Crushdepth Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Ok so I'm dribbling over this. The forthcoming update of Android (2.2, with the unfortunate name 'Froyo'), lets you turn your phone into a WIFI access point so you can connect your laptop(s) or whatever. The update has started appearing on some reviewer units of the Nexus One, hopefully we won't have to wait to long. It would be much cooler if we had 3G, but you know how that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 (edited) The official Froyo update from HTC has been announced for 2H10, i.e. anytime from July-December. Still plenty of time. Though cool, I don't see why it is that much cooler than just plugging the phone in with the USB cable or Bluetooth for internet access - particularly as you said, no 3G in sight yet. Edited May 24, 2010 by Phil Conners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Wouldn't True 3G work? iPhone can do that already with MyWi (jailbreak app). I just got a MiFi box which does the same for a CAT CDMA connection - it's cool as I can connect my laptop, iPad, and wife's laptop to the CAT CDMA... it even has a battery.. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technolo...amp;_r=4&em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilva Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 (edited) The big thing about Froyo, is the ability to natively save apps to the SD card Oh and flash 10.1, which judging from the videos I have seen on engadget looks to be running as good as it does on most PC's Oh and unconfirmed sources point to an even earlier release of 23rd June http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686994 Edited May 25, 2010 by quiksilva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Interesting news. Cool if true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Another Froyo feature apparently is voice dialing: http://www.androidcentral.com/froyo-featur...h-voice-dialing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilva Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Praise be!! Voice dialling!! I never thought I'd say this but gimme some Froyo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedCardinal Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 I'm running the early release, and it's missing the apps2SD function. The voice dialling has been less than fantastic the few times I tired, but then again they dont have an ENglish (Ireland) option so it might just be the accent Phone is running seriously faster though that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Praise be!! Voice dialling!! I never thought I'd say this but gimme some Froyo!! Are you joking?? This is gunna be a right bitch when drunk!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted May 27, 2010 Author Share Posted May 27, 2010 It's going to suck when it screws up and dials your ex you swore you'd never talk to again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I just froyo'd my Nexus One last night trying to solve a connectivity issue that transpired to be in my wireless router! The N1 was the only machine that was having connectivity issues via wifi (finding the network OK but not connecting to internet) so I read in a forum that a o/s upgrade solved a problem for another user. Anyway, it's much faster, especially with GPRS/EDGE data. When the GPS is on, there's no icon in the top taskbar which is strange as how does one know when it's been left on and draining the battery? The widgets available don't seem to do much more than take you to the place where you turn them on/off as they say GPS is controlled by native programs and not a user turn-on/off anymore. Didn't see any FM Radio and haven't checked if save to SD is enabled; haven't seen it as an option when downloading apps. Need to check out that wifi hotspot though since my router appears to have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster80 Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I just froyo'd my Nexus One last night trying to solve a connectivity issue that transpired to be in my wireless router! The N1 was the only machine that was having connectivity issues via wifi (finding the network OK but not connecting to internet) so I read in a forum that a o/s upgrade solved a problem for another user. Anyway, it's much faster, especially with GPRS/EDGE data. When the GPS is on, there's no icon in the top taskbar which is strange as how does one know when it's been left on and draining the battery? The widgets available don't seem to do much more than take you to the place where you turn them on/off as they say GPS is controlled by native programs and not a user turn-on/off anymore. Didn't see any FM Radio and haven't checked if save to SD is enabled; haven't seen it as an option when downloading apps. Need to check out that wifi hotspot though since my router appears to have issues. I thing you need to go into settings-applications and from there choose "move to SD". Let us know if that's how it's done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Seeing as though Apple are deserting the iPhone 2G and not releasing a supported iOS4 image, i decided to do this and install Froyo on it instead. Flash on iPhone at last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmick Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Phazey - Eh? Do what? Froyo on iPhone? Methinks you jest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) Phazey - Eh? Do what? Froyo on iPhone? Methinks you jest. Methinks you need to do some web research. Android has been on Iphone 2g's for 2 months or so. i checked the iDroid project today to find Froyo ported. I've had Android 1.6 running on my Iphone since the day after it was released. I installed Froyo 2.2 today. Links: Android 1.6 Android ported to iPhone? -- Engadget Android 2.2 Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too -- Engadget Project Wiki/Forum iDroidWiki Here's a pic of it booted up. Edited June 16, 2010 by phazey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmick Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Thanks, I'll check those links. Just that I've never heard of this being done. I have a 3G. As you said, time for a bit of surfing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) How cool. I'm tempted to buy an old second hand Iphone 2G just for the fun of installing Froyo on it. What's the going price for second hand 2G's? Edit: Ah it comes with a PS... P.S. Of course, "runs" isn't exactly the same as "runs well." The iPhone in the video apparently got noticeably hot after five minutes of use, and there's some issues with Android not recognizing little things like WiFi or the phone's GPU. Edited June 16, 2010 by Phil Conners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phazey Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 How cool. I'm tempted to buy an old second hand Iphone 2G just for the fun of installing Froyo on it. What's the going price for second hand 2G's? Edit: Ah it comes with a PS... P.S. Of course, "runs" isn't exactly the same as "runs well." The iPhone in the video apparently got noticeably hot after five minutes of use, and there's some issues with Android not recognizing little things like WiFi or the phone's GPU. With such a new release, sure not everything is finished Saying that, i know wifi works with 1.6, and was dam_n fast (faster than my G1 phone!). So right now is not the time to invest in a device if you do not have one. I use my old hand me down 2G with broken wifi - no way would i touch my day to day 3Gs (if it was supported). Now i've had a longer play, a few things are missing that i need to hack back in, such as SDCard space and Google-Bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 Froyo roll out has started on Nexus One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 But I still don't got it. Anyone had Froyo update automatically on their phone yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilva Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Looks like the Desire's Froyo is coming very soon, http://www.htcsource.com/2010/06/htc-desire-legend-and-wildfire-to-get-froyo-update-in-q3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Looks like the Desire's Froyo is coming very soon, http://www.htcsource.com/2010/06/htc-desire-legend-and-wildfire-to-get-froyo-update-in-q3/ Thanks for the update. Looking forward to wireless tethering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfarangjomtien Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hi, Do you know which phone i could buy with Froyo installed in Bagok, MBK or PANTIP ? Which phone is the est HTC Android phone for you ? HTC nexus one Froyo or HTC desire froyo ? Any other ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozymandious Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I have a Nexus one, purchased it back in January and have enjoyed every min of it. I got my first OTA update here in Thailand when it was still 2.1 (guess it was a 2.1.1 update) When the first 2.2 for an un-rooted Nexus came out i followed the links downloaded the packaged and updated my phone to 2.2 that was back in may (25th according to my twitter stream) Since then I've done one incremental patch FRF5? ->FRF72 (again downloaded the file and updated off of the SD card) decided to by pass the update to FRF 80somthing update and yesterday i got my OTA update to 2.2 FRF91 works great, love the flash 10.1 on it. Just wish that google would hurry up and check it's own apps with the flag to install to SD card. TIP for Flash websites. If your device is being identified as a mobile device you can change your device's broadcast appearance in the browser type in "about:debug" and hit go. then go to settings -> UAString and select Desktop. websites think you're a desktop now. worked for streaming the daily show for me :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfarangjomtien Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Hi, is it a Nexus one from MBK ? And it has already done update to Froyo ? It seems that HTC Desire didn't do it yet. Thanks for alll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted July 5, 2010 Author Share Posted July 5, 2010 Froyo arrived on my Nexus One last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozymandious Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Hi, is it a Nexus one from MBK ? And it has already done update to Froyo ? It seems that HTC Desire didn't do it yet. Thanks for alll. I got my N1 in the states 3-4 days after launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Got back from holiday to find my nexus waiting for me.. Then found out, that UK vodafone, after making a huge deal about how the nexus would be unbranded and straight from google, with all google updates.. Is a pack of lies.. They have restricted updates and are now modifying froyo for thier own ends and will push it to euro nexus owners when they have it customised. So it was find a usb micro cable, root and update the dam_n thing manually.. Lovin it so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilva Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Froyo and 720p on an HTC Desire? Now I am almost tempted to root this thing, no wallpapers though for this mod. http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/07/08/htc-wildfire-gets-first-root-htc-desire-gets-first-taste-of-froyo-and-720p-video-recording/ Edited July 8, 2010 by quiksilva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchfarangjomtien Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hi, Anybody has seen his Nexus phone Android 2.1 from MBK updating to Froyo Android 2.2 ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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