Updating To Gingerbread

Announcement

BR sent me a link to the announcement stating that Mesmerize was getting Gingerbread and since documenting the Updating to Froyo was helpful to some, I'll do the same again for this update.

One thing that I did not keep on was the builds and I've just realized that I'm running EC10 and EE19 has been out, which may have fixed some of my bug issues. I need to keep up on that going forward.

• US Cellular Internal Announcement

Release

Update: It's out. Starting in a few minutes on the update. --Rabbi Bob 18:25, 30 August 2011 (EDT)

Twitter

Awesome, Thank you! RT @rabbibob: @TeamUSCellular 
Downloading update right now and will be giving it a go tonight.  
Will document as well (did with Froyo too).

Updating the Samsung Mesmerize

These are my notes and steps. Your mileage may vary.

References

• US Cellular - Android Page
• Samsung Update Directions

Steps

• Start downloading the update now. It's 417 MB (See Update Directions Link above)
• AppBrain
  • The Update directions has this line at the bottom: Free applications will have to be searched for again and downloaded manually. To avoid this, I use AppBrain for the ease of reloading Apps
  • 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
• Exported Contacts
  • From the Home screen, touch Contacts > Menu.
  • Touch Import/Export > Export to SD card.
  • Confirm export by selecting OK.
• US Cellular Backup (for contacts)
  • Run Backup
• Any other backup processes - do them now.
• Removed the SD card