Latest revision as of 14:54, 5 September 2011

My path for updating the US Cellular based HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S Mesmerize.

Updating to Froyo wipes your phone settings completely.

Apps:

AppBrain
- Link AppBrain to your Gmail account
- Sync with AppBrain
- Log into the website with the account and verify you see all of your apps
- My Appbrain App List
~~Backup Everything~~
- ~~Run Backup Everything on your phone~~ ~ no longer in App Market. Trying random replacement.
App Backup Reinstall
- Not as good as Backup Everything, but worked well for retrieving non-Market apps.
US Cellular Backup (for contacts)
- Run Backup

HTC Desire

http://www.uscellular.com/android/software.html (reference)
http://www.htc.com/us/support/desire-uscellular/downloads/ - Get the following
- HTC Sync 3.0.51 for HTC Desire™ | 01.11.2011 (69 MB)
- HTC Desire FROYO Upgrade (Software 2.11.573.0) | 02.08.2011
  - How to Download and Install (2 MB)
  - FROYO upgrade (Software 2.11.573.0) - Dowload (171 MB)
Install HTC Sync
Read the How To Download and Install
After you've updated AppBrain, Backup Everything, US Cellular Backup, connect the Desire to your PC and follow the How To Downland and Install directions
- Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)
Phone reboots and finalizes 2.2
Setup phone initially as you when you first got it. Sign into everything you did before. Don't worry about Market updates
US Cellular Backup (for contacts)
- Run Backup to restore contacts
Go to the Market and get Backup Everything
- Restore your apps
  - I had SMS issues when I restored messages. Leave those out.
Go to the Market and get AppBrain
- Setup AppBrain and link to your Gmail account. Sync with AppBrain
- Go to the AppBrain website and look at your account
  - If there are no apps under your new phone's profile, move them from your old phone's profile
- Sync with AppBrain again & update programs
Once you are happy with Froyo, uninstall HTC Sync from your PC
Done

Desire with 2.2

Samsung Mesmerize

Holy crap...finally!

http://www.uscellular.com/android/software.html (reference)
http://www.samsung.com/us/mesmerize/froyoupgrade/
ars.samsung - Get the following
- Kies Mini - 36MB
Install Kies Mini
Read the How To Download and Install
After you've updated AppBrain, Backup software, US Cellular Backup, connect the Mesmerize to your PC and follow the How Do I Update The Software On My US Cellular SCH-i500 (Mesmerize) directions
- Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)
Phone reboots and finalizes 2.2

My experience differed greatly at this point. I powered off the device, installed the SD card again, powered up... and I received email. How could that be? I hadn't set anything up yet. Apparently this upgrade was non-destructive and everything came through intact. If not, I had have followed the same path I did for the Desire. Nicely done Samsung & US Cellular.

Once you are happy with Froyo, uninstall Kies Mini from your PC
Done

A few days later I did a Factory Reset just to do it and restored all my programs as described in the Desire instructions. No issues noted.

Mesmerize with 2.2

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 My path for updating the US Cellular based HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy S Mesmerize.
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 ** Sync with AppBrain
 ** Log into the website with the account and verify you see all of your apps
-* [http://www.appbrain.com/app/backup-everything/com.BackupEverything Backup Everything]
+** My Appbrain [http://www.appbrain.com/user/rabbibob/ App List]
-** Run Backup Everything on your phone
+* <del>[http://www.appbrain.com/app/backup-everything/com.BackupEverything Backup Everything]</del>
+** <del>Run Backup Everything on your phone</del> ~ no longer in App Market. Trying random replacement.
+* [http://www.appbrain.com/app/app-backup-reinstall/tw.nicky.AppBackupReinstall App Backup Reinstall]
+** Not as good as Backup Everything, but worked well for retrieving non-Market apps.
 * US Cellular Backup (for contacts)
 ** Run Backup
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 * Read the How To Download and Install
 * After you've updated AppBrain, Backup Everything, US Cellular Backup, connect the Desire to your PC and follow the How To Downland and Install directions
+** ''Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)''
 * Phone reboots and finalizes 2.2
 * Setup phone initially as you when you first got it.  Sign into everything you did before.  Don't worry about Market updates
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 =Samsung Mesmerize=
-Waiting for US Cellular to get off its arse on this one...
+Holy crap...finally!
+* http://www.uscellular.com/android/software.html (reference)
+* http://www.samsung.com/us/mesmerize/froyoupgrade/
+* [http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=690&AT_ID=364172 ars.samsung]  - Get the following
+** Kies Mini - 36MB
+* Install Kies Mini
+* Read the How To Download and Install
+* After you've updated AppBrain, Backup software, US Cellular Backup, connect the Mesmerize to your PC and follow the How Do I Update The Software On My US Cellular SCH-i500 (Mesmerize) directions
+** ''Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)''
+* Phone reboots and finalizes 2.2
+''My experience differed greatly at this point.  I powered off the device, installed the SD card again, powered up... and I received email.  How could that be? I hadn't set anything up yet.  Apparently this upgrade was non-destructive and everything came through intact.  If not, I had have followed the same path I did for the Desire.  Nicely done Samsung & US Cellular.''
+* Once you are happy with Froyo, uninstall Kies Mini from your PC
+* Done
+A few days later I did a Factory Reset just to do it and restored all my programs as described in the Desire instructions.  No issues noted.
+{{Frame1|Image:MesmerizeFroyo.jpg|Mesmerize with 2.2}}
+[[Category:Weblog-2011-03]]
+[[Category:Android]]

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