The Official Froyo News, Speculation and Discussion Thread

[Devtodi]

sorry, still too confusing. Whats the PIT button?

 

[Windfrenzy]

sorry, still too confusing. Whats the PIT button?

Check the screenshot of Odin in the thread [How to] Factory Restore (or Fix a Bricked Phone). You'll see the PIT button. It has a red box around it that says "step 7." You can download Odin and run it and check it out too.

 

[Paul627g]

Any further questions involving use of Odin or Froyo based roms let's try and post them in the related threads in the Rooting/ROMs/Hacking section.

Thanks everyone.

 

[MrszBerry]

Froyo 2.2?

Does this phone have Froyo 2.2?

I'm trying to decide between this and the EVO. The EVO screen is kind of big.

 

[Mike77]

Nope. I bought it in Sept, They Said Froyo in Nov, then before the end of the year. Well its Feb... Will never buy Samsung again.

 

[Mobius360]

You can put froyo on it but its not a sprint official release.

 

[eQuin2011]

how do we do that??? And what if Sprint Releases their update...Will i be able to update it to the official one?? (not holding my breath on Official updates from Sprint)

 

[Paul627g]

how do we do that???

Epic 4G Rooting, ROMs, and Hacks section. Most of your questions can be answered here. Also check out the link to the [FAQ] in my signature below.

And what if Sprint Releases their update...Will i be able to update it to the official one?? (not holding my breath on Official updates from Sprint)

Yes it is possible. Read more at the link below.

Can I Still Get OTA Updates with Leaked Froyo/Custom ROM/etc?

 

[strategy]

Froyo update coming to Epic on Feb 21st?!?

http://www.androidcentral.com/official-froyo-sprint-epic-4g-coming-feb-21-rumor

Good news, but I definitely won't be holding my breath.

 

[ejohnnyk]

Froyo update coming to Epic on Feb 21st?!?

Rumor puts official Froyo update for the Sprint Epic 4G on Feb. 21 | Android Central

Good news, but I definitely won't be holding my breath.

I don't blame the kind folks at Android Central for posting this info.

However... a "rumor" from a single "source" hardly gets me excited and at this point, gets me aggravated.

When considering the track record of previously reported "rumors" - I'd rather not read stuff like this. It's just annoying.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

I don't blame the kind folks at Android Central for posting this info.

However... a "rumor" from a single "source" hardly gets me excited and at this point, gets me aggravated.

When considering the track record of previously reported "rumors" - I'd rather not read stuff like this. It's just annoying.

Yup, this means we gotta wait for March before we even get a fully functional CM6 ROM. I really wish Noobnl would resign and let someone else take over. HTC has so many devs willing to reverse engineer, it makes me jealous.

 

[TripleAgent]

I hold no stock in the date, but new builds are always a good sign.

 

[huntm856]

Just saw that Metro's finally getting a Galaxy phone, the Galaxy Indulge. Shipping with 2.2. And it's an LTE phone.

 

[simple503]

still waiting. played with the htc evo slide, not as cool as the epic, even with 2.2 So i'll wait patiently

 

[lafountain]

Fact is the only date I have really seen come from Samsung itself was when they were releasing Froyo for the International Stock Galaxy S phone and they stated they were hoping to have Froyo out for November as the statement was " The Android 2.2 software is being fully tested with UK operators and the upgrade will be available in the UK from early November. We expect all operator versions of the software to be fully tested and downloadable by the end of November.". Sadly the statement We expect is not truly a promise, but more of a general statement. While I would like Froyo to hit, if you are not willing to root and custom ROM, all you can do it wait it out. I do hope that this Feb date is true, but will just have to wait and see.

 

[Skunkape60]

Agreed. I haven't seen an official date either.

 

[sly41991]

According to a employee at an authorized Sprint repair store which I associate with often since I'm the maintenance person for the store I'm told that the froyo for epic will be soon it is being finalized

 

[wynand32]

According to a employee at an authorized Sprint repair store which I associate with often since I'm the maintenance person for the store I'm told that the froyo for epic will be soon it is being finalized

I think the concern you'll hear about that is that relatively few people believe that Sprint store personnel really possess such information...

 

[Skunkape60]

When it gets here, most will find that all the whining and complaining was hardly worth it. As the upgrade isn't all that big a deal. I do however want to move some apps to the sd card and have flash video. Other than that, not much else I'm interested in.

 

[montanaxvi]

I'm just hoping that the delay hasn't been due to them figuring how to work ID into it. That would upset me.