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** ''Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)'' | ** ''Optional: Remove your SD Card (can't hurt, right?)'' | ||
* Phone reboots and finalizes 2.2 | * 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 | * Once you are happy with Froyo, uninstall Kies Mini from your PC | ||
* Done | * Done | ||
Revision as of 04:55, 24 March 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
Backup Everything- Run Backup Everything on your phone ~ no longer in App Market. Trying random replacement.
- 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.
- Restore your apps
- 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
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