Orange users wishing and praying to see their HTC Desire upgraded to the latest in Android 2.2 goodness will have to wait a little longer.
Orange has confirmed via Twitter that it will be taking a little longer to get the upgrade out to users, thanks to HTC taking its sweet time to send over the Froyo package.
"Android fans: there has been a delay in receiving the 2.2 Froyo update from HTC, and we now expect it to be available mid-September. Apologies."
It'll be here when you get back from holiday
Of course, this only means a two week wait, but it's all the more galling when unbranded HTC Desire handsets began getting a taste of Android 2.2 all the way back in July.
Vodafone has also managed to shave and carve the Froyo update into something that will fit its phones too; it dropped the Android 2.2 bomb on its HTC Desire customers last week.
So Orange and T-Mobile are lagging behind the rest - and we're not even going to talk about Three, which still hasn't even given a possible date for the HTC Desire Android 2.2 upgrade.
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bobaloba
September 21st 2010
9. Install appears to have been a success!
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bobaloba
September 21st 2010
8. Just downloaded this on my Orange branded Desire. Installing now....
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gjhmf
September 8th 2010
7. Maybe HTC delayed sending FroYo to Orange, as they wanted to incorporate their OAuth fix for Peep and Friend Stream. Without that, users can't log into advertised features.
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prettyvacant
September 6th 2010
6. O2 update is available now OTA :)
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mrangry
September 2nd 2010
5. Been running 2.2 on Orange for a month now. Why? Unbranded HTC Desire purchased from a third party (Mobiles.co.uk)
Guys, the only way the networks will ever take this seriously is if people stop buying phones from them. There are some great offers out there from CPW and their various subsidiaries, all of whom sell only unlocked and unbranded phones (for the record P4U phones are sold locked and branded to the network).
Vote with your feet (and your wallet)!
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gr33k
September 2nd 2010
4. We need to try and get through to Orange that we didnt go with Orange to get all the bloatware **** they put on their phone but because we thought we were getting a top class service.
In my opinion a 6 week late release of software just so we can put up with rubbish we dont want is a real let down at best and very aggravating at worst.
Please if you read this join the Facebook group that has been setup to try and get our voices heard. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=154517054561451 If the link done work search for “Preloaded software on Orange(UK) Android Handsets
” group in facebook!
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grumpy2010
August 31st 2010
3. Hi stoobie, did you buy your desire at carphone or phones4u? I think their phones are not simlocked so get the update when released by htc. My cousin has had the update for a while and he had his from CPW. I had a official orange branded handset and got fed up of the orange imposed software on it so I debranded it and upgraded to froyo this weekend. I followed some instructions on android forums. It was very easy really and I wish I had done it ages ago.
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prettyvacant
August 31st 2010
2. Any news on 2.2 for O2 customers??? Last I heard was September sometime...
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stoobie_land
August 31st 2010
1. Umm... then why am I running Android 2.2? I'm on Orange and I have had it a good few weeks now. I've not gone to a third party for it or anything, I just got a network alert from Orange whilst at work saying that the update was available. When I got it home, I downloaded it via Wi-Fi. Hey-presto! Android 2.2
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