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[G2 and Desire Z General] ACHILLES R32:
Called five corporate tmobile stores in my area asking them if they know when they will get the SD cards for the Gingerbread Update. Four had no clue what i was talking about, the last guy said he heard about it but has not received anything yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] [hfm]:
I couldn't listen to the sound, but why the hell would you do it outside I the sun where no one can see the display. Seems sketchy, but maybe that minute of doing nothing in the beginning explained it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ishthecommish:
Hard to believe we don't have the link yet...
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Does this mean that I'm not going to get the OTA?

grep FOTA logcat.txt

W/PackageManager( 1302): Unknown permission android.permission.FOTA_UPDATE in package com.android.updater
W/ActivityManager( 1302): Permission Denial: broadcasting Intent { act=android.server.checkin.FOTA_CANCEL } from com.google.android.gsf (...) requires android.permission.HTC_FOTA_UPDATE due to registered receiver BroadcastFilter{...}}
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nippero:
I just ordered a used HTC G2 last night to replace my blackberry and old Xperia X1 (I still love that phone...)

Anyway, just wondering, why are people so excited over an official 2.3 ROM when there are several custom 2.3 ROMs already (or am I mistaken). Are they really that buggy?

Just asking because I want Sense and was planning on flashing my G2 with the Unity ROM.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Finch106:
My girlfriend's G2 got the update yesterday morning. We're in Southeast Texas. We (I had a G2 as well) updated to the "Leaked" OTA a few months back and were running it. I wanted her to get the update the right way and have everything working great so I downgraded her back to the stock rom, it installed the T-Mobile update with Wifi calling. After that it downloaded the "2.3.3" update. It installed, and it's showing as 2.3.4. What can I do to help, I didn't have any software installed as it wiped her phone out after the intial downgrade, and I didn't mess with it aside from signing her in to get her contacts and facebook photos matched up. I sold my G2 and I did the same thing (downgraded, auto-updated) and it hasn't gotten 2.3.4 yet. I don't know why her's got it and mine hasn't. If I can help out I will, what do I need to do to get a link? Her phone is right here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ishthecommish:
Just got the update. Its 2.3.4
[G2 and Desire Z General] konoplya:
I have a stock g2 and I have never updated it. I have root with s-off. Currently I have an ota that keeps popping up for ther past couple weeks that wants to update my phone from a build 1.19.531.1 to 1.22.531.8

Should I update to this build and then update to the gingerbread ota when I get it or will I be able to just update straight to gingerbread ota?

Also, can I get the root back once I update?

Thank you guys in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
Got the update 20 mins ago... so hyped lmao
[G2 and Desire Z General] Quiksotik:
Why are none of these people that are getting it now using alogcat?
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
What is alogcat?
[G2 and Desire Z General] hogg2500:
Right, run logcat folks, help the rest of us
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainrule:
I'm running alogcat, just waiting for the update... everyone else join in.
[G2 and Desire Z General] hogg2500:
I have been the last few days lol
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
I thought the DZ Gingerbread update started rolling out around July 14? Somebody posted the untouched ROM from the OTA here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1169004

That's only 2 weeks late from when they originally promised. When they say an update is coming by a certain date, they mean when it will start rolling out, and it takes time to do so. They aren't saying you are guaranteed to get it by any certain date.
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
See the above reply. aLogcat is the app to get.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Like I said before the dam android gods are sending it to all the wrong ppl GRRRRR. It needs sent to AT LEAST one person who gives a **** about the rest of the community and can logcat the link. Then I don't give a dam who the android overlords send it to! UGH UGH UGH.

To the person above who said why are we excited when there is other android 2.3 roms...we have a billion sense roms, and CM (and all aosp roms being a knockoff of that). We NEED TRUE AOSP ROMS WITH PROPRIETARY DRIVERS AND ALL. THAT'S WHY WERE POOPING OUR PANTS OVER THIS.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nippero:
LOL, pretty excited aren't ya.

And I see, its mainly about real, proper, drivers for GB and the G2 which makes it run smoother than current custom ROMs. And later better custom ROMs can be made using these new drivers and whatever goodies that comes with official 2.3.

" It needs sent to AT LEAST one person who gives a **** about the rest of the community and can logcat the link."

^ thats a bit harsh though ): But if it helps, I'll install alogcat as the first thing i do when my phone arrives.
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
Upgrades at TMO Store pushed back one day -- now August 6th.

T-Mobile has updated their support documents for both the T-Mobile G2 and myTouch 4G allowing for customers to walk into a local T-Mobile store and upgrade their device to Gingerbread. Beginning August 6th (August 13th for customers in the West and Midwest regions) any G2 or myTouch 4G owner can walk into a T-Mobile retail store to receive the Gingerbread update using an SD card provided by the store location. T-Mobile had originally planned on beginning this process August 5th but has pushed it back a few days for unknown reasons. Still, an extra day or two won’t hurt for those of you who have waited this long to receive Gingerbread goodness. Make sure to back up your phone before heading into your local store!

http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/t-mo...in-store-to-gingerbread-beginning-august-6th/
[G2 and Desire Z General] roadrunnerx7:
Got good news and bad news...

bad news first, I forgot to run aLogcat, sorry guys...

Good news! im almost positive that if you factory reset your phone you will get the update. thats what i did, factory reset it twice and immediately got the update. finally have gingerbread!
[G2 and Desire Z General] mayurolla:
Not willing to factory reset. Don't want to lose all my stuff. Ill wait it out. In the midwest and west regions, I read the sd cards will be available on august 13th.
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
Highly unlikely that you'll be waiting that long. I'd be very surprised if we don't get the OTA download within the next few days.

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[G2 and Desire Z General] Stargazer418:
Quick question: does this method still work for downgrading an upgraded G2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
/yawn

so, nothing still? Maybe Saturday when the stores allegedly receive the magic sdcard updates we might actually get our hands on it...maybe.

Didn't someone else also post in this thread (unverified?) that T-Mobile had yanked the update at the last moment?

Tbh, until someone posts up the update bits or a valid url, I don't buy anyone has gotten anything yet. Nice try though! :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
i got my ota up date this morning ! i have had stock only froyo on my g2 since got last oct (no rooting etc.). so hang in there hopefully your update comes soon. i didnt do anything but wait for it to arrive (no checkins, no factory reset).

all my data survived and so far noticeably snappier and diff icons/inteface look.

sorry did not runner logger to capture fota update link i mostly lurk here. :-)

~t
[G2 and Desire Z General] elpresspl:
I did mentioned that. My tmobile rep told me that but maybe he meant the SDCard update. haven't heard from him yet...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Finch106:
Yes, that's what I did to the phone that got it. Still waiting on my old G2 to get it.

EDIT: I just read your post in the other thread. This is what I used to get from the leaked OTA to stock 2.2, then it updated to 2.3.4. I don't know if it'll downgrade to 2.2 from the official OTA 2.3.4.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
Does anyone know if having 2.3.3 will prevent you getting the 2.3.4 OTA update? I got a replacement phone on it and it had the leaked 2.3.3 copy on it. Has anyone gone from the leaked to the OTA without issue?

Edit: or do I have to downgrade first? Id rather not downgrade to 2.2 only for it to not update automatically after.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
Actually the update didn't delete all the stuff I foound everything how I left it before the update just so you guys know, don't be afraid to hit the update when it pops up
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Can at least someone give us the f-in build number? We have yet to even get that UGH UGH UGH this is crazy! XDA never used to be so clueless!
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainrule:
The update doesn't wipe your phone when it is OTA. If you install using an sd card it will.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
i have seen this in this thread, but here it is again fresh from my ota update this morning :-)

Model Number

T-Mobile G2

Android version

2.3.4

Baseband version

12.52.60.25U_26.08.04.30_M3

Kernel version

2.6.35.10-g96de068

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Build number

2.15.531.3 CL82286 release-keys

~t
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Also, you will lose root (if you had it), and currently there is no known root method for this new update (that I know of, anyway). So if you care about that, don't just blindly update. Wait until either there is a known root method, or someone releases a modified version that includes root.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CapinWinky:
No it won't. Your phone is only wiped on a full ROM change (for stock ROMs that is usually a passimg.zip). They are warning about this being possible if you go to the T-Mo store because if the update.zip doesn't apply right away (maybe you installed the leaked update or have a custom ROM), they will hit it with the passimg.zip.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CapinWinky:
That's a hell of a build number, N1 is just "GRJ22"
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Thank u very much! This isn't the same rumor crap right? This is from someone who actually installed it and this is what there phone says I hope?
[G2 and Desire Z General] diehardfan:
its the unroot that worries me and no re-root option yet
[G2 and Desire Z General] jouva:
Now I've been mostly nice in this thread and being logical. I'm also aware nobody HAS to do anything for us.

That being said...

Why are people that come to read this thread not even bothering to run aLogCat????

Seriously. If you're coming to this forum, you probably have an understanding beyond the general public about your device. By now, many people should be running aLogCat. Why are so many people posting they have it yet not providing URLs? And is there not some way to go BACK into the log? I mean it IS a FILE is it not?

Also for those of you thinking this is some bull**** that doesn't really exist, go join the people who keep talking about other conspiracy theories. The update exists. It's just being rolled out very slowly.
[G2 and Desire Z General] clintz:
I just got alogcat in case I get the update, but I'm usually pretty late to the update parties.. :-/
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
Did anyone who has gotten the OTA update have anything other than froyo?? I have the leaked 2.3.3 it came on my replacement phone and would like to know if it would help to do the downgrade.
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
I can tell you that the log only goes so far back, so if they didn't run aLogCat and save it within a few minutes (hours?) of getting the update, the logs are deleted to make room for new logs. Logs are created pretty quickly, and I'm not sure whether it's a specific size, or an amount of time, that is the limit of how far back it goes. But after a while, those logs are just gone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
haha no this is not a rumor or made up - this is directly from my g2 that has never been rooted and was stock froyo before receiving the ota this morning to gingerbread. :-)

~t
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
If you can't be bothered to help the community by running aLogCat why are you posting in this thread? There's no question that the OTA is real.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
sorry i did not have time to install the logger like most have said in this thread who have received the ota update - but someone did want to know the build particulars so there you are. hope you get your update soon too.

~t
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
Ease up there starfcker69 he provided helpful details about his build after he got the update. That's why he posted. Relax tiger. I've asked a few times, but gotten no response - It seems like mostly stock froyo people have been getting the update. Does the downgrade method wipe anything? I might try it to see if its 2.3.3 preventing us from getting the update..
[G2 and Desire Z General] jorenko:
One guy on tmonews.com's comments claims to have gotten the OTA while on the leaked 2.3.3, but that's all I've seen so far.
[G2 and Desire Z General] starfcker69:
aLogCat is a tiny app available from Market and takes only a moment to install. If you ran it now and saved the log, the update info still may be there.

I'm happy for you that you got the OTA.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmafighter121:
Only thought of it because one member on here said they downgraded and THEN they immediately got the upgrade.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
OMG!!! I GOT THE UPDATE, AND I'M RUNNING LOGCAT!!! YEAH!!! THE URL IS:

(http:// ---)

Ohh.. no... sorry sorry guys, it's not the update..

Still waiting...

LOL :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
That was straight up ignorant. Not funny.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Why are all these people saying they can't root this update? There have been instructions in the past week posted on how to root gingerbread. If it worked on the gb leak why would it not work on this? QUIT SPREADING FUD.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ts-1:
i installed alogcat and looked pages and pages of captured logs nothing with OTA or FOTA or FOTA_UPDATE in it sorry.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lockedown:
It's funny, I'm rooted but got the OTA night before last. I tried to install, it failed (Android with yellow !), and I rebooted back into 2.2. OTA hasn't come back since :(.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
it seems i have heard this before, try a 'factory reset' and see if the OTA update comes back.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lockedown:
Would, but don't want to lose everything and start fresh. That'd take a while. I'm sure after the 6th this will all take care of itself. But I can't stop refreshing!
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
So let's get some solid info. Can this be rooted and then s-off achieved? Cause I will 100% stock my phone with s back on if it can be rooted. If this gingerleak can be rooted and s off why can't this?
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Also whenever the link is found, START A NEW TOPIC. We need the devs to get this rooted and posted in the dev section asap! And I doubt they are gonna go through 100s of pages to find it. Let's get it out there for them!
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
you got a point.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nippero:
Either I'm confused.. or you're confused...

I think people are unhappy because they themselves cannot root the ROM immediately after because no solution has been made yet.

I dont think people are saying the ROM is impossible to root by anyone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
Your right sorry I should've posted this before.... 2.15.531.3 CL82286 release-keys

Android: 2.3.4

Notice a million post before this one and the build #, xda app didn't update the post afterr yours asking for the build #
[G2 and Desire Z General] kingston73:
I think it's flippin funny as f&*k that there are 29 pages of people flipping out and getting mad and upset and all. I'm looking forward to this update as much as anybody, but holly geezus people, y'all need to calm down a bit. It'll get here when it gets here, go spend some time with a girl (or guy, which ever you prefer), go to the beach, enjoy yourself some summertime.
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
Lmaoooo, well we want root ASAP so we need the info can't wait to overclock my GB G2!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Let's start an OTA link bounty thread. First person to post the OTA gets the $$$. Judging by this thread, it could be thousands of dollars!!!

Kidding.... ;) no really, don't do it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ameedi600:
I saw on another website that the ota should start rolling out for mytouch 4g and g2 on Aug. 6th. Here is the website that I saw it and this website is almost always accurate: WWW.theunlockr.com
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Ok so the gingerleak can be rooted but this can't? That don't make much sense. Are the people that are saying this can't be rooted even aware that they had a gingbread root breakthrough about a week ago? I just think people are confused. Leak is 2.13 this is 2.15. This HAD to be finalised before root was obtained last week so there is no way in HELL that this can't be rooted imo. There is a link in the general and the dev forum on how to root gingerjunk.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ACHILLES R32:
I factory reset phone a few times to see if i would get the update, nothing happened. Im using the leaked version on gingerbread 2.3.3. Reinstalled my apps along with logcat to capture the link, when i get the update.
[G2 and Desire Z General] stevew84:
Why is the G2 being updated to 2.3.3 and the mytouch 4g going to 2.3.4? I have the leaked 3.4 rom, will that work on a g2?
[G2 and Desire Z General] diehardfan:
I would love to help get OTA URL, as long as you can provide me with step by step instructions, as I am not the most android savvy user.

read post 9-15, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1200052
[G2 and Desire Z General] jorenko:
If you already have the update there's nothing you can do to help, beyond maybe downgrading back to froyo and waiting to see if you get the update again. If you can get to that point, the instructions from there are (from earlier in this thread):
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
Your not ever going to get the update on that. U have to go back to froyo. Sorry someone didn't tell you sooner.
[G2 and Desire Z General] diehardfan:
But, I haven't installed the update yet, only downloaded.
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Too late; the download link is what we need, and that gets logged when you downloaded it. At this point the dl link has most likely been erased from your log (only seems to keep records from the past few minutes).
[G2 and Desire Z General] androidfeen809:
G2 was updated with 2.3.4 not 2.3.3, source: I got the update
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
Go to your cache folder via adb/terminal/file manager and copy the file out of there.

That is the OTA!
[G2 and Desire Z General] hogg2500:
Yes please get it
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
We'll have it when it hits T-Mobile stores this weekend and not before. This has been an interesting thread however.

Well, I'll have it at least. Kinda sad that there's no G2 users left on XDA who can up an OTA anymore. The forums just aren't what they used to be. People are moving on I suspect and I can't argue with that. So many new sexy phones...I don't mess with the G2 much anymore either.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Kilroy672:
How many times can we do the aLogcat after the checkin? I have done this more than 10 times today and the same result...failed. I'm sure there's no limit but's its the same result everytime. Hopefully we or most of us will get it by the 6th.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lozzd:
I wonder if you can run aLogcat, do a manual checkin and it will re-confirm the download link into the logs?

Worth a shot! Especially given aLogcat is free and really easy to use.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gee one:
I was using adb and I found a file in my /cache folder!!!!

It turns out it was just a market update :( I had a my hopes up for a second, but it's just 1.9MB of resources and drawables.

Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] diehardfan:
Can provide me with instructions on how to do the above, not the most android savvy user :o
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Okay, for all of my negativity, guess what just downloaded to my phone? I'm going to stall the update, go Airplane and root this real quick so I can get some root access to /cache etc. We'll see what I can find.

It's reporting a 73.1 MB update btw.

Yup, going to have to root. Can't get to /cache at $...
[G2 and Desire Z General] drk421:
Currently, I'm running the 2.3.3 (rooted) version that was posted in the dev forum.

If I downgrade to 2.2 (stock + rooted using the clockworkmod backup I made), and do the update, will it download the update to the /cache directory?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
It should. I'm gfree rooted and about 2 hours ago I flashed back the 1.19 (G2) PC10IMG, let it OTA up to 1.22 and just let it sit. A little bit ago I did another manual checkin and the network traffic lit up steady for the next 5 minutes, then update notification.

Currently debating to root or not to root; not sure if I'll lose the OTA in the process though. I can't see any other way to get at the update file though because /cache while unrooted is only d------...
[G2 and Desire Z General] aer0nz:
Temproot with Visionary to access your /cache without rebooting?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Okay, temp rooted so far, just haven't pulled the gfree trigger but I get a look at /cache. Here's the badboy we've been after (I'll get this copied off and uploaded to a host asap:

f4d11a64d2df.OTA_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.15.531.31.22.531.8_release_197463.zip

specifially (i apologize, im copying from the dos window)

-rw-r--r-- app_17 app_17 76650021 2011-08-03 23:53 f4d11a64d2df.OTA_Vision_G

ingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.15.531.3-1.22.531.8_release_197463.zip
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Too bad you didn't run aLogCat before the update downloaded, we'd have the url now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] aer0nz:
Pretty good fast thinking with that visionary eh? :p, been lurking all day with that in my head, was just waiting for someone to airplane that **** so they can do it :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
yeah, so instead in 5-10 min you'll have a dropbox or mediashare url. waaaaa :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] RebelScum75:
Yeah, sorry. Actually, thank you very much in advance for getting this out!
[G2 and Desire Z General] aer0nz:
I was just about to tear into you too for being a snobby prick, haha.
[G2 and Desire Z General] blanthony:
so I put the leaked version on. So will the OTA update come to me or what? Or will I need to go to the store and have them load it. I can't believe the rom isn't available for download some place by now!
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
Try this URL for the direct download:

http_colon_slash_slash_android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/tmobile_g2/f4d11a64d2df.OTA_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.15.531.3-1.22.531.8_release_197463.zip

It worked for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Okay gang, let me upload this...copied off /cache onto the HDD hidden, but I got it worked out lol...now to find a host rl qk.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jorenko:
No dice here.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kpetrie77:
Spooky, thank you for sharing with us. The link is working.

Kind Regards,

Kevin
[G2 and Desire Z General] qwerty5555:
I think this is the actual url:

android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/tmobile_g2/f4d11a64d2df.OTA_Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.15.531.3-1.22.531.8_release_197463.zip

Thanks zkid2010 for finding the file name. Combining the file name with the url and naming scheme for the prior OTA updates gave the above url. Sure enough there's a 73MB file sitting there.
[G2 and Desire Z General] elpresspl:
Yup, I confirm!
[G2 and Desire Z General] zkid2010:
Np - I'm still upping the zip to mediafire so I'll post a url in a few. :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] spookievision:
I had to use colon_slash_etc as the system won't let me post actual links.