[Intercept General] pinkcypher:
FroYo's a mixed bag...

I was so excited when at 2:30 this morning, the 2.2 Froyo installation prompt came through! I was thrilled to finally get it...but the install did come with some cons.

-WARNING!-This will be a nitpicky review, but I like to know how stuff works and why things are the way they are...and like to customize settings. I is what I is.

Negatives [or things I haven't figured out yet]:

♀It still won't allow me to remove apps that shipped with the phone (Facebook, ThinkFree Office, airG Chat, My Account (Virgin Mobile), Activate (Virgin Mobile), etc. In fact, It /added more/ unwanted apps such as Task Manager [already had Advanced Task Killer], something called WHERE which looks like a Yelp knockoff, News and Weather -- that's what I just noticed; there may be more.

Q: Why force apps on people? Are they paying Samsung or VM to be included on the device? I don't mind them being there when phone is unboxed, but allow /me/ to decide what takes up space, controls valuable resources, and has who-knows-what-permissions on my phone. Arrgh!! :mad:

♀Why would the shortcuts to Silent, WiFi, etc on the notifications tab be removed? They were so easy to get to there. I don't see these options on the Widgets list, so this is one I'll have to keep playin with...and hope I can add shortcuts.

♀No Flash for the Intercept on 2.2. FAIL

{so no hulu, netflix(?), but at least crackle and tv.com apps work}

♀I understood that memos added to the phone would be deleted, but I didn't get that the Memos app would be 86'd! RIP you cute lil thing.

♀The update messed up Lookout, but an un- and reinstall seems to have fixed that. This is an imporant - and free - app recommended to me since it can locate a stolen phone, backs up all your contacts and some data, and watches for and stops malware/spyware apps.

♀Why would a regular non-animated, non-live wallpaper just be removed w/2.2? It was a native Intercept image, the one I was currently using as the wallpaper.

♀I liked the look of the interface before, but this futuristic text and weird messaging pics sucks. Why isn't this customizable in Settings?

♀Some YouTube videos now display "Not available in mobile view." This is not a good turn of events. YT did get an interesting facelift, though.

Positives:

♀Can finally save apps to the SD card. Yes! Low space was always an issue. Q: How come some don't give you the option to be saved to SD?? Hard-coded into the app, maybe.

♀Update seems to have made everything snappier and more responsive. Things aren't getting stuck in memory requiring a kill switch...but need more time to research this.

♀Update was fast and easy.

♀I too love the more accurate network icon showing 3G status.

♀I thought VM did a good job notifying users about the update, reassured on what would be untouched and what needed to be backed up.

♀I had no idea there would be 5 screens until i read a posting here. [Thanks for the tip!]

This is a fantastic update, one that I can take advantage of now that I can download more apps (space limitations due to not being to save to SD prevented me from needing to shortcut that many apps).

That's all for now...will post (complain?) more if I notice new things.

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UPDATE:

I'm pretty upset because the update erased ALL my phone contacts and will not allow me to even ADD a new one! I called Virgin Mobile tech support and was told to remove the battery and "let it sit for a moment." That flimsy solution made me mad, so she transferred me to "Technical Support." What?! Wasn't I already talking to tech support?!

The guy she trasferred me to said it was supposed to have deleted all the contacts. He actually blamed me for not backing things up. I told him nothing said that contacts would be removed -- here's the link they sent in their text message: h t t p : / / msg4u . us / isr. [Had to break this up b/c it won't allow new users to post links.]

But regardless of who's fault it is, you never, ever blame the customer. But you absolutely don't when the reason for their call was trouble caused by an update you provided. I'm so angry right now.

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Since that call, I've tried performing a Restore from Lookout (which added only 7 contacts) and importing a csv file (generated from Lookout) with the contacts that I saved to the SD card. It can't find the csv file because it appears to be hard-coded to look for "vCard data" on the SD card. Apparently, I should have exported contacts using the phone's functionality.

After those 2 things didn't work, I tried adding a new contact. THAT WON'T EVEN WORK!!

I'm so frustrated I don't know what to do. I was so happy to be contract free and on a lower plan with Virgin Mobile, but this is unacceptable.

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Final update:

I found the solution to the problem on Facebook, c/o "Mini Ro"

on contacts page, menu, display options, click on your gmail account, system group: my contacts, check mark!

I'd love to know about everyone else's experiences with Froyo.