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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 06, 2010
If you see the "update available" message on your OG Droid in the near future, don't get too excited -- the Droid X isn't the only phone Motorola and Verizon are rolling out a minor fir...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2010
For those of you dying to get your hands on an official Android 2.2 build for the Sprint Epic 4G, it looks like one has found its way onto at least one phone. The update, which appears to be build DK...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2010
The 2.32.651.2 OTA for the Sprint Hero is still rolling out, and so are some bug reports. I'm hearing and seeing a bit too many reports of things like serious lag, to the point of a battery pull...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2010
You might soon see (or already have seen) a notification of an update for your Evo 4G, bringing it to version 3.30.651.3. Supposedly (Sprint hasn't released any official change log), this will ...
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by Sean Brunett
Oct 26, 2010
Not long after it was released, the HTC Desire HD already has received its first OTA update. The update is labeled as 1.32.405.3 and will bring "screen control and photo message compatibility enh...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 13, 2010
T-Mobile has issued a statement over the supposed rollout of an update to the G2 that enables Wifi calling and tethering: "What update?" OK, that's the translation. What T-Mobile ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 12, 2010
Word on the street this morning is that a few people have gotten an over-the-air update on their T-Mobile G2 that enables Wifi calling, tethering and a sundry of other trinkets. Rollout doesn't seem ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 07, 2010
Low just pinged our inbox saying that the long-awaited OTA update for the Samsung Vibrant is being pushed. That's the one that briefly leaked out via Samsung Kies last week, but for the most pa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 03, 2010
Japanese carrier Softbank Mobile will also be updating its HTC Desire to Froyo, via an over the air update starting Oct 8. It appears it will have the same system (with Japanese langua...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2010
If you keep hitting the update button on your Samsung Epic 4G in hopes of getting that update that was supposed to drop to today, well, stop it. There's been a tiny snag, Samsung says. And becau...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2010
Sprint already announced that they will be rolling out another maintenance release update for the Epic 4G, starting today. It wasn't too long ago that we saw an update, so it's good to see Sprin...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2010
While getting everything ready to write up the obligatory How To manually update your Samsung Vibrant post, we stumbled across the above. We're not exactly sure what these known issues may be, b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 29, 2010
Good news for those of you waiting on the fix for the Epic 4G's 3G upload speed (or lack thereof): According to an admin on Sprint's community forums, it'll start pushing out Sept. 30 -- tomorrow -- a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2010
If you're one of those folks who is less than pleased with your Droid X after the Froyo update, this one's for you. Android Central Forums member Fabrian was at wit's end, and even talked of dit...
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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 24, 2010
Two days, seven device updates pushed or announced. If that doesn't overload your systems and make you giddier than a schoolgirl, what will?!? From GPS fine-tuning to pulling the training wheels off ...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 24, 2010
If you own an HTC Hero and you're tired of your GPS and dialer acting up, it's time to update your phone -- now. Software version 2.31.651.7 is hitting the phones as we speak, well, as we type. We go...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 23, 2010
So the maintenance release for the Evo 4G -- you know, the one that tackles the 30fps thing, among other fixes -- is finally starting to hit phones. But if your Evo's wearing a sad face, you ca...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
Those of you waiting on the Verizon Samsung Fascinate update to drop -- well, it's dropping now. A recap for what's in store: Instant notification of Visual Voice Mail in the messagi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
Sprint just posted that an update is coming to the Evo 4G. It says that Version 3.29.651.5 shall contain fixes for calendar event edit issues and syncing of multiple gmail accounts, both of which hav...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
The Droid X Froyo update is now available, folks! Go to Settings>About phone>Check for updates, and it's all yours. It's a hefty 67.6-megabyte update, so pop on your Wifi and pop open a cold one...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
Looks like the Droid X isn't the only Verizon phone about to be updated. There are some fixes coming down the pike for the Samsung Fascinate. No Froyo yet in version i500.DI01 (and no mention of that...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
The Motorola Droid X officially will get its Android 2.2 update starting Wednesday, according to a note Verizon just dropped in our inbox. Here's the word:
Verizon Wireless will begin pushing And...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
AT&T is pushing out an update for the Samsung Captivate -- its version of the Galaxy S -- as noted by SlappyMcgee in the Android Central Forums. The 12MB update takes the phone to version I8...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
Might the wait for the Droid X to officially get Android 2.2 finally be over? Verizon has updated its update pdf (which you see here), so we may finally (finally!) be close, folks. There's noth...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 18, 2010
Some users of the HTC Desire began receiving the Froyo (Android 2.2) update at the beginning of August, but not all European carriers were ready to roll it out just yet. One of these was T-Mobile. But...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is in the midst of an over-the-air system update -- bugfixes, mostly, and not Froyo just yet, though Samsung's Media Hub is now enabled. But if you just can't stand to wait a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
Yes, we're still waiting on Froyo to drop for the Motorola Droid X. But the good news is that it looks like Verizon's starting to get ready, with a placeholder page up on the Droid Does website ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
On Episode 28 of the Android Central Podcast, Alexander from Austria asked if there was an easy way to turn off automatic updating of apps, so that he wouldn't have to contend with the downloads sucki...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 12, 2010
Yeah, we're still waiting on Android 2.2 for the Motorola Droid X. But for those of you who are rooted and don't mind a little hackery, another leaked OTA (see our hands-on with the first) ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 10, 2010
Canadian carrier Rogers has announced that the HTC Magic + (that's the name they have given their refresh of the venerable HTC Magic) is now receiving the Android 2.1 update via OTA. Yes, it happens t...
