Froyo 2.2 Overhyped?

[wase4711]

What does this JIT do?

Let me google that for you

 

[Caloy]

I still don't understand why people feel it was 'hyped'. There was a lot of coverage, of course...JIT is a big deal and so is native flash support and Cloud 2 device. Everything promised has been delivered (ok, we didn't get the 3D gallery...we'll get that soon enough). So, where exactly was the 'hype' that's being claimed?

I think 'hyped' is code for 'I didn't bother understanding what was being promised, I just read the headlines on forums'.

I completely agree with the quote above. The only hype is the hype people led themselves to believe in.

EDIT: That's why I'm still on 2.1, and waiting for everything to be perfect before I jump ship to 2.2.

 

[meyerweb]

Anyone who expected more has only himself (or herself) to blame. Exactly what this update meant has been well documented. If you didn't bother to read, don't blame Google, this site, or anyone else.

 

[hendodo]

Let me google that for you

hahaaa i just clicked it...Pretty cool. Never seen that before

 

[uniquenameEVO]

What do you guys think? Worth the wait?

I was happy with my evo before, so it was virtually no wait in my mind.

I am happier now with the responsiveness, and a few little things. I would have to say yes, worth it.

 

[One Beast]

hahaaa i just clicked it...Pretty cool. Never seen that before

Yea and he Spelled Compiler Wrong....Someone needs to google it for HIM

 

[RoboMonkey]

It's okay. Had I not ben sending back my current evo no way I would have given up my free WiFi tether for it. I think 3.0 will be the real deal as it will help pull over more Apple converts.

 

[WaSTeLaNd]

Let me google that for you

That was by far the most bad ass smart ass thing I've seen

 

[SporkLover]

Robo, there are rooted leaked versions of 2.2 where you wouldn't have to give up Wifi Tethering.

I didn't. Everything is peachy.

 

[S00NR1]

The drastic increase in speed alone is well worth it. There are still a few things to be worked out but to me it was certainly everything I hoped it would be.

 

[One Beast]

Robo, there are rooted leaked versions of 2.2 where you wouldn't have to give up Wifi Tethering.

I didn't. Everything is peachy.

What ROM are you using

Because most of them i see on xda have problems with Wifi Tethering

 

[Droidone]

2.2= what Evo should have been out the box new. That's pretty much it. this is the update in preparation for 3.0.

 

[SporkLover]

HTC 2.2 Stock Froyo (Rooted) 3.26.651.3 - Not the Final Build - xda-developers

I didn't even have to do a full wipe. No reconfiguration required!

 

[One Beast]

Do you have to be Fully Rooted with nand unlock? What method did you use to root

 

[VGPOP]

Let me google that for you

You spelled compiler incorrectly.

 

[laredo7mm]

You spelled compiler incorrectly.

You duped a post:

Yea and he Spelled Compiler Wrong....Someone needs to google it for HIM

 

[bvbull200]

I would say it was overhyped. That doesn't mean that the update is a disappointment, but there were tons of posts asking when it was coming out and fights over who's intel was better in regards to the release date. I think that it meets all realistic expectations, but so many people on this board acted like Jesus himself was going to personally install the update.

 

[VGPOP]

You duped a post:

I don't read all replies.

 

[Dreamliner]

Ummmmmmm, OK......

You do realize you can turn sense off right? What does this video show that the EVO with 2.2 does not have????

You cannot FULLY turn Sense off. Photo Gallery, Camera, Dialer, etc, all 'Sense UI' crap. I loved Sense UI when it was on my Hero running Android 1.5. It is essentially unchanged since then. Yuk!

 

[tomhagen]

Just waiting to be able to cut & paste in Gmail...







ps: my flippin' Treo 700wx could do that... amazing how many simple little things Treo's did that our hot new phones don't. Love my EVO though.

 

[EarlyMon]

Just waiting to be able to cut & paste in Gmail...

??

Noticed I can copy directly from my inbox in the Mail app.

 

[tomhagen]

??

Noticed I can copy directly from my inbox in the Mail app.

not in Gmail app.

BTW - 2.2 is what it is... some real nice tweaks to an awesome phone. I hope EVO eventually gets 3.0 and that blows our socks off.

 

[EarlyMon]

not in Gmail app.

Never saw the point of that app. Yeah, I get it does push - if you leave Talk running.

Just don't see the point of single-server clients, so I live with the polling deficiency of Mail. My desktop polls, and polling doesn't seem like any bigger crime than Talk running - just doesn't give that instant show - that I'm not used to anyways.

Bummer about GMail, tho.

PS - Yeah, I'd say full Flash and the beginnings of H.264 video on Android are pretty decent tweaks. I think it would be odd if we somehow just got a whole 'nother OS just changing a minor rev number. We started at 2.x, we're still gonna be at 2.x until Gingerbread.

And WaSTeLaND - no need looking for pinch in this gallery - that's a feature of a completely different gallery app. We want that one - in 24-bit color.

 

[Barats]

Froyo supports flash. That right there is win for me.

 

[84guy]

i dont think its over hyped

Linpack scores

2.1 Stock not rooted 7.003 0.77 seconds

2.2 Stock leak not rooted 40.702 0.13 seconds