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Will we REALLY get froyo?

The title says it all. Will we ever really get froyo? On starting to doubt it. Just curious what others think. Hopefully someone here is the head software engineer at Samsung
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ksizzle9 said:
The title says it all. Will we ever really get froyo? On starting to doubt it. Just curious what others think. Hopefully someone here is the head software engineer at Samsung
they call me...kick ass
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from the fascinate page on samsungs site:
" Powered by the latest Android platform (and upgradeable to 2.2), this phone fully integrates with Google Mobile Services. You're now at one with your Gmail account, Google Maps, YouTube videos and more."
Plus Verizon publicly stated we will be able to use google search over bing when it is upgraded to Froyo
i dont know when, but it will come

No one knows.
I do think that Samsung's credability in the android world is at stake. Right now they are NOT LOOKING GOOD and boring the hell out of me. WTF is the problem?

Wow guys, have some patients, the phone has been out for 14 days. I realize Froyo has been out for longer than that but jeez, relax. To say "are we ever gonna get it" is a little ridiculous. Just sit back and enjoy your new toy, its already great. Or maybe get off your comp and go find a lady to keep you busy for a change

Um, anyone following the news should not be doubting this. Samsung announced that Froyo will be out for the Galaxy S by the end of October. The US variants should follow shortly afterward.

Look at the back of the media dock and it will answer your question.
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dlongb13 said:
Or maybe get off your comp and go find a lady to keep you busy for a change
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Lol
My phone made words....

dlongb13 said:
Wow guys, have some patients, the phone has been out for 14 days. I realize Froyo has been out for longer than that but jeez, relax. To say "are we ever gonna get it" is a little ridiculous. Just sit back and enjoy your new toy, its already great. Or maybe get off your comp and go find a lady to keep you busy for a change
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This. It took me around 3 months to get Froyo for my Droid X, so 14 days isn't really that much time. All signs point to it being out within the next few months. To be honest, I'm enjoying my Fascinate the way it is now, I just got everything set up the way I want. That's not to say that 2.2 wouldn't be a welcome addition, I just know how much of a pain it's been getting it functioning properly on my last 3 devices.

I am really not in a huge hurry to get it. My phone is working great, just as my Droid 1 was working before 2.2 fried it and there began my move to the fascinate. They gave me junk replacement phones for my 6 month old, like new Droid, then they gave me a Droid 2 and extended my contract without my knowing, so I kicked and screamed and got the droid 2 exchanged for the Fascinate. So it is a little worrysome to me to think about frying another phone with a 2.2 update.

We will have Froyo by the end of October. This came from MULTIPLE Verizon Reps.
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I'm not holding my breath for any release date. It will be out when it's out. The only big things I'm interested in are increased speed, USB tether, and enterprise security features, and since my phone is already quite fast, I have wifi tethering, and use Touchdown for proper Exchange connectivity, I have no problem waiting. I will be disappointed if it doesn't come out this year though.
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The Captivate just got Froyo leaked. Can we be far behind?
I can't post links yet. See thread ID 797282 from the Captivate forums.
Fingers crossed...

st0101 said:
We will have Froyo by the end of October. This came from MULTIPLE Verizon Reps.
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It's definitely coming, but idk about end of October. Lol verizon reps don't know sh*t.
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I hope it is coming soon. I can't wait for ROMs and kernels. And can you imagine how fast this will be with Froyo? It's already much faster on 2.1 than any phone I've used on 2.2, overclocked or not.

[Q] 2.2 is out? Verizon Customer service says so

I just got off the phone with Verizon Wireless Customer Service. I was questioning about setting changes to improve my signal strength. She said there was nothing she knew of. I then asked if she knew if the 2.2 update would bring with it a new baseband to improve the signal strength. She then said, well it is available for download, go ahead and download it and see. However, I am not in an area to do that. I am in Central Ohio, so I really have no idea if it is truely out or not!

Ummm...no. CS are useless.
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Yea most if those people are pretty UN HELPFUL AND STUPID no offense to anyone...
Swyped via Fascinate.

and I was so looking forward to getting to work tomorrow and downloading it. Guess I will just keep dreaming.....

A lot of people are gonna get froyo here and be like....wtf...this is what I was pining for?

The download had been stopped unroll november so I've heard
Swyped via Fascinate.

Yup I've had froyo on the X and the inc and the best thing about it is flash 10.1
Swyped via Fascinate.

adrynalyne said:
A lot of people are gonna get froyo here and be like....wtf...this is what I was pining for?
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I was just hoping for better service area. I live in a fringe area, my wife's D1 has service here, but my Fascinate has nothing. They did offer to knock 50 bucks off the new 3g network extender for my trouble.

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I was just hoping for better service area. I live in a fringe area, my wife's D1 has service here, but my Fascinate has nothing. They did offer to knock 50 bucks off the new 3g network extender for my trouble.
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Unless they have a new network extender that i'm not aware of, the one they were selling only extends voice and not data.
What one were you talking about??

irascible said:
Unless they have a new network extender that i'm not aware of, the one they were selling only extends voice and not data.
What one were you talking about??
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There is a new network extender. It was announced last Thursday and does both 1X and EV

Verizon just released a new version of their network extender that supports 3g data last week. Retail cost of 250 though.

They told me that at the end of September. Do I have froyo? **** NO! will I ever see froyo.? Likely, but only from our developers and not samsung
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ksizzle9 said:
They told me that at the end of September. Do I have froyo? **** NO! will I ever see froyo.? Likely, but only from our developers and not samsung
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It's been said multiple times in the past month that they will be coming out in November.
This from Samsung USA's twitter as well - "yes. all current Galaxy S phones in the USA will be upgraded to Android 2.2 this year."

Actually I'm pretty sure that it W's confirmed that the particular comment you are talking about DID NOT apply to the variants in the states. However I was just being sarcastic anyway. It doesn't really matter to me at this point as froyo from Samsung is literally going to suck ass because the one thing that kills these phones is the one thing a firmware update wont fix, and that's RFS. Anyway, good day sir. Hope you are correct, that way we can get some good froyo ROMS rollin
Edit: actually, I don't recall that anyone anywhere has stated specifically that our phones will get it in November. And I am positive that u will find nothing specific to the fascinate. Anyway. Not flaming, just stating the facts.
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ksizzle9 said:
Edit: actually, I don't recall that anyone anywhere has stated specifically that our phones will get it in November. And I am positive that u will find nothing specific to the fascinate. Anyway. Not flaming, just stating the facts.
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"The Galaxy S series will be getting 2.2 Froyo in November, starting in Europe and over time pushing west." - Not sure if this includes the US, but I assume it does. Paraphrased.
edit: Unfortunately I can't read. Your post said this already, so I guess I'm part of the redundant department of redundancy.

ksizzle9 said:
Actually I'm pretty sure that it W's confirmed that the particular comment you are talking about DID NOT apply to the variants in the states. However I was just being sarcastic anyway. It doesn't really matter to me at this point as froyo from Samsung is literally going to suck ass because the one thing that kills these phones is the one thing a firmware update wont fix, and that's RFS. Anyway, good day sir. Hope you are correct, that way we can get some good froyo ROMS rollin
Edit: actually, I don't recall that anyone anywhere has stated specifically that our phones will get it in November. And I am positive that u will find nothing specific to the fascinate. Anyway. Not flaming, just stating the facts.
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It was a direct quote from Samsung's Twitter. What else could "yes. all current Galaxy S phones in the USA will be upgraded to Android 2.2 this year." mean?
It can't mean ANYTHING else other than the Samsung Galaxy S phones released in the USA with all the popular carriers.

tekkitan said:
It was a direct quote from Samsung's Twitter. What else could "yes. all current Galaxy S phones in the USA will be upgraded to Android 2.2 this year." mean?
It can't mean ANYTHING else other than the Samsung Galaxy S phones released in the USA with all the popular carriers.
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True. And this is all moot speculation anyway. When Froyo was debuted at I/O, afterwards Google tweeted about the rollout occurring over the next few months. less than 15 hours later I pulled down a rooted OTA courtesy of Cyanogen. lol.
It should be sometime between now and Christmas.

tekkitan said:
It was a direct quote from Samsung's Twitter. What else could "yes. all current Galaxy S phones in the USA will be upgraded to Android 2.2 this year." mean?
It can't mean ANYTHING else other than the Samsung Galaxy S phones released in the USA with all the popular carriers.
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It never actually said US. that is the point I'm trying to make, it only said UK. I'm not at all trying to start a flame war just trying to keep you from getting high hopes only to be let down. I hope that u r right. Man do I ever hope that u r right.
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ksizzle9 said:
It never actually said US. that is the point I'm trying to make, it only said UK. I'm not at all trying to start a flame war just trying to keep you from getting high hopes only to be let down. I hope that u r right. Man do I ever hope that u r right.
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How is this only the UK? They may not have said November, but by the end of the year is fine by me.
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@hometheater321 yes. all current Galaxy S phones in the USA will be upgraded to Android 2.2 this year.
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Gosh man. I'm not trying to start a fight nor am I saying u r wrong. However as I have stated multiple times. NO WHERE does it say "Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce that the android 2.2 froyo update is available for ur fascinate" nor have any of their tweets mentioned it.
Edit: all galaxy s variants doesn't mean fascinate. Call Samsung itself and ask they will tell u they know nothing.
Edit: sorry just saw where u said end of year. Not November. All good. Last Samsung phone ill ever buy.
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dj05? what is it? who made it? how does it affect us?

what exactly is dj05? who is releasing it? samsung? verizon?
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What is DJ05? That's a terrific question...

Dj05 is an update from Verizon. The official one is not released yet. It is a fix for some features. Like the soft key backlight now stays on with the screen. It has a GPS fix and numerous other ones. The one You hear about is just a non official one.
As for the who.... that's not of your concern
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DJ05 is a mystical update only spoken of in the depths of IRC, also known as infinite rainbow colors.

thanks whatsup.. good answer
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The update is all over the place right now. I dont know why people are having a hard time finding it. And it boggles me why its not being posted in these forums.
But if higher-ups dont want it posted here thats the way its gotta be.
Either way look at it like this....this update will be out before 2.2...........so 2.2 is far off for us!!!

One line of the channel log from Verizon says its a preperation update for "2.2 due next year"

martyotaku said:
But if higher-ups dont want it posted here thats the way its gotta be.
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I read a post around the beginning of the DJ05 teases that amounted to, "if we released this on the forums, there would be an explosion of new 'My phone doesn't work!!' threads the next day". I believe it's not fully public here more for the protection of the end users and sanity of the devs than withholding goodies. The #Samsung-Fascinate channel of IRC is where the devs hang out to work out kinks, if you're interested in participating before broadcast release.

martyotaku said:
The update is all over the place right now. I dont know why people are having a hard time finding it. And it boggles me why its not being posted in these forums.
But if higher-ups dont want it posted here thats the way its gotta be.
Either way look at it like this....this update will be out before 2.2...........so 2.2 is far off for us!!!
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The "higher-ups" don't want it posted here because the "higher-ups" are trying to protect the people who leaked the ROM in the first place. Test builds are often watermarked and traceable.

Thank you RTFM. I leaked DJ05. come get me Verizon!!!!!!
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me too i leaked it first ninja

Watch out everyone. Dj05 is insanely unstable, i just got fired from my job for leaking it. The sad thing is i dont work at verizon. Thats the kind of reach verizon has. Watch out. They just came and took my cat.
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I'd be surprised if verizon doesn't leak this stuff themselves. They can monitor the forums and chat rooms to see how well it works and they get free beta testers who can't complain to them if it breaks the phone.
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That would be awesome. Btw it works fine
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SupraLance said:
I'd be surprised if verizon doesn't leak this stuff themselves. They can monitor the forums and chat rooms to see how well it works and they get free beta testers who can't complain to them if it breaks the phone.
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Who says they already don't have such a system in place ????

mexiken said:
Who says they already don't have such a system in place ????
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Verizons not that smart.

What is interseting is Samsung Galaxy S version on Sprint (EPIC) came out with Android 2.2 and it isn't DJ05. It is something higher.

smilepak said:
What is interseting is Samsung Galaxy S version on Sprint (EPIC) came out with Android 2.2 and it isn't DJ05. It is something higher.
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2.1 was probably something higher than 1.5 too. Of course it's going to be higher. DJ05 isn't froyo, and froyo isn't DJ05.

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Who says they already don't have such a system in place ????
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Aha! So you admit it! You are a VZ employee! You and ksizzle!

Learn to read lol he said he didnt work there. lol
as for the update... friend of mine that has it and it helping to test it for VZW has told me it will be another month or 2 for official release still far to "buggy", 2.2 that is....
on a side note i saw the new VZW Galaxy S LTE phone this weekend... its a prototype but freaking awsome!!!
the screen is crisper, has front facing camera, its a bit wider than the SF, but still very light. Comes with android 2.2 out of the box. from what i hear the data rates can be as good as 25M down and 8M up.
I must say that i was quite impressed with it...
unfortunatly i could not get a picture of it, my friend has alot of integrity.... sometimes thats a bad thing

Samsung Galaxy S phone may skip 2.2 and jump to 2.3 gingerbread

So i was reading this blog and bam i finally got slapped with a pretty cool rumor that got me a little excited so i wanted to share because of all the 2.2 questions maybe this will shed some light
http://an.droid-life.com/2010/12/06/samsung-phones-to-get-gingerbread-first/

Rumors are not post worthy.

adrynalyne said:
Rumors are not post worthy.
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Beat me to it. I'd highly doubt we see an official version of 2.3.

scriz said:
Beat me to it. I'd highly doubt we see an official version of 2.3.
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I'm beginning to doubt I'll see 2.2 by the time my two-year contract runs out in 2012..

I heard from this guy that he saw Elvis at a truck stop yesterday. thought I'd let yall know
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Highly doubtful.
Epic just upgraded to 2.2, and Vibrant was scheduled last week but got postponed a week. If we were going to see 2.3 instead, then we'd have to wait months...first Samsung would release to International Galaxy S, then give it to all the carriers who then make modifications.
At this point all the carriers have been working on 2.2 so I doubt they would drop doing their work on this to skip over froyo.

i wouldnt be surpised if we skip all updates straight into 3.0 after all not the first time samsung ****ed us(all galaxy s will get 2.2 SHORTY after release).

At this point, I don't have too much hope for 2.2. I've seen in the past with other devices and OS that VZW skip a release or two because it failed their internal testing or something. I wouldn't be surprise if 2.2 was like that

I'm not worried about updates anymore...
I'm just waiting for my contact to end so u can leave Verizon.
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iTz Nicholas72 said:
I'm not worried about updates anymore...
I'm just waiting for my contact to end so u can leave Verizon.
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Really miss t-mobile.

How about class action suite? ;-)

CNemo7539 said:
How about class action suite? ;-)
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For what? The fact that I miss t-mobile?

iTz Nicholas72 said:
I'm not worried about updates anymore...
I'm just waiting for my contact to end so u can leave Verizon.
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Seems this is becoming a common sentiment. Go figure, right?

It seems as if Verizon is putting all of its eggs in the Motorola basket. They get updates/fixes galore.
I will be furious if the Fascinate goes the way of the Droid Eris (what I JUST upgraded from). Fortunatley, instead of burning an upgrae, I bought off of Craigslist.

maybe we will at least see a 2.3 leak one day!

We're going to get 2.3 eventually.

You guys can't blame Verizon for us not having froyo. If t mobile is so great why don't the vibrant have it? And sprints testing is poopoo, if you read about their new froyo, I don't think anyone is impressed
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Yeah I absolutely love the irony of everyone jumping ship from Verizon when the other devices haven't got Froyo either. When T-Mobile gets Froyo onto the Vibrant we shall see. The Epic is different hardware (different enough that Samsung probably shipped different drivers/RIL). This entire attitude of "verizon sucks" is just laughable at this point.
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No, I really do miss t-mobile and their 4g with gsm.

RacerXFD said:
No, I really do miss t-mobile and their 4g with gsm.
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T-Mo sucks and has the spottiest data coverage of any carrier I have ever used. I can remember driving down the highway, using my Nexus One in the car cradle, and having to wait for Google Maps to load up my current location because the buffered map areas couldn't keep up since the data connection kept going up and down. I could get across the city so quick on the highway that the network could not seemlessly handle me moving across the network so fast. Verizon has been a breath of fresh air compared to T-Mo, and the only thing I miss is the control I had with my Nexus One. That said, the screen on this phone is nice and is really the top of the class. We will get 2.2 soon enough, and with the proper foundation, I would think creating 2.3 ROMs will be an easy prospect.

FroYo going official

So I just got a text from a buddy of mine saying his boss's epic updated OTA to 2.2 this morning. His hasn't updated, yet, and I'm still on DK17, so mine won't. We're all in middle TN. If anyone else gets the update, chime in and let us know.
I know everyone here is tired of all the rumors. The wait may finally be over.

I live in DC, but have a Memphis number. Do you think its worth it for me to flash back to DI18 this evening? Right now I am really enjoying DK28 after getting the screen rotation fixed...

Personally, I'm going to wait until I see more people get the update. If you're happy with the rom you have, then you might as well wait, too. I want to minimize my time waiting with a stock phone.

DiGi760 said:
So I just got a text from a buddy of mine saying his boss's epic updated OTA to 2.2 this morning. His hasn't updated, yet, and I'm still on DK17, so mine won't. We're all in middle TN. If anyone else gets the update, chime in and let us know.
I know everyone here is tired of all the rumors. The wait may finally be over.
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Get your buddy to ask his boss to check his hardware version. Don't want a repeat of the .4 vs .5 issue =P

The both got their phones at the end of October, a few weeks after I got mine. I know my friend's is a .5. I'd be shocked if his boss somehow got a .4 phone.

Samsung hasn't released anything on their twitter feeds or support feeds about a ota update. They are still saying by the end of the month.
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I live in DC, but have a Memphis number. Do you think its worth it for me to flash back to DI18 this evening? Right now I am really enjoying DK28 after getting the screen rotation fixed...
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I would wait. I have a shiny new quarter that says this is a fake.

Yeah I just thought about the fact the .4 vs .5 issue and I am curious if its just the voicemail update or something...

crawrj said:
I would wait. I have a shiny new quarter that says this is a fake.
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I am not taking anyone's second hand report with more than a grain of salt at this point but it would be nice. Although I did just get my phone back to DI18 lol

This is becoming like Duke Nukem Forever

styckx said:
This is becoming like Duke Nukem Forever
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We *promise* its really coming today. For realsies!

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This is becoming like Duke Nukem Forever
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Right? I hate to get everyone's hopes up for nothing if this isn't right. If I hadn't been told by someone I trust, I wouldn't have bothered starting the thread. I'm ready for this thing to finally drop and source to come out so everyone here can get down to business.

Sad thing is, we're all so fed up with getting our hopes up that none of us are flashing back to DI18 to see if we get the update lol

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Right? I hate to get everyone's hopes up for nothing if this isn't right. If I hadn't been told by someone I trust, I wouldn't have bothered starting the thread. I'm ready for this thing to finally drop and source to come out so everyone here can get down to business.
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Just ask him for the firmware version. Simple.
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Just ask him for the firmware version. Simple.
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Ditto that, if there isn't prove then its a waste of time.
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Just ask him for the firmware version. Simple.
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I already did. I'm waiting for him to relay the request to his boss and get back to me.
edit: just got a response. He says his boss's phone has DK28 with 2.2.1. His phone hasn't updated, but he says the update check is failing for him. :-/ I wish I could see it for my own eyes instead of relying on second hand information.

DiGi760 said:
I already did. I'm waiting for him to relay the request to his boss and get back to me.
edit: just got a response. He says his boss's phone has DK28 with 2.2.1. His phone hasn't updated, but he says the update check is failing for him. :-/ I wish I could see it for my own eyes instead of relying on second hand information.
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So his boss was on complete stock DI18, got an update notification, updated, and now has DK28?
Also, make sure its not hardware .4, some people randomly got them from buying em at the store.

DiGi760 said:
I already did. I'm waiting for him to relay the request to his boss and get back to me.
edit: just got a response. He says his boss's phone has DK28 with 2.2.1. His phone hasn't updated, but he says the update check is failing for him. :-/ I wish I could see it for my own eyes instead of relying on second hand information.
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Dude, it doesn't seem like you have all the facts first his bosses phone updated now your saying that his phone refused the update. Why don't you have your friend email the update to someone who can do something with it other wise this thread should be closed
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Pay attention, the OP's friend's phone has not updated, but his friend's boss's phone has updated. At least according to the story I'm following.

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Pay attention, the OP's friend's phone has not updated, but his friend's boss's phone has updated. At least according to the story I'm following.
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I have been paying attention and that is not what I read. He said his bosses phone is on 2.2.1 DK28 and that he got an update notification but did not update and now is not getting any hits with and update check.