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Good News for Rogers Magic and Dream Users

Check this out:
http://androidandme.com/2010/01/pho...s-android-software-updates-for-select-phones/

Yaye 2.1 for Rogers Magic mid 2010

This is the first OFFICIAL announcement of Android 2.1 + Sense UI on the HTC Magic.

WOOOOHOOOO!!! (although I won't actually believe it till it comes out)
This means Sense UI with proper SMS timestamp (not smsfixtimes workaround which sometimes doesnt work!!! )

Hmmmm... 2.1 + SenseUI by mid-year..
Wonder what Android version Google will have at that time?
G_____? H____??
hopefully, it wouldn't be too late until it's released..
I'm not going to update with 1.5 + SenseUI, but maybe with the 2.1+SenseUI..
how about you guys?

Thesniperz said:
Hmmmm... 2.1 + SenseUI by mid-year..
Wonder what Android version Google will have at that time?
G_____? H____??
hopefully, it wouldn't be too late until it's released..
I'm not going to update with 1.5 + SenseUI, but maybe with the 2.1+SenseUI..
how about you guys?
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still better than nothing. so won't complain.
having been trying out every single one of the mod roms, will try out both official ones for sure.

Pretty good they actually changed their minds on it. I will update to 2.1 when that is released.

I dont believe it :I
Sry but I just dont...
I've been fooled by carriers so many times...

Official email from HTC
http://www.iwantmyonepointsix.com/?p=92

Very good news.
In fact only after sseing that will believe, but we hope other carriers update aswell.

Nice.. they changed their minds.. probably too many disappointed customers.
now we just wait to see if they will hold up to their promise.

Would doing the update not be a good idea if I want to root? What if it makes it difficult or impossible to root. Would it be better to wait til someone makes some Roms based off the updates? Thx

Phoenixstorm said:
Would doing the update not be a good idea if I want to root? What if it makes it difficult or impossible to root. Would it be better to wait til someone makes some Roms based off the updates? Thx
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better wait for rooted rom that's based on the official one.

Waiting for a rooted rom based on the official shouldn't take that long Now it's just a loooong wait for this "mid year release"

It isn't so much for Dream users, they're only getting 1.5 updated. Good thing I have a Magic

Who caress. I gave up on rogers with their bs. Ill wait for the rooted rom with better add ons etc blahhhhhhhhh

I'm not exactly excited about this... Seems Canada is always the last to get all the good stuff when it comes to wireless. I'm still waiting for an unlimited data plan like most other modern countries enjoy.

Sense UI, the hideous windows lookalike interface that hides the pretty/simple linux interface. I hope there will be an option to remove it... if not then iam sticking with cyan, or getting a nexus one..

Taknarosh said:
This is the first OFFICIAL announcement of Android 2.1 + Sense UI on the HTC Magic.
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Actually, this is Android 1.5 + HTC Sense and then Android 2.1. No one said that Android 2.1 + HTC Sense (Expresso) will be on the Magic.

That's pretty awesome. I have a Rogers HTC Magic unlocked and on the AT&T network and I am running Cursordroids 9.6 rom. If I put the stock rom on there and return to the stock radio, will I get the OTA update? Or will the update only be pushed through the Rogers network?

New Life for Gumbo!

I've been playing with ROMS again. I've sampled most of the 2.1 based stuff and today I installed Gumbo 1.5 Overclocked, thanks to toast's Kernel to 767 mhz.
Instructions are here http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/10138-gumbo-1-5c-overclock.html
This is speedy and very stable! Think I'll stay on this until 2.1 gets official released and the magic gets worked on it.

I could never to go back to 1.5 (running Beezy 4 currently) after having 2.1 on my phone. I have no stability issues or speed concerns with this rom. Actually, that's a lie, I do. The Bluetooth on this sucks big time. Gumbo 1.5C will pair and work flawlessly with my Pioneer Avic D3 car stereo but I have yet to find a 2.1 rom that will. That is still not enough of a bugger to get me to go backwards though.

gunnyman said:
I've been playing with ROMS again. I've sampled most of the 2.1 based stuff and today I installed Gumbo 1.5 Overclocked, thanks to toast's Kernel to 767 mhz.
Instructions are here http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/10138-gumbo-1-5c-overclock.html
This is speedy and very stable! Think I'll stay on this until 2.1 gets official released and the magic gets worked on it.
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Does everything works in this rom?

yeah it does
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Who cares. 1.5 is SO last year.

VinceOB said:
Who cares. 1.5 is SO last year.
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lol! literally!

Well, for those who are interested, it's there. For those who aren't, congratulations.

VinceOB said:
Who cares. 1.5 is SO last year.
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Well I just thought folks who were still on Gumbo and didn't want to switch to 2.1 yet would appreciate the info.
Or, every party needs a pooper that's why we invited you!

gunnyman said:
Well I just thought folks who were still on Gumbo and didn't want to switch to 2.1 yet would appreciate the info.
Or, every party needs a pooper that's why we invited you!
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I was liking the idea of the overclocked 1.5 but what stopped me was no jit support for it. So back to 2.1. You are right though. It is fast. Then again so is 1.6 donut.

I'm too settled in to try it, but thanks for the info.
Sounds cool.

VinceOB said:
Who cares. 1.5 is SO last year.
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Like O..M..G...wipe me with a ROM

I've actually been thinking VERY seriously lately about going back to Gumbo 1.5c. This was the fastest and most stable ROM I ever ran. I simply couldn't resist trying out 2.1, and I got reeled in by it.
I absolutely love the new features that 2.1 brings to the table, but honestly, there are still a lot of bugs. Every 2.1 ROM I've run starts out pretty good, but after a few days, they all seem to slow down a lot. I have even run some overclocked 2.1 ROMs, and I still feel they are too slow for comfortable use.
I firmly believe that the Sprint 2.1 RUU leak is nowhere near final code. It's just way too slow to being anything that Sprint would be ready to put on tens of thousands of customer's phones. I think when we see the final Sprint release, there will most likely be a drastic uptick in speeds.

ziggy682 said:
I've actually been thinking VERY seriously lately about going back to Gumbo 1.5c. This was the fastest and most stable ROM I ever ran. I simply couldn't resist trying out 2.1, and I got reeled in by it.
I absolutely love the new features that 2.1 brings to the table, but honestly, there are still a lot of bugs. Every 2.1 ROM I've run starts out pretty good, but after a few days, they all seem to slow down a lot. I have even run some overclocked 2.1 ROMs, and I still feel they are too slow for comfortable use.
I firmly believe that the Sprint 2.1 RUU leak is nowhere near final code. It's just way too slow to being anything that Sprint would be ready to put on tens of thousands of customer's phones. I think when we see the final Sprint release, there will most likely be a drastic uptick in speeds.
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Thank you. This is my opinion exactly. What the DEVS have shown us with the work done on the 2.1 ROMS is just how awesome they will be once we get the official 2.1 release and the Kernel Source.

I may nandroid back to 1.5c this weekend and check it out.

pimix2009 said:
Does everything works in this rom?
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Seriously? DONT encourage him.

I gave this a try with a pancake 0.1(based on gumbo 1.5c) i had. I have really been impressed. I have ran almost every 2.1 rom we have, darchdroid, damagecontrol, fresh, aloysius, fresh toast, ic3rom, sushi, and a few more im sure. I've been very impressed with the developers work, and I know they are working with an unofficial RUU. I share the opinion of an above poster, than I handle 2.1 for a few days, I love the new features, and it excites me when a new rom comes out, to see what new things the devs have incorporated, but i will probably stay with 1.5 until we get the source code/official update.
With that being said, this overclock patch on pancake 0.1 has been rock stable for me for 3 days now. Just today i flashed to the 1.5c overclock with BFS, and have been running it for about 12 hours, a bit faster. Absolutely no problems yet.
I couldn't be happier!

thanx guys. im glad everyones enjoying OC and BFS. good to see it reviving more then just the .27 eclair builds.

the only thing I couldn't give up is google nav

i thought about going back too, but these devs have spoiled me, i do still have the audio issues with almost all the leak roms even after the audio fix, i guess i just have that lucky phone

Sometimes old and busted is ok huh?

Turn off sense for the. EVO

http://www.androidcentral.com/turn-sense-sprint-evo-4g
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Should be noted that this is not turning off Sense; it is just using an alternative home app (assuming this is the same link I saw on Android Forums).
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The only way to "turn off" Sense is to actually disable it by rooting your phone. Either removing Rose.apk and all the other Sense files. This will still contain the HTC framework which will make it slower than AOSP but at least it will be faster and look more like AOSP. Before we start talking about roms and everything lets get the phone first and root it. Then we can start deving and cooking. I'm a cooker and sort of a dev from the Hero forums so when June 4th rolls around the rooting begins!

I am 200% positive that this phone will be rooted within a week. The hero took like, what, 2? 3? I can't remember, and that was a pretty low-key launch. People are switching over to Sprint just to get the Evo, it'll be huge. There's a way bigger userbase now. So we can start worrying about roms and junk already.

The first thing that popped into my head when I first read that was could that mean it could get OTA's like 2.2 but one post above said its still the HTC framework so I guess no froyo, and therefore no flash for an indefinite amount of time. I don't want the evo (i would if I had Sprint I suppose) but it kinda sucks to think that the phone will ship with old software, of course the phone will still kickass and most people won't care. But I haven't read a ton about the phone maybe a projected release for froyo on this phone has already been established?

I have a Sprint Hero atm, and I can understand why people would want an official 2.2 release for the Evo from Sprint. But honestly, I've been on 2.1 for over a month on a 1.5 device that is still waiting on its 2.1 upgrade. Once root happens, I'm sure 2.2 ROMs won't be far away.
Others have stated that the CDMA Hero has a VERY strong dev group, but the Hero was a sleeper release (aka. not much interest). Take the hottest phone out there compared to ALL carrier lineups, and you can bet it will have the best devs on it.
I am betting on a 1-2 week root, followed by 2.2 shortly after that. Hell, i'm not even getting the hotspot addon since I'll just get it for free with root!

kyleblakepeters said:
I have a Sprint Hero atm, and I can understand why people would want an official 2.2 release for the Evo from Sprint. But honestly, I've been on 2.1 for over a month on a 1.5 device that is still waiting on its 2.1 upgrade. Once root happens, I'm sure 2.2 ROMs won't be far away.
Others have stated that the CDMA Hero has a VERY strong dev group, but the Hero was a sleeper release (aka. not much interest). Take the hottest phone out there compared to ALL carrier lineups, and you can bet it will have the best devs on it.
I am betting on a 1-2 week root, followed by 2.2 shortly after that. Hell, i'm not even getting the hotspot addon since I'll just get it for free with root!
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I see the EVO is already in your signature! I guess you've already pre-ordered!

MetroKnight said:
I see the EVO is already in your signature! I guess you've already pre-ordered!
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Yep. Did it at Radioshack Fri AM. All I need to do now is get my Hero ready for sale!

Fadakar said:
I am 200% positive that this phone will be rooted within a week. The hero took like, what, 2? 3? I can't remember, and that was a pretty low-key launch. People are switching over to Sprint just to get the Evo, it'll be huge. There's a way bigger userbase now. So we can start worrying about roms and junk already.
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I don't think the Incredible has been rooted yet has it? The EVO has very similar hardware, so I'm not too sure on it being rooted "within a week."

kyleblakepeters said:
I have a Sprint Hero atm, and I can understand why people would want an official 2.2 release for the Evo from Sprint. But honestly, I've been on 2.1 for over a month on a 1.5 device that is still waiting on its 2.1 upgrade. Once root happens, I'm sure 2.2 ROMs won't be far away.
Others have stated that the CDMA Hero has a VERY strong dev group, but the Hero was a sleeper release (aka. not much interest). Take the hottest phone out there compared to ALL carrier lineups, and you can bet it will have the best devs on it.
I am betting on a 1-2 week root, followed by 2.2 shortly after that. Hell, i'm not even getting the hotspot addon since I'll just get it for free with root!
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Ditto on this. I'm not bothering with the legit hotspot as the cost is ridiculous. I don't really like stock Android so I dunno if I am gonna get a 2.2 rom unless I find a way to put sense on it

setite said:
Ditto on this. I'm not bothering with the legit hotspot as the cost is ridiculous. I don't really like stock Android so I dunno if I am gonna get a 2.2 rom unless I find a way to put sense on it
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I don't even use stock or sense. I use SlideScreen Pro. No widgets, just 1 screen with all my RSS feeds, calender info, twitter feed, and facebook feed.

If I had to guess I am gonna say it will be rooted before the official launch, lots of EVO's out there already and the system dumps are out there, and thats all you really need to root it.

Just activated my EVO (thanks to Google I/O)--let's see what we can do.

It's already been rooted. Check Engadget or Gizmodo.

blae said:
It's already been rooted. Check Engadget or Gizmodo.
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Yeah but the rooters haven't released their method. Besides it's just a system root. We still need to unlock the bootloader and make a way to flash a custom recovery image. otherwise it's almost useless.

chuckhriczko said:
Yeah but the rooters haven't released their method. Besides it's just a system root. We still need to unlock the bootloader and make a way to flash a custom recovery image. otherwise it's almost useless.
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Ya but now that we have root access, isn't the rest just a matter of time?

When turning off sense or using the other launcher. Does the evo use eclair icons or htc's? I prefer the eclair icons personally.

Kshawn said:
When turning off sense or using the other launcher. Does the evo use eclair icons or htc's? I prefer the eclair icons personally.
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It's just a home switcher app like Open Home, ect.
There's no way to 'turn off' sense without pulling the .apk

I cant find slidescreen do u have the .apk?
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[Q] android 2.3 for G1

Can 2.3 rom be used on my old G1 ??????

maliamalia said:
Can 2.3 rom be used on my old G1 ??????
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Probably.
But not yet. Trust that Cyanogen and his army of coders will crack the secrets and port the ROM.
But not yet.
On a related note, hooray for the 6.1 Stable release!
That is all.

which is more stable and fast, CM6.1 or MTtest3 ??

maliamalia said:
which is more stable and fast, CM6.1 or MTtest3 ??
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Think they're about the same. The MTTest3 is good but I prefer CM6.1 for all the extra goodies that come it it. CMParts etc.

Okey, I will try CM6.1.

I don't think android 2.3 will run fast as 2.2:
2.2 is a port of official froyo from mytouch3G, so it's very optimized.
I hope in android 2.3 on G1, I would try to develop something to port 2.3 but I don't know how can I do.. I think by the official sdk but.. mmh
(I'm a programmer but I never developed roms for phones)

Cyanogen said on Twitter that he currently has no plan to port 2.3, as the OS will most likely be GPU-driven.
Honestly, his 6.1.0 release is pretty great.

XBrav said:
Cyanogen said on Twitter that he currently has no plan to port 2.3, as the OS will most likely be GPU-driven.
Honestly, his 6.1.0 release is pretty great.
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yeah but now our device is really going to be out of date. :/

Well I think it's about time to upgrade to G2 or Nexus S. There's lot of great phones out there. G1 is rocking long enough I think, it stopped to be fast and responsive from Donut update or so...
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failed to flash CM6.1,
my G1 with the 2708 kernel and 1.33.0013 SPL.
help me!!

maliamalia said:
failed to flash CM6.1,
my G1 with the 2708 kernel and 1.33.0013 SPL.
help me!!
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congratz. wrong thread and wrong section.
flash cm6.1
flash gapps
flash latest pershoot kernel
next time go to the right section and provide logs etc

I think we must try to port android 2.3 to our g1!
BTW if 2.3 is too slow for our phones, I'll stay on 2.2, no problems!
I'm waiting for a perfect phone:
slide qwerty
800x480px amoled/superAmoled/superLCD
ram>512
rom>1gb
slot SDXC rolleyes: )
cpu>1ghz (and good performance.. the number isn't sufficient )
possible cpu with dual core
excellent gpu
5mpx camera with flash and 720p 60fps recording (also 1080p 30fps would be perfect ) with good optic and NO HTC PINK HALO
google experience or sense
I ask too much?
Do you think I'll keep G1 for the rest of my life?

It can probably be adapted from the AOSP source, but since it has some new gui thingy w/e that is, it will never be the same on our devices, whats the point in downgrading from something that works quite well atm, 2.2.1

Cyanogen's cm6 isn't one of those roms which have the myTouch base of T-mobile. It's pretty much coded from the Nexus Rom and ASOP.
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Point of updating to 2.3
Well, for me there's one big reason why I'd like to upgrade to 2.3 - Native SIP.
What I don't understand is why Native SIP hasn't been built-in from 1.0! Now there's a flood of poor and mediocre SIP apps on the market, none of which are very good.
I sure hope 2.3 comes to the G1!

hernick said:
Well, for me there's one big reason why I'd like to
I sure hope 2.3 comes to the G1!
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But for now I can't see any developer works on 2.3..
When froyo and other old android upgrade has been released a lot of people began to develop test roms (in the beginning unusable roms )
Now I can't see nothing

Kishtsang said:
Cyanogen's cm6 isn't one of those roms which have the myTouch base of T-mobile. It's pretty much coded from the Nexus Rom and ASOP.
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yea, but there are divers from the mytouch, would have been foolish to keep using hacks when was real drivers out there.

maliamalia said:
which is more stable and fast, CM6.1 or MTtest3 ??
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Having just switched from MT3G-test3 to Cyanogen 6.1, I would have to say they're pretty comparable. If you put my feet to the fire, I'd say MT3g-test3 is slightly faster, especially in regards to installing apps from the market. But the goodies available in Cyanogen are so good that...
Aargh, it's hard to decide. I have a nandroid+ext of both, so I can swap back and forth at will. I might spend a few days with each to see which one I enjoy using more, and report back. One thing making it harder... I have a white G1, which historically has had problems with Cyanogen. But the latest seems to be working a lot better than previous releases.

nagash91 said:
But for now I can't see any developer works on 2.3..
When froyo and other old android upgrade has been released a lot of people began to develop test roms (in the beginning unusable roms )
Now I can't see nothing
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Don't worry, Google has only released Android 2.3 yesterday. Give the developers some time!

GoodDamon said:
Having just switched from MT3G-test3 to Cyanogen 6.1, I would have to say they're pretty comparable. If you put my feet to the fire, I'd say MT3g-test3 is slightly faster, especially in regards to installing apps from the market. But the goodies available in Cyanogen are so good that...
Aargh, it's hard to decide. I have a nandroid+ext of both, so I can swap back and forth at will. I might spend a few days with each to see which one I enjoy using more, and report back. One thing making it harder... I have a white G1, which historically has had problems with Cyanogen. But the latest seems to be working a lot better than previous releases.
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SuperBler is really fast too. You should Check it.

[OFFICIAL] Android 2.2 Update for Captivate Users on 2/24

Samsung and AT&T are pleased to confirm to #Captivate users that the Android 2.2 upgrade will be available tomorrow (2/24)
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http://twitter.com/galaxyssupport
Can't wait for the source to drop.

The source is the most important thing
Maybe some good roms will come out though.

comdei said:
The source is the most important thing
Maybe some good roms will come out though.
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if samsung follows course with what they did for the epic we should see the source drop today or tomorrow hopefully. (source for the epic was release 2-3 days before the official push started)

I shall remain skeptical until tomorrow comes and I have froyo, we've seen this song and dance before.

This didn't just come from Samsung's Galaxy S support feed. This was posted on AT&T's Facebook page. Other sites are starting to report on it. Rumor has that it might be the leaked KB1 update that came out earlier today.
http://www.facebook.com/ATT
P.S. - I guess I should look forward to reloading my apps and re-rooting my phone.

FINALLY. We should start a pool now and try and pick the time when they announce it was pulled because it is bricking phones.

fooldog01 said:
FINALLY. We should start a pool now and try and pick the time when they announce it was pulled because it is bricking phones.
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It's going to be KB1, since the fingerprint is already registered in the market. It's not going to brick any phones by itself without help from Kies Mini.

comdei said:
The source is the most important thing
Maybe some good roms will come out though.
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Good? We already have GREAT roms out thanks to our chefs. That being said I do look forward to what they can do with source.

Woohoo! Better keep my battery full charged and ready for the fun tomorrow. I guess this will be an OTA update?

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Good? We already have GREAT roms out thanks to our chefs. That being said I do look forward to what they can do with source.
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Well we still need the kernel source to post on the samsung site. Hopefully that will post sometime tomorrow but we can't make any native roms until that happens.

Figures, the day I finally decide to root, AT&T decides to release FROYO the next day. lol with that said, if I do root today, will I have to re-root tomorrow when I upgrade?

I thought I'd get it early by flashing cognition 4, as I've used cognition 3.04 and firefly and have been impressed by the wonderful features.
If you're wondering-- Don't bother doing this yourself. I've flashed cog4, and have found it lacking almost all the features that made cog3.04 cool, like having choices for unlock screens, tethering and wap come with warnings that these are pay services for AT&T, and touchwiz is the default launcher.
I'm going back to cog3.04, a far superior rom, later this afternoon.

Nice, 7 months late...
As for Cog 4 or KB1 roms, I'm going to wait until they are on par with current roms in terms of features.

Same thing I plan to do. I'm gonna put this stock Froyo on tomorrow, and once the devs have time to play with the official source and get things good and stable with some tweaks that I find useful, I will flash a custom ROM later on.

I can't imagine this could be better than what I've been experiencing since flashing Andromeda 1.2. Thanks, but no thanks.

Miami_Son said:
I can't imagine this could be better than what I've been experiencing since flashing Andromeda 1.2. Thanks, but no thanks.
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+1 Same boat.

I saw this on my facebook and was like, "Squee!" But I'm already using 2.2.1 on the andromeda final rom, and it's so awesome. Somehow I doubt anything AT&T is willing to dish out is going to make a better rom than that. :X

Yeah, I really wish Att &/or Sammy gave us 2.2.1, I almost think its a downgrade from what we already have. Phx 4.5 is great source can really make us have a ton of awesome!
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With the 2.2 source for the cap and 2.2.1 source for the i9000, can devs merge them and make a Cap 2.2.1 rom from KB1? I dont understand it all well enough to even guess how far fetched that is.

to upgrade or wait for awhile
if we upgrade we will still be able to run roms like ff and phoenix?