odafone customers beware!!

[kingdeacon]

Don't think so. I've tried mine and it's not having any of it

I hope someone works it out soon so i can de-brand, i'm so pissed off with vodafone now.

 

[partridge]

Text below lifted from VF forum:

Here's what the latest Vodafone firmware actually does for you :

- Changes your browser homepage to the 360 login page
- Duplicates all your text messages
- Installs Vodafone apps
- Adds bookmarks to your browser

The bookmarks include :

- Flirtomatic
- Match
- BBC
- Facebook
- eBay
- Amazon
- Lottery
- BBC Sport
- MySpace
- Argos
- Train Times
- Sky Sports

The apps added are :

Places - Points of interest (but not designed for UK users. Gas station? ATM?)
Music Shop - Doesn't work
360 Shop - Doesn't work
Web - Shortcut to 360 login page
360 Updates - An app to update all the apps above

These apps can not be removed.

The default Music app is also modified to add a link to the Music Shop (which doesn't work).

Use this link to complain to the Vodafone CEO
Feedback to the Vodafone UK CEO

The mods at VF Forum are deleting this link when it appears there!

 

[Bully74uk]

Its already been said that Vodafone have been very sneaky indeed by slipping this update in at a time when most users are regularly checking for the FroYo update.

Only the day before yesterday I checked for updates and there was nothing and I decided to debrand yesterday. Had I checked again before debranding I would have definitely installed the update and been stuck.

I wouldn't be surprised if Vodafone make things like tethering chargeable on their version of Froyo eg

 

[petehtc]

NOOOOOOOOOO! I've gone and installed this stupid update from vodafone....am I now stuck ? what happens if I try an older vodafone rom ?

edit: just tried to go back to 1.19.161.5 and it says

error 140: bootloader version error. The ROM update utility cannot update your android phone.

 

[freefall]

Yeah Pete I get the same. I feel like Vodafone have robbed me of my Android freedom

 

[Bully74uk]

Vodafone Barstewards !

 

[Bully74uk]

For all you guys/gals that have already installed the vodabloat update, please check out post #16 on here:

Vodafone UK - Update available is NTO Froyo - Page 2 - xda-developers

Looks like there is a way around it by rooting the handset.

Haven't checked out any of the guides he's linked to but it seems he got t working

Good luck.

 

[adam1985]

Text below lifted from VF forum:

Here's what the latest Vodafone firmware actually does for you :

- Changes your browser homepage to the 360 login page
- Duplicates all your text messages
- Installs Vodafone apps
- Adds bookmarks to your browser

WTF stupid vf why did it duplicate all my txts? anyone know how to delete the duplicates but not the original? I have about 1200 now but only 600 real text messages and i dont fancy manually deleting all the duplicates!

 

[Deleted User]

nit picking? not really.

you "warned" about this:

...all those people that have purchased a phone directly from their network operator that currently have generic firmware pre-installed may end up with a network branded phone after the update to Froyo...

which would never happen because if you have generic firmware, you will get generic updates from HTC.

what really happened is that Vodafone customers were looking out for FroYo 2.2 and Vodafone sneaked out an update to their own 2.1 firmware at the same time which caught people out.

The point i'm trying to make is, people thought they had generic firmware because there was no VF branding on their handsets/firmware, i already know that generic firmware will ony ever be updated to none branded generic firmware and this is what people thought they had, yes, maybe i should have worded that post a bit differently, but i didn't, sorry, but my point still stands as these people seemed to have none branded phones before they updated their firmware.

 

[petehtc]

For all you guys/gals that have already installed the vodabloat update, please check out post #16 on here:

Vodafone UK - Update available is NTO Froyo - Page 2 - xda-developers

Looks like there is a way around it by rooting the handset.

Haven't checked out any of the guides he's linked to but it seems he got t working

Good luck.

thanks billy - im stuck at installing the update.zip part - anyone care to help ?

 

[petehtc]

woohoo! I'm now running 2.2

 

[nafpez]

Well after my monstrous rant lastnight (again, muchos apologies for that) I debranded this morning, all went very well, but instead of that stupid piece of crap Vodasham update, I'm now getting nothing, no 2.2 update, I'm certain I'm debranded, no voda scene or anything such as the like, I'm sure I read yesterday somewhere on here that the update has been pulled? is that right? hope its sorted soon, really feel for all the people that downloaded that bullshit update, just glad I checked here first, this is just a nightmare for everyone involved.

 

[Evil Genius]

...but my point still stands as these people seemed to have none branded phones before they updated their firmware.

i have a VF desire. unbranded and unlocked. no splashscreen, no logo, no menus, no bookmarks, no apps.

however, when i click menu > scenes i can see a VF option indicating carrier firmware which is confirm by a quick software check.

unfortunately nowadays, the onus is on the consumer to look before they leap.

 

[Evil Genius]

Well after my monstrous rant lastnight (again, muchos apologies for that) I debranded this morning, all went very well, but instead of that stupid piece of crap Vodasham update, I'm now getting nothing, no 2.2 update, I'm certain I'm debranded, no voda scene or anything such as the like, I'm sure I read yesterday somewhere on here that the update has been pulled? is that right? hope its sorted soon, really feel for all the people that downloaded that bullshit update, just glad I checked here first, this is just a nightmare for everyone involved.

i updated to 1.21.405.2 and got the same mesaage.

try this: Manually install the official Froyo build on HTC Desire | Geekword

it did it this morning. it's simple, it worked for me and now i'm all 102.2% FroYo-ed up (can you see what i did there?)

 

[nickkr]

What I don

 

[partridge]

I've turned off the update notification and will wait for the web to report the arrival of 2.2

I just hope I can get 2.2 without first having to naff up my phone with the VF adware

 

[partridge]

A post on the VF forum says that a fix is underway that will remove (or enable the removal) of this update.

We'll see if it's true or not, but hopefully it is. If it, then a pat on the back to everyone that kicked up about this.

fingers crossed...

 

[damianpadden]

updated yesterday their stupid update and was well pissed so rooted this morning and running a new rom ......take that VF.

 

[petehtc]

just to say my desire is now broken :-( something went wrong and now its stuck at the HTC white screen.

..looks like I need to dig my blackberry storm out....

 

[freefall]

Oh my god Pete what happened?

 

[petehtc]

no idea but I guess I didnt 100% know what I was doing... not sure I can get it back either. wont mount the sdcard so I cant run my restore either....bad times!

 

[partridge]

An update on the "fix" that VF were looking at.

Well the "fix" appears to be that all of this guff will appear in their 2.2 release, so if you ignore the current update you'll get it all anyway when they wheel out their "customised to provide you with a better experience" version of FroYo

Fan-bloody-tastic.

Vodafone's Desire update irks Froyo-hungry users | Mobile IT | ZDNet UK

 

[TonyHTC]

Totally out of order for Voda to release this while the whole community of Desire owners are waiting of Froyo.

If we had 2.2 and could install apps to SD it wouldn't be so bad but to throw a load of S**T on everyone's phone that takes up internal memory is a P**S take!

Message the CEO of Vodafone on the link here and have a rant if you're a bit annoyed. Apparently someone will respond by way of a phone call - still haven't had my call yet though.... I don't think i'll stay up waiting tonight!

Feedback to the Vodafone UK CEO

 

[lolbug]

no idea but I guess I didnt 100% know what I was doing... not sure I can get it back either. wont mount the sdcard so I cant run my restore either....bad times!

USB brick/rickrolled/b0rked -> FIXED! - Android @ MoDaCo

There might be something there that might help you.

Good luck.

 

[dinner_droid]

Wicked running 2.2 now. It's a lot better than 2.1