EVO 4G starts getting Android 2.2 update over the air

We've just gotten a deluge of tips that EVO 4Gs are starting to get blessed with the official update to Froyo -- a few hours prior to the promised August 3 rollout -- so if you've got one handy, you're going to want to start checking it right this second. Seriously, now that it's got a trick flashlight app included in ROM, what could you possibly be waiting for? On a related note, if you happened to apply that early update that HTC posted and pulled late last week, the company's working on a fix so that you aren't out of the over-the-air update loop and promises to "get back" in "the coming days."

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[tjs721 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:13PM]

I got it done. I already miss the keyboard hide button. It seems more snappy though.

[wRx7M Posted Aug 3rd 2010 1:40PM]

@tjs721

The KB hide button was one of the things that the stock KB had going for it. Also, arrow keys. I wish swype would incorporate both of these features.

[osegall Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:13PM]

nothing in NJ yet but was able to get Fridays...

[MaxPower Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:14PM]

WEEEEEE!!!!, DL in progress!!,all you trolls and Flamers, have a crap sandwich while i watch Flash on my phone...the Future is Grand Y'all!!!

[Correct Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:33PM]

@MaxPower You can finally watch YouTube now! Cool

[sohrabaza Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:14PM]

im not getting it how come?

[everyone does Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:14PM]

Is there a zip of this one anywhere? So I can just manually update over the previous one that Engadget claimed was this?

[AndroidMatt Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:28PM]

@everyone does

http://liveimage.htc.com/OTA_Supersonic_3.26.651.6-1.47.651.1_releasem24cfnusi9dsrr6i.zip

[CmdrKeene Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:38PM]

@AndroidMatt I've seen this won't work -- any truth to that?

[Tumbleweed Posted Aug 2nd 2010 10:00PM]

@AndroidMatt That's old. I have the .3 version, and the OTA version that people are getting now is .6, I think.

[CmdrKeene Posted Aug 2nd 2010 10:08PM]

@Tumbleweed He posted the .6 version. I'm just not sure if it'll overwrite the .3 that I installed over the weekend.

[DG4FREE Posted Aug 2nd 2010 11:15PM]

@CmdrKeene

There is an error when manually trying to update it. Sad day.

Damn my impatience!

[ClosetNerd Posted Aug 3rd 2010 6:47AM]

@DG4FREE HTC said on Twitter that they will release a specific patch for those who upgraded on the early version so you can get back on the official release

[young hov 718 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:15PM]

The evo i love you

[stevenwill Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:16PM]

Just finished my upgrade! Got a 31.6 on Linpack! Love live EVO.

[SCB Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:16PM]

Installed with Shapewriter still in tact!!

[BrownSound Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:16PM]

This requires a new review over EVO 4G!

[masterchief10 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:17PM]

enjoying froyo, now how do u do use da bluetooth voice dialing feature?

[zsmorr Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:18PM]

Installing at the moment, I'm super impressed at how fast HTC and sprint got it out to us, I mean Froyo has only been final for like a month or so. When HTC said the second half of the year, I assumed it meant somewhere before Christmas, not the beginning of August.

[The Procrastinator Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:22PM]

Any of you evo/xda fans know if this is going to speed up the development of Android on the evo's grand daddy, the HD2? since they both share almost exactly the same chipsets.

The HD2 still rocks!!

[Makali Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:23PM]

Wow its so smooth and responsive
EVO ftw

[Alternet Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:23PM]

anyone else get the little android guy with a exclamation mark inside a triangle when froyo started unzipping??

[masterchief10 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:24PM]

@Alternet
dont remember, i was too excited

[Alternet Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:26PM]

@masterchief10
well it didn't actually install froyo .. it just stopped me there .. waited like 5 minutes and realized that's not supposed to happen..
resetting to factory settings and redownloading 2.2 :O

[KAKIN BEASTY Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:41PM]

@Alternet have the same problem. is yours working yet ??

[Alternet Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:42PM]

@KAKIN BEASTY
sadly no :( .. i shall be taking it in tmrw

i tried doing a hard reset (powering on while holding the down key and then selecting clear storage)
and i also tried formatting my memory card (fat32 of course) and neither seemed to work :( ..

hopefully they'll be able to fix this at the store tmrw.

[Mitchellhart Posted Aug 3rd 2010 11:03AM]

@Alternet
I get this too, any luck solving?

[Alternet Posted Aug 3rd 2010 11:39AM]

@Mitchellhart
actually yes .. i got it :D i am enjoying my froyo
you need to use simple root first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=720565
and then unroot using this guide
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-roms-hacks/19278-how-unroot-return-stock.html

worked like a charm.. went from unrevoked3 back to normal

WOOT

[Mitchellhart Posted Aug 3rd 2010 2:20PM]

@Alternet
Great! Thanks for the help, I'm going to give it a shot now (on a mac).

[KAKIN BEASTY Posted Aug 3rd 2010 5:36PM]

@Alternet any luck at the sprint store? cant get mine to work !

[Alternet Posted Aug 3rd 2010 5:41PM]

@KAKIN BEASTY
I didn't have to go the sprint store cause i fixed the issue myself... i rooted my phone for 2 days and i just reverted it back to factory settings by doing the steps i said above.

[KAKIN BEASTY Posted Aug 3rd 2010 6:11PM]

@Alternet simple root is for windows . i use mac

[Urban626 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:23PM]

Thanx Guys!!! Downloading now. EVO RULES!!!

[local44 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:26PM]

Dammit, where is mine
Droid x

[tjmur3 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 10:27PM]

@local44
No kidding. I hate the whole "late summer" shit. Give me a freakin date

[Jordus Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:28PM]

Thanks Engadget for getting me to apply the first update, now im screwed out of the real update.

You owe me a new Evo.

[CmdrKeene Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:44PM]

@Jordus have you tried manually applying the fresh update?

[kamin Posted Aug 3rd 2010 12:03AM]

@Jordus
did you even read the post?

" if you happened to apply that early update that HTC posted and pulled late last week, the company's working on a fix so that you aren't out of the over-the-air update loop and promises to "get back" in "the coming days."

[superaj Posted Aug 3rd 2010 12:06AM]

@Jordus I'm with you on that man. Total suck. I hope we can get the official update sooner rather than later. I thought it was just a manual update of the official release. Bummer. Hopefully we'll get the official release in the next few days like HTC's tweet said we would.

[KSantiago Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:29PM]

Downloadnig now, I'm stoked!!!

[KSantiago Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:30PM]

56% baby!

[Correct Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:32PM]

Because the new jailbreak for the iPhone allows froyo on it.

[dubcity26 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:32PM]

Working guys now what ;)

[primetimeplaya Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:32PM]

Got 2.2 up and running.

[Mirra520 Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:32PM]

Thank you HTC!

[tinye Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:33PM]

Watching an install progress bar has never been this riveting.

[KSantiago Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:36PM]

@tinye I agree! ;-)

[bhoffa Posted Aug 2nd 2010 10:54PM]

@KSantiago Me too!

[SCB Posted Aug 2nd 2010 9:36PM]

Is it just me or does anyone else's browser not load all the way and crash when it's a flash site?

[stevenwill Posted Aug 2nd 2010 10:42PM]

@SCB
Just you.