So far, this update is working wonderfully...
I originally had the 12.1199 update and had found out it had some bugs in it as in:
- Camera would reset the phone after taking 1 to 3 pictures
- Camcorder would reset the phone if there was too much motion on the screen
- Bad Battery management
- Somewhat sluggish menus
As of now, updated to the 13.37 update today over EDGE...yes EDGE, stinking Branson, MO on vacation down there (home in St. Louis, MO) and their stinking sub-par EDGE network that needs to be upgraded to 3G...ahem...all of the bugs mentioned seemed to be fixed except the battery. My phone is almost dead so I am charging it. I will see about the battery tomorrow and will report back on that.
Thank you AT&T for coming out with the update. Now, just make it to where we can have the same luxury as other Android owners as in:
- Uninstall any program
- Install any program (including not from Market)
- etc (other threads are on this)
I downloaded the update and so far so good. In general, I like my Backflip, but it really needs an OS update. For instance, I want to download the Kindle app but it won't work with the 1.5 OS. Even an upgrade to the 1.6 OS would be an improvement (although I'd prefer the 2.1). I'd like to add my voice to the pleas for OS upgrades throughout this forum. Thanks!
In regards to the Battery, all seems to be well. I have seen a little bit of an improvement in the way the battery is used. Typically, before the update, if my phone was fully charged, by the time I woke up 8 hours later, my battery percentage would be around 93% (This is if WiFi and GPS and Happenings [I don't use Happenings] are all turned off). The only program I have running that would use any network would be Seesmic for my Twitter stuff.
Now, after the update, it doesn't hit 93%, it hits about 95% to 96%. A little bit better.
Normal usage as in the sending of texts and browsing the internet and tweeting, the battery life has improved greatly on that note. Before the update, if I used my phone for an entire day after a full charge, my battery would be drained down to about 30%. This is after heavy usage of texting, browsing internet, tweeting, looking on Facebook, checking the Market for applications, etc.
Now, after the update, it doesn't hit 30%, it hits about 50% to 55%. A significant change I should say.
I can't claim that this will be on all Backflip phones, but it is on mine. This is just my 2 cents and my own observations. Thank you AT&T! Now, get us 2.1 in Q3 with no restrictions or at least the ability to install non-market apps over the internet and uninstall the bloatware we don't need and all will be good.
