[RUMOR] Froyo coming Feb. 21 - Androidcentral

[shane6374]

E=2011 A=January

I think we need a new forum category for the epic. Froyo Rumors!!

[testacon]

Originally Posted by WorldWide

At this point there should be an over/under on this one, Vegas style!

Sent from a place where I can't feel my face!

I'm more curious if the update is worth the wait. Has anyone heard anything good or bad about the Vibrant release of 2.2? Did it fix ALL the problems it had, or at least an overwhelming amount of them?

Considering how long Sprint made us wait to get this update, you should add to the over/under the amount of bugs Sprint/Samsung still missed with it.

For all the effing excuses like, "Sprint & Samsung are working to release Froyo for Epic ASAP, but only after it meets rigorous testing criteria to ensure quality experience.” how sad would it be if a bug as large as the GPS one made it into this release.

I still doubt that the 21rst is realistic--although you'd think that they would have to release something before the phone is retired in the summer. They are probably stretching the release date so that they give you 2.2.1 and then they can wipe their hands free of this phone and work on the next version of the Galaxy S. I seriously doubt Sprint or Samsung will wind up putting any more time into this phone. Pity though because on paper this is probably the best phone in existence right now that's available in the states.

While I would love to see it come with stock Gingerbread, with the exception of Apple--has ANY carrier or manufacture released two upgraded versions, let alone Samsung??

[gTen]

Originally Posted by testacon

While I would love to see it come with stock Gingerbread, with the exception of Apple--has ANY carrier or manufacture released two upgraded versions, let alone Samsung??

Yes, Motorola...

[testacon]

Originally Posted by gTen

2010

DG17 = July 17th
DG27 = July 27th
DI07 = September 7th
DI18 = September 18th

DJ29 = October 28th
DK05 = November 5th
DK28 = November 28th

DL = December

2011

EA17 = January


its the sequence Samsung uses for development..

That part I get, I was wondering if it was like Roman Numerals, for example E always meant January it looks to me like they are just incrementing the first two characters and using the numbers as a release date. Just looking for a pattern other than the obvious...

[shane6374]

@Testacon I'm betting that it will fix bugs with DK28 such as voice dialing over bt.

[shane6374]

First letter is the year
Second letter is the month
The number is the day of the month

[gTen]

Originally Posted by testacon

That part I get, I was wondering if it was like Roman Numerals, for example E always meant January it looks to me like they are just incrementing the first two characters and using the numbers as a release date. Just looking for a pattern other than the obvious...

Yes thats exactly what they were doing..they have also in the past skipped digits to signify upgrades..or variation...

i9000 has JF3, JPY, JPM and etc....(they got to M since they skipped some letters to give room for both Froyo and Eclair updates..as you can guess i9000 gets a lot more updates then us carrier locked folks)

its similar for all their phones.. just gotta find the starting point..

[testacon]

Originally Posted by gTen

Yes, Motorola...

Interesting, I didn't know that Motorola gave 2 concurrent updates to any of their line--which phone was it? I did know that they recently condemned a long awaited upgrade to some phone a week ago, so I guess it's hit or miss...

Do you think there's a good chance that the Epic will see Gingerbread from Samsung themselves? I remember them saying yes on one of the overseas forums in reference to the Galaxy S but then they removed the comment post-haste.

Would be nice to know where Sprint stands on this. I'd complain a LOT less if I thought the 4G tax would be put into something that would benefit me with an obvious see-able gain.

[shane6374]

Originally Posted by testacon

Interesting, I didn't know that Motorola gave 2 concurrent updates to any of their line--which phone was it? I did know that they recently condemned a long awaited upgrade to some phone a week ago, so I guess it's hit or miss...

Do you think there's a good chance that the Epic will see Gingerbread from Samsung themselves? I remember them saying yes on one of the overseas forums in reference to the Galaxy S but then they removed the comment post-haste.

Would be nice to know where Sprint stands on this. I'd complain a LOT less if I thought the 4G tax would be put into something that would benefit me with an obvious see-able gain.

Don't worry, starting Feb 1 all upgraded or new smart phone line now get the 4G tax, not just 4G device users. As far as gb goes, let's get froyo first and then see if they decide to jack us around on gb rumors.

[testacon]

Originally Posted by shane6374

Don't worry, starting Feb 1 all upgraded or new smart phone line now get the 4G tax, not just 4G device users. As far as gb goes, let's get froyo first and then see if they decide to jack us around on gb rumors.

Yes, this really kills my ESN swaping, I have an old flip phone I use while white water rafting and jetskiing and a smart phone for everything else. It won't hit me till this summer but I'm annoyed about the loss of this feature if I haven't upgraded by then. If I had a clear decisive promise from Sprint, I would just get 2 Epics and be done with it--arghhhh bloody 2 year contract!

Me and my stupid commitment problems, just ask my wife--stretched that bachelorhood out for 12 friggin' years.