Great news for users who bought their HTC Desires through T-Mobile in the UK – the network has begun “rolling out” its branded Android 2.2 update earlier today. For an idea of the additions T-Mobile has made to the standard Android 2.2 build, read the early opinions of upgraders over on the T-Mobile UK forum.
And here’s how T-Mobile confirmed the news this morning over on its software upgrades forum:
We have some exciting news for all our Desire users.
The 2.2 firmware update (FroYo) will be available from today and will be sent over the air (OTA) direct to your phone over the coming weeks.
Be sure to save all your personal data before you start downloading.
Thanks to readers Tony & Mike for mailing us about this one today. Good luck with your new operating systems, everyone.
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rambo
/ September 18, 2010Downloaded and installed it and now my internet won’t work properly especially flash. Worked better before.
Raedar
/ December 9, 2010I have the same problem with internet and flash being much slower and sometimes not working after 2.2 update, I’m not happened at all.
Tony
/ September 18, 2010Mine works great wifi is stronger 720 is good all works fine bbc iplayer is great too
Khatt
/ September 18, 2010Works great for now, faster and looks like battery gonna live longer…
chris
/ September 18, 2010What a load of shit. Just adds a load of apps that are useless unless you’re German. T-mobile are such a bunch of douchebags!
Khatt
/ September 18, 2010yep… a lot of t.mobile apps not needed imo. ‘Mediencenter’ – german language, german mail account needed; ‘MobileTV’ – after opening it says that service is available only for T-mobile customers…lol
Matti
/ September 18, 2010Updated my Desire this morning. Don’t have any problems at the min, phone phone seems faster
Ric
/ September 18, 2010I updated this morning, but I’m sure we’re missing the new shortcuts for phone, application launcher and browser, a la: http://developer.android.com/sdk/images/2.2/22home.png
Is there a setting to enable this, or have T-Mobile removed it?
Tony
/ September 18, 2010That is not a desire screenshot, thats stock android the desire has the sense UI which is a theme made by HTC
Carl
/ September 18, 2010Downloading as we speak via OTA – looks like a big file!
Samosa111
/ September 18, 2010Updated a couple of hours ago. Totally straight forward using wifi to download. Install took about 15-20mins and was simply matter of following on screen instructions.
No problems. Everything is working perfectly Inc my installed apps. No loss of data except the fact that my news app has lost my list of favourite feeds. Wifi stronger reception. gmail app has incremental improvements like being able to switch between multiple email accounts from a short cut list on the top right corner of app. Highly recommedated update. Do it now!
Phones appears split second faster and smoother. Screen seems sharper.
Ken @ Ken's Tech Tips
/ September 18, 2010Looks like they’ve left in a few apps which only work on the german T-Mobile… specifically Mediaencenter and Mobilbox Pro which is like Visual Voicemail.
No significant new branding… new TopApps application which is semi-useful and mobile wi-fi hotspot still enabled.
stantheman
/ September 18, 2010downloaded today wifi hotspot works well
video now 720p only with mp4 but has h264 at 800×480
pictures and screen sharper when viewing video and internet etc
iplayer bbc works very well but couldnt see a download link only streaming crisp video 5*****
ann
/ September 19, 2010I got the new froyo update last night and I’m now having trouble with getting though to customer services on t.mobile to complain about my voicemail that I also can’t get though to as well as my battery is not working properly,I have the desire unlocked was all fine before ,my keypad is up the wall as well can’t get anyone to help can’t get to t.mobile.
Tito
/ September 19, 2010Come on. . .. I can’t believe T-Mobile best Orange UK to the Froyo party. Get with it Orange!
Flo
/ September 20, 2010am one of the german doucheabags…..was offered to upgrade my t-mbile.DE branded desire to froyo last saturdays.
am sorry for the UK users who have to deal with the tmobile.DE apps, that even for me are quite useless. now looking for instructions on how to get stock froyo installed…
after upgrading i suddenly experience low network coverage in my appartment where i never had trouble with 2.1.
andrew
/ September 20, 2010I got the update (over WiFi at 89 MB!) at the W/E. Whilst the presence of 2 or 3 non functioning German specific apps, that cannot be uninstalled or moved to SD is irritating, the benefits far outweigh this. The only problem I’ve run into is a few Apps that clearly need updating, and a recurrent problem in the stock music player freezing when you try to go to list views. Overall however I think T- Mob should go ahead with the update to stop pissing off its’ customers and then retrofit it by stripping out the non UK apps at a later date. Just being able to chuck apps onto SD frees up so much space and functionality that it makes no sense to me that they would stop this process now!
steve moore
/ September 20, 2010I downloaded it and had not enough space to save it , long story short, I have not run the install as I was clearing memory now don’t know where the file is and cannot re download ? How can I fix this ?
Tony
/ September 24, 2010This happened to me. Run a manual update again and click on download (the file won’t download again, it will open your previosly downloaded update), then install.
mosco
/ September 23, 2010Downloaded, @ about 4am, was not one of the scapegoats(thank God) had to clear memory 1st, as it failed 1st time around. So far so good…..
Tony
/ September 24, 2010Also T-mobile released the english version of 2.2 from the 20th September and I haven’t had any problems whatsoever with it (touch wood!).
Jerrad
/ September 27, 2010Tony-I have AT&T and bought an unlocked desire. Is it worth it to download the 2.2 update? And if so, where do I get it from? Thanks.
Aaron
/ October 1, 2010Since Froyo update, phone is no longer charging properly neither through USB through computer nor through mains. Not a happy bunny. Anyone else experiencing this?