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Jan

23

2011

Sprint’s Official Answer for Techs to Give on the “Where’s Froyo” Question

by Michael Murphy
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Sprint spoke out recently about the Froyo updates for their devices that are still awaiting it, and they have made similar statements via Twitter. So it’s not surprising that they have an internal document that has basically the same bullet points. It seems like they are distributing this to agents in their stores and at their call centers to use for an answer to the “When I will I get the 2.2 update on my phone” question. The standard response will be the usual company lines of “Sprint works closely with our manufacturing partners to deliver updates,” and “We bring software updates to our customers as quickly as possible.” Clearly Sprint is trying to reinforce the exact same message on every front.

While this answer may not be what customers want to hear, at least Sprint is addressing the issue head-on after months of silence. The document states that the update will be announced when it is ready directly from Sprint, and that the Epic 4G, the Transform, and Sanyo Zio are all being prepped for update. Stay tuned, and we’ll bring you that information the day it’s available.

[via Android Central]

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Comments

  • Anon123

    It is kind of retarded that a carrier and a phone manufacturer get to decide when an update to an operating system should be available. Google could setup a better system. Maybe they shouldn’t advertise these phones as running Android.

  • http://sdx-developers.com brett6781

    I could care less, I’ve been running Froyo on my epic for more then 2 months so far and I can bet it will out preform any bloat filled shit that sprint puts out.

  • Bryan

    Samsung and sprint need to do a better job. URCHIN EVO has Froyo.

  • http://TurboFool.com TurboFool

    I’m not sure this is answering the question “head on” at all. This seems exactly like avoiding it, just officially. This is the equivalent of “we don’t comment on rumors” but in a more specific form. “We’re working on it, as we always do.” It’s nothing.

    And to Anon123: Agreed. While I still notably prefer Android to iOS, it’s one thing that’s a real problem. Leaving updates to the carriers and manufacturers pretty much kills the updates for us. I think they need to consider a system where drivers are submitted to Google and Google’s responsible for OS compatibility and pushing of updates. That or better effort to give access to certain Google extras ONLY to manufacturers who work out some agreement to make their custom software a separate install making it easier to update the OS. Then in order to advertise these hot functions, they have to have that support. Just a few basic ideas. Either way, it’s killing me. I’m running pre-releases of Froyo on my Epic and they suck. Performance is a mess. We need real, solid, official updates.

    btw, anyone remember Samsung tweeting that Gingerbread would be coming to the Galaxy S? How much can we actually buy that story?

  • curse

    TurboFool – Gingerbread to the Galaxy S? Hopefully soon!
    after all, we got FroYo in October, the delay for FroYo in the US is just Sprint and other carriers that are slow with adding their bloatware, got nothing to do with Samsung

  • siva kumar

    I need a clarification about android development. What means what are the differences between main.xml string.xml i don’t know how to use the below file. any one give the answer