question about Android 2.2 (FROYO)

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Will we Legend get Android 2.2 (Froyo) update?

Here are the platform highlights. very good improvements

http://developer.android.com/sdk/and...ighlights.html

Latest news from HTC (thanks to Iryia ) :

Originally Posted by Iryia

Hi guys,

I just received a reply from HTC..

"Good Morning Thank you for contacting HTC At the moment we dont have official date of the relase for the new update but it is suitable for your device and soon or later it will be relased for Legend Regards Piotr HTC "

At least some good news..

Yes, we will, its just a question of when!

HTC will have to apply their 'modifications' to it, i.e. Sense.

Then if yours is network branded, you have to wait until your network make it available to you, after they've made their changes!

Unless of course you've rooted, which case you should be able to apply a fresh ROM whenever it is made available.

I believe the above is correct, am sure someone will correct me if needed.

What I'm wondering is will FROYO make a different to the speed of the Legend? There are many reports online about how FROYO will make the Nexus One and Desire up to 300% faster due to the JIT Compiler (and other stuff?) ...but is this potential speed benefit applicable to the Legend?

I really really hope so...

Originally Posted by c_man

Yes, we will, its just a question of when!

HTC will have to apply their 'modifications' to it, i.e. Sense.

Then if yours is network branded, you have to wait until your network make it available to you, after they've made their changes!

Unless of course you've rooted, which case you should be able to apply a fresh ROM whenever it is made available.

I believe the above is correct, am sure someone will correct me if needed.

What I'm wondering is will FROYO make a different to the speed of the Legend? There are many reports online about how FROYO will make the Nexus One and Desire up to 300% faster due to the JIT Compiler (and other stuff?) ...but is this potential speed benefit applicable to the Legend?

I really really hope so...

HTC LEGEND is not getting 2.2 Update in 2010.

[B]Source -->>URL product-reviews.net/2010/05/21/android-2-2-froyo-no-update-to-htc-hero-legend-and-droid-eris-phones

Following on from our previous article, which informed you about HTC’s plans to update their smartphones to the latest version of Android OS (2.2 Froyo), it seems that HTC deliberately left a few handset names off their initial upgrade list.

HTC issued a fresh statement, in which they detailed a few handsets that will be receiving the update to Android 2.2 first. These included the HTC Incredible, MyTouch 3G, HTC Desire and the HTC EVO 4G smartphone.

Does this mean that handsets such as the HTC Hero, Legend and Droid Eris will not be getting the update to 2.2 Froyo? We can understand the Hero and Droid Eris not being included on the list, since they were released a while ago now, but what about the HTC Legend?

The Legend was available after the HTC Desire, so it seems slightly odd that the statement from HTC didn’t include the handset on the list. Maybe it was just a bad choice of wording. Hopefully HTC will clear this up for us soon – we’ll update you when we can.

"zabaknilesh "

HTC Legend probably get Android 2.2 (FROYO) update because is launched this year,see here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/most-2...get-froyo-2010

I really hope it does get updated, the whole reason I upgraded to legend and not desire was A. the industrial design of the phone, and B. sick of waiting around for 2.1 GSM hero update so gave the hero to GF.

Even after this statement im seeing a pattern here with HTC not clearly being able to state weather or not brand new phones will receive an update, or hell even when (2nd half of 2010 can mean December). If it does turn out our Legends dont get 2.2 I'm gonna stick with vanilla android experience on an unlocked N1, or hopefully N2.

I dont think that HTC will update Legend to 2.2.
Considering its RAM and processor Legend is behind from N1 and Desire or incredible.
Even i have Legend and its utterly dissapointing from the side of HTC to ignore such a high profile handset from new update.I ll never buy any handset from HTC now onwards.
F*** u HTC......

Froyo for Legend

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I bought the legend some time ago. It would be a major dissappointment if HTC doesn`t create an update for it...let`s be realistic the amount of work they have to do once they change stuff to work on the Desire should be fairly minimal. Also I don`t think that the HW of Legend is not good enough to run Froyo (from what I`ve heart all devices should see a performance boost and the ROM itself should be smaller). Anyway we`ll see how it goes ). Worst case is that everybody will root their legends and flash it over and over again with unstable roms until it becomes an aluminium brick going back to HTC for replacement )

tbh if the mytouch slide is getting update i see no reason why they shouldn't update the legend either

the my touch has :
320x480 screen
600mhz cpu (same as legend i believe)
387mb ram
512mb rom

so spec wise its very similar to legend so its got nothing to do with the lack of snapdragon or screen res.

and tbh all devices even 1st gen should get an update for 1 very big reason JIT!
it will make everything faster.

really there is no reason not to update the legend

if all of us email them they might give an update:P let the legend 2.2 outcry begin!

Originally Posted by noobdeagle

tbh if the mytouch slide is getting update i see no reason why they shouldn't update the legend either

the my touch has :
320x480 screen
600mhz cpu (same as legend i believe)
387mb ram
512mb rom

so spec wise its very similar to legend so its got nothing to do with the lack of snapdragon or screen res.

and tbh all devices even 1st gen should get an update for 1 very big reason JIT!
it will make everything faster.

really there is no reason not to update the legend

if all of us email them they might give an update:P let the legend 2.2 outcry begin!

However that phone has the Espresso ver of Sense not the reg one.

Originally Posted by Ace42

However that phone has the Espresso ver of Sense not the reg one.

why should the sense version matter ? either way they have to update sense on all the models to support the new 2.2 features for example why not just resize the desire one which is essentially the same as the legend minus the live wallpaper support

either way im sure 2.2 will popup in other non official roms