Guest xeyaztian Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Not sure if anyones posted this, but looks like we'll have to use the dev made 2.2 as I wrote to Orange and they said.. Dear Seb Thank you for your email regarding your Orange San Francisco phone. Unfortunately, there are no plans to release the Android 2.2 for this model. I am sorry we are unable to assist you further. Kind regards Joe Orange Online Services
Guest fluxcapacitor Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Not surprising seeing as pretty much every one they sold has been unlocked from their rubbish network and put to good use elsewhere
Guest Sebastian404 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Not sure if anyones posted this, but looks like we'll have to use the dev made 2.2 as I wrote to Orange and they said.. Dear Seb Thank you for your email regarding your Orange San Francisco phone. Unfortunately, there are no plans to release the Android 2.2 for this model. I am sorry we are unable to assist you further. Kind regards Joe Orange Online Services I cant say I'm too surprised, Orange do have a record of putting out phones and then dumping support for them... and the Market it is aimed at is not that Tech Savy... I know they are working on a new version of the 2.1 ROM, as there are problems with the current ROM that they are keen on resolving. I assume we will see that 'somehow', I did (just) realise that there is no sign of OTA updating in the settings menu...
Guest blauwal26 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 I guess their target audience is satisfied with avoiding the settings menu at all costs and installing the halloween soundboard and fish tank live wallpaper from the market, no flashing of roms or fiddling with things. Still, the so called alpha version of the 2.2 we got now keeps impressing me.
Guest ed.dark Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 I cant say I'm too surprised, Orange do have a record of putting out phones and then dumping support for them... and the Market it is aimed at is not that Tech Savy... I know they are working on a new version of the 2.1 ROM, as there are problems with the current ROM that they are keen on resolving. I assume we will see that 'somehow', I did (just) realise that there is no sign of OTA updating in the settings menu... what are the specific problems?
Guest meinnit Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 I reckon they couldn't be bothered to find out from the relevent dept and just said no. Same thing happened with Pulse on T-Mobile. CS kept denying any release and then we finally got one (which was later retracted :P)
Guest steve1221 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 what are the specific problems? It's on Orange.
Guest Simon O Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 ZTE have phones with 2.2 coming very soon in China so as soon as we can get a dump of the retail system and kernel we'll have a properly working official Froyo for the phones. And don't forget the work that is currently being done elsewhere to build Froyo for our phones. It's nothing to worry about. We will have 2.2 and there is the possibility to have 2.3 when it's released.
Guest dj9928 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 ZTE have phones with 2.2 coming very soon in China so as soon as we can get a dump of the retail system and kernel we'll have a properly working official Froyo for the phones. And don't forget the work that is currently being done elsewhere to build Froyo for our phones. It's nothing to worry about. We will have 2.2 and there is the possibility to have 2.3 when it's released. I thought the next version was 3.0?
Guest Sebastian404 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 I thought the next version was 3.0? the next version is going to be 2.3 I've heard.... It's on SlashDot it MUST be true
Guest Simon O Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 I thought the next version was 3.0? They are keeping 3.0 for Honeycomb. 2.3 is now Gingerbread and it's likely that it won't require the stupidly high specs.
Guest k0nrad Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 (edited) I thought the next version was 3.0? Well... A certain anonymous Android engineer from Google hinted that the next release (aka Gingerbread) would be numbered 2.3 - but considered 'a major release' nevertheless. (I've read it on Engadget, but it's sourced from elsewhere, TechCrunch AFAIR) I guess the Honeycomb is slated to be the 3.0 then, being optimized for tablet use etc. I'm not bothered at all that Orange doesn't want to update the SF. God only knows what customization would they put on this time... EDIT:Darn, took me too long to write ;p Edited October 26, 2010 by k0nrad
Guest Sebastian404 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 They are keeping 3.0 for Honeycomb. 2.3 is now Gingerbread and it's likely that it won't require the stupidly high specs. Ahem... do keep in mind 'Eclair' covers both 2.0 AND 2.1....
Guest meinnit Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Honestly...don't believe a word these customer service reps say!
Guest k0nrad Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Ahem... do keep in mind 'Eclair' covers both 2.0 AND 2.1.... Yeah, and they put that gingerbread man in the yard of Googleplex just for kicks? But well, I'm not the one with 'Mountain View, CA" in 'From:' field, so...yeah :P But of course you're right about the Eclair - I guess codenames apply to major releases simply, regardless the numeration leap?
Guest Sebastian404 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Yeah, and they put that gingerbread man in the yard of Googleplex just for kicks? But well, I'm not the one with 'Mountain View, CA" in 'From:' field, so...yeah :P But of course you're right about the Eclair - I guess codenames apply to major releases simply, regardless the numeration leap? The last time I talked to a Android guy he refused to show me the roadmap.. There is a Gingerbread man out on the lawn, but that just means the code is 'finished'... a few people I've talked to seem to think that Gingerbread is going to be a Table only Fork (3.0) and a very similar looking (visually) fork for handsets (2.3). Apple did fork iOS for the iPad in just that way and have had (apparently) a bitch of a time trying to re-integrate them..... Silly Valley is awesome for Rumours tho, my favourite recent one was that Apple was going to buy Facebook to get around their lack of content on Bing! apparently Steve was going to announce it at last weeks Back to Mac event. I must of missed that one There is a new flagship Android device coming soon, I suspect we will find out for sure what's going on then.
Guest k0nrad Posted October 26, 2010 Report Posted October 26, 2010 Yup, the flagship device being supposedly made by Samsung Mobile - they already announced an unveiling event for an Android device. About the forking - differences lying in sheer code (kernel layer mainly I guess) is quite natural... But I, for one, thought that the UI would be main differentiator between tablet and handset Android. Oh well, we'll see.
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