Updating to Froyo

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