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[Desire General] _stefans_:
I wonder when the updates will be available, I just got an email from HTC eClub stating that they will start updating throughout the weekend..
[Desire General] Harnec:
I didn't update my device to 1.21, when check for updates 1.21 update is present. Do you think when froyo update becomes avaiable 1.21 would automatically vanish or I have to update to 1.21 before froyo ? any guess?
[Desire General] Bouncer5:
Any idea what this caller id thing is?

What's up with current caller ID?
[Desire General] Tomaco:
read this thread!
[Desire General] Tomaco:
HTC_NL (translated)
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
I have checked manually for this new update every damn hour by now, and not a thing. Some HTC-employees said in other swedish forums that it will update automaticly, like the 2.1 update1 did. But it might come to morrow or sunday. Or monday. However, we in Europe will have it first.

This is for those who forgot to read todays newspaper about Android 2.2:

"

The Android 2.2 (FroYo) update for HTC Desire will start rolling out across Europe this weekend.

As well as including the complete set of Android 2.2 features, the update will contain a few special additions of our own through the latest iteration of HTC Sense. The update will provide 720p video capture, HTC’s App Share widget, as well as our enhanced HTC Caller ID, and improved multi-language keyboard. Also, though the update, HTC Sync will allow HTC Desire users to sync their music with iTunes.

HTC Desire users will be notified that the over-the-air update is available to download when their phone automatically checks for software updates.

The update won’t delete any of the phone’s content. However, due to the size of the update, we would advise using a WiFi connection to download it wherever possible to avoid additional data charges.

This update will initially roll out to unlocked HTC Desire handsets.

Operator specific versions of the update are undergoing testing and we expect to make them available in several weeks’ time."​

Lucky me who bought unlocked Desire for 470 EUR 14:th april.... :)
[Desire General] chris7494:
I got mine on three UK and have generic firmware, no branding and on 1.21.405.2 so even I'm expecting the update this weekend and I didn't part with any lump sum ;-)
[Desire General] kmetek:
so BRANDED?
[Desire General] AMoosa:
If it's the same as the Hong Kong test ROM, then it shows the Facebook photo AND the latest status update for that person on the screen when they call you.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] landgateblue:
Desire,s on 3uk are unbranded.......:)
[Desire General] Flaggie:
Look at this new message of our "great friend" Mark moons, which suddenly started twittering again:

Iets te voorbarig geweest, maar hou je Desire gereed: http://ow.ly/2iZdf ...en we leveren meer extra's bij de ROM

I was a bit premature, but keep your Desire ready...... ... and we deliver some extra's with the rom.

So let's discuss which extra's these will be and all get disappointed when we actually get Froyo and notice that they are not there :D:D:D:p:p:p

(on a side note look at the amount of views and posts of this topic, we are almost outranking all the stickies, with a topic which is about a week two days(thank you rik) old)
[Desire General] rikbrouwer:
A week old?! Two days you mean! :eek:
[Desire General] kristovaher:
They've said what those extras are (mentioned a few times here in this thread), such as this app share, iTunes integration, caller ID and a few other things from what I remember.

Basically mister Mark Moons is trying to say that his announcement failed because of those additions :D
[Desire General] Flaggie:
Like they made those additions in just 2 days hmmm...
[Desire General] charon72:
Hey dude, what do you have against my Avatar ?
[Desire General] r47z:
The leaked rom had everything except for iTunes sync only. Hoping for good news when I wake up. GMT+0800 here.
[Desire General] ddic:
Also mine bought from Orange Romania is unbranded and has firmware 1.21.405.2. This means that I have to expect to Froyo update this weekend?
[Desire General] rottunix:
HTC_NL

Vanaf komende dagen wordt de Android 2.2 update voor HTC Desire uitgerold. I.v.m. beperkte bandbreedte gefaseerde uitrol

From next few days the 2.2 update for HTC Android Desire rolled. Due to limited bandwidth phased rollout

HTC_NL
[Desire General] Peelypeel:
I wish they would just send it out. don't they have there own Desires to test it on in house, surely??
[Desire General] Sapphire008:
Don't forget to keep the desire fully charged for the 2.2 update ;)
[Desire General] oursoul:
WHERE'S MY ****ING UPDATE?

I can hardly contain myself.

oh and

DO NOT INSTALL ANY HTC UPDATES OVER THE WEEKEND IF YOU WANT ROOT!

damn!

iTunes can **** off too
[Desire General] seje99:
Yeah who need itunes! Nobody muhahaha...
[Desire General] seje99:
So if a rooted phone gets the update u will not be able to get root ever..
[Desire General] Hasty:
Does anybody really believe that HTC will come through with this?
[Desire General] Bouncer5:
No reason not to in my opinion, And its been reported by a whole load of sites, If they don't come through that's going to be some really bad publicity...
[Desire General] Peelypeel:
That really made me giggle, thank you.

Yes, I'm fairly sure we all, along with the rest of the internet, believe they will release the update this weekend.
[Desire General] oursoul:
I will personally swear very loudly if they do not come through... even though I am reluctant to install since it stops my option to root if I do.

Saying that the ONLY reason I would want to root again is so I can have the rotary lock screen rather than that stupid up/down one that HTC have taken on board (idiots).
[Desire General] oursoul:
I will personally swear very loudly if they do not come through... even though I am reluctant to install since it stops my option to root if I do.

Saying that the ONLY reason I would want to root again is so I can have the rotary lock screen rather than that stupid up/down one that HTC have taken on board (idiots).

]edit[

wtf I only clicked submit once.. I'm not some impatient prick that cant wait till sunday for a froyo I cant update to anyway
[Desire General] chris7494:
Yes I believe if it says 405 in the last part of the firmware version then the phone isn't branded. Mine is also not locked either, I guess the two usually go together most often!

I bet HTC servers are already getting sick of us all hitting the update button, well if you are all like me they will be, I've done it every hour since the press release lol.

Guess Im an htctard

Chris
[Desire General] aindow:
Got my generator and charger strapped to my back at all times just in case it comes out whilst i'm out :D
[Desire General] gnolihp:
haha, me too, not that very often. If they got pay per click, they should earn a big amount already.
[Desire General] k.aalai:
What number are you exactly referring to?

mine is tmob UK, was locked unlocked by tmob code, and the base band ver says:

32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11

firmware: 2.1 update1

It has a tmob startup animation, and by what ive read up it is branded...
[Desire General] chris7494:
It's the software number, the version of the firmware. Three UK originally used unbranded firmware which is the 405 ( 1.21.405.2) but now they use 1.22.771.1 so the 771 is the network branded version ID.
[Desire General] chris7494:
If your tmob version is 1.21.110.4 I think yours is branded. If you go to shipped-roms.com they have the firmwares to download.
[Desire General] Lukehluke:
It was the weekend over three hours ago (UK time).

I want the update but I am on T-Mobile :(
[Desire General] chris7494:
My mate got his from cpw on tmob and his is on generic firmware, check yours, you might be lucky!
[Desire General] linshius:
Someone said:

Do you ppl really don`t know if u r desire is branded ? == u r retards.

If u don`t know just give up on OTA update and w8, and stop spaming this thread!!!!!!!!!!

Ppl stop asking questions, all of them where answeed in previous posts.

Stop being lezy ****ers and read forum instead posting **** :/
[Desire General] chris7494:
Actually its not always obvious if its branded or not without checking the firmware numbers, I suggest if you don't like reading our posts, read something else. Retard.
[Desire General] Dwarkarn:
calm down mate seriously
[Desire General] zetsurin:
Certainly sounds like some of the more impatient might want to consider freezing themselves until the weekend is over ;)
[Desire General] Lukehluke:
I think someone needs to get some sleep and calm down :p
[Desire General] patasenko:
South Park did it.... :p
[Desire General] Lukehluke:
It was a good episode :)
[Desire General] bogergo:
The only thing what i'm afraid of:do they know

In taiwan that hungary or the neibour countries

Are european countries? Anyway it seems to be a long

Weekend,but i'm optimistic.cheers
[Desire General] Domsdey:
HTC are not stupid, they'll open a map if they need to.

Btw, 08:50 AM Saturday here, still no update :D (jk I know it's early).
[Desire General] lordjester:
After nearly 500 posts and already into the weekend, yet I've yet to hear of a confirmed OTA download, or has someone here got it, because this so called phased release is slowly crawling towards one release on Sunday and a mass server

Crash....! :) typical HTC....
[Desire General] pnearn:
Mines the unbranded 405 version so just waitin'

Have a horrible feeling this wont happen in the UK tho
[Desire General] psycho.ro:
knowing my luck i'll prolly be one of the last people to get it.

anyway, i'll consider this update real, even with the official statement out, ready when it's downloaded on my desire. :)
[Desire General] oursoul:
Shut up :-p

..sent from my Nokia 3310 using voodoo...
[Desire General] snapilica2003:
They said it's going to START this weekend ... they said nothing about FINISHING this weekend. So starting the update at 23:59 GMT+0 on a Sunday and finishing it in 2 weeks still makes their statement right :)
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
I got yesterday a mail from HTC e-Club where Peter Frölund has confirmed 100% that ALL Desire-owners in Sweden will get Android 2.2 today or tomorrow. So I guess Froyo is finally here - for us in Sweden.:D But I haven't got any notification about the update itself, so I'm guessing that we'll be able to update it later today or tomorrow.
[Desire General] dazdaz:
Is the update per service provider ? I am on Orange in Switzerland, hoping that it finally happens this weekend but tbh i'm a bit sceptical.
[Desire General] oursoul:
Where I am reading a few times it has been said on 31st July & 1st of August.

Tha's pretty specific ;)
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
This mail is from Peter Frölander, HTC, which I got yesterday:

It says:

"Hello (my name)

The rumours have been buzzed, but now we can confirm that as of this weekend, everyone who owns a HTC Desire get the full Android 2.2 update."

Following by this important message:

"Important to know

Users of the HTC Desire will be informed that the update can be downloaded via the broadcast when the phone automatically searches for software updates.

Due to the size of the update, we recommend as much as possible, a WiFi-connection when downloading to avoid extra charges for data transfer.

The update does not erase any of your phone's content."
[Desire General] LuCkYaN:
Nothing untill now ? :)

In Romania : "Your phone is up to date" (hate this message:P)
[Desire General] vigin:
I'm on vacation in Greece, will I be able to update my Desire from the beach :D
[Desire General] allan69:
No update as yet here in the UK. I'll try again tomorrow ... ;-)
[Desire General] AviatorEkis:
"från och med helgen" = "starting this weekend".

Interpreting that as "Peter Frölund has confirmed 100% that ALL Desire-owners in Sweden will get Android 2.2 today or tomorrow" is not correct.
[Desire General] kristovaher:
Oh don't be in despair, friends. It's not like HTC will make people work over the weekend, so if the OTA is not in process right now, then it won't be the case at least until Monday. But in reality it's likely going to be Tuesday, since whatever held it back Friday will be worked on in Monday.

And even -that- is optimistic, when it comes to Hich Tech Catastrophe!
[Desire General] ingFu:
Yeah, probably they didn't recognize it's weekend when they announced the update to be distributed at the weekend...
[Desire General] r47z:
WTF.. @htc_eu announced.. the update for HTC Wildfire Sync instead.
[Desire General] onlynik:
Well at least there is someone in the office.
[Desire General] bigspinuk:
That's the reason why Iphone 4 disconnects when you place it in the left

hand....:D
[Desire General] djeanhimself:
Excellent :p

(still nothing in Belgium)
[Desire General] El Norupz:
I must say, that I had my worries about how long it would take before HTC would start sending out the update, especially after their HERO failure.

But HTC has shown the world, their customers/fans and their critics, that they have learned the lesson.

Now I'm just excited to get my hands on the update and see the new Sense UI with it's improvements and new features, like the HTC App Sharing :-P
[Desire General] Stakkertoo:
Will it come automatically?

I opened my Vodafone contract in December with a WinMo HTC HD2, but after losing it on holiday in India in April I bought an unlocked unbranded new HTC Desire.

Will the update come to me automatically? How does it know that I am using a Desire?
[Desire General] kristovaher:
Nah, no no no. There's software for posting scheduled feeds and I think that is the root of all evil here. I think HTC has forgotten the password to their PR publishing software, which is why mister Mark Moons jumped the gun early, why things are announced for weekend yet there being no actual update in sight and why the heatwave is what it is right now.

Just forgotten passwords, it's quietly brilliant!
[Desire General] chichoko:
If you manage to sniff a free wi-fi hotspot then yes.. i dont think your 3g conn works while you are on roaming.. unless you are effin rich and dont mind paying double the cost..

but being a greek resident myself.. most of the people here are dumb and dont use any kind of key-protection for their routers, so you wont have any trouble finding one ^^

May i ask where you are doing your vacations here? I suppose on a beautiful breezy island and not in dirty Athens... B-)
[Desire General] jankos:
:D:D:D:D you're absolutely right
[Desire General] Tomaco:
Is the electricity still in Greece? I heard that Greece is in the deep ....

TO HTC , I just dont believe them i bet they will release Froyo in 2011
[Desire General] Bouncer5:
As far as im concerned as long as somebody gets it before Sunday midnight in the latest possible time zone then they had done as they said
[Desire General] freddyfoxx:
Voodoo? ;)
[Desire General] bh4714:
I debranded my 02 desire yesterday with official stock desire rom, hoping to get froyo sooner than o2's roll out. Does anyone see a problem with that? Thanks
[Desire General] rvdgeer:
Yes that's exactly my concern too!

I have a bumper case for my Desire, am using an app that makes the screen look like an iPhone and I put a sticker on the lower left corner, just to sympathize...

What if the HTC/Google satelites don't recognize my device as a Desire anymore?

Great idea!

I think I will dress up my wifes LG Cookie as a Desire so at least I will recieve the OTA update notification on that phone...

Hopefully it will buy me time to undress my Desire before they move on...
[Desire General] lordjester:
Oh dear ! I do believe someone at HTC spilt there coffee over the laptop that sends the command to the servers to release the update...!!! and now we all gonna have to wait at least another 3 months whilst HTC debugs the new laptop...!!! :)

(Only a day and a half left before the annoncement is bull****!)
[Desire General] rvdgeer:
Yeah...

I just realized...

What if the temp responsible for sending out the update this weekend oversleeps? Or looses his key or can't remeber the password or pin?

Maybe some genius could write a code to make it go automagically at a specific time...

Well, not this time I guess...

Maybe with Gingerbread...
[Desire General] malfunctions:
No luck down under yet either
[Desire General] bh4714:
Sorry, didn't realise changing the ROM was just dressing up! Maybe, instead of making goldcards etc., ppl should just put a sticker on the phone saying rooted and that should do it!
[Desire General] I RICHY I:
Agreed. I'd like to see some posts where people are receiving the update.
[Desire General] matteo_damiani:
............y.......no no....no update till now.....
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
Why is it "not correct" when? We can get this update today, but also tomorrow. He did said that "this weekend", not starting at sunday at 23:59 (which someone thought). I can get one late today maybe, or maybe tomorrow. Time will tell. But I certainly will NOT wait next weekend! I don't think HTC are that stupid so they pull the brake just when they allready made a important launch as this one. So that statement Peter Frölander did can be understood in many ways. ;)
[Desire General] Guilherme Noronha:
I have an unbranded Desire from Portugal, but I am in Brazil right now. How does it identify itself as an EU phone? Is it based on some software version or code?
[Desire General] wizout:
IMEI number maybe ?
[Desire General] Wextercz:
Some type of ID.
[Desire General] lordjester:
Well by the looks of it that ain't gonna happen anytime soon...!!!! :eek:
[Desire General] dingdong3000:
am i the only one thinking this update won't happen this wkend? htc just playing with us :D
[Desire General] lordjester:
I agree with ya there...!! I also think that they will blame us for checking for updates every 5 minutes and all the servers crashed so it will take them another week just to reset them all....!!! :confused:
[Desire General] Geezay:
I think we will see the update rolling out from Sunday, which also happens to be the 1st of the month. Seems logical to me.
[Desire General] huwwatkins:
I think the desire is a bit smarter than that in that when it checks for an update it provides a whole host of information about itself such as device id etc. Also bear in mind that currently the desire is only available in 2 regions so that makes it even simpler.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
Sadly, that makes sense to me too.

I keep checking the software updates and this thread to see any sign of anyone having claimed to have it yet - but I think I'll be waiting till tomorrow.

At least tomorrow i'll be at home and not at work with only Doodle Jump to keep me occupied.
[Desire General] germaansboefje:
just got myself a Desire (a huge step forward compared to my Blackstone)....what's all te fuzz about froyo? Is it like an important update or something? Think my phone already works pretty good allready :confused:
[Desire General] adesonic:
Froyo has a new JIT compiler (speed improvements in Java heavy apps etc.), Flash 10.1 support, Chrome to Phone, powered by the Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service, and some new bits and bobs from HTC including itunes sync, there are a few other things as well, search and you will find the full list
[Desire General] lordjester:
Well I just contacted HTC customer support and this was the reply I got about FROYO release..!!!

"We expect to begin rolling out Android 2.2 update for your HTC Desire very soon. We cannot be more specific yet as exact dates still need to be comfirmed. We look forward to rolling out update to your phone very soon."

WTF...... All the phone websites have said that HTC has comfirmed that the release would be this weekend.... but HTC customer support has stated the above..!!! Is it me or is this a case of the head not knowing what the arse is doing.....????????!!!!!!

What makes it worse is i keep getting sent customer statisfaction surveys from HTC about there so called customer support team..!!!??? I've filled in a few and added comments but i've given up now as I beleive they just get filed in the trash...!!! ("We really wanna know what ya think... but to be honest we don't CARE...!")
[Desire General] chris7494:
People on Twitter are claiming its a hoax and the HTC press release is fake. That can't be true though can it? HTC have confirmed it in emails to various people so its not another HTC fake news update is it?
[Desire General] KidYing:
System Upgrade 1.21.405.2 available. Is this what we've bee waiting for?
[Desire General] basho_o:
No, this is still 2.1
[Desire General] lordjester:
For the LOVE of GOD why would any self respect Android user wanna install itunes on there computer..?????? i'd rather cut my ears off..!!! :D
[Desire General] lordjester:
Ok Mr Spock..!! "It's Life Jim..! But not as we know it!!" :p
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I just did that same upgrade, FroYo will, if I read correctly, allow saving apps to SD Card (instead of being restricted to saving to phone memory only), and voice control... as well as a few other features that I don't remember off the top of my head as it isn't affecting me ^.^;

I'm pretty sure there's a thread/article somewhere on the web about the advantages - not to mention any HTC Sense updates...
[Desire General] lordjester:
iphone users by any chance ??? :D Must have been posting twits between dropped signals...!! :p
[Desire General] GDawes:
Where are the htc servers based?. I have a uk sim free desire currently in Manila on a project. Midnight in Taiwan is 90 minutes away then its the 1st.
[Desire General] chris7494:
Lmao, hope they are just iPhone unsatisfied customers! I can't understand why HTC UK don't know anything about it if you ring em. I'm so looking forward to it, I don't want anyone taking the update away! I'm sad and I should get out more but I neeeeed some froyo!
[Desire General] GDawes:
Their helpdesk is probably outsourced and the support staff rea from scripts.
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
You can compare Android 2.1 and 2.2 like Dr. Jekyll and Godzilla. That's how fast your new Desire will be with this new update. Just look at benchmarks with Nexus One and Android 2.2, and see the difference yourself.
[Desire General] rackspace:
I second that !! :D
[Desire General] tuatha:
One guy on twitter seems to have gotten froyo on his Desire. He doesn't seem too happy about it though. Seems like there's some sort of issue with the screen.

http://twitter.com/DjipOner/status/19993617547
[Desire General] Lothaen:
Just poked my phone and saw a little symbol in the corner - clicked and it said 'an update is available' - turns out it was just ES File Explorer had an update on the market...
[Desire General] freddyfoxx:
Woo Hoo! Thanks for the heads up!! :D
[Desire General] Norsehawk:
You can read it all here so u know how good 2.2 is compared with it's previous version.
[Desire General] tuatha:
Man, just reading over this thread... some people are going to be very disappointed when they finally get the update!!

I've been running the .0.6 version for the last week or so and there's so little difference in practical terms between this and eclair.
[Desire General] GDawes:
Don't you need froyo for iplayer?
[Desire General] Wekkel:
Appz2SD will bring a serious advantage compared to Eclair for non-rooted users. Flash won't hurt either, next to tethering :D
[Desire General] poope:
YES!! It's here!!!1:(
[Desire General] chris7494:
Why are you getting excited about a program update? We need froyo! Why does it seem Noones got it yet, surely HTC know when they say weekend we will all be checking from midnight lol
[Desire General] Hasty:
I'm beginning to think that Froyo is the Kaiser Soze of software updates.
[Desire General] Lothaen:
I wonder if that's the point - all the hype - everyone seems to be doing it these days... do HTC have a HTC time like Valve Time?