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CM5.0.8-test3 question

Well this is a question for any of the test releases I guess... Can I perform an in place upgrade from 5.0.8-test3 (current test release) to the production release once it's out?
I just about got my FRF50 stock to the way I like it and I always dread wiping all and starting over (installing all my market apps, config home screen, wifi access points, etc). If I have to do for test3 that's ok, I really would like to avoid having to do it again once 5.0.8 comes out...
I know - I could always just wait but I keep hearing good things (+ 720p recording now) , even with the "test" release and want to check it out...
PS - Is 5.0.8-test2 based on the leaked FRF50 or is it still 2.1?

schahr01 said:
Well this is a question for any of the test releases I guess... Can I perform an in place upgrade from 5.0.8-test3 (current test release) to the production release once it's out?
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Yes
schahr01 said:
PS - Is 5.0.8-test2 based on the leaked FRF50 or is it still 2.1?
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Eclair 2.1

rori~ said:
Yes
Eclair 2.1
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Thanks for the quick reply. I remember now - 2.2 was going to be represented in the CM 6.x releases - 5.x will be 2.1
I'll wait for CM 6.0

radio

just loaded cyanogen 5.8 the newest one released today.
can I use this rom with a new froyo radio? or do I have touse a froyo rom with the new radio thanks.
john
xrepo

xrepo said:
just loaded cyanogen 5.8 the newest one released today.
can I use this rom with a new froyo radio? or do I have touse a froyo rom with the new radio thanks.
john
xrepo
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Unless the first couple of posts by the cook of the thread for that ROM states otherwise, you shouldn't have a problem.

CM 5.0.8 requires the Froyo radio (4.06) so you're definitely good in using it.
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android 2.2 or 2.3?

Forgive me if this is a completely stupid question, since we're able to hack/root/whatever the nook color, why can't we install the latest android OS on it?

Check the dev thread. They are already booting an alpha version of froyo.
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The latest is Gingerbread (2.3), not Froyo (2.2). The problem is that it is only officially released as source and the Nexus S. There's little developed driver support yet. As more official and user developed Gingerbread builds get released, there's a lot more to work with.
I think it's cool that they are working with Froyo, rather than Eclair though!

[Q] What happened to 2.2 Offical?

I haven't been able to mess with my phone a lot, as I have been very busy with TF2.
Recently my phone broke (AGAIN!) so I had to revert it to Stock.
But I was running some hacked-up version of the 2.2 beta. When my new phone comes, I want to be running the 2.2 stock firmware.
Where is the offical 2.2 stock ROM?

No such animal for AT$T, yet.

If I remember correctly, 2.2 was supposed to be out in September. What happened?

gir489 said:
If I remember correctly, 2.2 was supposed to be out in September. What happened?
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Samsung happened...
There was a post around here about carrier/samsung drama, royalties, etc.; no official Samsung 2.2 rom out (though there are a lot of roms which i'd reckon to be way, way better than anything samsung could put out).

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF oh well.
Any good unoffical 2.2 builds?

gir489 said:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF oh well.
Any good unoffical 2.2 builds?
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Plenty of them. Just check in the Dev section and browse all the ROM's. Pretty much all of them are running either 2.2 or 2.2.1. Just find one with the features you want and flash.
My preference is Perception. Runs smooth for me and does everything I need.

gir489 said:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF oh well.
Any good unoffical 2.2 builds?
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There is an official rogers build. Also Cognition 3 and firefly both of which are based on the official rogers build (2.2). Check in android dev section.

I read that it is not a royalty issue it is a carrier issue. The 2.2 for Vibrant is starting to roll out today through Kies, and I read that it was released to T-Mobile in November. But T-mobile had to add their icons and bloatware before release. So ATT is most likely the reason we don't officially have Samsung ATT release. Either all the bloatware like Elcair 2.1 or they just don't care.

Wow, an official 2.2 release from a US carrier! Just found the official statement at http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/Samsung-Vibrant-software-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871.

ajreynolds said:
Wow, an official 2.2 release from a US carrier! Just found the official statement at http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/Samsung-Vibrant-software-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871.
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So you haven't seen the 3-1000 other threads talking about the Vibrant getting Froyo?

Any news on 2.2

Hi bought my milestone this week and wanted to know about 2.2 update wen it is coming out i checked the phone spec on gsm arena and it said upgradable to 2.2 ? Thanks

delayed again..
suppose to be early Q1 2011 now it Q1 2011.
originally it was Sep 2010.
so, root & install gingerbread from Milestone Development section.

alijs said:
delayed again..
suppose to be early Q1 2011 now it Q1 2011.
originally it was Sep 2010.
so, root & install gingerbread from Milestone Development section.
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thats the way to go instead of waiting on motorola's lazy ass

byaco said:
thats the way to go instead of waiting on motorola's lazy ass
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Problem is thanks to locked bootloader we still have to rely on them for a kernel
Hopefully they'll provide us with a good Froyo kernel with the official release, but we'll never get a true Gingerbread kernel

chambo622 said:
Problem is thanks to locked bootloader we still have to rely on them for a kernel
Hopefully they'll provide us with a good Froyo kernel with the official release, but we'll never get a true Gingerbread kernel
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It doesnt matter anyways. I'm running gingerbread for several days now and it runs flawless. The speed is amazing and the improvement compared to 2.2 is noticeable. You wont be needing a 2.3 kernel. I think the milestone can stay with this. Installing an AOSP Gingerbread + some memory tweaks in open recovery juices the most from this phone. Flash works perfectly! Can it get better than this?
I believe when the minor bugs(mostly unnoticeable) in Gingerbread will be fixed everything is going to be great.
So who cares about motorola anyways?!

may someone kindly explain how is this possible to "run" gingerbread on froyo kernel (as same as it was with froyo running on eclair kernel)?
What exactly do we get by running new OS without new kernel?
What will be better if we would have gingerbread kernel for the gingebread roms?
It would be nice to know why is this, not just how it manifests.

With the froyo leak, a new kernel was released, so there are a lot of ROMs that can replicate froyo performance for real now... and please correct me if i'm wrong but gingerbread is based on the froyo kernel right? so thats why we've already got froyo as well as GB roms for milestone...

if we are lucky end of February, early March official release is to be expected

Yeah froyo will be one your er.. our phone in two weeks.
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carthikv12 said:
gingerbread is based on the froyo kernel right?
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no, there is some difference in version number
btw people writing things like
"in two weeks"
"at the end of the march"
are wild guesses, right? or do you have any background info you can share with us?

MuF123 said:
no, there is some difference in version number
btw people writing things like
"in two weeks"
"at the end of the march"
are wild guesses, right? or do you have any background info you can share with us?
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Official statements are still in the form of Q1 2011...the rest is guessing. I suggest you root your phone and learn how to flash ROMs. Froyo (2.2) is the end of the line for our phone from Mot...but the community already has 2.3 working.
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Caz666 said:
Official statements are still in the form of Q1 2011...the rest is guessing. I suggest you root your phone and learn how to flash ROMs. Froyo (2.2) is the end of the line for our phone from Mot...but the community already has 2.3 working.
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I've already had tried almost every rom available for milestone, I just hope that the official froyo release will bring the devs some better ground to build their roms on, isn't that right? Won't be the official froyo release any better?

MuF123 said:
I've already had tried almost every rom available for milestone, I just hope that the official froyo release will bring the devs some better ground to build their roms on, isn't that right? Won't be the official froyo release any better?
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You are probably right to a certain extent...the kernel and motor drivers are not release/final. But for all we know, the latest leak is final.
What problems remain for you?
The latest android leak has excellent battery life and performance in CM7 is through the roof...
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