Sprint Evo 4G To Start Getting OTA Froyo Aug 3rd
We're a little late on this story, but better late than never right? Our Evo forums are all a buzz about the news that Froyo (Android 2.2) is officially coming to the Evo starting next week, as early as Tuesday 8/3. There are reports saying that it will be a gradual rollout, with all phones receiving the update by the middle of August.
If you don't want to wait for the official OTA to download, you can go into your settings and select System Updates > HTC Software Update. There are also rumors saying that this method could start working as early as Sunday, August 1st.
The Google Nexus One is the only other phone to officially sport Froyo, so this is good news for Evo owners considering their phones also run the SenseUI. Froyo features include faster performance (thanks to a JIT compiler in the kernel), voice dialing over bluetooth, a faster browser with full Flash support, and the ability to install apps to the SD card. The Market will also offer automatic updates for your installed apps, which is an individual setting for each app.
Froyo also features a built-in WiFi Hotspot feature to allow wireless tethering. There's no word on how Sprint will handle this considering they charge extra for their Hotspot app. It could be disabled by Sprint/HTC, or they might allow it. Time will tell on that one.
If you're rooted and/or using a custom ROM, you should still be able to get the update, but it WILL break root, at least until a new method is found.
Those of you that are rooted or using a custom ROM, will you still install the official update?
Those of you that try to do a manual download/install, please report back once you start having success and report on its performance!
Source: PCMag
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i hope there will be no brickage with this ota….
I leave on vacation to France on the 5th, so unless a rooted stock release is posted before noon on the 5th, I won’t be upgrading until I get back. I’ll have to reactivate my TP2 for the trip anyway, so the EVO will get put away in the interim. I’ll come back and upgrade to the rooted release and go from there.
@GoodThings2Life –
Hey, bring me back some french toast….please?
Hey…strange coincidence…I will also be leaving for Paris on the 5th. I hope they have that update.zip out before then…
“We’re a little late on this story, but better late than never right”
a missing comma can change the meaning of a sentence so much.
I downloaded the OTA update tht was floating around on the internet before it was pulled off but decided to wait for the official release….I can’t wait for it to come out. Christmas in August…..sweet!
@phillyboi6829 – me too……tht will SUCK
@GoodThings2Life – There ar
Do a search….. There are stock rom dowmloads everywhere…. I dowmloaded one yesterday……
@dragon
What stock roms are out there? None of them are final revision of froyo 2.2. So it wouldn’t do any good to get them. Maybe if your phone is rooted you can install variances of 2.2 but its no official update. Android is not like wm where you need a custom rom to make it worthwhile. My evo is not rooted and I can do almost everything that rooted phone can do and I havent had to reset phone for a month now. I myself will wait for the official update. I still like my warranty.
can’t wait!!! about time since the stinking nexus one has had it for at less a month!!! how will froyo affect 4g speeds?
@gator352 –
If he’s in France wouldn’t it just be “toast”?
@200Duece –
I guess to him while in France it would be just “toast”. But as soon as he landed on American soil with some, it would automatically become “French Toast”. I never thought about it till now but wouldn’t that be stereotyping and illegal according to Obubba and his Justice Dept. cronies? I mean, it’s singling out a certain type of people by calling it French. What if it was French Toast but the toast was bought in Italy?? Would it be Latino toast if bought in colombia as Latino’s cover such a broad area? This is all racist. I give up. I’m so confused and I have to pee.
root, no root, i can’t wait. we are the first non-google launched device owners to get it. sweet.
Hey Mindfrost was this the tip I submitted to you guys?
My update to froyo 2.2 has just started. I hope it doesn’t mess up my phone. I can’t wait to try it.
My update id dl-ing now.
My update is dl-ing now.
after sliding the slider down to unlock it just says Loading and I can’t do anything.
it’s been like that for 10minutes now… wtf
@slow4g63 – Just let it sit there… it takes awhile!!
Updated. I don’t c any change.
So far the update didn’t change much. Only things I see different is some new widgets. I thought froyo was suppose to change the whole feel of 2.1. Its not that big of a deal. I hope the battery life is better, otherwise this update isn’t that great. Anybody else seeing a major difference?
———-THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!!!, im already rooted with 2.1 and loving it but i want 2.2 just to try it out, but DagNabbit having a rooted rom is just the best, how can i solve this dilema ? screw it, i’ll just wait till the reveiws come in on froyo, and then be patient while the good ppcgeekers root it, then *poof* everyone’s happy……..meanwhile in the Batcave “holy jumping pastry dishes Batman!!!”
Im still being asked to download 1.47.651.1 anyone know how to get passed that
My evo is getting hot.I think it is using more battery and the market doesn’t show the installed apps.No way to check for updates for the apps.
@ndfjbg
You need to install the 1.47.651.1 update before you can update to 2.2. The way to get passed is to not pass it and install it. Why would you want to get passed it?
I already have installed the update, that’s why I’m trying to get passed it. I guess I should have specified that. It’s the update that was bricking up some EVO’s, I just don’t want to have a non working phone trying to update to Froyo. @yankees45us -
@ndfjbg
I would take it in to the repair center and have them do the update for you. Then if it ends up bricking then they will give you another one. If your within 30 days of purchase then take it back to the place you purchased and they have to give you a new one. First thing first back up your stuff with google or sprite backup. good luck
so does anyone think that this will lead to another cyanogen 2.2 port for the hero because he could now port over all the sense shit too and make a fully working sense rom for the hero fuck it might even make htc and google jealous
@yankees45us – lucked out turned off phone for meeting, turn back on and no more 1.47.651.1 but thanks for the advice.
Has anyone figured out if tethering or hotspot works on the evo with this new 2.2 update without requiring pdanet and alike or the 29.99 sprint fee? Let us know. thanks
Will not work 4 me. Invalid login…….
Just found out that sprint blocked the tethering feature that normally comes with froyo. I think this should be illegal. Companies aren’t allowed to tweak microsoft os on computers and it should be the same way on phone os’s. Just for that sprint I will use pdanet every chance I get and use more data then I normally would until you start respecting consumers.
@gator352 –
lol I love you that was amazing… ending it with i have to pee was epic it’s like im reading a thing i would write from the future in the past mmmmm… feels nice
My evo works faster,battery last longer,gps restarting problems is fix. I love this upgrade……