HTC beginning Froyo rollout tomorrow? Maybe, maybe not

HTC Europe director Mark Moons caused quite a stir this morning when he tweeted that the company would begin rolling out Android Froyo updates to devices tomorrow, starting with the Desire, but we wouldn't get too excited yet -- HTC tells us that it's possible a rollout will begin tomorrow, but nothing's finalized yet pending some final testing. We've certainly got our fingers crossed -- and we're sure Desire owners the world over will be hitting that System Updates button nonstop for the next few days.

[rmbrown09 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:18PM]

what is Froyo?

[Alexpeegs Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:21PM]

@rmbrown09 a speed which android can smoke all other phones full flash 10.1 included

[ChazClout Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:22PM]

@rmbrown09

What is Froyo?

Froyo is Beautiful. Froyo goes anywhere and lasts all day. There’s no right way, or wrong way and it’s crazy powerful. It’s magical, you already know how to use it. It’s 70 thousand apps and counting.

[mdmower Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:23PM]

@rmbrown09 Google Android Operating System version 2.2

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:26PM]

@ChazClout

Lol! Nice one.

On topic though, why no Hero support??? It's supposed to be lighter-weight than 2.1, and yet they refuse to let the Hero update!

Anyone who hacked 2.2 on Hero have any recommendations?

[Wolfticket Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:28PM]

@rmbrown09
Well, it's not quite a yogurt, not quite frozen, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know.

[rmbrown09 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:40PM]

@Wolfticket I'll be honest I was being facetious. 2.2 vs iOS4 is quite inevitable.

[iPhone 4 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:40PM]

@ChazClout "What is Froyo?

Froyo is Beautiful. Froyo goes anywhere and lasts all day. There’s no right way, or wrong way and it’s crazy powerful. It’s magical, you already know how to use it. It’s 70 thousand apps and counting."

You got things mixed up. You describing the iPad actually. Is it not the most glorious device!!!

Froyo is a cheap plastic toy that you get with a Happy Meal vs an iPhone which is comparable to a pearl, a jewel.

[One Love Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:45PM]

@rmbrown09 : http://froyoyogurt.com/

[kharma45 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:48PM]

@Mike10010100 HTC have no excuse not to put 2.2 onto the Hero. If the Wildfire can run it so can the Hero.

I've ran 2.2 on mine and it runs fine, I was running FroydVillain 1.1.1 and even at this stage it works quite well.

[BrightSilence Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:51PM]

@iPhone 4
Dude, you've got balls using that screen name on engadget.

Also, you may have noticed that this article was about HTC and Android. Just a reminder.

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:52PM]

@kharma45

I know! I'm pretty livid myself. However, are there any known issues with 2.2 on Hero (hacked)? I would really love to upgrade, but I'll be damned if everything isn't working ok currently (with unrooted 2.1).

Are the speed increases really noticable?

@iPhone 4
Hahahaha!!! Oh, you trolls always amuse me. Begone now.

[fpad77 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:56PM]

@Mike10010100 Yes I find the speed increases very noticeable, everything just feels like it got a boost. Personally I'm loving the push notifications. Extremely useful as I'm sure many will discover.

[fpad77 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:58PM]

@Mike10010100 Oh, realised you were referring to hero. I'm n1.

[kharma45 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:58PM]

@Mike10010100 I never played around with it enough to find any major bugs with 2.2, after a while I just went back to VillainROM 12 as I missed Sense.

The known issues with it on the xda forums are:

Stock camera app crashing
Notification and chargeLEDs
Autobrightness (only dims when screen is turned off)

It is pretty functional though.

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:59PM]

@fpad77

Sorry to continue pestering everyone, but has anyone gone from a stock 2.1 Hero to a 2.2 hero? Where did you get your set of directions? Some of the directions I've seen have been riddled with "THIS MAY CAUSE BRICKING" and that's the last thing I want, especially since my phone is working normally. Are the risks small?

[iDroidPhone Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:00PM]

@Mike10010100
froydvillain or cronos froyo

[kharma45 Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:08PM]

@Mike10010100 Once you get it rooted and do a nandroid back-up, it's pretty risk free tbh.

[Seven2k Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:12PM]

@rmbrown09


HTC loves playing with my EMOTIONS!!

[iucidium Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:14PM]

@pple is poo Shame its only wifi....poor troll.

[genesis Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:16PM]

@Mike10010100 Rooting the hero is ridiculously easy. Takes 20 minutes. The froyo roms aren't completely stable as devs are having to piece together kernal source from other areas. With htc giving 2.2 to other devices soon (hopefully) they should get a completely stable and faster version than the stock.
Also, its just a disclaimer. The hero is hard to brick. If you get issues you can restore to a backup.

[edtate480 Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:35PM]

@Seven2k Dammit! They've still got no word on the evo either.

[Bervick Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:49PM]

@iPhone 4

And iPad is the diarrhoea you get with a Taco Bell meal. It made as much sense as your nonsense.

[bravokiloromeo Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:02PM]

@Seven2k
You think HTC is bad? Try being with Verizon on the MotoDroid. We don't get ANYTHING on schedule!

[GadgetNiall Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:44PM]

@rmbrown09 Froyo is what I want on my HTC Magic without rooting. *Looks at phone in disgust at 1.6* I want that 3D app draw. You know? The one where all the apps fly in?! Not this crappy slide up affair. Its dull :(

[John Doe Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:03PM]

@pple is poo If I expand the view and downrank a comment that has already been downranked into oblivion will someone show up at the person's house and punch them in the face?

[CDice Posted Jul 28th 2010 6:21PM]

@rmbrown09

Not a single Mark Moons joke? Shame on you all!

[iphonedyou Posted Jul 28th 2010 7:50PM]

@iPhone 4 I thought I'd seen some bad analogies in my time.

Then I saw this.

[Kanga Posted Jul 28th 2010 8:25PM]

@rmbrown09

All the android fans have gone to androidcentral.com

[ac2913 Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:19AM]

@GadgetNiall

Get adwlauncher from the market..its default cm6 also

[Zeak Posted Jul 29th 2010 6:57AM]

@iPhone 4 :DDD You're obsessed, man. And BTW you're comparing a piece of hardware to an OS, amateur.

[GenericPoster Posted Jul 29th 2010 11:14AM]

@BrightSilence

>Implying that Engadget is a strictly Android website.

I just read the comments on these articles to compare the number of Android Trolls vs iPhone Trolls.

16 trolls against iPhone 4 for every 4 trolls against Android.

HURF DURF.

[jaleman Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:18PM]

HTC EVO 4G + Froyo = Better than anything else out there right now

Make it happen HTC.

[OshiHidra Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:27PM]

@jaleman This, this, thisthisthisthisthisTHHHIIIISSS. Especially if Flash 10.1 supports the front camera and mic. Mobile Tinychat do want.

[kevlowe Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:34PM]

@jaleman Yeah, but saying "Evo Eclair" sounds so much cooler than "Evo Froyo". =)

[d0mth0ma5 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:36PM]

@kevlowe Evo 2 Gingerbread?

[One Love Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:43PM]

@jaleman : Samsung Epic 4G + Froyo will run crysis!

[cjheechul Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:44PM]

@angelusp

What about the battery life?

Isn't there an option in the setting to make the flash inactive till you click it? So you get the CHOICE of choosing to load flash contents or not so as long as you don't click all the flash contents, the battery life shouldn't be too different.

[jaleman Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:48PM]

@One Love

So will the EVO 2 and the Droid 6. But none of those phones haven't come out yet. :)

[jaleman Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:49PM]

@jaleman

I meant to say have, not haven't. Oy...

[Dellibedaboss Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:16PM]

@OshiHidra

YESSSSSS! Running CyanogenMod 6 on the EVO, and LOVING IT! Think theres sum bugginess with the data speeds (upgraded the radio), but nothing drastic. STILL LOVING IT! Uncap FPS, or FIND a way to manage it better HTC, and WE ALL GOOD BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

[recharged95 Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:26PM]

@jaleman
Well,

Froyo + G1Blaze + HSPA+ == (head explodes)

It BETTER happen HTC & Tmo..

[MisterWarmth Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:56PM]

@jaleman "HTC EVO 4G + Froyo = Better than anything else out there right now"

sorry, i love you like a brother but no. for starters when the Evo can hardware accelerate any video including 720p/1080p MKV files and not stutter like crazy, get back to me. I needn't get into Hummingbird > Snapdragon, my GPU being twice as fast, or the orgasmic Super AMOLED. After all, a war is on. No time for me against you, right now its me and you against Steve.

Sincerely,
Galaxy S

[The Geek Posted Jul 28th 2010 7:11PM]

@MisterWarmth I have an evo, but my dad has a captivate. The screen is beautiful and the performance is wonderful but i can't stand touchwiz

[Robo Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:40PM]

@jaleman
Unfortunately HTC never knows what the hell HTC is actually doing.

Tip, HTC: Stop working on the next 10 phones down the line for a minute and catch up with Cyanogen and Motorola.

[MisterWarmth Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:35PM]

@The Geek its all good bro. TouchWiz isn't that big a deal, I happen to like it, and besides there's always LauncherPro. Ultimately when Gingerbread comes out all these overlay UI's will be moot anyway.

[The Geek Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:33PM]

@MisterWarmth I'm looking forward to it, i can't stand sense either, coming from a nexus one, i'm a bit of an android purist i just love the feel of stock froyo

[rmbrown09 Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:18PM]

is it like a game?

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:06PM]

@rmbrown09
Yes, and because it's open source; everybody's a winner (except the silly little trolls, but no one cares about their malformed opinions anyway).

[ramia Posted Jul 28th 2010 3:19PM]

Do it HTC!