Samsungs Galaxy S will see Froyo late October
Samsung has recently dumped a slew of pretty decent devices onto the world. The Galax S line spawned the international Galaxy S and its four American brothers from another mother, the Epic, Fascinate, Vibrant and Captivate. These devices all shipped with Android 2.1 and it looks like some information in regard to 2.2 and the Galaxy S has been published, but is this a good thing for the American based Galaxy users?
Samsung Mobile España has posted some information about the Galaxy S on their FaceBook fan page. The information essentially states that the Galaxy S will be seeing its Froyo or 2.2 update sometime in late October. This is great news for the millions of Galaxy S toting users, but what about the US customers, when will Froyo hit the likes of the Epic, Fascinate, Vibrant and Captivate? Well it’s hard to say. Samsung has touched on the issue in the past basically saying the updates to the device’s would be rolled out around the same time. However, the post out of Spain indicates that a delay in this update has occurred, as a while back a post on Twitter from Samsungs UK division stated that a roll out of Froyo to all carriers should be late September. And were still waiting.
So late October it is. Unfortunately, however, looking at this from a distance and seeing the trends of Froyo updates, it is almost a sure thing that Froyo will indeed hit the Galaxy S line first and then slowly make its way to the branded versions of the Galaxy S line.
Let us know what you would like to see in the Froyo package for your Galaxy, other than the standards that come with Froyo what would you like to see updated with the OS? And how much longer can you Galaxy users wait?
Tags: 2.2, galaxy, Android, update, Froyo
For those of you who can’t wait any longer for Froyo, head on over to XDA and check out Cognition v. 2.2. It is a leaked version of Froyo and is blazing fast and very stable. I have had it for 2 days now and cant believe the differece.
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Galaxy S i900 Froyo update – without RFS file system removal and change to Ext4… pointless and wast of life. If Samsung do not remove the worse in the world filesystem RFS, assassinate there CEO!
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I am personally waiting on froyo with a lot of anticipation. I did, however, root my captivate and applied the one click lag fix as soon as I heard about it. I can’t wait to download the ota update.
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Bait & switch indeed. I am in complete agreement with Celtic26! I also fell for the same BS when I purchsed the Samsung “Epic” and have I can only describe the experience being exactly like how it feels to be in a relationship with a cheater. I live in a fairly big city and have had the worst service imaginable. I had a Palm Treo 700P a few years ago that NEVER let me down on the Sprint network. I used the internet on the Palm Treo in Summit County CO while hiking on a mountain where there wasn’t a cell tower anywhere near me. No I have an Epic and I live in a city that has no “dead-Zones” for miles according to Sprint’s coverage map. The best part is that I’m forced to pay an extra $10 a month for a service that will not be introduced here for at least another year! Why am I paying for 4G when I barely get 3G??? Sprint says that there was a “bug” causing a cap on their 3G service and that it will be corrected at the end of this month – the exact time promised for the Android upgrade. It wasn’t a “bug!” It was GREED! WTH is going on here?!?! I’m taking my Epic back tomorrow and getting a pre-paid. Finito! I have advice for those living in the 4G cities – Get a Google Talk account, cancel your service with Sprint, Keep the phone and use the phone via WiFi for everything. This is the only thing you can do to say F U to Sprint. With all the ads I have bombarding me through Android the service should be FREE!!!
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Classic Bait-and-Switch tactic, I smell a classic class action lawsuit brewing if they don’t come through with Froyo by the end of the year. I too caught my mouth on their hook…
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A. I’d like points side by side why froyo is better.
B. I have a rooted co
Captivate that works great. Gps its great. Apps are good.
Can.will this and other updates screw it up.
Thanks
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Sorry about the spelling mistakes below. I wrote it with my “Epic” and autofill is a hctib! (-;
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What a gnikcuf scam these gnikcug-rehtom carriers are running! His is how people are treated when companies CEOs fill their swimming pools with our money. Let me explain the REAL scam. I like many ran out and pre-ordered my Samsung Epic 4G and waited patiently until it’s arrival. The deal was that that we were all told that Froyo would be coming out “very shortly after” and I believed it. We were also told that the only reason the Epic was being shipped without Froyo was because the phone had shipped right before the update was available. Total BS. We were also told that Sprint was holding Android back for 30 days to make sure that there are “no issues with the software.” More BS. I’m afraid that we are being thrown into a shell game and the carriers are making billions from it. Sprint’s stock soars when they have a solid release and I like many was a part of that. The fact is that Android isn’t really anything special without Froyo. I could have had a better OS with a Palm Pre. But Froyo changes the game with Flash. Suddenly a phone has much more data to consume with what Flash makes possible. But as long as they have all the early adapters of a new android phone waiting a month for Froyo – then they have nothing but profit coming in for the first 30 days. Sprint doesn’t care what you do after 30 days because you are now in an iron-clad contract. They also don’t care if you cancel before the 30 days because they need used phones for the BS insurance program anyway. Chances are good that we all ran and bought expensive cases and covers to keep our new toys safe with. Can’t return those – and the returned phone is going to look great because of it. Now – right on the cusp of the 30 day mark Froyo drops. We are all happy and using our data Luke crazy – then he shell-game really gets going. Tiered pricing. Ha! Now we are really skrewed! Google says “Don’t be evil!” Well why don’t they give us our updates the right way and not allow there corporate pricks steal our money??? Google should be giving us our updates directly!
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I’d like to see an official ext4 lag fix. I don’t want to download an unofficial fix.
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This sucks I bought the epic for this reason if that was the case I would have kept my evo samsung lied and was misleading that is not fair and they should apologize to their customers for this inconvenience
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i own epic but its so stupid how every other phones are carrying froyo but not samsung. i thought samsung was supossed to be a bigger company? maybe i was wrong eh?
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