Today, I’ve seen couple of tweets about people in Europe, Scandinavia (Nordic states: Norway, Sweden, Denmark) being able to get Froyo (Android 2.2) upgrade for their Samsung Galaxy S.
Samsung also has released an official press release (published on 14 October 2010 but dated 18 October 2010 !?) confirming this:
SEOUL, Korea – October 18, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) upgrade to the Samsung GALAXY S, giving users access to new features, enhanced navigation applications and improved performance.
The Android 2.2 upgrade will be available via Kies, Samsung’s unique in-house software upgrade program. Kies can be downloaded at the Samsung mobile website (http://www.samsungmobile.com).
The GALAXY S is Samsung’s cleverly designed smartphone with a bright 4-inch SUPER AMOLED screen and a 1 GHz application processor, giving users an intelligent, immersive and integrated mobile experience. The Android 2.2 upgrade offers voice-controlled GPS through Google MapsTM with Navigation, faster performance by JIT(Just in Time) compiler. Additionally, further functionalities including Search in-browser, Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, improved customization options will be provided with OS upgrade.
- Google MapsTM with Navigation: GPS navigation system with voice guidance
- Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1: Allow the web browser to make full use of the whole web
- Setup Wizard: Quickly customize the GALAXY S and access networks with ease
- Home Screen/Menu Preview and Edit : Preview by pinch-zoom
- Search in-Browser : Google™, Translate, Wikipedia, Dictionary
The Android 2.2 upgrade will be available from the mid of October 2010 in the Nordic region and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, North America, Africa and rest of the world.
Obviously me being an owner of Galaxy S, I was happy to learn that after the delay (Samsung originally promised Froyo update for late September) I can soon update my Samsung GT-I9000 mobile phone.
The question was how soon? I tried to google the answer and started to get mixed feelings that it still might not happen any time soon (Samsung Galaxy S FroYo update ‘delayed until next week’ & Samsung Galaxy S Froyo Source Code Yanked).
However, impatiently digging for more info, I stumbled upon this article: How to Get the Galaxy S Froyo 2.2 update RIGHT NOW if you own a GT-i9000 device, regardless of country which I followed step by step while screen/video recording my experience:
Long story short, my premature upgrade failed!
It took about 40 min. (download, decompression, transfer to phone) after which the upgrade failed.
But my Galaxy S still runs OK with the 2.1
Don’t forget to copy & save the original registry values before entering the new in!
Update 1: (later on Sat, 16 Oct 2010):
- I tried the whole upgrade process (with the registry hack) one more time and it worked this time!
- However, the phone is much slower now, swype keyboard is nonfunctional (if I try to switch it on, I only get some strange vibrations). I also cannot see any flash content on webpages. Not happy, not worth of upgrading for some of the (minor) feature improvements I’ve noticed so far. Thinking of downgrading back…
- To get Flash I had to install it from the Android Market (Adobe Flash Player 10.1).
Update 2: (1 Nov 2010):
- Reinstalled my Galaxy S Froyo thru Odin http://bit.ly/9Wbj82 also applied OneClickLagFix & CircleFix. So much happier now (me & my phone :)
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