As a Motorola Droid owner who had to sit through the grueling wait for an OTA update to Android 2.1, I almost didn’t want to run this story. No reason to get everyone’s hopes up when history tells us that most rumored (and sometimes even official) dates are usually never met. But as it is my job to dutifully report on all things Android I’ll just get this one out of the way: The latest rumors are suggesting the Droid could be seeing the update to Froyo as soon as July 13th. If the fairly polished leaked build from earlier in the week is any indication, we’ll at least say there is a possibility this date could stick. We’re not holding our breath though.
[via Droid-Life]
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I hope it comes soon for my Milestone. Music turning itself on constantly with 2.1 is infuriating.
Yay! July 13th is my birthday, by the way. Happy birthday to me!
If you follow the link, it basically tries to link like 4 different circumstantial wild guesses together. Probability of the chance that this will happen on the 13th?
3.6%
Nice, beautiful song
I dled a rooted p3 version runnin up to 1.2ghz w 250v. Battery is just as good, and the flash is an apk that needs to b dled off the interwebz. Flash works just like a cpu, u can use fullscreen etc. The part that i like is that it can work like noscript from firefox andcan work on demand.
I just got my 2.2 official update today………..on my Nexus One!
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Auto syncing to google picasa is not an option under the accounts and sync setting that was susposed to come Android 2.1 Some got it and some didn’t. I was one of the people that did not get it.
Great! The Droid update & Droid X will probably both be released while the wifey & I are gone on a cruise. Wifey is looking forward to the X as an upgrade to her Eris. I guess it’ll all have to wait till we get back.
Sorry to bust down the rumor folks, there has been no release dates mentioned about the Froyo update. Not from google, not from moto, and Verizon only hinted later in july as a possible time. No release days indicated yet. my source? myself, I deal with the OTA rollout.
Something new I found: this version of Froyo allows you to tilt the screen into layout mode in the other direction. Or at least it does in the version of Bugless Beast that I just flashed on mine.
July 12th headline: Froyo delayed for some bullsh*t reason; Froyo upgrade TBA. Just wait and see folks!
@DrDiff: No paid apps is on purpose, it is dev ROM. Pay for tethering is a Verizon demand, root it yourself to deal with that. Flash is copy protected probably and would not show much like pay for apps.
polished??? MY REAR END!
Google Listen doesn’t work! Paid for apps don’t show up in the market. Battery life STINKS unless you have a low voltage kernel. And you will have to pay for teathering, Be it wired or wireless… Flash is no where to be seen in the market. And where the heck is Skype? Every custom build and virgin code I have tried Skype is Missing In Action.
Google and Motorola have a lot of work to do to fix the Droid Froyo!
@josh What is wrong with automatic sync?
This is great news! ….although I’ve been running a modded leaked version of 2.2 for about a month now thanks to all the third-party developers out there!
Rooting isn’t tough – you should try it sometime!