

12/12/2011 12:20:44 PM

i shouldn't need a card if I have plenty of free space on my phone's storage

12/12/2011 12:22:31 PM

I'm up to 25 apps in the last 5 days. wtf is wrong with me?

12/12/2011 12:43:39 PM

Nothing, you spent $2.50

If only I could buy some of them

12/12/2011 1:13:45 PM

Does anyone have a Nexus S 4G they would want to part with for cheap?

I have an EVO3D and a Hero to facilitate the trade in whichever capacity is fair.

12/12/2011 1:20:21 PM

if you got hit with android malware, you could get a free windows phone

https://twitter.com/#!/BenThePCGuy/status/146337278485217280


not trying to convert anybody to windows phone, but hey, free phone is free phone if you can get it

12/12/2011 6:37:13 PM

got the droix razr in today (my sister's christmas present). damn that thing is slick. thin as hell. I want one now I hope she likes it... haha

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM. Reason : .]

12/14/2011 11:03:18 AM

Set up the hackin'

12/14/2011 3:18:38 PM