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Android 2.2 Froyo Status Update: ‘On it’s way shortly’

Categories: Android
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 5:14 PM

Many people initially believed that the most recent update that was leaked for the Nexus One was the real deal, but it turns out it was not the official Android 2.2 Froyo update. But there’s good news, Google says that Froyo should be officially released “shortly.” But “shortly” could possibly mean anything from a couple days to a couple weeks.

It looks like someone was nice enough to shed a little light on the upcoming update in the Google Android support forums in the “When will Froyo come out?” thread. Romain Guy (Ry Guy) was the one to give some clarity on the subject:

Hey guys,

Just dropping in to let you know that the FRF72 build that is floating around is not the official update. The Android team is feverishly working to get a final version out the door, but like passion-ate has mentioned this will only happen once a release candidate meets our quality criteria.
Since today is the Summer Solstice, we know things will be heating up a bit so hopefully Froyo will be on its way shortly. Thanks for your continued patience!

-Ry Guy

That may be a bit of good news, but all that feverish working still didn’t give Android users their Froyo in the “coming weeks” as Google had initially said. But the official release notes still don’t promise any specific timing as to when, exactly, Froyo will be pushed to Android handsets.
As it stands, you need very little experience to side-load the current Android 2.2 Froyo (leaked) ROMs onto your Nexus One, and the official update probably won’t differ too much. Still, I’m sure people are really wanting to get their hands on an official Froyo update for their Android phone of choice, especially in the wake of iOS 4 being released yesterday.
So to summarize the current state of Froyo – it’s due to hit Android smartphone in time, but that time is not now. I’m definitely loving Froyo at the moment, but having had it since it was first leaked, I’m really ready to see some Gingerbread on my plate. That’s another story altogether…

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Blake Stimac

Blake was born in Beaumont, Texas, about 100 miles away from Houston. Even as a youngster, technology came to him very naturally, tinkering with anything he could. His passion of technology grew with mobile phones when he dreamed that the capabilities of phones would eventually make one's life much easier. Since then it's been his mission to advocate the push of mobile technology to anyone who will listen.

  • Linuxluver

    If you're developing a product and continuing to find "issues", you do NOT want to lock down a ship date. You deal with the issues you know about and test to find the ones you may not know about yet…and assess each day where you stand. When all the big ones are dealt to and no (or very little) trivial stuff is coming through from testing, then you can consider a release candidate or beta or both. But if stuff is broken and needing fixing, the last thing you want to have done is locked hard dates in customer's / users minds.

  • bobbylax

    If Android 2.2 (or Froyo) is not ready for release, than what 2.2 OS are they selling the Nexus One in Korea with…?

  • Kiran

    Good thing they never gave a solid date and 'weeks' may mean anything. All in all, Google messed it up big time nd hope they have something big with the update before July…

  • James

    Everyone needs to relax. I am sure that Google is doing the best they can to get their free software to all of us as soon as possible. If its not ready, its not ready. I am grateful that I have been able to download these recent versions so I could get a preview of what's to come. No earth shattering changes to this software. It is what it is and when its ready to be released it will be released. If you are dying to get it, download FRF72 and go on with your life.