T-Mobile has confirmed the release of Android 2.2 for its HTC Desire customers, telling TechRadar "we are aiming to roll out in September," adding that the network is unable to give a specific date at this stage.
HTC itself earlier today announced that the over-the-air rollout the Android 2.2 update to HTC Desire phones would begin this weekend for unlocked phones.
"Operator specific versions of the update are undergoing testing and we expect to make them available in several weeks' time," said HTC.
And T-Mobile seems to be first out the gate with confirmation that it'll be bringing it to its handsets.
New features
Android 2.2 - or Froyo to its friends - brings a host of new features and functionality, including making your mobile a WiFi hotspot and support for Flash.
The HTC Desire is one of the flagship Android devices, a close brother to Google's own Nexus One, and the latest firmware will be very much appreciated by owners of the handset.
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neodoug1
September 20th 2010
15. Just done a manual check, and still says no update available... I call T-mobile, and all they could do was look at their website and then do a quick Google, and they still couldn't find out about the update! Anyway, I called HTC directly, and they told me that t-mobile released the update on Saturday (18th) but it is only being released in batches, not to everyone at the same time... I just have to be patient (which I'm not very good at!)
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jokekerr
September 18th 2010
14. About time to T-Mobile!
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gero
September 18th 2010
13. Updated - just remember to have 25MB free when you start. I didn't so had to restart it.
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gero
September 18th 2010
12. Just done a manual check and the T-Mobile Froyo update is available - yay! Got to go out now so I'll install it later.
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neodoug1
September 17th 2010
11. nitrofan, the reason that some of us (well, me at least) are waiting so (im)patiently for this update, is that we're pretty annoyed about the ridiculously small internal memory of the Desire meaning we can't install all of the apps we want. And I for one don't want to risk rooting my handset, just to use the apps2sd functionality. It seems like every other day I have to remove another app or two, because there is not enough memory free to install important updates...
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rayrayray
September 10th 2010
10. if we get it by christmas i'd be surprised...if it works properly by the christmas after i'd be delighted given t mobiles/htc's crappy tech knowledge and customer support...i'm on desire number three..at the moment
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nitrofan
August 31st 2010
9. So what if it takes 4, 6 or 8 weeks to be delivered I am not fussed I just want it to work!.
Maybe those out there who are complaining about such a short wait to get what is after all JUST a software upgrade for a mobile phone, need to take along hard look at their lives? there just HAS to be more important things surely
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saintvans
August 31st 2010
8. LISTEN!!!
I'M ON T-MOBILE HTC DESIRE AND DOWLOADED FROYO OVER A MONTH AGO, DUNNO HOW BUT I CHECKED MY SETTINGS AND manually SEARCHED MY SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATES AND FROYO IS NOW INSTALLED
ENJOY!!
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bradavon
August 2nd 2010
7. I must have an unbranded HTC Desire after all. I installed it earlier.
You need 25Mb free storage and Wifi is recommended (it's 90Mb) but all went swiftly it took about 15 minutes to upgrade from start to finish. Once you've kicked it off though, there's nothing more to click. Nothing is lost either.
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kunal23
July 31st 2010
6. I've given up hope and am going to root, it all looks very simple and by the way things look HTC may not bring Gingerbread to the desire and so rooting may be the only way to get it. Might be better in case they fix the loophole in the froyo update.
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romi
July 31st 2010
5. This way too slow update schedule from T-mobile, T-mobile listen to your customers and take action from user feedback, the 2.2 must be rolled out quicker.
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nebulaoperator
July 31st 2010
4. Would anyone tell me: I have unbranded htc desire just happened i am using t-mobile network.How can i get froyo update sooner? Don't really want to wait if there is a quicker way of updating OS. Thank you
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kunal23
July 30th 2010
3. I believe that if you don't have the t mobile screen at boot up or any kind of operator indication when you start up or in the apps then it is a unbranded one. If so enjoy froyo!!!!
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bradavon
July 30th 2010
2. September is a month! Lets have some perspective. It took the upgrade for the HTC Hero much, much longer.
I bought mine unlocked/unbranded from a third party but on T-Mobile. Does this mean I'll get it soon or September? What actually constitutes as an "unlocked/unbranded" handheld?
Surely it's still the operator who push out these updates?
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smokemonster
July 30th 2010
1. Christ, I hope it doesn't take vodafone that long
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