Hey guys, for any of you who received a warranty exchange G2 with 2.3.3 from Tmo recently you might want to try getting another exchange if you want the 2.2 build for rooting purposes. I saw the article on Tmonews stating that Tmo was internally calling the Gingerbread release an "error" so I figured I'd give it a shot and go for another exchange.
Anyway, long story short, I got my phone today, it came with 2.2 and I'm a happy camper with a rooted G2 once more!
(And this time I rooted with Adb instead of Visionary like I did the first time! A big thanks to the folks at XDA for creating such a great rooting guide, and a big thanks to the kind folks in #g2root who were willing to take the time to help a relative noob through it!)
My replacement is coming today. I lost all hope that it would come with 2.2 but this has given me hope! Ill **** my pants if it has good ol crappy 2.2 on it!
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Just got my g2, got froyo yippee skippy!
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Just got my g2, got froyo yippee skippy!
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Sweet! That's awesome!
crappy? 2.2 was fine
Naa I don't like all the white from froyo. Plus apps load 367894937743 times quicker on gb from my experience. System wise froyo and gb feel the same, but not app wise.
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Just got my g2, got froyo yippee skippy!
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How was the battery life compared to Froyo? Cause I bought a brand new G2 and the guy said it was a replacement phone. The battery life sucks for me and I don't even have the data hooked up yet. Was it significantly better w/ Froyo? Tmo is willing to send me a new replacement but I'm not sure what to do yet.
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http://phandroid.com/2010/07/07/t-m...s-even-more-android-devices-before-years-end/
from the looks of the t-mobile calender it seems that slide owners should hopefully be getting the 2.2 update in late july.
it could however be a hundred other things but considering this is the only marked timeline for an update on the slide, my best guess is that its froyo and then shortly after the OG mytouch will get an update as well.
it could also be an update in preperation for the 2.2 update.
i figured it was post worthy and i thought id share the news
Thanks for posting. Saw the roadmap somewhere, but didnt notice it had planned updates on it as well. Really hope they stick to this plan.
Cant wait for froyo. However Im sick of Sense and just wish I could root and get rid of it already.
I called t-mobile today to deal with something and the person I talked to said we were getting an update this week of somesort. Don't know if its 2.2 or not. I doubt it is.
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Evolution-22- said:
I called t-mobile today to deal with something and the person I talked to said we were getting an update this week of somesort. Don't know if its 2.2 or not. I doubt it is.
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That's great, idc if its froyo or not...I always welcome an ota update lol.
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I hope that is true. I need some more room on my phone for apps.
hope they don't pull a motorola and keep delaying the update.my poor girlfriend has the cliq and it's still runnin 1.5 and they keep anoouncing an update window and then delaying it when the window hits,what a joke.
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hope they don't pull a motorola and keep delaying the update.my poor girlfriend has the cliq and it's still runnin 1.5 and they keep anoouncing an update window and then delaying it when the window hits,what a joke.
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Or samsung with the behold2
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Or samsung with the behold2
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Never again samsung, not even with a quad core 2Ghz cpu! At least Motorola is communicating about the update with its customers! My wife has the Cliq too and she actually doesn't mind 1.5. I tried to convince her to let me root and rom it for her but she wants to wait for OTA.
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Fordude said:
Never again samsung, not even with a quad core 2Ghz cpu! At least Motorola is communicating about the update with its customers! My wife has the Cliq too and she actually doesn't mind 1.5. I tried to convince her to let me root and rom it for her but she wants to wait for OTA.
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mine was the same way with her BH2 when we both had them and Eugene started putting out the ROMs that made the phone bearable... until I showed her that I had Nav and how the a2sd worked. after that she was hooked as soon as we got our Espressos she was on the boards 3-4 times a day looking for someone to crack root, hell she's tried out more ROMs than me now
I hope it is froyo or at least an announcement of it thanks for the update I saw the road map the day it was leaked but didn't notice the mytouch slide update thanks again
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I hope it is froyo or at least an announcement of it thanks for the update I saw the road map the day it was leaked but didn't notice the mytouch slide update thanks again
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they gave us an official announcement a few weeks ago, it will be coming to both mytouch handsets, just not positive when
Thanks
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Is there any developer out the willing to take on this task?
Is any will to donate to get this development done? I know I do.
Please comment.
Thank you,
Techsican
UPDATE: 4/11/2011
As of my original post, there has been some interest on getting this issue resolved, by donation offerings and a developer has even offered his time on working on this issue for us.
Attn1 has offered his time to try to figure out the rooting issue with the Froyo update from HTC/AT&T due to the hboot lock.
All we need is for someone to offer up their phone with the latest Froyo update so we can send it to attn1 to see if he can get it to root. I see that a couple of you guys have offered their phones already. I will be contacting you guys to see if we can come up with plan on getting attn1 a phone. I might just use my son's phone if he is willing to part with it for a while.
Update 4/14/2011
Attn1 is going to find a work around out of the kindness of his heart and does not want any compensation. This is what I love about the Android community, there is alway someone willing to help out solve problems without asking for anything in return. Attn1, you might not want are money, but please except our Thanks!
Thank again and keep an eye out for updates.
David "Techsican" Moralez
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please please
someone help us to root again
I would be willing to donate. As much as I love my Aria, right now I've had it. AT&T really knows how to take a perfectly great phone and turn it to s#%* with all their crapware.
I just didn't realize I wouldn't be able to go back to being rooted.
You might try buying an Aria with 2.1 so you can root it and sell your 2.2. Should be within a few bucks of even money and you can get ability to root back.
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You might try buying an Aria with 2.1 so you can root it and sell your 2.2. Should be within a few bucks of even money and you can get ability to root back.
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Good idea,hehe!
Buying a new phone would be an excellent idea if it was in the budget.
I guess we all fell for to the old upgrade trap! I was hoping to get this resolved, so I could root and update my son's phone to a cleaner/leaner ROM, like CM7. I have a contract renewal in June, so I guess my son will just have to wait. Oh well! :/
Regrets
Regrets to all that have upgraded to Froyo 2.2 using RUU method. I am confident that with the brain trust of talented developers out there it won't be long before someone finds away to reverse the upgrade. Until then we wait and hope....
Got the wife an unlocked Aria, she's not into roms and such but wish I could remove all the att crapware!
Sent via my CM7 RC3 G2. PTFO
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Got the wife an unlocked Aria, she's not into roms and such but wish I could remove all the att crapware!
Sent via my CM7 RC3 G2. PTFO
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For your wife, throw Liberated Aria Froyo on her phone with either the stock kernel (provided in the Liberated Aria Froyo thread) or Gene Poole's hoxnet_004b kernel and call it a day. Liberated Aria Froyo is totally unbranded, meaning no logos and no crapware. Plus it keeps things familiar for her since it uses Sense.
I would be willing to donate aswell. My brother wants to root his phone but updated before he knew any better.
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I am in for $20, if someone can fix this unrootable 2.2
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
For your wife, throw Liberated Aria Froyo on her phone with either the stock kernel (provided in the Liberated Aria Froyo thread) or Gene Poole's hoxnet_004b kernel and call it a day. Liberated Aria Froyo is totally unbranded, meaning no logos and no crapware. Plus it keeps things familiar for her since it uses Sense.
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Can't do anything yet. No root! Appreciate the input though! Ill remember that if we ever get root
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I'l donate too
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Can't do anything yet. No root! Appreciate the input though! Ill remember that if we ever get root
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Sorry. I had assumed that her phone had 2.1 on it. Did it come from AT&T with 2.2 on it when bought and it was upgraded?
Suscribed. Id love to root this phone. dont know why i upgraded to 2.2
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Sorry. I had assumed that her phone had 2.1 on it. Did it come from AT&T with 2.2 on it when bought and it was upgraded?
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Idk. Came from craigslist. Read they can't be downgraded anyway.
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Do we know if the old way of rooting works, before unrevoked?
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Do you have a link to the old way of rooting?
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Do you have a link to the old way of rooting?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708233
I can't try it out myself since its my brothers phone, and I'm just looking into it for him. But if someone tries it and it works let me know.
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Well my touchscreen died so I bought an epic on ebay and I want to say goodbye an I will miss this phone it tought me a whole lot and thanks to the devs for all there work and people who guided me through things I missunderstood so I bid you ado I will most likely pop in and out to see what you guys are coming up with next cause you guys are crazy sometimes and lastly thankyou again
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Enjoy the new upgrade of an Epic. It's a great phone. You shall be missed.
From my Gingerbread Hero.
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Well my touchscreen died so I bought an epic on ebay and I want to say goodbye an I will miss this phone it tought me a whole lot and thanks to the devs for all there work and people who guided me through things I missunderstood so I bid you ado I will most likely pop in and out to see what you guys are coming up with next cause you guys are crazy sometimes and lastly thankyou again
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Damn. You're leaving too? Mine also died. Been rocking out a TP2 off craigslist. Loving this thing and the OS is smooth so far. Of course, it was modded next day...
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Damn. You're leaving too? Mine also died. Been rocking out a TP2 off craigslist. Loving this thing and the OS is smooth so far. Of course, it was modded next day...
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Yeah same as soon as I got it out of the box I rooted it and my step brother has one and I installed android on it for him and he said that I said his life
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I'm gonna be jumping ship too. I talked with Sprite and I recently got my upgrade back. So now I just wait for the Evo 3D. I'm definitely gonna keep my Hero though because Iwill be experimenting in it.
From my Gingerbread Hero.
i didnt know if anyone has seen htc confirm we are getting android 2.3 officially in q2 so i emailed them and this is what i got in response.
I understand how important it is to have the most current software available for your device and I am happy to inform you that the G2 is scheduled to receive the 2.3 update later in the second quarter of this year.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW19ENA000497.
Sincerely,
Jessica
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Lol that's great but I wonder what they will change from the leak Rom. The leaked Rom works pretty good
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Lol that's great but I wonder what they will change from the leak Rom. The leaked Rom works pretty good
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idk but i havent even seen any pics or videos on youtube showing the leaked rom. wish someone would do it so i can check it out.. lol
Doesn't mean much to me when I had it for months now
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Desire HD apparently getting theirs OTA now. Surely ours should not be far behind.....Surely?
What it means when ours is released is hopefully rmk40 will release an official virtuous 2.0 rom. It might also move us closer to the point where they release the kernel source and we can start seeing overclocking kernels for Gingerbread sense roms. (and trackpad wake etc)
According to Engadget:
"That just leaves the Desire Z and original Desire, both of which should be joining the party by the end of June. "
So more or less two months later. No matter, maybe they will make even more fixes and changes for us. (Maybe a version of Sense 3.0 for our "weaker" phones - but I doubt that)
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According to Engadget:
"That just leaves the Desire Z and original Desire, both of which should be joining the party by the end of June. "
So more or less two months later. No matter, maybe they will make even more fixes and changes for us. (Maybe a version of Sense 3.0 for our "weaker" phones - but I doubt that)
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The only reason they are saying end of June, is because HTC said it would happen by end of Q2. So it can happen anytime between now and the end of June.
True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around
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True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around
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Haha, set you expectations low, and never be disappointed, eh?
Anywhere soon is good for me Even though I'm already using a better ROM than what they'd bring out haha (TrollogenMOD ) Also... It won't take as long as it took my Hero to get 2.1 I bet
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True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around
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This sums up pretty much every expectation in my life lol.
Given the track record with everyone involved regarding prompt releases (Google, T-Mobile), it'll be at least November before it's actually available. How many months were us old Dream users waiting on Cupcake? Donut? Eclair (which turned out to be vaporware for the Dream)?
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Given the track record with everyone involved regarding prompt releases (Google, T-Mobile), it'll be at least November before it's actually available. How many months were us old Dream users waiting on Cupcake? Donut? Eclair (which turned out to be vaporware for the Dream)?
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there is no way it will be november since we already have a leaked version for the stock gingerbread rom and it seems to work perfect... i dont see a reason for it taken to long to be released.
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there is no way it will be november since we already have a leaked version for the stock gingerbread rom and it seems to work perfect... i dont see a reason for it taken to long to be released.
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Lol yea. Well as a remember the motorola cliq toke like 8 month to get updated to 2.1 which really made me mad since that phone is so hard to root.
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Lol yea. Well as a remember the motorola cliq toke like 8 month to get updated to 2.1 which really made me mad since that phone is so hard to root.
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yeah but htc and motorola are a big difference when it comes to updating there phones lol..
I was gonna say they same thing. Eventually I just bought a g2 and gave the cliq to my wife lol
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Not yet, but i saw that Desire HD and Incredible S had already be update by OTA, so maybe release for G2 in Q2 recently?
I'm glad I recently got rid of my Cliq.
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I was gonna say they same thing. Eventually I just bought a g2 and gave the cliq to my wife lol
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wow thats messed up to pass the cliq down to ur wife.. lmao i wouldnt even pass it down to my gf lmao.. i sold it for like 120 dollars to someone by where i lived lol
Wow, a lot of G2 owners here that came from the Cliq. I gave my Cliq to my dad after I got the G2. I remember Motorola's definition of "coming soon" for the Eclair update. Lol
Luckily we had developers like J_r0dd and HandlerExploit working on the Cliq back then.
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Hey all. I decided against going with the 3vo and went with the 4g (on the advice of a few sprint employee friends). I've had root on my hero since it was possible and finally just got tired of the phone itself. This phone is everything I knew it would be. SOME issues I've experienced but nothing all that bad. GV didn't work at all but it's working now and the voice option on the keyboard doesn't work. Oh well.
Anyways, I'm not at all a dev, but will be happy to give feedback on whatever rom (once root). For those who are working on root options...GOOD LUCK!!!
hello. nice to meet you
Welcome aboard. I would like to personally thank you for NOT starting a thread about how to root your phone.
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c-had - You're welcome. I do my homework.
I am, HOWEVER, going through withdrawal lol. I was flashing my hero with a new rom daily there for a while. I'm bored haha.
Thanks popper..nice to meet you too
Welcome to the evo. Don't mind the trolls they seem to be in abundance these days. Might make me goto the 3d just for that reason.
As for the voice, I had that problem in a few roms. Idk what the problem was but after installing swiftkeyboard x its working fine on my current daily driver. I can't say it didn't work before becouse I didn't try it.
Salvage asop running like a champ.
sent from my evo probably at work, probably on the clock.
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c-had - You're welcome. I do my homework.
I am, HOWEVER, going through withdrawal lol. I was flashing my hero with a new rom daily there for a while. I'm bored haha.
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I'm right with ya on that. This is the first phone I have had that I couldn't root, but hopefully soon we get a solution to that.
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The 3d board is going through the same thing as this one is when it comes to "trolls" i believe
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Welcome aboard. I would like to personally thank you for NOT starting a thread about how to root your phone.
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true dat
I still have my hero...it's collecting dust lol
Wow, so I'm not the only one that didn't fall for the 3-D crap. I just came from the here as well and the 3-D was only an option when I heard about the ram and dual core processor, after I messed with it for a while I was over it lol. Welcome man, its a good step in the right direction. The only way I would even consider going with a 3-d phone is once the whole 3-D option either plays out or gets much better.
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Welcome aboard! I just jumped ship from the Hero to the EVO a month or so ago as well
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The 3d is a solid phone and it's FAST... In the end ,however, the screen size and the 8 mega pix camera won.
Im going to look to sell my hero (actually i have two) on craigslist since i got kicked off ebay in 2003.
Let's GOOOO Mountaineers!
Kontrollverlust said:
Welcome aboard! I just jumped ship from the Hero to the EVO a month or so ago as well
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Im really loving this phone! It's less stressful than my hero lol.
Let's GOOOO Mountaineers!
Who all here has bought the bigger battery for the phone? Its not that big of a deal for my to put it on the charger...but the battery life leaves you wanting. Is it worth the $60 from a sprint store? Or would amazon be a better route
Let's GOOOO Mountaineers!