Android 2.2 (Froyo) coming to Evo?

[donald.aleshire]

PhoneDog posted a new article about Android 2.2 possibly in internal testing phases right now and could be coming in an OTA update to the Nexus One sometime soon. With the addition of the new Dell phones being previewed that have Froyo on them, I hope that the Evo comes shipped with 2.2 right off the bat

Android 2.2 in internal testing phase?

Here's to waiting and hoping...but no matter what this phone will kick some serious ass!

 

[Scincidae]

I really doubt they would put 2.1 as a spec on the Sprint website if it was coming with 2.2. If Dell can say their phones will have 2.2 shipped why would Sprint have to lie on their teaser site? Maybe they will be working on 2.2 with Sense before it goes live so that they can OTA it soon after the EVO release but I doubt it will be already on the EVO.

 

[Scott Spillers]

The EVO will no doubt ship with 2.1. But I'm sure we'll see an upgrade to 2.2 a few months down the road.

 

[Duvi]

I'm sure if it was a Google device (n2; although made by HTC) announced, it would be possible, but being that it's a HTC device, it's probably in the testing stages and probably come shortly after.

 

[ohthebaby]

as stated before because this thing has sense i doubt itll ship with 2.2, but its inevitable well get it few months after

 

[vikingjunior]

Things are moving quite fast in Android world.

 

[yazman666]

I wouldn't be sure of that since that is the main issue with phones runing HTC Sense ui that takes centuries to have the os update proof of that is the hero..after all all the hero users have not got 2.1 yet just because of HTC laziness. They really need to do something and quick to keep google's pace.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

I would say the problem is that not all hero's are the same. I've been running the leak on my phone for about a month now (sprint hero) but people have noticed that the sound card is different on some models of the heros. Looks like they used the eris sound card on some heros which is probably the hold back right now, but its a serious issue. people would be pissed if they couldn't use their phone as, well, a phone. Dunno why the eris doesn't have it yet, but VZW likes to test things excessively

 

[gibsonhtp#IM]

Well...Hesse and others have said at the unveiling that there would be more features being announced for the phone closer to launch, so who knows.

 

[Complex Pants]

It would be nice if it did, and it would help to make the Evo even more awesome than the incredible

 

[vikingjunior]

Well...Hesse and others have said at the unveiling that there would be more features being announced for the phone closer to launch, so who knows.

Simultaneous surf and talk

 

[MannyZ28]

Simultaneous surf and talk

Now there is some whishful thinking I can agree with. Would greatly help with coming up with some AT&T countering commercials.

 

[empimp]

This is probably a silly noob question, but here goes - is it possibly to load Android 2.2 on a Sprint/HTC phone? Obviously that would mean no HTC Sense, but if I want the latest, greatest hardware AND the latest version of Android, and I don't care about the HTC user interface, could I just load the latest Android version on the Evo?

 

[Oj_Mayo]

You will have to wait until someone has rooted the phone and make a custom rom for the EVO

 

[xorg]

Who owns coding/deploying the release for each phone... the carrier or hardware maker?

I'd rather see the hardware maker in control as telcom companies are big and take forever to do anything.

Palm is able to release updates at their will (every couple months) as the carrier is pretty much out of the picture, except for testing.

 

[djdisturbed]

Who owns coding/deploying the release for each phone... the carrier or hardware maker?

I'd rather see the hardware maker in control as telcom companies are big and take forever to do anything.

Palm is able to release updates at their will (every couple months) as the carrier is pretty much out of the picture, except for testing.

No, palm still has to send in a copy to sprint (or whatever carrier) to test before they send out the update, thats normally the part that takes the longest

 

[xorg]

Yup, as I said... the carrier is only involved in the testing not the development or deployment of the updates. Palm releases the updates, not Sprint. I'm on the Palm dev testing beta group. I can tell you for certain Sprint testing does not take the longest.

 

[theiphonewannabe]

Yup, as I said... the carrier is only involved in the testing not the development or deployment of the updates. Palm releases the updates, not Sprint. I'm on the Palm dev testing beta group. I can tell you for certain Sprint testing does not take the longest.

This is the bright side of not allowing carrier customization. This is why my parents HP computer sucked until I installed Windows 7 without all the bloatware etc.

 

[Yourdogsdead]

With the Evo though it would have to go through Sprint and HTC before being released. That's going to take a lot of time, unless Google really pushes them to move their ass.

 

[lawmangrant]

2.2 would be nice, still looking to see if Sprint tries to lock down the built in wifi app