Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) has plenty of great features, but with existing Android phones in Australia running on a wide range of versions, finding out when (or if) you’ll get an upgrade can be tricky. Fortunately, Jenna Pitcher at Delimiter has a pretty comprehensive roundup of when 2.2 will be distributed by Australian carriers.
The short answer turns out to be: Nexus One owners can expect an over-the-air update from Vodafone in July, HTC owners will get an update eventually but the company won’t say more than “Q3″, and Sony Ericsson and Samsung owners are getting no love at all. Hit the link for the full rundown, and tell us whether Froyo matters to you in the comments.
When will Froyo hit Australia? The complete list [Delimiter]
Paul McManus
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 3:48 PMI’m with Optus and I got an OTA update on my Nexus One on the weekend. It was a nice suprise to wake up to, although I had been manually installing each “leaked” Froyo release up to then anyway.
Paul McManus
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 3:50 PMI think the key thing is that I bought my phone directly from Google and imported it to Oz.
SirMuffinman
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 4:02 PMSamsung Galaxy i7500 users get shafted again. That’s what I get for being an early adopter, a 2 year contract I can’t leave with a phone I don’t want.
trk
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:47 PMI installed ‘Galaxo’ on my i7500 and it feels like a new phone. Its now overclocked to 613Mhz (from 520Mhz), uses a class 6 SD card as virtual RAM, has a whole lot of background trickery keeping things much snappier than stock and on top of all that my battery life has INCREASED by something nearing 20%.
Samsung might not be giving us i7500 owners any love, but Drakaz (twitter.com/drakaz) sure is.
JJ
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 9:40 PMAgreed, have given up on samsung, and will have to make do with 1.6 (Galaxo) and hope for good things to come with GAOSP
Louis Thorp
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 5:18 PMmy friend and i who both own nexus one’s also got the update over the weekend, we’re both with Vodafone.
Peter Hardy
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 5:58 PMAaaand, no mention of Motorola at all. If anybody needs me, my Milestone and I will be quietly sobbing in the corner.
James Ponting
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:51 PM/console Peter Hardy
On the flip side, you did buy Motorola, not sure why you are surprised O.o
@ Dave Lord – At least you blamed the right people here, it’s definitely Vodafone you should be unhappy with.
Dave Lord
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 6:01 PMStill waiting for Vodafone to update HTC Magic from 1.6. What upsets me most is that they refuse to answer whether or not we will get any update….. ever. At least if they said we will never get it, then we can make future plans. Their website says, and I quote “In addition, the Vodafone exclusive device comes with Firmware Over-the-Air software which automatically updates handsets with the latest Android software, ensuring our customers always enjoy the best possible user experience.”
In my bible, that is called a LIE! So go to hell, Vodafone!
Ritty5
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:15 PMFrom my understanding, that phone is not powerful enough to run anything above 1.6. This is a problem I believe is going to be worked on, so then other phones aren’t left behind. For example, a ‘core’ OS and then all the addons and software optional downloads… eg. Google Earth.
It’s the same for my old G1, lucky I upgraded to a Nexus One… Yay for froyo.
Ve
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 9:00 AMAlthough the Magic was promised an update by HTC & also Rogers in Canadia, it’s been a long time coming. I seriously doubt the Voda Magic will get the update since it has less ram than the normal one.
Which is one reason why I got an HTC Legend instead, not so fussed about the upgrade to Froyo personally and I knew when I bought the thing that I wouldn’t get it for ages. I figure if the update isn’t out in six months, I’ll get a new phone.
Of all the problems with “Fragmentation” that Android has, I’d still rather it than Apple. And at least HTC know how to make an antenna. :)
bill
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 12:19 PMI am running 2.1 without problem in Australia
DaCheetah
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 5:32 PMI’ve got 2.2 running on my HTC Magic 32A (The 3 one, not the vodafone one) and it’s working great.
There are certainly working ROMs for the 32B (Vodafone version) on XDA if you want to upgrade manually. It’s a piece of cake with the Magic since you don’t need to root it first.
bill
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 12:17 PMDave
I agree whole heartedly cynically one may think V is trying to get you to buy a new one
If your in brisbane there is a guy who will update you for $25 look in Gumtree
Bill
Renai
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:04 PMCheers for the props — but it was actually Delimiter journalist Jenna Pitcher who wrote that one ;)
Jenna Pitcher
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 7:05 PMThe article you mention was by Jenna Pitcher.
Cheers!
Angus Kidman
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 9:45 PMApologies Team Delimiter — dumb mistake on my part. Fixed now!
molo
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 8:51 PMThat is an advantage to the iphone, no need to buy a new phone to get the new software.
I know the 3g wont run the full iOS 4, but peoples 2 year contracts will be expiring and will be getting new phones.
Ray
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 11:29 AMI am new to android phones and have the Samsung galaxy S with 2.1 OS installed. Can you tell me if Samsung will inform me that an update is availble to 2.2 FROYO or do I just have to keep reading sites such as this?
I have Kies by Samsung and it says I have the latest OS installed but it is 2.1 according to the data on the phone.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me