Android 2.2 Froyo launched too early?

Froyo released too early?

For those that are blissfully unaware, Google started pushing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to the Nexus One a little over 3 days ago. However, Google put the update file online for those users that wanted to do the update themselves manually (and avoid the wait!). However, after shortly doing so, Google promptly removed this file and nothing more was said.

Of course, the file found its way online anyway since many users had already downloaded it. It turns out that those users who downloaded this file and installed it manually may have installed an ‘unfinished’ version of Froyo, or at least one which was not properly audited. Sounds rather unlike Google if you ask me. The clincher is that those who have received the update OTA are showing no signs of the problem(s). However, the guys at QuietlyCoding managed to speak with someone within Google. Here is what they found out.

“…no one was actually sure what happened or how the OTA was received by someone outside of Google. … in trying to push the update internally to Google employees there were a few imei numbers in the push that were not supposed to be there.”

So it now appears as though that guy at TechCrunch wasn’t just a lucky so-and-so after all!

“The link to the OTA update was removed because it is not supposed to be circulating in the public. Google has not made a formal announcement relating to the removal of the OTA update from there servers either.”

It would seem as thought I was wrong. Even within Google, things can go wrong, and sometimes they do.

Is OS fragmentation an avoidable inconvenience or Android’s greatest strength?

by Robert Triggs, 2 weeks ago

Source: Neowin We saw some interesting stats this morning regarding the distribution of Android versions. Gingerbread still dominates, but Jelly Bean has now surpassed Ice Cream Sandwich. Surprisingly some users are still lingering on Froyo and…

Comments

SonyFan

very good article
Gaja

You couldn’t find another way to transfer your music to an Android but to spend 10$ on an album you already own? Ever heard of copy/paste?
- IncCo
  
  “Some music is protected by a digital rights copyright, or DRM. Some
  iTunes music simply won’t load or transfer, so you may have to
  re-purchase some stuff.” stuff is never simple with crapple
  - Bill Carroll
    
    download the free program called Copy Trans Manager, here is the link;
    
    http://www.copytrans.net/download.php
    
    it is the 4th one down the list, you will never need itunes again ;)
  - Jesse Deane
    
    Which is one of the marketing scams,….once you’ve invested in overpriced electronics equipment, your basically sucked in. Its like going for a sports team, and going all gung ho, buying all the flags and stuff and then realizing your team sucks. Only to find out you have to repurchase new stuff.
    - Craig
      
      If you’re from Kentucky, yeah.
Miles Gilhuly

I’ve made the switch! But I live in Japan :/ Is there a ROM for my LG Optimus G LGL21 from AU??
- IncCo
  
  its possible, you should check xda..
khalid

any articles on the other way around?
- talim
  
  well perhaps you should explain your reason first, why any sane person would switch from android to ios :)
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E26SRY4NWIQM7UDGDFUH25QLXM johnl
    
    Why? Most Android devices are garbage, apart from the Nexus branded and Samsung ones.
RarestName

“With so much variety and freedom to do as you please, I’d challenge you to find a reason Android isn’t better than iOS.”

I am a current iOS user and my devices are all jailbroken. It’s a no brainer that the current version is better than iOS, but I do like the little things that manages to keep me on the iOS side. I don’t have to pretend that I hate iOS and you guys don’t have to pretend too!

Here are few things that would make me switch:

1. A full fledged Activator alternative. I know that there are things like GMD Gestures, but it’s so limited and have no third party app support. I want to be able to download a profiles app and be able to activate it anywhere in the system.

2. Arrangeable notification cells. Need I say more? I don’t want my toggles to be at the bottom and my messages stuck under my RSS feeds.

3. Invoke the Notification Shade anywhere. Pretty much self explanatory.

4. Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi network integration with Bluetooth. Want to send a file from an Android phone to another Android phone? Use Bluetooth to find each other and automatically create a Wi-Fi network to do transfers with Wi-Fi speeds! Good for devices without NFC.

5. Native multitasking. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Isn’t true backgrounding one of Android strengths? True, but it’s also one of weaknesses of Android. I want to be able to choose which applications should run in the background, and which applications should run in the paused state. I am currently able to do this on both of my iOS devices.

6. Answer and make calls without leaving the application that you are in.

7. Adding functionality to applications and stock launcher without custom ROMs or flashing. Want a full screen web browser with on screen gestures that can be invoked? Install and restart the web browser. Want to add a download button to the stock YouTube app? Install and restart YouTube. Want to add more page transitions? Install and restart launcher. Want to integrate TwitLonger with the Twitter app? Install and restart Twitter. I shouldn’t have to flash a custom ROM or change a launcher just to get a feature.

8. Confirmation message asking you whether you want to open the link or not. Accidental taps on links are annoying!

9. Move around multiple icons at the same time.

10. Don’t like that yellowish tint on your sparkling new phone? Adjust your own screen colour!

11. Custom notification icons for all apps. Apps not specified will not have icons cluttered in the status bar.

That’s just a few and it would definitely improve the Android user experience as even someone who dislikes flashing custom ROMs and stuff can easily mod his/her phone.
- melody
  
  good points,
  
  I agree completely with your point #5, ability to choose which app that can or cannot run in background. although I don’t know if this will only affect android Activity or also include Service. as I recall some app might have separate background service. perhaps someone more knowledgeable in android can give insight about this.
  
  to be honest I always dreamed this feature on android. I think WP already has similar feature. it’s good when you have fully multitasking environment, but it’s useless if you can’t have control of it.
  
  .
  as for other points, it’s not that important to me so I can’t comment. but others might appreciate.
  - Sabhe Sandhu
    
    isn’t deep sleep app (available in Pstore) and that new battery saver feature in Xperia Z do the same?….hope KLP has improved multitasking
- carlisimo
  
  One more: iOS is better at handling multiple input languages. Android has the potential to be better, but I haven’t found a single keyboard that does English, Spanish, and Chinese well. Granted, that’s a niche use case.
  - RarestName
    
    (Y)
  - faisal
    
    Try SwiftKey keyboard. I assure you it’s 10X better than your default iphone keyboard.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50b3VjaHR5cGUuc3dpZnRrZXkucGhvbmUudHJpYWwiXQ..
    - carlisimo
      
      Swiftkey doesn’t have Chinese input. The stock Android keyboard has a module you can download, but it’s terrible. I gave up my Nexus for an HTC phone because well, Sense has decent Chinese input. I don’t like it as much as iOS’s Chinese handwriting input, and Sense doesn’t have a Spanish keyboard, so I’m not terribly happy. (Obviously there’s other stuff in iOS I don’t like, or I’d have switched by now.)
      - David Loman
        
        I bet you haven’t even checked… SwiftKey DOES have Chineese and is just the BEST keyboard out there. It can handle 4 languages at the same time and the predictions work for all languages you set. SwiftKey just trashes iOS keyboard
      - carlisimo
        
        I checked here: http://support.swiftkey.net/knowledgebase/articles/84739-what-languages-does-swiftkey-currently-support-
http://cheapea.com/ Cheapea

I’d like move from Android to IOS, IOS’s apps are more beautiful thant Androids’
- Amit Apollo Barman
  
  iOS users pay a premium for their apps. As an indie developer i don’t make hardly any money off of Android Apps. My iOS gets almost 2000% more sales. iOS users are more willing to pay a premium, Android users want everything for free. At first I was reluctant to believe this, until I started pushing the same app in both stores. The only app that does well in the Android store is my one free one. The paid ones are very sparse. Because of the lower standards in the Android market, and less barriers to entry, more developers, on more platforms get access to push and develop for androids. Android apps encourage hobbyists and enthusiasts. iOS apps draw small corporations, and more corporations, although there are a few indies out there.
  - Adam Eldin
    
    that’s the thing, iOS is for snotty rich kids that don’t know what android is, and old people that have a lot of money to blow :)
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E26SRY4NWIQM7UDGDFUH25QLXM johnl
      
      Or people who don’t have time to tinker with their phones, want better App experiences, and better support from 3rd party accessories?
      
      Generalizing makes you sound stupid.
      - Craig
        
        Wait. Was that the sound of Apples plummeting stock prices?
      - chickkeeeeeen
        
        ohh suck my balls
  - David Loman
    
    You’re wrong. When I switched from iOS, one of the reasons was that Angry Birds was free… but with ads. I don’t know when was the last time you checked out the Play Store… take a look around and find paid apps and you will notice lots of them have millions of downloads. Don’t get offended but I’m guessing you’re not a Gameloft developer or Google or something big are you? For example, search for launchers like Nova Launcher (free) and Nova Launcher Prime and check the difference in downloads. And well… iOS users, in my opinion, are short minded. Ask them what RAM and ROM is, ask them what is a CPU, simple computing terms. I have an analogy for this… iOS is for the guys who want breakfast in bed, Android is for the guys who get up and fix themselves theirbreakfast
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E26SRY4NWIQM7UDGDFUH25QLXM johnl
      
      Not knowing what RAM and CPU is doesn’t make a person “short minded”
      
      If everyone was a tech geek, what a boring world it would be.
      
      I can guarantee you more professionals like doctors, engineers and lawyers use iPhones than Android phones. These are highly intelligent people who aren’t tech savvy. Being tech savvy doesn’t make you intelligent, either.
      - Craig
        
        I find it’s mostly the non-professional, air-head types who buy iPhones. Smart people appreciate not being told how to think by Apple.
      - visualescapist
        
        I am an academic at a highly ranked university, and quite a lot of my colleagues with international top publications, both here and at other institutions, are iPhone users. All of them are highly intelligent, many of them do sophisticated programming, some of them are tech savy, some are not. What makes iPhone attractive is how user friendly it is. Also, the app store works really well, and there is some quality checks before apps are released, which can save you from trouble. That might be worth paying for. However, there are surely many very good Android phones out there, and there are signs that the iPhone dominance is ending.
    - superyking
      
      But the fact is that everyone who is getting up and fixing their own breakfast every morning, secretly dreams and hopes to get their breakfast in bed someday :)
  - Craig
    
    Or another explanation is that Android users have better taste and don’t want you crappy app. Food for thought.
- Adam Eldin
  
  The ones on the 4.0 API are as good as iOS, and the ones of the 4.1/4.2 API are better than iOS
  - http://cheapea.com/ Cheapea
    
    it’s a great news
  - Craig
    
    4.0 isn’t an “API”, dumbass. They don’t even use the Android version to refer to the API either — 4.1 was “API Level 16″.
    
    Also, every version of Android is better than iOS, since iOS is cancerware.
http://www.medicalentrytest.com/ Basit

Very nice article
Wesley Leong

using Lion on my macbook pro doesnt work with android file transfer..and ideas
- Carl Parrish
  
  I have lion on my macbook pro and while I had to install android file transfer on my Mac it works find now.
Eric Fletcher

Everything seemed reasonable in the article until the “Which Android is right for me?” part. My hesitation with Android is that it is a moving target. While I can certainly cope with upgrading and “rooting”, I’m just not interested in doing so: I just want a device that is stable and works. I’m not fixed on iOS, but so far see little to convince me that the alternative is worth the hassle.
- Sam Hollis
  
  Nexus is the way to go then. If you can’t get your hands on a Nexus 4, the Galaxy Nexus is still a solid competitor. Specs are on par with the iPhone 4 and 4S.
  - Ambarish Malpani
    
    Just on par? I know of quite a few iPhone 5 users who look with envy at the huge screens (on Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus) :-). [downside of large screen is shorter battery life, by the way]
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_E26SRY4NWIQM7UDGDFUH25QLXM johnl
  
  I agree with Sam Hollis… Nexus phones are the way to go if you want to be able to update your phone from day 1.
  
  I have an iPhone 4 that runs iOS 6 flawlessly. However, my Samsung Galaxy S2 can’t even update to Jelly Bean (yet), and it’s NEWER than my iPhone. What’s the deal?
  
  Stick with Nexus branded phones.
http://www.facebook.com/ichuck7 Charles Chambers

Used to be a diehard iPhone fan since 07. Switched to android in 11 and I love it.
The difference between android and iOS: iOS is like living in a nice hotel. You don’t have a lot of choice but it looks nice and easy to use.
Android is like buyingg your own home. Buy an really nice home (android device) and you will probably love it. You can change and customize it however you want. It’s yours! You can also buy cheap.
- Markus Ressel
  
  Free Choice is the key here :D
- Craig
  
  Nah iOS is more like living in the run-down mansion of a soon-to-be-bankrupt, eccentric old man.
HARLEM HEFNER

When I left apple it was the best move I made I love android jail breaking doesn’t compare to android freedom at all love android customization I stream my itune list with android as for movies I like the play store but It’s other ways to get movies on your device I don’t depend on the play store for music and movies I luv the play store apps iPhones ipads are boring to me because it doesn’t fit my needs android is for people who like to fully customize their device
- http://twitter.com/balducien Balduin
  
  Android also has a point on its software keyboard.
Jake

Number 1 reason to have an android over iOS, you can’t download Smoking Buddy. The App that shows your where to find the cheapest cigarette prices locally. Love that app.
http://www.facebook.com/domagoj.tokic Domagoj Tokić

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcxthtuSjK1rxb24wo1_500.jpg
Sonia1125

Moving music and video from iOS to Android is quite easy with this converter

http://drmremoval.allvideoconvert.com/

When the conversion is complete, just connect the microUSB to transfer the output files. Quite easy to get it done.
http://www.facebook.com/lee.shirley.35977 Lee Shirley

since i’ve never tried iphone , and never used ios, i’ve only tiried android.i can just say android is fine. http://www.compex.com.sg/forum/default.asp
http://twitter.com/azurthmus Cody G

I was forced to switch my old iPhone 4 to a shiny new HTC at the end of last year. The only thing I regret about is the huge trouble in finding an easy way to transfer my iPhone contacts and other data to my Android. This utility helped in part:

http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-transfer-contacts-from-iphone-to-android/

However, I was only able to transfer my iphone contacts to my android. Try doing so with your Safari bookmarks and if they were as important as they were for me, you would simply give up. Integration between iOS and Anroid is apalling – for obvious reasons. :)
- Jesse Deane
  
  Consider returning to the store you purchased it from and asking if they can transfer it using a special machine. We use one at our kiosk and it helps with happy experiences.
Ringostarrpower

After 5 years with the iPhone, how I moved to Android:
Had a few drinks, went shopping on Amazon, obtained a Nexus 7 16GB
Weeks later I realized that I also owned an iPhone, and people had been trying to contact me
Returned phone calls and apologized for going MIA, claimed that my phone had died.
- http://www.noypigeeks.com/ NoypiGeeks
  
  That’s cool.
http://www.facebook.com/Ladygagalover2693 Christian Harris

I’m an iOS user, and I could really care which device I have, I got iPod back in ’11 and I fell in love with it. It could do all those cool things iPhone could do! But, it didn’t have internet. Internet is the main thing people use their phones for, so it was a major slap in the face to only be able to use my iPod like an iPhone if I only had WiFi.

The first phone my mom got me was a Java phone in ’12. Now, if you’re an iOS user, that’s a HUGE step down from what you’re used to. I mean, everything was so slow. Looking up the bus schedule took more time than it did for the bus to come! I eventually learned to stop using the internet to tweet and receive messages, because everything was just so god damn SLOW.

Now fast forward, and I’ve broken my Java phone. What do I want know? iPhone, of course. I’ve learned my lesson about cheep phones: They never work! So now, I’m stuck in a state of holy-crap-which-one-is-best.

Android phones are cheaper, but then again, the cheaper ones tend to run really crappy versions of Android. My Grandma got one of those free Google Nexus phones, and dear lord, I would not want that over iOS.

However, I’m stuck b/c the higher Android phones have the same plans iOS phones have, and my mom is going to be pissed if she has to pay $20 bucks for my phone every month from my previous plan of $50 per month.

If it comes down to it, I wouldn’t mind using a cheaper Android phone w/ 4G. However, I wouldn’t have a nearly as great experience with an iPhone. I also wouldn’t mind a higher Android phone w/ 4G LTE. But then again, I really like the iPhone 5 and I’ve actually had a hands on experience with it (VS Tech reviews).
OR, my mom could buy me a shitty Trac phone, but that wouldn’t be fun, now would it?
Androidbeats

The IPhone is the training wheels for Android ;)
muhammad ilham

how to moving App in Phone memory to SD Card in my Android (Galaxy Young).