HTC EVO 4G Froyo .6 update starts OTA rollout for early adopters
By Sean Hollister 
posted August 10th 2010 11:15PM
posted August 10th 2010 11:15PM
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When is my Nexus Two coming ?
@Cainhunpi Never, it was the htc incredible, and evo was nexus 3
@Cainhunpi
When you give HTC a simple offering of earth and water.
@Cainhunpi Nexus one is just fine the way it is. Don't like it? Get a Desire or wait for the HD version.
@Cainhunpi
When the hell is 2.2 coming out. For the droid?! FFS they PROMISED US THE UPDATE LAST WEEK!!!! I swear, I might move on to wp7 if this constant delaying shit from moto continues.
@Cainhunpi Fuget nexus 2, EVO 4G on Froyo is awesome enough. Although is old have loved it more if they had removed HTC Sense with this upgrade!
Sprint and HTC FTW again!.. very nicely handled.
@Scrubs
that was just a marketing ploy to steal some thinder from HTC/Sprint last week.
@HerbieDerb
From what I remember, long ago, back in late may/june, they said late july. Either way, this is unessisary.
@Scrubs If you go to WP7 cause you're waiting for Froyo on your Droid, you blew it!
@Scrubs
im sure you must realize by now that 1st moto is slow even before it gets to vzw which then tests and cripples the heck out of it. thats how they roll.
@statickeith You can turn Sense off on your EVO, you know.
@HerbieDerb Haven't we already established that Verizon no longer cripples (smart)phones?
@mr88
is that why your droid doesnt support wifi tethering?
@HerbieDerb
VZW just said that since they want you to upgrade to a newer phone. I'm sure that you can get WiFi tether on the original Droid with root.
@Scrubs if you waited 3 more hours, you wouldn't have had to comment since droid 2.2 OTA is live. I hope you threw your phone out the window though and were waiting til november for WP7. I would have a good laugh. learn some patience.
@Scrubs
Umm.. now?
Froyo added some cool stuff but its not the end of the world if you're stuck with 2.1 for a bit longer.
@Xcharles718
We all know about rooting it. Point is that theydont even allow you to pay for tethering.
Why is it every time I see "Froyo" I think "frozen yogurt"?
@Wag
Because that's what it is!
@Wag
You should go over to Google's campus...they've got a giant "frozen yogurt" for your enjoyment ...
@Wag
And here I thought it was Swedish hobbit ...
Back to fjord-end
ha, posted just as i was about to respond to sean's e-mail with a picture i took. well, at least this one if official. time to update now that my battery is charged anough
OTA updates. A certain someone could do well to learn to do that...
@Almo
Sony Ericsson with the X10! ;)
@Almo if you're tallking about apple, i'd rather they learn how to do updates without making you download and replace the entire OS. a 300 MB update OTA would be pretty painful.
@maveric101
Indeed that's what I meant. I mean fine, for 3.1.3 -> 4.0, I can understand a full 300 mb update. But 4.0 -> 4.0.1? Sheesh.
Holy s**t I was literally about to flash the xda fix. This is way more awesomer.
@ThundaChunky
gonna have to disagree with you on that one. custom roms allow further customization, super user access, and more control over your phone. custom roms are updated more often by enthusiasts who love your phone. they take each google update and then build upon them. you should try it. i certainly haven't regretted it.
you can always flash back to stock. and in a few more months the evo will have a ton of roms to choose from.
@ThundaChunky Also OEM OTA update to 2.2 has not been rooted and may take awhile. Xda update keeps root for those who have it.
@dalex7777 Hell, even if you don't care one iota about custom ROMs and any optimizations made by the awesome devs at XDA... Being able to perform full-phone backups w/nandroid is reason alone to root the EVO and use one of the custom ROMs, even if you just load a bone stock ROM w/root; which is always an option and it's usually available hours after any new official OTA. That plus free WiFi tethering are why I rooted to begin with, everything else has been gravy, but they do some pretty amazing things w/custom ROMs, particularly w/regards to battery life.
@ThundaChunky It IS better if you don't want your data erased by the leaked RUU ;D
@pwnstr
@ everyone else
I know the benefits of rooting, flashing, etc. I've been doing all of that since I had my 8125 with cingular back in high school lol I just didn't feel like rooting my Evo. I get the tethering through my jobs business plan so the main reason I'd want to root was taken care of.
Still waiting for the update for my Incredible. :-(
@mr88
THIS! Didn't they say the update was coming by the end of July?
@mr88 Same here, the Incredible feels more like the Intangible these days. we keep getting pushed to the side more and more
@Desmon
Yeah, I mean don't get me wrong, I'm more than happy with my Incredible.
UI-wise it is very similar to the EVO though, so if they have it ready for the EVO why not the Incredible? Or is it Verizon slowing everything down?
There haven't even been rumors of an update coming, which makes me think it can't be that close. I was thinking we'd have it by the end of August at the latest, but I don't have high hopes any more.
It's 3.26.651.6 not 3.26.561.6
I don't mind this cause I'm not a hypocrite, but I'd just like to point out that there is more android news than iPhone news, so android hypocrites can stop their bitching, but they should have never been botching cause it was ridiculous to complain about something as silly as saying engadget makes up stuff just to have more apple news, so again I don't care that there's lots of android news, I'm waiting to see google/htc actually make a good product that's better than the iPhone, rather than saying "oh this has snapdragon, much better, this is all of a sudden better than the iPhone cause snapdragon"
@That guy 2
Downrank this mofo!!
@Pearl Jam
I agree. He/she seems a little sad.
@SCB
He based on the name. LOL
@That guy 2
Very long winded way of putting your point across. The general consensus is that engadget posts a lot including repetition for greater clicks and advertising, which is fine, it's a business. During iPhone times, there's plenty of posts and during Android plenty too. This update alone has been posted several times. Majority are happy that all bases are covered but you can never get rid of the rabid fanboys, they'll continue to troll no matter what. I never understood how readers come about to demand what a blog should/ought/must do. Very weird.
So, what if I have a HTC Desire which was purchased outright? How do I get the update?
@Pearl Jam
HTC pushed out OTA update for Desire 2 weeks ago. On your phone check System Updates > Firmware Updates
@dalex7777
Cheers, dude - will do. It's not for me, I have an N95 8GB :\... for a mate.
Congrats! - from someone currently enjoy all kinds of Froyo Goodness on his DROID I.
Thx htc!!
I'm downloading now. I feels good to get latest update without manual installation.
*caresses my Incredible*
It's OK little guy, you'll get your turn...
:(