EVO 4G's Android 2.2 update starts trickling out July 30 (official OTA August 3rd)

RichboyJhae · Jul 29, 2010

Never been so happy to have Sprint.

wase4711 · Jul 29, 2010

SoFLO said:
I predicted late July or early August...I think I'm going to Vegas

You mean Disneyworld....

VGPOP · Jul 29, 2010

hendodo said:
How long u guys think its gonna take for it to download to our devices? I say bout 2 hours

This is not an advice. It's common sense.

Have your phone charged 100% before applying update.

Do you imagine someone updating this little battery left? What happens in the middle of the update?

Rico college · Jul 29, 2010

ThatNewAndroidGuy said:
"software update through their HTC EVO 4G under the Settings Menu > System Updates > HTC Software Update"

For those who were asking "Which option do i choose to upgradez?!?!?!?"

they said it will be under "HTC software update"

THEFORCE · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
This is not an advice. It's common sense.

Have you phone charged 100% before applying update.

Do you imagine someone updating this little battery left? What happens in the middle of the update?

i may be thinking about the old days of wm but i thought there was a minimum battery percentage you had to have

VGPOP · Jul 29, 2010

Uh oh, I found this on PCWORLD article

...if you don't want to wait, Sprint says you can manually download the upgrade starting Tuesday: Simply select the "HTC Software Update" option in the "System Updates" section of the phone's main settings menu to force the process to begin."

That's my only concern now.

Will this update be manually available tomorrow Friday or Tuesday? Because the press release does not say anywhere that is tomorrow Friday.

teky · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
Uh oh, I found this on PCWORLD article

...if you don't want to wait, Sprint says you can manually download the upgrade starting Tuesday: Simply select the "HTC Software Update" option in the "System Updates" section of the phone's main settings menu to force the process to begin."

That's my only concern now.

Will this update be manually available tomorrow Friday or Tuesday? Because the press release does not say anywhere that is tomorrow Friday.

Good catch...it is very ambiguous. The original post from Engadget which showed the Sprint slides explicitly stated tomorrow...the follow-up didn't contradict it, but didn't really give any date at all for the manual update. If you just read the official statement from Sprint, that is a perfectly legit way of interpreting it.

It's an open question.

damewolf13 · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
Uh oh, I found this on PCWORLD article

...if you don't want to wait, Sprint says you can manually download the upgrade starting Tuesday: Simply select the "HTC Software Update" option in the "System Updates" section of the phone's main settings menu to force the process to begin."

That's my only concern now.

Will this update be manually available tomorrow Friday or Tuesday? Because the press release does not say anywhere that is tomorrow Friday.

I'm just gonna wait til it gets pushed to me, to be safe.
By then all the unknowns will be known.

VGPOP · Jul 29, 2010

damewolf13 said:
I'm just gonna wait til it gets pushed to me, to be safe.
By then all the unknowns will be known.

It's not a guarantee you'll get it on the 3rd.

They will send it in "waves" and everyone should have it by "mid august" the articles states.

wase4711 · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
Uh oh, I found this on PCWORLD article

...if you don't want to wait, Sprint says you can manually download the upgrade starting Tuesday: Simply select the "HTC Software Update" option in the "System Updates" section of the phone's main settings menu to force the process to begin."

That's my only concern now.

Will this update be manually available tomorrow Friday or Tuesday? Because the press release does not say anywhere that is tomorrow Friday.

That's a bummer, Dude...If I can't get Froyo at 12:00.01 PM tomorrow, I am returning my EVO to Best Buy!!!

PyroSporker · Jul 29, 2010

Does anyone know if you can update right to Froyo from the original build of the phone? When I got my replacement Evo (light leak, blown earpiece, etc.) I never installed the new 1.47.651.1 OTA update. I'd rather not install 1.47 and skip over it right to Froyo. I don't know how android updates work, So I don't know if this is even possible. My fear is that when I go to check for HTC updates, it will always just tell me about 1.47 and never about Froyo.

Anyone have any good insights?

Also, If the Froyo build does not pan out (When hell freezes over, I know), is there any good way to revert back to the original build of the phone without rooting? I think a reset will only reset to the newest build applied to the phone and not revert back.

ultramodern · Jul 29, 2010

I'm so surprised froyo is already coming out for the evo. It's like HTC pulled a switcharoo. Everyone is always complaining about how long it takes for Sense to get updated and then this happens. I can't believe HTC beat Motorola to the punch. Sprint and HTC are on a roll!

GhostFlame · Jul 29, 2010

PyroSporker said:
Does anyone know if you can update right to Froyo from the original build of the phone? When I got my replacement Evo (light leak, blown earpiece, etc.) I never installed the new 1.47.651.1 OTA update. I'd rather not install 1.47 and skip over it right to Froyo. I don't know how android updates work, So I don't know if this is even possible. My fear is that when I go to check for HTC updates, it will always just tell me about 1.47 and never about Froyo.

Anyone have any good insights?

Also, If the Froyo build does not pan out (When hell freezes over, I know), is there any good way to revert back to the original build of the phone without rooting? I think a reset will only reset to the newest build applied to the phone and not revert back.

2.2 will have everything from 1.XX that didn't need improving and everything 2.2 is bringing to the table

from what i know it will always try for the latest version

Premonition · Jul 29, 2010

JokerElite said:
So tomorrow the update will be optional? And it will be mandatory on August 3rd? Just to clarify.

For those who just can

damewolf13 · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
It's not a guarantee you'll get it on the 3rd.

They will send it in "waves" and everyone should have it by "mid august" the articles states.

Yah, I'm okay with that. Good things are worth waiting for.

Deleted User · Jul 29, 2010

damewolf13 said:
You know, if VZW was smart (and that's doubtful), they would use that window (July31/Aug1) to send out Froyo to a couple of their high end devices (DX/Inc), and beat Sprint to the punch.

That's assuming they even have it up and running on a DX, and HTC aren't going to push it to the Inc. to beat themselves pushing it to the EVO.

Stepintothedark · Jul 29, 2010

just called tech support 3 different times and got the same answer...

If you MANUALLY update your phone anytime starting after midnight tonight, it SHOULD be available for download.... but may not be available till tomorrow morning....

I'll take that.... so I've gotta be up early, so I'm going to just try every hour or so... lol

heavychevy · Jul 29, 2010

We'll try in shifts. I will check every 5 minutes from 7am-8am. Whoever gets it first:

NEW FROYO THREAD!!!!!!!!!

teky · Jul 29, 2010

Stepintothedark said:
just called tech support 3 different times and got the same answer...

If you MANUALLY update your phone anytime starting after midnight tonight, it SHOULD be available for download.... but may not be available till tomorrow morning....

I'll take that.... so I've gotta be up early, so I'm going to just try every hour or so... lol

Thanks man...anytime tomorrow would be fine. But you definitely got the answer I was looking for. Again, kudos for calling and clearing it up.

Deleted User · Jul 29, 2010

Cobravision said:
I assume the Nexus1 updates were initiated by Google and not TMo.

The N1 isn't a T-Mo phone, it just runs on T-Mo (among other networks.)

Stepintothedark · Jul 29, 2010

heavychevy said:
We'll try in shifts. I will check every 5 minutes from 7am-8am. Whoever gets it first:

NEW FROYO THREAD!!!!!!!!!

lol... let's just start a texting tree lol...

seriously though, I'll try once or twice tonight... then again tomorrow, I may even roam into the corporate sprint store tomorrow if I'm near, and see if my friend there can check, if I don't see anything...

but I'm not terribly worried about it, end of next week we'll all have it,

PyroSporker · Jul 29, 2010

The release material posted on Engadget says 12PMCST, which means noon tomorrow. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it tonight.

I'd believe a Sprint rep about as far as I can throw one, which isn't very far.

Rob_A · Jul 29, 2010

I really hope it doesn't brick some phones.

heavychevy · Jul 29, 2010

pyrosporker said:
the release material posted on engadget says 12pmcst, which means noon tomorrow. i wouldn't lose any sleep over it tonight.

i'd believe a sprint rep about as far as i can throw one, which isn't very far.

toooooooo laaaatttteeeee......................

Deleted User · Jul 29, 2010

VGPOP said:
This is not an advice. It's common sense.

Have your phone charged 100% before applying update.

Do you imagine someone updating this little battery left? What happens in the middle of the update?

I doubt the update will even start if your battery is low. It may even require you to be on external power. To be safe, just have the power plugged in. Why risk it?

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