A big shock happened for at least one T-Mobile G2 owner who recently had to replace his G2 for warranty reasons as his replacement already had Android 2.3 Gingerbread installed. The thing is, he isn’t alone as at least a handful of G2 owners have experienced the very same thing happening this week. It’s an odd turn of events for the T-Mobile G2 this week as first word comes down that it’s nearing the end of its shelf-life and we now hear Gingerbread is closer than we think. Perhaps “coming soon” this time actually means “coming soon.” That would be a nice turn of events for a change. We’ll just cross our fingers a Gingerbread update that arrives “soon.”