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Installing Android 2.2 "Froyo" On the Nexus One
gjt writes "I awoke this morning to see TechCrunch's MG Siegler post what appeared to be the first news of Froyo's availability. I frantically went to my phone's settings and tried to check for an update -oe but no luck. Then I went to xda-developers.com and sure enough there was a very long thread (now over 132 pages) of fellow eager beavers waiting for release (and trying to figure out how to get it). Several hours went by waiting for a semi-technical user to get the update and check the Android logs for the download location. It turns out you can get it straight from Google. With the information scattered around in different places I decided to consolidate the How-To into a single post." Note: According to attached comments, and to the TechCrunch story, it seems this is a staggered rollout, so not every Android owner may be able to try it out yet.
And no point trying to get it before you get it pushed to you?
The Over-The-Air update is a staggered rollout. But, the manual method that I wrote about here let's you avoid the wait. That said, it also seems to only be for the Nexus One now. Can't find a Droid update yet.
You will get it approximately whenever HTC feels like porting it to the HTC Desire AND then whenever your carrier feels like letting you have it. With a subset of the overall Android 2.2 features that they feel are appropriate for you.
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I just updated the original post with instructions to get Flash. Basically, search for "flash 10.1" in the market.
Hoops? That's just for people that aren't willing to wait for the OTA update notification. The hoops we're jumping through is so that we don't have to wait for that. Updates like this are always staggered when done OTA to avoid unnecessarily straining the network.
So he's saying it's "not too bad", but he keeps his phone plugged into a charger/laptop. Okay.
"No, no, no. Don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."
I'm not sure about anyone else, but isn't the standard procedure for owning a smartphone to keep a few extra mini/micro USB cables handy and charge it when at work/home and on the computer?
Or is it just me?
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
You can also just go to Adobe's website and click "get flash" the link will take you to the market to download it.
One suggestion for those that install it, go into your settings and enable plugins 'on-demand' That way you will only get the Flash you want. It shows a little down arrow in place of the Flash that you click to enable. It's like a built in Flashblock/Adblock extension.
Also IMO, considering the platform, I think the Flash is working rather well. I quite enjoyed watching some Zero Punctuation videos on Escapist.com already.
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I think so too. Unless you don't use it as a smartphone, deactivating all the extras it haves, in which case, why did you buy a smartphone in the first place?
No, exactly like the iPhone. For example, iPhone has supported tethering since the 3G model (version 3.0), but was disabled by AT&T. There was a short while where you could update the carrier info on the phone and it would enable tethering as a built-in function via either USB or Bluetooth.
The 3.1 update not only disabled this simple work-around, it also locked the phone so you could not downgrade to 3.0. I had an iPhone at the time, and refused to ever install the 3.1 update so I could stick with tethering. I now have a Nexus One, and have never regretted the upgrade. I also bought the N1 directly from Google, and not only did I avoid a new contract, but I'm no longer subject to having my handset intentionally crippled by my carrier.
Slay a dragon... over lunch!
I'm sure if you buy an iPhone a week before 4.0 was announced, you'd get a phone with 4.0, right?
You will the day of release - everyone will, all at once.
Unless you care to pay $99/year for a developer account and then you've been running 4.0 for a few weeks now.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
will need a new version of the application. Wait for the Application author to update their application
Unless the app has been designed for this functionality in the manifest, it won't be able to be moved to the SD card.
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html has more details.
that Sprint will block the new HTC Evo 4G's hotspot capability, since they sell their Overdrive 3G/4G mobile hotspot (a separate box) for $99.99?
Way to keep up on the official announcements. Sprint has already released their pricing for the EVO 4G hotspot - $30/mo; they're not blocking it, they're actively advertising it EVERYWHERE ON THE WEB FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. The only unknown about it was the pricing, which they announced on the 12th. Yeesh.
Pst... iPhone's are the worst for security.
The information wasn't online a couple days ago. GMAB. Do you speak to your coworkers that way?
The pricing for the hotspot was released on May 12. Sprint has been advertising that they'd have the hotspot ability with the EVO for _months_. Do you run with an adblocker or something? Sprint's been running the biggest web advertising campaign I've seen in a VERY long time for the EVO 4G.
Yeah, I do speak to my coworkers that way. Keeps them on their toes. :)
Besides the fact that the link to the file in the summary didn't work, there are other potential problems if you click through to the source (on the forums, not the blog linked here).
The procedure that's linked to will get you to 2.2, but it won't be rooted even if you were rooted before.
I just did the classic "spend two hours trying to fix what you screwed up" routine trying to get it rooted again so that I could run the backup created by titanium backup, which requires root.
For those interested, the steps for a fool-proof upgrade if you're rooted are:
-Do a full backup using titanium backup first, obviously
-Install Amon Ra 1.7 custom recovery loader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
-Use it to flash the zip file update-nexusone-FRF50-signed.zip from here: http://android.modaco.com/content/google-nexus-one-nexusone-modaco-com/309286/frf50-froyo-pre-rooted-update-zip/ - note that this wouldn't flash for me using the stock recovery loader (which requires renaming it to update.zip but it fails saying it's unsigned), hence the custom one above
-Use it again to flash froyo-rooter-signed.zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686627
-Restore your backup
The Flash version on the Marketplace is still in beta and is entirely software-rendered, so expect some skippiness, heat and battery drain. The final release in June/July will do hardware acceleration, and should improve all of those things..
Why would anyone engrave "Elbereth"?