To all of you that's been anxiously waiting for the android 2.1 firmware upgrade, I just finished talking with a sony rep and they have plans to start rolling out the update by the end of October. So hopefully in a couple of weeks we should start seeing some updates for this phone. I don't know about anbody else, but, I'm not pleased at all with 1.6 at the moment.
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You have waited two years to tell us something we already know? It was your first post and you should have waited to at least tell us some good news.
There is already a thread for 2.1 news which you should have posted there.
Oooooooh yournot pleased with 1.6????? SO????? Who cares??? I personally think the x10 is a great phone, it does everything I need it to do, from satnav (co pilot) to reading me ebooks (moon+ reader), im sick and tired of people slagging a phone off just because of the firmware, I had a G1 on day of release and that was android V1, my son still uses said G1 and its still a great phone, some people should really get a life
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While the X10 only runs 1.6 its still far nicer than my nexus one running 2.2 (froyo) well when I had my nexus one anyways lol.
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I think i wont be wrong if i say this " Dell streak is living in stone age"
coz Google's Android platform turns 3, Gingerbread due on 11 November
and where we are
Factory Shipment:1.6
Update:2.1
Dj Steve Unofficial :2.2
Official Update 2.2: Sorry i havent got my cristal ball with me today
cheers
agreed the software is behind. But the hardware is right on par. To me the more important thing is the hardware - because the software can be upgraded (as seen with Steve's Froyo).
I too was skeptic about not having a recent update to Android on this device. Regardless this device is miles ahead of my old Touch Pro 2. 2.2 is coming and I'm sure there's a lot of behind-the-scenes legal mumbo-jumbo responsible for the schedule. Dell is new to the smartphone game and I'm sure there's a learning curve.
Anyone on XDA is probably here for the same reason. We want the BEST for our phones, but, waiting on carriers to release updated roms is like waiting for paint to dry.
The suits in charge of the carriers probably have to have a dozen or more meetings before they release an update, if they even update it at all.
Another reason I think the carriers should get out of the hardware business and
just be a provider. Yes, probably more headaches trying to make everything compatible, but just look at the Asian markets, and the numerous options they have for hardware. What to the states get? A few phones a year.
1.6 came out about a year ago, the streak was probably slated for its release then. its amazing the small gaps between major software releases from google. im just hoping froyo for the streak comes out before gingerbread does. i like knowing my device runs on the latest and greatest, even if its only for a day.
I for 1 was happy it came with 1.6 it gave me chance to play with 1.6 and 2.1 and next is 2.2 and after 3.0 so in my eyes its like haveing 4 different devices
lufc said:
I for 1 was happy it came with 1.6 it gave me chance to play with 1.6 and 2.1 and next is 2.2 and after 3.0 so in my eyes its like haveing 4 different devices
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you mean 2.3.
This phone is awesome even on 1.6 and it keeps getting better.
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borijess said:
This phone is awesome even on 1.6 and it keeps getting better.
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In fact if you change the launcher you can barely notice the differences between the Android versions.
I started with adw and have more recently been playing with launcher pro.
Except flash, wifi hotbot, new gmail in 2.2 ;-)
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My question is when and if t mobile will roll out the update to either 2.3 or 3.0..i want the stock update..any help?:d
3.0 is not for phones.
2.3 should come in a couple months.
I'm not too sure what you're asking.
Like he said, he wants to know when or if HTC/Tmo will roll out the next update. To which the answer is a fat question mark. There are rumors about Q2 2011 but who knows. Just be thankful you are not using a Samsung device
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I HAVE EARD THAT THEY WILL HAVE 3.0 FOR PHONES..I HAVE THE G2 ..IT CAME WITH 2.2 BUT I WANT ALL I CAN GET FOR IT..
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I HAVE EARD THAT THEY WILL HAVE 3.0 FOR PHONES..I HAVE THE G2 ..IT CAME WITH 2.2 BUT I WANT ALL I CAN GET FOR IT..
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3.0 is being worked on for phones. At this point the phone version of 3.0 is not even finished with development yet, so we're going to need to wait until that's done to get it. It'll come in a few months, only time will tell exactly when.
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3.0 is being worked on for phones. At this point the phone version of 3.0 is not even finished with development yet, so we're going to need to wait until that's done to get it. It'll come in a few months, only time will tell exactly when.
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Wait what? Last I heard (last week) Google said they will not be releasing the source code - except to official major manufacturers (Samsung and HTC I believe). Part of the agreement between them is that those companies are NOT to put it on a phone unless given specific permission by Google. 3.0 is the windows/iOS version of Android. They did it for a reason, so that manufacturers wouldn't rape such a well designed os by putting their own crap on it, different UI's and launchers, and try to put it on an underpowered device.
Think about it. Some fanboy or average Joe sees 3.0 running on a base model Samsung and prior to that was considering getting an Android phone. Now they won't want to and as such, will inform everyone else (family and friends) about how much of a piece of sh!t is was. That multiplies over and over until you have thousands that think the same thing though never having actually messed with Android themselves. Marketing 050, simple and basic concept. If we see 3.0 on a phone - everyone get it because that will be the device of the year and will stay that way for a long time.
Never probably... HoneyComb is not meant for mobile phones... Google came clean just a few days ago that they are working on a new version which is capable of running on both, mobile and tablet... but not just ready yet... besides, HoneyComb itself is not 100% yet...
May be IceCream will do it...
Wait and watch... Fingers crossed...
Why would you want a stock update?
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Never probably... HoneyComb is not meant for mobile phones... Google came clean just a few days ago that they are working on a new version which is capable of running on both, mobile and tablet... but not just ready yet... besides, HoneyComb itself is not 100% yet...
May be IceCream will do it...
Wait and watch... Fingers crossed...
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Yeah that's what I read too. "... the 'I' series will be the next udate to run on mobile phones". Something to that effect is what was said.
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Why would you want a stock update?
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Some people prefer stock. That's the good thing about Android - there's a flavor for everyone.
Well stock update = root gone tho right? Not saying stock is, say horrid....but it does mean horrid battery life, bloatware, etc. And when I mean stock I mean carrier stock update.
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Why would you want a stock update?
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CM7 Nightly is pretty much stock update in my opinion, unless stock means the ones directly come from manufactures, not from google. Opting for stock is a very personal preference and I prefer stock because I am not so much of a fan of manufacture skins on top of vanilla experience. Still... again, it is a personal opinion.
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Well stock update = root gone tho right? Not saying stock is, say horrid....but it does mean horrid battery life, bloatware, etc. And when I mean stock I mean carrier stock update.
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Root gone, but thanks to the large dev community support for HTC devices out there, it is hardly going to be a pain. As and when new version arrives, there will be a lot of devs working on it right away... Am I right Devs???
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Like he said, he wants to know when or if HTC/Tmo will roll out the next update. To which the answer is a fat question mark. There are rumors about Q2 2011 but who knows. Just be thankful you are not using a Samsung device
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True. Samsung update timing is horrible.
haha, I honestly don't now, but I've been with T-Mo since my G1, which was around a year and a half ago, then I got the T-Mo G2 and I've always had such a bad time waiting for OTA updates. I'm not so patient. :S But well, it'll most likely be aired soon.
T-Mobile g2 customers don't count on 3.0 if At&t gets T-Mobile... am sure we will get 2.3
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I want the stock rom..i had an hd2 and was running 2.2 on it but wasnt perfect..i love the g2 as is just want 2.3 on it:d
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Why would you want a stock update?
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Why? There are tons of reasons why I personally would want it.... here's a few:
-Fully gingerbread compatible radio to end all these gps/data problems, and probably bring some battery improovements
-NEWER KERNEL! Am I the only one that would love to be on 2.6.37 or at least 2.6.35? I mean .32 is great and all but I want more!
-newer drivers (i.e. the radio update for the nexus allowed better quality video recording
I have hopes that tmobile will be able to get out an update by summer. Don't quote me on that though.
I am willing to bet if att gets tmo then that will be it for all previous phones. They will look to the future. I am also willing to bet that stock android phones(nexus series) and almost stock like the g2 will be done for. Most of the carriers favor the majority who want pretty animations and screens. They don't care about people who want fast stable phones that do what they need to do and get right to the point. I cannot recall a phone put out by another carrier in the usa that has a stock or almost stock android phone. Tmo is the only one I think of.
That being said I believe everything pretty much from here on out will have some flavor running on top. Makes me sad. Left verizon because tmo stayed true to android for the most part. I fear those days are over. I'm already thinking of an exit strategy and I've only been a customer of tmo for a month.
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Stop spreading around the misconception that the G2 runs stock android, it does NOT. Just because it looks stock doesn't mean it is. The TMO/ATT merger will not be finalized until mid next year. Before then the G2 will definately receive at least one major OS update. And what about the OG droid? That was the first phone with stock 2.0. And as long as google keeps making android, there will always be a developer phone.
Edit: Woah! Didn't check the dev section til now! A gingerbread sense wwe ruu was just leaked
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Why? There are tons of reasons why I personally would want it.... here's a few:
-Fully gingerbread compatible radio to end all these gps/data problems, and probably bring some battery improovements
-NEWER KERNEL! Am I the only one that would love to be on 2.6.37 or at least 2.6.35? I mean .32 is great and all but I want more!
-newer drivers (i.e. the radio update for the nexus allowed better quality video recording
I have hopes that tmobile will be able to get out an update by summer. Don't quote me on that though.
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Not to knock you but a carrier sent stock update means bloatware, poor battery life. Im running cm7 night 31 and gps works just fine. Remember, devs will rip it apart and fix all the crap the carrier release messed up anyways. Until i cant root a device or get rid of carrier shipped roms ill always rom it up and never take a carrier shipped rom. Im sick of wireless carriers putting their garbage on my phone. If i want it, ill download it.
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Lol I guess I should have explained myself better, I meant I wanted everything extracted from it to benefit other builds like CM. I preordered my G2 and had it since sep. 29, and I experienced the whole drama about unlocking the eMMC. I absolutely hate the stock rom lol and I don't have a car so I never really cared about GPS, I've just seen people complaining. My GPS has worked on every nightly I've tried it on, maybe I'm just lucky lol.
GPS seems to work fine for G2's on CM...it has worked for me on everything 6.1+. Its the desire z users that are having most of the issues.
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So after some good roms and some briked phones, what can we expect for the future.
The oxigem rom is stopped, cm7 is without a Dec, i think but people are saying that is going to come out another version, miui we lost the first Dec but after come another and he broke the phone last week.
So what is the situation people?
Lets see some opinions
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Being Portuguese i think you are forgetting the weekly updates of miui from miui-pt team.
This has never stopped and will continue as its a team working for the same purpose. So where is the doubt?
Is true, sorry for this.
But we should have a space where everyone could give an opinion and see what we can expect
Because when i bought this phone my first reason was the roms, that could be a phone where we could exepect a lot of variaty or kernels, stuff to play with hit
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- Hero , Legend and many more got the new CM7
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=hero
- Look it has been released last night. Maybe today or tomorrow we will get an update soon for the X8
i know XD
but thanks for your share
Well, about time they got the nightly build bot going again ... after they ran around asking for donations because they obviously need a server infrastructure every CG Animation Studio is jealous about.
Still, doesn't change the fact that the Shakira CM7/FXP ROM is utter crap.
I totally agree with you man. But it is nice to see that CyanogenMod gives a c*ap about our phone , well at least they did give a c*ap in the old days but now i think they aren't even gonna make the damn update. But Dx is gonna make an update on the GingerDx cuz the update was released on the Hero and Legend he can port it and stuff maybe it is good or maybe it is the same like any other CyanogenMod that they built.