Just saw that training will begin on 04/19/10 for the 2.1 update. Memo also said due 5/9...
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Gotta give us something better than just a post.......saw so many of these.....
Confirmed!!
VIA Sprints Twitter --> Android users: We hear you re: 2.1 update; still on track for early Q2. Details as soon as avail. Many thanks for your continued patience.
I spoke to an official sprint employee unofficially about all of the unofficial sprint rumors about the offiicial update..
This sprint official, said that officially, he can't say officially when the official sprint update will begin to roll out.
However, he did say that unofficially, we will all know when the official sprint update is being rolled out. This will be the time when the official sprint words comes from the top sprint officials and is posted offiically by sprint.
He did say that offiically, any unofficial sprint rumor should not be relied on to be an official sprint update date. But unofficial sprint rumors may become official, only when officially made offiicial on their official update date.
Danokan said:
I spoke to an official sprint employee unofficially about all of the unofficial sprint rumors about the offiicial update..
This sprint official, said that officially, he can't say officially when the official sprint update will begin to roll out.
However, he did say that unofficially, we will all know when the official sprint update is being rolled out. This will be the time when the official sprint words comes from the top sprint officials and is posted offiically by sprint.
He did say that offiically, any unofficial sprint rumor should not be relied on to be an official sprint update date. But unofficial sprint rumors may become official, only when officially made offiicial on their official update date.
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lawl! x2
Danokan said:
I spoke to an official sprint employee unofficially about all of the unofficial sprint rumors about the offiicial update..
This sprint official, said that officially, he can't say officially when the official sprint update will begin to roll out.
However, he did say that unofficially, we will all know when the official sprint update is being rolled out. This will be the time when the official sprint words comes from the top sprint officials and is posted offiically by sprint.
He did say that offiically, any unofficial sprint rumor should not be relied on to be an official sprint update date. But unofficial sprint rumors may become official, only when officially made offiicial on their official update date.
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just puked alittle in my coffee and on my lap after reading that....lol
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just puked alittle in my coffee and on my lap after reading that....lol
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Lol. Mmmm... Coffee.
LMAO! Mmmm... puke!
RavenII said:
Just saw that training will begin on 04/19/10 for the 2.1 update. Memo also said due 5/9...
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I think RavenII is saying that he is a Sprint Employee, and he personally saw the memo about the training and release
EDIT: If this is more hearsay, i will just put my foot in my mouth for bumping this thread...
my aunt's uncle's cousin brother's twice removed brother who works for sprint who knows guy that knows a guy .. said it was due pushed back to the 3rd tuesday of the 2nd week of next month
cocaine is ahelluva drug
LOL...
Keep It Confidential.. And then this.. lol..
Here!!!!
http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-android-21-update-scheduled-early-may
There is proof for early may
lol @ training for a damn rom update
Who cares about the official release any more? We already essentially have a fully-functioning Sprint leak.
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Who cares about the official release any more? We already essentially have a fully-functioning Sprint leak.
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How about Fresh Kitchen support for 2.1, Rom cooking? Otherwise I have nothing haha. These custom roms are great
It's training for the EVO as well, not just the 2.1 for the hero
A few of my friends work for Sprint and I asked them about the 2.1 update. Their response was "Dude it's my day off"
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It's training for the EVO as well, not just the 2.1 for the hero
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No its not... It's specifically for the 2.1 update.. To educate sales people of the selling points and cool features of the 2.1 update and how it is different from 1.5....
And I don't see why you guys think that its crazy to provide training to people that might not have the Android experience that you do, to give them tools to be able to effectively talk about the phone... What would you do if you went into a Sprint store and nobody knew what you were talking about when you said "2.1" or "android" or "market"...
If they don't train employees, how is Granny gonna figure out her new Hero, etc..
And as much as you think most people have at least a basic understanding of any of the variables that go into purchasing a phone, 75% have no idea..
I see it everyday, because I deal with those customers everyday...
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No its not... It's specifically for the 2.1 update.. To educate sales people of the selling points and cool features of the 2.1 update and how it is different from 1.5....
And I don't see why you guys think that its crazy to provide training to people that might not have the Android experience that you do, to give them tools to be able to effectively talk about the phone... What would you do if you went into a Sprint store and nobody knew what you were talking about when you said "2.1" or "android" or "market"...
If they don't train employees, how is Granny gonna figure out her new Hero, etc..
And as much as you think most people have at least a basic understanding of any of the variables that go into purchasing a phone, 75% have no idea..
I see it everyday, because I deal with those customers everyday...
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Not to go way off topic here but Best Buy trains their employees too, I was at the register yesterday and did a price match from an ad online on my Hero browser and the cashier was a 70 year old grandma and she was swiping and knew how to work the Hero! She said something pretty funny to me also, "I would love one of those phones but they don't pay us enough!!!" LMAO! her manager was right there doing the price over-ride... Too funny. I was amazed that she knew how to use it, my granny still used an abacus!
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Well it looks like Motorola and Verizon are pushing back the 2.1 update. Sound farmiliar?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/verizon-delays-android-2-1-rollout-to-motorola-droid-new-date-i/
It is all over twitter as well. I bet they are more mad than us Hero owners since they got 2 dates and both have been temporarily delayed.
VZW and Moto have put out a TON more information about their updates than Sprint and HTC have =/
Or maybe the leakers are better placed at VZW than they are at Sprint, hah.
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VZW and Moto have put out a TON more information about their updates than Sprint and HTC have =/
Or maybe the leakers are better placed at VZW than they are at Sprint, hah.
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And yet they (at least VZN) has failed to comply with their release dates.... TWICE!.
I wish Sprint had a nice employee that leaked stuff .
Leaks aren't very useful. If they turn out not to be true
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And yet they (at least VZN) has failed to comply with their release dates.... TWICE!.
I wish Sprint had a nice employee that leaked stuff .
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Better to miss release dates and put out a bug free product, than rush it out full of bugs.........Can we say Windows???????
chfields said:
Better to miss release dates and put out a bug free product, than rush it out full of bugs.........Can we say Windows???????
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Well, kind of like Windows... because they push out dates, but still manage to put out buggy products.. LOL
Lol
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And yet they (at least VZN) has failed to comply with their release dates.... TWICE!.
I wish Sprint had a nice employee that leaked stuff .
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There was the guy, who said he works for sprint, posted a thread saying 2.1 is coming for the Hero March 26th. And for the Moment, 3/31. It's in this forum. Although, sprint has tweeted the dates are still "Early Q2".
Delays and fear
It wouldn't surprise me if all the companies are holding back 2.1 due to the recent Apple suit against HTC. Its not like the 2.1 doesn't already work pretty well on our Hero. I can't imagine why all the secrecy and delaying, meanwhile the Motorola Backflip will be shipping with v1.5 with AT&T.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/htc-hero-update-to-android-2-1-on-april-26th-in-home-country-of/
Just from experience, markets across seas always get it first. Does that mean that it will be after April 26th before the Sprint Hero gets the 2.1 update?
i not surprised if this is true with sprint getting the nexus and the powerhouse is being left in the wind
If this is overseas, this could be 2 or 3 months till the sprint htc hero updates.
I told you to root and flash DamageCotrol v1...
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If this is overseas, this could be 2 or 3 months till the sprint htc hero updates.
I told you to root and flash DamageCotrol v1...
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Why so pessimistic?? I'm not sure if you guys are right or wrong, but the article DOES say we'd be getting it soon after, why so scared?
Besides...once Taiwan leaks the Hero ROM, won't that be the same as when they release it for our phones? Am I wrong or isn't the overseas Hero the same but with GSM? Shouldn't we be able to perfect the 2.1 ROMs with that? I mean that would be pretty damn close with having the Eris leak as well, I don't know but I just don't see why to be scared and why to not get excited to see the actual overseas leak.
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Why so pessimistic?? I'm not sure if you guys are right or wrong, but the article DOES say we'd be getting it soon after, why so scared?
Besides...once Taiwan leaks the Hero ROM, won't that be the same as when they release it for our phones? Am I wrong or isn't the overseas Hero the same but with GSM? Shouldn't we be able to perfect the 2.1 ROMs with that? I mean that would be pretty damn close with having the Eris leak as well, I don't know but I just don't see why to be scared and why to not get excited to see the actual overseas leak.
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Because TODAY was our original speculation date. So after seeing this, it appears we have a month or more to wait. The biggest thing is that we havent been given a confirmed date and its getting tense.
Anyway, I just posted this for others to see something new.
Because TODAY was our original speculation date.
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Well....
Keyword-Speculation..
Stop speculating and you won't be upset...
It's not like 2.1 is going to bring an all new world, once it comes out we're just going to be inundated with well.. what now threads an hour after everyone updates..
Patience is a virtue...
didn't some self proclaimed "sprint employee" leak that date? (i've been looking, maybe they edited their original post)
But I'm going to take everything I read in the future from such sources with an extra grain of salt on top of the first. In other words... POIDH
A couple sites are saying April 9th (now), because Sprint is apparently issuing some network updates then,
http://phandroid.com/2010/03/25/rumor-sprint-htc-hero-getting-android-2-1-on-april-9th/
We'll see when it gets here
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Because TODAY was our original speculation date. So after seeing this, it appears we have a month or more to wait. The biggest thing is that we havent been given a confirmed date and its getting tense.
Anyway, I just posted this for others to see something new.
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Start running the ROMs and I think you'll chill a lot more. Plus if ANY Hero gets updated, I bet the ROMs will be perfected a little more which is still something to look forward to.
I honestly have been on DC 1.0, and yeah not everything works, but then what will work with 2.1? Will we have LWP? The builds we have may even have more than the 2.1 Sprint will give us. I mean keeping LWP off our phones but on the Nexus still keeps a reason to make us upgrade. Which means we need to hack it
Listen guys, I didnt put any exclamation marks in any of my posts. I was just simply bringing up what I found for some discussion on peoples thoughts. I am currently running Fresh Toast 2.0c and completely happy with it. This isnt to start a battle about how pissed I am, just hadnt seen anyone post this little tid bit.
Sprint 1st said first half of the year, then updated to beginning of 2nd quarter, so between April 1st to May 14th. Want some advice? Stop putting so much stock on the rumors and wait for an official date. Sprint is notorious for terrible communication and missing dates so don't expect 2.1 sooner rather than later.
Yes this pisses me off too but it doesn't do any good getting worked up over rumors proving to be false. Personally, the spreading of rumors are more upsetting than the holdout for Sprint.
Jeez you guys cant read. I never said I was pissed off, I just wanted to discuss the date since there was a confirmed one in Taiwan. Im emailing a mod now to close this. FACK!!
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Samsung_mobiles twittered some News to the relasedate of froyo for the sgs. If this i posteted elsewhre please delete.
"Samsung_Mobiles
All our users who are waiting for froyo , please note that froyo is expected to launch by end of this month. No exact dates are confirmed."
http://twitter.com/Samsung_Mobiles/status/26579290440
The tweet is quite clear yes. However Samsung_Mobiles is not a verified twitter account so there's no telling if they are indeed Samsung India or just some random account so be careful with accepting those claims as absolute truth.
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Sorry didnt know and havent looked that Samsung_mobiles is not verified. But youre right, and before there will be great discussions.. Please close this thread, dear mods.
well i do not believe on any news now..samsung has been known for its customer annoyance syndrome regarding updates for long. better try cutom roms.. coz they r big time liars.. dt b surprised if they say "end of november" at end of october...like before
Oh stop whining, it took HTC 9 (!) months to give their early Hero customers an upgrade from 1.5 to 2.1. The Galaxy S got released with 2.1 and it's not even been on the market for half a year and they're obviously very busy working on an update.
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Oh stop whining, it took HTC 9 (!) months to give their early Hero customers an upgrade from 1.5 to 2.1. The Galaxy S got released with 2.1 and it's not even been on the market for half a year and they're obviously very busy working on an update.
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Ah, because HTC was slow to update Hero we must shut up our mouths?
Samsung's promise is worth nothing. Froyo is when we see it.
I would like to nag but why should I? Rather let them take some time to polish it up a bit since this will be the last official update available for our phone (damn)
So please just take it as a man, say; "oh i can wait a couple of weeks more" cos by the end of October you'll receive a new phone, eventhough we're tricked with merely new software
meanwhile, kinda happy with the unofficial froyo =/
No companies promises are worth anything generally..
Originally Samsung said that Froyo update will be available THIS YEAR.
Not end of september/october/november.
I do have official Froyo update (it's a jp3 version but I still got it at the official service) and still waiting for the final release via Kies.
So as far as I'm concerned, Samsung kept their promise. No complaints from me.
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Ah, because HTC was slow to update Hero we must shut up our mouths?
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No, I'm just giving you some perspective.
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Originally Samsung said that Froyo update will be available THIS YEAR.
Not end of september/october/november.
I do have official Froyo update (it's a jp3 version but I still got it at the official service) and still waiting for the final release via Kies.
So as far as I'm concerned, Samsung kept their promise. No complaints from me.
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And originally Samsung promised GPS fix for September, where is the fix?
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And originally Samsung promised GPS fix for September, where is the fix?
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Link to official statement?
There's so many roms out there from multiple developers that I think froyo can wait and bring out a polished 2.2
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Link to official statement?
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/13/samsung-commits-to-september-updates-for-galaxy-s-gps-woes/
And for Froyo
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/samsung-confirms-galaxy-s-will-get-froyo-in-september/
And in Smsung Spain Facebook page they promised an update for September.
There's nothing official about statements on Twitter or Facebook as long as there's no press release to accompany them.
There's a crapload of work that goes into managing a ROM release cycle and decently testing every update, something they might be inclined to do better this time after all the trouble they got from the original release.
Besides, it says 'Expected', not "Will be released on $date and you can quote us on it".
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As you probably know last Month that Samsung pulled-out the froyo Update files of the Samsung Galaxy S from its servers due to Many System Bugs that Made the Android froyo unstable and laggy. And Samsung UK confirmed on its twitter Status that the Froyo Update is Coming on November on its Final Version and to All Network operators and No More Delays...No More pulling-out!!
We Got Some Information that the Release Date of the Galaxy S Froyo update for USA Carriers and UK Carriers is somewhere around 11th November,2010 as a FINAL Release Date. Worldwide release will follow in few days after the Official Release of the Froyo ROM for Samsung Galaxy S, which Means that All Galaxy S users Worldwide (Include Middle-East and Arab gulf users) will get the update on November along with UK,USA Carriers too.
Froyo rolling out in UK Nov 4
So The Update is Coming Finally and NO More Delays AT ALL... More Stable... More Smoother, its a matter of time right Now. As I always say "Waiting for the froyo to come-out, better than waiting for it to load!".
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entry/Galaxy-S-Getting-Froyo-on-11-November-Final-Date-
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Hmm. My read of the actual text that Samsung sent out is not actually any different than it was a week or so ago: the i9000 will probably have 2.2 sometime before the end of the month, along with the rest of the UK/Europe. I really don't see anything in the "official" Samsung notice that indicates Verizon, or any other US carrier.
However, since the blog posts cite "Some information" for "somewhere around 11th, November as a FINAL release date" (How's that for ambiguous, "somewhere around", but it's also "FINAL"...), I'll be guardedly optimistic.
Make that HEAVILY GUARDEDLY optimistic...
Verizon will decide when its released, not Samsung.
it says late in November for the carrier branded versions
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Verizon will decide when its released, not Samsung.
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....Bingo!
/sigh
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I don't care. Wait before you flame, please...
I spent the last year with an Omnia, and I tried every possible rom on it until I found the one I liked/could put up with the missing features. It wasn't perfect, but I knew that a sweet android phone was in my upgrade future so I dealt. WinMo has it's flaws, but you can't fault the dev community for everything they did to make an ok device better.
Now here I sit swyping on arguably the best hardware on the market (other Galaxy S offerings aside...) and I have to say I really like it.
Voodoo-ed, de-binged, de-odexed, and de-TouchWizzed is way easier than trying a dozen roms on a weekend and adding .cabs from 100 websites to come up with a phone that still half the time didn't know where my finger was trying to press!
What does FroYo have to offer? Apps that run off the SD card? Flash? Minor, although it is a bit frustrating that by the time we get it, it will just about be time for gingerbread.
Guess I'm trying to say, the best stuff about froyo is going to get too us sooner or later whether VZW or Samsung give it to us or the very talented dev community here makes it happen. News that comes from them isn't why I log in here.
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Downers
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Verizon will decide when its released, not Samsung.
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Just trying to give some legit info for a change... A lot of wet noodles.
Ok so I was told 2.2 would be released the other day.... and YES I used the word NINJA. ... I was wrong. But do we gotta keep mentioning NINJAS? ? Hahahahahahaha : )
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No ninja source? I have my doubts about this info...
As for Froyo, I am excited to have flash, but beyond that, voodoo seems to meet my needs. Sure, you can't get rid of voodoo without performing a animal sacrifice, but it does make my phone smooth and sexy.
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Just trying to give some legit info for a change... A lot of wet noodles.
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Sorry man, I wasn't trying to pee in your cornflakes, it's just that I have more faith in devs than VZW & Samsung to get us what we want.
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I don't know about you but I am waiting for my navigation to be fixed. Not to worried about the little extras but the major fixes that are, major.
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Quoted from original post 'No More pulling-out!!' That's what she said! Ha Ha...
I'm sorry I couldn't help it. I wont do it again I swear.
Honestly I can't wait to see what magic the dev community creates with Froyo and the Fascinate. My thanks to all of you!!!
Hopefully what happened with all the Droid 1 releases is what will happen here:
Motorola (in this case Samsung) readies a build, gives it to VZW for testing.
VZW takes forever testing it, and either rejects or preps it for release.
The "hopefully" part is that, hopefully, in the meantime, the file gets leaked from the Samsung end and into our hands.
Not trying to be pessimistic, but if that first file didn't leak, Im doubtful that this one will leak early either
If Verizon decides to sit on the release at least we have US Cellular as a backup. In fact it seems like US Cellular does not waste their time with carrier customizations so they might just push it out the same day they get it from Samsung.
I used to be a US Cellular customer, my wife still is, they will not get in any hurry, I would not count on them for anything.
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If Verizon decides to sit on the release at least we have US Cellular as a backup. In fact it seems like US Cellular does not waste their time with carrier customizations so they might just push it out the same day they get it from Samsung.
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You missed the point of the post bud.
Verizon, or any carrier, does NO customizations, they have NO development (read: coding) teams. They don't alter the file they receive from the OEM (in this case Samsung) in ANY WAY. The bloatware you see comes with the build straight out of Samsung's repository, with the specs that Verizon requested. They take their sweet time for a multitude of reasons, and somewhere in that timeframe its held up for internal testing. Each carrier is different, but Verizon is notorious for being an extensive tester, and rejecting builds pretty often.
Bloatware that Samsung did not code....VZW did or outsourced. Hence people are arguing with you. You aren't wrong, but neither are you entirely correct.
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I made this post to give some indication of the progress of Froyo, sadly most people want more or are intent on offering some type of dark cloud.
I know Froyo might not be released on the 11th, but at least we have a legit source of its progress. Hopefully around that time or before we will have a leaked build for testing and or roms (like some other devices). I'm sure thats when the dev section will take off.
well if samsung releases it Nov 11, dont they post the source up too, so we could have a modded version running before vzw does anything?
Today, I kept getting random messages from random numbers, so I called in to block, the rep also had a vibrant. So she was like "So... how do you like the vibrant?"
I'm all like "It's sexy"
But it took her so long to solve my problems, so I asked about random stuff like "Do you know when Froyo is coming out?"
She was a pretty "SMART TECH" you don't see those much on help lines now do you?
She replies: Let me check on that for you
and then she came back on and said "it won't be anytime soon, because if it is anytime soon, the tech supports usually knows weeks or months beforehand, but right now, it says 'to be determined'"
SO, do you guys it'll take as long as the rep said?
Unfortunately, this still fell into the same "He Said She Said" category, until we get an official statement, it's all moot. She may be smart but she is still a rep and I doubt she will have access to OTA information. She most likely turned around and asked her best friend/co-worker who is a tech, and he replied that he didn't know anything, and she passes that onto you.
I think she's right. We already know that froyo would come by the end of the year according to the galaxy s twitter. I expect it to come around December 29. Am I so pessimistic?
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I think she's right. We already know that froyo would come by the end of the year according to the galaxy s twitter. I expect it to come around December 29. Am I so pessimistic?
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No, I believe you are pretty optimistic. End of December...well..
same here. I read the same thing in a tech online magazine.. they actually said 2011 but no precise date..
Im running the unofficial TMO froyo posted in this forum though and I like it
Cheers
Personally, I think Samsung should just give up and hand over the kernel source, maybe keep some respect.
The Unoffical Official T-MO Froyo ROM is in the Development section. If that is actually the real thing (and I completely believe it is) I don't see what the delay is for them to just release it.
Even when it does come out, I know for myself that I will keep a custom ROM. Why have stock when you can rock!
I think the point for all of us that are running one of the leaked 2.2 roms is that an official release will have more of the bugs ironed out and it will help with some of the compatibility issues. I for one have tried all flavors and each has a quirk or two. The good thing is that when 2.2 finally drops officially the devs will have almost perfected their roms and it will be easier to implement any changes made by Tmobile.
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I agree with the previous post. I think Samsung leaked the ROM so that the devs here could get their hands on it and make fixes that they then can implement into the official ROM.
So it wouldn't be so embarrasing on Samsung's part? x) Something big like a software update isn't too "easily" leaked. So I do sort of have to agree too.