So what will this do for me other than cost me for using tethering which is free for me now?
That is EXACTLY what it is going to do. Gingerbread is nothing exciting. Moto has a new default app drawer, the colors change on the notification bar, with new clear notification buttons, but beyond that, they just managed to take down your ability to tether wirelessly without handing over $20 a month or more.
Unfortunately, resistance is futile... unless you are willing to click ignore on an update alert every day or couple of days.
pda net works for usb tether
and there are other workarounds out there
and more being worked on
PDANet requires a USB Tether, doesn't help me out.
Eventually (when VZW/HTC re-release it), you won't have a choice. They'll force it on you vs giving you the "Accept", "Defer", etc options. In fact, I saw this occur on my wife's TBolt: It prompted for an update (this was a minor update before GB) and you could hit "Defer" every time. This went on for days or close to a week. One time, she looks, and it's in the process of updating ! It would appear that the "Accept, Defer, etc" options defaults to "Accept" if not answered within a timeframeThanks for the advisory that GB is worthless to the user. Happy about that so I am not tempted to upgrade!
Eventually (when VZW/HTC re-release it), you won't have a choice. They'll force it on you vs giving you the "Accept", "Defer", etc options. In fact, I saw this occur on my wife's TBolt: It prompted for an update (this was a minor update before GB) and you could hit "Defer" every time. This went on for days or close to a week. One time, she looks, and it's in the process of updating ! It would appear that the "Accept, Defer, etc" options defaults to "Accept" if not answered within a timeframe
Only issue I'm aware of is MISSING voicemail notifications. Sadly, it's been that way in all of the 'leaked' GB test versions and people have said "voicemail notifications do not work" but VZW/HTC did nothing...The update was pulled due to buginess. Hopefully they fix the bugs and push it back out soon.
Only issue I'm aware of is MISSING voicemail notifications. Sadly, it's been that way in all of the 'leaked' GB test versions and people have said "voicemail notifications do not work" but VZW/HTC did nothing...