Rumor: Froyo on 7/30

[wrecklass]

Re: RUMOR ALERT, EVO and Froyo rumored August 5th

One thing I don't understand: so many folks seem to expect Froyo to make available all of the things that Sprint has locked down for reasons of greed. What makes you folks think Sprint won't demand that Froyo be similarly crippled for installation onto the EVO? Why do you think Sprint would allow an O/S upgrade to eat into their profits?

Warning this is what happens when you let your fingers start typing before the brain is engaged.

First of all, the majority of features in Froyo don't change Sprints profits at all. Just in time compiler, apps running from SDCard, auto updating apps, etc. None of these things will hurt Sprint at all.

And the features that Sprint already offers, like wireless hotspot, will still be controlled by Sprint.

So to answer your questions, nobody thinks Sprint wants Froyo to eat into their profits. Because it won't.

It also won't likely be released on August 5th.
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[meyerweb#CB]

Well the 30 caps has to probably do more with HTC if that's the limitation your talking about. Again that's why Sprint is personally preparing the Froyo 2.2. And if anybody is talking about the WiFi hotspot, well if you like it, pay for it.

Sprint preparing the update? Hogwash. Sprint doesn't have the expertise to do an OS update and integrate it with Sense and the Evo hardware. HTC is doing that work, Sprint will be testing it.

 

[kuhawksr1]

The Evo is Sprint's flagship; the phone they have the huge mock-up of that goes on top of the winning car's roof at every NASCAR race, the phone that Sprint is riding to the bank.

Flagship for now. This time last year that mock-up was a PRE. Just sayin.

 

[VDub2174]

I'm going to continue to keep the promise to myself to not get excited until I hear something official...............................................even though I got excited reading the first post

 

[Edge767]

Flagship for now. This time last year that mock-up was a PRE. Just sayin.

Yes, but the Pre was the flagship for more than two-three months. The Evo's been out just under two. It's still in Sprint's best interest to have their current flagship be as up-to-date with Android as possible.

Just sayin'.

 

[ZuriKalea]

I'm going to continue to keep the promise to myself to not get excited until I hear something official...............................................even though I got excited reading the first post

LOL i sooo agree with you on this

 

[VDub2174]

LOL i sooo agree with you on this

I learned my lesson from my BB days with their OS releases.....LOL As happy as I am to hear that Froyo for the EVO may be soonish, I will only start jumping up and down when I see it confirmed officially

 

[cg1492]

I learned my lesson from my BB days with their OS releases.....LOL As happy as I am to hear that Froyo for the EVO may be soonish, I will only start jumping up and down when I see it confirmed officially

I can be confirmed by Sprint, but doesn't mean it will come out in a timely manner. I will be happy when the official update button for froyo works on the evo.

 

[VDub2174]

I can be confirmed by Sprint, but doesn't mean it will come out in a timely manner. I will be happy when the official update button for froyo works on the evo.

When I say "confirmed officially" I mean reading something here saying it's available for download

I already went through that fun game with the 2.1 update on my Moment when Sprint said "soon" but meant in 3 months.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Flagship for now. This time last year that mock-up was a PRE. Just sayin.

And this time last year the Pre was a good phone. Since then Android kept developing and getting better while the Pre (for the most part) stayed the same.

Carriers take chances calling a phone it's flagship, and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't. Hindsight is 20/20, but I think the EVO is a good phone to have as a flagship. Much better than the Pre was last year.

 

[C01E]

O.K.,

Don't shoot the messenger. I am just repeating what I heard and what I have read elsewhere. I am very skeptical of this information, but it gives me a glimmer of hope. As always, when I see it, I will believe it.

I happen to talk to a account services rep last night and happened to ask if they had heard about when the EVO 4G would get version 2.2. I was expecting her to tell me nothing, or I don't know, or even sometime in the Fall or Winter. She told me that she is hearing August 5th. I said, are you sure, and she repeated that is what she was told.

Now on to today. I was at a Sprint Corporate Store today buying some accessories, and was talking to the manager, and casually asked the same question about the EVO and 2.2(Froyo). First he said he hasn't heard anything. I told him I talked to an Account service rep last night and she said she heard August 5th. The manager said I can't say anything official, but it's possible. He wouldn't say anything else.

I got home and started to see if anywhere else on the web was reporting this date. I saw a thread over at Android forums, and this guy also was told August 5th.

Here is the thread:

possible froyo release! - Android Forums

I even think I saw something at Engadget in a reply area saying the same thing.

AGAIN, I am not sure I believe this, but it is good to hope.

Please no flaming. All I am doing is reporting a rumor, and that is all it is. I wouldn't be surprised if August 5th came and went without the update, but we can always hope.

Good on ya for treating this info like a reasonable person would. Posting it with disclaimers and not inciting a rumor frenzy! (PS: Here is hoping the rumor is true though!)

 

[Epsom_D2]

Froyo Possibly Tomorrow???

HTC beginning Froyo rollout tomorrow? Maybe, maybe not -- Engadget

One can only hope this is true!!!

 

[slopokdave]

I would think this would be fore HTC devices w/o carrier specific tweaks. I.e., Sprint/HTC Sense.

One can hope though.

 

[elder_shawn]

I always thought it was more of a carrier decision rather than HTC's decision. Doesn't Sprint already have Froyo and are working feverishly to break its functionality add its crapware.

 

[storino03]

I'm guessing within the next two weeks it'll be out for EVO

 

[Epsom_D2]

My real hope is that they bring back the option to run vanilla android versus sense all the time. Don't get me wrong I like sense, but the clean interface is nice too and options are what Android is all about!

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I always thought it was more of a carrier decision rather than HTC's decision. Doesn't Sprint already have Froyo and are working feverishly to break its functionality add its crapware.

Sprint may "have" Froyo, but Sprint isn't the one doing the software upgrade and integration with Sense, turning off functionality, or adding crapware. htc will be the one doing that work. What they add and turn off will be at Sprint's direction, but Sprint doesn't have teams of programmers working on every different model of phone they sell. The manufacturers do that work. Sprint will test it when complete.

 

[storino03]

I doubt there will be an option to run stock android from Sprint. This is an HTC device for a reason.

 

[akarol]

Don't hold your breath. There will definitely be a press released about the update coming to the EVO before anything. Those usually precede the mentioned action(s) by weeks.

 

[splmonster]

I doubt there will be an option to run stock android from Sprint. This is an HTC device for a reason.

From Sprint? You mean HTC? HTC is what removed the option with it's latest update, not Sprint.

Don't hold your breath. There will definitely be a press released about the update coming to the EVO before anything. Those usually precede the mentioned action(s) by weeks.

Not always... webOS never did this. I'm also pretty sure Google keeps it quiet until right before.