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Another stupid rumor, in case you hadn't had enough

A guy on the Verizon Android forum claims he spoke to HTC today and was told the Eris release was just days away, could be had via OTA or download from their website, and was gonna be...........2.0.
Man, will I ever be glad when the speculation is over.

Not true. According to "friends" in HTC, 2.1 is going to be released. 2.0 code was DROID specific in some ways (seeing as its not running well on ANY other phone). The motoDROID was kind of a test pilot for 2.x

LOL! Trust me...you don't have to convince me. I'm just constantly amused that anybody would believe something like that coming from one drone on the phone at a huge corporation. I already told him to believe it when it happens. Remember...the internet is a valuable source of bull****.

Ok, well color me shocked, embarrased, and dismayed. I just got off the phone with HTC and the young lady on the other end of the phone ASSURED ME that the Android 2.0 release for the Eris would be out before the end of this month! She did say that the phone would ultimately be upgraded to 2.1, but not before getting 2.0, and she could not give a time frame when the upgrade to 2.1 would happen.
Oh, the humanity!

Seems like every day there is some new rumor out there about what is happening with the "official update" for the Eris. I wouldn't put too much stock in what a "verizon sales rep" or an "HTC customer service rep" says. Until something official comes out it's all here say.

jearl75 said:
Seems like every day there is some new rumor out there about what is happening with the "official update" for the Eris. I wouldn't put too much stock in what a "verizon sales rep" or an "HTC customer service rep" says. Until something official comes out it's all here say.
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Ironically, that is almost EXACTLY what I said to the guy on the Verizon forum who posted this info. But I tell you, the girl I spoke to at HTC seemed pretty darn sure of what she was telling me. She insisted it was a concrete fact. There's only three weeks left in the month...pretty soon it will all be over but the shouting.

Guys leave these rumor threads at Androidforums where they belong. Lol

You guys just dont understand how frustrating this is for me.. one day we almost have 1.5 root.. then 2.1 is supposeed to come out.. then 2.1 is leaked.. then everything else haha

refthemc said:
Guys leave these rumor threads at Androidforums where they belong. Lol
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Yes please. I have heard enough Well when 2.0 comes out I guess I will already be ahead of the game

refthemc said:
Guys leave these rumor threads at Androidforums where they belong. Lol
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Awesome! +10000

this is like a soap opera now haha

Returned my Eris yesterday
fwiw I returned my eris yesterday on day 30 and after I told the guy why I was returning it he told me that they had been given official word that the update was coming in the next week??? I told him that I heard it MAY be 2.0 and he told me that they specifically told them in the stores that it was going to be 2.1.
Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Sprint to release Android 2.1 update for Hero and Moment 'over the coming weeks'

http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/03/...ndroid-2-1-update-for-hero-and-moment-over-t/
If you recall, about a month ago Sprint tweeted that it was working on delivering Android 2.1 upgrade for its HTC Hero and Samsung Moment in early Q2 this year. An optimistic guess would be April, right? Funnily enough, Techie Buzz has heard that two eager customers managed to squeeze a more precise date out of Sprint over a phone call -- end of March or even March 26th. Don't go reaching for that champagne just yet, though -- a self-proclaimed Sprint employee shared a recent internal memo on XDA-Developers forum, revealing that it's "actively working on having the Android 2.1 platform available to our Hero and Moment customers over the coming weeks," and that "more information coming in April." Oh Sprint, you do love playing with our little minds, don't you?

about 24 hours late to the party its been linked a few times

Sporkman said:
about 24 hours late to the party its been linked a few times
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This was just Posted on Engadget 8 Minutes ago..

Sporkman said:
about 24 hours late to the party its been linked a few times
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About a week actually.

tyrnight said:
This was just Posted on Engadget 8 Minutes ago..
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yeah... late... and it doesn't really say ANYTHING... again

WTF .. Go to the link it says "posted Mar 20th 2010 1:27PM"

tyrnight said:
WTF .. Go to the link it says "posted Mar 20th 2010 1:27PM"
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Yeah but that info has been out for a while on other sites... maybe not verbatim... but the general info that really doesn't say anything, but thank you

tyrnight said:
a self-proclaimed Sprint employee shared a recent internal memo on XDA-Developers forum, revealing that it's "actively working on having the Android 2.1 platform available to our Hero and Moment customers over the coming weeks," and that "more information coming in April."
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Their final source is this very message board that we're posting on right now, so yeah this was known here a week ago, man

dam way to be ungrateful shees.. Ill just lurk from now on.
Delete thread....

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roflmao

@ tyrnight
just because it's posted on Engadget today does not mean its recent news.
On average, Engadget can be 12 hours late from the source when it comes to news originating from ppcgeeks, sprintusers, xda, howardforums, etc. I'm not surprised some stuff leaks through their newswatchers from time to time.
We appreciate you posting this up for the people that havent seen it, but dont expect a standing ovation...

my form of *sarcasm..... lol

Never trust sprint, as never trust car dealer.

**** Sprint.
As soon as Nexus One is released for Verizon, I'm off.

And the difference between VZN and Sprint is? (Other than customer service)

grifforama said:
**** Sprint.
As soon as Nexus One is released for Verizon, I'm off.
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OMG OMG Sprint didn't release a 2.1 upgrade fast enough for me... I'm not first!!!11!!!!1!!! Those a**holes, I'll teach them!... Verizon is the coolest ever with the best T.V. commercials in the world! I want an eye of sauron logo on my phone!
Darkshneider said:
And the difference between VZN and Sprint is? (Other than customer service)
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Sprints lower cost of service? It's excellent customer service? A good Warranty/Replacement plan?

obelisk79 said:
OMG OMG Sprint didn't release a 2.1 upgrade fast enough for me... I'm not first!!!11!!!!1!!! Those a**holes, I'll teach them!... Verizon is the coolest ever with the best T.V. commercials in the world! I want an eye of sauron logo on my phone!
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LMAO!

grifforama said:
**** Sprint.
As soon as Nexus One is released for Verizon, I'm off.
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Nexus One coming to sprint as well lol....you go ahead and go to Verizon..
Am I the only one that doesn't care about a release date?
So many release dates and nothing yet.....
I'll just wait..

Happy with my Hero with the Unleashed 2.1 ROM.

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Happy with my Hero with the Unleashed 2.1 ROM.
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WTF is Unleashed 2.1 ROM?

Where's the 2.1/ MR that was supposed to release today? (4/9/2010)

Has anybody heard any news if the "MR" is still coming out today?
MR= Mantience Release

stephen240 said:
Has anybody heard any news if the "MR" is still coming out today?
MR= Mantience Release
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whats in this MR anway?

no one knows but it is probably some kind of bugfix/update. NOT 2.1

rgildoss said:
whats in this MR anway?
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I think its the SMS fix

damage referenced an update in a few weeks. im quite sure he knows the factual release date of 2.1, but cannot tell. if we know not to expect a major update from damage for a few weeks, we can assume itll be after the official update.
the mr is probably for the mms issues or something we read in that memo? idk...dont be expecting 2.1 though

The only update I'm looking out for is this one!
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I have an update scheduled for Friday.
Beta testers will be testing out some new stuff tonight.
Stay tuned!
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Yeah I wouldn't expect anything in the way of 2.1 just yet. When I had a blackberry they would literally release like 5 or more leaks before the actual update. We've had 2 so far that I know of.

doojer said:
The only update I'm looking out for is this one!
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ha! nice!
tenchar

I'm following the Sprint forums and they're saying 2.1 update will be out by the end of the day.

I learned not to count on anything when it comes to "release" dates for roms/upgrades. If something comes today, awesome. Otherwise whatever, I'm rather pleased with my 2.05

You're the "Sprint Representative/Technician/Manager", why dont YOU tell us...Or, is your title just a glorified title for "Sprint Lackey"?

VinceOB said:
You're the "Sprint Representative/Technician/Manager", why dont YOU tell us...Or, is your title just a glorified title for "Sprint Lackey"?
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I'm a rep they don't tell me any good stuff

stephen240 said:
I'm a rep they don't tell me any good stuff
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LOL Bastards!!! Its funny, I took the test and passed everything for the Rep position here in Rancho, but for some reason they never call me back. LOL They probably get scared when they see I worked for Verizon and at&t. LOL

the admins on the sprint forums already stated (many times) that the 9th was a date provided through false information. in other words, the mom people had pics of, was wrong.

I don't even think Dan Hesse knows when the update is, lol

VinceOB said:
LOL Bastards!!! Its funny, I took the test and passed everything for the Rep position here in Rancho, but for some reason they never call me back. LOL They probably get scared when they see I worked for Verizon and at&t. LOL
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Vince, different areas have different requirements, but I know that Verizon where I live will rarely hire someone with prior cell phone experience. They want to brainwash you with their ways and methods, for the most part. Not sure about AT&T, when I interviewed with them, I was so turned off to their practices, I pretty much told them I wasn't interested right then & there. Never expected a call back, nor did I want one. Going back to Sprint this week, so my sources will be in full effect, I'll see what tidbits I can get you guys.

entropism said:
Vince, different areas have different requirements, but I know that Verizon where I live will rarely hire someone with prior cell phone experience. They want to brainwash you with their ways and methods, for the most part. Not sure about AT&T, when I interviewed with them, I was so turned off to their practices, I pretty much told them I wasn't interested right then & there. Never expected a call back, nor did I want one. Going back to Sprint this week, so my sources will be in full effect, I'll see what tidbits I can get you guys.
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Yea I figured as much. I did some consulting work for at&t a few years ago and I wasnt too fond of their practices either. Once I was finished there I bolted with a quickness.

well I just received a prl update.
prl version 60663.
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masterface said:
well I just received a prl update.
prl version 60663.
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SWEET!!!!! Welcome to three weeks ago!!!111!!!one

now my phone thinks its in Lisbon.
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JI6 Update and Froyo news

I just talked to a tmobile guy and he said that they are pushing the update out to 20,000 phones at a time and its taking awhile because they sold millions of vibrants.
Also he said that a samsung rep came in to their store today and told them that froyo is expected at the middle of next month.

Finally!!!!!! Actual hard facts. Thank you sooo much for the informat..... you know what? Prepare to get flamed son.

samfriedman said:
I just talked to a tmobile guy and he said that they are pushing the update out to 20,000 phones at a time and its taking awhile because they sold millions of vibrants.
Also he said that a samsung rep came in to their store today and told them that froyo is expected at the middle of next month.
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I think the date for froyo is about right because the JI6 update is going to till the end of the month.

samfriedman said:
I just talked to a tmobile guy and he said that they are pushing the update out to 20,000 phones at a time and its taking awhile because they sold millions of vibrants.
Also he said that a samsung rep came in to their store today and told them that froyo is expected at the middle of next month.
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Sorry but im calling BS . I read dumb post like this everyday . "I know a guy that knows a guy who says FROYO IS COMING !!"

Call the tmobile store in cherry creek denver CO I am being completely serious this is not bs
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Dude seriously ..................................when I have it on my phone ill believe it .

AgentFour20 said:
Sorry but im calling BS . I read dumb post like this everyday . "I know a guy that knows a guy who says FROYO IS COMING !!"
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+1
Sorry but I have to agree with him

On a side note , Welcome to XDA .

Thanks for the welcome but im just posting exactly what the tmobile guy told me
seriously heres their number 303-388-3043

What does at a time really mean? Per hour? Per day? At 20000 updates / day, it would take 50 days for the first million updates. My guess I'd that if your froyo date us right, they'd need to push out updates a lot faster. Otherwise people would be getting froyo before the incremental.
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I think they push out 20,000 at a time but probably about 3-4 times a day or more. Also I think the update is regional

samfriedman said:
Thanks for the welcome but im just posting exactly what the tmobile guy told me
seriously heres their number 303-388-3043
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The point is not that anyone thinks you are "lying" about what you heard. The point is that there are countless posts across the Internet stating that Froyo is coming and when. And everyone has it on good authority from someone at Tmo or Samsung, etc. etc.
No one really cares about all the speculative estimates. It gets here when it gets here, period.
I can't tell you how many posts I've read where someone says, "My friend who works for Samsung says yada yada..." They have yet to be accurate. And even if they were based on fact the dates are subject to change. A good example is Samsung's estimate of a GPS fix coming in September for the Vibrant. They were 7 days late with that and Samsung posted that for the world to see!

The tmobile guy in my area said tmobile was getting the iphone this past june..... Another rep told me the hd2 was gonna be android... Dude, those reps dont know anything other than what u can read here. Trust me.
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Why is Froyo in mid-November an unbelievable time frame? There's been numerous Froyo leaks for the generic Galaxy S, one for the Captivate, and a supposed e-mail between Samsung people that said Froyo was finishing testing. Mid-November makes sense. Do I expect it to be 100% in mid-November? No, but I woudn't be the least bit surprised if it was, it's not a crazy idea.

DonutYankee said:
Why is Froyo in mid-November an unbelievable time frame? There's been numerous Froyo leaks for the generic Galaxy S, one for the Captivate, and a supposed e-mail between Samsung people that said Froyo was finishing testing. Mid-November makes sense. Do I expect it to be 100% in mid-November? No, but I woudn't be the least bit surprised if it was, it's not a crazy idea.
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One of the reasons why is because samsung JUST released the JI6 update (which is still being distributed). If it were to be mid-november, they couldve just skipped the update (save the hassle & bandwidth cost) and went straight to froyo the next month. Don't get me wrong though, I would LOVE a mid-November (or sooner) release.

My dad works for tmobile and the rep told him that every vibrant owner will receive htc g2 for free. He also said that vibrant will receive gingerbread tomorrow night. And will recive android 4.0 on friday. See heres the thing
Reps doesnt know **** period
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My butler's piano teacher has a student who works for T-Mobile, and they said the world is coming to an end in 20 minutes, so no need to worry about Froyo.
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Mid November of what year?

I think cm6 runs on vibrant before samsung realese froyo...
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eunkipark92 said:
My dad works for tmobile and the rep told him that every vibrant owner will receive htc g2 for free. He also said that vibrant will receive gingerbread tomorrow night. And will recive android 4.0 on friday. See heres the thing
Reps doesnt know **** period
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LUL! wut!?

Sprint Tweets FroYo Update for Epic 4G Coming ASAP

Sorry for no hyperlinks, but as you can see I'm a noob poster! (Been lurking for months though!) Have at it: twitter.com/sprint/status/28185273577775104# courtesy of androidandme.com/2011/01/carriers/sprint-tweets-froyo-updating-coming-to-samsung-epic-4g-as-soon-as-possible/
Thus continues the waiting game... At least we've gotten some solid info finally!

Unfortunately "ASAP" probably doesn't mean to them what it means to us. I'm very happy to see news but I wish we would stop getting vague promises!

ASAP could mean a week it could mean a year who knows with how sprint and samsung have gone with it so far.

My response:
http://bit.ly/qdyp7

wjsmaggle said:
Unfortunately "ASAP" probably doesn't mean to them what it means to us. I'm very happy to see news but I wish we would stop getting vague promises!
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Touché! I couldn't agree more, but the T-Mobile Vibrant is getting their update tomorrow, so surely ours isn't too much further out: androidandme.com/2011/01/carriers/t-mobile-news/t-mobile-vibrant-to-receive-android-2-2-update-tomorrow-galaxy-s-4g-arriving-in-the-coming-weeks/

Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.

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Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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LOL, silly phone techs!

wdenker said:
Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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I think he's not a moron. Considering he may not be one of the tech savvy people, and updated to one of the testing roms which hasn't been released and doesn't realize that's what he did. He just may be terribly informed, and new to the game.

wdenker said:
Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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What are you talking about? I got my Froyo for only $.99 on the market on Nov 9th. It's so cool!

Calling Sprint Customer Care for news about an unreleased OS upgrade is like asking a customer service rep at WalMart for news about when they are upgrading their shopping carts.
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wdenker said:
Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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The rep I spoke to today said between now and feb 1st. That dude from clearly had to been ****ing with you to say some dumb **** like that.
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Calling Sprint Customer Care for news about an unreleased OS upgrade is like asking a customer service rep at WalMart for news about when they are upgrading their shopping carts.
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Exactly. The Sprint monkey isn't the only moron on that phone conversation.

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Exactly. The Sprint monkey isn't the only moron on that phone conversation.
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Well crap I didn't hear you on the conversation.
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I always found that using the acronym "asap" makes something seem like it'll happen a lot faster than when you actually say "as soon as possible". WHY MUST EVERY PHONE I BUY TAKE FOREVER TO GET FIRMWARE UPDATES?!
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silverballer95 said:
I always found that using the acronym "asap" makes something seem like it'll happen a lot faster than when you actually say "as soon as possible". WHY MUST EVERY PHONE I BUY TAKE FOREVER TO GET FIRMWARE UPDATES?!
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Get an iPhone......
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Yay
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I'm stealing this, but we should all for our next phone bill tell Sprint that we will be paying our bill ASAP. The check will get there as soon as possible. That we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.

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we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.
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Annnnnnnd i'm spitting coffee all over my screen.

my wife got an email from sprint saying to expect an update shortly and to call customer care with any questions or problems. i'm waiting for her to forward it to me, anyone else seen this?

stevesprivateaccount said:
I'm stealing this, but we should all for our next phone bill tell Sprint that we will be paying our bill ASAP. The check will get there as soon as possible. That we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.
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+1 /10 char