Is Froyo (FRF50) official - or just an "accident"? - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have updated my stock 2.1 N1 to Froyo (Build FRF50) manually. I'm wondering, though, if this release is really meant to be the official, final Google-supported update.
Is there any word from Google (except for MG Siegler's "The roll out to Nexus One devices has begun!" over at Seeking Alpha) that this is the one?

Same question here. Also if this turns out to be a pre released update, can the stock N1 be updated to a official version?

from what i understand there is no actual official word. That said im loving froyo: As with previous updates, froyo added features and bug fixes and also brought some new issues, so if you are thinking maybe its not official because of some bugs, to me that wouldnt be sufficient evidence: I havent experienced any of the complaints save one- Anyone else having the phone randomly go to sleep and not wake up?
The scrolling,
updated native apps (youtube is amazing now),
overall speed increase,
awesome camera/camcorder updates,
very smooth BETA flash,
simple and effective tethering,
fantastic new setting options throughout the OS,
left AND right rotating
updated UI (love the phone/app drawr/ browser buttons)
and im sure im forgetting stuff...All extremely awesome features and my personal new issues of freezing and hard sleep i can live with i just hope they arent harmful.

i't doesn't feel like a complete FroYo. I have little bugs that i noticed. screen goes black and don't go on anymore, have to take out battery. When the phone is in the charger and i'm playing with it, It gets really really hot.
The new features are great i miss some CM tweaks The UI was a little different at the IO so maybe there will be more surprises?

this was a prerelease to the developer holiday phone the official is coming out around the 29th of may and will continue to roll out till all nexus ones have the update

jdmoore81 said:
this was a prerelease to the developer holiday phone the official is coming out around the 29th of may and will continue to roll out till all nexus ones have the update
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How do you know this? also will we get that update too?

Well the "leaked" URL was pulled, wasn't it?

this was very likely to be a pre test release. I've looked into the build.prop and there are signs that it is a test release as the word test appears several times throughout.

Given the silence from Google, and the subsequent removal of the link, I suspect this was an accident... meant it to go to a select few whilst forgetting how easy it was to distribute the location of the update.zip.

Wouldn't bother me any if this was the official ... its flawless for me. No freezes or any wierd stuff. Pure froyoness

m00moo said:
this was very likely to be a pre test release. I've looked into the build.prop and there are signs that it is a test release as the word test appears several times throughout.
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Thnx for the info, so this is a test version. felt that way
Rusty! said:
Given the silence from Google, and the subsequent removal of the link, I suspect this was an accident... meant it to go to a select few whilst forgetting how easy it was to distribute the location of the update.zip.
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So the link is gone than it's definitely a accident.

I'm gonna say this ain't the final release. But I doubt it'll be any diff. How much more could they fix or improve from the accidental release to the real one.... I bet the same bugs people are seeing now will be present in the final...
Nothing's perfect
Except for me.lol no issues

oh dear... not so good if this is true!
I spose people on here flashed the update.zips from xda?
Hopefully Google will push out the live update now certainly with the potential problems people could be getting

No, I flashed with the file direct from Google before the link was pulled.

So it's all over the news Nexus has froyo now but has anyone with a legit locked stock phone actually gotten it? Like one of the ATT folks?
Anyone have any links to some real clarification on this?

No stock AT&T/Vodafone customer can get it yet.

Zenoran said:
So it's all over the news Nexus has froyo now but has anyone with a legit locked stock phone actually gotten it? Like one of the ATT folks?
Anyone have any links to some real clarification on this?
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No, I am one of the many AT&T folks that is still waiting for the official release from Google. I have a 3 week old N1 that is still stock and with locked boot loader, and I have no problems waiting, as I am not ready to root my new N1 just yet.

the official will we the frf86 as seen in a couple threads this version will work fine for the holiday version of the nexus one . i tried it on both the holiday nexus one and the official release of the nexus one and it runs better for some reason on the holiday version

Where are you getting all the info from?
Is there likely to be much added between FRF50 and FRF86?

How SO we know if its a holiday one?

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android 2.2???

i was just curious if the hero was getting the 2.2 update? doesnt look like much of a difference but im still curious
It is highly unlikely that we will see an official release of 2.2, but the devs here on this forum will try to work on it. darchstar has already stated that when the 2.2 source is released and implemented into Cyanogen mod, he will port it over.
While it might seem that different, there are a lot of major changes, especially in speeed. The Market has an autoupdate feature in 2.2, Apps2SD is built in (but, I assume, it's not based on our same Apps2SD. Just the same function), and JIT is fully functioning and working as it should. The Nexus One running 2.2 runs almost 8 times faster than it does with 2.1, or so I've been told.
lol, let the 2.2 threads begin....
We barely got 2.1.
Im sure after the devs get froyo working, sprint will steal it, mod it slightly, leak it back out to the devs for them to tweak, and us to test, then sprint will release it officially about 6 months later, blaming htc for the hold up and it will still have tons of problems. Then the devs will figure out how to root it and sprint/htc will put out a update almost the next day to patch the root exploit.
Anyone else have a idea?
DevinXtreme said:
It is highly unlikely that we will see an official release of 2.2, but the devs here on this forum will try to work on it. darchstar has already stated that when the 2.2 source is released and implemented into Cyanogen mod, he will port it over.
While it might seem that different, there are a lot of major changes, especially in speeed. The Market has an autoupdate feature in 2.2, Apps2SD is built in (but, I assume, it's not based on our same Apps2SD. Just the same function), and JIT is fully functioning and working as it should. The Nexus One running 2.2 runs almost 8 times faster than it does with 2.1, or so I've been told.
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So would you say it will be an ......"extreme" improvement (har har har oh not funny). Yeah your right we'll probably never see an official release. Unlike tmobile who have said or rumored to say all their phones that can get it will.
thatguythatdid said:
So would you say it will be an ......"extreme" improvement.
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Nope. I would, however, say it would be pretty Xtreme
I would love to see 2.2 on my Hero. Especially because that would mean I could go into Sprint and show them that my Hero is running faster than their EVO
thanks for the feedback guys. yeah i was watching videos of the nexus one running 2.2 and that thing was blazing fast!!!
i sent HTC a message last night asking if the hero was going to get the 2.2 release and this was there response...
(Hello Chris, Thank you for taking the time to contact HTC America Technical Support about your device. Before releasing a ROM update we have to be sure that the software is going to work properly on your hardware and on your carrier’s network. This testing does take some time but will result in an update that is optimized to work on your device and on your carrier’s network. While we want to release software as soon as we can we will only do so once the software has passed our quality standards. At this time we do not have any information about an update for your device. When the update is released it will be announced on HTC.com.)
So basically "We don't feel like it"
abcdfv said:
So basically "We don't feel like it"
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yeah basically who needs official anyways. we can do it ourselfs!! lolol
the 2.1s are still buggy... stock or not. i don't even want to think about 2.2 yet.
Only way to fix bugs is with updates.
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[ROM] Final Froyo Release for Obsidian by CCRoms V2.02 Next Up Gingerbread

Welcome to the final release of Froyo, by the CCRoms team, which means you guessed it, we're switching gears to Gingerbread after this release. With this release we managed to get the Evo/Emerald going as intended(sorry for the wait.) The Galaxy S style pulldown power widget has been implemented in this release as well. Gem settings have been completely re-written as well, to provide a more intuitive and easier to understand interface for everyone, and of course bug fixes abound.
downloads available at: http://www.ccroms.net
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Droid X users, at this point there is nothign more we can find to do to improve battery life. When/If the battery starts to drain fast, gets sluggish, or gets hot, reboot the phone this will put the race condition causing all of these problems back to sleep, unfortunately there is no way to put the process back to sleep once it wakes up and if you kill the process kernel panics and the phone reboots anyway.
sniffle said:
Welcome to the final release of Froyo, by the CCRoms team, which means you guessed it, we're switching gears to Gingerbread after this release. With this release we managed to get the Evo/Emerald going as intended(sorry for the wait.) The Galaxy S style pulldown power widget has been implemented in this release as well. Gem settings have been completely re-written as well, to provide a more intuitive and easier to understand interface for everyone, and of course bug fixes abound.
downloads available at: http://www.ccroms.net
Note:
Droid X users, at this point there is nothign more we can find to do to improve battery life. When/If the battery starts to drain fast, gets sluggish, or gets hot, reboot the phone this will put the race condition causing all of these problems back to sleep, unfortunately there is no way to put the process back to sleep once it wakes up and if you kill the process kernel panics and the phone reboots anyway.
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How do you plan on bringing gingerbread to the droid x when we won't have the proper kernel to take advantage of it?
Are the "known issues" (GPS, camera/camcorder, etc.) fixed in this release?
avlfive said:
Are the "known issues" (GPS, camera/camcorder, etc.) fixed in this release?
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No they are not. It shows all the known issues from the dl link posted above
bravo1234 said:
How do you plan on bringing gingerbread to the droid x when we won't have the proper kernel to take advantage of it?
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for the record, a kernel is nothing more than a core piece of low-level software that executes other programs and provides access to the hardware. nothing says that when you upgrade an android version you MUST upgrade the kernel as well, if anything you just might need to modify how android interfaces with the hardware to match the old kernel interfaces.
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No they are not. It shows all the known issues from the dl link posted above
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Saw that, just didn't know if it hadn't been updated quite yet. Too bad. I'm still waiting on these to be fixed before I can jump back in. LOVED the ROM though.
avlfive said:
Saw that, just didn't know if it hadn't been updated quite yet. Too bad. I'm still waiting on these to be fixed before I can jump back in. LOVED the ROM though.
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Those are all a must for me at least
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I don't understand the gps issue or the camera issue. If there was fine GPS and a camera i would love the fact it is AOSP however not that i use them all that often but if i loaded it i would inevitably need one or both. and its still beta if you can't get a totally stable and working froyo rom how will you ever get the GB stable. Will the kexec(?) be used to use custom kernels to make the gps and camera work?
I just booted this up seemed ok other than the problems known but for some reason it wouldn't let me download anything from the market said I didn't have enough room.... Idk y that happened
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Funnyface19 said:
I just booted this up seemed ok other than the problems known but for some reason it wouldn't let me download anything from the market said I didn't have enough room.... Idk y that happened
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same here. it's been reported in other obsidian forums too. i was able to get around it by using an older version of market. i installed cm gapps instead of obsidian gapps. The cm gapps had a version of market from 2 month ago. everything worked fine. then i updated my market to 2.2.11 and the "There's not enough room..." error message was right back again.
other than that, i really love how clean and fast this rom is. thanks a ton cvpcs and best of luck with the cyanogenmod team.
any pics of the drop down toggles???
tttuning said:
any pics of the drop down toggles???
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbKJy6MPUz0
cvpcs said:
for the record, a kernel is nothing more than a core piece of low-level software that executes other programs and provides access to the hardware. nothing says that when you upgrade an android version you MUST upgrade the kernel as well, if anything you just might need to modify how android interfaces with the hardware to match the old kernel interfaces.
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what...? What!? That is completely wrong... Nothing says you have to upgrade the kernel... unless Gingerbread uses modules not currently in the present kernel, which I can pretty much guarantee it will... Your statement could hold true for something such as minor update like 2.2 to 2.2.1 as we saw earlier, but would very like cause many things to not work come gingerbread. A good example is the previous hacked upgrades of 2.1 to 2.2 back before the proper kernels were released (specifically in memory of the HTC Incredible) sure, 2.2 could run without the proper kernel, of course your WiFi wouldn't work, GPS didn't work, if you tried to run the 720p camera it would crash, as well as several others that I cannot remember as of this moment. The kernel is not "just a low level piece of software" it is the backbone of your entire system, especially when it comes to the system talking with the hardware itself.
I think Taco that you should reread CVPS post. It stated this...
"nothing says that when you upgrade an android version you MUST upgrade the kernel as well"
Which is what you said was wrong, then said the same thing following it.
So how is the rom working for everyone? or it's pretty much dead..
ram130 said:
So how is the rom working for everyone? or it's pretty much dead..
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I think it was pretty much dead on arrival when it said the camera & camcorder didn't work...that's kind of a mandatory feature of any smartphone.
If it's been fixed...then they're lame for not updating the page noting the bugs.
JagoX said:
I think it was pretty much dead on arrival when it said the camera & camcorder didn't work...that's kind of a mandatory feature of any smartphone.
If it's been fixed...then they're lame for not updating the page noting the bugs.
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Well that sucks ..development on this phone is so slow..
The worst part is the x HAD so much potential, do to great things. I have watched this forum since the day the x launched and the sad thing is that the tbolt is only 6 days old right now and has a much larger devwlopment thread than the x has had at any point. Sad to say it but i think moto phones are done in the development community.
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The worst part is the x HAD so much potential, do to great things. I have watched this forum since the day the x launched and the sad thing is that the tbolt is only 6 days old right now and has a much larger devwlopment thread than the x has had at any point. Sad to say it but i think moto phones are done in the development community.
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The X development has all but ceased from what I can see. Such a bummer since I'm stuck with it for another year and a half. Hopefully we can see a few updates to some ROMs once gingerbread rolls around for the phone, but after that I don't see much reason for hope.
True...so what was the most annoying issue with this rom? Im thinking about flashing it. Im on 3.4.2 now.
Also you can sell your DX on swappa.com then pay the difference and get a htc.

When are we get gingerbread back??

I haven't even heard any rumors about expected re-release date for gingerbread.
I was sure we were gonna get our gb back within two to three weeks, but my faith is fading very rapidly now.
Some people are expecting mid-May for re-release.
What you guys reckon?
I reckon G00glez took their G1ng3rbr3ads back and are not going to release it again until 24 hours goes by without someone creating a thread and asking about it.
In all honesties, I'm patient as long as it's rock solid.
it's pulled buy google so i think it's because of patent infringements
Naeem786 said:
it's pulled buy google so i think it's because of patent infringements
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Patent Infringements? Seriously?
Unless there is a court order restraining Google from distributing Android, which there is NOT nor will there be in the future in my opinion, there is no way they would have pulled the release based on patent issues, which are never ending anyway for all companies these days. Also, GB HAS been released for other devices, including the Nexus S.
I would say it is far more likely to have been due to carrier integration problems, or that they recalled it to fix a relatively minor issue, such as the camera fix that was rumored, and the fix ended up breaking something else, and fixing that killed the wifi and so on and so on.
As it is JVB seemed a bit underdone for a final release. Hopefully we will get a better version all around, once they get around to putting it back in Kies. Could happen tomorrow, could happen next month....who knows. In the mean time, several of the custom versions are maturing nicely and the Kitchen is soon to move GB from beta to mainstream...so be happy and try those.
Samsung apps is offering an update. No serious change, but might be a sign for rerelease.
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it was pulled by google
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AFAIK that was debunked.
Nobody knows
I haven't heard any truly plausible reasons for taking Gingerbread of Kies again. I am currently running the Kies version (JVB) of Gingerbread and compared to the earlier Samsung releases the JVB is a dream to run on.
Yes there may be bugs in it, though I personally haven't run into to any yet, but all of the official realeses I have run so far, has had bugs in them, so no change there.
The only reason I can see to hold it back is that they are waiting until the SGS2 to come to market, so they don't have to compete with there own product.
Thats my two cents.
Small update
I can tell you that the official release date of the SGS2 from one of the major carriers in denmark (TDC) is week 19 (the 9th to the 15th of may), which accidentally coinsides with the releasedate of branded Gingerbread on the SGS in Scandinavia.
Sources are here (This will give you a chance to work on your danish ) :
http://forum.tdc.dk/t5/Mobil/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-hos-TDC/m-p/36167
http://forum.tdc.dk/t5/Mobil/Samsung-Galaxy-S-opdatering-til-Android-2-2-1-hvorn%C3%A5r-kan-det/m-p/35897#M3499
It returns on a Tuesday .
jje
Hopefully they get rid of touchwiz
Wesp1024 said:
Hopefully they get rid of touchwiz
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Get rid of Touchwiz and i get rid of SGS .
jje
2.3.4 is out so maybe that's the primary reason it was pulled... Will it return as 2.3.4?
**Simply Honey 3.0, UltimateGB beta7 kernel, JQ1 modem**
I have a feeling we'll see it as 2.3.4 with TW4

New update coming?

http://www.facebook.com/notes/lg-mobile-global/status-updates-for-the-lg-optimus-2x/221518191192842
To all users of the LG Optimus 2X! As it is always important to keep your smarpthone updated, we're sharing with you that there will be a software update starting mid to end of May. This month's updates will include improved multimedia player support such as reinforced video format and music/video player functions as well as a more stabilized patch to prevent rebooting/freezing that are occurring for some users. LG is working hard to maximize user experience as always. Please check with your local LG service centers for when and how you can get these updates. Cheers!
Sounds good even though my 2X is working perfectly. Improvements is always nice.
From pocketnow; http://pocketnow.com/android/lg-to-release-optimus-2x-software-update-in-may
Why not just take one or two weeks more and release Android 2.3.4, Gingerbread?
That sounds great
but do i need to unroot and unfreeze the bloatware before i update to 2.3??
i don't think you need to remove the root. unless you have a custom ROM.
i wish that there's a way to check via OTA to see if there's an update ready for the phone.
The Optimus one update has leaked and was 2.3.3.
So I expect the one of O2X would be 2.3.3. aswell. Also seeing the G2X leak being 2.3.3
xmoo said:
The Optimus one update has leaked and was 2.3.3.
So I expect the one of O2X would be 2.3.3. aswell. Also seeing the G2X leak being 2.3.3
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That would've been nice. But LG didn't said that it was a Gingerbread-update...
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That would've been nice. But LG didn't said that it was a Gingerbread-update...
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True, but why would they announce something in such a big way.
also why would release roms leak, if they were testing it.... test roms would leak.
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why would they announce something in such a big way.
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Because there has been an outcry about how turd the existing builds are?
Reported on phandroid.com today:
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LG informed us that they’ve found the issue and have applied a fix
"The patch that we’re issuing will address the random freezing or rebooting problem that we’ve identified when:
- the phone is being charged
- the power button is pressed to wake up the phone
- the phone is in stand-by mode"
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http://phandroid.com/2011/05/16/lg-...-rolling-out-to-europe-to-fix-random-reboots/
So mayb it will be a biggass update.
They should just focus on getting Gingerbread update out and forget about Froyo minor updates. I don't understand what they're trying to do here. Late update is really late!
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They should just focus on getting Gingerbread update out and forget about Froyo minor updates. I don't understand what they're trying to do here. Late update is really late!
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I prefer fixing the whole BSOD reboot issue, then having 2.3
could be a delaying tactic to sell more phones or they are expecting 2.3 to be delayed
NeXT thing they should fix is the call quality.
Call quality varies too much now.
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Reported on phandroid.com today:
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LG informed us that they’ve found the issue and have applied a fix
"The patch that we’re issuing will address the random freezing or rebooting problem that we’ve identified when:
- the phone is being charged
- the power button is pressed to wake up the phone
- the phone is in stand-by mode"
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http://phandroid.com/2011/05/16/lg-...-rolling-out-to-europe-to-fix-random-reboots/
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Damn, if they really fix that issues, I'm definitely buying this!!! Screw SGS2, no Tegra games (haha!)
P.S. I also think it is better to fix this (NOT minor) bug on Froyo, just to prove it's a SW bug .
Exists something that is working right in this phone
They have to do much more than a little bug fix but let's see ...
Looking forward to this update, maybe cm_arcee and the other cyanogenmod guys can learn something to prevent actual instability in cm7 (but anyway cm7 is great so far...)
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Exists something that is working right in this phone
They have to do much more than a little bug fix but let's see ...
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the phone works perfectly for me...
i think it's not always the phone that has problem...
Oasis81 said:
the phone works perfectly for me...
i think it's not always the phone that has problem...
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[Q] Why no Honeycomb OTA on this unit?

WiFi S7 with 2.2.2
Bought in July - works fine but I'd like Honeycomb. Apparently others have gotten it OTA already. I check for updates and get nada...
Why not this one?
What rom do you have installed?
noguru said:
WiFi S7 with 2.2.2
Bought in July - works fine but I'd like Honeycomb. Apparently others have gotten it OTA already. I check for updates and get nada...
Why not this one?
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Yeah, mine is the same. Several other people noted the same thing, and curiously still it does not have the OTA even though the official one works just fine. Look in Settings, I suspect you have a 338.
Probably the best thing to do is go over to where DJ Steve is now and install his latest ROM.. I am soon, but right now there's some weird problem where the display blinks randomly so I'm waiting for that to get figured out.
Why go through the extra steps of a rom when you can just force the official one on your DS7. It's been posted. Pop this in your browser:
http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GLUNB1A334430
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Why go through the extra steps of a rom when you can just force the official one on your DS7. It's been posted. Pop this in your browser:
http://mobileupdate.dell.com/?version=GLUNB1A334430
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Because Steve's ROM is much better than Dell's, obviously.
Yeah, that's why his thread hasn't been touched since august 29th with zero updates since a bit before then. Once official HC hit everyone NV flashed back to stock and updated to official HC. But I'm sure you're right. A ported Xoom dump of 3.2 modified to work on the DS7 is going to be better than the official version made for it.
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Yeah, that's why his thread hasn't been touched since august 29th with zero updates since a bit before then. Once official HC hit everyone NV flashed back to stock and updated to official HC. But I'm sure you're right. A ported Xoom dump of 3.2 modified to work on the DS7 is going to be better than the official version made for it.
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um.. Yeah. Look again, the mods here closed his thread because he couldn't provide the kernel source he's using. So he's on another forum now, with a large number of people using it. It's based on the official version, better setup, kernel, rooted, etc...
Use whatever you want.
Not that I mind standing corrected, but giving vague advice with no real direction doesn't really help the guy. You could at least point him in the right direction. Tell someone to just do "this" and assume he knows where to go or what to do doesn't really help.
There's a REASON that direct links arnt posted, since xda had issues previously with him and his source code, the right thing to do is not post direct links. (Though the sauce issue has resolved itself)
If you look at the other website they avoid linking back to xda.
Well I could care less about political crap on here and who has issues with what. If they want to flag my post, so be it. If the link is there, he can click on it.
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I took the paddler's advice (and thanked).
Honeycomb works as advertised, though to tell the truth I haven't found a reason (yet) to prefer it over Froyo.
Just start roaming through the tablet oriented apps in the market. There are a few that make a difference. The one problem is if you already have vga res on your phone. The Dell just stretches it to a 7" screen, so you won't notice that much of a difference during normal use as you would if you had a 600p screen (like I have on my Evo View now, though it's only running GB).

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