Vodafone has confirmed to TechRadar that it will be releasing the Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire owners from 23 August.
The rollout will begin from next week, where users will be prompted to download the new Android 2.2 firmware.
However, the rollout will be phased, so Vodafone customers might have to wait up to two weeks to get the new upgrade.
Vodafone said: "Our priority has been to make sure that the software does what we said it will do. This meant testing took a little longer than anticipated."
Longer than first thought
It's a little outside of the earlier 7-10 days time frame promised, but at least it's coming soon. It will also scrub away the much-maligned 360 update - although it's a little trickier than just deleting the applications from your phone.
First of all, check your software version in Settings, About Phone, Software information. Your software should either be 1.19.161.5 if you haven't downloaded the recent Vodafone 360 software, or 1.24.161.3 if you have accepted the update.
If you have accepted it, but not opened the applications, then their functionality will be removed, although you'll need to delete any icons and reset any bookmarks/home page choices manually.
You can perform a factory reset too to remove the 360 update, but be warned this will erase all data stored on the handset, so make sure you're fully backed up if you take this route.
What if I did click the icon?
If you have opened and updated any Vodafone 360 applications, then the same process will work, apart from "360 updates" and "Shop" applications, which to get rid of you'll need to 'uninstall the update' in Settings, Applications.
It might sound a little complicated, and we're sure that Vodafone regrets offering the 360 update for HTC Desire users - but at least it's offering a way out, and users can now enjoy longer battery life, HD video recording and Wi-Fi sharing.
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dyonas
August 20th 2010
5. @caimbeul Blaming Android for a problem that is down to network branding of firmware is quite silly. There's nothing that Google can do about that if you choose to get a subsidised handset. You can avoid it by buying SIM free phones or going down the rooting and flashing custom ROM route.
Speaking as someone that has a G1 running FroYo I know that I will be buying a SIM free phone and rooting it. While phone manufacturers and networks might class phones as obsolete they are still very good in the right hands like Cyanogen and other devs.
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caimbeul
August 20th 2010
4. ...its all the fault of the network operators. Googles mobile OS is great but will never win until networks get with the program and roll out upates immediately. The vanilla Froyo has been available for Desire for ages and works without issue on all networks.
Vodafone have screwed a large portion of their customers by seruticiously dropping an unwanted and undocumented update to the firmware completely ruining the phones.
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caimbeul
August 20th 2010
3. I love android but this is why i will not buy an android set again. It should simply be a case of: its been released by Google, its available to all for installation. end of. Will buy Apple next time.
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kawai
August 20th 2010
2. At last Vodafone bring 2.2 out. But I think Im going to wait until I know it really is FROYO rather than some vodafone crapware again. I've been with Vodafone for years but I will probably leave after my contract expires.
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romi
August 20th 2010
1. Mobile operators have had plenty of time to test and release the latest OS, sluggish momentum in progress. T-Mobile should have released the O\s by now , what are they doing which is dragging the release date. I can imagine Android 3 will be even slower in release.
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