What are the odds of Android 2.2 (Froyo) on the Galaxy?

[Xenon]

There have been some silly announcements of 2.2 Froyo being 450%
faster than 2.1 Eclair.

It's not important how much faster it will be... the important thing is
they've seemingly worked on improving speed, which in turn probably
means resource usage is lower, which could also mean hardware
requirements are lower and perhaps it will run fine on older phones.

Anyway, I doubt Samsung will be giving us 2.2 instead of 2.1, so I'm
curious whether there is any chance of us getting it some other way?

Are there any reasons why 2.2 would not be able to run on the Galaxy?

 

[angeamon]

Samsung has never liked supporting older models of phones !!

So getting FRYO on Samsung i7500 is like a dream

 

[imad]

if any other device with 192 mb ram gets froyo, then galaxy might get it but with long delay.

 

[KlaymenDK]

...and from the community, not from Samsung. Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

not even a slim chance

 

[Naruvam]

2.2 has new kernel it's going to be a lot of work without new sources from Samsung

 

[Xenon]

I was curious whether work done for 2.1 paves the way for 2.2 or not.
As in, can stuff be reused and built upon or is it all anew?

 

[villa1n]

100% chance... on the Galaxy...S ^^

 

[dryhte]

100% chance... on the Galaxy...S ^^

It'll never be 100% until the 'S' ships with it, sadly.

 

[pikacz]

let us pray that fragmentation will be a big enough problem for google that they will start pressuring mobile carriers to release updates for every phone, i think there's a chance of that actually happening (probably in a few months of course...)

 

[kreator]

0%

I will have two samsung cells,my first and last.

 

[Rastaman-FB]

let us pray that fragmentation will be a big enough problem for google that they will start pressuring mobile carriers to release updates for every phone, i think there's a chance of that actually happening (probably in a few months of course...)

for legacy handsets and are 2nd gen androids? you serious?

 

[pikacz]

if pieces of crap like spica, hero or moment are getting 2.1 then yes, i'm serious

 

[Rastaman-FB]

if pieces of crap like spica, hero or moment are getting 2.1 then yes, i'm serious

hero is htc which is a google partner and its been delayed again
spica is different hardware and came some 6 months after galaxy and has more memory and a slightly faster cpu

moment has loads more memory and a slightly faster cpu

192mb ram 528mhz chip and minimal support tells me you are in dreamworld
were not even getting 2.1 so how you see a slim chance of 2.2
there is no agreement in place for forced updated on current versions of android. google have no power at all over the manufacturers at this point

 

[pikacz]

you're right of course, but i was just trying to point out a couple of phones that are only slightly better than galaxy (which could handle 2.1, it handles mustymod) and are going to get (or already have) 2.1, that's why i'm not abandoning all hope (yet...)

 

[Hark]

I came here to ask the same question. With Froyo being (supposedly) more efficient and splitting some core functions off and allowing things to run from the SD card you'd think there's a chance the Galaxy would have more luck with Froyo than Eclair. Chances of Samsung porting it seem close to zero, but hopefully Drakaz or someone might have more luck. I wish someone at Google would step up and do something about it, but that seems unlikely and is dissapointing.

I'm waiting for a new phone that has Froyo before I junk my Galaxy.

 

[Yathushan]

According to some people the android developers feel that it would bi possible to get Froyo on the G1. If that is the case shouldn't we be able to do the same for the galaxy??

Google Devs: "Android 2.2 Froyo Upgrades Technically Possible On Every Phone On The Market, Even The G1" [Google I/O Blitz Coverage, Day 1] | Android News, Reviews, Applications, Games, Phones, Devices, Tips, Hacks, Videos, Podcasts - Android Police

 

[dsyzug]

froyo is built on 2.6.29 kernel

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_Acg1OI94990gTNbPlqV5Q?feat=directlink

(pic taken from android emulator)

Any chance of getting froyo ??

 

[etli22]

froyo is built on 2.6.29 kernel

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(pic taken from android emulator)

Any chance of getting froyo ??

froyo is built on 2.6.32 kernel

 

[devil126]

If SAMSUNG can give us offical resource,we can, if not, I think it's a long long waiting for 2.2 even 2.1. As I know, only Drakaz is working on Galaxy 1.6 and 2.1 now, seems no one is supportting Galaxy.

 

[dsyzug]

froyo is built on 2.6.32 kernel

Check it in android emulator with SDK program Android 2.2, API8 r_1 or see the image
It shows kernel 2.6.29.

 

[FadeFx]

if its really 2.6.29 then chances ar raising...

 

[mrqs]

.32
Android (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Froyo: What

 

[Andronix]

I'm running froyo in emulator and kernel is .29. Any screenshots with froyo running .32?

 

[Yathushan]

Just wondering, where can I get an emulator from because I would love to test out froyo to see what it is like?