Sprint Android 2.1 update scheduled for early May

I sure as hell can wait, been running 2.1 for a while and dont have any complaints.

Glad to have something more solid, but I think all that's going to happen is people are now going to start guessing the date/times in "early may" rather than the month. :)

My only beef with this date is my daughter will be born no later than April 30th, so I don't know if I'll have time to play with it. :)

Great news!! I was going to root my phone this weekend, but think I will wait another 2-3 weeks for the official release.

Ridiculous that it took this long to get released. Glad I went ahead and did the leaked version from last week. Finally got sick of waiting on the incompetent fools to get this update out.

I wonder if that means they're any closer to updating the HTC Droid Eris? (Yes, I realize thats on Verizon)

@bdizzel1982 Not official but look for it around June 13th

I was at the Sprint store yesterday and was told it won't happen till the evo is released "june or July"(not that I believe half of what they say) At this point I don't think ill believe it even when it shows up on my phone.

Wish it was the Sprint Evo 4G coming out at that time insted. heh

You know u have to be real stupid to beleive this crap.They said confirmed the update is coming on April 16 some may get it that day and some a few days later. Then they said at the end of April,they said confirmed mind you. Now early May wake up people still no date. Just as bad as sprint posting this stuff. you r not important eough to know the big secret. The people telling us this have nothing better to do than spread rumors. That is the only power they have, because they have none at home, can you say "POWER TRIP". Oh yeah you people waiting on the EVO you will have the same problems with this phone too.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

yea!!!! 3 more rejoicing to go, may, June and July.

still don't believe it.

Who cares, bring me my EVO 4G already!!!

They can jump off a cliff, I'm ashamed to be using this user name now...

May? Wow. While I'm glad we have a more definite timeframe, I'm still very disappointed in Sprint. First, Sprint's website has been down for the better part of 4 days. Now, it's going to be May for Android 2.1. The question I really have is what kind of incompetent idiots are running their IT & development team? Right now, they are making Microsoft look like Apple compared to how bad Sprint is.

While I understand why HTC Hero to delayed because of Sense UI, the Samsung Moment doesn't have Sense UI or any kind of OS overlay. As far as I know, the Moment just has vanilla "Cupcake" (Android 1.5.) If anything, they should be able to get the Moment version out faster.

Sprint really does need to fire their entire IT, development team, & CEO Dan Hesse. Every time Sprint looks like they are about to leapfrog the competition, something boneheaded happens. The problems falls to bad leadership & organization.

They know what they r doing and it sucks. A lot of people talked to a sprint rep and they keep giving u the run around and some of u keep eating it up. The reason it took so long was the ui sense. Give me a break that was the reason for the April 16th release so use another lie. Sprint needs to get rid of the now network to become the maybe or maybe not network. They are beginning to sound like everyone else.The reps are stupid and unreliable just like the higher ups. They can care less how you feel about it as long as you pay your bills. I am tired of all these idiots. I will beleive the update when i see it . your are going to have the same problem with any of sprint's first issue devices. Sale it first fix the problems later that is their way of doing things.

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That's why I stay out of update date threads and articles lol. Damn you Ali and your power trip ;-P

All you folks want the update now? Go load it. It needs fixin though, which is why it hasn't been pushed to the devices yet.

I can't believe it's been this long already. This should've been ready a long time ago. It should've been decided from the start that it would be OTA, instead of that long back and forth riagamarole we had to put up with. And NOW, the word is it will wipe our phones to get it?!!?! And, now this news today, that we are just expected to swallow, is that there will be yet ANOTHER delay!?!

If they are having this delay in order to fix the "phone wiping" issue with the update then I can accept it. Heck I could wait several months for that fix before upgrading, but it's probably some little chicken scratch problem that they should've had ironed out long ago.

BTW, I called Sprint Advanced Tech tonight and they have NO idea of when version 2.1 will come out. Tho they did think it won't wipe the phone. (For the record, I don't think they really knew). The rep I talked to in Advanced Tech asked a supervisor besides, and that is what the supervisor said, on both issues. They are never provided with enough info for the customers. And even when they have it, it seems to be changed willy nilly, which makes the reps look stupid to the customer. It's not their fault the upper mgmt can't get it together.

Sprint has good reps, but I agree, it seems like there are some people up at the top who have reached their level of incompetence, and should go.

Holy Crap what a bunch of needless (and self centered) whining.

First off. It is only a delay if an official date is announced and that date is not met.

From the beginning Sprint has said First Half of 2010. (that's what 1H2010 means people). If it comes in early may that is the first half of 2010.

Second, they then further narrowed that date down to Early 2 Quarter. That does not equal a delay since that still fits in the original time range given. (2 quarter is still 1st half)

Early may is Early 2 Quarter. (Late May probably wouldn't be, admittedly). Even if it got pushed to late May that's -barely- and only -technically- a delay.

Thirdly, OTA versus through PC -needed- to be figured out. If the file is large enough an OTA update just isn't feasible or safe. And it was absolutely best to turn to HTC for info on that both because HTC designed the program and because it had already been working on the non sprint version of the release for other Heroes.

If your complaint is that Sprint essentially wanted to make sure they -safely- updated your phone then it might be time to reexamine.

Fourthly, rooting and updating on your own is NOT that hard if you are really that impatient. I decided I wanted 2.1 sooner than later and I did exactly that. Ultimately I'm probably going to stick with the rooted version since I can keep my apps on my SD card and I have live wallpapers that stick.

Wow... get off the high horses. The update is coming and it's still within the original time frame promised, and even the narrowed time frame.

We paid for Heros knowing what OS version they had.

And again I must say priorities people. There's alot more in the world that's far more important than an OS on a PHONE. This isn't worth getting worked up over.

By the time 2.1 rolls around I'll be ready to move on to a phone that comes stock w/ it...
Sprint Pros:
- better coverage in my area than any other provider
- best plan prices
- super fast network
Sprint Cons:
- always dropping the ball on equipment
- updates that never come
Just like this update. It's been out since what, January? First it was April 9th, then 16th, now May? Q1, Q2, whatever, it's all bullshit, as much as I hate Apple and the iPhone, it delivers in that area - like clockwork you can expect a new OS every June.
I've had Sprint since 2000 but I'm really getting fed up w/ their crap, especially when it comes to new phones.
They are redeeming themselves w/ the EVO, though, I'll give them that. However, no Droid (VZ is CDMA), last to get the N1...

oh - P.S.

With the joeykrimm updater tool, backing up your system and data is a breeze. I used the back up after doing the Caulkin update and then used the DD10 update and didn't like loosing a few cool features from the Caulk rom. By then - Caulk came out with a DD10 rom - I used it and restored my data backup and it worked like a charm - all of my downloaded apps, passwords, my google data - everything was back and working - I had nothing else to do but enjoy my new rom! BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!