Hi - I've been reading about how Google Maps Navigation has just been released into the market and does everything (and more) which a satnav will do, all for no money at all - but when I search my android market it isn't there? Any ideas where I might find this - it looks terrific?
I'm in the UK on Voda with a white, unlocked, Hero.
Many thanks!
bigbamboo5 said:
Hi - I've been reading about how Google Maps Navigation has just been released into the market and does everything (and more) which a satnav will do, all for no money at all - but when I search my android market it isn't there? Any ideas where I might find this - it looks terrific?
I'm in the UK on Voda with a white, unlocked, Hero.
Many thanks!
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You can't find it because its only released in the US for 1.6 Donut.
Tsk! Is the US-only thing important or should we Europeans be able to get it once we get the upgrade to 2.0? And thank you for your reply...
It's already been modified to work in Europe, I'm sure they're just finishing up support for the feature over here before releasing it officially.
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I'm in the UK on Voda with a white, unlocked, Hero.
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Unfortunately, as you may know, HERO is currently running on Android 1.5 CupCake, but not on 1.6 Donut, nor on 2.0 Eclair ...
Which means that, even when it will have been officialy released in Europe, it won't work on our Hero's
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Unfortunately, as you may know, HERO is currently running on Android 1.5 CupCake, but not on 1.6 Donut, nor on 2.0 Eclair ...
Which means that, even when it will have been officialy released in Europe, it won't work on our Hero's
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Yes, but I believe I'm right in thinking that we are shortly to get an update to 1.6 Donut?
Nope, HTC are skipping 1.6 for the Hero and will eventually release 2.0
Waiting ....
licenced said:
Nope, HTC are skipping 1.6 for the Hero and will eventually release 2.0
Waiting ....
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Okay, well that will be fine for the Google Maps Navigation, then. I was hoping for the update before Xmas...
bigbamboo5 said:
I was hoping for the update before Xmas...
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Hoping does not cost anything
I searched the market and can not find the this app and i live in the us.
superevo89 said:
I searched the market and can not find the this app and i live in the us.
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not wanting to sound rude but have you read the above?
so since im running 1.5 it wont even show up in the market?
Correct.
Kinda what you would expect when people say it's out for 1.6 and 2.0 and discuss why it's not out for 1.5.
Related
Is it possible to set-up proxy for wifi? at school we are using proxy to use the internet. i'm not a iphone fan but its really easy on the iphone and would like to know if it was possible with hero/android
if this is not possible will it come later to android?
Check this out:
http://code.google.com/p/proxysetting/
It appears to be an app that will do it for you. It might be on the market too, I haven't checked. Just did a quick google search and it was the first thing that came up.
Why isnt it build in? Will it be build in with later releases of android?
I will look at the link maybe i will find something great
That should do the trick, that is exactly what I'm searching for!!
I'll test it at work tomorrow and let you know if it worked, I allready set the proxy, really simple prog to work with. I REALLY hope it works.
Hmm, the programme doesnt do anything. Still cant connect to the internet. Anybody got other suggestions..?
Trenchor said:
Hmm, the programme doesnt do anything. Still cant connect to the internet. Anybody got other suggestions..?
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Your phone may need to be rooted for this to work... that's just a shot in the dark. As soon as I get my Hero (yeah, I'm trolling the forums before Telus even has them in stock) that's the first thing I'm gonna do, but some people are more cautious, so it's up to you if you wanna bother rooting your phone on the off chance that it'll get the app I linked to work.
EDIT: My bad, if you check the "issues" page on the site, you'll see that it hasn't been updated to work on cupcake. :/
will there be proxy settings in donut?
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will there be proxy settings in donut?
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It's hard to say. I found this "complete" list of donut features:
http://www.betanews.com/article/Android-Donut-SDK-released-Whats-new-inside/1253057624
I wouldn't be surprised if the inclusion of full VPN support also brought proxy settings with it, but it's hard to say.
Thnx for the article, its great.
Is the new version (donut) already released? Or when will that be?
Oh yeah, how will Hero users be able to work with the new version of android?
Because we got htc 'sense' above android, so I guess HTC also has to release a new version of the 'sense'??
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Is the new version (donut) already released? Or when will that be?
Oh yeah, how will Hero users be able to work with the new version of android?
Because we got htc 'sense' above android, so I guess HTC also has to release a new version of the 'sense'??
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Yes, donut was released on September 15th, but there are no phones that come with 1.6 on them. The CLIQ is supposed to be the first one, I think. Cupcake applications are expected to run on Donut, so I see no reason why a Hero update (both official and non-official) wouldn't be too far down the road.
I don't have a Hero yet, but I've been running Android on my Vogue for over a year now, and last week I actually ran a Donut build. It's very nice, although the vogue build is missing a lot of apps, like GMail, and contacts don't sync, so it's not really feasible for us to use until more development is done on it.
donut wasn't released but the SDK. with SDK can developers edit(if its needed) their programs to make it work in donut or just test it before the donut comes out. htc will make there sensui work in donut because it would be there shell for android and wanna us it with new htc android phones. but if it comes to hero i don't know i hope so or i will feel like i left behind.
sensui is nice but i think it slows down the phone but thats what i think. i would prefer the speed above sensui.
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donut wasn't released but the SDK. with SDK can developers edit(if its needed) their programs to make it work in donut or just test it before the donut comes out. htc will make there sensui work in donut because it would be there shell for android and wanna us it with new htc android phones. but if it comes to hero i don't know i hope so or i will feel like i left behind.
sensui is nice but i think it slows down the phone but thats what i think. i would prefer the speed above sensui.
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Yes and no... the SDK is what was officially released on the 15th yes, but google has been adding donut into the android source tree for a while now. The SDK includes a donut system image to run in the emulator, and which can also run on phones (as this is what I've run on my vogue) but of course is missing several google apps. The market and youtube are included though. The source for donut is all in the git tree along with cupcake and... 1.0, whatever its codename is. It's just up to phone manufacturers to take the source and build specific images for their devices at this point, although I'm sure google still has updates to add to it as well.
With all this talk about this phone has 2.0 and that phone getting 2.0, will it eventually become available for the G1 or is our hardware too outdated?
Officially or Unofficially yes.
I hope it does go 2.0. Though if not I do hope the maybe the cm roms that we are getting will have the bits and pieces. I have seen the vids and well tested the 2.0 software and for the most part I am excited. And since I am to poor to upgrade to any new phone plus I really do love my G1 all we can do is cross fingers. As for out dated I see this phone lasting a long time due to the great potention and centimental aspect that other G1 users have.
It will work. check Cyanogen's tweets on twitter or www.cyanogenmod.com
will just make 3wishes
1.I wish i have 2.0
2.I wish i have 2.0
3.I wish i have 2.0
DAMN!!! Now they got 2.1
stock users wont get it but as soon as Google releases the source tree u know cyan will start to merge the code
I was about to ask this same question. I want to get a new android device and can't decide whether to get another G1 or another device. I like my G1 but I definately want to see 2.0 and Google Maps Nav. Is it safe to buy a G1 and know I'll be able to use these down the road?
it really depends, the new google maps wil very much likely be merged into cyans code, but if you arent locked down with t-mobile a switch to verizon for the droid is worth some thought
Here in Austria T-Mobile officially confirmed that the G1 will get Android 2.0 (as the first phone here; we won't get the motorola sholes).
Do you have a link for proof?
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Do you have a link for proof?
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http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/g1-to-get-android-2-0-a-27909/#post265008
http://translate.google.com/transla.../stories/1631102/&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=
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it really depends, the new google maps wil very much likely be merged into cyans code, but if you arent locked down with t-mobile a switch to verizon for the droid is worth some thought
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What gives you this idea? Cyan is no longer implementing any Google apps.. there may eventually be a 2.0 recovery image that is flashable on the G1 or some sort of recovery image with these new apps... but cyan is definitely not releasing google maps.. or any other new releases of google software in his roms..
I am not saying that they wont become available on the G1.. because I am about 99% confident that we will get the apps.. and we will get the 2.0... but im also about 100% positive we wont see those new apps in Cyans rom
(sorry for bein rude... it just gets old when people just blurt out stuff that doesnt make sense.... if you are at all familiar with xda.. and cyan.. and android.. then you know cyan can no longer distribute any google apps)
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Yep, but it's written in german.
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I meant exactly this page where i read this:
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Can someone translate this:
"Wir erwarten die Software noch für das vierte Quartal diesen Jahres"
Google translates it as
"We expect the software, nor for the fourth quarter of this year,"
Which is abit ambigous. Are they saying its not coming out this quarter?
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Can someone translate this:
"Wir erwarten die Software noch für das vierte Quartal diesen Jahres"
Google translates it as
"We expect the software, nor for the fourth quarter of this year,"
Which is abit ambigous. Are they saying its not coming out this quarter?
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"Wir erwarten die Software noch für das vierte Quartal diesen Jahres" means that T-Mobile expect the 2.0 Update in the 4th quarter of this year.
I don't know why the google translation says that "noch" (which means something like yet) is "nor"...
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http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/g1-to-get-android-2-0-a-27909/#post265008
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This is assuming that the Australia HTC Dream is the same hardware as the T-Mobile G1.
They may do something like a hardware upgrade like they did with the HTC Sapphire/Magic/myTouch3G/Ion with the whole 32A/32B deal where the new Australian Dream may have more ROM/RAM than the G1... That would suck.
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That would be AUSTRIA, not AUSTRALIA.
Well from what I’ve read Hero will also get 2.0. Meaning us G1 Hero flashers will get 2.0 sense.
I’ve been checking from time to time to see if anyone is working on it. I’m sure when it is dropped on hero it will be rommed and flashed quickly.
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This is assuming that the Australia HTC Dream is the same hardware as the T-Mobile G1.
They may do something like a hardware upgrade like they did with the HTC Sapphire/Magic/myTouch3G/Ion with the whole 32A/32B deal where the new Australian Dream may have more ROM/RAM than the G1... That would suck.
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It's Austria and not Australia .
And we have the exactly same piece of hardware like the US G1.
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Well from what I’ve read Hero will also get 2.0. Meaning us G1 Hero flashers will get 2.0 sense.
I’ve been checking from time to time to see if anyone is working on it. I’m sure when it is dropped on hero it will be rommed and flashed quickly.
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Yes, the same Article says that HTC is working on an 2.0 Update for the Hero (with HTC Sence, of course).
Haha, my bad guys. I obviously don't know what I'm talking about
I was just saying, I hadn't seen any evidence that showed that the AUSTRIA G1 had the same storage capacity as the USA one.
Been looking around to see if anyone has been put 1.6 on the hero, but so far i haven't found anything. Just wondering if its currently even possible. I hate the senseui, so if stock 1.6 is available on cdma hero would be great to know. Thanks in advance.
Ill do ya one better. We dont have 1.6 but we almost have a fully working 2.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593620
I tried and built a 1.6 AOSP and it crashes and burns. The system_server process sigbus with a null pointer exception and crash/loops on my Sprint Hero when it tries to boot up.
Honestly, 1.6 and 2.0 seems "closer together", 1.5 to 1.6 is a much bigger jump. I think Google kinda messed up the versioning there. 1.6 should've been 2.0, and 2.0 be 2.1
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I tried and built a 1.6 AOSP and it crashes and burns. The system_server process sigbus with a null pointer exception and crash/loops on my Sprint Hero when it tries to boot up.
Honestly, 1.6 and 2.0 seems "closer together", 1.5 to 1.6 is a much bigger jump. I think Google kinda messed up the versioning there. 1.6 should've been 2.0, and 2.0 be 2.1
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or at least made 1.6 a 1.8/9 Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.
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...Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.
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That was funny.
lol took me awhile to get it that one........
And thanks for the quick answer. Looks like im gonna have to wait for HTC. They should just make a working rom for cdma hero's just running 1.6 for those of us who could care less about sense ui.
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or at least made 1.6 a 1.8/9 Potatoe Potatoe...wait that doesn't work as well typed as it does said.
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You mean potato, potatoe?
Potāto, Potäto.
coffe34 said:
lol took me awhile to get it that one........
And thanks for the quick answer. Looks like im gonna have to wait for HTC. They should just make a working rom for cdma hero's just running 1.6 for those of us who could care less about sense ui.
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Well HTC/Sprint is currently working on 2.1 for the Hero. So I seriously doubt that will happen. But you can always turn off Sense or build you own custom rom without Sense...
I could use any of the ones currently available , but from what ive been told, nothing will be completely compatible just yet. HTC just needs to get in gear, or hire some of the guys here lol. Also heard they got 2.1 running on droid and its amazing, so i guess im just patiently waiting....
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I could use any of the ones currently available , but from what ive been told, nothing will be completely compatible just yet. HTC just needs to get in gear, or hire some of the guys here lol. Also heard they got 2.1 running on droid and its amazing, so i guess im just patiently waiting....
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What HTC needs to do is just release the source for our phone & all our problems will be solved.
That would be a great idea. We could have it done by Christmas lol.
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That would be a great idea. We could have it done by Christmas lol.
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That would be an awesome Christmas present
Download it on marketplace. Everything works again
would anyone please share the cab?
claims to be 1.3 on the marketplace, installed states 1.1xxx ??
and you have to go to the yank marketplace to get it.
not an update just a fix.... still better (4 months) late than never.....
still a crappy app for a crappy site
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claims to be 1.3 on the marketplace, installed states 1.1xxx ??
and you have to go to the yank marketplace to get it.
not an update just a fix.... still better (4 months) late than never.....
still a crappy app for a crappy site
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ive got 1.4 from marketplace (1.1.something higher then 17) from us market.
fim
fim thts been out fr god kno's how long still rips any official fb app on the marketplace apart...until they put chat its useless.
Still claims to be "1.2" in my marketplace. (UK)
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Just changed it to US and it's displaying "1.4" ......
EDIT x2
Can anyone CAB this so i can try it out? Won't allow me to download it using american catalog.
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Download it on marketplace. Everything works again
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Yes, confirmed..!!!
heartsurfer008 said:
Yes, confirmed..!!!
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That is Android, 1.4.1 has been out for ages on there.
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That is Android, 1.4.1 has been out for ages on there.
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That was precisely his point - that the Android app is much better than the crappy WM one, and has been working with almost no issues where the WM one has been DOA for months
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That was precisely his point - that the Android app is much better than the crappy WM one, and has been working with almost no issues where the WM one has been DOA for months
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The inital 1st post states:
"Download it on marketplace. Everything works again"
Which i would assume is WM not android also as you can see by my other post 1.4 is avaliable now in the marketplace but not in the UK catalog.
I do agree the Android Facebook is better but whats wrong with wanting to try the new version for WM?
V1.3 avaible in US store...
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V1.3 avaible in US store...
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Odd my U.S catalog says 1.4
In fact it was not us but another market, i download it from french market, and it's the same as 1.4 from US, It's 1.3 in France and 1.4 for US English, but exactly the same version!
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In fact it was not us but another market, i download it from french market, and it's the same as 1.4 from US, It's 1.3 in France and 1.4 for US English, but exactly the same version!
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The screen shots of the 1.4 (U.S) looks different to our (UK) "1.2" version hence why i would like to have a look. Does your "1.3" (FR) look the same as U.S?
This is a real pain, why does it seem, US, France even outer mongolia have the update except the bloomin UK...
There is an update, although to 1.3 - it does at least work again though
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There is an update, although to 1.3 - it does at least work again though
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I take it you don't have your market palce set to "United Kingdom - English". Because myself and a colleague only seem to be able to obtain "1.2" from market. Could you confirm for me please Nick.
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I take it you don't have your market palce set to "United Kingdom - English". Because myself and a colleague only seem to be able to obtain "1.2" from market. Could you confirm for me please Nick.
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That is the region I have it set to, very odd
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That is the region I have it set to, very odd
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Maybe just taking it's sweet arse time updating then. Thanks for looking though!
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Maybe just taking it's sweet arse time updating then. Thanks for looking though!
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Classic IT 101 - but have you tried logging out of the market and back in to see if that refreshes the list?
Here are stock roms for differant european countries and the service providers
Play (PL): ZTE Blade - TFT screen
http://www.multiupload.com/NWQEJUI6D2
Is there any stable 2.2 rom in the stock?
No 2.2 as yet, but there may be one (or more!) very soon -- from China and/oe Japan. Whether they'll work on any/all the European Blades without any modification remains to be seen. But if you want 2.2, MoDaCo has a very usable Alpha 4 based on the pre-release Froyos.
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No 2.2 as yet, but there may be one (or more!) very soon -- from China and/oe Japan. Whether they'll work on any/all the European Blades without any modification remains to be seen. But if you want 2.2, MoDaCo has a very usable Alpha 4 based on the pre-release Froyos.
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I think Orange in UK has responsibility to release offical 2.2 rom for their customers. Most of the other brand name android phone are going to release 2.2 rom upgrade for their customers at the end of this year.
Did the links work for you?
I just wanted to download the ok-mobile rom as a backup. Just in case i should get a hardware issue during warranty time....
But I always get a 404 error or a not allowed.
Thx in advance
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I think Orange in UK has responsibility to release offical 2.2 rom for their customers.
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We've had mixed messages from Orange about 2.2. Perhaps they'll go straight to 2.3, assuming they bother at all!
The only European provider that has indicated they'll soon be doing a 2.2 for their version of the Blade is the Greek one. But AFAIK it's not confirmed and it's vaguely coming "in the New Year".
Wind announced that Greek version will get an official froyo update in the beginning of 2011
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We've had mixed messages from Orange about 2.2. Perhaps they'll go straight to 2.3, assuming they bother at all!
The only European provider that has indicated they'll soon be doing a 2.2 for their version of the Blade is the Greek one. But AFAIK it's not confirmed and it's vaguely coming "in the New Year".
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Is there any news from Orange(UK) for the 2.3rom ?
Maybe you should give credit to Sebastian404 for hosting those files?
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We've had mixed messages from Orange about 2.2. Perhaps they'll go straight to 2.3, assuming they bother at all!
The only European provider that has indicated they'll soon be doing a 2.2 for their version of the Blade is the Greek one. But AFAIK it's not confirmed and it's vaguely coming "in the New Year".
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News from China, ZTE V880 with 2.2rom will on sale at 28/dec from Unicom in China.
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Is there any news from Orange(UK) for the 2.3rom ?
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I have no background news or previous details but I would've thought Orange will not be that bothered about a pay-as-you go phone they are selling for less that £100 (at least here in the uk)?
That's one of the reasons I got it; it does some amazing things considering the price. Ah well, wait and see I suppose...
Sent from my Orange San Francisco using XDA App
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I would've thought Orange will not be that bothered about a pay-as-you go phone they are selling for less that £100
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I agree. I don't expect anything official, updates will have to be custom.
Thats Bull****... Android 2.3 are only for Devices with min. 1GhZ....
So we can get happy if we become 2.2.. but 2.3 will never come out for Devices with 600MhZ !!!
EDIT : All Downloadlinks dont work for me...
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Thats Bull****... Android 2.3 are only for Devices with min. 1GhZ....
So we can get happy if we become 2.2.. but 2.3 will never come out for Devices with 600MhZ !!!
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I think you may be mistaken, 1 gig will be the minimum requirement for 3.0. There is no minimum for gingerbread afaik.
The confusion may have came from when gingerbread was fist announced and we all thought it was 3.0, at around the same time the system requirements for 3.0 were released.
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I think you may be mistaken, 1 gig will be the minimum requirement for 3.0. There is no minimum for gingerbread afaik.
The confusion may have came from when gingerbread was fist announced and we all thought it was 3.0, at around the same time the system requirements for 3.0 were released.
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let's see .. i dont believe that it will come out for this small devices...
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let's see .. i dont believe that it will come out for this small devices...
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I agree. It wont 'officially' be released for us...
None of the above links work for me, they all just take me to the http://android.podtwo.com/ front page.
pls provide working DL links if possible, thx
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Is there any news from Orange(UK) for the 2.3rom ?
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looked at the the orange site. no upgrades what so ever for 2.2 or 2.3.
p.s how do you tell what one you have tft or oled
Could someone please reupload the finnish stock rom (onevstarting with EFI). I'm in desperate need in returnig to stock rom because I noticed my ZTE Blade has a yellow tint at the bottom of the screen and I can't replace the handset with custom ROM.
All help much appreciated.