Official android 2.2 (froyo) release for orange san francisco.

[Deleted User]

An official Froyo update would be awesome - I loaded a 2.2 ROM onto my San Fran, and it caused no end of screen freeze issues, so restored back to the Orange stock ROM.

One thing though - there's no "check for system software updates" option in the menus of my San Fran (like there is on other Orange Android handsets), so how do you presume you'd receive any update? Download a .zip on the PC and drop it onto the handset?

 

[EazyDuz]

yes

 

[Ilovetech]

I agree I would love an official one. It is just when will an official update come out. Some apps are loosing functionality for 2.2 as well as 2.1

 

[ElasticNinja]

There is an official Swedish Froyo available

 

[Ilovetech]

That sounds good, as it would all be fully functional, have any available links for more information?

 

[ElasticNinja]

That sounds good, as it would all be fully functional, have any available links for more information?

it requires a flashing method that changes the internal phone layout to what the devs call "Generation 2"
however one dev has made it work on Gen 1 devices

If Orange do release an update, I'd presume it'd be Gen 2

 

[Ilovetech]

Okay thanks for the information! At the moment do you think it is likely an update will become available? And would it be worth waiting for the update.

 

[ElasticNinja]

Okay thanks for the information! At the moment do you think it is likely an update will become available?

I would not be surprised - the Blade is selling like hot cakes for Orange
If they are though they likely would drop some hints - which has yet to happen

And would it be worth waiting for the update.

I think you know my opinion on this

 

[Ilovetech]

Okay thanks for the reply, Orange are doing well with the popular product. I am just really hoping for 2.2, and you can never tell with customer services.

 

[roland69uk]

I emailed orange last week regarding the 2.2 upgrade, i had a phonecall back a couple of days ago, and to cut a long story short, they have 2.2 and they are in the process of loading their bloatware onto it, it will be availible soonish, i aint gonna hold my breath on this one though

 

[Ilovetech]

Thank you very much for the update. Well fingers crossed!

 

[Otherguyx]

man i want this so bad, mainly because i dont want to root it as i will loose myw arranty, and also i want to save the stupid apps to the god damn sd card. i have 8 gb sd card and there is nothing inside... this is stupid!

uhhhgg i realllly want to save apps to sd card. If i can save apps to my 8gb sd card then i can get LOOADDSS of apps!

 

[Ilovetech]

I agree, this would be a massive step forward for the Orange San Francisco, I am definitely hoping for the update. Your SD card issue is the same with me, this would be great for orange.

 

[ElasticNinja]

I wonder how theyd roll it out, I mean, I'd presume itll be Gen2

 

[Otherguyx]

just wondering, what is the difference between gen 1 and gen 2 orange san fran. i bought my san fran like 2-3 days ago and mines gen 1. Is that bad?

 

[ElasticNinja]

Gen2 has a different partition layout, Radio etc
It requires a change of kernel base address and new radio libs

Comviq in Sweden only upgrade phones when repairing them

Its easy to covert, not very easy tho and it requires more carefulleness than say, flashing a ROM

 

[Boff Bagwell]

Hi there does any one Know if you can Run android 2.2 on a contract Sanfran without any problems ??

 

[ElasticNinja]

Hi there does any one Know if you can Run android 2.2 on a contract Sanfran without any problems ??

Of course you can!

 

[BurnCK]

Swedish Spring 2.2 ROM is excellent (based on official Swedish 2.2 ROM for San Fran).
I've got a feeling that you'll be waiting quite a while for an official 2.2 update from Orange...and with all the bloatware crap they put on it, you may be disappointed when it does arrive.

 

[Nighthawk4]

I installed the ZTE version of Froyo, which I found here

I also replaced the Boot Animation, so there is nothing left to show it is the Chinese ROM. The ROM is actually in English - only the logo on the original Boot Animation had any Chinese on it.

This is working very well - a lot more stable than the previous ROM I used (which was 2.1). I have the Froyo version of the Market of course and I can move Apps to my SD.

The only minor issue I have found - which seems to have started since I installed App2SD, not from the time I installed the ROM - is that some of the Widgets are not available to add to the Home screen. They seem to be still installed and I can add the Icon to the Home screen, but the Widget is not in the list. Some of the Widgets were already on the Home screen and these have disappeared, with no option to put them back.

This does not seem to be affected by whether the relevant app is on the Internal Memory or the SD.

Anyone else seen this please? Is there a fix?


Incidentally, my OSF is a Gen1. There is no sign of any remaining Orange branding. One minor issue is that I have lost the 'YourOrange' app which helped advise on the credit I have left (Orange PAYG), but this is trivial compared with the loss of the rest of the Orange bloatware and the use of a clean and stable 2.2 ROM.

 

[ElasticNinja]

Android requires Widgets being in internal memory

If you are running low on space you may want to look at repartitioning your phones internal memory

 

[El Presidente]

One minor issue is that I have lost the 'YourOrange' app which helped advise on the credit I have left (Orange PAYG)

Your Orange can be installed as a standalone app via the market, along with the Orange Wednesday one.

 

[Ilovetech]

Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) getting the Android 2.2 Froyo update in "last week of June"

Just saw, Orange are releasing the new froyo version next week, this means froyo is coming after all! Well fingers crossed, and I was just about to update to, cyanogenMod 7, no need now!

 

[ElasticNinja]

You should really upgrade. Oranges froyo will be laden with crap tbh, and CM7 is awesome

 

[Ilovetech]

I have heard very good things about CM7, but some people say it can be slow on the blade. Does it offer, FM radio, and all the google aps?